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WEDNESDAY, II ttRCH 9.

4116- MAJES.I' MESSAGF..
The CHANCELLOR, of the Feseireouga moved,
that the Order cf the Dey for taking into considera-
tion his Majesty's most gracious Message, be now
read ; which being cane, and the Message read by
the SeEAK F R, he moved, that his Majesty's Message
be row taken him consideration.---,Ordered.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
then sssoke to the following eifea;— Sir, 1 rise, to
-propoie an Address in consequitice of his Majesty's
most gracious, Messeige, which the Honse has just
heard read from the Chair, and I feel perfeftly cons
&lent, that the. appeal which his Majesty has there-
by made to the wisdom, the public leak, die
and the fortitude of his Pei-liar:tent, lies not
becirmado in vain. There are two peints to which
his Majesty's Message refers ; that of I t it sty pre,
peration on the coasts of France and Hollaeel ; and
the other, the discussion now subsisting isetween pis
Majesty and the Governmcre of France: either pf
those points, separately eonsideeeel, woeld require e
great degeee of vigilance and circneaspeCtion, on the
part of hie Mejesty Government ; but- both corn;
blued. require still more of eleit .vigiiance and at-
tention. 'lt has been stated to the House by his Me-
jesty, diet the preparedons in the ports of France
ales: Heland, are .avouttelly directed for the purpose
of Colonial Services. It is possaile, and *1 hope
probable, that such is the purpose of these armas
milts ; but on the authority of his Majesty, it is ;deo
stated, there are discussions of great importance
subsisting, the result of which must, as it is obvious
to the. House, be uncertain; his Majesty has there-
fore made his grac ioess communication to the House,
for the House must be aware, that however inoffen-
sive these armaments might avowedly be tosyards
ns, yea they might; under- eirenmstances, be applied
to another Purpose, which it is of the utmost im-
portance to our interests to counteraa. With re-
spea to the discussions referred to in his Majesty's
Mess:tge,.l trust the Horse will not expea that I
should enter into the nature, still less the detail of
those discussions ; but I have the satisfied= of
thinking, that the result of these discussions may be
consoitant to the true interests of this country.
If, however, unfortuuetely, sech should not be
the result, his Majesty, conscious cf the good-
ness of the cause, has expressed a determination
to refer to the great resources of this country, the
wisdom of the Councils, and the pride ofthe nation,
io support of the honour of his Crown and the es-
sential interests of his people. If that unfortunate-
ly should be the result, the lioose may be assered
they shall be possessed of every topic which could
ceet light pn every sulsieit which may •be desired
to come under discussion, on the condua of his Ma-
jesty's Government; froth the -moment of the ratifi-
eetion ofthe fleet), of sktniens to the present moment.
I§ith regard to the nature of the measures to be
adopted in consequence of the present state of
things, I am not disposed to enter, at present, into
that subjeil, but it will readily occur to the linuse,
that there should be come angmentation of his
Majesty's naval force, and probably some increase
to pus internal security ; for the latter part .of
which I have reason to imeehte, that an intima-
tion will he made by his Majesty to his Parlia-
neeret, that he has resulted, for that purpose, to the
constitutional force, by 'embodying the militia.
It would, indeed, be matter of regret, that those
who had employed themsekees during a lung war,
and had already done so much, should now be mil-
e ed on to make edslitioisal s:icriticee, but I have no
doubt, if reqoested on such an occasion, they are
sacrifices which would be cheerfully made; but
here I be it to be understood, that ail which is
stated in ills Majesty's Message has reference to a
system of defence, and is enly mattel' of precaution.
I am sanguine enough to hope, that- on this day,
the House will give proof of an unanimous deter-
mination to enable his Majesty to adopt such mea-
sures as are essential to the true interests of the
country. I should not propose to convey the
sere-
timents of the House in terms by which any indi-
visited should be pledged, or committed, to any fu-
ture meastue, ,or by which the discretion of Parlia-
ment should be pre-engaged; but I trust, that What-
. ever Gentlemen's sentiments-may be on some of
the measures of Government, either on the terms
of the peace, or the supposed advantages of a e.ate
of war, yet thet a<l w,ill concur in supporting
the Motion I shall have the honour of submitting
to the House; the substance of which is to assure
his Majesty, that he tray .rely on his Periament
jn supporting his Majesty in such measures as may
be nikessery for the honour of his Crown and the
essential interests of his people. I therefore move
you, Sir, an Address to the following substance,
" That 'an him-dile Address be presented to his
' Majesty, to thank his Ma*ty for his most gra-
cious Message : to as nee his Majesty, that his
faithful commons arc invessed whit e fall sense.
of this fresh proof of his efajesty's unceasing atten-
tion to the welfese of his people ; that under the
present .ciectimstanees, they could- not hesitate to
concur with his I'Vlujesty in thinking it expedient to
adopt additioeai meeseree of precaution for the
secerity of his slomielotes ; that though the papa-
wines to which his Mejesty referred \v.:re avowedly
direaed to Colonial service, -yet as discussions of
great ikrportence were still .subsisting betweee leis
Majesty and the French Covernmeut-, the resuh of
which might be uncertain i.diat they partake of his
earnest and tinvaryints solicitude fot the continuance
of peace.; that hi,s Atjesty might rely. with confi-
dence on their exertions to
.enable his Majesty to
adopt stick measures as circumstances might re-
. quire for supporting the honour of his Crown and
the essential interests of his people."
' This .Address being read, and the -question put,
Mr. FQX. 61 No vote hes ever been given nn
any occasion, and particularly by me, in such corn-
' .p!ete anti utter darkness as that which es as now pro.
'posed. To thank his Majesty for his gracious
• .cOrtemunication—to concur with him in the support
• *l' the honour of his crown, and the essential -hue-
. ristSOf hiePeopleeewere
.prepasitionsewhich it eves
!novelly ,itopoesibleeo pppov;. Meisagestazes
tnO giounds:. irst, tite kruuni) qf the erreamentin

