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• . ' -f ristieTout prejudices, an 4 crying out that the church Wlll is danger, (end whieh to was persuaded that riot one of them believed). upon these grounds he cfintititled, that they were not entitled to the confi de:cc of that &tee. In his present situation he siert:ld porsue diet hue of coedua which his con science pointed out ; be should not give any vexa tious opposition to Asfirlinistration, but should watch their eondua with such jeeldusy-as to induce him perhaps to make these obj:aions . which may be construed into a feCtinus opposition; but all measures which might a erder to have the good of the country for their ohjehohonld have his support. Mr. BItAGGE I'HURSF denied the pro priety of everi • truism, such .as the former put cif the present Question, whi:h might be moved for, being Is:meted to stand upon the Journal. of the house. Thus, no man in his senses would deny the propriety of a strong and efficient Ad. ministration. But, although he considered the general condua of the late Administration to iieve lei en highly creditebl: is themselves, he cou:d not fall is with the motion, as it meant to in:lede their late condna with respret to this Bill ; best ha own ever revie.v with regret, that per sons ef such talents shnuld have placed themselves in :itch a situation, as to render their dismissal ne cessary. It Could not be doubted, but that the i . .,'ajeft of the present motion was, to force in again are late bliniiters, by the removal of the present ones. lit. he must say. that the late Ministers had rleceel teeraselves in such a situation, that the con fidence of the Sovereign must be withdrawn, and that it w is impossible they could continue to all for the good of the State. 'There might be cases between the S•vereigii and Ills Ministers, so as to occasion thtferelice, wiiliout any other person being consi dered respoaseee ; but the moment when ainisters p e-ciive the diseositien of the Crown to ad con trary to their advice, His Majesty's i'dinicers were boas el to re1.:141.4th their situations, and thereby their responsibility. Ia the late measure, where • was there :he shadow of a proof, that the King had been under the ielluence of secret adviiiers C:.easiderieg . the ?meat matiait as an week upon the Pretagaeve of the King, it must have his de. tided dierept. Earl PERCV spoke shortly, bat in so low a tone of voice eiteer the Gallery, as to be scarcely audi ble. We uaetestreal him saying, diet although there w-s tio greater friend to toleration than himself, yet he must lemete any measure tattl ing to eut political power into the hands of the R. 1.• M.tiS Catholics, mid to hold rush pro:llium situations as the late prenosed to grant them. The Ci-LiNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Bird. that when (i.e Noble Lord ( Howlett) made his public statement, and, by the King's permission, of whet had pasied in the Cabinet, it could not be sur prising if he arid his friends felt themselves bound to make a contrary staternect. The presumption • was, that there had been no suit secret aevisers of Ers Mej..sty as had been suggested, and it remained for them whobrought this objeaion to prove that these were such.. Was it, he would ask, any thing so ex tt aordinary, that the King Yhonld require a satisfac tory explanation from his confidential Servants, as to their future cendua ; and mire especially, after so 31111Gii anxiety seemed to be expressed by them as to their bringing forward tart ter measures upon the sense stajeft ? Was it strange that the King should wisn his mind to be set at ease ? And did it necessa rily follow, that tlii. condo& of the Sovereign she eld be the effea of locg and dark intrigue? Al. though tie should not shrink from any legal re pon. aihility attached to his office, yet he must deny that by such acceptance he was to be considered respon sible for eels antecedent to his coming intooffice. Af ter vindicating his conduct in his address to his Con stituents at Nertbanipeon, and being firmly per. stet ded that the tendency of the measures which the late Ministry were adopting, respeaing the Catholics of Ireland, tended to injure, if ni.t destroy, the Pro testant Establishment oi that country, and, of con seqaence, to endanger that of England, and to stir up religious prejudices and animosities, be said he sheuld vote against the motion. Mr. WINUHAM stated, that from his own ex hagted state. and the extreme lateness of the hour, he isould confine f inuelf principally to answer the objections of the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last but one. He had stated, that the praaice of thus