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s 4 • • ow • guidon. and which he conceived the Noble Se. described • Commercial to have in view. lie - the great Commercial importance of the city of LinvTick, and the town of Galway, and their relative geographi cal situations. At present, the great post road, in the South cf Ireland, terminated at Limerick. By a clause in the Bill, it was proposed to estend that road-from Limerick to Galway, which would bz at tended, with very beneficial effeils. Fie trusted the Noble*Barl would not persist in his idea of omitting that provision in the Bill. • _,_ . Ea - rl SPENCER reminded the House, that his ohjett in advancing what he had done, was to gain information upon the subjeft; and he had to thank the Noble Earl who spoke last, for the informa tion he had given him. The Bill was then read a second time, and com mitted for to-morrow. The Report of a recent Close Committee of Privileges. respelling certain preceder.ts relative to the personal privileges of Peers, ste. being about to be considered, the strangers were direded to with. draw. and an exclosiou for some time took place. ! Pa our re-admission to the House, their Laid ig:rips were engaged in the dispatch of some private . basalt:is ; which being disposed of, the House ad . j nit:red till tu.mor row. --... m ......_ . • HOUSE OF COMMONS. Ur. Varisittart obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend ani.Coet.ofhes Aeti. , tTlist bath !teh 4 SW worried a third time, and passed J.CALCRAFT give notice, that he would, tomorrow, . kw Mace to twine* • Rill so malroCorimensatien to per. taw Owners of Lands at Chatham, Woolwich. and other pildadlrsrlatelt hail been taken for the use of the Ordnance ' The Pest office R %elation Ball, and the Irish Customs Re pllotton Bill, wane severally committed, and the reports or +wed VON. racers .d tomorrow. ) A person from the I.:xi-A -oiler-4:o6re presented at the Rar ap Account of tie net produce of all the War Taxes ...Ordeled go lie on the table ' The ken Hist fiery SRI was read a 2d time, and ordered to p , low nominated tomorrow Sir j. Anderson pr sciiti.d a Petition from the Royal Rx elianire InsaranceComlienv, against the Bill for ..corporstillit to• GI Se insurance Conspan ; which WAS ordered to be T. feried to Pie Comrnite.* on the Rill, and the nattiet to be beard Sy Counwl —.A similar Petition uas present-el from the Lon don Assurance Crimps y The rcoot from the Committee on the Scotch Dotollerr Acts, 111111 received An I agreed to, and a Sill marred ill 010 , ers The revolt on lb Sieve 'Lraee it e‘hiction Bill was iec,iveil, ..d ordered to be further eon-dined on Friday The a...up-office Regu'atioo 8 , 11, and the Irish Spirit Re gulation Bill were s .verelly read a third tow and passed • Sir JOHN: NE" , PORT mr:veil for leave to bring in a Bill f-r the mote effeetnally reolilattrg Cod providing for the relief -if the poor, and for the better management of the Infirmaries and Hospi tals in Ireland. Mr. FOSTER said, that as this Bill went to V increase the power of G:and Juries to raise money ea the several counties, he recommended it to the consideration of the Right Hon, Baronet, whether this was a proper time to bring it forward ? He deprecated this mode of legislation, by bringieg forward measures of such importance, at so late a period of the Session, and wh-n so very few Irish Members were present. He did not positively ob eta to the Bill, but hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would not preu it forward during the present &lesion. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he believed there was at present as full an attendance of Irish Mem hers as there had been at any period of the Session. The case of the Infirmary Accounts required to be liken into immediate consideration, arai he thought the Bill could not too soon be passed. It had been long known that such a Bill was intended to be brought forward ..—_ _ W. WELLESLEY POLE said, he approved of the measure, hut he hoped that the Ri. , ht lion. Baronet would not press the Bill this Sess..ia. Mr. BAGW LLL said, in the minty of Tippe. vary. which he represented. the people had entered into subscriptions, in hopes of this Bill being brought in. They had no poor laws in Irelan.. ; but that Wit a grand reason why something in a Parliamentary way should be done for their relief. lie highly approved of the Bill, and would sup port it.