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France and Holland : this was matter of fila capa-
ble of proof, and therefore most be supposed to he
correctly stated.. The fleet was the ground of dis,
Cussion; and here I am entitled to avail ;nyself
of wh4t .had been uid by the Right Honourable
Gentleman in the opening of this subjet tq
the House, which was, that the Address did not
pledge the House to any thing. His Majesty stated
there were subjects of discussion ; he 4i4 not give
to the House the remotest hint what that might be :
whether in Europe, Asia, Africa, or America ;
upon no part of which did he give any opinion ,
whatever. I must assume, that whatever he state
to be of importance was of importance; but f•
have no means of forming an opinion upon it; I
am left in a state of entire darkness; That lam
ready to thank his Majesty for his gracious com,
munication, and to join in any measures which
might be necessary to support the dignity of
the Crown, and promote the welfare of the
people, are propositions in this Address tq
wksch I give my assent most read,ily ; but not fur-
ther, without some infine nation. Having said thisl
I would add, that any one who would examine the
, present state of the British ern?ire, would feel there
' never was a period in which it was so essential to
this country to avoid the calamities of war as the
present, and, there,core, if we should be involyed
in war by any :Ink of Ministers, they would be
more guilty than. any other advisers or counsellors
of this or any other country."
Lord HAW ISESBURV said, it ould net he net -
cessary for him to trouble the House long upon the
present occasion, he should therefore say but a very •
few werds, In one part of his speech, the Hon. Lien-
tlvian who spoke last had rather misapprehended
his Right H. Friend. He Meant, in the ty.t.l
obje.% 4e had stated, that of the preparations of
armament in the ports of Frince and Holland, *and
the discussion remaining between his Majesty at
the Government of France. The Hon. Gentlem,
seemed tq thjil, his Right Hon. Friend bad stated,
that one of these grounds was gay fit ground 14-
this address, whereas what his Right 1-1011. Friend.
had said was this, that one of these grounds was
sufficient for the circumspeetion and vigilance of
Government, but that both combined, that wash
the preparations and the discussion, called for some,
thing more, and required that Ministers should ad-
vise-his Majesty to send the present mes,sair tp the
House; and to secure that caution and that vigilance.
As to what the Hon. Gentleman had said upon the
Address, in the hitier part of his Speech,, lie agreed
with him, that the Address did not pledge cr com-
mit the House to any thing. As to the subject
of discussion which might at present be subsisting
between his Majesty and the french Govereteeit,
he could repeat what his Right Hon. Friend hat
already stated : If this discussion should lead to
war, it would be the duty of Government to lay
before the House all the information it could, as to
the cruses of the War and the condud of Ministers -1
he would ge ferther and say, it would be right, un,
der the present circumstances, not to confine it tq
objeas immediately dependink, but he should wish
most anxiously, -that the whole condu& of GO7
vernment since the conclusion of • the' Definitive
Tr.sity to the present moment, should fie laidlearlY
befeee she House and the country. He was sati.ss
fed on a review of that cendud hjs Majesty's.
Ministers would have no reason to repent of it ;
and when that came before dr House. he should be
as ready to enter into the discussion of the whole Or
any part of that conduct as any Gentleman in the
Ilouse might think proper to require. Under thii
present circumstances, however, lae thought no -ad-
vantages could arise by entering into the measure of
negociation at present, or events that antecedently
took place ; that would answer at present no useful
purpose. The Address pfedeed the House to nothing
btu that to whichthe House was not ready-to assent at
all times, namely, to •support his .l'iajesty in main-
taining the dignity of the Crown and the essential
interests of the country.

