The Sun. — London, England, 1807-06-27 00:00:00

• • keeli tor se c t out---ttte 11on. Gentleman hid himself stated, t`)ey had lost the confittetice of Pmlianent. What ititerruptiun therefore _was expedient ? What necessity wars there for a Di;solution_? ,an event tc hich is coustilietional tunes' ought not to be tole , rated. The House were now told, that they were called ,t ,:;ether merely for a month, to wind up the husioesS of the last Parlia:ment, and then to be sent home. : • If a month would be sufficient for that 'purpose in the piesent Parliament, a mouth would asave., h,;en sufficient for it in the Jae. _ His Mijc , ste's late Aliitisters would scarcely have ob leeted to their own nieasures. No necessity, there fore, dill .exist. Why, then, did they take this • Step ? In order that an appeal should be made to the People, as it was stated in' his Majesty's Speech, while reeent events were fresh in their recollection ; in other Words, during the prevalence of. that base cry, W,111C11,• it was hoped, would have an in fluence , on the eJeetions. He defied any other terpretation to be made of this' proceeding; al • - : though, in his Majesty's Speech,. there was some- . thing like an attempt at this, and in the Noble Lord's Andress much more. In his Majesty's Speech, Par-' liament was called upon to sapport him " in • taining the just rights of his Crown,. and the.true, principles' of the Constitution." This passage was i completely explained by the condu& of Ministers, : as evinced in their advertisements and - publicatious, and in the speeches of to-night, the only put '. pose of which seemed to be, to eXcite that divi sion in the Country, which, if it were not pro duced, was owing to ::the good sense of the people,, and not to the prudent conduit of Administration. When the House recollthed -all ,thathad been said; the' Coronation Oath, was it not '• manifest to theM, that an attempt had been made to alarm' the Nation -with an idea that the late Administra . lion had endeavoured. to force the Conseienee of the; King'? As, to the measureg M proposed having; been compatible. with the Coronation Oath, no sj.ich apprehension could be entertained by any one whose mind was larger than the mind of a 'Did the Learned Gentleman opposite mean to say, `that any measure favourab'le to the 'Cat holies- would: be against the:Coronation 'Oath ?' Did "-lie mean, to, say, that because the Icing' had sworn 40 maintain the Protestant Religion as by law estAblished, • that it would be contrary to ,the Coronation Oath, if certain ,al - Aurd penal statutes existed, injurious to sectaries, tt) repeal them Such. a !.enseless -proposi - , tion no one cut Id support ; for vi-hat had been the are& of the. repeal of similar statutes in:lreland ? TT, therefire, the. Learned Gr'entlemen opposite re • vounced such doctrines, yv by introduce this passa g e into this Maj e sty' s Speech, but for the purpose of taking:advantage of the . :alarm, ;which it must Sion?--an alarm which the Learned ; Gentleman could not himself 'believe justifiable, 'but of :Which' be availed : 1:limsell for personal 'Motives. - The ' thing was most - absurd ; it the last -flouse of Coihtnons had carried the-Bill-which he had pro 4aosed to .them, • there might have been some plea far this eXpression ; 'tut :as that Bill had been u ith drawn, 'how could his .Majesty's Ministers with common decency assert, that the _Dissolution had been -rendered . necessary,` ", for the maintenance' of. the just rights of the . rown and the true prin. shies 'of the' Constitution:" _fie would ask them,. did they believe the' moderate extension to the: CatholiCs of what is called political power•-• 7 and: deprecated' the expregian, by the_Learned; . .Gentlernati .opposite, the. power. .Of the sword,!' a power which ex:sted only in theLKing would _ask,. did .they _seriously believe 'that this . limited extension endangered 'either, the - Welfare of the- Kingdom, or the .safety ,of the Conititation: ?- lie' wished the. Hon. Seconder had, • itt hjsobserva-: lions on this. subject, consulted the feelings-of those: Gemiemen below him., Alth o u g h h e (Lord Howick)' Should k)elie the_whole of his political life, if he were' to consider Mr. Pitt as the extraordinary Statesman . which ire had been represent e d t o h ave b een by the:. Hon. Gentleman, he was yet aware that he possess ed great qualities' and splendid talents ; and he could: have wished, that .the Hon. 