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I a 2 N' ) II The terie.l tie La adjoisti The shortly They bishop I).4rtm the RI. ..nee 01 read • the; LLjesi 44 µ• yots. th tat tea bi tootesta , " fir rote Om 5... t, lis 501.1 1 .an as Poet& lc Crden, cr. Mir asi orients est eqr.al. a 0 mu, sr WI Nia! at the p rrar:o ..)tw 'flu C , oiler *TN*, EUMPO. •/0 as Mee I takes sy twee, II Sabh•se kit •'torn P 1 aj te has bf hia R' tie nue. i sa War, so aspenalh Las been hatebtstll F sac:, leqtes A " Sought ▪ a. io sa , sof laic:, th af A' le a ham !nvwh aai set 'le Pahl hum, a pest to at t to Retest those Is togsged " deaph ti ranrrarn peop ler`"Pet , tr AA lkftjesti Nay eatuittei sod Oa h , WWl` /aids f tersp, 117174 . ' ' • Jig* os Nosista 1397 ) -ti . ~.... AMPtitiAl. PARmArlvr. HOUSE OF LUKDi-r■tuAr. luta It The Ilouse met at halt-,not two o'clocles pro teeie.l to swear in Members non' three (many of t he Lords being in their iobes), when the House adjoissnod daring pleasure. The Lords Commissior.ers retired to robe. end shortly after took their seats on the Woolsack They consisted of the Lord Chancellor. the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Earl of Aylesford, end Earl I)artmentli. Nlr. Quarme. the Deputy Lieber of the 81.,,k Rod, was then sent to request the at,end ..nee of the Commons, to hear His Majesty's Speech „ a d. Th e y attended accordingly, with •he Speaker at their head, when the lord Chancellor read His lilaiesty's speech as follows : 11, Ai awl Otatleartu, " We ila.e a in cuattneo,d Ilene Rie Mil, to state As yor. that Isaehig oteemed it ex,l4.:.!:ent t -ecu. to the saps a tee 115,00.. He age. , • to c•mictular to la's !relagiti WNW IOW. bid Sari no to c.ausitta the present Pliharnent W e bs satesbia, " fir Majesty has great satisfaction in acquaint 'mg yea. that. driere the events w' led to the Diasolut, .ri of the l a d Podia. HIS Ms eats ha received, in now-Tern Addresses from lis SO*ol 4 6l4..erruest assurance $1 their aSvOionaie attach. • ✓ent to I.s P.OlOll and elive•nnelit, end of their fins re•ole• nines sapport tins, in nsaintaining the jou Rights of his c w on, and use to P.ineiples of the ; and H. ct . mands us to itiore-i hu entire eonfuliviceloat H-1,1,411 am. pekoe, is all your delibsratimis a deserininatten to afraid hits esieqe.al'y loyal, sitalont, and alredS,iate s Jppori, under a I the 8.4 muc cireent.tences 4 the presort, ...re. et W e are ememeraded by !fit Mafrity to inform you, that Ilk Nia!,:ty'a endeavours have been Moil an tio , taly empire/e.4 for th• purpose of driving deter the tie. by .bean .I,lty with the Pores of the C .ntinfrat ; of as•ona ••:, the that, Po • , •r , giblet the 11 - 11.fririll and oPP? mon at rrar:o of forming such eagspenents at Mt, enter* their e.otiout,l co-operatiwit and of eatabliehing that annual c ‘nfiaTice and rfuseert. ea mewed, enter any mem of to the resteratiers of a said sod pertasneor peace la Europ.. " k stoaH In,. affat4-4 i s M.4eß► the 1t test pltssints Uwe be esalkst t• isroo yob, that Hie takes hp Ifs Nfsjestr, fiw tls ittrp.wii of preeerynna peace b•- t.uan Ilia Majestaa Ally, the F.'"!l°°' of R"i'llt and the Sebtriie Porte, hat p-Iwod etr nte far that toportast a pe i His kflaietty 4eaeli nl-ets the f,iinr. of thy wsitiattott, areompaniisa as it was by Cie disappointment of t h e .farts st Els Mapsty's stswattrot, in tie tea of Mavni•wa, anti foreweil, an has since been, b; 1,13118 wh:ch have barn sustained by his fai'aite 'rests% 1.. Fg• " !tit Ne lajegly n.at but lamest the *samba= of hash l4n•• Se anw quarter, 10 - 411 sheakf create a &eerie, i.a th, War, so f%voleitahh/ 10 the vier of 'raw, ; bet lamenting it, especially its the Wishes of a Power with which fri Majesty bet lawn sociality refine•red, ail yr '.ale ha. *Pen v. recently lii•btsi for its prier: ion a,.airti the incr.ichniata of F ante, W the signal end w• esisfal Instetiawitivi of Hi Ma sites .lass. 84 Ills Mtje•ty bas Cre led us to acquaint yoe, that he has Sought it right to adopt each Olt 'aural as .might beet enatil• in cancert with thetasurror riC Ruwia, to take iideantage of On, favourable opportunity for bringing the hostilities is en.ict the" are engaged against the Swain's Pam, to a eon. • , consistent girth Sliajerty's honour, and the interests of Aly. ' 4 Onetime" I ihe Howe 1 0•181.0•91 f. " flu Nll; . eaty bat ordered the Estimates of the current rar to be Wed before y•w, and Ile rehr oa the tiled loyalty eat w• of his faith'ol Causal - ow to make itaeh peeetitions fur to: Patera Service, a• well se for the farther epolaatwit of the Suer which were; anted to the last Pattiaatent, as may ap pear to be weeeeery. " AAA ii.s M tie ty, Aearinc can tautly in mind the necessity of s ewers! and econ•micti A.lininistrati,n n( the Pecunsary Resoutce, of the Cauntry, has dire:wet us to expreA his Onirsi, that you will proceed, without delay, in the pursuit of those 1.14.3,rie4. co.sne Jed with tits lon`stie Econotny, which envied the attention of tks last Parliament. " Lords old Gent/cntn, " Flit Maury eoso sloth us to gate to you, that He is deeply impressed with the peculiar importance, at the present mousenr, of cherishing a spirit .n* onion and harmony &wring heroine Simla a %Mat will Must promote the vesperity of the Countiy at home. will dive vigour and effireey tr at Councils, and its Arms ahre.id ; and can alone enable His blijesty, under the blehing of Pr..ridenee, to carry on saceew• fohy thereat Contest in whites he is engager!, or finally to essenct it to th.it termination winch Hia Minetty's moderation 114304 k. love ever led Irim to seek, a l'eare_i•t which the It inset and interests of Hai Liinti..l.ll Can he ser.ve, and its orich Eerepeemi the World may hope to ituleitendeisce arid reps," The Mose then adjourned until five o'clock, when the Lord Chancellor having again read His Majesty's Speech from the Woolsack, The E•al of MANSFIF.I.D rose, and having briefly alluded to recent events, which he said were already well known to the public; he thought it would be universally alleged, that at no period of time had the public rrind been more anxious, Of felt a greater degree of agitation than at the present ri•Ainsent ; having therefore just heard His Majesty's Speech, and as it must fall to the lot of some Noble Lord to make a Motion of Address on the subjeB, h- confessed it was not without considerable ember tasiment he entered on the task which he had under taken. He begged leave to observe, that he had Sever given up his opinion, or pledged himself to support every ad of any Adrniaistration ; neither did he bind himself to an unqualified opposition to any measures; but in adverting to the subje& of Majesty's Speech, be could not, without feel- - I pmemptiamie , -4 1 0 .4 k. 4 1 , cAIAI4: Pr . be 111 rtitto b • .04.4 . 1r • ; 1 rtfros r Aior91; ( 101 4. • • ; P. \ - v. rely irritation, but even a difference rf o i ni..n. Tne Amendm-nt regretted the Di•sold an PittNrneNt ; hut, in hts opinion, to dissnlve Par t amen.' was the prerogative of the xn. ac cording .0 tt.t. Constitution.. It had Ns of said. ;list smthratt some strong cause it should sit its full tne. b years ens the ,estal sinra.ion of Par.. 4toent ; a number whicii it Levet lived, and really he me 1i f any specific t• —her of years, with in that. winch was most prnpt. , whether five years were vete:able to four, or four to one year, or any oth-r ',umber. A premature dissolation . 4 ;• •de I entire.* upon the - •.••. • ; aid if this wai. a •to . in dple, the d:sst.lut;on :tt the lat. r ~ was not More uncorislo :•. th. a th. . • preceding. goduid- in whic., two du. • • ions respec tively stood. supp • e staterner .—The late Ministers rented the 4: of the pledge. which caused t: ••ir removal heti) %Ace, and .. -dined the anomaly of tl e ring and hip. Ministers, entertain-. iog different ryititrea ; His Majesty's conduct was arraigned. ani an appeal to the people became necessary, an order to micertain bow far the ripiss would support the Kit:g's prerogative Noble Lords had srrainged the King's conduß at the tine cs! the late- dissoletion No impel:niter cause for dissolotion existed in O'toher last, when it was dis solved by the late Ministers. Neither e choice of His Majesty's Moll - stets, the prerogative Of per sonal condatd of the King, were then arraigned, as upon tl,e late occasion. On the clattery, the rinse was marked by the alas: ace of all three, and was the 171 , .0 favoinabl,- that could be wished, for the continua-ce of the then ..xisting Parliament. It had been said, that the motors of tlie negociation with Fiance, m