Star.
London, England, 1807-03-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A Meirage fron;h;lord; acquainted the Houle, that their
Lordfhlps had agreed to the Mutiny Bill, and to the Coal Inland
Navigation Bill.
Marrs. Jo4derell, Ruffell, R. Thornton, and Whitened Keene,
were ordered to be difeharged from the cuftody of the Serjeant
at Arms, at the rifing of the Houfe this day, each fiat paying his
fees.
.. .

---Mr. ATKINS WRIGHT mojed that the Confideration of the
Special Report of the Penryn Eledion Committee, should be poit-
polled to the sift of April, and that Sir Chriftopher Hawkins do
attend on that day.—Ordered.
Mr. SHERIDAN obtained leave to bring in a Bill for throwing
a Bridge over the Thames between Weitminfter and Blackflies.,
Bridge.
An Account was prefentcd of the Number and Tonnage of Vef.
fele captured by the enemy during a certain period.—Ordered to
lie on the Table.

Sr JOHN NEWPORT brought in the frith Stamp Duty Bill,
read a firft, and ordered to be read a second time to•morrew.

Mr. HOBHOUSE brought up the Report of the Committee
of Supply of Friday bit. The Refolutions were rcad and agreed
to.

The Coffee and Cocoa Bill, the Export Duty Regulation Bill,
and the Sicilian Prize Bill, were reported, and each ordered t• be
read a third time to-morrow.

Mr. VANSITTART reported from the Sbrewlbury Eledlion
Committee, that one Sarah Barrow had been guilty of non-attend-
ance before the raid Committee, notwithftanding the had been re-
gularly fummoned to attend before them. The Report was brought
up, and upon a motion of the fame Honourable Member, it was
ordered that ihe mould be taken Into the cultody of the Serjeant at
Arms for her faid offence.

On the motion of Mr. VANSITTART, it was ordered that
the Letter from. Lord Hayrick to the Comasiffloners of his Ma•
jelly's Treafury, dated the 13d of December laft, relative to the
capture of the feeond Swedith convoy, be laid before the Houle.
The Treafurer of the Navy's Office Regulation Bill, and 'the
Royal Family Annuity Adt Amendment Bill, were each read a
feeond time, and ordered to be referred to Committees to•
morrow.

The Smuggling Prevention Bill was read a firft, and ordered to
be read a feeond time cn that day fortnight, and in the mean time.
to be printed.
The Malt Duty Bill, and the National Debt Reduction Bill
were each read a firft, and ordered to be read a fccond time to-
morrnw.

The frith Paper Duty Bill was read a third time aid palled.
CATHOLIC BILL.

The Houk became unufually full of Members,
at the time when
Lord EUSTON prefented a Petition from the Chancellor,
Matters, and Scholars, of the Ui iverlity of Cambridge, Rating,
that they had heard, with anxiety and apprelicnßon, that a Bill had
been brought into Parliament, to enable Catholics to hold Corn-
miMons in the Army and Navy; a meafure which they conceived
would tend to the fubverGon of the Eltablifhed Religion of the
Country, and might otherwife lead to dangerous confequences. It
concluded with praying that fuels Bill might not pats into a Law.
After this Petition was read by the Clerk, Lord
EUSTON m 3ved, " That-the laid Petition be laid
upon the Table."
Mr. DICKINSON role, and addreffed the Speaker,
as follows:—" Sir, I do not rife at this moment with
any intention of oppoling the motion which has now
been made by the Noble Lcrd, but I rife merely with
a view of availing myfelf of this opportunity of exer-
citing one of the privileges of a Member of Parlia-
ment—l mean, that of converting in public with his
Majefly's Minifters, on fubjeth of a ferinus nature.
It is now about twelve or thirteen days fence the
Noble Lord oppofite, (Howick) introduced a Bill
into Parliament, again(! which Bill the Petition
which has now been read is prefented. The purpofe
of that Bill has been Rated to be, to enable his
Majefly to avail himfelf of the fervices of all his liege
fubjeds. A few days have only elapfed fence that
' Noble Lord intimated to the Houfe, that it was not
his intention to allow that Bill to be read a fecond
time,but to permit it to drop without any future period
being mentioned for purfuing its future progrefs.
Upon that occafion the Noble Lord Rated, that there
were circumllances which prevented him from Rating
his reafons for fuch condrid ; but added, that the time
would loon arrive when he would be enabled to do fo.
I with to a& him, if that time be now come ? I need
not lay that the public mind is in a Rate of very
general anxiety upon this fobjed.—( Loud cries of
Hear! bear! from all parts of the Houfe.)—We have
rumours of a change of Adminiaration, without
knowing, at leaft as far as I can perceive, that it is
either the with of the people, or of this Houfe, by our
having (hewn any ditratisfaelion at their conduet.—
(Leuderies of Hear, hearbveated) —There are rumours
of a very grave and ferious nature, connetied with
this fubjeet, which I cannot help alluding to on the
prefent occafion. Thefe rumours lay, that his Ma-
jelly's Miniflers have been culpable, in endeavouring
to imprefs upon his Majefly a metfure againft which
his high and honourable mind revolts. Therefore,
I with to aik thefe Minitlers, whether thefe rumours
be well or ill founded ? I have the -permiflion of this
Houfe to leave London for a fortnight, on my pri-
vale affairs, and I will confequently have an oppor-
tunity of feeing many of my conflitirents at the Af-
fixes, and 1< thould with to be able'to anfwer any
queflions put to me by them, as to whether or not
that Noble Lord ar.d pis Colleagues are to continue

