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witness that he hal been in: attenclanCe as a wit ness uefore the CoMmitiee, ,WAS clear. That he was not to return ru ihe Commi!tre in the capacity, of a witness wa• also clear. The rrics , ion for the House , 0 constiler was, ~ , tietlier Mr. Palmer was bon - afide on his return home when -he was arrested. If ti had not taken a more than lawful latitude— if his departure from tie direct line of- his ri•turn was satistaCtorilk aLcoUntrd for by the intenening gct which had been described—the House would have to decide whether in that case they would cot short his protection, and by doing so forbid their witnesses fro , ' returning home by any other than . , the 'straight course, Mr. STEPHEN '4ES of 01311110 H, that had the sus pension of Mr. Paliner's return home been his own choice, lie would not have been entitled to the pri vilege of protection ; but it was evidently the aa of the Committee. Mr. EDEN also trusted that the House would consid-r the deviation of Mr. Palmer from the straight line- of his return sufficiently accounted fur, and that they would give him the benefit of pro teation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, if such were the wish of the House, expressed his entire acquiescence in tt. • Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought it enigmatical that two brothers, summoned to attend the same Com mittee„ should be arrested on the same day, and on writs issued by two different attornies ! Mr. WILBERE"RCE bore testimony to the clia character of Mr. Cairipbt:ll was a man of great worth, end considerable property. He had been a settler in New South Wales, but had been compelled, about eight ye irs ago, to come over to. this country to give evidence on a trial, and had since been in volved in ditficul , ies by the cond'itl of his Agent. 1-le repeated that he had undoubted authority for stating that Mr. Campbell was a man of most un blemished character. Sir. ARTHUR PIGOTT thinking it desirable that Grace, the Sheriff's Officer, should be called in, He was accordingly called to the Bar, and being examined bv the SPEAKF,R, stated—That on Mon day, al about half pail four 'o'clock, he arrested-Mr. Painter io Chariotteitreet, Biackfiiars-road ; that- Mr. Palmier carae to his (Grace's) hour io icquire for Mr. Campbv li ; that he directe hun to Hine son's; that he .followed him to Hitieson's ; and that, oil coming out he served him with a writ; that Mr. Palmer chewed him a letter, requiring his at tendance as a miners netore a Committee of the House of Commons, but that never having seen such a thing tieforr:, and the writ being of such a twine as to expose him to the greatest risk, in the event of Mr. Palmer's escape upon a false pretext, be had been compelled, with a view to his own se curity, not to allow Mr. Palmer to go. Tie sheriff's Officer having withdrawn, Mr. EDEN moved, that the privileges of the H be granted to Mr. Palmer, and that he be discriarged from arrest.—Oidered. Mr. EDEN then incited, that Grace, the Sheriff's °dicer, be discharged from further attendance. Ater a short conversation, in which Mr. Wynne, Mr. Eden, Mr. Marine's Sutton, &c. participated, the - motion was, agreed to. SICILIAN SUBSIDY. T 1 House having iesolved itself into a Commit• tee of Supply, Lord CASTLEREAGH rose to propose a grant of money to the King of Sicily. The Noble Lord con ceived it would be unnecessary to trouble the Com mittee at any length on the proposition lie was about to submit for their approbation, as a subsidy had been voted to the same amount, annually, for the last tour years; but if the Committee desired to Lave any information upon the atlairs of Sicily, he was most ready to give that information. It was a subsidy by which this Government was bound to adhere, having been voted in 1808, and hence, un less Parliament were disposed to refuse their assent, and not to continue the grant any longer, he should abstain from stating the considerations of policy which originally induced it. -To those who at first doubted the policy of granting a sum to. Sicily, it must be a source of satisfaction to reflect that the subsequent changes in the Government of that country hal led to the removal of these doubts, for by the change the resources of the kingdom had been