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i --v ~,' IR A .1 . , s` .. 1 • 1 't • .. ___ . A I ev the possible costs, in the hands oldie Sheriff, he iseid there were, he ander,tood, different objedion,; one wee, whether the matey tight to be lodged in the Sluai.i's or in whose hands ? His view in in trositnieg thic'cleaee, was the evident hard ship 'of compelling a man of property, whether 'deed in this country or in the West Indies, from' being arrested, perhaps, under a false oath, and hurried to prison, to• remain in custody till the Caine of ;talon and execution could be tried, not one week er one month only, but perhaps tor many months, to his evidert discredit, inconvenience. and deprivation of freedom. He thought Bois so crying a grievance, that, his Lordship said, he was ex tremely anxious to interpose a Legislative remedy. lk should, therefore, be very sorry, if the oliedions to this clause could not be surmounted. With re gard to the other clauses of the Bill, they all turned apart ene I,eint, and naturally grew out of each ;older. Their objed was to compel a creditor to bring his action to an early trial and deci,ion in a Court pf Law, and not her unnece.sery delay, wantonly trifle with his debtor's This objed, his Lordship said, he had been in tirrned, might be much more efficaciousle obtain ed by rides and orders of court, made and ap plied discriminatively, as the nature of the ease raigia require. He certa;nly, therefore, could hare no wi.h to embarrass and fetter the omits of law by positive legislative regulations, where the came end could be answered as well, if net better, by the daily predice and proceediegs of those courts. These, hit Lordship declared, appeared to him to be the only clauses of the Bill necessary for him to treuble the House upon in that statee of it; and, therefore; he moved, "'That the Bill be now read a second time." Lord ELLF.NBOROUGH said, there were cer tainly some clauses of the Noble . Lord's Bill, to which he not only could have no objection, but which he thou:ehtwould in et/eft he evident im provements in the 'practice of the Law of Arrests, and might tend to check and prevent vexatious suits. He would very briefly discriminate the main ebjeds of the .several clauses . ; on ceamieing the first, a variety of di . fficelties presented themselves to - his mind, which Ira:steed him to deem it strictly consonant to justice, for surely it was a little too atutch to oblige a creditor, who had been kept out of his debt, 10 incr6se the risque of losing his money, by adding. to it, to support, per`aps, his fraudulent &tater, while. in prison. • With 'regard - to ' tie second dense, that of increasing the sum capahle of being arrested upon, front 101. to 201. that Onnsidering the groat depreciation of , money, certainly would be a-very beneficial altcra -lion, and he would give it all the support in his power. The clicaSe enabling a debtor arrested, to prevent his remaining in custody, upon depositing the amount of the debi, nod an equal sum to answer casts, was ohj:iiionable, net merely upon the-doubt into whose hare' , the money should be paid, but as :o the amount of ,lee sum to be deposited to answer costs. The costs open differne adians varied, ac cording to the different ci;aumstances of each parti cular case. The costs increase in proportion to the place, and the distance of the place of trial, and km many other varying par:iculars. But es the law T:C)od at present, a pet son capable of discharging his debt, bad his tamedy. He might apply, nuts to ;Court of Justice, but to ;an individual Judge Ott his Chambers, bet'are whom, upon the pay relent t.f the debt and the minute costs then in rmed, get rid of the whale at once, without , danger of incurring any further expence on ac count of either. A debtor, therefore, who was allele to pay his debt and costs, and was u illing to discharge both, need remain but a very short time in custody. With rasped to the other clauses 'a the tell, the °Neel of which was to compel as early a proceeding to trial as possible, that tatjed -night undoubtedly be mere elfeaually obtained by ;•,-•plications to the Court ocKing's Bench, to order a rule suited to the nature and cu - eumetances of each particular caw. It was ;an ordinary proceeding of the Court, every day to' putt such rules, if it ap peared proper to do so. Ills Lordship toncluded • • declaring, that be, would reliably concur