Mr. NVINDHAM assured the House, he had no
intention to claim its attention long. He agreed
with an Flonourable Gentleman who spoke befeire
lilt that the Rinse Was put into rather an 'hat.' 4
situation, because it was called upon to aft in the
dark. lie did not think it was' sufficient for the
House to be told that hereafter it shall be in pos7
session of the ground on which the present proceed-
ing was proposed. The House ought to be in a Si-
tuation where it might have some knowledge of
-events, in a crisis so considerable; the House- ought
to know scmething upon this subjea instead of pro-
ceeding upon a nullity of information, for upon'this
matte: ; r. ow occ u p ied itsmost serious attention,
the House knew literally nothing, it was told only, kit
terms not general, that exertions are necessary.-7
The House indeed knew that very considerable ;rata:
rants had been made, ay,id a great change made iu
the system of what • was called Peace. He must
therefore enter a species of protest against the mode
gety adopte.d, the necessity, in hisnion, such as
That
to call for it, segnired exertion. That ' the force
troposed to he used should be used merely as de-
:owe ; now all species of force might be so used;
especially in the first instance, but it was here of
last importance, when great force was necessary,
know w:iat that force was, because prudence might
require force of different sorts in differ,ent circum:-
stilnees ; there was .some in its nature defensive,
and defensive
,only ; that must be the case of tfii
Militia ; but tOr the interpretation of the present
vote, nothing more .need. be said, than the
Honourable • Gentleman concurred in it. • TheY
pledged themselves to-northing but that which had
been already stated, and in that no man could have
any difficulty. Here.he should haVe ended, if it
had not been for- some observations made on the
othereide of the House. It was said, on a former
'circcasion; by an. Von. Gentleman (Mr. Poi), that
peace was his policy and first wish, said Mr. Wind:.
ham, and that tar was come. " I am, at present,
in no state to say., I can be in no State to say, Whe-
ther war would be expedient or not ;If it were neces-
sary to cotne.to an opition,'no conclusion could be
drawn from the condua of those who were the most
vehement opposers-of the peace, what their opinion
would be now. 'That they should be supposed to be
• glad of what was now proposed, that they exulted in
it, would catch with impatience at any prospea at the
renei.vat 'of the war, would be a conclusion's false in
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reasoning, as unfounded in fae. Tie ,very reverse
was the *ilia ; he who was a vehement opposer ef
the p....ace of Amiens, • who had no reason now to
alter the opinion he gave then, but abundant reason
to :Wilkie to it, might nevertheless not concludr
now that war could be made with advantage: ,he
I might think otherwise, in proportion to the con-

