The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-09 00:00:00

GRENADA MERCHANTS.

Mr. L7SHINGTON moved the Order of the Day
for the Houle to resolve itself into a Committee, to
takeinto vonsideration the Report of the Stied Com-
mittee upon the Petition of the' Grenada Mer-
chants.

The C 's,dArCELLOR\ of the EXCHEQUER
wished it to be postponed for a few days longer, as
he had not time to consider the subjeo.
The Committee was deferred till Wednesday.
INCOME TAX. -

Mr. JONES said, he had given , notice, that
whenever he saw the CHANCELLOR of the Excia E.
Qtr ER. in his place, and he was extremely happy to
see the Right Hon. Gentleman now present,-that
he should move,for certain Papers relative to. the
Income Tax. As the subjed, however, involved
Many important considerations, he hoped.he should
be excused for postponing,liis Motion to -another
day. He would move it either on Wednesday or
Thursday, whichever day was most convenient to
the Right Hon. Gentleman.
The CHANCELLOR' Of •the EXCHEQUER said he
had no preference.'

Mr.
_Torus then named Wednesday.
B E N 14.
Mr. WM. DUND4s,Movkdothe Order' of the Day
foithe Houk to resolve- itself into a Committee on
the Bencoolen Bill.

The House having resolved itself into a Com;
mittee,

Sir. WILLIAM PULMNEY objeded to that
part of the Bill by which the Servants-of the COm-
pany, and the Senior and Junior-Merchants, trans..
'fermi from Bencoolen, were talose five years rank;
because. he said it might happen that those Servants,
and the
.§enior and. Junior Merchants; Might there-
by take rank above a number of others of the .same
deseripeion.4 ' Madras. The - law had established,

risa 4-I,lwiar -,bref sax rocs-cry-P.4W Nerts74- we a
by-seniority; such a provision as the prer..lt would
tend to alter that jaw,. and therefore he could -not
consent to it. If was- his opinion,:, that the Com-
pany's Servants, and-the Senior arid junior -Mer-
chants who were ;o be transferred from Bencoolen,
shoulne placed at the bottom of the respeCtive
lists for 18ot at -.ladras, and that they should have
an option either to go to Madras uppia that condi-
tion, or retire upon full, pay.
Mr.' WALLACE thought that the Bill, as it
stood, would answer the objeft- of the Hon. Baronet
better than the amendment, as by the former a
.Seniat Merchant, losing five years rank, Might in
conseeAueßce 'of that become a junior• Merchant at
'M'acciail%ut by the amendment he would be still a
Sertiorcklerchant, and. take place of all the Junior
Merchants. • -

Colollel WOOD thought it was a peculiar hard_
'ship upon the Company's Servants at Bencoolen to
be transferred to Madras, and to be deprived in
,consequence of five or six _years rank. He thought
it had better be left to the Court of Diredors to
make such regulations relative to this subjeet as they
should deem expedient.; and that it did not require
the interference of Parliament.

Mr. JOHNSTONE 'said, he'cOtild not see. any
injustice arising out of the, present measure towardi
the Company's. Servants at Bencoolen, but a hardship
on those at Madras. The law had providedigainst
,supercession amongst the Company's SerVants at
Madras, but this Bill -went to alter that law, aid
to interfere With those prospeas which they were
justly entitled to entertain. He would not havV_.
ever say•rnore upon that subje& at the present mo-
ment, as he did not wish to interrupt the business
of the Committee, and as a future,stage of the. Bill
would be the proper time to_discuss its.principle.-
principle.

Mr, WILLIAM DUNDAS said, it could =not.
.be contended that the Company's Servants at Ben-
coolen were, after all their exertions, to he left
without prOvision. It was contended, that by
transferring them to Madras, the prospeas of the
Company's Servants there would be injured, as the
number of candidates would be increased,but it should
be.recolleaed.that only twelve persons were to be
transferred, and that an accession of territory
much grca'ter in proportion had been acquired by
the East India Company, and from which their Ser.,
vants at:Maciras had derived, great advantage : add
to this, -that the Court of, DireEtors had notified
their intention of bringing this measure before
Parliament, to their Servants at Madras, twelve
• months ago.
Colonel WOOD again adverted. to the hardship
which he conceived. would result to the Company's
Servants at Beneoolen.

