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On the Motion of Mr. HusfussoN, the House adjourned till to-morrow. • The SPEAKER, accompanied by a number of the Members, proceeded to St. James's with the Ad dress. . . , . MAILS. ARRIVED—I Dublin. Duz-3 Hamburgh, 7 Gottenburgh, i Lisbon, i Dublin, 3 Waterfurd. - PRICE OF STOCKS • THIS DAV. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, JANUARY :24, 1806. INNUMERABLE reports. . were circulated yesterday and - this morning, - respeaing new Ministerial Ar rangements. Upon this most interesting subjeEt we shall cautiously avoid indulging in conjectures, and wait until we are .enabled to communicate some au thentic information to our Readers. WE understand that General GASiziOYNE intends to give notice this evening, in the Douse of COM , mons, of a Motion respeaing that Great Man whose loss is ,so universally deplored ; but we haie not learnt the precise_ nature or objeaof his Motion. WE yesterday atopped the Press to communicate to our Readers that Dispatches had been received by Government from Borlin, which state, "that an ar , rangement had thken- place between His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY and BONAPARTE,iII consequence Of which the Ele6tOrate of Hanoyer is to be occupied by Prus , Troops Until the conc l us i on o f a Peace between the - Belligerem Powers." Orders have, we believe, been sent for the im- Mediate return of the British Troops now on the Continent, and as there are a great number "of 'Transports in the Weser, the Embarkation will take place without delay. This communication having oily appeared in a part of our impression, we this day re-insert it. Yesterday, about one o'clock, ITI MAJESTY ar rived in his travelling chariot from Windsor, at St. James's Palace. About two o'clock H is M AJESTY , being seated on his Throne, received the Address of the University of Cambridge, on the glorious victory obtained by the late Lord NELSON over the Coin bined Fleets of the Enemy. In the absence of the Chancellor, this Address was presented by the Vice- Chancellor of the University, who came up in state, accompanied.by all the principal Officers of the Uni versity, and an unusual number of CleFgy and of the Students. About half past two o'clock the LORD CHANCEL- Lon came in state from the House of Lords, attended by the Earl of ESSEX and Lord Viscannt cARLETON (the Mover and Seconder of the Address) and ,a considerable number o f P e e r s, an d His 'MAJESTY was pleased to receive, on the Throne, the Address of the House of Peers On His Majesty's ,Speech tp both Hawses of Parliament. About three ifelock the SPEAKER of the House of Commons came instate from the House, attended , by Lord FRAN CIS SPENCER, M r . A INSLIE, an d se veral other Members of Parliament, and presented to His MAJESTY, on the Thione, the Address of the HoUse of Commons. There were present, • • The Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishops —Exeter , £ ly, Chester, Bristol, and Norwich, Dukes—Montrose, Rutland, and Ueaulort. Marquis of Hertford. Ear/i—Bridgewater, Winchelsea, Westmorland, Chiches ter, , Essex, Morton, Dartmouth, Macclesfield, Sandwich, Harrington, and Nelson. Ph - counts—Carleton, Wentworth, Palmerston, Falmouth, and H Sc•.d, • • Loris —Spencer, 04u1ston, Gcotge Thynne, Castlereagh, Sheffield, Arden, Effiaghain, uhn Thynne, Fra. Spencer, Lou vainc, Binning, Heaihrield (Gold Stick), Willoughby De Broke, Charles Somerset, Boston, Walsinghary, Hampden, Brownlovv, Henry Petty, Hawkesoury, Arlington, Kenyon, Pelham, G. Somerset, and Amherst. Sirs—Evan Nepean, C. Bishopp, W. Welby, 1. Nichols. The Attorney-General. ilft - sirs.—Cli-plyn, R. Ryder, Ormsby, Dickinson, Hon. Yorke, Coop‘r, Onarin e , Smyth, Holtord, Hurst, Bootle, Holtfort,' 3loane, Gust, Lister. About four o'clock HIS MAJESTY set off oti his return for Windsor, Mr. PITT. When we yesterday performed the painful duty-of announcing to the Public the Death of that great man . „ Whose almost uneqUalled..talent's, whose un daunted firmness, and whose real patriotism have 'for so long - a time preserved, under - Fidairen, - this Country from those dreadful calamities which have ddsblated the greater part of Europe, we - paid an Humble but sincere tribute to his memory. But to .do justice to the talents and to the chargter of Mr. PITT would require eloquence equal to his own ; to ' attempt to enumerate the various acts of his life . which entitle-him to the sincere gratitude of his Country, and to the admiration of mankind, _._ would be to give an history ,of Europe for the last twenty years. ,At any time we should feel ourselves mdst unequal to such a task, but now, . when our minds are bdwed down, and our facul ties overwhelmed by the heavy affliaion ,with which