The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-22 00:00:00

RECRUITIAG FOR LIMITED •SERVICE.

Mr. ST4RGES BOUIVNE gave notice, that he should
to-morrow move for further Papers relative to the
Recrniting for Limited Service during the two last
Wars.

The SECRETARY at WAR was of opinion, that '
the PaperS he held in. his hand, Which he proposed
to move to have laid on the Table, would supersede
the neeess4 of the I.llotion of the Hon. Gentleman.
He then molted, that diem be laid before the House !I
a Copy, of the 'Circular Letter :of the Secretary at
War, •dated i bth December, :1775,- addressed to the
Colonels _comma- nclinE Marching Regiments; relative
to the recruiting 'for 1t fisted service; 'also 'a
-Copy of
the Advertisement, dated War-011ice, Dec. 16,1775,
on the same ''ulijeta ; Copy of a Letter from
the Secretary .at War, of the same date,- and on: the
same subject, to Lord Weymouth. The Papers were
iinniediately Presented by :the Secretary at War; .and
we underjood Mr. Bourne to-say, that his Motion.
was rendered unnecessary-thereby.
On the M,ption ofMr.PEarmyAL; the second re4d-'
ing of the 'Stipendiary Curates' Bill: was put oil' frO.rn'
Wednesday to Friday next. -
Mr. :I?EttOptAz.: then gave notice of :a,Motion to-
morrow, that bring betbre the fionse a more
accurate statement of th expellees incurred for the

.6dmiral MARKHAM, with a view to the Charge to
he -preferred against .Earl tit. Vincent; by- an Hon.
Member opposite, .thought it necessary to call :or
further Papers, which, as they were already made
out, would not create any delay.
After a few words from Mr. JEFFERY, Who wish,
ed- to give every accommodation in Ms .power, that
would not preclude him from bringing forward his
charge in the -present Session, and frOM; Lord
-HowicK, the several Papers were ordered.

.Mr. Secretary Fox brought down .a Message from
His Majesty, relative to the condua of the Court of
Beilin, and the measures which that condna render-
ed necessary on the part of 'His Majesty.,—(For
which, see the House of Peers)
Mr. Secretary' Fox Moved, that His Majesty's
most gracious Message be taken into consideration
to,morrow.—Ordered.

Mr. Secretary Fox afterwards, by command of
His Majesty, presented at the. Bar all the documents
relative to the whole transaction. The Papers were
ordered to lie on the Table.

Adritiral NI ARKE A NI presented. the several. _Papers
previously ordered on his Ilotiuti.-7-Ordered to lie
on the Table. •

INDIA PAPERS..

Lord ARCHIBALD HAMlLTON,.pursuant to
his notice, rose to move for a proposed dispatch from
the Court of Diredors to the Governor General of
India, dated ad of April, 1805. The Noble Lord
apologized to the House for bringing forward this
Motion, but the Paper-seemed to him so essential
to;have on' their Table, that he felt it
ra _duty to-
move..for its produ&ion, as an Hon. Gentleman
whd had given notice of a Motion to that etfeei
.had relinquished his intention.: .It was not his ob-
jeCt in moving for thiS document, to -make it the
foundation daily charge, or. to Supply any evidence,
'against Marquis \\Wesley.' His objea vas to make
it a gt;ound
.of charge' against - the late Board of
Controul, and. particularly the Ndble Lord who pre-
sided over. that Board. That Noble ,Lord had -for
many years past represented the situation of the
'East India Company's alfairs as one :Of great prO-
perity. The calamitous circumstances of that part
of 'the' British Empire was principally to be aitri-
bdted to the late Beard of Controul: In moving for
these Papers, he wished to ascertain, whether the
Noble Lord would, acknowledge bin-kelt' as the
author of these measures, or shift, some part -of the
guilt of them upon others. The Noble Lord con- ,
eluded by moving, that there be laid before the
llouse‘‘ .A Copy of a proposed DiSpatch from the
Court of Direetors, dated April act,. 1805, to the
Governor-General—a- Copy of the- Answer-of the
Board of Controul refusing to transmit the Dispatch,
and of the Reply of the Court of DireCtOrs to this
refusal."

On the Question being put,
TIUDDL-ESTO NE. felt hiniself called on by
,the allusion that had been made to his condua with
respea to tl.tese Papers, 'to say a few worth on the
subjed. It was not with a view to the,crimination
cif Lord Wellesley that he proposed to move fur
them, though, when the discussion on the:conduft
of that Noble Person should arrive, he would be
ready to state his sentiments openly upon the sub-
jc.a... His objec=t was to.temove au imprea,qo,4 th it
had gone abrot4 in con4',..quen,:!: vt a di4.tcuisn

.that HOtike Towards the close of lost Session, that
the Court cf Diraaors.had approved of the Treaties,
relative to Oude and Fetruckaba.;, of which' they hid
•not been informed till two years after they had
taken
place: The Papers _had since beat/ called' for and
produced in • a Court of PrOpriotors at the 1'44
HoOSe, and so far his obje& kvas answered. But asthe Noble Lord had brought forward his Moti°"' 11e
should support it on the broad, ground, that as the
attention of the Hodse was'turned to lodic subjeas,
every information ought to be granted.
Mr. Secretary FOX could not reconcile to ,his
mind any way in which this Paper could be Pr()
&iced that would not be oaanifestlV and erot'sw
' m
uiß-
just. Whilst the House was OCCilpied COnSIA ferir t'
whether or not • a criminal
to waos proceeding oought to sa(---
had against the Noble Person, I
ecoadua this
document referred; it would be in the last {}egret
unjust to suffer him to be weighed by the authority
of any persons whatsoever. It would obt be borne
if an indiVidual were to be put on his trial 0;1 3 cr7
minal charge, that the opinions of- any description-
_ of -persohs should be allowed to bias the oPini°2 of
the jury. s Stich a proceeding would be a good re,,asftl
for putting, off the trial. The Papers now nlorc"ratk
might be said not to be official. The Court 0' 4--"
rectors . had no right to give their opinions to any
other body than the Board of Controul. If reje6ed
by that Board,- they had no appeal but to Parliament,
like any other of His Majesty's subjeas. • Such was
the anomalous situation of the Court of Direa°M
that they were compelled to sign what they disap-
proved. His Noble Friend' had disclaimed the 10-
tentign of nioaing for the Papers with •a view t° tne
critnination of Lord Wellesley. But whilst a charge
of a' criminal nature was impending over that NOblei
Person, it was impassible that such a reasoned case
should not produce an unfavourable ina.Presi°ll
against him. These documents should not be poi-
duced till the other-questions should be 'decided' t
was not fair to call tar them from a feeling of de 1-
cacy for the charmer of the Court of Dife'3r,
:when they Might be Made Use of to the initlrY
'person under accusation. Much -stress had heel) ""
on the eircuanstanciaa,f their having been publisbL'd,.
But if they were in the' hands ~of the Public, we?'
Must be in the hands of the 'alemberaaafaliat Rouse,
and so could not be necessary for hrformaticai jf It
"were asked, : why the House of Commons- sIW-14'1'
not' have those Papers which were before 'the-Pale,
he should 'answer, because the House of Comcn°ll-:,-
is to decide jedicially on the propriety of prooefarn‘;
criminally against the person to Whose cohdu& they
refer. His Noble Friend had said that the papers
would be necessary to enlighten the House 00 t
subjeCi of India, but they were. not• then enaage, bLi
the discuasiou of the general question. They Img,.
advantageously recur- to these docuMents wboev,;:`.
that question be brought forward,. and there
fore he should net negative the Motion for 1,,„
produetion. He meant only. to diSpose of if for t'-
present, 'by Moving the preaiibus- question:a:;
Mr. G. JOHNSTONE expressed ;Ist"'
nishmept, to' which he could scarcely give utlor3i'che*
at the-sentiments that had fallen from the 141:T-: t
Hon. Oentletnan, whci.hdd ever been the aclaioCalf
of inquiry and publicity. He did not, think to lite
.
to hear the public records:of the Court of Diree“)rs
called inofficial documents. If he :had nea heard
Right Hon. Gentleman;-lie should not have belies'eu -
him to have so expressed hinisell. -The Hon. walla'
ber here cited two-cases—one on the Ist of Jll°'''
sot, the other
,in 1708, in which similar docu-
ments-to those now called for bad been produceda--;
He had riot supported the criminal charge ognint
Marquis Wellesley., though. he 'disapproteil of all
measures, which he believed to-have arisen not fro
criminal motives-, but the influence of ambition
a man of high li.deuis possessed of power. 14;
thought it would be an injustice to themselves 00
the' Public to withhold the Papers. •
Mr. Secretary Fox explained. •
HILEY ../IDDINGTOA had /lever been s°
astonished' since he had the honour of a seat in (bat
House, as at the astonishment expressed by the
Gentleman (Mr. Johnstone). The Ncible Lord w.,"idc)
brought forward the Motion - had said, that be
not mean thereby to supply any ground of charge
evidence against Lord Welle.aley. But when it Sivas,l
considered that the first charge against that I\l°-; 0,1
Lord was- to be brought fors gird to-morrow,
not Papers containing censures .on all his inea.sail
as well those which were the subjea of charge
_those which were not, have the effea -of making tlif
impression unfavourable to that Noble Person.
-the House were to agree to the Motion it walk' e
-an aainjustice, of gross .for which they could 03
110 reparation, but by direeting that all the di
meats aipon which the Court of Direr had
ed these Opinions should be -laid !before them. "
therefore should oppose the Motiw.
Mr. R. THORNTON said, the ilovis would
its own eyes, and keep itself in darkness and igl-f
'ranee, if it did nut pass- a :=-vote :for:the -produaioo 4')
these.Papersa 4puldbc-a great 'calamity if,GO-,
tlemeo did not know the content of this docurne°t-
If-they ,hachanyhknowledge'of what it did coutai°'
they Would be anxious to have it:before the llntif
in a•regtilar :shape;. --It Was an acknowledged fati".
that our Indian Empire was incumbered with debts
'and difficulties to such a degree that a 'total obamlae
of system -was adopted of necessity the gover,n-
ment of-it. The Paper alluded to contained tar'
opinions of 29 out of 30 Direaors (for it had re-
ceiv,ed the sanction of two successive sets of Dirac-
tors), in condemnation of the system that had bell'
-•
abandoned, and in recominetadation,of the systarn 04„a'.
had beep 'adopted. He hoped the Company wrOold b"
able to overcome its os.via difficulties-without cotolog'
to the House or to the Country for aid. ;But at prese4et
there was 'no complete security, against that mistecr
tune. - It was therefore most essential toinveatiarate'-
and at least to make past errors the weans r
future wisdom. It was necessary-to 'the case of
the Noble' Marquis, who had governed India 5°
long, and under whom it had not prospeaaa, that
the Papers should be produced. Tut :was neae4;
.nary to the case of the late Board of coaarotd, aao
-to the case of the Court of .Direaors. J'he yaper
would, be produced sooner or inter ; e;,ery Meiatbdr
would read it, and it-was' better it,Shonld be read
an avowed -and dire& avay. Toaaatompt to cheek
the perusal of it,would vain-as :to-attenipr
stop an eruption of Mount Vesuvius (a lopeh).
had -no private difference with Lord Weilesley,thoa4D
he disapproved' of his ladministtation,olJudia ; 14c
laid 1 o wish to stigmatize aoypart of tie-!
Ii 01 the great man new do eaeaa ; it was