—Leave given to bring in the Bill. A message from the Lords, informed the House, that their Lordships desired a present conference on the sobjeft of the last conference. On the motion cf Viscount HOSE ICI, a con ference was immediately agreed to, and the Lords' Messenger acquainted therewith. The form-r Managers were then appointed, who ottended accordingly ; and on their return from the ainted Chamber. Lord H. PETTY reported from the Bar, that the conference had been held, and that he had to inform the House. their Lordships had taken into consideration the teselutinn of the Itith of June, • (on the Sl.sve Trade), and had signified their con currence to the same. • colonel BASTARD mentioned an account he had moved for some time since. relative to the Vo lunteer' pay and clothing, which had not vet been laid on the table ; he moved, therefore, at tint it be fort' with returned ; so far as relates to the orders • of the Secretas yof State." After a few words from the SECRETARY at WAR and Nit. Secretary WINDHAM, by which it appeared. that it had not been rightly un derstood which office the business referred to, and which h.id nccastoned a delay—the order was ac cordingly mad". Sir W. YOUNG, in the ab'ence, and on behalf of Lord l'emple, gave notice, that tithe Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Paul) did aut make a m Aims tor the Roust to come to a decision on the charge against Ma (pis Wellesley, on Wednesday next. Lord Temple would himself bring forward a motion cal the Mr. I'AUL said. he never had the slightest idea of bringing forward any motion of the kind on that day, on the contrary, he pledged himself he would not do any stub wing. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCO fLAND moved for r I Returns of the St tte of the Shin ing in the Ports of Scotland. with a view to the eretting a Light-hcsase nn the Bell-rock. Mr. Alexander hi-might op the Report of the Committee on His Majesty's Message, which was read a,nd agreed tea. The Horse then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House. on the Prize AM* t;;b;); the IWO aemt.Mom of Ll= forma Committee wcrr - ... 'Amine& and agreed tn, and the T(pert oiderrsi to he received to-morrow. Mr. PAUL said, the Papers on hi. firrt Charge, rel.frrve to Chide, being now ots the Table, he ITlnirOd ctiAt the said Charge be printed." Oc the qtreAion being pit Si:. A. WELLESLEY ti,iii, thst es the House had I revieusly agreed out to ptiitt the.Chargt, be cause then it was not Titer to be censidered for smite time to come, and it was now agreed en all hands, that this Charge could not be decided nth during the present session, he thought the same reason held, why it should net be printed now. Not one of the papers he had moved for in defence of Marquis Wellesley, was yet on the table. lie hoped, therefore, the House would not agree to the motion: Lord A. HAMILTON 5a . .4, the reason why the House did not agree to printing the Charge, when it was before moved for, was, that the Charge alone was on the table, without any papers to support*: but now the papers were on the tab:o, ael the greater pail of ti em printed, ht saw no reason why the Charge should not be printed al-o. Mr. ROSE said, that, as the Charge could net be proceeded in during the present Session, lie thotyht it ought riot to hr printed, as the papers were metely report, evidence. Lord DOUGL tS sale, he had heard it re peatedly as it rted, a.td he believed it to be true, that the Noble Margeis wished the fullest investigation should take place in a cilarge in which the Nellie Marquis's charade' w... so deeply implic.:ted. The longer the opportunity given to consider it, there fore, the greater chance "ore was of the ..svestiga tinn tieing more full ; and he. therefore, thought, it would be boner to print the Charge now, than to deter it to a snort time before the subjea came on for decision. Mr. Secretary 'WINDHAM said, that son this suhjeet they ought to look to the general reit:wile. What was the use of tinting papers at all ? t ie had always ondet , tood it to be tot the intormati.sn of the Me ?Inert ; if sn, that information would he vie more e , mplet-, the longer time was granted. An ohjetinn was made, that the printing tLe papers was liable to give false irnpres ions; bin he did not sse there could be much danger. in this case, of false ..moressiens being ma le, because, wits: was cadad the CT parte statement, had been some time on the table, and much of it