lighiuroducing the King's name, was ex traudinatOtinconstitutional, and portentous in the last degree. Admitting it were so, the circum stance of the publication of the secret minutes of the Cabinet, was in itself stiffieent almost to war rant such an explanation as the late Ministers had given t i both Houses of Parliamtnt; but to remove all shadow of ohieetion to their conduct, it was sufficient they atied under the immediate sanaion of the Royal Authority. He thought they might be under these circumstances permitted to mention His Majesty's name in that House, without being said to arraign him at the Bar of that House. in &chinas of great national import ance, and where much public anxiety is awakened, the Ministry is furnished with the means and the liberty of giving satisfaCtory information, and would be highly criminal,if they neeleaed it. As all admit• sod no at, of the King's could be private, be contend ed. when the King ailed direaly in opposition to the *deice of his Ministry, that difference of opinion should be attributed to the iefluence of secret advi sers. To tall for these secret advisers was a mockery ; they had been too artful to suffer themselves to be detected; but that such advice had been given, re cent falls clearly demonstrated. To maintain that the new Ministry were not accountable far the means 'by which the late were expelled from their situations, was to throw all the responsibility on the King alone, as aelin and continuing to as independent of his Counse llors.— This was a dreadful and destruftive system; to as sert to this would be to avow we had no Constitution; in vain should both Houses of Parliament ens& laws; the King could always counteraa the wishes of the maims by his awe ; and as he ailed without the con sent nt his Ministry, though possessing one, neither constitetionally, nor the Ministry. con eels:het-Iy, would he responsible to the Natinn.- 1 e acquisitions of our ancestors, in vain the hi: eat tiny lavished in tie defence ut their po litica, ir,eJ ; they were to be told at this event tn, crr.ts , tss tt tie affairs of the nation were to be ti town into the hands of any Ministry whatever, although they might be. ; lotaily destitute of engslic conAiray. or official capacity ; and Parra-tient, it !iad been maintained, ought to decline m rh• ing say rimresentkione . tei His Majeity. on the impropriety of. consinittieg the aft :it., of U ore. n ment. id which in tench is traniatted in con &lenges to a set o+ roen totally &sower of a!! public eonfidence whatever. Such opinions. h hoped. would find few supporters in that House.— He concluded, by observing, that m-n, who had trilled with the internal, peace a the country, by publishing eleClion squibs.; for the purposl of in flaming and disseminating religious rancour and in tolerance. were unfit to be entrusted with the; fin. vernment of the country, since they would not fail to resort to the very worst of practices. to main tain themselves in their inauspicious and ill gotten power. The MASTER of the ROLLS writ se eon sideraitle length into the principle of the measure ; he disapproved of the garbled publication of the Cabinet Minutes ; but thought the late Ministers had been the first to give the public an ides of the secret transactions of His • Majesty's Council. fie concluded, with maintaining, that the principle throughout was erroneous; and was decidedly of opinion, the King himself, no more than his Mi nisters, had a tight to give any such permission to publish those Minutes. and that consequently such permission was unjustly and uncocuitutionally sought and obtained. After a general clamour for the question, The SPEAKER requested the House would sup port him in his duty. Order being restored. Sir ARTHUR PIGOT went into a long refuta tion of the arguments used by the Master of the Rolls, and concluded with observing. that on the decision cf this question depended the late of the purity of the Constitution. The House then divided. when there appeared— For the Amendment . . 244 Against it . . . . Majority for Minist•n 45 A•tjonrned at HALF-PAST 11X r,'Clock. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY. 4eatt. 16. Two Husem Mails arrived, last night, with Let ters and Papers to the 2.1 inst. We have extraßed from them some articles, dated Vienna, the (EA of Much, all tending in confirm the repczt of the important blow struck against the PORTS, by the British squadron, under Admiral Ducitwoaen.