§ Mr. Baldwinpresented a petition from the owners and occupiers of lands in the parish of Lambeth, against the Lambeth Inclosure Bill, praying to be heard by counsel, against the bill, which was referred to the committee on the bill.—An ingrossed bill for amending an act, passed in Ireland in the 29th year of King George II. intituled, "An act for amending and making more effectual the several laws relating to the First Fruits, payable out of Ecclesiastical Benefices in this kingdom, and for the better regulation and management of the Charitable Bequest of Dr. Hugh Boulter, la[...]e lord archbishop of Armagh, for augmenting the maintenance of poor Clergy in this kingdom," so far only as relates to the said charitable bequest, was read the third time, and passed.—Mr. Johnson, from the office of the chief secretary for Ireland, presented to the house, pursuant to their orders, a return of the number of Common Law Subpœnas and Writs of Cabias Quo Minus, issued from the court of exchequer in Ireland, for the last four years, commencing the 1st of November, 1801; and also an account of the quantity of Spirits distilled in Ireland imported into Great Britain in the years 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, and 1805, stating the amount of the Duty paid in each year, and the amount thereof in the whole; which were ordered to lie upon the table.—Mr. Hutton, from the navy pay-office, presented to the house, pursuant to their orders, an account of the sums which re- 645 mained in his majesty's exchequer on the 31st of December, 1804, being part of the grants of parliament for naval services for the year 1804; and also an account of the aggregate amount of the certified balances in the hands of the treasurer of the navy and his cashiers on the 31st of December, 1804; and also an account of the exchequer bills issued from his majesty's exchequer for naval services, which remained in the hands of messrs. B. and A. Goldsmid on the 31st of December, 1804.—The attorney general presented to the house, according to order, a bill to prevent the importation of Slaves by any of his majesty's subjects into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power; and also to render more effectual a certain order, made by his majesty in council on the 15th day of August, 1805, for prohibiting the importation of slaves (except in certain cases) into any of the settlements, islands, colonies, or plantations on the continent of America, or in the West Indies, which have been surrendered to his majesty's arms during the present war; and the same was received, and read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 16th inst.—The secretary at war presented several military estimates, which, he said, did not relate to the military arrangements to be brought forward that night, and gave notice that, on Monday se'nnight, he would move their being taken into consideration in a committee of supply.—Mr. Vansittart presented the second report of the commissioners of revision of the civil affairs of the navy; which was ordered to be printed.—Mr. Vansittart brought up a bill for granting certain duties on iron; which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday se'nnight.— Mr. Perceval gave notice, that on the first day after the recess he would bring in a bill for improving the condition of stipendiary curates.—Sir John Duckworth's Annuity bill was read a second time, and ordered to a committee of the whole house on Monday se'nnight.—The Treasurer of the Ordnance bill was read a third time, and passed. A clause was introduced, providing that the bank should not be accountable for mistakes that might happen in figures.—The house went into a committee, proformâ, on the Property Tax bill, which was ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday fortnight.—Mr. Hawthorn reported from the committee of the whole house, to whom it was referred to 646 consider further of the supply granted to his majesty, the resolutions which the committee had directed him to report to the house; which are as follow, viz.—Resolved, 1. "That a sum, not exceeding 21,600l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to the trustees of the linen and hempen manufactures in Ireland, for promoting and encouraging the said manufactures, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807, under such regulations and appropriation as shall be directed by Parliament. 2. That a sum, not exceeding 25,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of civil buildings in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 3. That a sum, not exceeding 1,200l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of printing and binding 250 copies of the acts of the 46th year of the reign of his present majesty. 4. That a sum, not exceeding 10,500l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of publishing proclamations and advertisements in the Dublin gazette, and other newspapers in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 5. That a sum, not exceeding 21,880l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of the printing, stationery, and other disbursements, for the chief and under secretaries' offices and apartments, and other public offices in Dublin Castle, &c. and for the riding charges and other expences of the deputy pursuivants and extra messengers attending the said offices, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 6. That a sum, not exceeding 25,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of criminal prosecutions, and other law expences in Ireland, for one year, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 7. That a sum, not exceeding 2,500l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty for defraying the expence of apprehending public offenders in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 8. That a sum, not exceeding 5,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to the board of first fruits, for building new churches, and rebuilding old churches, in such parishes as no public service has been performed in for twenty years last past, and for the encouragement of building glebe 647 houses on such terms as they shall think fit, for one year, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 9. That a sum, not exceeding 254l. 18s. 10½d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for completing the sum necessary for the support of the non-conforming ministers of Ireland, for one year, from the 5th day of January, 1805, to the 5th day of January, 1806. 10. That a sum, not exceeding 9,429l. 18s. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for the support of the non-conforming ministers of Ireland for one year, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 11. That a sum, not exceeding 1,047l. 10s. 2d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of pratique in the port of Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 12. That a sum, not exceeding 610l. 6s. 11½d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expenditure at his majesty's gold mine at Croaghan, in the county of Wicklow, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 13. That a sum, not exceeding 340l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Stephen Moore, esq. accountant-general, for his extraordinary trouble and expence in preparing and printing the public accounts of Ireland laid before the house of commons in this session of parliament. 14. That a sum, not exceeding 240l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to John Smart, esq. deputy accountant-general, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing the public accounts of Ireland for Parliament, for one year, ending the 5th day of January, 1806. 15. That a sum, not exceeding 200l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Paul le Bas, esq. examinator of corn bounties, for his trouble in keeping the accounts in the said office. 16. That a sum, not exceeding 250l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Robert Marshall, esq. inspector-general of imports and exports, for his expence and trouble in preparing the accounts of the imports and exports of Ireland for Parliament, for one year, ending the 5th day of January, 1805. 17. That a sum, not exceeding 200l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Rogers Wetherall, esq. first clerk in the office of the inspector-general of imports and exports in Ireland, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing accounts for parliament. 18. 648 That a sum, not exceeding 200l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to George Hatton, esq. examinator of excise, for his extraordinary trouble and expence in preparing accounts for parliament. 19. That a sum, not exceeding 150l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Samuel Hood, esq. assistant examinator of excise, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing accounts for parliament. 20. That a sum, not exceeding 200l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to Thomas Haffield, esq. clerk in the office of the auditor of the exchequer, for his extraordinary trouble in preparing accounts for parliament. 21. That a sum, not exceeding 740l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of clothing the Battle-axe guards for eighteen months, commencing the 1st day of December, 1805. 22. That a sum, not exceeding 2,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of incidents of the treasury of Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 23. That a sum, not exceeding 22,621l. 6s. 1d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of the incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 24. That a sum, not exceeding 22,500l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of the Foundling Hospital in Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 25. That a sum, not exceeding 1,588l. 15s. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of the Hibernian marine society in Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 26. That a sum, not exceeding 8,210l. 10s. 10d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of the Hibernian School for Soldiers? children, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 27. That a sum, not exceeding 1,081l. 2s. 2d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of the Female Orphan House near Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 28. That a sum, not exceeding 1,391l. 2s. 6d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expences which may be incurred by the Association for discountenancing vice, and promoting the 649 knowledge and practice of the Christian religion, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 29. That a sum, not exceeding 8,988l, Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for supporting the Westmorland Lock Hospital in Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 30. That a sum, not exceeding 22,862l. 17s. 10d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of supporting the House of Industry and Penitentiary in Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 31. That a sum, not exceeding 1,030l. 18s. 6d. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of maintaining eighty patients in the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital in Cork-street, Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 32. That a sum, not exceeding 2,287l. 8s. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expence of the Lying-in Hospital in Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807. 33. That a sum, not exceeding 4,500l. Irish currency, [...]e granted to his majesty, towards defraying the expence of building the intended Hall for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day Of January, 1807. 34. That a sum, not exceeding 10,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be paid to the Dublin Society for promoting Husbandry and other useful Arts in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807, under such regulations and appropriation as shall be directed by parliament.—35. That a sum, not exceeding 3,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the expences of the Farming Society of Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807.—36. That a sum, not exceeding 400l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for defraying the charge of the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th of January, 1807.—.37. That a sum, not exceeding 10,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, for paving, cleansing, and lighting the streets of Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807.—38. That a sum, not exceeding 4,500l. Irish currency, be granted to this majesty, to be paid to the commissioners for making wide and convenient streets in 650 the city of Dublin, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807.—39. That a sum, not exceeding 8,000l. Irish currency, be granted to his Majesty, for defraying the charge of the Roman Catholic Seminary in Ireland, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807.—40. That a sum, not exceeding 2,700l. Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, to be applied to complete the re-building of the parish church of Saint Andrew Dublin, and building a steeple and spire thereto.—41. That a sum, not exceeding 4,740l. 3s. 0½d., Irish currency, be granted to his majesty, towards defraying the expence of Madam Steevens's Hospital, from the 5th day of January, 1806, to the 5th day of January, 1807, and to complete the repairing, furnishing, and enlarging, of the said Hospital."—A Petition of the proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, was presented to the house, and read; setting forth, that, in pursuance of powers granted by 5 several acts, of the 8th, 9th, 23d, 24th, and 34th years of his present majesty, the petitioners have made navigable canals from Birmingham, co. Warwick, to communicate with the canal navigations between the rivers Severn and Trent, and from Birmingham aforesaid to Fazely mid Whittington Brook, which have opened navigable communications with the Coventry canal and the canal from the Trent to the Mersey; that they have also completed canals and cuts to the lower part of the town of Birmingham and to the extensive coal mines, in the parishes of Wednesbury, &c. co. Stafford; and that they have expended large sums of money in improving their said canals, and particularly in the part between Birmingham and the coal mines at Tipton and Sedgley; and that, by an act, of the 31st of his present majesty, for making a navigable canal near Birmingham, to communicate with the Severn, at Diglis, near Worcester, the said last mentioned canal is not allowed to approach nearer to the Birmingham canal than within 7 feet; and, to prevent such approach, a bar hath been erected, by virtue of the last-mentioned act, to separate the said canals from each other; and that application hath been made by the proprietors of the said Worcester and Birmingham canal to the petitioners, to open a navigable communication between the said two canals, for the passage of boats, barges, &c., out of the one into the other, to which the petition- 651 ers have consented on certain conditions; &c. &c.—The petition was ordered to lie upon the table.—A petition of the wholesale and retail grocers of the city of Dublin, was presented to the house, and read; setting forth, that two acts of the last session of parliament, one by direct prohibition, and the other by the indirect effect of some of its provisions, have deprived the description of traders in Ireland called Grocers, of the benefit of the sale of spirituous liquors, between which and the other articles of their trade there existed a long established and necessary connection; and therefore praying, that the said acts may be so far partially repealed or modified as to permit Irish grocers to sell spirituous liquors by retail on paying the same licence duty as other retailers of spirits.—Sir John Frederick reported from the committee, to whom the petition of Joseph Burnett, of Streatham, in the county of Surrey, and Francis Bigg, deputy land coal meter for the said county, was referred; that the committee had examined the matter of the said petition, and had directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the house; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the same was read. Ordered, that leave be given to bring in a bill for more effectually preventing of frauds and abuses in the in the admeasurement and delivery of Coals, within the several parishes lying between the parishes of Egham and Rotherhithe, both inclusive, in the county of Surrey; and that sir John Frederick and lord William Russell do prepare, and bring in the same.—Mr. Hutchinson presented to the house (according to order) a bill for building a new gaol for the county of the city of Cork, and for supplying the said gaol with water; and the same was received, and read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time.—Mr. Wilberforce presented to the house (according to order) a bill to enable the justices of the peace for the county of York to provide a convenient house, with suitable accommodations, for his majesty's judges of the assizes of the said county; and the same was received, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time.—A bill for inclosing lands in the township of Skelton, in the parishes of Skelton and Overton, in the North Riding of the county of York, was read a second time, and committed.— A petition of the Journeymen Boot and Shoe Makers, in the parish of 652 Leeds, in the county of York, and its environs, was presented to the house, and read; taking notice of the application of the Master Boot and Shoe Makers; and setting forth, that, if the bill prayed for thereby should pass into a law, it will be the utter ruin of several thousands of his majesty's faithful and loyal subjects; and therefore praying, that the same may not pass into a law.— Mr. Robert Thornton said, he had put off his motion once or twice, in expectation that a discussion would take place on another motion connected with it. And as such discussion was not likely to take place this day, he would now barely content himself with moving, that there be laid before the house a copy of a letter from sir Robert Barlow to lord Lake, dated the 20th of Oct. 1805, in answer to a dispatch from lord Lake to marquis Cornwallis, dated the 6th of Oct. 1805. Mr. H. Addington said he had no objection whatever to the production of this paper, which was ordered accordingly.—Mr. Huddlestone said, that as he understood that some objections were to be made to the papers he was about to move for, as there was business of very great importance coming on this day, he would not interrupt it by making the motion, but put off the same till after the recess, when he would fix a day for it.—Mr. Rose said, he should be unwilling now to take up the time of the house by making the motion, of which he had given notice yesterday. He had heard of an intention expressed in another place to offer to parliament a measure that went to give the governors of the West-India islands a discretionary power to suspend the navigation laws of this country. They had already done this in certain cases, but they did so on their responsibility, and on that point alone the matter ought to rest. He now gave notice that he should bring forward his motion on this day fortnight. Lord Temple said, it was the intention of those members of the board to which he belonged, to propose that the governors of the Islands should be authorised, upon the necessity of the case, to grant those importations alluded to by the hon. gent.