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PARLI 112 ENTAkr PROGEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WFDNF.SDAY, MAY R. Their Lortlfh;ps were engaged iii a rink Committee of Privileges, relative, as we under:lo.d, to one of the ttanding Orden collate rally applying to th. cafe of Lord ViLount Melville 1 he order for the exclution of grangers was itr,elly enforced, but the Committee adjourned till five o'clock to-morrow evening. Oil our adn.iffinn into the Hot;fe. A Couotcr from the Univerfity of Oxford to that pre- Ferted on the part of the Roman Catholics ot Ireland, was reading by the Cl.-rk It was preknted by the I.ord Chancellor, High Steward of 'he tlnlre rfity, and crdered to lie on the table. The Bills before the Houle were rot wardcd ir. their refpedtive ftages. Mr. 1.0 No, attended by feveral Memh:rs.brought up a private Bill from the Commons, which was read a firß time. MR. jusrica FOX. The LORD CHANCELLOR. notified his in tension of coming forward on an early day next week, poffibly on Monday (but on that, he fhould be regulated by the confideration of a Noble friend's. ;mend ince, to whole accommodation all their Lord (hips, he was lure, would be moll willing to attend). with a Motion for having Come record or entry made on the Journals, of the principle upon which the proceedings that hitherto ob'aked in the cafe of Mr. _Plaice Fox proceeded; or at leaf} as far as loch principles were underltood by f ume o f t h e i r L or dlhip s . Ile was apparently about to move for a Commons, in reference to hi. cor.tingent intention for Monday, hut was informed, that a fummons already Rood for that day. Lord GRENVILLE faid a few words, in confe quence of what fell from the Noble Lord, that he fhould not then trouble their Lordfhips will any ob• fervations on the Wind's. UNIVERSITtCS anvowsov TILL. On the Order being read for the re-commitment of this Bill, The Earl of SUFFOLK, who had inadvertently rifen to addrefs their Lordfhips before the Order was read, again rnfe, and made leveral obfervations er preflive o his hollility to the Bill ; he particularly deprecated the difeuffion of a meafure, which would fo injitrionfly affeEt the Lay patronage of the country; in fn chin an attendance of Lay Peers. He thought, therefore, the confideration of the Bill ought to be pofiponed, until a fuller attendance of the Lay Peers Mould he obtained. There was another objeetion,' which flriick him forcibly with refpeel to the Bill, *timely, its intrenching In materially, in his opinion, upon the Route of Mnrtmain. Though, Le thought, in the prefcnt Rae of things; and of reli- Rion in this country, great acquifitions to the church may not be expelled from fuch a confide.ration ; yet, frornxerfons in a dying Rate, particularly women. [(malting in that way may be acquired. Yet, 11111 its op..tation with refpen to that flatute was, he thought, a material confideration. He again pref fed the idea of its being improper to dilcufs loch a meafure with In thin an attendance of Lay Peers, and with fuch a body as prefented itfelf on the reverend Bench, he defpaired of having his objeetions properly attended tn. One or two of the Reverend Prelates having oh ferved. that not many minutes ago there had been a rematitably full attendance of Lay Peerg, The Noble Earl obferved, he was aware of that ; their Lordfhips were tired out by lillening to a very long cnnverfation : he intimated an intention to move to have the Bill pollponed. The LORD CHANCELLOR obferved, he fhould deem it incumbent on him to oppnfe fuch a mntion: the Noble Earl (Inlaid recnlleft that the Bill, both in principle and detail, had been again and again difcuffed ; with refpea to the objeaion of the thin attendance of Lay Peers, a great number were in attendance not ten minutes before, whet, if they thought with the Noble Earl, with refpeEt to the operation of the Bill on the lay patronage, would moil probably have remained to exprefa fuch appre, , hen lions. Some few remarks, in the way of explanation, were afterwards interchanged between the Earl of Suffolk and the Noble and Learned Lord, in which the latter obferved there may be fome Peers who preferred their dinner to their ditty, and the former, feeming •to think, as the proceeding then flood, it would be pre ferable not to trouble their Lordfhips further at pre fent, accordingly quitted the Houle. Lord Vilcount SIDMOU l'H ezpreffed his thanks to their Lordfhips for having fo readily de ferred the recommitment of the Bill from Monday until that day, in confequence of his inability to at tend ; however, it was not li;s intention then to trou- ' Lie the Committee. with the dilcuffion of the Clattfe be intended to pia - Tore, as he believed many of their Lordfhips, who had lo recently retired, withdrew upon