The Sun. — London, England, 1805-05-03 00:00:00

, ' .• • , li 4, Orri:ni of rinY. . The`., - ; had ini;trol'tl.ll4.- io'l') th e ' cot:fuel of the il•cki yaids •ihtnad ; as' it appeared il . the cxpeuce cf . r.-oairs in Antigua, where net sflinn hail taken place, had been three times as great 4 in the Me.literratlea n , ~ vltere so many brilliant en. lilement's fad.? t4ken }dice. 'Fite), had to inquire re. Azaing the pitteltae of 50,000 stand of arms by the Tionpurt Board, 'reported by the Surveyor to have been utifit for'setv ice, and not wide to pattern ; and whether any Perio n in offic e Iptd been a sharer in `the profits, as rumours ai;ere aflo3t on that head. hal al so to i - They ii'lluire i nto the Proceeding s at e " lt twoi, di vi rei n t i ve to Green w iCh 13odors' Asylum. He 1:00 ,stated what the Cornmissiotiers' bad done, and what they had to do ; -and it • was incumbent tin the ~,l (itt oOlelter tletri from, the attacks of th!se who ; tie' i' ) the !Wait of throwing slurs on ,their con 'At If they did not receive eVety assistancefroln tiro 1104)e, their labours would be inetraual. lt . t helaight 1 hai. Gentle man h a d an) material olliec tiMi diem tp the oimmissio ners , . h e woull mention ~ ii r iot ke mi,,lkt.he silent ; but f 'O.-notts 01,i t ai ons to them, the fioti , e. i could .there not were be 3t 31°4 t() find five into cipable o f di sc h ar gi ng t h e , . 1 uinteA of the. lur`i‘h uthrnissi uu ; at All events they should i" qu a ny per sons t h at should d ire to thwart their -it ies• '1 he Hon:Gentleman conchided by moving-- . . 1. 1 ., h 4 i e "ived: That it ap xars to this House, that the Com. 1:r..7.74e.r 4ppouto, I b; rite Ad of the 4.1 , 1 cit . 1 - tnt MaiestY, untllt.inold exanuniug into any irregula . rities, , tlCtilhat any exist in the Deportment ot the Navy, Piave, ' itC,44.4l)PeArs trona . their Reports, exerted °themselves l i t C, ability :Hid Inrtitu.le, and that the whole of tit ilr i contluoi'i l the an'tuotts duty entrusted to them,, has en. 4 it t l l 'enl to tite grail t tide, approbation, anti ineOuragcnicut t, k tet4e. thae,, n ,'.. l4l 'l, that the said Resolutio ns be transmitted to the , "ut the said Qtimmission." u n iii, • ' . qUestlon being put. . . Ti . C 8 h e 1 - ICELLOT? of the EXCifEfIUER said, co t l 'uld Advert briefly •to a part that B e te{ been'onne. I. ot l , 4 l l l , ii:V , i 'licl.ieti upon by the Hon. Gen:lerO3P. he. ' 5'.."114 offer a few observations on the Motion. which he had ..n sluded. The Hon. Gentle.. instituted/11tl114ti wiled, thaLt '4r!.‘coininission which had beco . 4 0 home years since liid full powers to corn. ititersrins to answer such quest ions as shonld 4 "WA er th le n l eclat answer to, ahuse 3 . From a consideration 410,,, e.PrinciPles of the common law of the kiri . g... i n ,,' i tt had not then b.!e., thought nee: scary tic cite l4-u" huctl ' chwir s int o the f3lll as that which Th e ill — nst' n 6 es made expedient in th e latter instance. t i e lim. Gentleman had also styled the Bill a gen_ h : 11 , 1 441 Y, illii, hec,tuie, it did not extend to the ti l ' ,; 4 l °I lilt ttifferritt offices. But the fad was, ,'at (lewhich of the : Bill was to search into. the 4ll 'eb txisled in the inferior and stibordinate, 414Pcattmentr; anti when he had proposed the inea. 4b i e ! it hail been viuichtik oppos e d by the tlonour. that it and his friends, on• the ground ar ,. , it would interfere wantonly with, the buiiness .1" 1446 Fl i 1 1 ' I • ' Ice these w1t e ,, 1 ., . ..e.tao taougilt it right roma 14 t , i1 14 41 wills regard to the iiiloBlooS thilt liiid it l i t ritatt .c t 0 that Atl. With reg..td to die, im.ne • it sl l , 2 13 41 11(4 n, it was not.itis intention to interfere if` lint h e I), tt the getl,'l'4l• sense of the House to agree, COrl s i ler 4g..,11c..tve to .sul an i t very I.l.ortly s..)rne opini ciii at ,"" to it. Ile could not be exactly of uhi t z t in 't this was thr time fur suck a Motion. % hol e ' of`ti,t_h:'9l;ht would come, ,here.