The Sun. — London, England, 1805-05-24 00:00:00

From the ST. CUR ISTOPIIER ADVERTISER, MARCH 19► 'lBO5. INVASIO'N OF ST. ,CHRISTOPIIER.. ON Tuesday morning, the stiff inst. a Stiadron of . Line.of.hattle Ships appeared in sight, ,which proved afierwards tt be the Force that had ben at DeMinica ten or twelve days p reviousl y , an ycon. sisting oLthe following Ships, viz. • Maiestueux, - 120 Guns, Commanded by Adm. Mi4sieSi, With (.f. . Le Grange on hoard as Commander of the Land Fdrcei. TYlagnenime, L'lndOfatigable, 44 lip Sutfrein, - 1 6 La letnuppe, - - L'eke:toon, ( Brig) -16 La Lyon. 74 L. Moncheron, (Sch.) L'A I 44 (do.) - 44 - . About 'twelve o'clock, the Frigate's havirfe ;M. cliured with the' Transports, and with springs upon their cables, end the'Line.of•hattle Ships lying.to abreast of tlie . Town, a shot was fired at Iro r t Smith, when the Flag - was itnmediately s truck. Th e two small units to windward and lee'SVard of the liar. . • lib& being utiable to mate any essential resistance, • • • the Militia. haVoggo'lle' early in the in , orning to reinforce .the, Garrison of BriinsioneHilill, and no pietediolt for , the Town Of Basseterre, either in Troops tit Britisl M'en , of War, any resistance was deemed ineffeetual to so formidable a force, A, f ew Gentlemen who remained irf 'lteWn assembled, and a r i•etel.,•3 ,roesisting,of the following Geritleitren :- - -:eThe 'HON , Jelin Garnett, Speaker of Assembly ; Ulick Burke, John Mactiamara, Clement Cainese John Bryan, and Daniel Siterey, Esqrti. . Mr. Pitcher, •understreiriing Sertiething of the French language, ofFered his services, if they could be consie".red iiticful, atal tittOrdingly accornpinied the Committee ; as did. also,Mr. Male.- As no I,lag . of Truce appeared, frOrn the Enemy, preparatiOttil were observed for landing Troops, the above GetitleMen went off in a Flag of Truce, and were received On board Le Lynx Yrigate; where General Barbot, Chief of the IVlajor, demanded to heir our proposals; He inquired for the Prod. dent, to treat with him, hut appeared satisfied on being infottned tha t his annotir was at Brimstone. Hill. Kt alto inquired what iiutnbtr of 'Troops were On the Liana; but the Cornmittee assured him they could say nothing on that stibjed. The Terms Of Capitidatioli prbpbsed for the in. habitants of Btsseteree, anti its Dependencies, with the Hittites throughout the island, were Ist. That they shall retain their Laws as, fat as the .sauFte yelate to .their PC150115 003 Properties, &ring the War. i d. That their Persons and Properties shall be e•tfe, tend taken under the protedion of the French Government. 31. All Forts, Batteries, Arms, and Atrintu.. Lition, within the power of the inhabitants above shall be deliveted , up to the French Government. General Barbai then remarked, that a Contribu. tion should be levied, aud.Holtages:r.eqtiired forlis fu'ifilment, but diretted the Cointitittee' to . gn on b•itird the M iiestiuen*, tjfe,Admit4 find the Ge. tieral in Chief ; and said they would Mune. A ffmely, with only a , sinall tietaclunent of . Trot I+3, which should uot enter rhe but take adv An. tageous positions at a smtlt distance from it. Mt - ' Canes reqUeSted permission to accompany the Troops sin landitit, for the purpose pt . explainitie to the in. habitants of the town that nu violence would be coaritnitted in the first instance ; bw, that the Troops woold bG fixed.out of Basseterre, till The Committee had agreed upon terms with the COm. mieUrs in Chief. The Cotritni t tee on beinOntroditeed to the Mini. ral and General, wire,reeeived with Petiteness ; and were intorined, 'diet the French were sorry to Make War upon the dtifen&cteis ;inhabitants of the West Julia towns ; but that the French Government Was deSirous of Peace, but that the English Govern. relent - preferred War, which consequently 'now et. posed 'us 'to their invasion.