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""^ soldtgr by his Cele, in the act of re seran) horse from him. In all pro all be able to give a titUre authentic s battle in our next, and therefore sg the account through the various lotion. CM of Seurrier is of the first cause operations against Fort Bourbon, otherwise assailable; and the re rnu gives all the facitities of roops, Imo a direct communication sl Buy, so that our future operations on with but little interruption and These positions being gained from lima! reduction of the island rests iinprt salon which we can make upon id only reusainint , strong hold, Fort thin may now be considered as en luted by our troops. General :Wait rmy having moved from Lamentin. de Sac de - Colter, to point Negro ; liderson, with his party, proceeded Fort Royal Bay down to Cass N aviere, a position on the heights above it; Bourbon only that the enemy can her defence; and be has there con hole force, now confined to regular militia being . disbanded end sent as. From deserters (a great many rer to its from the first of our land 14stouti that General Villara has 31004 of werisl:ii)„• under the rums ,over that' surrender it ; and Ansi Officers with liar have sworn to -This desperation has created much tug his troops, and if the re nap to he depended on, a 'Hun ted itself attyiiiii them. Cavity which prevailed when the last Faitinique (the 6th there was ty, that our preparatiu.ts fur a gene 'e works would be ready in eight or racy CIIIIUJU being at that time Lend lir, where the Ad mind mid several with the ordnance tdiipt.„ Ivere at ang• every exertion to forward the mt. , of the island are throughout at not friendly to our seduetioto of it. in any instance annoyed ut;r troop., e oquadion have sliewn great liospi greatedly supplied them with fruit, •. Pierre's has not been either mu-boned ; but the inhabitants have to oiler a surrender. Our possession object, utoil the reduction of Fort winch it sill consociticnil) tail. awed here tl:is day, running down to artinique, heard a brisk ersiinonailin4 ay night, and saw a large lire in the Timis the latest information from but further particulars ale moment. RIA L PARLIAMENT. F Mum DAY, MARCH 20. .e-..t was given by Commission to thy Ma s-tr Drawback bill, tS-!. Ir.sh 1547,!eNetra km Bill, the Nagar Exp,arustion Hooray lett, Bills. The (:u.-natilLioliers were the Lord IValsiagtinin, and the Earl of Ay:n -it/I Or RIRILCVIIBRIONT C. A./VIALS. ater and 'Horner were heart! fur the lit-span .; alter which the LORD tiyoNcr - .Lor. tlip verdict of the Scut. h Court, ,tithe expenses which the Respondent bad >fredinf:thin appeal. Mr. WARD, Mr. EaTCOLInT, sod otillw*, n the cm:onions the 31arine 'Matilly Dill, Hills, wliirh %erre read* first titre. and Lowcr Croats Trade Bill, and the . upe Tradc Hill, were read a seroudlitne,- • 11101 TOW dOUSE OF IMONS. she? ofthe ISiack Roil strummed the Illimse Net*, 1. , brat the nuyat Assent 7iven by lirt•rin nil's. The irz•stit on his return, tise that the Ituyal Assent bad mien to ark 11111 Ihmaty Dills, the Mutidy Bill, the rder Bill, and one Private utiuy sin was 'teed a third time, and ar ts. of Kr. C•LCRAFT, several Partin and l! to the Ituyal Marines, we:. °ravers to hu Dun. 1Z1. , " the • Prope elute of the Gulden - line inil he steed to the mune of the }tanager, fur . ens rend a first time. _ five Port Rut was read • third time, &ad • Fishery Bill was read • this.) Case; "Ng of tl.e Irish Voi.sinbles' Bill was de itith Cu the tat:. o: 1 1 011. .vN PoLslirought ill a Bill for the Beau. !eat of PC.IIIIiIM. iu Navy litlier+ti IViduies, a first tmse, mnJ us,:esed tube tradltseceed Whim! Jailiratms Bill was marl a third oh Duty till was road* tccua•l time, and wetted teitmerow. . brought up the Report of the Cinnmittee IlerobitionA were a;rted to, and a Rill or. ghat Ili accordingly. WI into a Committee on the Tub tees. Rill ; nosed Kopeks, and the Report was ordered • 111Morru3 F.a D , purionnit to citici., row, to move for he real official Value of all Goods and yorted into, and expo' led from, Great Rid ..irs, as ui.arly as the same can be made out, period. I, as these Acconnts,were only made up half- II great delay would be experienced before Ofhtel r a u :lid, hewed, aware of the ditfienlty and n late etrotwoo, ibat the Dow had not t b), when a Right