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The motives that induce me topursue - the latter method, I have already stated ;- and I must do the CHANCELLOR • of the EXCHEQUER the jus tice .to say, that he has, in this btisineSs, shewn himself extremely willing to produce every Do cument in his power, and ,has*, in no instance, shewn a disposition to keep back any information that..has been required., He lias.even-volontarily moved for Papers without requiring reasons -to be ' • alledged by others for their ,production. When such Was. the,'CIIANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER'S eon- - duet, it was impcissible could follow any other coUrse than tha - Cwhich I have at present chosen. I should not' think myself justified in' endeavouripg, either by • an inflammatory or de-- - clamatory harangue, to prejudge the question ' before the necessarinformation respeding it can . he procured. After the willingaletS which he had abewn to. promote Ina inquire into this subject, I need not inform the present .Minister, who has not hitherto intertnedd!ed with . ,Indian politics, and who is still unpolluted by the crimes of that Go__ , Vernment.--I need not inform him, that this subject reqnires his most • serious consideration. It .is un-; . necessary for me to.enter.into a train of argument to prove the rights of the Indian Princes to their own Dominioos. Since the settlement made in the . year 1763, we liaveourselves uniformly recognised the title of the' rights 'of the , Nabob of Arcot. Yet, 'in defiance of this - right, the lineal heir of that Dominion is now deposed by us on xcount of the alledged crimes of his grandfather and his father. In considering the evidence on which the reality of these crimes rests, it is necessary to inquire who were the detcdors? we shall be answered, the Go vernment of - . lndia. Who were the accusers ? the Government of. India. Who were the .witnesses, the judgeS, nay still - 'more levus .ask, „who were receivers of the foifeitures incurred by these . crimes ? the'. Governine - nir'o€ the Go.: • vernment or India, we at once find the de- - . teetors, ,the, informers, the accusers, the witnesses,, the judges of the crimes,• and•the receivers of the forfeitures incurred by them. This, it must be owned,_ looks suspicious .; and :is - surely alonesuffi cient rto demand. • - a serious 'investigation of . the subjeCl,.: The iimpetfeet do,Oments which are at present-in-Oar - possession -by no means tend to lessen our-susniciolii•-.l . shall, however, be very happy, if . filither:infbrMation, .when it arrives, shall do these suspi c i ons away, - . .BUt if the contrary should be the result; I shall also be happy if His Majesty's -Ministers will 'of themselves' take . the necessary _step s to t h e iiiic - tnion. of justice. If, however, -• neither:alternirive *alai!' take place, I Will most certainly in. ti - next Session of Parliament, myself bring - 'forward the subjea r .with the - spirit. that ..:_oogi-t-t to ad - nate an independent Member of this is influenced 061 y. by — motives - or and .vho. has alp some everienee, in the -.measures proper to he pursued. if Stich transadions- have-been ca.rried on.„. if such -oppressions haVe taken place iii 'lndia, as -has been re r re s nt e d, I pedge 'myself to*.prove 'to thefiouse that such incasitieS:are 2 impplitic and on_. ptesc:lt, tiOWever, fshall.cont-nt myself with-iecornmendlngiehe subject to .the serious sitieration of _the House-;and with 'presenting, a PetitiOn from the Regents of the -Carnatic this House. It may indeed, 1' believe, be required by the stria nuleg of the House to identify the persons - , thaOigre_this'Petition to be.‘really 'What" they de sign: themselves- to be ; but in the present case; I hope the libuse will be satisfied with :the only evidence the case admits of, the conviction of the Member that presen-ts the Petition that they really are so. The House-will, also consider, that it is to Parliament alone that this,Petition can be presented. In such cases as this, no appeal lies to.any other' Court. The Crown itself bras no vowerto redress the wrongs of the sufferers ;' the Parliament is the Only competent tribunal."' Mr. SHERIDAN con- eluded` by . Moving, " That - the PetitiOn from the . 