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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, TO MARCH 2, 1796. FOUR-PENCE HAIS- Patent SSf; Vtenfi Patent asfiiver and 1 valuable remedy no doubts prove a Block-uAKjtchen Furniture andSWeXJmeV- which 6 9 numberof -Wiia ANTED, as HOUSE-DEEPER and SU- VV PERINtfENDENT in a large Family, a middle-aged wttow.Wbman. She muft: fc acqqired, from: het former Situafidn in life, experience to ability and Addrefs tikrt of and manners mull be polUhed 'to know -hew-to and wait tipon of the Jirft diftiwEtion." The fituat'ion offeredjvnll be of and.feoft ejttenfive.apnfidence: of tabTe were, pifdftioted ioj their reading of-tfeg Yote of the Earl of taiiitdale mpved. That, the Qrder be' tffdmgedy agd fijted fojrThurfday next, and that their Lbrdfljips be fummoned for that day, which KONO.AV.f FES. 29.

TWMatdflone and Paving and' Hahley JftCtofuflftBUlsi The Shipton and -Strcetfway Roads, Govent-, fataleffects experienced in the ufe of Sinclair this meafure 'mendedinthelaft reponfrom.AeiBoardi Avhere had the honour to 'It to the country to encourage cultivation of Pbtatpes. Mr. to becajufevit was ceflary. The by the highprke the commodity, Mr. Dutitombe diffent from the.ophuon of HuiTey, and faidj that ahy meaiure by the Bo.ard of Agricaltujcei.

oughttto for, jn Qpnfeqjjence of acres, of potatoes weirje Ibwo laft.yeaV Maby Members afterWa to rneafure, Sir John the' fame, time earrteiHy ai inach poflible, more Hmife of Cdnwhprts, and -of eVery Membertn.it, peridMnn '-tie- had the addreffihg them; fcijp; with taia- which -reduce atid d2gracethe Britrfh At a. period- -tdo," our misfortunes abroad were- equalled at wtieri I In addition to! of foreign wary.wei^ Thsfc calamitlesi'; however, -he- did not mean at brefehtto of debatei as, JHori. Friend Orey) would fobn have an opportunity' iof topics jipdh attention of the A feftife of public diaty led Ibnhg forward the prefent The on whith ground his part of that matter ''tkinoa-in-tlfe 'Repqrfc of th to intothe. of camely, the 'charge? tfe' Ghancetlor; of of having dlfgraced himfelfby' per- -Ytiitting. the acceptance'tsf his--Majefty 's Comtnif, iibnefs which; introduced a.

unknown in Me Hif- tbry of this ButV if; -he wanted evidence on-this he''wb from the warm and Ipailiptiate which the' Rt. Hon. Gentleman before lightly 1 vindication rofe in. triff with which, he was diarged, atidTthafehls'paffidn 1 adegfee into charge, and adverted to the extravagarice arid of Miniffers, by which the anticipatidh of money" neceflary ib early.a*- or rather the middle -After infmuatiiig that it was not very creditable to Minifters that the Bank would not advance.money for the' exigencies of the Mr. Jekyll ftated the -neceffity which Mr.

Pitt fell into of applying to Mr. Boyd, 'who (as Mr. Pitt had laid in exculpation) was the perfon that fuggefted the mode 1 of accommodation. adverted Mr.Boydi andfaid, that ft- did not appear to him what the grounds of that -fe-; cirefy were; for when the bills came out the market, the "matter muft be known. He ftated his ftrohg fufpicions the finqetity of Mr.

Bcydin his evi- when he faid, thatin cbnfequence of accom- mbdatlhg-Mr: Pitt with thefe bills, hedid not look forj 'his gratitude in aay part of the tranfaclion. Mr. Pitt' had alfo afferted that this- circ-timitance had noieffeft to: induce him to give Mr. Boyd, a preference. The Houfe, however, ought to cqnfider how the evidence was balanced'.

Mr. had virtually declared, that the circtrmftance of Bills would gjive Boyd the preference with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. cry of No, Mr. Jekyll then; read-part of Mr. Giles's evidence, in which he ftated, that it 'would notimpede him in.

his terms;" and in another place, that he never faid further than that he had his fufpicions," In addition to this evidence, there Was the pofifive evidence of Meffrs. Morgan and this circumitance of acco.mrnoda- tioh was an inducement to prefer Mr, Boyd the Loan. Mr. Jekyll obferyed, that the Governor of the Bank, and Morgan and Meliifh were, ur.a- nimoufly of that the Bills in their nature would have injured the credit of any private Houfe which had tendered them for negociatiou. He could not fee how Bills mould afFeft tht credit of individuals, and not: flxake the credit of Government, the principles of regularity, ppenriels' and'jfairnefs being equally effentiat iri public as in private credit.