in the Conte:ince in su ee „i•e.e'sting every imeudment that should appear to hica.likely to areeke 4014 fit tea Mass.. . Lord ALVANcEY left - the IVool,sack, to de- • .clare, that in his he j agraed all-iht obeeive lions made by his Noble and teemed Frientit but tfferb Walk . iine pant iii Which* he could not .but se ief e t, • 1 . :het something could be done, and'he heia"td the . .e'lblet and Leileilatitil, 'land othdr Nolek Lords, • teouldconsiderity4Lare they c: rue Intodui Commit ee—he n:eant wh regard.tothe enabling a debtor, 'sin payment a dcht end eoets e to obtain. ors Idierte. As the law now stood, eve, yesidebtor rekelet - be dis charged from custody, on paeestent tit debt• and costs ; but, if he understood the Neble Author of the bill correctly, his .meening was, that k debtor sa dischaiging himself; should still rot be de. eeived of the adverateeie of having the ground • anion, on whiele he had been arrested, brought to trial. Sp lac law s;eosi at present, :slid under• it, any man of preperiy beiges,' helnendalently -arrested, and: ii: put to expense. -The Noble Lord lead mere, p e el -Tuesday ter the this of the Committee, beit e tiselteped, tithe indisposition of hie rade!? end Leareled e leerd should cimtiatie, and pre- - 'vent his resuming the Woolsack on thaeday, it seas sta be understoed, that the Noble Lord would then atone another day, for upon a Bill' of that uature, , :lie should lee verey if the House ware to lie de- , riezti of the assistance of his Noble and Learned • Lord 11AWDON " Oh, certainly." • • The !Jill was then read- a second time, and or- ; %l a ced to he committal fi•r 'Tuesday. .adjourned et Half-aiier Six,. till k e turahe, next. 'r SE OF COSIM-6NS. • e•eiseev, t4.9.1iL1i message treat the Levds *ma:lsnot-1, that their leirdshipshad azereed to the Militia Training Bill, she Bill teeprevent Revenue °dicers in Ireland from voting at claims, and several private bills. • Mr. Ceps . con, ciia) the lirielt Trenteum, prevented aceeuet of the orelinariet lithe Rename! in tree from the • sth of Jan. 11101 so Que:Ali of: tab. 512.. Seseratare, hors the Ceentoissioners -of the presented an account of the ntiasher•of essele, and their tollaalie, r sibut &toed outavetote •jrorn the fait of l e antiten ,soe the.stheafe lentrery s 444 Ir p A ,A.K, from the eitfricer, C;f/TiVATIy. pre,:erstfd ~.~~ • ! ~- copies of the numbers an names of ttie Company's tilerthald ships [ruling to the coast of. Africa. 'Thesc several papers were ordered to lie on the, table. On the osotiog of Me. WICKHAM. th e H ous e. went through a Committee on tlw bill for preventing vex.itious aaions and suits in the sup.Aior CiAirts in Ireland. The report was ordci'ed to be received on Monday. Th! frith Chelkiog Ac's was, on the motion of the - Irish ATTORNEY GENERAL, read a third time and passed ; as were also the Marine Mutiny, and Irish llat-Duty Bills. AUGNIF.NTATION OF THE NAVY. The House havingiesolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. AL.* ANDta in the Chair. Mr. GAIITSHORY. moved, that the additional number of 10,000 seamen and marines be voted to his Majesty-for twelve lunar months, for the ser vice of the year I te33. Mr. FRANCIS thought that before the House could consent to conic to this vote, the present state of the country o f er:led subjects of very serious_ con sideration. It behoved the Members of that House, before such a measure was adopted, to lcok back narrewly into the situation of the country, paetieu larly the condition of the finances, and the charafter and conduit of those who brought us into such cir cumstances. and what degree of confidence Parlia ment ought father to repose in them. Whatever he might say upon the present occasion, Gentlemen may lie assured wits spaken deliberately, and on the most mature reflealion. The address voted in answer to his Majesty's Message had produced no remarks on Isis pai t. He was, on the contrary, tie. sirous that it should he agreed to, as it were, by acclamation, and that no dissection whatever should seem to disturb the unanimity of their proceedings, as such discussions led to numerous observations here, and had an unfavourable appearance in fo reign countries. The result, however, of what had been said, was by no means satisfa&ory, and what ever might have been the motives of the Right Hon. Gentleman who commenced the debate (Mr. Fox) it was certain, that on. the evening ;alluded to, the