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IMPERIeiL P R LIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23. Couxsr.t. were heard in continuation relative to the Scotch Appeal, Hariawe and - others v. the Governors of the Mer chant Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh, &c. The further hear ing was deterred till to-morrow. -Alter some routine business was , disposed of, - The Eartof SLI FIO LK, .pursApt to his notice of yesterday, rose to call the attention of the I - louse to the eircomstances of India, and iyarticularly with sesPecci to the state of its Debts. Before he.proceed_ ed to his main subject, he adverted to those topics Which were to forth die ground of_ a Noble•Eart's: propositions- then absent, and respeeting -which some important information was speedily expeaed.' . In record to one of those, the deposition of the Na bob'of Arcot, he expressed his disapprobation 'of, the meashres of the -British GOVerminent : the Grandfather..of..the present Nabob . was the old and • faithftil-Ally of •ihis Country; and td that Prince, or to his Predecessors; lie said, we Were indebted • for every thing 'we possessed in India. The_ Domi:: - nions which the old Nabob - left to his Grandson, a youth of eighteen or nineteen years old,- were now: possessed by British Troop's. With respect to the• affair of Oude; he seethed to consider .it almost as, reprehensible : nearly one:-thirdof those Dominions were taken 'possesSion of b)"," the British.; His Lordship adverted to - the ; geographical Situation of Oude, which waS'a:Frontter Country__betWeen the British - Dominions - and die •Ahdallalis, one of the most powerful "NatiOns. in - t - he , North -of ; it was: therefore good .1431iCY- to cultivate thefriendship - of,the Government of Oude; instead of meting so as to alienate A part of our Troops. were .paid: -by the G()Ve-rninen tof 'Outle; and-for whi'cli Soi lacks:- of ruPees . were. .charged,' that - stim 1.17aS hOw_ - ever lately raised to .too lacks ; a - fat 4 which -.he thought, required explanation; .• 4nd," . as we .-order_ • stood his Lordship,' the OevOttes of that part - of: . Oude, of Which the BritA Gtiverntrient•posSessed itself, • amounter .to i 35 lacks While obserVirtg upon. those points, - the 'Noble Earl - quoted a la:c - Report of a:Committee of Dire4ori, Made In March iSo •tvhich . adve'rted ,to the bad:policy. of endeavouring -to. extend . our Dominions in India This .Report he referred to more 'than Onee in die cotlise•of Speech, and also to. the: Letter of the late, President of-the BOard of 'CoritrOl;• whom the Noble.Earlseemed to regret was not in that - House, in order that he might - a n sWe r or . 'ex . plain what. he should hate occasion to comment upon. With re-.• sped. to tile.fillan6aj cirs-timstapees. of. -India,' lie a.k,et r i, why there had been. no lodiart Budget of late.? With respe4 -to ,the Debts Of India;_though by the.- accounts befo,te the I - Lou.se they did not amptini to intich more than 18,,,milliOns, be thought he could prOwe tlletn to aillount to co:isiderably more. • The Noble Earl then.entered into a detailed statement. of this patt.iof the subject, - in, which he seemed to calculate that the expellees' of the late ar tracnts, on the part of India, increased her Debts' to the amount of-about foot millions,-to Whitli z i:vas to t;'et4(lo., the four to be l aid to Govefn. men.t the reneW;al . of the - Compa6''s - Chitrte'r is - 79 3,,cif than lad. beep paid ;•• it Lis the :aggregate.: 1 . .r.1:) of Debt M. c-eetl .z~ tniilters: He` oh serrea tipon - tl?