The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-21 00:00:00

ofi'FicE OP' ORDNANCE,

Deconier 15, /802.
H E PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Elis
-11-• 1144yESTY's ORDNANCE, do hereby give Nyder,
that they will be ready, at their Office, in St. Margaret.strcat
Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 3ist instant, to receive Proposals
from such Persons at may be willing to undertake the Supply of
Melo/lowing descriptions of Articles, for the Se►vice of the Ord.
nance Department, upon contrafis for a given period, viz.

Sand Bags, Turnery Articles, Iron, British and Foreign ;
Tackle Hooks, and various other Articles-of Iron Ma-
nnfaeture ; Intrenching Tools, Tinmans' Articles, and
Lighting of Lamps ; Copper Hoops and Rivets, Copper-
smiths' Articles, Nails and Spikes, of various Sorts
Painters Work at the Tower, Westminster, Greenwich,
' and Woolwich; Cartridge Paper for Swan 'Arms, also
Whited Brown, or Bag Cap Paper, for Wrapiag up Carta
• ridges; Petty Emptionary .Articles, Serge for making
Cartridges, Tanned Hides and Sheepskins;
confirmable to Patterns. and Specimens, which 'nay be inspeaed
at the Tower, UtC7l applicaticn to the Chief Clerk, under the
Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnanty, when irintcd
of the Contra d, and .s•ehedur V the Artici;,c to
_tarnished
under each contraht, may be. received by Pe sins who inte.4 to
make proposals for such c.ntraas.
The Proposals to be delivered at the Secretary's Office, in St.
Margaret-street, Westminster, sealed up, and marked on the cat.
side, with a specification of the Articles intended 1, be supplied,
and no Tender 'will be admitted after the 3 It iII4 hint .

By Order cf the Board,
P H. CREW, Sec.

BAST INDIA HOUSE,
November 24, 18n2.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS 0 ENG-
LAND trading tv the East Italics, de hereby give Notice,
That they are ready to receive Proposals, in writing, at any
time on er before FRIDAY, the 31st December next, from any
Persons who may be to BUILD SHIPS, of about
Tons Blerthen, to be Let on Freight for the said Company's Ser•
vice for Six Kyages certain.
The Tenders with the Iverds " Ship Tender" on nJ.e cover, to
be „several?), sealed q, and left with the SecTetaui at or before
• Twelve o'clock at Noon on Friday, the said 3 tst December next,
beyond Which hour not any Tesder will be received.
WILLIA M RA itISA Y, See.

The particulars If the principal dimensions and scantlings, also
an Inventory of the principal Stores, the Copy of the usual Charter
Party, as an outline, with the ohm,- Terms and Conditioni on which
the' Ships are to be tendered, and entertained in, the Company':
Service, also the Draft conformably to whi6h the Ships are to he
Built, may be seen on application to Mr. games Colgan, Clerk
to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Tuesday, the sotb

ROSEATE LOTION,
A Certain and Effedual REMEDY for SCORBUTIC
HABITS, ERUPTIONS, and IMPURITIES in the
FACE and SKIN.
THIS 'LOTION, which is singularly efficacious
in the Cure of CUTANEOUS DISORDERS. may
be used by the most scrupulous and fastidious, without the
smallest apprehension of danget to the most delicate habits,
it being composed of the most simple materials, without any
mixture of mercurial preparation (a thing much dreaded by
persons of weak or debilitated constitutions). It operates
on the parts afte6ted, by effectually removing from the Face
and Sk►n, Pimples. Blotches, Preternatural Redness, what
is commonly denominated Black Worms, and blackness occa-
sioned by surfeit, and that without any danger of causing the
Disorder to return into the System, and at the same time
renders the Complexion beautifully clear and healthful.
The Proprietor can with confidence recommend the above
Lotion ifs one of the safest and most ui.exceptionable ever
offered to the Public, it being attended with no pain or un-
pleasant sensation in the application ; and has never been
known to fail in the most obstinate Cases, in effecting a com-
plete cure in the course of a few weeks, as can be testified
by many respectable Families who have used it.
Sold, by appointment of the Proprietor, 4 'Mr. Gilbert's,
glover,/'No. 124, Holborn Hill, and no where else, in bottles
of ss. 6d. and tos. 6d.'each, stamp duty included, with pro.
per direztioris for using it.

Extrad of a Letter addressed to Mr. Itoct, A soN, Printer,'
Bookseller, Statiorier; and Vender of all the genuine Me-
dieines, Stourbridge.
SIR, - • •
you will be pleased to transmit the following
Case to Mr. Lignum, Surgeon, at his Dispensary, in
Manchester:
Audnam Brook, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire,
Feb. 16, 18ot.

Mr. Lic.Ncp.l,
Sir,. I beg you will publish the following extraordinary
Cure, and I sincerely wish that those who make trial of your
ANT I SCO ROUT IC DROPS were candid and impartial in
giving a just account of their effects to the Public. I am
persuaded that the number of our fellow-creatures labouring
under dreadful complaints, Might not only he. relieved, but
their Dis Orders effectually eradicated. About nine years ago
I was knitted with leprous and scorbutic Eruptions, which
made their appearance on different parts of my body, which
increased with such rapidity, that of late years 1 have been_
truly leprous', my whole frame being at times covered with
scales resembling the bark of a tree, handfuls of which were
taken (Army bed every morning ; the itching that attended
was intolerable, and still more insufferable was the smarting
pain which succeeded scratching. Before I began taking
your Drops,.however incredible it may appear to‘the Public,
it is certainly a-fatt, that on different parts of rm, body there
were not less than five hundred ulcers through disease ; I at
times lost the ule of my limbs thereby, and was almost in-
capable of foll,Oring my business, on which was the sole de-
pendence my family and self had to look to for our support.
In this reduced and truly deplorable state, my family and
friends had given up all hopes of my recovery ; but an ac-
quaintance of mine seeing the Case. of Timothy Mason, of
Wigan, in Lancashire, in the Birmingham Paper, persuaded
me to make trial of your Drops. I immediately. purchased a
small Bottle of Mr. Rollason, Printer, in Stourbridge, which
I found greatly to alleviate my pain, and through persevei-
ing, till I had taken, I think, six or seven small Bottles, I
am grateful .that I am now, and have been many months,
able to follow my employ. If arty further satistadion be re-
quired of the *truth of this great Cure, the inquirer may be
fully satistied•by applying.to Mr. Wheely, Glass-manufac-
turer, or Mr. Rollason, Stourbridge ; Mr Tomkinson, Deep-
field I row. Works, near Wednesbury ; Mr: Foster, Brettel-
Jane Lime-Works ; and by, Sir,
• Your numble Servant,
'EDWARD WRI G HT, . joiner.
Attested in presence of Mr. Wheeley and Mr. Rollason.
To Mr. 1.1c,,N0m, Surgeon, No. 57,

,
Bridge-street Manchester.
These Drops ar:-. sold in moulded squire bottles at 12s. an't
4s. 6d.--one 12.5. bottle, is equal in quantity to three 4s. 6d.
ones.- They- may be had wholesale or retail, at Mr. Lig-
num's 'Dispensary, No., 57, Bridge-street, \ Manchester ;
at Howard And Lyons's, No. 42, Long-lane, West-Smith-
field, sole wholesale Agents in. London ; and retail, by
the follo%ving.persons t H. Ctindell, No. 47, Minories ; W.
Clarke, No. 269, Borough; Jordan, No. 33, Whitechapel ;
Jeboult and Co. No. tic, Oxford-Street; Knight, Norton
Falgate ; Kirk, No. 119; Cockhill, Ratcliffe ; Mr: Pidding,
No., 76, Oxford-Street ; Sutton, No. 14t, Long-acre; Tutt
and Bolton, Royal Exchange ; Ward, No. 324, Holborn*,;
Wade, Old Bond-Street, and No. 163, k leet-Street ; and by
the principal Venders of xgaiozi iA Gray Townie, the

1.11P.$ PA.q.LIAMENI.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY, DEC. 20.

THE 'Order of the . Day being read for giving
Judgment on the Scotch Appeal, Graham' v. Hen-
derson, the LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the
arid—Wier -ricakirig Tfa—ciliseo-ationS
to the, ineiits of the Case., from which it appeared
that_he, was decided
.theieon, moved a Resolution,
which tended to aftipn ,the, Decree of the Scotch
Court, biit, without 'the'anne.xatior; of Costs. •
The. Question being put, it was ordered.accord-
ingly.,
On' the otder,- for. Cl^. further-consideration of
the Scotch -Appeal, Lord I.itinairtl rth Matthewson,
the LORD eflANct LLOR stated his opinions- of the
Case at very great length, and concluded 'by
moving,:Thar:the 'further _consideration thereof be
-deferred' till to-morrow, in order -to afford time for
the due framing of a :Proposition,, for remitting
certain 'parts of the Case. to the Court of Session,
Statement• of Claims, &c. which, on the Question
being put, was ordered -accordinglY.' - •
The Earl of TALBOT and Lordl3llAbFotto were
sworn and took their Seats.

