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This da was rabbeted, Suitrbly printed by Dmist.t y r, Price One Gaines hi Boards, Pa Embattled with depot Engraving. • THE POEMS of THOMAS CAMPBELL, sad among which are the two celebrated Pieces, LOCHIELS WARNING, AND 1 HOHINLINDEN. To be *wad In no other Edition or Ms CANS LLLLLLL Worts Sold by Longman and Rees ' Paternotter Row; by J. Gardiner, Pall Matt; sod by all the other Bookkliers NEAR OBSERVER. In a few days SAD he pubtilhed, price ja 6d. THE REPLY of a NEAR OBSERVER to Come al the Anfwers of the " CURSORY REMARKS." Printed for J. Holdall. 190, Pittadalf • Of whom may bs had, rice as.6d. the Tenth Edition of Cur io/7 Remarks: ago, price as 6d, A Reply to a Plain Anfiver; being a refutation of Inveßives againft Minifters, in art appeal to Guided; by an Impartial °Mime& LANDED PROPERTY. ladle prtfa and fpeedily will be publifhwl, in one volume quarto, elepntly printed. and illuitrated by Diagrams, ANELEMENTARYand PRACTICAL TREA ss. TISE on the LANDED PROPERTY of ENGLAND; containing the Purthaft, the Improvement, and the Management of Landed Eftaten By Mr. MARSHALL, Author of diertnt Work. as Rural Economy. YORKE'S LETTERS. . - This day were publillacd, in Two Vols. Svo. price rya. in boards, LE'T'TERS WRITTEN FROM FRANCE, in the Year twos ; containing an Amount Cl the State el its Monk, Mauve, and Politics. By HENRY REDHEAD YORK!, Etq. Sold by H. D. Symonds, so. Paternofter.rew. . nide Letters were written In dos, sod pin et thela adlosilY In that year Once which, until the prelate moment, dory. /Acted from political Motives, remained in the hands of the Printer This day was pobitibed. pries 6s. VoL IV. Part s. of REPORTS of CASES. Argued and Determined ID the Mph Court of Ad•ralty, easwaradog with the Judg ment of tile Hon.SirMasio Seem Midadamas Tam, 7911. By CEIALIIS ROBINSON, L. L. D. Advocate. • IL L The pert completes the fourth Velma. and cows hada the restandoei Cafes to the and el the WI War. Landes : Printed by his hiajdly's law Priam; far J. Bat. wriowth, and fee J. White, New. drest•—Of whom way be had Ow reading pasta, or the hole bowed ha Z Wimples pl. TM' day was petit's& peke se. la been* HORS JURIDICZ SUBSECIVJE : A eau setteil Seeks et NOTES, retrast the Cleepreplay, Owe- Nekry, aid /Jump Ifikerp, sf ebe peladpel Olgee. add arigial leemusee, el/ etc Oredm, Room, Ikeda* sod Cases Lew. EAMARLIN 1117112114 M* et Leeds% Ina EA puede. preare uses, I Des Owe okra. His. LeSl4lOl Itliked few Busks sod Outs, Iktilent Wl**, Iteu-lkese t Coda aid Duke le the anode mod Beata; Itm6. Ikea. The sad Numszp. of the SECOND SERIES of THE REPERTORY of ARTS. MANUFAC A. IVRBS,he. pobilted the tft Mara. ototalie • Merit Is the Cskisadso et Fruit sod Tiober Troia, Dewing W e very Emple mods the suss d logeoviog the quaky, eareselog the imenity. sod Waft eM matority of Auk ha a wooketel do. ; el frosty iekkeekeg the hlstadty of Timber Thee; it ea Ammon fit eathedeibis Pares to Canes lee. Sorbs ; IMMlke.Trodthiek sad Visits % Paint ter Iwo owl Dr edpirles then to *Meg Or dem Mr. Remel t :ln Melon Weellee Trasorlth ND. Cotton, Ed. to se to prodsos =emu= of Veleta; Mr. /body% ter flezee, ter No, Mr. attend'i. ter Embed awl eelesred Ce= meat leserellies Armee of bogreveseints ha the Ileadles• woof limpeod /in ; adtetassiosos Meshed of eolthvetial Seeseit sootelveree ter et Cordage% with ether imeereltaig Padoot; mid so Atessoot et Patents pad loco the NE Now bow of this Wes*. Pablilbed no.loo.iisetse Garden; when may be bed (sad el al leeldellere) the PhD lois et this Wert, to ill VW...dm teL blind& - PARLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS, WIDNSIDAT, MULCH Lg. • In the Apped. the Data et ttnewillerry e. Maude, Mi. AT. TORNEY OZNERAL wa bold oath pan of the ltdpethirah The &niter basibri iinedekrred dB Ai day Insist. ' The IN the the keprodaent of the Web be Deals, be the Tads et Lades. less read a chid thee, end rad. with the amedawnto Iltherel privets Ili 11114thr ea 4 w eag which wee loydeire Lottery BM, thwe peel be On the tweed neisrief the =roe roreldieg the ages m which rgz.were to be einitted be beind se Demme rad Priebe the LORD CHANCELLOR eliereed,thee by the gth