`.. after t.h, or) torn` int 'kepis!" s , Horrid be made, or :founde r { e tihle .Alistrotl, such as the one that had, Not 4:1,1'4 by the flonourable Member, and tii t ,, l . Ib ueh upon 'the details the Reports eon. Ile reeiti;fleling tin the ehara&ets 0C individitals. e nntir i i,,, t !: il t" l tirt the Vote of Thank.s tit the Si t t nlitt r ers 01 Accounts had been pas,ed in, a . 4 11 . iv, 4 the whole Hotie, ti, which at the rime ferrety '`.,Y"l.s they lid then made had been re n, i t.. it was erne, however, that had matte be e ,, ift`riotts afterwards ; ton only.. ue Report had the jkulne P r e , gtit case taken into considermict" by tine lieiei• From alt he heard, and saw, .and time' if ; t Ic'"tilt if, i)ponihe wlli , le, pr ! tper to con. kitglesi ,e'e entornissioners, who, he atlioltied, verr,,,itet'l('od plans, - WhiCli it Was the dury• ot . p, , .. ti rotor 4 , 14 of I). l', ./ 31' whf,. , , aiiiltnelit to carry into eired.----' h, -qleVer • -I,siler !night be I li: Ille(111, - S of the. Connis.. ~ • 5 , h e 4... i .‘ els4 te ; , 4 . )y no intim lintiod to five tip his f ury „Ju‘Tonent, 11t it.,reqei. [l ilt it was lite. , ‘ ui il t , ri . . . ~.,. ,/ , War h , c ‘-tiolnusstoners to investigate abuses Nvih„l„' e"racy, diligence. .and' tiersevria oee, and t h • -t 4t0., 1 ,, , - . . nit'it 54003,', t ,N i'l prrmons, whale s'er alight be 14 0111,."' • 15LIt whilst he thought it their duty. g t tss..,,f i l ls ' . 1 " hiihloo light any thing in the . pro. iltirq the rust iroVC.I tigation of. abuses which might 44, 1 0,,.. Lit.,4raoee or an' individual, he th , ught 1 : ~ 'it the., ... . . . tile ad v J, 'iuglit nut to deprltte that individual tht an tage of any metro s of 'justification which If the is tif . his err • ' . - - ' fr• 1 I . e , L . ,,, , curnstar;ces or situation a or , e , • 14 tha j t 11,;" Ptenbtortly dist:Lied any circutristanceo ; ..a ltere , • 1 1 1 ( le 't ton,i ik '. while th e matter was still under , 'Pott, 1,,. :a,1")", tilt] before they ,had made' their ?t, in . i t / 0 Inch the ounduti.of an individual had Ile t tnil4 4(l . 11 . ° Jed of observation and continent, th at not help ma i cot:t4ttenti„,l I , • y nz, that they had not paid is itlied i t , ) that part of their duty, •tv'hich he ii4,,,lit, is iri ;,,, ll 't the in: it ebbetitirli, that they _..l4et was ._ 7`l! e itihtatlOC. in which their . c-in. Itti ht"uit,,,lonsistent with his view of the line Ic , i lith e to . 4 . tf e Po.rsUcti was, and he shottld leave v•iePott 0-1413.4vugt, IhAt wilco they were, to make , 44 . 41 , th ey a b ' 1 , 3 t ‘' 4ffe6t the charatfter of an indi bioet t o the "e their Report without giving any t h: t 4 lii„ ,Putr. He did' not deny that they ti :!: equid. bet at the:truth in the best manner t : 1 14h t thi h u t' in fairness to the individual, lie ) th e . t he ou g h t to h atr, t , Parts or tr . • —Lye put min on his guard as 0 .. 1 lii % vh 'elf Report that weulti be liktly to a n hill,. , "at-ICI'. (loft . . mean 1 • th e ir hmAt t l i n 4 „_, could not to put hint hir, 4 ' l ls bu t t i " . ' , 1 . they MS lit enable hint to evade 4 info - etc, 14 ta , .,,‘", 1 , t 'ot ter ,t, w re o i Y er tn ,, ;i l d i e_ii : i Report to give etu-,,i-‘ hie ct i „,._ . ena ble l i eu 14 be,prepared eo ~ char with This Tuts cett 4,1,1 k. would be more, . ;:tric4te c lu3l Ice tii the party, than to le,t ve him ;: s 1 tit s% „ ','"'lf from its elects in such manner' -..1,,,,._ .