- Mr. ALEXANDVI2, attended by several Gentle_
men, brought up froth the Commons, the English
lVlitiria Amending Bill the Irish Militia Pay Bill
the VelOns Transportation; the Sugar Dnty'bravy'_.
hack ; the fri ll FloUr ; the -Coin :Export and
Import Regulation '; and the, .Woollen Aanufae..
turers' Bills. '

•
.Captain MARKHANT; attinded 'by Lord GAF:U-
N:En and'othei WieinberSi'-lrbuglit up the Navy
Abuses Bill.

Two Naturalization Bills were returned by Mr.
STRANGE.

The above-Bills were severally read a first time.
It was ordered, on the motion of Lord
th Wm,-
,
STNGHANI, at a wiessage-ne sent, to.the Commons,
requesting a copy of certain Reports made to that
House, relative to the. state of the Dock Yards,
Sc. &e.

A Petition having been_ presented, to defer the
second reading, of the.Gotimanchester Inclosure Bill
to a disian.t.day,. in order that the. Petit loners. might
have time .to be heard by
.their Counsel against the
measure, ecc,, the.. .Agents- on both sides were
called to the Bar; fiom whose -sratements-it ap-
peared, that the Parish of Godmanchester con,
tained 4.700 acres, of which the •Petitioners occu-
pied little more than zoo acres, and that the Peti-
tion presented to the House of Commons against
the Bill was pot followed by the hearing of
Counsel. Upon the whole, the Lo RD CHANCELLOR
Seeikd of opinion, that the second reading. of • the
Bill may not improperly be deferred till to-morrow,
and that the Parties have leave to be heard by their
Counsel.---The Noble and Learned Lord having
moved to that effeci, the "second reading of the
Bill was ordered to be deferred accordingly.
Some other private business was then disposed
of; after which their Lordships adjOurned till to- I
morrow, •

HOUSE OF COMMONS%

MONDAY, DEC. 20.

CAPT. MAR KHAM moved for an Account of the
Quantity of Flax and Hemp imported during the,
List ten years, distinguishing each year, and the
Country from.whieh it was imported.—.-Ordered.
The English Militia Amendment Bill was read a
third time and passed.

The Order of the Day for the third reading of the
Sugar Bounty Bill being read,
Mr. 3:OIINSTONE rose to state some objeaions
to this Bill :---he was sorry he was under the neces-
sity- of differing from many Members of that House,
but viewing the subjea in the light he did, he could
not help offering a few observations, though he was
apprehensive that they would not produce any effedt.
The obje6l of the Legislature, with respect to the
Sugar Trade, had always been to grant Bounties on
the re-exportation of that article,. equal to the duty
it paid upon its importation. This principle was
uniformly ailed upon till the year 1794, when we
had obtainea such a monopoly of the
,Sugar Trade,
that it was thought advisable to depart from that
policy, and accordingly the Bounties upcin Expor_
lion were diminished. No bad eft Is were felt
from this plan until the year 1795„ when it was
found necessary, from the state of the trade, again to
grant the old Bounties on Exportation. He wished
the House to consider what the expence.tb the Na-
tion would be, if the Bounties proposed by this Bill
were agreed to; In the year ending
,the sth of
January, iSos, the quantity of raw Sugar exported
Was one million 'of cwt. and of refined Sugar, eight
hundred thousand cwt. The Bounties upon the,
former, would amount ro soo,oool. arid upon the
latter to 125,0001. 4t was not unnecessary to ask,
why the Public should incur Jhis
.e;-epence,, because
the more Sugar that was exported to the Continent,
the dearer the article would be at home, and,
therefore Parliament would be only Baying a
Bounty to the Exporter, in order to raise the price
of Sugar. It might. be urged, that if some assist-
ance was not given to the persons engaged in this ,
trade, they would be ruined; :but surely it never
could be laid down as a principle, that if a number
Of persons engaged in any branch of trade were
losers by their speculations, that therefore they had
claim upon Parliament for their relief. Would
the Cotton Manufafturers, or men engaged in any
other branch of trade, have any claim under similar .
circumstances to apply to Parliament for relief ?
Certainiy not
.; then what right had the West India
Traders to a greater share of indulgence than any
other description of persons ? Many Gentle Men
who had property in the West Indies, but who
xesided in England, complained that the profit of
their West India property Was small, but if tl;iey
did not attend to the management of their own
estates, or it they employed impfoper persons to
manage them, it was their Own ari-al,certaimy
did not strengthen their claim to haVe'their losses
made up by Parliament. But one circumstance to
hew that- the profits of trade were' very 'great in
The Wesi Indies, was, that at Jamaica'thy interestof money wzr; so per cent. and many persons chose
a leave Lute
.unpaid, paying an interest' of

