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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF .p.E..45: ..THlnppA74, JUNE 5. The Irish Customs Bill;the Irish RvenuA ne- :zuiation Bill,'and the Irish Malt Fill, were read a • third time and passed, and a Message sent to the Inuse of Commons to acquaint them the'rewitb. The Property Tax Bill and . the Irish 4dditional Force Repeal Bill were read asecdnd time and Com .ilitteci for to-Morrow. . -- Sir T. C. Bunbury, Mr. Lygon, M l r. Shaw Le.: fevre, Mr. Mainwaring, Mr. FpHowes, and several other Niembers of the House of Commons, brought up several private 'Bills ; which were: read a first ime. . Mr.:Fawkener, Clerk of the Privy Council; pre _ senteti Copies of two Orders of Council, relative to the Commerce of Tortola; which were ordered to lic,on the Table and to be printed. . The. Duke of AIIoNTR6sE moved for some Ac cmints respeding the Commerce of Dotpinica, with -oference to the Tortola Free Port Bill; which were .irdc red. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. Earl'SvENcEß adverted to the Order which stood for 6-morrow, with reference to the Motions which his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) had given notice c.f intention to bring forward relative to the Ad ministration of Justice in Scotland. His Noble .Uriend, in eonsequence of indisposition,_ would be _ . . unable .to be in his place to-mprrow, and therefore .he wished to postpbne the Order till to-morrow se'n- Aght, when his Noble Friend would probably be ,enabled toattend. _ . . The Order for summoning their Lordships for to morrow was discharged, and renewed for-to-morrow se'unigt. JUDGE FOX. The Order for ,the attendance of Witnesses rela- CA.e to the case of Ali. Justice Fox, which stood for to-morrow, was, on the Motion Lord WALSING 4.im, discharged, andrenewed for Wednesday next, :or which day the Lords \'vere ordered to be_ sum- 09E10.. IMPEACHMENT OF LORD NIELVILLE. . SU - augers were ordered to withdraw, and. we un .clerstood their lordships resumed the consideration. of the Evidence adduced ou the Trial of LOrd Vis count Melville. The Judges attended, and we understood, deli vered their'opinion in answer to the Unestion's re lerred to them on Tuesday: The discussion aftervvards cOntinued till half-past 11 -6'clock.,.when . the further consideration of the subiCO , was deferred till to-morrow. Adjpurned t,ll to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. TIRTR,SDA, JUNE 5, Mr. DAMES DAVENPORT took the Oaths and his Sea-t . 'fei Cheshire, in the ioona. Of Mr: Egerton de-' ceased . • Au Account was presented of the Balances in the Tands of the Colleolors of the Customs and Excise.— Ordered to lie on the Table. , Mr. Meux, from the India Board, presented the Papers rrioved for, respeCting the Rajah. of Sassnea. • 4)rdered . to lie on the Table. The Customs' Fees Abolition Bill was brought pip; read a first, and ordered to be read a second time Utt'WpclnNcday, ThecOnsideration of the Report of theirish Mi litia Service Bill was postponed till Monday. The FictuSe reselVed itself into a Committee on the Scotch Distillery Acts, . Mr. Vt.ISSITTART stated various inconveniencies that arose from the present mode of collecting the Duties on DistillerieS in Scotland; and concluded by moving, That they should be colle6ted in the form • mentioned in the Resolutions which he was about to propo.se. These were handed to the Chairman r. Hobbouse), . who . took the sense of the Com ttee, whether, as the particulars were to appear on the Votes, he should new read' them. The sense of t4e, Honie being 'gainst reading , the particulars *row, the Resolutions were agreed to, and the House resumed.—Ordered to be reported to-morrow. Thq..second reading of the Thread Lace Bill was postponed till Monday. The Dublin Paving Bill was committed.—Ordered •to be reported to-rriorrow. • . . • ' Mr.:-FesTER :rose, pursuant to notice, to move 'for. Papers relative to the Cern Trade. He aCcord ..ingly moved for several Accounts respeaing the Puantity of Corn, Flour, &c. imported and exported t - .‘r_.,veen Great Britain and Ireland for the last ' Fears, the Drowbacks and . &Unties allowed during the same perio;l for Exports and Imports of Corn to and from Great Britain and Ireland, and the Arne- rican Colonies, together with the average Prices.— 'Ordered. • • INDIAN AFFAIRS. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved for so 'Mich of a Let dated the . 4th of December, 1800, of the Court cf .Directors to the Bengal Government, as 'related io he transaCtions in Otide.