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Air. CUMMINS said, that he never --eate
in
that Hasse 1,4 re ; he mold nut non' helisaying.
that he cordialy supeorted the presentopettei,
the ennead of dr. Pitt having been a great Minis-
ter, an] an excellent statesman.
Mr. W. exotalation, stated, that he
Was glad to Is -at a Right Han. Gentleman (Mr.
Rose) confess, !hat he theught the discharge of
these debts, by subseriptitsii, would have been ho-
nourable to the late Nlirdster
Mr. FLLISON tab!, tint tiirii:ol he always
supported the measo-es of t!:e late :•.taister, he did
not vote for ti e Motion, in complime..t to his own
coesistency, but as a jest tribute to departed worth,
and to unblemished cl;araniir.
The Marquis of DOL'GLAS said, be would not
hare obtruded him eh upon the HouSe, upon the
present occasion, were ;t ro; for the part he had
taken in a former dehote. lie merely wished it to
he understand, that thnt:7- be complained of the
ergements icing now aii.liteed, which gave rise to
di•clission on the late plop i.inn, yet he supported
tre Motion merely as au ant of generosity in a great
pa,has towards a departed servant, and not as a
txiute to his merits.
fir. FOX declared, that lie was extremely happy
to tied, that he could cordially support the mini in
upon public grou 45 He hoped the 11,4;e would
be unanimous in its approbation ; and again re-
peated, that he never gave a you, with a greater de-
gree of satisfitflien. It was, as had been observed
by a Nobl Friend of his, an aa of munificence on the
part of a great nation towards a departed servant.
As to what had twee said about Mr Pitt's, havinglseen,
on a certain occasi m, " the saviour of the country."
by tie measures be adopted, he retained all his
former opinions ia their utmost I-ace, and ha should
continue to retain them. In t!.e year 1801;4, he con-
curred with those who thcoi7lit it expedient for the
advantage of the country, that all tree debates which
for k place upon that select, should be buried in
oil vino. He was satisfied that Mr Pitt, at that
time, entetteired the sante sentiments; and he con-
fessed, that after teat, he scarcely expelled that a
yes fon in a high situation (we Understood him to al-
lude to Mr. Canaihg) would have given his cothi-
tenaece to a late motion, being so worded as ne-
cessarily to involve a recurrence to these topics.
He knew that Pitt was oslicitous for an oblivion
of them, and, in conformity wit:': hiswisbes, he agreed
in feture to abstain from them Ifthen hr so restrain-
ed himself from adveiting ro these topics during the
lit-- unit of that Minister, he should not stiffer
himself to be led to a revival of them, now that lie
was dead, and was resi Ived never to he led into
them on any future occasion, it het mild possibly
avoid it. This resolution, he assured the House,
he hid adopted, not on hi; own personal account,
but for public reasons. In the arraegement which
WAS proposed at that time, he recommended the
Right Honourable Gentleman, to whom he before
ulludesl, as a proper person to fill an import-
ant and high situation in the Gr,vernment ;
an] he now thought it extremely ill-suited that
p.r,on, to encourage any thirg that might revert to
discu.sions deprecate] at that time. Ilse wish for
a toted oblivion of the subjed, came from Mr Pitt,
and leedid and we'll] enrainue to conform to it. If
Gentl-reen should persevere in reverting to those
discussions, there would, as his Hon. Friend (Mr.
Wm. Smith) nbt'rved, be no chance of that una-
nimity which se-med to he generally wished for
There 'fete many powerful reasons, se! ich should
induce tlte HOSISC, in his opinion, unanimously to
concur in this Motion ; hut he thought it unneces•
nary to urge any other, than ti-at, as during the
twenty years of Mr. Pitt's Administration, he
derived no personal at:sr:lL:ages from the power
and ihfluence he possessed, but the Warden-
s ,ip r f the Ci 7qee Ports, whit, he bad amply the
:leans of enriching himself, aid its fertile, if he
were disposed so to employ t: ton ; I louse, in
weeding to this motion, wosid 410 no rr-•e than le-
-ward him for his disintere.7edness. On their
rounds he gave his most hearty approbation to the
)notion,