tio per cent. rather than withdraw their money
from trade, which decidedly proved that they must
.make more than that interest upon their capitals in
trade. He threw
.out. these. observations merely
for the consideration of• the House, and declared
that he entertained no.prejudices t,vhatever upon the
subject • , •
111;-. FULLER said, he conceived it to be`iPery
hard that the West India Traders, afterpurchasing
every-year, English inatinfaCtures to a large amount,
and afteriurnishing. at-,least one tenth of Seamen
cmployed..in our Ney,lhoulcl not make above
2. per cent. upon their Capitals. The West India
Planteri expended irrorive eieven Millions a year
in purchasing thftirnanufafteres of this Country,
they brought back,Fight of.their own pro-
duce,' they furnished
,one
,tenth of your Seamen,
and what do they ask in return for this ? Why, that
they might be allowed to sell that part of their
produce which :could not be:consumed in this Coun-
try, in Foreign markets, and upon an equal footing
with others. • And if this Bill was 'not passed, it
was.impossible that English Merchants.could meet
Foreigners in the Foreign markets. The state of
the We'st India Traders was particularly hard, they
Werecompelled.topurchase all they wanted in this
Cppntry, and they were obliged to bring all
.their
Comthodities to this 'market. For instance, he
himself could sell Sugar in Jamaica for 4.0 guineas,
which he was cmnpelled to bring to this Country
where he could,only sell it
.for, 25 guineas, Under
all these circumstances, , what was it they asked ?
Why, upon the.l-lon. Gentleman's own statement,
only bounties to,the.amount of 225,0001. a year.
Mr. BARHAM also supported the Bill, and con-
tended, that the4ituation of
.the, West India Plan.

ters was particularly hard, for the dUties they paid
amounted to more -than .double the whole of their
profitS. The 'objeCtion'tO the present Bill seemed
to him rather uocandid, because it was telling the
persons engaged in that trade, that whenever their
profits were large, Parliament would come in' for a
share of them ; 'but that Parliament Would afford
them no relief in the hour of distress. It had, been
urged, that there was something novel in this mode
of _relief being granted, but Ile was sdrprised that
any one could be so ignorant as to make such an
1 assertion. He could produce above -forty instances
I from the Cuitom,liouse books, where Parliament had
. •
granted the same indulgence'. It was not to serve
merely the interests of the West India Planters that
this Bill was- propoWd,:but for the benefit of the
,
Community at because the. Public were in-
terested in the prosperity of the -West India Trade..
Mr. Y4.IIISITTART said, it was unnecessary.
for him
,to add _much to what had been said upon
this subject. He concurred in general with the
Gentlemen who had spoken last respeCting.the.West
India Trade; but they were not Correa in stating,
that the interests of that Trade had ever been ne-
glefted by the LegislatUre ;- on the contrary, it had
always watched over and protected them. This
tneasure.was necessary, as, well for the relief of the
persons immediately concerned, •as for the Com-
munity at large, 'because so large a portion of Bri-
tish capital was vested in that Trade, and so many
thousands of persons were conneCted with, and de_.
pendant upon it, that if it were to be stopped, it
would produce the greatest confussion and..distress ;.therefore it was not necessary 10-Inake any -a-p;:4togy
far the introduCtion. of this ,measure. The only
question to be considered was, Whether this Bill
was calctilated to produce the effeet for which
it was intended ? Upon this part of the. sub-
jeCt he begged leave to state, that at several
meetings which had been held of the West India
-MerchaOts, it was generally agreed that the plan
now proposed w.as the most effeetual one that -could
be devised to grant them relief, and
.that at the
same time it was the most economical to the State.
It was obVious from many causes that. the supply of
Foreign Countries from Foreign Colonies must be
considerably diminished. The situation of. St.
'Domingo, from which-immense exportations used to
be made, it was not necessary-for, Min to allude to.
The island of Guadaloupe was also in a very unpro-
dative state. Foreign Countrie must, therefore,
in a great degree, be-supplied from British Planta-
tions. It was theretOre, necessary to adopt some
means to facilitate the' gxportation. By the -last
returns, there were not less than two millions of c.wt.
of Sugar now in this Country more than was, ne7
cessary for its consumption. If to this stock was
to be added, another year's produce, it would re-
duce the price so low, as to be absolutely ruinous
to the Merchant. What had. been urged by one
of the Hon,. Gentlemen who preceded him wits. un-
doubtedly true, that if Parliament laid on additional
Dutiei- when the price Was high, it ought not to
refuse relief under circumstances of peculiar pres-
sure.- Upon these grounds it was that this Bill
was introduced, and in addition to this: it was to be
recolleCted that this was but a temporary measure.
Mr. FULLER explained-L.he said, he did not
mean .to say that the West India Planters had peen

