On the motion of sir A. Wellesley, the deputy clerk of the crown was ordered to attend the house forthwith. He brought in the return for the borough of Carlow, which was read; and by which it appeared, that lieutenant-colonel Arthur Symes had been returned for the borough of Carlow. The precedent of the borough of Newtown, in the county of Southampton, in which Ewan Law, esq. was, by mistake, returned for Evan Law, esq. having been. read; the returning officer for Carlow (Mr. Turpin) was called in, who, on being questioned by the Speaker, declared, that, by mistake, the word Arthur had been inserted in the return instead of Michael. On the motion of sir A. Wellesley, the name of Arthur was ordered to be erased, and the name of Michael substituted— On the motion of of Mr. C. Wynne, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of 1011 Buckingham, in the room Of the right hon. T Grenville, who, since his election, had accepted the office of president of the board of controul, being one of the commissioners for the affairs of India, with a salary annexed.—On the motion of Mr. Vansittart, the Ordnance Lands bill was read, a third time and passed. Colonel Wood, alluding to the above bill, complained that it had been carried through the house in so hurried and irregular a manner, that he was by no means aware it had arrived at its last stage. It involve in it considerations, which required the utmost deliberation, and the best advice. Mr. Vansittart supposed, that the hon. gent. meant to direct his observations against bill that was in its progress through the house; this, however, Colonel Wood denied. The Speaker interposed, observing, that after a bill had passed, such a conversation Was totally irregular; he added, that the bill in question had passed through all the proper stages, and that it had always had its place among the orders of the day.—Mr. Combe brought up a bill for repealing the. London Additional Force act. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday.—The Expiring Laws bill; the Land-Tax Commissioners Assessment bill; and the Bankrupt Laws bill, were read a third time and passed.—Mr. Vansittart brought up the following bills—A bill for Reducing the Bounty on Refined Sugar; a bill for Allowing certain Goods to be Warehoused without Duty; a bill for permitting the Importation of French Wine from Ireland, in Bottles and Flasks; a bill for Granting an Additional Bounty on the Exportation of the Silk Manufactures of Great Britain; a hill for Allowing the Exportation of certain Articles from Gibraltar and Malta; a bill for Prosecuting Offences against the Stamp Laws; a bill for Regulating the Legal Quays of the Port of London; a bill 'for Enquiring into the State of Windsor Forest; a bill for Allowing the Importation of Masts, Yards, and Bowsprits from the British Colonies in North America; a bill for Repealing the Act of James II., for Presenting the importation of Gunpowder, Arms, and Ammunition from Ireland; and also a bill for Allowing the Exportation of Raisins and Figs, Duty-free; all of which were read a first time and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.—The Clerks Of Chancery bill, the Innkeepers' Rates bill, the Crown Lands Leasing bill, and the Irish Excise 1012 Countervailing Duty bill, were read a second the, and ordered to be committed to-morrow.—The Newfoundland Bounty bill, the Masters of Chancery bill, and the Accomptant General's bill, went through Committees; the reports of which were ordered to be received to-morrow.—Messengers from the lords announced their lordships' assent to the Irish Distillery bill, the Irish Imports and Exports bill, the Irish Poor bill, and the Assessed Taxes Allowance bill.—On the Motion of lord Temple, it was ordered, that the house should, to-morrow, resolve itself into a committee on that part of the act of the 2d of James 1. which related to the penalties on the regrating and engrossing of bark. On the Suggestion of Mr. Fellowes, the penalties on the forestalling of hides were ordered to be taken into consideration by the same committee.—The Malt Duty bill, and the Lottery bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday.—Mr. Hobhouse brought up the report of the committee on the Insolvent Debtors' bill. Sir W. Elford wishing to introduce a new clause, the bill was re-committed to a select committee.—Sir J. Newport brought up a bill for granting certain Drawbacks on Goods exported from Ireland. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.—The house Went into a committee on the Sugar Drawback act, in Which, on the motion of Mr. Vansittart, it was resolved, that the same bounties should be granted on the exportation of sugar-candy,.as were already granted on the exportation of fine sugar from Great Britain. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow.—On the motion of lord Temple, the house .having gone into the further consideration of the report of the woollen manufactures of Great Britain, the resolutions were agreed to, after some observations from Mr. Pattison which related merely to two numerical errors. Lord Temple called to the recollection of the house the anxiety which had been ever manifested by him, that some decision should be made upon the subject during the present session. The late period, however, at which the report of the committee had been made, seemed to make this (to the extent that could be wished) impracticable. In Saying this, he begged not to be understood to impute any unnecessary delay to the committee, to whose abilities, energy, and activity, on the contrary, he bore the highest testimony. Although all could not be done that it was de 1013 sirable to do, he trusted, that, before the house separated, they would, at least, consent to a bill to make some regulation in the contending interests on this subject; and, as early as possible in the next session, he trusted, that an ultimate arrangement would be agreed to. The noble lord then moved for, and obtained leave to bring in a bill, pursuant to the resolution of the said committee.—The house resolved into a committee upon the Nabob of Arcott's Debts bill.—Lord H. Petty proposed clauses to empower the commissioners, under this bill, to apprehend persons refusing to attend, and to commit persons refusing to answer questions; also to order the commissioners to make a report of their proceedings to parliament at least 21 days after the meeting of the sessions; and, from time to time afterwards; such reports to comprehend lists of the claims preferred, and of the decisions provisionally or absolutely made thereon, together with a statement of the grounds upon which such decisions were made. After some conversation between Mr.Perceval, Mr. Windham, lord H. Petty, Mr. Paull, Mr. Grant, and Mr. W. Keene, these amendments were agreed The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.—The secretary at war laid on the table the estimates for additional pay to the officers of the army, and gave notice of his intention to move resolutions, grounded upon those estimates, in the committee of supply, on Friday. The right hon. gent. thought it proper to inform the house, that it was not proposed to extend the increased pay to a certain rank of officers in the militia, who, for obvious reasons, stood in need of no such addition. It was, therefore, meant, as there was a clause in the militia act, extending the same pay to that body, as was received by the regular army, to prepare a short bill, which his right hon. friend (Mr. Windham) would move for to-morrow; and the object of which would be to amend that clause, so as that it should not interfere with the resolutions which he should have the honour of submitting to the committee on Friday. Mr. Windham gave notice of his intention to make, to-morrow, the motion referred to by his right hon. friend. Mr. Huskisson asked to what degree the proposed augmentation was to be carried, and to what class of officers extended? The secretary at war replied, that the augmentation was to extend to all ranks in the regular army, but to none above subalterns in the militia. He 1014 felt, that it would be inconvenient to go into each article of augmentation at present. The Speaker observed, that there being no question before the house, such a statement could tot be regularly, gone into, at least, without creating a debate.—Mr. Huskisson gave notice of his intention to move, on Friday, certain resolutions respecting the revenue and expenditure of the country. These resolutions, the how. gent added, would not be of the same nature with those which had been annually submitted to the house for some years back, but would relate rather to the mode of making up the public accounts.