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Thos D.v is yUbli,tett, the ii:dividuals accused, to such a degree, that it
``III; RgGIS PER OFFICE.—A New Edition, was not thought just or prudent, in the latter case,
•j re• nal, Perforated at the Thrat"R'74 1)"7"1' s' to hold the trial where it was first intended. His
!Mimi for 'll.l4cr and Sun, Dramatic Repository, Great
advice, however, and that of the professional Gcn-
Rossol.oreet, Covent r?antet3.
Also, the (aiming New Place : tlemen concerned with him was, that no proceedings •
'tel.-INX for FRIENDS. by Mi.; thambere, should be taken, as they-would only tend to give
--as: DOLLARS; or, The Priest of the Par:-h, by greater publicity to what was already too much
Mr. Chen. • talked of ; and the parties having been since exe-
YOU' I I!, LOVE, AND FOLLY, Sy. Mr. Dimond.
anted, there was no party to prosecute, unless it
TfitaTY TtitstleAND; or, Who's the Richest? by Mr.
was taken up by the King's Attorney-General,
FATAL. CURIOSITY, by Lille. which was rather more than, in such cases, could
be expeCted. The remedy which he meant to pro-
pose for this abuse was, to give to any prosecutor
the inducement of a penalty of 1001. or some such
sum, against such offenders ; but as he understood
the public to have so great an anxiety for such re-
ports, that the penalty may net, in some cases, be
sufficient to deter horn the publications, he should
also propose to give to the Court a powe of adding
the punishment of imprisonment for such a limited
time as may be agreed upon. If the House should
agree to his Motion, he said, he should take care to
prepare it in such a manner, as he thought would
be least exceptionable ; and concluded n ith moving
for leave to bring in a Bill, to prevent the publica-
tion of all interlocutory or ex-parte proceedings, in
criminal cases ; which was agreed to.
Mr. Johnson, from the Irish Chief Secretary's
Office, presented some civil list accounts, which were
ordered to lie on the table.
LORD MELVILLE'S IMPEACIIMI-NT.
Mr. GILES moved, " that a message should be
sent to the Lords, with the names of the witnesses
to be examined on the trial of Henry Lord Melville,
and to request that their. Lordships should issue
summonses for their attendance on Tuesday, the
29th of April, together with the necessary docu•
meats, accounts, and other papers."—Ordered.
A message from the Lords afterwards announced
that they acceded to the request, and would
issue summonses accordingly; and also, that their
Lordships had agreed to the 20,000,0001. loan, and
some Private Bills.
On the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, the Irish
Bank Note Duty, and the Irish Three Shillings
Dwelling-house Duty repeal Bills, mere read a 2d
time, and ordered to be committed on Monday.
Mr. GOLDING gave notice, that on Monday
next he should move for copies of some letters from
the Governor-General of Bombay to the Court of
Directors, dated on the 4th of May, 1804.
The Appraisement Duty Bill was read a 2d time,
and committed for Monday.
The order for committing the Property Tax Bill,
on Monday, was, on the Motion of Mr. VANSIT-
TA RT, discharged, and the Bill ordered to be re-
committed on Wednesday next.
The SECRETARY at WAR, after having first
obtained an order for that purpose from the
House, presented a copy of the paper first delivered
to the House in the year 1774, respeCting the ef-
lea of enlisting men for the limited term of 10 years;
of men raised for His Majesty's land forces, militia,
and fencthies, in Great Britain and Ireland, on the
British lestabl.shment, distinguishing each quarter.
-Ordered to be printed.
Mr. HAWTHORN moved for a return of the
number of foreign and provincial corps raised for
tire service of Great Britain and Ireland, far the
years l hOS, 4,5, and 6, distinguishing ditch gear-
ter Ordered.
'lle report of the Committee on the longitude,
was brought up by Mr. Yorke, and agreed to.