ide the dissolution n ece ssar y, if th rupture of a nerescimion were to work such an • oien, in the lest seventeen years, we mast have had nine Parliaments instead of three, fo. tnat was the number of negociatin s broken al within that time. The Noble Lord, wi.o spoke last, had adverted to tint cry of No Popery." The cry of No Popery;' I admit, said Lewd Boringdon, unfortunately existed among the people, Hear! heir but that Ministers tit up that odious cry, se would be aboard to sup pose. The fag was, no math cry had bees vet up by Ministets, and the best proof of it was, the small easel to which it prevailed; frit, if the influence of Ministers bed been exercisel, it is not pr - sumed that it would have been limited to the tv o towns of Bristol and Liverpool. A confident ea peEtation had .-eett held out, that the Address would be opposed. Upon the fairness of such cambia he gave no opinion. It was the nature of all pursuits, but of politics particularly, to inflame the minds of thane devoted to them, and to make them regard what is passing of the greatest ini;sortance. So much he would admit in favour of those who opposed the Address. The last twenty-five years, however, were as important and pregnant of events, as ter that occurred in our history. They were s distin guished by violence as by variety of opinions, and the whole of, the time was as calculated to excite irritation of mind as any that ever preceded it; and yet, in that space of twenty-five years, there were only two instances in that House of an ame idment wowed to an Addrds, one of seventeen Peers in ta'.t, and another of twelve Peers in 1793. He had no wish to enter into the late affairs in Egypt and st Constantinople, nr discuss to whose fault these disasters were to be imputed. He should only express a hope, dr the assistance of Russia should enable His Majesty to effort a recenciliatira with Turkey. upon honourable terms. !laving touched apon these several topics, he should nay/ only add, that if Noble Liras gave a liberal confidence to Miniaters, they might do much good ; but if they did not, they would be doing nothing more not less, however contrary to their intentions, than promot ing the wieies and aiding the views of that Potts tate, whose heart was Bud upon the destradion of this realm, and the greatest obstacles to whose am bition were to be found in the strength, the anion, and vigour of the country. Lord HOLLAND said, he never heard a speech of more pleasantry mid ridicule, upon so grave a subject, and in so grave a place, nor one more cal culated to induce an opposite cone usion from the one intended. An argument mere whimsical he had never heard, than that it was unusual in that Hoot, to express a dissent from the Address. Was the House then in such a state that it must echo the Speech, and have no opinion of its own ? lie never entertained such an absurd opinion of that House, and he was confident it would be found that the precedents of amendment were mere numerous than the Noble Lord had stated. If words were put it - to His Majesty's mouth, which excited the just in dignation of. the House, why the House should he precluded item expressing their feeling, he could not conceive. He remembered the nte,strons amendment proposed by a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning) to the Speech, at the commencement of the last hessian, and though it never saw the light, nor was put to the vote, yet the very znecl.a meal part of that huge cumbrous amendment must have occupied a great deal of time, and yet he had never heard the trainer of it censured, because he bad not conceited it upon the spur of the moment, and set *Mon the work before he had heard the Speech. But it has been said that the Speech is coo. ciliatory and tsznporate. Was it temperate and enn eiliatory to introduce into the Speech a topic for which there were no precedents I he meant a decided disapprobation of the ads of His Majesty's own Ge vernment—for such was the disapprobation of the late events in Egypt iad at Constantinople. Wm Noble Lords to be told by blininers, that if did not ad as they desired, they were at s with the King, that they were embittering the moments of their Sovereign. and was such guage to be borne in that Honer? Where wat King's will to be known, but in