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Trs7r, '• •- 4• -,.~~ S NUMERIC 1953. rr HE LYCE(JM THEATRE. STRAND. Tbis Evening, April , 24i, the DRVRY-LARK COM PANY will perhoin, filth time, u New Camay, is Ave seta, called, t; R I EY! NG 'S A FOLLY. ArtathtConirdp, the br4 New Dance of LOY I. IN A TUB. To *lnch *ill be added, a Farce, called OF Ati E TO -MORROW: THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. 'not rveriim t , April .6, will be acted, at,tb time, a New Cab.' Mein- Dramatic Opera. called TII I'. EXILE. To bid& will he added, a Grand Pantomimic Diem, r:tiled, DE LA PEROUSE ; OR, THE DESOLATE MR. COOKE'S NIGHT. THEATRE-ROYAL, 1145 MARKET. (AN ?ZION DAY, Muy 1, ir.oi); wttl be acted, kir he Cowed of A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS Sir Giles Overreach, Mr. Cooke; Lord Level, Mr. Mur ray ; Justice Greedy, Mr. Rimming ; n, Mr. Lewes; Allworth, Mr. Brunt..ru; %Hull, Mr. Mundell ; Order, Mr. Atkins ; Formica, kir. Daviinprwt ; Amble, Mr. Treby ; ispotll, M. Woddy ; Welldo, Mr. Street.' Lady Allworth, Mrs. frit. Leger;M.agai rt, Mow Norton. Ed of the Ploy. a Eanee,'SylUrtiSr Thvir* Adam& To which will 1w oil.tettornwec,i Woad, • THE K I NG AND THE AILLI.LIt. OF MANSFIELD. Tier King, Mr. Murray ; Lord Lwewell, Mr. /Intl ; John Cockle, Mr Croke; Itichted, Mr. Brunton. Margery, Mrs. Duvoinpnrt; Peggy, Miss Do Comp. Thrki.ts to be had or Me. Cooke, 16, Greet Queen-street, Linwillies•ititi-fields; anti of Mr. Brandna, at the Theatre, whore Places for the Noses tour he taken. TO Tilt: PROPKIETOLIS LASr INDLt STOCK. LADIF!* AND Grtivr.areim, /BE(} leave to return toy moot gratptol Hiaok% Ow the err- tittering reeepiiim with which you have hammered itic spoil my Casein. Your kiiD10(01COCOU(Ig(1 the Mum( (000.1(0( expectation of sivect SA upon the day of Llectiou, which is lilted fur the loth 3l.ty. Sl6OOlll I he so c...16113te us to obtato the oitirrt of my 010- WOO, 11( 'ant endeavours shun be exerted to prove myself worthy of yogi"- ebo're. I have the haricot. In he, Ladies and Gentlemen, l'oar witch Oblige,: and very o'w , hent sera int, W. 9, Philiter-rcpare. J•.111'..:, DANIELL. April 15, 1N.(). N.B. Mr. Ihuuri:'s.enmmittee meet daik, rit the King's Tavern, in the Poultry, from Eleven till four eit Amt. . - . KART. INDIA Arnit.2/, iso9. quit COOK I . of 1IIIIEC"1'Oitti of fhe UNITrAi C4.141P.tY or' 'MERCHANTS rep ENG LAX% trading re As £A a P IN DIES, de ;wonky sire Nori..e, ' lint • GEN Ka AI LCoURT of the said Company trill Iw• brA at their Howse, in lAradenlvill.atr, et, on WEIDN DAY, the loth Al4O 04 Nt, bout Niue o'Clock in the Morn fee wild Six in the Earning, fur the lii.l3 .. rioNof a IaiiPCTOR of the soh! Company, in the room ofJOILN Esdi. Irk, %alb dirqualitird. lfll.LlAlf 11ANISAP, Sorreforry. FAST ifiDll lA'OI . SE, Am in s is. ion 9. TIE (3)t , RT •f tHßE(.7olis of ilia tI rtF.D COMPANY of 31 ERC E NG -164N0, ?raios $ f do SAVE do dark/ girt jr=11110,441"/"O‘iri."1"0.019.04 nest, wT 44I an before %VERN CSt AT, thy 2ilL May nest, for the for afortliir another of rwt ars, of pork ships of toad. burema and upwards, as have performed flair einitract at somber of ..flag,' in the Company's service. Tie 'rewires, with the words " IShip Tender," on the tower, to be 'Ks sceled ep, sad lett with the Secretar3, IR or 1,. 1141 . Tws In: at Nom, ulu the above day, hound which bone the Conrt •:11 not receive coy Tenth - 1. WILLIAM ILA . +15.11% Srento , .l. The !verticality of the Tmout and Conditions n o de minis the Ships will be ens:iced fu‘ the Company's service, may be men tipi:n applitatiou to 3le. Julio sleinre, Clcit the Cow:uittee of Sitippio.;,, on or after Friday next, the bath Weisel. VICTEALLING-OFFlet., Avast, 24, 1809. fru E CO NINIISit )N ERS for 14(1041111c /lie Alafroy's Nara, in hrrelio fire *nary, nit on TH DAY. the kith of May nest, ai Alerett orlock preriadj, in de Awl-noun, they will be ready t. sell, to the highest 48d24.., at Itit.ll, I . :eine:hag Premiere, et DeptArd, taind.l lode itt . Ms fellationyi titinos and l'icteo!lialr Store., fez. Bread, )attend t)ud. Flout, l'lnur RMecpwug.. Raisins, Rice, tease, Pease Screenings, Oatmeal, Oatmeal Sweepings, I'at Raisebnuse Sweepisgs, Doll, Misnames, Bags and Rasta, CM* Bum, 8e...', Suet. l'ork, Packing Scraps and Sweep ings, Ttrrees, Irish Barrels, New Bused, Doublet and Slob Ends, Butt and l'unclasin FILIUr. Puncheon Hogshead, Iti4ll Tierce anJ B arre t cl ues , B ro k en Staves ;sod Headiag, Lams /imps, broken and bent, Vi'urn-uut Coopers' Tuols, lin , MOW/1. AO il'urrusian Powder, fur palatine . Butter, (:Leese, Damaged Suga r , Old Copper 0141 Branding limns, OW Tea Cht , Je, Ten (:hest Lead, it..d 9lb Wiwi, /sly Oa the .11 uje.tie Piro:ice at Der:Aril. yeepo,it ei 21. p^r et. •. i• to Le wade upon the aniline! nerach Int sit the dew of Side t and it the remainder gl the ltnery be Nat • and the Perticolars fatless away, within tweet:, working 'lnv , aVe the Llentwit Gel.srAited, and the Goode renaia the peepel c tr i ?, Ile C,eten. Vhe ether Condition. 11S , br sari printed Catelocoer way ishad,ai the .Freretni tit ( lire.. rachit if hitif ECZITThrI44S7 se Arlo t.„ ALL EXCllrnrEft BILIS DATED IN Tl4l MONTI°, air MARCH AND APKIL, 1404, TO BE Plll/ OF)'. ✓l~~tt Li )lllk4 COSIMISSIONEHS tf /fix illinsta'. Theist, liaihsiz gime Dieeetiemfitr paying n4' the PtiAaitasi the ahrwe-weienatel /:art{ ter Dias, with t 4. at the tteiesser Billosee, is the Reectpt Z" J "P"T. N. r Palecn-ward, ireetineeeter,ottiAtUß DA% , the &Oh .ity of Mat, ittat, at , .ndricce will 6* !tires thide rguarion , sod 110,1400 ed) spoil, mid i larding MO% DAY, the nth tit:: eh in the Alornteg till One le the .All • ' ,L:te antysee. r. erica*" the oitne. And tee the greater 41,4 :r 4 , 18. Denti , ri of the MN are desired I. keel ''!".••• lA , . 1r inch de %Tip( ten of /till., containing the No 111. re en NN aerie. , Ord.., accordnio to the deice of the aid ltiai end """wherntrot bd. rest, with the pr;ecipal Simi and len ,. (WWI 1 . 0•1141 Cd flaw hat encleding the days oa teCch then receiver...tire!" &lei, to the said loth My ter May bi tshen sir et.et will esst , ; and the add Borers (king i d.i. s. es .nt)a,.... regvired to intim. rash AU with 'Woofing t add to write their neon owl retideare at f'-tons , e* eecA ..-oarate dad the said leasese ere Issere n,r, to att. c.l the Kreherier ihw PONNIts !!',e , new Rill*, iredscire the reeeiptsflor Motif:ow 'any .ir* the Ilolderi If the 2,Ciretaitt Dia. ,edrart et' "" -41. %At' Derwseat or the Principal and Interest, prerines to the •••; _rote day of Nay, they may he 4erosoormfato4, on agar 1 4, in!! tin leterset to the deg on which they bash to tc paid, mad 4 "•;: , r , lAN slid Dill, the erawittatints one .be t twice thereto. Sari Krprt as .sy -,r horin• • st.to Escht-aer • cede es in pet pn,inent tei prOicip.ct, upon ins;Aing nest JUL , . raj stsentthmine tht mongol at the tattoo of their /JAN on or hat:ire the 8:4 lhty, 14 , 9, eamienaedated • • t *see toorritinp am Intend of time-Reim hl/prase a *As Ay ea ewer Doe !limited Peetatt, ty:i. A said Marc Rill. ere: ism isne the tali oath d ao o f mg, wed will he dellowattinerias-dal,tAe smth of :Way, 4110 the.o7otheetisie days. Ac- A. AM Recheptce Pills, doted prior to Sforrrk, tans, "An been airertieei to 8. pad yr, mil the llama thereto kw • •vtioly , - 7Wr• "lob-4 , p gcbt 41ritigib )111r - - MADAME CATALAN!. aotorowo C. vat•aotour. 111.