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Inteetion to . support the. preset-it.. A.dreimstration
He, therefore, could fact rocs rhOtive.
Country was in the situation of a ship beset with
storm And danger„and in this situationle:should say
with a departed Hero, " England expeo4.:'every man
to do his duty'.'; Where there had been e perversioti
'et talents, and a waste money---Whe;'e the India
debt had been increased by Lord :Wellesley fron
11.2000,0001; to '3e,000,0001. investigation eras due
to the CoUntry. .
• Lord CASILERE.rIGii had waited to hear the
opinions of others before be should otter his own,
becauSe this ohtee ion touched hirn personally Though
the. Noble Lord brought forward the question as mat-
ter of 'charge against the late-Board of Ciintroel, the
gyeaterpert of what he said applied to otherobj eels. He
wished she Paper had-been produced' directly, when
it hadbeenlaid mdirealy on the. table of the India
`House. TheproduCtioe of it was not, howeVer,
necessary to the acquittal-of the Dire tors from the
'blame-Of the transaaiOns at 'Oude, in which he had
ahvaYs-stated-them to haee had no concern, The
-opinion'of the iDireaers was certainly, „entitled to
-great weight ;. but every ihi was- to be judged
,by its. own. merits ; and: tillu gment was passed on
'the thing, it could not be decided
,whether the par-
• ties to it were or were lot culpable. He therefore
thought it right to delay the prodhaiou-of this Paper
till the merits .of the acts it, related to Were decided,
as it weuld excite prejudice if.Foduced at present
A.O-reat part of the NOble ti's speech Went to
cOgdemit the general systern.and chostitution of the.
'Government of. India.. believed, on investiga.
tioni.the Noble Lord , few: to =agree with.
him, and little reason to adhere to his. own opinion.
There weredi*ulties at.present arising chiefly-from
the War, but he hoped the Company would sur-
Mohnt those -dill-levities, The. Court of .Directors
had great powers. The poeeer of remonstrance was
itself very great. When the Noble Lord had made
an attack on the Board of Cohtroul, he in filet made-
no attack on the Legislature. The Paper went to
condemn many things, in Lord Wellesley's adiuini-
stration -which were hot made matter cif. charge; and.
it would be wrong to prejudge the Case of the Noble
Lord, and with:-a-general censure of that kind.
' Mr.. PAULL stated, that he had given notice
three-months ago of his intention to bring forward
the charge he meant to move tort-non-ow against Lord
Wellesley, for mis-application: of the Public Money.
The Papers now moved- for .wereemcouneEted with:
his object. They were.desighed to chew the ilitfe,
rence of the state of India at the commencement
aud•at the close of t-he .Administration of. the Noble
I,larquis. He voted for the original Meticia.
Lord H.E.NRY -PZ.IITf agreo. it was essential
'that the information relative .to the, general- state of
India contained in this Paper sliclutchbe sortie time or
other before the Mouse.. All the previous question
had for :its objeet-e'ets to suspend the production of
the 'Paper -till the' accusation now pending. should
be disposed of.' vas not so 'mud) the information
contained #l-that 'Paper that would offea the Noble
Nlerquiss's case, as the authority, to which the Heese
hould not lehd itselfinet criminating proceeding. It
'would afterwards be easy-to recur to the Paper as
matter of general t pinion.. „
Mr. SMITH had so great a sense of the
• vortanoe oftherrnper,
:that le would vote for the
production of it,' even-- Tinder the present- hireura-
stances, if it ceilld hot 'be more p-roperly produced
:at another time, . :The. difficulties Ministers- had to
.-contend with atepreaent were so great, that lie; was
sorry to .see theileattention -distraCted by.'eny Wien
,questions. When avirtual censure had heel.) paSsed
• on Lord VI .elleeley'S Administration, ley'ientlhig- oet
.the late Noble Governor,- wlunn. all, laineeled,, to
.establish a contrcry.: system ; and w hen a Noble
.lord (Lauderdale-); iu wh-oni there was every- reason
to confide, was about to 6'e sent out: tO confirm the
. amended esyateme he thought, theproposed investi-
gation unnecessary and7un wise. When ink estigation
. :was once entered upon, there u:ould be no end to
it. There must be a general revisal, He was asto-
dished that twenty-nine out of thirty Direacirs bad
sat still etzhen their opipiens were so broadly departed
. from :- that they submitted to sign -a garbled acid
mutilated abstraCt of that opinion, and that they re-
. mainpda whole year without coming to the House
to remonstrate, under an insult that must have been
~most balling tchtheirfeelings
Doctor L4I.I7.I:LEACE blamed thOse who were
- guilty of transgressions. that called 461.01 y for 'eh.:
. quiry, for the distraCtions such enquiry gave to Mi-
nisters. It was childish to- say abuses should be
suffered to go oil because enquiry was inconvenient.
He would not trust. to .any individual. To abstain,
from the production of a Paper.of • the most useful
.-general nature, • because part of the information it
contained may be applied to a particular question,
he looked upon. as foolish and absurd. , The.ques-
Cops upon the Marquis of Welleslevs CondeCt were
so plain and dire&, that they ,could be easily de-
cided upon, without, having recourse to collateral or
ietnote matter, which nobody would think of con,
Aleaing with then:.
Mr. GRANT did not:agree that the situation of
the Court of Direaors was-as hard as it had been de-
scribed-by some. It was certainly, however, very lend
when a Nobleman. too high-minded to Attend to
their suggestions Was in the situation- of Governor-
General, and was proteCled by Administration at
home. Concord between the branches. of the Go-
- vernment was most essential. The only form .in
-,which•the Directors could expresseheir disapproba-
tion of Lord Wellesley was that of this Paper. Ile
was not pleased that the Paper -had been produced to
the Court of Proprietors. What the Court of Di-
reaors had signed was part of their opinion, though
but a small part. They, therefore, signed nothing
but what they thought right. 1-le was of opinion
that investigation could not be beneficial unless sup-
ported by the great talents aed authority of the-
. House.- He thought it .would be unwise to attetppt
any alteration in the Cohstitution of the Govern-
ment of India. The parts of that Government were
now consolidated, and the machine had acquired a-
-facility of movement from habit. He. approved of
the general condua of the late Board of Contronle'
though he had ditihred horn it on some points. .
Lord TEMPLE said, it was necessary to explain,
that this proposed .dispatch, condemning the
nistration of Lord Wellesley had-not been prepared
till four or five years of his government had expired.,
The authorities he had to look to for.the guidAhee of
his concluttehad not till then expressed•,ahy dissatis-
- faaion. was-atlt the request :of the CourCoT Di-,
meters that Lord Wellesley, tetainuthhe. Wvernment

