Star.
London, England, 1803-12-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPFAXTR t 001: the Chair at half pail three
o'clock, and loon after one Member took the Oaths
and his. Seat.

Sir W. SCOTT rnfe to remind the Houfe that in
the courfe of the tail SeiTion he had introduced a Bill
for the purpofe of encouraging the Residence of Sti-
pendiary Curates. This Bill had palled that Houfe
and been carried to the Houle of Lords for their
Lordlhips' concurrence. In confequence, however,
of its containing a money claufe after it was returned,
it had been, as a matter of courfe, rejcaed. The pe-
riod of the Setlion was fu late that it was impofliole
to introduce a new Bill, hut the fubjeft was of to ur-
gent a nature that he took the eatheit opportunity of
bringing it under confideration. He had now, there-
fore, thin for the purpofe of moving for leave to
bring in a new Bill, in which the clank alluded to
was omitted, but at the fame time containing fuch
provifions as would anfwer the fame end.
The Honourable Member accordingly moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to encourage the Residence of
Stipendiary Curates. Leave was granted accordingly,
and the Bill was introduced, read a firft time, and
ordered to be read a fecond time to morrow.
A Ihort time after the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer entered the Houfe, and having been informed
what had taken place, role to make a few obfer-
•ations. He begged leave to apprife Members of a
circumaance which ought, in propriety, to precede
all future proceedings in the progrefs of the Bills. It
would be remembered, that when the general Bill
for enforcing the refidence of the Clergy was under
confederation, provifion was made for thofe Curates,
who, by its operation, might be thrown out of em-
ployment. A fimilar provision was neceffary in this
cafe, and therefore be thought it neceffary to fuggelt
the propriety of fubmitting this part of the fubjeCt
to a Committee of the whole Houle to.morrow. The
Right Honourable Gentleman concluded with mov-
ing, that the Houfe do to-morrow refolve itfelf into a
Committee to confider of a provifion for fuch Curates
as may be affelted by this Bill. The motion was
agreed to.
Mr. SP4ITH appeared at the Bar and intimated that
his Majesty had been waited upon with the Addrefs
of the Houfe yenerday, and had been gracioufly plea-
ted to give dire lions for the produCtion of the
Estimates
In a few minutes after, Sir Philip Stevens produced
the Eltimates, and at the fame time gave notice that
he fhould to-morrow, in the Committee of Supply,
make them the fubjea of a motion.
Mr. HOSHOU sat brought up the Retort of the Com-
mittee of Supply ; the tetolutions of which being
read a first and fecond time, were agreed to, and
three Bills ordered accordingly.
On the motion of Mr. Varisirraav, the Houle
agreed to refolve into a Committee of Way► and
Means to morrow.
The Cum.:m.l.ot of the Excuccuita gave notice
that he fhould to-morrow, in this Committee, move
an additional Ate of Five Millions of Exchequer Bills.
He intimated that he fhould at the fame time move
the annual vote of the Land and Malt Tax.
Thevßight Honourable Gentleman, before he fat
down, moved for an account of Outstanding Exche-
quer Bills on the sit day of December, ißos, and the
tit day of December, :8..43, relpatively. The ac-
count was ordered.

Lord CAITLIMIGH introduced the Bill for regu-
lating the fulcra on Bonds of the Eaft India Com-
pany, It was read a &it time, and ordered for the
fecond reading on Monday, without occafioning any
difcuffion. It was in the mean time ordered to be
printed.
Mr. VANSITTART brought in the Bill for continu-
ing the Sufpenfion of Macs of CAI by the Bank of
England, for a time to be limited. It was read a
fief time and ordered to be read a fecond time to-
morrow.
Mr. Hosnovse brought up the Report of the Com.
mince on the Expiring Laws. The leveret Refolu-
tinns were poltponed with the view of being more
fully confidercd in a Committee of the whole Houfe
to-morrow.

The Bill for the better Prevention of Defertion in
his Majek's N.tvr was paired through a Committee.
The Report w ts ordered to be prefented to-morrow.

bEFENCE OF LIVERPOOL.