snidest the Cabo k wee ethilled. diorama a wok paled. the • eipmetheetheet of the Oaths. the eherehee of be* Idepeone . !sad he salted, sad bade he dreweiwth dthenieseed the 11pli •• awl Church of the Umbel Ifthipieet. b die RR le wee papered to gas& that the ages se width prim Redd be othitheed to . Peiefte sod Demme Orders Road betas fear la the etweeles of bath eerawabo. The Miens= was needy a ekrical error, but Mit wa materiel that k field be twilled. , be ALCOCIC, fee= the Treafery.yeekated ea meow* of tic .ea obeerested to We tArpolky, and Impended la the cook of the pas doj. &dewed to lie es the table, sad to be printed for the eth ef thdr Leraltips. The Red if SUFFOLK tub tbe appestanity of Sgaifylig mbar there wee ow boa lo that account, re with:ken a future make, be wail eel the ethattion et their Lordildps ; he nom the me lbas* dam of ewe million for the wales of lomat In Great Male 0116 eel which would require, before they were eddied, as he em/Masse, the additional enesselftre of eitotheorollica.-. • Adjeeraed til three o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE 01 1 COMMONS. The SPEAKER toot the Chair at half pall three. Mr. CARTWR tom moved icor leave to bring I* a >!m to re- plate the ballads of Chimney Sweeperx—Leave Oven. laird MARSHAM, Chairmen of the hilddleiez Medico Com mittee. Rated, that on account or the Abreact of Mr. Atkins • Wright, ciee of thdr Mambas, ibis day,wwing calibers, they did pet proceed to hidlocre, and defircd Inamilloets from the Hoek. si t j e wel Earl. M. D. attended at the Bar. and Rated, that le vim extremely ill, and would not be able to attend !, ha r h o , foe three wee k t —Ordered, that he be neared from leedere &madame on the fold Committee, and that they have leave to proceed without him. An Utica ?relented at Achy an account of the Expenditure or the Monies granted tar the Pubbe Service in Ireland, in the year 3803, -..ordered to Ile on the Table. Lord W. RUSSELL brought op a Petition from the Owners of • Lands, and Manuiadtottes on the rivers in Surrey. likely to be wrated by the Bill fora Canal between Croydon and Pont mouth. This Petition was Sped by Sir Beaumont Hotharn, air Oaks Rook, and a number of other prawn, owners of property go a great eatent on the Lorre riven. It was underttood that the tecood reading of the Bill Rands for this day. Thurfelsy. and it is the firß order. There am Petitions agasaft R (met the 1.-aodowners of the them Counties. Mr. CORRY broeght up the Reports from the Committee on the kith Cuty, Cm.ntrreatitng Duty, soil Malt Duty tiered to be werritlada and read the third Bose to-morrow. Mr. VANSI TART Feasted the Two Million Exchequer Bid Diu, which was raid the Ertl disc. and sacred for du. le gend stadia; to menage. Reed a limed time the Neutral Ships Bill, and committed for hatporrow. The Houle refolerd it felf let , . a Control Pee upon the Refolutione ett the Salt& t emmittee appoulted to elarolot the Lapirisig Laws. Ordered to upon to mt.-row. A McGs, e bum tht rnolht the Rochdale Canal Bill, and ghe Nat 191 ten pr •I; .g the %Val India Poeta, In the port ,ll.orteloo. The Aroentan •I rade loiltamity Bill was et ad a keood tante, Old Warta to a Ceoninutee to he held tomorrow. •If Rl' !Lt.( Tli.M. y.b. Waren was brought Pt the ir, on the motion of lAtr. Hera. The Braker that addrt led him nearly In the Adlowiog term : jobs Wabus. • Selotql Ccurmitiee of ibis Hoar-, vsb , eli was go grsintsd lw y =OW aedhe Allsibury El-ttiets basse wwricsl slat pssi lava ban guilty of grab sad wilfal prtvaricashm. b the Went end kandaktil feints tablet' Met him inhibited =I, so have atted a principal part. A base& plan wee far the bribery of the Medan, whit* plan was fo far matured, as mutt inevitably tend to the prejedice of the freedom of Eitel , " and would materially infringe upon the peldines ef Wit Houk. Bat though by bib means the privileges of die Haut' may be violated for a time. no plan whatever cm palkly be fo firmly efrablibed, as to fubvctt or prevent. the operable of More falutary regulations which Wt Legitimate had adapted fir eke eve rt:reek.