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P.ARLMiIIEiI22- PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. WALLACE spoke to order, he considered it,
fltira ' ' i'Wreall from a paper, of which' it was the
bj t orthe motion to obtain the production.
, The SPEAKBR: observed that it was perfectly in
Order for a Gentleman -to *ate the grounds for his
motion.
Mr. CREEVEY proceeded to read from the Ex-
position, when .
The SPEAKER informed him that it was not re-
gular to read to the House that which he was asking
the House to order to be produced. It was the same
as with a petition, of which a Member might state
generally what was the scope and nature, but it was
not allowed to be read, even at the table, till the per-
mission of the House was received.
Mr. CREEVEY, desisting from reading the pas-
sages, took a general view of the motives which in-
duced him to offer this motion to the House.
1 Mr. DUNDAS said, it was very unusual, when a
• Committee was appointed, to anticipate the report of
that Committee, by calling for any particulirdocu-
ment before the time when the others wereio be
produccd. He doubted not but the Committee would
produce th it and every other paper relating to the
affairs of the Company in due time.
1 Mr.W HI [TREAD compared the conduct of those
interested in keeping back the paper called for, to that
of a schoolb )y he had read of, who would not say A,
lest he should be compelled to say B. The exposition
called for was of great importance. It could do no
harm, it might be productive of much good ; he
therefore trust' d it would be brought forward.
After some further observations from Mr. Dug-
I DAS, Mr WHITBREAD, Mr. WALLACE, Lord FOLK-
STONE, Mr. P. MoottE, Mr. HOWARD, Mr. GRANT, and
Mr. CREEVEY, the motion was negatived without a
! division.

Select Committee to inquire into the affairs of the
East India Company. After stating the object to
which the Committee would have peculiarly to direct
their attention, and dwelling on its great impomande,
he concluded by naming the Members of the Commit,
tee, which were the same as those of last Session, with
the exception of two, who were not in town.'
Mr CREEVEY objected to the Committee being
constituted of the same members as those of last year,
by whom a Report, of only a very trifling nature, had
been made. He urged the importance of the subject,
and the necessity of having it considered by those who
were impartial ; and remarked, that he had always
observed, that much more information had been af-
forded on this subject by those who were not intimately
acquainted with India affairs than by those who were.
Sir A. WELLESLEY denied the justice of the
last observation made by the Honourable Gentleman,
and with respect to himself, asserted, that on the only
occasion on which a serious difference of opinion had
taken place in the Committee of last session, he had
voted with the Honourable Gentleman. He declared
himself perfectly prepared to go into the merits of the
; Administration in India, of his Noble Relation, when-
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
ever that subject should be brought forward in Parlia-
The I ORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND moved for leave
to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act of the Parliament of Seotlard, merit.
relative to Child-murder, and to assimilate the law of Scotlandin [Here a Message from the Lords acquainted the
that respect, to the law of England. Leave given. House that their Lordships had agreed to the Militia
Mr. FOSTER presented an Account of Flax Seed imported ,
i Enlisting Bill, with several Amendments, to which
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into Ireland in the year IS.
they desired the concurrence of that House.]
The Mutiny Bill was read a second time.
Mr. EYRE presented a Petition from the Hundred of Castt- Mr. C REEVEY, in explanation, denied that he had
yen, in the county of Lincoln, praying for aid in consequcnce•of made any personal objections whatever to the gallant
the devastations by the late inundations. Referred to a Committee.
General, his objection was generally to those filling
Sir CHARLES POLE presented a Petition from Mr. Robert .
Eyre, complaining of a denial ..4 justice, in the refusal of Prize- official situations.
Money due for Capture in the "East Indies. Ordered to lie on I Lord A. HAMILTON entered into a long detail
the table. of the circumstances attending the administration of
A Petition was presented, praying for a Reward for a D:sco-
affairs in
British India, into which it became Parlia-
very to save the Lives of the Crews of Ships foundering at Sea.
