dispatches left that country, yet not a ingle fact has arrived to fupport the charges; on the contrary, we have good authority for believing that the only advices relative to that matter militare frongly on the other fide. What a tough piece of work this muft make for the managers! The New Guide to Examinations. As the Witness fates, he knows no part whatever of a certain tranfaction, will he inform us, if he is acquainted with any other tranfaction that may have happened in his own time, or that of his grandfather or the grandfather of any other person? great Flood? And if not, what will be as immediately in point whether he fhed any tears upon that occafion? Our reason for afking this question, is to elucidate more ftrongly, the manner in which animals may be baited in this country. The Witnefs ftates, that as circumftances have happened long ago, he wishes to refresh his memory.” We beg leave to afk the Witness whether that is the refreshment he likes beft? The Evidence declares, “That as he has never been in the country; that as he knows no part of the tranfactions, and has no acquaintance or knowledge of the defendant, he is not qualified to fpeak upon the fubject." To this opi Does the Witness conceive, what a nion we beg leave to fignify our Diffent Bow-Begum, who may have loft her in--as ignorant, abominable,prevaricating, telects, may think about an abftrufe tranfaction at Botany-Bay? And if not, can he fay, in point of fact, what Sir Ifaac Newton would have faid to Mrs Wells's Imitations? As the Evidence has declared, that he never took 100,000l. unjustly, will he favour us with an account of all his private fortune? Has his Wife any jointure? Is the a good woman? What is his own opinion of her, and what think other gentlemen on that fubject? In point of compofition-what does the Evidence think of an affidavit? And does he imagine ferioutly upon his oath, that Homer ever made an affidavit? And if fo, what must be his opinion of a judge who receives one? Can be fay, that the Nabob of Arcot thinks 2000 Women a little too much? And if fo, we defire to know, whether he ever had a Mama? or whether the Princefs of Oude now knows, or has any conception, of what fome people are doing? As the Evidence declares that, in his opinion, a Commander of a Country ought to be a Great Man, can he pofitively afcertain the precife height of the Governor General? monftrous, and wicked, and directly contrary to our mode of proceeding. Does not the Witnefs think, that a man of a high caft in Religion being banged for Forgery is a very extraordinary pro ceeding? Very injurious to the fudge, and fomewhat difgraceful to the man himself? And if the witness thinks fo, will he at his own expence profecute the Judge who condemned another perfon of a high caft in Religion-Doctor Dodd?! Can the evidence remember a thing that was faid by the Duke of Marlbo rough's Grandfather, about Lady Go dolphin, who was playing with the young Earl of Shaftbury on a Lute that was made by Floriani, who refided at that time at No 12 Long-Acre, next door to Ripin, the famous Saddier of thofe days, who always made faddles for the Godolphin Arabian, who won every thing-when he was not beaten by any other horfe? If the Witnefs will not anfwer thefe questions, we beg he may be made to do fo; and if that cannot be done, we beg leave moft folemnly to know-what we must do ourselves. Extrad of a Letter from Gibraltar, All communication between this place and the territories of the Emperor of Morocco is at an end. No English fhip is now admitted into his ports, nor are the English allowed to carry merchandize or letters by land. The Em The Evidence has ftated, that he has endeavoured to ferve his country to the beft of his abilities; that he has injured his health in that fervice; that the emoJuments he has received have been trifling; and that all his prefent withes go to a reft from his labours. We now wish to ask him what he thinks of hang-peror has made a demand of the Court ing, for that purpose? Does the Witness conceive it poble, that the Emperor of the Moon had any relations deftroyed at the time of the APP. VOL. VII. No. of England of 10,000 barrels of gunpowder, requiring likewife that they fend this as a prefent from him to the Porte. The following is a copy of the curious letter letter he fent to all the Confuis at Tan- Ordnance giers, on the 8th inftant : "In the name of God! To all the Confuls: Peace to him who followeth the right way. "Know ye, that for these thirty years, we have obferved the conduct of the English, and ftudied their character; we have always found that they never keep their word We never could dive into their character, because they have no other than that of telling lies. We are acquainted with the character of other Chriftian nations we know that they keep their word; but a nation like the English, of which there is no knowing the character, who know not how to keep their word, and who only can tell lies, does not deferve that we should fpeak or write any thing to them; for, according to our religion, a lie is the most abominable of all vices. Their Ambassador Curtis, told us that he had orders from his Court that the fhips built on our flocks and which we were to fend to Gibraltar, should be there completely refitted. In confequence of which, we fent thofe fhips to Gibraltar, provided with every thing neceffary, and with money; but he sent back our fhips, and nothing was done to them but what offends us moft is, that he even fends back the fhips which we had fent to conduct them to our brother the Sultan Abdulhamed, whom God preferve. After this, it is not necessary to add more. On the 17th of the moon Jumadilala of the year 1702-that is Feb. 25, 1788." 