'Gentleman had not pasied such a severe - censure upon him as he had' done, in asserting that any person who proposed in dulgencies to the Roman Catholics, was guilty of an' attempt to undermine the Protestant Establishment of the country. On this subjeta, he could with cop fidence appeal to the recolle&ion of tire' House, whether an 'extension of privileges to the Catholics had not been gnpported by , Mr. Pitt, 'Mr. Fox,,and Mr. Burke, three men whose 'talents, whose wis-, dom, and whose eXperience were as great, or per-; haps greater,,thau those of any triumvirate that eYer 4 . existed. -The present Government was composed of the followers of My. Pitt, and therefore the Hon.:, Gentleman-had cast a censure on the living as, well as on the dead. For his part, when he called to his: mind the former conduel of the individuals ofhisMa-: jesty's present Adnimistration, he,cbuldnot but won der, aftert he cry that theyhadendeayoured to raise,'. that they eould'couie down to that f louse with eatin-. tenantes - unblanched with fear and shame. To speak frankly—for - to speak 'frankly was indispensable at' such . a crisis as the present---;when he recoll'eaed , condu& of the Learned Gentleman in 1801, at which time ha did not think any% interference the Pre-: testant Establishment necessary—When,herecolleete& his conduCt iai 18(4, on the introduCtion of a pleasure: Much: more extensive !Iran that proposed, by the lete ''Administration; ire could not but be persuaded; tliarthe Learaed' Gentlemandid riot believe in the: existence of tire dangers, the._apprehension ofwiheh, he had contributed to diffuse. 'measures same pie,' when he recolleoed the measures which' had' been teCoinniended by tlie Noble Lent opposite, as: necessery tp the - treneuillity of Ireland ; 'when he! reeolleZted the' deClaretion of that Noble 'Lord, that' irei,ind could - not be governed'without solve con: cession of that. nature ; when be recolleaed that the No'bie Lord, pledged hirnself to the executionof,the measure, 'that for th a t Pledge he reeeiveifa.valuable.:, oonsidcration ; that by it' he Was enabled to Coni 7 ; Oete the union of the two kingdoms. 'When, he, r,- . :colle&ed these thingg, and considered the .corise..- quences that might have resulted in Ireland from' the failure of tire measure which he had proposed,: his astonishment, even after' the lapse of three: mouths, has not`ceased. Serions, indeed, would,thoSe consequences have: been, had tie atteiripts whi c h . Lid bee' laiciy 'tirade to: infuse into the People of: a raireerons animosity agaim;t the Catholics, Ire!; ltd succeeded; had they made Engligh and )rafige a kind 'Of Orange party against the Irish, and' taught the Irish tlOt .not .trifling difficulties alone stood in the way of their laiws, butt the ge:Liai athl united opposition .of...the- whole country. By the pun . lic declarations and advertisements in all par, of thr , kinadom not exceptinO%Torthampton, th e ' lit e Ad „ , mipstration had been arratgnect‘as personally to the Kuig, and ti! people were calk:d upy3.,lo.,de cide between them and their Sovereign. .I\i'vveribe fore did a proceeding- take :place so injurious to the repose even of the - Royal Person - To 'the' sentiments avowed by the present. Administration he had three distinct and,decided objed ions. Fir.'st, they had declared. the unconstitutional doarine, thi;t,the King could aa an adviser; 2d, they had vio lated thefreedoto' of eleCtion ; indeethwithintheSe . few days simila,r infloence had been . endeavoured (OH' be extende i l t o the p r e sen t ques tion; -. and it had been' asserted, that whoever voted on the AddreAs against the Nish of the present Ministers; would vote against his Majesty, and b r i n g him 'to trial : his last objec tion was, that they h a adendangered the-personal se curity of the King - himself. 'This 'was' the first time that his Majesty had ever been advised to make a per sonal appeal to . the People, and hdwever convenient at the moment, it was 'a 'precedent 'which-Might' hereafter lead •to the, most fatal consequenceS. - If any •thino - Could aggravate the misconduct of his:Ma jestv'Seuvernment, it was that -those very men, wbo before - opposed a Dissolution 'at a - favourable pe- • riod, should* 'dare' to advise his Majesty to' dissolve Parliament in the midst of a Session, and - then assert that no% material - inconvenience would result to the public service. 