The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-02 00:00:00

NAVAL COMMISSiONERS.

Mr. GILES rose, accOrdieg to a notice formerly
given, to move for a 13in to eantinue the Powers of
the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry., tie had asked
of that part of the present Ministry which had
been in the tiitmer MinietrY, whether it was in.
tended `to continue those Commissioners ? to which
he had received no reply. The
.A6l which he pro.
posed to continue, was one to examine into the
'Abuses of the Naval Department ; and it enjoined
the Commissioners to, make such suggestions as ap.
peered to them proper for remedying the Abuses.
The Bill had continued two years, and the Com.
missiuners had discharged their duty with an abi.
lity anti a zeal that exceeded all praise. There
was still much to do ; but the continuance of the
,Ad was uncertain; The time appointed for the
duration of the MI was two. years, and from
thence till the end of the next Session of Parlia.
ment. It had received the Royal Assent in De.
comber ; end if the present Parliament had met be..,
fore December, the AO would have been in force
till the end of the next Session ofPatliament. As it
was, it would expire with the present Session, and
the disiOlution of• Parliament, for one day, would put
an end to its power. The Aft was now, therefore,
completely in the power of the Minister. At the
time of passing the Aa it was in the contemplation
of Parliament, he had no doubt, merely to give an
opportunity for renewing it. It might be said, then,
why, was this measure introduced so early ? It was
merely for the sake of security. It must be 'confessed
that the present Ministry, though they had very
little more vigour than the late Administration,
held a .great deal more boldness, and were apt to
treat thellouse with much less respeal. The, in.
lention -of the late Ministry was to bring forward
disiinal Motions on the Reports ; but now a Royal
Commission was appointed to supersede these Mo.
tinns ; and even this was not communicated to the
House. The Commissioners of Naval 'equity
'had yet to examine into the State of the Commis.
„gimlets of the Admiralty, the Coanmissioners of the
Navy, the Vialualliog Office, the Office for the
Sick and Wounded, and the Office of the ItispeCtor
General of Naval Works. Of the necessity of the
Commission there was the evidence of notoriety,
at least as much as there had been for (lie passing
'of the Habeas Corpus Mt. He concluded by mov.
ing for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the
Powers of the Apt for appointing Commissioners of
Naval Inquiry.
The CHANCELLOR. of she EXCHEQUER
expressed his conviction that the Reports had brought
to lient many thing's, the knowledge of which might
be attended with public advantage, and if the Coma
miesioners could not complete their labour before the,
end of the Session, it would be a subject for, future
consideration whether the Aal ought to be continued,
But there was.oo proof that they might not finish
their task in the time that yet remained. Even on
the face of 'the enumeratine that had been made
there was nothing of any essential importance, ex.
Opt the ViClualling Office, and the Hon. Gentleman
did not know whlther the Commissioners might not
already have advaeced a. considerable way into
that businesia We therefore ought naturally to wait
to see what the aaual state of things might turn out
to be., There was another circumstance to which
he wished to advert. The Hon.. Gentleman had
said, that the appointment of the Royal Commis.
stein, without any communication with Parliament,
was disrespedful to the House. But this Commis.
stun was appointed with a view to aid the Executive
Government in aaing upon the suggestions that ap.
pearetain the Reports. Was it then any disrespeCt
to Parliament to adopt a measure 19r carrying into
execution those very plans which Parliament it.
self had approved ? This surely could never be con.
tended with any arguments that could weigh with
the House. He would therefore move the Order of
the Day.

