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•-•$ low tone, againit the preen-111e it was, in his Mon, utiprovoked and uniiee.:csar T . The Duke of NORFOLK said, he never voted on Slave Question, on the many other occasions, ihcii it was formerly submitted to the considera tion of Parliament. He did not think its advocates w.oe then sincere in their professions. He alluded iiticitlarly to one, now no more (Mr. Pitt), who hal the opportunity of giving to it the most efficient support, and who, on All other topics, succeeded by very great mijorities. IVhen, how ever, it was innaduced by a Ministry, in whom he and the country haJ the strangeit confidence, he felt it hi: duty to attend every night, and to give his vote and services, for the consommaiinn of this great work of humanity. He was h..ppy to find it so nearly accomplished, And he iijoiced to have it presented to his Sovereign, for his Royal concur ten..e. in that week which the priatice of the Chris- C:ia.ch Lid set apart for the commemoration of oiii Holy Religion. Never could a Christian Pi ince have a snore glorious opportunity of proving tee purity of the Christian Faith, and upholding the sacred commands of his Creator. (Bear! hoar!) The amendments were then severally put and carried. with the difference of one verbal inaccu race; which, on the motion of Lord GRENVILLE, was milt tied. Lind GRENVILLE'. —" My Lords. I rise to sub mit .1 m. 4 ,11 to your Lendstiips, with mere plea sore :hA.I I ever repetienced in any other I have ever before moved, namely. That a Message he sent to the Commons. acquaintiog tLem with the conturrence t,f Cris House in the Bill for abolish i,l‘; the African Slate Trades;' and. give me leave to congratulate (lets H.lose, the Parliaments and the Csoontryp on the *riot*. work which has been scoieved, and vie trlumph which in rated and de r4d. d humanity and justice, have, by this intFot tant measure, efeded."—Orotred. SCOTCH JUDICATUIE Lord GRENVILLE mimed, " That the C-m -mttee on the Scotch Judicature, be direifteJ to ai vide the Bill into two &ulna heads 4 the one com prehending the regulation of the Court of Session, and the appointmeut of the Court of Revit.w ; the ether, referring to thr IntrodsZtion of the Trial b y Jury. into the Civil Courts Scotland ; and that the Order for the Hoose resoiving itself into that Con•lnittee, be deferred uttt.l LVesinevslay." Mr. Hohhouse and Sir rheorfolus Metcalf brought tip from the Commons, Bills errpowerlig the Trustees of certein assurance offices to enroll Annuities. They were severally read a first time, weir some private B.:l•. The Iri,h License Bill went throu2,ll a Committee, and the Report brought up. Mr. Stirvgly preserve] at the Bar an account of the thelaoces r.t isrrears, remaitin.g in the hauls of the Urputy Pug Masters, up to the 5.. h of Linear). fio7. Mr. Pdrter prey- ate,' a sitni:ar account of the Artev s it the haikl. of Co:talon, of Customs, to JanuAry S, 1807. i.....•.urned. HOUSE UMMONS. A Message from the L.,rds, 'taut!. thAt their Lr.tehtlhips had erect' to the N lumty the l'ad thngtuo Coal Canal Rill, aJd to sundry private The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the Bar, to legume the immediate Amu lance ..1 the Alembeis iu the House of Lords, to hear His MA. jetty's Commission reed. Tne acc o mpa. hied by a nusn'oet of :d accor‘tingly; and, on hie ieturn, reported thAt His Majesty's Ats.ent had tern giver, by Comin:..sion„ to the Sugar Lt4wheck Bounty Pill, the Mutiny Buil. the Royal Meuny Bill, and to several private Bills. CATHOLIC BILL. The Hams b-cone unusually full of Members, at the tune when Lord i-usi , trt presented a Petition from the Chan. hlasters, and Scholars, of the University of Cambridge. stating, that they had heard, with anxiety. and apprehension, that a Bill had been brought into Parliament, to enable Catholics to hold Commissions in the Army and Navy ; a measure which they cor.cehred would tend to the subversion of the Ls•ablished Religion of the country, and might other wise lead to dangerous consequences. It ccncluded with praying that such Bill ought not pass into a Law. Alter this Petition was read by the Clerk, Lord SUSLON moved " That the said Petition be laid we the Fable," Mr. DICKINSON rose, and addressed the Speaker as 1-310WS:-" Se, I do not tile at this moment with any intention of opposing the motion ti!