HC Deb 05 December 1803 vol 1 cc86-7

The bill for inclosing lands in the manor and parish of Fulbeck, in the county of Lincoln, for making compensation for the tithes arising within the same parish, was read a second time, and committed.—Mr. Manning brought in a bill to enable the London dock-company to raise a farther sum af £500,000 for the con struction of wet docks and other works, for the greater accommodation of the London merchants. Read a first time and ordered to be read a second time.—Mr. Grant ac quainted the House that Col. F. W. Grant, who had been ordered to attend in his place on Wednesday next, had arrived in town, and would attend in his place to-morrow.—Mr. Secretary Yorke presented at the bar, by his Majesty's command, a copy of the convention between his Britannick Majesty and the King of Sweden, signed on the 25ih of July 1803. I Ordered to lie on the table.—Mr. Secretary Yorke moved the second reading of the bill for continuing the suspension of the habeas corpus. act in Ireland. The bill was accordingly read a second time without giving rise to any debate, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. Pole presented the ordnance estimates for 1804, which were ordered to, lie on the table, and the hon. member save notice that he would, on Friday next, in the committee of supply, move the consideration of these estimates after the army estimates were disposed of.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that a committee be appointed to enquire into the expenditure of the United Kingdom, from the first day of Jan. 1801 and the sums con tributed thereto by Great-Britain and Ire land respectively, and report the same with their opinion thereupon, to the House. And a committee was appointed accordingly —In a committer: of supply the committee on the motion of Sir Philip Stephens, voted the following sums; for the transport service, for the year 1804, £ 709,000;for prisoners of war at home and abroad, £220,000; for sick prisoners of war, £40.000; the House being resumed, the report was presented.—Mr. Corry rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to suspend the act of last session, prohibiting the negotiation of small notes in Ireland. He wished it to be understood that government did not by this means propose any general system or permanent regulation on the subject. They only proposed ibis as a temporary measure till the Irish members hitherto detained at home, by their attention to the defence of their own shores, could be present, and the question could be fully considered. Leave was given and the bill brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. The House having gone into a committee on expiring laws, a report was agreed, and reported, on which Mr. Corry brought in a bill to suspend certain acts prohibiting the exportation from Ireland, of corn, potatoes and provisions, and to permit their importation for a time to be limited. The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow—The seamen's desertion bill was read a third time and passed.—The malt duty bill was read a list time, and ordered for a second reading to-morrow.—A bill for continuing and regulating the bounty on sugar exported from Ireland was read a first time and ordered to be lead a second time tomorrow.—The pension, &c. duty bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.—The curate's relief bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow.—The bill to suspend the act prohibiting the negotiation, &c. of small notes in Ireland, was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.—A bill for continuing an act discontinuing certain bounties on the exportation of sugar, was lead a first time and ordered for a second ceding to morrow.—The live millions exchequer bills bill was read a first time.—The first indemnity bill was tend a first time.