419,000 Expence of maintaining convicts 34,000 Annualallowance to American Loyalifts 74,000 45,000 Repayments on addreffes, &c. 63,000 Eftimated deficiency of land and Expence of the armament 300,000 311,000 Sum voted to pay his Royal High 181,000 Amounting in the whole to £.5,779,365 That a farther fum has been voted to pay off Exchequer bills, and for deficiencies of feveral funds, to the 5th of April 1787, which latter will never occur again, in consequence of the confolidation act, but as both thefe fums (to the amount of 6,078,000l.) are taken on both fides of the 'account, he omitted them for the fake of perfpicuity. Ways and Means. Mr Pitt then flated, that, in order to defray thefe expences, Parliament had already voted land and malt 2,750,000 That he fhould propofe to the Com mittee to vote a further fum, to be taken as the growing produce of the confolidated fund, between this and the 5th day of April 1789 1,845.000 Impreft monies, to be repaid in the courfe of the year And a further fum to be repaid by Army favings of the year 1786 200,009 200,000 the India Company, on account of troops, and victualing the fact in the Eaft Indies Premium on the lottery 500,000 Stoppages from the troops for provifions. 258,000 43,000 times for fome years paft, the present ftate of affairs cannot but appear an ob ject of equal wonder and applaufe. of the country, by 1,200,000l. that the two latter however to the amount of 500,000l. would not occur again, and that the extra expence of army, navy, and ordnance, between this and the year 1791, together H. of C. 9. The order of the day bewith any probable increafe in the Mi- ing read, for the Houfe going into a cellaneous fervices, could hardly amount Committee for the further confideration to more than from one million to one of the Charges against Sir Elijah Impey, million and a half, which he did not and the Houfe being accordingly refolv defpair that fome means might be founded into a committee, Sir G. Elliot mov for providing for; but which, if neceffary, mut ultimately be fupplied by loan, whenever the time arrives that we are obliged to refort thereto: that he had certainly founded his calculations of the revenue of the country on the produce of the year, which was remarkably good; but he faw no reason why it hould not continue to be as good in future years, more especially, if further regulations should be adopted for the improvement of the revenue on tobacco, on fpirits difilled in Scotland, &c. &c. that the flourishing flate of the commerce of the country, compared with former periods, encouraged him further to hope, that this would be the cafe. He then ftated a comparison of the exports and imports with former years of peace, particularly the year 1773. He ftated the encreafing extent of our Fisheries; the Newfoundland, the Greenland and Southern Whale Fisheries: that the tonnage employed in thofe Fisheries was infinitely greater than was ever known before; and that the latter had encreafed to a very extraordinary degree, notwithfianding the reduction in the bounty in the Seflion before the last. Mr Pitt then took a review of the fituation of the French Finances, as flated by the authority of the Government in France, and compared the fituation of the two countries; and clofed his fpeech with declaring, that for the prefent he faw no reafon why he should think of laying additional burthens and taxes on the publick: that we had regularly gone on difcharging a proportion of the national debt, and had redeemed near two millions and a half of capital, and that he fhould think it his duty to continue invariably to apply one million annually to that purpofe, even though he fhould be under the neceffity of adding to the burthen of the publick from the failure of any part of the revenue in a future year, and which from the fluctuation that it is at all times liable to, may poffibly happen, (but which at prefent we have no great reason to fear. Confidering the circumstances of the ed, "That this Committee, having duly confidered the, charge, and examined evidence thereon, are of opinion that ⚫ there is matter of impeachment of High Crimes and Misdemeanors against Sir Elijah Impey.' The motion was fupported by Mr Fox and Mr Francis, and oppofed by Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and Mr Pitt. Upon a divifion, there appeared for the motion 55, against it 73. Ma jority for the motion 18... During the course of the debate, Sir James Johnftone rofe and complained to the Committee of a Member having ta ken his feat, in a moment of abfence, which he faid he would refign to no Englishman, and infifted on the Com mittee's interfering. Mr Sumner declared, he had not ta ken the feat of the Hon. Baronet, who had behaved in a strange and very unbecoming manner. A general cry of order! order! was here called from every part of the house; but to no effect, for general disorder and confufion was increafing, when the Solicitor General rofe, and having obtained a momentary quietnefs, lamented the interruption of the Committee, and entreated gentlemen to fuffer a business of that