an underltanding that what he meant to bring forward would not be difcutTed that night. Ile therefore Thou-id not prefs it ; nut that he intended, after what palled, to interrupt the progrefs of the Bill, but to take the opportunity of a future Rage, to propofe what he intended, poffibly on the confide laticn of the report, the third reading, or, if fuch may be deemed more convenient, as to a certain ex tent, it would be more regular to difcufs his intended .prepr..fitions in a Committee, and with that view to recommit the Bill. The Bifhop of OXFORD, after the difenffions the meafure had undergone, deprecated any unneceffary delay. The Committee proceeded with the confideratinn or the Bill ; and, on the fuggeflion of the Bifhop of kizford, feveral amendments, chiefly of a verbal na tty e, 'were made. -Sniee farther cnnverfation enfued as to the prefe of inhfiquent proceeding, with a reference “. • da: Nrhle Vilcount's intended provili.ins, between 'tisLorolliip anti one nr two of the Reverend Pre ; the refold was, that the Report of the Bill was arralered to be received t i-morrow, and an apparent arnclerfianding, that on Monday the Bill fhould be seed a third time. The LORD CHANCELLOR prefented a Bill, tha principal effeCt of w bids was, to encourage the rultiy tai n. planting, &c. of Church, College, and 11 Lands, and to provide regulations with re i> to the growth, f lung, &c. of timber on the fame. ..il!Zle (tumid pr Tole at prefent would be, the &It re.aZing, and p•intieg of the Bill, intending it fhould :;ie.over for co•.fideration ; and, in the mean time, he faculd c..nfult the opinion of the Reverend Perron- A wes oppofite to him, and which he meant to take previous to his prov.fing any thing farther upon the Lill. The Bill was forthwith read a firft time, and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. ROUST OF COMMONS. An aCteurt was ordered to be -tcd of the Beer made from pre:cote Barley, and aifo from Bigg and Malt, in Scotland, from the 6th of July, 'See, to the lateft period. Mr. Johnfun, from the Chief Secretary's Office, in Ireland, pee rented an Account of the bums expended in Criminal Profecutions in Ireland, during the years 18ot-2.3, and 4 —Ordered to lie on the Table. The Irifh Fiat Fruits Office Bill went through a Committee,and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. I.ortl J. TH Y NNE. obtained leave to bring in a BM for the more cafy recovery of (mall debts in the City of Bath. Die W. DOLBEN prefented a petition from the Scholar+ and Fellows of the tlaiverfity of Oxford, againft the claims lately urged by the Roman Catholics of Ireland, in their petition to Par liament.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. LF.E (aid, that as there might pofhbly arife tame differ: nee of opinion with relpea to the Irith Small Deb.'s Bill, which was read a heft lime, he fhould move that it he read a feeond time to morrow, with a view that the blanks ()Rudd be filled up, and the Bill printed ; which was agreed to Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the Icifla Police Bill, which was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Mee fmall Promiftery Note Relliaining, and the Id& and Englifh Bank Silver Token Bills, were read a third time and paired. The Bill for encouraging the ennfumption of Beer in Ireland went through a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Bill for rendering the Duties on Wine imported permanent was read a firft time, oil the motion of Mr. Hufkilloit, and order ed to be read a fecond time toonorrow ; as was alto the Slate Duty Bill. The Spaniftt Red Wine Duty Bill eves read a MR tine, and or dered to be read a fecond time 1111 Tu if.lay next. The Land Tax Comnaiiiioners' Nettles Bill went through a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to be received to morrow. The Committee on the Ifle of Mat Bill was deferred till Wed nefday neat. lie 'themes BAIA Bill was referred to a feted Committee. Mr. GREY moved toe a Lew N tit for the Cooney of Galway, in the room of Lord Wolin now l. of of Cleneerty, au hide Peer.