--Ordered. Mr. lIAt!Lt, moved for the'produAiOn 'of the Cor i-::-ondenee of the Bengal Government with Col. :)cott;respe6ting the arrangements made by Mar quis Wellesle'y, pursnant to the Treaty of Lucknow, concluded in 180 t . TheSe Papers had before been ')lloved'foi, kit there were thirteen omissions in the c!OrrespOncience--all ot' them, in his 'opiljion,, of Lord CA STUREIGH:, after what had passed I,tst night, trusted that lie might be alloWed . to state how the matter stood. " Strictly, speaking, the late 'Hoard- of Controul was not a party to the return at for it had been made by the.present Board; therefore it there was any thing improper in the dis. cr . etion exercised, the present Board was respOnsible. 'But-he had. no objection to state what Would have been, the conrse of the late Board had they continued in -office : they had determined to keep 1:ock part oftliePapers--bUt left them in such A state that . 1116 successors might judge for themselves. Hew ever, he had stated confidentially to the Hon. Gen-. Ileman opposite (Mr. Creevey), his views upon the wished to withhOld that part which to the private charatlerof the Nabob Vizier, \ ai d; considered as dis'respedfid to him to therethre set aside five f,etters. IThere ~sere also four or five paragraphs lept.Out of dif .f.itrent Papers, becauSe they were to be . found in :ther Pavers present9d, artti.the reasons were stated -in marginal notes. He had n 6 objeetton; .bow ever, •to the produaion of these omitted para graphs, if the /IQ - pourable Gentleman wished to 'have them. • Lord MQAPE7I-1 said, that they had thought of withholding some Papers as being private and cob , ndential ; .but if the Hon. Gentleman was of opi 'nion that they would support his cause he might have them, As to the Letters respe&ing the pri vate chara6ler of the Nabob Vizier, he - thought that extra&s from these would,answer his purpose. Mr. CREEVEY agreed in what. had been said by . his 'Noble' Friend. After which Lords CAS TLEREAGH and MORPETH said a few words in ex planation. • Mr. P4ULL said, that .he had come to the knowledge of these Papers from the Dispatch of the Diredors ; and contended that such as he called for would not injare the chara6ter of the Nabob. He thought, therefore, that..the . whole should be pro duced. He .did not. stand up for the character of the Nabob Vizier; but a more corre& and dignified condu& had never been displayed by. any European Prince. From the oppresSion and tyranny which he had suffered, he had, to be sure, resorted to means to kill care ; and if by this means he was unfitted for the management of his affairs, it was an additional reason why the Papers should. be : produced. He then - read one of the omissions from a - Letter in his hand ; which one Lord Castlereagh pointed but in the printed Papers.. But Mr. Paull insisted' that the tendency and bearing were different in the Letters. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY ..had no objec tion to the produ(Stion of the Papers in question on the part of Marquis Wellesley; they woutd even be of advantage to his Noble, Relation ; but his cause did not' need their, support; - and therefore he . thought 'that those relating to the private condue,lof the Nabob ought to be suppressed,. because it ought to be considered - that he was, a Mussulman, and the publkation might do . hini a great deal of.injury in his own Country. - After a few words from Mr. WALLACE, the Mo tion was put and carried. ‘: HIGHWAYS. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR called the attention of the HOUse to 'the sabre& of the state of the High ways and. Broad-wheeled Waggons. He was of opinion, from the statements of an ingenious Me chanic, and other circumstances, that various im :proyements ,might be made in this respe6i. He would, therefore, move for a Committee to consider the Aels relative to the Highways. and Broad- N'heeled - .VVaggOns, -with a view to form propei regulations on this poin c t, and report to the House.. Mr..CURWL* seconded the Motion,, and' a Corti mittee 'Was accordingly appointed. OUDE CHARGE. . . Mr, PAULL gave notice, that on the loth of June he would move the consideration of the Oade Charge., The SPEAKER observed, that it was his duty to say that the isth of June had already been appointed for that purpose ; .and though an Order might be postponed, it could not, according to the practice of the. House,,bc :'.7celerated. Mr. PAtiLt. said, that the House had not been brought to this dilemnia by him. Mr, Fox requested the. Speaker to read the Ques tion again ; and, having . heard it, said that the thing was impossible : an Order might be poStponed, but not aceeleiated ; and - he did not know what the Hon. Gentleman meant. - , Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said, that as the Noble Lord was not in the House who moved the con sideration of the Charge.