—As srvenal Noble Lords, for wrhor family 6.77 I bare the hono . nr to he engaged, have called upon me for un espl.nettiou, and the cueninstunces relative to the above action, to recover the amount of the cluetba furnished Madame Carlini and fur which I have not been paid, and in which she performed for her own benefit, permit mit tbrougli your paper to inform the N,drility, Public, ke. that on THURSDAY I ahali lay my whole rase before them, to judge thereof, togethtr with some subsequent riirusinitaneer. Aprils, 1509. L. JAYMOND. I Nn 4, rornhilh •nd 9, Charing-Cross. TRltili rem i led, his Frie n ds, th a t th e nex t • Day of Drawing will he TO-MORItOW,a•d that the Lottery finish*s on s.truit DAY. Tiekets nod nem ate now selling at the above (Wises, and the Whiel-eolltains Prizes of su t ooel. 6,004.11. 1,u0411. :11/01. &C. So. STATE LOTTERY. WIET owl Co. No. 11, Poultry, No l _, Char ing Crow, and No. at, Aldpate, HiAh.street, are selling Tickets and Shares warranted uddi awn. The re an. ta t, to draw, viz. TOAIORROW mad SATURDAY NEXT. —.The Wheel cuustairse Penes of shoso.l. I,RooL 5001. Ar. TWO DAYS T 4► DRAW. r l l O-1110R1tOW, the STATE LOTTERY a will draw again. Tpe Capitals in the Wheel me 40,0001. s,nool. 1,00 4. 5001. &e. Warranted uodniwa Tick ets and Shares are sellioghy R ICU A R l;it aui Co. Coruhill and Charing erolll., who sold No i 5,0.11, a Prise of lopetd. iu lhe present Lottery. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSg OF LORDS, Aran. as. BORTH WICK PEERAGE. The Protecthugs on this claim of Peerage were postponed till '1 Intraday. ROX.ROROUGII PEER 4GF. The LORD CHAN C &LIAR expressed his intention of coin. meditating to the Hasse, in the costae of a few days, some •further inluvinatlon relative to the above Peerage. In the mran time the prorectlirsgs were postponed sieve <be Mr. WHARTON, and other Members front the Hong" of Commons, brought op the Loral Militia Bill, the Navy Complasisaate List Bill, sad several private Rills, which were laid upon the Table, sad severally read a tint time. Lord AveßA•sn gave ;mitre be should. on Tuesday next, make his inteoded motion realoieting L.vOrces, fur which day it was ordered that the Lords he alinitutkied. REGENCY IN PORTUGAI.. The Fart of BOCA {TAMA ustitke abiu gave notica, that ea Friday next, he alsould propose a n 4110% ~ 4 al,re to the Regeacy of Portugal. Ordered, that the Lords be summoned fuel's? ramp day. The Er.rl of ST P.RIIRR iIIOHIMPLI his intention of !ping ing foraard a moti o n, tO.IMWTOP, AP we undershoot, retard ing papers ;sow before the Noose of Cominions, coact". g AMON The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, sad the House adjour!ed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. sa--‘ A new Ireirilwr took the oaths and his seat. A Hissiori rnsa the Ilona. of Lords minimareil, that their Lordship, bad agreed to the Scott ti Creditors and the Sr.och 111.:icatior Rills, and acerral private Bolls. P Door resolved itxulf into a Committee on the But; tardy Rill —The Rs past was urd red to be received on Thursday oral The Order of the Day for the lloine resolving itself into a Committee on the Irish Rarogaiaaiirev Bill, wig postponed till .3Ton.lay nest. • af r Johnson,. from the Chief Seeretan's OfAce in Ireland, pr. stinted an AtiNHINi of liopoilm into I eland for the Last three scan —4 trilned to lie on the 'fable. Oa the mono. of %Ir. Roar the !loose resolved itself into • Committer on the St:..ir of the Ann nom Tru.lo.-1 be Re port was received, soil leave given to bring ia a Bill accord ingly. On ilia inst of Mr Ro.r the inroad reedit', of the Woollen Mansfarture hill wait pi...mined to. Tuesday next. Me. Rose snored, " that the 'louse should ter-morrow maitre into a Common. c in the Ain.. raisin Intercourse Act." —.Aver .1 to. Mr. lit sot tacos a Rill to allow Officers of Customs its the West Iselin to PNlitiluir Prisons upon I lath. —Read a fret tone, sod ordered to he i•ail a second time to-morrow. Mr. Wit A *To% hrour,ht an the Report t.f the Ciimtnittre of Stipply, who It was aereed n. , and I, ate ci.vo to bun iu ■ Rill in ronhirouitt troth Oki Sir Jong Nro enter brought in • LIM poiniehing Col leet•ws in lielAnd oloi. tone herrafto r rushy/air the public money. It we: read r *hid tint,, tool ordert dto hi. read • scroioil toitoettn tlois *law to Lr printed. 