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Lord GRENVILLE carte,' the attention of their
Lordships, generally, to the state of the proceedings
relative to the pending charges against M. Justice
Yon. By the present existing order, the Witnesses
were to attend at the Bar, in relerence thereto, on
the £s:h of this month.—Choir Lo:dsl4s would
bear 10 mind the very important business, the com-
mtncement of which FAS seed for the 'l'2th In.t. lie
meant the Trial on the Impeachment of Lord Vis-
count M?lville ; wilco the nature of that business
was considered. their Lordships would feel it must
be impossible that both proceedings, paying the pro-
per dig-me of attention to each, could go on at the
same t:rr.e ; L.r this reason, he should hive to peo-
pc,..o, that toe present order be discharged. and an
order swede for the attendance rf :Le said Witnesses
it their Lordship's Ear, ontthe 19:11 of May.
' The Marquis tif ABERCORN ebseTve6l, he was
sprry that any delay should netetwarily take place
in the business ativerteJ to hp the Noltltt Mason ;
but when he considered its peculiar nature, and the
cause for the present r,rtrAnetner.t ;
kiLitrfeauidettd the length of way the wi:nesees in

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gmestion had to come, 3nd the dec•impval effla
which keeping them hog liom thrir homes might
hive, he was induced to assent to the Motion just
m We.

The question being► nu., the original order was
discharged, and a new one mad.- for tie attendance
of the witnesses, on the 19th of May.
Noble Marquis moved for the attendance cf
an additional witness (*hos- name we could not
collca), on the said day, which WAS ordered accord-
ingly.

MILITARY DLICUMEN rs.
Earl Spencer, by command of His Majesty, Lid
a numlver of military papers. and accounts, before
the House, pursuant to the addresses •oted by their
Lordships no the 31st of last month ; amorg these
were copies of the Circul Letters nidresse.l by
the Secretary of State to the Lords Lieliteoants of
Counties ; accounts of the numbers of men raised
under the AdJition 41 Force Aft, ditringuis!.ing the
is procured by the Parish Officers, Ste. ; ac-
counts of the nornhers in the Yeoman-v Corps, 34c.
AFl' of which, on the motion of the Noble Secre•
taty of State, were ordered to be printed, for the
use of their Lordships.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Earl Spencer presented a Petition from certain
Debtors conlined in the countpg:lol of Nothampttin,
playing a which was ordered to lie on the
table.

Lord HOLLAND, in pursuance of the notice he
had given, brought in his promised Bill .4 For the
Relief of certain Insolvent Debtors." He acconi-
panied the pewnration with a few words, in which
he again .tared his intention, after the Bill should
he pi hued, to move a short day for its second read-
ing.
The Biil was forthwith read a first time, and or-
dered to be printed.
Lord HOLLAND moved, " that the proper Of-
ficers be dire, ed to lay before the House, an account
of the number, &c. of persons confined for debt in
the Fleet prisons; and also, in His Majesty's gaol
of Nesvgate;" which was ordered accordingly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. Caleraft brought up from the Commons the
Ordnance Treasurer's Bill, which was forthwith
read a first time.

Lord Temple, attended by several Members,
brought up from the Commons Sir J. T. Duck-
worth's Annuity Bill, which was also read a first
time.
A few Private, and Return Bills, were brr•.ught
up trom the Commons, by Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Gra-
ham, and other gentlemen.
The proper Officer having presented an attested
Copy of the proceedings in the Ecclesias;ical
Court, touching the case, a Bill to dissolve the mar-
riage between Sir John Cordon, Bart. and Pyne,
his now wife, &c. was read a first time, and ordered
to he read a second time this day fortnight, and
their lard•hips summoned thereupon.
The Bills neon the table were tr.:warded in their
respeflive stages ; among these, the New pun 13111
was read a second time, and the British Fishery En-
couragement Bill went through a Committee, and
was reported without amendment.
After disposing of some private business, their
Lordships adjourned till to•mo.rrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Lord TEMPLE brought up a Petition from Mr.
Lyon•, the Agent for the Island of Jamaica, against
the Bill to prevent the impartation of Slaves into
such of our colonies and settlements in the West-
Indies as have been surrendered to His Majesty.
during the resent war. His Lordship said, that
the Petition had been put into his hand., and he
therefore thought it adviseable to present it ; but
he begged it to be understood. that in so doing, he
did nut pledge himself at all on the suhkd matter
of it.

'lllc Petition was ordered to lie on the Table till
the second rca img of the Bill; and that the Petition-
ers should be heard, by Counsel, against the said
Bill. if they thought fit.
Mr. Milford, from the Exchequer in Scotland,
presented, at the Bar, an Account of Grants made
out of forfeited Estates in Scotland, and the ba-
lances due out of the same. Also, an Account of
all Malt chargeable with duty in Scotland. Bath
of which were ordered to lie on the Table.
Sir P. STEPHENS moved, " That the A,fs re.
lating to the Board of Longitude be read ;" which
being done, he moved, " That tbe House will, to-
morrow. resolve itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to consider of the said A 3:; and,
that the accounts presented by him on a former day,
relative to that subjetl, be referred to the said Corn-
mittee."—Ordered.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
Mr. VANS! [TAR r moved the Order of the
Day for the t louse to resolve itself into a Committee
of Supply, and that the Petitions of the Sierra
Leona, and the' African Companies, he referred to it.
The ilouie then went into a Committee cf Sup-
ply, in which,
Mr. VANS! !TART moved a long string of
Resolutions for various Sums for the Miscellaneous
Services of the present year ; which were ali agreed
to, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow.