ift i M., - -rhis-Oillitttlf. .4.4iarrioliaCon ''olc.l nit
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been prOpe,"SW to the noard of COI) t roul tilt trieNoble
Marquis xviis on the. seas to return to this country,
a nd had, l'eVer reached hint. He wished - for the
0-0(416U-on of every. Paper tending, to elheitiate the
' case, but this weitt- to excite prejudices of the Most
unjust nature. .
- Mr. WINDILI.M. felt much pain in diffet-ing
from his Honourable Friends abont: -MM. - He could.
have wished the importance of the Paper, or the int-.
portance of the subjea to which it - related, would
permit birri to be silent, On the case of Lord Wel-
', lesley he reserved his opinion. iivedivd not think this
I Paper bore on that case. He thought the information
contained in thy Paper most essential, and he dithiot
think it could have any influende;inimical to justice
in the proceeding in Which the Rouse was-engaged.
He did not think the House was in the situatiotrof a
Court ofJustice, or to b,ebound by the :ales of-Courts
of Justice., Neither was the proceeding in Which the
HOusevWas-engaged a judicial proceeding,' but rather
a proceeding of inquiry, like that before 4 Grand
Jury, *here all information ought to be admitted.
The opinion was exposefa,* as to Lbrd Wellesley's
Government, and therefore could not give weight to
the charges to be adduced -against him..: The 'Paper
was desirable to shew the real opinion of- the Court
of Dire:-tors,. in contradiaipn to th'at which they
were required to' Sign by the'Boatd of.coritroul. Ile
therefore voted for'the production: of the.Paper,-as
tending to give useful. infortnation, without doing
injustice, and without exciting prejudice, and as ne-
cessary to do away a' false inapreSsion: • •
. ,
The AMSTER: Rillze ROLLs:4i4O.-a very; able
speech .against the ',original Motion. He -observed,
that tic two Gentlemeo who called forthis Oak--
Mem agreed in the-. reasons for which they, said, it
ought to.be prOduced. He maintained that this was
a proof there was no solid ground for its ptoduCtion.
-He maintained also,, that the faets, upon- which the
opinioo of the Court of Directors had been formed
, on the conduct of the Noble Marquis, which this
dispatch cwtained, ought to be before the Rouse
befere the propriety' or impropriethof that opinion
could be ,judged of. He: supported the precious
quest-ion. .
- -
. Mr. H. el LELINDER observed, that 'notwith-
, .
a,
,stnding the advantage the House received from the
abilities of the Master of the Rolls, he could not
' help adding. sctint; observations to his arguments,
and the first point of view struck him ia was, the
impoSsibility of any man of common sense • so far :
shutting his eyes as_. net to see that although . the
motive for calling for the Papers was general and
4bstraa 'information,. that from the periOd'they Were
adually .called for, they must prejudice- the public
mind upon an imn.t.diate -and personal 9nestion to-
be decided on within the eoUrSq, cif a few clays.
That such i. thing appeared. to him mast`: perfectly
unjust, and that every essential and fair- objeCl, of
the application could lie attained by-an unobjeCtion-
able.mode-of proceeding. If, the Noble! Lord. had
violated the laws -of the land, cite' the lawS, atu call
foi the evidenee of the taas the Diret-tors relied
pon to substantiate their 'Opinions; if )le-had dis,
iibeyqd orders, let 'these.-orders be quoted and pro-
duced, and thA disobedience shewn -; but that it
-appeared highly iMproper for this House to call'for
the opinion's; inferendes, and Colouring of the.Dirc.sc-
tors. ' It .was. uniust,, most certainly, *l'nm-I:Admi-
nistration' eon-yet-sea ..of two:, distina parts, each
of- 'vliom, exercising -.distinEt -powers, might differ
essentiany on queStions of justice or policy, to'make
the opinions barely ofont;.>. of the parties iv ground of
accusation- against. their opponent, and that only,
upon the part view of -the question. Such,, un-
fortunately, -was the case with . the component parts
of our. Government in India ; and ,hovveker highly
'-he-thoughtoftheFlou.Direeior,and.it was impossible,
as .far as iris observation went, for any man to entertain
a -higher opinion.of another-than he entertained for
Mr. Grant, he could not concur with him this- night,
as he must consider -them the result of a diiierence of
general opinion. It had been truly stated, that it
was almost impossible,' and certainly unwise; to im-
.peach a general system -of Government where no
'individual aa of cruelty, avarice„ or oppression
could be stated or attempted to be proved, because it
- comprehended a variety of motives and reSdlts • no
tribunal could embrace. 6)nsidering it in this 'point
of view; Mr. Alemander was fldVerSe to thp present
measure, but wished to consider.the question Ou its
individual merits, and analogy to the prai,ltiCe of
Grand Juries. In Ireland it was the practice cer-
tainly, it the examinations of the Witnesses were
-not full -and satisfa&orv, in favorem vitov, or for she
safety of charzieter,
,not to involve a party ill the risk
-and disgrace of atTusation,.wit,hout -thither- exami Ilik-
tiOli *; hitt there was no initauce of examining- the
Magistrates who returned these examinations, as to
.their opinion, or to jnat4., their own condua in
committing, and bringin-4 the pa, tics to that state-of
inquiry. - Let witnesses e examined.--let .fats -be
. investigated—but:do not take the'opinions, • colour,.
ings, and inferences of any class of men who, have
,essentially differed front the Object Of you?. inquiry,
and, make them the criterion by .which you will
judge .
of their opponents'eondneft, Independent' of
these general and particular grounds of reasoning,
Mr. ALEKANPER owned he wished to discountenance
habits of crimination and accusation. God forbid he
should ever deny the power of
,Parliament, when
proper groundS were laid ; but Whatever he had re-ad
in history, and all the re.asoniugs that occurred to hi§
mind, led him to, consider them as the most fatal
prognostics, and. proofs of the dissolution of the
,Government or the State. There was no Nation
where the habits extensively preVailed, who were
, not convulsed by them ; and however. flattering it
might be to the pirde and vconsequenee•of the indi-
viduals who stood forward the vindicators of public
integrity, his opinions were, that it would ultimately
- deter- men of great rank • and talents frbin under-
taking the management of public affairs ; and where
'it did not, the threatened prosecutions stopped the
State of .the benefit of talents that' might be erni-
nently-useful; He was` much inclined to 'think such
'might be the case as to. the Noble Lord, but was
most cleeidedly•of opinioh, that it •was the duty of
every well-meaning man, and of the Parliament.
at large, to exercise the undoubted, power with
great MOderation, y v and- to consider well, in ever
peiiod of our History,: the little good, 'and the great
evils and diSsentions which had arisen from ovei--.
strained prosecutitins. ' • ' • , ,
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Ir. PLILLE 4,. after aAyerting. to what had fallen
froin the
,preceding - Speaker, 'said, that he by no,
means wished to go. 4i:,o,,;,i,.divsion on a matter of

