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ristieTout prejudices, an 4 crying out that the church
Wlll is danger, (end whieh to was persuaded that
riot one of them believed). upon these grounds he
cfintititled, that they were not entitled to the confi-
de:cc of that &tee. In his present situation he
siert:ld porsue diet hue of coedua which his con-
science pointed out ; be should not give any vexa-
tious opposition to Asfirlinistration, but should
watch their eondua with such jeeldusy-as to induce
him perhaps to make these obj:aions. which may
be construed into a feCtinus opposition; but all
measures which might a erder to have the good of
the country for their ohjehohonld have his support.
Mr. BItAGGE I'HURSF denied the pro-
priety of everi• truism, such .as the former put
cif the present Question, whi:h might be moved
for, being Is:meted to stand upon the Journal.
of the house. Thus, no man in his senses would
deny the propriety of a strong and efficient Ad.
ministration. But, although he considered the
general condua of the late Administration to
iieve lei en highly creditebl: is themselves, he
cou:d not fall is with the motion, as it meant to
in:lede their late condna with respret to this Bill ;
best ha own ever revie.v with regret, that per-
sons ef such talents shnuld have placed themselves
in :itch a situation, as to render their dismissal ne-
cessary. It Could not be doubted, but that the
i..,'ajeft of the present motion was, to force in again
are late bliniiters, by the removal of the present
ones. lit. he must say. that the late Ministers had
rleceel teeraselves in such a situation, that the con-
fidence of the Sovereign must be withdrawn, and
that it w is impossible they could continue to all for
the good of the State. 'There might be cases between
the S•vereigii and Ills Ministers, so as to occasion
thtferelice, wiiliout any other person being consi-
dered respoaseee ; but the moment when ainisters
p e-ciive the diseositien of the Crown to ad con-
trary to their advice, His Majesty's i'dinicers were
boas el to re1.:141.4th their situations, and thereby
their responsibility. Ia the late measure, where
• was there :he shadow of a proof, that the King
had been under the ielluence of secret adviiiers
C:.easiderieg
.the ?meat matiait as an week upon
the Pretagaeve of the King, it must have his de.
tided dierept.
Earl PERCV spoke shortly, bat in so low a tone
of voice eiteer the Gallery, as to be scarcely audi-
ble. We uaetestreal him saying, diet although
there w-s tio greater friend to toleration than
himself, yet he must lemete any measure tattl-
ing to eut political power into the hands of the R. 1.•
M.tiS Catholics, mid to hold rush pro:llium situations
as the late prenosed to grant them.
The Ci-LiNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Bird. that when (i.e Noble Lord ( Howlett) made his
public statement, and, by the King's permission, of
whet had pasied in the Cabinet, it could not be sur-
prising if he arid his friends felt themselves bound
to make a contrary staternect. The presumption
• was, that there had been no suit secret aevisers of
Ers Mej..sty as had been suggested, and it remained
for them whobrought this objeaion to prove that these
were such.. Was it, he would ask, any thing so ex-
tt aordinary, that the King Yhonld require a satisfac-
tory explanation from his confidential Servants, as to
their future cendua ; and mire especially, after so
31111Gii anxiety seemed to be expressed by them as to
their bringing forward tart ter measures upon the
sense stajeft ? Was it strange that the King should
wisn his mind to be set at ease ? And did it necessa-
rily follow, that tlii. condo& of the Sovereign
she eld be the effea of locg and dark intrigue? Al.
though tie should not shrink from any legal re pon.
aihility attached to his office, yet he must deny that
by such acceptance he was to be considered respon-
sible for eels antecedent to his coming intooffice. Af-
ter vindicating his conduct in his address to his Con-
stituents at Nertbanipeon, and being firmly per.
stet ded that the tendency of the measures which the
late Ministry were adopting, respeaing the Catholics
of Ireland, tended to injure, if ni.t destroy, the Pro-
testant Establishment oi that country, and, of con-
seqaence, to endanger that of England, and to stir
up religious prejudices and animosities, be said he
sheuld vote against the motion.
Mr. WINUHAM stated, that from his own ex-
hagted state. and the extreme lateness of the hour,
he isould confine f inuelf principally to answer the
objections of the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke
last but one. He had stated, that the praaice of
thus lighiuroducing the King's name, was ex-
traudinatOtinconstitutional, and portentous in the
last degree. Admitting it were so, the circum-
stance of the publication of the secret minutes of
the Cabinet, was in itself stiffieent almost to war-
rant such an explanation as the late Ministers had
given t i both Houses of Parliamtnt; but to remove
all shadow of ohieetion to their conduct, it was
sufficient they atied under the immediate sanaion
of the Royal Authority. He thought they might
be under these circumstances permitted to
mention His Majesty's name in that House,
without being said to arraign him at the Bar of
that House. in &chinas of great national import-
ance, and where much public anxiety is awakened,
the Ministry is furnished with the means and the
liberty of giving satisfaCtory information, and would
be highly criminal,if they neeleaed it. As all admit•
sod no at, of the King's could be private, be contend-
ed. when the King ailed direaly in opposition to the
*deice of his Ministry, that difference of opinion
should be attributed to the iefluence of secret advi-
sers. To tall for these secret advisers was a mockery;
they had been too artful to suffer themselves to be
detected; but that such advice had been given, re-
cent falls clearly demonstrated. To maintain that
the new Ministry were not accountable far the
means 'by which the late were expelled
from their situations, was to throw all the
responsibility on the King alone, as aelin and
continuing to as independent of his Counsellors.—
This was a dreadful and destruftive system; to as-
sert to this would be to avow we had no Constitution;
in vain should both Houses of Parliament ens& laws;
the King could always counteraa the wishes of the
maims by his awe; and as he ailed without the con-
sent nt his Ministry, though possessing one, neither
constitetionally, nor the Ministry. con-
eels:het-Iy, would he responsible to the Natinn.-
1 e acquisitions of our ancestors, in vain the
hi: eat tiny lavished in tie defence ut their po-
litica, ir,eJ ; they were to be told at this event-
tn, crr.ts, tss tt tie affairs of the nation were to be
ti town into the hands of any Ministry whatever,
although they might be.;lotaily destitute of engslic

conAiray. or official capacity ; and Parra-tient, it
!iad been maintained, ought to decline m rh•
ing say rimresentkione
.tei His Majeity. on the
impropriety of. consinittieg the aft :it., of U ore. n-
ment. id which in tench is traniatted in con-
&lenges to a set o+ roen totally &sower of a!!
public eonfidence whatever. Such opinions. h-
hoped. would find few supporters in that House.—
He concluded, by observing, that m-n, who had
trilled with the internal, peace a the country, by
publishing eleClion squibs.; for the purposl of in-
flaming and disseminating religious rancour and in-
tolerance. were unfit to be entrusted with the; fin.
vernment of the country, since they would not fail
to resort to the very worst of practices. to main-
tain themselves in their inauspicious and ill gotten
power.
The MASTER of the ROLLS writ se eon-
sideraitle length into the principle of the measure ;
he disapproved of the garbled publication of the
Cabinet Minutes ; but thought the late Ministers
had been the first to give the public an ides of the
secret transactions of His • Majesty's Council. fie
concluded, with maintaining, that the principle
throughout was erroneous; and was decidedly of
opinion, the King himself, no more than his Mi-
nisters, had a tight to give any such permission
to publish those Minutes. and that consequently
such permission was unjustly and uncocuitutionally
sought and obtained.
After a general clamour for the question,
The SPEAKER requested the House would sup-
port him in his duty.
Order being restored.
Sir ARTHUR PIGOT went into a long refuta-
tion of the arguments used by the Master of the
Rolls, and concluded with observing. that on the
decision cf this question depended the late of the
purity of the Constitution.
The House then divided. when there appeared—
For the Amendment . . 244
Against it . . . .

Majority for Minist•n 45
A•tjonrned at HALF-PAST 11X r,'Clock.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY. 4eatt. 16.

Two Husem Mails arrived, last night, with Let-
ters and Papers to the 2.1 inst. We have extraßed
from them some articles, dated Vienna, the (EA of
Much, all tending in confirm the repczt of the
important blow struck against the PORTS, by the
British squadron, under Admiral Ducitwoaen.—.
They state that the Turkish Bret, amounting to 10
sail, was taken possession of, provisionally, by the
English, and that the Caerram PACIA and Mr.
Aa su r HNOr were negociating a peace. The poise a
was also requested to renew its ancient treaty with
Russia ; in consideration of which, the latter en-
gages to guarantee all the Turkish possessions
in Europe. Asia. and Africa. Another article
states, that a peace had been concluded be-
tween these two powers. The Berlin Geterte, of
the 14th last, contains an article from Vienna,
stating. that the Austrian Cabinet is endeavouring
to mediate a general peace, and has made some
progress in that measure. A French Paper, the
Jourosi do Paris, also inserted a letter from Berlin,
announcing that an armistice was proposed to the
French by Russia. This account is discredited in
the same article which :mentions it ; and we do not
think that Russia etuuld be tempted to desert Prus.
.ia. A general accommodation does not appear,
however, to be a very improbable event.

We stated. yesterday, the arrival of the Cambrian
at Portsmouth, with an account that the Ameri-
cans were greatly dissatisfied with the Commercial
Treaty, lately transmitted for the Ratification of the
Government of the United States. Our Ministers,
we understand, have not received any official dis-
patches upon the subject ; but no doubt is enter.
tamed of the fad. The principal ground of objec-
tion to the Treaty is. that it contains no provision
respating the Impressing of Seamus, which was
the original cause of the misunderstanding between
the two countries. The following is an estrad
from a letter, dated St. George's, Bermuda, March
the 0.5111, upon this important subject
a The aped/4in frigate. Capt. Bauman, sails
immediately for England, by which I write; hcr,
hasty departure is, we suppose, occasioned by the
British Treaty with America having been rrjeAed
by the PIAMOLNT and Senate, who were for
sending it back inumdiately; but the Hone
of Re2resentatives insisted upon its being de-
bated in their House; what the result may be, is
y.t unknown: if tl.•e non-importation should in con-
sequence be enforced, an immediate war will break
out. The Treaty has created great ferment through.
out the American Continent."

The Ferreter gun-brig hat been boarded, at night,
in the ETMS, and taken by a patty of soldiets from
the shot e.

A Pledirtion rritic44 and literally (4/.ollrd.—lt was
stated iu a Morning Paper of Monday last, that
several purchasers of Shares of Lottery Tickets,
tea Met dap, would very probably participate of the
10,0001. Prize, to the first-drawn Number on Toes.
day mosning."—This turned out to be identically
the case, as several Shares of that fortunate Num-
b-r. which had been but just divided at the Stamp-
Office, were absolutely sold on Monday evening.
The above Prophet has been heard to say, ei that
2),0001. Prize to the first-drawn Number, on
Thursday neat, will be sold in Shares also la the
course ut the preseat week.

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