SIR DUCKWORTH'S ANNUITY BILL.
s 1.1: puckworth's Annuity Bill was read a third
time are passed.
Mr. Alexander brought up the Report of the
Comusitae on the Tea and Su,;ar dutita. Toe Re-
solutions were re4d, and a.freed to; and, nn the
motion of Mr. VANSITI'ART, bilis ordered to be
brought in thereon.
Nir. VANSIT RT, in the Committee cf WATS
and Means, taneed, that a duty of 1, per cwt. be
laid upon all East-In-11A &LTA's ; and the sane al-
lowance trade by w 47 of drawback, which was
agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived to-morrow.

'lle 'Three Nitlheris Eszhecticr Bills 8.11 lA'
4c
read a se:crtd titre, anJ orJered to be commit:a,: t.)-
morrow.

The Tobacco Duty B:11 was ordered to be com•
muted on Friday.
Alexar.der brought 1.:2 the Report of the
Witnessesl3,ll.; which. on the motion of the
TOANEY-GEN::ItA 1., war ordered to be rs,oiti-
mitted to-morrow.
Mr. YORKE• gave notice, that he would, to-
morrow, more tor (',•pies of all such w'
otiiindia IV hare bees nrceived by His M Vttj's

Ministe-s, fr Irs General 011i:zre'respcefIng the en-
listing her ti irn of yeas.
earn or .txcor,: de ZreToes.
Mr. FR \NC:3 rose to make the metion of
which he ;lad givfn notice, and said, that, previous
to his doing so, he would beg leave to ask the Hon.
Member (Mr. flohlumw) who had brought in the
Bill on the subjeCt of the private creditors of the
Nabob of the C steatie, one questi;in. It WAS said
in the Bill—. Whereas it appears that cert.iin Com-
missioners have been appointed"—l le begged to
know who those Cronmissioners are, by what au
thoi ity appointed, and how and by whom they are
to he paid? Hie understood the lion. Gentleman
vets himself one of them ; and that he L t•tatel on
a forme, night (Monda)), when he was prevented
at:t:11.1111g, that it e:ls with wear re:ol4ller,
and in consequence of romli inerortuMty, that he
had been induced to bring in the Bill. For h.s own
part, he mast own, he thought the lion. Gentle•
man, situated as lie had been, as a Member of the
India Board, was not the fittest person in the world
to ad as a Commissioner for the liquidation of those
debts. He beg zed, however, an answer.
Mr. HOCHOUSE- said, he was desirous the
Honourali.e Gentleman should have every informa-
tion in his power to give. The Honourable Gen-
tleman was absent the other night when he made
so full a statement to the House, or he would have
known. He had then stated the names which were
in the original commission, and the change made IR
consequence of one Honourable Gentleman, a
Member of that House (Mr.R. Ryder), having with-
drawn himself from the same. The Gentleman
added was Mr Homer—the other, Mr. Cockburne,
who had been long a servant of the East India Corn-
panv in the revenue department ; so that the names,
as they now stood, were Mr. Hobliouse, Mr. Cock-
burne, and Mr. Horner. With respeCt to the au-
thority by which they had been appointed, it was
by the Dire fors of the East India Company, in
concurrence with the creditors, and in consequence of
an agreement to that effea. He said, that with re-
speet to the notion, he could assure the Honourable
Gentleman he should not give it the slightest oppo-
sition, as he really wished to give every informa-
tion on the subjeft that the Honourable Gentleman
could desire. An Honourable Friend had just re-
minded him that he had omitted to answer one past
of the question, viz.--how the Commissioners were
to be paid?—to this he stated, that there was at:At:se
in the deed, by which it was stipulated, that they
were to be remunerated upon the principle r,f Par-
liamentary Commissioners. as soon as they had
finished their labours.

Mr. FRANCIS thanked the Hon. Gentleman
for the candour and clearness with which I.e had
answered his questions. He thereby found he had
been mistaken, for he had unders:ood that Mr.
Fordyce was at the head of that Commission ; but
he now found, that he was at th.o. Lead of the Com-
mission on the patt of the Creditors. He could
not, however. but think, that this transaaion had
found its way into the llouse moat quicker, and
with more precipitancy than it ought to have done.
With respell to the Committee en the subjelli• he
did not know that any such thing existed, till he saw
the Report. Ile owned, this had loam his own
fault, but so it happened ; and the Report,
he asserted, was net deliv-rable to the trernhes of
that House before Monday ; and then he verily be-
lieved, net five members out of the whole number
had read it. He bored, and he misted, however,
that this business would proceed, and be attended
with more deiiberation in future. It was a matter
of the highest importance. and worthy the deepest
consideration. It was a well•Li,own fat'. that all
the Presidencies of the Company abroad, are, at this
moment, in the greatest distress (especially that of
Madras), and are every day running in debt as
much as they can, by borrowing money at a very
high rate of interest. Lest he should be misunder-
stood, or misrepresented, he begged to remind the
House, that this transaCtion bore no analogy to,
nor had any conneaion with, any other India busi-
ness. It was merely a money question ; and it it
cannot be paid in India, it must come out of the
pockets of the public, and be paid here. He la-
mented, that he did not see more of His Majesty's
Ministers then present in their places, and that
those who were there, paid him no attention. For
his part, he was not a man that would give way
to oppression or desertion, but would remain at his
post, and manfully pea form and discharge the duties
imposed on him. He wished the House to call to
mind, that the debts of those unfortunate Princes,
the Nabobs of the Carnatic (who were now almost
all dead), amounted to no less a suns than five or
six Millions, and must be paid. It was right and
proper, that such as were really and Los,, fat due,
should be p aid ; but there were many that were un-
just, and founded in fraud, and it was highly neces-
sary to distinguish cautiously between them. On
this subjea, he thought he could not ni,h ti
House with higher authority than that of Mr. Bo: ke,
and would, therefore, beg leave to read, as vitt of
his speech. a paragraph from one of his speeches ;
which he did, to the following purport ; `s he says
(speaking of the old Nabob of Aunt), an opinion
prevailed from passages in his (the NahoS's) krter,
that large sums had been distributed to the Com-
pany's servants, and debts acknowledged, many of
which, there were the strongest reasons to sospea,
were tiaitious ; and it WAS astonishing an inquiry
had not been then made into the Company's affairs.
when ;t was known they were is so :flocs dlStrest."
That was in l7Sa; at.d, if they acre in great di•tress
then, they were more d-ploralaty aces ur,w ; the debt
was, at that time, ten or twelve millions, and
the private Creditors now claimed three millions
m.oe. That debt had, however, been impeovi.
cd:ntly paid 67 the Board of Commit% contr./re to
the express °mints of the Como of Direacrs. and to
the re,:resentatiens on the stsbjea of Lord Maeartee),
the then Governor of Made's. This matter, he said.
wool' -none on to he debated, on the next stage of
tl e Bill, th's slay se'nnight ; and he wout,t stroa,:ly
T' cambia it tie s ash Gentlerne4a as intended to
teas: .n that de rate, to read this •peech of Mr.
Blase, wilim was replete with infuimation cn the
sub) et. and was certainly ore of the most el.nrsent
priids.sirois which had ever been dehrt,r:-.1 in that.
or any other Assembly. This Bill, be said, came
forward without any specification of claims. Many
sums of those debts, to the amount of all/hens. had
already been paid; and the HAM: <Agfa to pewse..,
on the pry.:er. otcaCaa, or they to bt gre::l:4 so