Ordered to lie on the table. ment to inquire. He by no means, ever, believed,
Mr. YORKE presented a Petition, praying for aid for those ' that to the East-India Company, the evils of which
who had suffered from the inundation in the Isle of Ely, in Cam- he complained were attributable. On the contrary,
bridgeshire, and the other ten countries. The loss amounted to
he thought that they were the victims, not the authors
a million sterling. A great many poor people were ruined, and
the land could not be brought again into cultivation for a twelve- , and instruments of oppression.
month. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. SMITH expressed his anxiety that the
Mr. FYNES presented a Petition, praying for farther aid for Committee should be constituted in such a manner as
carrying on the Repairs in Henry the Seventh's Chapel, in West-
shonld not give any opportunity for the least suspi-
minster Abbey. After some observations !furls Sir JAMES ILstt
and Mr. Practviet, the Petition was orderea to be referred to a cion, with respect to the impartiality of their investi-
Committee. '
LETTER FROM THE DUKE OF YORK TO THE Mr. WILBERFORCE defended the Directors of
HOUSE. the East-India Company from any imputations of an
The SPEAKER, after soliciting the particular at- I improper bias on this subject, and contended, that
t(ntion of the House, stated, in the following terms, I wany of those Directors were entitled to the gratitude
l:is having received a letter from the Duke of York : of the Company and of the country, when it was
I have to acquaint the House, that since I can e cor s',lered that they devoted their whole time, and
down here I have received a letter from his Royal exerted themselves to the extent of their ability, in
Highness the Duke of York ; tke contents of which I the service of the East-India Company for that which
relate to the inquiry respecting his conduct as COM- was a very paltry and inadequate remuneration.
manner in Chief, which has taken place in this House. Mr. WHITBREAD contended, that the principle
Is it the pleasure of the House that I should now read that ought to be acted upon in the appointment of
this letter ?"—(4ye, aye from all sides.) `this Committee should be, not confidence, but mis-
trust. He mistrusted every officer of the Crown ;
not as a man, but as an officer. He objected to the
persons of whom this Committee was to be com-
posed, as of contrary opinions; and many of them,
such as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secre-
tary of State for the War Department, &c. as being
incapable to attend, from ti.e extent of their other
functions. He objected to Sir Arthur Wellesley and
Sir John Anstruther, as perst us whose minds were
made tip on the subject, and considered them as
better calculated to be witnesses than judges. . From
a Committee constituted as this was to be, nothing
satisfactc ry could be expected. After calling for the
elposition, and eulogi,ing Sir P. Francis, whom he
described as a prophet who had for many years pro-
phesied in vain what would happen in regard to India,
he concluded his observations with expressing an opi-
nion, that many of the proposedsMembers were unfit
for election, and that the Committee so composed
would be altogether unconstitutional.
Mr. FULLER entered into a comparison between
the East and West Indies ; the former he viewed as
represented by Boards of Controul, Courts of Direc-
tors, &c. while the latter was denied justice, and op-
pressed.
Mr. W. SMITH rose to order.—lt was rather out
of order to accuse the House of Commons of injustice
and oppression towards the West Indies ; and besldes,
it had nothing to do with the present question.
LMr. FULLER resumed, and made farther remarks
a.i robatory of any reform that could be effected.
rvir GRANT spoke in favour of the Committee,
which was a Court of Inquiry, and not a Court of
Judgment, as the Honourable Gentleman opposite,
(Mr. Whitbread) had contended, and on that suppo-
sition founded all his argument.

HOUSE (11' I ell DS, Ti IrREDAY, FEB. 9.3.
The Militia 13iil was read a third time and passed.
On the moiion ef Lord AUCKLAND, an Address wars or-
dered to be presenied io his Majesty, playing for Copies of a
Letter from Seeretar, Canning to Mr. PinUey, iu Septern-
% ber last, au s. the allsVer bi Mr. Pinkney.
The E.al of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE moved for 1 Copy of
tbe Letter of the stl. of September, from Lord Castlereagh to Sir
lieSv Dell, yu.ple ; and alsj !or Copies of the Representations or
Demand. for Supplie, made by the Portuguese Minister, of the
Juntas of Oporto and Al;arve. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL suggested that the first motion was
unnecessary, as the paper moved for was included in those, for
the production of which orders were already given; to the second
be ban'no objection.
The Committee of Privileges proceeded on the Banbury Pee-
rage, all the Judges attending. An objection having been taken
by the Attorney-General, •to receiving as evidence some deposi-
tions respecting the family of William Earl of Banbury,
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY and Mr. Hancltrivz were heard on
behalf of the Claimant against the objection ; and after some ob-
servations from the Duke of Norfolk, the Lord Chancellor, ar.d
Lord Erskine, the further proczeding was postponed till Tuesday
nest.—adjourned till to-morrow.

GOP/.
" SIR, " Horse Guards, Feb. 23, 19C9.