Mr. CANNINa hoped it would not be con-
eelved, that he, for a moment, was willing to de-
paft from that degree of c.and..iir and moderation,
whleit aduated the Honourable Gentlemen, who
spoke in farceur of this motion. Ile was willing,
sl,.nweeer, that it Would be perfectly understend,
that the nearest and dearest friends of Mr. Pitt, wt.! e
•rot-enetent to receive this vote as an elymesittary
gift„ as a boon of pity and ccinpasaion, from a great
and magnanimetts nation, to a departed servant.
They were desirous that it should be a grit made
.n tumour of the memory of the man, who had de-
Qed his life to the sereice of his country. The de-
i.att. on a former night, and the present, were con-
ti by an Honourable Gereleman, at the oilier
side of ute House, as origina6ng in the same gees-
Lion. He granted that they did. But stiil n:ller
Honourable Gentlemen might dissent from that,
and give their assent to this, on the grounds that
such assent did act interfere with their opinion of
his charaeer as a statesman. The great fault
mend with the motion en the former night was,
it expressed too much gratitude and resped for
ti- meths cf the mar, in a politlcal point of view.
lie. for his part, confessed, that he only found (atilt,
because he conceived the wording of the motion was
cold and inanimate, when compared with the me-
:s which formed its sehjec. For the purpose of
c,erteroreisirg the business, and bringing the
qaest;nts bsfere the House, in seek a manner as that
the •$,Te ml;;Les he unanincus, precedents had been
leveled to, wLlch but &intly expressed the tribute
of pra'se (Tee to the memory of that exalted states-
man. t ith respect to tie notice of that Motion,
be knew teithing of it ; if he had consulted his own
feelings. it certately sl nuld not have been framed in
she manner and words it. had been. Bet, as to any
part he :night h.,ve taken in the business, after the
nteice had farm given, he could only say, that he
ltde thotteht that, whiist Le and his Hon. Friends
were lowering thelr sentiment, and dilating their
feeling, enezely tier the purpose of not preirokiag a
discussion, they should be charged with holding nut
.Opinions which would have a contrary ten:fancy.
Tree Rigla. Hoe. Gentleman was proceeding to
snake further observations on the debate which took
place tau the former right, when be was called to
"Id,r by Mr. Charles Wynne, far noticing in his
speeckati) thing which took pla:e in a ler.oer debate.

• The SPRAY:aI :aid, the Hun. CentlernaA who
poke to older, was perlectly corretFt.
Mr. CANN /NG proceeded, and said, he thought
it almost impossible to pa steed in the present :argu-
ment without referring le that whael- had been made
u•e of on the former nceasion. Indeed, lie cun-
ceiv,•d that almost all the H..nnuniblc Gentlemen
who had spoken before him, had referred to it ; but,
as at was out regular, he Aould ender sour not again
to advert to it. Some Honourahle Gentlemen had
supported this Motion, as it did not engrain one
wort tending to pronounce Mr. Pitt an excellent
Oaa this occasion, they exclaimed with
the Poet—

All thy good
Now ol..zes, all thy guilt .s it, the graee7
The Honout able Gentleman protested against the
line of condua adopted by these Gentlemen. lie
gave the greater credit to the I imourable Gentle-
man ( dr. William Smith) who, having opposed
the for mer motion, spoke v.thernently against the
present, for his eo::sistencv, and steadiness of opinion.
Ile could not conceive what was•the motive which
instigated some Honourable Gentleman to oppo-e
the former Motion, and support this. If it were their
intention to allow this as an elymosinary gift, which
might be granted, by a munificent naticin, to de-
parted de-merit, as well as merit ; if it were not
given as a token of gratitude, for loog and distin-
guished services to the state, he confessed he would
much rather the Motion should be refused.
'sir. FOX, in etplanation, said, he distinaly gave
his vote on account of the merits of the man. He
conceived this a distinEt question from that which
was agitated on a former night, and one which
did nut involve the charatter of Mr. Pitt as a states-
man.

Mr. I lUDLESTONT spoke is favour of the mo-
tion ; hut iu tie low a tone we could not coiled Ili,
words.

The question was then put, and carried nen,. ran.

