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of the House of Commons, that the impression
should go forth, that it would sandion the Coat-
missioners, who could sot meet. and who had re•
sated all inquiries, in coming forward with papers
at this late period, tending to impliCate others. He
had other additional motives for opposing this paper
being brought up, as it became him, as a Memlsei
of Parliament, to defend she charaeters of men,
whom the insolence and calumi.y of office Would
depreciate. It was necessary that the House should
not permit this species of insinuation against OW
nour of men, after they had already heard from the'
Hon. Baronet, at the head of the Commissioners of
Naval ltuptit y, that so many im,•edinients had been
thrown in the way of their proceedings, anti so
many calumnies circulated against them, both in
and out of Parliament, that the public was in dan-
ger of losing the benefit of their zeal, ability, and
integrity. the House, he thought, should spurn
and condemn web indirect modes of proceeding.
He should, on those and other grounds, which the
impatience of the Flouse would prevent him from
dwelling on, be under the necessity of opposing
that this paper be 1;11,1 upon the table. He was then
proceeding to snake other statements ; when
Mr. S. BOURNE called him to order, for em-
ploying observations which by no means bore upon
the question, that the papers already voted by the
House, should be laid upon the table.
The SPEAKER said, it was certainly inconel
to apply to any arguments made use of in a former
debate.
Mr. KINNAIRD proceeded to make some fur-
ther observations. He said, that the produftion of
such an ex perle memorial was disgraceful (a lead
cry of Mar Hear!) to the Navy Board, which
constantly evaded and opposed enquiry, though the
Commissioners of Naval F.nquiry solicitously court-
ed it. If they were blameable, why were not their
reports enquired into while the Parliament had time
for the consideration Far different was the coodud
of the Commissioners of Enquiry, who wished for
further examination. Such a paper at such a mo-
ment appeared to hint a most eetraonlinary pro-
ceeding, and the more so. as it had been yesterday
stated from the Chair that this was not the regular
mode of producing such a document.
Sir A. S. HA MISIOND spoke to order, and con-
tended, that the production of the paper was, dm
dared by the Chair to be regular in the way to
which it was presented.
The SPEAKER explained, that he had stated
the motion in the manner first proposed, to be irre-
gular, but that it was inconsistent with order, to
present it as a part of another correspondence ; and
that the order was made, in pursuance of the pre-
cedent on their Journals of the 30th of April last.
Mr. KINNAIRD went on to say, that the Com-
missioners of the Navy Board had not sufficient
confidence in their innocence, to meet inquiry—
when
Mr. SHERIDAN rose, expmsing his hope, that
his Hon. Friend would excuse him for interrupting
the debate, in the present stage of it, as he had
a petition to present from Captain Wood, which
would not be produaive of any difference of opi-
nion.
The Serjeant at Arms then announced a mes-
sage from the Lords.
Mr. SHERIDAN, however, seemed desirous of
proceeding—when
The SPEAKER said, that, conformably to the
usage of Parliament, when Messengers from the
Lords demanded admittance, they should be called
in, even in the istidst of a debate.
The Message was, that the Lords had taken into '
consideration the answer of that House, on the .J
of July last, to their Message of the former day,
desiring that it would communicate the evidence on
which it passed a bill fur granting a compensation to
the Duke of Athol. and that the Lords had agreed
that it was consistent with the praline of Parlia-
ment to grant such information.
Lord G re was then ordered to carry a
Message to the Lords, informing them, that the re-
fusal to grant such information appeared to the
!louse of Commons to he consistent with their pri-
vileges, which that House would never depart from.
Mr. GeltarY. Deputy Usher of the Black Rod,
then summoned the House to attend in the Home, of
Lords, to hear the Commission read, of the Lord's
appointed by His Majesty toprorogoe the present
session of Parliament; which was immediately obey-
ed by the S , who went up to the Lords. ac-
companied by most of the Members then present.
(By this interruption, Mr. KiNNAIaD obtairied
his object. in preventing_ the Navy Papers from being
laid on the table, and Mr. SHIM:DAM was prevented
from presenting Capt. Wood's petition).
The SraAKER, on his return, read the speech
delivered from the head of the Commissioners au-
thorised, is the name of His Majesty, to prorogue
the present session of Parliament ; after which, the
business being at an end, the Members all retired.
'1 bus concluded the third session of the United
Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland.

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