—Ordered. A feleflage hum the Lords announced that they had agreed to the Scuts Eacife, and f e v e r e i pr ivate THE LATE SHERIFFS OF VIND('N. Sir FRAM:Ii FANE prefented a petition from S;r William Rawlins Knt. and Robert Albion Cox, lifq. Reline, that have g been Sheriffs of London and Middlefex in die year eSot, taty had, in conlequenee of the preceedings in the Meldlebet i letGnu,' unfortunately fallen under the difplealure of the lioufe, tot wlAch they entertained the melt lincere contrition; they added, that they had already undergone a lots imprifonment 'n Neweeate, and that the longer continuance thereof would be highly pi-Owned to tamer healthy, and to their private concerns, and prayilig the: no thcfe confoierations the Houle would condefcend to iibeeate tit m. The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table, and the Honourable Baronet gave notiee that he (hoed,' move to-morrow that they he brought up the next day, for the pureofe of befog difeharged. NEW DUTIES IN IR'aLAND. Mr. FOSTER e bferved. that when he hroueht foewerd the finances, he Rated that he Peould have to propofe Aiditior.a! Stamp Duties in Ireland. He did not mean, at preterit, to elate any more than the heads under which the duties wound ]land; without fpeci•ying, at pre fent, their particular amount. Tin: fait was, a Duty on tile admiflion of Artornies, by a llemp on their articles ; a Stamp Duty on the Powers tor receiving Rents in Ire land; ditto on Referred Rents, and the Initrunieute for the in• create of Rents; ditto ou Probates of eVills; ditto on Legacies; ditto on Inferences againft Fire: which he meant to aMmllete ex adlly with the duties impaled in England, and in which, he was happy to fay, that he had the apprnhetion and concurrence of all the parties concerned in thefeleferatices in Ireland. He concluded with moving fevcral general refolations, conform' 'ely with what he had Rated, Sir JOHN NEWPORT faid, he did not mean to make any oh jecction to the Refolutions, hi this early ttagc; but he apprehended, that the Ramp duty upon the indentures of Attorniee Clerks might operate agaiiiß the freedom of eleetion, as there perfons, after Saving their clerkfilips, were, at prefent, potreffed of the right of voting for Renter, natives in Parliament upon which it was by no means defirabie that there amulet he any additional reßreint. He hoped. therefore, that the duty would be fo modified, as nut to be produnive of the injurious &eels lie apprehended front it. Mr. FOSTER replied, that he Simild be very ready to accede to any modifications the Honourable Baronet may think proper to proprife, for the purport of obviating all his apprelientions. The Re fulutimis were then agreed to—together with an addi t lima: one, that the foregoirg duties be paid in Enelida currency. He Nether moved, that an allowance of 71. los. per cent. he made to all flationers in Ireland, who fold ft:Pops without any additional charge for the paper, which was agreed to. EARLS SPENCER AND ST. VINCENT. Mr. DENT gave notice, that if the papers moved for by an Honourable- Gentleman (Mr. Jere.ry) yefterday,fliould be ordered by the Hnufe, it was his intention to move for au accomit of the promotions of Officers,during the Adminiftration of Earle Si and St. Vincent. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mond for a St ied Committee to confider of the account isctw•ern the pubtir a:l4 the FaR India Company; which was agreed to, and the Loom artee appointed, confifting of Mr. Francis, Mr. Johnfon, &r. ni tic ,p -pofition, and a prGportionate number from the Aliniflerial fide of the Houle. SIR HOME TOPIIAM. Mr. KINNAIRD Gcid, that he had come t!••wn prepared to fubmit to the Bottle the motion of which he had given notice; and he thould feel it hi> duty to propofe that a Committee thiiithl he apps ,tee to take into eonfideration the accounts ia:d on the table of the Houle, relpteling the repairs of the Romney and l t Sentible. He undtrflood that no oppAition wcuid be given to the meafure he pouted, and he thought he fhould take np the time id the Houle very improperly, if he Inould go over the grounds which were contained in thole papers ; he was, befidei, of opinion, thet c was an impollibility of confideting the matter properly, in any other manner, than that which he propofed. The bell way for conlideting the bulinefs, would be for the Committee to lay the Re• port hcfire the Houle, and then to adopt fuch mea tures as necell'arily mot - coot (fit. He (baulk!, there fore, move, " that a Committee be appointed to con fider of the matter contained in the papers before the Houle, relative to the repairs of the Romney and la Senfible, whin' under the orders of Sir Home Pop- Lan) in the Red Sea." Sir H. POPHAM laid, that the only motive h e had for offering a few °Nervations was,that he th,itild not be Itippoted to acknowledne the jultice of a n y charge alledged againil him, by his acceding to the inrition for a Committee of Enquiry. There was not a (logic particle of chat ge, which he was not, at the preterit moment, fully prepared to refute, in the corn pletett manner ; and though there ni - ay be come r.iitts proper enough to gts before a Coonthijitee, lie mutt , at the outlet, deny, that they c-itrld attach crimina lity upon him ; though he mutt declare, that there was a degree of criminal indufiry made life of, to at tribute blame to him. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Kinnaird) laid, on a former night, that be had been treated contimant to the general ufage and praElice of the navy, and in the fame manner as Sir Richard Bickerton, Sir Richard King, and Sir Andrew Mit chell. When this affertion was firll made, he mull acknowledge himfelf to have been fo nervous, that he did not feel bold enough to contradiel it ; but • Ire had, at prefent, a full refutation, in a letter from Sir Richard King, in which he informed him, that when fume imputations were made againli Iris condo& in the Etat Indies, he attended, and was examined be• fore a pablic board. In this cafe, however, there was a deviation front the %anal praaiee, and he hem td to be tingled out as a i'leim both to the Navy and the Admiralty Boards. They had fent for Capt. Sance, to try whether he could fay any thing againft him, and he had at prefent a copy of their letter to that - Officer, and his anfwer, in which he perfealy exculpated him. This was on the eft of OCtober, and they ordered Captain Sante to attend nn the Tuefday following, at ten o'clock. They then en quired of him why he received in the Senfible forts, men, &c. different from thole appropriated to veftels of that dads ? He mull here beg leave to fay, in corroboration of Captain Sauce's leftimonn that he never gave orders for any alteration in the quality of the limes, and that when he left the Serif - 11de in the Red Sea, he left it nearly a wreck.— While in the Red Sea, General Baird confulted hint whether, after the army thould be difengaged from the Egyptian expedition, it would be molt advitable to attack the Mauritius or Batavia? The anfwer was, that be had not fufficient naval force for either ; but he at the fame time thought it his duty to enquire whether, if fuck an attempt could be made, the Ealt India Company would furnilh the needrary (tures ? and receiving an anfwer in the negative, he was un der the necellity of fupplying the (hips in the bell manner he could for the fervice they were defined to perform. Every thing relating to this fobjeCt was fully explained in the report a the boatfwain of the 'hip; and he had to complain that the Navy Board refuted to receive it, though it fully accounted for the ring and (hank of which to much had unneceffa , ily and injorioully been laid. The papers fpecifying the particulars, were afterwards 1011, but that could never be made a fault attributable to him. To (peak of the (hip itfelf, he had to (late that, on leaving Em;land, he was obliged to fail down the channel with a Ilrong Seellerly wind, which obliged Lim to put into Portland Roads with the veffel in fo very bad a Late, that nothing but the extreme importance and ne,efli'y of ;he fervice upon whis:ll he was tent, could ever have ind c.-..d lii .o to fail for hid:a in fo ill-conditioned a conveyance. All this v.arnid be proved by the papers on the table, as well as the on. avoidable repairs which the (Lip had Teemed in the different parts where he was obliged to lion. Hall. ing heard that, notwithltanding all there ditativan cages, imputations were made againll his charaCter by the Barcil of Aalmiraliy, he did not hefitate to de mand an enqairy, which being refuted, be mull in. fat that never was an cfficer to injorioufly and un justly treated. The time ill olage was followed up in the overt - trained Reports of the Commiffioners of Naval Enquiry ; and reports were circuLted that he was to he profecuted in the Exchequer, after having been refuted a Court Martial, which ever had, and ever moll be, the proper judicature, before which an officer of the Britifh Navy (hould, in the fide place, be tried. This was the fyttem under which the Navy of England throve ; but in this tale, fer ft m: perverfe or wayward motive., that praCticc was :everted.— Was it right to lub!litute for the regu:ar tribunal of 1 a court martial, a fcandalous paper w..r, arid an in unmet able let of teurrilous pamphlets, n.iginating from fources from which they ought nt.t to have come ; as he was allured nn no lel; authority than that of fame of the publifhers themfelves. In proof of this affertion, he could produce a letter from a Gentleman who was formerly a Member of that Houle (1-!ere a genera! cry of read ! read!). He then read a letter, dating the indignation 1 , 1 the writer at 'learning from the publiffier of one of ihefe kurrilous pamphlets, that it came from the hands of Earl St. Vincent's Board of Admiralty. The letter was flailed by " John Marnamara" (formerly Member ' s lot. Leicefler) (a had laugh!). He next '«dverted to the conduit rf the Admiralty, in fending a letter to a labordinate Officer, Captain Edward,,Toliciting and exhorting him to ranfack his memory, and try whe ther he could dilcover any blame imputable to him (Sir Home), from the time of his failing from Eng land till his return. He read a copy of that letter, dated 3111 of