Members of the House went out as much uninformed and as much in the dark as they came into it. He • thought himself the more entitled to make some enquiry now, as he certainly did not entertain the slightest personal. hostility towards his Majesty's present Ministers, but had given them his support mace he came into Parliament. Sornethiog more, however, was necessary, to entitle him to its -conti nuance: Before the Prelin-.inaries• of Peace Were known, ha hirly owned, that he partook largely-he the general joy of the nation. When the treaty of Amiens was signed, thew. were certainly numhare, and ma ny of those of no inconsiderable weight,who thought the terms of it extremely objectionable. For his own part, however disadvantageous he might have supposed or felt these conditions to have been, yet he could not but consider them as better than the continuance of the war. The price we paid . • for it might,• inde;ed, have been great, but the objed foe av'eicli we gave it, - was, us• his estimation, fully worth e elrat price.— Vs hen be afterwards heard so much of the con cessions that had been Made, he still did not conceive that. they even furriiiibed a sufficient ground for his quarrelling with the .Alinisters.— In his opinion, indeed, neither the House nor the public had any right to inquire critically or judicially into the terms of a treaty of peace. —The power of concluding had, 'by the Con stitution, been delegated to - the Crown, and it was a prerogative with which Parliament bad no right to interfere. There are points conneßed with it, undoubtedly, in which Parliament had a right to exercise its inquisitor capacity, on a minister who should advise a treaty under suspicious circumstan ces. Parliament might interfere r. 4 authority to punish such a man for his treitchery, a he was guilty of it, or to have him .dismiseed fur , Ins incapacity. In the present case, Ivey:ear, it was evidepa that the full price of lie, 0e'11441 been alveady;Pisiti; and if the parties were. still elitieoutentede all that was divert nuist have beep tle awe away. Ministers had twst greed to an iteeiewei and hello** ficatea and immetHa/rv'eeteriyhrti.,e viete Opened: ptissr,ed• .of a ceiteths ware.. TlVee'd,elatiniled nai a aatetilitita fer peitee ;:they gawt upsitose. which they .pessessedc aad ,yet they were :set sati.:lo(l At this infportioit um . e lweest,•we found all the sees deer toasts. sk itteh4. e If there was violerete'tgare;ka, and heel:els-of faith, on _the. part of f')tiko.tvoirostti, there ehroughout these.• auitoi -,uoanteies,,otle. one /oast and hitaci, whether; owner". linalisitibtai or 'ls ish pen. Every man re.tr say and reek e thee ,he pith lic interest is his Own. the tan vat nr.- Poosible to lose sight oL ate. cheekier eoti cenduet of those who brnujtht us into the situation. He comirriint airee• to Beige alt examiniZon- to a dis ,teuttaterit4;jbut. demanded it this day.. Thinking 'Pelle did that, avithont this, Aliaistersewonki Rot be entitled m fortlar stipe;ort, he conid..not cougacr :himself to have I)4.6e:used his dute, if he had not • at`feast sego cited tepics for the . coniideration Of gentlemen, selio twat .their superior talents, had gttater powers of eeerreistitsg and elucidating thetn. He recommended to the /Right Hone etentlinsais be mare explitit s otherwise, however he might penl on tare support of the great. , the ewe itself would.. be sefacient to bear burp down. This• he conceived. to be perliamentera language, and such as could net be co retitted a , . meaning offence to any .one. He douisted aot diet this cona.►try weuld he found est ail times ieily capable of defendiug itself ; but he telt no smell carmen), when ire looked round as well to those abcent as well as preseqt, t'tti retie:tinge that at this :mild moment' all the ability of Fueelitml ear. eathidecl from the GovernThent. llt mlght be righr to Leep up the spirit of the people, bar estahiax could disheer tee them sat saner, its to tied thessuelves deprived of all those great nava iu whose Lewis tilciate• they eisild enteide.