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parts of the value of the produce of that estate annually to the exchequer, until the whole of my debt, and that of Messrs. Fergusson and Murdock, late agents of my office, shall be fully paid. This estate, before the late disturbances, yielded 5,000l. a year, and the works being now re-established, it is expected to yield 6,000l. a year. The value of the crops of the next and following years are to be applied to the discharge of the money borrowed for the expense of re-establishing the estate; and along with the obligations of the executors, I give my personal engagement, that the payment on my account out of this fund shall be thereafter not less than 3,000l. per annum. This I give as a security for the balance of the sum for which I proposed to give security.

11,337 6 0

£52,087 6 0

The whole of the securities referred to in this statement I am already prepared to give, except three of the bonds, to the amount of 14,000l., which are now preparing, and they also will be executed in a few days. My object in proposing to give the bonds above-mentioned, was, to fix periods beyond 'which the debt, so unfortunately incurred, could not remain unpaid. The terms of payment were necessarily determined by a consideration with the friends who granted them, of the time which it might possibly require, from the state of my affairs, to complete the liquidation of the amount of their engagements on the security of those a fairs. My expectation however is, that the greatest part of the debt will be much soner paid. I have already obtained the engagement of a very respectable house in the West-India trade, to advance within one year after peace shall be made, 10,000l. on the consignments from the estate in Grenada, which sum I have engaged shall be immediately applied to the payment of part of those bonds which have the longest term of payment; and there are other very considerable sums which I have reason to believe “I shall be able to raise at ́no great distance

of time.-A plan similar to this, as you know, I had made some progress in 4 years ago, but was disabled from carrying it into effect by the disturbances which then broke out in Grenada, and which made it impossible. for me to give the necessary securities to the friends who were to engage for me. I have the honour, &c. John Fordyce. 10th June, 1798.

No. II. Copy of Letter to Charles Long, Esq. dated 31st March, 1799.-Sir, I my letter dated 10th June last, I had the ho nour to acquaint you, for the information of the lords of the treasury, that I was then nearly prepared to carry into effect the proposal which I had made to their lordships, respecting the debis due by myself and the agents of my late office of receiver general for Scotland. I am now able to state to you, that I have since completed what I was then preparing to execute, and have, a greeably to the directions from the lords of the treasury, delivered to Messrs. Goodenough and White, as trustees appointed by their lordships, the securities herein-after mentioned. This debt, which as has been often stated, was increased to a great sum by the failure of three different agents, 1 shall divide into 3 parts. The first and greatest part, being 52,0871. 6s. is answerable from my own property only, in consequence of a commission of bankruptcy hav ing, in the affairs of one of those agents, preceded and prevented the effect of the writ of extent which I applied for, and for which the following securities are given :—

1st. The sum due to me as one of the commissioners of the land revenue, for salary, at the rate of 1,500l. a year, from Jan. 1788 to July 1793 ; being 5 years

2dly. The bonds of several gentlemen, of undoubted fortune and responsibility, deposited with Messrs. Goodenough and White for

The names of these gentlemen are given in the inclosed paper.

3dly, There has also been deposited with Messrs. Goodenough and White, the obligation of the executors or trustees of the estate of river Antoine in Grenada, to pay not less than three fourth parts of the value of the pre

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29,500 0 Q

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great sum of that money contrary to the or-
ders given them to pay it into the exchequer.
Steps were taken for obtaining writs of extent,
and the securities so acquired for that month
were put into the hands of trustees appoint
ed by the treasury, with whom a consider-
able part of those securities still remain for
liquidation.-The remainder of the debt to
the public is due by Messrs. Fergusson and
Murdock, who having been appointed agents
for the office, on the failure of Douglas and
Cockburn, fell into the same irregularity of
retaining the money remitted to be paid into
the exchequer; in consequence of which
their effects were seized upon extents from
the crown, and put into the hands of the
same trustees. From those effects it is ex-
pected that the full amount of what remains
due by them will be recovered. I have the
honour, &c. (Signed)
John Fordyce.

