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L.VIPERI4I, P,AI?I/114111EN'.11. HOUSE .OF PEERS. TIIIIRSDY, MARCH 27. t. - be _Appeal 4 ' Johnstone and Qt4ers v. Stott Another,'!• Mr. ADAM was.licard. tlle behalf z the Rckspndents,- 7 :11 - le further baring was.de -117r,-ed till . toltnnr' , The 10 - 000;001, and‘ ;500;0001. Exchequer 1 ills Bill ? (Ir.; Spit%CE - keise and .the,Felons Trpspqrtatiou.Bill passed. through Cominittees, and were,.repoited. .. • • • • INSOLVENT DEBTORS , Loyd HOLLAND, adverting - to the Petitions en iable confined different'priSonS; . . . -ob::erved,-tliat.hr hail liiiherto declinal to.bringfor ward.any meaiure upon this-subjeet, from a con fcio-usn,:ss that he was unequal to the task. The unfortunate situation; however, in which many et His Majety'a SubjeCts were-placed by lking confined Ai debt,' would• not -birri to .51elay bringing forward .a . Bili for their 'rclief.--. He therefore gave, notice that'he Should, next week, bring in a Bill of that desclipfri:!n in d*lfpn - n - which had several times 43 . rlaiDilo by their LOrdships for. the relief of Debtors. • After• the Bill had been read a ht ihtehded to give a very short notice of the.:,ccond reading,. - - , . I`df E.A.c Lim ENT OF LQRI) MELVILLE , . I'4l . i:Niiii - rzt.avAD.i and ,severalother Members of ftie 146114 e cif -(_,7orutucns, br6ught up a Message, . . . _ 1 ,-,rpoytiog, ti aLthe I lotus.ihourd:attend the trial 1:0 - d 'Viscount Melville . , in a Curordittee of the '«' hole, arid'reuirin:g accoliunodations.to,be provided for--thero, . . . . . _ 'Lord GRENVILLE said, it was perfe&ly clear that ;accommodation for . .the whole House of Com-, titens conitl not be provided in that House; the .only mode therefore to 'be adopted in consequence of the Al.,:sfag,e from the C,omnions - was to address His 111: - ;j:-;tv, praying , ,hiin to•prode a 'place for the trial of - 1/.)rci Yljvilly. There were Other-poiniS also.re- - lative to the trial, to K. , hich .hp"Avislied'to call their 1...-:,;clsitips' attention.- It was Ofs'the -utmost iiii'- portance that, in the progre;is of the trial, •all unne.- Ces :y &lay Shousid be sednlout : ly avoided: It: was 'due to the Prosecutors as well aS,terthe Noble.,Lord knpaached, that justice should . , be attained as'-speedily as possible. It was due tO.the'ProseeutorS that jus= dune without delay ,if the Defendant issue WaS equally due to the .befeii:dant that. the exf)Cties"of his defence should hot, in ca , ;:-. of p t n#quittal, hincunt. to or exceed any tine which could be imposed upon. him if ..he were coilty.— ThO:Se complaints; so 31_141y. fOunded, which were irnde ,against the clelay,attendart upon the trial 01 fiught,_ in this Case, to b . carefully Impressed with these considerations, he inte,ii`dea to.!moi , e, :when Majtsty'6 answer to ~ 'the . '":.)tif(fless should. bi . ie&:h . r ,- A, to referr to the Corn .. mittee already appointect.tc . S rc h :fer Precedents, to . enhA,ider of hest proc'ee,f 3 ing- in . the triAl Vilna Thcre v. 1 f , :we‘'''er, t;W.O . , or th•ree :sr.lgastioris w.llich o• Ad just, tliention, tO , their T.ordsl,...ps--a:e first thA tile. trial, when corn ou,ll,t to Le I)r'oe6(.l'4ln'frolll clay to.daV .thornit \vas finished. If this rnl)cle of,cOnclud were l i,',E,p, e(t 2 h e .Nv ivinctitt_ Aivont dgo a - groat way a t t,iin - ingit-'0 ends of justice as speedily as 7-- sible whilst at the":3lne.titrie the . trial would in tir..it 'case 'pe in a ij•reater degrte assimilated to a trial %Of Law. Another circury_istance" tO'be 'attended to NV as, the hour of i. aserubling, .which he When 4 5 i:xed, 'Ought ,each , day to .be: rigidly allter.;4 to, amid -no 'ether 'finsiriess,whatever . be previously_entered upon. It. _ -would , also be:a great s;:ving of. ; :timo it son-,e mod were adopted, or .if understanding took'placr . ,,"with respe& tO col kaing the opiniens' of their Lordships upon any .dispted point of evidence, without their being under Aire. tieeetisity of retiring.upon eycry,such occasion to 'jlteir'.ch:imbev.—These sug - ge:4tions he threw out for their Lordshiqs' cOnsicieration,but whatever might lac the ..mode aAopted,. he tra:)ied the great obje4 v..ould be to proceed threugh- the trial without any other delay than was absolutely'pece.ssary. He eon movinc, for an Address to His Majesty, ,praying that Eaajesty would be graciou'sly pleased co give ,clireEtions to pre_pare . .a place in 'Westminster -Hall for the trial of Lord'Viscount Melville. STANHO conculTed withwhat had been . sail by the Noble Lord with reqieEt . .to avoiding.de-. lay', and obierved, - that a great causelof delay on the trial of Mr. Hacitings was, the'Lords retiring to their ‘ Hianiber to discni. - ,:'; any disputed pairit of evidence, in consequence of which -the day was frequently Icst,' and I.vhich gave rise to. a witty remark - from a /-letiher of thz;ir Lordships' House, who said, that it uas theonly trial in 'which the Judges,Walked while tfe trial stoo4 still. The Motiotnwas greed to. .eVij urned till to-morrow (this day)`. HOUSE OF COll/1.110:NS. Tut , RsD4Y . , :.148cif 27. Col. V.T.R.iult brought up ,a - Bill •for Paving, -I,lgrbting, and Cleansing the City of Limerick.-= .firA'iiine; mid* ordered to be r . ead a' se - c;)nzi - time. ''' • r " • , . ~ T klinspeacff- - General. of Exports and .impotts pre3e:lto an:ACeOunt of the Amount 'of Exports t 9, and Tczi octs frotn, ,the- Island Tortola.--'Ordered 0 lie on fild Tal)ic • :" • • ' ' .A PerEen 'from the Dffice of Chief Secretary for Treland• pre't3ented r3h 'Account of the itiantity• of Woof and Woollen Yam imported into Ireland for the last:tea years.—Orderelto lie on the Table. A - Person from the Bank :presented an Account of the 'Amount of Exebequef Bills Outstanding, • . t- tAihich'had been issued pursuant to an Ad of. the 39th and 40th cif the King; for the renewal of the Bank: Company's Ciiarter.—:—Ordered to lie on the Table. ' • A Person from the Office of the Paymaster-Gene ; - ral Of His 'Majesty's VOrces presented an Accohni . of the Monies remaining hi the Exchequer on the sth of Jantr_zry, 1806, which had been:granted for the ie.ivice of the year tg'os. • , • Also an Account of the Amount of the Balances remainin . 6 - in ,the . hamls 'of the Paymaster .of the, Forces on .tne sth of .1•-ciiMaiy 180,---*-OrcirAred to . on the Table. VA:Nstru. s .A.fi,T brought Alp theyßritish Fishery Bill: Rmi a 'first time—to t) read a ,second •tits to-r2o - :.Tow. Also. a _Mil for v.labling the Lords Cotnroissioters orthe Treastny in Ireland to issueTTeastlry Bills on the 'credit ,of the Aids of 'Reqd , a first time..--- to b 6 readia second time to- moryqw. • - 1 r. iiitwynoßNE.l?royglit up the. Report Of the Committee of Supply of yesterday ;. the scveratle , solutions of which wereseverally asteed,to. Ordered,; . on .the Motion of Mr. Husityssoß, that there - be laid before the House, as far as the same _can be m a de cat, Guy Account of the Arrears `of' the. Property Tmc, for the years 1801 and 1805 respe&ively, outstandin& pp the 5 h of January, _ - On the Motion of Mr, FELLO:WES, pursuant to his notice,.a comniittee .was.appointd to axamine ,and-consieler of ,the Return rapeaing the Non resident Clergy,' Avhi,ch had been presented on the 17th instant, ,and ordered to report their qpipion thereon to the House. - . roif.ENcE OF THE COUNTRY. Mr.• YDRtL, .pur uant „to his ,notice, rose tp. submit his Motion to the House for Abstrads of the Returns.under the L i evy 'en Masse Att he did not apprehend that any objedion would Ile made to,,the . ,produdion.of the Papers, and he was convinced the House would feel the propriety of having such d ocilmot,_whenever the measures respecting the. ' Defence of the ~Country should. sortie' under dis cussion. It Al'ould be-recollected, that the A& to which his4lotion referred, commonly called • the Levy en Mugu A&, had passed in 1803. This Ata• had three objeas—First, the Enrolment and Cla'SSi .fication of all - the• Mate Pcipulation.of the country, between .theages .of 17 and 