was printed If he un.l. r stood the matter rightly, there would be a great deal of evi..!ence produced on both sides ; the sooner it was pro :uced, thrrefore, tie locrer time there o mild be to consi,kr it, .in.l he amid not agree with Mr. lt , se, that hecnwe the charge could not be proce..deal on :his Session, she House should not b • put in vsse:sion of the evidence and the charge ; he theretote thought the papers should be printed.' Lord Vitamin CASTLEREAGH said, the House had before detcrntined that the charge should not be printed, because the papers, in supper: of the prosecittirri, were not on the tahle. l'he pa pers, in eacu!pasion of the defendant, were not one of them en the table ; and he thought the charge should net be printed till the papers oti both sides were before the House, otherwise it would he A mere ex parte statement, and, by getting abroad, might raise unfair prejudices against the Noble Islas quit._ Lciria H. PETTY said, the evidence had for some time been on the table, and was artly printed i-: though:, therefore, the charge should b- printed also. As to the objection of es parts, it might be extended to the prioing of all papers. and he sat- no weight at all in it ; and as to thst, tecaute the c}i irge cannot be decided this Session, he saw it in a it•tis7;nt print .sf view ; tior,ir his opinion, the recess would be a time of leisure, and every %lens ber would have an opportunity of giving Piot!' the evidence and the charge a more en store considera tion, than if only printed a short time before the subjcd came on for decision. Mr. BANKS was very decidedly ag.iinst the printing of the charge. Mr. GR ANT said, that when this motion was made on a former day, he was averse to it, before the d icusnents were on the table. They were there now, and, therefore, he should support the orintin4. He thought he observed a dispositt in in some mem bers of the House to come to too hasty and preci pitate a decision upon these charges, though they must all know well, that the eyes of al Ind:a were on them and toeir proceedings. The gentlemen who opposed this motion on the score of the pub licity it would give to the accusation, net;:efted to infirm the House, that there was now in circulation a defence of the Noble Marquis, against the charges, which, thoottli it had not f .and its way into public, was carefully distriouted in those quarters where the most beneficial effs.s.cts were likely to be produced by it. The proceeding, therefore, would not be so much -r carte as bad been represented. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) thought it right that the members of that House should be made ac quainted with every charg.• upon which they may be called upon to decide. If it was proposed that it should be copied in a Roe test hand for the use of the members only, he should have no objection to it ; though if it were published, no great mischief could arid, as people out of House could have no power to India any penalty upon the Noble Mar quis. Mr. ALEXANDER was against the motion. on the grcund that it vonlJ be improper to hare this of pate charge. a-d the proceedings. circulated in India, bet.,re the 2.1..;5e came to a de cision on it. Donor LAWRENCE observed, that when the former motion was made, Mr. Fox only wished it to be deferred till some part of the 'evidence shoula be on the table. Some of the charges against Mr. Hastings w•rre printed I 8 mor.ths before the House took them into consideration, and tie gentlemen did not complain of it. It the friends and relatives of tl , e accused were allowed to prescribe to the House the course of their proceedings. no irquery could go f-tward. Ceremetty of that Lind would be like wh.t he Mead of a prosecmion for sigh treason, in which a polite Attorney-Central asked I)ettor Hensley, the defendant, at what time it would be rt.lst agreaSle to h'n. to be brought up for judgment? The 1)o&or ansercred. not ull the next term; and the conseqsence was. that he never was iirot., : up at all, at the raattrr ha.l t: en a:staged in the ,n:etval. Mr. W. root.r., in answer to what was oh served by Mr. Grant, sa'd, he cruld pledge him self that the bletquis Wellesley had neither printed or wvhten the defence, which had been al luded to. to the charges. Mr. SHERIDAN observed, that it was a`usnal practice to eider papers to be ptintA on the lass day of a Session ; and every one knew the Vote Othce was open twice a weep for their delivery