New writs were ordered for Dorchester, in the room of the hon. C. A. Cooper,who had accepted the place of clerk of the ordnance; for Grantham in the room of Mr. Thoroton, who had accepted the place of clerk of the deliveries of the ordnance; for Youghal, in the room of lord Boyle, called up to the house of peers; and for st. Mawes, in,the,room of colonel Shipley,who having been also returned for the borough of Flint, had 794 made his election to serve for the latter place.—The chancellor of the exchequer brought down the following message from the king: "G. R. His majesty being desirous that the house called The Queen's House at Frogmore, with certain grounds thereto belonging and adjoining, should be secured to her majesty for her life and the lives of the princesses his majesty's daughters, recommends it to his faithful commons to enable his majesty to grant and settle the same, in such manner, and with such provisions, as may most effectually accomplish the said purpose. G. R." Referred to a committee of the whole house.—Mr. R. Dundas brought in a bill to enable the East-India company to raise money upon Bond instead of increasing their capital stock; which was read the first time.— The house, on the motion of the chancellor of the exchequer, resolved itself into a committee of supply, to which the report from the committee appointed to prepare estimate of the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia of Great Britain and Ireland was referred. The following sums were then voted; tor extraordinaries of the army, incurred from 25th December 1805, to 25th December 1806 and not provided for by parliament, 793,710l. 0s. 8d.; Army extraordinaries for Great Britain for the year 1807, 2,960,000l.; ditto for Ireland 600,000l. It was. also voted, that a provision be made for-the pay and clothing of the militia of England and Ireland, and a provision for the allowances to serjeant-majors, adjutants, and subaltern officers of militia in Great Britain. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to propose a Lottery or Lotteries, in which the tickets should not exceed 100,000, at 10l. a ticket. There had been a suggestion made to the.treasury, that it might have a better effect if the prizes in the first lotteries of the year were to be paid in lottery tickets instead of money. Upon this subject they had come to no resolution, but he thought it proper to inform the committee of the suggestion. He therefore proposed that the lords of the treasury should be authorized to contract with such persons as were disposed to bid for a lottery or lotteries containing 100,000 tickets. The resolution was agreed to.