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1.1:111)EsUIAL -PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. MONDAY, JUN. 2.9, The Ear D'ALtiotisuc,:l3tiicKEtElT - Mit Lord the oaths,:aud their seats. • , The Earl 01 Mont A, presenwd several Petitimis from persons confined for debt;- which were'aider - ed to lie on the:4l6le. Lord H0L1,A . 13 .presented Pctiliotts from the Pri soners confuted for debt in the king's-Bench, anti other prisons ` ; which were ordered to -tie op t 1 ta.:' bin. DEBTOR AND. CREDIIOI4.I •The'ESil of Alo . itt-x presented a 111 , 11•7fai 4 a1teling and amendin ,, r' the Laws relative to Debtor :1114 .. cre• - ditor p .and - . for the more= etliettual-Oni:,l'itutt of Fraudulent Debtors. Lüs. Lordship-stated, ;that it was not his inteption to press forward the 13;11 .this Session; but merely• to wove that it-rnie,litlAr-kint ed, his oljeti being that this -. in:)pottritii'titibjeci should ')e thafinglily conideredif titt'brodgfirtide-' ward again early ncxf SesSion. ANIERI CA N TtCAIYE: Lord lia,witisDur.y presented, by his Majesty's command: the Older Council, contintiing the Provision* of the American Intercoutse Al, which" expired during the recess, and gave notice thafit wa* die intention .of his Ala . jesty.'s Governtneut, to propose to Parliament t o r c c otiimin g thdpp . pv e A& for a titne to be then specified, and to-propos - 0 in, such Bill a Clause of Indemnity for ,the' advice given to his Majesty to cunt - time the Provisions' ot , . the former Act after it had legally expired.. , Lord AUCKLAND stated, that the reason he di4.' not, when in office,, recommend the COntiunatice of . the Aa which had ,now ttpire4,,, was the pending Negotiation with ‘,. ITE twisted; that wiien the Treaty which was the reSUI( of that Negotiation' came to be dis6iissed, it wollid - be'dikuS - ced 'as A' Treaty ratified; and he felt satisfia' it w6tild - ' be` fOund that eer'y possible attention had beets paid to the interests of this Country. Lord Hoii,i - NO refeirea to the Bill of tights to prove the illegality\ of levying money b the aOtho rity of the'CioWn; without the- consent of Parlia ment, arid which. he contended was done in tt* present instance; by continuing' to leVy'duties with out anrcompetent authority. . . - - Lord HAW KitiSßl.7 Y admitted' that it was an in-, fraction of the law, and therefore.his,Maitsty's 11.1 k niswrs came - to Parliament for indem.nity. Admit ting, the. zeperal principle; statedlvy the_ Noble he wished to be .understpocl_that . thjs case tiiiist stand upOri . pvin special circuinstthite, of which that House woulcrjudg6'whOa the -stihjea came regularly - before' them. . Lord,GitENvlLLs ccntendeci, that the Ordey of Council for levying: duties, which had no legal_ e x , istence, was a violation of a.. most impotitikok const tutional principle, which ought to.undergo.the most t:riotis.discussion in that t l ,9lPg. , Lord HOLLA4.tri• Coidered.., the quesfion of so much importance, that he dqemed it neceSs'ary to move tot the appointment Of a . Committee to sear for precedent's, siri - LO the year 08%, mouey, bew levied or applied by the CeoWn author.. ty of Parliament. ..Lord he' , GuENvILLE, AucKi,:itz4,D; HOLLAND, 13ORINGD9N; AU DER Ci; HAwict'sflutly . , Ti* lottet nerved . the pfe: . ViOtirquOkioli,, Niih.ch was. carried. A conversation of oti§iderate lehgth etimed; its whicti I.;d4:Gith - yille - vilsheEt foi'bbse*lothe'r in formation with respe& to - airy suhsequent dire L funs carryin . th i e Order of council into effea: 1-Lt.7l4'siiiiitf'saii tit woad' niake the'ne= ces.sary PRIVATE BILLS: . . . Lord WALINGIIAM presented several Petitions for the reviVal'Of Privike' The LoniCiiii:NClLibit gaveiiptice thAlhOduld move to-morrow for the appointment of a