oppressed, but "that they would be so if this Bill
were not passed.

Mr. AT4yNs spoke shortly in favour of the
Bill.

Mr. Jou NSTO NE explained. . •
lhe Bill was then read a third time and passed.

THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT expressed his appre-
hensions that he had not sufficiently explained him-
self in the notice he had the honour of giving on
Saturday last, and now considered it as -the fairest
and most candid way, to state explicitly what were
the Grounds, and what the nature of his Complaint.
He shouh thezefore, with the permission of the
House, submit two Resolutions, but was. uncertain
as to the line he ought to pursue, hough the matter
in his judgment lay within a narrow compass. He
had read in one of the Public Papers (THE TR4I E.
BR vroN) an Advertisernent settitia forth a Letter
from Mr. MAI N NV A Ri NG, iddiessed to Mr.
BLACKBURN, a Member of that House, and at
the time alluded to, the Chairman of a Meeting of
the Friends of the petitioning Candidate for Mid,
dlesex. his was followed by Resolutions to sup-
port Mr. MAINW AR ING'S Cause by Subscription,
which he believed the SPEAKER and the House
could consider no otherwir,e, than a Breach of the
Privileges of the House of Commons. He then
;tad from the ms TP.UE itiTe,:d the Re,olutions

stating that the expenees were such, as ought not to
be sustained by any individual, but should be de_
frayed by subscription and voluntary contribution.
He did not imagiNc there ceuld be two topinionsin
,the Ho.use,_ as to such a proceeding being highly
.indecorous, "at the time a Trial was pending in .Par.
Jiament ; because its objet : manifestly was to pre.
judge the case, and to prejudice the minds of those
who were to he the judges He did not know
whether the House would expert him to go into-the
meritpoLtbr.question this day, or merely submit
solneßesoluci4na, and wait for the final determination
tilj .tnotrowtovhen he was .. assured of the assist
ant4of a.Mernber, *hose opinion haa justly great
weight and Astxhority in the House, arid. whik.Was
now prevented from attending only from indisposi.
tion. He then read the tTO Resolutions he meant
to
.proposei with the-', ermission of the'House, the
effect of which were :