far, at tint to he able to retreel, and tiefotre ,-;
aware of it, eng.ip thernselres to pee five e
nemens of money, the gteetret par: .•t which nil,
not be justly due. *the paper of the Naeeb c*
Arcot, rises, as it were, oat of the vaned e.goto
from an one knows ehere, and many peeyee ~,„
be paid, who are not entitled to be so. . fee sat, t; e
greet import:l:ice of this business, in its fullest p, t
of view, and WAS determined to give it the tit.,,:
particuler and strielese investigation; but h • wits
left to himself, and he found he seas not COllll to
the task. He hoped, and trusted, howls, tlio
he should receive assistance. There are, chi ,
Members who ought to he here, and vet are ,phi,
seen here, now-todays, whom I could wis'‘ to er,
me in my endeavours to obtain a fair develeeeme t
of these debts, and the various circurnoasistis a .
tending them. I would be glad to mention the
by name, but that would not he Parliamentar
There is an Hon. Member, who I am sorry not
see In h:6 piece at present, whose abilities are p,.
relierly a.'..pted to a question and investigate** or
this nature ; I mean my Hon. Friend, the wintry
Member fer Norwich, from whose assistance I
should uadoebtedly derive the most essential ii.
vantages. There is also a Right Hon. Gentleman,
whose splendid talents have long since been most
powerfully exerted on the affairs of India; I coe.rit
the present sr reasurer of His Majesty's Navy. I
am sorry to observe, that we have net had the liget
of his countenance in this House far a long time.
I hope he is not gone off into inenite space, :Ind th:t
neither Vemvius nor Etna are gone out
; but that
he will attend to this solicitation, and corne AAA
support me in this arduous undertaking. There is
another also, whom I wish for most particularly.
A Right lion. Friend of mine; who 6110 at preteat
a very high station in His Majesty's Councils, whom
I am sorry I do rot now see in his place, and it
whose assistance I am peculiarly anxious— (Hero.
pose Air. Fui, who was nut thee present, tut v./.4
in awe immediately ajt,,). With such assistants, Mr.
Francis said, he hoped he should be able to guart
against any ill effeels elect' this Bill might teed ti
produce, it sneered to pain into a law. lit coo
chided by moving-
-Feet there he lair! before the Mute, an keeouot of al! the
\ fume. r hien have beer. paid CieJaon
Nadvds of the C ,mat-e, ,isrce the Act o: of the I( to,r, c •
t tin rho or. men ind,voica!, 10 wit+lin pa.d. 51,e
of the Witt,, the period a hen ccannu.tinti aid Joathipiaid g
th.!pnocral trunk the ottentet.
Mt; FRANCIS here observed, that the interest
hae,in many cases, been cotityrted into priiteiraity'd
adverted to a speech of Lord Cereme.igh, delis mot
some short time beck, in wlech be owner:vett a debt
of twelve hundred thousaed puunea, and sin Lea.
dyed thousatid pounds for Merest.
Mr. PAUL seconded the Motion ; and said for.
Cher, that the Noble Lord opposite (Cettlerraeh)
who had been President of the Board of Centreue
must be sensible there were debts now due to the
Neheb of Gude, and other PI inces in India, ararmit.
ing to snore than three miilities ; and which. if &e•e
debts were allowed, must he pa's./ on the same
gr.unds.
Mr. W. KEENE made some ObA.rrititrtl in
support of the ;,vh.tion, hut in sn low a tone of ,:re
we could rot distiaelly hear all he said. Ili •
laded to an offer of 30,0001. made by the Nab e t
Arcot to Lord Macartney when he was Governer
of Madras, which t,is Loreslep refesed, but at the
time time rssurod him of his Leds:sip': desire to
da every thing in his power to serve him. He
seemed to intimate, that mail of those debts a. '5
altegether ficlitious, but that many persons rotery
merited relict. el hose whose •• sr eh.rs are en.
wrung (he said) need not winch ;" it was the guilts,
only who he.: any thing to fear. When the Ba,
came Iwiete the House he had many observetioes
to make.
Mr. H. ArIitIINGTON said, he did not rise in
give any opposition to the Motion, on die contrail.
ne theught the Hon. Gentleman who made it, was
entitled to every informatien on the subjeti ; and he
rejoiced to fad, that the Hen. Member, so far form
refraining to irterfere with the afteirs of India, as
he had intimated on a fermer occa.sion, intended to
persevere its his original and meritorious attention to
them. Nan lion. Member in that House was more
competent to the tick ; every man was sees-tee et
his unwearied exertions, and extensive keowleJge
in those affairs, and be unfeignedly rejoiced to we
him resume that aelieity wlech had ever reßeeted
the highest cre fit on his Parliamentary conduff,
respecting that valuable part of our possessions.
He theiget it, however, material to state to the
House, that the objet of the Bill was not to intlnce
the House to appoint a Commission; hut to enaeie
the present Commissioners to administer an flees es
to the claims to be made, and thereby seed:tan
impossibility of establisierg any claim, that was not
a dem 2.11,1 e one. The Company were a party te the
agreement under which the Commissioners heed
beer. appointed, and it was not ro he supposed teci
would be prueigal of their prope:ty; but rates, that
they would be anxious to save it. He was smooki
to hear the Hon. Gentlemen say there was me-
cipitation in bringing forward the Bill. lii. hoe.
Friend (Mr. Hobhouse) had repeatedly shamed, he
vreuld give any time that any Honourable filecuber
;night wish for, as well as every infornution oa tie
sulercl ; and if the Hon. Men:her (Mr. Francis)
it set desired it, the Bill would be deferred proceee•
ing in for any 1m: sonatas time. He assured Lee
Heute, that it eves with great reluctance hi, Hon.
Friend had consented to bong leeward the B;11; be
hat strongly oejefted. but his scruples had been
overeuleds and he was very glad of it, for he (14
not !hie& there was Any one, who, from the great at-
tenti"n lee had given in the besinets, was mote :sew
qaa:e to the tineetteking.
I ewe C A Mk-Ai-AG ii acknowleeged, that 3
;rest proportion of the debts were founded in trace;
Lot a considerable portion were bons
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foonsi,..l ia justice and equity. The agreement, he
sail. was made between parties legally compote:
to enter into it. It tied therefore appeared to
uthe
Court of Direaors, and the Board of Contronl. tee..
the hel.t way of preeeeeing was, to put it into tee
hands of a certain number of gentlereva. as C4l"
missiontrs. This Commission came Ware I:4
lieol.e with a favourable aye& as all the Direelces.
had agreed. that the arrangement was a very tree
one. end agreeable coati parties. and, in es.:: Le"
Greet. tee best, both tar the Company and tee .air
