In the Commons, the fame day, Mr. Dundas, after pay ng every encomium to the gallantry of the deceased Earl Howe, fard, that he had a motion to make, which he had not the leaft doubt would be acquiefced in by the whole Houfe; it was, that a monument should be erected, at the pub lic expence, to perpetuate the (ervices, of a man fo eminent and meritorious. He fhould propofe, that this monu ment should be erected in St. Paul's, rather than in Weftminfter abbey ; and he thou'd do this for a reafon which, he trufted, would meet with the affent of the Houfe. I was, that, on a late folemn occafion, the colours wich Earl Howe had taken from the enemy on the aft of June, 1794, had been placed in the former Cathedral. He therefore moved, "That an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, praying that he may be graciously pleafed to direct, that a monument be erected in St. Paul's cathedral to the memory of the late Earl Howe, with an infcript on, flaring the public fente of the fervices rendered to the state by that great perfonage during a long and active life, and particularly by the important benefits derived from the brilliant victory obtained over the fleet of the French Republick on the ift of June, 1794."

Mr. Piti feconded the motion; which was unamoufly agreed to.

In a Committee of the whole House, on a refolution for opening the ports of this kingdom for the importation of foreign corn;

The Chancellor of the Exchequer faid, that he wished to have it general ly underflood, that, whatever may be the ultimate account of the crops in the prefent year, it was the fixed intention of Government to keep the ports open for the importation of fo reign corn until the 30th of September, 1800. He was alfo folicitous that the Inerchants fhould be informed, that the fupplies of corn to be imported were to be left wholly to their individual competition, without any pur chale being made, or any interference offered, on the part of Government.

The refolution was o.dered to be reported.

H. OF LORDS.

OЯober 4.

Lord Grenville, purfuant to the notice he had given, rofe to move the thanks of the Houfe to Lord Mornington, for the wildom, energy, and fuperior policy, of his conduct as Go vernor-general of India, on the occa fion of the late eventful war in that country. In prefacing his motion, he addr fled the Houfe at confiderable length, taking a review of the whole operations of the Government of In dia, civil as well as military, from the arrival of Lord Mornington until the happy termination of the war by the capture of Seringa patam (in which he mide frequent references to the India papers before the Houfe.) Throughout the whole, his Lordship adduced the wifdom, energy, and refined po licv, difplayed by the Governor-gene ral, who, he obferved, in his plans and measures was moft ably and fuc cefsfully feconded by Lord Clive, governor of Madras, and Governor Dun can, of Bombay. He thought there perfonages alfo worthy of the honour of their Lordships thanks, as well as the generals and officers who com manded the British forces in the ope rations against Myfore. His Lid hip concluded by moving the thanks of the Hoofe to the Right Hon. R chard Earl of M ruington, for the wifdom, energy, and decifion, dif played throughout the whole of bas arduous duty, as governor-general of India, from the time of his arrival in that country until the glorious term nation of the war, &c. Alfo, to Ed. ward Lord Clive and John Duncan, efq. governos of the fe.tlements of Madras and Bombay, for their very meritorious condu& in co operating with the governor-general, &c. And to Lieutenant-geu. Hris, to M jongeneral Stuart, Hurtley, and Beard, and the officers under their command, for the very great zeal, fpirit, and bravery, manifefted by them in the operations of the war agait Tippoo Sultaun, &c.-And, leftly, to the non-commiffioned officers and privates of the Indian army.

The queftions being severally put on thefe motions, they were unani moufly voted by the Houle; and the Lord Chancellor was ordered to com municate the fame to Governor gene, ral the Earl of Mornington.

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make a motion for a call of the Houfe without due notice being previously given of that intention. He expected to have the honour of prefenting, next day, a communication from his Ma jefly refpecting the overture for peace which had been made on the part of the French Government. This com munication he should wish to be taken into confideration on Monday next.

Mr. Tierney, in reply, observed, that though he feldom failed in his attendance on every divifion of the Houfe, he never had an opportunity of feeing one half of the members prefent on those occafions. Precedent did not require that a motion for a call of the Houfe fhould be prefaced by previous notice; and as the right hon. gentle man had difclaimed all perfonal objection, he could fee no grounded reafon why his motion fhould be rehified. In confequence, he gave notice of his intention to move, next day, for a call of the Houfe against the day appointed for Mr. Sheridan's motion.

Mr. Abbot moved for the production of various public accounts relative to the national revenue; as likewife for a hft of all the veffels, their respective tonnage, and the number of men and boys employed in navigating the fame; diftingu fhing the amount of foreign and Brith hips, from January 5, 1789, to January 5, 1800. Agreed to. Mr. Tierney moved, that there be laid before the Houle, an account of the manner in which the money raised by loan or Exchequer bills, in virtue of an act paffed in the prefent feffion of parliament, had been applied. This motion he followed up with various others, relative to the appropriation of the fums voted for the fervice of the year 1799; the amount of outstanding Exchequer bilis up to Jan. 5, 1800, on what funds they were chargeable, and what fums were in the Exchequer applicable to the payment of thote demands. He further moved, for a statement of the total produce of the income act, with a distinct account of the sums aff ffed by the commercial commiffioners, as far as the fame could be made out to the 5th of April, 1800; on the additional duties on imports and exports, on malt, fugar, &c. and of the contributions for the profecution of the war; farther, for a detailed fpecification of the 2,500,00l. voted for the extraordinaries of the army; to

gether with an account of the extra expences which had been incurred in that department, and for which no provifion had as yet been made by parliament.

