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him; his expulsion from this liOUrte, and bis being deprived of
the Order of the Bath —all pressed so heavily on bis recollec-
tion, that they s•otnpletcty overpowered him.—[The Arable Lord
was hn•r much afrcote:l]-.He should, he observed, merely propose
to lay the Charges against laird Ellenlsorotigh on the table : As-
sm ing the House, that lie should be able to prove, that he nei-
ther directly or indirectly had moy s'• ire in the Conspiracy.
Indeed a proceeding was now gOitle, on, %%lila he hoped would
establish his innocence. lie proposed to lay the Charges
which he held in his hand on the table ; reserving to himself a
fnture day for submitting a Motion on them.
The SPEA K Lg. --If the Noble laird has articles of charge
against any person, he will deliver those charges in at the
table. It is his right so to do, and is not the subject of a
motion.

The Noble Lord then brought up the Charges, and delivered
them into the Clerk's hand. The Clerk was proceeding to
read ; but the Noble Lord observed it would save the time of
House if they were Out read at present, but merely laid on the
table.

The Sraaattn.—The House will not do its duty unless it
bears every word of the Noble Lord's Charges. The Clerk
will proceed to rend them.

LOrd COCIIRANE.--Tu the case. of Sir Elijah Impey the
Charges were merely laid on the table without being read.
The SPEattEß.—The House will not (Ate step in the
hnsiness, nor for an instant hsten to the rubject, without tlrst
hearing the contents of these Charges.—( Hear, heir.)
The Clerk then read the charges, which mere of much lenth,
and consisted of 13,

Substantially charging Lord Ellenhorough with pm:coding at mid.
night with his trial. agates: the repres4ntatiun of his Counsel (Mr. Fr.T.
jeunt Bent), who stattd hit in:apt...4 to proceed, at that late hour, a ich
justice to his clients, having heed engaged for 14 hours; heariLg a Fart
of the evidence that night, anti adjourning the Court for un artificial
reason : hasterintt on the defence fur the tame mean; that in so doing
he had been guilty of impartiality, injustice, and orprevlion.
. .

'1 he 2d charge inculpinvei him with confounding the CIISCi of the de.
fentlant,4 Thin charge entered into a comprOwn,ive view of the, stock
transactions between the parties, to alitw that Lord t:oclintne, on the
morning of the conihracy, was not a stockholder to any amount, suf=
lit.ier.t to make him a party in the funds.

The 3d charge w•a :that there wai no evidence to trace by whom the
draft fouhd on Dc IL:rover, was given.

The 4th charge was for asluning that the note found on De fhrenger
camc from Lord Coeliriuw, and evading evidence to account for that note.
The sLit charge was for injuriously stating to the Jury, that Lord
Codirane, in using the name of De Ilerenget, was influenced by an
opinion that he Nod quitted the kingdom.

The 6th chargot was for unduly and unwarrar.tably insinuating to
the Jury, that Lots' Cocbranr's obtaining kat/ of alt•encc, in February,
11;14, wit: for the iturpos.: of drawing their attention from other iiiattcri.

The 7th ch,trge was for misrepresenting the confession voluntarily
made by Lord l'och7ane. of his being in company with 11.. C. John-
stone, and oth..rs ii,xplicatcd in the conspiracy, un the Iran:ling of the
ist of February.

The lath cbarge, way for unwarrantably controverting the statement.
on oath, wule by Lord Cochrane, that the name on the note ut tip• Ist
of February was written so near the bottom, that he could rut read it.
The fith charge was for tit:warrantably stating to the Jury, that the
statement made on oath by Lord Cochrane, as to his returning the note
ut the Ist of Febrie.ry, yes unworthy of credit.

The loth charge was far unw.trrantably treating Lord Cochrane's
declaration on oath. that lie had rived a!etter from his brother, Ai i.jor
Cochrane, apprising iii:n of the dangerous state of his health.

The Ilth charge w:l4, for unjustly representing the evidence. on tho
part of 1...1 Cochrafef respeetin,..• his application that 1)e lltvengtv
shoul.l go out as an off;er on board the Tounant.
The 12th charge way for injuriously passing over i,onl Cochrane.4
affidavit rtvpeeting his refusing to take Dc lit renger to America with-
out the leave of the Admiralty; ford his aflerwards recollxting tl,a; he
had seen certificates of He Berenger's services signtsi by Enid Yar-
mouth, and others in office and also misreprearnor.g the evidence of
the lion. A. Itiurray, as to the way Lord Cochrane beciune acquainted
with de Iterenger.

