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FP WEST MIDDLESEX WATER-WORKS. THE PROPRIETORS are hereby required to `pay, at the Company's Office, on or before the 29th day of June instant, a further Instalment of £lO per Cent. on the Shares, created it pursuance of a Resolution of the Company -or Propri etors, on the Sd day of May, 1 ROR, and issued as of that date. ROBERT S. SLOPER, Chief Clerk, No. 11, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. PARLIAMENTARY PINCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 7. The Carnatic Creditors Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Earl of Livr a roo t., after some observations from the Earls of LAVDERDALZ and HARROWBY, and committed for to-morrow. The Poor Badge Bill, and the Thames Navigation Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Lottery Bill, the Irish Insurrection Repeal Bill, the Scots Civil List Bill, the Scots Clergy Bill, the Commercial Docks Bill, and some other bills, were brought up by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir CHARLES PRICE, Mr. BLACKBURN Mr. ROSE, jun. Mr. DESBOROUGH, and other Members of t he House of Commons, and read a first time. The Militia Bills were reed a second time, and committed for to-morrow. The Irish Loan Bill passed through a Committe, and was re , ported. APPEAL CAUSL43. Lord ERSKINE presented a Petition from the par ties, in an Appeal Cause, praying thh-t their cause might come on, prior to others, which stand before it On the list. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he would Took into thiscause, and see if judgment could not be given in it, without detriment to those of prior claim. He wished to take that opportunity to mention to the House, a most earnest wish which he had, that some Exed and immutable regulations should be adopted by the House, that appeals might come on,,withoutregard to any circumstance whatever, precisely in the order in w hich they stand on the list. The House had thought proper, on account of its involving in it some considerable filignities connected with that House, to take the Roxturgh cause, prior to several which stood before it in the list ; that circumstance he heartily la mented, as he really believed it had half ruined the greater part of the respondents and appellants, in the causes which, in point of priority, stood before it. Lords LAUDERDALE and ERSKINE gave the Chancellor great commendation for his attention to the weighty duties of his office, and for the upright and able way in which lie discharges his duty. They concurred in lamenting this great evil and inconve nience, and in expressing a hope that some effectual Means would be taken to remedy it. Lord L A UDERDALE gave notice that he would, antecedent to the close of this Session, submit a reso lution to the House, that early next Session a Com mittee should be appointed to inquire into the best means of remedying this intolerable inconvenience. SCOTCH COURTS. Lord MELVILLE having moved the Order of the Day for the House to go into a Committee on the Scotch Courts Regulation Bill, Lord LAUDERDALE stated, that the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, were decidedly against the bill ; that it would not afford a suf fi cient indemnifica tion to the persons which the enactment of it would deprive of bread ; and that suf4;ient time had not been given to the House to consider the 13111. He therefore moved, that the House should go into the Committee this day three months. Lorct MELVILLE defended the Bill, principally as it teas intended to abolish the heavy dues paid for extracting decrees of the Court of Sessions in Scotland. 'liter a few words from Lord ROSSLYN, the . . , 11 of Lord Lauderdale was negatived without a House then went into the Committee on the Bill, ich Mr. GRANT was heard as Counsel for the Is to the Signet against the Bill ; which having , ed some amendn. en s, passed the Committee, as reported.—Adjourned. 1101./:' , E OF COMMONS. . Repot . ' of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and .esolution agree:el to. Irish Pos•age Bill, and the Timber Duty Bill, were passed ordered to the Lords. Fishery Bill, and the Irish Still Fine Bill, were committed ,ordered to be reported to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the South Wales Collieries :ought up by Mr. PA'risoss, and ordered to be printed. NI COCHRANE gave notice of his intention to submit a on Wednesday, with regard to the conduct of the Admi .:ourt upon the subject of Prizes ; and also to move for the luction of papers relative to the Droits of Admiralty. •JYAM UM. ROM ILI.Y moved, that the 28th Report of the rime of Finance, respecting the Bspence of the Police, be House resolve d itself into a Committee on Colonel