'Regents of the Carnaiie; which he held in - his hand, be received and lie on the Table." The CHANCELLLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was sure the House would do him the Ithuour to recoiled, that on various occasions, when Petitions were presented to the House, and when doubts had .arisen in the minds ofGentlemen, as to the propriety of receiving such Petitions, he had always shewn a dispositio.n to receive them,' pro vhied theY contained nothing that was. indecorous,, 1 10 prayed for such relief as - the House could, with ' Prorriety,trant ; for it had always been his wish to give - to* the House a facility of attention, to coin . Plaints 'that were made, and to grant such relief as was in the power of the House -to grant. But, wit}t this dispOsition, and every desire to shew all possible favour to the Petitioners, he entertained some doubt - , whether 'the Petition which had been opened by-the Hon. Gentleman whci had made the 'vlotiOn, was of such a kin . d as could be received by the House-. seemed. that the Petitioners stiled themselves - Regents. and Descendants of the late Nabob of the :Carnatic, Mr. SHERIDAN said, heptoposed the Petition as coming from SubjeCts of the British Power in India. The. CHANCELLOR of the t XCHEQtrER said, that his doubt was. removed as to this. point. He should have thought, that had - -the Petitioners been. stiled Regents of -theltte Nabob,-. &c. there might have been some difficulty - about ,receiying_ it, leSt it* might be said, .thaCtliefloU'S'e of Commons. had.-re, cogni ze d a title whi c h might'afterwardslurn out' to be unfounded. - It might therefore be thought im Proper to recognize • a titles which was thereafter to be considered.: He.was, howevei, deSiions ofeon sidering this - Petition in , that .pAint of' view = that Was most favourable for its reception. It might be contended, . that . these • persons now petitioning- the douse, were not Subjeds of t h e B r i t i s h, POW er i n Intitia, as they were .now stated,. but that was a:. point which he should n o t now -discuss: that might .introduce a doubt how far the Pelitienbught- to be entertained, inasm:lch as it did no t come , f rom the d escription of persons on whose behalf it was offered. , - had dispesition t o diseuss . such te pies .; a .: s enough for, him to - see that the Petitioners stated grievanc e , w hi r l s 'might' be redressed by e - British Parliament : !and,• as they applied to the British' ParliaMent for Relief, 'he, for one; w as , not oispnsed to resist the bringing up of th e . Petition. He had Very little more - to say on this subject, because he concurred 'with the Hon. • 'Gentleman who made _the" Motion, - in ore general sentiment he -had expressed, that- there was no alternative on this occasion, for that the House must either go minutely . into the subjed in all, its Parts, or abstain from the diseusCion of it altogether, ,Thus far ,he agreed with the ,Hon. Gentleman, htit he must be permitted to express a regret that fr.tn, one or two of the expressions of the 146 u. Gentleman, he..appeared to have deviated from ,that sentiment: He had said, that if any judgment could be formed from the Papers Qn .the Table, scriminality. would 'attachto those who were at the headof the Govern ? . ment of Bengal, but of which, hOwever,•the Hon. Gentleman admitted no..deeided opinion could be. formed. Now, Mr. ADDINGTQN said, whatevp.: his opinion had been of the conduct, of these Noble Persons to whom this Observation•referreA, it Would, not hecome him, in the present circumstances (there being no official detail upon 'the'subjed), to deliVer • that opinion to the House, for the Honse'could not form a correct judgment as to the propriety of that opinion, because the House was not in possession Of the necessary documents for that purpose. He would MD further, and . say, he could not even permit him-- self to form a Conclbsive opinion withoutalls the docu ments; but while he said this, he should alsb add,ihat as no inference could be drawn from the Documents-be fore the House, his opinion was, that no whatever did attach,• either