Witnesses' Declaratory Bill was reported,
and ordered to be read a t'bird time on Monday ; as
i were also the the Three Millions Exchequer Bills
Bill, and the Tea Duty Bill.
The Committee on the Tobacco Duty Bill was
deferred to Tuesday ; and the Committees of Sue-
ply, and Ways and Means, to Monday next.
INDIA AFFAIRS.
Mr. PAUL, previously to his entering upon the
Motion, of which he gave notice, wished to
ob-
serve, that of all the papers which he moved for
ten months ago, not one had yet been presented ;
be, therefore, moved, " that the different orders
of the 11th and 17th of March, 1805, calling f,,r
copies of the letters from General Lake to the
Marquis Wellesley, relative to the Bhurtpore war,
together with copies of general treaties, correspond-
ence, &c. be read ;" which being done, he moved,
" that a return to them be made forthwith."
Mr. ADDINGTON, in order to vindicate the
conduit of the Board of Controul, reminded the
House, that the voluminous papers, respeacting the
Province of Oude, were already on the Table; and
that the other papers, though consisting of five folio
volumes, were copying with such dispatch, that they
were now nearly ready. The house would not
think it strange that the papers relative to Bhurt-
pore and Surat, should be so voluminous, when they
considered that one letter sometimes extended to
nearly half of a folio volume.
Mr. PAUL acknowledged that they were very
voluminous, but still thought, there was some unac-
countable delay in their produaioit.
Mr. ADDINGTON said, that if there were any
fault, it must be in the persons appointed to print the
papers.
Mr. GRANT vindicated the Court of Dire ors
from any charge of delay, as they sent the papers as
soon as they were requited of them.
The motion was then agreed to.
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY wished to know
whether Mr. Paul meant to persist in his motion of
atoning charges against Marquis Wellesley, on
Tuesday next ?
Mr. PAUL replied, that it certainly was his in-
tention, on Tuesday next, to move charges against
the Noble Marquis, for squandering the money of
the Company for the purposes of his own unneces-
sary splendour, and to make that charge a ground
for his impeachment. The reason why he meant to
take this course was, as, when an intention was ex-
pressed of moving an impeachment against Mr.
Hastings, in the first instance, the Hon. Member
for York, opposite to him (Mr. Wilberforce), ob-
jeled to it, on the ground that it would be proper
first to have before the House some evidence of the
charge, which objection, at that time, prevailed.
He then proceeded to read, from 72x• Parliaare”tary
Register, an extract of the debate on that occasion ;
when,
L' ,rd TEMPLE spoke to order, and appealed to
the Chair, whether it were regular in that House to
liven to any printed report of their proceedings ? He
Loped, that if the lion. Gentleman raeant to satisfy

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Fosp•v, A►RIL 18.
Counsel were heard respecting the Scots Appeal
Cause, Robert Henderson, of Cleugh Heads, Esq.
v. Ramsay, Maxwell, and others, viz.—Mr. Soli-
citor-General, at some length, as leading Counsel for
the Appellant. After which, their Lordships de-
ferred the further consideration of the case, till

Monday.
The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their
respective stages; among these, the Twenty Millions
Loan Bill was read a third time, and passed ; and
the Ordnance Treastirers Will, and Sir J. T. Duck-
worth's Annuity Bill, severally passed through
Committees of the whole House, and were reported
without amendment.
The Order being read for going into a Commit-
tee, on the West India Governors' Indemnity Bill.
Lord Walsingham accordingly took the Chair.
A few verbal amendments were proposed by Lord
Auckland, the necessity of some of which seemed to
be doubted by Lord Sheffield ; but were agreed to,
without farther observation on the* part of their
Lordships. The Report of the Bill was ordered to
be received on Monday.
TRIAL OF VISCOUNT mr.r.vtu.E.