Card's !e Bill, and heard Counsel atsd evidence to prove theldul . his wife., Mr.Lushington in the Chair; and tht House being tmed, the report was ordered to he received to-morrow. MR• JOHN GALE JONES. • JAMES HALL gave notice that he would, on Wednesday move that J. G. Jones be released without paying his fees. IRISH STAMP DtITY RILL. FOSTER moved the third reading of the Irish Stamp Du . it. . . Sr JOHN NEWPORT, and other Members, wished to know what augmentation was intended to •be proposed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ten thousand pounds. taus ARMS BILL. In the Committee upon tie Irish Arms Bill, it was proposed to fix the duration of the Bill for two years. "To this Sir JOHN NEWPORrobjected, declar ing his resolution to vote against it, because he thought a measure of this nature, which involved a suspension of the Constitution, ought to be only annual at the most, and that no period ought to be fixed which might exceed the necessity of the case. • Mr.WELLESLEY POLE asserted, that according to the opinion of all whom he had consulted, the ne cessity of the case was not likely to be removed sooner than the period proposed in the Bill. But if the con trary should happen to be the case, it was open to the Right Hon. Baronet, or any other Member, to move for its repeal next Sessions. The Right Hon. Gentleman expressed his regret, that he should have been impelled at all to agitate this quenkin. He maintained that the Irish Government manifested the utmost wish to conciliate the Irish, and to pre serve the benefits of the Constitution. This was clear from the recent repeal of the Insurrection Act, and from the omission in this Bill of the most objectiona ble parts of the last Bill. The gallery was cleared for a division, but Mr. POLE's proposition was adopted. The House re . sumed, and the Report WAS ordered to be brought up to-morrow. BILL FOR THE INCREASE OF SEAMEN. Mr. ROSE, pursuant to notice, rose to move for leave to bring in a bill for the increase of Seamen.— His object was to encourage the increase of Merchant Seamen. He was aware of the difficulties and jea lousies to be encountered in any interference with the impress Service ; but if ever there wad a time when that interference might be more safely admitted, it was the present. His plan was Tor the - establishment of Naval Seminaries on the Coasts, where boys might have a due initiation into the profession of a seaman, for four or five years. The source from whence boys should be drawn, he proposed to be that of the Parish paupers. Of these there were about 90010, and their expence would not cost Government more than .C. 5 each. This supply would keep up a succession t f seamen to the amount of seven thousand every year. He stated, that owing to the severe operation of the impress service, in some instances, the Commanders of Indiamen have been obliged to go out without having a regular-bled seaman on board : this might have been the cause of the loss of so many ships in that service. A Captain had gone out some years ago with his crew similarly circumstanced ; after, however, he had made them all seamen, they were all taken from him. He then concluded by moving, that 'raw: be given to bring in a bill to increase the number of persons bred to the sea service. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH approved of the profes sed object of the Right Hon. Gentleman's motion ; he stated that the rigour of the Impress service in the Greenland fishery trade, had been felt so severely in. the Orkneys and the Isle of Shetland, as to produce there a general disgust for the service. He recom mended some species of commutation by which the . merchantmen would bind themselves to the regular supply of a certain proportion of seamen. . Mr. WILBERFORCE was friendly to any plan that was likely to multiply the connection between the navy and the country. Lord COCHRANE stated as the cause of the se vere impress service in the East Indies, the immode rate length of time those ships were suffered to remain upon the same station, until the greater part of the crews had died off. After a few words from Mr. SHAW LEFEV RE, the motion was agreed to. Slit. WINDHAM. JOHN NEWPORT observed, that the Bill wou:J prove oippressivii to individuals, and the augmentation of the tax Aictipts and Advertisements, he contended, would prove un oductivt., and he embraced the present opportunity of entering tars against the Irish business being brought forwakd at so ~eitod of the Sessions . . FOSTER obterved, that the Irish Budget could not he sub , to the House, until the-Ways and Means tor this country voted, as the Irish Loan could not be contracted for until Lose fot Great Britain was made. • • • . • • • • boil was then read a third - time and passed. MESSAGE FROM MS MAJESTY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Iv-erect a Message from the King, as follows : • Malesty fedi it neceSsary to inform his faithful • of Commons, that the salary allouted'to the Lord Liettie of Ireland was raised co the year 1783 to .CP.n,OOO per an: ,but It was found isadequate to the dne maintenance'of that ham:tans office : his _Majesty therefore reconimentled to the to consider 'of the means to•malic such augmentation to same as was sufficient to the due support and dignitrof that and elevated office."' 