Note of Bonds, referred to in Mr. For-
dyce's Letter to Mr. Long, 31st March,
1799.-Bond granted by Duncan, Davidson,
and W. Gemmell 7,000l. by R. Bogle, Esq.
4,000l. by P. Antrobus, Esq. 4,000l. by W.
Blair, Esq. 3,500l. by G. Mowbray, Esq.
3,000l. by A. Brodie, Esq. 2,000l. by Ổ.
Colt, Esq. 2,000l. by R J. Sullivan, Esq.
1,500l. by J. Sullivan, Esq. 1,5001. by J.
Spalding, Esq. 1,0001. making 29,500l.
No. III. Copy of a Letter from the
Trustees of John Fordyce, Esq. to the Secre
tary to the Board of Taxes; dated 16th June
1802.-Sir, We have the favour of your
letter of the 28th May 1802, in which you
state, "That the commissioners for the af-
"fairs of taxes observing by a letter from
"Mr Fordyce, late receiver general of

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In a letter from those executors, a copy of which has been sent to Messrs. Goodenough and White, shey thus express themselves respecting the value of the last-mentioned security, and the loss occasioned by the late disturbances in Grenada :-"The returns "from the estate of river Antoine for the years 1795, 6, and 7, which have been comaletely lost, would probably have "been worth 20,000l. which, added to the loan you were endeavouring to obtoin, "would have made a great impression on 66 your debt to the public before this time." That estate, which was wasted during those disturbances, being now re-established, is expected from this time to be as productive as it formerly was; and if the present prices of sugar shall continue, all the debts upon it prior to mine will be discharged by the crop of next year. I am also still persisting in my endeavours to obtain a loan upon it, which the continuance of war renders difficult, but which will probably be easily got when peace is made. The returns therefore from the estate will be paid annually, and that loan, when it shall be obtained, to the exchequer, in discharge of the balance before-mentioned of 14,3371. 6s. in the first place; and after that is paid, to the gradual discharge of the bonds for 29,500l. and of" Scotland, to Mr. Long, dated the 10th the debt due, as is after-mentioned, by "June 1798, that one of the bonds offered Messrs. Ferguson and Murdock, as agents as a security for part of the debt due from for my late office, in just proportion to the "him to the crown, is an obigation of the amount of the sums due to them and me "executors of the estate of the river Anfrom that estate; so that though those bonds" toine in Grenada, to pay three-fourth granted by my friends are not payable till "parts of the value of the produce of that 1805, I have reason to expect that a very "estate annually into the exchequer, until considerable part of them will be discharged "the whole of such debt, and that of before that time; and that term of payment "Messrs. Fergusson and Murdock, late is only to be considered as the mode taken agents in his office, have been fully paid; to fix the period beyond which no part of" and that the payment out of that fund, that debt due by me for the security of" after the two years crops which are apwhich those bonds are given, can remain" propriated to the discharge of the money unpaid. The second part of that debt to "borrowed to re-establish the estate, would the public is for 13,4151. 17s. gd. due by not be less than 3,000l. per annum; and Messrs. Douglas and Cockburn, to whom it appearing that no payment has been the money of my office was remitted by my "made into the exchequer out of the prodeputy, in obedience to the directions of" duce of the estate, the board request us the first lord of the treasury, at the time" to transmit them a copy of the bond, if when I discovered that they had detained a "in our possession, or acquaint you with