(.111,4 ... i r. i f . *lli !" t° 1' in) 'Y (' " " should be Alter% a rds wide et • w i t . Plan, • t Zht 1 1 „ ho ur anY pies' tows .notiee s . and, tiflt,4,tl In j,.. , ~e been obviated by preceding C. trivtri" "lu'qtation of this observation he 1 ' 11 1)',• t t " a eireu r4 • ',. ~,,, i,,ii lj t of 4t,ttie . SlAlii..,e th.it had beer' lately discu ion Thematter he al. the,, i : . witi ti. . ,SI , . _ i I unpressiun vi d h ' l id io , , I r, 4, th at ~ , pro tree . one of ivi ii,t4 t 4 l . n.,.1 th e Me i.omptroller , 01 the Misty l '"vY m 1 k the k0w.,,. , Ile x to cart . purposes, ~e ilt,t . ~., 14 r yin irk the 13Jard of • • • ,• % , Admiralty. The eiplatottion had su ite remove d that impressioni and if that eXplariatton had been received previous to the g or y, t h e eutpeqoent eussion would have been unnecessary. Another circumstance whiCh he *should advert shortly to, was not calculated to meet his approbation. The* circumstance he alluded to was, the statement in one of the Reports r e lative to alletig,ed frauds, with reSiseCt to casks, at Plymouth. A prosecution had been commenced, and the Grand Jury of the County of Devlin threw out the fill. The charge rested on the : authority of , a Letter from an Agent to the Commissioners, and on that autho. city they had reported that there was reason to sus,seet that the Grand Jury had been tampered with—That a Grand Jury of the County of Deitin had beett guilty of perjury ! Io addition to ' these circumstencee there were scone nyers on the Table which had been de, livered that day, and contained explanations relative to another of the. Reports. These he had looked into, and though he cnuld' not tell whether the state. hunts they contained were true or not, the circuoi„ . stance of their being at variance with the Report rendered them worthy of attention, and necessary . to be explained before he cOuld agree that ohe Corn. tnitsioners had merited the .thanks of the House. The Paoers related to a fact that constituted the main point in one of the Reports, namely, the high price at , which Stores had 'been purchased in the West &dies ; and thiS 'fad was accounted for its the Papers •on the Table,. which stated that twit veisels that. had been sent out with Stores.. had been lost, and their loss , had - consequently ren. tiered it necessary to procure Stores at any price . there. The House ,would judge whether, this matter did not deserve explanation. This charge was contained in the first Report, and the Ceamiso sinners of the Navy were ready t o p rove t h e cause as stated in the Papers.' Another circumstence that did pot meet with his al;prObation was, that Me. Gambier; one of the Navy commissioners, his evi, dence waa'not cOrrealy taken down ; as'also happen. ed with respect to the eXainitottiers of a Clerk in the Office, who had beep exatithied at length o and into st , ltose evidenee many inaceuraciei had been intro. diced, bottle of which had beets curreOed by 'ct reference to' the private Minutes of'the Comatis o 1 sinners, though the correclicins had not beets inserted in the Appendix to the Repot t. These particular points he had thought it 'right to mention, not with any intemperate feeling, but as the 'fair ants honeSt giound of the disapprobation which heflottl expressed of . some parts of their conduet ; the tiotie and the Public would judge whether well orillluitndal. He should not trespass longer on their attention, but: . should leave, it to them todecide, whether or nut the C.mmisioners were entitled •to the Vote pro. posed. • Mr. FOX would not go into an examination of all the observations of the Right Hein. Gentleman, but merely touch on a few of the leading points.— The Right lion. Gentlemen did not stem to be aware that it was Only tootle exper i ce of the Stone EX.petittion that the tiatiof Sr. Vincent thought the inquiries which were addressed to !lbw were dired.. ed, and not the mere 'knowledge ot the existence of the Expedition, which : at. alse , tirne was a tact ut. .general not riety. There were many material cir. ctimsrane;es developed in the first Report and its Appendix, w - istch the Right Hon. Geolleman says are ; highlY irjutious to the 'charades 'of 'many per. sons, • Now this Repolt hid been made nearly two years, and yet the Gentlemen implicated acquiesced in if ; .no - ohjectiOti, was; made to it till the present moment, when, to serve a teinporary purpoec, it became convemieot to throw discredit on it. The. House would see the tutility of this accusation, and' What little effedt it ought to, have against the Vote Of Thanks proposed by his lion. friend. 