These feveral motions being put, and agreed to; Mr. Tierney then moved, for an account of the fums advanced to Government by the Bank on the land and malt duties, and on Exchequer bills, and amount of Exchequer bills which the Bank fill retained in their poffeffion.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer op. pofed this motion, on the ground that it was a direct interference in the pri vate concerns of the Bank. The Houfe had no more right to controul the internal economy or management of the Bank, in this particular, than they had to regulate the dealings of any private banking-house.

Mr. Tierney contended, that this bufinefs was a fit fubject of parliamentary difcuffion, as it involved not fo much the trading interefts of a Company as the accommodation which Government had received.

The Chancellar of the Exchequer re» plied, that the Bank at prefent, with refpe&t to the pub'ick, flood in a very different piedicament from what it did when the Directors were first induced to fufpend their cash payments. Then the appointment of a Committee was neceffary, to afcertain the extent of the claims upon them, and the refources they had for difcharging those demands. He then proposed an amendment, by leaving out the words which related to the amount of Exchequer bilis held by the bank.

Mr. Tierney in strong terms contended, that the Directors had offcially declared themselves to be greatly inconvenienced by their advances to Government; nevertheless, though his opinion of the propriety of his me tion was not in the fmallest degree changed, experience had too well convinced him of the little chance he had of fuccefs in refifting the wishes of the right hon. gentleman, whenever occa fion offered for them mutually to fiate the reasons of their d fference of opinion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (faid Mr. Tierney) always bas the good fortune to carry his point; and I have never been, even by accident, on the ftrong fide.

The amendment was put and carried. (To be continued.)

its greatest heat!" (p. 81.) He had before (p. 80) had an opportunity of obferving the progrefs of this hot wind, which is called Samiel, and fometimes proves very deftru&tive, particularly at this feafon. "Thefe winds are moft dangerous between 12 and 3 o'clock, when the atmosphere is at its greatest degree of heat; their force entirely depends on the furface over which they pafs. If it be over a defert, where there is no vegetation, they extend their dimenfions with amazing velocity, and then their progrefs is fometimes to windward. If over grafs, or any other vegetation, they foon diminish and lofe much of their force. If over water, they lofe all their electrical fire and alcend; yet I have fometimes felt the effects across the river, where it was at leaft a mile broad. Mr. Stevens was bathing in a river, having on a pair of Turkish drawers. On his return from the water, there came a hot wind across the river, which made his drawers and himself perfefly dry in an inftant. Had fuch a circumftance been related to him by another person, he declared he could not have believed it. I was prefent, and felt the force of the hot wind, but fhould otherwise have been as incredulous as Mr. S." (pp. So, 81.) "This wind was beginning to rife before we reached Moful, and they would have gained strength so fast that I have no doubt, had we been an hour later, expofed as we were, the whole party, men and horfes, would have been laid dead on the ground." (p. 130.)

"At Alton Kuppice is a ftone bridge of one arch, the highest I ever law, like a Gothic arch, running up to a point in the centre." p. 126.) "Evrill appears to have been formerly a place of importance, and is fuppofed to be Arbela, near which Alexander fought Darius." (p. 127) The hillocks like haycocks, on the plains and mountains hereabouts, may be barrows.

Mojul, fuppofed to be the antient Niniueb, is a very large town, with many handfome buildings, fituated on a declivity on the banks of the Tigris. Here was a Venetian padre, who had recently received letters from Conftantinople, giving an account of the French having invaded his country, at which he feemed much concerned." (pp. 131, 133.) Mr. J. met with a large locuft without wings, and having grinders nearly as large as a human tooth, and

of mahogany colour. The heat of the fun killed it in less than an hour, and flies almoft inftantly in the middle of the day. (pp. 139, 140.)

"In the extenfive plains between Mo. ful and Thies, on the banks of a fine ftream of water, are ruins of a city, which appear to have been once very extenfive, and nearly in the fhape of a half-moon. Here were many flones of very large dimenfions; and among the ruins I faw a ftone coffin, with the lower part entire, but no infcription on it, or on the ftones, nor any living creatures but wild hogs, wolves, and eagles." (p. 146.)

Mardin is, by fituation, impregnable; and Tamerlane is faid to have laid three years fiege to it without being able to reduce it." (p. 153.)

"Diarbekir is a large and populous city on the Tigris, formerly defended with three walls and two ditches. (p. 159) Here are manufactories of copper, iron, wool, cotton, filk, and feveral other ftaples; but English fuper fine broad cloth and watches are pre ferred. (pp. 161, 162) The Tigris, at the foot of the mountains farther on, is croffed by a very fine bridge of three arches (only one entire), which ap pears, by the remnant of it, to have been the handfomeft piece of architec ture I had feen fince I entered the Turkish dominions." (p. 170.) "In the farther part of Armenia the road paffes over very fleep mountains. That above Midan is a confiderable fmelting. place for iron and copper. Tocat is ta mous for an excellent red wine, of a flavour fomewhat like claret, but much ftroager, with which the Turks and Tatars intoxicate themfelves. In the perpendicular faces of the mountains near Amafia are feveral places cut in the rock like a Hindoo pagoda. The houles at Jeredare, a town on a high hill, have a fingular appearance, being in general built with large round triui, let into each other at the ends, and ibe crevices filled up with clay.' (p. 225.) Half way between this town and Boti are fome ruins, moftly of marble. On one marbie column are several Greck letters, but much defaced; among the reft, the word Zeus is traceable, and much more might have been made out by time. (p. 227.) Conftantinople has been to often defcribed, that the author spends no-time on it, except to notice a dreadful fire which he faw at Scutari, at 9 o'clock, Aug. 25. This is the

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