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t •-. t ~.: ;,t , int Le first instance, because circumstances were onfaVoUrable to it: He approved of, the partial they had introduced, because there was reason to suppose that Bill was pra6ticable. He approved f their. abandoning that Bill, when it _proved to be impranicable. They prOposed it •With a iCIV to beneficial co,aequenees,. and they gave it up when it Was no longer 'likely fa lead to these consequences, It 'Was a foolish dilemma.to say—if the measure was inexpedient, why did you introduce . it ?• If it was expedient, why . not introduce it ? If, r. ter it vas in t rodueed; circumstances occurred which deprivedit of its original expediency, why not aban 4n' it ? He lamented, that at a time when. the Country Was 'surrounded: with enemies, and when it was universally allowed' that .nothing short of the unanimous exertiOl'is of all the talents, and. all -the strength of the Country, was necessary for its preservation, such efforts had been, made to engage the supporters of the Church in a conspiracy to di vide the people, and to inflame_ them against each other.• He should have better reasons than those ad v-meed by the, Hon. G6ntlemen opposite, than what had bee.natated in the Addresses to his Majesty, by eerpO:ati on secele,,iastleal or lay,to indutehinito agree that the Church was. in danger by the admission of. Catholics intothe Army, or that the State was in dan ger by their alaiiis - sion to civil rights., Jn resped.to the Army, the measure lately proposed was al- . re:4:! . .); l'aw in efrca. The Militia ; of Ireland stood on the foundation of this measure. The Yeomanry of lreland'eoUld . not exist withoUt it. ,It was equally essniial -to the Arthy, The only object of 'the Bill was - to place ..on a liberal, and candid footing what lilready existeci.in eff ! cd.. The Ad of the Irish Parliament was in the hands of the House, and the - 'same reasoning applied -to it. If it did not repeal it, the . Gentlemen.opposite gave up their argument ; ; if did repeal it, they gave up the-Army, the Irish the Irish Yeomanry. Gentlemen contend 'e.: that the Establishment would . be shaken if 'Ca; tholics \i ere on the Staff; would these'.Gentlemen . sav, all was 'safe if Catholics Were mit On thei - Staff 'as much ,as to say, that. ,there - was dis= osial t v in 'the CathOlic oilico - s,, and- - none- in the :Catholic soldiers, , _ To talk of .merely .tolerating tha C:itholic4; was an attack upon the Constitution 'an ct the Army; ngt a defence 6f the Church and State. 'The I3dll of his Noble Friend was such a Bill, that lot even a drnoken toastmaster t ato bigotted corpora -6On dinner could entertain any serious apprehension from it ; if any great Statesman was so misled as cirt•ulate such; apprehension, he had'.too high o;iiniOn of the gdocl sense of the - People to sup p4::(l would star itself to be led away by such a (:;:insien; But it seems, it was hotithe measure itself that Vills conc,2ive - d to be so exceptionable, for the (.';,=!ntl- 2 :11 , 41 opposite were obliged .to give. up that, hot the c:*segnences that may follow from grant co; it under an AdMinistrAtiOn who had such en iarged'Viewl with re,spe4 to the Catholics. He was an enemy to the cri' that 'had been raised against measure. He was an enemy to all cries; froth,.a knowledge of the mischiefs always ffiyen 'rise . to. 'the time of the Second,• c when religious cries were the the whole of the Catholic i(.111 ,1•;y ~() much groundless suswcion and calumny, as vs2ri.to give 'a i - ccord6d fou►.daion fqr the ,sa- (;: • Where Lonckn's pill ;r, towering to the skies, . Like a tall buliy,,litts it head, and iieS. • Th 7! best - bleed Of this country, and of Ireland, ee,s: , .hed by the party to the cry, and the counter t . e. In the reign of ameen Anne, the cry of the Cleirch 'being in danger deprived the country of the benefit of the victories of the Duke of Maribo r-et:eh; kind 'laid the foundation of that enormous by N% !) kb France was now ,enabled to subdue eta niaey o:the Continental Powers, and to threaten oee• existence. • In 1780 there'was that other memorable cry; ‘‘ flora the 'City'. 