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exptegs himself as he could wise. He concluded
by moving.— •
‘.‘ That the Speaker do issue his writ for a Burgess to serve
in Parham.nt for the borough of Higham Ferrers, in the
room of the Might Honourable William Windham, 'de_
ceased: ,
Mr: CANNING, though he had- been long in the
habit of opposing the public conduet of the illustri-
ous charaCter now no more, rose to bear his
mony to thoSe talents and virtues which had*dis-
tinguished Mr. Wind ham's splendid career., He
felt Equally with the Noble Lord, the intpossibility
of. doing jUstice to. talents so exalted, td virtt‘is so'
rare. ..Among all the storms and all the contests
which had raged in his time, whatever might have
bebntrhe frenzy of the moment, he (Mr. Windham)
above all, had avoided the appearance and the feebly
of soliciting_ popular approbation. But it his con-
dUEt 'hag pot rnade him the object of transient po-
pularity, 'it had &cured. bini what was of greater
value,' lasting and unperishable admiration. At no
time .con:d so great a character pay the list debt of
nature, wtt hoot' 'eat ieg a eltastn'much 'to be de-
plored, and difficult to till upi but never ,way there
a period at witichltis loss could be mote sensibly telt
, than at the pre-ent. Throughout his life, from a
sincere sense of public duty, he had exposed himself
to every threatenin.; evil, in what ho cfaucteiv,ed to
be the cause of his country. He had left- them a
proof that conduct so upright, if not calculated to
gain the applause of a patty, Was cc; tam ut concili-
4tiog universal esteem, it had often been his (Mr.
Catoing's) fate, during the time be had been his.
coniioporary, to oppose irs public conduct. This
he had fiequently done, tninking he kMr. Wind-
ham) carried the best ptioeiples to an exceBg, but
t* never once had he suspe:ned tuetives to be dis-
honourable. There was a_selfishness of %%hit:6 it
was difficult for a public man to, dive.t
selfish pleasure of pleasing those with whom they
were in the habit of acting ; but superior still, even
of this most amiable Of all selfish tetlings had Mr.
Windham been acquitted, both by his political
friendLt and opponents. When he recollected the
accompii,Jsinuents. by which 'hot. great character had
been grace_l47.—when he considerto the extent of his
knowletge, 'Ole force of his eloquence, which,
if not the most: coannandiiig tlif-y had ever Leard,
was the most insinciatiegwhich, if it did not con-
vince, delighted all vv.:N.) heard it, made tht.m feel
with the man 'While spe.7!4,ng, and enter into his,
heart, he could not but leo ?omewhat reconciled to
that which lied been called " in our Constitu-
tion." He alluded to the borough; of which so many
complaints bad been Made. He 'aid not say that
if none such already existed in the Corstioation, he
would create th'ern, but among the tiecess.fty
tedious of our system, he thought it. must be ad-
mitted that 'they had turned ttiu good accouNt.
As 'to them they were inde:,ted for the spiendid
talents of Mr. Windhani, Which .had for so many
years assisted their Councils, and who dying,
bad left to On. to an example, which every man,
wishing well to his couritty, would be anxious to
emulate. •

The question was then put and carried, and a
new wri&
..ordered. for the borough of Higharu
Ferrel-5.
Sir J. ,HALL gave notice, that he would on Wed.
ne,day next, move for the.chscharge of bir. Gale

On the motion of M 5 FREEMANTLE, a return of
all sums ax ising out of the Druits ;at the Admiralty,
vested in Exchequer Bills by the Registrar of the
High Court of Admiralty since the Ist of April,
1805, together with the amount of the interest there-
on, was ordered to'be laid b4dre the House.
Sir S. RomrrArmoved that the 28th Report of the
Committee of Finance, respecting the expence of
the Police Establishment,. ordered to be printed oh
the 26th of June,
,1798, . should be re-printqd for
the use of the House. The Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman took that opportunity of stating it to be his
inimion to. renew early in the ensuing Session the
on motion he ade'a few evenings .ago on the•sObjed
of erecting Penitentiary Houses.
•
The motion was agiced t(L •
Mi. ROSE stated to the House a plan he had
formed for increasing the number of seamen em-
ployed in the merchant service ;, and after a. few,
ward. from Mr.-. W. Smith; Ir. Wilberforce ond
Lord Cochrane; obtained kive to bring a Bill for,
increasing the number of
,persons brought up to the

sea service. .
O& the motion of Admiral HARVEY, the Fisheries
13,11 wa, read a second time and cominittod for to-
morrow.

CA PTAI N,'FOSK. EFT. , • '
; • -
; I Mr. LYTTLETON stated hint-elt. to be willing
to do any thing short of Waving LI motion altoge,
ther, on account of the- circuinstane6 - connected
with it, affecting that illuStriou. personage who—hict
been so barbarously treated. I3ut. the lateness 'of
the Session, added to the .fact of his having • received
a note from his -Rapt Highnes,,,' expre-sing:ii wish
that the motion might be m :de as. soon as poSsible,
would, he trusted, instity him in bringing it forward
at that moment. The Army; 1,-te contended, had its
rights. Those 'rights weie to them as valuable as
the civil rights claimed by that HOuse. It was the
best policy to prevent discontents ia the Army, as
the consequences of such to elinas excited in a body
so formidable were much to .bedreaded. He, went
at length into the m.:riti of captain Foskett, replied
to' the insinuations thrown out against him, and enu-
merated the, grietances complained of by Captain
Foskctt, the stihstance of which has already appear-
ed before the. He then read several letters
subject, of the duel spOken of, which he
thought went to exculpate him tram any charges
made against his character, as the handsome testimo-
ny borne by, Wallace, the antagonist of the Officer
to whom- Captain Foskett 'was second, established
the propriety of his .coudna, in the most satisfaCtory
imilner. When so much was said by' the Honour- •
able General-on the enormity of pistols with hair
triggeis being used upon that occrision, be did not
know, as he thought the Honourable Officer must,
that all duelling pistols had hair triggers. When,
ho-A ever, it was proved that the pistols used had not
hair'triggers, what b caine of that charge ? As to
the number of > hots tired, he thought that when
Gentlemen went out't ► fight, and nut merely to
produce a ce, tai; explo•ion, no blame could on ti.at
account attach Itselt to the seconds. On a view of
all the circumsiances, he thought Captain. FoAcett
ha`dcondu :led with b:!coming moderation,
like • a Gmthrn,sti, and a man of honour. He
thought it most unjust, and subrersive-bt all equity, t'