Mr. MARTIN said, that the most flagrant
abuses existed in the Naval Department. He had
the highest opinion of the Noble Lord who Was
lately at the head of the Admiralty. He had
fought our battles with skill, vigour, and success.
But the Country was not more obliged to him for
hie attioes in a military than in a civil capacity.
He had paved the way for the destrudron of those
vile abuses, that were equally disgraceful to the
perpetrators, and to those who had permitted them to
exist for so long a time. He concluded with beg-
ging pardon of the House for troubling them thus
lung.
Sir WILLIAM ELFOIW was of opinion that
the powers of . the Commillioners ought not to con-
tinue as they were at present. They were useful,
•but his objedion to them was, that they had eretted
themselves into a criminal tribunal upon principles
inconsistent with the British Constitution. It appear-
ed from the Reports, that they had taken tx part'
evidence, at-41)6166d it in these Reports, with-
out allowing the other parties the power of defend.
ing themselves.
Here a question arose, whether the Honourable
Member was in order. It was agreed in the aflirtna•
tive, when
The ell 'MeV; La R of rho 4XCHF,QUER said,
that this was not certainly the mode ot proceeding
,to discusi these Reports with any prospett of advan.
cage, The best plan would be to appoint a day for
the purpose, and take them one by, one.
Sir WILLIAM? ELFORD again rose, and pro.
ceeded to observe, that, the case to which he wished to
advert was very serious. In the Bth Report, it ap.
Oared, the Commissioners queStioned an Attorney
respeding the failureof a Bill brought against a
parson accused of embezzlement before a Grand
jury..: The Attorney gave it as his opinion, that
the Grand Jury had been tampered with. He was
asked, by whom? anti he said he believed that it was
by a Gentleman of Exeter, who was conneded with
.the•petson accused, Mitt WOehlOSt honourable in his
•oondutt. This statement, if ithad appeared any
Where else, would certainly be considered a libel.
Mr. Siilitt./D4N, observed, that the Hon. IL.
ronet was not only in order, but this was the precise
time at which he ought to make his objeetions.
The Commissioners could •nut do their duty with.
out: their present powers, if:they had ahuied them
they ought to he oiled to account, and
,it was incum.
bent oo the, Honour hble Baronet to pewit
gallons. 'The Report in question contained no.
thing itnroper. An ex tarer. biatclkctlc was given

()fan Qpiniort its the once of a well known raft,
which was, that a Grand Jury had refused to find a
agdinst a person who had-evidently been guilty
of e gilbetzte men t.

Sir WILLIAM ELFnRD observed, that he had
done nothing mote than state what was in the Bth
Report.
Air. GREY said, that the question was,*, tether
what ✓as contained in the Bth Report was s# breach
of duty All parties, however, would have an op.
portunity of doing themelves justice before the
House. He went on strongly to urge the necessity
of continuing the powers of the Aft, and appealed
to an Hon. Baronet in the Commission, whether
they would have time to finish their business in that
Session ?

Sir CIIARLES POLE' replied, that a great 4eal
still rem3ined to be done, and the difEculty of pro.
curing Papers was increased by the war. He would
say one word as to the' Sth Report. He was net
surprised to hear the oblation to it, considering the
quarter trnm whence it came.
Sir 11'M. ELFORD declared, on honour, that
he had no connexion with the parties.
_ _ _ _ _ _

Sir CHARLES POLE said, that he did not
mean to say that he had, but only that he came
from a part of the country where this was the general

Admiral *MARKHAM bore testimony to the ne.
cessitY which eXisced for instituting the Board of
Cummircioners of Inquiry. He would take upori
hiniself to assert, from his positive knowledge, that
enormous abuses had existed in the Navy ; and he
really believed one.third of the entire expence of the
Department of the Navy might be saved if those
abuser tould he got rid of. Those abuses were not
only in the VOtuiding Board, but in the Transport,
Board, and in that .Board which he considered the
worst of all, the Siek and Hurt. He and al.
most every other Officer and Sailor felt themselves
aggrieved for the want s f a Bill to
,regulate the
enormous abuses which had been pointed out in the
Agency of Prizes. He Hoped that the duration of
the present Bill should be until all those abuses
were thoroughly purged away. The Right Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. PITT) had himself agreed that
the Commissioners had done a great deal of good ;
and he thought it was not quite fair for the'
.Honourable Baronet (Sir W. ELFORD) to bring
an accusation against them, as it were by a side.
wind. It would have been more manly to bring a
dire4k charge, if he had had any means of substan.
' flitting it.
me CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, the Finn. Gentleman was under a mistake in his
observations on the Prize Agency question. An
Hon. and Learned Gentleman had already given no.
tice,ol a Motion for leave to bring in a Bill to re.
gulate the subject.

