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was the eneev.irapresent of the shiprirb and naeirs-
tom interests. He advertad to the present im-
ptoste4 situation of itartule; which was now abun-
dantly pf.:ntea in the eb.%r line. He gatfe the
Noble Duke lull credit for his sineeritp in, tomiolf
[inward, hot the obieeticses'he tweed were ITOy
not seen in the same light Av hunself.
Lord lIANVICESBLIKY shortly supported the
leading ostjetii ms utg7al by the \; ,lc Duke ; and
was also of opinion, that the measure was tak-n np
in too great haste, and that father time should be
given.
Earl SPENCER, in support of what bad, fallen
from his Noble Friend ( Auckland }Observed, among
other points, that the present measure went upon
esaftly the same principle as the Bill of last year.
The question being pm, the Bull was read a se.
cond time, and ordered to he committed.
The Bills brought up from the Commons were
then read a first time; and those on the table, chief-
ly private, were forwarded in their respeßive stages.
The West India Auditors Bull passed through a
Committee of the whole House, and was repotted
without ansenilment.
On the motion of the Eael of LAUDERDALE,
the Repout of the Committee on the Insolvent
Debtors Bill was ordered to-be tAken into consider-
ation on Wednesday nett.—Adjteurned till Mon-
day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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The Speaker took the Chair at three o'clock ; where
Mr. S.taw Lefrere presented a Pernimi from she San-Fire
Office Company, against the Bill for inc ,sporar mg the Ghare
Insurance C.nnpany ;which was edited to Ire no the table till
,ecoriol reading of the Bill.
Mr. Rnheit pandas presented a Perkiest from the Couriers
Bamff against the Flaying VI. Ordered to be deferred to
the Commi.tee on vie fill!.
M. luth bridge :trek the wills and his seat, for the county
Of Sta,llo4llt.
Tile amendments made by the Committee Yr the Tonh led
Clyde Nevigat;ou Bill, owe ag,ezet to, and she Bill ordered to
he engrossed
The House %/when erirnmon2d be the Black Ilnel to at
tend the Lords Comm:sinners in the Howe of l'errs; and the
lipeaker, on his return, inn:rimed them that the Royal As•ent
had been green, •by Commiiiion. to the Irish Male and
Spirits O•ity, the Mutiny, the Dublin Particle, tire Ned lo,ni
Square Improvement, the St. George's Peer, and several pr.eate
Bills.

Mr. liobhowire brought up the Report of the Committee on
the expiring Lees, W h4Ch Ca+ agreed to, Al.d a i.ll I Ordered le
be brought an ups. it.
The Atte:sect race., the I•ah Mi te, the Prussian yvo, nod
the Gthra'ter and blaita postage Bills were read a time
and ii.issed.
lb • A,-lasieell !mere, one Bill went through a Gs•term Urea
a i4l after a fee obsereat.nos qinm .Aldermen Y•lce, and
rasep, the report was MAO t•rl in he re:selves{ )4,k,ueee
Lord HENRY PETTY motel (Or the •rulitchoe of the
Report of the Couspoo:ler 01 Arno, 10camts, dated the I.lth
inst. as far as refine I to %Ir Ti Acroui t, and “1 the Ai-
mute of Treasury inadri Its KM% ; ated•also, of the Ilia or hicaini.
foe tai.• .lo,'•utg of the tvorps O.: the Conti t:ln
WOO agreed to
Mr. C W WYNNE preserved . copy of the Circular Lotter
sett to Lords Litytell.iliti .4 Connors, irritative to the Vulue-_
leer Yeoman's, whiten seas iirile,ed en lie on the table.
On the M0t.•.4 of Mk. F.) •TER. the R-airirt of the Grain
Biel was deterred to this day sehinight.
Mr.ltrua, from the Vella ~.d, remora to
order, a Liss fifths dapets Reim ce to the % traits tio Nahob
01 Ards, tie I.e•mao.nt t.reb.ishroent of the Ys i.tnt Force
to be kept ep in ho LCSIO.3I/04 tire. i wweh *Pr ordered to lie
printed:

Uzi the motion of Sit .1 NEWPOR
the Irisb Erl,watt and Vie Ir,sio S?ltst A.11,1V4 °I. Ili
were ordered for %Cootlre near.
tillehred, on the motion VANSITTXR I', • et the
!torso should, un Monday tient, reso.ve itself A CAUI
mill,. at the Newfoundbod FAhetios.
the C.enntittest on the bun Cu,dorns Regulation 8.1 l au
deferred toll Tueufse
Mr. VANSITr ART move.l, that the further cons dentin°
of the 801 l for an ce in the Amassed Tsars, to persons
har.ng more thtn two e• 'dren, and paysnt 401. a year, stuvild
be deferred to Tuesday next ....Chdereel.
_