—The Terms, as he 'fore-mentioned, welt read to the General and Ad. miral. General T.e Grange replied, that" they would now inform us, categorically, the Terms demend • • • • The Sumnder of all the Merchant 'Shipping in the Itoad. The' occupation 'by their Troop of the two email F.ris of Smith and Bluff-Point ; and A CrintributiOn of a Millian of Livres Tournois, to be carried on board _the MajeStueux, by nine O'clock the next morning. The Gentlethen of the ComMittee, not 'knowing the v a lue of the 'French ctirrenCy, requested to be infornted hoW many thousand pounds eterling it would he. The AdMiral and General did not know ; 'After Some inquiries, it wa, distiftly• underitood, and repettted three '.ittr'four tittles, that it war five thousand pounds sterling. The. Com.. mister, cam - hit:ring this demand as lenient 'and otoder.oe oo'the part Of 'the }nervy, and that their' suntierAtion was occasioned 'chiefly 'by our Making no tioncertsiy re3ist,ince, or destroying the Ship. ping, reininett'on shore, sectimpanieti:by-IYI. frocq, the 'Ftenelt Coninaksary. in thigusa-t, he'en. de,tv , stred to cAtentate the precisi Shin 'clelit'llnded, then txplAineti 'that the sterling suol'wls con hiderably - more than bad beentnutualty unders tood. i On the rett..rn of the - Cornmittee on shore, four o ickek, _ rti'archeti his T roops nit,to :FaylOr's whore : fixeti his head.quarters. fle ildiroded the Treasnrera,nti . ColleAor setit a ithartilo the Custom:house, and Mr. (in's house, as also ionic Troops to occticiy -the . 00 Itorts.—Mr. attend General- airbot, who ordered him , to produc e sooot. sterling, in money, by eight o'clock th'! next Cominittre went to Getter:A 1-'l;'bof, and rnade cl reprentaticil to hitn, on the sUbjed'of the contribtttion demanded. die re led, it :nattered not; that be had received ositive orders to levy a contribtiaon of p less t h a n a livres, ;Hnd that; he wolcd.en. force those orders; that if the Sont"was.not raised by nine o'clocl: ;.n the morning, it s h cu !d then be double , " until the next day; and it tot then cam pleted, Ile whole of t hie rl should boiled, the to w n :Ind c o untry given up to rhon IF ler, It tul a ftetu , ; , ra3 the town be demolished by the 1 ixon of-battle He s iateil, that this conttilmt was not to be considered as.levicd on the tants themselves, but by the French Government on. the English Government, which would indemnify, us for our losses. In additioo to this, he declared he must have soool. sterling separately from the Calls tor, and 200,000 lilacs (nearly . 9000 i. siCt. ling) as, a coinpensation for the Troops already. landed, and under his orders.