'to save t. 4 ()arc()arch:` ,. Urd . Such appteds were altvays'incounia.rably lidleeand mischievous ; they were not founded on any piiriCiple of religion, but were in ftiet politicai - i:eeg - baptized. The et.'a4 of them - was -to open the'bespin of the country to the weapons of its ene mke-and - to cut us .off from the glory and the eei-sp2rity wllich" a mere/system would enable us to attain. A system that .made use ,of .such little zereee was rreo her profitable, wise, nor cempre le•nsive : 'it knew not how. to speak to a great 1):_ople : _it o,ras incapable of calling forth any..great ee,ngies ; it embattled on the side of the State nei te:..r grand vi:tecS nor manly vices, and sits a&s . as pitiful as - its means. Surrounded with daw. - ,er.i, and, beset on every side with enemies 'as 'we were, to sacrifice the great ietee!scs of the country to' petty, mean, and little ohjetts, - was 'as inconsistent with "the safety of the C,')entry a it would,have been at any time with t'hc &gni ty of Government. He was proud_ to say„.t hat - 'Lis country hail, on the occasion of,the late Gene- rA.EleCtiOn, exhibited the most exemplary conduCt. was the more to be commended, as a course of 'policy net the best for Ireland was to be appre -hended. It 'was' not that Ireland was satisfied, :with the condua pursued towards it; but that it Avetild not ha disSatistied with England. It "No Popery" was written on the walls here, it was not answered by wr:ting " No England" on the walls there. The Irish people left the idle challenge to answer itself. - They wertetoo wise to put a se- ruins comment on .a senseless text--(ifear ! hear!) . ,The College of Dublin would. not vote the Address roposcl to it. That enlightened seat of learning, while educating the Child of the Catholic; would not be-guilty of the'unenerous inconsistency of address against the father. If the church was in danger t e- was sure the College of Dublin would not be remiss in corning to itsaid. The College of Dublin desert , - , el , the highest chara6ler, for invertible performance of every duty to the King withoat servility, and for unshakenattaohnient to the Church without illibera he City of Dublin there - Was as little idea that the Church was in danger. Those 0. ho were most illi beral in the corporation, were, he was sure, tree from , religious animosity. The services the qty of Dublin had rendered to the State, entitled it to the high est public considetation. The -honours ithad con ferred en him individually; claim d his highest grati iude.. 'The grand inference he •14uced froth all this iNas, that the• people of • Yeland were :reconciled to - one anuf-her. •It was very material to inculcate this into - the Government, - for -(:aid. Grattan). if the people do ;fat 'love one anothe •,hey cannot let.e; you; It .'he even ihought. tlere: was a . hostile: . teeling in the. people of - I;4ldd rtoWards thdi)eo --ip of irelich. he would not isai so . , as that would . . not only go to dtg , ....st ,the Catholics, bai ,to, lay the .foundation - of internal hostility 12661141 . Weakness, not for the sake of religion, ,"bit. from tiaotives of, folly, imbecility; and in obedienct to the dictates of every political vict. If any greatreverse• should befall us from abroad, while conco - d and unanimity 'prevailed within; a . nation' so areas could easily recover the shock by the exertion of its tural means of resources ; 'but-when one-part of 'the nation was hostile to the other, nothing short of thin . could be apprehended from. any serious external dis aster.—He contemplated• • the , disposition , to- civil union, which he described as the greatest public blessing. With such an union, - •though ditfictilties _ may attend fOreign expeditions,. -we should be in , vincible at home, and much was • already done-to wards making us happy. This union was - the bar rier upon which England rested •its. own - security ) , and Europe with it. - The safety of the world was to be effeCted only by our adopting the grand measures • consistent with such. an union. Destruction would be the consequence of recurring to the little mea sures that tended to undermine and divide: " All lesser que4ions now passed away (said Mr. Grattan). The grand question; whether Europe is to be saved, is to be tried by you.:-Divide your: strength, . and Europe, is lost, and you .are absorbed-in the abyss. your own folly will have created. .I did not - .mean to trespass on the attention of the House so long, but I have been led away by the force of principles :which have always an irresistible empire over me, and by feelings -to whoSe impulse I am ever cool pelled to yield. In obedience to those principles and those feelings -I vote for the Amendment, con vinced that- the .danger on which -the late Disio-; e lution of Parliament was: ostensibly. founded did' -not exist.'