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tid'on of his mind at the time he did opeow the
peace. He might he the less ready to catch at war
now than he was then, because he might be of opi-
nion that we had lost the opportunity which might
haoe been then afforJed, and therefore persons en-
tertaining the opinions which he did, would consider
this as a very serious matter. An Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Fox) had often 14d, that no evils-
could be stated which were equal to the evils of
war. He believed that it now began to be sus-
peeled, perhaps felt, that there were dangers in
peace as well as in war, and they might go on as ra-
pidly too in that state as the evils of war, and
might lead a country into that state in which no
war could stop them. Now• he would beg leave to
observe to the Noble Lord who spoke last, that
there was a double responsibility attached to a Mi-
nister, that of making an imeroper peace, and also
that of making an improper v,itr ; the danger of the
one might in some cases Le equal to the danger of
the other. Consigning this, as he did, ecmeletely
to his Majesty's Ministers he could only remind
them of their responsibility, and that it applied to
either side, the alternative of peace or war.
Mr. SHERIDAN-4, I should not have thought
it necessary to have tronbled the House, had it not
been fur something which fell from the Hon. Mem-
ber who spoke last, of a nature so extraordinary
that it cannot be passed over in silence. The I lon. 1
Geettleman tells us, after all his past declarations,
and those of smite of his friends, of his reluaance
again to enter into the war ; but his argument is ex-
traordinary : he says, that in consequence of their
having been oppo scrs of peace, they must neces-
siirily-be reluOint to War; for, says he, " my &ejec-
tion was, that the peacenlefe the country in a situa-
tion which has rendered it impossible for the country
ton renew the war. He says, that %.%-e were left by the
pe;nee in that state which precluded, us from the pow-
er of defending ourselves. I know that such language
has been used elsewhere. I know it has been modest ly
said by the First Consul, that si., rie-licinek.! this coun-
tty. could not contend with Frence, (a videni cry of
hear! tsar!) We shall, I trust, foliose the course which
has hitherto distinguished us : let. usen.leavour by mo-
deration and a proper degree ef forbearance to aeoid
evolisg to war, but if war cannot be avoided, I hope
that, :ideated by one general spirit, we shill prove
to France chit, rine/eel/arida, we are able to contend
against her. I hope and trust the same sentiment
v. ill animate the breast of every individual in the
country, and that we shall imitate the example this
deyeset before us, by the firsesubjeft of the country,
who has Constantly expressed a disposition to sacri-
fice every personal con Aeration to the public esi-
gericies. 1 have nothing to add, at the present
snoment ; I truie that; upon a subject of such mag-
nitude and impertanse, the House v. 411 c::pre..s its
sense of the commue its made by his Majesty,
vtith that perfed unanie•ey which, upon such an oc-
casion., ought to distinghisli Ls vote.
Mr. WINDHAM desired to explain. He ob-
served; that as a proof he had not said the words
imputed to trim, he had expressly stated he had
furined no decided opinion.
Miff. CANNING said, it was highly necessary,
whether the result was war or peace, that the House
sitould know if the explanation given this day was
all the explanation the House and the Country were
tb have. He waited till that moment, because he
Was not willing to suppose the existence of any dis-
ability on the. part of Ins 'Majesty's Ministers to give
a proper explanation, till after a full opportunity
had been afforded them. It had been saicl by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer,
.that in the event of
War, the fullest explanation should be made ; hut
aiat was• net sufficient • it , was necessary the
ground of this most :harming communication
should be explained to its very founele don.—
It was a measure, compared with which any thing
in his memory ,was trifiieg and unimportant—it
lied alarmed and agitated the niinis cf all the peo-
fe of the country, and yet he had not lusted dint
the snitallea communication, as to the cause which
had produced it, was to be laid before the House.
He did test mean to Lftain the House with com-
menting upiin. the Message of his MajeXty, hut it
did seem to him hard to be thus dealing es ith the
feelings of a tjenetotis people. It was not .that de-
gree of cernmnnication which ought to exit be•
tireen the Executive Government and the people.
There had been shewrein the two fretful, feverish and
elixir:ins years which had last passed, that there had
been a docility in the minds of the people to adopt
&impression of the Executive Government. Those
'feelings ought not to be met by a reserve which, he
would venture to say, the most despoiicGovernment
itevet maintained towards the most enslaved people.
He did not believe there ever was an event in the
itorld which had produced a greater sensation than
the one announced yesterday, or one which had ever
been less expeled. If it should be announced that
communication would, at all events be made, and
that it was intended to be sufficient, ample and sa-
tisfadory, in such case, the few observations he had
itiatie would have been thrown away. He had waited
with impatience, but had heard the intention of a
commurncation to Parliament antounced only in
the event of one alternative, Not that it could
Make the least alteration as to the vote, limited and
understood as it was; he only meant to inter that
it was not a proper mode to he adopted towards
the Country, consideling the uniform declarations
of its los/Mtv.
The CHANCELLOR-of the EXCHEQUER—
" The H. Gentleman has stated truly that no in-
tention has been expressed with respell to any corn-
mutiication, except under the alternative of war. I
beg, however, to have it perfedly understood;
al-
though the intention of a communication hai not
been stated under the other alteenative, that it is.
not to be taken for granted no cemmunicariOn will
be made. I will give no pledge ; but I w:11 say ge-
nerally, let the generality cf my statement produce
what comments it may, that I disdain the reserve
imputed to me, and that I never will, upon this or
upon any other occasion, withhold any thing fruni
Parliament, with resped to the public, that can in
the least degree affect the interest of the country."
Mr. T. GRE.NVILLE rose, .to make a few ob-
servations upon what had fallen from a Right Hon.
Gentleman respcding the answer which had been
given by the Minister. He admitted that, which
he was sure was felt by every Member in gist
House, that upon such a subjed as this there
Ought to be. no dissenting voice, but a question had
been put to the Minister, whether in any alterna-
tive, except that of war, they intended to lay any
Information before the House ? To this question
the answer was, that no pledge whatever had been
idea upon the subject. Now he could nut lire)