The 15th charge was for pawing over the solemn declaration of Lord
Cochrane on oath that 1w had nut been De Ittrenger in a green coat,
butt, and epaulets. lc.
'rhe Set AIiFR wished to know what the course was which
the Noble Lord wished to purrme with regard to these elear:.,es
Lord Coenn NE proposed that they should be printed, in
order that every number might form his opinion on them,
which it would he ible to do after once healing them
read. lie then moved that the charges should be printed.
General M MIEW set muted the motion.

'Cite motion was then ug,reed to, n COO.
The SPEAKER then wished to know if the Noble Lord
would appoint ally day for taking these charges into consid,lr-
ation.

Loral C'octinANE said. that when the Charges should be
printed, and id the bawls of 31enitiers,lic would appoint bOlll4/
day for discussing them.—Adjuurtied at uuc o'clock.

WEnsEnDAV, MARCH G.

Petitions were presented from the county of Gloucester,
31arslatield in Gloucester, La., cock in ‘Vilts, Plvinont ti, 14 iutou,
Nlarlborongli, Bedford, Peterhoromeh, Aston 'Abbott, and va-
rious other places against the property tali.
'file Shop-tieing Gill gent through a Committee; in which
Sir S. 'Unfitly :dated, that provision Win.; made fur transportioz
persons found guilty of stealing privately in a shop under the
value of

Sir W. Granv presented a Petition from Clan:Lam against
tlu• property tax.
Sir 12. mu: presented a Petition from the tenantry of
3(id-Luthian stgainst the ',mistily tax. The 11..12. Gentleman
admitted the dist ; esses of the farmers of that and every
attics. !girt of Scotland; notwithstanding which, he considcred
it as a good measure., stud should vote tier its continuance.
31r. LAM trvoi presented a Petition from the city of Dur-
ham; as did Sir R. Fergu,sos from the Burgh of I)vsart.
Lord :\ t LNT presented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Aylesbury, representing the tax stn property as uneonstitution-
4—the I.eeping sip a standing army ay dangerous to the liber-
ties of the country, and praying for the repeal Of the LIN. The
Noble Lord stalest, that the petitioners were toot who would
sutler any privations, if needful ; but they felt now, that they
wort• taxed for the support of a profuse mautary eAtui.lishmunts
tu_keep up • military taste, sold a system altogether dangerou:
to theyrmeiples of the Constitution.
_ . .

Sir (.. 111.:111ICOTE presented a Petition from the inhabitants
of ,cveral districts its the county of Rutland, on the same
subject.
Sir N. Now. thought the tin, proper!) modified, oti:;ht not
to be gi‘rii up. The treat griessuce ono, the manner of mil-
let-tine the tt; slid he recommended that Government should
not be too r4t.rons in collet-tin; it.
blr. Vaascrexter noticed the ohjection4 Liken to the rc-
nevrrl
of the tax, ichielt lie contended, mine I..rraed upon nar-
row sill coal-Anted %gems arise siatiect. 't he tax was intro.
ducal upce tie Wes, originally, of raising ivithin Ilk! year

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sudic;ent for the purposes of war, and as a means of relief to
the public in time of peace. By this IneilinA the public were
relieve,' from a burthen of between 'nue and ten millions—
[Kr.. lioge here said trqre millions.l—W ell, it might be twelve
millions; lie was not exactly prepared to slate the precise sum,
bat they were relieved 4oineu heft. to east amount by the ope-
rations of thi4 tax. Wilma he consideied how large a portion
was drawn from the country to stipport the expenditure in
'time of war (upwards of 170 millions), he was far from think.
itie our situation, as bottle gentlemen iina*iiwd, hopeless or
desperate. Si hat was our present situation e had a larger
surplus of the Consolidated Fund than in 1:101, when the
measures first began to opei ate. It was then calculated at one
only;willimi there was now an increase of Y,600,0001.; and
the real situation of the ceentry win; improved by 10 millions.
This eras Fulikient to destroy the assumption that see at re iu
a state of ileeay.