Cominitie'e to take into consideralion the circumstances attend ing Private pilts which 44 been interrupted in their . progress by the Dissolution of Parliament. AbiVllloB-eItATION O . F I . USTICE IN'S'tOTL/ST,II). GREN VILLE presented two Bills, one for in trOcbcingTrial'by..TUryin certain Civil Caies in Scdt land, and the other for regtilating the Courts. (A-Jus tice in that Country. The maintained foriner oph il ons ith respe& to this measorer, 1 - 4W.Qie%. fore iritended also to propose hii Bill, which ta gether.with those of ~ the Nyble might go to the CoOntry to be considered and'cligested, previotis to next Session, as it was ithpossible this theasure could be carried tiirongb ip the Oie§ept..Sessi . Oo,. , . After" some further observ,atiolisfriimlad*GitEil-s -vt LLB, the Lonn E CII.INcLLon, the Duke of ATIIOL, and the 'Earl of LAU"; the BOW were or&red' to be printed. - -Adjourned tiii to-morrow.. HOUSE OF COMMONS, . • ":404A1, JC.'11 . 1320` : RENO/AL OF 431 . LLs: . ,1N,TE'1,2:ROP4ED BY TILE LiU'E nissoLu'rior. , ~ Sir SAMVEL.II.OMILY leav,to 13,ritig• a Bill (similar to tha't. introduced by him tow`:ii:'.lS the' close of the laSt . Session, which was itlpra*re - ss at' the time. of the, Dissolution),' ti?r.rezoerii)g- t1i , .4 Free- . hold Property' of ~persons 'snbie4 to the ,liihkrA)t, Laws dying in debt assets for the payment qf, their debts. On,tbe Motion of INIT, the 4th o t f March last, against granting . offices. in le- . version, of to two or More persons' wit h,n'etit of :oar- vivorshit), was read, xi•tu4 iy,cu to tiriii in` a Bill similar to that-pending wi:cit .the late Patliii meta wag dissolved, for carrying fiVe ikes'autibel Law. . . . . Mr. BA NKES stated, that , Bill should be pie-; pared, and presented as speedily aSjiu;:silDle, Sir JouN N r EWPQRT this opportunity otstat ing, that in the Bill introduced by 'hirn in the I . :tst. Session, for abolishing 'certain ti:wless pflk es.; a•i l d fOr the better Regulation .of ,other Odiees,in ficia'nd; one had heetyoinitted, which he since fbund ou p t to have ly_x-,n included. He rpeant the of, Sur-, veyor and In'speCifir of the Itiver K,nniare an.o4c4 created a few years since, and granted to Sir iionle Roche and - Aylrner,, Esq. ith benefit of sur vMarship. There was no Suryeyor or Inspedor i of Sit= "Kii - rp.tht saidc peared;_ what bad been said,. to be one of, those that %iglu to be rednlated, rather t 1 an•itip 7 j,t •was, hpwever„ subje . 4 to the disposal 'of Pat - Ilan:lee, t h •'-vdcaiirY created, by the death of Sir Boyle Roche- had - not been filled up, unless it liad'been by the, late' 'Ministers. • Alter, some observat t ionsinthevr4y olexplanation,; btween Sir _John:Newport and Colonel Vereker,, leave \vas given to - bring-in the Bill: • 1 1 , 10x4 notice„. that to-iiiorrow he - should moVe fur leave:to bring in a Bill, simi- Jai' to 'that intercepted. in its progress by the late Dissolution, for the more .secure remittance of the • 'Revenues of Scotland to the Bank' or England. Ile ,alsatiioiititice,. dint' of Vritiay , nexi,. be should move for' , leave , 0) bring in a Bill for appedpriatink . he excesses 41` to-the it plan already laid before 'Parliament,: AMERICAN INTERCOURSE. - H Earl TE mist: 13', aviiare of the nbjeetiOns made by the persons who now c'emposeahiS*Majest;i's (3ovei - nri - lebt to the Altiericiin Intercourse Bill 01 the last Session I,yllil ,progreSs, wished to know, for the sati's'- fa4ion of those concerned in tlnit ,trade, whether' there was any intention to tnove - for leave to brinify in' a 13111 to rep:!:ti the At ?. Mr. liosc bcilti, that though the present Ministers, had - strOng - objedions to the measure while in its pragreSs; it wOnl4 - not be right' tolltink of repealing it-. while discnssibus were pending