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LORD MELVILLE.

Mr. GILES moved that a Message be sent to the
'Lords, with a List of the names of the Witnesses to
be adduced for subStantiating tire Charges against
Henry Lord Viscount Melville, and requesting 'of
the Lords to issue their summons •to such Wit-
nesses fdr• their attendance on the said Trial, on
Tuesday the 2gth inst.—Ordered.
A Message was afterwSrds received from the Lords,-'
stating that they had received the Mes Sage from the
Commons, and had 'ordered the necAsary summonses
to.he issued for the attendance of the Witnesses, and
also for. bringing with them, and producing the pa-
pers, hOoks, and accounts set opposite to their'
names. • -
Sir W. CURTIS presented a Petition from certain
Owners of African Traders against the Slave Bill.
The Irish Bank Note Bill, and the Three Millions •
Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Irish House'Doty. Bill;
were read a second tithe,-andcommittedforMond,iy,
' Mr. GOLD6:G gave notice, that be should on
Monday move that a Copy of a Letter froin'the
Court ofDirectors of the East India Company, Of
Sept. 14, 1803; and other, Papers relative to India
previous to. Lord Wellesleys, departure for that
Country, be added to. those already before the
House. .

.e-commitment of the Property Tax Bill was
discharged, and ordered to stand for 'Wednesday
next.

The Inspe&or General of Exports and Imports
presented an Account of Wine imported lait year ;
which was ordered to be printed.
On the Motiou of the SECRETARY at WAR, there
was ordered to be laid before the House an Account
of the Number of Men of Regular Forces,. Militia and
Fencibles, enlisted for the Service of Great Britain,'
fro-rn the' 29th of September, 1774, to 29th Septecti-
ber, 1800, ciiifinguishing each year. This he moved
for, in order to shew the number of, men which had
then enlisted for a limited number of years. He
then: brought up the Account, which was ordered to
printed. . •
On the Motion of Mr. flAwmonst, there was
ordered to belaid before the House a Return of the
Nu:nber of effective Men in the Service of Great
Britain on the Ist ofJanuary, 1803, 4; 5, and fi, and
of March, 1800, respettively, distinguishing each
COrps, 40 l'ar as the same can be made up.
' .The. Longitude bill and Witneses' Bill were re-
ported, and ordered to be read a third time ou Mendu,

Tlic: l'--e Put y hill I,.vtS coiiimitted, and ordered to
I
be reported'ou:MundAy. . , -', : •
j:- • INDIA.
( .On the ,Motiotl of Mr. PAULL, two several Or- ,
1 ders Of ilia- House of the Of 7th March and 17th
, -.
i ;of March, 1805,- were ',read i the fosrmer, ordering..
the produaion of certain Papers rehitive to Bhurt
.
t pOre ; and thc latter to: Surat, and the Papers con- -
tained in them, were, after some observations from
Mr. ADDINGTO.N.ZII)&3/in GRA'tiTYCirdered to be pro=
r dUced forthwith.
Sir A. \WriList.C-y; Wished that Mr. Paull would -
be so ' kindis• 'to explain the nature, of - his Chare
,[ against Lord Wellesley:` ..'- . . .
1 Mr:'.PAUL,L answered, that the Charge he should
ron Tuesday submit against him vitas for having
abused the Public •Money, and applied the same to
his own use and splendour, against an AO of Par-
liament. He was proCeeding to quote from a printed '
IReport, a similar case. brought forward by Mr:
i Burke, when be was called to order by Lord
1 TEMPLE. .

Mr, PA,Urd, then proceeded to make his pro-
mised Motion for Papers relative td the Rajah of
:Furruckabad. , He entered into 'the history of the
connexion betwcen that Prince and the East India
Company, from the- Treaty concluded between.
them in the: year 1799, afterwards guaranteed by
that Company, and by which the Rajah agiced to
pay a certain part, of his Revenue for the support of
the British Troops, till the mis!4ion of Mr. 1-/:
whoa that tribute was, without oily just rea-
son, gz'eatly increased; imd/by si:Wing the diSap-
.pruhation of the Court of Direaors to that mea-
sure, argued, tha,t. lie had the testilnony of twenty-
three' honest rifen,-- whose conduct 'derived 'additi-
onal' credit from thecirctnstance of its being ex-
' pressed-in oppoiition to their own interest, in sup-
portof the plea Av hich he should ground on tho
• Papers_ which ire sto-tild tow call for.. After entering
largely into the sqbiPet, and readiug a great many
Extraas from the speeches of Mr. Burke and of
Francis In support his Motida, conchided. by
_moving,' That• tiiere .be befre the 'House a
Copy of the Treaty between Asoph Doulah,
Nabob of :Furruckabad; .and the East India Com-
pany, %afterwards 'guaranteed: by Alajesty is
• Council. • .
LordV4STI,EREAGH would not enter on the
merits' of the subject now ; but with regard to the
Dispatch for Which he had called; though signed by
' the. Members 'of the Secret Committee, it was,
fa6t, and was understood to be, twit of the Board
of Controul. The Direaors might orlefa Dispatch'
whiCh might; be. approved . of-by- the Secrq Com-
.mittee; but the Board had the,power' of altering it,
and the .Alembprs• •of the -Secret Committee were
I obliged ex ojficizi•to.gig-tr-it thus altered. The Coin-