to the GoVernot Gene.. ral or to the other high Charaaer alluded to on this occaSion. He said this on a view of the Papers as - they stood at 'present, and appeared befor: the House. - He - firmly believed that no criminality whatever would be found to attach to these Noble Persons—Further than this he was unwilling -to go into this subject at present, being convinced it would be-thoroughly discussed in the next Session of Par - What would be the opinion of. the House hereafter, it .. did not become him to fore ,,tell; but he wabs-tonfident he Was not asking More than the• Bo= was disposed to grant, when he asked them -to pause before they'gtve an Opinion upon a subjeft'io interesting to the British cha rader in general, and that of those Noble. Per.. sons . in particular, who had .beeti SO ..long ern, ployed in ; echo had been . so steadily attached to, the Public Service of this Country.; on who'se-con_ duEt, either for want of exertion or breach of faith, no blame or suspicion had ever yet attached. He thought the HdliSe would ,not . think it too much for . him to ask them not to say there was a bias on their minds unfavourable to these Noble Person's; and in consistent with the character they had hitheito ,maintained. He felt a tiatisfadion• in refleiing, that the-House would not entertain any sentiment coining from any quarter unfavourable to these No ble Persons, before the whole ,of the'ciroinstarices of the case came before them by Authentic * Poeu. - ments, and then he verily believed, the whole Case' would appear highly favourable . to these Noble Persons. Mr. - NICHOLLS thought the long infetval•thai' had elapsed since the deposition of the Nab 4; in which no satisfaCtory explanation of that-affair had• been given, of itself threw an imputation the: , condua of the .Governors in India. 'He was then proceeding to-enter•at large into the impolicy of our measures in India, when he was called to Order by • Mr. WALLACE, Who observed, that suCh,al, discussion was fIOWISC conneacd with the question before the House,- The SPEAKER concurred in the same opinion, but, at the same time, observed; that 'alit was not' known, how any Hon. Gentleman would, in the end,.. apply his observations, he could not hinder him from -proceeding. Mr. NICHOLLS said, his only intention in in troduCing his observations on the p resent :M ot i on. _ was merely to prevent the necessity of trou bli ng the 1 House Ifith another Motion. - - Mr. SEiERIDAN'S -Motion Was then put and agreed Mr. NICHOLLS then rose, and ,after irig that he was under the necessity .of making a separate Motion, .and after some preliminary servations, moved, that an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, humbly to request, that- His , Majesty will be graciously, pleased, to order such measures to be, taken as in his wisdom shall appear . most proper to investigate the Claims of the East India Company to the "Territories of the late Nabob: of the Carnatic." On the SPEAKER'S inquiring who: seconded that Motion, The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU E R moved, ‘‘ that • the House do now adjourn," .which was agreed to. • The House then adjourned at a quarter past five o'clock till to-morrow. AM,I LS. ARRI-171.1) _ DU% Hambqrgh o - THE SUN. SOLER! QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AIiDEAT ? LONDON, yuivE 24., 1802. THE Royal Gardens of Richmond and . Kew' will be open to the' Public next Sunday; the 2ith of June, and; as usual,-'every Sunday during the Sum, mer. Yesterday .a Court of Direa6rs was held t the East India House, when WILLIAM ADAM, Esq. M. P. was sworn in as standing Counsel to the Company: Ts The Court adjourned - at five o'clock to the LOndon Tavern, to partake of 'a Tuttle presented. to them by Messrs, JOHN and JAm:Es wMANGLES.'. Yesterday Messrs. 800 LE, FRE NC IT, BORRO-W ES, and CANNING, delivered their answer to the •Com- Mittee appointed to inquire into the extraordinary circumstances attending the late Irish Loan, whith answer is to be; communicated to the Subscribers to.morrow; at'Tum's Coffee-house, cbeohili;.