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r • • Le 3 by toustint effort to advance the interests au•l
••• ut him peuple."

The motion having been rend from the Wool-
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The Marquis of LaNSDoWN said, he was per-
*loaded that there was not only a disposition, but a
intact apxions desire in all persons to approach the
throne on thi. kileurti occasion with perfect ottani-
natty. None there could be who was nut actuated
I,y • douse of bearing testimony to the virtues of
Ina hie Majesty; and isone, he thought, could be
tiow.lling to express a hope that those of his present
Alajeaty might be exerted for the good of his
wouotry. His Majesty was fortunate in ascend-
ing the throne of Lis ancestors in a period of
p.,..ce; hut though the commencement of his reign
was sa far auspicious, still the times were not free
coin (Mager, and it was of the utmost iinpui lance
that at the present there should be a good under-
stiiiichog and confidence between the Sovereign and
lute Parliament ; and ha (the Marquis of Latis-
doieri) pursued this course in order that it might
go out tq. the country that the House had been
u•ibmi'mous in agreeing to the Address. Unanimity
was essy, as the Noble Lord hail prudently avoided
touchitig on that part of the Message, which, whe-
ther wise or otherwise, was wholly Unprecedented.
IL Capirld imitate his example. sad abstain from
saltingit word on that proceeding. The Noble
M i•quis concluded be seconding the Address.
The Nlarytits of BucKINGII•SI, in rising, said,
that lie felt some apology was due to their Lord-
-111111!,1,, for were every other Noble Lord to claim
the •ame indulgence with himself, to give ea-
pr,sa;on to whit he felt, he was convinced that
till present would only be satisfied after they lied
delivered their sentiments. It was unnecessary
lur 11111), iheltiOle, to press on the House sen-
t iateiitii particip.ted in by all who heard him.
The only excuse' he hod to idler was one winch cur-
io il itt it something selfish ; it was this
and those individuals with *hoot he was most.
'wady connected, had received such repeated and
gr-einti. marks of hits late Majesty's kinditesa, that
lie e.uld not resist taking this, perhaps the last op-
par' unity which might ever anise, of expressing his
sewe cf gratitude, and of bearing testimony
in the virtues and most excellent qualities of the
delea-pd Monarch. It had been often observed,
14r tr.irrti too truly, that the failings of a man
N. re too heavily visited on his memory, and his vita
toe. too si This, however, would not
I:,' hie of his late Majesty's memory. Long
kleown though he was, by a dreadful calamity,
the atticlinitut. the wishes, and the prayers of
a h.yal people, the recollection of his venerated vir-
toe• was and ever would be present to them. Our
1110oarch ass carried to his last home full of years
and of glory, surrounded by a grateful people,
paiirio4 forth blessings and prayers fur the endless
beili tits his feign had shed on them.—( Hear.)--
Tile hest compliment which could be paid to the
tnrin,,rl of our late revered Siiverrign was to sae,
th:,l es...ly cottage throughout the empire was full
el the I,cullretions of his mild and happy reign;
at ii ihai there was not a heart within his dominions
which did not regret the loss of a King, who, by
ti.e iiAsolin tenor of his life, had totaled himself '
is tt,r iii‘r of his subjects.—( Hear, hear.)

The Eol of DAssiLET entreated the pardon
of Ow 11,,use if in what he was about to say he
al.oui,l at all err in point of form. He could
swt help expressing his surprise, that in the
isictiwi proposing the Address no notice whatever
heel, token of a late illustrious Prince, whose
had preceded that of his late !Majesty
I,yv a few days, awl whose virtues had been
I.' itii u>t veneration—lie alluded to the late Doke
(.1 Kent. Ile hoped, however, 11011 believed, that
toe omission did out proceed from ally want of
ft•Tt CI in the Noble Earl to that Royal individual's
ar,-•inoty, lint to the observance of some form.
Tile Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that no one
ens 1.1 feel a strooger disposition than he (lid to do
justice to the character of the late Duke of Kent,
tql;,:kt d us it had been by such eminent virtues.
I• had been his intudion to give notice that lie
shwild move no Address of Condolence to-morrow
to 1:11 Majesty, and another illustrious personage
(warty connected with the deceased, on the death
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. But
lie was clearly of opinion, that that on the death of
his late Majesty should stand by itself, disconnected
with every other subject of whatever nature.
The moduli was then put from the Woolsack, and
agr..e.l to unanimously.
O.r the follawing usual motion being put, " That
the Addres:( should be presented by the Lords, with
white st..(es"—

Lord LIVERPOOL said, (bat were it not for the
indisposition of his Mainly, which would not
whim cf such s mode of proceeding, he should
Move that the Address should be presented by the
whole (louse.

