Sitting of 12 July 1805

MEMORIAL OF THE NAVY BOARD IN ANSWER TO THE THIRD NAVAL REPORT.
—Mr. Dickenson, jun. presented to the house, pursuant to their order; a copy of a letter from the navy board to William Marsden, esq. dated 4th July 1804, inclosing a memorial to the house of commons, in answer
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to the third report of the commissioners of naval enquiry.—On the motion that this letter, &c. should be laid on the table,
Mr. Kinnaird rose and expressed his surprise that a document of this nature should have been brought before the house at this very late period of the session, and his regret that he should, from a sense of duty, feel himself obliged to interupt the tranquillity of the house by opposing the present motion. It was in his mind, and he believed in that of every dispassionate man, a matter of astonishment, that this paper should have been brought forward that day, in precisely the same objectionable form which urged gentlemen to resist the order for its production the preceding day. After the observation which the house had heard from the chair, the circumstance was peculiarly remarkable. But the hon. gent. who made the motion, seemed to imagine that his ingenuity had contrived to evade the objections of the chair; that hon. gent. probably fancied that by enclosing the Memorial of the navy board in a letter to the lords of the admiralty, every difficulty as to form was obviated. He, however, conceived that the hon. gent. was mistaken, and that mistake, as it related to the proper form of presenting papers to that house, which was a consideration by no means unimportant, was in his judgment fatal to this motion. It was insulting to the house to attempt to press the introduction of a paper in this shape, and the attempt itself was, under such circumstances, a most unworthy expedient. What! to make the admiralty the channel of communication with that house; to make a correspondence with the one the mode of addressing the other! The thing was not to be allowed, and he trusted the same objections to such a course which the house had heard the preceding day from the chair, would be again pressed that day. The mode of procedure resorted to on this occasion, the hon. gent. was clearly of opinion, betrayed a fear of enquiry on the part of the navy board. He sincerely believed that it would go forth to the country that such a fear was entertained, that the navy board, far from being anxious for inquiry into their conduct, sought the shelter of official authority, and were forward to avail themselves of expedients. Independently of the reasons offered the preceding day against the production of these papers, the hon. gent. observed, that an argument sufficiently strong to justify opposition had since occurred. The house had heard a declaration from one of the respectable

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commissioners of naval inquiry, (sir C. Pole) which served to shew how much the calumny of office was employed to depreciate that highly meritorious commission. To refute, to expose the injustice of such calumny, nothing but inquiry was necessary with respect to the naval commissioners, and he challenged the hon. baronet (sir A. S. Hamond) to enter upon it, not in any irregular clandestine manner; not under the patronage of office, but in the face of day, and before a committee of that house. Before such a committee, before any fair tribunal, the commissioners of naval inquiry were ready to submit their conduct to the fullest and closest investigation. They wished for inquiry, in order to guard against misrepresentation; in order to provide against the impression which the insinuations of gentlemen on the treasury bench were calculated to produce. The nature, indeed, of such insinuations was such, that, combined with impediments thrown in the way of the naval commissioners, and the obloquy to which they were subjected through the activity of official slander, it peculiarly behoved the house to take care that no document should go abroad, such, probably, as that to which the motion referred, which might in any degree tend to give the warrant or authority of its name to any censure upon the naval commissioners. If such censure were pronounced, if the prejudices of those who had such ample means of inforcing their slanders were supported by the authority of that house, there was but too much reason to apprehend that, before next sessions, the country might be deprived of the services of those eminently deserving men, who never could be deprived of the gratitude of their countrymen, and who possessed, he was fully satisfied, the approbation of a decided majority of that house, and the confidence of all the intelligent impartial men in the country. This consideration would, he trusted, in addition to the consciousness of their own rectitude, induce the gentlemen who composed the naval commission to look down with scorn on their calumniators, and, spurning the efforts used to impede their exertions, to prosecute the course in which they had been heretofore engaged so much to their own honour and the public benefit.—The hon. member alluded to some of the arguments used the preceding day, when he was called to order by Mr. S. Bourne, who pronounced that kind of allusion disorderly.
The Speaker stated, that it was certainly
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not correct to refer to arguments used in a former debate.