• have come Corporation of Merchants of Glasgow have come-to the resolution of opening a SuliscrilAott for the purpose of ere6ting, immediateli, a Statue of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, NAVAL _NEWS. DEAL, JUNE 23. . . Cb;chever Store—ship from Sheer ness, and / sailed through for Portsmouth. • • A-rrived the Savage and Rattler-:Sloops, .the for; fuer from a Crtrize,. the latter' froin Jamaica. - The Rattler sailed through for Sheerness the Savage remains.. • The :tibt-na, ST F: , (rom" Bengal, and in 58 clays from .5!..1-I,lei, a , arrived this morning in the imd has sailed to, the River. 'Ppßi•smou'rir,, jxisiE 23. AR R I V . ED the John and Edciv a rd, PHIL L IP S , f rom Carin_arthen GOLIRING, from Penzance ; Chesterfield, RosE, from Weymouth•; Charlotte, PARK, from Siindeiland ;. Rose, JE'NkiNS,. and Ceres, ROGER S . ; from Waterford; WR IGH T,. • from Embden ; and Charlotte,' MAcK IE, from I)antzie for Oporto. Yesterday a Quarterly. General Court was held at the East India House, when the dividend for the half year ending the gth of July next was de clared to be 5 . 1 per cent. The following Gentlemen were appointed a Com mittee to insped the by-laws, John Julius Angerstein, Ems: Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. Drew, F.sq. 'Sarituel 'Wegg, 'Esq. • Veto Hollord, Esq. George Wilson,. Esq, ' Robert Hunter, Esq. Letters from Lords -Ku. 'pi and HUTORINSQN., expressing their ,thank.s -fr the, Courts '- Resolutions of the 16th December last, were- laid, -before the Court. • The. Clerk read a variety; of- papers relative to'- the communications : Which: had taken place bz.. tween the Court of DireEtors'and the Board . of Cori trout, respeeting rtgubtion of the Private =Frady' • from India, They stated '•that the CoMinittee'had- . investigated , the sUbjeCt": ivith thr•dtmost' care . and. a vention, considering it in - all 'it's bearings and consequences ;- and • - Oat' arrangements; -had' taken. plate which had ,:entirely rernoc'd all tiif-: ferences ;between , the . .Board Controul '-and 'the . Court of DireetorS. -; The- Paper's. - alSo •siite4, the Direttors had been induted to .eArtei' on the 'ground of the niorrk..nt•ous'AliWion•ortrie'Zi-:: • :lances of: the Company, but they 't rusted thar . thel not given up any one right (6f-rife eZ/tiiol - lny,• inaeo,: in a conference with the• Earl-of DARTiviouT4i,-,IIV- 1 Lordship hail disclaimed 'a Fidterition insthe linard'of Cont ront • ofinterfe ring- - whit tits; Ctitimbefeiarßigl rts7' of the Company. • The Committee, 'therefore, recom 'mended it, to annul- all theeXpreSsions Of a Rescilif_ Lion of the 26di_of : March, which :hid ica ted such a suspicion. The • papers• then proceeded • :to' detail the plan •of extension., of ..the Private Tr4e,, I • c • • ci articles;ofwhich • ; w 1)LIt4111C in followir ) g, is the ontline:—That in addijon to the 3000 tans , . already allowea felt .the Pri— vate Trade, . there should be an ; add it ion of 3, 4, pr . .500.0 tons, which. should. be .wholly .priated• for •the_ Priyate,,Trade f - : That--all the pro.: . duce .of tlfe Coun try kfiould.be : imported by .Priyate 'Traders, except,picce goods: and saltpetre.- .That the goods exported from, lodia . should ,be deliveted into the Company's ,warehouses i Ntlr.;re- they should• be shipped in due .proportions of light and heavy goOds. On these goods was to be paid a duty to the company of threeper cent. That in cases where t•herewasnot enough of private goods to employ this tonnage; the. Company .should fill up the residue with g77t.fkoodr. That, none but persons entitled under the.33d (*Geo; I'll..should ship goods., . All.theships•alreadybuiltin India, to be employed.—After these, • •arrangements 'were read, the copy, of the, proposes instruCtions - ,to be sent out tolnclia was. read. These, among other things, direcied that the ships empl o y e d i n t h e R e d Sea should make' their 'voyage to EUrope, .as ,was: agreed by the owners. That six ships offrorn . soo to 5-50 tons-should be built: That the Crews - Should consist of tivo:third s European seamen : That all' the Lascars brought here should hti'earried home free of expense to the Company,; and , that the Oil- • 'cers should be examined; and be of certain ages. 