Mr. JOHNSTONE said, that in answer-,to what
had been urged by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Wii.iil Am •DONDAs) relatiVe to the accession of
ilgt erritory acquired by the Company, he • thought it ,
necessary to observe, that it had been in contem:
• plation to unite the PreSideilcieS of Bombay and
,Madras,
.in which case, the territory-Would be by.
rlo means disproportioned to the - number .of the
Company's Servants, who, would then be upOn -the
Lists of thoae united Presidencies. .As to the ad-.
vantages derived 'by the Compan.y's Servants frOm
this accession of. territory,..he thought they ought
to be fairly balancedagtiinst-the.disadvantoges they
had 'formerly • suffered, particularly whdif Firder.
Ally ravaged. the Carnatic. , . , . -•-, , .
Mr. WALLACE thought there. could lie ric.) pos-
sible objection, on the part of the Company's Set,
vants at Madras, to the present measure, even though
the - Presidencies of Bombay- dtic) Madras Were
united, nor could any injusticeAreSulr to them. ' As
to the Company's Servants at Bencoolen,: them- could::
be no hardship to them, as they had their option,
either, to retire and receive their pay, or to go to
Madras upon the proposed conditions: '
Ca/44e/ WOOD said he only adverted to the' hard.
ships of the yants at Bencoolen in case they were
to be compeli4to go to Madras and to lose five
years rank. .-•,:- .
Mr. WA Lt;',*.o r explained.
Sir ,WIL LI All PULTENEY then , moved an
Amendment, according to the opinion he had be.:
fore delivered, which was agreed to.
The House having resumed, the Report was or.
dered. to be received to-morrow,
SICK AND HIJR.T OFFICE.
Mr. ROBSON said, that in consequence of What
passed in that House on Thursday, he attended in
his place on Friday, hoping that some report would
l'r made by His, Majesty's Ministers relative to the'
s nbjeft. This day he attended again in his place,
c onceiving that public business would not begin
b efore 'half past four. During that time he had
e: tperienced considerable uneasiness, lest the House
sh puhl suppose that he had made an assertion which
wl is not true. As the_ CuAlico.l.Loit of .the Ex.
CHEQUER was not in his place, :he felt it proper to
:pos tpone his intended Motion; he had in his pocket
hog' yever, many thousand. :proofs -to tstabliSh the
assertion which he
.made. It was his intentiOn, he
said,, to move to-morrow,
.as* soon-after four as
2possi 'tile, for papers relativeto the Stibjeft, provided
the C S.fiANCELLOi-Of the .-txc HEQU:EIt. was present,
if not ts anyothef day...

Mr.,BR,AGGE said.he 'could not help 4ddressing
the.Ho use, for the purpose of doing justice to his Rt.
Hon. F ITiend who had quitted the House in conse-
quence of 'indisposition; He knew of no rule for
bringiq; on ptiblic business.at •half-past four, and
the Hon.
.Gentleman;-. by giving notice of his in.
tention t Tfoirig as soon after four as Possible,
seemed 'll. tmserf the.coniraty Hi Right
Hon. Frittnd lin'a*tended 'the House on Friday,
but wasps viienied-fr.om bringing..this matter for-
ward by a Debate whit;th took place upon a colla-
'teral subjed.', -Hisaigkr Hon. Friend called the
attention of tihe House '‘*o this-matter at twenty
minutes past Vuur this -/daj:, when not seeing the
Hon. Member i n his place, and knowing his regu.:
larity of attendance, his R‘r,ght Hon. Friend was
justified in supposing. that th-t: Hon. Gent, would
-not attend during' the day. -I\'he Hon. Gentleman
was to do as he pleased with resiik 'a to his Motion ;
the fart was not disputed, but no iv,-oof of a fad like
that could justify the Hon. Gentletnan .in making
the inference which he had. drawn fill m it.

