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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Several Petitions from fanne►s were presented
against the 04k Bank hill► and they were ordered
to lie on the fable.

Str R. MILIIANKE presented a Report from
the tiahash Committee. informing the House that
they had met this day at the appointed hour, but
that George Grenville Vernon, Esq. one of their
number, di I not attend; so that. after sitting one
hour, they adjourned ; and, on the Motion of the
Honourable Member, it was ordered that the said
Absentee do attend in his place on Monday.
On the Motion of Mr. BATHORSI', it was or.
tiered that the Committee appointed to search into
Precedents as to the expulsion of Members from the
House, have power to send fur papers and ac-
counts.

A new writ was ordered for the FieSion of a
Citizen to serve in Parliament frn the City of Wor-
cester. in the room of Henry Bromley. Esq. who
ILis accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern floo-
d:eds.

Lord Temple brought up a Rill for authorising
His Majesty. for a limited t;m3 to regulate the
trade from the Cape of Good Hope.

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lead a grit tine, owl ordered to be mad a se.
Bond time oo Monday next.

The Committal of the Turkey Tobacco Bill, was,
upon the Morion of Mr. VANSIT rA r, post.
posed to Tuesday next, and the Bill ordered to be
primed.
In the Committee of Supply, Mr. VANSIT.
TAR I' moved—. That 1.210,0001. be granted to
lib Majesty fir dischar,ming th, interest of such
Exchequer Bulls as may -have b, en paid off in the
course of the year I 806." This proposal was agreed
to, and on tie House resuuni g, Vie Report was or.
dered to be rec:i7ed nn M •thi ly ~ez:

MINIS ryium. mus.:4:r. lV ELECI•IO.:s.
Mr Ashton Smith percented a Pertiou from
the Clergy and Freeht.iders in the Crew,ty of
Southampton. stating. that wasut es of the most
unconstitutional nature had taken i,lace is the Elec.
Lion of Members for Hampshire. Chat, by rePanscf
the influence of different persons, in several
departments of Government, the Meats:in t:te
Honourable W. Herbert and Thomas Thistle.
thwaite, Esq . was carried. That W. H. Freemantle,
Esq. Secretary of the Treasury, a parson who has
no property in the county. applied distinaly to
the Barrack Master General, is favour one of
these Candidates with his particular support ; and
that, accordingly, the influence of all the Gentles
men in the Barrack Departnient was procured, for
the purpose of controuling the exercise of the Else.
tive Franchise. These allegations they were pre.
pared to prove a: the Bar of the House. in order that
measures might he taken to prevent the recurrence
of stich unconstitutional praaices ; calculated to
bring into discredit the Government of the couutrY.
and to shake our honour, liberties, and in.:epend.
:me:, as a nation. That
_they had been encol.reged
to bring this matter before the House, owing to
the Journals thereof declaring, that it is trilawfue for
any Minister, or any cae conneded with the (.4.
yea ntneilt of the country. to use any such undue ir..
thence; as the rifest of it must he aiming against
the honour, the independence, and dearest rights of
every individual of the emi ire.
This Petition, of which the abOve is the purr**,
was read aloud by the Clerk of the House. The
following. amongst mahy other names, were sub-
scribed to it :

Henry St. John Mildmay, It. St. John, Joh. Gant, Gaoega
Ward, ciLitl,:a.l.trikin Km, Faa;larli..., J. Poliau.l, Jo. •
Poll:ink Joe. Stt..rges Bourne, lc.