3lhr Env • pototpont ol hie intitions for the toro.lunion of cortlin plop i•oo nil:dirt to Sor loltu 31wwe sad Mr. Frac. till tn. morrow ' 'rite Seeker ARV at VAR presented some napery relative to the late Campaign in Spain mud Portogul —Ordered to lie nit the table. The WAR preilentril a boodle of papers relative to Col,mel Ogle, a part of which were ordered to be printed %Ir. Hoer moved 1110 the thaw should resolve itself into ri Committee on the Martinitpie 11.11 , iu which he proposed tact tho iniimirt:ttiva of Sow owl Coffee libou'd be unused to be imported from Owner, subject to the WARM 1.111:11,4 AS f C ' n. The Hoene resumed and the re port sac onit red to li,• received tmuiorrow. • Mr t,t; awe% roe- to ask a question of a Right Honour able Centtlentim opposite, whether a i n ) oppoettiou was to tended to he nubile to the amine which he hiol given notice of iutroduoing into the Rill for prenentiog the mete .if en friendly was he to the Rill in question, that, rat Per thin rhea; progress, he would withdraw bin tuition, aod being it foes aril iii another shape. Mr. Psani:v AL. replied, he certainly should oppose the claim on the ground of its being irrelyvaid to the Rill to which It was proposed to attach it. Sir. Consery then 'aid, be should railed the attention .of the House to the sahject or the first open day. MOTION Op CENSURE ON LORD CASTLEREAGH. Lind Asr tits Ato 1[0111:P0W. rr Sir—ln rising' for the purpose of making the motion of which It.tve notice, I apprehend it is unnecessary to pre face it with any observations as to its importanee. 1 shall inerely puerile that whit h 1 conceive to be the mode of conduct most conformable to the forms of the !loose. It is inconsistent, I hiclieSe, with that fano, nre the to make at tint any! motion of tvoisstre onto, may Member of this House; the most re t :iilar form is Ind me to inner previously that the • eri.lencc milli which it charge in ttronadtal, slionlil be ! eat), so that ul that evideoce certain fte...c.- lotions nutty hue grafted ; and the same argittnent that ins, lie ti...tl to lance the House to beat that evalroce, mar also induce it to adopt some sonsenuriit 'Resolution-. In the first place, then, shall rilisisrvii, that I hare no personal hostility to the Lord, nor any feeling against him iss soy o'lter aititatitin thou that of Ins Mikis? . . ..L • b _ _ . - - -- WEDN4DAY, APRIL 20, 1809. - - . character. lf, therefore, in the courae of what I shall sub m it t o this House, I shall be unfor. waste enough to use any expression which shall at all appear ofa different character than that wii.cli I ascribe to it, I trust I shall he as willrug to re tract it as any other Honourable Member can be in clined to disapprove it. As to my having takes this matter upon Papal, I do it upon those general grounds of public duty, which have ever actuated me in this (louse. It may be iii the recollection of many Members, and particularly those with whom , I have been in habits of iutituacv, that I hi se stood . forward from a sense of duty, perhaps morello, than any other Minister in the inveatioation of every public delinqu enc y o f the uuture of that I am now to bring under your view. 1 %Witold diem myself as acting coutran to the character I wish to support as a 51ediber of Parliament, were Ito overlook what is disclosed iu that volume of evideuce now upon your table. In all former cases of this nature, such as that . which occurred some some years ago. in the in stance of Mr. Alexander Bates, lot having dealt corruptly in repreaentatiou ; and in ailother in stance, which occurred two years ago, I trust it will be recollected I always adopted the same kind of conduct, with a due consideration to the dignity of the House, and the character which a Member of Parliament ought to inaintaiu in the country.