" I have waited with the greatest anxiety until the
Committee, appointed by the House of Commons to
inquire into my conduct as Commander in Chief of
his Majesty's Army, had closed its examination, and
I tcw hope that it will not be deemed improper to ad-
dress this letter through you to thellouse cf Commons.
" I observe, with the deepest conceran, that in the
course of ;his inquiry my name has been coupled with
transactions the most criminal and disgraceful, and I
must ever regret and lament, that a connection should
ever have existed which has thus exposed my character
and honour to public animadversion.
" With respect to any alledged offences connected
with the discharge of my official duties, I do in the
most solemn manner, upon my honour, as a Prince,
distinctly assert my innocence, not only by denying
all -corrupt rarticiration in any of the infamous tran-
sactions which have appeared in evidence at the Bar
of The House of Commons, or any connivance at their
existence, but also the slightest knowledge or suspi-
cion that they existed at all.
" hiy consciousne/s of innocency leads me confi-
dently to hope that the House of Commons will not,
upon such evidence as they have heard, adopt any
proceedings prejudicial to my honour and charact, r ;
but if, upon such testimony as has been adduced
against me, the House of Commons can think my in-
itocence questionable, I claim of their justice that I

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CORN DISTILLERY rttomamos.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the order of the day for the House going into
a Committee on the Corn Distillery Prohibition Bill ;
but before going into the Committee, be moved that it
be given as an instruction to the Committee, to admit
a clause into the Bill, empowering his Majesty to pro-
hibit, by proclamation, the distillation of spirits from
corn in Ireland, how-and when he should think fit.
Mr. BARHAM said, it was far from his intention
to offend any one ; but it was his intention neither to
give nor take assertions without proof. He then
proceeded to speak on the consumption of spirits, and
the beneficial effects which woad result from a more
general distillation from sugar. Here he gave in a
variety of statements and calculations to strew the bad
effects cf suffering a distillation from corn to exist, to
the extent it does at present. He then spoke of the
necessity of manifesting a greater regard for our Co-
lonies, by opening a more extensive market for their
commodities. No one could be ignorant of the low
state to which they had been reduced ; they had now,
in some measure, recovered thelirnselves, but unless
such a measure as that he proposed was pursued, their
situation would inevitably become worse than ever.
Adverting to the affairs of Ireland, he strongly cen-
sured the idea of any thing like a combination being
in existence ; it was a libel on the generous feelings
and the understandings of the people of that country.
The people of Ireland, he declared, were not averse
to the operation of the Bill; he therefore should move,
That an instruction be given to the Committee to ex-
tend the provisions of the Bill to Ireland.
Mr. FOSTER, in reply, said some of his state-
ments were not founded in fact. He then proceeded
to adduce a number of counter statemer ts, tending to
prove the Honourable Member mu't have been
misinformed. In the course of the last year, one
million of barrels of oats had been imported, which
was more than Ireland had ever been in the habit of
furnishing us_with betore, and England is now sup-
plikad with 100,000 barrels a month. Ireland_would
not wish the distillation from corn to be at an end, as
the distillers only could eford them a market for the
produce of their land. He then slightly spoke of, the
efforts made to suppress clandestine stills, opposed
various parts of the Honourable Gentleman's speech,
and endeavoured to place, in a luminous point of
view, thomany disadvantages that would result from
such a measure.
Sir J. NEWPORT rose ; he commenced, by in-
forming the House, that he held in his hand two pe-
titions from the city of Waterford and town of Clon-
mel, against the measure of distillation from corn in
Ireland. The former city, he observed, was of the
first class, as to.commercial importance, in the Sistcr
Kingdom ; and the latter was the principal town of
the greatest tillage county in that part of the empire.
He - Id dilate -- hr tab i lity of the

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shall not be condcmeed without trial, or be deprived i Mr. P. MOORE considered the Committee as a, he won. not dilat, upon the respec. 7
of the beneht an .
- d yrotection which is afforded to every ! burlesque, calculated to keep the Public in ignorance ! signatures to both, but must totally disavow any in.
with respect to the affairs of India. He agreed gene- , sinuation of their being solicited. The city of Wa-
British subject by those sanctions under which alone!
rally
with Mr. Whitbread, and ascribed all the em- ! terford had no interest whatever in West India af.
evidence is received in the ordinary administration of barrassinents of India to the war kindled there by the ' fairs, as to being immediately concerned in them.—
the law. I asp, Sir, Your's, polio; of the Marquis of Wellesley. His prihcipal The extensive county of which the petitioning town
44 FREDERICK." I object in rising, however, was to caution the Chance!. was the capital, must above all others serve to shew
" The Speaker of the House ot Commons.' for of the Exchequer how he parted with the public that there was a grounded objection to the measure.
