. THE NATIONAL REGIsTVR._ 310 ••••' . . . tance which vitally concerned the country, and could only he Induced to defer the coesidrosion of it by the earnest solicita tiotis of his friends. 'I be l ostponament Would be attended with great personal inconvenience to,liimself. but he was con soled by the reflect;on, that if . the question was brote,tlit for ward at the present pelriod, it would only find an unwilling au- ditory; fatigued by die irk , inineness of.the long debates upon the Bullion Commit t,•e. As lie was obliged to go to the coun try, he would nut lix a day for the dscussion, but would cer tainly bring it forward early in the enluing wont!). The Cott.bn Wool Bill went through a Coninettee, in which it was resolved thlt an additional duty of one penny pc.r pound should be laid upon cotton wool. The East-India Copp •ity's "Petition went thronA a Commit tee to rake a sun, of nio.;ey on bonds instead of increasing the capital stock. Mr. W. Pox obtained leaVe to bring in a Pill for appointit g Commissioners to superitiv-rid the schools of public t..ducatien ih Ireland, and the r,gulatieu vi endowed grammar schools there. ~ • - Mr. rFAcv.vAt. brouollo.in the Bill for granting his Majc:ty certain addition it Duties on Spirit Wash. The bill was read a first time. and order.d to he read tsecoud inn to•morrow. On the Order of the Day being read for takirg into further consideration tt'e Report of the Bullion;Comnottee, and on the third Resolution read, the debate on tins subject was again' renewed • several ainen.'ment , were pri.pot , ed by Mr. Tierney, Mr. renewed; &c. in opposition to the resolutions of Mr. Vansittart, but they were ail negat:ved, and the busioess. of the Rtptrrt of the lioNon Committee was thus at L•ogth dis posed of by the adopth.n of the whole of Mrs Vansittai Cs Re-. solutions..-Adjourned at eleven o'clock. TI:tIRSDAY, MAY 16. Sir JOHN Coxt HirrtsLET moved the Otchr of the Pay for cc,11:4 .•.11 . 116 Luc uland Junction Canal Water Works BT. , Sir W. eukTlq op osec! the motion as rrflit4tin7 az:lino the itterests of the city of London, as Cort.i.rvators of the River '1 Annus. _ Mr. S. I efreve, Mr. Sinikou, Mr. Byng. also• protested against it, vt bile it was Ful pprted by Mr. Carew, Mr. Sullivan, tec. , —Sir JOHN ANs•rso rtiknt moved., " bat the Report be considertd . tbis day three moittbs." • A long conversation are respecting the inrrirgement of the Stng Order of the House which es duties any Hon. Mar.- betilllving pecuniary interest in a Bill front giving his vote. At length, upon a suggestion from the Speaker, that tin. , question might he retch d on a tuture occasion, till liou,e dividt el—For the otiginaldnotion, 43, for the antencl;,vnt W.—Majority in favour of the Bill 3:3. Mi. Gs ATT A N presented Petitions from. the Brewers of Dub lin, Cerk, and N\ att rtord, praying - fur an increase on the duty on spirits. The. Pe it tins bt in rtcuiet (I, he moved that they be referred to $ Select Committee. Ordered. Mr, f. 4 ttAw, of Lubhn, brought up a petition from the pro prleors of newarainr.; In Dublin, pi ayini a repeal of the addi tion:3 duty oil ztdverti,etne tits laitl'on last ye a r . He: lso moved that at Committer be app.onitill to take it frto consideration. The motion was epi-ost . 4 by the CH/Xi...00.1MR Of the Ex vm and Mr. Oita re. and rejected by a majority of 12. The our:carders of the l a, ay bring diaposed of; the House aid» istifuet3.•. - . • Militia was not under the immediate eontratil of the Crown, it would be cutting up root and branch all. princidle, if such a, measure were adopted. The Officer; c.f the Mil tia, pa 6 ticularly in the country, where they were Gentlemen of the first respectability, must be caled on either to leave their homes or give up their commissifms. As it respected the privates, their wives anti families cmild have no claim, the men would lose that constittnional spirit tlfat has ever been te marked, and their families would become a burthen on the parishes to which they belonptd. Mr. Secretary RA are did pot know how it could be consi dered by the Nible Lord that this measure would meet with so any inconveniences. What the Noble Lord meant by the Militias being a Constitutional force he knew not, and he de 7 fif-d the Noble Lord to prove th.:t the Mi:itias were independent - Of _the Crown. lie licpeciit Would go to a second reading. LOre PLE Eirplltilled. Mr. HE It is ricr surported the Bill. Colonel BAs LA RD spoke against the Bill. Sir Jo H N N :AVM K T made a few observations. Mr. Secretary RYDER oli,ereeti, that by this Bill the Irish, Roman Catholic Soldiers, when in this country, w old not he prevented from exercising their religion the same as when At their own. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered ast cola time on Thuittday. Sir J. Ntv?Pos . r gave notice for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing part of , ,,an Act pasted in the last Sessions, impositig additional duties on Advertiseroent; and Hand-hills in Ireland. • S.r F. BURDETT moved to enforce an order, already twice made, to lay before the House an account of the net in oduee of the itch and Danish East Indiamtn, taken under the directiong of the Fast India Company. The ( tIANcELLoR of the EctiEQUER explained the cause of th,• delay.• The Hosa. Baronet next moved for an Account of the whole Amount of Sums which arose from the Ships of his Danish Majesty, condemned as lawful prizes in the Court of Admiralty at the declaration of hostilities. Also for an Account of the whole A.- ount of Sumeariiing front the Ships, Cargoes, &C: &c. condemned as' lawful prizes to his Majesty at Malta, Gib— raltar, JatnaiCa, Tobago, &c. &c. &c. from the year 179 down to the latest period such accounts could be correctly made out. After some conversation between Mr. Rost and the Hon. Bartmet, the motions were agreed to, and the Papers containing the Aicounts,ordered to be laid before'the House. Mr. Fos I ER brought up the rill for abolishing the Prisage and Butterage of Wioes in Ireland, whit h was'read a first times ordered to be printed; and read a second time on Monday next. . Mr. Ruse produced the. Canada Rum Importation Bill, which* was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading 'next week. The Hon. Gentleman likewise presented to the House the Ell for the Importation of Sheep to thelsle of Man, which, on being , re id a first time, was ordered for a second reading on Monday next. • IPS iRIDAY, 14AT IT. Mr. IoEntDAN sai:t he. held in his band a Petition from St. Joi , n.Alason who had hest] i mprison Cr two years in irtland; aux.:llg w hi c h Mile be had en d ure d many hat . . . . .i\lr. W. POLE rose to ~bject to the . Petitioni using broug4 up; on the ground; that he briitvcd it was uu suspicion of trei.. son ha was confined. . . T I:e Pit ttiort wAs then read. fir. W. POI E. "As tar as I can reeollect of tl!e srillect, he was, t.!; , :kli uy I.r being cor.co nut iii a se. ret conspiracy, and c,ni.in.o l , and vet -, ju•tly, be having refused to give the titces stionEw, rs to such quest:ons as were put to hint." . . Pelt Vn c,rdtred to lie on the Table. 'Mr. 'l4,kiirsoN aced, that early in the ensuing Session of P-dtliarntre. he ‘vottid • nit;ve for a HI) to make vicatit the Seats in ilsrli;itrent .of those Nltn,liers svho might hestane T. nk.77,•sitntl who had dint paid their titbts within six montks !rter the d a te of their bankruptcy. , 4:1S11 AND ENGLNH MILITIA e • Lord Tem yl.a .opposed the Bill s on the. groontle tbot.it wae rtot, c.oohimt nt with law to etantel NiLitias to go to Irelamt after brine ens 01}4,g1:-. He (-mild not that thre would be any justec.• toy attl• l or mitt' to. nir.lie anAct to oblige Ott m . 1.1 tl .t1a4.1t44 nragt nt,..nyt to.eerve five: o cut...ut pctic,cl eti'Llit)ut v.:mg Gilt of the IcingdotiC As the WAYS AND MEANS, On the motion of the CHANCELLI* of the FICHEVER s . for • the I loose resolving itself into a Co n miner of Ways and Means, Mr. How A RTH . rose, to . call the rtgaid of the House to the Exemption of Foreigners ft-writhe property "l'ax. The Hon. Gen• tietnan was of opinion, that" the grand of Government prosperity had been misunder.tood, when . the landed property of the country was in even y case ntiv.le liable to taxation, aid the funded property in many instances allowed to go free. lie pros ceeded in stating the out it:c at lie exiting Bill on the regulating the taxation of funded property, and conettc!ed by moving, " That the amount,of the exemption granted by Parlian:ent to Foreigners on.the duty on Dividends in the Funds i e f Great r Pritain, the East Indies, and the South Sea, for the year 1810; should be referred to the consideration of the. Committee of Supply." On the motion bei! g Mr. BARING opposed the motions not So of itch because the abolition of the exemption would be impolitic, as because it would be inconsistent wlth good faith. Mr. PERCEVAL never suspt (Jed the Hon. Gent. would bring his motion into a Committee of supply. He, however, had no objection to Ike:motion being brought forward now, for be feat assured of the manner in witii:h 4 the House would treat it. He had all along teen sufficient cause to agree to the Bill with its/ clauses of exemption. Ever retaining the opinion sacred, that it ought. n.ot t4.l?e violated till the gouptry was in eminent danger, and then he deemed it right to tax all kinds of property f9r pre . serving • the. whole. ,From the little appearallre of any such danger, from the long time which that law of exemptiqn had existed:4Eom the faith which Foreign Gentleman had shown in the unitopeacitable.suatctity natitvial character ; ar:d from, he suight.say,3lte general tone of Public feeling, he was. assured that the present mots n would meet with no support from the was .-aware,. were such to be adopted, every nation would deprecate- the etaXiduct of the flow:. Time