ist, That after a Petition had been received, c.ny Appli-
cation tending to prejudge the merits of the Case, ur preju-
dice 'the 'Members, was a Breach of the
.Priviteges of the
House, and a contempt of its jurisdiolion.
ally, That subicribing money in support of a -Petition,
while.pending in the House, was a Breach of its Privileges.
'As to the rest, he said he was ready either to pro-
ceed now, or defer it till to-morrow, as the House
should think proper.
Mr. H. THORNTON thought
,that; if it suited
the convenience of the Hotise, the Hon. ;Baronet
had best proceed immediately.
Sir F. BURDETT then went on to say, that he
did not take up this matter upon any account per.
sonal to himself, but as one that was • equallyinte:
resting to every Member of the House, though in
the first view, it must appear particularly so to him.
It would not, hebelieved, be denied, that pendente
lite; it was highly indecorous, and that even to give
an opinion on the merits was punishable, as . had
been evinced in the case of Mr. JOLLIFF,E, formerly
one of their,Members. That in the Courts below, a
public Subscription to 'promote or sustain
tiob, would be deemed an offence, was a matter
of public notoriety ; but the House of Commons
ought from its Constitution, to 4)e• much more
jealous in these cases than the Courts, because in
the former there was much more danger of partiality
than in the latter. He left the House to judge of
the analogy he 'spoke of, and, only observed_ chat
he had nos. , the least personal animosity to any
conaerned in the, transadion. He had
no wish to brintrany Printer to the Bar, but leave
it co, that liousew mark its disapprobation of such
pro.Fetiings, coinsul ring, as he always -trusted it
would do,. its own Dignity and Honour. .
The SPEAKZR then acquainted him, that the
first-step he had to rake, was to deliver in the News-
paper from wilich• he read the Extraa, (which was
accordingly handed-to• 'the Clerk by Sir taAricts,
and entered as if read).
The SPEAKER then asked him, whether he com-
plained personally as an individual ?
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT replied—No. It was a
Public Affair, thoogh he was individually concern-
ed, he did not whh to do any thing pendente lite
to prejudge. the cause, and prejudice.the Judges. .
Mr. H. THOkNTON declared, that he was not
desirous of bringing this Subjett into discussion, at
the same time that he must be solicitous to stand
well in the opinion' of the House. His -name had,,
indeed, appeared to the Resolutions complained of,
and so far he was implicated; hut' being ever anxi--
ous. to keep his duty as an Eleetor; compatible with
theduties imposed upon him as a Member of 'that
House, whatever May be the effect of his vote, his
condua on the occasion .alluded to, did not 'pre-
clude him from serving in any Committee of which
he might be Chosen a .Memher. • In asserting
his right . as an Elector of the County of Mid-
dlesex, he felt himself. interested, because the
means, which he deemed improper, used by the
Honourable Baronet to get,
,himself returned,.
had, for .the time,. rendered nugatory the vote of
himself as-well as those whom he considered to be
the inajtir,imoi i. who joined in his opinion. What
he (1114 kerefr.;rm for.the purpOse. of restoring
his owe, riglitotird that of his: FellOw-ele&ors.—
.D lightsThe4e lic,ilyas supporting
.in his subscription
by, his own Pump, and in
.order to, give encourage-
ment to 'otters to take a similar part. This he
humbly conceived he was justified in doing upon
every just principle. The declarations . which ac-
compatried the subscription were, not made with
'any view to influence the decision of a. Committee
of the House of Commons.. The eleaion „and return
of. the Hon. 'Baronet. he conceived to be such as
called for the most serious investigation, and lie
knew of'no Way of expressing that sentiment other-
wise than by saying that be procured his Seat for
Middlesex by improper means. That language was
correl, and 'all delicacy was superseded by the tenor
of a, Petition which the House rejeaed, on behalf.°

some of the friends of the Hon. Complainant.

Lord 11,4WKESBUAY considered the first Re.
solution to be founded on an erroneous statement

of faEts, and in order to ascertain the question of
Pre-judgment, the House must consider the cir-

cunistances as stated in the Paper. Mr. MAIN.
W ARING had a Petition presented ascribing tnis-
conduCt to his successful Opponent. In that Peti-
tion it was observable, that the language was as

calm and as moderate as could have been used on

the occasion. The Petition was made public and

circulated in parts of the kingdom by the Votes
of the House, and he could not comprehend how it
was indecorous in any set of Gentlemen, thinking
in the same way, to subscribe to that Petition.

As to the second Resolution, it could not well be

disputed that the Subscribets had a right to call
upon others to join them in opinion. The Can-
didates themr4es were entitled to give their votes,
and the Stihscrtja were so far as much interested
in the . efrdd ,of -I.,lAir votes as either Mr. MAIN-
: watt' 19.,0r the ;in. Baronet. Their directin_
terestsp.‘theln,to Isubscribe for the maintenance of
their rig4i§k il,Khe should like to hear the grounds
of the olljeetrons to them. Nothing could be
more fair and impartial than the decisions of Com-

mittees of that House, .and were the fatt even

otherwise, how was it to be supposed that an Ad..
vertisement, like that alluded to, could possibly
influence them ? His Lordship concluded by moving,
", that the other Orders of the Day be now. read."
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT replied, that in sub.
rnittinv this subjectthenconsideratiQn
`‘.