between this Cdttntry and the Atneritan -Government. Mr. Rosk gave tintite; that :to=morrow he•would move .thitt certain Es.titnat4: relitive to the Clothing of the Invalids, be laid,before the House. He re , Ointn' ended this subject thi; attentive COnsidera. tion.ol: the House.. Mr. EJ>Eti gave notice, that to-morrow he wo'ild move for an Acoount or the Ships. Wile and - regit tergd in Great43.ritainein the last twelve-months; • • BRITISH MUSEUM. - On We Motion of Mr, LONG it was - ordered, that there be laid before the House an AcCotilit' of the' hi;krtrditip - of tile' British: Museum: irr the years 18.u5 and' 1806, together - With an Esthunte of the kgpenditure of 1807. Mr. Ito - saprelented a Petition frord the Trustees ICliitlVe itEC . the Han for prchasing the Lansdowne Manuscripts'. arc.LoNG - statett that the - Committee appointed to considel - d - th . 6 . fliatter in. the'last Session had not been able to make - its Report before 01'6 Dissolution, would pow . be mails very soon. Mr. B i t 6cn . , with a view to shew the progress that had - been made towards rendering the Musenri ccssible; in the degree that it ought to be, to the moved, that there be laid before the Willse Copies of all the RegulatiOns adOpted for the better ,preservation of the different Colleations, and for rendering them more accessible to Artists and others; and also, an Account of the nuintier of Per ous act, milted - tO see the Museum since the year 1805*, dis. tingutshiug the year, c,—Ordered. • MARQUIS ‘VELLESLEY. Lord FortsTONE,.entertaining still tbe - sarne opi nion'thg he . had from the bvgihnitig, relative to Lord Wellesley's conduet in the Oude trania6tior),. moved, that the several Papers ordered with It'vietv to the accusation and defence of the Nogle on that'charge in the last SesSion; be again lal i d De fore the House: • Sir JO - F6i • ,eltlfilly the wish of-ali persons, as, WeWthOse who disapprov-. ed of the administraticz 01 the Noble Marquis, as of those who %honglit,. like him, that it was• the brightest Mrod of the British history, in Indikt, that as, well on public as on private grokulas., these itat-ge - s so long pending should be brought to a de- . , as speedily aS"poSsible. As thoSe who had been in the lait and the preceding Parlidinent mus haye'alrea'dy made themselves ma s ters of all the do and as there were in the Vote °thee a sufficient number of Copies to supply all the .INre'w, Members, he reconitnended, with a view to econo,, My and expedition, that instead Of renewing - the generai Order for presenting and printing, the re maining. Copies should be distributed to the New Meillbers, and that the hUsiness bO' decided .na.aS early a clarzs possible in this Session,. After some discussion, in whida Lord Foctorom4 expressed his willingness to promote a speedy but with a fear that the present Session, front . the variety of other important business, would not,' iu shOrt duration, afford .either sufficient time, cir . , n swiiciontly lull attendance•tor this question, Air. Cii*Etiveir, frohi the difficulty of necidin4 in wltich:t Noble MarquUs friend's thought hi's administration most useful, and the EaSt India C - iienPanys, according to a book published under the ilikorily Of the Court of Directors, represented it as most inyurious to their trade and revenue, as ai ab solute despoasin, violating all the • laws. for the Obilertintert Of Inditi, lie thonglit the present short Session, occupied as it would be; with a multiplicity of (tier important mportant Matters, would not afford a pro per, opportunity for caning to a' determination upon it.. , Att. IL AtiotNcToN thought thee Was m cornhi, nation of every priVate and public reason fol . coining to d decision .as speedily as, possible.. Thcisi.: who Wad* been