importance before the House to go on uninterrupted. This however had no effect, and the difpute was fill continued by Sir James Johnstone, infifting that he had left his hat in his place while he went out, which had been removed, and his place taken, which he would not submit to. After the Committee had been fome time longer interrupted by this disorder, The Chancellor of the Exchequer rofe, and expreffed his fincere forrow, that a bufinefs of fuch importance as that before the Committee, fhould be interrupted by the indifcretion of any member of that Houfe. He was particularly forry to say, that he had heard words paffed from the Hon. Baronet, to another Hon. Member which could not be fuffered to pass is that House unnoticed; he therefore moved, that Sir G, Cornwall leave the chair 12 The H. of C. 21. The Houfe being refolved into a Committee to confider of the duties on Spirituous Liquors, ficient in his duty, as Chairman of the Committee of Managers, in which cha racter he had written the letter alluded to by Mr Pitt, if he did not inform thê Houfe, that what the Right Hon. Gentleman faid, was not true. Mr Fox cooly explained the groun from whence he conceived the different understanding of the fubject to arife. Mr Pitt obferved, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had delivered himlelf with a liberality and politenefs that did him honour. As to the other Right Hon. Gentleman, Mr Pitt fuppofed, that from having been for fome time in the habits of delivering himself with perfect freedom, on perions and charac The Chancellor of the Exchequer rofe and ftated to the committee, that the law enacting certain duties on fpirits would coafe in a few weeks, he therefore came forward to propose nearly the fame again, except a few alterations which were neceffary to be made to put the Englih and Scotch diftiller on a fair footing in the London market. At prefent the Scotch diftiller pays for every gallon of fpirits imported into the Englith market 2s. 6d. but that not being an adequate duty to the duty paid by the English diftiller, he should propofe as a fair equalizing duty 25. 9d. per gallon.ters, he couceived himself to be in the He meant alfo to propofe an increafe of fame place now.(General ery of the licence duty on the diftills in Scotland, Hear!) However, he thought, that one but not in any manner to interfere with moment's reflection muft convince the the fpirits they import into the London Hon. Gentleman himself, that the lan market. The licence duty now was for guage he had adopted, was as difrefpect every gallon of the ftill to pay annually full to the Houfe, as it was little juftifja 1. ros. that he fhould move to be auged to the object of it, and little becoming mented to 31. per gallon, with a deduc- to himself. Which of them were right tion to be made when the fills were in the fact, would be best seen by the working for the English market, in fuch papers moved for. a manner, that the fills at that time working fhould pay no duty. He should alfo propofe that the London difiiller, when working for the Scotch market, Thould pay no duty, but that his fpirits imported into the Scotch market fhould there pay a duty per gallon adequate to the duty paid by the Scotch diftiller in his own market. He confidered, that as far as it was poffible to confider the matter at prefent, the regulations he had fuggefted would open the markets fairly to both countries; but as it was a matter of great intricacy, he was free to acknowledge, that the prefent would be but tried as an experiment, and he should therefore only move it to continue one year. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then moved feveral resolutions, which were agreed to. In the courfe of the debate on Mr Burgefs' motion with refpect to the expence of Mrs Haftings' trial, Mr Fox having faid, that he did not conceive the managers refponfible for the expenditure, Mr Pitt obferved that the managers did not feem to think in the fame manner concerning their refponfibility, in the anfwer they had fent to a letter, which he had thought neceflary fo write to them, on obferving with fome furprife, the very large deburse ments from the exchequer. Mr Burke faid, that he should be de Mr Burke went into an intemperate cenfure of Mr Pitt, for his allution to the language used in Weftminster Halls and which, he faid, Mr Pitt very feldom heard. During his fpeech, Mr Pitt took an opportunity to tranfact fome bufinefs with Lord Stanhope. Lord Graham faid, that, in confe quence of the Right Hon. Gentleman's eloquent harangue, he fhould move for the correfpondence, that it might speak for itfelf. Mr Pitt faid, he did not mean to make the Right Hon. Gentleman's language elsewhere, which he did not hear, an object of complaint; he complained of language ufed in that Houfe, which he did hear but which he did not hear, without confiderable furprife; nor ever would hear without expreffing foine sense, of that furprife. Mr Burke then apologised. Mr Pitt's very fpirited obfervation on Mr Burke's prefent tafte of animadverting on all perfons characters, and on that unbounded licence which he thus ufes-was moft acceptable to every man in the Houfe of Commons. Thofe gentlemen too, whom he has jocofely accufedof murder, and a few other trifling things, must likewife join in the praife of Mr Pitt-who has now spoken fairly and gal-" Jantly the language of the whole country! 21. Leave |