They only required of him to do that which was abfolutely neceffary for our own fafety. Their views were bounded by felf-prefervation only. If ever this important topic should come to be fully difcuffed, what he advanced would amply appear from the documents found at Seringapatam. That fuch an inquiry was in contemplation, he was induced to believe, when he recollected that there were orders of the Houfe then pending for documents to throw a light upon the fubje&; and this confideration called upon him ftill further to condemn the charges made against those two noble Lords, previous to the difcuffion being entered upon. Here

Mr. Francis rofe to order. He faid, what had fallen from him on the fubject did not deferve the character given of it by the hon. Gentleman. If he thought his language improper and diforderly, he fhould, according to the regular practice in that Houfe, have had the words taken down, and then moved the cenfure of the House upon them. He had no right to go on in fuch a ftyle of inve&tive, but should have adopted the right courfe of proceeding.

Mr. Burrowes proceeded. He was not confcious, he faid, of having used the language of invective; but the hon. Gentleman fhould recollect, that he had spoken of the treaties with the Nabobs of Oude and Arcot, as treaties with endlaved princes. He had a right to comment on that language; however, he at the fame time meant nothing personal to the hon.. Gentleman. His zeal for the honour and charaders of the noble perfonages in queftion might have betrayed him into an undue degree of heat and warmth; however, in the cafe alluded to, the charges made against thofe uoble Lords, not only affected their own, but even the national character, which, in the prefent moment, it was particularly neceffary fhould be free from reproach. Purfuing the fubject farther, he obferved that, in his mind, the only question with refpect to the two noble Lords was, whether they had not stopped fhort of their duty, confidering the treachery to be fully proved, and whether they fhould not have gone farther? He then proceeded to a confideration of Lord Wellesley's financial administration in India, of which he fpoke in terms of unqualified approbation, and particularly instanced the former financial diftrefs of the Company, which compelled them to borrow money at the exorbitant intereft of 12 per cent. This he contrafted with the prefent profperous and flourishing ftate of the Company, for which they were chiefly indebted to the able and diligent adminiftration of the noble Marquis, under whofe aufpices their trade was improved

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beyond any former precedent, and the revenues advanced to an amount of nearly one million and a half; and these facts, a refidence of 12 years in India, afforded him an opportunity of knowing. In concluding, he took a fhort review of the prominent military operations in India, under the direc tion of the prefent Governor-General, of which he alfa fpoke in terms of approbation, and particularly applauded that master stroke of policy, adverted to by the noble Lord who spoke laft, of diffolving the, connection between the French and the Nizam, by which means, a powerful force of 14,000 men was disbanded, and the officers, moftly French, were made prifoners.

Mr. Prinfep faid, he could prove from a clear calculation, that the revenue of the Eaft India Company was deficient in the fam of three millions.

The refolutions were agreed to, and the report ordered to be received on Tuesday. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

SATURDAY, JULY 30.

The Attorney General, after a few preliminary obfervations, obtained leave to bring in a bill to extend the limits of jurifdiction of the Consts of Upper and Lower Canada.

"Lord Glenbervie brought up the report of the Committee appointed to confider the ftate of the Journals of the Houfe, which was ordered to be taken into confideration on Monday

next.

A petition was prefented from the prifoners confined in Cardigan gaol, praying relief..

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The two million vote of credit bill, the 1,500,000l. Exchequer bills bill, the tobacco export bill, the quafia duty bill, the Dover and Deal pilots' bill, and the bill to exempt perfons ferving by themselves, or fubftitutes, in the army of referve, from ferving in the militia, were feverally reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday.

Mr. Alexander brought up the report of the Committee of Supply, which was agreed to.

Mr. Vanfittart brought in a bill for granting certain countervailing duties on fine fugar, imported from Ireland into Great Britain, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday; as was alfo the bill for confoJidating the duties on ftamps,

The auctioneers' duty bill, and the Itish tea exportation

bill, went through a Committee, and were ordered to be reported on Monday.

The Tortola free port bill, and the Scotch malt bill, were read a fecond time, and ordered to be committed on Monday.

The House in a Committee to confider of the bounty payable on fugar, refolved that it was expedient that the period for granting an additional bounty on fugar fhould be limited. The report to be received on Monday.

The property and income bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday, to which day the House adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY, AUGUST 1.

The Bristol port bill was read a third time, and passed. The following bills were brought up from the Commons : the Eaft-India trade encouragement bill, the 1,500,000l. Exchequer bills' bill, vote of credit bill for two millions, customs regulation bill, the new woollen manufacturers' bill, and several private bills. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, AUGUST 1.

