§ The secretary at war presented an account of the effective strength of the regular army on the 1st of June, 1805. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—M. W. Dickenson presented certain accounts relative to naval stores in the dock-yards, pursuant to the order of the house. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—Mr. Rose brought up the report of the Thames Cartage and Ballastage bill. The amendments were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time.—A message from the lords informed the house, that their lordships had agreed to the Seamen's Encouragement bill, and the Bark Stealing Prevention bill, without any amendments.—Mr. Johnson, from the office of chief secretary for Ireland, presented an account of the manner in which the sum of 500,000l. granted by the parliament of Ireland to the directors general of inland navi- 617 gation in Ireland had been disposed of. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—The Sheffield Road bill, and the Poor ,Clergy bill, were read a third time and passed.—Mr. R. Dundas brought up the bill for the improvement of Leith Harbour, which was read a first time.—The Irish Loyalist Compensation bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Vansittart took that opportunity of stating, that with respect to another commission to which allusion had been made on a former day, he had the assurance of the Irish government, that, as soon as the claims now before them should be disposed of, the commission would be put an end to, which would probably take place before the term fixed by the bill for the duration of the commission to which it referred.—Mr. S. Bourne moved, that an humble address be presented to his majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to direct that a further account be made out of all sums issued by his majesty, pursuant to addresses of the house, which had not been made good by parliament. Ordered, and that the address be presented by such members of the house as are of his majesty's privy council. —Foster brought up a bill for regulating the collection of the customs in Ireland, which was read a first time.—The Irish Infirmary, and the Bank Forgery bills, passed through committees, and were ordered to be reported to-morrow.—Mr. Foster brought up the Howth Harbour Improvement bill, which was read a first time.—The chancellor of the exchequer, pursuant to notice, moved for, and obtained leave, to bring in a bill to enable his majesty to appoint additional commissioners for the better examining and auditing certain accounts of Great-Britain.—The house, on the motion of the chancellor, of the exchequer, went into a committee of supply, to which the estimates presented on Tuesday, the petition respecting the Sierra Leone establishment, and the report of the committee respecting the naval asylum, were referred. In the committee were voted the sum of 14,000l for the Sierra Leone company; 5000l. for prosecuting discoveries in the interior of Africa; 20,000l. for erecting a naval asylum; and 9176l. 3s. 3d. Irish currency, as a provision for non-conforming ministers in Ireland, from the 5th January, 1805, to the 5th January, 1806. The house was then resumed, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow.—On the motion of Mr. Vansittart an account was ordered of the amount of the net produce of the permanent taxes laid on be- 618 fore the year 1803. Also an Account of the amount of duties of customs and excise charged as outstanding on the 5th of April, 1804, and the 5th of April, 1805, respectively, distinguishing the permanent from the temporary duties.—The house went into a committee of ways and means, on the motion of Mr. Vansittart, and resolved, that an additional duty should be laid on Spanish red wine imported into Ireland, in proportion to the additional duty laid on the same wine on its importation into Great Britain. The report was ordered to be received tomorrow.—In a committee of the whole house it was afterwards resolved, that it was expedient that such additional duty should be charged on such wine imported into Ireland. To be reported to-morrow. The Paddington Canal Coal bill, the Warehousing bill, the 1,500,000l. Exchequer Bills bill, the 8,000,000l. Exchequer Bills bill, the 2,500,000l. Exchequer Bills bill, the Custom House Officers' Fees Abolition bill, the English and Scotch Spirit Exportation bill, and the Cochineal Dust Duty were read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.