A message from the lords communicated their lordships' assent to the malt duty bill, and the pensions, sugar, tobacco, and snuff duty bills.—On the motion of lord Folkestone, the account on the table, stating the progress made by the commissioners for reducing the national ,debt for the year ending the 31st of Jan. last, was ordered to be printed.—Mr. Alexander brought up the report of the committee of ways and means. The resolution for an issue of five millions of exchequer bills was read and agreed to, and a bill ordered.—Mr. Tierney rose to revive a notice, which he had submitted to the house above two years ago. He said, that he should on this day three weeks move for leave to bring in a bill for the 162 purpose of removing all doubts with respect to the law which applied to the treating at elections. The reason which urged him so long to delay bringing this subject before the house, the right hon. gent. stated to be, that ever since he had given notice, a number of election petitions had been generally before the house, which in most cases involved this question.—New writs were ordered for Wilton, in the room of lord viscount Fitzwilliam, who had accepted the stewardship of the manor of East Hendred; and for Haverfordwest, in the room of lord Kensington, who had been appointed one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral.—Mr. Vansittart moved, 1."That there be laid before this house, an account of the number of vessels, with the amount of their tonnage, and the value (official and computed) of their cargoes, which entered inwards, and cleared outwards, in the several ports on the West coast of Great Britain, from Liverpool inclusive to the northward, from or to any part of the continent of Europe situate northward or north-eastward of Holland, and also from or to any ports on the east coast of Great Britain, from Lynn Regis, in Norfolk, inclusive, to the northward, for five years, ending the 5th of Jan. 1793, and for five years, ending the 5th day of Jan. 1806." 2. "An account of the number of vessels, with the amount of their tonnage, and the value (official and computed) of their cargoes, which entered inwards, and cleared outwards, in the several northern ports of Ireland, including Dublin and Sligo, from or to any part of the continent of Europe, situate northward or north-eastward of Holland; and also from or to any ports on the east coast of Great Britain, from Lynn Regis, in Norfolk, inclusive, to the northward, for five years, ending the 5th of Jan. 1793, and for five years, ending the 5th of Jan. 1806." Ordered. —Mr. O'Hara moved, "that there be laid before this house, an account of the totals of the imports and exports of Great Britain, according to their real value, for the years ending 5th Jan. 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively, so as to ascertain the balance of each year." Ordered; as was also a similar account for Ireland.