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PARLI/I.IIENT4RT PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JULY 7. The Oath. of Abjuration and Fidelity being duly adm;nlliered to Mr. Frier Von Fffen the Bill for hi. Naturalization was read a foiond time. atailoidered mete ermOderation of a Committee. The Bills upon the table were forwarded in their rtfreelise Par s t among them. the Mgt Pont- Bill, and Warehouhng Bill were read a factod rime, and committed for to.morrow; and the Cullom Honfe Fees Dill read a third time. andfaffeiL The Order 1-r the anal confideration of the Scots Appeal Caufe, Graham v. the Countefs Dowager of Olencaitne, bring read— Lord ELLENBOROUGH role, and in a &on fpeech, chiefly with reference to the cafes before their Lordthips, rook a view of the leading circum fiances of the talc I and concluded by moving k ihAt the judgment of the Court below be affirmed, with tool. coll.; "—Which was ordered accordingly. The farther c-tifideration of ,the Scots Appeal Ca dr, Renoir v Todd, and others, being refumed, the LORI) ADVOCATE was heard in continua tion, and Mr. ADAM, at cnnfiderable length, on the part of the A ppellan• I after which tha farther hear. ing was adjourned till to-morrow. IRISH ♦ono BILL. On the gut:lion for the lecond reading of the Irifh Poor Bill, The Earl of SUFFOLIt took occafinn to flate his fentiments, that the fubjea to which it referred, was one of confiJerable importance, and loudly called for the adoptive of meafures fomewhat fimilar with refpee to this country. SO lirongly was he impreffed with the cepvietion, that an amelioration of the con dition of the poor wan clofely interwoven with the future pr,.feerily of the country, that he had himfelf framed time propofhlons on the fubjeCt. The plan Which they included, was fimple and Ilion in Well, comprehenlivc in its nature, and eafy to be under flood; and this plan, it was his intention, on a future opportunity, to fubmit to the confideration of their Lordlhips. He was happy to underfiand, the gene ral Isibjed was likely to he taken up by an Hon. Mefilbcr of the other Houfe, who could condo& it With infinitely more abili , y than himfelf—he meant Mr. Whitbread, and which, he trolled, would be produtlive of the mull beneficial confequences. "ItAININCI SILL. Mr. Hosaouse brought up from the Commons the General Training Bill, as alfothe Midti. Ballot Stifpcolion bill. Earl SPENCER moved the firft reading of the Training Bill, which forthwith took place. His I.ordihip then moved " that the (aid Bill be printed:" and at the fame time moved " that the Bill be read a feeond time on Tharfday nest. "—.Ordered. The Duke of CUMBERLAND moved, " that the Lords be Eamatemed for Tharklay mit," which was ordered accordingly •fI•AIRS INDIA. rad FITZWILLIAM, by command of ht. Majefty, prefented !Main document, relative to the affair. of India, to purfnanee of a recent addrefs df their Lordfhipv : theft ennfillcd, prinrkaa:4, . , of a Copy of the Warrant under bis Majerty's (ego punnet, for vacating the CommiMon of the Eaft India Company, eonftituting Mir O. H. Bodo*, &c. Governor General of India ; alfo, Copies of certain Treaties refprtting the termination ot hoftilities entered intro be: ween the Lath India Company and certain ot the Native Powers ot India.—The.fe documents were ordered to Ile on the Table. After difpary o' tome routine Infidels, the Honfe adjourned till tomorrow, when their Lordfhipe Rand Innis:paned on Lord NlLkount Melville's motion, relative to the Affairs of India. II It& HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the motion of Mr. Alderman PRINSEP, the Smlthfleb Market rirgida:ion Bill was read a fteond time, and ordered to be ttontm fitted to a private Curntnittee. Mr. VANSI f EAR r brought in Bills for Confolidating the Lan! Tag Ads, and for augmenting Small Livings to the Clergy Mitt of awl-4111d Tar; silo. for an lifue of Eiebequer Bills on the tredit of the aids granted or to be granted for the year, both of which were read a Brit time, and ordered to be read a ficond time to-lburo.w Mr. PE:I ER MOORE palpated the confideration of the Re port rclatise to the Calico Printers Bill till to-morrow. In a Committee no the Silk Laws, a Regulation woo propofed by Mr. V ANSITTART, and agree d to, granting a Bount: of 331.6 s id. pc r cent. on the Exportation of an Silk manufadtured in this coutitt y, as Ipeeified in the del of George I.—Report to morrow. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR prefented a Petition from the Commit Ron roof the Northern Lights. praying for aid, to which Mr. Vanilttart lignified his Majelty's concurrence. He then prefented another Petition front the fame Corn tnigionen, for kave to bring in a Bill for granting a nuns out of she (;onfolidated Fund, toe the ereclion of a Llght-houle, on the Bell, or Cape Ruck. The Marqnis of Douglas, the Members of the Northern Counties of England, and the Members for Scotland, were appointed as a Committee to prepare and bring In the Silt Ina Committee on :he Newfoundland fiChery it was re forted that .sttrd or Pickled Salmon be imported free from duty . into 'lx iflands of Guernfey and Jctfey, from Newfoundland and Labradore—aand that a bounty of 3s. per quintal be alkomed on all faked Cod Imported into dick Illands from the fame place.—Re part to non ow. • 111 a Committee it was alto refolred, that Malts Yards, and idorfprits, the growth and enanufadiure of Brill& Plantations in Ntvth America, he permitted to be imported Into this country, duty free in Width and Ira [hips. Alio, that Frtdr, wlie, Oil, Salt. kc the produce of thole Plantations, be permitted to he • Imported into this country from Malta and Gibraltar ditch— Report to morrow. The Inds Roid Amendment Account Bill was read • third time and miffed . he lapeaur Central of Imports and Exports pretented an ac count of th, quantity of Corn abd Grain Imported and exported tt and iron, I 'llan and Ireland for the lilt Eve years. Om the motion of M-. FOS I ER, this account was ordered to be Oitted. - . . . ftt a Committee to the Ceftomsll, gefalutions were pal Ted allowing the letsportatliat i 4 Rath.), and figs from IrCland duty free. Alto tlunpoWder .nd Arm. to be imported from Inland duty tree; tat.ndlitg the protritions tar Wareltoufing to mine Articles than desire fpeci6ed Ir. the Ad and declaring that the additional uty of aftean per tent does not extend n. Re fined Sugars under the AClef the 44th of the King. R: pot t to enerrow. • • The - MA.) TER of the ROLLS brought In Bub for augmenting of the :afirre'of Chancery, and for providing that. whn 01.411.1 he ail. end so retire from the execution of thrt UfFer A dolor bereelli g the Sataries of the Clerk, of the Accoun. tout's Utica to ttli Court ol C! aneery, and for providing Salaries t o e4cutienai Clerks ~ —Buth there were read a heti time, sod or. etr‘d to be teed s (ctur.4l time to-morruve. He alto obtained kave to bring in a Bill for the better fupport of the Cortaro Ckrintand Solicitors in-Cbancery. Me ViHI FOR f.,ili poftponed ►ia motion on the Report of t►e C.►tattete appointed in estatnine the Journals of the Hoofe of LtVtk relolve to the Thai of Lord Melville, and bla eonfequent tot leave to bring in a 818 for better Regulating the Office Treaftittr of the• Navy. till Friday. • Mr. t 001 R obtained leave to bring In a Bill for bitter pro viding Int this espeditioue Conveyance of Letters by l'oß in Ire _ _ 7: Mr HoDHOUSE obtained knee to belng in a NU to rqubte tbs Dotkes on Mat, ' L:kren Drawback Bill was ordered to be read a third time basonr*.6w:. t• On the Motion of ikr J. SINCLAIR the Accounts prefented ihe Hear of the Valli navisatiog to abd atom the pArts near ebeltit tol d eredinn of the &II Reel Light-Hook and the Re pet "of the homer Comalltier 'nit the Aine fulled were referred 4. the •Co.nu ittLe appointed to prepare the RA. •Mn til.l.olVto pre notice for to murrost of a Metier, rels s;Pt t ; IP tr.e Non relhient flersy. • c. DA cpo:► Ut the:Coauniiiee at the Lottery Ada was armed to, and It was ordered to be an fottrnetton to the Committee on the ',entity Bill to ie tr ei , .• • pry Ii .. arc. nit ity The Report of the Refolutinn• of the Coot intr., on the Finite Adts wa. alto agreed to. and fimilar itiftruetions given ste tithe A to the Cum o •i.tee to. the Faith. Pu•y bill. In a Committee on the Ir fh Revet.ur Aa., a Retaliators for their farther continuance war agreed to—RriP.rt morrow. Earl Nelfoo's %moldy Bill waa brought in, read a hat, and orn dered to he read a recoil(' time to-morrow. _ The Report of the Poilne 811 l was agreed to, and the Mil or• dere.' to be read a third time to-roorroW. _ . _ The Quarantine Bin was read a fecond time. tn.l ord.red to be committed toomrrow. itt w.;,• allis the Oil of Vitriol Bounty Bin. The Houle went Into a Committee on the Expiring Gitiered to Fe re - ported to morrow. The Houfe then went into a Committee. in which it was re faced that French Winces in bottles or in 11.0 es be permitted to he Imported from Ireland into Great &BAD, la Britills or Iriettlps. Report to morrow. GRAM INTFItCOVItS, BILL. The Houlfe went into a Committee on the mori of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, on the Grain Interconrfe Bill between Great Britain and Ireland, Mr. Hos- NOUS/ in the Chair. The Chairman acquainted the Committee, that progrefs had been made with the Bill on a former day, which he was directed to re port nn the Committee having leave to fit again. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS moved, that the aerie introduced in a former flaw of the Bill, ott the fug• gellion of Mr. Fetter, for regulating the general ex port and import average prices, by the prices of grain in Great Britain and Ireland, timid be expunged, on the ground that as grain was generally lower in Ireland than Great Britain, the effett of this mode of taking the average would prevent the importation into Great Britain, even when grain maybe at the import price in this country. A long chi - cuff - ion took place on this queflion, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. ROSE, Mr WESTERN, Mr. PER CIVAL, and Lord CASTLEREAGH contended, on one hand, that though they might not be very fanguine with rape& to the extent of the beneficial operation of the chore, it would have a nrifehievous effect to enact the general principle of unreilrained intercourfe without fume adequate regulations. They admitted the deli ablenefs of efiablifbing a complete freedom in the intercourfe of the two countries, but infifted that if the prices of Ireland fhould not be con• tittered in making the average, tire prices of Great Britain might give the import average, whi'.tl thofe of Ireland would be under it ; in which cafe Great Britain would have the advantage of the fi reign im. port, as well as the import from Iteland, whillt Ire land would have no foreign import to replace her fupply to the Br itifh Market. If the claufe fhould be expunged, therefore, they fhould vote again(' the bill until it fhould be taken up on broad grounds next fefliqn. Sir JOHN NEWPORT differed with thole Right Hon. Gentlemen as to the operation of the Bill. lie had, however, no oblation to taking the fenfe of the Committee on the fubjea of the average, but was In convinced of the ioundnefs of the principle of the Bill, and the advantage it would Le of to Ireland, that whatever the Committee might determine nn the elaule in queilion, he lly,uld perfß. in! his original meafure. The CHANCELLOR of theEXCHEQJER and Mr. PAKNE.LL maintained, that a perfect freedom in the intercourfe of the corn trade between the two countries was allowed on all hands to be defirable, and under that conviction they would (import the bill, even though the Committee might rejea the claufe. The (late of the hatveft in both countries was fuch, as to preclude any apprehention of mifchief, and every opportunity fhould be taken of carrying the union into full effea. Some regulation of the nature of that contained in the claufe would be neceffary, but the queflion might and would be taken up in next Sefton, when the Houfe would be better able to decide from the information that would be obtain. ed, what precife regulation ought to be adopted,. which regulation might he enatted in a fupplemental bill. A divifiois then took place. For the Claufe 28—Againfl it 34. The report was ordered to be received tomorrow. itisoovtar DEBTORO SILL. Mr. FRANCIS moved the Order of the Day for the fecund reading of the Infolvent Debtor.' Bill. Mr. CAR R expelled his difapprobation of the prin ciple of the Bill, which he thought an net of cruelty to a great proportion of creditors in the country, par ticularly as a (imam. Bill had palled not more than' two years ago. He coafidered it as holding out an encouragement to debtors to throw themfelves into jail, and wait for the pafiing of an Alt like the pre fent. He had particular objeaions to a claufe in the prefent Bill, which he Mould take an opportunity of flaring. I Mr. FRANCIS obfervest that if the Hon. Gen• tleman had any thing to pr.( pofe with regard to the particular claufes, it might be better done in the Corn mittee.—The Bill was then read a fecund time, and committed for to-morrow. VOLUNTFIRS. Sir HENRY' MILDMAY aced the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Windham) whether it was the inten• ton of Government to bring forward any meafure in the prefent SciTion refpating the Volunteers ? There wasat prefent conliderattle tin:diners, from the idea that they were in future to he deprived of the advert. sage of Infpating Field Officers. Mr. Secretary WINDHAM Paid it was no: his uifh to deprive Item of the alliance of Field Officers of the hoe. ::nd it was his intention tomorrow to move for leave to bring in a Bill with refpat to the Volunteers. Sir H. MILDMAY gave notice of a fpecific mo• ti'•o on the fu1.40, which he would bring for kvaid on Friday. MARQUIS WS Mr. PAULL *plough( forward a fupplementary Charge s.gaina the Noble Marquis, with tepee to his treatment of the Zemindar of