'lt was certainly possible,` when al.. the Reports of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry slaouid he sifted, that parts might aNear not altogetherlatidable. If they were trivial they would thrill no solid objection to the Vote of Thanks; if they weresseriou o it it could be proved 'that the .CooamiSsioners used unfair means fur the purpose of injuring the charaftet u( any individual, they ought not' to- be alloWed to remain in the Commission.' To 'vote Thanks to them, and-tti vote. their cootinuation as Commis.. eioners, were precisely the same question. To say that those inen ought to be re.nanted ita-such an inf. portant office who did not deserve the Thanks of the House of Cdmmons..tor what they had alreadyeffeetrd, effeeted, was indeed' an extraordinary assertion, Whenever die Kciidtts already delivered in ; by the' Commissioners, and those which wouidooson be, de. livered in, slh;tild come to be 'examined, lie Was con vinced that the more stiottly they weft examined into, the greater applause would they be Sound to merit. .The only ar et tnneut that appvared to him at all plausible against the Vote of Thanks was, that the public opinion had been: already expressed sci strongly on the 061(0, •that no tribute. from, that House was neceisary:i 'but the word " i eocourage. turns,'' ititroluced toto his Hon. Friend', il.fLition; sudicietoly obviated this objeCtion. Let the House feC,dicet whiwi the Commissioners had to encouuter, and .1t necessity they' lay, under for this enc u. .rwroeht, Great as the difficulties had, been under which ix , rd St. Vioc'eott had sosuceessiully tun ,ht the battles of his Country abroad, they were not exceeded by thethitioilties with winch he was eur, rounded in contetleitog with the enemies of his.. Couistryott home. The objeitas of the inquiries' ot, ti , eCoirhohsioners %vete. ni.a. mere sobaberto tti but the must powerful melt ,the State; and it Was necessary that they should feet, they had on their side the gratitude of the 1 - 1, use for what they had already doite, and their assurance of protection in what they might hereattes do. The Cli4o/COLLUR of the EXCIIEQUE4, iii t r s wet to Ho observation matte by. the lion. ,Gen. dermal, informed him, that very Soon atter the de— `livery of the first Report . , the Navy [Lard had, (drawn up a NietitOrlUi tU 2ai_ l 1 i‘ini,nt on the stititct but that tlit i COmpticiller of the .N. 144 finding that Lord St. Vincent conaidered soy wish to boVe it taken into etimitietition as an `;4l7iunt, no MOtion V) that tired ii)!As Mr,'Fnx oi),,ervcd, tliit there was another. quar ter to which Nylication' might batty.. 'teit rp,4tie. Sir 4. 8. 11 431 J iv sAitl, it Ihe Kern -is- cs:n. tattled what Ge,,tiemon , asserted . it and the. tact cotati hL t:ruve:th the Nivy .11,).4rJ ought noi to . he perm tied to exist an hour: He could assure the House, however, that after-the it) pe,rance of ;be First Report no time was lost, but applioation.wai s iostantly made to the First Lord Ott the Admiralty, to alloW the• Navy Board to . put an answer. When the Vibualllng B')ard, former period, had ben arraigned for irregular pradliees, a 'Committee had been appointed, on whose Report the House wouldnot at until they had referred to the Board for an answer to the•charges brought against them and although, in some points, their consluft had not born completely defensible, they had int partial justice done to than. The reply of the Firsti tc; the application that had been made to him was, that such a measwe would nut suit his purpose. He theta desire - if alit tie time_ CO . consider, and eventually refused his consent. Feeling cx. tremely sore .at this, .the Honourable: Baronet Waited himself on Lord St. Vincent, stating, that ,he was on his way to the !time of Comm o ns, for the purpose of giving notice, that early in the ensuing Scsiion he would move that the Re. port be taken into consideration, with a view that a reference might be made by the House to ,the Navy B ard fur their answei- The Noble Lord replied, that the Commissioners of Nay al Inquiry had been instituted at the suggestioo of the Board of :Admiralty, and :that it was for. the Board to te.