1802.] 
toffe, and other places on the. coaft, were 
built. He had a Petition from that per- 
fon, praying a compefiation, as the dif- 
covery was not of that kind which could 
reward him by the fale. The Petition 
was referred toa Select Committee. 
On Friday, the 26th of February, being 
the laft day for receiving private petitions, 
the Houfe met at an early hour, when a 
variety of applications of alocal nature 
were brought forward. Mr. Caleraft, in 
the abfence of Mr. Lefevre, moved, that 
the Bookfellers and Printers’ Petition be 
referred to a Committee, which was ac- 
cordingly ordered. Mr. Vanfittart moved 
for the Annual Account of the Increafe or 
Diminution of the Salaries in all the dif- 
ferent Public Offices, for the Year 1801 
—alfo ordered. 
On the 1ft day of March the Secretary 
at War withdrew the Army Eftimates, in 
confequence of fome irregularity contained 
therein, and obtained leave to prefent 
other eftimates in their place. He then 
moved for an Eftimate of the Expences of 
the Army Service, including the troops 
in guard and garrifons, and thofe. in the 
plantations and colonies,and al{fo the expen- 
ces of the barrack department and foreign 
corps in the fervice of Great Britain, from 
March 25, 1802, to the end of the year. 
Mr. Dickenfon gave notice of a Motion 
on Thuriday, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Aét fufpending the Penal- 
ties of Nen-refident Clergy. The Bull for 
making perpetual the Act allowing a 
Drawback on Rum, 
Merchant-veffels, and. other articles, was 
read a third time and paffed. 
The next day the Secretary at War 
“prefented the Army Eftimates, in the 
place of thofe which had becn withdrawn. 
He faid it was ufual, at the commence- 
ment of a Seffion, to lay before the Houfe 
the Army Eftimates, preparatory to the 
feveral fums being voted for the fervice 
ofthe current year, but this year the 
ccuftom had been departed from, and the 
Eftimates for three months only had been 
granted. In the Committee of Supply he 
fhould bring forward a Motion founded 
on the Eftimates now on the table. - 
The Houle having refolved itfelf into a 
Committee on the 25th and arft of his 
prefent Majefty, Mr. Vanfittart moved 
the following refolutions :—“‘ That it was 
the opinion of the Committee, that the 
duty payable on cinnamon imported by 
the India Company, and on cafiia, thould 
ceafe and determine , that the duty on cin- 
namon (which had been heretofore 3s. per 
db.) thould be reduced to is. 6d. and that 
State of Public Affairs in March, 1802. 
ufed as Stores in. 
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the duty on caffia be raifed from qd. a Ib. 
to1s. Thefe refolutions, among others, 
were agreed to. \’ ha 
On the 3d of March the Houle having 
refolved itielf into a Committee of Supply, 
the Secretary at War proceeded to ffate, 
that the eftimates now before the Com- 
mittee were calculated fortwomonths, and 
related only to certain particular branghes 
of the fervice, being precifely on the fame 
feale as thofe already voted ; he fhould, 
therefore, in the firit place, ftate to the 
Houfethe number of the forces that would 
be afted to be kept up; and fecondly, the 
expence that would be incurred. The 
total amount of the forces he eftimated at 
203,237 men. The total of the expence 
for the faid term of two months, at 
1,270,0001. On the Motion béing put 
accordingly, for the firft of the refolu- 
tions, viz. for guards and garrifons in 
Great Britain, from March 2s5th to May 
2sth, 1802, of 61,126 men. Mr, Elliot 
faid, he fhould not feel him/felf juftified in 
giving the prefent Motion his unqualified 
{upport, if he did not affign his reafons 
for fo doing. A fucceffion of events had 
occurred, fince the difcuffion on the Pree 
liminaries of Peace, alarming to this coun- 
try, and menacing tothe liberties of the’ 
world. He thought it neceflary, at a 
crifis like the prefent, to calt off that pre- 
fcription which Minifters would with to 
impofe on others, that, becaufe thev voted 
with them on the Preliminaries, they fhould 
ftill continue to give them their fupport. 
He oppofed the Preliminaries, but he 
bowed with fubmiffion to the decifion of 
the Houfe—yet he itill retained his former 
opinion. Experience proved to him that 
the Noble Lord (Hawkefbury), whea he 
affixed his name to the Preliminaries, had 
fealed the glory of his country. In the 
prefent itate of affairs he thought a war- 
eftablifhment neceffary, and fhould there- 
fore vote for the Motion. 
Lord Hawkefbury faid, however appo- 
fite the Hon. Member’s obfervations might 
be on other occafions, yet they were ra- 
ther ill-timed at prefent. With refpeé 
to what the Hon. Gentleman had adyan- 
ced perfonally towards his Lordhip, he 
mutt affert,\that he could not regret the 
part he had taken in the bufinelfs—it was 
for the intereft of the country, and for 
the general welfare of Europe.—Mr. 
Windham faid, he fhould not be induced 
to rife, if it was not for what had fallen 
from the Noble Lord, as the {peech of his 
Hon. Friend (Mr. Elliot) required no elu- 
cidation. He wifhed to know, if.nothing 
had happened, fince the Preliminaries had 
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