•ich has now been mad* by the Noble Lord, but 1 rise merely with a vir.v of availing myself of this orpertunny of exercising one of the pi ivileges of a hlen.ber of Parliament—l mean that ut conversing in public with His Ndaje.ty's Ministers. an eteints of a seriuus nature. It is now about twelve or ihirtec , :!e ve since the Noble Lord opposite ( Howiek) loft -duct:: a Bill into :'arliausent, against which Bill l'etitioct which has :taw been read, is presented. purpose of that Bill has been stated to be. to C:i.rbte His M tjesty to avail Mina of the services .64 all his liege subjeds. A few days have only elapsed sioce that Noble Lai,' intimated to the House, that it was not his in., - .tioa to allow that B 11 to be read a second time, ,ut to permit it t drop, without any Moire period being mentioned fur pursuing iu further proirress. Upon that vete s:on the Noble Lord stateo, .hat there were circum stances Which prevented taro f urn stating Listen wins tat such cordon ; but added. Mat the time would *con arrive when be would be enabled to do eo. I wish to ask hiss if that Lime be uow come ? I need not say that the public rabid is is a state of very general aLziaty upon this subleit.—( Lead erns of deer ! heir / floor elf pert: tif Lk Hoirse.)--We have contours of a change of Admiuistration, with out knowing, at least as tar as I can p. rceive, that it 4 either the wish of the people, or of this House, by vat having sbe2 a any dissathfaEtion at their con. doa.— .e 4 errs t/ deer! /liar I sepoorilf.— Tiiere 4:e rumour , 4.11 a very grave and serious na si,„, conm cs• tt with ibis uojadt, vet ich I cannot help sanding to on the proem oc c as i on .— Ilesoe rumours ray, that Ilia Majesty's Mi . m ister. have been culpable, in endeavouring Ay:et est Vogl d Ls Alajesti a anus= a gainst wlsith his h:gh and honourrVe re volts. l'hetefote, ! wish to ark these Ministers. w:luther these rt . :molts jot well or ill founded ? I have the permission of Kris Horne t leave Lon don for a fortnight, on my private affairs. arid I will consilnrotly have an opportumty of seeini! many of my constituents at the Ass -es, and I should wish to be able to answer any question: p::t to me by them, as to whether or not that N •ble lord and his Colleagues are to continue in Ad Mots tration. The peculiar circumstances of this -our try, and the condititien of affsirs abroad, render such a piece of information particularly necessary upon the present occasion ; and, therefore, I hope the Noble Lord will not scruple to give the flonse any information up , n this important topic, which may now be in Isis power." Lord HOWICK Answered this interrogatory in the following terms :—" The Hon. Member need be under no necessity of offering an apology to the House, for the exercise of what he truly states to be one of the C'snstitutional Privileges of every Member of this House, that of calling upon His Majfsty's Ministers for explanations upon great and important measures ; in answer to that call, I shall state, as far as circumstances will now admit, what the present situation of the Administration is. In doing this, I may add, that, in regard to such sir eumstances, as I do net yet feel myself entitled to explain, the House, I hope, will afford me their candid imiulgcnce; being assured, that there is no man on earth more anxious than I am, that my condue should stand clear wito the House And the Country ; /WI that, sooner or lair., the time must come, when I shall : hint it the duty I owe to the K'ng, and to the public. as well as criticisms. with my private honour and iriclinarion, to enter into a more clear and ap coic statem- of all the siren n. btrla, e. to which I formerly alluded. In thy Mean time, I must say, there is one prig upon which the lion. Gentleman has touched. to which I must be particularly excused frosts givin g ; 4:i uoswer, as I could not do it, without entering into details, which I du not feel