Mr:A.3IIIISN SMl'le7l moved. "That this Pe-
tition do lie upon the Tahl:. in order that he tu:Lia
makes Motion upon ir, on this day se'neight."
Earl TEMPLE—" Mr. Speaker. I certainly
rise to give my fullest consent to this Petition beinx
laid upon our Table; but I only beg have to recal
to the recollellion of the House. that. according to
the regulations, Petitions for such, or similar pur-
poses with this, ought to be ()emoted to Patlianieut
at an earlier period. This •Petition touches ma-
terially upon a question of privilege, and it remains
to be determined, by those who support it, how such
a question of privilege should have been delayed
so long."
Mr. CANNING said. that the delay had been
occatdoned merely because it was relative to a
breach of privilege, in order that it might be dis-
cussed in a full House.
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that if it were really
meant as a party question. then the giving notice
of a motion upon it, •in the manner now done by
the Hon. Member, who presented this Petition, ww
merely in order to excite attention. He thought the
Petitioners were consulting more their own interested
views, than the 'edifying of any breach of privi-
lege. This in particular was the case with those
of them who were already Members of the House;
who, notwithstanding they sat opposite to the two
Representatives. whose eleaion was complained cf.
never condescended to state to the House what they
knew of We circumstances mentioned in this Peti-
tion. Upon these grow. ds be thought. that, as far
as it went to complain ut a bleach of privilege, it
did not seem to have been a very alarming one,
when they could consent to keep their complaints
back for the space of no less than two months.
Mr. PERCEVAL--.. Sir, I have no doubt that
the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, has
some good motive, though not a party one, for
stating his sentiments upon this occasion .(a tonol).
When a matter of great public importance is Lrought
forward, I do not think that it is very becoming
that such oblations should be stated against it, when
it is to be presumed that those who undertake to
bring it under consideration. adopt that time which
they deers most proper for doing so. 1 think that
there could be no occasion for preferring the first
day of the Session to the present. because on
account of the number of other petitions, there
might have been obletitions against its being consi-
dered. It must be rvcollthed, that as the tabled
of this Petition is to be maintaioad by proof, it is
comparatively an insigniScant question to be dis-
cussed, whether it should have been brought for-
ward in one day, or one week, in preference to nen'
ther. Such objections are tray ridiculous and ab-
surd ; for if there be truth in what is Contended for
in that Petition, they, on the other side. may *genius
their faculty of wit or detraction ; bet What will it
amount to I They cannot au; cly prevail upon the
country to agree vr;th them. or to consider their coo-
dua to be proper uona such an occasion."
Mr. C. W. W. WYNNE slid. that it was un-
just to state. that sues a question as this was likely
to be treated lightly by this side of the Huse. It
was acknowledged by all to be a question of the
utmost importance, and deserving of consideration.
The only thing that occurred, as being worthy GI •
notice, was its being delayed to this late period,
instead of being brought forward at the earliest
morneir. The charges were undoubtedly import.
alit, and deserving of the earliest eonsidaration,
whether they be proved or d..proved. If dis-
proved, he trusted that such charges would fall
back upon the heads of those who brought them
forward.

Mr. HIJIIST" I do not care what are the
motives which *anate those who bri:qg forward
this Petition. I arts glad it has beca brought here
for our discussion I bete have been many io.ninors
circulated, sometimes against one, and some/it:lst
against another, as to their consiat suranoutieg to
gross violation ad the privileges of the House.--
I hese rumours, hsweve:, rather appear to be gross
violations against those who compose His Ma-
jesty's Government. I am confident that every
suth allusiou will be refuted, end is such a ways

