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Fc~ DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. The Bali of Mont A prefented a &II toraltering and amending the laws relative to debtor and creditor, and for the more cffcc tual puntilimeot of fraudulent debtors. His Lordfhs ftatcd,that it was not his intetdiun to prcfs forward the Bpi this Scifion, but merely to move that it might be printed, his °hied bring that this important fubjeet &avid be thoroughly colifidered, and brought forward again early next SeiTion. AMERICAN TRADE. Lord HAWKESBURY prefented, by his Maid tyis command, the Order in Council, continuing the Provilions of the American Intercouree Ad, which expired during the recces; and gave notice, that it was the intention of hii Majelly'r Government to propofe to Parliament a Bill for continuing the above aft for a time to be then fpecitied, and to propofe in foch Bill a claufe of indemnity for the advice given to his Majeßy to continue the provifions of the for mer at'', after it had legally expired. Lord AUCKLAND Rated, that the reafonhe did not, whin in office, recommend tilt: continuance of , the Aft which had now , expired, was the pending' negociation with America. Ho trolled, that when the treaty which was the rtfult of that negociation came to be dila:fed, it would be difcuffed as a treaty ratified, and he felt fatisfied it would be found that every poffible attention had been paid to the in teiells of this country. He thought it but fair now to Rate, that when the queßion of the renewal of the American intercourfe Ad came to bedifettffed, he Should probably be of opinion, that the fame reafons which before operated did not cull for the continu ance of the AO. One part of it, in particular, Ilea jetled to, and was objefted to during the Negocia tion ; he alluded to that part of it which allowed to the Americana a carrying trade between our poffee. lions ip the East Indies and Europe. Loyd HOLLAND referred to the Bill of Rights, to . prove the illegality of levying money by the an . thority of the crown, without the confent of Parlia =lent, and which he contended was done in the pre fent inllance, by continuing to levy duties, without any competent authority. Lord HAWKESBURY admitted, that it was an infraBinn of the law, and therefore his Majelly's Ministers came to Parliament for indemnity. Ad anitting the general principle, as Rated by the Noble Lord, he wifhcd to be underflood that this cafe mull Rand uprin its own fpccial circumßances. of which t' .0 Howie would judge when the fubjeft came re gttlarly before them. Lord GRENVILLE contended, that the Order of Council for levying duties, which had no legal ex. , 'Renee, was a violation ofa moil important conllitu. tional principle, which might to undergo the moll ferious difeuflionin that Holife. Minifers had ad vifed his ..Majefly to levy duties for -a whole month, without any legal authotiro, and - now propoled to introduce a deuce in the Bill intended to he brought in, to indemnify theme:lves for this violation of the la He thought at lea that Houle ought to have• lbe opportunity of difcuffing the great quettitin 'volved in this ail of the Minitlers in a manner which its importance deferred, and not in the Rive• of a claufe tacked to a money bill. Lord HOLLAND conlidered the oneilion of fo much importance, that he deemed it neccffery move for the appointment of a Committee, to (catch for precedents fince the year ,688, of money being levied or applied by the Crown, without autho• rity of Parliament. A converfation of confiderable length caled. Earl BATHURST explained the nature of the operation of the Order of Council, which in fad r • ;f -ed no new duties, and railed in many inflances lees duties, in no inftancc higher than the Crown was legally entitled to after the expiration of the ad un der a former lot:dining ad. Lord GRENVILLE contended that this Rata: ment did not alter the nature of the cafe. By levy ing lower duties than the Crown was legally entitled to, might, in