the ads of his verainent f It was represented as ea anootely.. the King should think one way, and the Minister another. Were. then. the Miaiallut OW to be free ollt i:„ t• f SATURDAY .1E 27, .8t inns of regret, review an event which 1-d to the discussion of a subjea, which of all times and in all countries. was peculiarly calculated to Agi ute and inflame the minds of men. It was th at subject which led to t;.e Dis,olution of the last Parliament; and, in consequence of a remove being pressed upon His Majesty. which be felt re pug:want to those principles, which had placed His Majesty's family upon the Throne. His M,,jisty was called upon to dismiss those Ministers, in whom His Majesty and the country were inclined to re pose thew confidence. In proposing the measure alluded to, fits Majesty's late Ministers should have eunsidered, whether, at sray peniod during His Ma jesty's reign, he had given any reason to suppose, that he would deviate from his firm attachment to those principles. and to the established Religion of she country, at the same time that the nemernus end important concessions which had been granted in the course of his reign, afordei sufficient proof of His Majesty's gracious and parental inclination to promote, as far as was consistent with sound po licy, and the most sacred engagements, the hap piness and welfare of all setts and descriptions of his sulijetls. His Majesty thought proper to recur to the sense of the country. and the amens which attended this resolution was apparent from the numerous addresses from all quarters, breathing the most zealous 1. yalty and att.chment, together with sentiments of earnest gratitude, for His Me jesty's wise. firm, and constitutional condott.— He would regret the necessity of an implied censure upon any one, but he was; confident, that Lit MAA jesty's conduct on this occasiou bad gained the ge neral approbation of the country. I. referring to that part of His Majesty's speech, which gives an asseraxe of hi, Majesty's determinaium to give •he most cordial assioar.ce to his alliss, he saw ouch cause of wrist-let:on, and congratulation.. as this declaration tended to remove any unjust inr,,ritaion, that England was unwilling to send due assistance, or to c ..opet ate to the utmost of Law power, towards bringing the arduous contest in which we are en gaged, to a speedy and honourable conclusion.-- Notwithstanding failure attended several attempts made by our arms by land and sea, he would not dwell much, at present, on that subjeß, for the Home was well aware of the importance of pre serving inviolate that right of inqoiry which the subject demands, sad which en doubt it would meet ; he was. however. convinced. that those re verses would not dispirit our gallant soldiers and sailors. but would, on the contrary, animate them with an enthusiastic desire of retrieving those dis asters, and of achieving new and . signal viAories. It was matter of congratulation to the public to be informed, that the inquiries which had engaged the attention of the last Parliament, with regard to the expenditure and application of the riblic money, would not be stopped by the dissolution of that Parliament ; bet would, on the contrary, be con tintr-d with increased aAivity by the present. as nothing could be more conducive than a wise and prudent mconomy and a just application of the pub lic revenue, towards carrying on, and bringing to an honouraide conclusion, the arduous contest in which we are engaged. He would not trespass much longer upon their Lordships' attentioat but would conclude by moving an Address ro His Majesty ; and, he confessed, nothing could be mere satisfac tory to his feelings, than to have it pass unanimous ly ; that. hnwever, he much feared he must not expel, as affairs were at present. He, nevertheless, hoped that upon a dispassionate renew of recent events, and of that firm, constitutional, and parental condita which His M tj-sty's unerring discretion had di&ated to him, the House would avail itself of the opportunity of expressing its saiisfailion in that manner which, at times so critical and arduous, was peculiarly desirable. The Noble Earl then con cluded by moving the Address; which, as usual, was an eel° of the Speech. Lord ROLLE rose to second the Motion, and followed the Noble Earl who preceded him through most of the topics on which he had spoken ; he re probated, in terms of strong indignation. the con dutt of His Majesty's late Ministers. which tended to embitter the latter days of their Sovereign, and which compelled themselves to resign, by the agi tation of a tprestien which could be produ6ive of no good, and which, on the contrary. must necessa rily produce much mischief, by causing a ferment in the public mind, by the unnecessary revival of a subjea on which His Majesty's deterndoatiou was well known, which induced His Majesty to rejeft their proposition, having declared, that he would not depart from a resolution formed. in a deliberate manner. and on sound and constitutional 'princi ples. The Noble Lord neat adverted to the failure of our arms before Constantinople and in Egypt, which he entirely atmbuted to the incapacity of the late Ministers; he, however, relied oh the avow age and patriotism of• our army and navy, to retrieve these disasters. and to support that high charaaer they had so justly earned. He was proud to say. Our His Matesty's condire, on a tecent occasion, had met with the genetal concurrence of the coun try ; and he contemplated with pleasure the resolu tion so wisely expressed in the Speech, of giving a zealous assistance to our Allies, as it was the in tere►t of this country to form a close conneetion with such Powers as were most inclined and best enabled to form a barrier to the power of France. He neat observed, that it must prove highly satisfaaory to the country at large, to be informed that those en qiiiries into the expenditure of the pehlic money. which had engaged the attention of the last Parlia ment, were to be continued by the present t and, he trusted, that a due regard to economy, a poop, ap plication of the means in our power, and an ener getic exercise of our resources, would enable us to condo& the arduous contest 10 which we are eq gaged, with advantage to the country. and fulfil His Majesty's benevolent wishes, by bringing it to a risoeful and honourable conclusion. 'flu Noble Lord concluded by giving his hearty assent .to the , motion. Earl FORTESCUE observed, that among the many inconveniences resuliing from the schldro and premature dissolution of Pa liament. was ti.e into ruption of the many private Rills, the:: in t-sir F . o gress, as a remedy for whicb, he h,. it I It was it tended to resume them iii the respec't,ve stagts , at which they left off; but this would he only a v.othri reined,. as it c mid not cure the injury prucloce , ! by the delay. He should not retrace the •91 •nin mockery by which the Judges of Scotland had hec:t broug!it forward to the bar of that Hauge, at the very rime it was intended to stop their uatei•hs by dissolution, before they could 151 , 1 4 / 4 !, t e question, put to them. That dissolmnin was a strung and a-bitrary measure, and As suck, one might suppose stauld nut have liven attem;red by any but a Mi nistry strong in public l'avour. What, however, was the fa? The Ministers whet did adopt that measure, had been actually tried in the balance, and were found wanting. For this judgment. he ap pealed to themseiods. They had confessed their ia espaeity ; and, since they had made that ecniessior., he knew no accession of strength which they had ob tained, except a peotlionan of the Bar (Mr ceval), the persecutor of Popery every willtte: for whether is the Synod le in the Synagogue. they were all Papists who opposed him. The cry a Popery had recited rumen :Ind disorder in Bristol and Liverpool. He admired the good sense and film:lcl o f t h e pt•lpt •, by which it was stepped short, and did n:s extend farther; as from what passed in 173 n, the most dreadful excesses migin be apprehended 170111 ir. He eaee credit to the Noble Mover and Seconder of tn., Address for wrath aunt to their Stuersign; but loyalty was a quality which they or ly shared in common with ail the rest of His Majesty's subjetts. The public were well awaie, that tie mai-troance ot the just prerogatives of the Crown was intimately and necessarily con netted with the maintenance of our happy Consti-, union. Surely then it was not extraordinary that this spirit of loyalty should be displayed in favour ot him. who, as he has grown in years, has also grown in thnaffeElions