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be sorry to be too bush. limy were always ins;
dined to lean to.huoseutity.. hat they would ill dis-
el.arge their duty, were they to suffer the cborge of
harsliumi to soden, them to depart from it. A. to
the coMbeettal of
.a witness, nothing was 'score tom,
won 1., pi4clice, than to secure the evidence of a
particeps cri.einia, till the trial wag over, its which
hi% teviiiiiis..y w..• necessary.
M•. Hutpag wits nut surprised at the loud voices
aim which the Right H.•... Gentleman was cheered.
nor at the eniination he displayed, of which he had
1er.... so wanting in the inauy great usliotial questions
which 1i44 been debited this Sesame. The Hight
ltuu. lieeitleinsn now found a case more to his
tarty, and he tlsrew off his hiognur, to enforce the '
piv,idiment of it poor printer. end to protect the '
person of hi, Hon. Friend .(Mr. Yo, he). The soh-
j..et for their consideration was, to . het degree the
offence committed should be ponislied. on the pi e-
mut occasiou ? This ea, always matter ofdisci viols ;
and from the circusustreices of the close, he thought
the lightest point/humid 'eligible ungl.t to be eudicted.
Were all their privileges strained, en far from
being the prop of the people, they would be the
grossest and most oppressive iyesioly ever exercised.
Li:olting at the creme and conduct of the delin-
quent, he was of opinion that a reprimand was suf.
Beirut. He then Averted to the arguments em-
ployed by the Hight lion.. Chsneellor of the Es-
chequer *nil Mr. Croker ; the die that Deane
(night to be eisinatined, to !fake su of his s
e
evi-
dence to-morrow, and the tidier, that ought 'so
be committed, tilt it was -escenaisied whether his
evidence was true. These, be conteenled, were per-
nicious doctrines, crouching on the liberty of the
'object, and unfair as arguments. Under all the
circumstances, he could conceive no ease more en-
titled to their leaky.
Lord PORCUESTI6II spoke oa the saute side. The
sole question fur their devotee now was, whether
they would punish a person by inadierteoce impli-
cated ill so offence, or reserve the plods/mad fur
the 'rosiest offender T They ought to extend this
lenity to the printer ; though he was not prepared
to say they ought to do so to the principal, when he
was brought before them. He 4w/rendered a repriumud
from the Speaker es a very impressive puoishuteat,
and by no means of such a nature as to info,. per-
pewee impunity to. entailer offenders. It seemed to
he argued, upon any pretence commit this person ;
but the House ought to recollect, that a printer
wits the only man compelled to give a written testi-
, moo?, and subscribe hie mime to his own offence ;
since that law had passed, they had ever been allow-
ed to escape with impuoity, on gating up the game
of their principals.
Mr. C. Anew wished to propose. that, instead of
Go. the printer should be oldered Sato couGoetnent
for owe hear/—/ 4 laugh .f,/
The qu. stiou was the.. pot, that the codeinel
words should stead part of the moose, which wee
culled ',Adana a diewee.6. The COlMpletit qUer•
tidies, foe the tionnaitagent of Deane, was also car•
reed en the souse way.
W. Y 01.111; emoted. u That Joke Oahe Jones tht
attend this House ta-neorpow."--Corried.
Po the motion of Lard Coenatna, his motion of
yesterday was withdrawn, fur the purpose of sub.
stitutiug the nave of another ship for the Tao Sis-
ter/ and ANsphiss, and the 'wooded mother was
agreed to.

On the tootionnf Mr. floow so, the Hun-, agried
to petting as Add." 116 to Hie 51sjes y. pr4y iag to
hare laid before tin us, an aceimot of all the Kidd
aud Miser, cowed at the Must. from the year 1797.
to the latest period it could be made alp; livid as
amount of all rid imported to the Mint, iu the
muse period, distinguishing ingots, foreigu cols., &v.

LORD CHATHAM. -
A Message from the Lords aonounced, that
their Lordships bad consented to the attendance of
John Earl of Chatham. on the Committee of EA-
'miry iuto the Scheldt Expedition.
EAST INDIA COMMITTEE.
Mr. R. DWIDA., in pursuance of hi. 'swine, rose
to wove for the appointment of a Select Committee
to iuquire into the stairs of India. The names
he would propose were the same as convi.o.ed the
Committee last year.
Mr. CSEIril IT Could see no pod from the temp-
poiotment of this Committee. They only pre-
vented other iuquiriee, which would be more be-
neficial. as without uiesuiag persons. disrespect t..
any Member of it, he must say. that, from their
official situations and couttexions, th, kr labours
must be utterly iaefficieot. He then took a view of
the calamitous mate of Jodie, and thought the
proper method of artiviog at information as to the
cause of three terrible (haulers. would net be by
appointing this Committee. but by proceeding as
the House had. done oo the Expedition to the
Scheidt. They would then have en opportunity
of examining the Directors—Marquis Wellesley—
the Board of Costroul, or whoever else was ne-
cessary, at their bar.and discoveriug fully the nature
and exteot or the odia transacuouti.

Lord A. iIANILTVIN thought boat the Right
Mu. Gentlemma did not speak sufficiehtly at large
upon the aulject, as this was the last opportunity
they would probably have, under the prewut char.
ter of the Cornpauy.—Agreed to.
Sir Junta Nzw►uaT moved •• That there should
be laid before the House an Account of the 'mother
of rewels whidt sailed from port. an utility with
Great Britain, and a copy of the I.ct.uses cotter
which they traded."
After a few words from Mr. Rosa sod Mr. PAR..
NELL, it was agreed to.

Mr. Rosa mowed for the seco.td reading of the
BIN for preventing the distilhanns of corn.
)Ir. WESTERN wished that the consithration
should he deferred to to-morrow.

After a few words from M►. Ponsorstby, Mr. Pa-
ct-$:11. Mr. Parnell, Slr. Weatern. Mr. Mae. Sir
I'. 'cotton. Sir Jam.* Malt. Mr. Grattan, and "lir
John Nrwport, a divines took place. *btu them

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