—The Committee, after alftliis, naiuralry . viiisiiirthe Colony-at-dm stined for ineVitable eestruCtion. On• Wednesday morning, the 6th instant, ma ny inhabitants of the Island, finding the prodence arid necessity of the case, raised as much rmoncy as'pos,i. ble from their families and. acquainkasicet, a'tid car'. _ _ flea it to the Howie of Mr. DAammar.), where the Officers had betn . hospitably provided for, in all re_ speds, and where they waited to receive the money, At elevtrt o'tiock it amounted to 11,320 turTenicy in dollars, (about 6300 guineas),joie, . guineas , ' , tke. Several , Merchants produced large 6ums, with a Spirit sni!able,to the occasion'i and well assisted by other individuals of the communiiy.-- Generitl•Barbot then sent several Soldiers with A message inquiring what sum was raised ; an‘l, say ing, that if a considerable augmentation was riot made to it by six o'clock in the evening, the rowti it 101 country would be given up to military even. tion. Ile then told the Collector, that, as he, had not prodoced the 0601. stetling in cash, he would now demana double, Fr 011) the absolute impOssi. bility of raising titii sum, recourse was had to the negOtiation of it by bills ; accordingly, Mr. Colli ff ; the Cobettor, drew on General IVlcithews, who was on a visit re) the Island, from Atnerica, for to,oool, sterling in favour of General' . 11arbot ; • w hich bill was acceptedby General Mathews. He then give hii own bill on the Arnerieeti'Consul in Paris - for the amount Which was demanded by General Bar., bot. By ihiS as of Getiedl , Mathews, and_ by. perstinal representations, he, is to he comitletedg as having rendered essential serVice to the Colone., At five o'clock in the afternoon a guard hiving been 'placed ever Messrs. (31toctt, Butke,• B r y,i t t, Sharry, Macnatnara, and Pit Cher, they were carried on board L'Armide Frigite, where Mr. Shank and Mr. Bryan, were detained as hostages; and llic fuer. other Gentlemen were carried. to a considerable tiis. ranee at sea, on board the Majestueux, where they arrived•about S o'clnok.—Geiteral Le Grange ad. dressed them with marks of , displeasure ; said that he was extremely dissatisfied at the smallness of the sum raised ; that he was certain there,was $ great deal more money in the Islgnd,,,which was Withheld by the Planters oott others who had, retired to Brim stone-hill; and that he would compel those now in his power to be answerable for its being produced for him: He then demanded that 22,0004 sterling more should. be brought tin board LeNlajestueux,' at three o'clock the next Morning ; anti' that ate .Committee should be' permitted 16 goashore te oise ir. The Gentlearte`o then frankly stated to the Ge. pc' ral their absolute inability,. as :private Gcrole.: meth, Ito pledge theingteives'• to the per forMaoce of such 'a omtrisd r , beciituit , suck a sum ,cupid tttlt ire raised by •any possibio exertions on their part, as very little ,more 'specie could remain in the kdand ; that they delivered•this opinion on their oath an;! their hontnirt. that die Commanders jutig , ,gl us,pro. EWA'', by the philters in their own Col •Ole 4 of t i t -a re an d a t i; l d a vooe., where Triaoy , Ovuletll pro. t.e?.,ittorl, will sold their prOducg: tor / fl atten , and ci t osecinently often kept large sums in their homes ; that the Planters of this Island were not circomv,arce.d, ire their sogars were princi. lulls r r ( - fl itted to Eogh.i , d ; anti ex i diroltioth were candidly given of tot plait ollon volfich their pro. . 