Hon. Gentleman, in the , produced nu account upon which he had wt: eh it "as impossible to contradict kiln, had the Wert,' previously referring to it. his mode of ptoceibire, as tearlhfg to cheek red nothing of the kind world again occur. dlernan's motion was s ihNi agreed to, as was e with respect to imposts to sad trua .4me t gave notice that he would on Tnes.lity sen a copy of the corresponderice between Sir el Mr. Flare, releoive to t►e recital of the •inii *pain. JTnhls poitponed his motion, relative going into a Committee, of which he tees notice, to a future day. ; OF YORK'S R CSIGNATION. ion that t should go into the et:llion of the Minutia of Evidence as to the Conduct of his Royal highness the Duke of York, - • • . The CHANCELLOR of the Excimouita rose, and -spoke smarty as follows :—"Before the House pro ceed to the Order of the Day for the further cou sideretion 'of the Minutes of the Committee, I think it necessary to communicate a fact; sand I take this opportunity of doing so, as I apprehend it is poss ible it may influence au Hon. Gent. opposite (Mr. Bathurst) nut to bring forward his motion. L have, Sir, to couununicate to the House, that I.is Royal Highness the Duke Of York did, upon the meriting of Saturday, after the House had come to their decision, of his spontaneous accord, tender his Resignation of his Office of Commander-in- Cilia, and which His Majesty with reluctance has accepted. The motives and metope which induced his Royal Highness taking that tome to tender that resignation, instead of an earlier period, appear to me so honournble and so proper, that I am per suaded, when they are known, they will give much satisfaction to the House. I shall therefore state, us shortly us I can, what those motives were, and in the manlier his Royal Highness himself wishes they should be communicated. After the laborious investigation of the iniautes of evidence, awl when the House had pissed a Resolution, declaratory of his Royal Highners's innocence, the Duke of York thought he might approach His Majesty, and teuder his Resignation of the cumunand of the army, when he could no longer he thought to be shrinking froths inquiry, but might he supposed to have mit the accusation against him, from* honavions feeling of intioceuce: (Here Mr. Percevel occasionally re ferred to a paper which he held in Ills hand, and which we presume was a copy of the imininituicu tion from his Royal Highness the Dike of York, to HIS Majesty.) From that communication, (continued Mr. Perceva!,) it appears that the aan tives which actuated his Royal Hichtiem io doing so, arose front warm Olictlint to His Majesty, and a convictioa of the attentios His Majesty had al ways suewn to the hoaour end welfare of his Crown, iu pursuing those measures, to which, us an indul gent father, avid .list gracious Sovereign, he (the l take of Yr Ik) owed every thing. These feelings .ton- wou!.l have mane his Royal Highness forego all consideration of personal interest in regard to him elf, for it sehld not, he thought, have become hint, to retain, tinder existing circumstances, that aituetiou in which Ilia Mejesty's confidence and par tiality had pi:ay(' him; and the duties of which he had discharged wits the utmost fidelity for the space of 14 years ;• how - far wilts merit soil assiduity His Majesty is beet able to deuide. This communhei : tiou of his Royal Highness's feelings being made . to Ills Majesty, his resignation has been accepted hy His Majesty, but with the greatest retuctance. leave it, therefore, to use Right Hon. Frit ad, to state whether he now feats it necessary to gofer titer iii the prosecution of his intended inotiuu ?" Mr. BATItURST adoressed the (louse iu words to . the following purest :—" In rising to express my sentiments upon the motion of which I had given previomi 'imam, it becomes me to bestow peculiar intention tiro.' the coinumnicittion which hes just now beau ismde by that Right H o nourable Gentle man, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That, Sir, ench he has Mittel for the citesidenitictie of the House, is undoulmedlyst feet of a most important ;ware ; which at came inchiuce ate to otter a few observations oh the esiletet so long under diseus siam There is uo persei, its the country more sm.