fume inßances, be levying more money than before, as in the cafe of prohibitory duties, in which, by leffening the duty, more money might be railed. It was Rill, therefore, a violation of the prin ciples of the Conßitotion, for which only,urgent and horn:duos necclfity c'uld be pleaded, and if the ne atnce nut of the late diflolution of Parliament, it would hill remain for Minißers to account for their conclat. in advifinga diffolution of Parliament, without making provifion for the legal continuance of an att which they afterwards deemed it necefary to conritoe without legal authority. • The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the ex pediency of the Order of Council, but admitted that st might be more advilable to bring the indemnity as a feparate meafore before Parliament. Lord HARROWBY- urged, that the - 'Order of Council only went to carry into effect the lag known intentions of the Legiflature ; fimilar circumflances had repeatedly happened under almoll every Go vernment, and in many inflances an indemnity had not been applied for. He conceived the motion of the Noble Lord (Holland) was not called for by any circrnulances in the prefent cafe, which was nothing wore than err mere formal violation of the law. Lord GRENVILLE obferved, that the argument of the Noble Lord ( Harrosby) did not apply, as I tt was a matter .f great doubt, whether the Legifla- lure would again continue the ad, it therefore did sot appear that Minitlers had carried into effect the intentions of the Lc•giflature. Some further obfervations - were made by Lords Hawkelbury, , Auckland, Holland, Grenville, Boring. clop; the Earls of Lauderdale, Rnflyn, and the Lord Chancellor : after which Lord Hawkefbury moved ihe previous Qneflion, which was put and carried. Lord GRENVILLE wifhed for fame fuitber in t,isnati.ni with refpcd to any fubfequent direEtions fort carrying the Order of Council into effett.: Lord HAWKESBURY Paid, be would make the seceff.try inquiries. 71104T1t BILLS. Lord WALSINCIHAM indented (even! Petitions for the Re srival of Private Bill. The LOttl) CHANCELLOR gave netiechat hetboold moves to morrow, fer the appointment of a Committee to tale Imo goo. (adoration the cimimitaneee attending Private Bilk which bat two iotarupteil in theltiroirerf by the diffointico Padua... • - • . / . . A _ ..- . . —..----. / ir ,PARLI.4 _....> ts• • % ' • it. DINGS. • 1 0-7-. ..... a ~. • .Y . . . 19 * The Faris oi 1-- , _ 1 . ,:.v - • Tyrawley, took tbsestbs acid i ' -= " P ',..il.. " 1 ,, ' -"*. 'I" he Earl of Moira 7 . eillialkAtitiona from perfma eon- Owed for debt, which Waft ordered toile upon the Table Lord Hollasid peefelited petitions front the prifonerq confined ler debt in the trines luck and other prifons, which were order- ed to Ile m the table. - • . • Lord GRENVILLE thought that if htiuifters had tendtred 4 • fome loch meafure is the prefeot neceffary by the abrupt &Sok- ' Ow of Pa/Harnett, that it ought Calle takes up no as edit* and general principle, rather than the tints of the Hoare-ern , ployed at this period in examining the cireuniftances of cult puts ' vidual cafe. . Lord HAWKESBURY was of °pinto n that it would be more advifable to examine the eireutt ftancesof each cafe, in order that I they might difeover in what inftances relief might be afforded to parties, with as little deviation as rabic from the itandint or • dens of the Houfe. Lord HOLLAND fupported the opinion of Lord Gronvifte. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, thee Lords were ordered to be futunioned fur to-morrow. ADMINISTRATION OF,WAIFICI IN !CoTLASID. Lord GRENVILLE prefesocid tyeit one fo' introducfrog Trial by Jury in certain cuff cafes fifffeitiand,, and the better or regulating the Courts of Jiatice hi 'that country. His I.ordh* briefly adverted to the nrogrefsorthis meafure in the left meat, and obferved that the raw fusion exifted new for the taca• lure, which rubElled•then,NOistkij °bled hid bees generally approved of in Scotland. . The LORD CHANCELY.OR•titaintaned his former opinion with rerped to this metfure. He • ehbtefrint,inteadedalfo to pro pole his Bills, which, . toget er. With ti c., Noble Lord, Knight go to the countp ais . he courideredmre cited, retie* to. the next &Mon, as it Avas.ininti fft ble trils,mea ors could be raft*** through in the preint Sefton. ' It Was,boitteier;'his intentron, the courfe of the week, to mikalitone propoGdon to their Lord-' (hips rtfpefting the Randle% orders relative to Appeals, with,the , view of doing more rptisdy, jallite toluitore than could at prerept, be done. After fome further obfervations from Lord GRENVILLE.rhd , LORD CHANCELLOR,•the Dukeq( ATHOL.ationbc LAUDnRDAI .1, the Bills were ordered to hepristind. Adhoosued 1121 to-scorrow (tide day.),. , . • • : . t 4;:llUat OF. t QMMCIi 49° - „ WS. ROMlLLlf.obtobuiti deivU to bring in a iiin *tilt MISS • dfcetually (caring thopoyment.of ofdua by" traders. Mr. BANKES moved that the litfolation of the Houk of 14th of March, be read, which-being done, be moved for leave to being in a Bill to prohibit the granting of. Offices In reverfton f or for joint livei, with benefit of furvivorthin.- '4' • •• 4 • Sir J. NEWPORT faid, that In the number of Places which be had lift Selion moved logien' ahollated, there was one ailed the Surveyor of the StiverKenotare, -which bad beep granted to. Sir. Boyle Roach, and a Mr. Aylmei, on tevedion. It wits a Mere* rineenre, sod had, by a" millakeorthe Cottuni ffi erners of Inquiry, been left out of the I ft. * Me wrectionedibli tit afar( the Hanle' that it had not been any ale of anct he looped that loose provifion might be made in thbiflift„by whii:k this Welds office might be aboliffied. Mr. HERBERT fold, that * very extenftve praftice of (mu Ong, had, to his knowledge, prevailed oh die river Kenmore, and he thought an ofEee of this kind would do great fetvice in bpi preffing Inch prodUce. Lord H. PETTY allowed that (ichen office. ifproperly coat.' toted, might do fervice, but not by being granted to a Baronet al ways refiding in Dublin, and doing nothing towards the prevention or fuppreifion of fmsggliug. He thought, therefore, It ought to be abulithed. Ms HERBERT explained. Sir A WELLESLEY Paid, it was an office granted by a former Go vernment, and he thought therefore it was rather an office more to be regulated than abolithed.• Altera few words of explanation from SirJOHN NEWPORT, Mr. Boukca's motion was agreed to. .. IL •• 4.1 # tIttNUS ST SCOTLAND. Lord H. PETTY gave notice, that he would to►morrow trove for leave to bring ir a Bill for the better rerulation of the revenue of 6cotland ; and that on Friday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for appropriating the exceircs of the Sinking Fund. •MERICA. Lord TEMPLE raid, that teei n g the Chancellor of the Exche quer in his place, ha would beg kavc to aik him a queftion. In the courfe of the laft Seffion it had fallen to his lot to bring In a Bill. which had been paffed contrary to the opinitms of thofc who corn pored the ',Went Adminiflration, he meant the •Ameriean courfe Biil ; and he wifhed to know if the preterit :kiloliters meant to move for its repeal ? I Mr ROSE Paid, that he for one had itrecuoufly oppofed the Bill alluded to during its prugrefs through the Houle, !wank he I difappruvcd the meafure ; but as It had :cecived the approbation of the Houle, and patted into a law, he did not think it would ha decent to move its rep:al till its operation was fomcwhat better known. Mr. LONG moved for an Account of the Ree,ciptv and Exptn dizore. of the years tiliOje I & . 6 ind Eitiinates for x 837 —Or dered. SLUM.• Mr. ROSE premed a petition from the Trufteet of the Pritith Mantra, praying the aid of the Hotafe.—Ordired to be tcfetreil• to.a Committee. • IAr..BANKES moved for a copy Of all inch Itegclations as bad been made for the better arrangement and feeurity of the Property Odic Britith N•ltifellttl, and for thetettg accommodation of pct.. font vifiting the fame, &e...