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Ttdernnity, if properly drawn up, wad/ be yard/
preferable to what the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Las-
celles) proposes. We both agree upon the general
principles of the law, and we only difer upon the
peculiar circumstances of the case.'
Mr. LASCELLES, in explmation, said, if the
House should think proper to agree to his proposi-
tion, it might be made the ground for a Bill of la

deninity.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought the proposition
of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Lascelles) was much pre
ferable to that of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Whit-
bread). and the general objea of the House would
be fairly accomplished by the amendment which
be then proposed, and which was, that the words
" not conformable to law, and ought not to be drawn
a precedent," should be inserted.
Mr. GEORGE ROSE made a few observations
in answer to the charge grounded upon the circum-
stance of the warrant being dated previous to the
minute beineentered upon the books of the Trea-
sury, in the case of Mr. Jellicoe.
Lord GLENBERVIE admitted he was a Lord of
the Treasury at the time of sech minute. but he could
not say positively, whether be was present or not
when it was made. His only reason for supposing
that he was not present was, because he was habi-
tually absent from the Board in that year. He
did not think, however, that any blame attached to
him on that account, as, though the Lords of the
Treasury were five in number, three constituted a
yuorom for all purposes of business, and he seas oc-
cupied at the time more usefully for the public.—
(During these 1.:0 Speeches the Question woi tenuity
called toe).
Mr. SHERIDAN—" I rise to ask only a single
question, the answer to which may save the time of
the House. The question is, whether, in the event
of adopting the Resolution of the Right Hon Gen-
tleman (Mr. Lascell-s), it he not his intention to
ground upon it a Bill of Indemnity ?"
Mr. H. LASCELLES answered, that it would
be still in the power of the House to pass a Bill of
Indemnity, and that the Resolution, if adopted,
might he made the preamble of the Bill.
Mr. GREY—" I do not wish to move any Re.
solution that might affiea the honour, the cher-atter,
or the feelings of the Right lion. Gentleman (Mt.
Pitt). 1i re merely to propose a measure that may
answer the views of all parties. I do not agree to
the Resolution of the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman (Mr. H. Lascelles), because it is not
sufficiently full, and does not adequately describe
the fa&s of the case, and also because it con-
veys an implied, if not a direa approbation of the
cnndn of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pitt).
If a Bill of Indemnity, stating all the faces of the
case, he agreeable to the House, I would approve
of that course." Mr. Grey then read a Resolution,
stating the loan of 40,0001. to the House of Boyd
and Berfield in the year 17hti, with the consent of
Mr. Pitt, to assist that house under peculiar circum-
stances, that the House approved of Mr. Pitt's con-
duit upon the occasion, &c. and that a Bill of In-
demnity should be passed, reciting such Resolution
as its Preamble. There was a strong expression
of disapprobation against this proposal, end Mr.
Grey did net press it.)
Mr. THORNTON said that the house of Boyd,
besides being engaged in extensive mercantile con-
cerns, was at the time of the loan of lio,Onol. agents
to‘the late Imperial loan, and also to the Imperial
loam then in course of payment to the amount of
upwards of 100,0001. The case was not therefore
dangerous, on account of precedent, for there was
little probability of a mercatile house being placed
in a like initiation again. He then entered into an
explanation of part of his evidence before the Sara
Committee, and concluded with observing, that it
was not surprising if Mr. Raikees communication
did not mike a deep impression upon Mr. Pitt's
mind, as he and three other Direilors of the Bank,
then in the I louse, to whom Mr. Itaikes said he
mentioned the circuinsience, had not any recalled.
ion of it. It must of course, he presumed, have
been mentioned in a slight way, and not as a very
serious charge.
Titre lion. AUGUSTUS, DILLON thought there
was very little sl.derence between the two Resolu-
tions, and should agree with that of the Right Hon.
Gentleman on that side of the House (Mr. IL Las-
celles), it followed kip with a Bill of Indemnity.
The House now became very impatient for the
question; when
Mr. CA.NNING arose and said, that the House
having entered into the discussion, there were two
points upon which they ought to come to a decision,
before the. parted. The one was to charac-
terise the Ail, and the other to provide that it shall
not be drawn into precedent. He thought if the
House departed a single hair's-breadth from the
Resolution of the Hon. Gentleman behind him
(Mr. Lascelles), they would give up the former of
the two.
Mr. WINDHAM was not fully prepared to say
whether the conduit of tne Right Hon. t ;entlemen
(Mr. Pitt) were right or wrong. At present the
inclination of his mind was that the aa was wrong,
and that the plea of necessity was nut sufficiently
made out—/Loud colietuer). Had the case stated
been made out at the time of the loan, he would
not have concurred iu it; but he would not say that
he should have acquiesced in not le.iving any record
of the proceeding. Although a Member of Admi-
nistration at the time, he was perfealy ignorant of
any such transaiion, and not being fully in posses-
sine of its merits or demerits, he should recommend
thia a 1;111 of Indemnity be brought in, without any
farther discussion of them.
"tile AT FORNEY GENERAL said it was
due not only to Mr. Pitt, but also to the constitu-
tional jealousy of the House, which the Gentlemen
on the other side wished to uphold, to specify the
chareiter of the Af. The mode proposed by his
Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Cinning) was, in his opi-
nion, less liable to lead to precedent than that of the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. H. Lascelles), which states
the illegality, but expresses no disapprobation ; thus
leaving the precedent acknowledged, without mark-
ing it as an irregularity. He admitted the candour
of the Gentlemen opposite (Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox),
but if that eandeur were to depi ive his Right lion.
Friend (Mr. Pitt) of his justification, it would be
converting cseclour into a more formidable Weapon
of hostility than the most violent opposition. His
friend, however, was not to be deprived of his de-
fence and protc'tiva by their meilcration and can.