Mr. Kinnaird resumed. It had been said by the gent. opposite, that an anxiety had been shewn to avoid any inquiry into the conduct of the late admiralty board by the disposition which was manifested to resist the introduction of this paper. In answer to this he should declare, that nothing could be more consonant to the wish of that board, than that a full and fair investigation of their conduct should be instituted. But what investigation? What inquiry? One by this house: not merely the calumnious assertions of persons now in office. It was, in his opinion, a great reproach to the gentlemen opposite; it was in the highest degree derogatory to their character, that they were not prepared to demand an inquiry, (a proper inquiry) by a committee of the house of commons. He regretted more particularly, after the declaration made by the hon. baronet last night, that they had not enough of fairness in their disposition, or of confidence in their innocence to demand such an inquiry. He considered it as very extraordinary, that at so late a period of the session such a memorial should be presented at all; he should consider it still more extraordinary if it were received after what had been declared from the chair the preceding night, that this was not the proper mode of presenting such a memorial.
Sir A. S. Hamond spoke to order. He appealed to the speaker, whether or not the mode in which the memorial had been presented was not in strict conformity to his observations.
The Speaker observed, that to the way in which the memorial had been originally offered, he had certainly urged as an objection, that it was irregular in such a manner to receive the memorial of individuals. He had then stated two ways by which the facts contained in that memorial could be introduced to the knowledge of the house. The first was by means of a petition from the commissioners of the navy, pleading grievances and praying for redress; the other by moving for the production of such official correspondence as might contain the manner which it was deemed desirable to lay before the house. On the 30th of April a similar mode had been adopted, in conformity to which the motion of yesterday had been framed.
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allow him to present a petition from captain Wood relative to the conduct of admiral Duckworth in the West Indies. The serjeant at arms then announced a message from the lords.
Mr. Sheridan, however, seemed desirous of proceeding, when
The Speaker said, that, conformably to the usage of parliament, when messengers from the lords demanded admittance, they should be called in, even in the midst of a debate.—The message was, that the lords had commanded them to acquaint this house, "that the lords have taken the message of the commons, of the fifth day of July instant, relating to the message of the lords, requesting the commons to communicate to the lords the evidence upon which they passed the bill, intituled, an act for settling and securing a certain annuity on John now duke of Atholl, and the heirs general of the seventh earl of Derby, and inform the commons, that the lords intended, by their message, to request the commons to communicate the information laid before the commons relating to the facts stated in the said bill as the ground and foundation thereof; and the lords conceive, that it is according to the practice of parliament for the lords
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to request of the commons such information touching bills passed by them." The messengers having withdrawn, it was ordered on the motion of lord Glenbervie, "that a message be sent to the lords, to acquaint their lordships, that the commons have taken their lordships message, of this day, into consideration; but inasmuch as the nature of the bill, mentioned in their lordships message, was for the express purpose of making a disposition of public money, the commons conceive that the claim asserted in their lordships message is not warranted by the practice of parliament, and doth intrench upon the rights and privileges of the commons, from which they can never depart."
The deputy usher of the black rod then made his appearance, and desired the attendance of the house in the house of peers, to hear the lords commissioners give the royal assent to several public and private bills. The speaker, with the whole of the members present, went up accordingly to the house of lords, and on his return, calling the members round the table, read to them a copy of the speech; after which the members separated.—Thus ended the third session of the second parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Passed in the Third Session of the Second Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the 45th Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, George III. with the Date of their meeting the Royal Assent.
CHAP. I. An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1805. [7th Feb.]
2. An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Pensions, Offices, and personal Estates, in England, and certain Duties on Sugar, Malt, Tobacco, and Snuff, in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1805. [7th Feb.]
3. An Act to remedy certain Omissions in an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of certain Insolvent Debtors. [7th Feb.]
4. An Act to continue, until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, for continuing an Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, to apprehend and detain such Persons as he or they shall suspect for conspiring against His Majesty's Person and Government. [22d Feb.]
5. An Act for explaining and amending an Act, made in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, for consolidating certain of the Provisions contained in any Act or Acts relating to the Duties under the Management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, and for amending the same, so far as relates to the Power of acting as Commissioners in certain Districts. [22d Feb.]
6. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Times limited for those Purposes respectively, until the Twenty-fifth Day. of December 1805; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors to make and file the same, on or before the first Day of Michaelmas Term 1805. [22d Feb.]
7. An Act for raising the Sum of Three Millions by Loans on Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805. [22d Feb.]
8. An Act for amending an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, for granting additional Annuities to the Proprietors of Stock, created by two Acts, passed in the Thirty-seventh and Forty-second Years of His present Majesty. [1st March.]
9. An Act for allowing Vessels employed in the Greenland Whale-fishery to complete their full Number of Men at certain Ports for the present Season. [1st March.]
10. An Act for making further Provision for the effectual Performance of Quarantine. [12th March.]
11. An Act for granting certain additional Rates and Duties in Great Britain on the Conveyance of Letters. [12th March.]
12. An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds by way of Annuities. [12th March]
13. An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties in Great Britain on Horses used in riding or for drawing certain Carriages, and for consolidating the said additional Duties with the present Duties thereon. [18th March.]
14. An Act for granting additional Duties on Salt in Great Britain. [18th March.]
15. An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties in Great Britain on the Amount of Assessments to be charged on the Profits arising from property, Professions, Trades, and Offices. [18th March.]
16. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. [18th March.]
17. An Act for the Regulation of His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. [22d March.]
18. An Act for granting to His Majesty, until the 25th Day of March 1806, certain Rates and Duties, and to allow certain Drawbacks and Bounties, upon Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into, and exported from, Ireland, in lieu of former Rates and Duties, Drawbacks, and Bounties. [25th March.]
19. An Act for granting to His Majesty, until the 25th Day of March 1806, certain inland Duties of Excise and Taxes in Ireland, in lieu of former Duties of Excise and Taxes. [25th March.]
20. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Stamp Duties in Ireland. [25th March.]
21. An Act for repealing certain Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof. [25th March.]
22. An Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty upon Malt made in Ireland, and upon Spirits made or distilled in Ireland, for the Year 1805. [25th March.]
23. An Act to continue, until the 25th Day of March 1806, and to amend, several Acts for regulating the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of Sugar from Ireland. [25th March.]
24. An Act for further continuing, until the 25th Day of March 1806, an Act, passed in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, for discontinuing certain Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of Sugar from Great Britain, and for allowing other Drawbacks and Bounties in lieu thereof. [25th March.]
25. An Act to continue an Act for suspending the Operation of an Act, of the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for restraining the Negotiation of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, under a limited Sum, in England, until Six Months after a Ratification of a definitive Treaty of Peace. [25th March.]
26. An Act for continuing several Laws relating to the permitting the Warehousing of Spirits in Ireland for Exportation; for charging a Duty on the same when taken out for Home Consumption; and for regulating the Exportation to Great Britain of spirits not warehoused, until,

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the 29th Day of September 1805; to the prohibiting the Exportation from, and permitting the Importation to, Great Britain of Corn, and for allowing the Importation of other Articles of Provision without Payment of Duty, and to the prohibiting the Exportation from Ireland of Corn or Potatoes, or other Provisions, and to the permitting the Importation into Ireland of Corn, Fish, and Provisions, without Payment of Duty, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March 1806. [25th March.]
27. An Act to enable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of Great-Britain to issue Exchequer Bills, on the Credit of such Aids or Supplies as have been, or shall be, granted by Parliament for the Service of Great-Britain, for the Year 1805. [25th March.]
28. An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Stamp Duties, in Great-Britain on certain Legacies. [5th April.]
29. An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties, within Great-Britain, on certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into, or brought or carried coastwise. [5th April.]
30. An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Duties of Excise in Great Britain. [5th April.]
31. An Act for allowing a certain Proportion of the Militia in Great Britain voluntarily to enlist into His Majesty's Regular Forces and Royal Marines. [10th April]
32. An Act for granting to Foreign Ships put under His Majesty's Protection the Privileges of Prize Ships, under certain Regulations and Restrictions, and for allowing Aliens in Foreign Colonies surrendered to His Majesty to exercise the Occupations of Merchants or Factors, during the present War, and until Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace. [10th April.]
33. An Act to make valid certain Licences, granted by virtue of an Order in Council, for allowing the importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize from and to Spain in Neutral Vessels, and for indemnifying all Persons concerned in advising such Order, or granting or acting under such Licences. [10th April.]