• --111....-a—Www a a var, :;;--VS-T ra 054
to Qrder.- There was no question before the 0: jai
and he appealed to the Chair, whether the k`o,,
Gentleman was justified in continuing his obser
tions. f the'
The SPE.-I.trER said, that the stria rules 0
House were undoubtedly such as the Hon,. Gent'ile
man had stated, but there were cases in Which i
.
House gave indulgence to a Member whey-,-cq.n4t'cli
himself to be implicated in any. obseryations
had been made, to ,explain,his_ sentiments •: It:, 0
upon- that ground (anti if he was wrong,. he
apologize to the House-for it) that'he had perinit',d
,
;the Hon. Member, who ga-viiiotice of the Meti°
:
,tia.zo 00.. ,The consequences,,,howeTer, which 'l,
~
ensued', chewed the wisdom of the HOuSe, /0 c°o
0r '
fining a Member,- who gaffe notice of a Motic're
stridly io his notice. He had but. one Word 0.1°,;
to offer, which-was; th;it he thought it was.thee°oLl:,
-stint course of the HOuse to proceed' to Public v
ness at four o'clock; and every Member 1111,!:
any-Public Business, was entitled to bring le ''().
ward, in order, after that hour,
Mr. BRAGGE said, that - he was sure the•
SpEmatt-'would not suffer him to be interruptecibeiti,
giving a plain answer to obserVations- which
Hon. Gentleman= `hied introduced in giving notice re
a Motion, . The question in dispute was nor Oche
,question, of fad, but the consequence which
•Hon 2 Gentleman had thought proper to draw frT9no
fart` which•be had, itated, and which implicataliip,
less than Ahe,.PublieCredir of the Country. 0; I
could not help -expressing his surprize, that an Pc)il
Member ;.:opposite. to hitt) should • have •tlione-is;
right to make hirOsclfa party in a. subject 0k j
'kind.
Mr. MARTIN slid, he had, upon a former ucQi
sion, expressly-declared his wish oot to beco° ,
party in the business.
J. H. ADDINGToN. wished to linoWt°
nature of the Motion which the Hon, Gentie'''.
meant to bring forward to-morrow.
Mr. 'ROBSON wished to know -whether,nw
at liberty to state it,
The SPEAKER said, it was usual for Merrl".o,l
to-give-notice, 'in distil terms, of- the Mat'
which they meant to being forWa,rd. A
Mr, ROBSDN said, the
.objcc,l -Of his I\d°'..i,
would. be, in the first place;;l9;ieicktifch- in•lbl'-
tion as would clear his own Chgrat-ttq and v
; • t
--4 The -SPEAKfR requested the Hon. Member.
state the, nature of his Motion, without
into, a. detail of his ohjeds. -
move for certain Papers from theOilce-for Sick,The House went through
Mr. ROAS'ON then,said, it was leis intentioo 1
Wounded. •
a ommittee ch 111°,
Cinnamon Duty Bill.
The Committees of aupply, and ways and Mco."
were, put off till Wednesday. • •
Adjourned ae orrlialf past five, till to_m •ossr ,
c

THE SUN.

OLZIA QUIS DlCtar. fa1.5;11:1.41,1D1AT

LONDON, 111 R C

tl'6
This morning we received Paris journal(
ape
Sth inst. inclusive. An article from Berne, °'
014
24fh 41% states, that 4 Division of French err 01
,was advancing into the Vohdr, and that I°'°
were expetteci in the ?tlys de V4rid.
goo e.
1,
The EMPEROR. of RUSSIA, it appears, A- 0,
menting his ,Army considerably, It is intieea ltal
possible to conceive, that the Great Cont,illere
Powers can view with indifference the late Precc'
irigs at Ivoffs.

folu4

The contents of the French Papers will be
in our subsequent Columns. 1,110,
The French Fun& have experienced a fall'

Tiers Consol. was on the 4th at 55 f. go c. Esc
• „I,e
The
.Mail 'due on Sunday 11:11)0.#
arrived. • 7 •• •ng, the contents of Will°
AtA

j. „IL,* 4,-•
The PRINCEsS DrA,ALES gave a ver3fh to
Dinner on Sunday at tier house at Blacklie,3lli'
large party of ,Nobility and Gentry, an" 32
evening there was a Musical CLncert.
came
Her, Grace the Duchess of liEvorrot t g
to- town yesterday from Chatsworth. • orof`j'
The Marchioness of. SALisau.ror gave 3:er,
route last night at her house in Arlin ton-str"
g n
There is to be a Public Day at tßlei:heiri, °
• di
s'
next.
"
Earl. Sr. ViNceirr is indefatigable iti* Aar ire
charge of his duty. The utmost a6tivil'„o,Ped
present-moment, prevails throughout the
partment. ,5-
be
His Majesty's Letters Patent have- ,been t
under the Great Seal of Ireland, for transi"t,:vfotto
Right Rev. Dr. GEsaRGE DE LA PoER Brtg
Lord Bishop of the United Bishoprics
..;),;linoref ";$
and Kilmacduagh, to the Bishopric of .I'.'c'-fbgit,)•
the room of the Most Rev. and Hon. Dr' —caw'
. 4
Ba o pit cK, promoted to the Archbishopric"