'With respell to the influence of. the .CrOWn, it had been exercised during the last' Ele6liort in•a m:)st unexampled inatiner. In 'this . Country to a great degree, but in the Sister Kingdom Most unblushingly, both in temptation and threats. In one Borough in Ireland, a CarWidate had dared - a , single Eleelor to vote against him ; and he had b e e n told,-that in another popular contest the Crown Soli citor hid gone down,'and informed Mr. Grogan, that , theforfeieure of his estates would be enfOreed, unlesS he and all his tenantry voted for the partizans of Government.' But there was another mode of influence of public notoriety which he Would men-; lion : it Was the Jetter, dated the 25th of April, from Lord Hawkesbury to the Lords Lieute snantS of Counties respefting the Volunteers. Lord .H.awkesbury stated, that it Was intended to propose to Parliatnent, to restore • their pay to such 'Volun teers as came in after 'a certain period, 'and also tq . .re-appoint the lnspeaing Field Officers, which last -'he (Lord Howick) understood had since been done.' 'Now let'the House consider the date of ON let ter;--on the:2sth . 'of April the Secretary of Slat e declares; that it was intended' to propose a certain measure to Parliament.: 'ln two days 'afterwards 'Parliament is prorogued, previous:to its immediate , Dissolution, •so that the Noble Secretary must -have` known, that he deprived himself of the poWer • .of - proposing the measure, by advising 'the Dissolu tion: The restoration of the Inspeding Field Of ficers Was a most objectionable step. He bad never 'met with a single Volunteer Offlcer Whodid not hold thse Inspeeling Officers in utter contempt : they had •nO'CoMmand they were not even empowered to order the Volunteers to come to be inspected. :From the large Staff which was attached to the British arrny,, consisting of Adjutants, Quarter-Masters, Brigade ... Majors, &C. surely some •tittter Itispedors might be seleaed ; 'aye; ' but then this was an objeet of y . .great patronage ! just at the time of the general ; eleLaion a hundred new offices were to-be distributed, : and these inspeetorS of elections, for so they were in fat, wire each to have pay and allowances, making the whole expence to. the nation between .37 kilt! . -4 - 6,0Q61. a year, for no advantage whatever ! Thi s .Was the little beginning of these mighty enemies to patronage.-:-More pure and unadulterated jobs never existed than these appointments! There--were other ,-parts,of-his n k jesty's-Si)eech on the exalt purport of which 'he entertained some doubts, and of which he wished for a fe.w words of explanation. The HOuse ,was told, " that his Majesty's endeaVOurs bad been most anxiously employed for the purpose of drawing closer the ties by which his Majesty is conneacd with the Powers of the Continent; of assisting the efforts of those Powers against the ambition and. oppression of France; of forming such engagements as may in sure their continued coloperation ; and of establish ing that mutual confidence and concert, so essen tial, under any Course of events to th e . restoration of a - solid and permanent peace in Europe." Cer tainly-he, in common with the rest of his Majesty's late Ministers, felt the'necessity of cultivating the , connexion, and drawing'closer the ties by which his' .Majesty was bound to the Powers of the Continent, .as fir as was consistent with the security of Great. Britain. But he wished' to ask whether, by, thii: passage in the Speech ; it was meant to insinuate, , that the- late Government had negle&ed to do their duty on this stihjeti ? He was - more desirous '.to- know this, as the subjeet had been publicly agi tated, and that not very abstemiously.. —For his part, he declared, that he should be most glad that every thing which the lafe Ministers had done aid Of. the Powers, of the Continent, should be submitted to' the consideration of the ous. and the .public. • It Would then be found, that no ra : tion'al effort - had , been omitted to thaw closer the' - ties of connexion, and more especially between - this' country and RuSsia. He would boldly and - broadly state this, in answer to any assertions-that might be . hazarded of an opposite tendency. If