1 oirtiea were generally conO.ottletl,,' G;tio. Le, Grange still appeared disitatig.lfied : and, 45 she Gentle's - pen who wrie 'negotiating could nOt possibly undertake to produce the . slim' demanded,. they 'were otileted .below into the Lieutenartei cabin,: witlilhe, threat of being carri..3 away from the Idantl, as well as Mr. Sherry, and Mr. Bt . ) ai 5 Who mr,sre :tlian hoard,,L'Armide.---.After an hour, or an houritrid an > i half, bad elapsed, the Committee were again ordered into the presence of the Admiral and Geoeral,'where they were addressed by Generarllarbot. ,He that the Commanders would consent 40 'lessen, their! demand, and that we most istaki.an offer of what ' sum we would pledge ourselves to brityg ern board• by eight o'clock in the morning. The ,Cointnit tee 'tried to Conciliate the'COM.MantlefS by the truth and candour of their assertions, that they must throw themselves upon the generosity of the General, as they would not presume to make an offer that they might be unable its realize., • Genetil•Barbot soon-after said, that he wakanot! hail) arty further parV, Not that he would deliver' iris 'ultimatum in " two words,"---that the Gentle.' men ,present must pledge thenisaves to carry on; board xotacil. guineas ,by eight o'clock precisely ;' that the town should .be toed from destruelion,; . and no injury committed: The Gentleruen, though. without the 'certainty 'of SUCCeill in this particular, ; 'yet, considering it reasonable, in comparison with prior deinands, and confiding in the 'bortouri the' a ctivity, and Spirit of patriotism, which :they knew, many 'worthy individuals of this . Islaild to possess, then orideroitik,'at their Own fisk, that the demand slipup, he complied whirr nn theirpzlrts.---:=That if they not s ucceed, .by The .limited 'llly would, as men Of honour, returtrtin board the j ,i tusux , acid submit to the will of the Minitel' and General. It, waft then ,tell at night ; ,, they inireated as long an iodulgence as passible,. ,af,d one" ttrrur was granted.' PeriniSSion iv"aa'regiteseed :tog allow Mr. Sharry, and Mr. Bryan, to acc..nnpany the Connniftee'ashOte, but the former only was cthr. tented. On retorting •in the boat,'M f . D por o cq p e tg ro i t tid t h at t h e motley 'should be.ctrried on board L . Arin i de i nstea d o f t h e Majes'tueux;"..bitt, if there taßts any - roarer tie town, drOutti be cant- , 011.00, and we most take the'consequencs. Ck'ncnittee.lar,cled at One o'elOCk iritheThOtn. toil never' li,id uentionln ge e i tter 1.718'0t1 to b e gratified 31 placing confidence to ( lth l e it ow I:erl3, than they'eXperienccd, ash nine oqioek. To prai, indiiiidtuds is int*it'ssary ; tiktharg. 21'L,; honour sh he dory, they triostleel : conicious lind a , i I t tot no ot h er ,oth egyr i c ., „ By greit told ZeatrrOi exertions, the coin was procured t ijoe , o'elock ; when it was.carriedoff; act : timpani. ed liv Mr. G,irnetr, 'Mietuturara, : and Mr. Pitcher, on bola' L'Armidr, wh eh lay a great tV,IL t, 'y 'Jr VIC)" were riceived by Captain Lgovet, and Mr. Ductocq, with expressions o h 01,144,16,n, ,atLtlitt honour. and fidelity with which tlfe engage. ;`latent had been complied with. On afsurances being given that the money was carted, they refused to count, or to weigh it ; and said, the Committee Were then free, and might re. turn on shore in safety. Mr. Ducrocq, whose condigt had been mild and *libetal . during rwo . days on .short,. and who had me ditated between the General in Chief and the. Com. mittee, was