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ferrei, however, that these prisoners were nine:Tat. There was a distinct inquiry, instituted by Lord Hardwicke, as to the detentem of all these indivi duals, which originated in a complaint made to one of His Majesty's Judges. The Judge was ordered to inquire into the complaints that were made, and he did so, and reported to the Lord Lieutenant, who was so far from kin.' contented with that Report, coining from a single Judge, that he desired that a further investigation should take place, and that he should be 'joined in it by Messrs. Justices Dalye and Day. 'Phey accordingly made a report, and it was laid before this (lipase in the year tam [Mr. SHERIDA N here said that there was uo such production ] I have seen it myself, and have read ' it, and all the papers to which it refers; and yet this House did not think it necessary to take any proceedings upon it. I cannot help regretting that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not adhere to the p!au he laid down at the outset of his speech, s that the public might have been more fully satis fied as to the truth of these representations, before any statement was made from the accounts given by individuals who deemed themselves aggrieved. Such statements chit only be ex-parte evidence against individuals, who cannot he heard till after the meeting of neat Session of Parliament.— A either Di. Trevor, nor any other person so ac cused, has the means of explaining the circum stances so represented ; and therefore I conceive this to be a very hard measure against them. The Right Honourable Gentleman has represented the Inspector's Report as a matter in which Go vernment were alone concerned. Now it must he remarked, that, so far from this being the case, the manner in which the pole are to be ' built and maintained is entirely under the regulation of Grand Juries and Magist ates of Counties. There fore all that Government can do, when such Re port* are laid before them, is to represent the abases to the Magistrates and Grand' Juries, and call upon them to take measures to rectify them." Mr. Wekkes LEY Poke expressed himself glad that this subject had been brought forward, its he thought the characters of the country gentlemen of Ireland were extremely implicated in the Report ; but he regretted the Right lion. Gentleman had not submitted his motion sooner, when the Irish Members would have been present.—Dr. Trevor should be heard, and if then thought guilty, he should be punished. He took shame to himself, as heingone of those who had not read the Report, but he thought it must be somewhat erroneous as to what it stated as to the gaol of Marlborough, and the county lie represented.—lie had examined it, and fouud it cleats and corhiortahle, in every re epect.—He thought there should be a particular examination of all the gaol. throughout Ireland, so that it might be known who had done their duty, and who had not. Mr.EftliefOßD approved of the motion, and he trusted it would appear, upon inveittigatioo, that the reports as to Dr. Trevor had unjustly injured the eh:moiler of a worthy individual. Dr. Trevor was a medical gentleman, sod a Mali known for his humanity and kindness. He remembered particu larly that the young man of the name of Elliot, who was executed, said to Dr. Trevor, a before I suffer, I must thank you for your kindness." This ha heard, baring happened to be present at the time. Mr. WNIX5111140 : thought there was no general imputation cost upon the country gentlemen of Ire land, any more than of England, where we know a great deal still remains to be done. He thought the country was highly indebted to his Right Hon. Friend for having brought forward this motion, as it was absolutely preening the House should pay that attention to the Report which it seemed to demand. He would be the last man in that House to pass in discriminate censure upon theMagist racy of Ireland ; but the Report of the Inspector-General proved that Grand Juries in that country, as well ae in this, were often negligent and remiss to the performance of their duties, Take, for instance, the Report of the Inspector on the prison of the county Cavan, and it furnished a striking exemerlilication of this negligenee. An inhuman monster was permitted to contione there as gaoler, notwithstanding the various 'monstrance* of the Inspector to have him dismissed for grievous and repeated acts of cruelty and oppre.ion towards the unhappy persons corn mated to his care. The House should also feel that the Reliort of the proper officer; authorised by Go vernment to make such commanications to the House, was not to be frittered away by ilannurable Gentlemen getting up in their places, and making their individual statement with respect to particular prisons. The Report was the document on which the Hoit.e ought to proceed; and surely there ne ver was a stronger ease