Ministers, countenanced any insinuation of this nature, be boned they• would have the manliness openly, to avow . it. With regard to subsidies to Foreign Powers, he thought 'that there were occasions in' which subaidies, and even large Subsidies, might be I advantageously employed ;' but, he also thought that it Was' nistst impolitic to give subsidies to Foreign Powers - for the purpose. of drawing , theip into a war into which their own inelinations and - inte-• rests would not induce - them to enter. While,' • therefore, he stated. that the late Government had negleaed no' prudent means of cultivating 'a connexion •with Continental _Powers,. he would-also state,- that in the present circumstances of this Conn- . --and of the world, due care should be taken that any assistance which might be afforded ,to'fo reign.Powers, should not be afforded to those by' whom - it could not be used at all, or to those by whom it be misapplied. It'was indispensably incumbent on us to weaken as little as 'possible the Means- which we possessed of stipporting a pio traeted contest (for his Majesty's Speech had put an end to all .apprehension of a separate - Peace) ; after fourteen years of expensive war, this Coni t iry had re,asoa to exped that the Continent woul4 take a , . , Share (it its bUttl)011 i. 1k hich its own deletice retider- tors, when, act digererices ex.K.ted betwr.--; t:,:e tv:o ti,1:,,, wilati.ver Luulti justify such a ste;.. i o n ;e 'e r r c u " j s t i 1 eel necessary. Ffts. Majesty's Speech ,contained a tn-dtjaiyicthen ands le't:lltj'eruaeuilmeTliegtrieeaetwinact::,7‘t'; perageipli which hitnenti.,el the rupture bdt weep Great leence was incurred. Britain and Turkey ; and „enoth e r, whi c h re l a t e d added, to the burdens of the Country ; that the,Dissolutro A ti to. the unfbrt ret. ailed many us e f u l L aws , for the encon6gernent of A g ri cu l. tore . . Manutaa ure . an d Commerce • that •t e' , lter suspend e d tin;ite * events - : bv which that , 'watt. fellowed. NO oite could regret more than• he. or . .whbliy impeded many mo st sv hol---;c4ile'.'ptibiie regula_ 4id the oat..Ases w hi c h p ro d ece d a di v i s i on b etween lions.., That weteel further h oun d to state , that the evil of this measure was aggro voted by the ihjurious'pretence s under two Pow-ers whoee interests ought.. to be deemed in vk tettrevae-etteteteee ;-epreteneeteefhteti atterrtiedno justi • cation at it, but which excited don ' •. ger.otis- animosities, at -a . sepdrable. WM. he aSked. the Hon. Gentleitiati OPPO- h time when the sees:l64 , .of the EmPire. was endanger e d, an d Site, if,:in the nratmer the subject was menti one d i n the Speech, -- it was intepded • ae ai insinuation that the : :!' e v ee he n n eten 'ilea-the •s ,y.toa?_st.. harmony. and _CO-oper a ti on oug h t to have l unfortunate rupture evith :the Porte was to b e a ttri- The. - CII4NCELLOR, of the,EXCH:E . QUER , F itt btitecl 'to tin; late Minister;;? 'He deprecat e d the " - Made 'of introdu c i n g thi s t o pi c into the speech in such , reply, observed, th a t w h a t ever m i g h t haVe beed the manner in which his M a j es ty' s Mi n i sters h ad come a Manner that, it•cduld pot be discussed witho u t . in into power,lhe spe e ch o f t h e Nobl e - Lord had shewn volving in the discussi o n the conduct of Russia. The that it would not m ee t w i t h hi s appro b at i on, though late Administration Were Ph'ked in this :dilemma'► either to she had,declared.. th a t,. t o conse q uenc e :of the state of uffer the great ,unfairness whiCh ninst result ' peblic affairs, lie,shottld' give his support to any ftotn abstaining from an y der ence , or to def en d them s that might be bro ug h t fo rwar d f or the national wea selves by calling i n t o ques ti on t h e C on d u e t o f Russia,' - sure interest. From the ma nner i n w hi c h t h e., N oble.Lord our best Ally, AetoTutkey, was it Meant t o _b e . in bed concluded hi s s p eec h, howeverehe did not thi n k ferred that' the late 'G ove rn men t h a d as k e d '‘ too that. be took the prop er course to carry. that declarae much or too little • Whenever the documents 'Of ffed . As the Noble L or d had introduced which his Majesty's p resent Mi n i sters . Were p os se ss - tion into'e4-variety of topics i n t o hiS speech,' he should end s - be produced, no thi ng wou ld • b e .f ot a n d i n mode _ . veur to follow him thrOugh all upon which h e touehL. them 'inconsistent with th e -p o li cy o f un i on; ed, in the best ma nner h e could. And here he could ration, ;and good faith t o R uss i a an d t h e Porte.