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into divisions of twenty or thirty each, and relieve
each other so as to enable them to wear out the Opposi-
tion. But old GEORGE Rose, knowing that the House

trOght be counted out, and the public business re-

tarded. whenever forty Members were not present,

drily answered,that Mr.Sasato Ah's device would nut
answer his purpose ; for that it would be sufficient

for the Opposition to have only two Members pre-
sent, the one to move, and the other to second a

motion ; while the Minister must take care to pro-
vide the remainder of the forty, the numhtr neces-
sary to constitute a House. Any one Member
may have the gallery cleared, and thus prevent the
publication of the Debates, whenever he pleases.
Any two Members may, whenever they find fewer
than forty Members present, •compel an adjourn-
ment of the House. These were the cases
which Mr. Geo toe Rose avowed, and Mr. Fox had
in his eye, when he said, if some strong measure to
prevem it, were not resorted to, any two or three
Members of the House might defeat and put a stop to
41.1 public business. It would be highly reprehensible
in us to impute the conduct of the Opposition to an I
improper. motive. They may have acted with the
ket intentions ; but upon a full consideration of the
ease of Friday night, we. MUM illiccaver asy pur-

pose which it could answer, unless embarrassment
and delay. The constitutions of the members of Op-
position, it may be said, ate equally liable to wear
and tear, as those of the Ministers ; and that there-
fore the long and unavailiag discussion of Sattaday
morning, Was as distressing to Mr. GEORGE
Rost, as to Lord HEMET PETTY ; but, then,
we ate to consider that Viscount CASTLE-
SERIPH may retire from his fatigues to a real
Bel of Roses, while he leavel the Minister stretched
upon the Bed of Prorrars'es ; that Mr. Rose
buoy retire to his princely domain in Hampshire,
while the Minister is chained to Downing-street, in
the heat of the dog-days —There is, also, another
circumstance highly honourable to the Opposition,
and which, as we do not with to rob them of any
merit which they may possess, we repeat : It is whit-
per !.A, that there will be a speedy dissointion of Par-
liam-nt, and the Opposition know, that they are not
ail 1,::?ly to meet again in St. Stephen's Chapel.—
They may be, therefore, filled with a generous ardour
to make good use of their time, remembering, that
.--.--loreve et ireprabil• tempus
Omnibus est wilts ; Rod fainaro esteudme faetis,
liscr vii,tuns
We understand, that they mean to debate the
Clause, at great length, over again this Night.

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His Mast %Tv bas been pleased to appoint Liens.
tenant.Co neral His Highn-ss %lrrtr.rahs Fagot *rex,
Duke isf Gtokcerr ea, K.G. imp the 6th Foot.
to be Colonel i f the 3d ReJ.iment of Foot Guarels,.
vice the Duke • f Assay t, deceased.—(Gas )
The !Cleo has been pleased to approve of Ni.
cite A 6 KOKSE, E-q. to be Consul for the King of
Der:NARK. in the city and port of Liverpool, and
in all other ports in the county-palatine of Lan-
caster.—The Kt DIG has also been pleased to approve
of J•6IILS Hotss Es, Esq. to be Consul for the
United States of America, at the port of 13e1-
fast.— (Gar.)
Gasete of Saturday night contains a notice
to artifi-ers and manufacturers, explaining the pe-
'Asir- to which they are liable in leaving this king-
dom, t • follow their callings in foreign countries;
as well as to those who may be the means of
enticing such persons away, ur in the exportation of
tools used by them.
WI tki ADI Trost, Fsq. has been confined this
fortnight past at Shrewsbury ; and consequently has
ant taken his scat for the county of Wicklow.
Wit.t.rau Hoarty Hums, Esq. M.P. for the
e-tritY of Wicklow, arrived in town on Friday last.
expressly to vote on the Mutiny Bill.
The recall of Sir °torsos BARLOW has been
&ally decidtd. His MAJESTY'S warrant under the
sign manual has been issued for this purpose agree-
ably to the Restrictive Ad of 1793; and the Earl
of Lavocao6l.s will, in consequence, immediately
proceed to India, to assume the office of Governor-
General.
General DUALOURIIR attended, on Friday, at the
St c . of Sears's Office for Foreign Affairs,
to have an interview with Mr. Fox ; after which, he
went to the Alien Office, in Crown-street, for the
first tim • since his return to this country.
The Santa Margaret* frigate, with the Derehall,
---, from L verpool, for Grenada, with nine other
vess-ls that sailed from Falmouth, and did not join
sire West India Convoy, were all well on the 9th
of May, in lat. 47, 39, long. 17, 10.
We stated, on Friday, that the Polite frigate had
returned to Plymouth, after having sustained a
sharp adion on the French coast. Our Plymouth
letter, of Saturday, contains the following account of
it :—" The Pallas has had a narrow escape from
being taken. She has repeatedly annoyed the enemy
on his own coast, and even in his harbour. The
recent engagement in Basque roads, near Rochfort,
further evinces the gallant conduct of her noble
Commander. Near a fortnight since, a brig of 20
guns was observed laying there, when Lord Coch-
rane went in, attacked, and sunk her; after which
he saw the Alinerrt frigate laying close sander the
baucries, which he also attacked and silenced, when
two large brigs came out of Rrschfort, and obliged
the Pagar to relinquish her prize, and return with
her hull and diming very mazii cut. In this enter-
prize. it is to be lamented, that one man was killed,
a few wounded slightly, and Mr. Andrews, master's
mate, mortally. He died last night in the Royal
Hospital, and is to be interred this evening with
due honours, and every mark of roved, attended
by Lord Cochrane. several Officers, and lOU seamen
and marines from the Pallet. He is most dEscrvedly
lamented by all who knew him."