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111111rwail"Illite the PRIM ye( tlesi COUN l'Y onimaTii. ' LAST IPIJXI costiiiirte. • ler eh
Gatiraesteri, - Mr. CREEVEirrose to make the motion w
y HAVE . frequently had occesion to assure yon,
he bed given notica, respecting the corret.pondence
I that it wasschr highest abject of my ambition to Ise replaced
between the Board of Controni and the East India
in Parllansent as your Representative. 1 e-s,.
That declaration was ever 'most sincere. It was 1114 ObireCt ....ovally; relative to ::..IS 0115. Thetiparticular paper
which I pledged myself to my friend. never to aband,ei ',lb lei Whieh he Wisher! to have i•id before to 11 pee wets •3
they were desirous tbat I should wand forward teener Iv rest ' letter from Lord Thickinoliatrshire, President of, the
independence of the Representation of the County; tnes.iv,h .e. Bnard of Contmul, to the East India Directory,
I endeavoured, by my conduct, to' become more &until of
your fermi II Java in Jannary last. B) the Aat of 1793, under
It has graciously pleased his Retest Highness the Prince Regent the ell charter, certain pensions had been granted to
to include gay name in the List of Peerage.. csoferred on s.rral +fee. ilt pet s.,os, for certain terms of years. One to
General °Seen. for their -emus dieing this lone and serious the Margais Wellesley, one to Mr. Hastings, and to
contest for the liberty of Burope,lsow so hie pay and so shal-
om y concluded. several others. These pensions had ceased on the
s
. I therefore address you, Gentlemen, for the la,* time in this , esp./alien of that Act, and my Lord Buckingham-
•
public manner. You cannot doubt ot my sincere and waiters- shirk had takeifnpon himielf to write to the Court of
ble mtachment, nor of my continued anxiety tor your w`4'are • Directors and propose to them, of his own accord and
and independence.. Deep y 1 mprrs, d wilt these sentimilete,
may ;be permitted to dischsrg • a ilth of gratitude to my friend,Ant& rity, that those pensions should be ievived.,
Sir Patrick Murray, by naming hint to y ...) ? But his eminent. Nat he had even advised that they should some of,
qualtllearinne for the &laterite el the .'sty of a RePresentetive th be altered. He hail stated in the aid letfer,,
of a great Canny, his abinues, his ovoidal y, his ups ight and in- the late Lord Willits had ditd very poor, and,
depsodent minds are nacos-01y known to you: TO see few' 1 .g, i Lord, had .
eruplerted by thoesewhe so warmly totems:fed themselves far tut present his son, been put to great
-assx success, would indeed be to me, a great additional, sod ! inconvenience in paying his father's debts;
.and lie
AIN, y stea la
ling testimony et their friendship. . recommended that the pension of the late rd should
~1. • I. have the homer to remain. Gentlemen, be continued to the presnra Laid Melville.. Lae
t With the greatest respect and devotion, Buckinghamshire, le; it;a office of President of the
Your faithful and obedient servant,
'shoed-quaners. Antwerp, May lit, 1814. LYNEDOCH. Board of Ctreroul, , tight to be the protector of the
Corn patia's r ..,,.-ates and property, and not the clis-
tiibut,:. ref e.cm. When a recommendation of that
nature was given by one Minister in i..vour of ano-
ther Minister, it was easy to conceive what Meet it
was likely to have, and in his opielion such conduct
was by no means proper in a person of his particular
situation. It was against both the letter and spirit
of the law, to give such a recommendation ; and was,
in fact, a kind of notice of a motion for a grant ot
X 21,000 to Lord Melville. He ( Mr. Creevey) was
desirous of knowing it Lord Buckinghamshire,. in
writing that letter, were within the law; if he were,
he thought the law ought to be altered. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman cencluded by moving “ that a
copy of a letter from the Earl ot Buckinghamshire,
President of the Baard of Controul, dated January
12, 1814, to Robert Thornton, Esq. Chairman of the
Court of Directors, be published."
Mr. WALLACE was of opinion, that no fair par-
liamentary ground had been stated for the publication
of the paper in question, and that any discussion at
present would be as premature as it was unprece-
dented. The letter was of a private nature, merely,
suggesting the propriety of taking certain matters
into consideration. The %President could "only act
officially with the Board of Controul, and not with
the Court ot Directors, and • the letter could impose
no duty either upon the Directors or upon the Pro-
prietors. The Honourable Gentleman, however,
seemed to regard the letter somewhat in the light of
A rnessitte from the Throne, upon which it was in-
entnbeat to come to somearsolutton. That the GOott.
rd Propoetors should be anxious to testify their sense
of the merits i f the late i.ord Mi.tville, could be
matter of surprise to none ano were acquainted
wan the important s,tvices he had rendered to the
East India Company.
Sir MARK WOOD fully concurred with the last
speaker. Though he himself had never received any
pi rsonal favour from the lose Lid Melville; yet so
highly did he estimate his services to the East lathe
Company, that, if no other Gentleman shisld bring
Reward a proposition upon the subject, lie himself
sliould, in the Count of Proprietots, move for a fur-
t'ler remuneration to the late Lord Melvilie.
Mr. HOWORTH contended, that the letter was
wholly of a eublienaturV (hear), which Loud Buck-
inglianishite had no auNsrity to write. be the Act
tit Parliament, three Commissioisers were itecessat y to
form a" card, though he Mid:rived, that, for a con-
siderable time, Boardr.3 had iit:eft dispensed with, and
the whole man.igettypt lia.l centered in the First Lord.
