The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-17 00:00:00

Gentleman; instead of waiting for oi)jettiona to 1-,is
Motion, ' would have stztui the mason.; why he
brought it forward. 'He had listened very atten.
tively to the Hon. Gentlemati, at it appeared to
him that the Motion•rested upon '•no PArliamentary
grounds w4ateVer, and therefore he shoold resist•the
certainly participated with the Hon.
Gentleman in his'arixiety to-defend tie ch-iraeler of
the Noble I..nrd At the head of the At.liniralty hint
his an'xiety-i.i•ettaittly felishort of th4t oh f the tin.
Gentlerna, hzeause he placed Inch reliit•ce. opt,en the
justice of ,the arid tne, Parliautent,.
so great a Corfk.;ence .in the liit;1! cit.traatr •of -the
Noble Li:PA alluded to, that he did not see the Ile-
ces)ity :;-•d6pi-ulg stall 3 !vlotion a! the prestlnt.
The Hon. Genii=-man inu,t
that, givie,..7 fOr
to ~. - .4 lot
of itsti.i it.did •nstitute. A ;
tint. It „ or`, in I
CEMJCntS, to lay II ' r • •
to concur in tli •' • " •is
tended to ptn(--,!••• i,. . .
Houle, or es.- ,;, ,4 t: T,:•4 ;
ground of 1. •-• • „ - ;• • •:• . • t'.
was no -;
could :
Inured at ,• t..• .• ;_. • • ,ati‘,4
r-iy•tlit',: 7 cc. Bis •. .t • ~,,ation
in which • sto:••! .„1-pt2intc•'.
Corw.r. : r!. into the
dep, c -nts tithe :Navy, and
fne would be to ss,:e,w a tV,,spo.
sition into its own hands that p6wer which
it had vt-4':.:), r, t!:f: Ce:rmis.sioner. if the House
entertait..:d any doubt respe6ting the Condon of
the connniqinners, if •hey thought that they would
neglect the olij-7,±ls of their inquirv, the House..
ought to institute mother Inquiry on their part, to
know nhether those Commissioners should be con.

*tintr;:d in their office. :But no doubt had been ex-
, pressed with regard to the condua of the Commis-
signers. The Hon. Gentleman said, that the mi.
outcs contained proof of great ddinquency. He
did not kliew what the contents of those Minutes
were, but they did contain proofs of such delin.
fluency, it certainly was a strong reason against the
Motion. He must do justice to the feelings of the
Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty and de.
dare, thdt he kneW that in'opposing this Motion
he Was not ailing in copformity with the feelings of
that Noble Lord. It was the first wish of that Noble
Lord's heart that every part al his conduEl should
be laid before the Public and the world, but standing
there as a Member-of the House of Comm Ons, he
could not consent to the Motion, he should there-
fore move the Previous Question. •
Cop,. MARKHAM Said, 'he felt himself very
utlvltarootly situated betkifeeo tilt; :•-ttty'lle felt to
wainutin owo i.:ll;qkter and with wh9m

he hail the honour oLia.ing, and his respect for the
noinion delivered by the chancellor of tile Esc.che.
quer. The Board. of Admiralty had been goaded
, anti caluniniated id. the public prints of 'the
Country, whiCh had said the Most degrading things
of the Board, and had compared -their
visita-
tion to a domiciliary vi it. Under such circum.
stances, it WAS itnpossible for the Board of Admiralty
to carry :on' their duty if they were thus. to be abused
for the properAdis'elinge ut it. It was on this ac,
count that he expressed not only his own wish, but
that tit the N.,,bletairri alluded to and the other
a\lerrthers tif, tiSt thes. papers should be
.prodUced. , If there-were great delingnerciea they
ought to be punished, and lie.did not think it was
necessary to wait for another Reporr•Wthat pur.
yo.,e. We were now in a state of War,. anti punish.
riwnt ought to be
n infli6ted soon, in-order that the
eeigy of the Country might not be, as it had been,
tewrika. wa3,lhtty his wish that the papers
,
slonn.l produi7.e,d. •
Sir /t- Z. rose to say a fei;i•
words co„,etpleti64' of the aiiiv:ion which had
thi.t. Motion Oe mode respeaing
rice refiloVal Oi; Mr. Mardian-I; :Old he declared that
be hail
,rather stand in, the situation he did upon
that. occasion,- than in the situation of those who
were implicated in it, and who let it go unanswer.
ed and unteitmd, With regard to the present Mo.
Lion, he thought it did-:unlt go far enough ; they'
should riot only have the Minutes of the proceedings
Of the A..4mitalty Board during the visitation, but
they should have an aceotatt ot: the measures alter.
waids adopt !.d by that 'Board in consequence of it.
`the Nohie.Lord at the head of the,Admiralty had
hilol:en of ;in high ;elms ; there was no patty..
iyAic which e,-old be paid to the military coiidu*l of
Noble Lord and the other MeMbers of that
Board to which he would riot most heartily sub..
scribe, bat lie could not pay the same compliment
to their 001' ..00dUCI, because he thought it had
been attended With cot*quenees injurious to the,
rnhiic; it had produced a great disgust in the civil..
departments of fife Navy, tknOftpersisted
Ivould produ(e the IMP it serious coniequences- to
the,CountryThat was his firm opinion. He beg_
ged 10 way one word , rclpeaing the Report,
bad the honotir of knowing stone of the Conunis,
stoners, partieuhirly the worthy 11iinnet at the.
beild of it, of whom it WAS impassible for any atm)
to entertain a higher opinion than he did. If there
was any thing which appeared to him peculiarly
strong in the' It.qort, he did not attribute it 1° the
Comtnioianers, but to the nature of the commis.
Dion with which they were ensrusted. He very
stra,gly dLapproved Of stating the names of par.
tits W4O Were only accused upon irparte evidence.
With regard to the Motion itself, ,he did not think
it tientiar enough, and therefore should not give
- it his support;
Sir U. PO4E 3341, the evidence, might in one
set it: be e.vparie evidence, because it was in general
frorn'the individual himself.
S:r A. 17.411. ND said, lie t'elt himself under
ii.zy itly; a cm words upon this fittl-
- The y Board, to 1..014).11e had tite
1,..., 11 :-. to ',whine:, ha:d never spared:theitlidtouetthey
ctinfitaridy attoded. the-'titities of their ofliee fot
se;./en rours ;, they had done their best 'tor
the service of -their Country, They had enjoys +.
the approbation of the tty.o preceding Ec.irds of
since the. present Board was ap.
thel'e lt,ul been, such stfong plejudices,
ck,-is with the. utinast difficulty that they
cats ,l -11146 were 'lriany things changed: