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to guide them, and he perfectly coincided in the tiresriety of what the Noble Lord remarked u to waving all discussion of the point, until the papers should - be on the table. His Lordship then advert ed to what had . hoen *w a n nut as .to4eitateroal defence of the count.6 - , - Mid• its tmliliej arrange ments heing in a respectable state. Last year a very different opinion with some appeared to be to tertained, as to the state of our military fonts and he was et a loss to know is what pereieulars the force of the country was since imprcived, so as .to entitle it to the epithets now beedoWnd. Lard HANKERAUItY felt it proiker le trettble their Lordships with a few obseceauun*, 4 paw- quenee of a part of whet had fallen freop* •Nehlt Earl. There never existed an occasinn in w ich fine& timeaniatity His he more msoKfibly led or tart the part of is Mojeati's croverumeot. in the present moment. Upon the ,generafAsenti7 ; mem, with respea to the leading topic in tlie com munication from the Throw, he trusted no Eng lishman could entertain but one opinion. No doubt could exist as to the iacumbent duty of usiosevery ex ertion, under the present circumstances, to support the hmour of His Majesty's Crown, and the dignity' of the couetty at large. ir. carrying on wits vigour the imPottatit contest in which we are engaged, in order to foxing it to ass houourable and prosperous Wow- On the part of the speech to whrch he al luded. •Noble Earl had peered tea comment, be came bp irk convinced that any comment thereon was tutaeoessory. The Noble Earl had particularly touched upon two pints, though nor, as be mulere stood him, with a view of apposing the Address. The first related to the question of the Spanish war, which the Noble Earl seemed to think would have been unnecessary, was it not for some expressions which had fallen from the Noble Moyer of the Ad• dress. In these, however, he imagined, that the Noble Lord must have been misunderstood, be cause he did nut say any thing that implied a wish that the House should be committed beyond the simple spesification in the Addle's. They must, as the Royelcorarnunication informed them. have the manifesto, and other Oficial documents before them, ere they could properly give any opinion upon the subject. His Majesty trusted these papers would be duly considered : and all that was pro posed by the Address was 40 say, that tbeir Lord ships would coo,sider the subject, coupled with an assurance that they were willing to support the d*- sity of the Crown, and the interests of His Ma jisety's subjeti. He saw nothing that fell from ei ther Peer which went to justify the inference of the Noble Earl. With the latter, however, be agreed that the subject should he considered in its various bearings of justice and policy ; and though a.partleti lar line of conduit, if adoptedny His Majesty's Go vernment, may be fully warranted by the justice of the case, still, under the existing circumstances, it might not have been politic, and, in the former view, the question of war might have been brought to a short issue. When this important question Fame to be discussed, he should give his opinion as to the policy of enteriag into hostilities at the period to which he alluded, and this he should found upon the circumstances and Gras of the case. There was, he admitted, a third point of view. independent of bath the former. in whinh the question may be considered, vitheW far, in the progress of the Affair, thejeondna rat Ministers might he inconsistent with the honour of His Majesty's .Crown, or militate against that chat ao.er for gener ous liberality, which was a distinguished charac teristic of the Aritish nation ? On these considera tions, however interesting or important, he should forbear to expatiate until the papers were regularly before the }louse ; but it was proper their Lordships should feel assured, that no disposition existed on the part of Government to do that which may wear f an appearance of rashness or precipitation ;it was also important it should even now be understood, that the transaCtion alluded to, though justified by every principle of the law of nations, or of self defence, was not necessarily conneCted with the sati ation in which the two countries were now relatively , placed. some months previous to that transaCtion taking place, explanation* were demanded ; and at certain times the British Minister at Madrid was in- Ott uEted to call for such explanations—that these ex planations were refused, and even the passports re ceived, and that part of the discussion between the respeetive Governments entirely at an end, before the Spanish Government were informed of any frigates being taken. He wished it to be under stood that the present situation of the countries i did not grow out oldie transaction alluded to. With respect to the other nhservations of the Noble Earl upon the subjea, he should meet them when it time regularly under discus.sion. In regard to the s:.itt of the internal defence of the country, which t:- Mei the second part of the Noble Earl's animad ,,crsion, he would, withont any reference to what i had transpired on former occasions, vennute to con ii tend, that, considering the circumstances, of the country, at the period alluded to, a more formidable and effeElive military force was constituted than I had ever been formed at any corzespoesling period