—. They state that the Turkish Bret, amounting to 10 sail, was taken possession of, provisionally, by the English, and that the Caerram PACIA and Mr. Aa su r HNOr were negociating a peace. The poise a was also requested to renew its ancient treaty with Russia ; in consideration of which, the latter en gages to guarantee all the Turkish possessions in Europe. Asia. and Africa. Another article states, that a peace had been concluded be tween these two powers. The Berlin Geterte, of the 14th last, contains an article from Vienna, stating. that the Austrian Cabinet is endeavouring to mediate a general peace, and has made some progress in that measure. A French Paper, the Jourosi do Paris, also inserted a letter from Berlin, announcing that an armistice was proposed to the French by Russia. This account is discredited in the same article which :mentions it ; and we do not think that Russia etuuld be tempted to desert Prus. .ia. A general accommodation does not appear, however, to be a very improbable event. We stated. yesterday, the arrival of the Cambrian at Portsmouth, with an account that the Ameri cans were greatly dissatisfied with the Commercial Treaty, lately transmitted for the Ratification of the Government of the United States. Our Ministers, we understand, have not received any official dis patches upon the subject ; but no doubt is enter. tamed of the fad. The principal ground of objec tion to the Treaty is. that it contains no provision respating the Impressing of Seamus, which was the original cause of the misunderstanding between the two countries. The following is an estrad from a letter, dated St. George's, Bermuda, March the 0.5111, upon this important subject a The aped/4in frigate. Capt. Bauman, sails immediately for England, by which I write; hcr , hasty departure is, we suppose, occasioned by the British Treaty with America having been rrjeAed by the PIAMOLNT and Senate, who were for sending it back inumdiately; but the Hone of Re2resentatives insisted upon its being de bated in their House; what the result may be, is y.t unknown: if tl.•e non-importation should in con sequence be enforced, an immediate war will break out. The Treaty has created great ferment through. out the American Continent." The Ferreter gun-brig hat been boarded, at night, in the ETMS, and taken by a patty of soldiets from the shot e. A Pledirtion rritic44 and literally (4/.ollrd.—lt was stated iu a Morning Paper of Monday last, that several purchasers of Shares o f Lottery Tickets, tea Met dap, would very probably participate of the 10,0001. Prize, to the first-drawn Number on Toes. day mosning."—This turned out to be identically the case, as several Shares of that fortunate Num b-r. which had been but just divided at the Stamp- Office, were absolutely sold on Monday evening. The above Prophet has been heard to say, ei that 2),0001. Prize to the first-drawn Number, on Thursday neat, will be sold in Shares also la the course ut the preseat week. a - Skt !OYs'-'•- • • 7i, ntA 7 l 4) .1 'NA , Tila COll AT. In conseinenee If the lice A Ureet vote I by the University of Cam fridge to His Nisrastr, upon the Catholic Question. a COMITI3 , IIC4SOII *AO mad. by the Ageat of the Uaiversity. to the Secretary of State's Office, to know when Ilia Martyr r would he pleased to receive it ; and it hem; nece.stry, according to the constittvional Mayne[/c, for His Nialtsry to receive tL Adds - edges of . the Univer sities on the Throire. at St. J arreds P An.. ' a correspondence took place ; aol at le ngth Lord If swkaseu tv direfted that the Address should be brought by Deputation, and not by the University. and presented to His MAJasTv in a private manner, at the Quasm's Palace, yesterday. Ac cordingly, the D.:ovation assensbled. yesterday. soon after 12 o'clock. at the White Horse Tavern, Rockingham-gate ; and after partaking of a sump tuoud breakfast. at two o'cloc l / 4 proceedod, in grand procession, in the following order, to the Quant's Palace. dressed in thclr full "robes, and presented to His hfsrassv the Address from the University of Cambridge. upon the Catholic Question. The Rev. Dr. Peaace, Vic,r•Chancellur. attended; and the Deputation from the ljaivenity consisted of the following persons : The 1t..,. Dr. Corry, Meat, of R•naott.:l Cvltrite,• the Rev. Dr. muerte, Regius Pi4essor .11 Lae ,• t h. lwle, of Peterhouse; the Rey. Mr. Cherat•rr, of Peottrokr ; Mr. Thompson, of Jeioe College; the Rev. Mr.Glinni:neham, Senior Pro_ior ; the Rev. Mr. Gilbert. Jun.er Proctor; John Reserley, Al A. of Disimty, and Henry Gutman, M.A. of Lae, Esquire &doe. There wets also present—. _ . _ His llietness the Duke of Glotteveter; Etat Elston, aad bird Honey Purer, the .1,1 Roe , - fur we Uosveroly ; Mi. Pa triot ; the Re,. Dr. SWUNG,, en/. la el Einos C ,Pege. the Re.. Dr. Turner, M.r.ier d Priuhreke ; Ltr. Craven, Me.ea r o f Si. John'. ,• Ur. Milo r, Mater of 4 .arteo'r; D , a6;as, Master of Rivet ; Ur. Ns ell, Master of Twiny ; ant the Rev. Mr. Woullaston, hinter of Sydney Crane. They were most graciously received, and had the honoir to kiss His tilarasity's hand. His MAJisT Y has thus got lid of the inconvenience of receiving Aldresses on the Throne. The riirrette of the Officers cf the University, with the mace, and in. signia of oifile, was dispensyd with, which prin cipally constituted the Udiversity. At His Msrarrv's Levee there were present : The AP:WA/hop of Canterbury, the Lori Chenceller, the Lori P,%:clent of she Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the F.rit Lord of the Treasury. the Cnancelldr of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of Seale, the Doke of Montrose, the Marq aof ; Fals-..Aylesfieve, Bethune, Pembroke, Dadeei.ll, and WinchelPe ; Lord—.. Somerville, H Min,ops, and Whitworth ; R Rickert nn, Monet aloe Harley; Captain Donelly, Royal Na‘y ; Sheriffs Brans comb and Miles; Messrs. Roemer, Elliu.e, Fordyce, and Faviltater. .-----..• Tne following had the hononr of having audience, bring introduced, and kissing His BrAassry's band, upon their several appiintmcnts, &c. : Fart of Pembroke, cn being appointed to a iyreiai A 1 ni al Harvey, sips • ha priiiitiation Lo r d nis being erected a British Peer of the UnitedK•ngsloin. The bisquis or ;Lintley, upon his help; created a British P4er, by the title of ttar.m Gord-m. • Lad Whitemrth, updis his b:ing appointeda Iblemberof the Board of Trade. Earl of D.Oklith, apron his being created a &it:* Peer, by th• title of Baron Tynd Sn Iturhsril Bieke.hmi, upon hh being ap:r,inteal a I.lrtl of tie Admiralty. . . _ . - Laptaoe Donelly, who bmaght the Dispatches of the cap. turret Mo.ltc Vi.l,a, by Lord Musgrave. Mr. Plumer, thigh his bqing capointed Solicitor-G:metal ; upon whicti occaaion Ilk Majesty was pleased to co .fes the It..mour xin d behaKki up,m haus, and be is now 3.r 1114.1.1141 Planter. Ma Kilian, upon his return frorn Ireland. Admiral Donal. and Mt. Foaovca laid before His v another Report of the Commissioners of the Naval Inquiry. The s!teriffs of London and Mildlesex. Messrs. BR a liS(i /4 s awl MILES, waited upon His /qaaasrvi to kanw when he would be pleased to receive the City Address ; wl;en His Islaissry was pleased to appoint Wednesday nest, at the Qualm's Palace. Last n'ght the Ninth Concert was held at the New Knorni in Hanover-square, under the diralism of the Earl of their too r, for the Earl of CifILTLR vitt n ; the seleetion was from HANDIL, with the exception of a brautitul canzunet of " my dear. was born to dory," by 1 RAvatts, which Mr. LI•ItillbON and Mr. BART LINIAM sang in the very finest style, and the glee of " Nom rt the month of moy tog." The whole was received with great applaux, by the most crowd auditory of the season. There were five hundre d Nobility present. Viscount and Viscountess Citastoaa a entertained a seleS party, at diaries - , yesterday, at t!.eir house in Stanhope-street._ The Duchess of Ho 1. TON had a grand music party. Last night, at her house in Grosvenor-square, which was attended by upwards of one bundled of the Nobility. Amongst whom were:_ The Earl and Counter of Cardigan, the Earl and C.unteu mut Counte,s Dowager of Ed4vX, the Earl and Countess of Settee nod the Earl and Countess of Cholimandeter. Lord limit gave a grand dinner, yeaterday, at his home in Harley.street, to Lady Fsare , the Hoa. Miss Dame blotto, and a large party of Nobility. The Grand Masquerade at the Fashionable In stitution, on the 24ta inst. is ezpeiied to surpus any hitherto given. Lady CA MIPIIIILL had a large party of Nobility, last night, at her house is Wimpole-streett alnonght whom were Viscount and Viscountess Maa.vit.t.k. Lady Pearls gave a grand ball and supper, cn Tuesday night. after the Opera, at her elegant house in Grosvenor-square ; table:: were laid for one hundred persons, in the lower apartments, and the most tasteful ornaments were displayed ; the draw. ing-rooms were tastefully lighted, and the floor chalked. The ball was opened by the Earl of tir a crumoaa and the Hon. Miss Deuuteosio. At two o'clock the company sat down to an elegant hot sapper. which consisted of every delicacy of the season. In th e brilliant circle were : .... The Ducbreaes of Northumberland, Saint Alban's, Guidon, end Ruthineed; the Marcl • Of 4C4 raiStat.rrd, Salsbury, 44d Me ; and ♦nu:ount arid Vi.enuntessea.ilir.e.ge. Last night the Society of Arts held a General Meeting, inr making some additions to their Rulaa and Orders; much temporary bit:ineut also oc curred ; so that the Meeting did not break up until a few minutes before 12 o'clock. .1 he Duke of Nokrot c was present, and staid until the very LE. FOREiG,V I.V r rtLIOEIV PE. iIL:,U W Al WI. vistima, *silica I!. An B igiis% courier, who arrived here last of hrough , t r le intehig ince, that after the errivio Admiral wkworth in the Archipelagol th e h a: lisp , et passed the lla , ctanelles, an d or.fore CI i t lutinople, which it threatened w:th k I).unharJ lie oinks: the Porte renewed its ante with Sogland Toe Turkish fleet, ti s nornlser of 10 sail, was provisionally taken p..:t k i s 1 in of by the Knglish. tkecordinif to this iniel!ienee. the inhabit it ; of Constantinople ere decidedly in favour of the E n 4, dish. £t401 64 1:R LETTLII CIT TNL SAX, DATIL Aee2rding to the 14test intelligence from O A/ staminople s negociations still essetinue bet% en; Engh.b Minister, Mr. Arbuthnot, and the Paella. It is said, that the Russ;ens have made favourable proposals cf peace to the Porte others, provided the Porte renew. I its ancie ties with Russia. the latter engages to guar,. the Turkish p•issessioris in &Hope, Asia, and but the R11..1:11114 trill retain possession of and Wallachia. until the conclusion of pear. the Porte is to main.ain a contingent prop.m w to its forces. during tl:e %Ids, to be as Cie of Russia. Intelligence Earn intnrns us, t h at 1:,, Russians have asser:ibled a considerable carp. troops, and as-eaten to pass the Danube. BANC% Of THE EL I. 1 , , MARCN 74, The irtelligence announced by a letter Irma lin, and in,erted in the joaritiri J, Parr,soil mentions an armistice prop-m.l by Runic, is t% ,1 more impiollable, as neither the Monitor, te Ot &lel Rep )rts, or The Bali* tiaactte, maltase) , etrai. lion of it. scar ts, MAINS 14. In the court° of 14. t r, : :•; c , Count Schul:nberg, th. Prit.siAi Minister of S:Ate, Arrived bete Inn Datvzie. Our. anselle of this (by coot tins the Maisie,' article from Vieiina—" It is cert4in, that our Court is zealously c•Lleavoirrinz to mediate a gaii•tal peace; nay, it is said, that the prelimin try arra 'R.I. menu, proposed by our Cibinet, which, at this cr;s tical period, has aard with the greatest Wictsin, have met with considerable success, through the able manner in which General Vincent condeis this important Negotiation. Should some alterative the frontiers of the Austrian dominions be indispcas sably necessary for the foundation of a solid peaco s our Monarch will not hesitate, without demandin; any import tnt advantages, to make that sacrifice to the tranquillity and welfare of Europe.—( xiitue Mercary, SUM March.) M•Reif The report of negociations carrying on in Esst Prussia continues, and acquires greater credit. Ndtwiihstanding ail that has bam reported in fn• reign countries, of the military mivemmts el tie Austrian States, every thing here has the most pacific appesi ante. The recruiting now carrying on for the compleiou of the reginsaars, is by 11.1 MevatS so considerable as has beta repotted. The E have taken several slips laden rritit corn for Constantinople; but without drclating them legal prizes. The rednrt that an *llion has taken p! see between the English, Russian, and Turkish fla itt, fits rival here from Trieste. It is added, that die Sidney Smith is on board the English fleet. tri o s ins's; di t 4 began a bcmSardment, ft:. It it ma said that a pace has been concluded between Oa Porto and Russia. an INTELLIGENCiI. APRIL 15. This being the first day of Easter Term, the se. veralidrs met, with the usual ceremonies, ii Westminster- II 111. and afterwards proceeded in their respea:ve Courts, when the business of t! e Term commenced. CotiRTOF CHANCERY. _ _ ...... Lord Chancellor Eldon, attended by the Elvis of Chatham and Camden, Lords Mu!grave and Cattle• rea?h, and some other of the Cabin"t Ministers, in their lull Court dress, tcolc the usual oaths upon his . appointment to office : after which the bulinc,s o f the Court eras proceeded in as usual. COURT OF KING'S SYNCH. Mr. Jetty's. on behalf of Admiral Montagu, moved for leave to file 2 criminal inforrnatin3 a:;ainst Mr. Browne, a priae agent, residing at Dartmouth, far a gross, malicious, and scandalout libel, contained in a letter from Mr. Browne to the Admiral, cringing him with'gross negleft of duty. peculation, and converting various public regula tions to his own private emolument. The Coors granted a rule to chew cause. Elizabeth Hardly exhibited articles of the peace against her husband, Joseph Eardly ; but, from the length of time which had elapsed, the Court cc. (used the application. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 pe, Cons, Reduced rr per Cent. Consols S per Cent. 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