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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS. FILIDAT, Jar. so.
I.ord WALSINGRAX presented a petition Milk.
Lord iinfingtlon, for leave to hriaig in a Mildlf•
Divorce, which was bviiered to' be hid 'spa Ills'
table.. Mr. Sphiax appeared at tbe bah 8011.
waited Rapeni relative to the proceedings iu • ,
Consistory Coon{ of BM Bishop of Loadon, in .altsj
clue of Lent 13olinolon r. Lay 'Boringdon,
arl.ieh were also ordered to be laid upon the table.
•Afterwerals, upon the motion of Lord N'sr.siece.
that, a Silt of Divorce between Lord and `Lady
Illo'ringdon was brought in, and read a Aro time.
Mr. DILINKW•TEII presented at "their Lordships'
Per. the Seventh and Eighth Reports from the
Conrt, of Milisury loquiry ; the Seventh was con.
cerainc Forego Accounts, and the Chaplain Gette-
rs! of the unity ; and the Eighth pnt regurcied
Miscellaneous Accounts. Ordered to be laid upon

the table.
The Earl of lotextront. preheated Paperh con-
taining the Correspondence alluded to in His Ma-
jesty's Speech. between the Government of Great
.Entetif.-anil those of e'raitce and Roman, relative to
the proposals for peace made by the last-tnetitioned
powers from Erfurth. Ordered to lie on tl.e
table.
Tit • Eerl of LINCRPOOL then moved," That their
Teril.hipe be munitioned for 3lutiday, and also
rhility next." Ordered.
After some routine 'business, the Mouse 401jourit-
td tall Monday.
1101.'SE OF COMMONS.

The SPFAIIIIIIeS emit watt, upon motion, ordered
to he i-sued for the election of a Member to 41.rve•
in this present Parliament for the borough of AVest.
port, ia the mom of Glynn Wynn. 1% lin has
efeepterl of the office of Steward of His Majest's
Lltil tent Hundreds.
The Seventh and Eighth Reports of theCotnrnis-
►immers of Military intents :sere 'unstilted, und 61-
tiered to lie on the Tatar.
The Standing Orders astral at the commence-
ment of every *tripe-o'
Parliament, such as the
meeting of time folseGrand Cousinitfees, the rego-
I 'toms of Electinits, fee. like. were severally pro-
posed and mm reed to.
Mr. Secretary CAN wutfa, presented at the Bar of
the Ilouse the several papers :mil documents whir Ir
herd passed bete/ern Ili, Majety:s imoverioneirt and
the Po.reni of Frame and itmissia, assembled at
Erforth. relative to Ne,minations for Peace, which
were oedema to lie mi ilie table. tie also gave
notice. that lit would, eii Thrigplay nest, rums, le
that the House do take the saina into considera-
tion.
crrcvENT;ny nr cINTRA.
Lord Herter PI,TTY .` That an Linville
Admires* be p.esentril to His Itlinesty, prayilig,,
that be would be gram:Musty tarmac,' to order to he
laid before the House, C nm of the Proceedings
et the Board of General ()hirers appointed to in.
quite into the circumstances that led to, and at-
tended, the late Convention of Pinery, together
svith sneh elneurneAtii US were laid before them."
lie observed, that from the -olicarreoce expressed
la.t imig,;.t to this his iiiteatioil, ha trusted that Imo
ovosition would lw gives, to his motion ; and as It
was his iiiteution to follow it up, he wished to ha
th.r earliest passable day for milling the attention of
time House to !he %object matter of it.
Lord CisTI.XIMAGN expressed his willingness to
meet the question as 1)011 US possible, and suggest-
ea, that as His Majesty had in his Speeds ex-
pressed h;s disapprehatirm of certain parts of that
Coovention, it would be proper to mold that to the
motion for papers.
Lord 111F.NRY PET ry declared his ignorance in
what words to embrace an ohjeet, of the existence
of which he believed no mall until yesterday had
entertained an idea. lie, however, amended his mo-
tion by adding thee worth, " and of any proceeding*
foonderl thereon." lie further presumed to fix a time
entering into the dimanission of the subjeet.
Lord Csisvi.e.axmion said, it would be impossible
to nix any precise period, as the papers themselves
were very volumi moue, and WOOl.l of Callfie occupy
a one considerable time in preparing them for the
inspection of the Homo.
The Motion, as amended, was then put, and
agreed to.
PRIVATE BILIS.
The CIIANCIILLOR of the Exenyoutut,ariverting
to the neceesity of not suffering private business to
break w upon public discussion towards the latter
end of the Session, moved—" The it be a Stand-
ing Warr of the House, that no Petitions for Pri-
vate Bulls be received after the 24tli of February ;
Clot tio Private Bills he sutiered to hr nitroduem mi
tarter the 27th of March; and that the in 'nod for
r!eeiving the Reports of Committees iit such
P.ivate Bills. be to the rub of M:m."
Mr. Sit 1W 1.14 hoped, that such a resulu-

ton would hr strictly loillerctl to.
The Sri's 21,At stated, that he should, le 1.. 41
practice for ..eci,tai eurs !wick, take ca.e
cull the attention of the House to al: such cases
Mg +houhl appear to require an extension of the
time preserilreo. The ito,Liots was put :tail agreet4
1:r. Alderman (-Lim% ndreetirm •to a homey
I,,tsiitill 'III the last '44 ..sion or Pitritionetit up,, the
(*piltitAlluti of Irish suited protisioas, wietorslttri hr
i•iformed, whether, opt:oldie error of eamtinuitig
e.at Ifrotnity, it was iatinuted tt. silend at to the
F. • 21..i.in,c1.0.?
he Casuct.i.hus of the Excursive' for ire-
:l,A, I Mr. Foit4ll,, dirt :int (*altruise lionselt called
.11 on in %rooter MIIV inestion u,,tou u sultiect al'it
th. 1, ilaritt
Alt Mr.
Wsuov.t.t. wive cutlet of hr intention of
to thus 11.41. a. OD ncs:. a lit.-
Lion no the sot j.-es of the conduct of the Com-
ntarokr-in-Cili-f, his Royal flightiews the Duke ol
York, reepccti...4. proamtions. the dispiratioti of
...m.mis4ions, and toe turning of mew Lows in
the A