'he CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER that the reason why the subject was brought tin. consideration of the House after the. Supply of the - was closed, was because he had not the necessary •mation onsthe subject. The inily doubt was as to :und from which the augmentation to the salary the Lord Lieutenant' should be taken, and whether 40t it could be diefridyed . bur of - the Civil List of Ireland. He gave notice that it teas his intention to. .sorrow to move an addresi on the subject to his Ma. j est y ; but nathing . tvotild be &me in the business until t3t .sion to give time to inquire into the state - of CiviUsita of Ireland., ~ . - Litt ",... . pectelhiyinscortv , :t crcft his sentiments, renders hil loss at ent an I,:7avated national calamity, For pever p en , - it more necessary that public men :hould not shritik from their dutigs,butact firmly and consistently with the dictates of an honest and unbiassed opinion. (Hear, Hear.) While I dilate upon the merits of my friend, it is my wish to abstain from any thing like exaggeration. It was very rarely his lot to obtain what is usually termed popularity. But, if it be true, as it has often been remarked, that high character and popularity are seldom joined to gether, his fate furnished an impressive illustra tion of that remark. There may be persons ready to follow the inclination of what is called popularity re- specting my friend. But although he may not have the favour of such persons, sure I am, that in no : , ?art of his conduct did he ever want the sanction of ' • an approving conscience—that in no instance what ever was he without that highest of human gratifica -1 tions. No, his honourable mind was ever conscious I that if it did not enjoy, at least it deserved the good opinion of the country. That he actually had the good opinion of all those who are capable of truly ap preciating character, I have not the slightest doubt. That among all those who attach any value to real public virtue and talent, I am firmly persuaded that no man ever stood higher. (Hear, hear.) If he had faults and indiscretions, which of us arc without them? but his faults and indiscretions wete not of any ordi it try cast, for they sprung from,no ordinary source. They were not the effect of any deficiency of under standing or lowness of view—np, but of that high.', m;nded generosity which was his peculiar character istic. Is disinterestedness was wholly unquestion able. Neer did he appear to regard, in the slightest degree, in what manner his public conduct might affect himself—how it might impair his character or his circumstances. Influenced alone by what, he conceived to be right, he steadily pursued it Without any dread of consequences: Whether' h s ideas of right or wrong were neneraliv cor-. • rect, or whether result's generally justified those l'idea's, certain I am that I anticipate the concurrence of those who closely 'observed ' him, and that the feelings and the motives I have *described were the uniform guides of his-conduct. (Hear, hear, hear.) —Heie the Noble Lord, adverting to the conversa tion of Mr. Windham with Mr: Burke, panegyrised the sentiments in which those.two great . men pattici- Ipated, and deplored the loss which the country had sustained by their death. There were those, no doubt, who accused these two great men of preju dice ; but if it were prejudice t h at actuated their conduct, that prejudice would be consideted at least excuseable, which sprung from an ardent attachment to the Constitution of their country. Hare. however, he feared, he was trespassing beyond the limits which he had prescribed to Inmsellat the outset. His wish was to avoid any thing that might tend to e xt itc ci troversy, and to confine himself to those pojnts' upon which controversywasimp. , thosepoints hich the House had seen, and prides ni..st ad mire. (Hear, hear !) There were , orne parts f .1 . the conduct of his e xcellent friend, eh few others, perhaps, had an opportunity of obs:r v i..g, and %%Lich he meant to have noticed ; Inn he eo..tsssed liinisell unable to proceed (the Noble Lord was in tears, and after a long pausehe resumed). It was, however, he felt it, unneceisary to make known more to CI: [lons& than the House already knew, to induce the unani mous adoption of his opinion, as to the merit of hi , friend—(lrear, hear !)—the House and the cour•ry had by his death sustained a loss, which he ?. . feared the youngest of those he addressdd worou not live to see repaired. (.1 loud cry of hear, hear.) — The Noble Lord concluded with submittinf- his mo tion, which being read— Mr. CANNING, thaugli he had been long in the habit of opposing the public conduct of the iilus:rious cl.aractct now no more, rose to bear his testimony to those talents and vii tues which had distinguished Mr. - - . Load MILTON rose, and spoke to the following Windham's splendid career. lie felt equally with effect -..--In moving, Sir, for a new writ for Higham the Noble Lord, the impossibility of doing justice to Ferrers, I feel it a duty that the eminent man, who s e talents so exalted, to virtues so rare. Among all the death has occasioned the motion, should not go l i n. storms and all the contests which had raged in his lamented by this House. It were better if the p er . time, whatever might have been the frenzy of the formance of that duty had devolved upon some more moment, he (Mr. Windham), above all, had avoid competent person, at the same t;me, I must say, that ed the appearance and the reality of soliciting popu connectta as I had the honour to be 4 ,vith that inns- 'Lir approbation. But if his conduct had not made trious man, rry heart would have misgiven me if I I him the object of transient popularity, it had secured had seen any r7s,-)n whatever more eager to do that I him what was of greater value, Listing and unpe justice than mysel. I decline to take that course, I rishable admiration. At no time could so great a for which there are same examples, with regard to i character pay the last debt of nature, without leav other distinguished individuals, in consequence of the i ing 4 chasm much to be deplored, and difacelt to fill last strict injunctions of my deceased friend, and in up ; but never was there a peroi at which h s loss ! the observations which I mean to submit to von, I could bz more sensiblv - felt than at the present.--1 do not wish to allude to any partficular part of his pub. Throughout his life, from a sincere sense of public 1 lac conduct, lest such allusion should tend to create duty, he had exposed himself to every threatening the slightest difference of opinion among those who evil, hi what he conceived to be the cause of his coon i arc willing to do honour to his memory. When I try. He bad left them a proof that conduct so up- speak of his great taLints and unsullied integrity, I right, if not calculated to g.tin the applause of a feel confident that no difference can arise, e i t h er p arty, was cert tin of conciliating universal esteem. among those who agreed or those who disagreed with it had often been his (Mr. Canning's) fate, (hiring him. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) All persons admit the tiros he had been his contemporary, to ono:twins the splendour of his genius, the extent of his ability, public conduct. Th . s he had frequently done, think , the value and the variety of his mental acquirements big he (Mr. Windham) carried the best prnciples to —all who have had an'opportunity of witnessing the an excess, but never once had he suspected his mo display of his vigorous, his instructive, his rich and tiy..s to be dishonourable. There was a selfishness of, polished eloquence, will, ram persuaded, concur w i t h which it was difficult for a pttlgic man to divest him-, me in the opinion, that his death has caused a great self—the selfish pleasure of pleasing those with whom and perhaps, an irreparable vacancy in this House. they were in the habit of acting ; Vitt superior still, (Hear, hear.) But in addition to all the qualities of even of this most amiable of all selfish feelings had genius, information, and integrity, which confessedly i Mr. Windham been acquitted. both by his . political I belonged to my lamented friend, there was one chn- 1 friends and opponents. Whenhe recollected the meter which 'attached to hint in a most eminent de- ; accomplishments by which that great character had gree—[Here the Noble Lord was quite oppressed by I been graced—when he considered the extent of his his emotion, and there was a loud and general cry of ' knowledge, and the fotce of his elonuence, which, if Retie,: hear, hear.} —I believe, resumed the Noble I not the most commanding they had ever heard, was Lord, that it will ever remain in the memory of t hi s i the most insinuating—which, if it did not convince, HouSe; that among the most interesting peculiarities deli i ;h:ed all who heard it, made them feel with the which distinguished my friend, was an undaunted in- man while speaking, and enter into his heart, he_ trepidity ht.