to tie Consequence; for whether the el was
sid beforo the .110tr,e.' or ner:,--Wa's7k4iiatlel of intl. dit
ference u ii ile every body knevV
Paper:, however*, be of any
Ilse to the Public, be-thhaght it ought to be Produced.
Mr. StritiblAN proposed .that the Kotion for the
previou4 question
,should be withdiayn,.for the purr
pose of stThstitutina a Resolutiph of the/House, that
the altered dispateliliad not the sandlot' of the Court
of Direaors. This proposition was supported bsz
Mr. Wind&ini, but 'riot being acceded to by Lora
Archibald Hantilt6n; alter some further` observations
from Mt WI; -Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Pauli, Mr.
Mt.'Wilberforce,, Slieridan and Mr. it
Thornton, the , HonSe.44liVidear- when there ap-
peared,
_Vol' the previoUs question
' Against it

121
27

MajOrity 94

TRADE BETWEEN AMERICA-AND THE WEST
• • INDIA ISLANDS. -
Arr...ROSE , made his promised Motien on this
subjea: Before the War, the WeSt India
Islands bad been supplied with prOvisiorfs, ;Ember,
thi British Settlements in Arneriea, no%v the
United States. During"that War, the 1:,, lands had
experienced great inconveniauce frOm having been
deprived of those resources ; in consequence of
which, at the 'conclusion of that. War, they 'were
allowed by an At of,.Par!iament to receive such •ar;-:
tides as they were in need (Oro:lt:America, brought
by British Subieas in Britisn'Ships.'. On the break•
ing out of the War in 1.703, 'such inconvenience Was
sustained. by tht West a India Islands, tht they werepermission recelie' supplies from
Atner:...,. The Consequence was, tlia theAmeri. as
pushed their trcide nod" the Etitish,
Snips, •
grown up to the• amount of . 937 • omps,
prising 1 It),o00 ton's, and carrying 6500- sea-
,:..
mete; was reduced in three years to 167 Ships; 49,m0
tons, and i3OO then The mode ofgranting this indul-
geke was to allow .the Governors of the West India
Islands to consent to it,when urgeninecesityrequired.7
He understood that it was the intention of Govern-
ment to take the respfinsibility frOm the Governors
ud throw it, on Minl:4ters ; bnt this' he deprecated
in the stiwgest
.manner. rithe iincOrmation of the
,necessity could not be communicxed to this Ooun7
'try in a time that would render assistance useful, es-.
• pecially in War. The Ship Owners Would be ma-
terially/injured by this alteration in tte system. By
the preSent mode, which was a deviation from it,
the Ainericans alOne supplied ourlSlTands in- the
West inclis with
,East India Goods. All that he:
asked was, that tl,r subjea should. be thoroughly-
investigated. rt was iiat a-dew law that he wished
to prepese,it was merely the'entbreetbent of an old
one. He was'an_liouS that There should be no re-
laxation of it, unless the most indubitable necessity
:was proved.' No man in the House bad a greater,
personal stake in the West Indiesthan himself. It
might, therefore, readily be supposed, that,he would
not contend for any measure likely.to-injure them.
After many Observations of a sinsilar nature, Mr.
Rose concluded by moving, That there be laid be,.
fore the House an Account of the number of Bri-
tish Ships, their 'Tonnage, •and number of Men,
'etniiloyed the Trade lietWeen Gient Britain and
the .United States Oc.Araerica, from the sth of Jam
1759,- to the: sth of San. 180, distinguishing, the
'number for each year. s
Lord HEARY I' CITY rose not to obje& to the