- coMmend to the House the proper tithe f u r ta ki ng their Report into eottsideratioo. The Hon. BarOnet complained to Lord Sc, Vincent of the oppression which such a delay occasioned, • hut without, effdOt. From that day the queStion• drop ed. may' be asked, if a change of Administration' has ex ited for Inuit than a twelvemonth, why has not the consideration been propOsed during that time He could 001 y say, in answer, that'. he had under. stood it was the intention. to bring it forward in the course 'of that 'time. the Navy B mrd wished • for nothing sf) much ,as. an opportunity of justifying themselves, and all that they now desired. was, that the !louse would suspend their jodgiunt tultil that opportunity was affurtlecl ditto. Mr. ROSE . commented on the observations of the .Hon. Gentlelll.lo, With leg:lrd to the. third Re. port, and drfended the con.lti,-. 3 / 4 of the Gentleman (Mr. Taylor) to, wht:m that R/port iiituost exch.). sively referrerki• 'than whom there never existed a more unfehiseacliable char.ntter. • The Hon.. Gen.- tlernan went into,a long -history of the bl , ;cklcon. trail, and completely exculpated Mt. Taylor from the charges that it been adduced against hint. The C , mmissioners had instituted a catalpa.. FiNon betivec3 Mr. Taylor's blocks ,and those made by Mr. Garnet, which, according to thein, turned cutitt favolr of the.latter; but he had the authOrity of several tiperieneed Naval pricers, particularly Capt., naltalllS, Of the to sa y t h at Mr. Taylor's gore infinitely superior. It had been said, on the other side, that an order had been issued froM the. 'l'reasury fur fnifi-ling a.c•mtratt for so,ctoo stand of defeaive arms, at .in exorbitant price, and it had been broadly asserted, that some cme ofice Waa sham in the prufits. The . present Prime Minister had, the merit of having put an end to a ll Conitaas, - which, ut'ider formes "G ivernineot s , w ere granted to the personal friends 40111 . 1 GSvcrninent, Duting .the -last War not a single Co.ntrlld of that de•ieripti,n was signed. The ,vhote of the business was, trat.saticti by the I'ohlic lii)ards. The lion. Gentleman here confirmed the statement of Sir A. Htinund, as to the repug n autle %%hi e n t h e E ar l o f St. Vincent ex;,restril to permit the conii.tet a: ion of the Reports ot the Commissioners to be brought der the .cOnstderatian of Parliament, He hdd hiut. 4ell . g , .tie to the N dite Lord, and suesrested the propriety of this pr ceeding, but in vain,: C), I t h e , whide, he th;:ught the condoet of t h e C oto , o l v d oners . of Naval Inquiry, particularly with regard to Mr. Taylor, was neither fair nor gentle,' Admiral M. 31 K 11.1.11 assured the House that his Noble Friend wriuld he .happy at all tiMes to court nor did be fear ahe base attaciZs those whose nefarious continet he had exposed to public view. With all his disposition to deny the truth of the eircutrtitaners detailed in' the Reports, would the Hon. Cornpirriler:say, that that on the Amaranth ? For the sake of the (Thuntry, he wished that tilt fael; were' not ?en thonsand times worse titan thos e R e pt ltts ed them to be; he %visited that the gro ss neg li gence .of the I 1111. Gentletnan and his Coileagues—. The SPEAKER called • the gallant Adintral to or. der. Admiral NI Atom AM concluded . i4l replying to Mr. Rgse's °hart vatiois on the 13locic' Contrad ; and contended that the co duct of ;fir. T4y lor ;LA been highly.cen4orable. Sir A. -fiAmor:D and Mr. Rose severally ex. Mr. JEFFERY CWltendett,.o;rat whatever might ;he the portion of pr:iise to..whlch the Navai Cont. missioners might he supposed to he eft:idea, he wat still hold enough to say, that