then requested, in the name of those Gentlemen, to accept a gold watch, as a small testimony of the esteem in which his charaeter was viewed, and as executing his,orders with leni. ty, and the good Manners of a Gentleman and an Officer, 'the Cain is almost entirely carried- out of the Island, and some measures will, no doubt, .be taken to encourage the importation of a fresh supply. Sinne of the Officers informed the Coirimi'ttee.that the. Squadron was from kochfarti that it had been detainetl by contraty .winds, for some:time, on the poast ;-and .11;at, it arrived at Nirtinique, after a iliMbitt'etilforty days ; that after they quieted ar i4y..Averit.to Quarlaloupe, .and remained tour dayi before they sailed. for this tdand.. Clptain L mvet;,of L'Armide, said, that several Ncgtoes wanted Co go, away with the Trolls, but received no encour.igement of that description. On the contrary,. he, deliveted two that l: a d' got on hoard np to the Committee, whoin they brought back again to their ownees. At t tvetve o'clock on the 7th the Squldron parted, and.vent to Nevis, wi:ert- they ohrai ! ir.l 41001, currency, lant3d.l n a HtherS, betia teo With the tittriust Vinanded at fitst 20,000 guineas.' Fr , on N,tilis they proceeded ti Montserrat, where they levied a coirribution, the 3:o,Aint of which we have not learnt, - and.butot the Shipping there, one SChoonevexcepted, which they carried away being a new Vesstl, and pierced for ten gulo. The day after -the French landed, the cannon at the Forts, as well as three. field.pieces that were found in Town, were spiked, and tlae carriages oh 'the lattecOurot in the square. ...The same day they commenced. setting fire to the different Ships and Vessels di it had fallen into their hands at, and brim& with them front, Nevis, viz. Ship Twini, Capt. Peaks (ran ashore), burnt. Do. Lady Jane Halliday, Capt. Myers, do. Br, !Icily, Capt. ;Mr. Shipley's), do. TiieSe 'carried tiff or destroyed in this Island were, Ship Caroline, Capt. Hayes, with a quantity of suers on board, as well as pail of the sugar's taken from use Mathew and put udboatil lwr, carried 0:1'. Shp Matlfew, Capt. Young:, burnt. Do.'Lady Nelsoii, Capt. counor, Po. Tnet!s, Cart. '..i;nith, do'. Do. "tboaiiis, Capt. Ctierscin, laden with colfl::e and cot : tam, do. Vapt. Pennistonn (Mr. Bradley's), do. Mr. Dawcs's SidOp do. ' IMP'ERI4I, PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OR COAMONS. • flitlit'SDAY, OAT '23. ON the Votion of Lord lloyi.'a ,the, Cork i'irl Limerick Road 'lilt was lead a third time, paised, and ordered to the , 4..ortts. Sir C. CORNWALL broUght• up th..! oil I ociday, Rep orti...li.l wet rir greeted tli to the Coin. tilkage on UN Tikfii ‘ pike Roads' Lill ; . I l )e t. iken into lurther con ai sideraqt mat the Pal, asinnendeil, to he in the rni.',.trt tune printed. . ColOnel SCAN I.X. v , t)11•44211t up Ilia Re - port - of the Com mittee appoiot.'d to, take into consnuiration the Petition or the Duke rd .:1111A, with resp,:c.t to his olainis or,crimpelis.itioo, refit. ti to the Oslo' of ,Nl:in. 