The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-20 00:00:00

INDIA [AMC ET.

Lord IVlonpETti gave notice, that, the East India
Budget AxrDtild be laid before the Hotise on Monday
se'nnigh t. •
ri o(lu the Motion of Mr. VANSITTART, the Report
he Eicise Office Regulation Bill was taken into
farther consideration, and the Bill ordered.to be read
a third time on Monday next.
The Committees on the Scotch Distillery Bill, the
custom-house Fees Bill, on the Stamp Office Regu-
lation Bill, and on the Post Office Regulation Bill,
were postpdned till to-morrow.
Sir JOHN NIENSTORT brought up the Irish Cus-
toms and Excise Regulation- Bill -; which was read
a first, and ordered to be read a second time on
Mohdu.
IRISH ELECTION BILL.

Sir Jot-Di NEwrowr moved the Order of the Day
for the House resolving itilf into a Committee on
thi's Bill. _ ,

Mr. ALEXANDER thou& the Bill was hurried on
with WO much precipitation.
,; Sir 3. NEwroaT replied, that after the blanks
were tilled up in the Committee, he should not ob-
jeCllto the Bill being printed, and a sufficient time
given for its die consideration. • , •
Culonel VEREKER: said, with.siome warmth, that

•
he had no iclea Of a Bill of such magnitude being
so hastily read a .nrst -and a second time, without
being printed.; partiCularly when he considered that
it struck at the very' existence of every Corporation
of Leland, which this Bill would prohibit from
proceeding to any. other business /till they should
first have decided on the claim of every Freeman.—
The CorporatiOns of Limerick and Galway- were
particularly interested, and -time should be given
for, therrLto petition against it. When the Union
was made with Ireland, the people. were told, that
they were.to be governed in future-by justice; but
be would ask, what justice was to-be found u the
present measure ?.:He could consider, the Bill ,as
nothing else' but a measure which was tntended to
be carried through by Ministerial v;eight, on the
part of the Right Hon. Baronet,- and for his own
purposes. •

•
Sir JOHN.NEIk PORT replied, that his' objeft
in bringing forward this measure was to secure their
rights to persons who had been deprived of thetas
before, -either by the tardiness or the injustice of
Corporate Bodies in.lreland. The, principal Pre.
vision of it was, that .those who were, entitled to
the Freedom of Corporations should make the de-
mand of the Clerk of the Peace,_ whovvas a permanent
Officer, instead of the Mayor of a Corporation,
who ,was_huly an annual Officer ; and that in 411
hours after. the /application was made, the Clerk of
the Peace should be bound, under forfeiture of a
severe penalty, to return it to the Mayor, after
which, the Corporation was to proceed to no' Meat
or other business till-the claim of Freedom was de-
cided on. , As the law- of the Irish Parliament at
present stood, the person entitled to Freedom, if not
admitted within one' month, was entitled to apply
for a mandamus to the Court of King's Bench, and
after pbtaining it, no penalty attached to the neglect
or delay 'of the Corporate Officer. This Bill was
ieterided to give etfe6t to that La w. The next clause of
the Bill went to regulate that the decision should take
place according to the, order pf delivery. The ob-
jeCt of this was to remedy the abuse of claims made
within a few- hours, being frequently, by the in-
fluence of the parties, considered and decided upon
before those which had been preferred and unde-
cided upon perhaps for three or feet. years. It must
be obvious, that if every Freeman, perhaps. in low
circuMstances, was to 'make good his right against the
weight and power of a Corporation, he must labour
tinder a great hardship. As to the insinuation
that this Bill was a Ministerial one, he would only
say, thast If he made use or office for any private or
corrupt purposes he deserved to be reprobated ; but
as he scorned to mince matters, or . go behind the
bush, he must now declare that the Bill Was ren-.
dered necessary, if it was.only from a circumstance
which happened at the last Election for Waterford,
when the sum of 50001. was raised by the Corp°.
ration for no other purpose than that of keeping
persons from the exercise of their freedom. As the
law was .at present, if a roan spent.looi..iti assert-
freedom, the greatest costs. he -could hare
against the. person who illegally kept him 'out of it.
was '301.; 'but by the present Bill, any public officer
obstructing the exercise of the, right of voting,
would be subje& to a,fire of 5001. Shameful and
crying abuses were known to have existed, and this
Bill would only compel the Officers to do'justice.--7.
It was, in fad, no more than a farther -regulation
,of the Bill 'of 33d 'of the King, arid the reason why
be was led, in this stage, to address himself at so
much length to the Houie was, that he may do
away the insinuation that he was capable of any abuse
of office.