it has pleased God to visit this COuntry, we feel that every attempt •on our part to do justice to his chars ter must be feeble indeed. But conscious as we are of our inability, we are irresistibly com pelled to trespass for a short time upon our Readers, on this most sudden and most afflieling event. . From the time that Mr. PITT reached the age of terminated manhood to the awful moment which his earthly existence, every faculty of his Mind was. devoted to the Public Service. At the conclusion of .a 'War the most disastrous this . Country had . ever experienced, in which a large portion of the Empire was severed from the' sovereignty of Great Britain, in which our united Enemies were enabled frequently to maintain a doubtful contest with Ifs ...„.. for maritime superiority, a nd at one time to ride tri umphantly hi the British Channel—at that arduous period was Mr. PITT ' (then only 24 .years of age) placed by Hi; MAJESTY at the head of his Councils. The difficulties he had then to encounter cannot be forgotten. The Finances, either from want of skill, or from negligence, had fallen into a state of disor , : der, from , which it appeared almost impossible to extricate them ; the trade of the Country, was lan t guishingglooin and discontent perVaded every quarter of the Empire—and a party, powerful from rank, from talents, from numbers, an d . f rom in fluence, were openly endeavouring to seize the reins of Government, and to deprive the Executive Power. of its Constitutional Right of choosing its own Ministers. This is but a feeble sketch of ,the state of '.the Country when Mr. PITT was, placed at the head of Administration ; bUt i n a s h ort time these difficulties vanished, as it were by magic, be fore the talents of that great man.—By a bold appeal to the loyalty ,and good sense of the People of Great 1 Britain, he completely defeated that P ar ty, w hi c h, 1 conscious of. its own strength, had smiled in con.- temptat the efforts of a boy. Nis 'next obje& was, to restore the Commerce and to improve the Finances i of the Country. These objeas the great powers 1 of his own mind, and the assistance of most able colleagues, enabled him to accomplish, in a manner i that exceeded the hopes even of the most sanguine : all the old channels of Trade were re-occupied, new' 1 'ones were opened, confidence and industry revived in every part, and the Country began to enjoy that ' commercial prosperity ,which, under his fostering I care, has now risen to such an unparalleled height. To the'financial talents of Mr. PITT even his most violent political enemies have ever been ready to do justice. Under his care order was restored in every branch of the Public Receipt and Expenditure, and the ,Revenues, which, when he came into office, were un equal to the demand of a most moderate Peace Esta blishment, soon increased to such a degree as en abled. him to accomplish an objea, which, if he had done nothing else, would alone have intitled him to the lasting gi:atitude of his Country. We mean the establishment of:THE SINKING . FUND. For this great object he appropriated one million annually, which has now produced a fund of above eight mil lions a-year, applicable to the discharge of the Na tional Debt. But much as we admire those great talents which enabled him to conceive and accom plish so important an object, we are inclined to give him "still greater credit for the unshaken firmness, for the inflexible perseverance with which he ad hered to, that plan in the most trying seasons of dif ficulty and distress. It is to that great and wise measure that we are indebted for our present finan cial prosperity. It is by the operation of that mea sure that this Country has been enabled to bear, without any diminution of Public Credit, the enor mous expellees of a Contest unprecedented in the annals of mankind.—We trust, that after the ex ample given by Mr. PITT, no Minister will aver venture, under any circunastaaces, to divert any part of this Fund to any other purpose, until the whole of our Public Debt shall have disappeared. During the continuance of the affii&ing event which occurred a few years after the period to which we have alluded, : Mr. PITT had an opportunity of displaying his inviolable attachment to the best of Sovereigns, and his unshaken adherence to the Prin, ciples of . the Constitution.; and his efforts in the cause of both were, by the blessing of ProvicLnce, succc'ssful. We come now to that great, that dreadful event which has so long convulsed the Civilized World which has been the parent of so many crimes and so many miseries—which has almost swept from the face of the earth so many great and powerful States—. which has crumbled to atoms the whole fabric of European Independence—which, in its early