'fln: Raport I.;eing toad, pio fi..,,,hr 'by the Clerk, • ' Col i OtielSrisiqtriv inOved, That the Report should be taken into consideratiollUn TuesAly new!. MI . CL Ft W f.N.oi)roi)scxi the Motion, as he thought , the mi nutes of tlitieviLience ,liirinl6l be priiitoti. .Reltien.eroLired into a retriispe6tive view of the proceedings before the Privy , CZnincil, al!acontoded .strongly atiinsT the compensation being given, '-eontiuned in the itePort. He therefore moved an itinenduient, DLitt itisiea,i or Tuesday next, the Report shoulA Ue taken into consiner:nion on Wednesday the stir of : ii , !uc• • - , 4 , , Mr. Ca xe.V R Y aim al r. ,10H N $ T 0 NE. supperted,the argu ments of Mr''. Cokw tcs ; whicit were strongly opposed by Lord .t; L.Ena rat v 1 F., 'Mr. it'us e, Col. :Sr ro4LLY, • abd Sir • W st: 13 u ti. a 01,1 c o . ' Mr; P ITT said, lie was not against any reasonable delay, but was or opinion, that the eorniirieration of the Report Ihould not be tleterred till' lint week ; he therefore moved 'an amendment to Mr. Cult WY, WS amendment, , that . the work'' Thursday next" should be inserted its the pittce of tlni words ~ Writnesdar, The stlibf lune ;" on which rite 110 use - divid'ed, when 'N•fr:•-Pi r T is aniendinent was 'carried. Ayes 11.9 I Noes 58 LMajority 6t. EI.EN F. INITII REPORT.. Mr. Serjunit BEST rose to make his promised 'Moti-in on the 'Pleventh Report at the Commis. signers of Naval.lnquity. tie begat , by reminding • , the lit,ii:e Mat. it was one of their most important duties to watch over the Constitution, and cordon) , to guard against inroads that might he attempted to be Made 'upon it' by any , Administration.— It was impossible, however, to look at 'the fads .disclosed in this Report 'without being convinced that some of the,funciAmental latVs of the Constitu. ' don had been grossly violated. Plain as the pro position was, he was,by no, means stsre th,t't-it•would tint i)e.divuteil., that it was contrary to law for : the li:xectitiveGlvernment to raise money without. the attrhority of Parliament. If tins • was - not the . • caci , if money otmld be irtiseti at will, by, Navy or Exchequer-Rills, useless were the votes of Parlia. meta' ove t y Sessitm for fresh Loans and new Taxes. , 'lli Dine. f,'"Jetitriatan read the Resolutions of Par. • liament . as far back-as 'the 7th of January, 16.80, in' which thia ctinciPle was explicitly recognised ; ' were. it not, indeed, the liouse would be deprived Of ita most itnp , ,rtant privileges, and of that.weighi in the - Cotistittitiou which tie hoped it would always PocSess, • The'vpinion of that learned writer, Mr. Mitrtt,_.- than (wh0,041 there could not be better au. , thorityln a case n ature, coincided exactly withiliese'reslitsions. 'ihe I...earned Serjeant quoted at passage 'fio'in 'N'lr. Millat's works, in which he asserts, that, 4 'the Coostitutioo, the King is pre. vented from rAisi'ng sillylies without the con. rient of the Legklattire.. The Bank Ad was ano. titer ifisiat.ce of the , jealousy with which our - .an. cestors lidd, e - insidered - any -attetript of the execu. tive•part itf the t; to raise .or bormor ,intiney _union) tN 11 to P.ttlimient. lhe At expressly prohibits ~ilte,Governotent froth borrowing money from the Dore , Ii ,of the:ll,sllk without the att. th .rity of . the. Legislature. , If the provisions of the Aft did out extend to borrowing money from [ , others, it . wa. lu.ciuse it had never entered into the imagination of the Framers, that at a Ititute period pveettssoenti 4,oti:i he t‘eputed'kiy Adminiitl3l-ic°l/. the City, for the purpose of prot'oring en't" mows sums of money,in the way whit), the 17,1,tVerth . Report of the Commissioners of N Iva' logairy till ct_evehsped. He