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o7,serving; that the very Mole in which this answer
hat been given was a saristaaory justification of the
I-ion. Member wild had put the question. Having
said thus much, he bt.ggAl to observe, that no man
was mote unwilling than• himself to enter into any
discussion whatever that could operate to retard, or
even to throw a shale upon the resolution which had
been proposed. He did fzel a great deal of entbar-
rassment on his mind as to the ignorance in which
the House was placed on this occasion, for when
Government proposed to the House- an Address,
which the Right Hon. Gentleman had described as
containing no pledge whatsoever, yet the House
must be supposed to be pled•vd in the customary
manner to the faas to which they assented. He
could not help remarking, that if on the one hand.
unanimity \vas felt to be so desirable, yet on the
other the effed of it would he considerably lessened

in the eyes of all mankind, if 'the present vote
did not convey the 'tangible opinion of any man in
that House. For so it must he, when the House

voted an A idress without any information respecting
fate. With these few remarks he should conclude,
assuring the House that there WAS no man in it
more ready or eager titan he was to carry up to the
Throne the Answer contained in the present Ad-
dress. His mind was certainly impressed with sen-
timents of great anxiety upon this subjea, but he
trusted that tae measures now proposed would be of
a nature to produce peace and tranquillity.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he could
not be set prized that any gentlemen who concurred
iu the vote should wish to lay in his protest against
giving airy pledge as to the future sentiments he
might think proper to adopt --4'.e thought nothing
could be More reasonable, than that at a time when
a Message or this sort was brought from the throne,
and when the house was called upOn to eepzess its
thanks for the gracious communication, thoe: Gen-
tlemen wi? were of opinion the statement was not
suilcient to justiry the war, should lay in their
claim to erpress their sentiment's, whatever they
mieht be, on a future occasion ; but he could not
hi think:nee that the Honie had no reason to deem
itself hardly dealt with, by information being kept
bac k,when in fita no information had been called tor,
and when the question to be considered was only a
communication from the Throne, stating there were
certain measures which rendered it necessary for us
to make defensive preparations and head ourselves
on our guard, and when it was etpressly stated too,
that a satisfaaory communication would, in due
time be made to Parliament. The Hon. Member
who had last spoke had said, the Message seemed to
arj;ue well, because it manifested a disposition to
exertion; but he thought he might as well have
spares: thit observation : it inferred, that no conclu-
sion the floase should adopt could be too violent.
With respth to whit had fallen from a Right Hon.
Gentleman behind him (Mr. Canning) he conceived
him a little premature, as to the disposition he had
anticipated of his !siajeay's Ministers withholding
any commanieetion upon the subjea. There had
been no disposition expressed by his Majesty's Mi-
nisters, that in the event of war being unnecessary
no information would be laid before the House—
Whether such information should be laid before
the House, must depend upon circumstances. When
it was pressed for, if it was withheld, it would be
in the power of any Member to demand it, and the
House, if it thought proper, would enforce its pro-
dation. He would not prolong the debate, ex-
cept by mentioning one circumstance. The- WI.
Gentleman he had mentioned seemed to have re-
curred to the opinion he had expressed respeaing