-Ordered. ' • • oonr. PAPSRS. Lord FOLKESTONE moved the reptinting of ' the Oude Papers.. " • • • Sir J. ANSTRUTHER &Id, that at thole Papers had been three times printed, they mutt 'be in the, hands of atmoft every Member in the Houle, except; thofe who were not in the left 'and the preceding Parliament. He under flood there were, in the Vote Office, a greater number of . thbfe Papers than were fufficient for the new Members, which might be de.:. livered out in the courts of to-morrow. and by that if the Noble Lord were to difpofcd, the Hour/ might come to an invenigation of this fobjett, which . was of great national importance. in the couch of the prefent fcffion. As there was, at prefenr, the fulled attendance eireekinwn, andteveral notices bad been Riven which would (trine a full attendance "tor at leali a fortnightitteitoped the Noble Lord would withdraw his prefent motion ; and, if his propofal , was agreed to, he *thought he might very eafily bring forward his motion this Selllon. Lord FOLKESTONE (aid, it would be his WWI to bring the fubjea forward as form as poffible, out' he wifbed - for a toll attendance, and that loch Mem-' hers as had not yet teen the Papers fhould have time: to pay due attention to them. He thought therefore,:' it would be cismpetent to the Haute to go into it this &Ilion; bet if they agreed to reprint the papers, it might he proceeded in earl! in the neat Selfion. Mr. CREEVT 'thought it - inipoffible to go into the queflion this Seffion, as the matter mull go before a Committee, and there would not lee time to make their report,, and afterwards proceed with the level tigation. Mr. H. ADDINGTON foggefted to the At Lord (Felkllone) the propriety of bringing fo the charges againli Lord Wedefley with his firli edis venience ; and he hoped the prepofition of the Hcid. Baronet would be acceded' to. Recolleiding, as be did, the kind of mill.tione, which, in the thape of there charges, hung round the neck of . the Noble )4arquis, he could not help expreffing hit autiety to fee the amplelt difcuffion entered into retPeCling his Lurdthip's condu& The SPEAKER•infortned the Noble Lord (Folk. (tone), that in point of form there wits no neceffity I for reprinting the papers. becaufe the inquiry had originated iaanother Parliament. It was tufficient ! that the principal paper itfelf &mid be produced, and held as read. • Lord 'FOLKESTONE faid, if he thought there was a fulficipm. number of copies on hand, he would, wish the leave of the Houk withdraw his motion, .• motion was withdrawn. ~~ Y ~ - - " 7 7' . : . I* . . •i ''• ' . . • . • . ‘ . • Plllt*Ti lIILVI. ' .... he SPEAKER aqualtsted the lilottfel that on oum of all (soh private bill as were in prisgrefs °ugh the Houfe, =fig% fneh Bills as had paired t Houfe, and not received the 4 Royal Mena, had •en prepared, and was.ready for the perufal of•the Members of the Honk, telftelt was on the motion of ard Howick, ordered to be printed. ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER fatd, he had two refnlutions to propofe, relative to the private bills, which he thought could ndt nimt, with:any reafonable oblation. He begged the Hon* to 14:collet that he, never bad reprefented that the late diffolution of Parliament had not been attended with many inconveniences. It certainly had with •tvfti, viz. the delay and the expence—with regard I. the delay, however, he thotsghtthe difference of pd. van Bills being paired in.Mity or in July, could niW be very great.' With ref Oat tothe expence, that could only be as to agency, and jhe attendance of witnerme, He pt Goofed. to do .whatihrel been 'done on.