'The papers being all read, - - . • It was then moved by Mr.: HUDL ESTON, and se; conded by Mr. CursHot.mg, .• ,•- • That thislCourt entirely approves the .conduct of-the s Court of Direaors in, relation to the Private Trade with: India, as stated in the ioroceectings'that haVe now been read,' ' and observe with••the•highest. satistadion that those pro ceedings have been in exatt conformity -with the spirit of the Resolution of the last General ,Court, and that the re sult has beedare-establislunent of that good understanding with. thci -Board of Cominissionets which =is so essential to the interests-both of the Cotispany and, the PUblie:." • The: previous . .question -having - been- mowed and seconded by Mr.. jot6sTONt and Mr.:RO-ta;lfor.:. 'the purpose of giving time to peruse the pallers' ,the same was lost without a division,.. and- the main question carried it h. only one dissenting voice: . . The Speakers,in, support- ofthe Amendglent were. 'Messrs. JOHNST ONE ., RAN D LE • JA, anti •It 4: CICSO.AT • . FEY 7., those tor the main „question were ,Messrs,. HuoLEsTox, ISHOLME, :,the Jieppty.,Chairman,-, Mr. PETER and Capt. The Court,, which was fully attended, adjourned at half past two, sine On the istli inst. theflrst • division of the.brave 4.2dgegitpent,. on Oleir_ march to. Edinburgh,. . en— tered Scotland by the parish of Candby. GuIIvISHAw LOLIAX, E sq., of Clayton-Hall, Lan..:. cashire, being at his . lioue in canqhy, entertained th.c Officers with a cold collation, and - ..tite :privates, with ale and whiskey on the „lawn, I,vherc they danced reels wiilt the coutttry lasses . ; and an old woman, Maggie Hunnam,. aged 90, w;s so el::ted with .the sight, that she, joined the dance with..great-. spirit.. .The three following divisions met.with same reception. - . : • .• . Monday niorniti the first division br die Locha.' . ber Fencibles matched from Edinburgh. for Falkirk: A part of•the 41d RtTiment, . with Lietit..-Colonel- ThcxsoN at their head j .arrived to replate N MR. CO.KE's SHEEP-SHEARING. ,e THIS Norfolk Feitival was held on the 2lst ingt. at Holk.harn-Hall. A large party of Mr. COKE'S private friends assembled at dinner the preeedipg day ; and on Monday last ,the Amateurs and Prac, tical Agriculturists - assembled at the Hall, — wheti the business of the Meeting commenced. . The early part of the — morning was passed it riding 'over the extensive portion of the domain, apart for tillage, and in inspeaing the promising Crops of Wheat, Barley, Pease, Sanfoine, Tare,. &c. all sown under the drift husbandry, the level, growth, and cleanliness of which could not fail to excite a 'general admiration. In , the coun'e of this ride the working of the drill ploug!i , ,,- and other impleM * ents in the - ration of Tur nip-sowing, Ivas surveyed. A party then went to view the large irrigated meadow belonging to Mr. REEVE, of Weighton, the ingenious method of which they highly approved. The company then repaired to, the Shearing Barn,. where Mr. COKE'S mep were ut work; clipping his South.. Down and Leicester. flecks. Fourteen pens, contain ing one South-Down, and two Leicester Theaves, in, each, were numeric a lly drawn, to be sheared by as many Candidates.belonging to the Western Distria of Norfolk, for Five Prizes . , from Five Guineas 'down to One Guinea, to be given to the men who should clip their respeetilielots in the best manner, and in the strictest time. The . company, after this, returned to the Hall to dinner, where nearly too of the first Agri cultUrists and Graziers of Englarid. and Ireland were entertained. Soon after six o'cl o Ck t hey went Co the Tup House; 'Where several new-clipped Sheep .were 'examined : to this - succeeded an in speftiOn of the extensive Wool House, and the weighing of the new. fleeces : after which the busi ness. of the day dosed with the trial of anew Thresh ing Machine, just' ertaed in the large brick barn, which' - though. not • perfeeily completed, performed. its various opeiatiOns with some improved pOweri.' The French Governrat..nt, has adopted a cheap . mode of conveying. it i . .civil and mi itary'servants to :the Colonies. :Bs). an A rret •of the iGth inst. eviry . vessel- sailing' frorn - France •forany of the Colonie s , ~must zonserve-:ac•Orvit'imodations •for Government pA sengers, in the - proportion of ,two to each. too Inns burdkin.'