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t• Tego Et the hiehest hanonr upon all those who
supported the Eletltiun of the Members alluded
tr Rot3E—" I have no doubt of the partiality
rc II•in. Gentleman who has just spoken, when I
cl upon his own condeet in that county. As to
boar in which this matter is brought before the
I do not think it is difficult to find an (-s-
-hit the apparent delay. Pailiament met At an
seal season, when many country Members care
present . • sn,
• d therefore, it would have
my improper to have bi ought this Petition lor-
d at an earlier period "
jr. STLJRGES BOUitNE appealed to the
Gentlemen upon the opposite side, eel cuter
ould have been fair to have laid this Petition
in die Table of the House, upon the first dAy of
et.,lion, when the Members, whose EirOtoa,
e complained of, had not taken thc:r seats?
mr. aF,EVIANTLE--" Sir, I hold it to be
redid y gratifying to me, that an opportunity
at last been offered me to justify my own con-
in this affair, and that it will come to an im•
dal discussion. I trust I have the ample means
answering the charges which have been made
Ana me I can have no objeelion, therefore, to
s petition being laid upon the Tabl, but I have
pies, et ene thing to observe upon ; I am told,
t it is usually the praitice to give some iodate.-
to Members, when it is in contemplation to
cant Petit ens which are somewhat of a personal
tare. When I came dowa t 3 the House this
y, I declare that I was perfeEtly iznorant of this
siness tieing to be brought t -award, except merely
At I had heard various vague rem, tars upon the
()kit. I had tiet.the smallest apprehenoini -el
y dial of a personal nature tying to be ptesosted
iilst met however, since it is so, I have only
to observe, that lam pert-ally ready to answer
, and oply long for the
Siopportunity to do so."
lot HOWICK—•• r, Whether the condua
f tie Gentleman complained of be right or wromt,
certainly am ready to admit, that tl,e charge in
kiestion is colon trivial MUM. IL is no light matter
0 allege. that persons bolding ofict.l S}IIIittIOULOWNO
S'itoel t be power and influence which those situatoom
itiv: them of invailmt the privileges of this House.
It. hen we consider what the nature of the charge is,
ttd i
ow,ihsatshe
where Pt
th`aicese ; of
rivil etghees iesiscisirenfirs upon
infringed all•
upon,
etc Could exist no doubt, that the House would
4,e:lW:wed this matter to take precedence of every
cher thing. It was. therefore. the duty t 1 those
ho are to make the charge, to embrace the earliest
tiportuoity et doing so. It has been esked,
nether it would have been candid or-honouraule
obeyt discussed this subjeS at an rather p nod of
-.e Srssiuh, beii re the House was full ? yet it has not
a asked, ohether it was candid and honourable
to infuse poison in the minds of the I*np.e, and to
create dissetictaftion :hrunghaut the country. • s to
:au individual. wrhout putting it in the power of
she p• mon accused to prepare or enter upon his e..
texce ! /Ur has it been thought uncandia not to
give that person notice, that this charge was to be
b:eught t• ward in the H use against him. I trust,
the. when it comes to be fairly and impartially con-
'Meted, it it be found that the privileges of the
ilooe have been violated, souse remedy M ill be
adepti cl to free ti c elective franchise. of use people
trout such &filter in futures but .1 oil chair be
foun.i to be nt tied frivolous nature, that the
House will express its iituignation et such au unwar.
rentable proceeding "
1 he Pete ion *as :hen mitred to be laid upon the
Table, and to be taken into consideration on this dry

Bd4,SSACRE AT VELLORE.

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Mr. HOW ARD—" I rise, Sir, is put a question
to a Sight Hon. Gent. whom I see In his place, as
to the untortunate affair which we have lately learn-
t! to have occurred at Vellore. A considerable
erne has now *lapsed, siring a serious mutiny took
place at Arcot, in the East Indies, where thousands
or lives of the native troops, and of many of our
countrymen, have bran lost. From my residence
in e.At county. I am inclined to think, that some
very unjortifiablo violence has been the cause of
such ucea =pled violence and severity. I merely
wish to he informed (aod I think I am entitled to be
,eo} by she President or the Board of Crotrowl,w het her
be has got arty authentic intaigeoce of that :4 i.r,
as I dunk it is one cal the utmost importance to the
welter, a..d existence of• our territorial possessions
in India. I jut this question thus publicly,• be-
cause 1 riniftistand dist ships are about to sail
from this country to India, and that s Goveinor
and Commander-in-Chict are about to be ai pointed,
and I should wish them no. to sad without knowing
whether they are to be empowered to afford the
assurance or ri dress to the natives, and security to
our countrymen ; and to be informed, whether the
ab•oses committed there, will be the sublrt! of in.
vcstigati-n here."
Ms. FIER N E I am aft the least surprised
at the feelings expressed by the Hon. Gentleman
tr.ton this still e't, as it has been one which has
created throug..out the country similar disagreeable
•el.autms. lam sorry, ho,-.-ever, t:.at it is not at
prescht in my power to give loos all the inkima-
von which he r.qiiiies. The Board of Continul
has rot yet received any authentic information
t. urn Ma..fras, and therefore what inatraliusis can
.e liven to the Commander-ii .Chief, or the Co
senor he allucks to, I am at a loss to cone
I should, hosv.•ver, think, that the wisest thing we
can in, would be to accelerate throe departore
from this cousitry, trusting it; their vivo gond cease
to apply the earliest and most effaawl remedies to
existiug eviis "