made out, or one which more loudly called for investigation. The scandal nes job in the erection of the city gaol of Cork, was of itself imperative on the Irish Government to interfere. With respect to Dr. Trevor, of whom he himself had beard a great deal, there were state ments given to the public by Mr. Tandy, and were to this day uncoutradicted by Trevor, which charged hien with grievous, wanton, and repeated acts of unparalleled cruelty and oppression. The Honourable Meinher (Mr. Beresford) had stated one instance in which he had heard a character of Dr. Trevor's humanity ; but opposed to that were the affidavits of a number of persons taken before the Judges in Ireland, which accused him peremp torily of horrilde crimes, of which, if he were guilty, he ought not only to be dismissed, but se verely punished. Bats whether guilty or innocent, in either care, investigation was necessary, and therefore he v neerely thanked his Right lion. Friend (ir. Sheridan), and he was sure Ireland. the empire, teiy, hiimanity, would feel indebted to him for direetitig the public attention to this me lancholy inquiry. Colonel V FREKER was convinced that the Right Honourable Mover tvus actuated by the purest mo- tives in bringing forward this subject. Still it was but justice to reflect on the dreadful state of things which forced the Irish Government to adopt sstA • rigid system of policy, a systein made necessary by the crimes of melt who outraged every law of God and man, and were in the habit of assassinot- LILT "ilikizistrutes for perform:Jig their ditties, and informer:, for i!i covering their treasons. Mr. Pr ree . !none observed, that if there was ant, such .I..eunient as that refelred to by tha Ch3neelbir of the Extlirclitet. there attii so meth very in; sterious about it. If it ut all existaa, it wai kept from the view of the Legislature in a very ' snug and clesdestine _rummer. He had, together with his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Sheridan' ' , made the most diligent inquiry about it, and the result of the examination was, that no such piper attliat of a Report from certain of time Irish Judges upon the ease of the state prisoners, was at all to be found. There were papers relative to the state !Prisoners in Ireland ordered to Ire printed ou the etith of April, 1805, and which be held in his baud, but they were merely a retura of the numbers and names of the detaimil persons. Ent the very strongest proof that im sock docu ment had been presented to Parliament was to be found in the petitions of the persons aho com plained of their unmerited sufferings, and solicited the justice of the Legislature for redress. Their complaint was, that their case was unheard ; and the object which they prayed for was an inves tigation. Surely, if such a Report was 'nude by the Irish Judges, it was natural to conclude, that the persons whose case it went to determine, and whose interests were 60 vitally effected by its operation, could not but have heard of its existence. lie impressed upon Nlinisten the necessity of a prompt and efficient inquiry on this subject, as they 1.3. lued the honour and dignity of Ills Majeqy's Go vernment, looking to the interests and claims of the petitioners as a secondary consideration. The regret expressed by Gentlemen oppo, , ite, at the motion being brought forward during the absence of the Right I Secretary for Ireland, (Sir A. Wellesle, p, could not operate as a strong objec tion ; irusinurli as at the period when these trans actions took place, that officer was serving in India, and could therefore know little about them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in expla nation, remarked, that hr had cert.only read such a Report as he had allud ed t., and having seen it in a book sent to him from the Irish (Mice, he WAS induced to suppose, that it had also been laid ou the Table of that House. Mr. SHERIDAN had no objection to alter his motion in a way to meet the general concurrence of the House. He felt obliged to Alinisters for their candour on this oceasiou, so much as to in duce him to place the fullest confidence in the exercise of their discretion in selecting proper and impartial Cousinoisioaers. He trusted that he was the last in the world who would cast any imputation on the character of the Irish Gentlemeu. He had about him too strong Irish feeling to follow such a comae. In :egard to the fats period of the Session in which he 't.oisght the subject forward, he had to rework, that altliongh he knew it to be his duty to present to that House the petitions of the (;en tleinen w'no had complained of their grievers and t-tatment, still he was slow to forward any pmermling on such petitions, until he had rex-rind hie fullest and most authentic evidence and proofs of the truth of their complaints. A refereitt* to the dotes would satisfy the House en that punt, and it was only within a week that he was in possesidon of the last of the chain of evi dence, which convinced him of she veracity of the twimplaints made by the petitioners, and of the positive occurrence of the most foul and horrible treatment which they had experieoced.— The postponement to the present period he had also to regret, because by it he was deprived of the support and assistance of that t1110.4i, re spreta'lle Meuthdr for tie county of Wicklow, Mr. Hume. That respected character had as sured hint (Mr. Sheridan) that he would in his place plede himself to the truth of every word of the cruel, grievous, anti inijiistiliable hardships suited in the c ase of Mr. St. Joon Mason. With respect to the report of the Irish Judges, he had wade with his Honourable Friend, (Mr. Peter Moore), the most diligent inquiry for it, and al though the most accurate search was also made by that vet/ at •ive and meritorious officer. Mr. Mitchell, of the Note Office, not a trace of such a document was to be found. The motion was then put mid carried amine costradirente. grateful to Lis feeling% the propriety of Mr. Date ryinple's retirement. And he was requested, ac cording to the wonted form, to make his applica tion, which it was their deterrniation to support with their interest, wad to procure for him sueli suit able allowance as they could, by the heal order tr. Council, procure. His answer was, that he ilisdam ed to make an application—he won d aot to be superemigated. The quertion consequent ly resolved itself into this, whether the proiro•ed ar rangements fur the naval service should prao-ed, ur Mr. Chilryinple he removed ? The latter prti,m-lion was adopted, and the necessary eoramenica.eon was made to Mr. U.drymple; yet in two days after all Order of Council was wade its his 1., roar, unauli cited by him, to provide with litiershiy cut the re tirement of a luau, of whom he would eve: speak with respect, arid of whose talents and Services li e entertained the highest opinion. After sonic few words in explanation from Mr. 110,65eit sod from Mr. ItoseeT AUL), thin House ruljouriied till Monday, on which day Parliament will be prorogued. •.• :ac. we last par. THE BRITISH PRESS. MR. DALRYMPLR. Mr. ROBBRT W• 111.1) wished to ascertain, from the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Homer), whe ther it was his, or his Noble Friend's (Lord Henry Petty) intention, to renew the notice for the pro duction or vertain men', connected with the di*. missal of Mr. Dalrymple from his late situation of Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty f MC. Hattie replied, that since the notice allud ed to was givo.i, he had been made acquainted with the particulars of this case, and ►d war willing to admit, that the information of which he bad been put in possession, left no doubt that the conduct of that individual amounted to an act of contuma cy. However, if ever there was an occasion in which a Government might be exculpated for car ri ing lenity and indulgence to an extreme, it was towards a person who bud rendered suck numerous and emineut services to the State, as the late Mr. Dalrymple. Mr. WELLINIAT POLS declared his anxiety to say a few words on this subject, and for that put , pone be claimed the indulgence of the House, al though there was no specitic motion before it. He mi, it obtain his object by expressing his intention of concluding with a motion for the production of some da•nmenta, hut WAS unwilling to take that course or any other which might involve the cha racter of that mud respectable man, the deceased Mr. Dalrymple. Still it was due to the character of the Admiralty Department, to state some particulars connected with the dismissal of that gentleman from Isis situation of Hydrogra pher to that Board. So far hack as the month of November last, an arrangement was ordered by the Nobleman at the heal of the Admiralty, to supply the Corninanding Officers of His Majesty's ships with charts of the different seas in every part of the globe. Mr. Dalrympie was called upon to exe cute that arrangemeet ; runt he declared himself incompetent to it:: fit:al 'omit, from an ignorance of certain ENAIS, and recommended that a Committee of sea officers should be convened for the purpose. Upou this an investigation took place into the system pursued in the Ifydrogiapher s office, when it tens initial impossible, from the confusion in which it %ins placed, in consequence of the infirmities of Mr. Dalrymple, to aide through it. It could scarce be otlu•rwise, from the short time at which lie attend ed. Ile never came unt:l three o'clock, and it aims well Winn tiiat tile ilydrographer's office was closed at four. This state of things induced the Board to insinuate, iu a manner the most LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 4. We are happy to give this day a continuation of favourable intelligence from Spain.—•By the Cheer fitl cutter, arrived at Falmouth from off Lisbon, we have aceountit to the 14th last.