Mr. blear prefented a Petition• from certain per-
Cons, inhabitants of the town s.f Live, pool, flating,
that ftorn the repreftntation of the Commander in
Chief of that diitria, it appeared to them that the
town and port of Liverpool was in a defencelcfs
111.. : And that in girder to put it in a lunation by
"Joel. :r could be proteCted againll any attempt on
the part of an enemy, it would be necelfAry to have
Iflnat,•.g brateries hulloed at the mouth of the har-
bour, and tl lveral works Ilsould be conitruCted
nn Ihnre. In confequeoce of thick reprefentations,
feveral merchant:, and others belonging to the cot-
potation .1 that place, slid, at their own expencc,
carry plans into tifeet for the purpores of defence,
and cairfed fever tl works to be creeks!, by which
they expended large biros of money. But thefe
perj.sm, ere unable to carry on the plan of defence,
erfeau.tliy, without an aid to he tailed by the au
thotity of Parliament ; and they, therefore, prayed
that they might be enabled to rade a film for that
purpofc, either by an alTeffment upon the town of
Liverpool, or by a 1. an ; and that a Bill might be
brought in to that cllca.
The SPFAICER thought it neccfrary to apprife the
Hon. Gentleman who prefented the Petition, that
the Knife could not receive any applir tt itt n, which
bad f..r its oi.j:stt the ereltion offorto cations or other
works of defence, nnlefs fuch application Was fop-
otted by a recorameadatiou lion& the Crutra.

The Citaxcitxxoe of the rrl'ltTPtwitt Paid. )14*
thought it his duty to inform the Houk, that he was
authorifed, by his Majefly, to fignify his Majefty's
content and approbation to the meafure now pro-
poled. He was wholly unacquainted with the parti-
culars of the Petition, until he heard it juft read.—
But, whether he had or not been acquainted with it,
he fhould have Signified his Majefly's recommenda-
tion of the meat-me. He would not then make any
obi-creations on any particular part in the Petition ;
he would nut then enter into any difculfion as to
what might be the defigns of the enemy, or what
kind of defence it would be necelTary to prepare, in
order to counterad fuch defigns. But he thought it
neceffary to obferve, that there was a defea in the
Petition, which mull afterwards be fupplied in any
Bill that fhould be brought in upon it. The Holife
could not agree to any public Bill for ereCting works
of defence without direEtions from the King ; nor
could the Houle, without fuch a direCtion, make
good any expences already incurred for eretting fuch
works.

Mr. CREIVEY laid, thi. was the fir( time any ap-
plication had come from Liverpool, for erecting de-
fenfive works at that place. No fuch meafure was
thought neceffary during the laft war ; hot it Eitel),
happened, that his Royal Highnefs Prince William
of Gloucefter, who was Commaader in Chief of that
difirid, did, fome time ago, take a furvey of the pent
and town of Liverpool, and fay that the place was in
a ddencelefs Rate. Whether it was fo or not, he
would not pretend to fa? ; blit if it (honld appear,
that the place flood in need of del.:nce, he hoped it
would be the opinion of the Houfe, that the expencei
attending the erection of defenfive works fhoald not
be defrayed by the inhabitants of Liverpool in parti.
cu:ar, but by the nation at large. It was as muck a
national concern as the defence of any other part of ,
our coati; and he law no reafon that, becaufe a very
few perfons had petitioned for certain public works to
be crated, the great majority of the inhabitants, who
required no fuch thing to be done, llwuld be fAddlcd
with the expence attending them.
The CHANCELLOR of the EICHEOSER Paid, he
begged it to be underlluod, that he did not pledge
himfelf to fupport the meafure when it thauld be
brought forward. He did no more than Rate to the
Houk, that his Majelly had aiented to that which
conflituted the prayer of the petition, in order that
the meafure might not be prevented from being
brought before the confideration of the Houk.
Mr. DENT laid, be thought it neceftary to reply to
an obfervation made by an Hon. Member, that a
very few perfons had figned the Petition. He could
stake that Hon. Gentleman, and the Houk, that the
names on the Petition were not only numerous, but
many of them were the names of the firft merchants,
and polkaing the greateft property in Liverpool.—
They confidered it abfolutely necdfary, at this time,
to do fomething towards promoting the defence of
that place. The &ft military Officers were of the
fame opinion ; and as loch a recommendation had
come from them, it would not only be improper, but
indecent, if men of the fire mercantile confequence
in the place did not take fame Rep towards carrying.
fuch a recommendation inul efFeet. A fum, amount-
ing to au,ocol. had already been railed by individu
ass, and expended in crating fortifications, which
were far from being complete; and as there works
appeared necelTary, it was fit that a Parliamentary
provifion Ibould be made to raife farther films to-
wards their completion, upon thole who were to be
benefited by them. When afillance might be given,
there it ought to be procured. It was on thek
grounds that the petitioners now made the prefent
requeft to Parliament.
The Petition was then, on the motion of Mr. Dent,
referred to a feted Committee, who are to rake the
fame into confideration, and report their opinion to
the Houfe.—Adjourned.

LONDON.