He also mo►ed, that the Committee of be de.
'erred till Maratay, and ga►e notice, that on Weditixday neat
the Armv EttraorJortarier oniild be bruinght fotwaid
The Commute* of Ways end Atone was alma deferred to
Monday.
ELECTION LAWS.
Mr. ALEXANI)ER gave notice, that on Mon-
day next be should move fcr leave to bring in a
Bill for amending the Aas relating to the eledinn
of Members of ratliame:n.
The Committee on the Scotch Dittiller'ee was deferred to
Monda►
Tile Bill I,r regulating the Cuatnrrs Ices, ■rd shrrlithing a
number of Miltiays in that detainment, via rvpottial, and or-
dered to he read a thi.d time on Pidoralar.

CHARGES AGAINST MARQUIS WELLESLLY.
Mr. PAUL, in consequence of an andentanding
which prevailed on a former occasion, that no ollee-
lion would be made to the printing of the Oude
charge against the Noble Marquis, as soon as the
papers presented this day should be before the
House, moved, " that the Erst Ankle of Charge
against the Marquis Wellesley be printed."
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY. observed, that
this proposition was once before negatived by the
House, which having assented to it subsequently.had
afterwards rescinded the order. The Hon. Mem-
ber had given no notice, as usual, of this motion,
and in the understanding said to prevail. it was
never agreed upon that the charge should be print-
ed upon the presentment of only some of the paper..
l'rum the lateness of the year, it would be inspossi-
bleto get through more than one of the sharps s sloe
present Session. The charges now in question con-
tained som,t of the strongest assertions that ever
were made in any accusation, and if now ordered to
be printed. they would go forth and be circulated in
public during the course of the summer, after which
the lion. Gentleman may or may not come forward
in the ensuing Session to substantiate it. Upon
these grounds he must oppose the printing of the
charge.
The SPEAK ER observed, that as the objection
as to want of notice was mentioned, it was with
the House to determine, whether o: not he should
put the question
Mr. PAU i. said, that as the evidence was to be
printed, it vas also necessary to print the charge,
in order that the public should know the appima-
lion of the evidence.

The SPEAIIEIt again observed. that in pro.
ceeding without notice, the Haute would depart
Irmo that praaice which it had laid duwie for

Lotd FOLKESTONE Own.' r it would be right
to have it ascertained, whether a r m;ce was or was
-sece,sary to a Iftetirt•. fn: r. obiervcd that
maim% ,•. eve made sow-times with. ut a: y notice.
The SPE.% KEP in answer said, that it was for
the Ifot ato determ.:.., how• ans it w0..1.! abide
tLe usage lately establisbeJ lax ELoir on

nienee and accommodation. Chinn any anen J 1 eon.
.on, Or any me -in oxide rtAttive to a dep+r.ment,
a Minister ut which W'as presnnt, and did nnt nbj Et
ra it, a notice was not deemed necessary ; but the
contrary was the praflice upon motions where the
want of notice was objeCted to.
S.r 10:IN W ROT LESLEY said, that when this
praElice began first to prevail, he foresaw the ditfi.
culr.ies that would insult nom it. According to the
old rules of Parliament, any Member was compe-
tent to make ss:,at motion he ple..crJ, and it could
not he withdrawn, if seconded, without the leave of
the douse. Notices, therefore, were mere mat-
ter of agreement ; hut in this instance, as the mo-
ticnt was objeCted to, he hoped it would be with-
drawn.
Mr: ROSE said, though there was no standing
order to the Oren, he wished chepritaice to continue
as laid down by the Speaker.
Mr. WINDI lAM said, it would be awning the
doetrine too tar, if the House was to he striCtly
bound by this pradice, without a standing order for
that purpose. The same reasons of guarding against
incouveilience or surprise occurred at all times ;
and perhaps there were as many reasons to be al- '
lodged fur the (wilier praelice as the new ore. lie
should be sorry, however, to see it become a shift
rule, and would rather leave it open, to be judged
of according to the circumstances of the case.
Lord FOLKESTONE observed, that the rule
was far from being uniformly observed ; tor, in a
late instance, the Rouse allowed the Foreign Se-
eretary of State (Mr. Fox) to pass, at the Hour of
twelve o'clock at night; so important a thing as
Vote of Approbation for the eoudoCt of Earl St.
Vincent, while at the heiod of the Ls,ard of Adnni-
miralty„ without any previous notice.
Mr. STL'RGES BOURNE'. said,, that the vote
passed in favour of Earl St. Vincent, at midnight,
stud without any previous notice, was a singular and
unprecedented proceeding ; and was entering more
at Loge into that suS:ind-, when he was interrupted
by
SPEAKER, who observed, that it was
neither orderly nor convenient to take this oppot-
tunity of entering into the discussion of a tnrmer
motion.
Mr. PAUL said, that as there were many in-
stances of motions without notice, de thovia
would pass as a matter of course ; bitt hair,;- bee::
opposed, lie would beg leave to withdraw it, and
give notice that he should renew the motiorr oil
Tuesday nest; which was agreed to.
He then moved that there be laid before the I Inuse
a copy of any application made by the Marquis
Wellesley to the Nabob of Chide, for tae loan of
10 lacks of rupees, from the month of June to that
of August 1602, which was agreed to.
Mr. PAUL next observed, that one of the wit-
neves necessary to this impeachment (Sir James
Craig( was new id, and unabie to attend at the Bar
of the House. H-, therefore, conformable to pie-
cetienu, moved that a Committee be appointed ro
j examine him, to draw up cptestiots, and report
j answers to the House, which was agreed to, and
Mr. Paul, Sir A. Wellesley, and Mr. Hobnouse,
appointed to b.: the Committee.