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whom it is deposited, in order that it may | ner transgressed. In my letter to Mr. Long, be seen whether the same is forfeited, referred to in that which I have now receiv" and whether it may be proper to institute ed from you, and in another to the same any proceedings for the penalty; also de- gentleman, dated 31st March 1799, in which siring to be informed whether any, and the securities given to the trustees for, the what sums had been received from the treasury are more particularly described, I "effects of his late agents which were seiz- mentioned my expectation, that "the river " upon extents, and, came to our hands as "Antoine estate, which had been wasted "trustees for the crown;" We have to ac- during the insurrection, having been res quaint you, for the board's information, that" established, would after that time be as the monies received from the effects of his productive as it formerly was; and that late agents seized upon the extent, which "if the then prices of sugar should concame to our hands as trustees for the crown, "tinue, the debts upon it prior to mine have been from time to time as they were "(being the sums advanced by the conreceived, after deducting the costs and signees) would be discharged by the crops charges incurred in the recovery and receipt "of the subsequent year, in which case, thereof, paid by us into the exchequer on not only would the value of three-fourth account of Mr. Fordyce's debt: that we are parts of the produce be applied to the not in possession of any such bond of the " payment of Messrs. Fergusson's and Murexecutors of the estate of the river Antoine "dock's debt and mine, until their full as is mentioned in your letter, and we do payment, by a loan would probably be not believe that any such ever existed: Mr. "obtained by me upon the estate farther Fordyce has a mortgage upon the equity of" to accelerate the payment of those debts." the redemption of that estate; we therefore-But though the estate has, as we expectimagine that the obligation, if so it can be called, mentioned in your letter, must be some arrangement between him and the prior incumbrancers. We are, &c. (Signed) G. T. Goodenough, Josh. White.

No. IV.-Copy of Letter from John Fordyce, Esq. to the Secretary to the Board of Taxes; dated 15th June 1803.Sir, In consequence of your letter, dated 28th ult., written under the direction of the commissioners for the affairs of taxes, desiring me to send a copy of the bond of the executors of the estate of the river Antoine, to pay three-fourth parts of the value of the produce of that estate into the exchequer until the whole of my debt, and that of Messrs. Fergusson and Murdock, late agents for my office, should be fully paid, if that bond be in my possession; or acquaint them with whom it is deposited, in order that it may be seen whether the same is forfeited, and whether it may be proper to institute any proceedings for the penalty, I have the honour to acquaint you, that the obligation granted to the trustees for the treasury by those executors was in the form of a missive, not a bond, and that it never was given to me by the trustees, nor is in my hands; and Mr. C. Fergusson assures me that it is not in his possession. If the obligation, however, which seems to have been mislaid, should not be found, it will make no difference in the security, the executors having no wish or intention to avoid the fulfilment of the conditions in it, which they do not conceive that they have hitherto in any man

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ed, become as productive as formerly, and the crop of the present year, as we are informed, very far exceeds any one that ever before grew upon it, yet such has been the fall in the price of sugar, and the increase of duties and expenses, that, as I am sure I need not inform yourself or the commis sioners, neither this or any other such estate in Grenada has afforded any clear revenue to the owners; and the consignees declare that their prior claim is not only not dicharged, but not diminished since the date of that letter.-That estate owes me, by accounts proved in the court of chancery, more than 50,000l. which is certainly more than I shall ever recover from it; but it will be unfortunate indeed if it shall not produce 14,3871: 6s. which is the sum for which it is given to the treasury as a security; and I have not, nor can I receive one shilling from it, till the government debt is paid:-The obligations which I came under to the treasury in consequence of the arrangement made for the payment of my debt, I have the satisfaction to know will be punctually paid, if I'âm not interrupted in the liquidation of my af fairs; and I have still reason to believe from Mr. Fergusson that the securities obtained by the writs of extent and otherwise, for the debt due by Fergusson and Murdock, will be sufficient for the discharge of the debt still due by them, No part of that debt, or of the balance due by Douglas and Cockburn, has been received by me.- I have the honour, &c

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- INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE

Ballot for a Select Committee on | Irish Union Commissioners, 184

the Tenth Naval Report, 511
Bengal Judicature Bill, 132
Budget, Supplementary, 87, 109
Budget, Irish, 6, 31