• • it 'the shit, could be kept from sinkinie: we shetild still remain afloat ; but let it terse sink, and we must all . go down together, . The CHAN,CEIeLOR of the EXCHE: i )UiII replied, that in whet he had shortly to otter to the House, be sherd(' ,itnitate e in preatice, what• the Right. I ion. Gentleman who spoke test avowed—a detatmination trQ alistaiu from any di i Lie which cstuld wear the appearance of personal hostility. That •Hort. Gentleman set out with profewhig his wish, that all kind of comttraerohed been spared upon the vote which 'the I Pease cerise to in e eisisequence of -his. .tvitrieAe o 4, ettexiuus .blessage i IA: he foand it ditlicalt tone:incite with til:o•drelaratioa 140.4.145p0- Lion .tile by hinestelf on eine tßglu. erotwithstapd . i *Nog the tad citcas Inc feared from theme both in this • • • A .~ • • . • • • an d li:reign countries—comrhents still more &aerie rous than, those which he, wished to deprecate ten • enieher occasion. He must, also, leave it to liimself •to explain, why lie now wished to interrupt that tra 'nu:tidied unanimity which he . was so anxious for befdte The Hon. Gentlemanalso strongly repre iented the desperate situation of the country, cinder a Cabinet deprived of all the ability of the tuition but must also again leave it to himself to chew why he could have hitherto, though not now, have yielded his confidence to an atlininietretion so de phu ably destitute of ability as he tsar at present P` leise to describe. With respell to the want of ability, lie would assure him, that there was no man who more lamented than himself, the inade quacy of his means to satisfy his own ardent wishes for the public benefit—the diffizelty of his situation, and the great and important duties he knew ha had to perform; at the same time he highly rewetted tho•:e brilliant talents to which the Hoe. Gentleman alluded. He was ready to admit, that he had ea tremely well defined the powers and the manner in which the Constitutional jealousy of that House ought poieerly to be exercised It a dishonourable peace had been concluded, the Ministers, undoubted ly, were fully responsible for advising it. Hut it was , added, that the same responsibility attaahed, if by their conduat since, they had compromised the in terests of the country, and brought it into a danger ous and disagreeable situation. In this, also, he was perfeatly willing , to agree. They were -deeply responsible, it; in any instance, they had deserted the principles they professed to go upon, or deviated Vona the motives which they declared had induced them to advise his Majesty to the !.care. But with all these :Admissions, he would ;Also Lankily affirm, it would in the end Ise found, if explenution should become necessary, that every step they had proceed ed, since the signing of the treaty of Amiens, was made in tile Spirit of peace—And going still further, he would aver, that the objen they had attest at heart, in the measure now under discussion, was to improve -and consolidate the peace between this cunntry and its late enemy. With respctt to the complaint uf explanation having been withheld, on the present occasion, he expeeted that the good sense and sagacity oft the Hon. Gentlemen would have laved his Majesty's Ministers the necessity of making any reply to it. A person so long con versant with the proceedings of Parliament might have recollealed, that in a pending negociation the House, during the most turbulent times, ever de clined any interference in that respetsl with the acknowledged prerogative of the Crown. linies ters could not possibly state the nature of such ne gociations or discussions; othervei , •e, how conclu siee would be the cads of the evils resulting from it ? It such a disclosure was made, what a variety of opinions might be expel ed on it in that House ? One 'Gentleman may think the point in dispute regarded a vital interest ; another may contend, that it ' was not worth a war ; and a third, perhaps, that it was of little or no real value. But the evil did not stop here. Every one must be aware, that an ami ealee adjustment could not take place without lonic concession on one side or the other ; and he w6eild ask, was it right, by prerious discussions, to throw such an impediment in the way as to render conces sion opprobrious to the party who was to make it ? The Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Francis) asserted, that were he satisfied with the explanation he seemed., expert, he would willingly vote - for more, if' mime heti been demanded. !lc ivotild onryassure that, Hun. Gentleman, and the House, that more woala be required, if more should be deemed necessarra and 'in doing so, Ministers would not shrialefrom altrespensibility. God grant that a rupture art , f not-create the necessity for