Lord MILTON had authority, in reference to the Commis-
sioners tinder the tax, to say, that some of them would not,
is time of peace, collect the tax ; of course the tiovernumns
must have to pay the Commissioners.
Mr. MAKRi ATT had listened to the various diumssions, and
was sat:sf:ed that the property tax englit not to lie continue:l
The intermediate spare of time, as it was called, wm. a time
in which it could not he born►. the nubblc felt so much pressure,
other respects. He thonght the tax ought to be kept 41 4
brie of demarcation between %Nil!' and peace. The elanionr of
Th.:. country, as the Noble Lord hod stated it, was nut so, but
cries of distress.--f Hear, hear.
Mr. Cam-mut/Jur admitted the tax ought to be a war one;
but it w 4.1 necessary to have a limited 0110 time of peace,
in order to wind np the expenses. The country would find
relief from the plan of the modifications isiMpted by the. Eight
Hon. Geutlemaa.

Mr. Titomesos was of opinion, and that opinion was
sanctioned by pi 11011 A of competent skill, that the money re-
ipeted might be raised without affecting the fnds, sad the
iutet est tar two years might be easily repaid. The Hon. Cent.
maintained that the distresses of the country were so great,
that lie hail applications (iii consequence of having sent cut,
thruteM the means of the Under Secretary of State, a poor
%101I1:111 and her two children to Botauy Bay, to her husbaud.
who was trausported thither) to send many of the poor fatmees
Holderness out ; the poor woman had given. in a letter to a.
friend, such a flourishing descriptiou of the place. The for-
mers of Holderness could get no work, no money nor could
poor-rates be collected to give then, relief.-if Ministers
would take off the horse and property. tax, much relief would
be afforded to the agricultural interest, which was every where
suffering alike.
Mr. 1..re50 WELLESLEY entered his protest against the tax,
after mature deliberation', conceiving it to be most injorions
to the azricultural and trading interests. To doing this, be
was aware he spas setting up his opinion against blinisten, for
w Mon, and especially for one 01r. Polc), be must entertain
sentiments of respect and affection. But that Night How.
Genit r•ni.m would despise hint if he did not publicly state bin
sentiments.

The Iluu.c then went into a Committee of Supply, and re-
sailed the adjourned debate i n the Army Estimates.
Mr. S. IV ORTLEY considered our force in the Colonies na
too large. With Respect to the force proposed to be kept up
in England, he considered that the state of helms(' required a
larger three to i.e kept up in this country than we shoal
otherwise require, as it was nneertuin how soddenly en ad-
ditional force might be called for ; nod, therefore, it WAS.
! highly necessary a force should be kept up in this country,
ready in case of emergency.—Upon the whole, however, he
was (diation, a reduction of 1903 in the guards, and Indu ra
the hoaeleal troop., might safely be mode: this would Irate
20,000 fur England, a number, in hi. opinion, by no means (14
large. Ho considered that a further number of .;000 'night be►
taken from the other ports of the proposed stablishment„
making in the whole, a reduction of 10,00 u ma it; as large a
reduction as could, in his opinion, with safety to the public
service, be made. If Ministers should fail to convince hint
that his opinions were erroneous, he %wild wove a reduction
in tin different points he had stated.
Lord C.IifiILEREA6III said, the Government Caine to this
creation with every disposition to economy ; and he felt some
satiptaction that the diderences of opinion between Member*
and the Covet anent were not so errata+ at first sight apacared,
He wished himself to be pledged to no greater reduction of
force for the nest year than 72,000 num.
The House then divided on Mr. S. Wortley's Auteuil:tient,
for a redaction of 10,000 teen. Fur the Motion, 130—Against
it 101--Majority in favour of Slinisters 7,.
Tile cunt ideration of the other Resolutions was then deferred,
mid thu !louse adjourned at Three o'clock.

THLRIDA.Y. MARCH 7.

Tho House was occupied a cousideraLle lenntit of time in re.
Petitions from various plaices apinst the Property Tax.
On the motion of Mr. M..\. Taylor, a Committee of twenty-
one Gentlemen was appointed to enquire into the present slat*
of the P.l‘,enient of the Metropolis.