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ing with the No.ble Lord, that this was a fair trans.
adlion— there was a great deal not done for there
who are fair creditors, and a great deal dune for
those who are not fair creditors. lie tliongl't the
atowernent most artfully con:hero% and th,,.. it de-
n.: vt d the most serious attention of the 114.11....
The learned gerjeant tr• ode ore or two more obser-
vations, but as L/1, y •/l the Bill, ;rod will of
course he repeated, We desist at present (torn pur-
suing them further. He concluded by giving his
assent to the M 6(111.
Mr. HOB9OIiSL: said, that he would, for the
peseta, dei hoe cote! hog at large into any of the
topics which had been urged in relation to the me-
rits of the Rill he load the honour to bring forward,
but hop:d that he inight be pormitted to repel the
ch urge of precip.tancy ios the introdudion of that
nahnure. One Hon. Geral. man (Mr. Francis)
said, th ot the Report of the Commissioners was not
dehvered tth after the Recess, se:a-re-its, in fad, it
was circultted, from the Vote Office, at the dwell-
ins-houses of the Members, on the Friday morning
of the Easter 1. lidays ; and it the Hon. Memb
did not receive it, 1 mug have been for want of giv-
ing diredions In- th-at poi pose. A Learned Gentle-
man (Serie:sot wasalto in an error, when he
s ated that the age einem was not concluded upon
principio s, whereas, in truth, those only were
bona to :hoo .agreement who had voluntarily be-
come parties to it, and those who had declined to
do so, hod tic same legal remedy for their debts, as
it no atonement had learn entered into. As to the
Loans ma ie to eh.. Princes of the Conat;c, What-
evo- r insp. oirietv there might otherwise be in them,
they were tint ii leg tl b-fore the year 1797, when the
Parli (men? enacted. that such Loans should, in fu-
ture, bo. conaiderted as a misdemeanour. With re-
gard to Ole imp-oprirty of his aging as a Com-
airsairmer, :hat had been so fully justified by his
Han- 1- e,nd (Mu. Addington), that he felt no ne-
cessity to add oar thing to it.
Mr. Se.rjeozu said, that he only referred to
she illegality of the deists iontraeteJ atter the year
1;97.
Loid CAP, I LULEA GH, also, explained; after
who 'o, the r al was Igier.d tn.
Aft FO. ANCId dein. pree:cusly to the other
acotio-- ho 42.1 to propose, wished geaseraily to state,
that a:1 . had !-en said with re:ard to the merits
of oh- IL 1, wl.,ch was hereafter to be discussed,
ve. ~n his opiliorm, perfette out of season. Thr
only allusion he w:shed to make to it was, to draw
the attention of the Home to the great importance
of ot. t k did rot insinuate, hut plainly inserted,
that the Hon. Gent. (Mr. Hohloot ) was, from the
rot. situation he held at the India Board, ao improper
person to stct as a Commissioner for the loquidation
• of ;hese dsbts. He di., not, however, me on that as
a coral application, bu' as a fair proposition, tip.
on bet ad p:rharnentary grounds ; and what h.c.l
been ra ttr Iloal-toahk Gentlemao's own re-
In •• t o accept of the nffic-, was a proof, that he
tiraiwit at first entertained tooe same opinion. It
WS admitted by Lotd Castlereagh. that a considi
able porion of the demands were fraudulent, and
he believed, that, upon inset igation, the Httor
would be of *pi ion, that the greater part of them
were so. As to the condird of the coott of Di
rePors on this subjefl, it not being his intention to
apply personalities to any one, he a ould only 01..
serve, that toe Direft ors were a flodotating body,
and that the same interests may affed individuals in
our way, and a corporate body in another. He
did not think that any man could assert, that the
Court f Diredors had in no instance failed in their
they to their constituents, and with this observation
be would close that parr of the sithjed. In regard
to the nett'.- of the debts, he would caotent him-
self with stating, that a well known house at Ma-
dras, of gre it credit, had lately faded, and amongst
its assets were found, debts of the Nabobs of
the Carnatic, to the amount of 10,000 pagodas ;
and that its failure was known to be owing to
their employing the sums of money entrusted to
them, in the purchase of these debts, at a rime ohm
they were to be bought up fur one per cent. or a
penny or two-pence in the pound. Such were the
means by which great fortunes were made, frnm
the spoils of those usfortunate Princes. He ha
already alluded to some gentlemen, whose assist-
ance he thoktht himself entitled to expect upon
tills discussion, to which he now added his hopes,
that such of the Directors as were members of
that hotoc, would also attend the second read-
ing of the Bill. He bad only one obaervation more
to make, which was, that the Honourable Grotle-
Nom (Mr. Addington) had mistaken his meaning,
in supposing, that he meant to Interfere no more
upon Indio sub jests. He bad been much misrepre-
sen:ed en that point ; but is he had given his
aeac:ioa ses an authentic record of what lie
stated upon tloat, he should refer any gentleman to
that record, who might think it worth his while to
camel( it. He then cor.cludod with moving for an
account of all chaos or claims now Wile-gel to be
due by the Nabobs of the Ca:no:ie, siere the agree-
ment entered into in the year 1505, siseel) ing tine
nature at the several claims, and a list of the ger-
seas .'emarodiag them, as far as the sante is koown
to the Prat India Company'.
Mr. GRANT said that neither he, personally, nor
any of the members of the Court of Directors in
the year 180, were, as far as he knew of, at all
j/ICei net in the debts of the Nabobs. These debts,
inlred, *ere Ur from having been a tavourite
objet with the Directors; brie as it was adinot-
ted or all hands, that carte portion, at least. of
these demands was fair, justice otia lit to he done
le Creditors of that descrip.ion ; rid the objet at the
Bill sow before the }look he 1:n1:c-stood to he, that
they should be paid by an annuity, which would not
amount to more thin kalf of the irtcrest slow &eau-
-I..tolating then..
Mr. io lt A NClti etplaineci, that Lemont tan
tipoo the Court ot Directors, our upon any
is dive:Joao,-
The :dation was then egreeil to.
Les t%. C‘STLEREm;II toured fsr en Ahcirset rd' all the
.117.1 mooed soder the thefews Act, qtzu6si.
b .140 44l*,11•111 Ko-iits IS/AA Its. two. —,66l6red.
Mr. owe hats the Leila a•vtosin:l net Otis Stai,dr had
Seel !MC ..;dy g.bac.rd t 5 • d:r a 01;1.3 to be isreper,J
sr :414 Au I`.e trial at If 1,01.1 VS 4:1,1:1‘ VI. 4.
5; aids • • b. 7.41 14r•ed'to the Berl it • timings. • •• Si Lifland, aisd eNne ptsvautlitils.
r• SINCI gsw @intim, that he sicriOd So-insesnw
aC. exarr•ec into tlit SMSAAti she
• Ago coasits. --otsweed.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

