§ Mr. White, clerk of the election committees, appeared at the bar, with the minutes of the select committee appointed to try the merits of the Knaresborough election, which was ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—A gentleman from the Bank of England presented at the bar, an account of bank notes issued on the 15th of each month, from 15th Dec. 1803, to 15th Feb. 1805, distinguishing all those under 51. pursuant to an order of the house. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—A message from the lords requested the attendance of the right hon. Sir John Stewart, bart. in order to give evidence before the committee of their lordships, in the affair of Judge Fox. The answer returned was, that sir John Stewart had the leave of the house to attend their lordships' committee if he thought fit.—Mr, Dickenson obtained leave to bring in a bill to punish mutiny and desertion in the navy.—Mr, Foster gave notice, that in the committee of supply, on Wednesday next, he should move the usual grants to Irish charities, &c. and that in the committee of ways and means on Monday he should bring forward the budget for Ireland.—?Mr. Creevey gave notice, that to-morrow se'nnight he would submit a motion to the house on the sub- 695 ject of the accounts of Mr. Fordyce, and likewise a motion relative to his appointment as one of the commissioners of naval inquiry.—On the motion of Mr. Huskisson the expiring laws bill went through a committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.—Mr. Fox observed, that a few evenings since, a right hon. friend of his (Mr. Windham) had stated, that there must be some mistake in the return of the number of men raised in the county of Surry, under the defence act. It was returned at 70, when in. fact it did not exceed 14. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that70 was the number given in the original returns, and he had no other documents by which to discover, whether or not this was an error.—Mr. Sheridan postponed his motion for the repeal of the additional force bill, which stood for to-morrow, to Wednesday.— Mr. Alexander brought up the report of the committee on the additional horse duty bill, which was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer found it impossible in compliance with the forms which it was necessary to observe, to divide the horse duty bill as he at first intended. He should therefore move for leave to bring in a separate bill, for laying an additional duty on horses employed for agricultural purposes, and he trusted the candour of gentlemen would allow this bill to proceed to that stage at which it was severed from the old bill, namely, the second reading, before they produced their objections to it, Leave given.