in Adminiftration ? The peculiar circomll ances
this Courrry, and the condition of affairs abroad,
render fuch a piece of information particularly recef
fary upon the prefent recafion; and therefore, I bore
the Noble Lord will not fertiple to give the Hmure
any information upon this important topic, which
may now be in his power."
Lord HOWICK.--.. The Hnn. Gentleman was,
under no neceffity of apologizing to the Houle for
exerciang one of the molt important privileges of a '
Member of Parliament—that of putting to any of his
Majetty's Miniliers inch rinellions as, in his opinion,
his Parliamentary dirty may require him to propole.
In anfwer to the quellinns now put to me, I am willing
candidly to (late all that I can difcreetly commu
nicate, but more than that I truft the Houfe will not
require of ate. I turf that the Houle will not re-
, quire of me to enter now into that explanation, which
I think it prudent fill to withhold—(Hear! hear!)
As to any queflion, then, which it is not for me yet to
anfwer, I mutt threw myEdf on that indulgence
which upon a former night was fo liberally conceded
to me—(Hear ! hear!) ; at the fame time alluring the
Houfe, that the day of explanation cannot be far dif.
tont, and that no man can be more anxious for its
arrival than I am. The principle which makes me
with to Rand well with my King—that fenfe of pub.
lic duty which makes me with to Hand well with this
Houfe, and mine own fenfe of private honour, which
makes me ever anxious to nand well with myfelf,
co-operate in producing in my mind an cornett with
that this explanation may be fpeedily entered upon,
and fully gone into— (hear I hear! bear!). That quef-
lion then of the Honourable Gentleman's, which goes
to imply the alledged culpability of his Majetty's
Minillers in preffing upon the King's confcience,
what it revolts from—That queflion I am not now at
liberty to anfwer; but refer the Honourable Gentle
man to that explanation which will do that, which
no anfwer of mine could do fo well ; as to the other
queflion of the Honourable Gentleman, relating to
the public rumours of a change in the Minifiry, in
addition to what I had the honour of Rating to the
Houle on a former day, I have now to liate, that
though his Majefty has not yet commanded me to
deliver up the feats of ray office, he has been pleafed
to fend for perfons not in the number of his Majefly's
iervants, for the purpofe of entering into the neceffary
arrangements for forming a new Adminiaration."
(As loon as his Lordthip fat down, there was a loud cry of
Hear, sear sod a great fenfation prevailing through all pans of
the Houfe. The number of Members prefent was very great;
sled nearly one ballot' them now we: t away, having been attraeted
chiefly by curiofity to hear what might be laid on the prelim
Change in the Executive Government j

IRISH MIMBERS.

Lord HOWICK faid, it would be necefrary for
the Houfe to confider the fituation of Inch It ith Mem-
bers, as had been ordered to attend in their places
on a certain day. He had received feveral applica•
cations from Members reading in that country,
Rating to him the peat inconveniences which would
refult to them, to leave the country during the affizes,
and praying to have the time enlarged. There would
be only one Ballot more before the holidays, and he
hoped there would be a fufficiency of Members pre-
Cent to complete the other two, which would come
on before the day he propofed to extend the leas,: of
abfence to. He moved, therefore, that thole Ifilh
Members who had been ordered to Attend the Houle

tomorrow, thould have the time enlarged to Monday
the 13th April.
Sir J. NEWPORT and Colonel BARRY feverally
expretled their fatisfaElion at the Noble Lord's motion,
and it was ordered accordingly.

MR. DRAKE.