.' • Lord 4 1114T0N rose to express his sentiments in favour of the amendment, not only for the satisfac tion of his private - o Pinion, but alsO because it Would be an unpardonable &diction of his duty to the great body of men who sen t him to Parliament,not to bear his testimony its theit , sentiments (which . tided with his owq car:the condu& ofhisMajesty's IVlinisters. He denied that -the first moment . of IV laxation- &Om business .was made 'use- of to dissolve the Parliament: ,The sense a the People was not appealed 'to as soou as the present Ministers cane into office. They Waited to .try their strength in that . Pariianient,-'andit was not till the trial faired that they resorted to - theeXpedientof dissolving. His constituents looking upon -this'as a most flagrant, corrupt, and wicked stretch of polder, elected him to mark their sense of which Coincided with his own. lie could not help adverting to that part of his Majesty's Speech which recommended the newal of the economic inquiries of the late.Parlia meat. With what confidence could the nation look. fior'the.execution of this pledge to a Ministry, whose first ad was to fecall to the Councils of his Majesty, the man who_ was declared by a Resolution of that House to be a Violator of the law, and a betrayer of the public trust reposed in him. It was true, that individual was afterwards acquitted; but this was an acquittal not from the Resolution; but from the •peachment that followed ; and it was an. acquittal not very glorious in its • nature or circumstances. If another Minister had not prevented it try advising his Majesty to dismiss this individual from his Councils, there would have been an Address of the flous e to that effeia entered upon the Journals, a:;.: the. individual would have been now restored in face of that Address.. The ahr4tness of the, asso lution was 'awkwardly excused by. the propriety of making the - appeal, 'White the. events that rell dered -it necessary were, rs,'ceii - t. - :It was true there was a policy iu pinfitihOy the delusivo cr'y that had been raised without -.41'.0 .ciag it time' to subside f In all the popular. eleatiting That been cielayeec • the sense of the people was apinSt the present• Ministers. He would vote for the Ainendinenti in ordex it) skew his determination to 'oppose, fioin the.outset,. a set of men, the acl or w nose gc;ernment %VHS to recall to the King's COdncils declared prutli; - acy and .cOrrUpiion. Mr. DUNDAS- hoped the House would ex.cuse him, if he was unwilling to suffer a rnotnent to pass without replying to what had just fillet': frOtn the Noble Lord. He contended that the acquittal on the impeachment, _from - which Lord Melville hgd not shrunk, left him., as clear of imputation as if he had never been accused. If the .tribunal was competent, if s tile prosecution was not remiss; if the verdict} was not incomplete," if there was any thing in English _;,astice, -•it was that an individual so acquitted . .could not , again be arraigned. •He looked upon the.. Resolution against Lord Melville as virtually ammilvd by his .Lordship's - ..acquittal, or he should lung since . have Moved for its-erasure from the Journals, •If theNolde ford thought otherwise, let him name a day,,and, he would be ready to go into , the question with him. upon a Resolution of censure, upon his Majesty'ii Ministers for' the recall. • Mr. BATH Oil ST would - con - fine. himself entirely to the consideration of 'what the present Ministers had done; the question - of their appointment having been already decided. He- would judge his Majesty's Ministers by their.-ads, and the only ad of theirs that could come now-under consideration was the Disso lution of Parliament. This ad'he thought justifiable under the peculiar circonistances of the-caFe, and it Was enough for him that' it was justifiable, to in duce him to vote in favonr of - the 'Address, and _against the Amendment. • • - Lord POLLINGToN, :Mr. W. SMITH, Lord TEM PLE, and Lord HENRY PETTY, supported the Arnend ittellt. - • General 140 P E, .alludini to. LIM Melville's Trial, and expressing his confidence that 't House of Commons would rescind the Resolution that had been pa; : krdagainst him, was called to.order, li 7 I'LEY observed, that the'Noble Lord opposity,(Lord Milton) was in error, in supposing that he gained his Election on account of the popularity 'of his politics. - • • Mr: CROKER and Mr. RYDER supported the Ad dress. Mr. CANNING made a very animatcd speech, which .our limits will not permit us tc give. He was very severe on .the"frequeht Mention made by Lord Milton °Phis constituents; as if no Member in the House had constituents , but his Lordship, and shewed that his ele&ion had nothing to do with the political sense of the County olYorg. • Mr. T. GRENVILLE and M. WHITBREAD de fended Nord Milton,.and guppOrted the Amendment'. The latter alluded to the case of Mr. Grogan, and dpclared that from a paper ivhiOi had jug . heen put. into his hands, ,he was convinced that that Gentle. Man had been unworthily treated„ Sii A...IP:ELLES,4.EY rose to exculpate himself from the inipliCation of having threatened Mr. - Gro, gan with the enforcert.mt of his.forfeiture. ,He had. Dever Bad any COininunicatiOn, direly or indirectly,. -with that Gentleman ; nor had any Government. influence beep used in Ireland. Sir J. NEWPORT stated, that the whole influence of . ..the Irish Government, however unsuccessfully, had been used to make him lose his Election;. The House then divided— ,. For the: Anlenctinent Against it • . • 155 .• • • • 350 Majority in favour of Administration - Los Adjourned at half--past Six o'Clock.this, morning. HOUSE OF PEERS; FRIDAY, JUNE 26. At three o'clock, the Usher. of . the Black 'Rod was sent to-the Commons, to desire their attendance • in the House of Peers, to hear his Majesty's Speech. on the opening of the Session. The Commens, with • the Speaker at their head, having accordingly at- tended at the Bar, .the Loan CIIANCtiLeiR,- one olthe Commissioners, read his Majesty's'Speech 'to both. Houses. _ Earl MANSFIELD rose to move. an Address 9f Thanks to his Majesty, for his most gracious Speech. He-lamented, as .usuaL, that so arduous a task, eSpe cially At,arpriod, and in a state of things of such .. - complicated difficulty and danger, had not fallen to the lot'of abilities more adequate to perform it i but - great as must be the embarrassment he laboured quder, as he felt it to be 'his duty,' so he would not shrink from the undertaking. - E-le begged leave' here to • observe, that as he never made it a rule to • giVe an unqualifild support to every. measure of every Mi nister,. neither should be be ranked. among those, who framed atldaded upon a :plan of a systematic opposition, which, of, the two, •hp _,d4l not hesitate to say, was the most injuriops to the pregreiS ef 'the national business* His Lotdship then, with mtic4. neatness went over the different topieivf.the Speedh, and concluded by moving the Address. Lord. ROLLE seconded the Motion in a short speech, in Which he arraigned-the; principles afid the condtid. of time late Administration, as unconstita - - tional, and insulting: to, the feelings ofthe,*evereign. The proposition to which they. required the Sovereign to accede vas uncalled for and unprecedented, and be rejoiced tharb? . s Majesty rejected it with the fineness that became his character. These matters however been ameh'cliscussed ;lhe should'not there fore now dwell upon 'them,- .but eel - V - I.lre tbeir,Lpril..., ships to rally round the Throne, as the •sures.t.inelifs' of securing their own and the be intereirs . of .the..: Country. Lord.FORTESCUE rose to propose an Amend tnent-to the AddreSs.. His Lordship began with .4i. kiting on the Manifold inconveniencies which resulted: from the .late Dissolution of Parliauient. At no for-: met Oeriod was a Parharnent dissolved in the first. Session, amelk lesi when it had not existed'above months, and when the most grave and important matters were under- eonsideratiOn. What Would- n'ov:i be thOught of the solemn: mockery' of bringing the Scuts, Judges to the Bar, and proposing questions to them, at a moment when_ it was determined that, before :they could bring back their answers; the Bar of the House would be shut .against them But this mockery might have been attended with the •most tragic consequences—=The cry of " No Popery," was sent abroad to delude and mislead the people, at the very moment when it was gravely proposedlo appeal to their sense and to collea their sober judg ment., High Church and Low Church, Synagogues, &c. wore all condemned as Papists, who would Mit sithecribe to the infallibility of the present Ministers. Were Minikers.to be ..congratulated on the success of their appeal to the people,which had not succeeded even on the narrow and selfish ground upon which it was attempted? Instead of sheaving loyalty by agree ing to such an Address, those only would manifest a true; a legitimate loyalty, Who, disagreed.l4 . qrlL -Under that convkiion he •should move an .Amend- , went which would embrace only the introdadtorx part of the Address proposed, atici, if .thateAmend. ! inent should be acceded to, which, however, he w?s - not; prone to expea, then .. it.would be necessary. tp, -offer some further alterations in the Address... ;The , Noble LOrd then concluded With - moving an Amend "ment.; the chief obje:a was to censure. the Pagolu tiOn of the .on aCCol.lqlof ,the. time. - and CiraurtlthnCO'Uliti'4l' which that mire resorted . to. [ For. the substanee of the Amendment see the Pebatear the House of Comnions.j • ..