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PHILANTHROPIC ANNUITY PLAT. THE N.FAT MEETING Will be holden at the London Tavern, on Tuesday next, the loth Day of June, at Teno'Clock,precisely. Having fixed, the Meeting of this day, for Twelve o'Clock, I though/ it prdper to take /he Chair exactly at that•tinie. I find, with much regret, that it was generally understood it would not be taken till One, and that upwards of 3oo•Gentle. nun came to the London Tavern, and in conseqitence of the early adjournMent of the Meeting, were disappointed ; I therefore have called the above Meeting, and request the attendance of the Friends to the 'lnstitution -on Tuesday, at Ten o'Clock precisely, as the Chair Will be taken at that Hour.' - WILLIAM LupLAN. NQ. is, Welbeck;street, Cavei)dish:square; Monday, .1 une a..• • IMPERIAL PARLIAMW, HOUSE OF. PEERS. TUESDAY; JUNE q. The Temple Bar I4ttery Bill - was read a second time, and committed- to .a PriVate Committee for -Thursday. -• . • The Irish Revenue Colleaion. Bill, and the Irish Malt Bill passed through Committees, and were re ported. The Earl ,of MOIRA presented a Petition from ;WI-. Justice. Fox .; which was read short by *the Clerk, praying that the House would talte his case into consideration, and 'ab what should semi meet to them therein: , L--Ordered to he on the Table. Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DICKINS, MI : IRTON SMITH, and several other Members of the House of Commons, brought tip the Irish Sugar . Bill, the Irish Additional Force Repeal Bill, and three Private Bills; which were read a first tithe. . 'The Irish Additional Vcrce Repeal Rill Was, on the Motion tit' Lord ''W4LSINGHANT, ordered to be printed. ' • Lord .ELnotq rose to move the Order of the. Pay. Earl STANHOPE wished .previously to offer some .ohs . :-;rvationsto the House. Earl BATiIURST moved that the House should:be cleared. 'St'rangers were immediately eicltided, and We understood•the consideration'of 'the evidence ad duced on the Trial of Lord Viscount 'Melville Was resumed. The discussion Continued. till 'ten o'clock. We :understood that questions were referred to -the Judges, 'who are to deliver their opinion,. in answer, on ThUrsday (to-morrow); to which day the further consideration of the evidence. was deferred, and to iyhieh day also, the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, JUNE 3. Mr. PATI;RSON moved, that the evidence taken before the Committee on the Norwich. Paving Bill AoUld be laid before, the House. After A few words from Mi. FELLOWES and Mr. HuRsT, this Motion was negatived. Mr. FELLQWES then moved, that the Bill be read a third time. Mr. PATER oppo.sed it, on the grounds, that from the reduced state of the town in point of,trade , and. opUlence, and the pressure-of a variety of pe otiniary burdens, this was, not the proper time for it: Altey 'a few ,observations, however, from Mr. FELLowEs, Mr. \VILLIAM SMITH, and Mr.St6.I,VE LE FEvitE, the till was I%;ad a third' time 'and passed. Lord P551.7 1 -ST47 appeared at the. Bar, and stated, that the Papers respecting 'Upper and Lower Ca nada, moved for oy Mr. Rose, had been ordered by His Majesty'm be laid before the House. " Mr. WurrsuEn KEENE moved for a Copy of the , Letter of Sir John Ig`liberson, written while he Was a Member'olthe Stipreme Council of Bengal, dated the 34th - of March, '1783, to the Court of Direc tors. This was supposed to relate to the obser vations Made respecting Sir Richard Ordered. Mr. Owttz vresented Papers from the Indja klol.l3C, ptirsua4,t to the Orders of the .House of the icith and 20th Of May last.-4ird6red to lie on the Table. Sir JO - . A.:4 . DERSON .presented a Petition from the London Di?ok I)ireaor,s against the Ea's.t. Lon don Water Works Bill.--;-Ordered to lie ot) the On the Motion of Lord MIPLE, it was ordered th \ ot the House. should at 'its rising adjourn till Thursday. . • Mr. BAKEn presenteda Petition against the East 1 - ..otAon Water Work.:.—Ordered' to lie on the :• 'Table. • Sir J 017.11 SINCLAIR gave notice of a Motion for considering- the taw respeaing Broad-wheeled Wag gons, apd the Highways in Scotland. AI:E;2ICAN INTFRCOIIRSE. Loll" CASI L.WiEAGI-1, though the second read ing of the Ainericqn .Intercourse Bill stood for Thuiscily, hoped that it Would not come on so soon; as Parliament ought not to be pressed to-decide upon -it before it •Was in posiession of .the requisite in torioation. He thought the, House should be in possession of the iostrt.:&tons given to the Governors of the West Iridialslands . by' the -late .Administra tion; wh'.;...h he consideied, : aS consonant with the soundest principles of the Navigation Act. 'He ako 'wished to have those justrutlons which had been subs:cquently sent and concluded by moving, that the•lnstrnEtions sent to the Governors'of the - West India Islands .relative 'to the American IntercourSe, of the sth of Septenib , ser, t 804, should be laid before the house. Also copies of any,lnstrue - tiOns sub iequntly sent. .. • • , Lord TEATPLE - had no objeaion,to the. rapers but as to the. postponing Of the second reading Of he did that, it Would, be on account - of the state . of the : public business, and not on accourtt of any argument, urged by the I , :oble.Lordl He contended that the' Bill ought to pass with all con- 'venient specd Mr. 1 5 .ERCIE1L observed, that though it. did not 'pas• this Session, the West India Colonies wcUld only be in the same situation that they' had been,in for the List thirteen' years.. He did - not, therefore, 6ce any particular necessity fer pressing the Bill' for ward .with'any.'great'haste - .. Ile djd net - see the pi-o priety hf the Noble, Lord . urging It on by that coin :nand which' his' situation 'gave him over the' before the p! o il er informatiop was produced. PLU7' ER said, - that it was -irregular .to say t;i:t the Nible Lord had 'a Command over the Hot se, ,PE. c;v4L, in explanation, said, that he did not see where the irregularity was in saying, that the Noble Lord's situation and eloquence gave him great influence in the House. ; Mr. PLum en observed, that if the,, Honourable and Learned Gentleman had' not used the word 'Com •matnd, he would beg his pardon. Alr: ROSE ;wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to postpone the second reading of the Bill beyond Thursday. He adverted to the Petitions that had been presented, and the great interests that were concerned in this business. If a Committee was granted him, he undertook, to finish the evidence up stairs in three 'days. He bad, during the last few months, seen the most xtraor dinary measures that ever he had observed in Par liament but this was the most, extraordinary of them all. His Lordship had. expressed his doubts Whether he would postpone it'upon the arguments of the Noble Lord near him. This was,tnOst extra ordinary language, and such as was seldom heard in that HouSe.' . Lord TEMPLE, in explanation, said, that his doubts as to postponintr it arose from the state of the busi ness heroic the House;' and he had expressly said, that this was the ground.of his doubt, and not any argument of the Noble Lord. As to the merits of the case, the Right Hon. Gentleman's proposition for a Committee would -have been perfealy,proper. had the Bill been a measure of repeal. But it was merely a matter of regulation, enabling the Govern, rnent to do that by Law which had been for several years done without Law, or against it. HoweVer, he would postpone. the second reading of the Bill till Friday.--,The-Papers were then granted, SLAVE TRADE. M r . Fox gi3'e notice that, as.no Bill for the Abo lition of the Slave Trade could - be expetaed to pass : this Session, he would, on Tuesday next, move a Resolution on that snbjea, which would of least Conyey the sense of,the House to the Public. General TARLETON ske - c1 . ,. whether this would be considered as pledging the 'House to the -Abo lition ? . Mr. Fox replied, ,that it would be a pledge of the disposition of the House, without being any pledge that the Slave Trade should be abolished. MARQUIS W-ELLESLEY. Lord .TEMPLE did not - think it necessary to preface the Motion he was about to make 'with many .words.- The Hon. Gentleman behind him had laid the Oude Charcre'on the Table on the 98th ofM,ay ; and then stated that possibly he might movefor'its being taken into consideration in three weeks. No specific day hlid been fixed. If the House, looked at the Charge it would find that it involved matters of the highest consequence. It not only went to the public col clud of Marquis Wellesley, but to his private charader. The Hon. Gentleman believed,. no doubt, that he could prove the Char2e; and he would not have presumed to lay such a Charge on. the Table without this convidion. .But, giving him Credit for this, he hoped that the House would feel ;the necessity that some day should be fixed for the discussion of this Charge. . The House would ob serve, that the Charge of Murder had been brought against the, Noble Marquis and a relation of is, who had not the means of repelling it. If any day had been mentioned he would not have troubled the House. But the House owed it to the Noble Marquis, to all Public Officers, and to itself, to ap point Some day for the .discussion of this Charge.— Hetherefore moved, that .it be taken into considera tron on. Wednesday . fortnight. If the Honourable Gentleman chose to su6mit a Motion on the subjtel on that day he might do sO----but if he did not, - then he (Lord TeMple)- would do. it. _ _ Mr. PAULl'moved that 'the Journals of the House of the 4th Of 'April, 1786, should be read, but did not insist on troubling the House with this. He then stated, that there it appeared that Mr. Burke; after having for five years before said that he would bring Charges against Mr. Hastings, had pro duced these Charges at different times, and that it was six weeks after they had been printed and cir culated that they,had been taken into considera tion. He had indeed, in the mean time, moved for ,Papers; and he (Mr. Pauli) had given notice of a Motion- 'on Thursday forexathining Witnesses. It *as hisintention,to ,have proceeded on Wednesday fortnight, if he could have done so—but he would neither move to the right nor to the -left, 'quicker or slower, except as it suited the circumstances of the cpe.' Me Noble Lord might proceed if 'he pleased,. and if he took the business out of his hands the House would, no doubt, 'be glad to hear him. Lord TEMPLE and-Mr. PA - JLL explained. Lord A. HAMILTON, without wishing in the smallest degreelo anticipate the 'merits of the case,. observed, that he thought the Charge perfealy ArVai ranted by the Papers on the Table. The Charge of Murder, he understOod, as applying only to what Lord Wellesley had done in his public capacity, and did.not go' to atfeo . his private charader. If ex pressions such as cruelty, tyranny, oppression, and so on, w'2re.to be considered as applying to private charaders, it would be impossible ever to bring a Charge on these points befdre the House. He. hoped that what he said would nut be considered as anti:. cipating any thing that might be stated on the me 7 rits of the case. Sir J. NEWPORT read that part of the Article where the Charge of Murder was, stated, and contenied that it Was a direct Charge of'Murder, drawnsup with the forinality of an Indictment. Lord A. HAMILTON considered the expression of Murder as referring only to the effects of the public measures pursued by Lord Wellesley. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said that he was a good deal surprised' to hear the Noble Lord say that the, Charae was Nyratlted . by the Papers on the Table, when Papers had been moved for, but not produced, Which *ere. stated by the person who preferred the Charge to be necessary for the proof& this very - peini. The fads, however, on which the Charge of. Murder' rested were these :—Certain Dis 7 trids of Oude Were ceded to the Company by the Treaty of HI,. By the Company's Regulations, 'which Were the LaW in India, it was prollded that the Zemindars were not: to coiled the Land Cus toms.' This regulation was made known -to them; but . they refused to obey; colle6ted their people, and retired to ,their Forts. The were-attacked by the &;i al and,some blood was shed. The que3- tibn then Ni'll,l, whether brood shed w co i tisequenee of - 4 ,ret - oSal to 'obey the Law . w.s to be considered as Murder iii 'cool hidod. 4fter this explupatiou, his Lordship could take little credit for vihat he hzld, said. Lord ARCH/BALD HAMILTON flgain explained, that when he said the Charge was warranted by the Papers on the Table, he could not be supposed to mean that it was proved. This was a quite different thin. Mr. GOLDING observed, that the Lord Lieutemnt of Ireland might as well be charged with - Murder, for having suppressed Rebellion. . _ . Mr. FOx submitted whether this was 'a time to_ enter upon the merits of.the case, and expressed his hope that the subjeEtfwould be dismissed for the present. Dr. L AW RENCE said, That it was, impossible, in a case 'Otitis kind, to fix a particular day. The House could not with any propriety proceed to the consi deration of the Charge till the whole of the evidence was before them. Papers had been moved for which' had been suppressed by thelate Board of Controul, which had not yet been produced. Lord C4STLERE4GIi COMOclined of the illiberal manner in which he had been treated by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who said that he had sup; pressed Papers, when be had only exercised a proper discretion, thinking that the communication would be injurious to the Public Seryice. He . thought the Hon. Gentleman ought rather to have. made a specific Motion on thesubjeet, and then he would be prepared to defend himself. These Papers would not certainly justify the expression in the Charge. Do&or LAWRENCE and LoK4 Cns?.444Es.o.a plairted: , • Mr. JOIINS.T ON E said, that the Papers in question related to Troops and Forts, and other matters of public notoriety, and were therefore the worst grounds in the world for the exercise of this.discre tion. As he was on his legs, he must say that the word `-Murder' was improperly applied. Lord 11EXay PETTY agreed with his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Fox) that this was a most improper time for entering on the merits of the case, and hoped, therefore, that the subject would be dropped. The Motion was then put and carried. EXEMP !lONS UNDER THE ASSESSED TAXES. Lord H. PETTY rose to say, that a misconcep tion of