missioners,ihen were alone responsible, ath,l .t*
prepared to justify them at the proper time.
• Mr. PAuth. and Lord GasTLEREAGIIIpIitUaIIy CX*
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H. -.4DDINGTOW thought. that the •Hon.
Gentleman • might have made' his .Motion without
is entermg- so much thus prematurely upon hit subjet,.
especially as he knew that no. objectiOn was, to he
made. He at present gaVe no opimou,.but request-,
ed that Gentlemen woiild come to the consideratioil
Of the question without having their minds biased,
by partial Extrads, and 'would decide only after a
examination of all zn=t -I)..,ocnineuts,
K .L; thought flint some patticu-.
tar circumstances might occur which would make
it the duty of a great Qfficer, :such as Governor-,
• General ef. India, to overstep the bounds, of the.
law. In considering this•subjeot Gentlemen, ought
to be in possession of ace.nrate information rel.ative
to the Countries to which the questioo referred,
with all the circumstances connected ith it,
• Mr. FRANM .said,, that the particular appeal
to him justified km in saying a few words. As to the
powers of the Commissioners of Cautroul, and the
Court ofDireetors, he had, when the hiil was brougiit
into the
.House in 1734, by Mr. Dendas, particular-.
ly reprobated the absurdity and inconsistency which,
even according to the present Staten4nt of the Noble
Lord ,(Castlereagh), it clearly invorve4. Be. was not
talking of the law as it was now, but only mention-
ing what opinion he had given when, it 'was a Bill.
What did it enact? Why, that the ostensible pow*,
should be first in 24 Directors,. next in three persons
chosen froM these as a Secret. Committee, but that
in fad- it Fiould be in neither. A coniroul might
be necessary, and it might pep. haps be proper some-
times to s.apersede,the orders. the pifeetors ; • outi
the absurdity was, that the Secret Committee, atter
giving one dispatch' as that which they approved, ,
might 'afterwards be compelled to sign one oidmetri
cally.the reverse, and one which they
.abhorred. As.
to their protests, these were not known, and their
authority was thus given to a measure, of which,-in
the most positive manner, they Cisapproved. Hence
the 'ruinous situation to which our Id 4 Possession
were reduced, and' the degradation of the Court of
Dire6tors. New; as to the appeal `to him, if be
wished to be silent he might do as ihe Hon. Geoile-
Man did to whom he formerly Sheri-
dan), that. ig.,• stay, away ,w,itite rt.it,ll.4:d-- he
should by present.--[l2he SPEAKER here said, that
it was irreguiarto bring charges against a Member
who . was absent].—Mr. Francis,' in continuation,
observed; that he had only said that the Gentleman
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alluded to stayed .away ; but he believed his opinions
remained unaltered, and he would surely come some
time to support them. When'the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Paull) consulted him, about this businc,s, he
had rather discouraged him- from going on with it.
It would do him no good but if he was satisfied
with that reward which every honest mind must feel
in doing his duty, he would have that and no other.
He-would experience desertion—perhaps he could
not say desertion, as .he had not been encou-
raged. Bat he would: not be supported. As
to his own Speech, it would not become him to
say any thing in praise of it, but the more he
thoughton the subject, the mare lie believed what
he there stated to be true, and he confessed that it
contained charges of a very high nature. His Right
Hon. Friend opposite (.7`dr. b'ox) had approved of it,
and he indeed had behaved to him in time most Jibe-
rid manner, It might be asked, N.vliy. he, did not
.proceed upon these charges ? that was not his objedt.
His design was to have Lord Wellesley recalled, and
another system. adopted ; but he at the &rine time
thought that' 'there were sufficient grounds of im-
peaelmaent against that Nobleman. His objea was
in some measure answered when L rd Cornwallis
was sent to India; and,as to the impeaclAmeut of