• •• ;' Lord BORINGDOg' obSeEIA• to . eend the Am meat, and supported the Addr'ess, not only; oft ac- ; count of the loyal sentiments it co:ltairled, but on account of the tetnp,..:r• ana -unocierittion was characteri tid. Much had b:•cri Lid-:about the exercise of the Royal Prerogative in dissbiTitig Par 'liament. That it was the' undeubted Preroga.tiye of the Crown to . dissolve Parliathent, no" I\Toble .Lord would deny, ,though much dithrence ,of opinion . might exist respecting the 'due exercise of that Pre rogative._ There was no pOsitive settled period of tithe for which a Parliament must exist. No doubt it ought to continue to the period allotted to its existence,- unless_ souse stroncr b _imperative cir cumstance arose . to call for itsDis&oltition, and for a titsh appeal to the sense of the People, .There was consequently no preference of one period over another,' of five years rather than four. The Dis solution then only was premature when it was re sorted to without the energy of any imperative cause. But in the case referred to What Was the nature of the circumstance.--,-A powerful description of persons had been called to his Majesty's Councitti and in that capacity they proposed measures which not only trenched on the prerogative, but went to violate the conscience of the Sovereign. What then was it the duty of the King's advisers to do ? In a case of such' delicacy. and importance, should they not have resorted to the opinion of the Country res peding the due exercise of that prerogative ? in his opinion, indeed, such an appeal at such a time was. rather matter , of necessity than of choice. Whatever then had ticen the duration of. the..P.-ar•. liament, its Dissolution, under such circumstances, could not fairly be called premature.- Hpw did 1 the matter stand with . respectto the condua of the late Administration in dissolving the Puha ! meat in pdober . last ? ' What inalierative cause called f9r and justified that Displution ? Had the personal' conantit 'of the king : ipeeti then arraigned bafare `Parliament ? Had ariV strong onuosition been made to the me.asuri.i of Ministers ? ,IVa not whcilly unnecessary, .and a. matterof mere don- venTence.i. 'Who will inlieve - that - aly such . necessity [arise nut of the rupture of the Negotiation a . Dissolution of Parliament was necessarilyitofollow thel4lreakina off of every Negotiation, then:in - the same ..period .of time we should. have had nine pis"- solations instead • of:Alum - -; for' no less than - nine Negotiations had been entered into, all Of which : Were frustrated by the ambition of the enemy: The nest point so frequently alluded to, was the cry ch l!opery.7. Such , a cryhad, unfortunately, pre • yalled in some quarters.. -It was, no doubt, an odious cry ;_ but it was never the intention of Ministersto raise.it, Had. such been their wish, they might have g9t those who would raise it iu the metropolis,where it -.would • have. availed much more . than at Liverpool or BristoL. But was this a sufficient reason for dis turbing.the unanimity-of the House on the proposed Address. The last 25 years formed a : period preg-. • • . , • natit _with many inwortant-events, and rioj undisturb ed,l4y. powekful party contention;: 'yet during 'that ..,pepod, there.. .occurred but two or three occa- sons . When Atnetlchatents -to such Addresses were moved -in .that-House, The occasions he alluded to.. vas ,the ye2r 1801, and the years 1795, 179 g. itithelormer . only -17 Peers concurred in the theta. ,Amendment, and in the latter not more than i Even when divisions were. called for On such occa. slims in the other House of Parliament, yet no Amend ment. had -been moved iii.--their Lordship's House ; and this,• he . trusted, would throw no discredit on. ,their 4ordships' , good sense, honour, or loyalty. At . to thd disasters that have_ befallen our arms, he should now say nothing—though the time would come when..such matters should be - inquired into. Any angry , inquirrinto such a subject, at the pre sent moment, would - prove more grateful to the enemy, tha n indicative - of the vigoiir and skill of the . British - Arms. . Lard- HOLLAND supported. the Amendment. Lorl MULG R APS. adopted the sentiments expressed by thffl.Atobie Mar of the. Address, and joh:tcwinkli‘that "sot one of ;fie ehargei - ti*d against thelifesent Ministers was fairly - z in:ratable totW. ,They hait been charged rah efeiting ffM crs ot No Popery;.! yetit was notorious thatlhe fears for the ' Church were ilVecilitEealled the.measures proposed . . b. .theniseriefiWravciur iiribeic'alKblies, which naturally re , yiv )ete'collediethoft he;atratitteg ‘iciii'CK the COliiltiy had so fferciigirder thOsePrittc4-who avitlted toxiva - prevalence to tltt Popittißel/gir:" If they.hatt been dismissed from power, their - 'dtSdnissicintrvias , workedbytthernselres, and their own absurditietardkatiesrt*ndtb'Y'a ayxstematic opposition ;• not lay •4 7 aaious StUntkina than ? cta. - - - riot - everr byr-taYern Oinners yet. ctiegracr..o4-t would fondly impute.to-the secret at • trigises.'Bf t he` - piCsent Adniinistration. He was only sur, ptisrd thepivad riot •arsOsasetiberd the' suggeStion of build.. i,pg. - that. stone, ,t,hey- so , wantonly - treOect to dash fheipown b rains agt,rst. ; • ;.. Lord - R skis s t. 7 11 ported. the Amendment. L o yt -G IL R..4liGrSUNSardd tale Nitiendniktit.. 