Motion, but-fig make some remarks on what had
fallen from:. the Bight lion. Gentlernan. It cer-
-iainlY-Was. rite the vinitemplation of Government to
transfer the responsibdity alluded to from the Go-
vernors of tlw West India Islands. to Ministers, and
when the stibjea.catne befOre the. House he trusted
:that they would be satisfied with:the reasons for this
alteration. By the mode, recommended by the Right
Hon. Gentleman, the Inhabitants of the West India
"Islands would be continually exposed tothe.dangers
of famine, as the Ship Owners .of Great Britain Would
have no inducement to afford them a regular sup-
ply. Experience had: proved this to be true; for
during the ten or twelve years, when the law
:,was enforced prohibiting -any* trade between the
Islands and America, the utmost distress and deso,,
lationensted,' . - • •
Lord CASTLEREAGH supported the 'opinions of
-Mr. Rose..
• Mr. FUELER,opposedithem. He stated that fif-
teen thousand persons had been starved by the po-
}icy which the Right Hon.Gentlematt recommended.
•Sir W. 'Yogs-c4, Mr.•'BAitllnrl,and Lord TEMPLE
followed on the same side.
Mr. 'toss explained. • • •
After a feW• Words from Mr. JEFIERY abd Mr.
VANSITTART) 'the Motion was agreed to, as were
ako several other*, tending to sheW the Trade, be-
tween the West India islands and the„.Bgitish. Co-
lonies in Ametica, and the Exports from the West
. Islands 'to Great Britain, from 1793 to the
present year.
-The-st-cond reading of tho Iron Duty Bill was
postponed to Monday.. .
The Committee on the Irish. Linen. Bill was post
poued t(-) that a4yise'nnight.
After a caution from Mr. ROSE) against precipi-
tation, the House went into a Committee on' the
Slave Exportation Bill. • •
Several Amendments were introduced by the ATt
TORNEY-GINERAL) and agreed to: .
The House having resumed, the 'Report was re-
dived, and ordered to be taken into further consi-
deration on Friday; and. the Bill, a§ amended, to be
printed.

~ 1. 'I

The Third reading of the Witnesses'. Bill, 'and the
Committee on the Appraisement Duty Bill, were
postponed till to-morrow.
• The Irish Bank Note Bill and. the Irish trouso
'Duty Bill went through ComMittees, the Reports
of which were ordered to be received ,to=morrow:
. Mr. ALExANDER- brought up the Report of the
Committee on tjle Tea Duty Bill; which Ogs agreed
to, and the Bill ordered to' be .read a thifil time to-
morrow. •• - •
The Three Millions Exchequer Bills' Bill was read
a third tune, and passed. • • •
Adjourned at Ty.'eMt•

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ittiENTEDT6 PARl,ittiviENr LAST NIC,;Ek,

V.ELATINE TO TUE

RUPTURE ERT,WEEN ENGLAND AND PR

NoJ.Copy of a Dispatch froth FRANCIS j kr.tEs It.c.Ksout
Esq. to th:-Itight. Hon. Lord MuI.GitAVE, Chted
f
'27th jan. 134.

MY LORp,

I have the`, honour of ipeklsing ro y 0.6" Tzrasliip
a Letter, dated yeste,lay,
.1 have'
just received (4 P. M.),4.1-G4i,,,i;14.0n, H noziv'qitG..
I hasten to forward the:4-gent at
Cuxhaven, in the I.,:tipes of 'its arriving the're in' tit-no
for.tine Thtkioay's Packet. T ai o 56114 to
CAT fi CAR T, by dstafette, a Copy 6.4- The iciirtis slat
Minister's Letter to rn.Q. I. sliallsiniply ackuowledge
•the receipt of it,_ and inform his Ecellency, that I
Live fiirwarcled his. C4rnmunication to your LoraA
ship. Lliave.thp honour to be,,&c.
.• • (SiO4): FkAI4.CIS_ ,TA ES 3 ACK, .9N.
tight Hon. Lord llfiilgrave,

Tran slation of Inclo4ure in No. I.)