34. An Act to permit the Importation of Goods and Commodities from Countries in America, belonging to any Foreign European Sovereign or State, in Neutral Ships, during the present War, and until Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace. [10th April.]
35. An Act to continue until the First Day of June 1806, and amend an Act, passed in the 37th Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for carrying into Execution the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Majesty and the United States of America. [10th April.]
36. An Act to enable the East-India Company to appoint the Commander in Chief on the Bengal Establishment to be a Member of the Council of Fort William in Bengal; notwithstanding the Office of Governor-General of Fort William and the Office of Commander in Chief of all the Forces in India being vested in the same Person. [10th April.]
37. An Act for increasing the Rates of Subsistence to be paid to Innkeepers and others on Soldiers. [10th April.]
38. An Act for allowing a certain Proportion of the Militia in Ireland voluntarily to enlist into
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His Majesty's Forces, and Royal Marines. [11th April.]
39. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1805, and amend an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland in the 40th Year of His present Majesty, for better regulating the issuing and granting of Permits and Certificates for the Conveyance and Protection of Trade in exciseable Goods therein-mentioned, and to prevent Frauds by Dealers in, or Retailers of, such Goods, so far as the same respects Permits for Spirits or Spiritous Liquors. [11th April.]
40. An Act for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by way of Annuities, for the Service of Ireland. [17th May.]
41. An Act for restraining the Negotiation of certain Promissory Notes and Inland Bills of Exchange in Ireland. [17th May.]
42. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, for preventing the counterfeiting of certain Silver Coin issued by the Banks of England and Ireland respectively, to Silver Pieces which may be issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, called Tokens, and to promote the Circulation of the said Tokens. [17th May.]
43. An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping in Repair, the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post Office more secure and expeditious. [17th May.]
44. An Act for repealing so much of an Act, made in the 34th Year of His present Majesty, as exempts Slate, the Value whereof shall not exceed Twenty Shillings per Ton, brought coastwise within Great Britain, from the Duty thereby granted. [5th June.]
45. An Act for making perpetual certain additional Duties of Excise on Wine imported into Great Britain, granted by two Acts, passed in. the 43d and 44th Years of His present majesty; and to allow a Drawback of the said Duties to Admirals, Captains, and other commissioned Officers, for Wine consumed on board His Majesty's Ships of War.[5th June.]
46. An Act to continue until the End of the next Session of Parliament, and amend an Act, made in the 43d Year of His present Majesty, for appointing Commissioners to enquire and examine into any Irregularities, Frauds, or Abuses, which are or have been practised by Persons employed in the several Naval Departments therein mentioned. [5th June.]
47. An Act to appoint Commissioners to enquire and examine into the Public Expenditure, and the Conduct of Public Business in the Military Departments therein mentioned; and to report such Observations as shall occur to them for correcting or preventing any Abuses and Irregularities, and for the better conducting and managing the Business of the said Departments, to continue in force for Two Years, and from thence until the Expiration of Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament. [5th June.]
48. An Act for appointing Commissioners for putting into Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, for continuing and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Pensions, Offices, and personal Estates, in England, and certain Duties on Sugar, Malt, Tobacco, and Snuff, in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1805; and

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an Act, made in the 38th Year of His present Majesty, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1798. [5th June.]
49. An Act to repeal certain Parts of an ct, made in the 43d Year of His present Majesty, for granting a Contribution on the Profits arising from Property, Provisions, Trades, and Offices, and to consolidate and render more effectual the Provisions for collecting the said Duties. [5th June.]
50. An Act for regulating Licences for the Sale of spirituous Liquors, Wine, Beer, Ale, and Cyder, by retail, and for discouraging the immoderate use of Spirituous Liquors in Ireland. [5th June.]
51. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Stamp Duties, for amending the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties, and for indemnifying Persons who have acted as Notaries Public, without being duly licensed, in Ireland. [27th June.]
52. An Act for the better Regulation of Licences to Persons in Ireland dealing in exciseable Commodities, and engaged in the several Occupations therein mentioned. [27th June.]
53. An Act for the Collection of the Malt Duties in Ireland, and regulating the Trade of a Malster. [27th June.]
54. An Act to amend an Act, made in the 9th Year of King George the First, for amending the Laws relating to the Settlement, Employment, and Relief of the Poor, so far as the same respects Contracts to be entered into for the Maintenance and Employment of the Poor. [27th June.]