November, 1803, and arced, whether it was 4 proper kind of conduit in men, bnalling of liberality, to tamper with an inferior officer, it; a •way fo very inftdions ? Mr. MNNAI RD called the Hon. Officer to or der, for (raving fir II read the letter, and afterward, repeating words very differently from thole whicl, it c:altained. Sir H. POPHAM proceeded to nbferve, that he did not confider himfelf at all irregular in giving to the letter, what mull appear to every one to be its fair confirtittion ; and appealed to the Gentlemen of the Learned profeflion, whether he Wonld not be anthorifed in doing fo, even in a Court of Law ? He would repeat, that it was unfair and illil.eral to ioli cit any officer to ranfack his memory for any thing that he could think blameable in the conduul of a s fuperior officer, from the time of his leaving Eng land for India, until the period of his return to this country. He might ',Ably overffrain the con. ftrudion, but he would put it to any man of honour. whether Inch a letter was a fair one, from a public Boatel, in refired to any individual ? In fr,me in fiances, it was peffible that his co• • duft might have been, in Conn degree, irregular r but he would ever maintain, that it was not criminally fo—while he could not help animadverting on what he mat call the criminal induflry that was cmil againtl him. He, in common with the Houle and the public, highly applauded the general proceedings r.t the Commitfioners of Naval Enquiry but he was not a little furprifed at the manner in which he was fpoken ot, after Mr. Lewis had been examined as to his conduct, and after lie had, upon that Gentleman's teitimony, been honourably acquitted cf collusion Kith any Naval Officer. Upon that Inbjett. he wrote a Ihmtpitly letter (a Lush) to the Commillioners of Naval Enquiry, challenging an inveltigation in any collusion between Mr. Lewis and him.— During the whole comic of his command, he was confident that it would appear, that he always ma. nifelled the ftrongefl defire of retrenching expellees, and had contributed to it, by every means in his power; as a proof of which, he would (laic, that the whole of the old materials belonging to the Romney fold for nu more than 121. after the repair, which he fancied would be fufficient to thew, thkt repairs were nut made till they were abfolutely necetrary. It was natural enough that he fhould be fomewhat warm upon this fubjeul. He never expeded that he lhould have occasion to mention any thing in that Houfe re greting his private family ; but he hoped due allow ance would be made for any warmth even approach• ing marly to intemperance, which he might be led into, when it was confidcrcd what a length of time he remained under thefe afperflons, and that he ha.' a family which mug of courfe have feelings with hit:. on a fubjeit in which his honour and charaeter were fn effentially implicated. As to the accufation re (peeling the high rate of exchange, he had .only to fay, that he gave orders for no bills being drawn at a higher rate than as. 6d. while other from various offices on the fame fervice, were drawn at 7s. or Rs. exchange. His rations alfo to each man, in the Sick and Hurt Office, were no more than 4'. and a farthing, while thofe of Admiral Blankets, on the fame fervice, were 44. sd. per man. Another leading ()Net of his during his command was, to confider how much freightage could be Caved ; and he had the fatisfa&ion to fay, and was ready to prove, that, on his arrival in the Red Sea, he difcharged freightage to the amount of '7,0001. per month, and, by following up the fame lyflem, it afterward amounted to a faring of 27,0001. per month. Let the Houfe then compare thefe important fav'agr with the paltry furls foppofed to be overcharged in the repairs of the thipc, and then judge whether Le was nod entitled to co aaaaaa endation or to cenfure After having performed thefe Cervices, and difcharg ed his duty in the Red Sea, with chips almoft unfit for fervice, he failed for Calcutta, where he was un der the neccflity of ordering thole repairs, the ex pences of which had been fo much complained of.