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Lord. Wellesley, he, did not, pi:oceedi wit: that,partly,
because he was not‘ equal -to such a task, ,and parly,
because he had little hopes of having sufficient sup-,

port. .
Mr. Secretary FOX
,begged leave to trouble the
House with a few Words,. in answer.to what .had

fallen from his Hon,lriend. His Hon Friend Rear
him seemed to Milt, that be, (Mr. Fox), and-others
who agreed with him, -had, In opposition to their
former. conduo, wished to disparage_ this proceeding,
and to throw obstacles in.the way. There was not

the Ismallest foundation for such suspicions) nor

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were, there any grounds whatever for arraigning his
conduct on that head. As to the Speech of his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Francis), he had undoubtedly said, that
it *as unanswerable; not meaning to make this
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brtiad assertion abSolutely, but beciuse, in fad, :nu
attempt had ever been made to answer it. He. ap-
Proyed of it certainly altogether, and. partly, per-
haps-, for . this reason among 'others, , that his
eon. Friend had professed to drop all idea of pro-
teedinito an impeachment. Yet it was rather hard
that he should. think it. incumbent "on those whp

thought that there was a great deal of blame -some--;
*here, and that a bad system
,had been pursued, to
support an impeachment, or any motion for crimi-.
tial proceedings. He totally .disclainied any such
idea. It might happen that a person, might
disapprove -a bad system, without. being committed
to support at. criminal charge. AN. Ilea a' bad system:
of Gwvernment prevailed, the best mode of remedy-
l_tog. this w.rsQOE,
.in general, by. impeaching an in-
dividual. The object .vas,. to remove the person
*ho carried on such a system, and to take care that
/loge such should be a&ed upon in future ; :and, this
being obtained, it might. often -be inexpedient to-
carry the matter any farther. But, at , the same
tithe, there might be particular aEts of so enormous
a kind as to call for impeachment. This he did not
mean to, deny. . But he and his Hon. Friend had a
great deal of experience on this subject. This was
certainly not a proper tie for inuiry.
toi) aCted as he found 'imt necessary to do with ye-
Peel to systems in Europe. About these systems
there might be, and, no doubt, there often, was, a
great deal of error in judgment. He might dis-
approve of, and strongly oppose these ; and, if he
'old accomplish his object, which was the destruc-
tion of these systems, he would certainly not al-
ways think it necessary to resort to inquiries. 'lila;
was his opinion generally, though, undoubtedly,
there might be exceptions to the genera! rule. If
this rule was proper with respect to all Executive
Governments,.it was particularly so with regard to
India. Now, that he ought to bring a, regular charge
in all instances where he disapproved of a particular
sYstem of conduct, was a conclusion to which he
could ,by nd means assent. Impeaduatent was a bad
illocle of proceeding, except in particular cases ; and
Certainly. it was not adviseable-to adopt it with re-
gard to a Governors General of India merely on
account' of his system. Oue Honourable Gentle-
raan had said, that all these Papers ought to be
examined by every Member of the House before
he voted on this question. This, perhaps, might,
'4'llanthey were very voluminous, be, in- some in-
stances, incompatible with other duties ; but he be-
lieved that in cases were the necessity was not great,
it was possible that such charges might be brought fbr-
Ward rather with a view to the popularity which
they might acquire; than from any hopes of ulti-
mate success. He had approved highly of his Hon.
friend's Speech, and the more so as he had disclaim-
ed any idea of a charge of Impeachment. Ife did
Let say that Impeachment 'ought in all cases to be
abandoned ; but he really was of opinion, that if it
Were often to be resorted, to,' it would, from its difli--
culties, be soon given up in despair, and impunity
might thus be procured for almost all sorts of crimes
aad misdemeanors committed by a GoVernor-Gene-
ral of India. As to' desertion, he certainly could
11'4 be said to desert a person whom he had never
elienuraged ; but, since.the Trial of Mr. Hastings,
t leY.Might say, if they pleased, that he shrunk from
;India Imachments, or flew from them, or any
• arse term might' be used, if 'a worse could be
1. 'und• To this he would make no answer. \ But so
f
was.he from deserving the insinuation which had
'Jean thrown out against him, of having altered his
(31)1n1on with his situation, that the only reason way
!le Was present at this Debate at all, was, the very
,
''retnnstance of that change. He scarcely ever at-
tended these discussions before, since MraHastingS's
IriPeachment. He 'had, indeed, attended at the de-
'very of theSpeeeh of his Hon. Friend ; but that was
Terely a, matter of favour to him. It was now his duty,'
cwever, to attend all , these discussions. • It svas,
t',lcleed, the duty of every Member of Parliament, ,
but in a peculiar manner that, of a 'person in his si-
Lilation ; and if he did not do it, his condria might
e liable to the worst constru6,tiona He did attend,
ti
lerefore, and delivered his opinion with Mcrae free-
-0()in than he otherwise would hare done, for then
),,c Would probably have said nothing. The Hon.
"Qutleman (Mr. Pauli) had given notice of a Charge
liCh he intended to bring forward on Tuesday. He
su°llld in the interval acquaint himself arith the
ri.Ltleal as far as lay in his power, and give his opi-
L°ll of what was the most proper mode of proce&ding. :
ke (Mr. P.) had read a great deal from the Debates that
Nvc)°k Place relative to the Trial of Mr.' Hastings, and
his opinion, very properly called to order by
noble Friend (Lord Temple). He had looked
.voery little into these 'Debates, but what he had seen
t
them was exceedingly inaccurate, and often the
very reverse of what had been said. The mode of
rcceetling, by' bringing charge after charge, had.
been, upon the whole, the - mode which Mr.
urke himself, and others, thought best ot-a the lin-
eachment of Mr. Hastings: It that mode: was the
best, in the present instance, it might be adopted.
But
while he spoke of the most proper mode, it
11,415 t not be,therefore understood that he agreed in
`Lie propriety of Impeachment at all. As to his opi-
IP"s he did not see why he was to be so mach
distrusted because he did not on every, occasion -vo-
'unteer his notions. It was very difficult :to proceed
fruPerly in a criminal case before the House, -as no
ionest man would wish in such. an afthir to use., any
• his
influence except what might be derived from
',115 argument ; and, if this was the case, was it not
?tier to wait till the whole matter was before the
„IQuse, than to sound a .trumpet -in .every stage of
business ? This certainly would not be his con-
uuct, nor could it be the wish of any one who was
anxious only that substantial justice should be clone.
AlraFaaszets and Mr. Fox mutually explained.'
Pauaa- said a few .WOrds relative to his mode
!‘t\