skit, •
I hasten to fulfil the promise given to -lOrd H
liewtY: on the sth of this (month, to communicate
to you, Sir, as soon as a fitil,:decisiet:" should !)e .
taken on the subjea, the additional circumstances -
relining to the ,security of the North of Germany,:`*
and to the guarantee by the King of the safe. tx.of
the British Troops which are in 'leat part of the
Continent.
A MessetTer firOtAT Munich has just brronli;
l\tajesty intelligence of the' eousummation.,octhe
arrangemtits which the present conjent9ure a f-,
fairs has in:laced haft to entAeintowit!, ..ammo*,
order it.) iwe those Countries; e-
'States of annoyer; from the -misfortunes of
ther ruinous War, and to insure 4-heir
As the.e3 arrangements stipulate par,icalarly the ,
committing of .that Country: to the_ exclusive beard
of the Prussian TroOp§, to
of the King, until tie conclizsion q. a P`VCe tetteeeft •
England and France; His .Nilljesty could not delay,:
taking the necessary measures fur the entry therein of
a Corps of his Army, which will be under the orders
of. his Excellency, the. General of
,Cavalry Count
'SC HULENBERG K RHNERT, to whom also the Ring
has confided the Atlministration of the Country.--
His Majesty,. animated by the most lively desire to
see the importance and the prgfency of .the motives
which have induced -him: to.take these steps finstiy
appreciated by: His Britannie,Majesty,' and his eti,
lightened. Alinisters, 13:iroh '.l.'e-oar to
give a detailed explanation thereof at London.
' It would be superfluous to peint out to volitatten--
\
tion,hoW urgent and indispensible, in the present•
state of allaip;, the re-embarkation of the Ent;lisli
Trbops in the North of ('er-many is become, since
the retreat of the Foreign Troops is ,t«.e condition
upon which France has 1)..011.116dd not to order het.
Troops to re-;enter Hanover ; arid since: also it was
tipOn this supposition alone that the King guatztr,
teed their security. I ,prestnne that Lord OATH-
CART has already receive-,' and is upon the point if
executing, the orders of his Court for the return (.f
those Troops, far which Tran Torts have been wait=
tug for some time past. I have however to request,
Sir, that you would, for the purpose of still farther
' dispatch, write to that Commanler in Chief on the
subjea;
,and,.acqnainting him with the present cit.,.
CUMStatiCCS, that you Would induce him to hasten;
rts'far as depends on him, a measure which, in these
circumstances, and the approaching arrival of our
-Troops, will not admit of any delay. I request you
10 accept of the reitkated asearance of iny hi;l1 and
perfea

(Sign a.)

Berlin, Tan 26, iSo6. -
'To Mr. Jackson; .&e..

HARDLNL:Iiq.

No. ll.—His Prussian Majesty's Proclamation ort
taking ti.inporary possesiion of the :Eleaorate of
dated 21th January, i506.2---This
datnntion appeared some time since in ',li,. SuN-.
It stated, that 'His Prussian IVlnie:=ty took tetn.--
porary possession' of the EleLlorate of Hanover
until the conclusion of a General Peace.

No. II i. —Copy of a Nom from Mr. Secreary ox to Baron

I AcCAi KLOEST, dated 17::1 Mira 1816.

The Undersigned is commanded by 'FES Majesty
to state to Baron JAcoilf KixEs-r, for..thoinforma-
tion of his Court, the great anxiety- felt by Ks Ma-
jesty at the manner in which pOSsei;ion has been
taken of the Electorate of Hanover. Prus-
Sian Majesty judg-ed it exindient, in order ttfArevent
French Troops from approaching so near- that part
of his frontier, to take to himself the military Occu-
pation of the EleEtorate-, it does not-appear to His
Majesty that it Was by any means necessary that the
Civil Government of that unhappy Country. should
:be subverted, or that an Army more numerous, and
consequently more injtirious tO the inhabitants, than
necessity required, should be;maintained 'there. His
Majesty relies with thogreatest confidence on His
Prussian Majesty's Declaration, that the present oc-
cupation is Merely temporary ;' 'Majesty
cannot but expres4 a wish, that the Deciaration on
•thisToint were more solemnly made in the face of
Europe. The honour of the Court of Berlin;' as
well as-the consideration mutually dueio each other
from two TtinceS so nearly connea-ed- in blocid and
alliance, seem to call for ft clear explanation on this
important s'ubje4t., ,
His Majesty on his partdesires to beequally ex-
plicit, and to put an end to allhopes' (if such indeed
have been entertained by the Court of *nit)), that
any convenience of political arrangement; much less
any Offer of equivalent or indemnity, will ever in-
' duce His Majesty so far to forget what is due to his
own legitimate rights, as- well as to the exemplary
fidelity and attachment ',9f his Hanoverian $11)-
jeets, As -to consent to the alienation of the Elec-
torate.

His Majesty learns with concern, 'that it is in agi-
tation to give up' Anspach, and Other parts of His
Prussian- Majesty's Dominions to Bavaria, in conse-
quence of a Convention with France;' but he does
pot pretend any right to interfere, or to give any
opinion with 'resped to the propriety of the mea-
tuteS, virliateiier' they 'may be, whldi- His Prussian
Majegy may deem eligible for the interest of his
Crown and People -, at the same time it is to be ob-
served, that His M:ijesty, whether in his capacity of
Tiicig of Gteat 3riaala, Or in tbat bT -Eleabf of Ha-
nover, was -in' no wise,a party to. the.' Convention
alluded to, or-responsible-tar its co pilequencos. The
'c'essions tbefellike wbicli His Prswiap Mojesty mat

g_• • • •

nsal;.e to TIN. Majesty's Enetutes. can snrely..n,ever he-
altedged as a justification for. taking to himself His.
IVlajesty's-lawful •
Hizt. Majesty therefore .hopes that his Prdssian.
Maj4tsty will - the honourable ait tes.of •hi 6
own heart, and will demonstrate to the world; that
Whatever sacrifices the present cire,urnstances-may in-
dice hip-to. make with respe& to his ovarterritories,
lie wiii not-set the dreadful esample of indemnifying.
liimseft at theexpence of -a third party, whose sen-
timents and condu&-tdwards -his- Prussian Majesty
and his Subje&S.:have been uniformly friendly and
pacific. .