the affairs of ttte Navy weri never worse c.ini!oclM than during the AtiMinistratiim tit Lord St. Vincent—not only the Noy, lltit the witole Commercial part of the (.7 . ..0rn. inan ity were loud in their complaints against it. " The ,SFEAKRit 011....Er4•,M, that the i Cit meta or the r :stn. Gentleman diet 1:0t aiTly to the question now before 'the t-tiuse. • Mr. IVILiI t?k() RCA' was really to atitti4.the great benefit% that had atr•ady acciii•d fr,,m the l a . nnurs Of the Nlv . .4lCominiisioners ; l,ttt at the s.ime t ime he must retviest, that in mercy to those had not fully informed thetose.ciesof the comer; 61- LII the Repotti, that the words " the whole" condoet of the Cionqiis,icners, tnight ire omjil:cl the Motion. There ixere n.)w eleven of the Ripnr , s, nutty (41 them extending to eonsidetable length, he tOre the House,- and scarcely ant' hut the Tenth had yet undergone 4 due iiivestigalion. Indeed the omistion of these wares would give in mdaning 'to the Vote of the Hou., and at the same cirne rtns . der it inzrre worthy lite acceptance at th;)se whom it WAS intended to commentc, than if,tst ood in the man. net in which it was originally Cum. mls totem u , 4l , iubtedly deiectcd very great abuses, and had thereby rendeeed very iignaf service to the. Country; ar.d on that gri , uncf tie lett' them entitled, to dn. *Fhankf t s of House and the gratitude of the Country. He hoped, IriWevrr, :that nothing he h ow otretel to the eansiirtiork of the lion,e woutd pr ,Lioci7 any division of opinion ; tor hi, threw out t he ctosideritt ion mealy to the conti u ,'A the '—" 1 - ..t!uqc ; nat in the least to det:a from tite mo` l at of the Commissione-ts: Nina of their_ preccedings. yet remained Ri tie eLtn" ined and discussed and, 4. rn;ght, perh a p s ; he rea ft er occur; that sokethink would he coniidered in a light that might ittd'uca the House to eitpress an opinion contrary to i.vhat the pres*ent Motion called - upon them unreservedly to - declare. This was the only motive that prompted hini to suggest the ornissinn (lithe words. lie4as.rea:: dy to re f eat, that in his mind the Alation so amend:. ed would have not only a more Oistinet meaning, but must ptfove more acceptable to the Coinmission, cry themselves. Under that impression he should now move that the words s+ the whole of" be struck out of the Motion. The Q.lestioti so auianiiiti, being pat from th'e Chair, Lord HeismlttEi approved of the Amendment, And contended that the-original Machin required the Eloise to gig further thanis was entitled to go. Mr. WiLnFRFlRcit, in further -utplanation of his Amendment, observed, that if any error should hereafter loe detettcd in thecontlud of the CoMmis, sioners, the House would be in a manner bound so far to retract ine,tsul'e of their vote. ATIORNAY •GE 4' AAL rather approved if the 'Amendment than of the original Motion, though' it did not exactly correspond with his idea of the matter. >There were eleven Reports before the Ef o ue, and only `one of them 11;1.1 a, yet heen examined. There were even several Papers now before she Hose ciuite fresh from the pres, which could nut yet have been examined, but which, how. ever, were representedis-urgently calling i x urination. The Vote, therefore, in his mind, should not he general, as fresh materials might hereafter be prAduced in detenee-of those %sillase eh .ratters WZie: 7!ift:Cted by the Reports of the C , lnmissionirs. As the Amehdinent seemed to him so int,.t. toe As. lion in the sense Which he thought it should be re, ceived, it :;hoold have his concurrence. FOX haid,•that it the words the '' whole their cotidoil hurl been •onlitted originaby in the Motion, the omission of them would not be mate. tial but.when it was tot tied to omit them, the whole nature of the Motion . was changed, si , tl up. pe.ired to him quite objedinnable. • The litaise could not underttand by the 'Motion that they were appr.ive of every thing.