55. An Act to amend an Act, made in the 25th Year of His present Majesty, for better examining and auditing the Public Accounts of this Kingdom, and for enabling the Commissioners in certain Cases to allow of Vouchers although not stamped according to Law. [27th June.]
56. An Act for further continuing, until the 1st Day of February 1809, an Act, made in the 27th Year of His present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners of the Treasury to let to farm the Duties on Horses, let to hire for travelling Post, and by Time. [27th June.]
57. An Act to consolidate and extend the several Laws now in force for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandize into and form certain Ports in the West-Indies. [27th June.]
58. An Act to repeal an Act, made in the 23d Year of His present Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Office of Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces, and the more regular Payment of the Army; and for the more effectually regulating the said Office. [27th June.]
59. An Act for amending an Act, passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the 35th Year of His present Majesty, for regulating the Election of Members to serve in Parliament, so far as relates to Freeholds under the yearly value of Twenty Pounds, and for making further and other Regulations relating thereto. [27th June.]
60. An Act for making Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers of the Militia of Great Britain while disembodied. [27th June.]
61. An Act to revive, and further continue, until the 25th Day of March 1806; and amend so
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much of an Act, made in the 39th and 40th Years of His present Majesty, as grants certain Allowances to Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of the Militia of England disembodied under an Act of the same Session of Parliament. [27th June.]
62. An Act for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Militia in Great Britain for the Years 1805. [27th June.]
63. An Act for defraying, until the 25th Day of March 1806, the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Militia of Ireland; for holding Courts Martial on Serjeant Majors, Serjeants, Corporals, and Drummers, for Offences committed during the Time such Militia shall not be embodied; and for making Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers of the said Militia during Peace. [27th June.]
64. An Act to amend an Act, made in the 41st Year of His present Majesty, for granting Bounties for taking and bringing Fish to the Cities of London and Westminster, and other Places in the United Kingdom. [27th June.]
65. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites, and Emoluments, which are or have been lately received into the several Public Offices in Ireland therein mentioned, to examine into any Abuses which may exist in the same, and into the present mode of receiving, collecting, issuing, and accounting for Public Money in Ireland. [27th June.]
66. An Act to prevent, in Great Britain, the illegally carrying away Bark, and for amending two Acts, passed in the 6th and 9th Years of His present Majesty's Reign, for the Preservation of Timber, Trees, Underwoods, Roots, Shrubs, Plants, Hollies, Thorns, and Quicksets. [27th June.]
67. An Act for granting to His Majesty an additional Duty on Spanish Red Wine imported into Great Britain. [27th June.]
68. An Act for making perpetual, and amending, several Laws for encouraging the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain, and securing the Duties on Foreign Sail Cloth imported, and for making perpetual several Laws for permitting the Exportation of a certain Quantity of Corn and Grain to Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney, and for regulating the Fees of Officers of the Customs, and of Naval Officers in the British Colonies in America, and of the Officers of the Customs in Newfoundland. [27th June.]
69. An Act for vesting in the Barrack Master General for the Time being, Estates held or occupied for the Barrack Service, and authorising him to sell the same with the Consent of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. [27th June.]
70. An Act to rectify a Mistake in the Name of one of the Commissioners appointed by an Act, passed in the present Session of Parliament, for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Public Expenditure, and the Conduct of Public Business, in the Military Departments therein mentioned. [17th June.]
71. An Act to amend the several Laws relating to the Duties under the Management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes. [27th June.]
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His Majesty's Navy during the present War. [27th June.]
73. An Act to enable the Commissioners of the Treasury to contract with certain Proprietors of Stock created by two Acts, passed in the 37th and 42d Years of His present Majesty, for granting other Annuities in lieu thereof, or to pay the same off at the Period herein mentioned. [27th June.]
74. An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be raised by Lotteries. [27th June.]
75. An Act to remove Doubts touching Appointments to certain Offices in the Court of Chancery made during the Vacancy of the Office of Register, and Keeper of the Register and Registers in that Court. [27th June.]
