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.

able commissioners of naval inquiry, (sir C. | not correct to refer to arguments used in a Pole) which served to shew how much the former debate. 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 Sir A. S. Hamond spoke to order. He apwere supported by the authority of that pealed to the speaker, whether or not the house, there was but too much reason to ap-mode in which the memorial had been preprehend that, before next sessions, the sented was not in strict conformity to his obcountry might be deprived of the services of servations. 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

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 matter 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.

Mr. Sheridan requested that the debate might be suspended for a few minutes, to

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

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 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 deputy usher of the black rod then made the lords the evidence upon which they pass- his appearance, and desired the attendance ed the bill, intituled, an act for settling and of the house in the house of peers, to hear securing a certain annuity on John now duke the lords commissioners give the royal asof Atholl, and the heirs general of the se- sent to several public and private bills. venth earl of Derby, and inform the com- The speaker, with the whole of the memmons, that the lords intended, by their bers present, went ap accordingly to the message, to request the commons to com- house of lords, and on his return, calling municate the information laid before the the members round the table, read to them a commons relating to the facts stated in the copy of the speech; after which the memsaid bill as the ground and foundation there-bers separated-Thus ended the third sesof; and the lords conceive, that it is accord-sion of the second parliament of the United ing to the practice of parliament for the lords Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

LIST

LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS

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.

HAP. 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 Du ties 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.]

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.]

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 22. An Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits upon Malt made in Ireland, and upon Spirits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to At-made or distilled in Ireland, for the Year 1805. tornies and Solicitors to make and file the same, [25th March.] 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 Propri tors 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.j

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 18c6, an Act, passed in the Forty-third Year of His present Majesty, for discontinu ng 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 re

JI. An Act for granting certain additional Rates and Duties in Great Britain on the Con-lating to the permitting the Warehousing of yeyance of Letters. [1th March.]

12. An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds hy way of Anguities. [12th March ]

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

the 29th Day of September 1805; to the prohibit | His Majesty's Forces, and Royal Marines. [rith ing the Exportation from, and permitting the April.] 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 Impo tation into Ireland of Corn, Fish, and Provisions, without Payment of Duty, until the Iwenty-filth 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 1855. [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 Duues, within Great-Britain, on certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into, or brought or carried coast wise. [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]

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 exciscable 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 Aunuities, 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.]

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 45. An Act for making perpetual certain adRatification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace.ditional Duties of Excise on Wine imported into [roth April.] 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.]

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 oil Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace. [1oth April.]

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.]

35. An Act to continue until the First Day of 47. An Act to appoint Commissioners to enquire June 1806, and amend an Act, passed in the and examine into the Public Expenditure, and 37th Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for the Conduct of Public Business in the Military carrying into Execution the Treaty of Amity, Departments therein mentioned; and to report Commerce and Navigation, between His Majesty such Observations as shall occur to them for corand the United States of America. [10th April.]recting or preventing any Abuses and Irregula36. 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. [1oth April.]

37. An Act for increasing the Rates of Subsistence to be paid to Innkeepers and others on quartering Soldiers. [10th April.]

38. An Act for allowing a certain Proportion of the Militia in Ireland voluntarily to enlist into

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ities, 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.]

4. 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