Carnatic, Affairs of the, 255
Catholic Petition, 97, 109, 595,
833*,,951

Corn Regulation Bill, 739
Extraordinaries of the Army, 596
Fordyce's Debt, 48. Papers rela-
tive to, xxxv
Grogan's Attainder, 167
India, War in, 29

India, State of Affairs in, 225
Irish Budget, 6, 31
Irish Election Bill, 24, 618
Irish Excise Duties Bill, 47
Irish Revenue Bills, 60
Irish Lunatics Bill, 66, 206
Irish Loan and Exchange, 67
Irish Small Notes Bill, 129
Irish Post Roads Bill, 130
Trish Militia Enlisting Bill, 158,

180.

Irish Loan, 446

Irish Silver Tokens' Bill, 597.
Irish Stamp Duties, 637
Knaresborough Election, 25
Legacy Duty Bill, 37, 90

Melville, Lord, Proceedings rela-
tive to Mr. Trotter and, 165,
186, 255, 327, 398, 430, 497,
511, 541, 600, 847
Middlesex Election, 1, 729
Military Commissioners' Bill, 492
Militia Enlisting Bill, 72, 112,

134, 150, 171

Naval Commissioners Renewal
Bill, 494

Naval Enquiry, Vote of Thanks to

the Commissioners of, 552
Naval Enquiry, Eleventh Report
of the Com.nissioners of, 457
Navy, State of the, 629, 731
Oracle, Proceedings against the
Printer of the, for a Libel on the
House, 381,433, 542

OF COMMONS.
Pancras Poor Bill, 95
Paymaster of the Forces Regulation
Bill, 372

Petition from the Navy Board res
specting Mr. Tucker's Petition,

623

Popham, Conduct of Sir. Home,
183, 637

Prize Agency Bill, 61 ya;
Report, Eleventh, of the Commis-
sioners of Naval Enquiry; Sir
A. Hamond's Motion for Papers
relative to, 457
Roman Catholic Petition, 97, 109,
595, 833*, 951
Salt Duty Bill, 30

Scott, Mr. Claude, Papers rela-
tive to the Sale of Corn and
Flour by, 444
Stipendiary Curates' Bill, 611
Vincent, Earl St. Naval Adminis
tration of, 629, 731,
Vote of Thanks to the Commis.
sioners of Naval Enquiry, 502
West Indies, 222

INDEX OF NAMES.-HOUSE OF LORDS.

Albemarle, Earl of, 778
Asaph, Bishop of St. 454, 794
Auckland, Lord, 25, 26, 46, 103,
105, 144, 161, 452, 453, 822
Bolton, Lord, 829
Boringdon, Lord, 196, 773
Buckingham, Marquis of, 17, 20,
#194, 728

Buckinghamshire, Earl of, 195,

744

Camden, Earl, 17, 27, 204, 706
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 451,
775

Carisfort, Earl of, 164, 728
Carleton, Lord, 44, 750
Carlisle, Earl of, 105
Carnarvon, Earl of, 198, 614
Cawdor, Lord, 196

Clarence, Duke of, 17, 28, 156
Cumberland, Duke of, 27, 692
Darnley, Earl, 18, 145, 148, 157
165, 589, 591, 729, 816
Derby, Eartof, 194
Durham, Bishop of, 161, 708

Eldon, Lord, see Lord Chancellor
Ellenborough, Lord, 45, 107, 165,

455,804

Grenville, Lord, 26, 40, 42, 97,
103, 104, 106, 108, 161, 162,
163, 164, 192, 452, 537, 539,
615, 651, 673, 729, 837
Harrowby, Lord, 615,787

Montrose, Duke of, 203, 591
Mulgrave, Lord, 28, 44, 178, 179,
180, 613, 699
Norfolk, Duke of, 105, 142, 144
192, 455, 537, 538, 390, 5915
719, 720, 785
Ormond, Earl of, 772
Oxford, Earl of, 744

Hawkesbury, Lord, 28, 43, 144, Oxford, Bishop of, 142, 144, 191,

106, 164, 191, 192, 254, 428,
429, 538, 539, 587, 588, 590,
591, 615, 673, 719, 720, 729
Holland, Lord, 700
Hutchinson, Lord, 764
King, Lord, 829

Limerick, Earl of, 729
London, Bishop of, 453
Lord Chancellor, 42, 46, 105,
108, 143, 162, 163, 179, 375,
454, 538, 539, 590, 614, 615,
76634, 635,710, 783
Melville, Lord, 21, 148, 154
Moira, Earl, 816

192, 451, 452, 455, 538, 634
Radnor, Earl of, 616
Redesdale, Lord, 141, 711, 771,

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Abbot, Rt. Hon. C. see Speaker
Addington, H 1034

Alexander, H. 71, 207, 419, 944
Andover, Lord, 317
Archdall, R. 1027
Attorney General, (Hon. S. Per-
cival 293, 387, 418, 419 438,
441, 464, 483, 489, 504, 510,
533, 551, 580, 612, 941, 1039
Bagwell, Col. 24, 66, 130, 182,

207, 618, 619

Bankes, W. 142, 160, 351, 414,

492, 498

Barham, J 222, 350

Foster, J. 6, 14, 15, 34, 36, 60,

68, 71, 129. 130, 446, 599,
636, 637 741, 999

Fox, C. J. 30, 36, 37, 57, 70,

109, 110, 140, 141, 166, 168,
173, 174, 223, 250, 288, 309,
321, 356.366, 383, 386, 389,
393, 390, 404, 408, 409, 422,
426, 431, 438, 442, 445, 462,
475, 480, 457, 494, 496, 500,
518, 544, 573, 575, 580, 595,
605, 007, 609, 611, 833*
Francis, P. 29, 133, 167, 170,
186, 225, 253, 741

Bastard, J. P. 81, 117, 159, 322, Frankland, W. 136

583, 737

Best, W. D. 371, 394, 414, 443,

445, 446, 506
Blaquiere, L. de, 60, 159, 553, 1037
Bond, N. 542, 582

Bourne, S. 185, 430, 560
Burroughs, Sir W. 547
Buxton, Sir R. 161, 498
Calcratt, J. 80, 160, 379, 380, 510
Canning, G. 175, 295, 307, 335,
349, 384, 390, 391, 407, 424,
438, 475, 524, 548, 553
Cartwright, W. R. 110
Castlereagh, Lord, 29, 30, 132,
168, 169, 170, 234, 317, 413,
495, 529

Cavendish, Lord G go
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 16,
30, 37, 47, 55, 59, 70, 72, 76,
79, 82, 87, 92, 95, 109, 123,
138, 139, 141, 142, 158, 159,
160, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167,
171, 173, 177, 181, 180, 190,
223, 224, 248, 279, 288, 322,
327, 355, 370, 371, 382, 398,
402, 106, 408, 411, 412, 421,
426, 437, 413, 445, 459, 462,
476, 479, 480, 452, 484, 486,
492, 493, 494, 603, 519, 541,
545, 569, 575, 595, 597, 601,
603, 607, 611, 627, 630, 632,
643, 647, 64, 731, 734, 738,
739, 741, 750, 1045

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Peele, Sir P. R. 741

Percival, Hon. S. see Attorney
General

Petty, Lord Henry, 69, 109, 289,

373, 410, 541
Plumer, W. 390

Pole, Sir C. 389, 391, 393, 481,
482, 483
Ponsonby, G. 303, 345, 409,
464, 618, 1006 ·
Popham, Sir 11. 638, 646
Porchester, Lord, 613
Price, Sir C. 36, 320
Princep, J. 37, 247, 597
Pulteney, S. W. 71, 821

Pytches, J. 500

Fuller, J. 82, 363, 421, 524, 583 Pulteney, Sir J. so
Gascoigne, 2, 484
Giles, D. 138, 176