— If it was poffible for the Committee to make the mat ter mote clear than it was from the documents on the table, and the Statement he now made, he could not have the leaf' poffible objedion to it. He would again repeat, that in fome instances it was poffible he might have been wrong ; but loch errors were whol. ly to be ufcribed to the difficult nature of the fervice. He certainly had mach to complain of the manner in which he had fince been treated, both by the Admi ralty and Navy Boards, and under fuch impreffions he fliorld confide, the inflitution of a fair inquiry as the happiett moment of his life. Mr. HUTCHINSON exprelfed his fatisfaaion that thefe papers had been moved for, as he was convinced the general imprellion unlit be the fame as it was oa his mind, viz. that the Hon. Officer had difcharged a mots important troll with great fidelity, great per: severance, and great honour ; and, in doing This, had evinced an extraordinary degree of talent. He was a friend to the Committee, but; not froin any doubt as to the charader of the Hon. Officer, and it %vas with the greatell p;e.ifure he feized the prefent op portunity of deliver tag his fentimunts otapptuhation on his general prink trot or/ eondua diving the whole of ihatexpedi.i..ii. The CHAN C ELLOR of the E.7c.CHFQIIER ob ferved, that as it was 1ik..17 the Houle would crime tO An unanimous vote for the apPointment of the Copa l mince, he thould ink remark, that he did fo under the impreffinn of timilar fentiments then co forcibly delivered by the Hon. Membe'r who fpoke There was nothing• contained in thole papers, from which any imputation of zuilt could be drawn again 4 the ga:lant offi:er ; but on the contrary, there was much that tended to thew great and exemplary merit: His merits, he knew, were not confined to that parti cular fervice, but had been difplayed ..n other lions. The papers were fo numerous, comp:icated; and detailed, that they could not be advantageouay dilculfed bur in a Committee, when it would be proper alfo to confider other collateral ;natters. There were various points refpeeing the Admiralty and Navy Boards, and the Ihort examination of one tingle Wit nets to which their attention might he directed. There was likewife the circtuntlance of the publication of the R •pntt from one Board to :4,u:the, Th= 14, of the vouchers was a matter fit for enquiry, as well as the fingular manner in which an Englifb• fubjee, art Officer of the Navy, had been imprelfed. He ihould forbear entering into details ; but all thefe matter% deferved examination, and thole points thould he left open to the Committee, for their report to the Houle. As the motion was worded, it did not embrace enougl 4 for this pippofe, but only refpeeed the repairs of the Romney and Senfible. Hs fhould fuppofe there would be no oNceion to an amendment to this ere& : " That the Committee lhould examine the matters of the repairs of the Romney and Sentible, and the proceedings of the Admiralty and Navy Boards, and Comnrialon of Naval Enquiry thereon, and alio en qoire into the circumllances of the unauthorifed puP lication of Feb. 20, I Bc4; the lots of the vouchers•; and the circumtlances ofimpreffing Mr. David Evart Bartholomew ; aNd report to (he Hr ufe; w itb filch obfecvations as arife to therq from the confideratton of the whole." Mr. FOX ohjeBed to the word unauthoriled, an.l Mr. Pr rr agreed to the omiffion of it. Mr. JEFFLRY (Pm,le) laid, that the Honourable Officer,. in what he had that night to clearly and do!. quently flared. had c:.nvinced his mind that he had dircharged the imputtant and arduous'duty enttulle3 to him, in (itch a manner as refl,:fted the highell ho tiOUr on his zeal, his talents, and his perleverance, and he was happy in the opportunity of paying this (mall trihtve to his merits. Mr. 1). SCOT paid the highefl compliment to the manner in which the Hon. Officer had executed the high and important tt tel committed to his charge; moll part,cularly in the casings he fu:cl made of 27,C001. a month, whol 1 in the Red Sea. He had correfponeit-d vi h Sir Home Popham and w th othe:s relative to this expedition ; anti, frotn the tettimony of all he had i:ren able to coiled, he nevn- knew or heard of any man who had condu4led hindill better that the Hon. Otrer alluded to had done in the whole of the expcdit ton c! mitred to his ch. rye. Admiral MARK? lAM fail, he did not rife t.t make the leAft 0111)0416On Li the motion, or to tb, amendments jut opofed. He only wiffied to make one or two ot,fervations on what had fallen from tl Hon. Officer. lie had complained of a fcurril :us pamphlet that had been publithed. Whether it was fcurtilous or lint he could not fay. He would only fay, that it was not manufaatired by Earl Sr. Vir, cent's late Board of Admiralty ; and he, for him• felt, difclaimed any Blare whatever in it. The Hon. Officer teemed, however, to have entirely forgotten his own pamphlet againil the Admiralty, whirl] vt as one of the highest and moll important Boards in the kingdom. He had never heard of it till he went down to Portlinouth, in November, and there he found it had been circulated, and much read among the Offi cers of the Navy there. He thrmg:it it very extraor dinary this Board (hoold be to grofsly abufcd by aft Officer who was at the time ailing under them. If a pamphlet was wrong, that was written merely againft an individual ; how much more lo mu il that be %hies to 1 ) wc Po his the ref prc l Rij ha, 'CJ /.: tr