Star.
London, England, 1805-04-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS

The Speaker went to the Hook of Peers, to hear the Royal of
lent given by Commifflon to feveral public and private bills (for
which fee the Lords.)
Several papers were laid before the Houfe relative to the frefh
proceedings of the Navy Board, in the cafe of Sir H. Popham.
Which a Member moved .0 be reed. This motion, after a few ob-
fervations from Sir Harry Mildmay, Earl Temple, Sir
Burroughs, and Adm:ial Markham, was agreed to; but the Re-
port of the Navy Board proving tedious, Mr. PITT moved " that
the papers Ihauld be read °tort," and they were read accordingly.

WEST INDIES.

Mr.BARHAM, in confequence of what he deemed
the alarming hate of our Well India iflands, nice to
move for copies of any papers or letters received from
Admiral Cochrane and other., on the fohjeel of our
forces denined to, or Rationed in the Well India
Minds, efpecially of any tneafui es taken fur adding
to our force there (ince the intelligence of the failing
of the Rochefort fqoadron. He remarked, that he
ssithed this, as, if proper meaftires bad been taken,
there would be no occalion for alarm ; and, it inade-
quate meafures were taken, it would he tiefirtble in
remedy the evil. and obviate the OR fears of thole
more immediat:ly concerned in Vila India prnpertv.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQIIER
bad not the flighte,i ohjeftion to the produaion
of the fuliell information on every one of the
points to which the Honourable Gentleman had
alluded. At the preterit, however, he ct.uld allure
the Houk that their produaion would be attended
with the mod ferious inconvenience to the public
fervice. When he mentioned this, he trulled the Hon.
Gentleman would in the mean time content to with-
draw his motion.

This Inge(lion was acceded to. But
Mr. ST. A. ST. JOHN role, and (fated his under-
A►nding that the naval defence of our Welt India
ands had not been greater after the expiration of a
naval campaign than it had been during the peace.
If this was really the cafe, it betrayed the molt cul-
pable negligence en the part of Minifters, and it was
fit that the matter should be fully inveiligated. He
therefore gave notice of a motion on the lubjeft.
No reply was made by Minilters.
VICE ADMIRALTY AT MALTA.

On the motion of Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, the
Hoare refolved into a Committee, to confider of the
expediency of fixing the falaries of the Commiffion•
ers of the Vice Admiralty Court at Malta at tao
thouttn,i guineas each :annually, and augmenting the
allowa:loci to inferior officers in the fame Court.

The Committee came to a relblution to the pre-
cedi:.g effen, and the Chairman was infirmEled to move
for I:ave zo billy.; in a bill to carry it into execution.
The 1-I,oife reinmed, the Report was received, and
the law ofEcers were inarneled to bring in the bill.

PILPPFItTY TAX.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOSER,
agrezably to notice, r..: to move for leave to on-in;
in a bill to amend certain provitions of th. Property
AC. He explained to the Hot►fe very briefly the oh
jell which he hod in view. The bill was meant to
give frefh facilities in procuring the abatements for
*hide not liable to the payment of the tax, and to
gear t relief to fomc burdens attaching on leales given
by Corporations.
Mr. FOX called the attention of the Tionfe to the
fevere hardittip.; to many pertons not affiffed
were now Bahia. They were exempted, but lo great
in many cafes were the difficulties attending the
abatethents that the exemption wac, in faa, a mere
nullity. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman had
the remedy of this evil in view. _ _

Mr. ST. A. S I'. JOHN fuggefted tome further
provilions for the exemption of charities, now fubjat
t) the tar.

Culoncl BASTARD recommended fome relief to
farmers, who now fuffered fevercly tinder the tax.—
lead of being Ai:fled on ablolute property, they
were alfeffed on nominal property, which the Corn-
sniffirmers alfumed to themfelves, they derived from
the cultivation of th,ir land. The Commiffioners
fecund to proceed 4ku the principle, that if they did