76. An Act to amend an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland, for the Support of the Honour and Dignity of His Majesty's Crown in Ireland, and for granting to His Majesty a Civil Establishment, under certain Provisions and Regulations. [2d July.]
77. An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act, passed in the 42d Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for consolidating the Provisions of the several Acts passed for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax into one Act. [2d July.]
78. An Act to indemnify all Persons concerned in advancing Forty Thousand Pounds to Messrs. Boyd, Benfield, and Company, in 1796, out of Monies issued for naval Services. [2d July.]
79. An Act to amend several Acts, passed in the Parliament of Ireland, for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Losses of such of His Majesty's loyal Subjects as have suffered in their Property during the Rebellion in Ireland, and for other Purposes in the said Acts mentioned. [2d July.]
80. An Act for continuing several Laws relating to the regulating the Prices at which Corn and Grain may be exported from Great Britain to Ireland, and from Ireland to Great Britain; and to the Admission to entry of Oil and Blubber of Newfoundland taken by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery from, and residing in, the said island, until the 25th Day of March 1806; and for reviving, amending, and continuing, for the same Term, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for permitting the Importation of Hides and other Articles in Foreign Ships. [2d July.]
81. An Act to amend an Act, made in the 31st Year of His present Majesty, for the better Regulation and Government of Seamen employed in the coasting Trade. [2d July.]
82. An Act for repealing the Duty chargeable on Woollen Goods, of the Manufacture of Great Britain, exported to the East-Indies. [2d July.]
83. An Act to continue the Operation of an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, to suspend proceedings in Actions, Prosecutions, and Proceedings, under certain Acts relating to the Woolen Manufacture, and also under an Act of the Reign of Queen Elisabeth, so far as relates to certain Persons employed or concerned in the said Manufacture. [2d July.]
84. An Act for making more effectual the gracious Intentions of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Clergy, so far as relates to the
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Returns of Certificates into the Exchequer, and Gifts of personal Property. (2d July.)
85. An Act for authorising the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in Great Britain to advance a certain Sum of Money, to be applied in completing the Crinan Canal. (2d July.)
86. An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, to regulate the Importation: and Exportation of Corn, and the Bounties and Duties payable thereon. (10th July.)
87. An Act to authorise the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to permit certain Articles to be warehoused in different Ports in Great Britain, upon giving Security for the Payment of Duties upon the Articles therein mentioned. (10th July.)
88. An Act for repealing the Duties of Customs on Cochineal Dust and Granilla imported into Great Britain, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof. (10th July.)
89. An Act to alter and extend the Provisions of the Laws now in force for the Punishment of the Forgery of Bank Notes, Bills of Exchange, and other Securities, to every Part of Great Britain. (10th July.)
90. An Act to empower His Majesty to retain upon full Pay and Allowances Officers of the Militia during the War, notwithstanding the Reduction. (10th July.)
91. An Act for appointing additional Commissioners for the better examining and auditing certain of the Public Accounts of Great Britain. (10th July.)
92. An Act to amend two Acts, of the 13th and 44th Years of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Execution of the Criminal Laws, and more easy apprehending and bringing to trial Offenders escaping from one Part of the United Kingdom to the other, and from one County to another. (10th July.)
93. An Act to amend two Acts, passed in the 43d and 45th Years of His present Majesty, for regulating the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of Sugar from Great Britain. (10th July.)
94. An Act for reducing the Duty of Excise on Hops, the Growth of Great Britain. (10th July.)
95. An Act to amend so much of an Act, of the 43d Year of His present Majesty, for consolidating certain of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Duties in Scotland under the Management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, as relates to the Appointment of Assessors and Sub-collectors, and the Notices required to be delivered to Persons assessed to the said Duties. (10th July.)
96. An Act for continuing the Premiums allowed to Ships employed in the Southern Whale Fishery. (10th July)
97. An Act to indemnify all Persons who have been concerned in issuing an Order of Council and Directions for extending the Time of certain Ships continuing to perform Quarantine. (10th July.)
98. An Act for increasing the Drawback on Linens exported from Great Britain to the West Indies. (10th July.)
99. An Act for regulating and encouraging the Trade; for the Improvement of the Revenue; and Prevention of Smuggling to and from the Isle of Man. (10th July.)
