FF,B, 28. . OF COMMONS. ]MONDAY, FEL 22. %Ir. Villiers made a report from the Dublin University Elec tion Colanatter,. in consequeure of which the Committre was allowed to aiklourn till convened by the Speaker's warrant. Ao Account wa; presented from the Office of the Chamberlain of Louden, 611:11 ill,: the expeaditure of the City in .cents;.; Blackfriurs'-bridge in repair. and in improving the entsances to the City by Tenable Bar and Snow -Hill, Mr, Whereto' brought up the RePort of the Committee of Wa vs and Means of Friday, grantiog a duty on Silt ev ported to the Continent. Mr. Perceval stated. that be intended to relinquish that duty, so far as it regarded salt exported to America, and to any terri tor on the Continent which might be, or might become in amity lib his Makiesty. The resolutions were then agreed to ; as were litewlse resolutions prohibiting the exportation of cotton oil, Col. Stanley presented a Petition from a number of Inhabi tants, tuanofeelurers of Great. and Little Dolton, in Lancashire, praying the House to advise his Alajesty to use every means and opportunity fur restoring the blessings of Peace. . N ro said he had WI objection to the Petition, and Mi nisters would certainly keep such IVO:allow in their eye, lie * bad Wry feeling of commiseration for the privations under which the petitioners laboured, Still be must contend, that those who v ere entrusted with the Executive Government, were iinefted ith the respousibility of commencing a negociation or not, and it was a poiut of some consideration, whether or not, it *negoti ation was to begin, It would terminate in a Treaty of Peace. The Petition was ordered to Be on the table, Several Papers. respectiug the conduct of Sir Home Popham, o•hiliis+ India, in I $7, were presented. Jtu. Poysuar wished to know from Ministers, as they. had stated on the PM day of the Seesion. that it was likely a Sub sidiary. Treaty would soon be concluded between this country and Sweden-.-whether there nos any prospect of such a treaty, nod n l aethcr any money had been advanced to that Monarch, Crxxrxu statrd. that the only reason for the silence of Mieisters on this subject, was the aim-arrival of intelligence from the. Canonical,. WJI!On tlwbr fen 11416 Mails had arrived from (lottenhurgh. anal they announced that such a treaty had been signed between that country and Logiand ; it was daily expected to arrive here, and he should then have the honour of submitting it to the liolve, A sum of money had been advanced • to the King of Sweden in contemplation of that ireatX. to u Committee of Ways and Means, a re501....i.0t erns agreed to. prohibitiug the exportation of cottoalsoni mild Jesuits bark. The report was received, and a Bill woe ordered to be brought is accordin,gly. On the question fur bringing up the Report of the Bill fur carrying auto ellive the late Orders be Council. She. Tittexrer rose, and objected to the farther progress of the jjill, as it 11 44 uOt originated according In nu Order of the House ,of 1771,w Wel) enacted, that all measures relating to trade should originate in n Committee dr Trade and Commerce, He con tended, that a Committee of Ways and Means was not the com petent authority for the institution of such a Bill, .1/n. Pettccr•r. replied, there WilS 110 necessity fora Commit tee of Trade to afford a groaml for the Rill, Be admitted, in regard to commercial regulations, a Committee of Trade was necessary ; but thi , tt us a dilicrent thin;; —this was a Committee Af 114 y s and Means imposing dutieg, aid& was the only com petent authority for the impopition of taxes. Some cosiver,atiou aro.4e, in the course of which Mr, Tiernev auggested the propriety of the Rill into two, This Ira. . acceded to by Mr. Perceval, and the lieport was brought up. The Hill was then ordered to be recommitted on Wednesday. Mr. Horner moved, that the order for taking. into further o)o4ller:taint tit* Petition complaining of an undue Llection and Return for the Borough of Great Grim-by be discharged, on the ground that the Petitioner had not, within fifteen days, lores.ent ed to the Clerk of the House an account, specifying his qualifi cation to a seat in that I louse,. Pee Sottcrro ft GEN Elt 41, revisted 'the motion, contending that if a Petition against a return was presented, it was out of the power of the House to get quit of it in such a way. The motion was negatived. THE oun►: PIPERS. • T.nril FolkeFtone inovetilhe Order of the Day for the Rouse into consi►leration Rude Papers. On the question being put, R”woomi THE NATIONAL RESISTER. w 133 Mu, CREEb Er rose. sad