* Moiler 1 ' oecafion in 1784, wherein the officers of the . Hoeft which: had, with that liberality ad ever charailerifed thetS agreed to relinquifh their fees 'for any (refit proceedings'. In order, thelefere, to *eke the in 'Conieniencies as light as ple;lte• had two refolu lifois , to propofe. The fiat with recseg,to Pititions, wiiiirk he w:vldhave referred to_ .Cominittees to fie" . it" they were eradtly the fame is thole of the IA est . ficrri-4ind'if they-avade.aveport that they were, thedi+ ahoyitslight be proceeded on from the Minutes of evi.,, &Ike without any farther .ettenclance. of witneffes g, and in the cafe of. Bills, that were alma to be referred '.Fa; ComMittee r in the fam" way as 'Petitions.' If ':tht iHouie'agreed to thofe refolutions, the income. nience and expellee .irould be, aemovtd—thofe who 4id, not approve the diffolntion• would, doubtlefs, find fault with them, bpt titofe. who thought tint ' , lmeefure neceffary would be gratified to find the in• convenience was In very'filnilt - ...He;then moved that Avery Petition prefented tot* Houfe during the pre '..fer4 fefficm ihould - be teferted toll Committee to exa. ;nine the matters. thereef-.?apd. if they found the .matters therein contained to be exaftly the fame as , that prefented by'effil*tai pinks in the IA Setflon, to rdport the. fame to'the Houle. and on that report the Houfe should proceed therein without any further attendance. of witneffes. . Lord H. 'PETTY confidereti o that the objeElion ih point of expence could not be early got rid of, as by' Alt of Parliament the public were pledged to make amends for any deficiencies in the.amount of .the fees of the officers of that finufe.• .-, ' , N'. - ' Mr. CURWEN confidered. that the preterit pro: seeding was attended with mifchief. and was likely to produce much future mirchief. if enablifhed as a precedent. If ever Parliament should be found, in booze, differing from the pleafure of the Minifters, they would be dill - Jived, and all the mifchicfs refult ing from the diffolution would again occur. He had heard no one argument to convince him of the necef fity of the diffolution. As fur his put, he neitbet knew any thing of, nor could be party to, any thing like a vexatious and haraffing oppolition. He. did not know that there was any appearance of that fort bcfote the diffolution. There had been only two m..tions brooghtlorivaid by gentletiren (In tbat fide of the Houle, and they were both of them founded on great conflitutional principles,. and .he regretted much that they had been' negatived. He could not accede to the prefent motion, as he felt much afraid that there was nut virtue enough in any of the public I!parties to refill or to take advantage of this precedent Lord HOWICK concurred with the Hess. Gen tleman who fpoke (aft, that it was incumbent upon the Houle to take care that a precedent was not Oa [dialed injurious to the liberties of the country.— Every day's experience, fince the diffolution, 'hewed him more and more, that fuch a meafure was impro per.. The refoonlibility of the meafure relied entirely upon the reformable Minifters of the Crown. Mini dier's had Paid that they had chofen a moment when there was • no inconvenience could happen from a difolution. It appeared to him, however, that it was great inconvenience that the !landing orders of the Houfe mull be departed from in the prefent in -fiance. It Oppeitied a great public inconvenience, Ifiat we flictu - ki be 'obliged to -look to the liberality of Clerks to give wp.pkat ofrdieir ellablifhed fees. It .vvas a great inconvenience, when' contefted petitions, 'and titivate bills, loch is the &idol Pott Bill, and •othote of that fortonualbegjn over again, and double their expence. The objet of the Standing. Orders 'bras, that nothing privateßUMP the, proceeded Ori ,witltotit full and fotficient . notice ; but the °Ned of the.prefent motion was to go •on with them without any ; notice at all, He though.. the more the Houk 'cdnfidered the caufes of the 4 , iffiktiou, the more they would be convinced that . the grounds of it were falls, frivolqus, and hypocritical.' • No hirafling and vexa. anus oppofition had been fa up'againa"Miniflers.— Two great quelli•ms had been brought forward and &Omitted to the fettle of the. Houleo.tstit il_tbe dif lb utir.n . hael not taken plice, he was n ,, t awarethat . any' othee queaion rerSulnave been brought forward: in the Seffion, by the Gentlemen on his fide of the Hhufe, that would have pioduced anOther divifion. This eondoa by no means deferred the name of a vexatious• or baraging oppofitioa.