The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-21 00:00:00

MARQUIS ‘vELLESLEY.

• „Mr. PAULL moved, that the first Article of
Charge against Lord Wellesley should be printed,
for the purpose of comparing it `with the Evidence
and the. Papers on the Table.
A. WE'LLESLEY reminded the House, that
a Motion for the printing of this Charge had before
been negatived. He thought a Motion of this im-
portance aught not to be brought forward without
notice: it would be for the House to consider, whe-
ther it would suffer a Charge, containing the
strongest imputations that ever were urged against
a public man, to go tbrth to the world, and to make
an unfavourable impression during the vacation,
when it would rest with the discretion of the Ho,
pourable Gentleman whether he would prosecute it
Or not. •

The SrtAKER stated, that the. pradice of the
House required a notice in every case where oppo-
sition to the Motion was likely to he made. •
Lord FoLxsToNE did not look upon the praCtice
of giving notices as an established pra&ice : it cer-
tainly was not uniformly enforced ; he wished the
point to be settled.
The SPEAKER stated the praEtice ever since he
had entered Parliament • to be, that notice should
he given whereon a difference of opinion was likely
to arise. This he stated from his sense of what the
usage of the House seemed to rc-quire. But it rested
with the House itself to judge of-the usage and the
application of it in every Instance. He had done
his duty in pointing out the practice as he under-
stood it. The House would use its discretion in
enforcing the practice, or departing from it.
Sir JOHN IPROTTESLEY said, the pradice
of insisting upon notice was a modern pradice---but
it was a prat:lice founded upon general fairness and
general convenience. He wished the Motion to be,
withdrawn.
Mr. ROSE supported the practice of the House as
laid down by the Speaker.
Mr. WINDHAM stated the ancient usage of
Parliament to be, that Metions may be offered with-
out any notice. This usage was even now often
applied with advantage. The recent pradiee, found-
ed upon general convenience, was certainly that
notice should be given. He was unwilling that any
general unqualified rule should be established, but
that every case should be left to the sense of the
House on its own individual merits.
After a few observations from Lord FOLKSTONE
on the Vote of Thanks to Earl St. Vincent recently
brought. forward without a notice, and some stric-
tUres from .Mr.. STURGES BOURNE on the in pro
• priety'of proposing that Vote; which ~the, Speaker
declared to be wholly, out of order, Mr. Paull with-.
drew his Motion.
On the Motion of Mr. PAU'LL, seconded by Sir
A. WELLESLEY, it was ordered that there be laid
before the House a Copy of an Application made
by Lord Wellesley to the NabOh of Oude in a
loan of ten cror'e of rupees, from. June till August,
1805 with a Copy of the Answer to that Appli-
cation.
On the Motion of Mr. PAULL, it was ordered that
WA. Wellesley, Mr. HobiiOUse, and Mr. Paull,
should be permitted to examine at his private re-
sidence general Sir James Craig, who was prevented
by sickiies from attending:Os a witness at the Bar of
the House on the Oude Ch.aril'e.---The same Gen-
tle Men were appointed to, prepare a list of qUestions
to bp put to Sir James Craig, 'and ordered to report
the same to the House,