The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-01 00:00:00

ClIACra RELICF BILL.

Viscount TORRINGTON rose so move the third
reading of this Bill. Ilia Lordshin soot imp u his-
tory of Ike In•eraetion in which this 'indication ori.
*jotted. It was founded en she claims of persons in
India. who had advanced money to the Nabob of
.be Carnatic, to enable to make good the kills or
semi be had to pay to the East India Company. By
law, loans of this description to Princes is India
were prohibited, and those w ho merle them could sot
be admitted to prove their debts before the Commis-
singers. It appeared, however, from the evidence
taken before the Committee on the Bill, that the law
on the subject was not made known in India when the
traosaction which formed the founilatioo of the present
debits look place. It was besides proved, that Os
baldness wee transacted in a perfectly public wooer,
and ass well known to some of the perscnv in the
Government, though not to the Governor-General.
--His Lordship was In India at the lime, and it was
then admitted. that to this financial ot.erstion the
country was indebted for the conquest of the M)sore.
lied not the Nabob been enabled to pity his 'fists, the
East ludic Cowpony could not have fitted out the
army whieb achieved that conquest. lie Irsri no in.
tenet in the Bill whatever, and slid not wish It to pass
for the sake of ►losers. Chace aad Co. who bed failed,
bet for the bestial of the individuals, chiefly persons
In the Navel and Military service, who had made the
Loans anises that Company. Ile concluded by
moving that the Bill be now read a third time.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, the preamble
of the Bill, therefore conveyed a highly improper
censure on the character of the pe.snns who were at
the time at the head of the Government in India,
whoa it stated the transaction to he known to them.
Ile was at Fort George when the transaction took
place, and knew that it was talked of, but there was
not the slightest evidence of its being known to the

Governent;t. Lie would, therrfore: on at. third

reeding, move to omit certain *olds, Bed to make
bne put of the preamble rut thus :-1` Alibusgb
the said transactions were unknown, and ',nautili).
riled by the Governor and Council of butt St.
George."

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had great objection, in
the Bill altogether, but if the preamble were altered
in the mimes proposed, their lordships could in on
way be justified in pasting it.
• The Earl of LAUDERDALE supported the Bill.
chiefly because, though the Act of the 37th of the
King had arrived in :odic at the time the transacolun
look place, the law bad not been promalgateti.
The Earl of WESTMORLAND foliose'', and
sopported the Bill on the same &mond.
The Deka of WELLINGTON read an extract
from a mu to show, that the peeling of the Act of

litt-ed.

paper to whieb she Nnbk. Doke had referred did not I
stem that the law required the consent of the Caller.
nee and Coencil to be given in writing.
The Esti of Liverpool, Lind Larderdele,sed Lord
Tenlnetan etplained.
Lord Pow Is spoke at some length, but le a very
low Tone of voice. lle stated that the freemen's's
bad tint enure to his knowledge when be well et the
head of Ate Government of Madras. If it had, he
should have theeght it his duty to punish the pectin
who wer. enneersed in it.
The LORD CIiANCELLOR supported the Bill,
bet felt some embertaminent as to the amendments. .
fbe Eorl of LIVERPOOL commuted to the third
reeding, the question for which was put end cortical.
The Oak, of WELLINGTON then 'antra two
ereendments io the preamble, un chick two divisleas
tu.•k place.
They were carried in the affirmative: the first by
21 to 20; the s►cood by 22 to 20.
Their Imrdships then divided ow the emotion, that
the Bill do Dow post.
Camara. vs I NoteCouteate, 2I I illajotity for the Bill, 3.
FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.

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On strangers being re-admitted, their Lordships
were in e conversation o• the Foreign Enlistment
Bill, which termiusted in the Bill being re.com.

Th. Earl of ROSSLYN opposed the clause which
authorizer the stopping of any ship hoeing a person
on hosed who intended to enlist. It was the int
tine. Windt!, ;a his country that it hail been proposed
to wake the law pettish surely Isiteetioo without say
°Tett set.

Dirt BATHURST referred to the Acts repealed by
the Bill, to show that a clause similar is purport ea.
isted in them.
A ?wand desultory conversation ensued, in which
Lord Bathers', Lord Liverpool, lesrd Holland,
Lord Co rwarvonot itd another Noble Lord (w ids whoa
name we are unacquainted), took part. Those of
theta who opposed the class*, maintaining that the
" geiog wt" Mee not as wort act from which the
lewd to troika *sold be isiserods sad therefore pre.
posing to sobstitebs " gehig at es an 'greatest to
allot," which might he proved; and those who sop.
pew(' the clans. maiotaining that the ogreemost
toolit not often be proved where Shore might be is.
tent, and therefore that the words should steed as
they were. Tito clause as it originally stood wham
put by the Chairman was agreed to without a division.
On Out clues. being read, which gave to Custom.
house Officers, or Civil Magistrates, the power of do.
taining a vessel in any port, on information being
giver to them, Alt any person or Persons were on
board, g. ing out oith intent to enlist,
Lord HOLLAND contender?, that the elect of
such a clause would be to give a power to any sta.
lidos' person to pat the Captain or Owner of any
Toilet bound for a fornign port to great inconvenience.
He 'bald sossevt, that before the sestet coald be
detained theroshould be proof given that the person
going net hod agreed to enlist. The mere word in.
tent, he conceived, would be too indefinite. The
Noble Lord moved an amendment to this street, on
which a division took place—
Comems, i I Noo•eontento, 181 Majority spina the mead-
mew. 9.

The original close was then agreed to, as were
the other after which the House having re.
turned, the Report was received, and the Bill order-
ed to be read a third time to.nsorrow.
REV EITUAL for TtIE ATTAINDER PASSED BY TIIE
IRISiI I'ARLIABLNT AUAINST LORD L. FITZ-
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose with pecellar
pleasure to present to the House on the part of the
Grown, an Act of Grace to restore two unfortunate
individuals to their full rights as British sehjectit. It
wan to reverse the attainder of Lnrd Edward Film-
r3l,l, by which the blood of his two children, Ed.
ward Fug Fitzgerald and Louisa Maria Fitzgerald,
bail become corrupted. lie would sorely allude
to the preamble of the provost Bill, which con-
tained three miens why the former Bill should be
ed. The first was, that the individual in ques-
tion had never bees broeght to trial, swing to
c.reuntstances to which he should do nothing more
than allude at present; the second was, that the Act
of Attainder had not passed the Irish Parliament till
some months after his decease : and the third, which
arose out of the two first, was, that at he bad not
had the benefit of s trial, the attainder could not
have been issued against him upon a regalia coavic-
tii.n. He thought that these were sufficient reasons
for the line., to acceito to th► Bill which he had jest
introduced to their nuticl; eten if they were not,
he implored their I,lrdshipo to recollect that he stood
before them is the advocate of uisolfending and in.
noeont indisiclusls.—[llear!.l--Ooe of them had
served his coon.ry in the field, and had distinguish.
ell himself by Ills gallant behaviour on several occa-
sions: to him, therefore, 84 lOri; at to his titter, the
bona new proposed would ti. net wharfy gra i'yiog•
The Duke of WELLINGTON observed, that as
one of the individuals on isliom Mi., Mt of Grace
would roofer so incalculable a bench', 1.a.l served for
tame time ender his command, he ,mold not let the
present opportunity pis withnot bP4iing tettiinnity
to the brave and honourable, and esce!lent conduct of
the. young one in question, dur:og the time that be
bed bees acquainted with bids.