Salibeigh, aad fome other Zemindars and Rajahs therein named. The title of the charge beiOg read, and the Tuition being put on the motion for us being printed. Sii ART HUR WELLESLEY listed, that he.had no objection to the charge being printed. but be Ibould take the opportunity to requell the Hnn.Gen. tleman would inform him and the Houfe, whether it was his intention to bring forward any motion io the courfe of the prefent.telliton, upon the charge now before the Houfe r He hied cesicessed it neceffarj for him to attend regularly in espedation of fuch a motion i • bums he had alto profeiPonal duties to per • form, h e lbould be very 'glad to know whether it was netelfary for him to continuo this coolant at. teadance? ' • ' • • • • • • • ' Mr. PAULL raid, it was his molt anxious with to' enme to /I decifion on the Oude Charge, if poffible, in 'the prefent Setae'''. There were (till, however, very important accounts sihich lie had moved for, and a Nth were net furnifhed. He had called at the In., dia Kith on Saturday lag, to facilitate them, but fosind that it would be near two months before t:.ey could be p• oduced. He could not therefore, at the! prefent lime of the Selflon, and when the attendance: was fu fmall, give any pledge, that he amid make a motii.n this hellion; but if that was impotlible, he: Ihnoild pledge himfelf to do fn within three or four days after the commencement of the next Sefton. A -Charge of a moti lei inns nature, and much conneeted with the prefent, had been eaptled to have been I hrmight forward by a bight Hon. Gentleman ( Mr.l Sheridan), but he appeared to have abandoned it. The tranfrainns in the Car milk were fn much con. I netted with the Adminillration of the Noble Marqui.!,i that if that Right Hon. Gentleman chofe to abandon the charge of v Lich he had given notice, he fhould feel it hi, ditty to take it up. in order to throw light noon the general fyticm of the administration of the , N hie Marquis. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE thooght it would not be proper tor the friends of the Noble Marquis to pref. for any hay detifion of the Houle, after there circumflances had been Rated. Their object was not to gain a premature deciann, but to obtain the fo. lemn detifinn of a full Houk, after a minute and de. liberate examination of all the documents and evi dence which the Hun. Member could bring fi award to fupport his cafe. If they ever appeared to with to prefs a fpeedy drnfion, it was merely when they Cup : pored that the Hun. Gentleman had produced all his I documents, and that the Houle had had fuf fi eient time to enth.er them, and form their judgment upon them. It never was the intenti-n of his Noble Friend (Lord Temple) to take, in any degree, the manage. meat of the bufint Is from the hands of the Hon. Gentleman, nor did the friends of the Noble Marquis with to pref. the decifion at all (ironer than was ne ceffary for the examination of all the documents.— They had conceived, however, that ail the documents moved for had been before the Houfe, except one military account, and in that cafe they had offered, in order to lave time, to admit every fad or inference which the Hon Gentleman could draw from it. He did noi objea to this fu pplementalcharge being p, inted, but wilted to know whether.the Hnn. Gentleman had now moved for all the documents that he .thought neceffary Mr. PAULL laid, that he had very few more pa pers to move for, hut, in vindication ot himfelf, would ' Pate that he had already made greater prngrefs in obtaining document., than the united talents of Eng. land could obtain in the cafe of Mr. Railings in five years. Mr. SHERIDAN did not think the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Paull) had now a right to com plain that he had abandoned the charge with refpeel to the Nabob of Arent, as he had well known that he had abandoned it in the very commencement of the Sellion, and at the time that Lord Pnwis was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. His charge was agairill Lord Powis, and not againli Martini. Welleney. He had not, however, abandoned any pledge, or changed his opinion upon the Cubic& If the Hon. Gentleman thought proper to bring forward a charge upon that fubjea, he certainly Ihould have his fupport. Mr. PAULL then pledged himfelf, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sheridan) did nothring it forward, lie Ibould do lb, in the &It week of the next Seffion. After fome further explanations, the motion for printing the charge was agreed to. Mr. PAULI. afterwards moved for a return of the number of ths 27th Regiment of I.ight Dragoons, together with the expense of maintaining them, from tft November, t 798, to tft of Moan. ber, tBos , or as far as the fold Account could be made ont.