of any preceding war ; and the present state of preparations was positively unparelleled in the history of the country. This he spoke in reference to the general force of the country I and, with Ft / sped to a disposeable force, it would appear, when the military state of the country should come under consideration, that the exqtinni of Ministers in providing it kept an equal pare The present situation of the country was a proof of this, when compared with the circtunstanoes under which it was placed two years since. let their Lordships consider the meuaces then held by the enemy, which, considering their late pre e. 1 'ions, and, still more, the immense erpeottire luau they incurred, were far from being empty s ; yet these, through the unparalleled ' exertions cf 1 Ministers, were set at nought, by • their rais ing an aggregate force in the whole of the United Kingdom, of between ti and 700,000 men. A nu• meration taken positively ; or still more, compara tively, li in reference to the population of the country, gteater than, under similar circumstances, could he shewn in the history of any other cou:•tiy, at any period whatever. l'he Duke of CLA RENCE heartily coecurred • in the Address; but expressed his apprehensiiin, that, from Cie mode in which the Noble Secretary of State had noticed the war with Spain, them was a great deal in that business, that required ix planation. He Wilt, happy td bear, that ear force hisd remittaVle !is e fa; seeprised t r of tast &aside shisig lave omdonsti than titzea. nets& indeed have had thnt reed, with regard a dii iltitAble for;c4 7 :or foreign service ; but he doubted mach, wbe our internal force larlaien aug mented in' t e same proportion. He should not, however, ,commit himself by a positive declaration ,upon the subject, but reserve himself until the neces sary papers upon the subjea were laid before the Souse. He confessed that he did not expel such an effeCt from that absurd and ridiculous Bill, for such he must cell it ; and hoped, that its repeel notthi be one of the fink ails of the gremot Session. Lard GRikiiVILLE" My Lords, I rise to give ' my entire and complete concurrence to every part of she Address. It so perfedly caoincisles with every capitalism which I have used, and every sentiment which 4 have uniformly professed, upon the great question which it embraces, I mean the question of war, thatitantist of necessity command my full and entire consent. I hold it my duty, and the duty of ever: mad, .not only in this Howe, but in the country at larse, to concur in th e 'determination to support the war in which we are engaged. with that vigour and firmness from which done we can expel a successful and prosperous issue; to support it not merely by word., but by the most strenuous and efficient exertions in his power. By these general words, I do not mean. however, to pledge mYsolf to all the detail of the several subjects which the Address may embrace.—With all the particulars of the state of the military force of the country, and other subjects, which it comprehends, I cannot be presumed so well ac quainted, as to be able, at this moment, to give a decided opinion. Upon these, then. I must reserve myself, until the necessary papers are laid before the House, and I shall have had time to consider them; but, with this reservation, I repeat, that the Ad dress has my full and complete concurrence, and that it becomes the dirty of every man in this coun try to support the war by his most vigorous ex ertions. In saying this, t would not be under stand to express a wish adverse to peace. I wish for place, for peace is the legitimate ()hie& of war. I am happy to find. that, at the pursuit of that ob jea. we are not left to our own exertions ; that we are determined to cultivate the friendship and sup port of other nations, pad, by united energy and efforts, to endeavour to attain that desirable end, particularly that His Majesty is resolved to conned himself mere closely with that country, which, of all others, is best entitled to the name of our natu ral ally. This opinion I have never ceased to main tain in this House. I have inculcatedandmain tained it, for along lime, and with various success, and am happy now in the likelihood of haying that opinion sanaioned and confirmed this night, by a vote of this House. Whatever difference I may have with my Noble Friend, the Right Honourable Secretary of State. upon other topics, it is with pride I have heard him this night express his adherence at these principles. The declaratioadoes him hamar, and is a just subjea of exultatioo. Me has naksewo! ledged, that, in the too great eagerness for peaces which we had shewn upon former occasions, fly enemy looked to this country its a conquered country. I hope. therefore, that if the overtures for a peace shall be entertained, and lead to a negotiation, the important principles held out in the Speech from the Throne will never be forgotten. Upon the other points of the Speech, little remains to be said. Nu time is to be lost to make all necessary exertions to carry the war to a successful issue ; nor can there be, lam convinced, a difference of opinion in thie House upon that subjea. Beyond this, the Address does not pledge us ; and, as we are todeliberate upon the fads stated in the Speech from the Throne at some future period, it would be preposterous to pro voke a discussion now ; and, therefore, I shall re serve my