—Ororro IS DELIVERED PROM TUE FRENCH, ♦ND CADIZ IS IN POSSESSION OF VHS SPANIARDS ♦ND ENG.. Lisa. These important events are communicated in the followieg letters brought by the CAterfhl : Extract of a Letter dated Oporto, 7th June:- 44 Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, the Com- mender of the Spanish forces in this city took the French General and the whole of his Stair prisoners, consisting of 28 persons: he then delivered up the government of the city to the former Governor Louisa D'OLuvans, who immediately resumed his functions, and ordered the Portnguese flag to be hoisted on All the batteries and forts, and at twelve o'clock a Royal salute was fired. " An iiivitatiou was immediately sect to the Captain of Ilie Alajesty's ship Eclipse, which was cruising oil that port, to enter it, with an assurance that the port should henceforth be opened to British ships. The Eclipse accordingly entered the port, anti saluted the Portuguese flag with 21 guns. The Spanish troops have marched to join their countrymen, and have taken the Fsench Ge neral and his Statf with them. " The house of Mr. WARRF, the Br:tish Consul, which has been occupied by the French Corregidor, has been given up, with the furniture and books untouched." Through the same channel we learn, that confi dent expectations sera entertained that Gen. J would 11111011 surrender at Lisbon. His whole force did not exceed 8000 men, among which there was one regiment of Hanoverian,. Extract of a letter dated on board the fibernia, off the Tagus, June 13 : " A Spanish Nobleman and General has just come on board, with the agreeable news of the Spanish Patriots having opened Cadiz to our fleet, and the censequeut occupation of the French ships iu that harbour. He also states, that the French and Russian ships in the Tagus would now be in our possession, had not the Spanish Commander, either through fear of Jurtur, or from attachment to him, communicated to him a plan which the Spanish troops, in concert with the people of Lis bon, had formed for occupying St. Julien, Baleen, &c. Amex immediately disarmed the Spanish troops, and sent 4,000 of them ou board the bulks iii the river. " Sir C. Corms expects in two days a body of troops from Gibraltar, but from the nature of our communications with the shore, we are led to believe that we shell net have occasion to wait their ar rival. •' Sir C. Cotton has lest a Rag of truce to the Russian Admiral, acquainting him with the recent important events at Oporto, and throughout Spaio, and proposing, as I understand, to accept the sur render of the Russian feet, ender the condition of restoring it to the Emperor on the conclusion of a Peace between the two countries. Admiral St- NIAVIN, it is added, is allowed till this evens:; to accede to the proposition, after which, in the event of his ships falling into our hands, they will be considered as prizes. " The Spaaiards are every where iii arms, and no doubt is entertained here of their siiccess. " A detachment of French troops, who were at St. Übes, and ordered by Juror tt Lishon, have been surromided in the passes near A ztitaon, by a body of Portuguese insurKents, atc.istell by a regi tneut of Spanish troops, and, after a short contest, compelled to surrender.—The whole of the king dom of Algarite is in arms ! !" Extract of a letter from an Officer on boarl His Mai urea ship Resolettion, at anchor, off the month of the Tagus, dated Jute• U, ims : " t have just time tewrite, by aTorbey boat which in gob% home with dispatches from Sir C. Cullom with isferm at ion them the Portnguese end Vpaniarde are iu mrawasion of Oporto. •dmiral Puri is is is Catlit, and gut pumessitm of the treads squadron. The French l a Lisbon, undo Jamul, disowned the whole of the Spanish troops in the sight of t►e loth Met. in that city. An army of 'Now) Spamarda is adwaa ein" towards Lisbon : we expect to go into the Tegui Gray bait Jtreph Bonaparte is Willett by tie Doss of Weep ,ado, oho MI dime) , *lto.; tl.i itrar.laies ale utortlesing., the Freceh obereeer they meet them. I evict to coma Came in a itescillt 1•211 of war. The neetouit the Cadiz `:unions was breugit here yesterday, by re a mPe 42 Captain of traccono. " TO .11,1ensan Atkins." We hare oily room 14 observe upon this last letter, that the part of it respecting the deathW Joit..:l BON APIRTIi. IS oat entitled to erTiiit. Wa msert.Al Net week a Proelimation iseued by him at flayrrine on the 1 ith, the day immediately pro. ceding Clls report, nn the 12th, the Tagus. We mentioned, in a f..rnter Paper, the deports* •f M. ADAIR, late Minister to Vienne, float Ports mouth, in the Hyperion frigate, on a .ecret stir Silin up the Mediterranean. Mr. 1011 R will go to Palermo. Ile *as accompanied by Mr. STRAT‘ FORD C•NNISii and Mr. G. BIiDWIILIe his 9.0 cretaries. The Loam of the Aosiast-rs hare determined to try a new plan, which has receives♦ their loan'. ships' approbation, to increase our seattuees.• and which is to be adopted with all convenient speed. It is to raise live thousand boys, for which a plisses bounty is to be offered. 1 bey are to be 'divielt d into three claa.es. Front twelve years old to four., teen, to receive seven guineas a-year wogs's; from fourteen to sisteeo. nine guineas a-year; ?ma az teen to eigliteeo, eleven guineas a-year. Parliament, we utiderstand, will be prorogued this day. Mr. SIIESIDAN'S =lotion for a Comm- sic.° to ininire into abuses io Ireland, which wee carried maisLiscustrolierJe, on Snturday s will mark the close of the sessiou with a inesEtue that strikes din:o I) at the petty ti many exercised io that eosas try, a.id emiuetitly conduciv.: to the happiness and security of the empire at large. Yesterday rnoruing Ilis Maaaarr, Priuee sM AL GUIT.I, Amr,Lra. u3:l Maar, atimuponied by Lords Doacsar4 sa surd Sternal), Commit Ft 121L01( anti GAIWTI4 Admiral Srurroalp, slid 4-1.0 4 [:.►rn.i.s TKYU 11, west to St. Cikorw's Q. 4% peel. and head a sermon preached by the Act,. Afro Nu sin ET, Loa' the General Epistle of St. lustre chap. i. v. 17 : w Every Bond gift, sod envy perfect gift, is hem el owe, and cometh down front the l'lniser of Ught, with silimmi Se ariableoesa, neither shadow oftsreing." The Rural Party afterwards rode tb Froroore Lodge, where the Kivu diued, and at three o desk returned to the Palace. The Quarx, enaction A.VOOSTA and Etna. orea, heard divine service in the Palace, and after wards rode to Froginore, where they received the Kt NC PatecEssv.s, _ . _ His AJ CSTY i+ expected in town, this day; front. W Incisor, to hold a Privy Council at the (login', Palace. The Cabinet Colton it which met at the FOMIIIM Office, o n Friday, upon the arrival ef the dispatches f. can Spain, sat from two o'clock till half past sit. The Spatish Note' .!tueti attended the Council. The Prince of WALMS meal..ail his apartments, at Windsor, daring his late visit to Ascot Heath Races, for the. grit time since they have been na paired and new fitted up. The decorations said new furniture excel in splendour,taste,and neetnears The whole has been executed under the immediate direction of His Royal Highners. 'lo-morrew Mr. S. Ta.nuorom gives a rasa public breakfast, at hie beautiful mansiost, Ale bug Park, Surry. Earl CAMDEN gives • rasa turtle feast, to* persons of distinctions on Wednesday. Among those invited art— The Dukes of Cambridge, Montrose, and Rutland; Rod Westrnorhind ; Lorils Bargbentle and Csairseesh ; sad the Spasm& Noblemen abs Lars lately arrived to dim seastry. The Countess SPENCE& gave a heated break fast, on Soturtle;, at her beautiful seat at Wallabies don, which was attended by upwarei o sine heps deed of the fist Nobility and (irotry. The ar rangements were nearly is the same style of e;.. seam is last year. A platform &remains ass erected upon the lawn. covered with en *were , tastefully triinnievi veal; crimson fsetooas. Savti• rnerquees were !Arced rcuud the lawn. matainiag tables set out with a sumptuous dejesse. Tlierawine also three apaitments in the house, with tables covered with the most delicious fare. Three bend* of inueic pltyed at intervals. At three •'chick the lurk asArasei a very lively appointees. from the number of eletrant carriages sari four watt& began to alive, fermis* • triple has r em .the lodge to the house, most of them with two ea'. riders. it hat; been obverted, that the lecher were mere elegantly attired at Comoros Snares's bneehteet. on Saturday, than at ray of the prepailiag Gees. — The Keacsality wore hat% Thaw ioteadescad by i;t•Lt.ocit, awl Co. Pall Mall. noillierre te.thrit koval lbgthntsses the PRINCIIIINEX wkre pewee . lurly ItiNtingitiAled for their elegance sod sisapliw city. and ‘‘erc hy fur the moat prevalent. Zech but up.. adorned with one or more estricb feathers, gracefully Rlsaetl in a styli: peculiar to their Oo Fridav arternemn, the perish Church of st. Martin-()ul wich, klasiiopsgaie-street. was disco vered to bay e been robbed of the whole of the Communion-plate, of very considerable value end antiquity : some of it was a present to the Parisi•. by Mr. RaW/.lt4D Wit,soo, in the year 1634. Su•pirion fell upon an eminent tradesman, who had been employed in making some improvement* in the Church, in consequence of Ms haviug been left in the Church. be himself, precious to the dio. revery of the roblier3 l . The perish Officers edam(' his h0r...1 to be searched, but found nothing. This however was not satisfactory, and he was taken to Bow -street, on Saturday morning, when there not appearing my ground for the charge, he was di.onisi.ed. • Thirty Thousand is Shares, 1 .4 Lottery, at J. Wan/a truly Fortunate Office. No. 16, Cnriohill, where Tick •t+ and :.hare. ft's now on sale for the via Grand Prizes of .ewit,o,ri.. Lottery draws n;,.; tiu to-morrow. 11111