• that migh.t be e , ntained in all the Rep iris. IN3ne of them had as yet been under ciinsideratinn but the Tenth; even parts of that Report were not yet decided on, since villa of !hem had•only been referred to the consiilers. tion of a Select Committee. - The words of the Motion sufficiently explained the extent to witielt the Thanks of the House should be carried, since it said, that as far as appears from the Reports; the Conimi , ,sioners•Were entitled to the thanks and'en, couragernent cif the House, for the diligence, abi. lity, and. fortitude, with which they had executed thearduous task comoitted. ta.theit care. It such minutim as those- suggested by the Amendment, and by the reast , nings•'utged Suppert of it, had been habitually attended to the }-I.me would never have beers abk.tn pass a Vote of 'Thanks upon any con. duet, lio,tiever meritorious. In his opinion, if the Commicsionere were not thanked in the terms of the original Motion, it would be bEtter not to thank them at all. Mr. LANCHAM was sorry the, Amendment hied been m.)ved ; but if An Amendment was to be moved, he should have preferred the previous queition. Si t W,,EtpoRD Confessed, that it was with re. gret he should give a negative to. the Motion ; but as he conk rated .some things ip the condust of the Commissioners, while he commended most of it, he could not , concientiously consent to a vote of unqualified approbation. • - LOrd,HENti as for moving, that tie .House do now ati.j..urn, ai in 'his mind it WAS premature to come to any V . , ! te at present respeeting the con. dud dl the Cummissioners. Alter some be6itation; and ;livening to consult with the. Members around him re , peaing the propriety of such a m f , l i t , n, h e at length moved, that the (louse do now adjourn. But his Motion was noi seconded, Mr. BOND. would. not- scruple to give the .most unqualified praise to the condua if the Commission. er /14 , 11atl approved of 'their appointment from .dieory he now more highly approved of their swe its priaical benefits had been proved.— The Vote proposed aid not in the least preclude the House' from a Vote 01 Censure, if any thing should appear in their coodu4.. which cculd justlY incur 'such a stigma. But such trifles, a 3 the words taw periblr loith a Jury, should not he ierjuu,sly attended 501 it t$ general conduCt of the Commission. ers, and the spirit that formed that condud, that should' lie' conmideted ; and when Ow .spirit and cond44 were. 1.64 appreciated, they would h found eminently entitled to the most unqualified praise which the House could bestow. John WROTTESLU Was glad to hear the sentiments - expressed by, the Learned Gentleman, and he most oldially concurred in them. !Mt. Gxt o . olt was rattier inclined to -vote for 111 Amendment. Mr. BASTARQ contended, that the Commissioners not only were entitled to the thark ‘ of the House, hart alto to the bet, support which the'House could atT‘ta their tarr.,cr ptoceeding,., "Nothlngto tvds artre off:rt , ive than the initntlationS thrlwn out the Coindabiioners. He could not sit silent, ; for aim the very essential seivice 111:).• h already rendered the Country, and theist ill t orthtr bc or'fit with wloe:t their future exertions t,, lae, attended, it. inolt uvike . every iyil.wisher to his Country slitidder to 11.iir Hits imputations -which 40111 e GentlernenAtternp,ed to cat upon their Condud. • . • Mr. lutt.eit warmly suppurted the original Motion: it iihoutantit he mach,: a Party-questii , n. The Inquiry wilt io.,litOted for piddle end and had already produced great public good, and he troied, it would not'stop till the evil Was probed to the bottom. He cared not Winy was Minister ; he was only anxintits that the Public idloold know how tit r u b: te M on ey expended, and that care was taKen. to puoish those ,who were guilty of vegillation and plunder. The cominissiotters hid dune their d uty to that effeet, and they were fiidy entitled to, the Thanks .4the House, and the gtaiitude of 114, Country, Mr. SHERIDAN rrnlie.l.