Mr. CREArAY thought that those Commis-
sionera must be rather considered as acting under a
Ministerial Commission, and therefore would not
be very forward to direct their attention to any
abuses but those which Ministers wished to he.
pointed out. Ahour twenty years ago several
abuses were discovered in the Department of the
Navy, but no measures were adopted in consequence,
and the only reason assigned for not taking mca.
sures was, that the Admiralty did not like it.—
There was one circumstance which appeared to him
very extraordinary in the present Commission. He
saw with astonishment among the names of those
Reforming Commissioners, the name of Mr. John
Fordyce, who was indebted to Government in
the sum of 80,0001.; he would not pretend to say to
what causes this might be owing, but that was the
bet. The Public had lost by him both the principal
of the ilo,oool. he had mentioned, and the interest
of it for several years. He therefOre considered the
Hon. Baronet had been petit:Bly in order in the ob-
servations he had made.—(A loud cr., of Question 1
Queitionl)
Mr. FOX said, he merely rose to state the clues-
don upon which the House was then going to di-
vide. When the Bill was past, the preSurription
and general understanding certainly was, that Par..
liament would, according to its usual praCtice,-have
commenced the Session before the aoth of Dceefti.
ber, and, therefore, by the intention of those who
.brought in that Bill, it was to have a much longer
duration that what it would now have unless ex-
pressly continued. The crestion then of conti.
nuirig it fur the duration that it was origioally to
have had would come to this—Whether the House
was disposed to abridge the i•eriod assigned for its
Constitutional Inquiry into Ministerial Abuses,
The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. PITT) had stated
a possibility, indeed, of its nut being necessary to
continue the Bill, arid of all the matters that the
Commission was intended to investigate being tho-
roughly examined before the end of the. Session,--
This, however, was but a bare possibility : an the
other side there was every possibility and positive
proof. The Honourable Admiral who had brought
in the Bill knew well the period that was intended
for its duration. The other Honourable Admiral
(Sir CttAlt.Les-Pot.s) who w.ls the principal Com-
missioner under it, certainly did not appear in
the least to imagine that the business would be so
soon at an end as to give any reasonable prospect of
the labours of the Com.oission being ended before
the 'conclusion of the Session. He could not per.
ceive that the Hon. Baronet (Sir WILLIAM Et..
FORD) WRS at all out of order; on the contrary, it
appeared to him that it was the most fair and manly
course he could pursue, when the question was
to continue the power of Commissioners :that
he disapproved of, to come forward at once and
complain of the abuses he supposed, existed from
the conduct of the Commissioners themselves.—
The Hon. Baronet had once made a lomat Motion
'nn-the subject, bat was not fortunate enough to find
LanyNember to second him. This might be the
case again if he brought forward a formal charge,
anti therefore, perhaps, it was better for hint to
state his opinion in .the manner he had done , this
night. He was notable to see all those who were
at the other side of the House—he did not under.
swirl the new connettions that• marry of them ap.
feared to have formed, but he caged Upon i4ll of
thvot tvlio were friends arid supporters of the late
11 wit Of Admiralty to come-forward„ and not con-
- rent themselves with giving silent votes, but state
to the House the reasoos why they firsi.suOported
this j3ill And why they now conuidred it
essary,