the calamities produced by the conclusion of the de-
finitive Treaty of Peace of Amiens, on the ground
that it was calculated to promote a war; and that,
in the event of this country going to war. we should
be so crippled, that the circumstance of having had
peace would he attended with the elfett of render-
ing a future war more diiiicult. He wholly dis-
agreed with Liao He maintained, that the opinion
of the people at large, going along with the opinion
of Government., upon a question so important as the
present one, w• e. infinitely mere to he considered
than the precise state of the proportion of military
force, referring to the period when the peace
Was concluded.- If it should uttimatily turn out,
that this country should be obliged to tenet.. hostili-
ties, the Govetarnent, he had no doubt, would be
able to state to the House, that those hostilities had
not been provoked, and that they could not, by any
proper, temperate, and honourable conduit, be pre-
vented. If his Majesty's Ministers should lay before
the House this state of the case, he was persuaded,
that the spirit of the, country would be in unison with
that which aauatcd his Majesty's Niinistert, and
that the absolute necessity of renewing hostilities,
would give More strength, vigor, and energy- to
those which should be undertaken, titan could pos-
sibly be imparted, by preserving the exea natary
position of a particular period. He trusted the
House would think the question was left open to
discussion, and that whatever tire measures of Go-
vernment had been; they Would be fully enquired
into. He hoped Parliament and the country would
tint be too fond •of Peace—an unstable, delusive
Peace. He trusted they would not be induced to
think, that nothing short of an attack on the coun-
try would justify hostilities. He flattered himself
they would bring their minds temperately to
the disctission of the subjeat, and to the con-
sideration of—whether his Majesty's Ministers
had adted wisely in taking the course they
hid done. With regard to both these points,
he was persuaded there could be no materiel differ-
ence of opinion on general grounds ; and respeaing
the question immediately before the House, nothing
further was proposed, titan that supposing the case
to be exailly its it was stated in his Majesty's Mea:
sage, the House should pledge itself tints far and no
farther; that it should admit it to be a case which
jatifled Military preparations, but nothing more.
If afterwards it should appear that the circum-
stances and situation of the country did not jus;Ay
the present application, it would properly be a sub-
jet% for future consideration. To give his Majesty
an assurance of our determination to guard against
surprize, was all the House was at present called
upon to do : he trusted, therefore, there could be
no reasonable ground of complaint on the one hand,
and that on the other there would be no reluctance
in giving 'lather information.
Dator LAWRENCE said, he was from the be-
ginning of opinion, that the Peace we had con
eluded would nut be permanent. He was, how.
ever, of opinion, that the renewal of the war, if
necessary, situate! be upon principles which would
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length to what was do wi:d: of all--.a Peace founded
on a solid and per:wok:sat basi*.
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and th. 2 Addreis ordered to be carried up by such
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Council. •
The CHANCY.I.LOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice that he would move, on Friday nest, in
a Committee of Supply, for ten -thousand additional
seamen and marines.

On the motion of Mr. COP Rl', the Houtc revolved
[self into a Committee of the whole• House on the
;rich Revenue till.