tvleufbets of t 1 /6st PArliament, had read Alt the'd6Coniciiti, which had bVen ordered, he ‘Vottld sly too precipit,tely, without the substantiati6n pr illa facie case of guilt. The Papers in the Vottp:. Office vs, 0'..11d suppiy the new Meinbors. • •,,,. the same description, f'pr Ate ogler river in Irel - atte . : - :;;TO .arEAKEn. sailt, it was not sie_cessary that ra. , it %vas quite a sinecure, with a salitiy . elf3ool. lOW. lmirk s -,zphi*lct be Oreltilted gott, tyrtmed: been, he knewnot how, omitted.itklW Iteportsoo',; ttislttl.T4liatneot in order to' LAI 1: grout] fur- CunikniSsioners of Inquirk: in It/land, sand .t 1 1;, I.*ni;lV,i4igtary proceedings.. ~..kt w .; enouo - that tore , :milted Iti ' llie 13,1 r - brou&I)I in - hY 1u otiitgit : l. tl*Pfvo is the'tmissidy of trt.....1i. -, t4.)tr nifty, bt. Ileport. - .1% . 10- 4 . l l'rif - the sense of the Howe should; be to: dis-. Mr. HERBERT (of Kerry), said. that . the. Itiver' 1 fuis'e`of any ' Papers' in. its. stores, to: any particular de- Ni.' - iiiiiiiti.i4asf ... prilicipally - in - the-County:she-had-the- - sevi-pti-;3u•Of-.Metnbers, it would be thg..duty 0/Abe__ honour to represent.. Its course \vas' forty. ini r kes Speziker tor4irtit ... , the iv,tstoof the tlouse.shartly• into, iQvg, and above five or six brocid, with nutuberless 4 . execittfOn; creeks,' and withour a sikigh, . Revenue Office 'lli' its Vicinity to conemid the stutigglingeterCid uptiti it, .011 this ; of t * 'had . " been. - cr`eate(l. the stilaggling haf.t. shortly . .affei - the t aLipatiititent, - been gre4tly rem duced. , . : . Lord H. PETTY . was aware of the smuggling upon the - Rivqr Keninare ;, but' that was a Stronger reason for suppressuig a useless sinecure, and substituting an active preveulion..• • .1‘..1t tibto3Etix explained.. I - le:meant ,that Some inspeaion was necessary. The smuggling was not now - so - considerable 'as it had been- before- the crea. Lion .OT/his office. In gwer to a wish e-xpreSSedi. bf - - Sitt'Atu:tiv4 that- this: day or. bortiorv,ow three weeks shot ld.. be:appbinted the decision's - roll the Lord Po Stated:, that for himself he.'waS:: - always ready to come to, the discussion, but he . . could not tic ny day witholat:coultilting others,.- . . • . . hl V Ait UI LS.• The' 5.1.1 r: :c +r acquainted the ilottse-; dig; , seam to the diredion of the House-,:.an.-Acconnt bad: been prepareit , of all Private Billq'pendint :at - the Wileof the late Dissolution,, with, the several , fitageg iti ivhich . tlt4' were on. tlie 27th of: April, and those- that were passed, with the exception- of receiving" the Royal Assent.--=The Account 'was.. ordered to lie on after Sonle. cotiversatiOn' between Lord How ick (who proppsed, the pr in tnig) : and Mr. ; , Peraevatoordered -- ta - he printed.: - - Mr. PlcfiCEV.4l,• rose , now(' to: submit to. the. House a illotion,. which the inconvenien.cieg affeaing pi - Mite Bills ; arising frdin the late Dissolution of Parliament. If, .how-- ever, the House should estimate more highly that) lie did .those ineouvenieueies„ those who' bad a superior kelingrof them, would; he trusted,. be, but , more strongly compelled to. adopt the itesobitibb which Went to reniedfthent,i He was sure that those whei idgardeit 11i6"tissolntion• . as a crime not to be forgiven, would be disposed, to. visit the punishment of it vb ily upon the advisefc without involvipg those who were but innocent suf, ferees-. .t-inevet , had said that thte . Dissolu,tion..was not attended with inconvenience : it was, Merely of a' comparison of that inconvenience with the supeiTa.7., importance of the reason ' rendered the Dim- - Intim necessary at that precise inue;tliat 110'de-j fended it; Theprincipaleinconeniencies 'co in ned of were the delay and the additiOnal . expenee, The j delay — of two Montfis,' he - hbpet,i; could not be attend t with any material inconvenience; and ao to tha, j expense, it Weald be Obviated in one of itsbistinettes by.the liberality of ,the Officers, who, a&ordiktg to the precedent established br4heir - forenet in 1,784, agreed to advance. the Bills so. pending at the Dissolution, to their former stages, without any additional fees. It remained only . to-obviate peuce . of agency; and, theattendance of witne-sses ta.wiL= This was theprine'Talobje& of the -Pc'esoler tion. he • meant ; to propose, which Was to gve-an. instru&ion to the Committee; to . ' which thiery%Petl4, titan 'for aprivate should' be referred ; tainquire whether any Petition had already been presented ' , M. the late Session,,,. from the.sarbe parties, on the same subjeet ; and' if so; that theininutes of the evidenc.ei taken before the Committee an that former Petition, shoUld be evidence befors the said Cominitkee; and, st„ iu.like mariner i with respect to private. Bill's; • founded on such Petitions, allowing the Committeesi to - Call for further'evidvnce; if-necessary. He hopd that the inconveniencies arising frosu the late Di,ss,o4 lotion to privnt. hnsiilo.4 w0. , 414 be itt groat tssea : sure done away by adoptinl, this arrangement. nage %Om-looked. upon tho ifissolution as an evil which nothing could remedy, would pot, of courses thihr this - remedy - satisfadery. But-those-who, 0.4 the contrary, lo4ed . upop it as right-to appeallo the sense of the - Country, under the circunAstances ex isting at . the would be gratified to• think that the inconvenient:les which he appeal occesionedco , :;li he made so light. He moved a llesolutionaccordlnely Lord IL PETTY was randy . tO concur' in every proper measure to lighten the inconveic i e r nee s cause d by the. late -Dissolution. He, 110VRVikt, wished the Hatise to consider, that to the t,trjeant at Arms', and others of the Officers, the doLcieneies of their fees beneath a certain amount was to be made good- froni the ptiblic purse,' and this 'deficiency Would of contse lie - iftereased - b7, rernittide• the•fees; Mr. CTIMFE N cdukritot reconcile himself to so dilitertag a precedent •as thiS, Which bypidienthig a ingcte for relieving the private inconveniericie3 in6i- • dk?.rit to such a stretch of power, ,would always TO der it matter of facility to a Minister to dissolve Par liansent its ever" ) , case in•whiCh its temper and dispo.- sitien may, be adverse to their views. It was true, tit ire had been a strong opposition to, thelate Mini sters on the two cjuestions'that had been tried touch ing the,maimer in which they had come intopower e He bad -:beer one of those who had opposed them upon the'se.vestions, and be lamented 'that The :decision upon them had not been different ;• for as it was, it tended to endanger the security of the' 'Crown, and of the country. itself. He was sure, however, that no vexatious opposition had been in, tended 3, and .ifthere had been, he would not have been A party to it, He lainented the inconveni encies to private persons resulting from the :I.sso lution ; brit , though he wished to alleviate those in conveniencies, he could not consent - tb relieve them . lay opening, a .door to public mischief. Lord I.IOIL coinciV.lin what had fallen from his Hon., Bethel near thin. 1-10..yever desirous of remedying the ineonveniencies occasioned by the t)issolotibte (and every' day she Wed these ineetWe niencies to be so great; that the period seemed to have' been purposely chosen. at which they must have been greatest), he could not easily bring himself to content to: the measure now proposed to remedy those ineon venieneies.. The Magnitude of the inconveniencies might indeed' be' well estimated from the extraordi