Mr. Giles, attended by several Members, pre-
sented a Message from the Connmons, which being
read, appeared to' he a communication of the
names of the several witnesses, wilose attendance
they deemed necessary, oil the trial of Itinty Lord
Visc unt Melville, and requesting their Lordships
would adopt the necessary steps in issuing sum-
monses, &c. for securing the said attendance, and
also give the requisite orders respeAing the produc-
tion of the various papers, documents, lc. which
were necessas y to be produced.
The communication was, for the Ir:tient, ordered
to lie on the table.
It lA' ic ordered, on the motion •-if Lord WAL-
SINGHAM, that James Wrz•r, Esq. Surveyor-
General of His Majesty's Bo,' .1 of Works, should
a,tend at the Bar of the Ho on Monday next, in
order to represent to then!: Lordships the state of
forwardness in which the erations in Westmin-
ster Hall. for the trial Viscount Melville,
then were.

Alin, that the custe.nar, notification be trans-
mitted to His Royal I ..t.,,bness the Prince of Vilales,
that the trial of Lord V:-.:unt Melville was fin take
place in Westminster HA:, on Thewlay, the 29th
instant, with a ieterence to His keyal Highness's
attendance on the occasion.
Anti a similar notification (agreeably to the esta-
blished efirittle) to the other members of the
Royal Family.
A Message was then ordered to be sent to the
Commons, acquainting the House, that their Lord-
ships having taken their recent communiettitm into
consideration, respelling the attendance of witnesses.
' &e. in pursuance of their request, would adopt
the necessao y steps to pi ovide for their attendance,
Ste.
INSOLVENT 1:11,11TO1tS' PALL
In reference to this measure, now pending be-
fore their Lordships, and pursuant to the motion of
Lord Holland, the following documents were pre-
sented at the Barr
Mr. Nixon, Deputy-Warden of the Fleet Prison,
presented an Account of the Number and Names of
Persons confined for Debt in that Prison.
Mr Newman, Keeper of His Majesty's Ganl of
Newgate, presented a similar Account, respeilking
die debtors confined in that prison.
Mr. Kirby, Keeper if the Poultry-Compter, laid
before the House an Account of the Number of
Persons confined for Debt its that Prison.
Mr. Tate, keeper of the Giltspnr and Ludgate
Prisons, presented a similar Account respelling the
persons confined for debttherein.
These documents were ordered to lie on the table.
Some orders were made respctl:ng the judicial
business of the House; after wind) their Lordships
aJjOillned 'till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

I
NF.W WRITS.
On the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, a new
NS, Tit was ordered in the room of the Right Hon.
G. Ponronby, who has accepted the office of Lord
Chancellor of Ireland ; and.
On the notion of Mr. FOX, R...9tw. Writ for
the town °lC:Away. in the room of the Right Hon.
Denis B. Daly, who has accepted the office of
Joint Muster-Master-General, in Ireland.
EX•PARTE. PUBLICATIONS.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, in consequence of the no-
tice he had given, rose to draw the attention of the
House to what he considered a subjea of great con-
sequence, which was, to prevent Newspapers from
publishing any interlocutory or ft-parte proceed-
ings in criminal cases. Nu man, he said, could be
a greater friend thin he was to the liberty of
the press ; but he considered those to be its best
friends, who would wish to correct its :buses. The
°Nal of the measure he had to prapose was, to
igive to perscni 4CCUSCd. an impartial and sat istaitory
trial by Jury. lie used the word satistaftory, be-
cause he was concincel, that most Gentlemen of
the protection to which he belonged, already con-
sidered such publications contrary to law ; and their
,Tinion e.a9 icArtoticd, by the record of two Editors
liavuag been, some time since, sentenced to sit
nionilcs imprisonment, in Surrey, for publishing the
proceedings before a Magistrate at Kingston. in the
case of a person who teas afterwards tried her
murder. In two cases in which he was employed,
namely, those of Colonel Despard, and the untat-
mute man who was lately executed in the neat
coon' y (Mr. Patch), he was consulted about ptose-
cutirg these publishers, who were thought insult-
, mental in jail:ming the minds of the public, against