Sir JOHN NEWPORT rove, and said, that it
was his ititen,ion to have brought forward. about
this early period, his measures for the reguhrion of
Li :lions in cities and corporate towns in Ireland,
in order that the Bill night undergo an ample dis-
erasion; but as he had learned that an Hon. Gen-
tleman, who is now in Ireland, and is anxious to
be present upon the occasion,. has met with an acci-
dent, by a fall from his horse; he should, thetefore,
consent to the postponement of it to the beginning
of neat month. In doing this, Irrwever, he begged
Leave to have it understood, that he was by no
means wishing to lbandon his plan.
The 'Chimes Police Bill. as comm:tted, and
ordered to be received on blcaslay.
Adjourned to Ileaday.

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•.• the L•rw and Police, see the Ist Par.

THE BRITISH PRESS,

LONDON. •
SATURDAY, Fasimv 7. . •

All the prep.iratnry measures for carrying the
Training AR into effee, the apportionment cf
200,000 men out of 820,420, being the whole num-
ber returned as liable to serve His NlA.lasvy in the
several counties of England, has b•Cn made, and
the men will be called into trainir;g
At: order, we understand, for that put prse. to ,41.1
the Lords Lieutenants in England and Wales, will
appear in this night's G 'stns. fhe apportionment is
given in a subsequent column.

The Bill for the Aboution of the Slave Trade
went through a Conrnittee yesterday, in the Hons..
of Lords. The blanks far the periods for' the
commencenient of the opera•ion of the 8,11 *ere
RA up AS tOIIOWS : Slave Trade with the
enaA of Africa is to ent:r.ly Cease upon the tint
of January, 1800. Ni ship shall sail (rocs any
British port, for the purpose of tra.fing in African
Slaves, after the first of May, 11107 t a:ld no ign•
pnrtatinn of Slaves shaU allowed in the West-
India Islands, aft-e the first ot la' iary, 1408, un-
ls.i in case of s. ne unfor-veen dtlay ; the ship an
det.:7ed, having base Pk galled from a British post,
previous to the first of Mav,lBo7.

We ate gt 11 without gut v intelligence, since Gen
flea t 4 114GC E n.► letter, (mar the Theatre of war upon
the Conuo-nt.

Severs. persons the merit of having
suggested to the Nriaister the oew System of Fi-
nauce. Among these is tne Author of a Pamphlet
publicheJ 41st year, i.ititled, 7'bt Policy of reeturagt
Me. Properly Tax. t ad %/1" c rryi,s4 on the lair for Ms
nezt
.4ee yews without any neLfrional i'.'«:,- he a Feread
lu the present .. minis •ra, tea." Ti. Author, ac
u.'derv:..ict, is 4 G.r•ritiv:.an ,:ell k . by hi&
Niatheme.icst Add skiit in cacti-