to the Members. Supposing, therefore, that n• Gen tleman reserved himself for any other papers, there was nothing that he saw ohjeCtioneble in this motion. Mr. PAUL said, he was so much surprised at this opposition, that he scarcely knew in what man ner to express himself ; for he so little expeeted any objeaion to his motion, that he did not think it necessary to state any observations in favour of it. It was truly singular. to observe the anxiety shewn by the frields of the Noble Marquis, lest this charge should' be made public ; at the same time that they very well knew that a paper containing every word of these charges, with additional aggravations, had been already printed by order of the Directors of the East lesd:e Company. to the amount of 10,000 copier. He then read an extra.ft 4in a letter of the Secretary of the Court of Ill'reele-s, written by their order, in which the Noble Marquis was ac cused of disobedience of orders, of oppression, of illegal appointments, of breach of the law, of extra vagant expenditure of the pub'.•e money, and of I having at one time disobeyed the orders of the Court of Directors, not only in not dismissing Cyr. Wood, but also giving him the enormous sum if 19,0001. of the public treasere. Whatever may he the event of these charges in that Ilo.isa, there was at Icist a dec', :en. on the whole of them, already made elsewhere; and, on casting op the votes the Court of Pro;irittnis, it appeared, that these were 940 voted ter, and only 175 against them. If an uiderstanding was to take place, that the printing of the charge would not he delayed beyond th. 10th of July, he should not.press it at present ; but should that not be agreed to, he was deter mined to take the sense of the House upon it. Mr. JOHNSTONE said, that when he proposed the Resolutions alluded to, in the Court of pro prietors, it was to approve of the condael of the Direiffors of 0 e Company. and not with the view of any accesesion against the Marquis Wellesley. Mr. I‘OIIHOUNE spoke against the printing ; and Lord FOLKSTONE in favour of it. Lord H. PE•.TTY SA., that as some doubt was I , aspies.tod, whether the pipers moved for in defence would be produced ti i; yea►, it - . order to give time for ascertaining that, he should, for the present, move the previous tide:tin:4 Sir A. WEL.L.tiI„FX said, he would not ohje& to this motion. His object was, that the charge should not be printed tiil there was some chance of being soon t tken into consideration. He would not rle tge tine.elf before that occurred, to agree at any time to the printing of the charge. He did not wiz.' to provuk.• say discussion on the dispatches al luded t ; but though he had a great respat tor the Court of Direel-:rs„ he must say, they were in the habit of witting letters upon subjate, before they understood them ; besides, there was a great dit ferince hesween a paper being printed by the Court ot Direaors. and by the }l^l.llC of Commons, in whi:b ease it was sure to be circulated through all I inland. Mr. GRAN wish:d to etplain, that Mr. Paul was under an error in supposing that the Dilators ordered 10,000 copies to be p-inted. I•hey printed no r-ore than what may be esptdient for the use of the enspricors, who were about 2,000 in number, and the publication did not exceed 1,500. Mr. PAUL sa.d, that wnatever number the Court might diral, he undersea:A it by some ti-ou sands, when he only said 10,000 copies, es they were publis ed by all the hookse.lers in the kingdom He said he should not press his motion against the sense at the t lease at present, but gave notice that it was his intention to :enew it very shortly. he previous question was then put and agreed to. AUDITORS' SALARIFS RILL. The House having, ontht sb..tionof Lord H. PETTY,resolveditsell into a Committee on this gin, his Ie r(iship mired," that a salary of 15(101. a veer be granted to the first C(•mmission+ t, and Crairnin: and 1.2001. a year to the , econd Commissioners." Mr. BANKS doubted whether an increaxe of salaries and emoluments would Le the means of gc:ting the public accounts better audited than 2.sey were before. at inferior salaries. Every one knew that the laboi ions business of casting up accounts, &c. would be done by the clerks, and not by the Com missioners. and he. therefore, was inclined to think, that the office would not be better discharged for 15001. than it w o uld for 10001. a year. Lord H PETTY explained, that the same sala ries were allowed here as to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise. and the same rules were also observed with respell to the Chairman. The resolution was then agreed to, and the resort ordered to be received to-morrow. • WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE. Lord H. PETTY next moved the further con. sideration of the report of thin BiU. Viscount CAS F.Li:REAGH observed, that, on account of the absence of a Noble Lord ( through illness, and the unavoidable absence of two learned Friends of his (we believe the late Attorney and Solicitor• General), several Gentlemen, who meant to take a part in the debate upon this 11111, had gone away, understanding that i, w.:s not to come on. He theret,re hoped the Noble Lord would have the candour not to press it, in the ab sence of so many persons. Lord HENRY PETTY said, that he had receiv ed a note in the mornirl. to know whether the Bid was to come on, to which he answered in the affir mative. A similar notice had been thrown out in the course of the del.ates, arid it stood upon the I order of the day. These were no doubt sufficient notices, and if, after all, gentlemen chose rather to go away than attend thcr duty, it furnished no sufficient reason why public business ahould be sus pended. A lon g _ debate ensued open this, "hen Mr Yorke, Mr. I Inskisson, Vi-pint Castlereagh. Mr. Calvert, Sir Charles Price, and Sir James Pulteney, stresmoosly contended foe delay ; and Lord Henry Petty. the Attorney-General. Mr. Alexander. Mr. Virinarr, and Mr, Gilcs, agaics: Af:tr wi.ich, the report was '::ken into cnnsideratien, agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be lead a third time to-asoz. row sett:night. The East India Shipping was ecad * Wend time, and ordered to be committed to morrow, Mr. Secretary WINDHAM moved the We t of the day for the seeond reading of tie I a Bill ; ard on the question being put, Mr. YORKE said, he had no obj:_flion to the sat. pension of the ballot, under ceitam circumstances; but when the blanks were tilled up 'u the committee, it they were not such as he th..uglit was best, h e would take an opportunity of opposing - the Bill in a future stage. While up, he wished to ask tLe R:ght lion. Secretary, whether he tneact this Bill exclusively for England, and to bring forward another for Scotland, ,or whether he meant to ex clude Scotland entirely ? Mr. Secretary WINDHAM, in answer, said, he had no intention of extending tire Training Bill to Scotland, and, therefore, he saw no necessity for ex tending the Militia Bill to that Country ; b ut to this, he was nuts prepared to give au decisive ars answer. Sir WILT_ I AM ELFORD apprehended it teat the intention of the Right Honourable. Secretary, to substitute bounties in place of the ballot; and h r wished much that the matter would be explained; a; in that case, he would, on some future occasion, pose it. Viscount CASTLEREAGH said, that this per. hips was not the proper time to observe on what had fallen fr, - ,m the Right H , nourable Gentleman, with respect to Scotland, but he really thhught it a Lott astonishing tlting, that this Bill should not tea tend to Scotland, as the BM which had been repealed did. He V as aware :hat it was not cousidered right to include Ireland, generally, is such measures, but it really was the first time he had ever heard that they were not appropeate to Scotland. Mr. Secretary WINDEI Akl said, that with re. spelt to what the Noble Lord had mentioned &beat Scotland, he could only say, :Is the Noble Lord had himself said, that this was not the time to observe on it, and that he would be mere explicit on a future day And now, with regard to the "rite:tiro put .0 him by an Hon. Gentleman (Sir W. Elford), he certainly thought it would be better that the Yaw, tie, should not be filled up by bounties, and it was his intention us let the numi.,er of the Militia fall to the usual e,tablishsnant, rattier than fill. Cieln up by bounties; but this, however. would be a question for future consideration. Viscount CASTLEREAGH .and Sir WIL LIAM ELFORD explamed. Sir JAME 6 FULTENEY went into a statement of the p!aa ne would recommend for adoption, with regard to the Militia. He thought the pres:nt Mi. litia should be allowed to enlist, aril that the mid ments should be again filled up by the different counties, allowing only one-fourth of the number to be under arms at 4 time. Mr. YORE wished to know what the Right