called forth with sattsfaCtion to the subjects of the-King of Sicily, and w►th perfeCt security for the British interests, T►te whole of the military forces in the kingdom had been placed under the controul of Lord William Bentinck, as a means of defence, and of acting in host►lity to the views of the com mon enemy, as circumstances might arise. The present situation of affairs would most completely serve to repel those calumnies which the enemy had been most industriously circulating with respect to the vie s and intentions of the British Government towards Sicily, for they had insinuated, that in inci tation of their own conduCt, we had lent our assist ance only for the purpose of appropi iacing the island to ourselves. But what had been the real conduct of Great Britain ? She acting upon those recognized principles of honour, bad faithfully discharged the duty imposed by the solemn treaty entered into with the King of Sicily, had represented that the state of the island was such as to render it unsafe for the British troops longer to remain there, unless the ild ol the Government were removed. The con sequence had been, that the King of Sicily took those steps. which it was his indispensable duty to take for the security of the troops of his ally, and for the proteCtion of his own kingdom. Under these circumstances, he . should move, — That it is the opinion of this Committee that a sum not exceeding 400,0001. be granted, to make good the engage ments entered into with his Sicilian Majesty for the piesent year. Sir J. NEwroftz having formerly objeeted to the grant; considered himself called upon to make some observations. The groUnds upon which he had doubted before the propriety of the grant were, that he thought -the British Government shotild have made (previous to calling on Parliiiment to vote any thing) a representation to his Sicilian Majesty of the necessity of an alteration in his Government.— The advice which he then gave was rejeaed,- but experience had convinced Ministers of their want of judgment, and they had since then interfered.— The King h.,a been, either by force or pen•uasion, prevailed upon to abdicate his throne in favour of his son. How would they therefore draw the line befWeen tbis'aa of the King of. Sicily- and that of the King of Spain, who resigned in favour of his son ? He thought - ,the Noble Lord was bound in justice to the people of this country to_ give a more detailed account of the interference. The tullest ex planation Wa,.io his opinion, necessary. Lord CA*TLEREAGH wa; disooseo, as he,had be fore said, to give the fullest information. He could assure. the Committee that the Honourable Ba-. ronet was misinformed on the subject. There had not been the.least suggestion to, traich less demand upon, the Sicilian Monarch, that he should abdicate the throne in favour of his sort ; but lw had cho sen, for considerations best known to himself, to de legate the Sovereign authority to son. Of the ' policy of such a measure, it, was not for him (Lord Castlereagh) to judge. The only claim hich the Briti•h Government urged was, that in obedience to the treaty of alliance, lie „should place his GOvern ment on a footing which, would wake it, compatible with the interests of 'our army to terrain there.— With regard to the subsidy, that was absolutely voted to him, paid to him, and administered by his Government for the interests of the alliance, under the sanction of the Vicegerent, his sea. The No ble Lord had no wish to shrink from full investiga tion, but he had, not any disposition to court inquiry, because in so doing, statements would be made, painful to British feelings, of the defeCts of a Go vernment ,with which this country had been for years in alliance. The Honourable Baronet might open that discussion ; but he (Lard Castlereagh) would not volunteer it. There was this consolation arising from our condua,.that we had not disgraced our charaaer by imitating the example of the enemy. ' mall we had done we acted from necessity, and the conviction that it would be impolitic to leave the Si cilian interests expesed to danger. Sir J. NE's PORT still required explanation, be cause * he conceived the policy questionable. What ever doubt, difficulty, or delicacy there was in it, the people demanded explanation.' At least it ought