` on the 18th, he would propose that .the Honoorahle Gentleman should, in the mean time,kcall his Witnesses;and examine them at the Bar. , • Mr. Num, then moved, that the 18th be inserted instead of the loth of June. Mr: Fox said, that the I,Bth had already been fixed upon ; but the Honourable .Gentleman might move that his Witnesses should attend on the Stb. - Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY observed, that the Noble Lord who proposed' thel Bth, did it with a view to have a decision. on . that day. For his part, he only wished to have a decision this Session. The Hon. Gentleman might call his evidence on the 10th, if "consistent with the Orders of the House ; and - it might be considered on the 1-Bth. He hoped, at all events, that the matter would not be delayed be 7 yotid the present Session. ' Mr. Fox 'observed, that whatever might be the wishes of the Hon. General, they could not Super sede. the established rules of the House.. Evidence might be laid on the Table, • but *oral evidence could ,only 'be taken when the -*subje& was under consi deration. The order then was to consider it earthei and'farther as there should appear occasion. Though the Hon.. ' , Gentleman moved 'that his Witnesses should be called on . the 18th, yet it_was dot to be understood .tbat they were . . therefore to be heard. Heconcluded by declarincr, that-though the formS Of the House could 'not be violated, yet that every facility ought, to be given to the business that. the time of. the House, .and the interests df substantial justice could allOw, • Mr. , 1 3 1.n.L . ;. said that no one . had ever, in a similar Aituation, proceeded so rapidly as he ha - d done. There should be no delay on , his part. Mr. FRANCIS t ished to know whether the near ing of evidence was -eriu . ivalerit to taking a thing into conideration If printed evidence was received be fore the period of-entering Upon the consideration of a subject, why should nor oral evidence? If We could get over this difficulty, the evidence might be heard in the mewl time. Mr. Fox replied, that by the forms of the House, , Oral evidence could net be r ece iv e d, exce p t when a subje& was under consideration ; and, this was the case, he apprehended, for these, among other rea sons; that proper limits might be set t o the evidence; and that the. Members might have it as fresh as pos sible in their recolleCtion. • Mr. PAULI, then moved, that the following Gen tlemen he ordered to attend the Houge.on the' I viz. Lord Teignmouth, General Sir . Alured Clarke, General Sir J. Craig, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Baynes, Major-General Frederick St. John, William Wright,• Accornptant to the East India Company, COlonel Alexander Kidd, and Richard Strachey, Esti: Sir HENRY' STRACHEY said, that Mr.' Strachey was under orders for and that it N,•ould hard if he should be detained by the Order of the House. Mr. PauLL said, that this Gentleman had been Private Secretary to the Governor during the trans actions at Furruckabad, and other places, and must, of course, be well acquainted with them. But'he would still, waive the order as to him, if it would occasion him any serious inconvenience, it being understood, however, that he was to attend if be should not hake quitted the Country. Upon _this, Mr. Strachey was struck out of the Motion; which was then agreed to. Mr. PAULL then moved for a Return of the Num bers and Expence of the First Regiment of Euro pean Infantry, of the Company of Artillery and Lascars, of the Bengal Native Cavalry and Infantry, and other Regiments, between the years 1798 and 1799 ; together with an Account of the Sums ex pended for Bullocks for their supply for a certain period, stating by whom provided, and to whom paid.—Ordered. Mr. FOSTER, on the Motion of Mr. MAY, post', poned the second reading of the Linen Drawback Bill till Monday. Sir JONNEwPownnoved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee to consider of a Motion for leave to brin g in a Bill to permit the free inter change of Corn between Great Britain and Ireland. The House having resolved , itself into a Com mittee, 'Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that having upon a former occasion stated the nature and object of the proposition he intended to make, it would not be necessary for him now to occupy the attention ofthe House; he would, therefore, merely state, that the obje& of the Bill was to del away the difficulties which now prevented the free intercourse between the two Countries with respe& to Grain. ' Mr. FOSTER said, the, objea•which the Right Hon. Baronet had in view was certainly a very de; sirable one; but he begged to ask One question, and that was, how the Right Hone Baronet proposed to obviate the difficulties that must arise from