or epressekl thl.nl; :ttp
HOrf., Secretary, for the cc‘ludid and liber„+l niontier iu
which' he liad colidnaed Ithribeif.- it `Was -what'. Eng.land.e.xpeCted of 111;tu..
Anbldroi4 Wi.shed to.khow wile th'cr the
Hon. Gentleman me:lric4 to-ruere for Pny
-Documents to -substantiatschls ?
that he...W.ould proceed
.ac-
-cording to the precedent set-by Air. Burke ; but the
House would have to ciecitht,, v..hetlier
,there was in
:.the .Charge. pny good ground, for Impeachment at

Mr. GRANT rose in cpn`sequence of what tiad
bee❑ said relative. to the. ;powers of the Diredors,
and coneended, that, in general cases', their opinions
regulated the affairs of India, He highly approved
of a system of checks, and the present Indian Go-
vernment Was.ofle : at the, same time tie thought
that a way Should be •found by which, when the
different powers disagteed, their opinions might be
brOught'to a public hearing.
Mr. FRANCIS explained,
_ _

. Mr. 'JOHN STONE contended that the Direc-
tors had not,_in any affairs of consequence, the ma-
nagement Of .India. Within the last three. years
they. bad been over:ruled in the Mabratta War, the
affair of Onde, and the Treaty with the Nizam. His
opiniOns were.unchanged disapproVed the 'sys-
tem, but thought no good could be done by an iaii
.peaehment.
Mr: 8.11/TH.said, that he had, fallen under the
censure.of his HOn. Friend for not attending ; but,
however; he. IkOz.ild :now i.riCorm him, that part of
tl time._ in which he was absent had been spent
in receiving assurances from his other Honourable
Friend (Mr. Sheridan), that he would attend these
discussions. for tbe, future, as he himself meant
.to do. '

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The other Papers, all consisting of negotiations
'carried on with the Rajah of Furrucl;abad, were then
moved for,.and ordered to be, produced.

S-LAVE TRADE.

