Star.
London, England, 1806-05-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. PELLOWES brought op a Report from the Committee to
esamias into the Returns of the Ban' s under the Clergy Rect.
dente Aft, and mentioned that it was his intention to proceed In
the fame manner every year in order to akertain how far the Ado
bad been elleient —The Report was ordered to he on the l'alde.
A Meier from the Lords announced their intention of pro-
ceeding in the Trial of Lord MelvWe to-morrow, and their having
pedal a Bill to permit the Kiag in Council to allow certain goods
to be exported from and imported Into the Weft India Colonies In
antral witch during the war, to which they &Sired the concur.
nate of the Haute.
Mr. HURST prefented Petitions from the Lawyers, Solicitors
land Attendee pry:tiling in the Maribalfea Court, meta the
EMU Debt Court Aft...—Ordered to he on the table.
Ms. OWEN prefented Account. from the halt India Company,
to an order of the Hoak of the 27th of February laft.—
to Ile on the table.
Lod MORPETH moved, that the Accounts dating the
densent of the Bonds Deeds, and other Debts of le Bait India
may, in the fevend PM:Henan, with the rate of Intereft,
amid its annual Amount, precuts:4 on the tjtit of April, Ike,
ftenift be printed..—Ordered.
Mr PHILIP STEPHENS prefented an Account of the Iron and
hes Wares femlilied for the Navy, by comma, during the left
dye years.--ordered to Ile on the table.
The Temples Ammeemeat ME was read a brit and ordered to
be read a fecemddele ta-eleereek
Mr. RODEOS gam malice, doe. on Friday neat, be would
saxes for carob Papers reipeAbg tbe Barrack Department.
The kith Annuity Bill was read • faced time, and ordered to.
bs committed to-morrow.
The Mal Leen Bill, and the Tradury Bills Bill, were commit.

fad.-4bmort to-morrow.
Me. PARNELL gave notice, that to-morrow be would move
toe as Account of the Number of Id& and Enghas Bank Notes
wave le eireolodoo.
Os the motion of the SECRETARY at WAR,the Mutiny Bill
was read a ;wood tbne..-Ordcred to be committed to-morrow.
OT THI ADDITIONAL TOICS ACT.
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Mr. WINDHAM moved the order of the day
for the third reading of the Additional Force Re.
peal Bill.
Sir JAMES PULTENEY did not mean to detain
the Houfe long, but there were one or two topics
to which he walled to advert. He contended, that,
as the Right Honourable Gentleman had made a very
able fpeech of four hours, which none admired more
than he did, in opening his plan, and had concluded
with moving the repeal of this Al, he had a right to
confider that plan in the difeuffion of this queftion.
The only reafon which the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had given for the repeal was the plantalluded
to. The merits of this AO, therefore, were to be
compared with thofe of his plan. He perfectly
agreed with the Right Honourable Gentleman in the
additional allowance to the old foldier, who could
only enjoy the comforts of life after he had retired
from the fervice. The Bill, it was allowed, would
not be immediately efficient, and he fubmitted, whe-
ther, in times of difficulty and danger like thefe, a
Plan was fufficient, from which no great matters
could be cape/Eked before the lapfe of (even or eight
years. As to the authorities, eleven out of fourteen
were againft dtfcharging the men during the war,
and the other three were doubtful. He had raid that
it was not the praElice in any army in Europe to dif-
charge men during a war, and in this he had been
contradiaed by an Honourable Colonel, not now in
his place. But he had the belt authority on the Alb.
4,11, and that was the ordinance of the French army
in 1788, where it was fisted, that the men were en-
lilted for eight years,bot not to be di(charged during
a war. He had no objection to have the plan tried,
provided the army was allowed to nand as it was,
at prefent, and the recruiting for,it to go on. Since
there were fo many authorities againft this plan,
he might fairly doubt its efficiency, and would acr.ord.
ingly, with this view, oppofe the repeal of this Att.
General LOFTUS Clued, that this was the firft
opportunity he had of laying any thing on this fub-
jeft, and hoped he might be indulged by making a
few obfervations. This Aft, if it had been efficient,
would have prevented defertion. But, from his own
knowledge, the parithes, inflead of exerting them-
(elves, had applied to ferjeants and crimps. In
one inftance, a par ills had raifed the men in London,
and, out of fixteen, no lefs than fourteen had deterted.
He thought that the high bounties had made fuch
an impreflion, that they ought not to be done away
during the war. He thought too, that the men
ought not to be difcharged during the war. But the
principle of limited fervice he approved ; and he had
little doubt of its fucceti, as he hisafelf had fucceed-
ed in the recruiting fervice, by the fame means, dur.
ing the American War. He agreed with him entire.
ly in the addition to the Chelfea allowance+, and
thought it had the worn effects, when men, who
had been twenty-four years in the fervicc, were again
called out.
Lord De BLAQUIERE was againft the difcharge
of the men during the war. He oppofed the repeal
of the At, and laid it was a bad method of reafon.
ing to argue from a few detached fads in the Papers
on the table.
Mr. YORKE obferved, that after the dignified fi-
lence which the Right Honourable Gentleman had
obferved, be had little hope that he could be called
up by any thing which he could fay. He thought
he had a right to examine the while of the plan.—
He had oppofed this Aft at lid}, not on the I,:inciple,
for that was the fame as that of the Army of It t-
fetve, but becanic it did not appear to him that it
would produce fo many men as it had den:. Bit he
thought it folly to repeal it now, witho.it any thing
to fuYliture in its place. Its deprecated the putt:ng
an end to the ballot, and laid, that ai the Minifters
e now the King's fworn fer rants, they ought, for
the fake of continency, to pet revere in notions which
they had entertaiged on the oppofition fide of the I
Hoofs, why they were convinced they were wrong.)