would now. call the attentionaltl4 House to the 660 stated in that Array; anti IA cwoold then ask them, if ['his o4crtti 'priociple of us!' ta(kanesntituti.ln had not been infringe:l / It ,e3O If edw in that Report, that besides the number of ri!vi tits which becoming CNC in 0.i',1%4r, 1800, ote „ op by the issue of other regulat NitY 3.t16( there had [teen, between that per kti ,00l the 'lli'''',l,l,,,,°' is aftno:, poundstilwa f t.isr.joi fefti... otT);llNiiiiit:;l, ti.3l.s,elesil:u:t.h:,,,eleirr:,; i c_ommtfoication' had t vet beei, mid:- t..) ParliJav:,(l. He woulkeo;onine the, ivay in -which tlie fint rit of this sum had !,e-ni obtaineci, as it let aid i's."'',,/ a specimen of the, rest. Iti lhe.RepOrt wAs ri, Late' from the Secretary of the Treasury-to tleCeialnirld ' sioners of the Nvvy, conveying the nuirf a I'le' L'Ail, of the Tteio.tiry to raise N-tvy 13.11 t at 9,1 days date, to the ii.notii.t tif live hoilirc4lll4°' pound*, 'for the payment of cerain ,fltns tlkoiot speeified. From the Ai yle Of the Loter !hi, la: been) 1*) Ot., vtinsidered 411 toaripd rrocceirg• -, thig-4eitir 01-...ta,lnet was rabe:;.' "I'lle I,4'tgliwa'' dated 22.3 ot. J 100. '1:1,! hills Were i'''P '-ii :the loth N -v,e'istiv.r 1,110,a, 1102., in whici', ''''' the S-s,ion. of I). tst i.t.itr 11 t t.:. '111'1)1,Ce13 ; b,l' ' ' .:: nlintleAtt.:Ttt WileteVrt tvas in .„it.. by Given:rll,4". the .stitieet. Tv Is N.,cii:.t.. coonottett 1.0,'' '.:,' 1-41 lq:d,i' i BDi, during airieh owe. '"'.:P:ill'il,l .at ref-catedi'y ; but ail information wo ~,,140 by. Admitristration.'' It, rberetnre.,it "'''i'tii• ifini;:it:USeterseesliltri)'.l:l:lY:llteit‘r;n(l,lllfl:::::::: stet ril,lll4:dgitxcliciiii,allit'':llrhic::':..:l:::-t:'.:11',.'1'11:1':1 11),4e natt I e dGg that St 31! DeCeVil:'.4.,tat thiS step IA lan taken. He was restly.uio°. :of the la w ; tibitutstt ls,tintotewt'em.p:es os tvoe ro:it L.:lite i:rheci Icini stpli :::::joot. „,,g OP attliso was .unquestionably illegals ano it „-'f,,asi urgent onhGecesyseif'sC;Psevnhriclif°;isrt°isg. e (II I:!,lerixitlei ter;.,irti:firtfi:‘',4l., the .acknowletiged priociples of Tire .00,11'1,0f The mode which Government adoPied,t",i,:,ll'o t+ is debt -..-7:•.1 et.en ITI:Ue, reprehensible .toioliceila iti,v.litch, it liati ii::::::71 contraCted• It ine,Y ct.iit 0 it n"estary for the 5..! -1), yr Welfarc "f '''e`i',,,lt 0 incur the debt, what wag ti.., H: tir,y ? Cell 3 011 ch inform Parliament. tif all the anti , • ~,astaticoi , j,,, hattinfitte ,a I, , . ,j,k tiles,;,,, ~. 11Ce their coot 136,, -' ,or qutttal thereupon. Did Adrninistratio, :-)ti otior, The way in which they proceeded vs'aoo : 1, poi? a more Il grant, violaiion of the law' o" !.',,stli legea Of Parliament 'Lin their atoecedr,,,ll'Al t.l)'' 4 *orthy Member of that House ("i'itts,ioiit V ND),, in his exiMination hy theintAtv` tod "° of Naval In unite,, was .44.1.ted', wi 100 at...en to jittcharge tlt;:e $lll.l "l'cli,,:,ihesYt i'rldi Clue ? Ile answered; the sante nirr-0,10 10.? off the, ocher bins of ninety days .13t c i port' 1cally! 4ue, of which 'hoe LiO3 *ft, c„rfrito: Were any minutes made I ;40; ft ,w; j,:ietiar til'°: tid transaCtidn„ Ncas There lily (I''',' 010' between these .and ,other bills for Vis,lng,/ 400 Iffy utjply ? No...—l'hese bills *at r: tif, 0001 07 heintsent to that House awl- Irsi°,o of 01, hills for raising-Money hot "" vouch. ictott nOtAally furnished, . and soy ices 480 '''lc'l,,ttrti'l,ls,t The flouse 'hotlbeen in the hAttic I.o',!ine 11."