COL VEREKER said, he opposed the measure, as
belly,-'' the Representative of one of the most revet-
ableCorporations in Ireland.

Mr. S. BOURNE thought the question to be
considered was, whether a -Bill which
,so much af-
feeted the rights of the Ele&ors should be allowed
to pass the' House in the'conrse of a few days, and
before the people of Ireland- had time to judge of it ?
He suggested to the Right Hon. Bart. the propriety
of filling up the blanks now, rather than ordering
the Bill ,to be printed ; and afterwards to let it stand
over to the next Session of Parliament.
Mr: ALEXANDER asserted, that in the Cor-
poration in Ireland with which he had the most
connexion, he never heard of any instance of injus-
tice; Joie only knew of a discretion which he thought
Properly vested in the Corporations, to judge of the
fitness of persons according to the fairness of their
charaaers.

Mr. FOSTER said, he hoped that on,. a question
which affected so many of the 'franchise rights of
Ireland, the Hon. Gentleman would not, in the'
absence of so many Irish Members, press a Bill now
on the Igth; which was only brought •in on the 14th
Of this month. If the measure was now persisted
in, he shOuld oppose the Speaker's leaving the Chair;
but he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not
press it.

Mr. O'H4Ri4 said, that ,if the Gentlemen oppo-
site wished the to be well understood by the
Corporations, in Ireland,' the best mode of doing it
Would be, to have the blanks first filled up in the
ComMittee, in wifich'all the objeCtions they-propos-
ed might be obviated.
Earl TEMPLE-thought, that--aS the objeCtions
Went merely to the clauses, it would be right to go
into the Committee ; and after they ware filled up,
he' understood that his Right Hon. Friend would'
consent to defer the Report for ten days, during
which there would be time to coiled the sense of
the Corporations in Ireland.
CQIOIICI VEREKER and Mr. S. BOURNE said, that
explanation was not' sufficient to induce them to
give up their objections.
• Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, be. should consent
to allow fourteen days .for consideration, after- the
blanks were filled up ; but if he deferred it for twelve
months, the consequence might be; that a number
of Electors stood a chance of being' deprived of their
franchises.

Colonel. BAGIVELL did not think' a fortnight
by any means sufficient to colle& the sense of the
Corporations in the distant pairts of Ireland.
Mr. PARNELL said a few words in support of
the Bill.

Dr. LAWRENCE-said, that if any modification
of the provisions was desirable, that would be done
best in a Committee.

Mr. S. BOURNE thought, that as there were so
many Obje6tions to the Bill, he should vote against
the Speaker's leaving the Chair, unless it was agreed
that the blanks sho,ild be tilled up in the ComnYit-
tee, and the further consideration of the measure

deferred till the crest Session. , *lhat HoUse, he
thought; should' be caiteful,
,and particularly in the
absence of so many Irish Menabers;' hoir it interfered
in the elective franchises of Ireland; and of Ireland
only. Were it even early in 'the Session; he thought
14 days' mould he Insufficient for the 'consideration
of a measure which involved the elediVe franchise
of the whole of Ireland. '

The House then' divided on the question for thd
Speaker's leaving the Chair, *hen there appeared;
for it 27—.—against it 26—Majority 1.
The House then resolved itself into i'Corfiniittee
on the Bill, Mr. HOBHOUSE in the Chair.

_Mr. ALEXANDER then stated his objedions to a
Measure which affe6.ted the rights of all the Corpo-
rations of irelaud,, comprising not less than 300)000
Eledors. He was called to order by
Dr. L.AITRENCE, who thought it irregular that
he should take that opportunity of entering on the
vneral merits of the Bill.

Mr. :4EXANDER was again Proceeding, when he
was interrupted by
Earl TEMPLE, who observed,' that it was then
on the stroke of five o'clock, 'and that an under-
standing had .last night prevailed, that no other. sub-
jeet should be discussed till the examination of Wit-
nesses on the Charges against the Marquis Wel-
lesley Was concluded, and therefore moved, "'that
the Chairman should report progress;and have leave
to sit again on Monsy."

The SPEAKER there was an
,understand-
ing that all other business sliould give way to the
examination of witnesses,

Colovel VEI?EKE,Ii considered this interposition'
s'the exercise of Ministerial influence.

Mr. FoO'ER. remarked, that it was irregular in
the Noble. Earl to take advantage of his speaking to
order, for the purpdse- Of making a -Motion ; the
Noble Earl rose either in Order or iliOrder. The
House was pressed'bylthe- Right Hon. Baronet into
this Committee, and the clock had not since moved
so rapidly, but be, might have foreseen 5 o'clock
would arrive before the discussion could he over.

Mr. S. BOURNE expressed his lamentation and
surprise that the advocateS of this Bill should pro-
pose and press a measure at the same moment, or
within a few moments of the time, when they were
Obliged to propose that progress should be reported,
and the Chairmad have leave to sit again.
Earl TE.MP LE said, that he would not appeal
to the Hon, 'Gentleman, but to the Committee at
large, whether the understanding was not last
night, that the examination of Witnesses in Lord
Wellesley's case should precede every other discus-
His Motion, therefore, was not liable to the
invidious remarks made on the other side.
Mr. 4 GEX/I.II,DER vindicated himself from
having said any thing which could be called in-

Dr. Lag/BENCE said, that when be bad the
honour of being more acquainted with the Honour-
able Memberwho spoke last,- heconsidered him as
a good classic scholar ;: but though the Honourable
Gentleman might have changed his opinions,- the
word " invidious" had not changed its signification.
,Sir J. NEWPORT explained.
Mr. ROSE said, that• when he came into the
'House, he was astonished to find it dividing on
a measure, the discussion of which must necessarily
interfere with the arrangeinent of list night.
Colonel VEREKER said, -the arguments of Sir J.
Newport were unsatisfaaory'to him. He had shewn
his ignorance in his statement, as. in Ireland the
Clerk of the Peace, as welt as the Mayor, ;was an
annual Officer. He then moved, as,atiAmendment,
to substitute the words " this day three months" in-
stead of Monday next.
The House then divided.
For the Amendment
Against it

27
- ,- 39

Majority - - —ie.
The Cotnniittee was ordered to sit -on Mon Jay.

Lc)Rti. IVELLESLE-Y. • , •
On the Motion of Mr. P. 1,01,1., a return was direa-
ed to be made forthwith'to an Orderof the sth.of
June, for Papers relating to the Oude Charge against
Lord Wellesley,
. . ,
On the Motion' of Mr. PA UL L,the House proceeded
to a further examination of witnesses.O the :Oude
Charge. •
. .
Sir ARVICiIt WELLESLEY asked, whether it y•ras•
the intention Of the• Hon. 3Gentleinan to examine.
any more witnesses: than Major Ouseley and Colonel
Scott ? The objel of this question ,was, that those
'who were not to be called upon should: be at liberty
to go away.- '
Mr. PAULL answered, 'that the tWo Gentlemen
alluded to were the only witnesses he meant to exa-
mine this day, with the exception of Mr. Johnstone,
a Member of the- House: He took this•opportuni-
ty of stating, that the Papers he hadyecently advert-
ed to contained very Material evidence to the Charge,
without which he c0,..11d,.n0t proceed: further. He
would, if the examtriation of the witnesses men-
tioned should close this night", propose to adjourn
'the' further proCceding :till Monday, in the hope
that the Papers • would be by that time produced.
Mr. JOIINSTONE 6ellig called upon as ,a wit-
ness, to answer a luestion, as to his fielding- a,high
official situation at- Oti' took occasion;" before he
answered the queStion, toreptesent the disagreeable
situation in which-he was placed,by this examina-
tion. He should. have to give a vote 'on this Charge,
andhe felt himielf ih a very anerneldifs situation .as
a witness, considering he'should sdshtittly after have
to give his vote as a ju'dge.
.. -
Mr. P.rIULL assured- theTHon. Gehtlernan, that
he meant not to ask ,any question which could in-
terfere with the freedom of his vote, .

. .
Mr. Johnstone was then examined at considerable
length by Mr. PAULL : he had .been a long time at
Lucknow, and aded as British Resident there in the
year 1794. He. had heard that the Vizier Asuf
Dowlah was much addided to opium and spirituous
liquors, but could. not state this of his .own know-
ledge. He knew that the system ofLord Cornwal,
lis with respe& to Oude was, never to. interfere in its
internal affairs, except in the way of advice and ad-
monition ; and that the,Vizier and his Officers were
at that time treated with great respeca.by,the Officers
of the Company. It was his opinion, thatif Lord
Cornwallis had b-ei:m Governor' when the Vizier was
deficient in. the 'payment of the sums, stipulated by
the Treaty, he would, have examined to what this
deficiency was owing, and if it proceeded from in-
ability, that he would 'have reduced the demand,
instead of seizing his territories. -
After a long conversation upon the admissibility4f,
1-°s"?