- sihle of the remise-Inciters likely to toisu:t from this event ; there is no perish more than I sun of the . litee which the politic will ex ,ea ace nod submit) by his Rue al Highness the Dui._ of York relish lig from t h e command of the army. Cite many emelt u tient which he WIIS Astrumetatal iiiemoinencing and prontotioge and the regulations which he thought proper to adopt, have produced many salutary Peewits ; and is hat still mire increases the import- . mice of that Illustrious Personage's swim, and made it more vtd.i dde to_the t .:09.1 of the cnuntry, • was, by his possessing the high rank which iu 'dtviduelly belsweial to Inns, lie was more ciiithled, bet:sums lie possessed more authority than any sub ject of inferior degree, to curry every proper :Ilea !sure and every due regulation into its full effect. At the same tune it is my wish to cull the atten tion of Gentlemen; to the observations . which I made a former eight, during the discus sion, on the evidence contained iii the Report of the Committee, and to bring their recollection to what I theta stated to lie the grounds of my props sing certain resolutions to be laid before you, fur der consideratiou or this House. The sane remora which actuated me at that time, does not cease to urge me at present, to petiole the same line or e0n ,1,0, t and the same principles which I was then disposed to adopt; such a mode of procedure soil' remains unafrected, by the communication of a fact just erne alludes' to by the Right lion. Gen dent Ili. The principle, Sir,• impost which I have previously assigned my intention to propose a Re solution, by which the Home might conic to tan ultunnte decision on the question, is not at all altered, though I am ready to allow the grounds upon which I intended to have acted have become iii same degree narrowed, in consequence of what has transpired 'you the present occasion. In re rerthse to the sentiments delivered during the de bate, 1 may venture to declare, I never thought there was any - proof of corruption, or critninul connivince at corruptinn, against this Illustrious Personage, and I may still further venture to aMrm, although his Royal Highness, amidst those who have defended itim from such an accusation, has had advocates of great eloquence, and of su perior ability, lie has not met with a more sincere opponent to these charges of eorriiption than my self. So far has been my mind from forming an nnfivourable opinion on this part of the subject, whereby corrupt practices have beau imputed to this Illustrious Personage, that I can assure the (louse, I did net harbour even a lurking suspicion of any criminality which could prevent hint from Kiting forth into the world with clean hands, and free from the charge of Roy foul imputation. The Rome must still bear in recollection, how the rpteetion respecting the conduct of the Duke of York was 'weight Irfore their consideration ; and they will also recollect how I crime to brine forward any distinct motion on the subject. An Honour able Member, who was the original mover of these proreedings, thought it his duty to propose am Address to His Msjeety, which went at once to implicate this Blustrioas Personage in the mot . • criminal point of vie* ; to this AJdioni stns .- pros posed an aluendmeilt. ;tad, afterwards the stone Right HomeirableGenti who propused the amend meet, thought proper that a Resolutioir, Aye or No, should lie submitted to the cousiefereuou of the House, whither there was or was out pruof of ioi ruption or conuivieuce ou the part of his Keyed Highness?, In the amendment first proposed the Address, it were oil father, addressing His Majesty, saying, that HiS,lejesty's faithful Co nn :. mons felt with the greatest regret and concern, that a conneeiou should have subsisted which had thus ex;rosed his Royal Highinia's character to public calumny ; it also expressed a confidence, on the part of this (louse, that his Royal High ness would keep in view His Majesty's must ex emplary conduct, thereby, Sir, drawing a ciao pavilion en that occasion. I was thertthre led clue ing the discussion to meditate upon :hese louvred ings, and to turn my mind upou the a look cameo of this most important debate. Looking at the whole of the question which had thus come under our serious couoideration, I was of (pontos the (louse should conic to a elecisien, mini I was the more induced to think the House ought