—. My conduct, therefore, upon this occosinsi, shall both be consistent with what I formerly did, and also agreeable to what appears to be the present practice of Parliameut in these and other similar cases. I cannot help calling upon the House to consider what are the important duties it has to prrfniw in order to be respected by the public.-- This is only to be effected by the House presers nog the utmost purity in its owu representation ; fur without that, how can you expect to receive the confidence of the public or that they should look up to your authority, mikes you act in a manlier worthy of the situation iu which you are placed.— It is no great time since we removed (rain that Bar to prison two, individuals Air orevaricatiog iu their evideuct ; and harsh and unpleasant as that might appear to some, yet, if we expect the generality of the public to respect us, we must adopt the same strictness of procedure upon every occasion where offeuces so injurious to the interests of; the pithily take place. Upon this occoviou, .1 - presume there will be no necesaity for troubling the !louse with matters in this evidence beyond• hat relates to the charge immediately before an. I mean to make no charge against the Noble Load opposite (Lord Castlereagh) than what is absolutely contained in his own evitlence, before the Com mittee appointed to iagaire into the Patronage of the East India Company. It might be only meets wary fur me to detail what he said from his own order to call upon this House to paws a vote of ethadte and ditapp•olotion of his conduct, in reotird to that pittrona;,r, which be says he polo sescs. Previous to this, it might hate been ea. pected that I should make a few observations so what I conceive to be the urgency of the Homo adopting some measures upon this case, and the criminalite of the porsou *4 I coniceive to be a culprit ; hot I do not apprelierd I shall hear of there appearing any PI? nip toms of conspiracy in bringing this affeir forward, nor that there is any disposition whatever to take the House by, surprise. %Vhat I mean to show is inertly that the House are no party to any transaction that can bring disgrace upon theinselves. It is in the evidence before you, that in the year 1805, the Noble Lord Winded to received a letter flow a penult of the name of Re ding, • perfect stranger to his Lordship, and in conseipience thereof* meeting took place, and a di rect proposif made by this stranger to assist him in procuring a seat in Purliament, or, in plain words, to offer that noble Lord a seat, he having vacated his former upon his acceptance of the Seals of the Colonial Department. Colleenled. Its that noble Lord has been, in political Situa tions for many years, I shoed have thought that, npois this proposition, he would have shown some symptoms of displeasure, and made some attempt to conic to the bottom of that, which might have been considered a conspiracy, and to have ascer taioed that the parties, by this transaction, were such as dm, afterwarda turned out to be, so as to have brought them to incur some retinue. Instead of that %shut do we timid! We find that the Noble Lord soon afterwards saw this stranger, and is' pleases' to tell I that he does tint want a seat for hunsrlf , hut for his friend Lord Clancarty.— With that exception, lie says he never hail ally con vened' or intercourse with this Mr. Reding.