Na. IV.—Note. Verbal.

-Until. the .explosion of the last Continental War
-,1-63.1-'ruisiii_Majesty had no other objeCt in view
than to-secure 'the tranquillity of his Monarchy, and
that 'of the neighbourin,g States.
He wart icn able `to effeEt.this upon terms which
"tact the entire approbatiohlof every Court. He has:7 -
teen desirous of doing the same since the breaking'
'out Cf ttle'present war. But thd choice of the meaps
hos:4o lang& been in his: power. Franed has calf- .
si'cl4ed H:.nover as her conqueat,• and lier:Arsiops.,
1
were on the point of entering it for the purppe o
dppbsing dfit definitively cording to the plektfare
the reiich..,t,nperor, without .the,-possibility" of ,:his
Biltantile'Majesty preventMg
'rite : ocenpation of that- Country by his Prussian
Majesty,, and the shutting of the Ports the -Ger-
mainSeas,-and that of Lubeck, zgainst the -British
flagi(ai ,was the case during the. possession of Hart-.
ovee•by the French), Were the indispensible' condi-
tions of an. arrangement by which the country is
seemed against the entry of fpreign troop;; and the.
quiet the North of
:Germany preserved,
has' not been obtained. without painful sa-
crlnCes on his Majesty's ,part. Those of the House
of Hanover are in no degree to be. attribUted to the,
King's" Measures, but are the inevitable, conse- -
queuces of a war, whiCh his conciliating policy has
in vain endeavoured to prevent. 'This war might
have produced 'still more serious consequences. The,
Treaty between Prussia and France at least protee:ts
tlieNorthernStates from farther evils; and could every
YOWer but duly appreciate hoW much they are in-'
ilebted to the system he has adopt6d, the King would
with justice obtain the gratitude of all.
"No.. V. —The Proclamation of Count SCHUL,LENISURCH,
died Hanover, March 28.; ordering the Porte of the North
Sea, as well as all the Rivers running into it, to be shut
ai.,,ainst the Trade of Great-Britain, in conformity to a 'treaty
bbtween Prussia and France. This Proclamation has al.
ready appeared VERBATIM in Tot SUN. ,
• ' NO.NI .--Proclamation of His Prussian Majesty for taking
definitive Possession of Hanover, datodßerlin, April r, 180.
Tiiiii,Proi;lattiation has also alrCady appeared in fo z SON.

T H c.;

SOI.EM QUsIS FALSUM AUDEAI?

LONDON,

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, I 80G.

Yesterday a Message from' His' MAJESTY vas de-
livered to both HouseslofParliainent, respet.9.ing.the
(.;itfetences between this Cotintry and Prussia. The
Me sage yes delivered in HOuse of LordS by
Lord GAENVILL., and in the:House of COMMons
cl?b , and-, at the saine time several Papers
•- • •
Were:raid upon the. Tables of both 1-Touses, contain-
ing +he correspondence Which has taken place- be-
tween the two Courts: Several of these Documents
have already appeared in this Paper; the remainder
we this day lay before -our Readers ; 'but the one. to
;which' we' wish particularly to diieEt- their attention,
is ttle, Note from Mr. Secretary Fox to Baron JACOBI
KL-ozs•r; dated the. I.7th,March last, relative to .the
occupation of Hanover by-Prussia. It is couched in
temperate, „manly, and -dignified language It
t3SeZtS the rights of HIS . MAJESTY, as EleCtor
of
Hanover, and remonstrates agaiast the Unprovoked
aggression of - Prussia, -in the most distin& and
-energetic manner, but.. without any unnecessary
asperity. This State Pap& appears the more
deserving of praise, when put in comparisbn With-
the Note Verbal delivered to our Minister by the
C )urt of Berlin, for the purpose not of justifying,
but palliating its conclu& It would, however, be
unfair to comment upon this Note, as speal:ing the
real sentiments of ' the Prussian Cabinet, when it is
obviously-the result Of French di elation. There is
not the slightest doubt that the hostile measures
:i4oprPd by Prussia towards this Country are highly
disapproved of by all the Counsellors of His Puus-
SIAN ,MAJESTY, except 'COMA ITAUGWITZ, and it
is an undoubted faa,' that riot one of them would
countersign the Proclamation ,for taking final pos-
session- of Hanover, notwithstanding, the repeated
comMands of His Majesty, and he was at length
c,l):igtA to send for Count 1-.l,:s.upwier2. to Counter-

412;11 it.klis
Majesty's I\Tsiage is to be taken into cOn-
6ideration this day in the pi:lTc of commons. •

Tile Pomona Frigate, with the Flpet under con-
voy. from Oporto and Lisbon.; is arrived otf
010tith, . , ,

THE HairibUrgh dn Sunday arrived this
tuorning. The tontentg win- be found in 4 subse-
w.v.:-.;.t c'plurnu. • -