.rusy.
"'TOUT,
Lee,: Vora- ro to, inform...l v tiethei
it urns th iotcotina of Min istreei to in tar num
prit.ol4lotoll 'Wm the su:iirct of I uluntreeing
I Jac Irwin regoldr ?
Lord t'AsTt.Lic tot' kit not conc..ive it elasoal
POlO.l. into particulars of soy Motion intended.
Mr. Wm rnar..4o, on couleur), held it to be

wwist parlliamet►faty ; nothing being mare mimes
than to call on Gentlemen to explain tbo ware.
sad object of any measure iatended to be oropmmil.
The SPIIIASIda laid the tule down to be, that
Ilakoet generally might bevelled for, hilt that no.
Gentleman was bound toienter before hand into

detail of any measure intended to be pt.._
ADDRESS.
Mr. Roatxsoo brought up the Report of the
,Camtnittee appointed to prepare au Address to
His Majesty, in answer to his most gracious
Speech. The Address was read a first time; and,
upon the motion for reading it a second time,
Mr. WILL/ 1114 SMITH rose to offer a few obser-
rations on the Speech itself, with which he did
not wish to detain the House, last night, as not in-
tendieg to oppose the Address. In the first plaice,
he did not wish to he concluded by his silence to
have given his assent to the several topics 4:mount'.
ed in the Speech, a practice he knew to he too
coonnsonly used against those who did not express
their disapprobation. When lie locked back to
the last sixteen years of almost uninterrupted war-
fare, and the various opportunities which had of
themselves of entering into tirgociatiou
with the enemy, he could not help Iselimg
struck with the singular circumstance, that
however unfavourable were the terms upon which
we might hate concluded peeve upon tarp 01/111/f-
-tunity, yet it had itivariably happened, that
the auceveslimig negociation had brought with it still
less favourable mid barmier grounds for pacification.
In making this remark, he did not mean to lie un-
derstood as expressing any disapprobatimi of the
late refusal to oiegociate ; nu the contrary, he wnnl.t
state, distinctly state, he thought Miimisters were
perfectly right in their refusal. What he inea•mt
was, lie did not wish to be tied up from saying that
dos time might clone when circuoustanceii might
reader it not only necessary, but proper, Inc
via to enter into negociation with the enemy, with-
out necessarily including Spain in such negocia-
lion. A word or two relative to Sweden :
lied last night asserted, that if peace shoold
appear•uceriontry for her, it would not he opposed.
Now, if this were the (*AM!, surely she mast be al-
lowed to he the best judge of the existence of that
necessity. Granting this, then, was it improbable
to suppose that she would he obliged, as the price
of that peace. to agree to join in the attempt at
our exclusion from the Baltic ? In the mean time,
we were regularly paying her a subsidy of no less
than 100.0001. a mouth, as the price of her alliance ;
and who shoot(' say that this very inoisey might not
necasoarily be laid out iu fivrtifying such points, sod
taking such measures, us should be necessary to
kite effiraey to that coalition into which the neces-
sity of lois affairs might drive lain against our in-
terests ? With respect to Portugal, lie could tint
help remarking, that Ministers had affected to
treat the ',object with a lightness and pleasantry,
that might well betit their superior talents awl
genius. But lie could not shut his eyes to the
fetal truth, that we appeared fest verging towards
our last stake—he meant beyond our own homes ;
and lie could not but think there was a certain du-
gr:ee of gravity betittim: the dignity of that House,
and the sense they ought to taitertaia of the awful
situation we were placed in. which lirctione neces-
sary to make them be looked up to by the country.
Ministers dewed they were to he considered as
culprits; he hoped they were not. I:ut if, after
carrying on the war ill the manner they had, failure
should he the issue—if our armies should he, as it
Were, plural sub film, sure he vas that great
anal' heavy blame must full somewhere ; either no
the planners, or the executors, or perhaps on both.
There appeared to hint to be a dismal fatality at-
tending on us for many years; if there he a Provi-
dence that rules, it serrocil to be more remarkably
visible of late years; that Providence may lee said to
operate by second moms, by the agency of virtue
and wisdom, affairs prospered ; by that of vice and
folly, followed misery and mishap. Should it ap-
pear, Nino investigation, that Miiiisters have dune
every thing they could and ought in the service of
their country, then will they stand exculpated ; if
otherwise, then will blame be their portiou,:mil they
will stand in a very di:Wrent light before toot coun-
try than they now oti exultingly affect to think they
do.
The Address was read a second time, agreed to,
and ordered to be presented by the whole House
to-morrow.

Upon Motion, ILA 'Majesty's Speech was ordered
to be taken into consideration uu Mouda).—Ad-
journetl.

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