-kr all seircumstances, such indeed as . could not but feel somewhat reconciled to that which rarely talk n the lot of man, and a manly pr omp ri_ 1 bad been called " a blot in our Constitution." He tude to speak his mind upon all occasions. (Hear,! alluded to the boroughs of which so many complaints IHear.) He Was the man of whom more than another i had been made. He did not say that if none such it might well be said— ' already existed in the Constitution, he wotilli create Non civium ardor ' ) them, but among the necessary imperfections of our rravajnbentaum—non system, he thought it must be admitted that they \luaus ineantis rynuml • had turned to a good account. As to them, they Meute quatit sada. , ; • .. were indebted for the splendid talents of Mr. Wind (Hear, hear.) He was the . irm whet vas never to be him, which had for so many years assisted their moved from his purpose, .or:telaxenn his e:ertion by Councils, - and who dying, had left to them an exam. any COnsiderationx,either of fear or favour — no, never ' ple, which every man, wishing well to his country, was he 'to be warped' from the honest dictates of his would be anxious to emulate. hii own mind. (Hear, hear.) This quality, always j . The question was then put and carried, and a new so valuable, all which, on all occasions cotiferred l u c h wr i t or d ere d f or t h e b oroug h of krighata Ferrer, .- • s, ~ —..\_,.. I. • . -••• ••.0 4 aoi .5.1 • .I. ‘1 a 4 . ,• - - • 0 . deferes diouitldfoirisaovieniewn!d:ll TIM DMZ 0/ CUIMILLAND....ICAPTAN Mimeo rally expected, that in consequenceitomfal Mr. LYTTLETON said, that • • -• recent:gihe personally affecting his Royal Highness the Duke Ttf Cumberland, he would either altogether w a ve th , ' st lr anc m ter o m tion ined he d l i t a a t d no to ci rn rc a u lt m e the former- he would frankly acknowledge he time him to have dnne,and as to the propriet f Y° Postomin z it, he was willing to give every accommodation '- this respect to his Royal Highness, that his f i rie l i a l could reasonably require ; but he had, on dent dant received an intim a tion from a gallant Officer the* il l ' his eye, that it was the wish of his Royal Hi r h • ne , that he should bring forward the business fe 0 apiait ' Foakett as soon as possible ; accordingly he .sh m o d w now proceed to do so. He here adverted t o l iat be called the horrid and perfidious attempt made up° lt his Royal Highness, and stated, th a t h e f e l t i n c mon with every man those sentiments of I "12 " horror and 1 indignation which so atrocious a circumstance w as calculated to excite. With respect t o t h e h • usin es , before him, he was aware of the difficulties he haa I to encounter; .among those one, and not the lent, I was, that sort of superstitious dread which the mi l of honourable gentlemen seemed to entertain , • *di - iespeei. theleg i n t er f erenc e of that House i n ti te governm ect of the army. The army was as it were. the S a u% SantlOrU/#. He adm itted, that there were but f cM 1 p tses in which that House ought to interfere, bin such cases, it was the ditty of that House '° -(1 to ne.ke a respectful remonstrance to the Crown upon . such atnises, as were proved to exist, and that tl:e House would be justified,if redress was delayed or .reinsed,to stop the supplies until they were gr:Ated. Th e A r . ' my had their able to them than our civil liberties to us, P c as k e d , whether a time might not eon;e, when the Crown in the furtherance of deepotic views, might End in the army the ready instrumentality of a set of base, docile and unprincipled slaves ? He begged to he fairly under- stood as merely putting a possible case. Histari had - furnished them with many instances of the civil pow er being overwhelmed by a military torce. With respect to Capt. Foskett's case, he confessed that he had from the first view. of the documents entertained t h e sami opinion of it he did then. He was aware of the situa tion in which he stood. He would not shrink from its responsibility, notwithstanding the prejudice against public accusers. He thought that the groundon whic!: an upright disinterested pub!ic accuser stood, the highest eminence upon which an liOnest public man could be placed. The Honourable Genleman peel. ceeded to state the different grounds (.I complaint condescended on in the Petition, particularly buuding his argument on this de'tlaration of the regulations of 1 the army, that, where a senior officer presents him. i self, as willing to purchase, he should be preferred. I Crptein Foskett had done so, and yet his appl, cat i ca was liegleete,'. He afterwards, at the end of terml