/ 44,_40 I.oiob in :GOvertintent, as not t° 1-1) i,;efi "!..: they could he capable of producing, ',',:eit ti It' retrent in- their substance front w1':,03,,, to .`.; declared them to'he. It was frio;ii ilni,‘ (re no' 41,ii shier that such trans.4llorts as 1145 c tr" to tlcht-v, highly injurioui at the present illairicn ;edit `rit, ail.:`"leti the-future, hi des t c.. 4 ing ll'ec ot Ile 01,0 Clil3llilCyllitttihieleCdie?etir:lllS°ljlS6v°iCfl::i;l'WlCOrt:lltitille:::ll:l"lll::lool;Cgli'tj, them. Thi• coodua mi t tors be co` costilli got per be explained away .on tile griiunil "f Set,;',,ltrat otilthri'; but .was it possible that it necessitY rAii, eye 1440, two • years, of t'using LY B")ke," r°o Tolian'eff .money ' instead of the legit!lrtiat' i the Tre:tiol means I It could scarcely be i'sl(l' r tot yeti of was in want of m:mey ; f6r durivgltrla' °II the Right Honourable Geotlemange cottrory,e) el9querttly on die opulence of int tch tr poti'i'mt. congratulated it an the resnatees vi 'roar' ' ti, with ill ''' , til - of carrying on the contest . ,ecj„i 0) r nito then c etshtehE2 ttihne3lC/liesilthi as 'tic rt.' ctleit'll's °glue:it:L:lli; 'O4; i''l:lf;c,:ictell'illl apply to peiriimnent to ;flake 'g _oral boo 400 or a part of the money voted Or naval fant'iittift been applied CO other' pori)ofe% highly cut, 1101 scarcely passible the la 1!WI' Ilia reol 1.11:v 'lll 14 ' • , 0 •.0 esP pvo b sad in dire 6 contradietion' to i' , coil; .14' suhieft. davit'; OAS cow pl e teiY otiti tiro', ,of Ripyojiginztit,ptritiolt,tenrt.l,llGe aecn:n:i:lctii,:.'itiltriltio:/:eviv:iisc",Vticii:ntatc:tvbliie,o:llll,oi::;!.,ltir:: fit ~,iq,,,,:t , ),0„, ~ itoproper or illegal sv-IS 3 041 t? F, -leo Certainly thought he had said c i to it, t 0.% oil on this aonduCt an itivity 0ti1,4',.a overnujoig Tie Learned „Serjeant .eonalvenirvil.f,.:. 1,,,1 t; itl'sol of i 1,..,, r, mode that had been pra for s,,cret 1.."10,,, fiLef these "fietitiotis Nav Y 11011 1, 0005 i'l 1,,,1;t1', ;# vices, and that t 391 tower n.,,,7.4e of tlie ijoitc, of Admiralty, but unilzt !`ol';ioi, nprrol:t its eii tile Treasury. 'fhe C""°,lt G,molwe' filo' ti, each brktneh of the 'ExecriC,ora,- d" il)%1 Oh i:T., collar departMeritallti 1 ),e..ic i„ the rld.vroditi l'ili had no More right to hlterl`,,,so,oit '.,tioti t"', meat, than ,the LoA I) C/41:: be,„ dotter'..o,. li t Yet these naval services 11.'vf ~the Trealuotogi the' orders of the L'it3i 9. tho NYC )v, °Will.? Office! (the Comptroller !goo 6,,t li, 1i,,, otordheorve known that he 91' di r Adroir"Vtile 14°? the "ti-V°Cno °UtflClill:eiOt)l:letil;6e,gi t:ll4)eti:Clifi!loarlili)l':iiiirl, Office dated 9111, _one' . 1 1300 ' ,}; i'l 0 , P tine direttion ot (lc i that , ~,, put under ()lotion ° ,sat and by 0 subsequent res i ecrct r'' li.,i' or s ,„,„ gib ,ii , i f 0100er, , e.., fl, tV, I, trtanageffiCnt, 0 Lori.l I'" . 011P1' ,i,l WAS vested its the r 'lot ./0„004l V 1/4011): ,'l' No less than a hondreu ',. i. 1,,,f0re " t0ic,,10,4 raised, by the illegal rn''.'," o', athti f , „ spercor;t,tientyav al)! es e rpvaiier by, 1 1\1::c: i:,ticl;:c1;:?,crt:i,:::(:;,;;:, no one would, conter:'' j,.,„yed l'"(.• ,i,:ii Lo'r•-', ere; services should ne ,tirkess ' t„„ty ~,: , ner. What did Wl(' .Pt as Ilie ji 400' say jOartsctiriett 11,tiithrj:!Cci , ;101:400 to he P