--e not. but. observe, .that the great objet of! the 'Noble Was it- meant to charge the late Mi n i s t r y w i t h m i se Lord, .the sole point .to-whi c h he seemed. to wi s h : t o concludon this head ? Ay e , or N o ?. If so, let 'there' call the atte n ti on o f the Hohse wase the. Diss o l u ti on be an inquiry.. Th ere were modes- of inqui r y which of the e last. Parliament. W hat, -the excepti on o f prevented diseloSures inimi ca l to the public interests; a fewnppics introduced towards the conclusion-of his. the appointment of a-Secret C om mitt ee would ob-. speech, of Which he should take notice before he sat hpised viat'e everyedifficulty of that nature. If a charge' down constituted the gran. of :his ,aecusetil)ll. were meant to be,made, -e oP.vned he was s ur ' The Noble Lord he'd thought it necessary .to guar& that the charge sh o uld pr ocee d f r om t h e t h rone ; h e himsellngainst any inainuatiate that, his observati ons deeply regretted th e f a il ure o f our arms which had appliedeo the Speech a s th e Speech of the Ki ng , fti4 been alluded t o , b u t not i ce 'of- such a failure* was , rtot ofhis Minister s , as if eny. persane could steppose totally _unpreced en t e d i n a Spe ec h from the • King.' that any. other th an th e King's Ministers wer e re ' After the affairs of th e Held e r' and Ferrol, on the l oss - sportsible for the con terns of the Speech. 'The Noble of Corsica, and on o th er disastrous events o f the last ! Lorde hewever, had admitted, that there coeld be tie war, he %%MS not aware that any -expressions of re d - doubt Of the prerogative of the Crim t i to disiolve the gret had been so studiously introduced into bid Ma , Parliament at any time, though he .had referred to alt testy 's Speech ; he mtest suppose, therefore, that M. i . . . - authoraty.upon the snlojed, whiela hi. had fto sooner the present instance, they were intended to convey quoted than he relented. But avitilat the l Nrehteleird .a,charee on_ th e l a t e Admi n i strat io n ,' -If, k o, `.he re-'. had denied the dontrine laid dowat by Lord Somers, peated, that th e y c h a ll enge d th e sn ide st i nqu i ry ' into * he-endeavoured - toexteant •out of -it a p r inciple. that alre..destination o f th e E x p e diti on t o T urkey, and ' into the mann er i n w hi c h that Expedition was ar-e . illight bear u P °n - the questiotr bef ore t h em. Th e propriety.- of the exerciee:Of theaprerogati ve o f t h e ranged; into th e , original policy of an att ac k- on . i Crown in dissolvin g .the Parliament, roust , eYer data -Egypt, and. into the mode in 'which that 'attecloWa s pent'. upon the circutristanceS under ,vhicirsuelea pre. concluded. Adverti n g -t o - t h e ' c h ange s- w hi c h b e. rogative:may he, exercised:a-4n di s - missing this pOilst was apprehensive th e p r e sen t Ad m i n i strat i on wou l d - the NobleAeord had contended, that the :prerogati ve make in our m ilit ar y system; •be remarked, that. hed.been properly.exeroised-In the PifSelitlfiall of tb,, byehe new ar rangements i n ,S cot l an d ; t he recruit- ' former -Parliament; hue that the fay. us tan c u o f i ts ing bad increttsed from 2b tO 40 .per wee k ; an d i n exercise was founded n oon - an ab andonment of every Epgland considerable benefit had b een: d er i ve d f rom: sound principle up on which first prerogative Of the it, although-at the 0103 t unfavourable Season of the' Crown bughtno be regulated. In' rite state in whieh year. He hoped-that the Ge nt l et n en opp o s i te would . • the Paeliament . .,and the Count r y wasep l ace - d,• when dot .rashly alter his Hon.:Feiend's pl a n, b ut .wou l d . - that event took placeehiS.Majesttt's Ministersevoidd give - it the fair trial to which it was justly en ti t l e d . •not.have done their dutyell they ',lied let a moment Ile.wishedalso to k now; as soon as i t wou ld b e C on-. pass without -appealing .to the People. It was in that Nenient ao Minister s td tell hi m , w h a t was to b e the . sense of duty. he acied ; when, in • COnjunaion with precise extent of the Regulations - in the Voitinteer -1 : his colleagues, lie