—Or &med. mamma or WAYS •wb MINIMS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER I having moved, that the Houle fhould refolve itfelf into the (aid Committee, propofed Refolutionb for granting a Vote of Credit for 2.403,0001. for the fer vice of Great Britain, and ifboo.oool. for Ireland ; as alfo a fum of 4,7151. I Is. sd. tor Money voted by Addrcfres of that Houle. The Refolutions were agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. CON MITT!{ Of SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in the Committee of Sopply, gave a general statement of the Supplies, and of the %%rays and Means which had been voted for the prefent )car. .\frer a recapi tulation of the fums voted early in the Seffion for the Army, the Navy, the Ordnance, and Mitcellaneous fervices, he hated that of die fums which had been granted as Ways and Means of railing the Supply, there were force inflamed in which there was a defal. cation. In!lead of a million from the captured (hips, he fhould only take credit for 882,0001. and as to the War Tates, inflead of 19,500,0001. he fhould only take credit for '8,000,000. Alter haling the amount of the Wa► Texts for each quarter in the lan year, and general recapitislati•ut of the Supplies of the year, and the Ways and Means, he moved his firlt- Refolution, .‘ That 3.500,c001. fbould be granted from the furplus of the Conlolidated Fund to the fupplies of the year." This Refolution, as well as the fubfequent one, that 18 millions fhould be granted on account of the War Tales of the year, weie accordingly agreed to and the Report was ordered to be received to morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that on Wednefday he thould move in the Committee of Supply, that compsnfatioi, thould be granted to the Naval, Military, and Land Tax Cornmiflioners. .......... The Houle alfo refolved WI into a Committee of Supply. to take into confideration his Mvjetly's fage, tefpetting the grant of an Annuity of wool. a year to Lord Rodney. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER after Rating generally the impoi tsnce of the fcr vices rendered by George Bridges, Lord Rodney, In the &aims in the WWI Indies, hoped the Houle would concur in the Refolution he had to propole. The EirenmAenees of she cafe were thefe: The fira Lord Rodney obtained a penfion froM England of per ann. for haul& arid the two next who fhould inherit the title. He alfo obtained a pennon on the hint Etitiblintment of soool. per ann. for bimfeif and AN se* heir. After his death, bis next 44. Jived . • .. for a very ikon time, and confegnentle the Trial Pen fion was at an end, and the Engin pennon was chargeable with moot. per ann. fettled on the widow of the lan heir. The prefent Lo►d Rodney li td therefore no more than wool. per ann. which be waled the Houfe, in their liberality, would not think fufficient for fuel) important fereices fo recently pet. formed. Lord FOLKESTONE confidered that the preterit Lord had no claim. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought he had a kraus claim on the liberality of the Hqufe. The Retaliation was accordingly adopted; and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. NABOB OF Amcor's WITS. Mr. HOBHOUSE wired the fecund reading of the Nabob of Arcot's Debts Bill. i ! ICA Mr. FRANCIS adverted to the importance of this f fulled. He would rake a view of Come of the molt material points, however, that he might not tire the patience of the Houle. The claim amounted to 9.200,0301. on the revenues' of the Carnatic, a km laid to be due from the Nabob to individuals. Of this I 3,658,0001. had been already paid. Prim the amount of the claim, one would Ilsppoll that the monied men of 'Changeralley had gone to India to lend their ma ' ney to the Native Princes. After thus Rating the amount, he adverted to the Gtuation of the Eaft India Company's finances, which certainly were not- in a flottritbing Rate ' and were little prepared to meet fuck a demand as this. Here he adverted to the late treaties concluded in India; which, though he was ',.fond of peace, appeared to him to contain dangerous ' eoncelbons under the-circumflanees: They wele cer tainly concluded in a very private and prieipitate manner, and he furpeCted that fiirG Barlow %tali forced to conclude them from want of money to carry on the war. He next adverted to the fituations of army of thole who made very confiderable claims. He men tioned Lawrence Sullivan, a Chairman of the Court of DireCtors, with feveral other perfons holding high lituatinns nn the Indian ellablifhment. TN, threw confiderable fufpieion orithelf . claims. Herfisid that the Nabob muff have forefeen the lofsof the territory, and therefore gave as many orders upon its revenues, en as Thole who had any influence in our Indian Govern- ment might afk for. He contended that this was a public tranfeßion, and that therefore infiead of lane. thoing an agreement made between the Di, eflors and Creditors, Parliament ought t • take the affair into its own hands The Hon. Gentleman was decidedly of opinion, that the revenue of India was intuffit_ient to defray the espences attending itsgovernment ;and this would, he had no doubt, be in a vet y few daya openly Rated to the Houle. The deficiency, therefore, 'aug mented by the confecoences of this Bill, mull be fup plied from the finances of this Coirerry,and of courfe that Ihould urge the Houle more carefully es , infpeCt , the affairs of India. With a view to afrid the - portunity for careful infpeelion upon this fubjeet, be propofed that the Bill fhould be redid a third time this day three months. In the interval Gentlemen, and his Majefty's Minifters particularly, might inquire into all the eircurnflances of this cafe, and become better prepared for the difeuffion neat Se@ons. To this delay no fair creditor could objea, For none fuck were likely to fuffer from invelligath n, only tending Il to feparate their claims from the mats of collufire creditors and fraudulent claimants who stow came forward. Mr. SULLIVAN explained the manner in which the Nabob under confOetation had become indebted to his kinfman, to whom the lair Speaker thought proper fo particularly to allude. The Mr. Sullivan referied to, who was Chairman of the India Conte pany, being in competition *ith Lord Clive tot power in India, lent India Stock to Col. Wuhan, in order to qualify the Colonel to vote at the India • Houle, and in fupport of his interel. This Maclean afterwatde ,went to India, and entered into the fer vice of the Nabob of Arcot, in which fervice he died. At his death be remained in debt for the amonnt of the India Stock, to Mr. Sullivan, through whole in terp o l o ion with the-NatrbiliAt - Prince was induced, through refpallor the reereofy of a faith• ful fervent; to gir r e a bond for . the debt: and that bond formed the claim which the heirs of Mr. Sulli van now advanced. Upon this tranfaftion, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman contended that there was ncit the (lighten ground to attach the imputation of fraud. The CHANCELLOR of the" EXCHEQyER, although he concurred in almoil al the oblervations which the Houle had heard from the Hon. Gentle. man who (poke UR but one, was Rill adverfe to hie conchifion. Upon the Hon. Gentleman's own admit. lion there were leveret bona fide claims, and furely to afcertain Inch, and feparete them from the fraudulent, was a very defirable objet, of courle a fair ground for inquiry. As to the concluding propnfition of the Hon. Gentleman, there hardly ever was an inttance where fraudulent claims din not derise advantage from delay, while it mull obvinufly terve to inconve nience, if not to difirefs, thole whole claims are jolt. He therefore felt himfeif under the necelity of op. poling the Hon. Gentleman's propolition. His will was, that the'enquiry fhould go on as fpeedily as poffible. At the fame time, h iwever, that he expreffed his readinefs to fupport this Bill, he a ou;,1 beg it to he underllond, that his fupport dude from an expec. tation that btfore it paired it would undergo confider. able alteration and amendment. In the Committee he thould think it occeflary to have tome clean in troduced, to provide that no agreement lhould be deemed valid under this Att which was not fo cool. dared before ; all,, that one sr more additional Parliamentary Crismill Tiers (hould be appointed to affil the other Commilioners at the pi opoled inquiry; and, alto, that the proceedings of the Cummigion &Quid be annually reported to Parliament. Thefe alterations, the Noble Lord was perinaded, would conduce much to render the meafure acceptable, and all., to promote the ends of jollier. Mr. FRANCIS and Mr. SULLIVAN mutually explained. Mr. GRANT conlidered the exiling agreement between the India Company and the Creditors under difeufGon perfeCtly legal and binding, unlefs luperfe. ded by a fuperior power. With regard to the na.ure of the claims alluded to, his opinion was, that although they amounted to 5,600,0001. they would be, upon invellipation, reduced to one fourth of that fum.— The claufes propofed by the Noble Lord he did not think material. Sir A. WELLESLEY, in fupportii g the Bill,. took occafion to allude to the temat ks made upon the recent conduil of Sir George Barlow. The treaties