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We learned last night, from a respeaahle quarter,
that Mr. Par means to dissolve the Parliament, as
he finds he cannot carry any measure of consequence
in opposition to the Aso:soros patty. We should
not be surprised, however, if a coalition between
Mr. Pier and Mr. Fox were to prevent the re-
cessitt of having recourse to such a measure. The
moderate tone assumed by the Opposition last night,
upon the Motion against Mr. PITT, gives some
consistency to this idea.

By a passenger in the Nola, Indiaman,
which left Bengal 71st January, we learn that Lord
LAKE, had got possession of the Fort of Deng in the
month of December. eof retreated to and
made a stand at the Fort of bitutaporn, which was
immediately attacked, and on the loth attempted to
be stormed ; but the breach being found impracti-
cable, the party was obliged to retreat with conside-
rable loss. Colonel M•iri. A ND, of the 75th regi-
ment, who commanded, fell covered with wounds.
L•srd LA Kt write., that he has no doubt of getting
possession of the place in a few days, and that it
will reward his brave troops.
Hoag A R'S troops are coming over in great num-
bers, and there is
great SCASeII to ledicb.., that, wi%2

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the fall of Buitapo;:r, there will be Cr.
career he has endeavoured to negotiate. !int. %tin?,
an usurper, no proposals but subi.lission will he ac.
cepted.
An Exeter Paper, of Wednesday last, co :taro;
die following paragraph :

•t EZETErt PLYINf. POST-orriCr.

" Twelve o'Cl.ck. Wed lieieay N-ett.

" We stop the press to ciinininitirate the fo,lou nig hop
tent intelligence, sve have just received from our Corte.
spondent, at PI y mon t

4. Plymouth, lVudnesday, , lame 12, 3 p

Last evening tided front the Hal•tein Danish East Ind,.
man ifr.at Madrts in 19 weak:, which lay to for two hoots
the Sound, and then patted up), an Officer of the lion. LAa
Company, with dispatches from the government at M•d,a,, do
the India Howse. lie lauded at the pier. They were sent off by
a speAal express, front Messrs R. and I'. Birdwooritk, Iv*
to the Company at this port. It is s:ortfitlmtly said they ontitaift
accounts that Holkar, after his last defeat and the diip,r.ion of
hit cavalry, by G••n. Lord Lake, wit s clot. ly puisitzti, as to
be obliged to take shelter in a tntid fu-t, and was surrounded
by the British troops, to whom he mita soon surrendzr. Go.
rural Lake was at the ',twee period miles front Kariba,.
In the evening, dun etc ab•wr cypress by the Minim, the
Star South Whaler, of 11 guns-, aimed w.tn usher
put onboard her at St. fieliata only six weak; since, said to be
dophrates of the abiive."

The two namhurgh Mails, dne Wednesday
night and Sunday last, have arrived. We hate
made from them the followi.:g extrae

VIP.NNA, MAI' tn.