had advised-hie-Majesty to dissolve System mentioned by Lord , Hawkeebury in his Let- the Parliament. at. the- earliest' moment t 1 heir eltat ter? He feared they woUld,he eipensive. - .The saving' measure could be re.sorted. to eWtout ally , tuateriitl made "by his lion. Friend'ee - egalations amounted to interruption to public ) business : ,The Noble . Lod' 90Q,000.1. a year. Was it intended t o res t ore some, had enumerated the circumstances tinder which that or all of this ? In that ca s e h e s h ou ld move f or new measure eras adopted, f or t h e p urpose of condemning estimates. Above all e he „hoped the House an d the • ;• but he w as p re panedeto contend, - that thes e eery public would. deeply considetethe etr e a o f t h e systetn - it circumstances were a t u.stification.atf it. The' Noble of the late. Administration,, and th e p ro b a bl e ell e & had stated, th at the-Perliatnent had been- theft that which would be pursued,by the present. If it were • !'Fo ra but. recently .c h osen , an d t h at that was 1 reasot why, .still ,contended, that under th e late ...Ministers the. it .should not leave been dissolv e d ; b ut in his. mind, Volenteer System declined, l e t e vide nce b e a dd uce d, thecircuinstanceofits having-been so recently chosen, to prove the allegati o n. Th e :H on. : S econ d er o f the' • and the circu ms t ances un d er w h ich it had leeen , eleite Address, in . alluding to Ir e l an d, h a d state d , that ' ed e were•a egood groun d f or t h e Dhisolution, 'II great dapger resulted to that coun t r y f rom t h e 7 Noble Lord had ar gee d in support. of the preceditig introdedion of the measu r e w hi c h h e (L or d H ow i ck) Dissolution ; that it -was necessary tie give to our Al - - had had th e . h onour to propose. T o h i m it appeared; lies.ated to Europ e a p roo f that the King and' hi s Go thet the dagger result e d f rom t h e f a il ure o f the mea vernment were supported by an united Parliament and sure, and , not from its intr oc l u di on .' H e ea rnest l y , P-eople. The Noble' Lord, whil st i n .o ffi ce; with.a pressed his Maje.sty's.Mini s t ers to atten d to t h e ad- Parliament .in whi c h beeencounterect no formidabl e vice of an Ho n . G e ntl eman , , now unfortunately, no opposition, eicept:updh the Iron Tee, when Mini longer a Member of Pa r li amen t, t h e l ate Attar- ' stets divided. in this proportion ofe t o 1 again4eheir neyeGeneral . : for Ireland, „ an d " to ma k e I re l and opponents,:felt it netess a ry to dissolVe Parliame n t, iti • the first and the l ast o bj e d .o f t h e i r t h oughts.- " He order. to chew t o Eu rope that we had an' united Per; believed WO- much atexieten could no t .be shewn liarnent. • But the N o bl e Lord coteld'see uothine. it, on ,this .s4jed., Ho sh ou ld b e g l a d to hear • the.lest Parli amen t to justify and) a•trt'easure—lso-' that some s y s t e m ' o f conc ili a ti on was proposed. , thing in the manner in which the Ties' ion that lee 4 ter He did pot allude to any exten s i on o f i n d u l g e nces, : it had cnen b roug h t f orwerc4 eor- in 'the manner but to other regulations which might tranquillize the in which it had, begirt supported ; nothing in alt people. It circumstances of di scontent w e re seized tbese, ci alum staricei to- she may grottnti of anpeehez.: by the Enemy, the m i g h t b e impor-a • siceeforehe.-permanence of - Gokternme.et ; notlii n g tei' tantly injurious, and again s t th ese oonsequences lie sheie that his Mii,jesty!s Government might be lite.' wished to guard his Majesty's present Mi n i stry. Of. vented-from the efficientacintinistratiOn 7 ot:the publi c ' Neutral Nations nothing was sa id i n his-Majesty'a ff a i rs , B e t l ie would appeal t o rite Hottee and iii fire Speech : . when he recollea e d t h at t h e l ate A dMinis- a - country ; if any reason exi§ted on thieete;Und'for flit; had beett told by t h e G ent l emen opposite, that Dissolution recommended by. th e Noble Lett.% which' . 