...Ttie sole eicpence to the public is. their subsistencti:sfor.whigh. rations...arc- to he furnished, at the rare for.the.Contitient - of America, - t'os fox...the L s.oi Eanc,c and - Rean io ;1. - was by girnguttr chance - Liar Mr. ADAM, who deJervr's wishez, chosen ,COthiser tts^t!v 1 rid iy. The•C asnd rdaje'vm7eri,' 1 2 ; ilie - Wre u cel t :AD /Mt -Mr. Bo s ou the • numbe r of vot6s'weie,e(o;ll t:.:)reaelt; nine anti nine. rhe - '''Charrmip nrt• ea s o t Inz- vote . ; .but the custom is, on" ptet cif e — ach Can ,didate into Hat; . shefi - Vgoti ..7-' flie;Cirairman's he:td, and call 'whichever narrie he drawS;n: is fhe 'I" icastiter 01) Tuesday dr . C tr" M i: - AD A . l\l" S 11 drtic":* Dutea&ss ' - of , Div . oN'srit x gives a public tareg fast on S‘itifidil'y t Chiswick. • .MT: ANG i'll.sli N breakfast on Saturday. at his S . eAt‘tic: 131:idicileat1: •'• On - .MOritiay . Mri. St bo s . 4):.-rforni6l Lad ) , Mac. Lth, in Dublin, fqr 11Qr - own bendit ;: and'or, day die . prayed • IwCi. - E - 156isr 'has a new Enz.crtainrrieht fm' the '-amusern - ent df•hiiCOUtitry - Fricnili; which; "from its extidaf,linary . inerirs; a prodigious , favourite; It-'is entitled y arse y, and has..every clairn't6 - tliat-C:haraae.'r. It' aboutidS• irr admirable neW-SdngS,'intrOduced by a 1 / a logue., replete with point,, whim, and genuine British 1 . 16m.)0r. Of the Songs the highest prate is. utiered,' when we are • told, - that they are the. cornpOsitionof such eminent Mayers as SKrELD,-15Aii'v, and MA ?.Z, NGH I, 'and are equal,' if not Sureriorto the Storm, or any of el 65e Songs whichiNcLEDoN sings with such pecti,.• liar efFe.a.and feeling. • ' . - Yesterday morning were executed before the Debtors . ' Door, •Newgate, Ilivry Cork, for fOrg . . ing 'a certain Jetter of attorney, in the 'name of William - Story, with intent to defraud the Go vernor and Company' of the Bunk of England ;:lqh;2. • 'FiNky, for forging a 51. Bank of England Note; arid laward Ifirttor:ight,. for fOrging a Certain promissory note for ;51. .with intent to defraud Messrs.*DoWn,•ThOrnton, and Co. Bankers, roc: concourse. 'o - 1. spectators to V ieWr. •the dreadful cere - tuony was immense. . , _ . A, - few minules before eight - .o'clock, • Henry Cock ascended the platform first:, elegantly dressed in motirning... - The .ap - pearahcc of a man, whose. ataOrers and demeanour were 'of . the most -prepos sessing kind, interested every . person prese! . ki. ter 'the.. rope:fastened .about Ins neck, he d made, . short speech, which he, .deliyereginA firm and TlirOughout the whole of this most awful scene, he'LlisplaYed a degree of fortitude equally remote from audacity, or incitOreke. John, Finlay andilwarcifriart - Wright next ascen.l. ed - the platform, both of th , ..myopng . men, of Very geUteel - appearaoCe, abut 2 7 years of age. The latter, 10iveyer, looked` pale aiidemacimed from Raving' been confined to` his lied ever since the . oiders Were issued for his 'execution. A, few aftc:' eight o'clock the platiwn . was - renrid'yed.' Afte s i hanging - then - sun' time, their bodies Werrsut . do , ..vn,.. and c irried into the I.ri:son, -frotif wli f e'nree the bodies of Finlay and . Hartwright were removed about a quarter o f a n Cock's body Was pitt into a leaden coffin, and removedrernoved'in a hearse a short ftrds.• . The Rei. Dr. PARsONS;. of St. deorge's in the East, constantly attended, Cock in his deyotions„ and "'took Much:pains to prepare 'his mind ,:to meet the \ awful moment that awaited - WM . .' 9n Tuesday Cock wrote a letter to his-'brother, who is a respeehle young man in the Navy, requesting his ,company to 'sit up with himall. night, which would he the kit they would ever spend together ; and hiS corning' tohiin seetn ed . to, !Ilford him intlCh satisla6tiOn, 'ln the morning, when the farewell signal was given ) a -trulyffeairig scene *took .place bet Ween the two brothers-i and for the moment Cock's spirits seemed to fail him, but when they were separated,' he saoil resimieci . his fcrmei composuie; • L l 7-1 Ut4_