did no more than, what he conceived. to 11'
duty, and it remained with the HOuse to dlIc;
pose of it as it may think proper. The 1•74°I;
Lord said-the proceeding was not indecorous,-but''e,
could assure him that a person of high authoritY;
now unavoidably absent, was of a very difiere'li
opinion. Zile principle on which he went itiou:`
not be contradicted, he believed, by any Law Yet 1;
the infetioc Courts ; but at all events, as he 'll3`'.
-no—personal charge or accusation, it could-W‘
supposed that- his conduCt. was veratiou4:,t.
merely discharged what he conceived ;O. Ile "I) I s 6u. 9.0
to' himself and his C

_onStituentss. e""
The CHANCELLOR of the)ErAtOMQI-14'
in reply-to the observation of Sir F. Buni)E11:1
that such a proceeding would be deemed an irregi
larity in the Courts below, said the analogy did not.
holdygdod, :for alts House of Commons was 'Zs
governed by the same rules. In the case of ti'
Middlesex ElKlion the House by receiving the Pen'
Litton of Mr. MAINWARING had only made act;,
'
inceptive step, which • was to be the groun r
work of subsequent proceedings. On the otifc
hand, a petition had been offered on the part A 11'
Honourable Baronet, which it was the almost U 1
nimoul. vote of the House to reject, but, -thnok"
rejeEted, it still stands upon the, votes, and was ci;
culated through every part of the country. ?
was therefore as likely to prejudge and influence, .1°
it was couched in language, to say no.more of,
extremely disrespeaful to Mi. MAINwAttiN4.
this case the Subscribers' had an -interest' in
they were aiming at,,,and had a right to bear chef
portion of any expence' with which their cause n'al
be attended'. In cases of petitions,
,the construe'
Lion may be, that the House -might be prejudiced,
and the merits of the case prejudged. But it ort,'e
not so ; the House and the Country relied on t''.
integrity of the Members who composed its Col!,
mittees, and he could not but complain of the
Baronet, and make at least a remonstrance on his
directly impugning the character of the House,
giving the people to understand that it was other;
wise than upright is the administration of Wi"-•
was due, not only -to the merits of Petitioners!
but also to the rights of the Eletors.
After some explanatory remarks from Sir F. By
. • •
PETI and the CHAIICELpOit 'of the ExcHEQueF'..
the question moved by Lord HAWKESBURY for t"',„
Order of the Day, was agreed to without a divisionf
A Message from the Lorjs requested a Copy of
31st Report of the Finance ComMittee
The CHANCELLOR of the EiCHEVti
that the said. geport be sent, as ick.
Lordships.--Ordered.
He then moved, that the Messengers be dalii4lP'
ftf;
and acquainted therewith, which they were 194
cordingiy.
Mr. Cor9tY gave notice, that he should 0:
morrow move for certain Public Accounts -reWilti
to:lreland.

Adjourned at seven o'clock till to-morrow.

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Count Wottczyzow, Ambassador from the CO
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afternoon. - ••oro`i
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We last night received the .?Sris P (11°
..•!f
16th, and this morning the Monit tur of the '
inst. but they bring no intelligence of importance'
The Indemnities which are to be allotted tn.til6
GRAND DIME of TU.SCANY, appear to be still
'subjeCl of Negotiation between Austria and Ffail4l'
The Emz,fißOß has proposed to the Deputatioo Of
the Empire, that the -EleCtoral Dignity should t)
conferred upon the GRAND Duics of TtticAtisr4
and also that a certain number of Catholic Vule°
should be-admitted into the College of Princes, 7
order to preserve the due proportion between the
hate
Protestant and Catholic Religions. The Diet
•
nor yet„decided upon this proposition.
It appears by letters from the Hague, that a dig"
puce has taken place between the Batavian Goern•
ment and General MONTRICHARD, who had beea
0
sent to take the Command of the French Trours;c
Holland. General MONTR 'CHARD proposed t°
his residence at the Hague, and also to introduce
a French Garrison into that place. This SVas
not only opposed by the Batavian Governmerl4
but they refused to recognize General Mowrgl:
CHARD as Commander in. Chief of the French
Forces, and have declared that they t
Will 0°
continue to pay the French Troops after the
present month. General MoNtRicBARD has acs
patched a Courier to Paris, for instruetions.
The French Funds/are 53. to.

THE Hambargh Mail due yesterday arrived tbis
morning. A Letter from Vienna, dated Dec. 4'
states positively, that the EMPEROR of GERNIOIr
has fully ratified the Conch/sum of the DePtltatia°
respeding the Plan of Indemnities ; but the Letters
from Ratiibon, of klater date, say,
that the Ratifi'
cation was conditional) and subjea to certain Tocr'

vations.