'they, had saerificed the N ev i gtit i on Laws, and that they was not strengthened and.copfir used, as epnii L'd to the' had provided inad equate means to res i st the French Blockading Decree of the, 21 st of. September, he was letetneasure, by the masiner in which it had been op.' Posed. On that ground alone heenight rest the neces:,- surprised, at this, omission He trusted. that the - sit y of calling •anew I?arliament: But :the II etise nr eet Learned Gentleman opi' . tosite would 'confess; that, See that this was a question upon which lsii 17 . &iieste'e hefhad formed an erroneous (Tit - tim e and that thei; %•li . ! - Alaters must have •deehted-bethre. tbey cattc_t idle, latter measure especially wee not quite so inefficient office, and not after. They were tint leo blind ti)! . hle as he bad annotinced it to. be. : The Hun. Seconder: situetion in which they , wenildbe . p‘etch'e! if they l ie d net • -spoke o f th e a pp ea l t h at h a d .. b een made-to the Peo made up th e i r m i n d s, in case it glv)uici :ye rteez:siy, pie, and of -the m e lti tu d e o f eAddresses that bad been poured in fr om every quarter — of the t oy , in the .event of the ParliarnennrietemenifeSting di - flee . alty of those Addres ses , h e h a d .no doubt; but, if . rent sentiments, to call aOm Pauli ;'sierra, - atiti to' hat w ou ld b e , W it were meant to . insin ua t e , th at i n those Addresses appeal to the ceris e o f th e People. the situation•of the King, if his 'Ministers had net' the . People pronounced the late Mi n i s t ers enem i es to! made this eippeal to the sense of his PeenPe?. 'Had the King and the Pr o te s t an t Reli g i on , h e wou ld ape! peal from the Addresses to the result of the General not his Majesty beets held up as the sole obstacle to Elealion--- e a result s 9 highly- favourable to , the 'late an extension of indi3lgences to a tau at * -portion of his Subjeti . s,, and ag a i ns t the opinietieof his. late Mitai, Administration, notwith s e tre ti ng t h e b east l y. cry of }stets,' whcehatt pressed the theathlreas- indispensable `t No popery,',', which h a d b een ra i se d a ga i nst •tlitent, necessary to the interests of the,lNl'eite•? - - iied nht. To the present Administration - lie had a vowe d' himself . to be an enemy —of course, he meant the iK: 4 ;g: 1 -)cen , represented as the,:--sielet4l.4ii'er ag;dtiet this. rneeepre ? , Under these cireninetances, nothinee a political enemy alone ; and yet he would oppoae' wes, so necessary to the chara&er•of. the • King a - 1: none of their m e asu res , w hi c h appeare d calculated and an appeal to hi s People, -in artier to ghee - thin- it to serve 'the Count r y. If h e ,was as enemy to an Administration engendered in Court intrigue; —if was not the King alone who was the obstacle to the lie was an enemy to'an Administration composed of indulgences, ~ but ' the .great majority of the 'nation.' n these grounds, it • was, -that the . Diasolutioe men disagreeing 'with one a not h er; ---if h e . was a il O had been resor t ed t o , and on o these'hewesteear: enemy to an Adtnini s t rat in n w hi c h did not possess vineed that it would appear not 4 to bealbjeeliou , the confidence of the co n n t ry ;-- e if li e was ae enemy . able. 'lt might be-a-question', whether such a rhea. 1 to an Administrati on ,. of the first Man o f wh om h e sure was justifiable at any particular tirne. An- 1 wottld say nothing—itwas because h e w as convinced here.be must, observe, th at , if titeeopfnion of the.' that such an Ad m i n i s t rat i on w as -P regnant With the -. o • . People was to betaken uponethe.Bill introduceil by greatest dangers to the- Eing slid the:cnstitution. the lattellittisters ; if,' upon' the tnea r sureawhich had . . "I' he Noble Lord conc l u d e d b y M ov in g an Amend . e been brou g ht f nev e , ati avowedlyetbr ir is 'pu r p ose went to the following eff e et :-- ' - ' • l-, ' " That by a lons experience o f hi s M a j esty ' s gracious con. of .. fOrcintheta back into offic'ee if would beduet, we know his Majesty's invariable wish to exercise his most Troperly elene at the •nettrest . possible time 1 Prerogatives, usefully to the Country ; burour attachment to , when, these events Were t'll ' • ' t ' ' ' s I recent . in t..)etr memory', his. klojesty, obliges us to I:4y. betoit:him the,ciiip t io9 eon- and ti a ble ;toe fearnia their. judo , duet or his Ministers, Who, within a few mouths, ha4.ad.:. •w hilst .WY .SIPUId .be ment With must, accuracy apd correelness. Tice vised the Dissolution of the late Parliament, in the midst of its first Session; a measure Adv,ised by his Majesty's Minis. I Noble Lord bad ol;je4- - ted to a pasOqe it, tiitt cneeri;