their jastification e itul that , the moment of it may never e arrive !..Bait tae should not submit to ally humiliation., to prevent such consilquetieet, however he' :mist deploYeathem. • Mr. Ne'T gave an account 'of tho.nuMber sellers employed :by this country insthe-late had fLr mer ware, in cider te- shoe that the tl,l:tili:•:iiMrat a: preSent required was not Illre - t7FT::o 7 ..e':i7 7 - 47:::Is to the exigencies of the oceasiGh. wry far from wishing for : a war, and was as :melons'. es any man for i solid peace, but as are had no het r's. than an armed truce ever since the signing of Tie treaty of peace, he thought . Ministers ihould'' be i . calls el upon .Air their jiistilication. , The late 4.(epre ciition in the funds had 1-.:en alarmingly great- Circumstances seem to indicate that some p.msons! had been in the secret; but in this he would be ! - • supposed to ascribe env blame to his Majesty 's nistors., The stock-holders, however, who lost lai. e per cent. by the late depreciation, lied every reason', *to - complain. - In our present - eircumetantesn we were called upon to resume - the. war without allies,' and with impaired resources. We were every way duped'by the enemy. We restored ACK* French :Seamen, who had been long our prisonernao and he would. defy Ministers to assert that rancettd ever paid a siapence of the money due to us :or - their support, As to Malta, he said, if it was . worth nothing, it was wrong to *be at so =_z . pains aintlexpence taking it; and if it was reelly .velua ble, Iv thane -lit we had a right to keep it. He conclnded with voting, as :err amendment to the vote, .that the ,number of men.proposeel should be augmeated frem I 0,001) to -25,000 seamen aael nre. sines. . • • . • e Mr. r - JX.—" Before r proceed, Sir, the few observations I am led to make upon the cousiti tetionel pert of the present •qiiestion, there arc a few other topics to which I wish to allude, in as brief a manner as possible ; and first, lee me express my surprise at the regret wlitch an }Ton. Gentle-. man near me (Ur. Francis) seems 'to heve felt lbr any discussion having takca phrce cm the vote in, answer to hie Majesty's Message; I can not see hint.' he has well made out the grieinds lie had for de-e peeeeting it ; but if it could have been attoneted with all the bat consequences lie seems SO appro.. hensive of, I wani began the conyersatiel eoalde have ntahine to. repent of, as not a sentiment was, brought out in the course of the evening which had the 'sli . gbtest teadency, as the retuit proved, to di ininislithat unanimity of wh di he appears to have' been so desirous. With re nro to the vote nowt' •eiader consideration, I conte tl at it is a matter of! „indifference to me, whether 1 et e for the siumberH proposed by the Minister, o: for . ny e,thee. Placed , • as it is in total darkness, wit lout : ny light or inforec rrottin whatever, I cannot co icetve what batter rear son die I Louse cen give for vothe it,,( GO rather than Ip s Ner men. Ilevertiag . now to tic constitutional • point of the question, (though I rive no opii to its abstract propriety .no all .wc.,sit IN in to war e I know that the King h is the inslisPutabl , prerogative of making pence or ware In yeg,ard tot ~..,p. -- ;, -~ -~. ' - peate, it is ceitainly distinguishable from the other. Parliament "has an undoubted libertn to canvas the terms of any peace ;'hut being once concluded, both the Parliament and the people are equally bound br it. lit this dicpoi.itiOn of authority, the people ai e • yard:ad 'end pretefted against the exerciin of s' darn gee n t e, a power, as that would sometimes be ;n their own hands; and I know not where it could he so safely deposited as it is at present—a the crown. As to the other breach , uf the ererogitive, if hi. Majesty had the power et nialtir.g war net founded in equity or necessity, and if the ground: cf that war were net to be enquired into, the natural die& would be that we should give tilt crown unl;niited land uncontrouled power over the greatnt part or the whole of the property as well as the lives of the subjefis of this realm, and there would be an end and total destroiiion of the British Cesistitutioa. Fortunately, however, Parliament, and this House in particular, can place an effeettrel limitetion on that power, by withholding, at any time, the means of prosecuting war. In all wars, therefore. theueli the Parliameet in this reTetf.t