to adopt such a line of duty, on the present occasion, thut they ought to insert such a decision on their Jour nals, as would contain Loth example and ad. 1111 l . tenon, because the Resolutions, by wily of amend ment, proposed by the alight Houourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amounted to no more than a disposal of Alm question of corruption and criminal connivance. They had no further 'omit attached to them, but went directly to sponge over every other consideration arising out of the subject ; and what is still another objection, in additirin to those which I have already stated, was that of drawing an improper comparison be. tweets the example mainfede d by this Illustrious Personage, and the einiueut virtues which so splen didly adorn the wearer of the Crowe. I still continue, as 1 have already said, to think thaws' grounds for my calling upon the Huuee to come to a direct decision on the whole of the proceedings now before us, are not in the least remora cJ ; mid I conceive it my duty, even since the intervention of what has been communicated, to place on the table boom proposition, which, although it doer away the - charge and imputition of any corruption, does not wipe away every thing else that calls forth our serious attention amidst the whole of the evidence adduced before us, to support the accusation. In doing this, Sir, I am persuaded I shall be found ouly to act in compliance with the general feelings of the House. If it Le considered how this subject was first of all taken up by me, soil in that pre rise view which I have thought proper to explain, and to take up a cousiderable pui tire, or time i ts detailing before the House, it will not he deemed extraordinary when I declare the rese;- • nation of his Royal Highness does not make oily change with respect to my intended opinion which may have been delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or any other Member, which should preclude uhservetions upon what is Inameht at this j time before our determination. If any inference I should be drawn, winch might tend to induce the House to comae to any other result upou the. Conduct of his Royal Iligliums than that pro posed by the original ch.vges, the Hodse leering come to a certain determination, svould 'neve exhibited the propriety of removal, or of the acceptance of resignation.—ln submitting the Resolution which I out about to propose, it will riot be my wish to detain the time of the House its enteeing into all the observations which I was led to make on a former night, nor to ranspi tulate all the arguments which I then stated. Neither, Sir, do I consider it necessary to enter into many arguments at this time, for the purpose of *hewing how and in what manner the evidence justifies the resolution proposed. If any Weenie attach to another quarter from adopting it , I would only wish than Gentlemen will not suppose tine raises out of my resolution, but pi u erects from those facts wkich have transpired iii the course of the evidence. Aud surely there can be no impropriety, since the House has been eta • • g into the origin of the complailits made, and has found it to exist in a connexion, which even his Royal Highness laments himself, that they should-conic to a determinatinu of express ing their disepprobation of what they are convinced has taken place. Disepprobation, on the ground of morality dome, would nut surhaps justify ceiling for the iaterfereuce of the House of Coinmous. I am not aware, after having paid attention to the forming the present resolution, that it contains any thing whatever, which is not borne out by the evi. dente. His Royal Flightieen's resignation certainly precludes much wore beitig swirl upon the subject. I shell only encoder it necessary to desire the !louse will duly appreciate one important consideratioti. We ought, me a einestiou like the preseut, toeome to sonic tival resolution, so that our Journals may chew we have done our duty. The House, Sir, on its Journals, has acquitted this Illustnous Per m:neer of. all criminality in respect to eorruptiou or counivauce, but he is nut acquitted of irregu larity and negligence. How will it be in regard to our proceedings, if we do not get quit of the subject before the House by is proposition of thisdesci iptiun ? Why here is a letter of the Duke of York, ou