Mr.
FOX rose and said, that, in conserpse ce of
a change which was about to take place in the Ad-
ministration, several new appointments would, of
eour,.., take place. He had then, he said, to offer
a Bill to the consideration of the House, for the
purpose of .:nabbing a certain Noble Lord to bold the
office of Auditor of the Exchequer with that of First
Lord of to •rreasury. It had been doubted whether
these two pl..ces were tenable by the same p.m-son ; but
he confessed, for his Dalt, he did not conceive that at
press therewere sutficeot grounds to warrant such a
doubt. The history of the country Affor,led two
great precedents, namely, that of Lori Halt ix and
Mr. Pelham, both of which persons held the tw . of-
Aces at the same tore. The Noble Lot a th.mght it be,,,
that. i : thepresent instance, it should bedone in a diffn-
ten. manner, and that there might he nodoubt on the
subjea, and that al. contention mi lit be removed, he
ha prepared a Bill,whieh, as dispa•ch wa- n..Tessary,
he now offered with. ar any prey:, us nuzice, to the
cnnsidet anon r f the Hoose. He etiaceived it might
be r-ad a first time, and it 130 obj-Ation were made, a
second ; and to4n..trow, perhapa, in the Commit-
tee, some orcessal y alter.: ns might be made in it
The Hots. Gentleman then proc.:ecied to move for
leave to ring in a Bill, to enable venom to held
the office -f Aud'or of the Exchequer, with that
of First Lord of he I reasury.
The SM.', KEll called the attention of the Gen-
tleman to wha• had been th • recent or:oftice of the
House with respe& to bringing in a Ball. It w.as
usual, he said, to give a notice, and their, in case
of emergency, where the utmost dispatch was re-
quired, the Bill might be passed through two or
three, or all the remaining stages, on ,he same day.
This was the recent pradice of the House; he id
not, however, mean to say, that a Member was
not competent to propose any measure without a
previous notice; hat he wished to call to the tecol-
left: on r.f the Honourable Gentleman, that, by
cow-toting in the praCtice which had been lately
a opted, and giving notice this night for to-morrow,
he would be enabled, with the permission of the
House, to pass the Bill as soon as if it %ere now
brought in.
Mr. FOX thought it might be done in that way
as readily as in any other ; at the same time, he dio
rot wish to bow to a practice, which by nn means
excluded him from the right of offering a Bill to
the consideration of the House, without any pre-
vious notice.

The Al' FORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Ho-
nourthle Gentleman would give way to the g,ner.il
praaice, and only give a notice of his intention of
bringing in the Bill to morrow. With respell to
what the Hononrahle Gentleman had stated, name•
ly, that this Rill was brought in merely for the
purprise of removing a doubt, he could have wish-
ed that no such statement had been made, as it was
evident, if that were the only objea in view, no
sw.h would ever have been before the House.
lie would have Gentlemen recollea, when the
gnesticu would properly come before them, that
instead of passing a Bill to remove doubts, they
would be enaaing a new law, a law which
required their most serious attention. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman had cited precedents in the
Cases of Lord Halifax and Mr. Pelham, but
he denied that these could properly be denominated
precedents; as in these li.sronces the offices were
held in an underhand manner, and the right of
holding them never became a su'ijea of discussi
There were great and political reasons against
the same persons holding these two offices. The
trust attached to each was of the highest import-
.lnce, and one was subordinate to the other, He
concluded by hoping, that the Hon. Mover would
content him clf with giving the notice at pres-nt,
and lrt the matter come before the House to-
morrow, or on any future day.
Isfr.FOX then withdrew his motion, and gave no-
tice far to-morrow

Mr. Rose wished to deliver his sentiments on
the subject ; but was called to order, there being
no question before the House.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
on His Majesty's Message. respeaing the grant of
annuity of :2 ,0001. to Vicountes Nelson for life.
Mr. GILES expressed a wish that Lady Nelson
should be placed in the s.tme situation she would
have been in if Viscount Nsfson had survived the
*dins' g he, of course, would have been created an
Earl, and she would have taken her rank accordingly.
The Hon. Gentleman wished to know vthether it
were intended to bestow any ~ecla hozcur on her
Ladyihp ?

• •
••, Lt. C.% MERL asti+l, .t y Lad
taken into consicieiation what the HJ3. Gentle-
man had just now mentioned, hut as it was a thing
totally unprecedented. to bestow the honour of peer.
age on any woman, and ,Maw another person at th •
tame time to enjoy it, the idea had been abandoned.
It w is then resolved. that the Annuity slinrehl be
granted, and the Report was ordered to be received
to-morrow.
The Iliuse then went into Committees on the
grant of 2,0001. a-year to Lord Collingwood, and
los two nett heirs, in succession; and on the annuity
of 1,0001 to Sir Richard Strachan. Both of these
were agreed to, and the reports ordered to be re-
ceived to-morrow.
I hr other-Orders of the Day were then disposed
I•f—Adjourned.

'.O 14e will give The Colo,er a dreevingto-vaeorvow,—
The length of the rarliamentar? Debate has obtained it a
respite of one day.

THE BRITISH PRE S

TUES:6(4.I)NY,IF)(e)4NRu'ARY 4.

NEW MINISTRY.
His MAirsvv HAS SANCTIONED THB PLAN OF
THE Nrw MINISTIST, SC IMJTTED TO HIS/ IV
LOnD GRENVILLE. We corgratulave the country
upon this Sappy event. It was accomplished in
the course of yesterday; a day which will ever be re-
membered with gratitude and thanks. Lord GNB N.
va. Le waited upon His a.trsr, sr, yes;erday, at I?
o'clock, by ippointment. His audience lasted about
three quarters of an hour, after which his Lordship
proceeded to Mr. Fox's house, in Arlington-street,
where he had an interview with the Earl of Moi RA,
Mr. GREY. and some other leading Members of the
Party, and thence to St. James's-place, where he
had an interview with Earl SP Er+cut. Lord G Ex-
VILLE had a see .nd interview with His MAJLS
ry,
about four o'clock, which lasted half an hour. At
this Fecond interview, this most important business
was finally settled, in a manner that must endear
His MAJESTY more than ever, if possible, to the
hearts of his people. Llrd GRENVILLE immediate..

ly conveyed the grateful inulligence to Mr. Fox,
ho went to the house of Earl Seance it, where the
whole party were assembled. The first symptom
of this happy result shelved itself, yesterday morn-
ing, in the Court of Chancery. The LORD CAI AN•
CELLO k announced his intention to take leave of the
Court this morning, and that Mr. Baron THome-
;we will deliver judgement in such cases as may
remain undisposed of. The even: was more une-
quivocally stated last night, in the House of Com-
mons ; Mr. Fox having openly and direaly an-
nounced a change of Ministry, and brought in a Bill
to enable Lord GR tSVILL I to hold his new place, as
First Lord of the Treasury, along with the place of
Auditor of the Exchequer, already ir•. his possession.
After the Hoarse of Commons were up, Mr. Fox went
to Carleton.house, and remained with the Pluses
until 12 o'clock ; he thus went home to Arlington-
Street, where he found Lord ROBERT SPENCFR and
Lord Ossuksvora waiting for him. During the whole
evening, Mr. Fox's house was besieged with visitors,
to enquire the rt sult ; and exclaiming as they were
going away, " All is right ; it is all settled." At
nine o'clock, last night, the LORD CHANCRLLOR
and Lord HAN LEM; a had audh!nees of His MA•
r ass y, at the QURIN'S House. The following is the
Ministerial arrangement, which, we understand, has
received His MAJcsr s's san&ion. It is only a little
more accurate than the list which we have already
submitted to our readers. New writs, we under-
stand, wiil be moved this day in the !louse of Com-
mons, for Mr. Fox, Mr. Gft Ey, &e.; and the
whol-, or greater pat t of the arrangement, will ap-
pear in The Gazette of this night.

THE CABINET.
T.ordGeLoattLe, Firer Lord ,•f the Trratury.

Mr Foz, Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Earl SPINC in, Seereory (or Horne Department.

Mr W x•IIAM, Secretary hr War Department.
Mr. GRIT, First Lord of ttt, A.thaira!ty.
Earl FITSWILLI API, President of Council.

Lnrd SIDNOCTII, Lord Privy Seal.

Mr. EIIIILINI, Lord Chanty-11os.

Ea,l of Co 4TH A hi, Malta General of fhanonce.

Lnrd Mosey Pint, Chancellor of th. Excliegoer.
L.rd E &&&&& oitotio, to bays a ant in the Cabinet.

OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
Farl of Morn*, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
General FITZMIIicc, Secretary at Wrr.

L,•,d P,lnidcat of ttre Miami of Contrnid.
Lord Aercic 4lt 0, President of toe Board of fr.de.
Kai of BOCCIPI041• Y,,,,,, •
la n.nt r stmabter.-C4
Lord kostar SPENCIIII.