1.:)N;:(:\
THURSDAY, Arum 17.

Notice was yesterday giv-n it the Custom-
House, that vessels under Papenhurg colours would
be allowed to clear outward;, for any port in I 101.
land or Sweden, upon security faring given that
they would return to Great Britain, and not violate
the blockaded ports. Vessel.. under liiiiplaizen
colours are allowed to clear out withcut any re-
striftion.

We have received Boston P.tpe:s of the 25th cf
February, but they are now otK,o!ete, as we re.
ceived New York Papers to the 9th March, on
Monday last.

Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes rf Yoasc,
CUM BItItL A NO, and CAM OUR, paid a visit to their
Royal Parents, at the QuEstes House, early yester-
day forenoon.
About one o'clock, the Quern, and three of the
Parwea•sts, paid a visit to the Duchess of Vomit,
and putook of an elegant drit sloe; abix,s. hakepast
three they returned to the QI:CEN'S
Yrsteiday, at two o'clock, His MAJESTY held a
private Levee, at the Qatari's Huse, which was at-
ended by all the grea Officers of Starr, and a num-
ber of Noblem .n ; Lord A SIHEIST (Lard in Wait-
ing) and Sii PHILIP HALE (Groom in Waiting)
on this occasion. Mr. ERSKINE, the Judge Aden-
care of t3cotlan.f, had the honour of being lotus-
diced to His Ni.iicsr ; also, Sir Joust Caartec,
the Solicitor G.tieral of Scotland ; the Earl of.
HARDWILKE, the late Lnrd Lieutenant of Ireland,
on his return from that country ; and Gen Hone-
so.., appointment a- Gas Toot of the Idand
of Bermula. Motv:ls X: NI • Nes, Esq late High
S'•eriff of Sinks, received the honour of Knight-
hood.
Tl:e Levee was attended by the Lnrd Cu ANer
LOS, LO,.IGIIttOVILLE, Lord HINCY Pi..TTY, Mr.
F ViSentHlt Howtce, Earl SPLNCEIis Mr.
Vs* nit Viacom:, Sinew T:I. Earl of C 43.
NA r .he xiarquis of Lnrd NA-
PIE.:. Cal Nl•sivs,s, F..rlof DARTMOUTH EA:I of
As-L.Stoat, harl of Hanstmotara, Earl of Haan-
wick c. :'aunt Woenazow, the Russian Amhassa.
dor, and S:r Site:tem COTTRILL, Clerk of the
Council. After the Levee, His MRJE LT Y held a
Privy C(iuncil, whim was very fully att.mded; after
wHch, the Earl of HA anwices hada long private
audience. f His MaJOIST Y.
In the evening fh-ir MAJESTIC, had a seleft party
at the Queer.% house.
Yesterday a Court of DireClors was held at the
Ease India Witte, when r're foilowing Commanders
Iris lt their final leave of the Court, prevlons to de-
parting for their respeSive destinations. Viz.—Cap-
t .in GEnnoa Witivisaa, /nears, and Cuptein Teo-
MI AS JONES. Tottenham, for NLideira. Niadras, and
Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till
Wednesday nest.
Eatrioft from The lotlive Gametic, Sept 13, 1805:
" On Saturday arrived in the River, the snow
IS'aia-e, from Penang. the lath August. By her
we learn, that the Madras and ('hina ships I:ad ar-
rived there. The ship George, with Company's
gunpowder and other goods, on freight, which
had bean captured by a French privateer, and since
recaptured by the Tremeedoea roan of war, had ar•
rived at Penang."
Extract of a Letter from Barlaidnea, dated F b.
I I The 2d of D-cember, and the Its of Ja
nuary packets, are not vet arrived, and we fear
they are captured, as the coast to windward swarms
with privreers, and some of them very strong."
Mem.—The 2d of December packet sailed from
Falmouth on the Ist of. January ; and the Ist of
January packet on the I3th.
The Shadey, Captain Wicsoir, from Liverpool,
for Dominica, has been captured after a severe en-
gagement, in which the captaie, his mate, and se-
veral of the crew, were killed: since retaken and
carried into Barbados'.
The Orion, JACKSt..N, ft am London, for Bristol,
was captnred on the rath ult. off Portland, and