our Journals, declaring his Royal Highness's inuocence; here is also a communication made this day, and yet there is not any thing on your Journals to save this • Illustrious Personage from condemnation. For although he is declared to be innocent of criminali ty, as far as connivance and corruption extend, yet there is other evidence which fully imputes to him the charge of irregularity and negligence. It was, Sir, with great pain, 1 considered myself called up omearly in the debate, to make a proposition of the nature of this 1 nm about to submit to the judicious consideration of this House. know there are others who view this question differently from myself, who are more violent, who arts much dissatisfied with what has already been done, acid who altogether entertained opposite !ILI i guenti to my own; for I can assure the House, I have, from the first, if not impelled by duty, felt an objection in inviting Parliament to form their opi nion on the conduct of this Royal Personage. But persuaded in whet way I am hound to dichargo my ditty en the question I would impress upon the House, I see no reason why they should not cease I. this resolution, although the Illustrious Paseo • age ham thought proper to resign. This, Sir, icon.. tend, ought to be their conduct, because m ; heat cause is at issue, the cause of justice betiven tars psi ties of iinportioit (mosey tienee t between the pub lic, on one side, mud this Illustrious Personage on the other, and this House ought to decide. Ido not in the mean time belieie a :more judicious de. e i s i ott cub b e come to, slise.l *hat shall be at once both an acituonitioet, and an example. I shall now, Sir, detain the time of the House no longer, Lut shell submit the following Resolution : "That while this HUIOIO acktiowletlgiis the knew.* :('seta Sitio Wealatimis adoptsd awl stied spout I y btu Royal Highness, is the general discharge of los duties as Cumesatider-in-Ctied, it ii.utreervsd with :be deepest regret, list i•i cousequimee of • comic lion the met Mammal ma d oases...ling, a communication on ottbrial subjects, std as iutcelisrace in the distribution of blibiary Appointments tof Promotions, bare been allowed to e.itt ; which could sot but trod to dareedit dit official udininiiitratiou of his Roy a l Reoluess, and to give colour r...d cflert, as they peer sent:illy done, to transactions the must criminal and uo.graertul:' Sir %Vit.:tate CURTIS S:011 a few it orils, but it was impossible for us to hear id the 6 alltry the purport Milieus. - - Loud Atteimure•-..“ I wish, Sir, to make • few coinineuts upon the two propositions laid elowu by the Right Hoisournble Uenticinan, (Mr. Bathurst) in the cuteirnem:ement of what he has addiesved to the coi,siderotiou of the 'llouw. I agree o itii him, Sir, it would be a great low: to lose any indi vidual hum the head of our army, whose uses it hod no much promoted its welfare; hat in the present embitter, that loss, in my opinion, will be much di. minished in our estimation, when we re fleet the conduct of his Ileyal Highness has been such es to lose him the coundetice of the country.—(!'fear Hear . I j—With respect to the other observations adult Right Honourable Gentler:l sn, I certainly do not ugreewitk him. Ile iota thought it a loss to the public—the bitti:ll;ou of rommander-i!:- Chief ought to be Mc:spied by a per•cm of die lioyal Duke's illuistrioli in th•it %ensue:mut, Sirs I do not concur; Mr the psoceechugs lselbee this; House have proved the ioemiveasienee of his High rank, and there can be no doubt it would he more beueticial tn . the public interest, that the commuted of the army should be lodged in liaeds snore responsible. (Year ! Hear :7 I feel myself inclined to say 4 trw words in justifi cation of the vote which I more given moots the eel. deuce bu•fore as, mid I must say, I end thiuk Isis Royal Well:lets to be guilty of both corruption andemmivance. lam 0 - 60 of opinion, -.he question i 3 now in a stete in which it ought not to stand, and therefore I agree with the Right Hon. C:emle . man, it would be proper is place upon the Jour nal, of this House the re:twos ohich 'mimed us .mot to• proceed any-(ribber. The country, I nun pet:suedes), will be eatistied.—(Hem ! hear !p.