50 7 -Secondly,.the trin ing'the .men so enrolled acid classed in the use of . arms—and lastly, to enable His . Majesty to make Pfrelual use of thern'in,case ofinVasion. The last objed there - had been no opportunity of accorn •ts, happily no invasion had taken place-- nen was it likely to 3e carriedjnto efied whilst the Enemy continued to a& in the same manner as ... hitherto. The Second clause of .the Bill bad 'been deemed unnecessary:,. as it appeared More advisable ' to take advantage, of the voluntary training of the Volunteers„rather than to enforce the compulsory .training under the. Ad. The 'apprehensions enter , tamed with respe6,t to this part of the National De fence, would, 1(e trusted, ba soon set ac,rest4 but as it might. be :necessary to resort lorthe. COmPulsory process, the-Return he called for Would be neces sary : he thought it would incur heavy responsibility to take a firelock out of any mati's hand, whilst the military "arrangements were so long delayed;•though be did not doubt - thq the delay might be n4cessary. As to the first objea, the Ad directs a Return to be made annually of the Enrolment and Classifica tion in October. The first Return had been made in May, 1804:for the year 1803. As the Ad re quired the Return to be -renewed every year, be took it for granted that the provisions of the A& had been pundually complied with, a.nd the Return for,which he should cootie could be readily found in the Office of the Secretary of State. The, Hon. _Gentleman then:moved,' that the 24th Clause of the. A& be. read, ; and on the Clause being,' read, then moved, . _ " That there be laid before the House Cypies of Abstraas of the Subdivision Rolls returned to 01P Offite Of the Secretary:of State from the different Counties, Town., and. Distriets,SubSequent to 244, A SO I, pursuant to the'prov-isions of the 4et of the 43d of His Majesty." • Mr. Becretriq FOX : supported the Motion with great satisfaetien, because the Paper moved for ap peared to hibi' to be a document extremely desirable to:have before the House. - Put there had been; something in the Manner in which the ;lon. Gentle man had opened his Motion s •sAiieh,•seerned to irn .oy either thaCGovernment had not.callecf for the" transmission of the Returns. under the Act, or that . the persons' whose. duty it was to make those Re-: tuns had negle&ed so to do. He had no official Lri,. forniation on the Subjed, and therefore could riot say whether the Returns had or had not been actually transmitted and received.. But, surely, if there had been any on issien in the case, he might leave it to the Right 'Hon: - Gentleman's candour, Whether the fault was'not implitable wilier to the last than the present AdminiStration. At any rate, a very small share Of-it belonged to the present 'Goirernment.--- With resped to the Bill itself, he did not mean to make any Observation upon it then, and indeed the Hon. Gentleman himself had abstained froin.a dis cussion of its' merits. Under these circumstances, the, House would feel the:propriety of •his avoiding to give any premature opinion upon the .measure.— Of tijis hoWever be could •assure the'Hon. Gentle- 7 man, that'the Bill and - its principle would form a very considerable feature of the subjeet that would be shortly Submitted to the House for discussion, As to the delay in bringing fbrward this subjed, no Gentleman lamented It More than himself or his Right 'Hob. Friend whose duty it was to bring the *question under the consideration of Parliiiment. He had no objediob, hoswever, to take rti)on himself the reSponsibility that his Right tion.lendwould be able to account for the causes of that, delay in .such a Mariner' as would 'prove satislattory to f14.1",,1 House,; and lie could assure the House that the de, lay would pot be long continued. "Mr.STbal ES - BOURNE; expe&ed that two or three clays: notice should be 'given.. before the question should be brought forward, as•many Gen tlemen who Were desirous of taking a part .in the discussion had left town in.conseripet t oe of the delay of. bringing forward any business of impdrtanee ; and it was desirable . that these • Gentlemen should have an 'opportunity of attending in their places. . Mr: Secretary FQX had no doubt : that his Right Hon. Friend viguid be ready to give notice of his Motion to-mOrrow, or, if the . HOuse should 'sit, on Saturday. He could not, of course, pledge his Right HOn.;Friend to thiS tune, though he had al •most a certainty of his intention to give the notice.' It might possibly .occur to Gentlemen tfiat it would be desirable"to put off the dis'cussion till. after' the Holidays. , But it 4i.asMateriai to consider, Whether, when 'there 'were many •liings to be opened, it was not better that the opening should take plaee:prev ions to the. Recess; and also some progress be made in the busineSs by bringing in - Bills ; &c, ,If any ob jedion should i.Re• made to such a course, he was . sure it' would conic with a' Very'bad 'grace froth those ' Gentlenien'who expressed - so much impatience for th'e measure.. ' • • YORKE' MOtiQll was, then, agreed to. - LORI) MELVILLE: • Mr. WiitTBREAD„ from the Bar,. adiktainted tb;: LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1806. The Gentlemen who bad prepared Lists for the Loan waited upon Lord Gm4vILLE and Lord Prrty, at ten o'clock this morning, to ar range the terms finally. • . The Minister proposed, as we stated on Wednes day; to give'for every 1001.. subscribed to the Loan, 100 in the 3 per Cent. Consolsthe bidding to,be in the Reduced,that is, the party offering to take the least quantity' of Reduced to have the Lam:. - friessrS. 6ormssllre and Co.' Sir F:ECKRING, and / Messrs. ROBERTS, ANGSRSTEM', and Co: coalesced, at.d their Bidding was to take . 661: in the Reduced, averaging Consols about 60i. • These being the most favourable terms offered, , the above parties have the Lona. • ADMIRAL VILLIJEUNE., Wilt, commanded the Combined Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, has ob tained permission - to return to France on his parole. This circumstance strengthens the opinion we have for some tithe eutertained, that an arrangement would take place between the two Countries relative to an Exchange of PrisOneirs. At a late hour last night we received' Dutch Po po-4 to the 25th •inst. They contain intelligence from Paris of as late a date as the 19th, but it is very unimportant. The Marquis LuccuEstlsl, the. Prussian Ambas sador, returned to Paris on the 15th instant, arid has 1 04 , ever :11 conferences with the Mir.ister for Foreign. Affairs.. It is cvpeFted that the terms of t 1 Treaty, ~ iZtied on the t sth ult. between France. and Pmssia, whlch o n ich c t driosity beer. mite d, will very shortly be pifplished ; .and, in the neat time, no doubt is entertained of all utters between those two Powers being finally arranged. A letter from. Wesel, of the 1 gth•of March, states, that the above Treaty has already been aiied upon by the French, 200 'of whose'Troops entered that, town. on the- 1 8 th, When the citadel was delivered up to them by the,Prussian .General iSCHOLER. The French General who took possession of the town is named .11E4U1SIONT, and calls. 'himself First Ad jutant to:Prince MuR AT: On, entering the place, he issued a Proclamation to the inhabitants, in -which he 'informed them, that he took possession of the' Dutch)/ of Clevef, in the name of the Prince who should be appointed by his. Majesty the Empe ror of France, and -in consequence ,of the Treaty signed between France.and Prussia, cr4 the- l sth ult. According to 'other letters, the prince to whom Bo- NAPARTE has agreed to give the Dutchy of Cleves. is the Hereditary. Prince of BADEN, Vt.llo is about to be married to one 9f his pieces ! Hameln, according to A letter from Hanover, was to be evacuated by the French Troops on the same day that Wesel was surrendered .to BONAPARTE'* Troops. BoivAP4RTE,I is: made several promotions in th Legion of lig:lour, thelilembers of which have been materially increased. The French Funds ; on the i Etkl;:lvere 6i f. 50. C. Two Goiteriturgh .117aiLF (those of the. 17th and I zt) arrived about nobn to-d?y, but - bring no in- teliibencc. The manner in which Lord GtzsvlLT...E intro-. duced . the subjeCtof Lon!. 'lmpeach . - mentint.) U e UpperHOese last night, and.his Lord ship's observations on the proper mode of proceeding, in order to 'obtain the substantial ends .of justice with as little vexation and oppression to the accused party as possible, ,Shew the advantage of having a person ac.the head of Administration who is con= versant with business, -as well , as possessed of high talents:, Upon a. due re/lea - ion on the importance of the it must be evident that it ought to be conduCted with the most August .solentnity. The charaCter of the Country, the high rank of the Accused, the . : interest which . the People must take in such a Measure, when directed against a man of distinguiSheatalents, and who has-'often employed 'hose talents- with advantage to the Nation, and, aboVe all, the 'sacred claitn.s of 'truth and justice, render it not only proper, bet absolutely ne cessary, that , the investigation - should be con &sifted the utmost dignity, and effeat. It is evident that from the arrangements suggestea by Lordiqaz..7..trlLLE, and which de,:Nlitless • Will be fully carried into execution, the complaints so rea4- =ably ailedged against the circumstances wilic4 - attended the. Trial of Mr. HASTINGS Are . lit* to'be effeEtually obviated in that of Lard Mal,vm,E; and it is highly Creditable to the liberal feelings as well al the enlarged mind of Lord GEM :MLLE, that he has proposed-the introduClion of such improvements in matters of this importance, as will accelerate the ends of justice, without in the least degree infring ing upon its rights and expetations. Mr. Fox stated last night, in the House of Conj.. mons, that it, ,was probable that Mr. WtsintAm would give notice, either this day or to-morrow, of the day on which . be. intends to bring forward his Plan respeding the Militayy 'Defence of the Court- try, and he also addod, that the Ad, commonly called the Levy en Masse As," would form a part of the New Systeth. Capt. SEYMOUR, of the • Kingsfslier Sloop, is nearly recovered froth the severe wound he received in the late Aiition, and is arrived in town at his uncle's, the Marquis of HERTFORD. This gallant_ Officer had yesterday an interview with Mr. Gam - , at the, Admiralty. ' ii ,Sir ThOMAS Hkthit, iv to so nobly fought in the Viaory, , off Trafalgar, ; :iS appointed to the 06111 - land Of.thP.Sioapsonrof 44: gum, rat ,forts Mouth. . Lord LAUDERDALE certainly goes out as Governot General to India. Sir joittc MOORE, it, is now said, is to re-place Lord LAKE as 'Commander id Chief -- It is also said that Government have determined im mediately to send out a very strong I.,tilitary force, and well-appointed Staff; to India, and that §irJonbr MOORE has asked for some particular Regiments to accompany him--afuong others; the tlad *l' 52d. Apprehensions, nearby bordering en certainty, that a French force has reached India, is the immediate spur to the above measures. Mr, TirRNEY, it is also rumoured, will be made a Baronet, and go out as Governor. "Thg medical report of the Duchess of DEyoN SII/RE, this morning, stated that her Grace was soM6wllat bitter. Yesterday the dispz,ttch l es by-the under-mentioned Ship were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to their resiieelive Pursers, viz. WalthanlStOW, Capt. M A CLEW), .. . St. Helena, & Bengal Lord Nelson, -- W, C. II U T TON, Ditto E. St. Vincent,- C. JONES, - , • 13oir►bay . , Lard Melville,- C. LENNOX, - - Madras and Bengal - Lady Burgess, - A. F. W Svv 1 N'lro NE, Ditto Sovereign, - A CANI P BEI.L, .. Ditto Alexander, -I. R. Fat SKLIM, ' Ditto .Qn , Wednesday evening died, at his house in Pic cadilly, .10.14 N EDWARD I.llAppocxs, Escp, The cir cumstanCes of. his death were truly affecting : for daysoiree he had. laboured under qle" eifeecs of re pelled gout, which had.tlown to