carried into Cherbourg.
'lnc Spanish Coon has issued an Order for all
Portuguese, and other vessels, to quit the ports of
Vigo, Corunna, and Ferrol, and to prohibit, fur the
p:,.sent, the entrance of all vessels of the same de-
scription into any of thew ports. Upon this sishjea
we have been favoured with a letter from Vigo, of
which the following is a traoslat ion :
Vre., March 17, 1406.
" 1 deem it necessary to inform YOU, that an order has come
down here for all P irtoguese vessels to quit this and for
rubobitilig any ...duos tro.n entnong it. nut 24 this order is
ennfined to lists port, Catarina, and Ferrol, it is not to be in-
ferel, that it is on account of mis misunderstanding between
r,e two tioremmentat but that the leetsesatiou, in turse ports
may (IA be maie known to the Engludt."
Eurad of a Letter from Hopkins, 14th April
" Mr. Roacots, the popular Candidate, was elected
for tl-..is B-rough last Friday. His former Parlia-
mentary cot duct was so much approved, as to make
him, in every sense of the word, the popular Candi-
date. As soon as he was elected, he addressed the
Electors, thanked them for the honour they had
conferred upon him, said that the country was its a
perdons situation, but that how it came so it was
not now the time to innaire, unanimity being abso-
lutely necessary to prevent our becoming a province
of France. .1 he Princess of Watts passed through
this town on Saturday afternoon, just at the time
Mr. Rowans wasleaving it, his carnage being drawn
by the lace-women.'
Lail near:can appeared in his place, in the
House of Lords yesterday, the first time since the
death of his Sister, the late Duchess of DevoNSllllfte.
His Lordship was dressed in deep Mourrftug, but
wituout Weepers. Lord Gas.mvss.s.a appeased out
of Maann:ag, the first time since she death of his
Cousin, Mr. PITT.
Major Dac:seoarso, only son of the gallant Ad-
ieu-al of that name, was thrown from his braise a
few days since, at Stilton, in Huntingdonshire, and
was very much bruised. Accounts, received last.
night, we are happy to state, rei.:‘ s;n: h:nl IC a fair
ataxaseraelearr_

Manihel


THE ANCIENT CONCERT.

The ninth of. these grand concerts was held last
night at the New Rooms, Hanover-square, under
the direction of the Eati of tiallk IDGt, and was
mo.t numerously attended. he first act com-
menced w ith The Deilineen 7e Dfiim, which was
given its the grandest stile. Mrs. VAUGHAN and
Mr. EA ItT LEMAN Were extremely fine in the frost
scene from K A —mg —rt..tr. Mr. HA VS trop and Mr.
Bs trr t est AN displayed great execution in the beau-
tiful duet—
Qum anelrnte eervn ehe Isirgo
IJa Gen ernes, e cetca tl (owe,
by Maacet.t.o. The enchanting Madrigal,
Flora ease me feirest Rowers,
None • lair in Flor.• t•easure :
was givessby Mrs. BILCINGTON, Mrs. VAUGHAIS,
Messrs. H seaport, W Ksvemr, and BARI 1.1,
At AN. in the most delightful style, and was raptu-
rously applauded.
Mrs. BILLINGT ON sang the beautiful air—
Pos-o morn; mA s,ve.e
F. non aunt-, oil Dei !
with taste and sweetness, and was much applauled.
The conceit concluded with the grand chorus from
Saul.
There were present.-
Th. it Rnyal 11.;:6tie•sce the Place of W.:le. •; tae Duke; of
C.initne*ge and Kent
The Mitre of Orleans.
The fetinprit and Mareliinn,e of Thomond.
Connive us-lt;thitgliain, Carlune,non, AAMirtihrno, and
rfansheld.
E.r4--Uabridge, Pomfret, and Rucl.itspl.ainaii,./..
Ladle--A inherit, dud ,Nt tie, I'mrtun, l inner, Lid-
dell, and loieetr.on
Vieenunt and Vireounteee flam,den.
Vi.rounis—etimdmiti and Rmielaeh.
Lool mid Lady Ellenboorurti; Lord and Lady Vernon , and
on Worieitnu.e.
The 111.11,:s of Fly and Winriteeter.
H„,t, George g;110% are Lode ; and Mn. Hume.