- . • • • The CHANCELLOR.of the . EXCHEQUER 'was 'not 'fisrprifed that the wearers of diffotution ihould appear to the Noble Lord and his friends to be perfally unjuaifiable.' He certainly did expea Come fuch feeling oa their part; but he was ready to fubmit it at all times to the Houk and the country, whether the meafure was pot.neceffary and advila. ble. . Even fuppofing all private inconveniences to 'exit to the full degree which had been flitted, he would Dill appeal to the Route and to the country, whether they could be balanced or let off againa the great material qaeflion which led to the diffolution of the laD Parliament I He had the fatisfueion to think that. he was iddrefrmg a Houfe of Commons that approved of the diffolution. The Right Hon. Gentleman then adverted to the precedents of 1784. and iBor, and contended that the (tending orders of the Houfe were not violated upon the prekut °c cation ; becaufe, as the Rending orders required that the notice fhould be given in the Anvil Sr Septem ber preceding the &Mon, the notice gives in lag Anti% or September would cane witbio the bounds Of the (bindi order. • Lord HO WICK and KT. 4rig - RcETAI. faid a few words in mutual et Sir JOHN NEWPO T poiraed out the great dif ference that would take place betwiltta Lbis Com- 7fir • Mittee and the former. The ptefent would have to 1 -deter:Disc on written evidence only while other -1 Committees de trained upon pens& evideace, which was jelly preferred to it. lithe decal's upon writ ten evidence was as good as that upon pen& tairway, a groat deal of money might, in future, ise raved, by not forcing witneires to come from all parts of c oft ini e kingsones in thedltoLondcoanonAtry. ntexamining them before M;.-BASTARD thought that the Houfe ought not en depart from its Rending orders, on account at ' l the inconvenience to individuahosrinag from the dills.: ludo,. The Crown had ezercifed its pretogative is the dilution, and he thought the Hoare of s Cone. • moos ought to exercise theirs in adhering to *Me thog orders. JOHN ANSTRUTHILZ Aid it few words es the fame fide. SHAW LEFEVRE *braved, that this dif gallon Otould be adjourned till to-morrow. A Aloft converfation took place upon this Morio*, and the Houk divided.—Ayes 76 —Noes 164—Ma. jority for Minifters SS. On one re.admiSion into flue gallery, we found the Ceemcst.Loa of the Excuegiraa (peaking-on motion that no Petitions for private Bills mould be prefeeted latet than Monday next ; after fonie con verfatinn, it lea' received, that no private Bill fisould be brought . in after Monday the 13th of July, and no report of a private Bill after Monday, the 17th. • YEST Mr. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE gave notice of a Motion to-morrow, for an account of the nun;- bets of officers and men of our regular regiments, . who have died in the Weft Indies, from 1797 to the prefent year. His objet was to diresft the attention of the Houle to the great mortality of our troops in the Weft 'lndies. CIIIIIOES AGAINST SIR 11. ISILDMAY. I Sir H. MILDMAY Paid, he could not conceal the painful feelings with which he brought before the Houle -any fubjed that related perfonally to himfelf, particularly when he rote to defend himfelf again& grofs calumny and injuflice. To the libel, that had been publifhed againtt him in the newfpapers he dit dained to make any anfwer ; but what he Paid now. was in confequence of fomething which „fell from a Noble Lerttort a former night. The Hon. Baronet' then explained the hillcity of the tranfidiesidtatr • to in the Fourth Report of the Military Inquiry, In the year if 10.3, it was found expedient to tree very -xtenfive fortifications near Chelmsford, where - he haailitge eflate..There wereteoo perfons empl oyed upon thetiOnlides a great body oft "TIM confequence ivisrghtt,.oll his tangible propertr be. 'came fubjed to perpetual depredation..