On the Motion of the,ArlUlti'7-GENERAL, for
the second reading. of the Foreign Colony Slave
Trade Bill, • •
General TAELETON :solicited a very short delay,
which was assented to on the part of the Attorney-
General and Mr. Fox,-,
General GAscOYNE, however, 'disapproved of
the principle of the Bill altogether, and asked whe-
ther Counsel might not be heard against it at a
future stage ; and was informed by the Speaker that
they might. •
Sir WILLIAM Y oust approved of •the principle
of the Bill, which he 'considered as a boon to the
West India Merchants ; and stated, that he had
been at a numerous Meeting of London Merchants,
where a majority had agreed with him.
General GAscoYNE . again rose, and was called
to order by Mi.- WILBERFORCE ; but being in--
formed by the Speaker that he was in Order, he
proceeded to state, that, in his opinion, this Bill
was a scheme indirectly to abolish the Slave Trade,
which could not be done in an open and dire(f
manner. •
Sir Vsrm, CoßTis thought the Slave Trade an evil
that could not be remedid, but he never purchased
'a Slave himself. He heard nothing of the meeting
of Merchants adverted. to by the Hon`. Baronet.
'Mr. BROOKE approved the principle of the Bill,
which he considered as beneficial to the West India
Merchants.
After a'few more words from' Gen. TARLEtow,
Sir Wm. l'Ouko, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the
Bill was reada second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on Monday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed.
of.—Adjourned till Monday.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1806.

ANOTHER thannunication .has reached Ministers '1
from the, French Government. Yesterday morning,
aboucsix o'clock, the CoMbatant, Gun-brig, which
was cruiziug off the South Foreland, fell in .with a
Flag of Truce from Calais. The Dispatches were
taken from-On board the French Vessel, and landed at
Deal about four o'clock in the afternoon: they were
of course immediately forwarded to Mr. Fox's Of-
.fice. The same degree of laudable' secrecy has
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been observed by Ministers upon this as. upon for-
mer ocoasions ; theziature and obje& of these Dis-
patches, therefore; 'remain unknown. It is sup-
posed by many persons that they relate to an ob-
jea-more important than the Exchange of Prison-
ers ; and this. suppo9ition is, in a great degree,
founded upon the reports. which. are in. very general
circulation upon the Continent, viz, that BONAPARTE
has made a. pacific 'Proposition to the British Govern-
It is, however, Tore probable that they
contain the final 'determination of the French.
Government respeaing the Exchange of Prisoners.

meat.

Tnt .Walsingham. Packet, with, a Mail from Lis;
bon, ;which place she left on the Gth instant, 'is ar-
rived at Falmouth ; the letters will be delivered on
Muliday.

The Princess Elizabeth Packet arrived at Lisbon
on the T. d,. and the Prince of Wales Packet 'on the
4th instant, from Falmouth, with Mails.

DIE last accounts which have been received froth
Sir JOHN BOR4SE W.ctiutEN,state, that he was cruiz-
ing with the whole of his Squadron off the Canaries.
They had not ycceived any intelligence whatsoever
respeaing the Squadron, which sailed front Brest in
. .
December last in company with hUlin.LtssiiGu ES,

Mr. Serjant,lltsr moted jestetday iii the 1-
:,,i'isAalimops for leave to. bring in a Bill to prevent
•
the publication, in Newspapers, of all Ex pule end
Interlocutory Proceedings in, Criminal Cases. • We
have always disapproved of the practice which the
new Bill is. intended -to prevent ,3 though-we have
been under the necessity, from the example
of our Contemporaries, of adopting it. But
though it. is 'of • the uttro3t -importance to the
ends of justice and the security of -innocence that
such proceedings should not be promulged in the
manner which has led to -the proposed legislative
prohibition; yet we conceive that it would not be
proper to restrict the Press wholly prom noticing the-
examination of persons charged with offences before
Magistrates ; for otherwise, many, criminals, might
be discharged for want of sufficient evidence to put
them on a trial, and if their, names, were unknouin
to the public, they might contrive .to practise suc-
cessfully their frauds and depredations. • ,

The Prince of ORANGE; fOkernerly tne otatanoitier,.
died on the 9th inst. at Brunswick, Its had reached
the 58th year of his. age. The Reigning PRINCE of
FULDA will succeed him in the Principality of INTAs-.
SAU ORANGe.

Yestetday, at three o'clock, Lord CATIICAST trans
aLied busincs at Mr. Fox's Office.
The Duke and Dutchess of BEDFORD horniured
the Dublin Theatre with their presence on Sattirday

last, and werc,.. received with the warmest congratu-
lations 3 the House was crowded in the extreme, '

Mr. Ct-TRAk is to be one of the,Justices in the
Court of Common Pleats, in the room of Mr. Justice

JOHNSON, who retires upon a pension of 13001.

a-year.