Grant, Sir W. see Master of the
Rolls

Grant, C 213

Grattan, H. 917, 969
Gregor, F. 583

Grenville, T. 320, 411, 500
Grey, C. 71, 93, 166, 184, 341,

381, 382, 408, 411, 434, 441,
443, 445, 457, 458, 460 461,
465, 476, 477, 478, 481, 496,
530, 547,631, 632, 735
Hamilton, Lord A. 16, 67, 320,
739

Hamond, A. S. 457, 458, 461,
455, 476, 575, 578, 623, 626
Hawthorn, C. S. 34, 37, 1040
Henniker, Lord, 580, 582
Hill, Sir G. 36, 160, 208, 1040
Hippesley, Sir J. C. 415, 1037
Hobhouse, B. 482
Hudlestone, J. 214
Hughes, W. L. 112
Hutchinson, J. C. H. J. 643, 1039
Jeffery, J. 579, 629 631, 632,

614, 731, 732, 735, 738.
Jekyll, J. 526

Johnstone, G. 59, 255, 596, 598
Ker, R G. 36

Kinnaird, C. 186, 365, 366, 409,
465, 623, 627, 628, 637, 647
Langham, J. 581

Lascelles, H. 524, 525, 741

Latouche, J. 36, 71, 1034

Rose, G. 25, 372, 398, 444,
446, 491, 576, 578, 580, 597
Russell, Lord W. 25

Ryder. R. 553

St. John, Hon. A. 223
Scott, C. 444

Scott, Sir W. 61, 612, 966, 969
Scott, D. 364, 645

Secretary at War, 173, 174, 366,
380, 608

Shaw, G. 1031
Sheridan, R. B 172, 255, 321,

395, 406, 420, 431, 432, 435,
437, 489, 501, 521, 524, 549,
551, 559, 561, 562, 584, 587,
646

Smith, W. 439, 741, 950, 951
Sinclair, Sir J. 731, 739
Solicitor General (Sir V. Gibbs)
391, 393, 425, 556

Speaker, The (Right Hon. C.

Abbot) 47, 79, 90, 159, 177,
186, 379, 433, 435, 440, 458,
509, 536, 547, 554, 662, 579,
648, 729, 738
Stanhope, S. 91, 497, 500
Stanley, Lord, 79, 120
Stuart, W. 518
Sullivan, J. 478
Tarleton, B. 137, 159
Temple, Earl, 76, 79, 85, 117,

135, 141, 240, 619, 648
Thornton, H. 1, 72, 508, 509
Thornton, R. 248, 535

Laurence, F. 95, 241, 391, 440, Thornton, S. 349

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Martin, R. 129, 167, 108, 536, Whitbread, S. 255, 321, 328,

619

Master of the Rolls, 25, 309, 408,

409, 499, 517
May, J. $5 207

Metcalfe, Sir T. 246, 509
Milbank, Sir R. 562

367, 370, 371, 398, 399, 406,
411, 425, 430, 433, 481, 504,
506, 5:1, 518, 523, 552, 554,
562, 600, 601, 611
Wilberforce, W. 317, 321, 362,

501, 554, 579, 580, 586, 736

Mildmay, Sir H. 90, 95, 542, 544, Windham, 123, 174, 177, 321,

558, 559

Moore, P. 397, 509, 510, 541
Newport, Sir J. 15, 33, 36, 47,
60, 66, 158, 159, 170, 181,
182, 184, 185, 206, 207 208,
380, 448, 493, 500, 510, 553,
598, 619, 637, 1025

END OF VOL. IV.

Cox, So, a d Baylis, Printers, Gr. Queen Str.

352, 412, 435, 498, 526, 534,
536, 543, 546

Wright. A. 433, 434, 443, 559
Wrottesley, Sir J. 583. 612
Wynne, Sir W. W. 142
Yorke, C. 113, 138, 139
Young, Sir W. 171

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