stages, threatened to dissolve all those ties which bind Society together, and form the chief happiness of civilized life—which. has caused more wretched ness and misery to mankind, in every rank and gradation, from the Sovereign to the Peasant, than any event recorded in the history of the world -we mean the French Revolution. The ardent love of Liberty which actuate the People of this Country,., and that generous feeling which makes them anxious for the happiness of their fellow creatures, led them A first to contemplate that Revolution with 'delight, because they conceived that it tended to emancipate a great' People from What was then , considered as a state' of Slavery. They consider ed only the present good, which they conceived it was calculated to promOte ;—they did not see the dangers which lurked behind. sThis was the 'feel ing of - the mass of the People ; .but there was a party in this Country, comparatively small indeed in numbers, but formidable from their activity and perseverance, who hailed it as an event which. opened to them a prospect of acting among us, those scenes:which very soon desolated France, and disgraced the ,cliaraCter of the Country. But the intuitive quicknes's - and comprehensive powers of Mr. PITT'S mind enabled him to foresee and to esti mate the dangers with which_ it menaced every State in Europe. He did not, however, resort to 'War until the repeated insults of the French Government—m tit their intimate connexion -with, and avowed pro teaion of, the disaffected in this Country—untirtheir , open contempt of the rights of - independent Na tions rendered - War a matter not -of choice but of necessity. It is not our wish upon this occasion to revive a discussion upon events which are past - we shall content ourselves with repeating theopinion which, since the Establishment of this Paper, we haVe uniformly maintained, that it is to the abilities and . the firmness of Mr. PITT this Country is in debted for having escaped the effects of that storm which desolated the rest of Europe. The Union of the two Sister Kingdoms, Great Bri tain and Ireland, forms • one of the most important epochs in Mr. Fires Administration. The advane-: tages and disadvantages of the Union have been so often and so fully discussed, that we refrain fivn, any observation on the subject. They who consider it as beneficial to the Empire, venerate the Author of so grand a scheme; and even they. who disap proVe of the measure, must admire the talents an:( perseverance displayed in its execution. The Kish Union is still,further memorable, as conneaed with Mr. PITT'S resignation. The subsequent events, on his being re-called to office by. His Majesty, are too recent for repetition. Though there are too many in the world who judge of measures not by their apparent expediency at the time when they were planned, but by the succesi which attends them, yet the impartial part of, the community declare, and posterity will recognize, the merit of Mr. PITT in exciting on the Continent a Combination against the rapacity and ambition of the FRENCH EMPEROR, which circumstances,' On which it was impossible for human foresight to cal= - culate,' have unfortunately rendered abortive. Judging from the aspen of most *sons in. the metropolis yesterday, on hearing the melancholy in, telligence of Mr. PITT'S death, we have every red-' son to believe that the same regret will prevail all over the Country. We never witnessed a more ge neral expression of heart-felt sorrow, as if the nation had received a fatal shock. DejeEtion appeared in the face of every man capable ofappreciating the na ture of such an 'event,- and many could only express their sorrow by mournful gestures.. it should be mentioned, to the credit of the Conductors of those Papers which have been uniformly hostile to Mr. PITT, that they have treated his charaCter with the highest respeCt, and his memory with the utmost reverence. We look with confidence to Mr. Fox for an Eulo gium on this Great Man, in that place where his eloquence has so often excited admiration and astonishment, and where his wisdom and his virtue will never be forgotten. In this respea, Mr. Fox. will ad with a due regard for consistency, while he pays the well-earned tribute to transcendent worth and abilities ; for it is upon record, that when Mr. Fox was asked his opinion of Mr. PITT, by Mr. PITT:S greatest enemy, he had the manliness and the justice to declare, that he thought him the greatest Statesman that this or any other country had ever produced. Nor is this all, for during . the last Parliamentary Session, when some pecuniary transa&ions were alluded to, in which Mr. PITT was concerned, and which were .made the subje& of insinuations against the purity of his charader, Mr. Fox, wit.i