or else why they had since changes the."' 01 talon,
He hoped that the oppositiob to the Motion of'his
Han. and Learned Friend was not meant as ran
sidious method of preparing the minds of the H 0331
for letting the Bill drop in the course of the Ines"(
Session.
Mr. CANNING did not conceive that, by Toting,
now for the Order of the Day, he pledged himself
in any manner to oppose the further continuance of
the Bill if it should be judged necessary to anti'
nue it.• The two Admirals who had already spoken,
differed entirely in their opinions of the time when
the Com Mission was originally intended .to Wire'
The Admiral (MAttxtsakto) who had brought in the
Bill, stated the intention of the framers to be
stated by the Hon. Mover (Mr. GlLes), but AN
other gallant Admiial (Sir C. Pooe), who "'Bill
Commissioner under it, stated that lie considered ft
in a different lien. When such high authorities
th°
diTered, he thought it was right to adjourn
consideration, which was all that was meant brow,thl
Order of the Day. There was a possibility,
ever, that the main task of the Commissioners
might be finished within the year. There WO
possibility also, that the opinion of the Honourable
Baronet might prevail, and in either case thellooo
might be disinclined to renew it. Whatever Might,
be his opinion of the importance of the charges sag,
gested by the Hon. Baronet, he was convinced he
was perfeelly in order, and that he had a net ht(:
make spelt comment or observations as he the ¢,e
right,' on the condo Et of the Commissioned..
thought it was rather unfair to address him sotaut
ingly about having made a Motion which he ealP
get nobody to second.
Mr. FOX denied any intention of addreti4
taunting expressions to the Hon. Baronet. I.t.dt
taunt was meant, it was rather against hilt ft 4,/,)
who did not support him.
Sir C. POLE gave his opinion, that tiler. Wheel
at present matters of the highest importanct
fore the Commissioners, and that, in all probe Sts'
their labours could not be ended within ' Sci.
6
Sion,
' Aft. BRAGGE said, he conceived himtelfP.!
one of the persons Galled on by the Hon. Ge°lll6.ll-0
at the other side of the House (Mr. Fott)a aniog.
should therefore state his reasons. As to or' in•
to the opinion of the two Admirals about the.!l:l.,
•ing of the framers of the Bill, he disaor°,„vi'dia,
that manner of arguing. The intention of
that in•
meet was what should be considered, PO
tentian was only to he known by theati"tillil it
As to the intention of the framers of the ;1;611
could only be known '16"), those who had con"6'''beio
communication on the sehjell from all the Se°: jot
of Administration, as such Bills ,as these at' oria
brought forward merely on the opinion of snY
that the
Board. The intention of Parliament-'vas'
Bill should remain force until its OhieuGs not.
accomplished. The intention, of the ii°%„" h -toe
sminitiagnrsh,(l;:Vit3i.ti,Ptaitiierivbo)ufisiiicipi;esatsirsettiltuttl,bneitilte same'
forward if no confidence at jealousY ° g;
the positive assurance of an Hon. Monher;4
was hie intention to bring. forward a eer!,..Bfince In
sure. For his part, he felt a perfeet eoull""„fare
the assurance that had been given, he eiders
thought the present Motion unnecessary, 31416
vote for the Order of the Day. t great
aat,S:silsi:vo,lowtooulbdenieliviteltot
Lord HENRY PETTY could not see 'case
danger could befall the Country, even if tueggiole
should happen, which Was only stated as a rbefatO
one, that the business should be disposed
the time had come for the expiration 01170 sr,
mission. With respell to another case,
felled the liberties of many millions of our, fto As
men, Parliament did not think it necessary tiros
any very nice proper Lion between the time tujiiit
to
powers might be absolutely necessary and lie
which it would be dangerous to grant them. pions
tile Carpus
cases when he agreed to continuing thei.' fis
Suspension Bill only fur two nloot"I'001,i,
imight as well have argued, that it was verfarjoi is r
tle that pedal tranquillity would be tea
Ireland several months before this Sal w!-flosiblei
pire. That case would have been full riles,, 100
Commissionerstiohelcpoeirl!risaeps more probable, than that voPhs
been supposedoftitioeh.apnvriigenstgietn,fitlntseyi
s•howocida„yna.lol of ahregi
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Mr. HAWKINS P„KOWNE, althouSn
tthe gislr
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a sufficient reliance on the assurance 4/*
Hon. Gentleman, that he would move for °°";"0, 111
• the Bill if the time was not snfficient°Yien-re
thought there was sufficient evidence
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ll to
House, that the business could not beexoebe9r aitca
finished it, the course of this Session,
he 11/3
the Motion. 0414
Met 71 E. RN EY said, it appeared to be r 10
almost every one, that the Commissio
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of War. It would be recollected, however, r,eerit
principal part of their labours, which have cooid
such important benefit to thePublic,have been 6.4 C'
on in time of War. , As the worthy Boone:
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Pool bad bad said distindtly that the length °' oh"
Sionwould not afford -sufficient time to sc,cmebieli
their task, he thought it was evident that 111-hell
be still entrusted in those hands WllO w'
therto so ably and faithfully executed it:,00,400'
were many accounts 'which were to Coale Jrideridg
rant parts abroad, and would .require e°ll'' oleo
time before any Report coahl be made 011'ot
As to the intentions of the Framers of the foilirfh
could not tpeak positively of the intentions 7.1 ore'
he could answer, however, for his own. ,',1,/ki)o4l
lions were to have thorough!), exomined hoe
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which he heatil complained ut, riiiTfr.,. tltrfa
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Abuses were then only spoken of, but now iPti,e 00'
been proved. lie concluded by soppor'illi
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Ij'il.;:le iloose of Commons, foi leave to bring in a
:.II t° continue the An appointing Commissinn"s
et 43'41 I,,quiry, which Ad willexpite with the
rrioltli:lnt Sel,sion. Mrs. Prrr observed, that it did
iN4' th4t the Commissioners would - not be
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t) ""at eXtint. Sir CHA.ItLEi PULE, who is at. the
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Yesteiday a Court of D:teetoia was held at thi
Ea;t India House, when Captain jAmas I-iny, of
the Ship Coats, took *leave of the Court, previouS
to departing for China dirca.
The Court adj”oroed at six o'clock till Wed.
nesday next.
Yesterday the .LORD MAYOR held a Court of,
Common Council at Guildhall.—After the proceed..
ings of the last Court being read,
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The Coal and Corn Committee laid before the
Court their Report, in writing, recommending a
Petition to the Hon. the House of Commons for per.
mission to bring in a Bill for consolidating the se.
veral Afts of Parliament relative to the Coal Trade
into one ; which was read, and a Petition being
prepared for that purpose, was read by the Clerk of
the Court, and agreed to, and the Sheriff's, trended
by the City Remembrancer, were ordered forthwith
to present the same accordingly.
The Committee for improving the Port of Lon.
don, also laid before the Court a Petition. to Parlia.
ment for.raising a further sum of 60,0001. for finish.
ing the Canal' at the Isle of ; which was, after.
being read, approved of, and ordered to be present.
ed at the same time.