months, obtained an audien,ce of the C , immander-ii-... C lief, and declared himsef 1 ready to purchase. fie w s the , ' examined, whether he was the senior a•ffictt o o g r.. ..aimeiit ? a fact q f which, till then, d:e Coin. t ,ier ii-Cl:ief seemed to he ignorant H e :art notsced the d eels in w: is i ;t was ailed ei Cap ;t i e Peskett had been co:teemed, and of w*,,ico b: :.s,: given a detail in his pamphlet. Ho referred to the systemat.c refusal of leave of absence, which eqr.tia Fos . kett complained of, as a ser:6•ls grievance. The Ho.t.cle.l,,ennari went on to notice the charges against C .pain i'oskett, as to the duels in which ltc v:ae ste el to be a party, and contended, that, in every one of them, Captain Foskett was entitled, ins:ead of censure, to commendation. Captain Foskett, too, he shoved, was ready to go with his troop on foreign service, and that the troop was Pally adequate to go on foreign service. The lion. Gentleman then pro ceeded to re.td testimonials to o.e eh.iractcr of Capt. Foskett, fr,:m a number of the officers along with whom he h.id served ; but at the same time contend ed, that though no such testimonials could be pro- duced—though, indeed, Certate Fuskett avere one d the wont men in the uorld, it became the House jcs lously to watch over the interests of the whole imp and not to suffer - then' to be sacrificed to his deme rits, supposing that demerits he had. He next ad vetted mime of the Ar:icles of War, by which, i.: contended, it was imperative on the Commander in-Chief to report complaiats to the King ; and when this was not done, the party complaining otot to find redress in that House. It was impossible that this article could refer to pecuniary grievances anly,as had been formerly contended. He concluded by mor. ing, tirst, two Resolutions of fact, as they had been stated by him ; and a third resolution, that the Cats mender in Chia had r.ot'dofte his duty by the King and the Army in this case. And, if these passed. he intended to move an Address to the King, that 1 he would order the C , mmander in Chief to report at'. r COl:di : i : l 4 to the Articles of War. The first leesolittion being put, General CRAW FOR D, after stating that he would not enter into a contest with the Hon: Gentleman in personalitio- r obser veil, that the first part of his speech consisted of an harangue about what every one Knew —that soldier s did scot *los e the rights of citizens, and that they were subject to particuhir regti: • lons. which had the force of law till they were repealC.:. He a 7reel in that, but he denied tb:t: in everynase ssoere re. ress might nat be granted . in the outliner the yetitioner pleased, the house was called upon to.interiere. This would be taking the government of the army out of the hands of the Crown, and placing it in the 1 • 1 • 1 wi e of Commons.. The Hon. General next defended himself from the imputation. Of having taken , die part of the accused prematurely. The Duke of Cumber• land and the Commander in Ch.ef Jtad been accebed of injustice, tYranny, and oppression, A nd it wos his duty to take the earliest opportunity of meeting these charges, which he had done from documents ulna had been placed in I.is hands fro- •that purpose. — After the publicationof Captain Foskett, the' . oa d d c ontaine still adhered literally to the statements , in these documents. One of the documents he has from Colonel Grant, who at present coninian the 15th Light Dragoons. and another from the i te4 d.. jutant of the same regiment. They confirmed thei r former account relative to the duel, and n,•tw,n; standing what had been said of Captain Foskete humanity, his statements hare him out in saying, ins s _ a. if' he had at the time been broughtto a Court- ' t" it would have been highly criminal in the 00: not to have cashiered him. He admitt ed the p rom • 118 Cation on one side which led• to th e du d, and , would have treated the pripcipals—roung nien—w o , . .•• : ~ . . • , given He wisl House, E red an , the Hou to any in whic] thought consider take tht before mented, • greater causes Lord the Cha to the v and abl concurr . mance, means Lord anteced lution t mittee means Lord Day fo Scotch Lord of Advl bill ; th tion to 1 deprive been gi, theretol Commi Lord as it m extractil At tet motion division The } in whic Writers receive( and wa The It the And Ir and orde The F and orde The R was brou Lord I motion a ratty Col productil StritA Commit) repri• tut. Tle Twat CC eery of hi resumed Sir U next, m Mn It ti s Bit. r .y 14, odueti ► fit ti .ate re } tri; rti . !sec ve the Lee The The dekivel ; ea G.• IHE use el sant of 1 _ buts,bu Imports limos t the luau NO awl The said, r der co. Tear to st aura the ftt of the or not Udall wane Jtext 4 ; the C thi „ 'l , •