° Mimed= In eleakm and far the pandbasent of about like yours. Among the emblem end endorraintent which you created, you were the ark to fear. Tear has been reported to rids Houk; you bare Men In the "mantra goal of Newsom by which your churader has ben and you bars bared In year rube. The rake of tie tai is fo far Caddied 1 be nit of your sanded! is referned far future b• relligulaa, and you are now ordered to be ellfekarpd epos pay ing your foes.. Take him away. Mr. MURST then moved, that the &landaus of the Speaker upon this ousallan, &odd be enured on the journals of the Hook. Ordered. IRISH MILITIA. Mr-Secretary YORKE tote to oblerve, that the 8111 fir railing the Militia in Ireland loft year, not having palled the Houk till late in the Baron, and not baring reached that country tiff the month of Otlober, a very principal part of the Militia of that country were raged under the conditions of the former Ad, which though different In many MO S' from that now in fora, yet it war deemed ciperlient to continue tbok fo railed under the mu ' lotions of the old Bill. He therefore moved for leave to briny in a Hill to amend the MID Militia Law, fo far as rcLues to the Paid regulations.--I.eavr granted. tea. rovv's MOTION. Mr. CALCRAFT rote, and not fixing In his place 'Right Hon. Gentleman, who had given notice of a mot►un for certain Nasal Inquiries (as fur to-marrow), and yet bearing it very eerreutly reported without doom, that the motion was deigned until Friday, he wiased to know from tome at the Maids at the Right Hon. Gentleman, whether the motion was may deferred Mr. CANNING rate, and anfwered, thin certainly Ns Right Hon. Friend had savor indeutted tile ilighteßloatedon to patron his medal; and thole nightly wooM bibs k forward to sorrow. CONSOLIDATION FUND. AND INCOMS TAX. Mr. GREGOR. otter a few preliminary ohrerratisem li which be 1:0110111111d of the &rammed& to, fremmtly occurred to bring * printed bdan that Hawk fa as ray often to reader *we wba y eiders to may deeds= betides Menhir. who wilbed to be prepared to do dadr Amy, by a dm imelliptios of fink PePers. Yrl to the Aleo of MP& widels tbey imasediately womi that Mare be bid before the Hada, ao meow* al the paid to, and Ow dames open Ms Coaral. dated Fund, from the sti, January, 1103 se the Mae time he dm. He Mead Ws for a ream of tilt MONO al the allewents End miltaians Ode imam Tam tut the year, to the bast dote to width the few mad be node opt but if Mem was aeq to his madai a modern at riot OA. new. he Mind te d g= doe offaelt a motion far a future day. The CHANCALLOR lithe 11XCHIQpill. hid no 'Weaken tea complance with the Ira motion of halm Phoeherjo Nei form that timid be amt Misfalary to Mo. To the nosed, he was not swam Wuhan maid be Bsesyy abpsalen t ;to the wesuary, be thought k would notion be pradeAlw dyable fattiest bet be belled to easider the attention ofit ara an wake for s future dal and aet bring himlif aware army objwiton, rameibed Smalreesweld Mahe wan dens tam the mediae la Ids Mod, m.l fogged his mains as the Mare aerallea. Mr. AMMO& feld,be [mold mho Ids reasmi metioada Mon day.—The Ire toes pat sad wad ANd • Mr. SPZAKIIL aidatred.thet the codes dabs delay eampido a of by the His. Member. freemen* amok front the papers wand to W printed Mktg adominos, and rewatimes bapallble to be the lase remdred. The heft rim* he could f would be,drat duplents of hob payees amid be to the Hasa whoa aremed,that Glatieenat Wain here an oppormelty of rewerrfai unite amount an dee table, It the print. hg Meld not be acanapilhed with the espedidew ticked. vat IN CI'ON. Mr. CREEVET, agreeably to his notice op a for mer day, rofe to bring forward his motion for certain papers relative to this inkjet. The queftion.to which Ise wilted to call the attention of the Houle. was onc fo important, that he trufted be would be allowed fall credit for the purity of his motives in bringing the matter under difeufGoss. It occurred to bias .s the beitfountlation of his motion, to Rate in the inaaace, generally, the &nation of affairs in Ceylon. from the year 1798 till the period when the mifunderftanding which occafioned the rupture took place. From the year 1798 till the beginning of the year tecit, the colony was in a Rate of tranquillity, and nothing was apprehended to endanger any rap. Lure with the King of Candy, or any part of his Cub jeds. The Governor was then Codified with the poifeffion of the forts formerly occupied by the Dutch, and there teemed no difpofition to intetfere with the Government of that part of the country which was not under his Majelly's dominion. In 18or a difpute arofe about Come property belonging to Britifh fubjeds having been feized, by order of perfons &ding under the orders of the King of Candy, and ftrong remonftrances had taken place. It had at length been agreed that the property fttould be refits:v.l, or that an equivalent fhould be afforded.