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was therefore fair to seTpose that he had beer. t;

perly dismissed.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, though he was decide:
ly in favour of the- Principle of the Bill, yet the'
were other principles for which he had always COn
tended, and which he would always maintain. 0:'

of those wac, to prevent the increase of the Patrol:
age of the Crown, and, therefore, he could have ,
wished that-the Commissioners had not been Mem-
bers of Parliament. But as in case of the death, X'
of any of the Commissioners, the appointment would ,
belong to the Crown, he begged leave to move an
Amendment, the objet of which was to prevent the
Crown, in any such case, from appointing Meu''
bers of Parliament to fill the vacancy.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQCV:
said, that perhaps the more convenient way to ac•
complish the object the Hon. Gentleman had io
view, would be, to leave out the Clause in which
it was provided, that the appointment of any-Mem-
ber of Parliament to be one of the Commissioner'
should not vacate his seat. By leaving out tliat
Clause, the °Ned of the Hon. Gentleman would
be obtained. He was far from wishing to under-
rate the jealousy which gave rise to this motion,
because upon that jealousy depended the best pri'
vileges of that House. But, at the same time,
.11c-,
thought it was desirable that one or two 'of the
Commissioners should he Members of Parliaments
because their...proceedings .would probably be the
subjed of Parliamentary discussion, and if one Pt
two of them were Members of that House, thei
would be able to give great information. Thetg
were cases in which Commissioners had been sr
pointed, who received rewards for their services,
who were Members of. Parliament. Among the
Commissioners for the AmeriCan Loyalists, was
Mr. Colts, late 'Member for Nottingham, and
though time was no provision in this' Bill, that the
Commissioners should receive any Salary,• yet he
had no hesitation in saying, that it was intended
that they should be rewarded for their labours. JA
the case of the Commissioners appointed-to examine
into Ole state of the Prince of-, Wales's Debts,
though he, holding the ofEce he then did,. and Con—
sidering himself as a servant of the •Hoits-r., di&
not think it right to take any rewards for his la-
bour as one of the Commissioners, yet7lle was no;.
sure that an application would. not,. be made._ in.,
your of other Gentlemen who had also afted
Commissioners, and whose services_ had been
beneficial. •

Mr. SHERKDA)V said, he was happy that he
had not been disappointed iri the expeaations he 110
formed of the Honourable Gentleman's can-
dour ; he still however_ thought it better to insert
the Amendment he had proposed, than merely.-tg
leave out the Clause, as suggested by the Right Hon,
Gentleman. • He expressed.hia surprize that an 21)."
plicac ion should be intended. to be made for any re-
muneration for any of the tommissioners appointC4
to examine into the Prince of Wales's Debts.
The CHA.YcULOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, upon reconsidering the subjea, he cvas
dined to t thrtnodrproposed-by
tlemqn was better thane the plan he• had suggested
for merely leaving out the Clause, bee:litSe as the
office of the Commissioners in this Bill were nog
stated to be places of honour .or profit-, they woo
not come within the meaning of the 6th of Queen
Anne.

Sir WM. PULTENEY said, he thought 1411i14'
stern were entitled to the Thanks of that House for
the candour they had displayed upon this occasiuor
It was true, that many cases existed in which Met
hers of Parliament had been Commissioners ; but
thought it was a pradice .that ought to be checke.a.t
and therefore
.he approyekt of the Amendment
With regard, to the Pill, it had his entire concur!
rence, and he thought it :did great credit to. Nll'
nisters.

After a few words from the Arroß-NET GV"/I'
RAL, Mr. DENT, and Mr. KINN4IRD, Mr. StW
RIDAN's Motion was agreed to, and the Clause alb
luded to by the CHANCELLOR of the Exakig.2lls*
was left out.
Mr. rANSITTART brought up a-Clause to enable,:
the Commissioners to defray the incidental expenC
of Cletks, &c. which was agreed to.
Some other verbal alterations were made in tiff
Bill, which was then passed, and Capt. MARFO6'
was ordered to carry it to the Lords.

PRp/ILECE.
Sir F. BURDETT gave notice, that it was
intention on Monday to call the attention of f'„
HouSe to a subject that appeared to him to be c°,
netted with its Honour and Privileges—a.ANorn`n:
Paper bad been put into his, hands, called 'rite
TRUE BRITON, which contained an account of c",
proceedings of some Friends of Mr. Mainwaril
at the Crown and Anchor ;—This account anpea,relie
to him to he a high contempt of that House, and ,c
was the more anxious to give this notice, beca%f
these proceedings were signed with the names
MO Members of that House, viz. Mr. 131,Acttali'd;
and Mr. H. THORNTON, the former of whom 1"0"
peared to hare acted as Chairman.—Fie wished sc
know whether it would not be right that th°,o
Gentlemen should be required tq attend in this
places on Monday ?
The SPEAKER said, the present notice Was
Acient ; if the attendance of those Gentlemen sh°
be afterwards found necessary, an order might

made for that purpose.
The Malta Bill w tro+
as then read a third time -
passed.
The other Orders of the Day were then gGr'r
through, and at half past seven o'clock the Fa')
adjourned till Monday.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 18,

Lord Char/IberiaSri's-Office, Dec. 18.
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Norict is hereby given, that there will he
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Levee at Sr. James's, on Wednesday next the

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