131 BTU 041.
Thursday, the frith inst. being the day that Ers-
w•..n MO.TYN, Etc' son a!uf heir to Sir I'veics
:Most vs, Bart. nt Talacre, in Fliiitsli:re, became
of age, it was celenated weh every demonstiation
of j y, at Lasnasa, liolywell, and Whitford.
I he morning was ushered in by the ringilg of
bells, Szz. At the two former places, there were, in
the even in z, bo:,fires, firing of carinon„ general and
brilliant illuminations, and fireworks. A fat ox
was roasted whole at Lasnasa, and an exhaustless
quantity of ale g•iven to the populace. The whole
neighbourhood seemed to vie who should he fore-
most in shewinr; the!, respells to this worthy family.
lh- Tulacre family branched out ream the t—ose of
MosiTN, in the Keivi of Queen F.LiZAIIIVIN, and
have flourishei ;wallet with the parrot stock.—
Their alliance* since have been very respedahle,
and mot.ily v. ith noble halves. The title viss con-
ferred Upon 041461 y by Cu •a L eli 11. in Iti;'o.

Their Roral Highnesses the Dukes of Yoett and
CUM or Ft L AND, the Dowager Marchioness of BATH,
the Earl and Concuss et Haaartiornm,. Earl blue.
TES, Lady CliA LOT 1• DII:. RA A, the Cont,tess of
ItcHtsrta, and Sir G. PAUL. 1% Aired on Their M.
Jc Tles yesterday at the Qs.r sm's house.
Tire Ma►gtsis of Douai. AS if At Canterbury, with
his regiment, the Lanark Nti:iria.
Yesterday week, Lord Paurir r lriewed the 11th
Light Dragoons At Woodbridve, in Sinfoik ; eight
troops are quartered in the barracks. aud two in t be
town.

Ihe Countess of CARDIGAN w!ll have a Card
' party next Monday, at ber house, Upper Grosvenor.
street.
Mrs CiresweLL, and Mrs. Pessov. the ei-elevrier
lively Miss Slums, of Covent Garden theatre, are
singing and playing. with treat success, at Chester.
The next Ladies' Grand VoCal Concert will be on
Monday, the 411th instant, at the Countess of MAN-
vtas's, in l'ortmamsquare.
General Gatmvit re will give a grand dinner to-
morrow, at his house, in Ilill.street, Berkeley-
square.
last sight Mrs JORDAN'S 11. liada, in the Comedy
of All i r the ;neap and The 1.74.1.4/ Tbietek, attraded
an overflowing audience to Prury.lane Theatre.
Colonel and Mrs. Eisayssoux are expelled in a
'few days, from Ramsgate, and will resume their
fashionable assmbl.es, which have been prevented
by the indisposition of the Colonel, who, we are
happy to state, is quite recovered.
A contract, grounded upon nounie /ere, Eibsiste,
we understand, between two fine actresses at Drury-
lam! Theatre.

Tile Earl and Countess of 'natio]. are at their
beautiful seat, near Litchfield ; his Lordship does
not intend coming to town this season, her Lady-
ship's dm-op-beim, .t being near at hand.
The Duchess of Ltirisrca's party, in Grosvenor-
place, was numerously attended, last evening.
Lord and Lady Perat will give a grand dinner
next Saturday, at their house in Grosvennr•square,
to the Earl and Countess of At.atss•t La, Lord and
Lady ANSON. Mr. and Mrs. DUOLIY NOITN, and
a large party of Nobility.
The Dowager Lady Parat left town yesterday,
on a visit to Sir JON% And Lady TOROCESSORTOS.,
' at their beautiful seat at Bucklansl, Berks.
Mr. Baw, a gentleman well known in the dra-
matic world, has opened the Canterbury theatre for
the season, with an excellent company. On Saturday
last, they performed Tbe Soldier's Dearrhter, and
the farce of Matermoirs, to a crowded audience,
with rapturous applause.
The Earl and Countess of Essrx arrived yester-
day at their house in Huil•':reef, Bcrkelsysquare,
from Cashiobnry Park ; the Countess, we are sorry
to state, is indisposed.
Major• General and Lady 11.1. Ross gave a grand
dinner yesterday, at their house in 6,mile-street, to
the Earl and Countess SPENCLIt. the Eatl of Er
scx, Mr. Gavivittcs and \lra. Josses.
The Earl and Countess of Essex's house in Hill-
street, Berkeley-square, is undergotng several im-
proveme,.t, and alter.toans, and will not be ready
for the receptions of the farntty sattl the latter sad

Oil) BAILEY' SESSIONS.-. 4 ,L 16.