&D,; : j66l . l,ll l :siii . teine ß ts of :the ent of : the Board-of .Co.orral, which - lie-contend .ed were•errOneous;' and. hkalluded-tb i 'former. s-•: set - tic!) of that' Right Hon:. ,Gentleinan;., that: 'Ole, Vinipce's of Indi a would:be-a 'relief•instea.d then to those Of Great Ptitain e'n t ci oihney . out of this. CQL. , ,:gtry to India, :he..een.:-. - sured:As oritt'he likewise arg'ued agaiost,:seVeral7i3arts of the system; of policy - ra.tely adopted with .fespe.d:tclirtiiia . ..°, alluded - :to Treaty of El AriAt; .arld to- tlfe ;efFeEts`'of ihe • non- ratifica dolt' oF that 'treaty,: Whichhe' et.hOpcd . , would:r - ie thdr . UtighlY.iniestigiited on-a future day. \V hile — uelyertif rg to -the mezisures he. obse x vd, that Should (here— 'a - statue. exe4e4;ifiliOnctir proposed Of his could not be of - .gold, for he be;ieVed•there . was.!nt gold 'encirgh left - . in. the Coutitry-jo fOrna Tir e *fter : arguing to.ttie above effea for- sonie tlie,Nobre Eatl concluded moving- fo.r the,:produelion Uf Certain Accounts five to the Capital Stook ' East-ridia Cotn- . . pany, together certain AccOfints respeaing the Dchts,- rates of-Interest, &c . . of the same.: Th r , Ra l l . 4.) e r ~ I RI- m ob- T H, in answer to what h d fallen . from the Noble 'Earl who had just' sat do‘ln, first observed ; ` that 'he-saw no objctilon. to ti,w,grodudion thcse 4ccotinis called for. He said, it ~ couki'lie Lumece:icary for him to take up the time of the House in following the -Noble Lad ; niuch Of Whai he being irre;evant to, his Main or regular subj-ea . ot discussion, or intended for fu- turejii4sussion ;:i» - the ... c6u - qeof•liThich he doubted not, et t, that the expeed intbrniaticin would evince, that the Noble-Loris entrusted with the-Governtnent 6.1 India, and whose ri•leasures, on those occasions wcre amtikned 'by the Noble Ear 1, had aCted upon prim i pies of sound - riiey,and justice. His Lordship then entered into a d''.,tail6.4 starement of some length, re lative of-India, and which . . , were drawn from- •94"icial..1)6cninen.ts and Exttaqs; , which - he. .as he prateeded i and tlje result.of, which he . was cor.fi&ient must. db as,v;#3, the urifavoulalAeimpres,;ions - received:by : ithe Ear-1, aballiew' that - the I-jabts 6y. tIQ :the amounted to what , ' No ?e Earl had stateri,crl...:l,lt its fin-ancial.' - Icerps were ,in stafa : it's'fic the Nobte-Eart:at head Qf the Atfininistratiqn of India, in statements,~''ii financial ewould- tie 7. lll - 11.;0§S i 14e . . to 'h the "ose,. geFig.ral eftea ' Ht . sivt irncre pFAlle-rDelits of Tlndia fronv.t.7s'6 So 1, ',.iarixf;ea. - 1 thepe under; the:iiifferent,~lie.~cis the t i:tftrertair)ed,,.of'.Foreign vestmztli, ' vt'h Ic ilia not exceed i5,637.,cra01, as stated- in.= phe oak i oc r2r's fie fore the Tioffsr He con tencled./.fiaf.:4ltePe.ht was not itiegrrcd ' t hy the degree dry' With respeEt to tike ici^re<l,el charge f.r the Tar . oopOb..ll% . Pv Fin . vert't-or - Oude;-' they were .stationed ptirguarq tote h_-- - . .er:.(”lsi - of.) .the Treaty for the- cleftlblta . Couniry znd circumstances requiring an increased nutritl;l of Troops in that quarter, a proportionate c44fe , of: course took place. He contended that the sofr'iaft;- India was of late veal murh improved, ly on account of the introdudlon .of the system English Jurisprudence, and the ,iienigra inflate e. our Laws into that Country. T 11,7 resources dia were in a flourishing state, and her debts wound`' be . put into a trainaof.expeditious lizairidatien, nue. ingredient in which, undoubtedly is a.systern of stri& .economy, and also a re - du&ion of the Military Establishments of lodia. A great deal in the way of liquidation would be effeded, by transferringi the .debts of that Country through the medium of Commerce, to Leactente-street. After expatiat ing forsome time on the result of his Findncial Statements, which were to the effet above I:motion ed, the Noble Earl concluded by repeating he had no übjeelion to the, Motion. . . The Earl of SUFFOLK said a few- wordsin ex planation, and adverted to the advantages the Noble 'Earl at the head of the Board of Control had in recurring to official documents . ; it was impossible for him' to refer to papers which he had not seen ; he had no 'doubt of the statements being corred, and he expressed his aatisfaCtion at hearing that'the Military Establishments' of India were intended to be seduced. - • -The question was -then put, and..the AccOunts were ordered to bat prodncedaccordiogly. The Order relative to the Bill for the Prevention of Illicit Games, which. (as ,we could coiled) stood for a third reading---aabeiogread, • . Lord BOLL AND rose, ,and_ stated a Vari-ety . of objedions ro . the Bill, .many of which' were given, in a strain' Of irony and refined humour. *He con_ sidered the subje't as unworthy the attention of the Legislature, and argue d existing that the Lawsi wereabimdantly sufficient to. counteract the'evils the Bill prefessed`to remedy---aindeed the interposition of the British Legislature on such occasions as the preSent a reminded him of she Anecdote tel of, the . illikrious •NE W TON, who un that occasion-, certainly did -not rt , fled.with his. accustomed - wis dom and philosophy.- That great man haVing been "by some accident shut up in a tlon), in which ,ova's also a Cat, a -hole was-cut to admit the animal to pass in and out ; but this Cat soon having a kitten,, the Philesopher recomniended that a smaller hole should be cut for the accommodation ' u of the kitten . -=-So- was it with the Legislature :in the case before them, the existing Laws. were - abundantly sufficient not only for this, :but for olajeds of greaterrnagnia rude,' - and *Which 'they aeffedually counteraded.---- . - Vnaer this impression ; be would. move that • the further' consideration of 'the Bill be postponed for three months. - • . The LORD CILINCELLOR replied to the - ab: servationS of the Noble. Lord, att.some length. - He thought the - thanks of the House. due to him, for calling- their attention; to ills of thiS,deicriaidon, and the principle up° . it 'which he. `aded was highly commendable. 1-Ic ryas induced, 'in, thelpresent stance,. to: postpone • the Bill .fora ; Short time,-(but not on the grounds altogether urged by - the Noble Lord t there were provisions in the Bill which ,required farther consideratiOn; - and indeed, someathese•wereanit.quite : intelligible_lo himself to.. the suppreSsion, - among 'other 'illicit ...mks of •Little Goes. Now these . 'he under -9 stoOd, were of various descriptions, from the Ilk.. :gat Lotteries , held. : in Public - Neunies ; down to what '. tnay be pilled: the Gingihreaci wltich epl4oafor:in,the--streqs-;;--Many sorts of innocent raffles, stich-is thciscplatied•at Watering &c. may come under the present . prov_isiotia'rof and it may not be quite convenient, or preper to commit-dime engaged in them as vagrants,- as -Was'•therein :provided ; for. aliese:zinO othEr'.reagons,: therefore, ,he:was induced to move tiSsiponE' the firetlier - 6nsideration of the 141;1Friday next. • In cowaqUene of :tVhat fell from the Noble and tearr.c7,l .LOrd . , - Lord . Hot,i,ANts was induced to Motion, • and the proposition of the Lola* Ct-taaat LLOR:waS ordered accoidingly. Thedier`being moved for receivirm the Report .'of the Aliens', Bill, The Earl of4UFFOLK . "' fose, in consequence of • • , • • seeing Duke in his Place, whose condud under.the.Bill,•in quesiion,• in 'a ; particular inStance, he had .o, c casl ol l .r.o..refer to last night, and as he seemed to say a certai6.4le_gree of misrepresentation 'had Obtained, in, some of the Public Prints, reia_ tive to his •statement of the case, he wished to 'state the *circumstances again, in the' presence of -. the Noble Duke. .1-liS Lordship then repeated the circumstances of • the case of L'Abbe Sechant, nearly as he stated them last night, with the ad dition that he was a native 'of •Strasbourg,_Rhich was the place -of his destination when he : was-Scut out, of this Cottntry, and 'that •Qravelioes was .the ,place at which he was detained, • As to the con neftion of the Abbe with the' late ,Diredor Rew hell, upon which so much stress • had been laid, it :consisted principally, as . we-understood. his ship, in an intendecUriatriinonial alliance between', the aged Abbe and the Annt •oftheDiredor,.. The Abbe had not been- in France. for 3o years ,be. ,fore, and most. probably had not .seenße,Wbell `since he was a boy. The Noble Earl, in the course of his address, adverted to some observations which had been made in the preceding night, and explain..• 'et:l the particulars of his acquaintance with-the Abbe, intercourse between him,and . the Noble,Ea.rl,'_ family, and his favourable opinion of the Abbe, tec. LorePPELII4/11, in answer - .to what-had- fallen from the, Noble Earl, and after shortly .: alluding to what he had said on the Subjeft of rhisrepre;enta . , - tion, :proceeded - to vindicite the CondUtt of the Ttioule Du; e, in, the'.'fins.tanoes as not only proper, and. unobjedionable, but as *tailed 1 . ) . -E.by flies neCessity ..of the 'Case,. th - cr; ,ht Grace:had ailed with' huinanity and indulgence- awards the - person 'alluded ;Manner, iti which 'the. Noble Earl had _treated the ribjed on. a former night .had certainly • made an iinpression o litin f z which rebdered him the more • arixtoUS - to Vindicatekhe contiu4 of his NObleriend Niii?-,le l Secietary • then described the real state of` thc;•;Case; reierrinW to 'Official documents for the particiars, and the. conclusion of which,-as. we tinli•!rstood-liis - tordship 'was that - in-April ' the Abbe•applied'f&r 'pe'rinisgion to go tiiFr_!nce--- „cllikitkiljtOtekrprOlier ) for cetc4n . easons at that .; time,' to reftise. In July it, was deemed advisable ..4-4t he should - be tell:, and speedily, out of the ./qm i ntry. Accordingly an Order was sent., but ferty-eight hours; he 'was, on account al - .,re and infirmity, allowed four days' to prepare himself. The. Earl of SUFFOLK and Lord PELHAM Seve rally spoke in explanation. - waspcoceeding-to state-his :sen— of-the.Bill before the HoUse, when the Lord CHANCELLOR informed . him the question was not', yet regularly put, which was then accordingly done: when , Lord.Hollandrolerand able length, stated his objedions,noS only 'to the principle, but to several of,the leading rrovisionsof the Bill, ,which if their• Lordships. were determined, to pass,,he conjured them not to let them remain as. perrnancht Laws. He .seemed however, to think, sortie degree of testriaion might-.be necessary, but by no meansto that extent, or on those principles the Bill provided.. In contending against the measure,- the Noble Lord adduced a- varietyof arguments, in the application of which he minifested his usual ability, and lie spoke in strong terms of. ceu.sure of, part of the 'condua-of Ministers under the Bill, in the course of the.late War. - The LAD CHANCELLOR, in. the course. of his speech in answer- to •the Noble Lord, compli mented him on the degree of candonr which in ge-. neral he had manifested in his opposition to the Bill. He deemed •it unnecessary to follow him .. through the whole of his objeaions, th e greater part of: which had already been fully discussed and decided • upon. With respell} to the question• relative to the permanent residence of Aliens in this Country, lie was not then prepared to give an opinion : it was a question ori',which duly to decider - nqui,red a g reae deg tee of cons ide r a tion. With r'&4ALEMilie Bill in gerieral,•,it-was nat .o !, - le said, ( 4 new was only continuing a measure which had long exist ed, and from which much benefit had'beinderi'ved. might be•thought by;soMe, - that whatever dangers' agaißst . lVhielt nrces pry to provias a riletsure likethepresenr,:yert these •-datig.6rs• had ceaii'd*itli the concluSion.'ef that Var lie -'though, .-teater.dancrer. wlvs• to:be apprehended in a+eri-ild- of Peace, from tlfelftfhii of Foto - latcf gnersAhJY:4o4- try, than - diiyingihe . .Wili::,-:.He irislikt-he ell as much rational pity-asllum: ' . anY Noble; but he conceived'iha t.HUMaiiity - towards the Conn_ try, was-true humani tr to The ness- yeir thiSCoiin trits re, sisting the operttion - of4llat:Toisoi, the — baneful ef; leds. -~ so. -scverelx.felz,49 parts of thti Qop.tir)ent,...;ba - d 'gin the highest degree beneficial, to this Country,. but`had also enabled other- Countries. to• °pose . re - sistance - to the danger with.-Ns;IliC11 they wereihreatene-d; tvlSeh could not have been otherwisein ;their po.,v'er.. :If .had been -asked` by. a Noble Lord,why-no t :pr - 07: • ceed• by indiettnent, inste . id - 4..having recourse to extraordinary measures like the present -; but the fda Was; that a prison had sometimes been ". made she head-qu:ieters of certain Afiliated"Sacieties,f and, to send .men of the description—which- this Bill was intended to-reach, to a prison, wtnitd - bp ~ray them additional means of pursuing their:nefatious plans. The ASR respeaink Aliens, of which the present Bill was to a certain extent a continuation, contained a Provision, according to which, that Ai was to continue for si.x months after the conclusion -of the War, and from thence to the end of the 'then next> Session of Parliament. This ProvisiOn was evidently made for the purpose,ofgiving the Legis_ lature time, after the conclusion of the War, to consider of the propriety of continuing it. He was of opinion that it would be highly expedi 'ent to carry 'the present measure into area, he admitted that it was an evil; but they had only a choke of evils, and this was the least. He thought at the same time, that it would be better to make the Bill temporary, and an idea had been in his mind, that a Clause might be introduced into the Bill for that purpose ; but upon looking into he found there were several Cl auses which it was peces,ary to make permanent, he therefore rclin_ quished that opinion which , he had a t fi rst f orme d Noble Lords, would however, have air opportu nity of considering in the next Session the propriety of introducing any measure for the purpose of alter_ ing the present .13i1,1 if it should be thought neces sary. The Bill was then•ordered to be read a third to-marrow. The several Bills on the Table, were forwarded in their respective stages.—Adjourned at la quarter before nine o'clock till to-morrow. - HOUSE OF-COMMONS; WEDNESDAY, JUN , E 23. THE Amendments of the,-Lords to the. Scotch -Bill were taken Into cnnsi4eration;and agreed to. Lord GI , ENnERV;2 pre motiee, that in the ab_ sence of his' Hope-Frig-nil Eiu or cE); it :was his - intrfition to make a Motion to-morrow, relatiVe --- to Dr. .2arnile.hael -Smith's Petiticm. - • A giessage from' theLtirds infOrnred the House of theassent of .their Lordships to the tisooioool. Ex- - cheloql Bilk Bill, the Prerich Postage Bill, the _Sinking.F.und Bill, the irnlceeper,'•.l33l; the Auction . Duty Bill, the . Stamp--Duty.:Bill, the IriSli Lord' Chancellor's Salary Bill, the` rish - Six per Cetit. Duty Bill, the Tortola Free .Tort' Bill, 'the IriSh -Lotttry-Office Bill, the• Controverked 'Bill, and the Marine 'Mutiny/Ell. ' Mr - . -- 7VALLACE. said, that. in the investikation, of a gibjeti so important - as the AfEtiis o rTnaif.,..i, • `Was rncessary to have, every'posible.doc.um , ..nt thd.t could throw light on. -the-:_subjed,. from Whatever source .t - tuns derived. He , odoid,.tlictefore, tho've. for a Piper, whiCh was not,",itidetkl,' in any ol&i.11. form, lut as it. refleeled upon the charaaer of one who lied a very high stativ.in in India, he thought it . ' proper fiat it should be laid before the House. He . then moved, • that there be laid be ,ire - the FlOuse Copy of a Paper .cjirporting to. be a Letter or Bus: seen All', the rapiited . Son of the late Nabob of At pm,- to - James Stuart Hall, and Samuel 'Johnson, Es(irs. Its Agents in Lonelon. Ordt-red.,: •On tit Report of the' Committee '9ppointcd—to provide tdditional: Cotthuittee Rooms OLI Offices, bOng bttught up, _. . ! • - - -r Sir IV: DOZBEN said, that lie understood that the CoMmittee had fixed upon a place in the neigi s u bourhood of the present House. He thought, how ever,sthat this was a proper opportunity for pro. posing to transfer the situation of the Parliament House to a place more centiical and convenient* both for the -Members and those connetted with the Inns of Court. He said, that the present situation had-been-chosen on. account of its proximity to the Court: but that now formed -no - reason, as the Court was generally held at a .consid.erabie distance from London. 'He thought His Majesty would be very willing to - second the views of the 14.0,145-e to removing Co a preferable sitti•-.!-ion, and wOnicl not saruple to:grant them the 441,0 Mews which he thought a most convenient Scite fora new Parlia. ment House. _ . .4,14 rd .cLEN.ggi?IfE thought that there was no reason to change the ancient scite-of the• Hous e, as it had not produced Any such in,convenlenee?s to give ground to serious complaint. -The Repot t „was ordered to be taken into co' sideration. to-morrow. The Papers moved for by Mr. 1 , 1 4 7 :?..1.1.-kcst . MondaY, were presented,.atid.ordered to,lie on !Pc Table, and to be printe,d for the useof riae,,igragaes . Mr. SHER IDA /1 7 expressed sre net that t : 11 ,e; thin attendanceOf the -House Yesterday . preventr - an Honourable an d Learned Gentleman from de. slivering -a very ingeniousand elaborate spe . echp i ° which they .would:,have beard a complete accoun t of our.Goveroment Governors in India, 1; 0 5' our first settlement, ilieredown• to the present tirne• The House in this case had certainly .sustained 3 Very great. Foss by their' own negligence. But as thelfault appeared - to him to bring Witll'it its 9,)12 1 .- iumWrrnenl7--hE*:.-!h7tird7l7(frs'AVN - 711e - 1-rousc. co new nenansp„,.li,y eterinz,kt...a,e'sent in to a ,similar Ire intended , to. follow a verr • .different - course, all detail Whatevere Theie - -rva-s no giadie vay chat in:the present aifai :could be adopleit! , •whole of the East IP' dia Corepariy's.:tj-atisaffions, inu.;k; be at present 113 " without - any twidencc or documents tO guide - oiitittpiiries, or the WhOle subjed must be deLetapci till .the riecessary .-infottnatiOo_ .on. . both 'sr!.fes':cd,ila be 13tottglit. forward ; and this laic eotose—ife•tminteridttl-ut _pment - to adopt,. 'as .tb_ -wisest -aild'iSe" irii.)st r eiiiedi:;at.* 'He found hit Sid- called ulisn, lidWeea., 'to 'sai•-- a few word tp.acoune condua.'in this *business liiid.fnot been:a - habit with him to insist upd,lty;Mittibert'attentling, 'theiritiuty, 'or to count 'unon.discussians cVC.II-,of more ii ll 4 portarice than the present :,nor had an Honourable Get,tletran' bl! nos [e .' t , to Jilin, 'the, (..r.t.INNCELLOrs (4 . the:titi-iEqVX.i,- been , in the habit of quitting the Howe en "matters: of fir less importanc7 -welre:ta have Geen liroUghl forward. The - condua z.of both yesterday, therefore, requtred' scinie planation. When informzititin respecting any pub : lie business was required by. any Member, there . were, he conceived, only two modes of proceeding; • either to apply to His Mitiesty's -Ministers, or, • failing. to receive satisfaftion from them, to have recourse to the - Hetitse: . present tfistance li had to His Majesty's Ministers, and. chef had fairly declared to him, that information esset' • tial to the proper investigation of the simiqtil had form er l y i nt e n d e d to submit to . the House,h 113''' not yet' arrived. With this declaration he had rested satisfied for the 'present,' and did not think • himself justified, with such impeded documents a s •had yet arrived, t o p rocee d in an 'inquiry that , might implicate the character of one in a very big 4 situation in India. Some time after forming this resolution, lie was surprised to fv?d, that a Certain Honourable and Learned Gentleman, struck, as i; were on a sudden, with a new species of sen,ibilitY , and with sentiments certainly very unlike albs; which bad appeared to aCtuate on the trial of ,former. Governor General of India--- z had thought - himself called • upon to updertake the subject. Thiq Honourable and L. - earned Gentleman wished ilia; • (Mr. SkIERIDAN) still to take. the lead in tb; • bnsin.ess, while the Hon. :Gentleman was only ; 0 stand -up by way of second, to deliver chat teamed and laborious speech which the House had yeny neatly been fortunate enough to bear yes' terdaY• consequence. Qf this, it had been agreed herweel them that they should...deliver their sentiments 9r l the Indian affairs on the same ; for which par pose, Tuesday had fixst. -been pitched upon, but from motives of convenience., - they had afterwardS agreed to - postpone the-business till WednesdaY•f • In the mean tiine, however, the •Honourable and Learned. Gentleman began to susped that some foul play was intended,-.and to become apprehensive:. :that if he• delayed till Wednesday, t h e House • "might not meet on that day, and , that he should : thus be tricked altogether out of an opportunity of 'delivering the. eloquent • and eiabojate - speed: . above alluded to. To prevent this' ;Tire hendcu -fuck, he had , y . dsterttay suddenly opened his 1\49.• tioni and at the very 'entre accused him (Mr; Sitg klnArr) of having neglected the business, ant. * thus forced: himself to •take it: tip. - - ';But, whatever. rrgligenCei . "sahl. - I\4:r,. : S}4RlDao,“ may he imputed to my Corldu4t; irr. Other respeets,• I cannot be.charged with having negleded•to : bring the errors of the. Governors:,in Ifidi t bcfore the Public, and to enforce neceSslty of punishing - their- crimes in an e*••• 'emplary manner. He•accuesmy conduit of tending: occasion diloy in an-'affair that requires insuot 'Consideration.i, but,,,in.:.my opinion, his own cots duo is more likely. to ptoducc delay: for what !feCt can a precipitate Motion, founded on no.Docu •:rrents, on no :information, have, 'bur ,to prOV,Qke '.Opposition, end . to prevent the vo l untary ,efforts o f His' M a je ...st y 'sMini st e rs t o p romote an Inquiry thehn method •of conducting Inquiries into Indian Affairs; `at le:;;st I . rily no, ! sr I nzive had some 0 .- ,perience, ..and do not it,-4ittin need of the direCtions : of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. With regard .to the time; the Occiioion,' the manner in which it -is- Piloger 10,r me to bring forward any Motion, I .hold- myself bound to obey the dittates of no . man!, in these - remeas, from my own motives, • . froth ..the didate's of my own mind, and not be guided either by tire whims or the teeiings.of others. On the present occasion, I have already stated, that there are only, two ways of proceeding—either to discuss the whole ,of the Indian ATairs with such iniperfea lights as we have,. or to defer the whole till we ca / ;;, pro,;ure• more complete ipfortnation. f