Mr. CORRY said, he had given notice, at a very
early period, of the measure 'he intended to intro-
duce, and bad delayed it to so late a period, in
consequence of the absence of a considerable
number of Iri,h Members. He should be sorry
to press a measure with .precipitancy, and as far as
it was consisteat with his duty, would ever be
ready to meet the wishes of gentlemen. If, there-
fore it was the opinion of the Committee, that fur-.
ther time should be allowed, he had nu oblation on
his part, but was rather desirous to postpone the in-
troduaion cf the system he wished to establish, un-
til full time was given for considering the merits of
his plan, and for doing away the objf.dions which
were made to it.' He would not therefore-take it into
consideration dtiring the present Session of Parlia-
ment, and would propose to continue cr renew the
Duties and Customs of Ireland for one .year, on the
sane plan they were voted by the Parliament of
Ireland, which would give Gentltmen an opportu-
nity of acquiring all the information they could wish
fur an the subject.
Mr. WICKHAM perfeetly agreed with his Right
Hon. Friend, in the pmpriety of abandoning the
measure for the tresent, but hoped it would not
have any etre& in lessening the confidence of the
public creditor.
Mr. B -k.(IW El .11, observed,- that as the Right
lion. Gcndcman did nut pledge himself to bring
it forward at a future day, he would urge the pro-
priety of sending a schedule of the duties to the
principal plerchaats of Ireland, to have their opi-
nion on the subjat, before he proceeded farther on
the business.

Mr. LEE said a few words to the *same purport, '
and paid some compliments to the Irish Chancellor
of the Exchequer for the readiness he manifested in
complying with the wishes of Gentlemen on this
subjed.
Mr. ATKINS said a few words in favour of
changing ad valorem into rated duties.
Mi. CORRY said, he was happy to meet the ap-
probation of the Hon. Gentleman, and should ever
endeavour to merit the good opinion of his country-
men in general. It could not be supposed that he
had made out all the calculations' himself ; he had
employed the Most competent persons for that pur-
pose, and should always be ready to make any cur-
redion or alteration which was founded on good in-
formation ; as to consulting the merchants of Ire-
land, there was always a sufficient number of mer-
chants in the House whose opinion they could have
on the Snhied.
Mr. bA GWELL was well convinced that there
were merchants in the House competent to give
informationi but they were not those immediately
interested, as he believed there was not one Irish
merchant in the House.
Colonel V EREKER was glad the Right Hon.
Gentleman had abandoned the measure for the pre-
sent, and said the manner of bringing up Irish
papers was rather strange; a person appeared at
the Bar, delivered accounts, and was ordered to
withdraw, and the House then ordered to take
them into consideration on the very next day.—
Greater resped, he said, was due to the Irish people•
and their representatives, than to treat their con-
cerns in so light a manner.
The 1-louse being resumed, the Report was or-
dered to be brought up to-morrow.
On the Motion of the ATTORNEY GENERAL of
IRLLAtiII, the House, in a Committee of the whole
House, went through the Irish Chalking A@.—
Report to-morrow,—Adjourned.

THEATRE-R0 rAL, DRUR LANE.
TIIIS EVENING will be presented a New Historical Play,
in Three Ally, called
THE HERO 9F THE NOWIII.
The Overture slid Music corals:bad sail selected by Mr. Kelly.
The principal Charsiters by
Mr. P.spe, Mr. Wrotightun, Mr. Kelly, Mt. Paylorvid, Mr.
Dowinn, Mr. lianniNter, Jun. Mr. 1k Camp, Mr Caul:nail,
Mr. Sed,r,wick, Mr. Grincildi, Mr. GiLhons, Mr. Fisher.
Mrs. Yaw:l4 Mrs. Mountain' Miss Tidswell, Miss Menage,
Mrs. Biand,Miss Tyrer
Tu which will he Wed,
THF. CHUM OF NATURE.

• On Satin%lay, the Tragedy of Hainiet— Hamlet, by Mr.
Cooper, who was received with such unbounded aw.lause wt
Monday evening. To which will be atidixl AU the 'Worid's a
Stage.
THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GAR DEN.
THIS EVENING will be performed a New Comedy cii.led
301 IN BULL;
Or, AN ENGLISHMAN's /IRE-SIDE. •
The principal Char-Livers by
Mr. Leath', Mr. Coulto, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Johnstone,
Mr. Mr. Mr. Entern Mr. Wall).
firs. (Wills, Mrs. Daveoort, and Mrs. H. Johnston.
The Prologue to be spoken by Mr. Broncos.
With a Lyrical Epilogue by Mr Johnatuue.
To which will b.! addA,
THE FARMER.
• • The New Comedy calied John ; or, An Englishman's
Fire-Silo, being receivill with app;aose perfectly unequalled,
it will be inieat.si eve,y Eveaing till further notice Oa S.
turd ty, with the giaker.

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