The circumftance whichhe next urged Was, that they were drawn oriunitampe.d paper; and having ftated it to' be a principle in the adminiftratioh of juftice that fraud would vitiate anv tranfadiion, he faid, that'if an aSIo'ir agaihft the acceptor or drawer of thefe- the circumftance of their being though pretended to be, foreigiii and thus having a fiftUious date as totftirr.e and place, would fo vitiate them, that ar the right of action would fall to the.grourtd. jekyll fa'td, that they weredirefted to bepaid in to the Pay-mafterbf his Ma5efty 's" Force si in oppoAtion to ftatutelaw. of the; land. (The Clerk by Mr. define, Aft of the 23d of his preferit Majefty, which provides that the money to the (halt go to the Bank, in order 'that the Bank account mny be a fiheck uppn: the The reaibn why this legale preliminary ftep.was/not taken, was, becaufe the- Governor; of the Bank: was out of mour "with the tranf.ietiprt'','.Th'lisr, done that' which' by The Waitffcfc and Canal Bill was read a and pafled.

A number of- Petitions againft private Bills were referred to them XeVeraf ibr and the intended Wet Docks at 'Wapping. Aiderroin Luftniigtoszxve notice; that tb i raotiWn to fiaye the afts of the Mth add i4tHiof George the. Third, to for the purpofeof propofing an -al teWVion in 'printed a Petition, refpecling the 1 of his afthough the tinie for ceiyihg privatejKUdpns had elapfed. The petition affel fenie to he from Mr; Edward I Executors to" llje will of Mr. John Hunter; "by this Mr.

Hunter'ordered that 'IrisMufeum fhojild be fold, thaithe Verpmenf fhould have the firftoffer, and that in cafe 9frefo4al fhould he peered for fajLe to. any Foreign government, or individuals ibis-country, on Condition that they would take the iaufe if fold in feparate parts, they would not anfwer thbfe heneficial purpofesfor which they were intend-. the whole forming a-completefvftem, explana- oft animal economy. ThisPeritiort was objefted to by-Mr. Ctirwen, oh the ground of the pttblic economy? We couidfearceiy bejufr, we.fhoald the petitjon.

The Gentleman, he, faid, who brought it forward, did notintend thai: it fhould be purchafed this year; he only wiflied that it fhould be referred to a Committee, to'tonftder of its utifity; before which Com- mfttee there would be a ftrift examination of pro- fefliotial mem If it fhould be foiind'by the report to be fervieeable, it would be competent to Gentle- year to make anpbjectiph as to the'policy of purchafhig it; "He next feted, his. own opi- itbni arid as the pttblic bpwferiin this country, and ail feuropv! that the labbtirs pf Hunter: were, a great benefit in the fcience oflSurgery, and. an honour to human nature. A Sir M'tttiam urging the propriety of recemng" the Petition, and faid, that the the.public, as it Mt. objected to 'receiving the petition on any ground, but partkulariy under any idea that Government would lay a claim by the claim, there.was a virtual obligation on both fides.

If Government wouldT not. purchale it this year, or if the people wete hot tobe vto "He thought the prefent motion invelye the country in" top great an bore'honourable-iteftimohy. to the talentsof Mr.Hunter;he-fpent his whole life'in ftiehtific purfutts, and did not leave his family, in affluent ciriciiinftances. The Houfe of Commains of the public but it could not iM applied than in rewarding individual merit for botiourable pubMc AYter ibne further cbnveriatioct, the petition was teferred to a Seled Committee. 'N'V'V- POTATOES-.

tin jthn Sinclair then moved the Order'of the lot the Hbtife toeoter into a C.unmittee tq iDf bpiintjE on the cultivation of Po- pbjeftedtd-going into a Committee; withdut any ftatement why fuch a meafure, foregoing the regular intermediaHon of'the Bank, ought to beadopted. which the a falutary.check upon too an expenditure. To what, pur- 7oo thus raifed was applied, it was. impoffible to find out it went perhaps upon the 'ever, memorable and ever lamentable expedition tp Vifle $ien it wefit perhaps for the embelUfhrn.en ofHolyrood Houfe (Mr. Pitt frmled) Mr.