the notice which he had given last night 1.34 gone, abroad,' through .a certain channel, and he now wished the misconception to be •correacd through the same channel. It had been sdid, that persons of small fortunes, and having large families, were to be exempted from the operation of the Pro perty Tax; but he had now state, that no-inton tion, whatever was entertained of introducing any Bill for the purpose of making any alterations in that measure. Mr. LONG then wished to know in What way the . persons alluded to, namely, of small fortunes, and with large families, were to enjoy the benefit of eX emptions. Lord HENRY PETTY replied, tnat it was proposed to grant them certain exemptions under the Assessed Taxes. CORN TRADE BETWI 7 .EN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. . Str JOHN. NEWPORT said, it was With the utmost . satisfaclion that he now rose to submit to the House the Motion of which he had some days ago given notice. It would not be necessary for him to occupy the time of the: House with Many .argu ments in support' of the proposition which he had to make, because he was convinced that to state the measure would be sufficient to insure it universal approbation. The measure' which, with the con currence of His Majesty's Ministers, he meant to propose, was calculated to establish a free intercourse between each part of the United Kingdom with re sped to grain ; and he sincerely hoped the time was • not far distant when a general freedom of intercourse might take place between the two Countries, in the same manner as between any two parts of the same .Kingdom. But although that great objet could not now be completely attained, yet it was desirable to begin a system-of measures that would lead to it ; and the present measure was the one with which he thought it proper, to begin ; because it was highly important that recourse should not be had to foreign countries for articles of the first necessity when Great Britain and Ireland could mutually furnish them to each other. It might be said, this objed was in a great degree already effected '; but that cer tainly was not, the case, for as long as there was any, restriction, any limitation upon the , inter course between the two . Countries, it would always afford opportunities for speculation, *by whicli the price of the article was naturally increased.' It was to check that speculation that the present measure was calculated, because it would 'mate the Perts in both parts of the United Kingdom upon exactly the same footing, and allow the mutual exportation of Corn without limiting a price at which the right of exporting was to cease. There could be no doubt that the consequence of the present subsisting re strithons and limitations had no other effeCt than to increase the price of the article, and to make the consumer eat his bread at anincreased price. Even if an Union had Snot' taken place between Great Britain and Ireland, the policy and the interest of both Countries would diCtate such a measure as the present ; but now when they were inseparably united—when they were becoming every day more and more united in afleaion,_ it surely could not be desirable that a line should be. drawn between them • calculated to keep up the idea of separation, and to produce the most injurious .consequences. was not, he was sure, necessary to take 'up more of the time of the 'House upon this subject, because it was a subject on Which there could be no difference of opinion : every Member who heard him, he was sure, concurred with him in the, wish that all dis tinCtioni between the two Countries might cease— that the Channel which flowed between them sllould no lor.ger be considered as a -line of separation, but 'as a Channel of mutual and unrestrained intercourse, enabling them to o'o - each other's interests, to supply each •other's wants, and uniting them together in lane common baud of affeCtion against the conunon, Enemy of both. He concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to permit' a free Intercourse of Corn between the • two Countries ; and that the said ,Motion be referred to the eonsideratiOn of Committee on Thursday. •. .Mr. FOSTE4 said, that the objeCt proposed by the , Hon. Baronet was certainly.' a desirable one, but.' there certainly. didfortnerly exist prejudice's in both Countrie;i, which'wbUld throw •considerable obstoelei in the , 7;.',1,y ()fit, If thee.; prejudices were now removed; there could not be anyobjeistion to the measure. The Motion was then ordered to be referred to a Committee of the whore House on Thursday. MILITARY PLAN Lord CAST,LEiBAGH, after stating' that Parlia ment was proceeding to alter, or new-model, the In stitutions of Chelsea Hospital in a manner which it was not warranted to do, as it had been incorpo rated by . a Chdrter of King Charles. I. moved for the produdion of that Charter, and of . the existing Re platiOns of the. Hospital, with 'an Account of the Numbers of t.s!.. In and Out-Pensioners, and• the Annual Expence, the State of the Revenue during the last year; and the Resources from which it was derived.