100. An Act for better regulating the distilling of Spirits in England for Exportation to Scotland, and in Scotland for Exportation to England; for the better securing Licences to distil Spirits for Scotland. (10th July.)
101. An Act to repeal so much of an Act, passed in the 9th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An Act to restrain the Disposition of Lands, whereby the same become unalienable," as restrains Colleges within the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge from purchasing or holding Advowsons, except as therein is provided. (10th July.)
102. An Act to revive and continue an Act, made in the 31st Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the Encouragement of the Pilchard Fishery, by allowing a further Bounty upon Pilchards taken, cured, and exported." (10th July.)
103. An Act for charging additional Duties of Customs on Straw Platting, and on Straw Hats or Bonnets imported into Great Britain. (10th July.)
104. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and amend several Acts for regulating and securing the Collection of the Duties on Spiritous Liquors distilled in Ireland, and the warehousing of such Spirits for Exportation. (10th July.)
105. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and amend several Acts for regulating the Collection of the Duties in Ireland on Fire Hearths, on Dwelling Houses, on Coaches and other Carriages, on Male Servants, on Horses, and on Dogs. (10th July.)
106. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and amend several Acts for regulating and securing the Collection of the Duties on Paper made in Ireland, and on Paper printed or stained in Ireland to serve for Hangings or other Uses. (10th July.)
107. An Act for charging, until the 25th Day of March 1806, an additional Duty on Spanish Red Wine imported into Ireland. (10th July.)
108. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, several Acts for the better Collection and Security of the Revenues of Customs and Excise in Ireland, and for preventing Frauds therein. (10th July.)
109. An Act to amend so much of an Act for granting to His Majesty several Sums of Money for defraying the Charge of certain permanent Services in Ireland, as relates to the Military Survey of Ireland. (10th July)
110. An Act for exempting from the Duties on Profits arising from Property the first Half-yearly Dividend on Annuities, under an Act of the present Session for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds by way of Annuities, for the Service of Ireland, which shall not have been written into the Books of the Bank of England. (10th July)
111. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland, in the 5th Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for erecting and establishing Public Infirmaries and Hospitals in this Kingdom." (10th July.)
112. An Act to appoint Commissioners to enquire and examine into any irregularities or Abuses which may have taken place in conducting and managing the Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the Streets of Dublin, and to provide
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for the Suspension of the Powers and Authorities of the Corporation of Directors and Commissioners for Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the said Streets, and for vesting the same in other Persons during such Suspension; and for the better conducting and managing the Business of the said Corporation. (10th July.)
113. An Act for granting a certain Sum of Money towards improving the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth, near Dublin, and, and rendering it a fit Situation for His Majesty's Packets. (10th July.)
114. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain to advance a certain Sum of Money to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh, towards the Completion of the Docks and other Works in the Harbour of Lieth. (10th July.)
115. An Act for purchasing certain Buildings and Ground in and near Palace Yard, Westminster, for the Use of the Public. (10th July.)
116. An Act for enabling His Majesty to grant a certain Creek called Chelson Bay, otherwise Shilston Bay, in or near the Parish of Plympton Saint Mary, in the County of Devon; and for vesting the same, for a valuable consideration, in the Right Honourable John Lord Boringdon, and his Heirs. (10th July.)
117. An Act to continue the Proceedings in the House of Lords, touching the Conduct of Luke Fox, Esq. one of the Judges of the Count of Common Pleas of that Part of the United Kingdom, called Ireland, notwithstanding any Prorogation or Dissolution of Parliament. (10th July.)
118. An Act for raising the Sum of Eight Millions by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805. (10th July.)
119. An Act for raising the Sum of Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805; and for indemnyfying the Bank of England for having advanced Money for the Public Service on the Credit of certain Exchequer Bills. (10th July.)
120. An Act for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805. (10th July.)
121. An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling. (12th July.)
122. An Act for charging additional Duties on the Importation of Foreign Plate Glass into Great Britain. (12th July.)
123. An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on John Duke of Atholl, and the Heirs general of the seventh Earl of Derby. (12th July.)
124. An Act to amend an Act, passed in the 4th Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for preventing Inconveniencies arising in Cases of Merchants, and such other Persons as are within tine Description of the Statutes relating to Bankrupts being entitled to Privilege of Parliament, and becoming insolvent, and to prevent Delay in the entering Appearances in Actions brought against Persons having Privilege of Parliament. (12th July.)