- Nip nights nut of ten, footpad robberies were committestnear haute. He made reprefentations to Mr. Addington's Adminiftration on the fubjett. His houfe with Come lands was afterwards taken for four years, for the era .of General. Sir James Craig and his ftaff. The Sur• veyor of the Barrack Office reported, that the whole was worth awl. a year. About eiglvOrears ago,. the houfe coif 70,0001 . in building. 'Melee were 14. rooms on a Boor, and n large turn had lately Cali laid out in repairs upon it. More-money tees After. wards laid out upon it by overnment.' Htweuted to lay out none : for, on the contrary, he wailed to i pull-the houfe down. The money given him for "the ' repairs, and for the military works on his land, w as awarded by a retpedable Jury impannelled for the purpote ; whatever he received he looked upon as clothing more than a fair compenfation. At all events, no imputation could rent on him :--ind of this he was affitred that morning by the Military Commiffioner, also had made the report. He con` eluded with moving, that a copy of the Memorial prefented by him that morning to the Commiffioners of Military Inquiry, be laid before the Houfe. • Mr. S. BOURNE fpoke with Chine warmth in vindi. cation of his conduit agaio ft the caltimninus affertions s that he had figned a Treafusy- Order for granting 6361. to repair the koufein qurilion, after tl.e firm of 2501. had been confidered fufficient to be laid out for that purpofe. Among the imgmnfe number of mere 'figned by him, the contents of tome might have :leaped his notice by min - eke, and this, was the cafe in the prefent intlance. •To fay he had &tie this . wit„ fully, was a foul and malignant calumny, which be would have fcorred to notice, had it not been intro duced into that Houle by a Noble Lord. Earl TEMPLE Paid, that, as he prefumed the memorial contained the Ratement made this night by the Hon. Baronet, it was deferable, as the report was laid before the Houfe; that the memorial, as an anfwe r to it, Ibould be to too, before the Houle fhould proceed to any farther inveftigation on the bufineft. Mr. MARTIN confidered the bargain as highly advantagenns to the Hon. Baronet, and ruinous for the public, and therefore contended that the matter ihould be inquired into. It appeared to him 'alto nbjedionable, that the Hon. Baronet, in junifying himfelf, teemed to impute blame to the Military Com miffioners. He did not mean to fay that the Hog. Baronet intended to do fo ; but the confequence that would follow from his ftatement was, that the Com miffioners did not underftand the tranfadion. The compenfation of 13501. awarded by the Jury for the first year for thirty acres, amounted to the fee firaple value of the land. The Hen. Gentleman made tome • further oblervations on the terms of the bargain, and contended that the matter Mould be inquired into. It • was deferable, particularly at this moment, to these that the reports of theft Comm iffinners were defer ving of credit. when they had made to fmall a pro= in the fubjeds they had to inveili gate . H e the Commiffioners to be men of as much honesty, integrity, and principle, as any Gentleman in that Houle, and was fare they had no intention to make , any unfavonrable Report again% the Hon. Baronet. When the matter fhould again be brought before the Houk, he hoped the Hon. Baronet would be pre pared to explayn, why no perfun had attended on the part of the Crown, to take cafe of the intereits of the public. He was much mifinformed, or it was the duty of theiperfon who was Counfel to the Board of Ordnance, to attend under the Defence Ad, upon inch occafions, if directed. This explanation would relieve his mind from a fofpicion, not of the• Hon. Baronet, but of the n eg li gence of the public Boards. Mr. CANNING confidered the charge spina the Honourable Baronet as fat& and unfounded, and difapproved of loch attempts to rade a baldly err againQ individuals. Mr. MARTIN explained. H. MILDMAY ditclaimed any the aloft dif• . A .., • I