to be shewn that our conduct had not been as odious as that of France towards Spain. Mr. WILBERFORCE thought the Hon. Baro net should have drawn a line of distinction between the conduct of England towards Sicily, and France towards Mr. STEPHEN conceived that the Hon. Baronet had forgot - Ole nature of former discussioni on the subject. The objections then urged to the grant were, tom it was impolitic to grant money while the Peasants of &city were so oppressed by the No blesse, and that this Country ought to insist upon a civil refirrmatiOn in that kingdom, by the restitution of what was generally termed the rights of men. These objections [tad been most ably and eloquently answered by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Can ning), then Secretary of State, vs ho had said— ‘f He trusted the House would not desire .that 10,000 men, with bayonets on their shouldeta; should set abouteefotrnation ; that he did not think they were the most proper philosophers to revolu tionize a country, and teach the people the value of liberty." The Honoorable and Learned. Gentle man deprecated the pradice of adopting gross and ridiculous calumnieS set on foot by the enemy,not only as untrue, but as being unworthy of consideration in • this House. For the moment the House began to reason upon them, these calumnies were delivered from the ridicule which otherwise would attach upon them. Was it not ridiculous to assimilate the conduct of Britain in respea to Sicily with that of Bonaparte towards Spain ? The Honourable Ba ronet wished further information, but was it really necessary,to satisfy Europe, that in rendering as sistance to Sicily the object of Great Britain was to annex the kingdom to the dominions of her ally ? The change which had taken place was desirable, for it had averted the danger. . Sir JoHta NEWPORT repeated his former opinions, and would not yield to the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman in the detestation of the principles of Buona parte. Be contended that the plea of necessity was the plea resorted to by the . enemy, and therefore unworthy of Great Britain. Lord CASTLEREAGH entered his protest on the part of the British Government, for not having oeened all the transaftion between the two Go vernments. The aCt of the Sicilian Monarch in delegating the Government on his son was his own ad, and not from the suggestions of Lord William Bentinck. He deprecated the conduCt of the Ho nourable Baronet, in giving a colour to the inter ference which he was not warranted in giving. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQULR declared, that without an absolute case of necessity, there would not have been any inteiltrence on the part of the British nrnent, Mr. BASTARD gave his vote for the grant, upon the explanation of the Noble Lord, considering that we were justified in interfering with the Govern ment of Sicily, in conformity with the .provisions of the Treaty, and that if necessity urged, we should take possession of that'Counti y by force of arms. Mr. HOME stated some circumstances respeding the application of the grants of former years, front local knowledge, and justified the propriety in Go vernment abstaining from interference befut e.. The tesolution was then agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. On the motion of Mr. WHARTON, the following sums were voted :--- For the Caledonian Canal Csoooe For the Highland Roads. . . . 20,Q00 For the Repairs of Military Roads, in North Britain 5,894 For the Contingencies in Secretary of State's Office ti,0,0 For the Extra Charges, Messengers, kc. 6,000 For the Civil List, Bahama Islands • 3,4) 0 For the ditto. 13tkrinudas . . 1,033 For the ditto, Demerara , - . - 6.:0 For the ditto, Upper Canada • , . 8, 45 0 For the ditto, Nova Scotia • • 10,995 For the ditto, ,New Brunswick . ~ 5,60 a For the ditto, Cape Breton . - 2,0 60 _ . 2,40. For the ditto, Newfoundland 3,97 1 For the ditto, Sierra Leone - 1 4 ,020 For the ditto, New South Wales taoi On the latter grant being proposed, Mr. BANKES adverted to the deficit in the account of a Public Officer in the Treasury, and recommend ed the adoption of some means , of preventing in future the accumulation of frauds on the public. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated the accounts of Mr• Chinnery to have been of such a nature, that by balancing the surplus of some years against - the deficiencies of others, the appear . , ince of the whole wouH be so rtir, that it was Matter of little surprise the auditors had been de ceived. The inaccuracy in them ;could only be de teded by looking to the accounts for a considerable tine back. These back accounts had been neglect ed ; but, latterly, a change had been made to get them into a more regular and proper train.—As there were a great many of these accounts to look to, it was a considerable time before the accounts of Mr. Chinnery were hunted, as it were, into such a Comer, that it was hardly possible for the_ defaulter to escape. He did not deny that some blame attach ed itself to those whose duty it was to look to the accounts, but still he contended, that to detect the defaulter was very difficult, from the nature of the' accounts. He lhtd himself, on one occasion, exa mined a_person on the subject, and been imposed upon. Mr. ROSE said, he hid introduced Mr. Chinnery in 1783, who had been Private Secretary' to the then Lord Chancellor. Mr. Chinnery was strongly recommended by .the Lord Chancellor, and in con sequence he (Mr. Rose) took an opportunity of naming him to a situation. He understood, about nine months after he had done so, that Mr. Chin nery acquitted himself in a very satisfaCtory manner, and that he was very ingenious and at the same time attentive to his duty. For lour ur five years he (Mr. Chinnery) appeared to go on very well, but atter that •tirrie he got into an extravagant way of living, which he (Mr. Rose) thought ill became his situa tion. He remonstrated %%Oh him on, the subject. -- Mr. Chinnery, from the two agencies with which he was entrusted, and the 3ccnut.ts of the Treasury, which he had to manage, was in the habit of receiv ing not less than four thousand pounds per year.— The produce of one qua , ter was usually given into his hands at once, w Inch was anoint anon'. and the security of Mr. Chinne:y w 30001. On his re monstrating Air h Mr.,Chinnrty on the extravagant way of life he.had got into, Mr. Chinnery•replied, that he was enabled to ,do so by the support which he drew from other funds than those with which he (Mr. Rose) was acqtlainted. He (Mr. Rose) had never known what those funds were, nor that any such were in existence. ' From the situation in which Mr. Chinnery had been, he had certainly no reason to -think him in possessibn of any thing of that kind. When he (Mr. R ) was its the Treasury, 14 or' 15 years ago, Mr. Chinnery, in consequence of a• remon strance, assured • him that the world were much mistaken in his circumstances, as he had other re sources than he was generally known to possess. _ From that period" he (Mr. R.) had ceased to speak to him frequently, and had indeed very seldom spoke to him since. About a year and a half ago, he,saw Mr. Chinnery was still going on in the same extravagant manner. On this occasion he wrote to him a leiter, in which he told him, " that nothing could be more scandalous than the style in which he lived. That he (Mr. R.) was certain that he could have no honest funds capable of supporting such expences, and that though it was nothing to the world how persons lived who were differently si tuated, yet in the situation of Mr. Chinnery such a course must appear reprehensible to all. He far ther told him, that he had always observed, that when a man greatly exceeded his income, there was but little security for his honour, and thai feeling this, he should communicate his thoughts on the subject to his Right Hon. Friend."—He thought there was no excuse for Mr. Chinnery, as he had lat;en living in a shameful extravagant manner for 14 or 15 years: Mr. hinnery had been in the habit' of giving concerts, which were attended by per formers of the first celebrity. When be (Mr. R.) spoke to him on the subjed,.he was' answered; by Mr. Chinnery, that they were friends of his, and that these musicians would receive no pay, and, consequently the charge of his concerts was but trifling. He (Mr. R.) knew persons of gr,eat con sideittion who were in the habit of attending these concert-, hut he had never gone to one, lest he should seem to give his sanction to such doings.— The only time he was ever in Mr. Chinnery's house was, when he went to stand godfather to that young man with whose name the public were •familiar (Mr. Chinnery, jun. we presume). When a Bill was brought in two years ago by the Hon. B ironet opposite, he (Mr. Rose) had endeavoured to frame it to meet cases like the present, and he thought at that time that if he could be laid hold of, Mr. Chin - very might be the first affetted by that Bill. He was not aware that this subject would be touched upon, or he would have brought the correspondence , which hat taken place on the subject with him, to shew how anxious he had been to induce Mr. Chinnery to change his conduct, not only within the last one or two years, but for the last 14 or 15 years. Some further discussion passed, , in which Mr. H. MARTIN, 'tit:CHANCELLOR of the,EXCREQUER., Mr. BANKES, and Mr: LONG participated; after which the Resolution was agreed to. £48,000, to meet Bills drawn and to be drawn on New South Wales.—Agreed to. The House resumed,- when the Report was or dered to be received to-morrow. 'The Charitable Donations, Breach of Trust Bill, and die l'enileniiary Houses Mil, were read a third time, and p.issrd: The other Orders of the Thy were then disposed 01, and the House adjourned. - The continuation of the snow-storm in the North had deranged the arrival and departure of all the Mails at Edinburgh; on the 22:1 inst. most of the roads were impassable for coaches, and some even for a horse. The storm, however, had abated, and a thaw was taking place. At the Assizes at Bury, a young woman servant, named Smith, was capitally convicted of setting fire to her master's house.—The prisoner, it appeared i❑ evidence, got some straw out of the stable of her master, who was a farmer, and atter lighting it, by the aid of a pitchfork, she communicated the same to the thatched roof of the dwelling-house. On the alarm of tire, when the inmates of the house were endeavouring to extinguish it, the prisoner set fire to a bed-furniture within. She made a full con fession of her guilt, and said she had no interest or motive foi her condutt. A monster was capitally convialed on Monday, at the above Assizes, of a rape on his own daughter, a child nine yea's old. SUSSEX ZSSIZES. lIORSHAM, TUESDAY, MARCH 5.% ) 4'. John Pain was inditied for stealing 75 guineas gold, the property of Arthur Matthews. The prosecutor was a shoe-maker at Shipley, near Horsham. The prisoner was a journeyman who worked with him. The prosecutor, though but a poor man, had amassed this little treasure, Whch he kept in a bureau above stairs, in his bed-room. It is supposed the prisoner had gained some know. ledge where this treasure was concealed, for pre. rending to be ill one day, he' went up stairs to lie down on the bed ; when he came doWn, he said 114 wished to take a little walk is the air, and asked his master if he could notTurnish him with some errand: He sent him viith.a pair of bores to take home, but not returning that night it excited some suspiciam', and the prosecutor, upon searching, found all .his treasure gone. It appeared, that_ the prisoner walked to Horsham, and then took a post-chaise to Crawley; he then gave the boy half-a-guinea for driving him. He then, ordered supper, and three bottles of ' . wine; after that he treated all the persons in the house,. and made a display of his gold. He next day took a chaise towards Tenterden, where he said he was going ; but he was overtaken at Matesfield, where he was apprehended, but he had spent all the money but 251. In his defence, the prisoner said, that being em ployed to dig some celery in the garden, be found the money sewed up in a flannel bag. le s e rd James Blake was conviaed of a burglary, in breaking and entering the dwelling-house, of Wm. Whappum, at Laughton, and stealing a qmntity of silver and copper money. The prosecutor kept a public. house at Laughton, and on the morning of the robbery, when .he got up he found his house had been broken and entered through the bar window. The foot-steps were, however, visible of the robber, and he was traced by the m ark of his shoes for ten miles, -and w hen he was overtaken a ,had sixpence was found on his perion, which the proseeutor proved was among the money which he had.lost. Verdia . - Thomas Reeves and,.Robert Corr; - two privates of the Inth Regiment of Dragoons, were indicted for highway robbery,,hY,stopping Thomas Standon, and taking from him his pocket-book, containing 191. in Bank-notes (as reported in a former paper) and were both found Guilty. Henry i'andalls was indi6ted for an assault upon. Mary Gaston, in the paiish of Newick, on the Lath. of June, 181 . 0, with intent to ravish her. The prosecutrix, a young girl, not then more than fifteen, stated, that she and another servant s . were on the common at NeWick with'their rnii tress's children, on the 13th of June, 1810, when the, prisoner came up to 'them to \ inquire his way ; they went across a field with htin, when he seized the prosecutrix, and threw her down. .The girl, however, could not proceed to state further Partied lays, for she fainted, and for two hours remained ~ itupified and insensible ; at length it was found im possible to proceed with her examination ; her companion, how ever, stated sUfficient• to shew the violent condu& of the prisoner towards, her. He. was not taken into custody for some weeks after wards; but the women of the place one day caught him, and they put him into a tub, and pumped upon him ; they next tossed him in a blanket; and / after they.were tired of that amusement, they threw him into a horse-pond; they next rolled him in they mud, and scrubbed him down with birch brooms.- At length, the Parson and Churchwardens, hearing of the case, insisted on a legal inquiry, and after a length of time he was apprehended. The Jury found him Guilty, and he was sen tenced to two years' imprisonment, The Assizes .ended at seven o'clock. A powder-mill, at Hounslow, blew up last Moris day, when tour men were killed. ,One person had a very narrow escape, having just quitted the corn ing-mill when the accident happened. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 25.---TM-day flip Mar ket has few fresh arrivals of Wheat, and not much of remaining supplies; Sales thereof fully support last prices, some prime old Dtntzic about 48,. per quarter ; Barley in short supply, and dearer ; Whit/ Peas likewise ; and the same may be observed ill Beans of each description; We have a continuance of short supplies of Oats; and the Sales made main tain the late increase in pfice ; FlOur at Monday's advance. Wheat -96 s a rigs a 136 S Fine ditto - 1335 a 1425 Rye . 6 7 5 a 725 Tick Beans (new) 54s a sgst Ditto (tine old) - b2S a 6 4 9 Oars - -34 S a . 40s a 43s Poland . ditto 44s 4. 45s Potatoe ditto -46 s a 47s Rape Seed - . 631 a 681 Fine Flour - tics a ttss Seconds - - toss a tlos Barley - 6Os a 68$ Malt 9os a 96s Whitelicase(boil.)Bss a 93s Grey ditto - . 6es a 65s Beaits - - - 6*s. 1 66S BIRTHS. On the 22d inst. at Hurst, Berks, the , Lady of John Pre. tejllin, Esq. of a Daughter. On the 4 . 2. d inst. at Bath, the Lady of Captain Burdett, R. N. at a Daughter. • On Menday last, the Lady of Richard Page, Esq. of Tower hill, .4 a Daughter. On Tuesday, at Kensington, the Lady of Colonel Dritlk. Water, ot a Son. MARRIED. On the 16th insr. at Edinburgh, Major-General the Hon. Alexander Duff; second son of the late Alexander Earl of Fife, to •Miss Anne Stein, youngest daughter of the late James Stein, Esq. of Kilbajie. on Sunday last, at St. Anurew'S Church, Holborn, George Forbes, Esq. of Featherstone-buildin g s, to Martha, eldest .daughter or the late Thomas Dawson, asq. of Thames Dit ton. On the tith inst. at Ciipston, Northamptonshire, Mr. George "Ferrail, of Brlxworth, to Mrs. Watkins, of the former pia..e. DIED. It W. LONDON : Printed by THOMAS WOOD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden; and Published by WI I LI A M Alt MIG Elt SCRIPPS, South Molton-street, Grlsveror-square, At did SrU ()MCI:Z. No. 112. Strand_ whets iiiverlisements, Orders for the l'oper, Leiters for the Editor, &c. (post-paid), must be addressed. Yesterday, at Kensington. Palace, Edward, the eldest son of Captain Harvey, 01 the Royals. On the 20th inst. at Pulliam, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. Brooke, relict of that late -Dr. Brdoke, Margaret rro tesscr of Divinity, Cambridge, '7nd Redor of forncett ; Nor folk. COAL MARKET, MARCH 35. Ships at Market. Ships sold. 84 Newcastle . . . si . 465. od. to 54T. 6d. HIGH IiVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR- Morning. SS min. after i. Evening, zo min. after 2,