The SPEAKER put the question, that this Letter money. He had a heavy charge to bring hereafter, It grew more corn than almost any other in Ireland;
do ;ie on the table, which was agreed to. ►against him and the Lords of the Treasury, for pro- and if it now felt its inadequacy of supply in that
The SPEAKER suggested, that there ought to I digality and profusion. . article, it surely was a strong basis of objection to
be no delay in taking a copy of this letter for the 1 Mr. G. JOHNSON spoke in favour of this Com- i build upon. Among a variety of arguments, he ad-
votes, and that the letter ought to be allowed to re- ! mittee, which if it had any fault, it was that of lean- duced the great encouragement which would be given
main a short time for that purpose. 1 ing too much towards the East-India Company. He to small liquors, not only as tending to benefit the re-
Mr. BANKES observed, that this appeared to I coincided with Mr. Whitbread, in his panegyric on I venue, but also the morals of the people. He observed
him a case of an extraordinai y nature, and he did , Sir P. Francis, whose name, if he had been in the , that at a particular part of the North, the Barony of
not recollect any precedents on the subject. ' I House, would have been one o' the first proposed by Trishtown, great latitude had been taken in illicit dis-
The SPEAKER said, it uas the course of Par- 1 his Hon. Friend to be upon the Committee. i tillation from corn.. This he insisted on as dangerous
!lament that all letters intend( d for the House should I The question was then put ; and after an observa- lin the extreme, so far as it went uvireate a diversion
be opened and read by the Spzaker, and communi. J tion from Mr. CREEVEY, who proposed that the names ' from the public revenue ; and highly noxious in pro-1
cated to the House; if he thought them of a nature 1 of all persons holding official situations, should be ex- t moting the establishment of a greater number of ten-
to be communicated, they were then of course en- , purged from the list, the original Committee, con- ! dezvous for the idle and disaffected. He could not
tered in the votes and journals. There were cases 1 'sisting of twenty-one persons, was re-appointed. • 1 help thinking, that these private distilleries were in 11
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in which the Speaker thought it his duty at once to ' Mr. ADDINGTON, finding his name upon the' some measure countenanced by the Officers of Excise,
read letters sent to him. but in graver and more im- list, reminded Gentlemen, that from an unfortunate as they could be easily prevented by the application of
portant or doubtful cases, he would hesitate and circumstance which happened to him twelve months effective measures, which the Government had in
put the question to the House, and the House i ago, he had been precluded from attending to his 7 their power to make use of. After a great deal of
would recollect, that lie had not read this till he bad parliamentary duties. He would be happy to do all common-place statement, he begged leave to, call the
taken the pleasure of the House, and mentioned that lay in his power, by attending this Cummittee, attention of the House to the eonditic nof the linen-
what the letter related to. He had also put the ques- but was afraid he would not be able to give to it all manufacturers in the North of Ireland, who were al-
tion here, whether the letter should lie on the table, i the time and attention it required. , most all unemployed in consequence of the dearness
though the ordinary course was to lay them oh the Mr. DUNDAS assured the Hon. Gentleman that .of flax. Such a measure as would raise the price of
table at once. He had also mentioned, owing to j the attendance would not be so incessant as it for- corn must certainly affect them most sensibly; and
suggestions from the right and left, that it would be . merly was. , not only that class ofrnanufacturers, but all the trades-
convenient that, in such a case, no delay should k.iie 1 Mr. CREEVEY, in consequence of his notice, • men dependent on the pttisress of building, must feel
'place in • making a copy for the votes. If it was the , rose to move for the prochictiien of the Exposition, the oppressive consequence* of such a measure, parti.
leisure of the House that it should remain, that 1 which had been laid before the last Committee, cularly now, when the scarcity of timberhas suspended
p ,
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-was another point- The House would dispose of it whkb he considered as calculated to give more every exertion in that line. He not only was averse
as they pleased, information than the Report of the Committee. In to the measure, from such considerations as these, but
EAST fs.'DIES. order to shew the grounds for this impressicak on his also from conceiving that it tended to a breach of the
Mr.
move the appointment of a mind, he Would read certain passages from the paper. -Articles of Union. The Honourable Baronet said
DUNDAS rose to

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