has no other privilege bet that of the purse, the Kir.g finds himself under the necessity of making it a party to them. In order to do this, his Majesty states the grounds of the dispute, and the Parliament takes them into its, consideration before it will consent to grant him any supplies. We have numerous et. ampks, at different times, of this prerogative cf the Crown having been completely couritereaed. There are instances in which Kings have been goaded, stimu lated, and forced into wars by the Parliament and peo ple, but the former in particular; and no Gentleman who hears me is unacquainted with that memorable oce,v.ion, on which the Parliament compelled Charles the Second to a gerelietion of the war against die Dutch. But Parliament is now placed in a situati( a . rather singular and new to the Constitution. last vote was called for, without any grounds what , ever having becn laid down for it. We see now greet preparations going forward, before any other vete has been submitted than a complimentary one to the message ; and it is but reasonable to suppose, that preparations were also proceeding in before any communication had been made. With such forward . preperations,then, in their possession already, if I ask where is use of the vote ? The true answer will be—ln 'order to make the Parliament a party to the war, as the prerogative will not be sufficiert in case it should break out. Similar attempts to the present have indeed been made before, as at the time, which many Gentlemen must recolleft, of the Russian armistice. Something at the same time was then proposed, but the House was on its guard; k felt that it a right to an 'independent opiniqu, and had other duties than to manifest its docility in the acceptance of who,; ver may be sub. misted to it by.-the -Ministers of the Crown. The House of Chtbinena might enceitiki an opinion dif ferent frolii that of Ministprs,; ,they 'might wish Ne. Tcciitions to be entered into, or might prefer the adopviereof more vigorous proceedings; and at all eventensbould alwaye be sothething , More than the docat receiver of Relent flrr#loo4ticins. lam hound, as . well as other gentlemen, to believe, that it ie.improbable the present Ministers- would call for this Vote, if the pentads of war- *ere unjust s but I alsarkiiiiiVefrieut least pOstible that they might bia-so,-andit is partly for this reason that I wish the Houweltottintriakeitself a partytill it heirs something more explanatory of the matter. I 0wn,,1 am most an aiou:ly desirous. of peace ; I wish for its con tineanee; Mid rejoiced at its having betel made ; but there is not a word or a eetniment I have now ut. tered tclliell 1 should not hew urged in the same manner; irmy op pion of the Treaey.of Aiaiens had been the same as that cf the minority :• ' voted against it: I maintain also, that iftl pro. ceediogs should terminate in 3.• taut t. . not effore apreeutmpi on•tltat .finnenn was goAtinizo. lialiVelscr ii ß•e*.i :vet , other points of view, it Nv - a • e;Olibik t anhetn tonipaiTirgti tit ter It- Gras been raid, ;ian 4eTr6v.(l, , ttrze : !: • ' id elan corne-to it with a good ' `. it .is, indeed, as pline:aien -of uu vrry.,,. • value, for never could we have a peace, 'if we were to wait rill an eiemy, with whom we had I-- 4-n y...!as been at war already, shotild ea:v.-each us 'en kindness, fricudship, and ,an a.'ii (Es. neaitiOn. Ifew men have been more zealous Than myself, as tin :nivoeate for ministerial r 6. sponsibiiitvl, but this i# a more tender responsibility than any have. ester required, In; witholding tbv explanation now called for; I hold the. Ministers to be censurable ; but! am far from considering it as argument against, or impeachinent of the peace of Amiens. I 'know not ii the want of a vigorous Adminiritrraion, be an argument .or not against en tering into to war;- but of this I am sure, that it never can be - an argttment :against the conclusion of peace.. 