nary nature of the reined) , proposed. That reinedy Weet suspend and repeal for the tiMe the forins.by which the piivil l egeg of the House of Cornnion'4, the rights and the' property of the people, were secured and protected. However highly he .may be dis- Posed to coannend the liberality of the clerks, it *as not a very pleasailt situation in which to place the Ho'us'e; or the country, to mate them dependent On that liberality. However it way answer in cases in which there was na oppos?tiou to•allow the Bills to proceet; Without the neneisity of bringing up wit nesses, in cases of contest and opposition,. the vast ' ex pence attending , such eases must be again incurred. , rite necessary notice - S. Were net to be insisted tipou, ! Bud individuals may fetid their property ioveded ; without any intiingtion to:put. them on their guard,' It was impossible fur him, in these circumstances, to co wept ty the aerapgettlezit ptoposed, the MO; Roe. G ‘ tutle..ahln, would:but- allow bin3self z, onsit. of <24 boors,, he would, not, t4init, - of pressing a. Inca sure,not only differing widely front all pr.ecedent,, but violatoty of , every parliamentary principle,. He rel. cominended,at least, the.nppointroent ot a committee : to seayelt , into precedents, In 1754,; t hough, t expe, client ; , ,of *warding the Bills without: tees hai been tichmted,,....no : .sfandin i gprder 1 3 ,( ! ny lo I ate d.. ki f s 4aitt ioted on t t.; tution. He disdairnedall idea of %'exltiou4l-.40,4.1 . 4ii Tliofic<4 nei=essarlli< been a. decided~, tioro,?4,..che , questions -ioimediately touching the. Shjtfge irflAdriiimisiration.,. and , iuveltitingigrtakfcconf- . stittuional, principles, tho 4lecision that had, been formed upon feart7d.Thore to.regret, there would not have be,:n Atio.th4r:24itif sionfint the course of the Session, un;ess iteAti It ad- boxn) - brought for isiatel.- The)lfKiksttrecfPilta -- could notpossihky be . cam'_ soat late , a perie4 , oC , tlie-,Sesision. Tlie piece44%-: unit' dangerous its , prindiple, and he coact iia.t7us,co - lir to • Airr. 1•0 1 44r2ii,-ii.i-d;Ai coo:4d n (4 . ..h0pe ,t? 4 tqc the . Lord.'S opinion, nor ,tliat• of those Wbak . a6 - *El, , witir:liitni i . menu the marits of the late Diasol4 howeiey;'tltat4l4itt4 was - a gfeitt inajblityethe:Flause who wete of ovi=r mlth bhn, that. the: - I',Fierdgative 'l,lds•pioperlk-iP exercised in, that inSt9nee., The importance of; th , its public causes that led to the Dissolution werotnor_ than -sufficient. id ti6kitk44ll4itnCe the•Private)itiOon.-: vePiencleB. it t/ l lN:6.gi - e'arptiblic interest that to be'co LIS LAte4,:t ~ con v'oience,. Noble- Lord if.weriqu inistaken •iii supposing itligt standing Orklei - ' 'or 'th a t - ti*•itlsunt • to partleat was k Aint4inge, - .1 upon._ 'rho shitiding- AO; nefileegy!quired that.they:shouLi bc.,givit itte at, the -gkizet tjj - A; ., or; hi theAu6 4 4s and Spterittti.if they, preceding t4eakivn- 4.1 rAv-4.4t, the Bill.-"ky,aakka lt ,brought The-Mithatiltll4434::•theAu,gust,.*4 t t le , Sepfethlier that.lsrecedet.tt.k..kst Session,_ wea l! a i s4 0 4 16 Att 7al-4-Seßt_pot. e:Ve-rfiitagt ithis, and tlueiAoxe the saipe...noticeads*ere4.•,to r t h q •to' h6 , ..ttdve brought4 - 1-`.t - Theesa 41. ekilitottkiStidli laid been put on : the law 9,4;uoticei the, : year- I.Bttit,', and ...in}the_year 1 spo,,, i 5,. the tit s43E,jori th q 1 Uta ,iteel Patlia i tnent follpwingpAlisllort i Session of the , Patlianient. thcMilt it tratlier-a warot . strengthening tbe a irfig,ificr A t derived taut thAt inCtStrycniencies atuxiding "khrz Dissolution ; to to t e incoirverj,i4yties, it an As - r0(r41.... I iadtent was necosary tho 444 were taken - for -the Pl,4>liej with the.olyligntiorik% nuke them good , to certain amount, EIP bkt.