of the people, but it was cri minal in those who coupled the Prerogative of the Crown with the cry of the Church in Danger, when they knew so such danger existed: Much had been said of late upon the subiowt of coalitions. It was not his purpose to praise or censure the general principle, but there was a point beyond which no compromise of public opinion could be legitimately carried, and he was confident that the Noble Lords with whom he was conflated, particularly one Noble Lord with whom be was long in habits of in timacy, would not form a compromise und:r the present circumstances. He would say. that even that Noble Lord would forfeit all claim to his friend ship and esteem, if he were to coalesce, until every weed was .I.o:heated of those who had raised the abominable cry of No Popery," and inscribed upon their standard, It was rite wee Jacobin peino ciple ie appeal to the sense ua the people, taking especial care to pre-occcipy the mind or the people with slander and misrepresentation; a principle that procured Addresses in favour of Ministers, anti 'ben held up the loyalty of corporations as the standsrd of the public feeling. But, with all their rnamig.:- ment, he could not congratulate Ministers upon the success of their appeal to the sense of t!.O people; for. it had not answered even the narrow end ;elfish principle noon which it was made. With this feel ing, he should move an amendment to the Address, which should contain nothing has the preliminary words of it. for it was because his friend; and him self were loyal and dutiful subjees, they could nut agree to the Address. His Lirdsbip then moved the following Amendment— That by ■ lung experience of His Majesty's virturt, we well know It to be His Majesty's invadable vir.sh, that all his pierogatives should be exercised solely for the advantage of his peupl• That our dutiful attachment to His Majesty's person and Government, obliges us therefore roost humbly to lay before hint the manifest miscondull of his Ministers, in having advised the dissolution of the late Parliament, in the midst of its first S,•nirrn, and within a few months sfter His Majesty had been pleased to assemble it for the dispatch of the urger t business of the nation. That this measure, advised by His Me)esty's Ministers, at • time when there existed no difference between any of the Wenches of the Legislature, nor any tuflicent cause for an ap peal to His Majesty's people, was justified by no public neces sity or advantage. That by the interruption of all private busi ness then depending in Parliament, it has been prodoelise of great at d needless inconvenience an I expense, thereby wan tonly adding to the heavy burdens which the necessities of the times require. That it has retarded roan ) useful Laws foe the internal improvement of the kingdom, arid for the encourage moot and extension of it. agriculture, numufaff urer, end com.iieree. And that it has either suspended or who:ly defeated, many mum Important public measures, and protracted much of the must weighty business of Parliament, to • season of the year when its prosecution must be attended with the greatest puWM awl prints incnnvenience. And that we fah asersolves bound still farther to submit to His Marsty, that all these iniscnief. ant vastly agerayated by the ground-04,4nd injurious pretences un which ilia hilajeity's Miniitets have publicly rested this their evil advice; pimenceseffolding no juatificatinn for the measure, bet calculated only to excite the mist Can germs. animosities among His Majesty's faithful subjects, at a pmfwl when thew united riots were more than ger( neces sary foe the security of the Empire, and when to promote the utmost harmony aid co.operation amnng.t them would hare been the first uli j ect of faithful and ieuvideat Ministers. The Amendment being read, Lord BORINGDON rose to oppose it. His Lordship said, the matter of it might be tit tor iome other day, but was totally irrelevant to the pre•ent objea. Tho Address, he conceived, was entitled to a favourable reception, not only on account of the expressions of aieaion and respea which it con tained; bat also its temperance and moderation, in abstaining from every topic that might excite, not , r the Were the? e 1.1 laa. is UNII I Go. , thee iseec s fret t ~r . . c