It is now determined that a large camp, fiir the
exercise of Vie troops, shall lie formed in tl e plains
of Pcttari, in Stirii. Eighteen reg;men:s of ia-
f.tntry, and six of cavalry, are crilerci to C•is ramp.
Thtf whole number of troops assembled them will
he from f.io to 67,,0a0 men. It is sail that ow
Archduke Clinics will commind in this cans . --!.
that General Mark will be Quarter-Master C
Besides the camp at Pettari, a second rail .
formed near Treviso, wWch c"nsist 40,110
men, or all the troops in Niah, and the Austrian
Italian provinces, and will he cummauded by the
Archduke John. The particular regulations riro.
posed by His Imperial Majesty are, however, not yet
known.

A I.t.eward Island Mail arrived on Tuesday at
Falmouth, in thirty-two days, from Tortola.
By the nacos. Castle packet. arrived a F.il-
mont:c from Jamaica, accounts have been received
of the loss of the Tarear frigate.
The Arosterdaw frigate, arrived st Fortsmoutic,
sailed from Antigua on the sth if. Nlay.
The Sairaik, Ito atssos, from St. Vialc. n .'s. for
London, was captured on the s Ist of May by a Spa::-
ish privateer of 16 guns.
The Jaen frigate, which sailed from Cork icntt.c
il3d of March, with the fleet under convoy !.): tl:e
West • Indies, arrived at Tortola or the 10th of M
with f cur vessels nndcr convoy bnu.id to St. 'l' u-
mas's. The Jaunt learned at Barbadoes that the
combined fleets were at sea.

It was reported last night that an account had
been received by a Foreign Mkister, that an Atte:ll7c
has been made to assassinate 8041, sari at Milan.
Anther person, mistaken by the assassin fur BONA-
PARTE, has been actually killed. The usurper him-
self has escaped.
It is reported that a proposition has been made
by BONA PAU rs for the restoration of Peace, on say
terms consistent with his own honour and the wel-
fare of the French people. Combining this inti:::i-
gessce with some reararks in the Zierich off:.
paper of the Ist instant, it looks as if such te:7
had been suggested as were altogether iiladmiss:
as a basis; that they hare not been listened to— .
hence a recurrence has been made to his favoel.:-
expression. The Treaty of Amiens, the wh.".!
Treaty, and nothing but the T. eaty."
The teinforcement received by General Fes-
card) firm the Rochefort spradroo, has proved
the safety: of the thy of St. Domingo. Th,
TA V LOR, arrived last Saturday, at Greenock. from
New link, in thirty.two days, has brought intel-
ligence that on the sth of May accounts reached
that place of the defeat of the Em?eioor Desss-
:so ca. The French squads on threw 500 men into
the city. under General La GitaaGl., uho, with the
troops under Fears asp, ma-le a sortie en the
tian:. and destroyed ;shout one-eighth of the arms.
DLitt 4 Lin es, in conswpsenae of the iti.teat. had gives
up all hope of reducing St. Domingo, and retired to
the mountains with his army.
Tire united talents of Mrs Joao,. w, Mr. KEV•
et E, and sir. Ccoest will he exerted on MondaY,
night At Covent-Garden Theatre, for the benefit r:
the aged and respeCtable Mrs. Macrttsts. Mr.
Is-
COCOON has kindly offered his msistance, and, it
will not be Mr.. Bactissorotes fault, if she ,loes t. t
give her ',sirs on this most laudable occasion. T
rescue declining age from indigence, and bestow
it a competence, is an ae wcazhy a British puhl::,
who never want the inclination when they possess
the means of doing good.

.000lit‘EXIMANGE, Ft ipalr,Jewe 14.
The Markt:l is alumg rrithu.d fresh arrivsle al Chain in en
neral to dry, but erre; suppla"mf furor,. of wrerrotr, und
dln.r.y guar)? r;.n3'nio:: on haa 3. It u:r•rat lea. per Qu't
lower than 1.34 week; rho lutle of Tina that it br014413* 1"40
f d 1 as utruo.d w.rnout r.arlra, nr al! Orannat et rot it ;OS
M lit trade It dull. We enntinue u.,'l ala .Ort irtre'y of Oeir
8,14 f.sur samples fetch rather Lettur p.iEe. I,,nt-r inPig"'
Itikiea of Sacoods.

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