A petition was prefented from the debtors in Newgate, praying for relief. Ordered to be laid upon the table.

The report of the Committee appointed to consider the re-printing of fuch of the journals and reports as were deficient, was agreed to, and the fum of 10,000l. ordered to be paid to the deputy clerk of the Houfe, for the purpose of carrying the refolution into effect.

Mr. Corry brought up the report of the Committee on the parfonage glebe lands. The refolution for granting 50,000l. to carry the bill into effect, was agreed to, and a bill ordered.

The 2,000,000l. vote of credit bill, and 1,500,000l. Exchequer bills bill, were read a third time, and paffed.

A meffage from the Lords informed the Houfe their Lordfhips had agreed to the courts martial witneffes bill.

Colonel Craufurd deferred till next day his motion refpe&ing the defence of the country.

Mr. Corry, after ftating the neceffity of placing Ireland in the fame fituation as England, with regard to the importation of goods in neutral fhips, gave notice that he should next

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day move for the House to refolve itself into a Committee, to confider of the navigation act of Ireland.

A new writ was ordered for Downton in Wilts, in the room of the hon. John William Ward, who had accepted of the Chiltern Hundreds.

The House went into a Committee on the expiring laws, and the report was ordered to be received next day.

The property bill was read a third time, feveral claufes were added, after which the bill paffed,

When the motion for the Houfe refolving itself into a Committee on the Prince of Orange's indemnity bill was made,

Mr. Calcraft, referring to the Treaty of Amiens, observed, that it had been ftipulated on the part of the French Republic, Holland, and Spain, that a compenfation fhould be made to the Houfe of Naffau. He had expected that the 18th article of the Treaty of Amiens would have been acted upon, and that measures would have been taken by Government to enforce its fulfilment ; but he did not find there had been any correfpondence with France that bore upon the subject. After war had been for fome time commenced againit France, we were called upon for compenfation to the House of Orange, without his Majefty's Minifters having endeavoured to enforce the article of the treaty. He was, however, fo grateful for the fervices rendered by the illuftrious House of Orange to this country, that he thould not oppose the meafure; but he thought his Majesty's Ministers, before they called upon this country, ought to thew that they had done all in their power to obtain indemnity from the other powers of the continent.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that notice of this measure had been given at an early period of the feffion, and that it had only been deferred by more interefting bufinefs.

After a few words from Doctor Laurence, the House refolved itself into the Committee, and the report was ordered to be received the next day.

The ftamp duties confolidation bill was committed, and the report ordered to be received the next day.

The countervailing duties bill was read a fecond time, and committed for the next day.

The Tortola free port bill was committed, and the report ordered to be received the next day. 5 C

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SUPPLY.

SUPPLY.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for going into a Committee of Supply, and that the petitions of Mr. Martin and Mr. Dubois be referred to it; which being complied with, he further ftated, that both petitions were from American royalifts under very particular circumstances. The claim of Mr. Martin he should not have to trouble them with now, as it had been already admitted, and voted by the House. That of Mr. Dubois came recommended by nothing fo much as the peculiar hardthip of his cafe. When the British forces were in the fouthern part of the American States, very effential fervices were performed by the family of Mr. Dubois, and the petitioner himself, though very young at that time, difplayed fo much alacrity and zeal, that they were warmly acknowledged by Generals Balfour and Craig. This claim, as an American loyalift, might have been proved, and would have been admitted before the Commiffioners, but Mr. Dubois, who was then a minor, received intelligence that his eftates in America had not been confifcated. In order to regain them, he went over to that country, and, after long delays and numerous applications, failed of obtaining the benefit of the treaty from the American Government, and did not return to England till the year 1800. What he meant to propose was by no means an equivalent to his loffes, for he did not even expect any thing like a compenfation; and he fhould therefore propofe, that the fum of 5,3201. be granted to make good the claims of Mr. Dubois, as an American loyalist.

Dr. Lauren e feconded the motion, obferving that no claim ever came better recommended.

The refolution was agreed to, and the report ordered to be received the next day.

The House refolved itfelf into a Committee to confider of the report of the Committee on the prize duty bill, which was approved of, and ordered to be reported the next day.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved, that the report of the Committee on the bonding and warehousing bill thould be deferred till next day; but to fhew there was no oppofition likely to be made to it, he begged leave to read a paper which had very lately been put into his hand. It was a refolution of the Committee of the merchants of Liverpool, in which they ftated that the bill was calculated to afford great relief and facilities to trade; and though there were some weighty