-ti.4toTied to that etio.. _ kin - explanation), v 'sell from ttilvinttkiattabaAitilqeiricig tct the . inconvetiia4cicsioaTising' froth, the! Diss6lnrkon., witOtt. he -'.har.l , overy « I h to . reclledy, se. fat as teat :publiCt :mischief, d•enici tht: applicatiqn of lirecedenks, of 1784 and uO., .l.n the An cfrdniiitance§.. _No solution, like_the.prtsen, had tueen: tlae adopted,;_ Mr. 1 -- TRCEViIt„ in ;ekplAnation, said, his soluticat apt•lied to kne:eviaelac'e,. Orxtg. . - _ _ . . . Si, JOHN ATE/PPORrotkiteled to the ResolA= tioh, agrottig 4 - substirme - wrirten evidmee- for pg; role' evidncd, with , Clue'' piiwb . r of . versik,al ex.eiriil ilation. JiZr,. ROSE said,, the Commit tees; :were to be liberty to ,call fo.v pdrole evidence whenever the . f ipav think' it necessar) . % l c thought the 'ffi)usetoui4 by its ov n. pu,wer obviate the ditticultieitolichin . g tlt fees in overyinstanee: fors, though the lees werh appropriated by AatOf Patji*enr, thr, -- T were layied -only by a - Resolution- of thg-Hottse \Ouch' the lioae cotild'dispose of , acc o rdi n g to 44 , , Lord PETTY allow wi that t.l,e pbMier. of tjig House'mayextend - as- far as.th e Hon. Gentleciiin stated; • bkit"it . wduld not, perhaps,, be nght,.'ater itherflotise had passed tin ACS 'ot Appii.TriatiOni tc mlitbdrawr the stpllstti he appropriated. • Atier'a ted, words froin Nfr.Bastard . aLid Sir John Austruther ,against the inotiiin, Mr. Shaw Lefevr4 moverl, , that tee debate be adjourned till to-morrow; T.EIIiR .prodnced a short discussion between tee Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Ilowick,. W. Smith, Me.. C. Wynne.,; and Mr. cc Duudas e which it was contended,: on the one hand, thl thz2rewere no grounds,. and on the other, thAt- . tbef4 were ample grounds, f ur - a postporidii?p4t, llobse ,Ifor the adionrntrient - - Against : it - • 164 3dajority _ sa NrcE ur,ort of th e E xcitEdUEtt then ma 71 1 he ReSolution was then put and carr i e d,, ett l a l L C so l l s o 4 ticm th . ?,lt no Petiti ons f or p r i vate R illfs should he. receivedafter Monday next. , Mr: I'oN,SONBY, Mr. NV 4 . SMITH, and Lord Hoy icrc. contended that the terin was tab Theen NcE twit of the EXcEtz4t444or4TecinG it was extended to Monday se'tinig a ht: The'following.ReSOlutiorls Were ti it . gi - ,,f41 to That to private till be pre sen t e d after' lio.;day 13th of July. That- no. Reports oir private fit. received after Monday .:47th of July. WEST • The Hon. C. JOIINST:O.NE gave notice flat ho woad, to-morrow; -. MOW that there be laid hdfqrf4: the l'lons , e an Account` of the nuinhtr of Ddilitary• Sent' out to the West Indies from the Ist Jan. 1797 tojife tst Jan.lito7, with the numb er of deaths had'tploll place,* distinguishing Privates from Of ice. .obivet.wps to call the attention of OP, House to . the dreadful Mortality which tool:plat-44n the West India IShinds, and to propose the Appuint..e. inent of a Committee to investigate and endeaVOln to!ccitiiit'eract the' causes Of it. SIR ii.,MII.bMAY', Sir HENRY • 11111,1):1 , Th 'rose, in pursuance of his notice on Friday (the Hon. Baronet was so much agitated. that we could but iMperfectly collect the subsequent Statements). He slid not wish to conceal the msiety he felt on the oe6sion, the grea test p ar ; ofd vl(ll+ 4 ', arose from his insutlienoy to addfess a public audience, more especiaity as the gross caltitn, nies'iO which his conduct had lately been subjected less capable of e4plaining with cle s aily.rl-that'traiisaction---the only one in which he he liiikeyerbeeli concerned with Governments.--, The Foul Reportpf the Commissioners of MilitaT DP inquiry had been perverted„ for the purpose of casting inipUlations Which he was convinced ovvor t4 , = cw4t-Tl4:leAtio4 of 01. q. CiNnu.. 1 9.41;r4.-- - 9 - ' •