— This property was not fuppofed to be in value above vol. and the queftion of reftitution being fettled, the only point left for confideration was, as to the time in which the reftoration &mild take place, or the equivalent be granted. Under this Rate of things it might have been expeded, that the exifting caufe of (Jaime being removed, pofttive hoftility would have been avoided. Yet it was now afcertained, that • war had been entered on, of the etudes of which the Houle and the public were completely ignorant, and when the nature of the country in which the war was to be carried on was taken into confideration, inquiry as to the circumftances which gave rife to the rupture became equally necelTary anti interefting.— The Houle ought to be apprized, that the dominions l of the King of - Candy confined principally of woods and mountains. A warfare in Inch a country was , therefore, on the firft view of the fubjea, auxioufly to be avoided, as it held out a profpeL of difficulty, with little hope of advantage. That there difficulties and difatflers had been experienced, was already fof. ficiently apparent, but that any end had been accom placid there was no information to demonitrate. In June, 18c3, it begun, and was afcertained, that already a van number of our belt troops had fallen vidims to this war, the circumflances that led to which were hitherto carefully concealed. The ma. lacy fo prevalent in Ceylon had been attended with the molt dreadful ravages. Of the 6th Regiment, no fewer than ;co had pctifhed. In the 19th Rcgi m:nt, tc7 had fallen victims to the difeafes of the Country. When it Was confidered that fo many men had been facritlccd on an objed which was Peen to be unattainable, it was not calling for too much to .itk, why the force employed on fetch a fervice yea, not recalled ? It teemed, however, that the Go vernor of Ceylon was anxious to take a very alive part in the politics of the Court of Candy. Intrigues were carried on for the p,:rpofe of overthrowing the Government of the exitting Monarch, and placing nn the throne an individual to be related by thole who were to be the principal attars in accomplifbing this revolution. The pen on to be feleded was a rt individual at that time principal Minider to eh: King, but pitied of no extraordinary talents, and far from being generally beloved or eßeemed in the Country. Fur the purpole of carrying this plan into else, a treaty was entered into with the Wainer, and nothing teemed to be thought of but the entire overthrow of the King of Candy's power. While theft negotiations were going forward, the Britt& force in the garrifon of Candy was graduidly weak ened, and the Milliner, who was tole railed to the head of the Government, proved hinsfelf, inftead of being a friend, a determined enemy. There were not left above see Britiffi troops, of whom tfio were confined to their huts. The number left for effeltive fervice was therefore not more than ao, and the ' number of native troops on the outpolb was not more than 3 or 400. In the mean time the Candians, either exafperated by the Ray of our troops, after there was every reafon to think that all caufe of hoftftity bad ceafed. or encouraged by the infignifi cant amount of our force, colleted in vaR numbers round the tow* of Candy. What their precife num ber was he could not take on himfelt to affirm.