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Mr. Fox immediately rose, and declared that

He still entertained his opinion, that unless in cases of public libel, or of a libel on the government at large, or legislature collectively, he did not think it becoming in that House to resort to the crown lawyers, as the instruments of pro  secuting libels affecting themselves, interfering with their proceedings, or implicating a breach of their privileges. He then moved, " That an humble address be presented to his majesty, humbly desiring his majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions to his attorneygeneral, to prosecute toe author or authors, the printer or printers, and the publisher or publishers, of the said pamphlet, in order that they may be brought to condign punishment for the same." The motion was agreed to net con. the apprehensions, which had existed in the course of the last year, of a rupture with the court of France, government had taken a resolution of sending out four additional regiments to India, on board the company s ships, for the protection of our possessions in that quarter; and the proposition had been received with general approbation by the court of directors. But in the mean time the storm having blown over, and government still adhering to their resolution of sending out the four regiments, with a view to form a permanent establishment of his majesty's troops in India, a question had arisen respecting the expence of sending them out, and of their future payment.By an act, which passed in the year 1781, it was stipulated, that the company should be bound to pay for such troops only as were sent to India upon their requisition, and upon this act the directors had refused to charge tne company witn the expence of the troops in auestion. But it was contended by the board of COB troul, established in the act of 1784, that the commissioners of that board were invested with a power of directing, in case of 4 refusal of the company, such expence to be defrayed out of the revenues arising from their territorial possessions. Upon this case the court of directors had taken the advice of several eminent lawyers.