--Ordered. • lb7r. RAULL , in answer to a question from Sir John Wrottesley, said, in moving for the Papers which had been kept. back by the Noble Lord oppo site (Castlereagh), he merely wanted the Papers, and did not mean to bring any charge against the Noble Lord - for suppressing them. The Noble Lord would then, however, have an opportunity of der fendincr-bintself. • 0_ _ _ . Mr. FOSTER gave notice of his intention to move, on Thursday, IPr spine Papers respecting the Corn Trade of Ireland. Sir J. NEWPORT brought up the Irish Malt and Spirits pv.ty.Bill.—rßead a first, and ordered to be read 4 second time. MUTINY BILL. Mr. HAwptoetq brought up Ole Report of the Mutiny Bill. Mr. S."Bouax,c gaVe notice, that on the 3d read ing he would move an Amendment s by which noae of the men ihould be allowed to be discharged dur ing the continuance of a war. ' Two months since the Right Hon. Secretary had obtained leave to bring in Rills for Suspending the Ballot and for the better Defence of the Country. He asked when he meant to produce them, or whether he meant to produce them at all, or any of them 'r Mr. IVINDHASI said, that he certainly meant to produce both, and had intended to have brought them up to-morrow. But as the House would not then sit, he *would bring them up on Thursday. Sir WILLIAM ELLIOT contended that, if the Right, Honourable Gentleinan meant to suspend the Ballot for the purpose of an experiment for recruiting the Militia by bounty, this was contrary to the principle on - vhich -- the Militia was founded. - Mr. WINDHAM observed, that the whole that vas intended was, that when any v?cancies sliould occur after the Militia 'was reduced to its lowest cotripte 7 meat, they should he filled up not by ballot but by bounty. Every measure of this sort must, in some degree, be an experiment, but it was not partieulat . . ! ly intended as such. Sir JAMES PULDENEY gave notice, that on the third reading he would move that the Limited Service be confined to the 2d Battalions only. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third tims on Friday next. Lord TEMPLE, in consequence of this, postponed the second reading of the American Intercourse Bill from Friday to Monday. The Chelsea' Hospital Bill was committed and te ported.—Report to be further considered on Thurs day.___ • • . nTe West India Commissioners' Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commuted on Thurs day. .* • _ _ . Mr. I - I.4wTmoßN.hrppght up the Report of the Committee of Supply relative to the Four and Hall Millions on Exehequ'er Bills.—Resolutions read and agreed to.--. Adjourned.. MAILS. ARRIVED-.I Dublin. Dv 113niburgb, t Cottenburgli, t Lisbon, z Waterford. THE SUN. 4psxm QUIS DICERE VALSUZ. , , AVOZAT ? LONDON, 1,1 - EDNSDAY, JUNE 4, 'COG. Government this day received dispatches from Admiral CoeuRANE,' hi the West Indies, dated the 15th of April ; they were brought by Captain C 01.. -! LISA. These dispatches, we understand, fully con.: firm the acccounts we have already published of the progress made by General "Viz RAZZDA, and particularly of his having captured the Island of St. l\largueriti. The British Commander, we are informed, applies to Government for instructions as to the manner in which he is to conduA himself in ,consequence of this extraordinary event. We cannot presume to an. 7 ticipate the determination of His Majesty's Ministers upon this subjea ; whether they may deem it expe 7 dient to atil.ird Gen. , MIRANDA any assistance in the very bold and extensive plan which he has formed, or whether they will leave him entirely to his' own resources. The Emancipation of South Ame rica from the Spanish Government would certainly he'highly advantageous to this Country, because it would not only in a great . degree diminish the re sources of our Eqemies, "but would open a new and extensive market for British Commerce, But whatever may be the deterthination of His Majesty's Ministers upon this subject, General MI RANDA will, at all events, derive very essential sup port from the British Navy, because it will of course intercept any reinforcement which the Spanish Government may endeavour to send out. We have received New York Papers to the 4th ult. which state, that the Leanaer and the Cambrian ‘‘ have raised the Blockade of New York," and re turned to Halifax. We do not think it right to en- ter into any discussion . upon this subje% until' we - . arc in full possession of the fads of the case; for the intemperate manner in which the accounts are even in the American Papers renders it impossible for us , to give . implicit credit to them. We have,