— When he Rated them at to,ooo he was lure he did not exaggerate. Several accounts which had reach ed him made the number more than double what he had now Rated. In this fituation it was that the handful of Britil troops. which he had defcribed, were compelled not only to furrender, but to lay down their arms. Not only were they obliged to fubmit to this indignity, but it was Rated that they were altually led two by two through the fireets of i the town. expoted to every variety of intuit. Ent 'this was not the termination of this dreadful eater trophe. After being expofed to thefe indignities. the tragedy had concluded by the expulfion of our troops from the fortrekand their fubfequent murder. *geom. panied with every aggravation of barbarous ctuakr• The fetdensent was wrefted from as. with tbe excep tion of the forts which oar remnant of troops were able to occupy, and an imperious neceffity for frith reinforeenteusoccurred to prevent ultimate defeat and difgrace. So ineninent was the danger.that reinforce ments of troops had gone from Calcutta to fuppon the remnant of our force in Ceylon. Knowing that fueh was the Rate of affairs, that the nature of the war was not fuck as to encourage any profpee of fpeedy or even eventual &cuts. it became a fit matter for the Haute to relic& how far it could be coofidered either wife or politic to embark the lives of a numbei of brave men on a hopelefi and imprathicable fervice.— The Governor of Ceylon did not enter on this war independent of a great deal of experieoce derived, from the former great deal of experience, derived from the former biftory of the ((test efforts Tbel efforts made by the Dutch to interfere with the Government of Candy ought to have taught him sot to enter on war without due coafideration. The had. on more than one oceafion. penetrated t• the capital of the tingdom of Candy but the termi natioa of their enterprises bad always been untuccet N. In the refult they had met with difillers fimilar to thefe which our troops had lately fuhained- In 1 7 6 4 a party of Dutch troops had experiened a fate tingly. to that of our garrifon at Candy. Oa that oceafioo they had been furpriud by a body of the natives.— They had been compelled to abandon the panicle, they occupied. They had ineffeCtually endeavoured to make good their retreat ; and. to the number all four hundred. bad been molt cruelly maffacred.—. Events of this nature could not be unknown to the Governor of Ceylon. The fait was, that under his own eyes the materials of a hiftory of the fettlement had been collated, and of courfe thefe citing mull have been Instead? familiar. The Governor of Cey lon, therefore. bad experience fairly before him, and it was his duo' to have profited by pall errors. It was his bufines to confider, whether he was in po‘ Teflon of refources adequate to go on with the enter prize which he had undertaken, or whether the ob jeet in view was one on which, with proper ideas of wily policy, thefe refocuses were to be employed. As things now flood. neither the Haute nor the Public. knew on what principle the War bad been under. taken, and therefore a fenfe of duty impelled him to bring the matter under difenifion. The confequences of a war fo undertaken could not be fully afcertained. It was, however, eafy to afcertain that they mull be highly difaftrous. On the firs view of the fubjeCt. the lots of a number of brave men preffed itfelf on the confideration of every thinking mind. If Ceylon, too. was in an inadequate (tate of defence, it was clear that the deligns of France on India generally mull create anxiety and alarm. If firth defigns did will, what was more natural than to encourage and affid the natives of Candy in their warfare againtl our interefts and power? It would hardly be denied, that reinforcements from this Country would be ne ceffsry to enfure the fafety of our poffeffions in the Eaft. But was it not a matter of extreme anxiety to refleft on the diminution of our regular army. at a time when the force of the enemy was fo immure, and when the principal defence of the Empire de pended on a regular force 3 He had been told. that a thoufand men were now ordered to proceed to In dia ; and Cutely the Houle mutt think it right to paufe for infoi elution as to the fervics on which there men were to be engaged. before they contented to the facrifice of fuch a number of human lives. If the Governor of Ceylon had entered on the War without fufficient difcretion, it was proper for the Houfe to interpofe its authority. The 'War, it was to be reconciled, was not one which promifed a fpeedy termination. It was, on the contrary, much to be dreaded, that the confli& in Ceylon would only rem to furnifh a grave for many of our brageft troops.