GENERAL TRIINING BILL.
Mr. Secretary WINDHAM, then, with leave
of the House, moved the second reading of this
13 il.
Mr. RVDL R sail, if it was only meant to read
the Bill a second time, then fill up the blanks, pro
caewa, and have it re-committed nett week, he
should not obie3 to it ; but he should oppose any
stage being gained by any other method; as upon
that understanding several Members, and amongst
them his Right Hon. friend (Mr. Yorke) had left
town for a few days
Mr. Secretary FOX, though he saw no necessity
for a re-comminment, and always objefled to any
compromise of that kind, would not oppose the
course now mentioned, it any person had left town
upon such an understanding. His acceding to it,
at present, however, he did not wish to be under-
stood as a rule which should guide him for the
future.
Mr. PERCIVAL spoke on the same principle as
Mr. Ryder; and Mr. WINDHAM said,lthat tho'
he was no party to the understanding alluded to. he
should not objea to the cause now proposed. After
some further uninteresting conversation, the Bill
was committed, the blanks filled up. prs forme, the
report received, and ordered to be taken into fur.
ther consideration on Tuesday nest, and to be
printed.
Mr. PAUL then moved the Committee on the
charges against the Marquis Wellesley.
Lord FOLKESTONE said, that as the charge
was so voluminous, he ferred it would be impossible
to come to a final decision of this charge in the
,present Session. Justice should be considered before
the convenience of either of the parties. The ac-
cuser (Mr. Paul) had strewn the greatest avidity to
come to a decision, or the case could OM now be in
the forward state that it was. I; mart, of course,
be disagreeable to the feelings of the Noble Mar-
quis to have chargesagainst him undecided—Owe. !
Arse !)>-Dot it would-do him no injury, as the evi-
deLce would be read ; and he therefore proposed
this: the House should take the evidence this Sea-
sior, and come ro a decision on it in the neat.
Mr. PAUL said, he gave no pledge to propose
any decision until the whole of the evidence was
gone through. He had, by bringing the business
to this state, already done what was unprecedented
in the annals of Parlament. The great objeftion
lay tr the charge of murder ; but he found that in
the impeachmint of Mr. Hastings, the diabolical
Crime of murder was charged, and remained two
years without being decided on. At that time, Mr.
For, and all toe first talents in the country, were
emp.ceed upon that sobytt ; but here the whole of
the labour devolved upon himself. The proposal
of Earl Temple occavione I a loss of ten days.
His wish was to have the Oude charge decided oa
as woo ps possible, and he would do ail in his
power to efra ir, is. else to get such an attendance
as was necessary to the ends of justice, and there-
fore should not a.t.mpt to come to a decision on
the Ouae chugs., without moving for a call of the
House. Tins charge certainly was a serious one,
hot certainly tat more so than the Ferrukabad
charge, and the still more heinous one of the ex-
t.:Non of the Rajah of Sassni fsom his territories,
w.sick.couhl not come ea in the coo:se of the pee.
tent Sesatii:h•