Mr. WAITIIMAN called the-attention of the Court
to the proposed additional Tax on Salt. He made.
a variety of observations, spewing the pernicious
tendency of such a Tax. After strongly enforcing
the injustice of taxing an article so high, of which
an equal, or perhaps greater quantity was consumed
by a day labourer than by a person of opulence, he
moved the following Resolution :

Resolved, That the Article of Salt forms an essential in.
gre.ient its the sfoad of man. That. a.y increase of duty
th:ve•on wodid therefore be grieVous and oppressive to the
Middle and poorer clasSes of the people,, and would greatly
aggravate the evils now arising from the present excessive high
price of so many of. the most necessary articles of life.
Mr. WAITHMAN then proposed requesting the
City Members to.oppose the said T;lx.
Mr. PERRING recommended the discussion to be
deferted, on account of the thinness of the Court ;
and moved that it he postponed until the next
Court ; which was agreed to.
MOREAU, aec.itding to report, was detained in
Spain, because BONAPARTE was afraid that he
would be received 'With too much distiiiftion. in
America. It 'was indeed natural to suppose that a
Republican General would be well received in Ame.
rica, flaying fallen a vi6tim to the ambition of a man
who has converted a Comnir4l'wealth, at least what
was held forth as such, into the, must absolute Mu.
tiar.by on earth.
It is now finally arranged that' His Grace the
Lord ARC HBISH9P of CANTERBURY shall be en.
throned in the cathedral of that .See on Tuesday
next. The service will begin at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon. The Rev. Dr. Nit,soN; the Vice.
Dean, .will officiate as 'His Grace's proxy en the
occasion.