myself inritled to do; I mean, dirt rumour, which he thinks, it tr ite, would fix a great degree of culpshihty u .iin its Majesty's ivlinkters, that of forcing upon he King any me Auras against which his conssiynce oould revolt. o.s drat ground, the day of ex : dart-awn w II st.ortly arrive, but this I may at pre s ent st.iti., that I conceive it to be the ditty of any Nlinisters the ring may appoint, to offer him such advice as they dem.' proper. upon subjefis r ono f with' His Majesty's even sve empire. TI., ':.me still come, when I shall he a;lslons to u. I " • Txplaa.tion, as the House will is to it; out, a' pr-sent, it only ren.ains for me to say, .n adirtion to the statement I I. st or Ic tii): , n thus sus rjc., why i sigsitied my inten firm not to move use order of he day for the se. coed readrog of Bill alluded to, that the cir cumstances which prevented me doing so, have led to the present situation ut affairs. Although I have not yet got Hit Majesty's comman., to deliver up the seals of office, yet these circ•tenstances have • His Majesty to think proper to send tut persons, nut now in employment, sad his 1114 j a y has fo. mei such arranacmcats as he has deems J necessary, i• order to form another Adminisitation." Here the conversation closed, and the Petition was ordered robe laid on chip TAW,. A number of Members latineertately left ih. H. ; Af.er L rd HOW IC K said, that as various represent I. tions had been made of the extreme inconvenience to which several Irish Members would be exposed, were the Order enforced for their immediate artrid ance, he wished to make a general moti.m. attired to the convenience of such Members; he there ne moved, "That the several Members for Ireland, who were ordered to attend in their places to-morrow, be excused ; and that they do attend the Ballot, on Monday, the 13th M April next." . - This motion, after a few remarks from Sir JOHN NEWPORT and Colonel BARRIO was agreed to. Mr. Sheridan brought up the Report of the Com mittee, to whom was referred the Petition from sundry persons, for leave to build a Bridge across the River Thames from opposite Southampton street, Strand, to the opposite shore, in the County of Surrey ; in consequence of which. leave oats granted, upon the motion of Mr. Sheridan, to bring in a Bin accordingly. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that he rote for the purpose of correaing a miitake which he had been led into, in what he hid asserted, upon a former occasiou, relative to William Disks. He had then 'toted, as had been repres-need to him. th it W. Drake had given false evidence ai to his having lust a leg at the battle of Camperduwo; host since then, various documents had been put into his bands, particularly the copy of a letter from Captain lifighl• is fair. Hewitt. Chairman of the Committee of Contributions. at Uoyd's, for the relief of wounded' Seamen; from this letter, it ap peared that Drake was not then returned as wound ed, beCau.e the womorvehielt be waggly 11;c1 se ceive, appeared to be trifling at the time, although it afterwards became so sett. us as to cause his leg to be amputated. There was also a Certificate of the Committee at Lloyd's, of his having received relief as a wounded to in in that oainn ; and he should also clove for C.o .! copy of the certificate of the Medical OEcer at Yarmouth, stating his being received into the Hospital there for an ulcer. Mr. Whitbread said, he telt it incumbent on him to make these motions, for the purpose of removing any improper impression which any thing he had stated in his forriier speech might have made to the prejudice of Dr eke ; but rte roust at the same time observe, that there were other imputations, which were still nnrernoved, a4ainst this man, as to otlae hoods offered by him in giving evidence to the House. and on this account It WAS not intention to move for his liberation from Newoate. Mr. Whitbread then proceeded to move, ••. That there he laid before the House a copy of Coral; Poiglih, letter to Mr. Hewitt, Chairman of the Fund raised for the relief of the Wounded Sailors, at the Little of Camperdown." Tile S . PE AKEK was proceeding