F.srl expl4ined, t!yai h:s moriaa
to jlt:lg the in Atter fore's: d. but not wan any ill-
te,:tia of decithirg on the charge Lyon tire dap la
prciorsed•
.1 he [louse then went into the C ‘mmittee for the
further consi.t.raf o, ot the Charges sga:ost Marq4is
cllesky--,;M: iii;bl:oo4, in the Cher).
The first witness examined, seas 1 Ir. Cooper, who
stated himself Its have bet ,nor t.t Ott lumen*
Council an Beagal, in the 'ears 1798 1795, indigo,,;
.inJ the r stilt of his evidence was. chat rhe Nlartitt,s
\Wellesley eniiyed the confi.'ence of lees Council to
as great an extent, and his conduit had been a,
approved by the Council, as th.r of any other G.
armor General he had ever known in In lia ; and L*
had been in the crmfidence both of Marcirtis Co:a.
wallis and Sir John Shore ; and to a question put :3
him by Mr. Wallace, what he thought would be the
opinions of the higher order of natives in °ode,
when they heard he had peen accused of rap 11,,
hypocrisy, oppression, and mur.!er ? he answerrl,
he thought they would receive the information
with sentiments of the greatest surprise and indig-
natiOn.
Mr. Riley, a Collelor and a Magistrate in Oude,
was the secJad witness, and the first ()set of his erj.
dente tended to 'hew that the inhabitants of (lode
had, in out or two instance:, shuwn a disposition to
revolt.
The nest witness called was MajorOuseley. Af-
ter he had been a short time tinder frarniii akin, Mr.
Patel put some cfaiestions relative to his knowlesh;e
of the ch rafter of the Nabob Vir.i. r. o..seley
hoped he would sot be ob!iged to disclose all he
know with res.ped to the Nabob, as be had nem.
and 6611 was, ina confidential situation nods: him.
On this point, a couvers &run took place betwevi
Mr. Paul, L.lsn!for Lawrence, Sir John Newpor:.
Mr. Wallace, and Sir Arthur Wellesley. It was h:.ss.
ever finally agreed as a matter of favair to M.2or
Ouseley„ that any qut stion lee did yothise to an6WC:.
should not lee pressed, and should be eipuaged
from the Minutes.

Thee:am:nation of Major Ouseley then proceel-
ed, until, upon a-qu2stion put by Mr. Paul, Nitta-
iag the prevention, b.y Marquis Wellesley, of 01 ;,.•
tereourse between it!twlpetirt% and 1.;,e t.
the Major said, that, to reply, he mist diva!ge the
sot jea of a private compondence. between Lim
and Mr. Edmonstone, which might prove pre-
jud:.cial to that Gentleman's interest ; from which
necessity he begged to be pootetck-d by the Com-
mittee. This led to a discussion, is which it was
advanced, on one s;d:, that the witness could not
be reciaire.l to reveal a private c‘rrespondence ;
and, °la the other, that, as Mr. Edesvinstone tilled
the public situation of Secretary to the Govern-
ment, aed had corresponded with Niskir Otoeley
on public business. tare familiar address, •• Dear
Major," with which it was preluded. did mot
render it confidentted and private to a degne
that should deprive the Commilee of informa-
tion on any point which could be considered im-
portant. At length we understood it to be agreed
that the el:notion rhould be put; but before the wit-
ewes was called in again, strangers were ordered t,
withdraw, and were not re-admitted to the galle:ry.
I'he House continued the examination fur All h. n!
longer ; and, at Halt-past One o'Clock adjourta2
to 7.lluuday.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, Just
The consols for the opening left of yesteriliy at
631, and the smairose at 6. being a rise of one per
cent, upon the latter in the coin se of the day.— Up ,n
reference to the stock .list it will be found, that tr..:
funds have been gradually advancing daring the la>:
ten days, and that within that time. ovum has r.
4, per cent.—This can only be the effea of a 5c1.,1
and steady cause. The deepest laid steck-jdbbing
trick must have beep deteded long since, and cowl
not have had so permanent an operation. IVe
have uniformly attributed this improvement 13
the funds to the state of the communications be•
twern our Governraent and that of France. Th,!a
who so stoutly deny our statement, only thew ti:c
jealousy and ignorance. If they know any 0:J-Lr
cause, they abuse their reader by concealing it.

Accounts from Barbadoes state, that a number of
enemy's privateers still continue to annoy the trade,
and have captured seraral F.nglish vessls. The .4e-
sew fligate, with the fleet under convoy from Cc rk,
and the Certtres, sy;th the fleet under convoy trum
Portsmouth, have arrived there ; the E'er/fret, with
the London ships far JAMAICA, sailed from ttiens:e
on the 7th of May.

We have received Paris Paper; to tl-.e 13t.
Dutch to the 16th instant. Intelligence from \a; Its.
Of the MI alt. mentions the capture of the island rat
Capri, unaccompanied with any of those circum •
stances of atrocious cruelty contained in the p: ecea-
ing accoun:. The garrison is said to have capitulated
to four sail of the line and I,WD men, but this face
is probably much exaggerated.
If we were to make a point of arguing and re-
futing every absurd p:inciple attempted to be lnia
down by the French Government, it would only be
adding greater importance to subjefts, which, to
for their appearance in an Official Journal, wculd
be treated with the most sovereign contempt.
The anxiety long expressed, and now reptate...
excluding this nation from any interposition in t::•
affairs cf the Continent, clearly slim, the imp. r:•
ante ittachrd to cur interference, and more full)
justiies :dr. Fox in his system of strengthening an!
conr.rni-us we have fcrtned !Lem. If, like C.: