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en of the reports transmitted by the Governors
,IleWest India Colonies to the Government at
A.ce 1807, detailing the manner in which the
bornefec ' had been carried into execution, and
t, laws
laws they had produced on the condition of the
ke. ; likewise copies of the regulations nsade
7ile local legislature's in regard to the same object.
bY
e question being put.
Upon th
lard HOLLAND rose, not to oppose the motion,
toe:plain the conduct be• would ,eel it hi, duty.
hat when his Noble Friend 'should introduce
to poesarwsure. lie would not pledge himself to sup.
11'
it it, as ke did not at present see its necessity. He
!IL with his Noble Friend in all the advantages,
bad resulted from the great measure of the
soon, to which he lent his most willing assistance,
od deprecated any suspicion that it had been either
s
nded ae bad failed to produce its prop's fruits.
e in justice to the planters and gove.rn-
lle 0;4 it
,t jaseica to say, that he believed not a
bla bon clandestinely imported into that island.
114.... The some might be said of our other possessions,
sitboo be could not make this assertion from
sod d information eqoally authentic. He had
pest deal/is of the propriety or necessity of a regis-
teaupar-- but be would reserve. his opinions, till his
tiabk Friend should give him an opportunity of
them, by introducing his Bill.
After a short conversation between Lord GREN-
VILLE, Earl BATHURST, and Lord HOLLAND, the
n was agreed to.—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMON%
Mr Quayle, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at
e woad required the attendance of the House in that of the
peers, to bear the Royal Assent to certain Bills.
The SPEAKER. on his return, announced the Royal Assent
ode Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Bills.
unseat was preseuted from the Insolvent Debtors' Court,
amide the gross amount of all the suns contained in the Pe•
mss, down down to the sat February last. Ordered to
teleinted•
IWILACKBURN presented a Petition from Stamford against
tie Wheat Debtors Act.
A Neer Writ was ordered for Lyme Regis, in the room of
Led gergbenb, who Las accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
Se IL HERON gave notice that on Tuesday sennight hr
visti move tor leave to bring in a Vall to amend certain local
set tektite to the Regulations for the Poor.
us the motion of Mr. SWAN. the .ecoud reading of the Hel-
toot Election Bill vat fired (Jr Monday se'imight.
lteDuuleary Harbour Bill We Ail read a first time.
Mr ./ONE:, ruse to pretest a l'eution irons the Landowners
iseeepan of Wales, praying the repeal of the duty on ag rico,-
not lanes. 'flu Hon. Member prefaced his mutton by observ-
tatre the unequal presst,re of this roe on the agriculturist, as it
leftmost hardly on the cultivator of arable land, but we.; by no
steam so meteors the owners of p;..sturage He suzgested that
k would be advisable esetr.pt all forme undcr 4150. year
renal; and thuaght all 143: e OUStit to he taxed, whthis
the mons possessed horns or nut. He thought the road da:ics
might be increased, with the exception of those over which t.,:
nail coates panol,wlich otii,a: to be exempt ; but it ought to
be „Am 3, arsempeineivie, to aboi,s:i all taxes that could pos-
sibly be omitted, which pies.cUU on "agriculure. He al'etided to
certain preferences which the Scutcu landfaulders enjoyed ovi:r
Wised Wales, which he censured as unfair. If there were
damn, it ought to be in favour of their southern ucithisours,
Wales bad borne the blunt ot the contest, bo:u in pocket and
pence, neon a.:Ach as the people of England. lle concluded
withremiading the House ut the oprsition made to the F ten Ii
'Paden in 1797 by the Welshmen alone, when they exp-lied
eraptered,withoutany assistance, ail who hail dared to pollute
Iblit ACM The Petition was ordetcd to lie on the •I'able.

POSTPONNXINT (•F THE ESTIMATES.

Mr. R. WARD rose to move the postponement of
!inconsideration of the remaining Ordnance Esti-
mates, but spoke in so low :4 tore that it could not be
sustained whether the day fixed Was Wednesday or
Friday next.
Mr. CALCRAFT attributed any alterations that
night take place in th.:se Estimates to the iAte ma
mty on that side of the House ; when the Estimates
ame back he trusted further discussion would be
oared, for the Honourable Gentleman would see,
the mean time, whether it would not be practicable
to reduce the different establishments. If not, the
Godemen on his side would be able satisfactorily to
re, that considerable reductions could be mad,:
&the Ordnance Department.. But it would become
heads of the Administration to look: into there
mates, and effect the object themselves.
After some brief convet s..tion between Mr. Pow-
' and Mr. WARD,
Mr. PONSONBY said it was not his wish to go
step beyond the usages of the House ; but he
not refrain from expressing the great satisfac-
ica be felt at the intimatton he received that reduc-
iimine intended, because this intention was founded
114 c present temper of the House.
WARD rose immediately, and declared he
fiatot submit to this kind of insinuation, when
"Potion was only relative to the postpionanent art
a °dee, The Right Honourable Gentleman was
P4'tettling in his observations, when he was called
ccder.

The SPEAKER said, that if he was appealed to
reiPetnag order, he must say, that when observa•
uats were made on a notice, they must naturally
eadtocounter-observations, which could not be re-
PLeIY entertained.
,atr•CROKER moved fcr certain Accounts rcla-
we to the Charter of Greenwich Hospital, and the
kfilenientary proceedings o: B:O.—Ordered.
C. MONCK asked if the Proclamation of Go-
at respecting the lonian Islands fiad been re-
„and when it would be lai A before the House E
"!r.ma subject of extreme importance.
th.CROKER answered, that the gallant Ad-
-411141 (Rowley) either did not send home the Procla-
tit% or it had been lost. But he was not quite
Intim this Proclamation had not already been laid
et the table of the House from some other quarter,
_
"meted with his particular depaa Lomat ; he
"!.14, however, inquire into the subject.
°et BURRELL said, it was, understood that
were several persons holding situations in the
01 Ordnance, whose salaries were regulated as
and war salaries. He wished to know whethes
lienons holding them were now paid on the toot-
. of peace or war
1.4. WARD answered that they did not receive
war salaries.
ittsir2. FITZGERALD gave notice of his inten.
mwvigg the repeal of the War bialt Duty in
614,_, to make it correspond with the reduction
11,2!, taken place in England. He added, after
7.,_141ef conversation between Mr. Robinson and
r Member, that in justice and convenience to
17tmaltsterh it might be necessary to remit some
itilli:he additional duty for all the stuck •on hand
lard
kis PALMERSTON rose to move the post.
=
of the further consideration a the remain-

;ng Army Estimat,s. Meanwhile, he shotiQ lay a.
written paper nn the t.thle (wimh might be printed
by Monday) shewing the number and extent of the
reductions intended to be m ide, as it might be more
convenient Inr Gemeemen to have this account in
their hands, than to wait for it.

Mr. TIERNEY wished the Noble Lord would
state, witether Ihe had to propose were new re.
ductions, or merely the reductions that had •already
been explained to the House
Lord PALMERSTON replied, that certainly he
hoped there would be some reductions, of which the
House had not yet been apprised —( Loud cries of hear,
%tear). They were, however, such as were thought
practicable by Government at the time he opened the
Estimates, but which he was not at that time able to
state.

Mr. TIERNEY said, that all he hoped was, that
the Gentlemen opposite would afford time to the
House to reconsider the number of men voted. As
they had thought it right to alter their plan, the Gen-
tlemen on his side had a right to alter their's, that the
reductiou might be carried nn as far as possible. Real
savings to the country could only be made by re-
ducing the number of men.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to explain, that
respecting the Staff Establishment, he had previously
stated there were certain reductions which might be
effected. But he could also now state, that further
reductions may be probable, and likewise that the
House might be able to look to still farther reduc-
tions in the course of the year. He could not, how-
ever, say at present what these reductions could he.
Lord NUGENT wished the House to be inioritiKd
what was the number of men who had actually been
discharged since the peace. It was known that there
had beau reductions of many -second battalions, but
in most cases, it appeared that the men from these se-
cond battalions had been traisterred to the first.
Mr. PONSONI3Y repeated the sincere satisfac-
tion he felt at the withdrawing of both these Esti-
mates. He was glad that Ministers had resolved to
amend them, as he would much rather see them car-
ried through in their hands than on his side of the
House, because their knowledge of what re-
ductions could ue made, rendered them more com-
petent to effect them. He was therefore displeased
at the allusion that had been made to his being dissa-
tisfied. Sti tar from it, he declated be experienced
the greatest satisfaction at what he had heard.
Lord PALNIERSTON, in answer to some ques-
tions from Mr. Calcragt and Mr. Bennett, supposed
to relate to enlisting, said there would be no el:listing
in future of young men tinder 5 feet 4 inches high.
Mr. METHUEN asked whether it was intended
to

bring imw.ted the Navy Estimates on Monday?
. _

Sir G. WARRENDE.II siid, he saw no reason

likely to prevent them from being then brought for-
-mil. Thtre was another nonce for that day, not-
withstanding which, he certainly me4nt to bring
them on.