his bead, and a imment of delirium he put an eud to his existence. tt=l Howe, that he had waited-4n the Lords, and sigiii fled to their Lord4ps_ the ltc,iolutiOn of that liousi 'to attend the Trial of Lord Melville as a Committee Of the whole House. A Cgtprnittee -was appointed, on the Motion of the ATTQRNEy-GENNIAL, to itispeft the - Loris' Journals relative to their proceedings on the Decla taibry Bill "sent by their Lordships to the Commons; and alsci with - respat toithe Witnesses' Indemnity Bill, :passed by ti.e Commons, and sent to the Lords 7 r—Ordcred to report what they 141 therein to the House. INDIA PAPERS. Mr. FIUDDLgSTONE, 4t the request of Mr. -H. ADDINGTON, put off his Motion for Papers relative ;o Oude, frow this day to Monday next.' Mr. P.vOtt. gave notice of a Motion for papers on • the mine subjeCt for Monday. Mr. ItoBERT TEIORNTON gave notice; that 'on Monday next he would move fur the Copy - of a Let ter from Sir George Barlow to Lord Lake, dated-the , 20th of OCtober, 180, being an Answer to a Dis patch from Lorti.l.,ake to Marquis coinwillis, on the ground that a.; the latter was already beforethe Tlouse, it was desirable the former should also be laid ,on their Table. On the Motion . of Mr. Fqx, :0)6 Deputy tlerk. of „ , the Crown was ordered to attend tue House forth with. gn his appearance at the Table 'he was inter rogated by the SPEAKER, whether be had received any Return from the Sheriff.; of Waterford rela tive to the lake Election ; to WhiCh he replied in the •negative. * . Mr. Seeretary Fox dr fridved; Wal lis lames al lis and Frank neynell, eriffs of ;WaterfOrd; do at 7 wild the . House on Monday fortnight.' Mr. LEE suggested the propriety -of 'having the Hanaper Office in Ireland examined for the Return, before the House should _order the attendance of the Sheriffs. It was the praetice to have the Re , turns made first to: . the Hanaper Office 'in Dublin, whence they were forwarded to'the Hanaper Office_ here. ,It might happen that the delay had taken place in that Office. If the Sheriffs had negle.aed to make their Return in time they certainly deserved punishment.. By ordering the Irish Hanaper to be searched, and' an account sent when the Return, - if any, had been received, it would appear whether the Sheriffs were or were ,not culpable. 'Mr. Secretary _Fox assented to the suggestion of his Learned Friend. It was then ordered, - that the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper Office in Ireland do make a Repo'rt whether any Return-has been received •in that Office from the late Ele6tion for Waterford, and at what time such Report, if' had been received.. Mr.-GIbES, pursuant to notice; moved that there be laid before; the House an Account particularly specifying the itemi that cbnipese 111:sitm of-10,0004 for 1805, and the 10,0001. for . 1•806, stated by the Commissioners for Inquiring into the Civil Affairs of the Navy, to the Louis of the Admiralty, to be the.. amount of EXpences incurred by them in the prose cution of their business of Inquiry; and arso an . Ac 7 count of .the Afnousitof all Charges and Expellees hitherto paid, incurred, or allowed; by the said Com missioners,- since then appuilitinent.• Mr: WILAERFORCE with pleasure seconded the Motion, because, from. what he knew of the Commissioners, he, was sure they would' he desirous of haying the Account produced. He had reason to think that the Account which gave rise to the Mo tion was never intended for Parliathent. After a taw woras from Mr..Dioxrigsort and Mr. WHITBREAD, the Motion . was agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. gave notice, that he should, on Monday next, nos for leave to bring in, a Bill to prevent the-Colonies of Countries at War with this Country froni being, supplied with- Negro Slaves. AdjOurned; PRIcE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWRLVIC . O'CLACIC. Consols - - - . 6oliq MAILS, ARRIVED-2 C ottenburgh. Duz--t Hamburgh, 2. Dublin, 2 Watetiorti. T E SUN. SOLENT QUIS DICERS tAtsum AUD/LAT? ,-`,~