Mr. WHITBREAD obferving that he had on a
late evening Rated it as his opinion that Mr. Tho-
mas Drake had not received his wound in the battle
of Camperdown, declared that a document had fence
been put into his hanks, by which it was proved that
that perfon had aAually 101 l his leg from a hurt re-
ceived in that aelion. This document was a letter
from Captain Bligh of the Director, to Mr. Bewick,
then Chairman of a Committee for the relief of the
fufferers in that action. He begged, therefore, to be
underßood as retracting his affertion, and he would
move for documents to explain the circumftance ;
but lea any falfe impreffion fhould go abroad, that
when thofe papers fhould be produced, he would pro-
pofe the liberation of the prifoner, he would obferve,
that the circumflance which he had juft mentioned
was not the only mifreprefentation and falfehood con-
tained in Mr. Drake's evidence. There were nu-
merous others ; among the reit he bad declared, that
he bad never applied for relief to the Admiralty,
when in fad he bad done fo to the very perfon by
whom he had been queßioned. He therefore would
firft move for copies of all communications made by
Captain Bligh, late of the Director, to N. Bewick,
Efq. Chairman of the Committee at Lloyd's for the
relief of wounded feamen.

The SPEAKER obferved, with regard to thc latter
part of the motion, that the place and the perfon wet e
not known to that Honfe, and therefore could 'not
form parts of a motion from the Chair.
Mr. WINDHAM concurred in this opinion, de-
claring, that however good the intentions of the So-
ciety alluded to, it would be very improper that it
fhould be recognized in that Honfe.
Mr. FULLER feemed to think that Drake ought
to be liberated.

After a few words from Mr. ROSE, and Mr.
JEFFERY, Mr. Whitbread withdrew his motion cn
account of the improper recognition which it con.
tained ; but in reply to Mr. Fuller's olifervations, re-
peated, that the imprifonment of Mr. Drake, was
not in confequence of the citcumllance alone which
he had jolt cleared op.
Mr. SHERIDAN truCted, whatever might he
done with Mr. Drake, that thole who employed loch
a witnefs, when they came themfelves to be examined
on oath, would take care what fort of evidence they
gave.
On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, the fol-
lowing Papers were then ordered to be laid before the
Houfe :

A copy of the Smart Ticket produced by Mr. Drake, as received
from the Chef of Greenwich.

A copy of the Ticket fent by Captain Bligh, late of 'his Maki.-
tf. thip Mrcaor, to the Holpital at Yarmouth.

MIA BUDGET.
Mr. TIERNEY faid, that after the declaration
made by his Noble Friend this evening, he thought,
though he had not been idle fince he had pollifted the
( lice' he then held, that it would not be proper in
him to trouble the Houle with the affairs of Indi.t,
which' he had it in contemplation to bring forty.

ru.G.H ptioquir.
Sir J NEWPO it 1' poilpuned the lan Bu.11;t: to
Viledneldity.

PLACES EN REVERSION.

Mr. BANKS gave notice, that be would to-mprrnal,
move for an Account of the Piaces in keret Pion,
poled of by the pre.ent Adminitttatinn.
HOWICK that not one place hi rcvet.,
lion had been given away by the prefcnt Asintittiata•
lion ; but there was a very contlicrable one dirpoied
of by the former Admit,i•lratiun jolt bcfore tht,
went out.

r' NANCE.
Mr. HUSKISSON faid, after Ithr had
lie Chould not any longer prefs his Reltiutiuns ut
mince, which ttc),)(l for this evening.

CALICO PRIAITERS.

Mr. SHERIDAN moved, that the Report of el
Committee; on the difputes between theC slico Print( .s
and their Servants, be entered as ?cad; which ki,tz
done—he gave notice that he would, to s.t.,w,
move for leave to luing in a Bill, for the better 1-t•
cling difputer bettiteen the Calico Primes and tin
ler vants.

CARNATIC PAPERS.

Sir T. TU RTON rote, in contequence of the tn•
Lice he had given, to move for certain Papers tela..it t
to the proceedings of the Marquis Wellefley af.d
Lord Clive, relative to depofing the Nabob of the
Caraatic. He defer ihed the tranfaltions as reflefliuK
difgrace on this country, and hoped, if the Papers be
fhould move
.for were granted, he fhould, on a future
day, be enabled to iniuce the Houfe to wipe off the
(twin of that foul and atrocious tranfaftion by voting
cenfure or punifhment on thole who had been guilty
of it. He faid the Treaty of t 792, made by Marquis
Cornwallis, had been broken, particularly with rc•
gard to the Poligars, and crmcli.ded by Inf.v;il a
10%7 (ring of motions for different Papers, which he
faid would not take more than twenty pages of print-
ing. His firft Motion was then read from the Chair.
" That there be laid before the Hnufe copies of the hitt-natant
fent to Lord Morningron by the Board of Control:I, the lliryAor's
of the EaR India Company, or the Secret Committee, relative to
any changes of tjte Government of tile Caraatic, as fettled by the
Treaty of
.5 792:

Mr. TrERNEY fail he would not detain the
Huufe long, for the Honourable Bart. had moved
for a long lift of Papers, one part of which had ne.
ver ezißed, and the other had already been printed.
The Hon. Baronet had faid thefe PA pers would not take
twenty pages of printing. It would talc.: more than
twenty pages to print the words he had merely ufed
in defcribing them ; and fluent as he WAS in words,
the Direetors were as fluent in writing. He had made
the moft minute inquiry, and 11,,d been informed,
there was no inartglions in writing given to the Go.
vernors General: and if the Hon. Baronet fhould
Rill perfth in his Motion, it wculd give the Clerks of
the Board of Controul, a fortniOn's labour to no
pirepnce ; for in compliance with the order of the
Huufe, they mull fearch through every Piper during
a certain period of time in order to Leek tor what was
never in exidence.

Sir T. TURI'ON raid, on the an...trance of the
Right Honourable Gentleman thete were no intim.
tions, he ghoul,' have no objection to withdraw his
Motion.

Mr. TIERNEY raid, fuch was the informationbe
had received.

T"

Sir A. WELLESLEY (aid, there were no infirm.
tions hut what had been already printed. He de-
fended what had been done in the Carnatic, efpecially
with regard to the Poligars, who were, he laid, in 4
(late of rebellion, and it was therefore neceffary to
take the tevenues of the Nab,b into the hands of the
Government in India. He denied that the Poligar
Chief was executed without a trial, and noted that
the Court of Diredors had unequivocally approve 4
of Abe condud of the Government of Madrac, with
refped to the refradory Pdtgars. If his Noble Rn.
lation (Lord Welltfley ) had been immediately or at
all concerned in this rranfaetion, he fhould not object
to the production of any papers moved for ; but, at
this concerned other peuple, he lhould object to it.—
It was a fubjed up ,n which he deprecated dircuffion,
as he was convinced that the relining pence among
the Poligars was abfolutely aeceffary for the fecuriry
of• that part of our Indian empire. He law no par.
ticnlar good that could refult from the prefent motion.
Colonel SYMES fail, that inilead of a few papers
which were cafy to be procured, the Hon. Baronet hai
moved for an immenfe mafs, which the Houle would
not have time to examine in the courfe of a whole
Seffion. It was impoffible to undernand whether he
really intended to inculpate the Board of COntroul,
the Court of Directors, the Governors of Bengal,
and the Government of Madras, as being all of them
implicated in the charge.
Sir JOIN ANSTRU niER believed that the fiill
of the Honourable Member's mm ons would be eafily
complied with, as the return wr old be that there
were no inch papers in exi ftence as he had moved for.
Mr: TIERNEY laid, that he believed that all the
papers which had elided on that fubje&, had been
already printer); he, therefore, moved as an ame d.
went, " all filch papers as have not been Audi
printed."
' This amendment was moved on the greater part
of Sir THOMAS TURTON's motions, which were
carried fit amended.

Upon the motion for the Parer. relative to the
documents taken at Seringapatann.
Colonel SYMES replied, with fome warmth, In
fome infinuations which he bad conceived came fro! I
the Honourable Baronet. The fill was chat " fnci
Papers were found at Seringapararn as it was CP "
venient to have found." The Paptrs found at S:•
ringapatam had been carefuliv examined by Mr.
Webb, Colonel Clofe, and other mod rerpeAable
Servants of the Company, who had been appointr,t
for that purpofe; and as to the fecund
that Halfein Aly had been murdered, it was contrs.o.Y
to the fa&. 'Chat Pi ince had deltrosed his c ,nl%lO.
tints by opium, and died of a dyftritery, tvl i :It le ,!.1
25 days. The Governor of Madras feat Dr. Aliticr-
fon, a nloi humane and philanthropic man, as vett
as an excellent phyfician, to vilit him ; but he cools
not gain admittance to him until the 4:lgor-der had
arrived to fcch a height as to be incurable. No malt
who was acquainyM with the worth of Dr. Anderson.
would have infinuated that he could have been sC-
ctffary to a murder.
Sir I'. TUR 70N declared the Honourable Got-
tleman had entirely millinderilood him, as be ne.ci
intended to make any Inch infinuations.
Atm a long concert .lion upon the dill rant tvo-

'inns, wherein many Members complained of papers
being moved for, that the Mover either did, or ought
to know never exilled, one of the motions was nega
tived upon that ground : the reit were carried with
the fame amendment as the firfl.