— The Noble Lord was then asked, if any thing pass ed us to a negotiation for a Wittenibip ? To which he ansiveriok " Nothing whatever. I told Mr. Rediug I did tint waist a seat for myself, but that a friend of untie did. I asked him the name of the gentleman who proposed to vacate. This he de clined till the terms were settled, with which bar ns); nothing to do, I iuelosed his letter to Lord Clancarty." Now, Sir, it is impossible for any person exercising am impartial judgment to con sider this treating any otherwise than a direct wil lingiii-ss to agree to what was proposed. He M ehr-11 a letter to Lord Claucarty, and never saw Mr. Reding afterivards. The uegotiation with Lord Clancarty appears from a subaequeut pies. boa, in answer to which lir Nov., " I was induced to place a Wntership at Cod Clancarty's dis posed, in order that Lord Claricarty's coiniug into Parliament might Ise facilitated." Now, Sir, I think were I to go sus farther, but tin mediately propose a Resolution of ceiouire upon that amide Loral opposite, fo hal upon that paragraph in his own evidence, it wield lie im- Onssible for the Moue 00i to agree to it. answer to the next question. he says. that he con ceived Lord Clancarty entitled to call onion him for a writership. The evidence of boat Claus:art* I shall also partly read, as it brings forward a di. ect accusation *pima the same Noble Lord. The s questioo par to his Loodahip at, ei Pk whet or, - - r. t ..., , ___ w /RIC* 11X-PINcE. onion did yea first become acquainted with Mrs Healiii••?" fits Lordship'* answer is, ss In the nwnth of Octol;er, ism, with respect to a wet Fa , !lament," :led he saw hint frequently after.. wards. fie is next asked, " Did he halal out to you that he had the power of isrocuring a •rat•in Parliament r Ile answers, " Lie did : he repro seated thut a friend of his flu Parliament, a very respectable man, was desirous of retiring, but wished to make that 'retirement subservient to the • ()levet oh' olaaining a situation fur a young mar, a relative of his, either a son or a nephew, end nit a riterobip could be obtained for the party, IL! vi mild lie williugtn retire. Having no wish to save • any expense upon my part, sod baring no writers ship to dispuee of. the negotiation at that'Strine closed."--" Was this negotiation renewed with Mr. Iteelittg. and upon what occesion ?"-.." ft was. havieg mentior.ed the circumstance to my friend Loral Conferee:4h, and expressing great disappoint. meet that the seat could not be obtained, be told me that he lined w ertersliip to dispose of, alga+, as tar as he was coracerited, he *imolai be eery Ina 'to give me the recominendation to." 4 , Dial Lied Cate den:sigh make you this offer for the purpose of facili tating your return to Parliament ?" •• Certainly he did.' —The evideatee of Mr. Heeling says, " What cunt ersation bud you with Mr. Davies open this sub.. ject ?" •• The couveription I had with Sir, lya vies was, a party wanted a Sens of Winne y , hut the other party were to give a seat. and this money was to gaits that sort of uegothitian." " Was the seta of money to procure an appointment under the East India i antipany ?" " Yes, in reie share. but the seat was to he given to those who cutofd get that app enitinent made." Th. re is one other per , eau (continued the Noble laird) *horn I must in troduce to the notice of this House, I mean a third person concerned in this transaction, who is a Peer of the realm ; and when such are • • ned, how is it possible that this House con be proof against the influence of bribery and corruption? flow can any effort be matte effectually by the lower orders of society to stein the torrent, when we flirt that even Peers are engaged in this abominable traffic's and also two persons who are in office?—l do not pledge myself as to the use they make of* seat its Parliament, nor do I memo to direct my obeervs. bons to any former trafficking of this sort, Which is • known to have existed ; but I cab spoil the !louse to censure the Noble Lord upon tie true principles or the Constitution of the Country. I sin not wholly insensible of the apparent satinet tian of hardship, that one individual may be placed in, who has committed that ni ft y have b ee n said long to prevail; bet tante is surely too glaring - to be passed o ithotrt censure ; and standing :a the sitwation [wow dn. I call iiprei the Howe to interpose its adellinty. to put a stop to rock a mischievous practice.--It is impossible I can hear tit' any palliation of such an offence. As a Member of this House, that Noble Lord must necessarily have concurred is many re solutious, censuring other*. for what he has himself practised ; and add to this, he was also first servant of the Crown ; and use such, ha was bound to pro. sect the Government of the Country, in its utmost parity.—But if there be any situation in which his delinquency appears more flagrant that& ano ther, it is in that which he filled as President of the limed of Contrail! ; an office Mantis. ted for the express purpose of checking corrup. two in all matters falling under its cognizance. lie not only neglected his duty as President of that Board, but lie himself became nit instrument in the negotiation, in a mourner amounting to a direct infraction of his official duty. It is stated in one part of the evidence before us, that the Noble Lord Win delivered into the Committee a list of sitoatious ender his patronage and disposal ; but, I really do not know upon what grounds, or under what law. he, as President of the Board of Controul, should imagine he had any patronage to dispose of. I shall grant even that he has that patronage; but still he has been guilty of corrupt practices; fur I And, in the Statute directing that Board of Coutroul, a dense perfectly prohibitory of that authority and practice which he usurped and adopted. If he had the right to dispose of patronage, I still contend, that it must have been subject to all the provisions and regulations that have been thought necessary to he observed in regard to the appointment of all our India Directors. I most presume, till I hear the contrary upon good authority, that he must hate hems subject to the same rules end re. gitletions that governed the others. If I am correct, then I do say, that there yet appears charge in this evidence still more heavy than any of the others 1 hate touched upon, inasmuch as it appears he permitted patronage to go tato cha met, the most improper and corrupt. I ellotild think that the communications he most list e had with his friend lA. Clancarty, must hair. seitiiiithet Inns of the regulatiobs which had been sati•ed,:v adopted by others. In the report there will be found the form of detlaration, which is presented to every Director, proposing an appolutinent. and affixed on every Writer's petition, which•is, " recommend this Petition. and do most solemnly declare that I have given , this nomination to and that I neither hsye received myself, nor am to receive, uor has any other person to the beet of my knowledge or belief received, nor is to receive, any pecuniary consideration, nor any thing mitre, hie us sue node tato a iwciiiiiary benefit on this account. " I sea far front aelmittiuq , however, that the Noble Lord was finaremled of any such Patronage, but if he says he had, then surely he cannot deny that it was eul t iect to the same regulations as every other. The attack which he has made upon the privileges which these Director, enjoy. he hes mode •enbeervient to the wont of parposwi. and has en deevonred to procure a ~at in Parliament Ina means the most objectionable. I should be sorry to mates sion the name of any other person coonected with this transaction in a, light snore Perjurious thaw abatis absolutely neeeseary for this investieialion, • e `, • •} 1 I%,vJ