The Letter e•ais 1.1:411 cii a public nature and contrary
to the Act ot P.,...lianwitt.
Mr.T.COUItTENAY stated, that the lag Speaker
hail been misinformed on the subject of Boards. lie
himself, except its nine very rare instances, had never
put his name to any act Unless a Board were present.
The letter in question wa, as much of a private na.
titre as any conversation upon the subject could Le,
as he liinv,elf, though Secretary to the Huard, had
been unapprised of it, till he heard of it from the
Infix-House. Even if the letter were public, still
no parliamentary grounds had been laid ter its pro-
duction. „
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that whether the
letter were public or pi iv.ae, it was such an one as
ought not to be sattetioned ; and Admitting it to be. a
privet* letter, it had ',yet all the etrect of a public
communication.
Mr. CREEVEY maintained that the Act of Per-
4iament had been violated. \Vith respect to Boards
101 Control, he could Say err the foist teen months he
'illad a seat among the Commissioners, lie h ;t1 never
seen a board— (loud cries of hear, hearefront the Inini.
sierial side of the House);--.end he had heard, that,
trim 1784 to 1806, when he sat there, there had
not been a single instance of a board. The letter was
official in the usual mode of the first Commission of
'the Board of Control.
Mr. WALLACE admitted, that he only remem-
hoed one board, at which; though much had beta 'I
discussed, nothing had been done—(lloth).
Mr. SULLIVAN said, that the letter was surely.
meant to vet:win some way or uther—(Hear, hear.)
—At preset* however, he did not conceive it to be
tangible, apt in what quarter an applitation mad be
made filets production. It eronld be better to wait
to see what would follow. . ...
Mr. C/tEEVEY.--'llse kite is in the India:
Hoese,• and has been printed.
i Mr. WHITBREAD.—If we were to wait r
what might follow from the letter, Gerttleenen who
aLrin7dt de
rom foctincastionTtgibt, coit
etter al
‘prvithvedeto.faaa y
be said to be private. re bad been read at% pubtie
meeting) and it appeared Avis the speech of ad Hod.
Sonnet (de 141: Weed) that upon his it least it ha'
predssea same ae t. lis would Wen (COM the 1

DULWICH CoLLEGC.
The Duke of NORFOLK called the attention a
their Lordshipi to a Petition, which he had re-
cently plc! ented to the House, Irom certain per-
sons of the name of Allen, neatest a Bill before that
House relative to Dulwich College, and which
Petition was to be 'Area int. consideration that thy.
The object of the Petition, as well as the Bia, was
known to their Lordships. But it appeared thit the
Petition was couched in terms that were exception-
able, and that, on an attentive perusal of it,tting his
own opinion, he should move that the Order of the
D.iy for considering that Petition, be discharged. It
that motion should be agreed to, he should then 'ne-
aten another Petition to the saute purport, but heed
from the objectionable parts.
Lord HOLLAND had no objection to the with-
drawing of the Petition, howsoever he had disapprov-
ed of the introduction of it. Ttie Petitionet s were to-
tally unwarranted, not only in the terms by which
they chose to calumniate the pure.t characters, but in
the very foundation on which they rested their Peti.
tion. So far from any ilebire to improve or maintain
the spirit and intention of the founder of Dulwich
College, those Petitioners, erecting themseloes on the
hollow name of Allen, without any pretext of kinked,
woe at variance with an Act of Parliament lately
Famed, from which the most beneficial and acknow-
ledged aects had been derived.
Duke of NORFOLK observed, that be had
not read with attention the petition which he had pre-
sented, but was octuated mutely by a sense ai duty,
and what he conceived to be the fair grounds of the
petitioners. lie had since obso ved, that the toms in
the petition were informal and objectionable. But
be believed the petitioners had not been anxious of
their irregularity.
Thp Order of the Day was withdrawn, and the
fresh petition presented by the Noble Duke, received,
and in Bred to be pr;ntrki.
Upoa the motion of the Duke of NORFOLK, the
Statutes telative to Dulwich College were ordered to
be laid before the House.
Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow.
HOUSE OF COMMOVS.

Mr I.OOKHART presenred a petition from the Ourncymen
meciamics of London and Wound:l4er agaotit the 2.l,prentice
11,11. I); der. dto Ikon the table
Outguns and War Duties Bill west through a Costunittve.
.Report otderettto Ipe received iti-niorrow.
Mr. gave notice, that on Ftlday m-x.t be
should wows the Ai my Estraordinariea in a Committee .4 :wilily.
- The Cope Wine Dili went through a Cumniatte,i.—iterutt ur.
tided to be reset -nturcow.
't'he Irish was read a third time and paused.
I.ord d fur leave to bring w a bill (41 explain
the 42d of the iFeotitig.gotinty Bridget. Ihe bill was
immediately attc rill brought hi, read a Bat time, and ordered
to be read a second time on Friday neat.
Mr. KENKIC.% moved the Ld re. chit of the Local Pour Bill.
Sir CIIARLE6 or.itAsiC. suond au Awl:Autumns. of the
fiat
Clause.
Mr. THOMPSON conceived the Bill to be highly objection-
able. It proposed nothing less than to repeal at mie sweep every
Bill which the House had passed tor the lain hundred /cars te-
bpectlog the settknietat of the poor.
The house cliv.ded---For the .Aneendinetit 'lA—Against It 29
Alaj Ps against the Amendment iii=llut Dill Wad then /lad a
tiLltl ti:Me