- It would he the last thing in the world, nji toy pert, intentioualiy, to inlrt. feelings; and I shall consider it my duty, on that cousieletatime to propose, that, because the Doke of Vork has resigned, we do rust wish to proceed further• in the question, for I do not • think the Royal Duke can ever ration to office s cur Can ever regain the ccofidenee of the people. (Hine ! keel, ' I have now to propose as au Amendment to the Resolution moved by the Hight honourable Gee. tlenian, the otnisurion of ill the wonts contaiaed therein after the word That," when the Resole tiou we old Lb as 'Mims& : "That his Royal Iligissons the Duke of Yost lavi,,g resigised the Comm :aid of the Aritie, this Ileum 'Lies tot think it ueessiory hiCilV to pm iced, cl may Smite; in a.: eon- Wei ation at the Missies of i.e: Es Write.. ts! en helm. lid' Committee, aha wets appubited c•onipit of Iris Ito ) at ;bemires the Doke of York, as far 0111,- . .ittli to his Ro ) at Mr. WHITSHLD KEEHN spoke, but mot a word could be heard in the gallery. Mr. LOCIS.H4RT thought, that although this mo tion was tint su necessary after the resignation as before it, yet still It was proper for the House to express its te•ntiments upon these other points, which their former votes had tot included. De had to comolain of some misrepresentations of what he haul formerly said 'upoti the subject of this uccestigatioti ; for he was convinced there sins no part of the conduct of his Royal flights*, that could deselie that degree of reprehension vehicle be was 'dated to have expressed. This much I.e should say, however, upon the immorality Hite fused in this business, that although it did not fan to the House to take engpizence of private imuicnality, yet, when it had a public effect upon official duties, it unquestiniothly should came hnfore them, Mud it was their duty to express. tkeir sentiments regerdung it., Under such circumstance's us the presetit, ir became pectiliarly-rwinous for the lmistresitues of Princes to interfere with'ilm army, and therefore it was highly iseeessitry the Hume should interfere, and express its sentiments upon such on occasion. There was Hot one word of that 'notion which was not perfectly verified, for surely it could Hot be denied, that a connexion, the most indecorous, had subsisted, and that connexiou has haul on influence mu official ditties; an iindue interference of:: decode having taken place in regard to army promotions, and which has led to all those transectious which were most injurious in their consevituces. The only objection he bed to the. Amendment was, that it did not disclose the degree of culpability that had been dimple •1 by the evidence adduced at the Bar. Mr. CARTWRIGHT stated, that his intention was to have voted with the Right Hon. Glistlertieo who bad propsed this motion, as he thought the Duke of York culpable, so far as it expressed thud cu'uoit bihty ; but now, since his Royal Highness hued re signed, the neo ssity of the Howse going tort her was entirely done away. Resignation, 111 his opt- Mou, was a sufficient atonement, under existing circumstances; and his Royal Highness had eve. dently acted the more manly and prudent part in poltt ! mming it till after their elceiswn. As to the Amendment proposed by the Noble Lord, it nes, no doubt, extremely cousieteett with uoinions he (Lord Althoroc) Lad expeeseed ; bu. it ous cer tainly going too far when it implied that hi•. Roy el Highness the Duke of Yolk should never iittails any h;gli or responsiele situation. Upou this whole. therefore, he thought it ;vas finite viineces. *my for the lioase to adopt either the Ruoulatiou or t.• ,umerrtiment. Mr. 0 leas uuLueceed, that not haviug had an oppo tun y of expres eg his seistimi ats *kr rev:4 to tl e • large opt.' t hie Royal Ibuthesem, Cow House, lie hop d, o lilt lser•loit him for a few words upon the subpet its geurral, Wet Wes . tin:; tha i was • al to was, n tided ; fo.;lam sail ids which ti 1.1 goo in every to tvro ne•A ; I longer help b whit more? I)uke it Inv heal of 1131 d :11trai tine $ filial IN lie initi Cre ft Coe pa operati uretitne nelion and N to the There ence • he eoi the jut for a ru• les e tunny pointe ed era had n of the wreee pawed army Rye ~h tea( RJy.ll wise estab' rvivolt poit 511 trouk; this ■ cut tong. stati4 fit 1; ittfac /VISO LOA The tesutil user w il l is?, trans his ings ly, • Ipe , r , br *SW' en' th. rtti for by be CO' ha t:‘ lug wI w: "4