Jekyll, with, a confiderable degree of warmth refented adopted by the Chancejlor of- tl Exche- oner. He would proceed, -he fajd, to mention his they may -bsboneured with, a fpite of grimace or interruption he he bad been lortjg in the Houfe featecVoppoftte to that Right Be perfectly carellft with the. the had to bring againft him, the Houfe He had to charge, nay he did directly -charge, himof haVingj been guilty of impofition upon -every? perfon 'who Be-: gociated thefe. Bills, a Gentleman tAoiightV per becaufe he was nc was not like an culprit; although helhadi engaged: in every part w.nic|i was frauouleju. Chancellor of tfre Exchequer confidej theife Bills was to holders, of Bills jQr.di^ he caU culate of.

that fufpicion and which he, intuftdinto the minds of the Merchant's I How- couldvthey. know, but. that do'ne this in. 1795, it inight be, done a -future How they know but thefame pr of pence. ieadv 'to: the fame which i wr produce --the fame degree of fraud, and to Reinjury pi With the of this tr upon the did hexdnfider, wjbat put in himj if he ever.have -another Loan fo.tiegpcia.re far this country? Mr.

Jekyll, after adverting to other points, afeed. why Mr- Pitt "did not inike. the! Loan for 19 nv'lions, inftead lsutyear, if it were" neceliary or.why did he not.call the. liainenti if he wanted money In anfwerto the; Gentleman the French ought not to be acquainted' with the neceffiries of Government. He would afk the Ho'n.

whether-the circumftance of Hamburgh Bills could now bekeptafifcretfromthem? What mull the French think of the rjsfaurces of wheh they hear, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer in co a Mju heen obliged to frame fictitious bills, to be dated at; Hamburgh, Bj -oa that thsy evaded the itamp -Bu ty aftd wet? guilty of Violating an Act of Parliament 1 1 "hat," he faid, wasvthe view- in which the credit bf; Great- Britain would that were put to thelaft, refburce of a bankrupt trader dealing. in fwindiing bills. This, he. faid, was the picture of the opinion which the enemy would-have, in commoriwith all of the manner in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had cendufted the Finances'of the Nation. Mr.

jekyll next faid, that if a NgbleLord who was in the habit of declaiming French Finances (Lord Mornington) were to fuch; in- a Minifter of rEinance. in France, 'he would find-abundant materials for without applying for- information OFiHuftration to fcraps of Mr. Jekyll conclnded by moving feveral reiolutions conformable to the fpi- rit of his fpeech. In fubftance, they ftated the and criminated tt -illegal, -uncofrfH- tntional, injurious to the credit, and unprecedented in the Finances of this country. Mr.

Long that it having been found nscef- fary in rhe month of Auguil 1795, to raife rnorrey for the public fervicej Mr. Boyd was applied to, He agreed to advance the fums required, which were to be agreeable, to his own defire, by bills drawn on his agentar-Hamburg-h. This mode of was pointed out by Mr. Boydhimfelf, as necefTary for thspnrpofe pf A fhort time after the agteement for advancing the money, and. the'mode of.

drawing the bills were Boyd, jun. left. Hamburgh, arifJ rived in London but had lie remained abroad, the whole would ha been-perfectly regular. He is not a- little, fur pi i fed to -hear the called ficti and the traufactiort vil by the name of fwindiing, from an event totally unexpedted and unforefeen, not 'in the fmalleft degree altered the ellentiaipartof the bufinefs. Gentlemen however, in the 'profeflibn of theLsarned Gentlfeman, were in the habit of fup- arguments by ftrong expreffions.

If the Learned Gentleman meant t) ftate, that there were no ftinds foanfiyer the payment of the Bills, he was certainly wrong; for on the 10th of December, they became payable, there was in the Exche- or about to be received, 700,0001. There was received upon tUe-Loanof -1755', the fum of '31 and, fince. that, time 45 by the Lottery sn -further -(unvof 106 On'the 3d of February, when the laft payment of 2oo there -arfo mote than fuSi- 6ient to difchargeit, Withrerpedtto whaihnd been advanced, that the mocey fhould not be placed in the hands of the and that" the Act of Parliank'nt had not- -been in that it-was-evident, that the in-: of the. Adtof" twenty third of his I prefent Majefty.was not tb leave a 'ry balance in hartdsof thePaymafte-. been I as the jnpney had been paid totthfr A'e- 1 coimtant of the Oriice, and" was imme- on the fanie day Jn'the Bank of Eng-.