batons.
:he dispatches At 1) rer on Tuesday
night, as stated in our Paper of ye...le:nay, do not,
we uoderstand, coat •iit L.!, account of the militaty
operations in Polaod.
The first toast g- yen after dinner, at the Meeting
at the Crows. And lint, oil Touraday, was
"Our Soigreidg, the ;'..epte," and sot vereigr.
and the Peopie, as stases: ace. must, yenerday.
The Droll, Ga. tsT.is I.ved at .Liverpool from
New York; she was ' by a Fiench priva-
teer on use Slit se.t. 17 le.thn. W. half-North from
the Small Lgist ^ toot ,way the letter-beg
(-eturning only the owner' ' opened) .:sr the
cluads'net. se.mWS clothes, an. several miser 41-
t.cies. r . caeturtd a Scoter. ahin from
Ly
verpool for V Irgii..a. btliSpOCcd t= he th.: P.M./4
SMITH, Wil:Ch .111 Leery... .•ntans cbds utr.
for Virginia.
The Qum., P; *AWN, fr. as 1-, in -r tr. Lon-
don. was patted from ud t .t 23d rt I.r.cema:r, in
let .23. N. long. 43. W. experienced v, tie on the
24th, and was seen at a distance on the 25:h, and It
is supposed bore aw y for Anted: d.
Thu Delphi, Ft euch lugger privateer, of 14 gums.
is capoired by the Norreti armed ship, and carried
into Lci h.
The Windsor C aule packet, Capt SUTTON, with
Mails from N.mr-Y..-k, in twenty-four days ; and the
Pnetee gf Wiles packet, w.th Mails from Lisbon,
in thirteen day-, are arrived at Faimouth. The
letters will be deliver e.l this day The Manes packet,
with Made from Falmouth Arrived at New York,
on the 211th December; the Auckland, at Lisbon,
on the 17th January.
The Fortuht, II A Nellloll, from Cuba, for New
York ; the Fair trade. from Bourdeaur, for
New °draw ; the Lee..us, —. from Rico,
and the Wit Iroin New York, for
Porto Bello, are detained and sent into Jamaic.i.
The I ;,,ferp, tar. F Leauswg ; and the Yam, SCOTT,
from London, tor C. rk And Jamaica,'were taken, on
the 31st ult. near Beach'', by two privateers ; the
former is retaken, an arrived in the Downs.
The indff Four ts. from Montserrat. for
London, has twen captuted, re-captured by the Tria
hwer trigarr, and is „frayed at Plymouth ; also the
Comet, —, from Whitchaven, for Cork, rt-cap-
tored by the Pierer sloop of War, which was left in
chase of a West Indiaman, captured by a privateer
on the tyth ult. the privateer In sight.
The Came/roe and the Lively, from St. Domingo,
for St.Thomaes, are detained. and sent into Tortola.
The Prow, Danny, ham New York, was lost at
JAITLAICa, in Ilecembet
'rite Poly, from Jamaica, for Wilmington, was
lost on Crooked Island, in Septemner Inst.
Tll. fr Charlestown, far Liverpool,
is on :bore on Farbley l'oint.
Taouas KAVAIS•GH, of BAllyra4get Lodge,
Earl. is appointed High :Merit', of tae county of
Kil'cenny, Ireland, for the ensuing yoar.
The (Aces., who brraight in: de the dispatches
from Sir Holes Porit•st, has written a letter to a
Geutleman in Birmingham, informing him his son
(an Officer in the Royal Marines) 'vas arnors the
captured at Buenos Ayres. From di., respectable
authority we leans, that all the t,ritisit Officers at
Buenos Ayres, so far from being removed to the
interior, occupy the same lodgings they did before
its re-eapture : they are even well treated and pre-
te!led by the batar order of the peopl.: ; and, pio-
•ided they do nut go out at night, or which they
are of course cautious, there is no apprehension s.f
ill treatment. The soldiers have, it is nue, been
sent into the country, as the Spaniards are afraid ti•
a body of men in one place. The letter con-
:lades with the following passage:—" never heard
that the ()dicers were ph:tilde: ed ; and I should
sntspose they will not want for al:y thing. Fee haps
they are as well or better o than prisoners of war
in cam distant countries."