-

The C.'neral Quarter bessinns of Over and Ter:
miner, this day commenced at the Old Bailey, be..
fore the Right Hon. the Loan Mayot, L •rd Chief
Justice F.ctemeottotron, Mr Karon Triomesos,
Mr. Justice Roma, and a numerous Bench of Jus-
tices for London and Middlesex.
Joseph ParAyr, IrriWare Ke,norin, a•lj ,Judo Ge. I
Lie, three youths, of the re.peelive ages only of eight,
ten, and eleven years, were capitally indieled for a
burglary, in breakii_p; into the house of Richard
Moss, hosier, of Shoieditch, and stealing thereout
several pair of silk, cumuli, and v.-orsted stockings.
It appeared in rind-et:cc, that in the month of
March last, on the evening stated in the indiament,
about eight o'clock, the Prisoner-. Kennnvin and
Gable, were observed by the Patrole, standioe at
the Prosecutnr's shop window ; they saw them
fumbling at something, and the n while one rem seed
the putty from the glass, with a small glazier'.
knife, and took nut the passe, the ot::er put in his
hand, took out the goods in cptestion, and• all then
ran away. Parker was standing near them, ani
had been previously seen in their company. When
the three were taken Mos custody, by some 'slates-
sions he Made use of, it was suppo•ed Parker knew
of the felony being committed, and how the stock-
ings had been disposed of.
The Learned Judge, in summing up the evi-
dence, observed, that if the Jury were not satisfied •
as to the burglary (she breaking ct the window lA.
tog sufficient to constitute it a capital offence) chit •
case would be stripped of that, and it would be for
them to consider whether Oe Prisoners had been
guilty of si gle felony,
The Jury dtgodied Patter, but found the other
two :140,e of to,llig cm, ,
newts Setit.'t was capitally in.iiete,i for 'realist,- a
bay mare, bridle, and saddle, the property of Jakarta •
Vanghan. Esq.
It appeared, that at the time stated in the it,.
dictment, Woodhouse, V- e Prosecutor's bailiff, rode
the mare in question to a :arm called Enfield Chase,
near Edmonton. WI, n lie alighted, he tied her
to the paling inside the gate, leaving h s stick in a
aced-sent:le near, and proceeded to pot some hushes
in a part of the fence, which was br,,ken hue on his
return, soon after, he missed the horse. On getting
into the road, he observed a man riding her off to
full gallop, and beating her with a nice As hard as
he could. He immediately procured another horse,
and went in pursuit of the fugitive. Having fol-
lowed him for between four and five miles, he came
up with him at the King's Arms, Palmer's Green,
where lie found him in the act of selling the mare to
a person named Baker, for 61 IC,s. He had tr.ld
Baker that he muse part with the mare; he had
been on a cruise to St. Alban's, with his brother, •
spent .11 h•is money, and could not return to his
wife and f. • :!y without some. He offered her, in
the first instan...:, 7 r ,even guineas. When accused
of the felony, be an...-. -ed, that he found the mate
in the road ; but he could give no account how he
came by the stick aho. Seeing Woodhouse det-r-
-mined, he offered to give him and Baker a gui . a
each if they would let bins go ; or, if they wined
bring him to town, and let him enlist, he would
glee them a guinea a piece out of his bounty money.
fltis being declined, they were bringing Lim before
a Magx:rate, when they me: etch a St jeaut of
Marine., a;ld a reci uitirg patty. `nee Prier than
swore that he was a desei,rr from t',e 1.-th Regi-
ment of Font, and wanted the Sejesm to take hint ;
but the Witnesses would on, rive .irn tip.
The only defence attempted to be set up, was
that of intoxicati .n at the time.
The Jury, withaut heraLtsan, pronounced hint
Guilts.

Jahn M.Gee seas capitally indiined for asratilri g
on the King's highway, Gothied Henry I'4 son
Dieter, putting bim in dread and 'ear of hi‘. 1 fe,
and taking tram his person a metal watch and gold
seal. The Prisoner requested that all re whiles
except th- prosecutor, shi-uld withdraw, which was
complied with.
On the Clst of February last, between fire
and six o'clock in the evening, the Prosecutor
sa'd he was crossing the Strand, going inwards
&And-street, when the Prisoner ran against
him with great violence, and gave him a push, at
the same nropent, he felt his watch going, and im-
mediately missed it. The Prisnner ran (it Mr.
William Taylor and one William Wittnn, pursued
and came up with him, but he &Titled his inno-
cence so stirligly, and seemed to aCt with so much
candour, they released him. However, the chain
of the watch being perceived in his hand, he again
ran, and was again pursued, when Mr. Taylor
overtook. and knocked him down. Some tine
elapsed before Le could wrest the watch from bin.,
and not until the chi ystal was broken, and his hand
cot.
The Prisoner personally rross-exam;rted the Wit.
nesses, with intent to shew that they prevaricated,
but did not succeed.
When called upon for his defence, he stated th it
he was quite a stranger in town ; was a natter! of
Hurl, in Ynrkshire ; had a wife and five children ;
had served his ...ajesty for seven years in the List ; and was wholly innocent of tte offence Lt
stood charged with.
Mr. Justice Rocco, in summing up the eyidenc•
to the Jury. observed, that he always made•it a rule,
when the Prisoner desired the Witnesses for the
Crown should withdraw, to comply with it; but at
the same time observed to the Jury, that it muss
be in the hope that they would contradiCt each at,. r. •
:uch however, appeared in the present
case. This indiChnent certainly eoulel not be
ris-
tained in that pan charging the Prisoner with put-
ting the Prosecutor in ftar of his life ; but he com-
mitted an assault oa him, by suddenly giving him a
violent posh, which was enough to constiture a
felony ; and, taking frcm a man's perste, withnut Pis
consent, was certainly the committal of a rub:iery.
Verrlia.
Edirdresi e.es was indiCted for stealing a treat
coat, the property of his Grace the Duke ut Mont- to,
rolle.
William Curtis, a servant of tie Duke of Mont-
rose, deposed. that about two o'clock iii the after-
nnon, on the 3th March lots he SAW th- prisoiar
come op the area steps of his GTelse'S house, in
Grosvenor-square, from the .ery Al.' V- h.ti, sen,h a
bundle under nis arm; be suffered h.m

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