. Mr. C. M. ORMSBY, late one of the Counsel to
the Commissioners of Irish Revenue, goes out as
Chief Justice to Prince of Waleh's Island.

At t i o'clock on 'Monday night last .Her Royal
Highness the PRINCESS of .."‘ArtEs pasnecl through
Exeter, on her road to Dawlish, where, .we hear,
Her Royal Highness means to pass six weeks. We
understand, • that in consequences of .an accident
which happened • to.the carriage after it left that
City, her Royal Highness did not reach the end of
herjourney till two o'clock in the morning ;
which, however, was not so late, but all, the in-
habitants, assembled to testify • their loyalty. and
attachment to :their Royal Visitor the •bouSes
were illuminated, and' repeated huzzas expressed
thegeneral joy of the populace on her arrival.-
Another Fleet is to' proceed on the,2,,Rl inst. from
the Nore, and a notification 'to that ell'eel wasyes'-'
terday communicated to, the Merchants trading to
Russia, in the following terms, viz. .

" The Governor of the—Russia Company has seen Lord
How icx, and has to acquaint the Trade, that tile Ships
which will dev:art with Convoy from the Nore on the 3zd
instant will have a Convoy 'to. the Mouth of the Gulf of
Finland and also another Convoy will go to Riga, each to
wait eight days, and.then -return." • • • -
" Merchant Seamans Office, April rB, r 806."

One of the Danish laws, respe6ting the navigation
of the Sound, precludes the entrance of all Ships of
War, or of their proceeding farther than,Elsineur,
but on the particular occasion of carrying out an Am-
bassador—it is conjectured, therefore, that a good
understanding exists between the British and Danish
Courts, and that no attempt to hinder the entrance of
a Fleet, under an EnglishConvOy, will be madein the
present situation of affairs:
It is but justice to the St. Saviorr's,Southwark
Armed Association, whose ComMittee _had aced so
precipitately, in consequence of what Mr. WIND
HAM said in the House of Commons. respecting the'
Volunteer Service, to state, that they had a general
meeting yesterday, when• several RoOlutions passed'
unanimously, importing that tbe'proceedinp of the
Committee, as far as related to the disbanding of
the Corps, was an assumption of power not be-
longing to them—that not con-suiting the Corps at
carge was highly indecorous, and merited the strong-
est• disapprobation—that they will sup Port, with
their persons and property, our yaluable Constitu-
tion and revered King—that the first wish of their
hearts, should danger appear, is to be instrumental

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to the public service, and finally that they should
patiently wait till-the new atraugements should pass •
into a Law. Such conduit is worthy of men who
have volunteered in the service' of their Country, and
must not only effe&ually rescue the COrps .from the
public censure which would otherwise have been at-
tached•to it, but must raise .it high in public esti-
mation.
It mat be very gratifying to every friend to this
Country, and every admirer of exalted merit, to find
that'so very liberal a Subscription has taken place at
Cambridge for the purpose of raising a Statue in
honour of Mr. PITT. • The University must- ap-
pear in the most honourable light to the World and
to Posterity for .this meritorious tribute •to'departed
excellence, because every motive of interest is'at an
end, and the measure Must result only from respea
and .veneration for the memory of the illustrious
Statesman, to whom this .Country was so much in•
debted, and- to whom all the Continental PoWers
might have been equally indebted for independence
and security, if they had attended to his Councils,
and heartily co-operated in his system.
THE THEATRE.—The Mountaineers, in which
KEMI3tE exerted himself with all his usual effect,
introduced Miss TAYLOR again last night to the
Public in the part of Zorayda. She is still too diffi-
dent to do justice to her own powers, but she dis-
played, libwever, more ability than on her first ap,
pearance. If her abilities shouldshereafter corres-
pond with the beauty of her person, she will be a
considerable acquisition. to 'the Theatre. We had
not room yesterday to notice KEMBLE'S performance
of Macbeth the night before. It was one of the
most successful ellbrts he ever made, and was sus-
tained with undiminished strength and spirit till the
conclusion.
The.price which Earl GROSVENOR gave for the
late Mr.- AGAR'S PiChires, Ntras not 36,0001.
as stated in the Pubic Prints, but 30,0001.—
We are glad that so fine a Collection has fallen into
the hands of this amiable-and liberal Nobleman -;
more particularly so, because it is certain that
BUNAPAitTE was very desirous of basing it, and had
at ually sent Emissaries into this Country in ogler to
purchase it.