faxing the price of Corn in the two Countries at ,whici , the exportation was to commence Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he did not see how that question applied on this occasiop. The price at which it was permitted.to export Corn .to Foreign Countries was fixed and limited by law ; hot be tween Great Britain -and Ireland he meant by this proposition to render the- intercourse in train per featly free and-open, without any restriction or limit ation, in the same manner as it was bet Ween any two Ports in England. That being the case; it would note be necessary to fix any price at v rich eXport ation might take place. Mr. FOSTER said, the Right Hon. Baronet did not distinctly understand his question—he would therefore- explain himself more fully. When this proposed Plan was established there would be no duty, no bounty on the Corn Trade - between - Great Britain and Ireland. But wiih respell to foreign countries, when Corn was above a certain price, it was not allowed to be. exported. The average price at which Corn was allowed to be exported was lower in Ireland than it' was in Great Britain, consequently an exportation . of Corn from Ireland to foreign coun tries might be allowed when it would be illegal from England. If, therefore, an English Merchant wished to export Corn to a foreign country, but that the price was too high to export it from Eng land, he had only to send it to Ireland, which he Might do without paying any duty ; and then he might export,it to any forei , ,m country he pleased. With 'respeet to Imports, the' arg-ument equally ap plied, the Ports. in one. Country might be shut and open in the other. The price of Corn. in England • was regulated upon the average of twelve Distrids ; in Ire?and ,the average was taken upon the whole Kingdom. In Scotland he- believed the price was regulated by that of England. These different modes of ascertaining the average price would, for the . reasons he had given, lead to considerable dialed- . ties, 'unless some remedy were adopted. Perhaps if a free intercourse was established, the best way would be to take one common average for every part of the United Kingdoms. Mr. WESTERN approved very much of the pro-. fosition made .by the Right Hon. Baronet ; it was ounded upon the most established principles of Commerce ; •but as he foresaw that difficulties might arise, - he thought it would be better that the mea sure should be postponed some time, - in order that it might be more fully digested. He wished that the measure should operate as advantageously as pos sible for the whole Empire, though it certainly would be a considerable boon to Ireland. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he did not mean to deny that it would operate as a boon to Ireland; but he contended that it would be prodnftive of great benefits to both Countrie3. The exportation of Barley from Great 'Britain to Ireland in the year 1805 was no less than 180,000' barrels ; so that Great Britain would also be benefited by - this mea--; sure. But when Great 13ritain gave this - advantage to Ireland, it shOuld be recollected that she gave an advantage to the best customer she had l'orqler ma nufaelures. ' Mr. FOSTER explained. Lord A. HAMIL - TON spoke in a very low tone of voice, , we believe, in favour of the measure. The Resolution was then agreed to, and the House being resumed, Mr. HO/MOUSE, the Chairman of the Committee, moved for leave to bring in the Bill ; which . .i.vas granted.. IRISH POST ROAD BILL Mr. FOSTER said he hoped there would be no oh jeetion to the Irish Post Road Amendment Bill.being read a second time to-day ; and he would leave it to the Right Hon. Baronet to fis. the day when it should go into a Committee. Sir J. NEwrowr said it was the wish of His Ma jesty's Government to have the opinions of many Gentlemen in Leland on this subjea. He bad sent a Copy of the Bill _to Ireland, with a request of an answer as speedily as possible; He thought, there fore, Monday S'nnight the, Bill mightbe committed. Mr. M`NAGHTEN thought Monday se'nnight would be too long, and hoped a shorter day would be fixed. Mi., • FOSTER proposed, that this day sennight should be fixed, under a confidenbe, that if the an swers from Ireland did not arrive time enough to receive due corisiderati.on before that day, that it should be postponed t o M on d a y s e' nn ight. • Sir J. NEWPORT said, that under such a confi dence he had no ob;eaion, The Dill was then read. a seeend time, and ordered to be eorriluirt,-.lon. 'day se'nuight. Mr. Hositousg said, it would have been his, wish to have moved the second reading of the Na bOb of Arcot's _Bill this day - but as several Gentle men, -for whose opinions he had the highest re. sped, add who wished to he present, could not now 'attend, and as he was desirous the Bill should have the most ample discussion, he would, with the leave of . the ,House, postpone the second reading to this ,day se'nnight ; which was accordingly ordered. The Committees on the Excise Office, Stamp , Office, and Post Office Regulation Bills, were sere. rally postponed to Monday:-..-Adjourned. • MAILS. ARRIVED—I Dublin, i Waterford. Du r. —2 iraMbilrgil, a Gottenburgh, a Lisbon, t DubLzr , L Waterford. PRIC4 OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCX. . Cope. for Opening 61 6 I Red. Aga. sgi 6o 1 Otimium zi THE SUN. SULAM QUIS DICERS , FALsUM AUDEAT? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, JT.-E , 6, 1806. ,WE last night received Paris and Dutch Papers; the form'er to the'2eth ult. and the latter, to the Ist inst. from which We have made very copious ex,- tra6ls. .The intelligence from Germany, though, as usual,, of a contradiaory nature, tends to confirm the opinion we have frequently expressed, that not withstanding the evacuation of Cataro by the Ras sians, the French Troops will not re-cross the Rhine until BoistAP4aTe shall have completed the changes which he has projeEted 'in the Gentian Empire. The accounts from Italy represent, the people of Naples as highly delighted with their new Sove... reign ; but he has nevertheless found it expe dient to send of several hundred. persons from Naples to ,Piedment. We are sorry, however, to find several of the ancient Neapolitan Nobility, and some of them of the highest rank, have consented to accept places under King Joseph. The Siege of Gaeta still, continues, and even the French Papers are compelled to acknowledge the bravery of the gallant Prince of HESSE . - PhILIPSTHAL.••••••: The Dutch Papers do not contain a 'single syllable • with respe& to the change in the Government ; but private Letters which have been- received fully confirm the details which we laid before our Readers a few 'days ago respe&ing the New Constitution. - A Letter from Amsterdam states, that the British Squadron - on -the Dutch Coast has been lately reinforced, •notwithstanding which, Ad miral. KIKKERT, who has a,respe6.lable force under his command, ao - tualcy manoeuvres his Squadron al most within sight of the Enemy., The Moniteur contains an official account of the Mtion between the Pallas, Capt. Lord COCHRANE, and the Minerva French Frigate, tran§mitted by M. •ALLEMA ND, the Commander of the Rochefort Squa dron. M. ALLENAND represents the .iletion to have been decidedly in favour of the Minerva. He says, the Pallas was obliged to sheer off, and very 'whim sically accounts for the Minerva not pursuing her by saying, she had lost her anchor. Ac 3 miral Sir 3. B. WARREN has sailed with the Squadron under his command from Portsmouth ; it Consists of six Sail of the Line, a Frigate, and three Brigs. It - is supposed that he is destined f or the 'West Indies, in consequence of intelligence having been received that JERCILWE BONAiARTE'S Squadron had. made its appearance in, that quarter. , This, however, is mere niatter of corijeCture: Asiit has been intimated In some of the Public Prints that the expedition of General MIRANDA was undertaken with the knowledge, concurrence, and assistance of the British Government, it is proper to state, that eve have reason to believe Admiral Cocx- AANE,- before he sent, home for instructions ilm;kl4 manner to act upon the occasion, had written to MI.. RANDA, regllCSlllig to know if he had any sanction from Great Britain or her Allies,. offering, in case MIRANDA produced any satisfa&ory proof of such a sanaion, to co-operate with him, and lend effetaual support to his proceedings. IVIIRANDA had given no answer ; and as the case was delicate and difficult, the Admiral very properly thOught that it did not become him to interfere without full authority and direCtion from his superiors at home. We do. not enter into the question of the policy or propriety of any co-operation on our part in an affair of this kind, but rnerely3tate what we conceive to be the fa& in con tradi&ion to the reports which indirectly charge Go vernment having promoted, If - not instigated, MI, BANDA tolindertake the Exped:tion. At the same time we repeat, that, if it should succeed, great commercial advantages might be opened to this 'Country. Be sides, considering the entire devotion of Spain to France, it is our interest and indeed duty. to annoy lier as much as we can. Nor would such a mea- sure, in the present instance, want a . strong justi ication on the score of humanity; as the people who are likely, by this extraordinary enterprize i to be routed into a subversion of / the Spanish yoke, are held in the. most deplorable state of bondage and'