1 4 ,171:44,10i119(1 I 1 - 4 coticeivi g. that the :Add ress did not go to exia• iffy unfair : Pijdge of the fluuse, sav e it - his...fill:l as -sent. • Advriing-to the critical state of allairs, : he Considered unanimity desirable, anti that' if rie Incasu res • : of ninisteis .should prove .calculated to - serve the County, they iho.Ord liaie his decided support.. • ' Lad - 14 Os spoke in favour of the Amendment. . VC KI N KM .11 I E the Addre's. • .. Lord Q.ll es.y.fnr. s.-spoke -at write length in favour of the Amendment Lbut we hi v e the less.caube of regret at not hay. ing spade to: detail his aigunlent'S, as racy were precisely the . same as those used by. Lord' Ito its the House of Coin. mons. . , The LORD CH Apc4i.i.ox replied to Lord Grenville. • • Lord LA tip itR 4LE supported the 2 , lthendarient. 1. .1d 11.11;TES HEIR)" concluded the Debate, by answer.ing several of the objecii.us that in the course of it had beeti urged ~ against Ministers. -He alc.o alluded to a %Volt, pair'_ lished some time ago by a Roman Catholic Baronet, his which' it was. held out, that tiie Protestant Bishops in It,: land should contribute to the support of the Catholic 'Bi shops; and that even the former should allow the latter the enjoyment of their revenues year about. When such doc.. trines, were broached, it was tame for Government to pause And inquire how mush farther it might be sale ;0' advance in concessions to that body ? The Question was then impatiently called, and the Ilotz,:e divided on the Amendment— Contents, including Proxies * • . C 7 Non-Contents, virith Proxies, Ito Majority for Ministers - - On the -Motion of Lord G Lt.*, the Honse was sum. monedtor Monday, when that Noble Lord would submit to the House Two hills, for the better Regulation of C6urts of j ustice in Scotland. Lord G zcs N V ILL t 41Lso observed, that on the same day no. tices would be Alyea) of motions of inquiry into the bad eaeds lyrodueedin ttilLrent parts of the. Country by t h e late Lord. W. 1.51140M.5.3e. was re- appointed Chairmen for the Ses;itart.--Actiourned at To K E.E o'Clock this leorniag, T H 5 111. • - s ods Qtns Olesitt Itittsitat LIPILEArt • ; t , L• NDO N, s.A.Tya,DAr, JUSZ 27, 180,7. - -- , Ay:a sincerely congratulate the Country upOn,the result of. thy: .Division. in both Houses of Parliament • t.h After the ve r y e xt raor di na ry th i : 4 76p r o n 4 ii: ry , m i: g ro 11 had used to colleet their forces— . after Ate ppiPP9 l -11 display in the Newspapers of the names and numbers:of their aditereuts, they were left in the House of 'Lomb in a Minority of 93, and . . in the House of ; CornmOns of W. But it is not Only in the superiority of numbers that Ministers have a right to triumph; their vietory over their Opponents .was still i more decisive in point of argument. We are precluded-,-- by want of room, froth offering any coMments at present .upon, the debate, but shall take an early opportunity of submitting to our Readers a few obServations upon some important fkiLis which came out in the course ofthe:discussion, The firing which was heard on the Frei Coast on Wednesday evening, is stated by.our• Dover Cor respondent, to have been . merely in honour of St. John's Day. A tiring was . he4rd yesterday' morning in the direi:tion of Boulogne, but the cause was not known. On Thursday last His Majesty's Gun-brig .Tigress captured a French Fishing Boat, N0. , 39, off Dun kirk ; the people on board of her stated, that a report had. reached Dunkirk, that the KING of Pftussta had made a separate Peace with France, upon condition of having the whole of his territories restored. If such . an event had actually taken pike, the intelligence would . have 'reached us in a lesi questionable shape. PRINCESg of WALES, accompanied by the :Marchioness ToWNSHEND, was ra the House of .Commons last night, and remained , there till the conclusion of the Debate. LQNDQV ; Printed by R. HAAR'S ( of bfartlett-court, Bowstreet), and published W . A. CRiris (of South. Moulton-street). at tMe thee. :la, Strand_ 1