land. the're could any oftViic.e committed and'-ifany; ratfeer. refulted: fronv ivot -com tleman had dwelt very much on thafpartof the report which pecttng the fufpiqipns he had, fbrmed there would'be no-competition; buthe unfsrtunaMy fqrr got "that Getitlemah-s immediate" he he thought that point bfgbod faith had aftrpngcjaini to the -contract, and that'his lead- rage. Mr. Morgan's evidence: was inebnfifient in' the andhe wiasintereftei in the that adduced as the thbfe Geniiemen the.

tranfeffipn proved that were foffir cienf paymeBt" rh could Mtf Lbng concluded moying the previous qheftion. tacbtp; Mr.vP.itt for trifling mif as. fuch mightrtake; ip the It had. been imprbperiy. faid, that the Bank' of England hiad refufed to fupply Governmept iwity and apply to a'nindiyidual: Such an awrtlon wasXvery unwarrantable attack refuted by the evidence pf.

the Gbyefnor, plying With the feftiettepof it- 'The Ieanied Gen- time wHen Mr, the "TTpdhey' was- ah furd it Wodld have -necefrarily caufed. a great alarm, ana; muft' have hbih "attendedr with jro convenience. What then was the conduct; of the Chancellor of the Exchequer? He5 ah. appli- earJcWvto' agreed te. The Leai'ned had faid," that "fucJi.a meafure would give; to eneniy a ftrong impreflion of bur he Wis, his own part, of' a very opppfite opinionj.

an rindtvidual -coBld ip fb anytime 1 furnifh fo large a fum of wjnat; shaft 'be' collective mode next came to" be; was Bills of Exchange- 0i. They were ufed oy the defire of Bbyd: himfelf, is better adapted to the ien. confideration wasj of the Exchequer was cphcei'hed He wati ted thoney for public exigencies had appiied to the Bank, that-meafojrs' been equally fubjedt to then was.the For Bithk in his to grant the money, Would that have been called fraud Mr. Boyd did not receive more than. 5 per cent, he alfb was: at the expenpe- of brokerage and difcouhf, and' was anAverable for- all the money at: his next adverted to the fic- titibus.

date- and 1 here he. begged leave to. mention a t'ranfjic- tioh which happened -in the .1.772, particulars of which were well known to The HoUfe Walton in anplied. to the -Bank for 6b offered Weft India eftafes as iecurity. Their bills were accepted, ancl renewed every two they, were'drawn in the City, and dated-at Edinburgh arid though that was well known, the acceptance was renewed for nearly two years; and was never called a fraudulent tranfadtipri.

Mr, much what had from the Honourable Baronet-, and at.the niannelrt in' which "an Englifli Houfe of Commons received charge of fo weighty and'" ferious a nature; that he cduld iiof ftating his timents On the The worthy Baronet cbhfidered a hSifcalcCilatibn of 700,0001. as A very trifling error, and wondered it was no more. was the real ftate of the circumftances February laft the Chancellor of the. Exchequer opened the Budgetj-heftatedthe naHbnalexpences, -and provilkm for them; unprecedented fum OTA he had 75" 1. for land and "malt a vote of credit for 2,500,0001.

and a furthtr fupply of'Exchequer Bills yet what was very extraqrdinary, the month of September, he fiiund'himfelf of the means of! proieciiting Did worthy. Earonet call that a mifcalculation It appeared by had been Auguft, yet fuch was- the of the that Government found' itfelf-in greateCt neceflity for more. Mr: "then went ar'gu-. ments to fhew that the bills were fidtitibiiyiii and irt the cafe of the Houfe of Walfon: and'Allifon jhe the confeqaeuce of that- tranfaction was the failure of the Houfe. Mr.

Sfetle Adt 'had been doneih placing thembheyih the hands of the Accsuntairt: was the with all of money Cut of the ufual cburfe. and for txtra explained. Mr. Francis syifhsd that the Right. Hon, Gently man iybuld'apfweV his queftioh, why, after he had" declared to Meflri: Morgan apd IvWliifll that, they we 're at iiberry! to but that Mr.

Boyd have a nee of one-half per cent, he piibiiflv that dechmition in. the City, fp encourage shut kind of cbmpeficibn which hehOTfelf Mi'-. Torke here Fr qutiHdn wa-5 an'ftiltrii a former debate. -Tlie Speaker was of bpiriibh that Mjr.Fran.cis was- irregular iii the Mr. connected with the difcuflibn Houfe.

Mv. Pitt laid, that he had bh a forthetnight '-I.