1 -. should highly approve of -the . peace of Amiens, if war 'was 10 break out!. hia moment ; far Whatever of milltaryjiaelolis and' otherwise we mar he said to have lost, we- have .. also gained muck in getting,-rid cf .so many burthensome incu;na brancei. We have lost no allies, and for' he best of all ieasOns, than we had node to lase. We hail, at leagth got rid Of thaceant of religion and morality' being perUdiousin, held out as the grounds of war ; and, in fine, eve now.get rid of that base hypoeeisy which pointed Sacred principles and institti, tions to vlleered &shot:est objeats a pride and am- hition, and whic,h would hang upon us as domitable incurnbnmceh aslong as hypocrisy shall be odious •in the world. The situation of the House is very novel in the preient, instance, because. we have no clue whetevet to guide us. We kliaLe not mine. • ther the Threatened war be connected with Maine, or to any other statioe or possession in any Cparier 411 the alobe. Had it been for the defence of din. - allies, supposing us to have any, or for the maintenance of cur own irate, or hp. nor or dignity, the war would then be lust but I am aware of nu other grounds our it at present that can be justifiable. Sir, I can never admit that it it right to hold up high and encouraging language to animate the spirits of the people. 1 , 14 stand in awed of no such assistance, if nu.r cause be just ; but those spirits, end that animation and n.lgone which real iiVories can never fail to produce in a free and generous people, can only be weakened by the praChces of delusion, deception, and misrepre' sensation. To those who look to the financea, commerce, the .credit of the cpuntry, as ;DA as the general salvation of his Majesty's cltnetittimis, theme are many circumstances will support them, selves to shew that this may biz a perto4 when war might be most. calamitous,- Is calknot be suspate3 that I t•hotild say stay thing of thee . . ". .. . . . ...,.. -- : . . . • '4 . ' 6 • • ' . • . . . . , . r . ' is ~s tlte.poss;ble tests, in the has is of be Sheriff, he copies of the numbers and names of the Company's and fi.reign eountries—comtrients still more stune• poate, it is c ~ said there were, he anderstood, different objeflion..; Merchant ships trading to the coast of. Africa. roux than, Lhasa which he wished to deprecat e on l'arliament 1 one wa..t whether the money Qught tii be lodged in 'nese several papers were ordered to 'lie on the •aniither occasion. He must, also, leave it to himself terms of any the Sheda's, or in whose hands ? His view in in- table. *. ,- • . :to explain, why lie now wished to interrupt that un- the P:irlialue trositLing this . claa.,e, was . the evident hard- On the /notion 4>f Mr. 11/WM.IAM. the House• itialilipl unanimity yhich he . was so anxiou s s for . it. lit this ship 'of comp . elliiitt- a man of property, whether went through a Committee on tiw bill fiir preventior bef6re The Hon. Gentleman also strongly pre- gourd:fa isnd I •diced in tltis country rT in the West Indies, iented the desperate situation of the country, under gerous a pos vexatious aaions I,ittl suits in the superior Cott iinm heing arrested, perhaps, under a false oath,a Cabinet deprived of all the ability of the nation •; own hands; in Ireland. The report was ordered to be received . and hurried to prison, to o . remain in custody till the but must also again leave it to himself to chew why safely deposi n Monday. Caine of a•Rion and execution could he tried, not The Trish Maio' , A.l was, on the motion of the he could have hitherto, though not now, have As to the one week .ir one month only, but perhaps tor many Irish ATTORNEY GENERAL, read a third time Yieldo.d his confidence to •an administration so de- Majesty had months, to his evidert discredit, inconvenience and an d passed ;as ire also the Marine Mutiny, and phu ably destitute of ability as he %as at present in equity or .le ptivation of freedom. He thought Fibs so crying I r i s h i j ar -D uty Bills. pleasedto describe. With respell to the waut of war were ne mieetece 'that, Lordship said, he was ex- .. 0 • . his ability, lie would assure him, that there was no would be ti tremely anxious to interpose a Legisla:ive remedy. AUGMENTATION OF THE NAVY. man who more lamented than himself, the inade- and unconte lk chi:Ad, thcreforr, be vcry sorry, if the olic.c - tions The House havingrsrlved itself int o a Committ ee q uac y of his means to satisfy' his own ardent wishes the whole o to this clause could not he surmounted. With re- of Supple, Mr. Al. •ietanea in the Chair. for the p ublic benefit—the diffizulty of his situation, the subjeßs ~_ ....-1.-- et...,...: ~f ,h.. 14:11_ thew all turned I Mr. G . A.IITSIIOsUe: moved, that the additional and the great and e_ impertant dut i e s she kn. r: ew ~ h rti•o had end and tot y . _ ,te,-s.i l+rt i Fortunatel. I 1 'lr'4' • : 4 11 ; )1 . i • 9a 1 4 t . ! 7 ,'; . 7 9