THE Anson Frigate, with 'a Fleet under Convoy
from Cork, and the Certerus, Frigate, With-a Fleet
under Convoy from Portsmouth, are arrived at Bar-
badoes. The Certenis sailed froth the latter place
.on, the 7th of May; with the Ships under Convoy for
Jamaica.

WE have received American Papers of the date of
the 24th ult. and are sorry to find that the clamour
• which has been raised against this Country has by
no means subsided ; on the contrary, a new cause
of complaint has occurred, of which the Anti-Eng-
lish Party has not failed to take advantage.--It is
"stated Mat the British Frigate the Cleopatra boarded
an American Ship, from Londonderry, with Irish
Einikrants, and took out of her fourteen men
Who were Passengers, and an American Citizen.

This damning deed," it is said, teas, committed
with the utmost insolence .nnd'cruelty. 'We have'
at present no means of ascertaining whether this

stitetlit:,l be true or riot j u frorxr the rinatii li
ier
w,,bich the ha is ..1:-tenti9'nect and commented upon
in theAinterieati;Papers;. we are inclined'to think
that it is merely .a fabrication to keep iire.that
spirit 'of animosity. which the •People of America
have lately imbibed against this Country.
The respeaing the' Ekpeditioth of_ Ged.

MIRANDA are extremely 'contradidtory, and some of
, them clearly unfounded. It is stlted that Capt
of the American Ship Speedwell, on'his return from
La Guira, .:on the SpaniSh Main, tell in with His
Majesty's Frigate the Mermaid, the Captain of which
informed him that General MIRANDA had sailed from
St. Nicholas Mole, where he was joined by six.
British Frigates, -with an English.. General and 6000
Troops; corn posed .of Mulattoes and Negroes.
,I\iov it
is perfe&ly well known that Admiral Coc fIFt!NNE late-
ly -sent home for instructions to 'govern 'his conduct
with respe& to General MIRANDA; it is therefore,
quite improbable that he should, before he received
those instruaioni, have taken'such <1 decisive step as
to assist him with so large. a British Force.

CVs have received 'Paris Papers to the I 3th, and
Dutch to the 15tIvinst..,but they contain no intelli-
genceof importance. .A Letter frOm Naples con-
firms . .
the account: of the Capture of, the Island of
Capri by the &jab.

The king agitated business respecting Mr. Justice,
Fox was resumed yesterday in the 'House of Lords,
and a Petition from the Defendant was read. Lord
GRENVILLE -made a long and very:' eloquent .speeCh
upon the subje&, the 'tendency •Of which Was, tO
shew that the proCeedings on this business had been
wrong from the beginning. The .Noble Lord dis-
played great legal knoWledge, and manifested a firm.
regard to the principles of the ConStitutiOn and the
practice of Parliament. He concluded, after signify-
ing that the subje& should be dismissed altogether, as
contrary to precedent,' analogy,. consistency, jus-
tice, and parliamentary ,usage, with moving, that
the further proceed!ng'should be. ad3ourued. 'to that
day three months. After a debate, in which
.the
Marquis Of
..AREacoatsr, Lord tf.DON, the LOAD,
CHANCELLOR, and other Peers severally took apart,
Lord GRENvILLE'sMotion passed by a majorityof 25.
to 16.

THE Public Are still amused with floating‘ruMours
of a Negotiation bet Ween this Country and France,
but we have no reason to believe
.that the authors.,
and promoters of these rumours have any. authority
for their speculations. Whatever 'MeS'sage may
have been dent to France has certainly not been con-
veyed' by Lord YARMOUTH. _

A Passenger frOm St. Thomas's, who arrived' at
Tortola when the Packet was sailing., reports,. that
" three French and . one Spanish: Frigate had arrived
at Porto Rico from,Cadiz, and thk four Fronchline.:
of-battle Ships were at St. Domingo." The Fleet
sailed froth Tortola‘the lot h 'of May, under convoy
of the Amelia, two other Frigates, and' a Brig.
HER MAJESTY and the PRIS-CESSES dined at
'Frogmore, on Wednesday. On His MAJEs-ry's re-
turn to-. Windsor', he walked on the Terrace with
the PRINCESSES. • - : :

Yesterday' morning the DUKE of' YORK inivpd at
Windsor, and afterwards rode on hol-seback with
His MAJEsTY, Princeses AtiouSTA; SerniA, and
Etik.