to read the mo tion, when he said he wished to call the attention of the House to the circumstaisee, that the motion pot. ported to be for the copy of a letter to a person said to be Chairman of a Fund for the Relit( of Wounded Scarnin; but tl.at blouse had not been in the habit of 4:41116 tag aCC".I.IntSr when there was - _ e." 3 rerlgnsed estßblidine..ht. Eft never kett".el4 11 anT ,tiuti instance. He submitted etis obwirvatkoit to the consideration of the House. Mr. VsINDHAM said, he cnnsiderei the Itssti tution in question •ne very impr, per to be recog nised by that House. Mr. IiULLER seemed to think. that as Drake had aetusily been wounded in the vire of his country. and had 'dread, suffered imprisonment, he was an objea eetided to the lenity the 11011:e, eqpeci.lly as the ends of justice had been allugdy aask ercd„ Mr. ROSE conr•erred in the same sentiment. Mr. %V I'ER.E.ID, yielding to the Sp•aker's suggestion, agreed to withdraw hi; Motion ; at the came time declaring, that, in his the whole tissue of the evidence that had been tamed by Drake, was sufficient to sanSion the punishment that had been infliard on hir.i. lle then moved, "That there be laid before the I louse a Copy of the Smart Money Ticket, produced by William Drake, arising f•om the Kir.g's Pension, out of the Chest of Greenwich." Mr. SHERIDAN said, he should not ()Nen to any lenity which the House might be disposed to spew Drake; but, at the same time, lie hoped that what had occurred would be a warii:::g to those who roduced such evidence, and that they would be a little more careful in luture, what sor t of evi dence they presented to that House. Mr. FULLER thought it honourable to Drake, that he had lost a leg in the service of his country Mr. W I rBRKAL) thought that circumstance was ro josiification for giving i.Cse evidence. Aries a few words from Mr. TAYLOR and Mr. JEFFERY. Mr. WriITIIREAD moved, 46 .That there b•• laid hetnre the Was* a Copy of the Sick Ticket sent front Captain Bligh„ of His Majesty's ship LA r•cdor, tai the Hospital at Yarmouth, in favour of Drake."—Ordered. • Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that as the Irish Loan had only been negociated about two hours pre ceding, it must be evident to gentlenien, that he was not wall prepared, at that early perind, to enter into p.iiticulars ; be gave notice, thereforo, that he shauld postpone, till Wednesday next, his propnled resolution respeit ng Irish Finance. kr TIERNEY, in like mai.ner, begged le" •to p‘istpone kis motion remelting the Carnatic Dent. Lord HOW ICK, alluding to a suggestion that had been t' ruwn out the other night by a Noble Lord oppasite (Lord C istleseagh), respelling the patronage of reversionary rights, said, he wished it to be known, that ralt one reversion had been granted by the present Administration ; while every one knew, that there ware one or two valuable ones in abcsance, since himself And colleagues had come into office. The SPEAKER wished it to be understood, that nn account Of the quantity of priva•e busiress, he should tar the alai., toanorroN•, esaaly at three u'clo.k. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that he bad felt it his daty to state, in the shape of resolutions, his ob -Ai ins to the financial plan which had been pro . ' by the Chancellor of the Exchequer : but a conirlii tied business, which, under pre cucumstancss, he gave notice that he should s pna.: hrusging forward till alto- the Lister holi- Nir. SHERLDsIti moved for leave to bring in a to ;;Jjosc the did's-recces betwixt the masters and juntaymen Calico hit:tors. After a few words from Col. STANLEY, the motion war agreed to. Sir T. TUKTON said, that the motions which he proposed to submit. respeuing the affsirs of India. were so teully uneonnefted with any political changes in the Administration of the Country, that lie saw no reason to postpone them, on account of such expeEted events. The assufnption of the Car natic from its lawful owners, was, in his opinion, a foul transaction. The endue of Marquis Welles ley, in alterii.g existing treaties with the Natioh of the Carnatte, was au ad disapproved of by the Ent