in a speech of some length expirsseti a wish that the Noble Lord would consent to the postponement of the discussion on these papers. which involved matters af great and high isuportance. His reason fur wishing this war, that this subject was connected nut only with o n e transaction of Lord Wellesley, but that it elubraced a period of 17 yeor:, touching the conduct of Sir John Shore, the late !Marquis Corn , wallis, and Lord Wellesley, The matter now brought forward by the Noble Lord, concerned only the Treaty between Lord Wellesley and the of Oude, who had dethroned that Prince., surrounded hint with troops, and taken from him a considerable portion of his territory. having instructed the itr sident at 1,116.1101 V to do so, telling him to take for his model the Treaty of Tanjore, and other Treaties made with dilfereet Powers in India, Ile itas therefore u( opinion that a Cornintir tee ought to be appointed to examine the conduct of Lord 'W teary generally, and to report the same to the If The House divided on the proposition of Mr, Creevey, which was carried.--For it '2lo—Against it 31. The further consi deration therefore stands over till Tuesday March 1,--A djuu mu]. TUESDA V s Irv's, 23. On the motion of Mr, H. Thornton, the Bill for the better As,essing and Collecting the Poor Rates. for the parish Of Saint 4tiviour, Southwark, was read a second time, and referred to a Colomittee, consisting of the lion. Gentleman, Sir 'l'. 'futon, abd tltte Mrmbers far the Home Couutiel , . Matidok moved for an account of all Coals and Cultu. .) which duties had been paid, carried coastways from London to oilier ports, for three .ears, ending the ht of January, 1807, and also for an account of the quantity of Coals and Cuba hit ported within the said period, front foreign ports. In a .'ononittee on the let ofthe .16th addle King, relative to the Distillation of Spirits iu quantities not less than 30,000 ;mi tosis. Leave vi as given. on the Report being brought up, to bring in a Bill foe 40seuditfig the said Act, Mr. Foster obtained leave to bring in a Bill fir Regulating the Issue of small Notes, under the value of Vt. , . and fur Pre venting the Forgery of liank.Tokens, in Ireland. Mr. Canning presented the information received by Mi tl i N ter, respecting the further enforcement of the French Decree of the 91st of November, Isoti. Ordered to printed, Mr, Wharton brought up a Report from the Committee of Ways and Nleat,s„ imposing the like duties ott goods exported from Ireland to thee Continent, as those Opposed on goods ev ported from Great Britain. Bill ordered, l'etty Customs (Mices Abolition Bill was read a. third ea=sed. —Adjourned, wcusrCSIAY, FCfl. 24, Mr. Fawkener, the Clerk of the privy Council, presented a Copy of ti:e Memorial by Sir Home Popham to his Majesty, pray big restoration of the proceeds of the ship Etrusco, con demned as lawful prize by the liLk Court of Admiralty. Or dered, on the motion of Mr, In.ilington, to be printed. • A new w rit was ordered for a Burgess to erne for Truro, in the room of Mr. Bow:sawn, now Viscount Falmouth, called up to the llouse of Peet Sir E. koatchbull presented a petition from twelve respect aide Magistrates pt kent, praying a Repeal of an Art of last S. salon, fur the recovery of small debts iu Dartford and • • Lieuveseud. , Luid on the tabie. Ur. Mellish•obtalned leaNe to bring in a Bill preventing the damagiug of row hides, in the cities of Loudon and 11 estminster, and the borough of Southw ark. Gem ral tiascoigne presented a petition from the African mer chants at Liverpool, praying a loan of 18,0001.—Laid on the table. Lord Castlereagh brought down a Message from his Majesty, stAing, the !Sovereign's haying taken into his royal considera ion the eminent services of the late Lord Lake in Europe and in India, I n desirous of conferring upcu the present Lord Lake, and his two immediate heirs male, a pension of 20001. per annum, and requested the House to enable his Majesty to do the same in the way most lilting. Ordered to be taken into farther consideration on Friday next, in a Committee of the whole House ; when the Noble Lord gave notice, he should move an Address to h 6 Majesty, for the erection of a monument, to perpetuate the memory and services of dictate Lord Lake. .11 CILCILIFT 1$ iShied to know whether the squadron under the can of Sir IL Strachan, had been compelled to move front Basque Roads, on account of a scarcity of provisions. as by that gallant Admiral Itchy.; obliged to relinquish that station, the Rochefort squadron had escaped to sea. \ tio I ifk I 1 I V.