The Duke' of-I3Enroap's annual Sh6w of AAm;red
Stock was holden on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed-
nesdaylast. Although the number of amateur visi-.
tort of distinction was naturally lesSened by, his
Grice's absence;. the' assemblage of iprauical Gra-
Ziers; arid speculators. in 'fine stock, was as numerous
•as ever. The rides of inspeation of the home-farms
under the Duke's immediate-occupation took place
al usual : the 'crops of Corn were found stout and
clean, particularly of the Wheats, and the System of
husbandry throughout received general approbation.,
The Herefordshire 'heifers,- bull calva: and-other
Nyeanlings,- were much admired ; the few thatiwere
'put up fetched great prices. The Draft Sheep, frOm
the South Down flock sold higher tian those of last
year: a pen- of 16cast Ewes sold for 32 guineas,
and the Ewe Hoggets averaged 46 guineas per score
The company -sardown each day (more than 150
in number) to. a Plentiful cold dinner!, served on
itwo.tables in a booth'ere&ed in the Park, near the
farm-yard. At one of theie presided the iV,ldrquis
of TivvisTocx; at the Other the Earl of LUDLOW;
:their Vice-Presidents viterMr. W. ADAM and Mr.-
4'll. HOARE.' :After thelKiNG, Prince of WALES,
and Duke of CLARENCE, being'drank,..the MarqUis
gave " The Farming Society of Ireland." After
this, 'Mr. HommipropOsed the health of the Duke
of BEDFoito, with three times three; whiCh was re-,
ceived in, a manner that, testified the. most zealous
attachment to•the Patron of British Agriculture:
The Health of the Marquis 6f TAyisTocx being
next drank with the warmest applause, his Lord-
ship arose, and in' concise manly terms, returned
his acknowledgments " for the.. honour which the
company had so flatteringly conferred on his. absent
father and himself, adding, that he should presume
• to trouble them but with one Toast, their acceptance
of which he should esteem as a personal favour, viz.
" Prosperity to the County of Bedford;"
.which was
drank with the warmest plaudits. --
The arrangements and bnsiness of each day were
very adroitly made, and conducted by this young
representative of his Noble Sire, who was accompa-
nied by his younger brothers, Lord'WILLIAM and
Lord jOHN.—Athongst those whO partOok of this
rational entertainment were, the Dulke of MANcuas-
TER, Earl of BRIDGEWATER, Lord ONGLEY,
.Lord
CHARLES SOMERSET,' Sir M. BURGOYNE, Sir G.'
OSBORNE, Sir J. S EBR GHT , Hon. Mr. TREVOR,
Mr. ADAM, - Mr. Loaiingc, Mr. HOARE, Mr. PAL-
MER, Mr. HARDING NEWMAN, Mr. WING, Mr.
WAKEFIELD, Mr. ELLMAN, &c. Sic.

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I PLYMOUTH, j:ITNE 18.—Arrivd the Alias, of 7-k
guns,
,Capt. P, tY troni Jarmiiea: wbeqe she sailes,.'.
the ISt April, with„a Flift iu Conv.v, for Eng=,
land, .but separated frorn
,11.(71-ri in t ileS'of wind on.
. the passage; the Amethyst Frigate, .frdrn. a Crulze
in the Irish Channel ;. the irl:i:nsh Caretk,
Captain ANDERsoN, Liden wi:h wine ..and brandy,
-from Bourdeaux, bound to NCI-way, deiiined by the
Thomas and John- Privateer; thQ;Dan;sh Brig Gimk,
frouq..ongsound, with thither, tnil
Pol-t ;. the American Ship Scip,io-u.,:ia, fhitti, from
.Boston, bound to :..kinSierdam, laden 'with stia;,
She will sail the first fait wind; /the Danish Brig
Anna Christland, AndLMAN; from Bare.elena, iadez
with brandy, bound;to Lubec, detained by the Ge-
neral Doyle Ptivateer of Guernsey.
The George, of I. o guns, lately taken out
of dock, was commissioned resterclv, and the corn.
wand given to Captain Glii. Admiral Sii J. T.
DIiCKWORTIL will, in a few 'days, hoist his' Flag
board, het.

. .
YORTSnOUTH; JUNE 191.—S2iled the Z c, of .50
guns,' CaPt. OUftiMING j and the Jamaica
Capt. DICK, for Newfoundland'j also the
Bomb, Capt. LlLL'lcitAr; on Cruize.

DEAL, JUNE 19.--Sailed' yestetday evening the
Kangaroo Sloop of War.on aa CI uize ; and' the
Cockatrice Armed Ship with aConQoj for Ilyniontb:
ArriVed the .IVaiad Fri4g-ate with:a C(invoy frow.
the Mediterranean, and rernaids in the :Downs Zvi i.
the rest of the Ships as per laBt,