India t ,ireCtoes; it ought, duo efore, to be explained, horn wh , m the Noble Marquis bad received his instructions to assume the Government of the Carnatic, and entirely to overturn the system cf amity, which had subsisted between the East India Company, and the Nabobs of the Carnatic ; and, wh; ther they proceeded hum the Committ-e of Deettors, from the B:iard of Cancroid, or from toe Noble Marquis's own jiidgment. He then went over the grounds on which he proposed to make a variety of other motions, in all, thir. teen in number, relative to the afrsirs of the Carnatic ; and concluded with moving, tiThst there he laid before the [louse, Copies of Letters from the Natio'is of the Carnatie, to the Giovetnor of Fort Sr. George; and also Copies of Letters from the Goer nrnent of Madras, demanding to know why military operations were carried on in the Carnatic ; also, Copies of InstruCtinns given to the Right lion. Lord Mornington, previous to his departure from India relative to the existing Treaty betw ee n th e East India Company and tbeliabelre4 else Carnatie ; also, Copies of any Agreement between the East India Company And t.se Nahob of the Carnatic, tending to alter the political relations betwixt the British Guvernm:nt, in the East Indies,. aid the Nabob ut the Carnstic. Mr. IIekNEY observed, that one part of what the Hon. Ilaroiier movel for, hid, in ia&, no el teenier, and that the other parts were already prustA. He also observed, that such motions for papers and inatrudions, altbuugh it was known, at the India Howse, that they dui not exist, yet would oceasiun much tome to be occupied in search rm for them, in obedience to the commands of the #oo,le Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY concurred with the left Right Hon. Gentleman, and ot t i,peJ ge nerally to the complicated and 1111111efu inUtiallii proptned by the Hon. 11;eronet. TURTON observed, that if in lid nn iii stri.:6tions had been given na these subjcas to Lori blinniogron, this information a.. , .wered every pur pose et tits Inntion ; aad he shoal.' therefore Lave no oiijraion In withdraw it. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON said a few words, but so low as to be inaudible in the Gal lery. i;ir ARTHUR WELLESLEY took a general view of antis, papers niove4 for by the Hon. Baro net t entered law au explanation of some length 10„reti sotto th.; - rtb justified the mottles IN ag..inst rs the Polygon: ; an d o b served, that the k `on. Baronet was raising hopes among those pen. pie. which it was not in his power to gratify. The SPEA K ER card, that the °bier vations thonil be c. anfined to the merits of the precise question be fore the House, and nut generally. Colonel SYMS could not understand for wh at purpose those papers, which he conceived were el r.i.ady before the House, were moved for; nor cenili he, after all the explanation of the Hon. Barone*, or all comprehend the purport of the motion ; Le wished, however, to know, whether the Hon. p, ronet was to be a public accuser upon the oreasinn! and whether be intended to criminate the Governor General, the Governor of Bengal, of Madras, it,. Sir THOMAS TuRTON spoke to order ; sad Mr. TIERNEY replied. Diann& questions were then put upon revery! of thc . papers moved for by the Hon. Baronet; to al, r ‘ f which it was objefted by Colonel Syms, Sir Austrruher, and Mr. Tierney, that they were irrelevant, some already printed, and many riser. not in existence. Some farther conversation between these par• -t tool: place upon the printed documents befirre t House, when it was agreed that these words tar as the same is not already before the House," shnu!d be added at the end of each motion. The qitestion being then put, for the [undrape of a Copy of the Letter from the Governor Geeetal, relating to the complaints made against the Nab e y of the Carnatic, for encouraging British at.tiaaas to emigrate from the Company's Settlements to tl.l Nabob's territories ; Mr. TIERNEY, Col. SYMS, and Sir JOHN ANSTIZUTHER, again stared the noi..exisrence of the paper in question, and ohjeied to the motion, as incongruous, iiicon.istent, arid derogatory to dignity of that House. Sir THOMAS TURTON admitted, that Er was well aware of the non-existence of many of os paper. he moved for ; but, it was necessary to !.,§ argument, that such non-existence should be Lti t,ially commtinic4t.A. A d.vibioti being called for upon this cres.i--, strangers were ordered to withdraw►, and the Hue.* divided, when there appeared-- For the Mottos' AgAinit tt . . '4 . 30 ....m Majority . . 6 Strangers were not again admitted to the Gallery for some length of time after the division; during which period wt understand the rem:rifling Motiuna of Sir Thomas Turton were disposed of. Mr. Herbert presented a Petition, for leave to bring in the usual Bill, to snspend the Petialtics upon the 04k Bask Trade, for One Year. • E.srl TEMPLE said, he had no objettion to this Bill, as the Committee, who had been a lorg time considering the subjea, had not as yet come to any determination. The Petition was then received, and a Bill or. dered to be prepared. par , 'lam thereto. Upon *nation of Mr. ATKINS Wit I( ;HT, the further consideration of the Penrhyii Eleason Pe tition was postponed until the tilt of April nett ; and Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bart. ordered to at. tend in his place upon 'bat daf. The consideration of the Report upon the Pilot Bill was postponed until ibe 14sh of Aps4. Mr. Young, tro.n the Cu,ta•m-house. presented at the Ber, an Acc ,, unt of the number of ships, ton. nage, &c. built in Great Britain, within a certain pe. riod, also the number of area and boys employed, &c. Mr. Stavely, from the Post-Office, also preeentel an Account el the balance in the hands of the Pu s :- master-General, up to a Lertain period. They were severally ordered to lie upon the table and be printed. Upon the motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, the Irish Stamp Duty Hill WAS read a first time. and ordered to be read a second time to-mor row. The Right Hon. B.;toilet then gave notice, that he would to-morrow mi.ve for leave to bring is Bills for the better regulation of stamp duties upon plate ; for granting powers to Commissioners for . „ taking a ffi davits, dri;. Mr. Hobhouse brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, for graining certain siimi to the several Officers of that Hothe and elsewhere, not provided for in the Bill upon that subj-a ; and the several resolutions were read and agreed to. Upon the nvit:on oit Mr. VAN it rART. the second reading of the Loan Bill was postponed un til Thursday next. The Report of the Committee upon the Coffee Warehousing Bill, war brought up. read, and agreed to; and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to•nserrow. Mr. VANS[ frA RT, as Chairman of the Com mittee upon the Shrewsbury Eleßion Petition, le* ported, that Sarah Barrow, who had been clay summoned to attend that Committee, had refused so to do ; he then moved, " That she should be taken* into custody." which was accordingly or dered. The third reaiing of the annual Malt Duty Bill was postponed. The Treasurer of the Navy's Regulation Bill the Commissioners of li,quiry Regulation Bill ; the Royal Eamdy Annuiry Ndl ; the Custom-house Exportation Regulation Bill ; and the Fuller's Earth Exportation Bill ; were severally read a se cond time, and ordered to be committed tomorrow, (this day). The Smuggling Prevention Regulation Bill was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and read a scene 1 t•ine on this day fortnight. Mr. Huhhouse presented two Petitions, praying the House to receive two other Petitions, from Ame rican I.o; , :iiists, praying relief. The necessary consent oil tie part of the Crown being giantA, tie Petitions were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The Notional Debt Redemption Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. The Ft ,yal Navy Asylum Bill was comr„.'tted, and tSe Report ordered to be received to-mo The Sicilian Prize Money Bill seas also C OM. mined, the Report received, and the Bill 0:- dered to be engrossed, and read a third tittle te morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then d;spnsed of, and at Tea o'Clock the Hous.: adjourtact.. 1 ~