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tentioa of the Honourable Member to a paper
which he shnul.l sine read--it would shear, on the
part of Capt. Hisochett, an *et of the greatest pro-
Iligary. and t ;ye molt detestable wiekesine.a,and that
he made the l ion. Member the instrument (lookuow-
ingly. of course) of putti lit forth his daring calum-
nies. The Hon. Gentleman opposite would recol-
lect. that he had stated lie had w trued Capt. Han-
chett. after he had told bun his st irv, not to allege
au' facts in hie Petition unless they were positive
truths—ai.d that the. Hon. Gentleman had mated,
that ('apt. Hatichett had, in reply, erturesslY de-
dared upon his honour. as an officer and 4 gentle-
man, that what h- sass r ell was true.--(e' near,
hear." frtnie Mr. Benaelt )--Irltiot alluded to his
denial of havolg started the bargain of 6,0001. for
his retiring soon. Now he sta. sure that the Hon.
G-ntleman and the House would he shocked to
hear edit oust have been ilie tit ssss incipled pro.
11 glary of the man. when he (Slr- Lushingion) in-
formed them, that he now helot to his band the
very paper in Captain (kitchen's own baud-
writing, in which he bond inatle the calculation of
S,OOO/. as the price of his retirement..—(fieur.)—
This clotidesnite agreement was very ingeniously
drawn is... It was averaging the value of an an-
unit% ~‘ 5001. for his life, he being 38 years of age,
tit 7.000/. This paper he (Mr. L.) declared, from
Ins ono konvoledge of the sosan's writing, to have
Leen ',trine', by hitn. If his identity of the hand-
writing waisted confirmation, it had received it from
those who equally knew his writisig.—( I Isar. )
The 11011. Gentleman then read a letter whoelt had
been transmitted to I by the father of the young
than, wid. whom Capt Lin Ilanchett was negociat-
iiig the retirement from his dote. and which stated
that the Imo had jammed hint Captain Haitchett
hall odered to retire fur live Intatlred pounds
per sustain, awl a portions of the salary, or fur
a tomtit sem of 6.000/. It was 8140 stated in
another letter that the Application originated with,
and was pressed upam the son, who had expressed
to Ills father his strong disanprebatiom of it. by
C.,ptstit Illanchett, in contradiction to what had
been asserted by the latter, MIA the son, in his
letter to his father, bilks at his " being saddled
with a curious proposition." Ile would ask, whe-
ther, after such a developeineut as this, the Hon.
&frontier opposite did not feel ashamed at bring
ntitotteottionally the iustroment of such a ch Is
racier ?—if be did not, lie .greatly mistook that
Honourable Member's rharacter.—( /fear, hear.)---
The moment this bargain t'4111.• to light, lie COM.
inunicated with the N dole lamd at the heed of the
Treasury. and-also with 1,1. Right Ilan. Friend
hirer hiss. The Noble Lord decidedly recom-
mended Captain Ha.,cloett'a toimetliate dismissal
from he service. but hr (ilr. Lushiiigtosi), as the
result shelved, with tem petopriesy, procured per.
mission for the oscer to map. l'he whole con-
duct of the individoel displa a cootinued scene
elf unesantpled wickeduews. He had made a va-
riety of charges to the public accounts fur his pri-
vate heave& ; us short, his gllite Wee so ellitittesee, that
utilesa te 'was much deceived, the Hon. Member
would at once avow in a manly snowier his 'ewe of
the imposition that had been practised upon him.
—PI/fur. hear.)
Mr. fILNNETT concurred entirely in what had
joist tal, it from tile Hon. Member, after the es-
:daoation he hail gives,. He was himself ignorant
of this poison's hand-writing, but he had no lies,.
tatt,on in saying, that, after the declaration made
respecinig the paper by the Hon. Member, he be-
lieved it to be in Capt. Hanchett's hand-writing,
and hr concurred in the opinion which the Him.
Member had so properly prommored at such con-
duct on the part or any matt.--(Heor, bear.)--He
was ready further to say, that he thougiot Govern-
' • meta were %outlet to dismiss such an officer after
then. k .ct ledge of his act, and that they had ottl%
taken the step which was incumbent upon them to
take on such an occasion. After what had passed,
lie was ready to declare he should take no for-
th.r step oespecting Captain Hatichett's Peti-
tion. Si iii, however, some application might be
necessary respecting the abase of patronage which
ails caul...cull with the complaint. He believed the
ditty of a Menther, generally speaking, wits to
lar.ritt a l'etilion. and that lie ought not to be too
suropulotio, as to the terms of it, if brought to hum
under circumstances of apparent credibility.—

( I Par. )
Mr. LusuttinTos, in reply to the allusion to
abuse or pstranage, observed, th.,t on a reference
to the Tira•ury appointments which he had recoin-
mend,d, he found that for one hr had urged for a
Canterbury friend, he had niaole two in favour of
C.,ptain
The Petition presented by Mr. LUSIIIINGTON
sass then laid on the table, and ordered to be
printed.

ADJOURNMENT TILL MONDAY.
Oo the motion of the CHANCSLLOII of the
FXCIIIIIQUER, it was ordered that the House. at its
rising, do adjourn until Mondsy next.

PROTFSTANT DISSENTERS.
Mr. WM. SMITH rtme to present several Petitions
from Protestant Dissenters, who complained of the
prewut operation of the Marriage Act, and who
prayed that thry would, like the Jews and Quakers,
be permitted to solemnise their marriages at their
own places of worship, or that the objectionable
wet of the cere►nony should he waived its their
particular cases. The lion. Gentleman then pre-
genies' Petitions to this effect from the following

ploces :
The Protestant Divasnters in and near Tenterdeth in
Kent ; the Protestant Dosentera of the City of Gloucester;
the Cowrie* • in Parliament-court, Artillery-ground,
and two other Congregations in London; two Cougregations
in the county of Suffolk ; this Protestant Dissenters of Bris.
tot, of Newport, Isk of Wight, of Exeter, of Chichester,
of Norwich, and of Lincoln; also one from the Unitarian,
of Liverpool.
The Petitions from Tenterden. Newport. and
Liverpool. were ordered to be printed.
PUBLIC INCOME AND
XEXPENDITURE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the trier of the Day for the House resolving itself
into a Committee of the whole Douse, to take into
consideration the First Report of the Finance Com-
muter on the public Income and Expenditure.
The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved, " That
the said Report be referred to the Committee."
The House having resolved itself into the Com-
mittee,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER paid,
that as the Resolutions of which he had given nctice

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