— Ho earnellly hoped that Mininers here would imprefs this idea flrongly on their minds. The example of St. Domingo was a (hong proof of the impolicy of Inch a War as that now unhappily raging in Crylon As long as both there fettlements continued in their pr;fen; circumaances, fuccefsful War was not to be *peat& There was another view of the rubjeit which rendered inquiry highly defirable : it ought to be feen how far the principle of interference with the native powers in India was to he carried. It would not be pretended, that a Governor of any of our Eaftern Poffeffions was, whenever he thought proper, to interfere with the Government of the native powers. If any chandler for honour or juilice was to be preferred, it was high time that the mode in which our Eallero Poffeffams was governed fhould be inquired into. Before be fat down he begged leave to allude to a difpatcb from the Governor of Ceylon, which did appear to him flrongly to point out the neceffity of the produaion of the papers for which he now meant to fubmit a motion to the Houle. Blame was apparently meant to be conveyed againft the conduit of the brave and unfortunate officer who ptiiflied at Candy. On lIIP pen of that (Ater he , felt it his duty to Cab that los whole trace ..tol not exceed two handle. men ; .4 thefe he had alrelly mentioned that one hunched And faty were unfit fervice, and only forty were efficient. There was an almolt total want provifions ; and the next lint - 7 belonging to the Dritiffi Wei at a affiance of fitly miles. With thefe forty men i.e mutt have tried to cut his way through the enemy. The attempt was evidently defpe rate ; and even if it had been attempted. the hundred and Get) , of the Game( have been left to the mercy of the enemy. On the whole. be thought inquiry highly expedient; and, as a. founiation far that inveaigation, he concluded by moving for tLa following papers:— a. That these be lad bdero this Hook Copia of all Papep. Letters, sod Watches from his Ma,',efty's Governor of Ceylon to the Gavernmene of the Purina of Candy, in that ; and trues the Govantsert of the Kingdom of Cady to m his elly f 's Clearose of Cabo, editing to the cafe end ssenconent the war lately carried on, at raw carrying on, between ide marg. Ws Forces and tie Casaba Nation is that Gland. s. That these be laid before this Hoofs Civics stall Proems. eons ifibed by his Majefty's Governer la Ceylon, repo:ding the war now carrying as, or lately casried se, lo the Mod of Ceylon. 3. That there be laid before this Hook Capin of al Leans aid Mfg/etches from his WOW. Government in the Medd Crean to Galan centaaading in the Candles War; sod from fuch Of ficers to the GIMMOS a( Cerise; to whi p Cabs of di Dif patehis frees his Majefty's Oesysar °visa say of his Ma ya?, Samaria of date ; and et 14 -nis front my of his M~ Secretaries af State ta she Gamest of Wash reletla to die doles War. 4, That there be bid hellos this Hoak Cigars at dl Trbitild snared lets hewed the Governer of Cerise sad the Casaba eavassaart. 5. That there be hid before this Mask. adl the Remus al his Mijeltes Farces is Corhss. ressived by es? al his MOO Se. astsriss at State lwaradataly previa,* to jimmy IS A* and all Ash ilibiess lists= as have hem brae readvai. Lord CASTLEREAGH Paid, that fo far as the principle went, of patting the Hoofs in polfelSos of it doeamens as amid espial~ the nature and castes of the prefent war, be Amid bahe no objet doe to the wifhes of the Honourable Gentleman... But it would be extremely prejudicial to the if he whole of the Honourable °estimates mo dem were acceded to. One, in particular, would be extremely improper, for it was not At our enemy *Add know she Bate of our garrifon in Ceylsa. i.e to the melancholy eatelirophe which happened there, although Government was bound to difilok every ciranntance relating to it, yet the detailed informs tion on that ruble& came in fo imperfea a Bate as