Host. Gentleman me sot by reducing the Militia to its original establishment ? Prior to ch.! year IEO2, the strength of the Militia was 30.etiO men ; by the Act of 1802. the .umber for England seat fixed at 40.000, and for S.ntland 8,000, exclusive of the Supplementary. v:hich of these numbers the Right Hon. Gentleman meant as tl - ie original ell:• bliehment, wat w►at he wanted to knew ! There was also arvu:.er point, with regat# to which he wished to be attisfted. By the Army of Resew, and Additional Force Aas, the clauses with respell to the Supplementary Milria, sane repealed ; ►ut would now be again in force, as these two Afts we:e repealed Now, as the counties would be sc`a• j -t1 to heavy penalties for not raisirg men, he thougit s me provijon should be made. Mr. Secretary WIND:-I. I IM aaid, he meant the establiblasent of 1802; and, with respedt to the latter part of what the Hen. Gentleman had said, provis , .n, he observed, would be matte. The Rill was then read a second true, and order• od to be committed cm Friday nest. DUDE CH. 4 .RGE. The House then resolved itself into a Coral:tines on the Charge against Marquis I,Vellesley, with re epee to Orr.;e. General St. Leger was called in, and exam:re4 at the Bar. His evidence went to prcre the et-- (*raise strength of different regiments to ti.e East Indies, is 1798 and t l 9 The esorainoiroa of General St. Leger having cor.clujed, Mr. HOLLIS inquired of the Hon. M.mbee (Mr. Paul), whether he proposed to ease:riot any other witne‘ses ? Mr. P.112L replied, that the delay of some ac counts from the India-House prevented his pnsitively determining on that point. It might possible he necessary to put a few snore questions to the Ivlii tary Auditor-General, (Capt. Salmon), and to Gt. neral Craig. The House reamed, the Chairman reported pv gress, and the Committee obtained leave to I. again on Friday. Oa the motion of Mr. PAUL, the order of the Sth orient., .• that there be laid before the Haute a return of the effeZlive strength of the e;th Dragoons, from °Sober 1795, to aftober 179ri' was read ; aiil it was ordered, that the Siii nitro be made forthwith. Mr. Vansitrart brought up a Bill for allowing 0-e importation of salt 6.h from Nest.oundl.ind, wh.c.l was read a first, and curfsered to be read a secorsi time to-morrow. Mr. VANSITTARI also presented, by com mand of His Majesty, an account of the grants Dot being vitt of the ordinary ezpences of the Civil List.—Ordered to he on the table. He thrummed. that an humble address be presented to His MA 'testy, praying tnat there be raid bef”re the Ilene a further account of all gams of money issued Pa' stunt to the resolutions of this House, and part made good by Parliament." Agreed to, and or-7 dered that the said Addr-ss be presented by such r! the Members of the House as are of His 11ajeat/ • Privy Council. The second reading of the Irish Pewees Brie' !anon 8111 was deferred nil to-:r. nw ; and et further consideration of the Lirrt: Oravamck I ' the third reading of the Th: Ls. e Rill, at,d •P committees of Supply and \Vat - . sr.d vr,! r riday. Adjoirrne4. ~..,. into erinstleration, agreed t o , l to be lead a third time to.noo r , ;hipping was ves3 * woad n be commiszed to morrow. IN DHAM moved the order eeond wading of tie Militia Bed. e question bring put, d, he had no obj:_ftiou to the sot. Nt under cett.mt circcrnstarces; s were tilled up ;11 the committee, ich as he tht .0 1;1 a was best, h e ortunity of opposing - the Bill in 'hik up, he wished to ask the • try, whether he meant this Bill igland, and to b:ing forward ind, ,or whether he meant to ex. rely ? •INDHANI, in answer, said, he of extending the Training Bill to . e f ore , he saw no necessity for ex. a Bill to that Country ; but to prepared to give so decisive au ELFORD apprehended it was Right Honourable. Secretary, to in place of the ballot; and h e • he matter would be explained; a; ild, on some future occasion, tp. 'LEREAGIi said, that this per. oper time to observe on what had ;la Fi , nourable Gentleman, with , but lie realty Obvert it a Lost that this Bill shoald not eta ; the BM which had been repealed •e that it was not considered right generally, is such measures, but first time he had ever heard that opeate to Scotland. WINDEI A Pll said, era: with re. • foble Lord had mentioned &b oat only say, as the Noble Lerii had his was not the time to observe 04 uld b more explicit on a future :kir regard to the question put :o