observations upon them until the moment when the necessary Papers shall be laid before the House, and the precise faas are settled and ascer taiiied. But, however full and complete my assent to the Address may be, and, however I deprecate premature or unnecessary discussion, I shall say, that, upon the subjea of the pecuniary supplies granted by Spain to France, they do not afford a proof of any thing like the justice of the Cale. Were we acquainted with the extent, and all the particu lars under which they were granted, the peculiar circumstances might alter the merits of the goes non ; but I profess myself ignorant of the detail, and only mean to assert, that the mere aa of fur nishing supplies is not sufficient to justify hostilities. I do not wish to damp the spirit of the country, nor to say any thing against its rights ; but, while we claim what is due to ourselves, and express our de termination to obtain that due, even at the expence of a war, let us not forget what is due to others. Supplying of succours to an enemy, in a limited extent, and where it is not connelcd with an offen sive Treaty, but results from a stipulation made in time of peace, does not jive a just right of war against the nation furnishing such pecuniary assist ance. The war, however, being now commenced, two questions naturally arise out of it ; a qoestion of right, and a questi.m of policy. For the reasons already assigned, I shall now give no opinion upon either ; but, I must say, that the mode of commenc ing it has proved extremely unfavourable to us. I am far from saying, however objeaionable it may apparently be, that it will not admit of any expla nation that CAA justify, nip/place it in a favoinahle view. But still I must regret the impression, how ever praaicalile its removal, because, I do nl:flit, that any attempt to justify the mode, brings us to the question of the right, and expediency of the war. Alb - owing the oar to be both right and expedient, what I complain of is, that the course pursued has made an unfavourble impression. and this very im pression is an argument, that the way in which we have begun is not right. I have expressed no opinion that the capture of the Spanish frigates off Cape St. Mary is unwarranted by the law of nations ; bat the impression made by that proceed ing is bad, nor is it in the least removed by what has been declared this day from authority ; I mean that, before the capture was known at Madrid, our Minister had demanded his passports, and quitted that city. God forbid that the departure of an Am bassador from a country to which he was accredited, should be considered tantamount to a declaration of war, or a just ground for it. I shall, however, re frain from saying any thing farther upon the suhjoa, until a proper opportunity, and I hope that other Noble Lords will reserve themselves until the neces- r. salt decoct its shall be laid before the Noose . I I ihaA only repeat, that I lament the unfavourable opinion whit% the captute of the Spanish squadron • has produced. With regard to th e other parts of oSspteebceh always, a goo a d t H h country Majesty ' s mof f f the ioy ; sta b t o e t o i f t must be particularly so at a crisis like the present. I . matter PiBtire am sorry, however, to hear it stated, as a source of pride and exultation, that we have been two years at war with France, id have not been yet invaded. I am sorry to bear it stated, from another quarter, in the same spirit, that we have been for eighteen months threatened with invasion, and that an enemy has not yet been found upon the coast of this country." The Duke o!NORFOLIC, alluding to the Ro man Catholics of Ireland, said it was notorious that the Eaecslitive Goverisheie of that country had some years since retired, because the question of the emancipation of the Catholics could not be carrier. kk did not expect that, after a proceeding, that evinced so stro.sg an opposition at the time, it would be hastily taken up again t. but lie did hope that it would be brought forward and finished in the present Parliament. Several meetings of a respect able part of she body of the Catholics of Ireland, he understood, bad been lately held in that country. He did not know what bad been done at them, as he had no connection or correspondence with them upon the subjea. If they have forborne from pres sing forward their demands, in consequence of an assurance that Government will take their case into consideration, be should be satisfied. If not, and he should be told that the Catholics were content to remain as they now are, in respell of their rights and privileges, he should think it wise to enquire farther into the subjea. AU he sought now was an answer • to one or other of these two points; and he hoped he should not be disappointed. No answer was given. The Address was then agreed to wens. die. Lord GRENVILLE wished to know on what day it was likely that the papers come :teal with the several points in His Majesty's Speech would be laid upon the table, and when they would probably be taken into consideration ? Lord MULGRAVE-4' I cannot state any par ticular day for laying the papers, to which the Noble Lord alludes, upon the table; but I am anxious for as early a day as is pottible. because I am convinced they will be fot.n.l perfealy tatisfaCtory ; that they will support every statement founded upon them, and make out a complete case for the Gnvernm.ent and the country. lam also anxious that there should be full time between the period of their being laid upon the table, and that for taking them into con sideration. At he same time I must regret that there should be any delay in removing the unfavourable impression.made upon thenaind of Noble Lordibe ing convinced that apenual of them will effeaually ito ;way any unfavourable 14eawhichhe now entertains." MR. )U9'FIOE FOX The Marquis of ABERCORN rose and spoke to the ballowing effect:—" My Lords, I take this op pnrtunity to remind pans Lordships of a business which I took the libertysoftnemiening to your Lord ships in the course of the last Session. I allude to the charge of misconduct which I have brought for ward ag a inst Mr. Justice los, one of His Majesty's Judges in Ireland. It may be thought, perhaps, that there has been too great delay on my part for an affair of this nature. I can, however, safely say, that I am a man who never threw away an .tour in my life which ought to have been devoted to any important business in which I was concerned, and of that description I consider the present to be. I can also pledge myself to your Lordships, that upon this occasion almost the whole of my time has been occupied in preparing the charges, and the evi dence in support of them,Tor the purpose of laying them before the Home. It is, therefore, with a de gree of satiafaCtion although 1 confess the sublet is not one calculated to afford pleasure, I can now inform your Lordships, that every enquiry which I have made, and every information which I have been able to collea, have served to confirm me in my original opinion upon this subjea ; and that I have all the charges,and the evidence to support them, perfeiuly arranged and complete, exceat only one, and that is the least iniportant of the whole. The form of the proceedings your Lordships are to di re& and determine, as you shall think proper. All that was necessary for me to do I have dune, and am ready to lay the documents before the House at A moment's notice." Lard CARLETON, in answer, said, " I nee to inform the Noble Marquis, who spoke last, and to inform this House, that I have received a letter from Mr. Justice lox, in which he declares 'himself perfealy ready and willing to hear and answer every charge that may or can be' brought against him; bin, however prepared he may he, it is his wish that the business should not be brought forward until after the ensuing term. His ob jea, in wishing for this delay, is obvious, as he will, of course, have to examine sonic of the Judges and Lawyers in his defence. To call upon them, at a time that would interfere with their business, is an inconvenience which ought to be avoided, if possible. It would, therefore, be desirable if the time were so arranged that the wit nesses might be examitied here, in the interval be tween the close of the team and the ensuing assizes, so as to enable them to return home in time to at tend their Circuits. Lord HAW E LSBURY—" M y Lords;this is tI. e first case of the kind, I believe, which has happened since the passing of the law, that renders Judges irs. dependent of the Crown. I am extremely sorry that it should have ever been found necessary to take a business of this very important and peculiar nature into your consideration, and that such a case should have ever occurred. Of the circumstances you nei ther have, or can have, AS yet, any information diet can now be examined into. However, as articles of impeachment are to be laid before the House against a Judge of the land ; for the sake of pure justice, fur the sake of the Constitution, and for the sake of the judge himself, who is placed in this pe culiar situation, and who .c charaaer rests upon the result ; it is necessary that the charge should be in vestigated speedily. I would, therefore, propose, that the necessary documents be hid upon the tabl. on Monday, and that the House shall, at die same time, determine upon the form and mode of the proceed ing upon them." Lord GRENVILLE said, that this being a new and important case, be must dried to any proceed- ing upon the documents,. en the same day in which they were laid before the House. As, however, th e Noble Lord who spoke last, thought, that the great. est dispatch wits necessary, and as the Ncible Mar quis had stated himself pettedly prepared, he saw no reason why the papers should not be laid upon the table to-morrow, if no other business was pressing. The Marquis of ABEttCORN said, if it were the wish of the lime that he should bring fort/oar:I the articles to-morrow, he would do so ; at the same tittle th.tthe did not exped so early a day would be appointed. So late as this morning, some tion bad been made in the wording of one of the Jr. tides, and, he was not sure that it might not b e made still more complete. However, as he had de clared himself ready, he should not recede from hi; word, but produce the articles to-morrow, if 11,.) House thought fu. At the same time, he wished the business might stand over until Monday. Lord HAWKESBURY hoped, that the Iloti, e would concur with him in opinion, that the p, should be laid upon the table on Monday, at..: ...; Wednesday be fixed for taking them into coo:. ation. The House accordingly acquiesced in 0..1 arrangement. Lord II A WKES BURY said, that from the nll7- ner in, which the Noble Lord, respelling whoa' meant to make a motion, hacf acquitted himself: ass the satisfaCtion which he had given their Lordshipt, he anticipated their unanimous vote. He accw:l - moved that Lord Walsingliam be reappoint- Chairman of the several Committees, Ste. of the House.—Agreed to Bens. cfis. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. This day the SPEAKER and several Member were assembled at half-past 2 o'clock, and in abim half an hour afterwards, The KIND having an ivei to open the Session of Parliament, Mr. Quilt..., Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, delivered to the House His MAJEST v's command, that they shoeia immediately attend him in the lloute of Peers. The SPEAKER, and all the Members present, im. mediately obeyed, and on their return he infoic.i.l them that, in pursuance of an Itel of the 34th of His present Majesty, he had issued, during the recc,,, NEW WRITS, For the Ele&ion of Members to serve in mein, for Warwick, in the room of Sir G. lyn, Bart. deceased ; for Horsham, in the tdr:r E. Ross, Esq. deceased ; for Dumfries, in the r..)rn of Sir Robert Laurie, Bart. deceased ; for Tx. ncss, in the room of James Burland, Esq. dece..--ti A number a new Members then took the o.,'ts and their seats, and amongst them G. B. waving, Esq Knight M the Shire for the Count el Middlesex. He was introduced. between thr Wm. Curtis and Mr. H. Thornton. The Bill for preventing Clandestine Outlawries was next read a first, and ordered to be read a s..N. card rime. . . ( Many of our readers know that this is a pee forms Bill, introduced at the commet.:e..ient of every Parliament, in order to assert the right and privilege of the Commons to procead upon any business of public concern, previously to taki7.;,. into consideration any speech w menage coming from the Throne.) On the motion of various Members, new wzits were ordered to be issued for the Election of dem. bers to serve in Parliament for the County of kat. land, in the room of Lord Carberry, deceased; for Devizes, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry M dington, since created Lord Viscount Sidenouth ; tar Haddingtoa, Dunbar, &c. in the room of Sir Maitland, since appointed Governor of Ceylon; for West Low, in Cornwall, in the room of .1. Buller, Esq. who has since accepted the Chiltern Hundreds; for Peeblccbire, in the room of .t. Montgomery, F.N. since appointed Lord aldvocate of Scotland ; t; r Edinburgh, in the room of Charles Hope, since appointed Lord Chief Justice Clesk. THE ADDRESS. The Snits Kea then acquainted the House that he had attended His Majesty in the House of Peers, who was pleased to nuke a most gracious Speech from the Throne, of which, to avoid mistakes, lie had obtaii.ed a copy, which he then read. (For a copy of the Speech, vide the Report of the House of Lords.) The Hon. I-L AUGUSTUS DILLON then rose for the purpose, as he said, of moving All Address of Thanks to His Majesty for his most gracious Speech, in which, he thought, he should have occa sion to consume such a very little time, as, per haps, there scarcely ever was in a Speech delivered on a similar occasion, srhieticould possibty create kw difference of opinion, or which v. as more entitled to unanimous concurrence. Many of the par.- graphs contained in the present speech sv-i: 5t.... as were cakulated to infuse general sattsraction a it joy through the House and the country ; and thou:- there may be others likely to excite some ditfereta , of sentiment, they could not with propriety Ise made topics of discussion on the motion he should have the honour of submitting to the 1-IJuw. Of this nature he etinsidered the second paragraph to be, which related to the rupture with the cowl of Spain, influeticed as it was by the hostile counselsand the overbearing influence of our imp'aeable enemy. Upon that sub jest lie should, fur the present, offer no opinion whatever, as he made no doubt but retry Member would agree with him in thinking that the pro:ei time for discussing it would he when the Manifesti. and the other documents promised in His Majesis's Speech, should bit upon the table. It most gee I them great satisfnetion to state i that whatever may or the result, propositions of a pacific nature fait be n made on the pan of France ; and that, train the feelings manifested by the Emperor of Russia, aid the aggressions and violations committed by that country and its government, the affairs of Europ.. now afforded a more encouraging and chvonj 1 prospea than they had done at the commence- I men: of the war. It was a circumstance Nellie Iflattering, to be assured, that, through the TWASIITO adopted in the last year by the wisdom of Parl.r meat, and the fervour, energy, and spirit, shewn 1 by the people throughout the realm at Rig., Ott ' naval and military strength was so martially Im proved, as to exempit us from the - dangers with which we were heresnlore t .renamed. fie felt pe culiar statislaatoo in bearing his own testinvity to that zeal and energy bring fully exerted in that parr of this empire to whi..h he more pectsliarly ht louge2, and which was vet y lately considered as the • toast vulnerable He neat adverted to the mom- : rt cre ic a ut it. ar_ ducb our Brett rir ;tough it bridals f itimately :Lis council !lent titoe,.. iteseli w' „,j, and h: :tie uti" 1 0::ed, al Jort. MT. CH tier the 'iirope a hem this very 1117 • I , t 4t. by ' the t"P'''4 :lb it. .ti t u ‘ n the of . ..untry, d o ubt, I% ,ides. UP Ad trit ga ,cooa. lit 1." v . l Y:tl SU 1 finding