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and the; pressed that the Attorney tent-
ral shristisl peovei.ute, without any previous enquiry
in A Cimmittee. He did not like the affeetation of
penile applause that had manifested itself upon the
present occasion. The House had so far only done
its Juty, and it was by no means complimentary to
talk of its ronduA in the case of Lnrd Melville, as
:natter of surprise.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
ixpl
Mr FULLER thought the best way would be to
refer the further consid. ration of the business back
to the Committee with vi hich it originated.
Mr. FOX said, the Attorney General had fairly
admitted, that when the business would come before
the Court, in the shape of an Aai,,n, it would be
necessary to shew, that the m int:y sued for he-
longed to the public, and not to Lord Melville,
or Mr. Trotter; which, by reason of the manner
the accounts of the latter were kept, it would be
almost impossible to prove. It such a proceeding
tar,auld not have any effett, he thought it would be
She greatest dereliction of duty in the House to let
the business out of their own hands.
Mr. C•PiNittOspake nn the other side.
Mr. Glass and Mr. FoNatamer delivered their
opinions on the matter of law : the former supported
the Amendment, and the latter Mr. Whitbread's
Motion.
Mr. WHITBREAD said he had been charged
with shaping his condat for the purpose of obtain-
ing stray votes, but he thought he had shaped it
for thdhonour of the House, and the welfare of the
Nation. He concluded, by expressing his resolu-
tion of withdrawing his Motion relative to the Bill
of Discovery by the Attorney General; and trusted,
lte would not only have the Majority of the Hiaise,
but the Right Hon. i:entleman himself, its favour
of his Motion for the Committee
The question being put, the House divided, and
there a;peared--For Mr. Pitt's Amendment, 229
--Against it, 151—Majority, 7S.
Strangers were not again admitted into the gal-
lery, though the debate continued for near an hour,
We understand that Mr. Fox, on h;s return to his
seat, moved that the members of the Committee
should be chosen by ballot, on which a division took
piace—For Mr. Fox's Motion, 120--Against it,
:351—Majority, 131.
Adjourned at 'FWO O'CLOCK.

THE BRITISH P.H LE'Sn.

I.ON DON,
FRIDAY, Arro:. 26.

AS we yesterday, Mr. Prry's circular
letter to hie Parliamentary friends. given in some of
the Papers, was incorreet. It announced only busi-
ness of importance after the recess, and not that
he meant to bring forward a subjeCt of a Very
extraordinary uatute last night. Mr. WHI TREAD
proceeded to move for a men Committee to inquire
farther into the matter of the Tcntii Report. Mr.
Pirr moved an amendment limiting the inquiry,
which vras carried. Several notices of motions
were given, as will be seen hy our Report. The
remainder of the Session promises to be extremely
interesting and important.

We have received New York Papers to the 13th
tilt. To the great mortification of the Anti-Federal
Party in Congress, Judge Cot ASE has been acquit-
ted. From the state of the Votes it appears
that on three only out of the eight articles of im-
peachment, was there even an absolute majority
against him ; and as the Constitution requires, to-
wards a vetdiet of condemnation, a majority of two-
thirds of the Senate, hi s Acquittal followed as a
matter of course.

By a Letter from Dover we learn, that %even of
foe enemy's gun-boats, or schuyts, have been cap-
tured by our squadron off Boulogne, and one sunk.
They had come ant to exercise the men ; hut the
wiad dropping short, they were compelled to strike.

A Letter from Plymouth, of the 23d, states the
arrival of a lugger from the squadron of Sir .10111 S
Ottor, with advices that a French squadron of ele-
ven sail of the line, seven ftigates, and seven bits,
was seen to pass from the Mediterranean through
the gut of Gibralur, on Ole 9th instant.

The American slip Ri•v Sun, which bas arrived

at Falmouth from the Isle of France, and left it the
10th of January, has brought passenger Mr. Mil.-
CH att., 2d olic7r of the Priures Charlotte Indiaman,
which was captured by I.muts's squadron in the
Vizagapatam Rozds, who states, that intelligence
bad arrived before they sailed, that 110 LKAII had
been defeated by Lord LA Kr., with the loss of 186
pieces of cannon. No such account has been re-
ceived at the India House, nor Wel4 it believed there.
It is likewise reported, that the Marengo is on shore
on a rock at the Isle of France, where it is supposed
she cannot be got off.

Welnesday evening, the India f!:•e: sailed, under
- coni'oy of the 13/cabeirn, Admiral Sir "Filo:, TR Ct.
tremor and altlimigh the signal had been fly
tor two days, sev:•ral of the passengers we e left he-
; the contusion WAS hvyond uoscription ; fifty
iineas were offered for a boat, which was refused
r.• :he boatmen. who demanded one hundred guineas.
o.e signal-gun by; tired for the fleet sailing,
-t the Isle of Wight, wait.
Ind, went into his chatti-
ly, shot himself. The
th were the last of the
:veal tire sad six last

IJ: • signal-gun being tired
' a- iszer. who hail been at tl
t fket, we understai
• St-, a. ce,rr ••...e are to si
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• wrltn was by.%