125. An Act to provide that the Proceedings now depending in the House of Commons, upon Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, which have been exhibited against Henry

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Lord Viscount Melville, shall not be discontinued by any Prorogation or Dissolution of Parliament. (12th July.)
126. An Act to indemnify Persons who shall give Evidence against Henry Lord Viscount Melville, upon the Impeachment voted against him by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, in respect of Acts done by such Persons in any Office or Employment held by them under the said Lord Viscount Melville, during the Time he held and enjoyed the Office of Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy. (12th July.)
127. An Act to vest the Townleian Collection
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of antient Sculpture in the Trustees of the British Museum for the Use of the Public. (10th July.)
128. An Act for allowing, under certain restrictions, until the 1st Day of August 1806, the bringing a limited Quantity of Coals, Culm, or Cinders, to London and Westminster by inland Navigation. (12th July.)
129. An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein-mentioned for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (12th July.)

DUKE OF ATHOLL'S CLAIM.
—The Lord Chancellor stated the result of the deliberations
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of the committee respecting the message sent by the commons, in answer to a message from their lordships, of the 5th instant, desiring that they would communicate the evidence on which the facts stated in the duke of Atholl's compensation bill were founded, and which the commons refused. His lordship moved, in consequence, that a message should be sent to the commons, stating, that the message sent by their lordships on the 5th instant, appeared to them to be conformable to the practice of parliament, such practice having been for the commons to communicate to the lords evidence touching facts stated in any bill sent up from the commons to their lordships house. This mode of proceeding the noble and learned lord conceived to be the best, as it evidently appeared by a precedent in 1786, that the commons then considered that though they could not communicate information generally with respect to the reasons on which they had grounded a bill, that they could and did then communicate evidence relating to the facts stated in such bill. He conceived therefore that the message which he had moved to be sent to the commons would be satisfactory explanation of the opinion of the house upon this subject, whilst it would at the same time save their lordships privileges.—The message was immediately sent to the house of commons.

KING'S SPEECH.
—The Lord Chancellor then stated that his majesty had been pleased to issue two commissions, one for giving the royal assent to certain bills, and the other for proroguing parliament. The house was adjourned for a short time, after which the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord Chancellor, earl Camden, and lord Hawkesbury came in in their robes, and took their seats and his majesty's commissioners. The deputy usher of the black rod was sent to require the attendance of the commons. After some time had elapsed, the speaker, attended by the whole house, appeared at the bar, when the royal assent was given by commission to the Consolidated Fund bill, the duke of Atholl's Compensation bill, the Plate Glass Duty bill, the Members of Parliament Bankrupt Privilege bill, the Impeachment Proceedings Continuation bill, Trotter's Indemnity bill, the Smuggling Prevention bill, the Townleian Collection bill, the Camberwell Water Works bill, the Thames Tunnel bill, the Paddington Canal Coal bill, the Maidstone Poor bill, and four private bills.
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name, delivered the following speech.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
We have it in command from his majesty to express the satisfaction with which he has observed the proofs you have given in the present session of your constant regard for the honour of his crown, and the interests of his dominions; and particularly the measures which you have adopted for strengthening his majesty's hands at this important conjuncture, by the augmentation of the disposable military force of the kingdom."
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
His majesty has directed us particularly to thank you in his majesty's name, for the zeal and liberality with which you have granted the large supplies which the necessity of the public service has required.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
His majesty has not yet been enabled to communicate to you the result of the negotiations in which he is engaged with powers on the continent; but you may rest assured that no step will be omitted on his majesty's part, for promoting such a concert as may afford the best prospect of restoring general and permanent tranquillity; or may, if necessary, furnish the means of repelling with vigour the continued encroachments on the part of the French government, which threaten, every day more and more, the liberty and independence of all the nations of Europe."
Then the commission for proroguing the parliament was read. After which
The Lord Chancellor said:
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
By virtue of his majesty's commission under the great seal, to us and other lords directed, and now read, we do, in his majesty's name, and in obedience to his commands, prorogue this parliament to Thursday the 22d day of August next, to be then here holden; and this parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 22d day of August next."—The commons then withdrew from the bar, and their lordships retired.