not to be wholly relied on. He bad no objection to site an information which Government might be in porta= of relative to thecuts of the war but be could not I:defect to what were the Reps intended to be purfued so brig the war to s concluton. The onlyfide rotund thin would be to put the Haack fro Won el tbegrouads of the con tea t mid then they would be able to ft, how * any blame could attar:block Ocresausisat. h wee (aid, that the objea of the war wee a Aging of very Gale value. He begged it might be. .mWod. that previous to tbefeiaum of the property in issalefe the Canaan' had Owns h areas of a boßile mind towards our Government. and babe" milks befille preparations. kie wouid beg Isiie to let use Honourable Gemleeme right asto the fans in which he ought to Wag forward his motion.... Ceylon did not form a part of the dominions of the Eat India Company. It was attached to the Crows, end any motion for papers relative to it mot be made in the &ape of an addrefs to his blajety.... He would funs, to the Honourable Gentleman the folloeriss oolwn e he the um to which ha was ready to accede t4.4that an humble AS be pet footed to hi ' idoefty, praying that h be= eiooUy pkafed to gave dire ions to have hid • the Houk copies or eittptat of all Arch letter* and • papers as had been fent by the Hommel* Feede r ric North, Governor of Ceylon l relative to the eau* I and the circumllances which gave rife to ludblities between the Britifis Government in that Aland and • • the Kim of Candy." Mr. CREEVEY faid. he was resided with this motion io the manner it was put The mode; wm then egret to. Mr. CREEVEY then moved for the produaion of all papers or letters fent by the Goveraor to any Bri• tilh Officers in Ceyloo, relative to the war *Sala 1.4 King of Candy. Lord CASTLEREAGH fold, be could not ac cede to this motion, andmoved the preview quelloo. Mr. FOX did not fee there was any ground for putting the previous quellion. He anradwhethes it was improper on the face of the thing to enquire whit were the circomaances which led to a bnfinea of great difafter and difgrace 1 There was aver, bog cafe made out by the Honourable Gentleman. At what time was an enquiry to be made? Was it whin the war was over, and confequeody when there wa; no occafion for an enquiry General MAITLAND obfervcd, that what Noble Lord had Paid was, that this motion produce public inconvenience in Ceylon. Stipp* we were in danger of lofing our poleffiuns there ; was this a fit moment to lay before the Houfe infor mation oil the Rate of that country 1 But there wok be a time when this and other papers &odd be lig before the Houfe. That period could not be very diftant: for he could not help oonfidering the war in Ceylon as one of fhort continuance. I'he pretent motion at leaft was not the moil likely means to pot an end to it. Mr. JOHNSTONE could fee no objellion to the motion, on the ground of its giving information to the enemy : for the Candian war moil have tenni flitted before this time ; and the French could never entertain a projeß fo wild as that of fending troops out to Ceylon to attack us there. The Noble Lord had f,id that the information was defeßive. That WAS the greaten imputation which could be thrown againn the Government abroad ; it (hewed that they did not feed home full and tufficient information. He would vote for the motion, and mull fay that the Houk and the Public were indebted to the Ho nourable Member for bringing it forward, as well as for the able flatement wiih which he introduced it. Lord CASTLEREAGH, in explanadon, when be (poke of defidive information, he only meant fuch information as the Governor could pro cure, when he fent away his loft difpatches, relative to the tranfdli .n. He thought it was too much Cur the Honourable Gentleman now to affume that ILC War in Ceylon was ended. Mr. WALLACE oppofed the notion; and Mr.. CA LC R AFT lupported it. Lord HENRY PETTY, (aid, the war in Celka had already proved difanrous; and it was cagy hr the produSion ol the papers moved for that Parli , ment could know how far it could be carried on will. i i I 'I 4 ' 'to whet b t that nothi lured I ha fclll/1 tlicre thou time WM their Mean 5e fal einn, 1 Uomi 4au.; a nova cast