The Rev. WALTER BROWN, A. M. Chaplain to
the Duke of Marlborough, and Rector of Wood.
stock, was on Thursday installed a Prebendary of
Caoterbury Cathedral, to which he has been pre.
scoted by the KING, On the demise of Dr. VYNER.
The late Military General Hospital built last
• year at the hack of Chatham,is taken by the Board
of Ordnance, and is intended to be convened 'into
Barracks 11- the Corps of Artillery immediately.
The 78th Regiment is not as yet arrived in the
Downs from the North, although hourly expelled.
It is intended, if possible, that it shall be dis.
embarked at Dover, from which place it will have
a short march to Hythe Barracks. Immediately on
ill; arrival the 4th Regiment will remove from
Shorncliffe to Canterbury. The 78111, which is
900 strong,. is composed entirely of Highlanders,
And is tube made Light Infantry. These move.
ments have taken place in consequence of the Bar.
racks at Hythe not being sufficiently large to con-
tain the 4.th, 'which• is t zoo strong, in addition to
the Troops already there.
The deer that was lately hunted by HIS MA.
tesry was one of the strongest ever hunted. In
the course cf the chace he ran through a pack of
harriers. They pursued him some
.distance, but
he appeared to put them 4t defiance, fur he turned
upon, and upset several of them, and they were
afraid to approach him after that ; and at Hendon,
when the chace finished, the hounds were so com.
pletely exhausted, that they could not seize him,
and he was at length secured by a number of the
country peaple surrounding him, and entangling him
with ropes, &e.
The general meeting of the Norfolk Agricul.
torah Society was fully attended at 'Lynn,' on Sa.
turday last. The Premium of a .piece of plate,
of ten guineas value, was voted to' Mr. BEVAN,
of Richilesworth, for a crop of lucerne. The
premium for preserving the greatest number of
acres of turnips.. was given to Mr. RirroN,
of Oxnead, subjeft to the inspection ?loci re-
port of three judges appointed. Two pens. only
of ahearling wethers were shewn for the Prizes,
one of the Leicester breed, belorigirig to ,Mr.
JOHNSON, of KeMpsiOn•i the 'oilier, of the 'South:,
down breed, to Mr. Ht t. t., of Waters:len ; being'
without 'competition, and meritorious, they :re-
ceived the second prizes of five guineas value.
Mr. MONEY HILL, of_Rainham, sheived a three-
shear Leicester wether, which was slaughtered its
Weight was z zst. zlb. and the tallow Zzflb.
Mr. BEcHER slimed a two-shear wether, the
Same which he exhibited last year,ia cross between
a Wiltshire ewe and a Leicester tup : when slaugh.
tered its weight wasr-Bst: tol. and the tallow r 31b.
At Bridgenorth Fair on Thursday se'nnighst, tat
beasts (to sink the offal) sold from 6d. to'6l.L and
sheep from 69. to 7(1. per lb. All kinds of good
horses sold at. remarkably high prices. Hdpa from
31. too. to 41. Is,. per cwt. salt butter trout 114.
to per gawp of 121: Old cheese from 0. rsS
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to 41. per cwr. • • -

• At Shrewsbury Fair,, on Saturday last, fat cattle
sold at small advance, but lean and barren at redu.
red• prices. Sheep also were . somewhat ' advanced ;
and pigs maintained former prices. There being
many dealers at. the fair, good horses for the Caval.
ry and Road sold well. • .

The retreat of the Fugitives whose recent elope.
ment has excited so much attention in the fashion.
able circles is said to have been discovered.-
4' Some natural tears they drapp'd, hut wip'd them
soon;" and as the match was really the result, of
afFrttion, it is-likely-te-endrlske-a modsi-ti Comedy,
" in the Ihippiness of all parties."