The Address, was then ordered to be presented
by the Lords with white slaves.
The Earl oflJvsarooL pee notice of a motion
ta•morrow, for ass Address of Condolence to his
Majesty and the Duchess of Kent, ou the death of
the Duke of Kent.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF 00311101111, Toritismr, Fiesimiv 17.

At holf-peat three o'clock the Srs,►stts entered
the Hoooe.

Lords Sefton, Morpeth, Clive,A.ltitorp, Binning,
Russell. Mogul Charles. Thynot; Sir J. Graham,
Sr. R. Pringle. Sir J. Sebright, Sir E. lienttcli-
bull; Mews. Macdonald. W. Smith. C. Bathurst,
-W. Wy 00000 Neville. Perceval, Lawson, Calvert,
Wilberforce. and other Membera, to the amount
of between 70,and 80, took the oaths, after which
Lind CirtlMlLlifil. brought up a Message from
for ‘ King. 4,10 ch was delivered to the Speaker, and
read by Was— (fur art account of it see the Lords.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH then erne and said, that tG
use his intention to more, that hi. Majesty's most
gracious MeastiKe should be taken into consideration
to-morrow. But before that he earnestly wished
to tall the attention of the House to the necessity
of nrining to their present illutritnis Monarch,
how r'eeplY they sympathised in the loss which he
and the mission had sustained by the death of their
late gracious and much-beloved Sovereign. He
intended to call upon the House to skew their con•
dulence for his present Majesty on that lament-
able event. In rising to make • elution to this, ef.
fedi, he begged leave to remind the Howe, bow

necessary it was to give it the most respectfolond
impressive effect. by Poising it with the Ittu"'" pos-
sible curilielily, and how tout!. it would in-
jure or ditract from that effect, if any thing
took place in the course of passing to such
a resolution in the least calculated to digit; h
the general harmony of sentiment which per-
vaded the House. Whatever t ircuinsteinces
might hive divided the opinions of seise and great
men in that assembly or elsewhere-4eoweyer
various political speculations. opiuioas, at al's.
iros might have heen its reference to she nu-
merous and profoundly interesting events of the
late reign, and those which immediately pre-
ceded it, there-was now no difference of opinion
there could be none upon one thing, namely, that
the kingdom had derived the giratett possible hr.,
netits Iroun the accession of the Brusisnick
Upon this question, he repeated, that he did nut
believe there could be any difference of opinion,
whatsoever. tle Telt the utmost difficulty its com-
menting upon the character and reign of his late
excellent Majesty, a reign which had been distil'.
gushed less by its unusual duration, than by its
mild and digiiified sway, the uniform wisdom of its
measures, cad their giorious and prosperous results.
As to the character of the late Monarch, he could
hardly do better to illustrate, than to !mint to the ge-
neral and melancholy feelings which had overspread
every class of sobjeets on the lossof their King. Ile
might with safety say, that at the time of his Ma-
jesty's decease, there was not one person, even to
the remotest corner of this United Kingdom, who
did not participate in the common grief. No Illoa•
narclr had. ever descended to the tomb, and left
behind st ger or more melancholy regret among
all his people. this amiable and august away, his
untidy and temperate virtues, his paternal solicitude
for his people, his watchfulness over their honour
and interests, were conspicuous through every past '
of his public life,!and bad left no conies of the em-
pire unimpressed with the deepest sense of sorrow
for his loss. Taking in other circumstances into the
topics of the ,iddress, it would he ti..cessary to ac-
company the sense of condolence which the !louse
entertained for the loss which his present Majesty
had sustained by the death of so excellent a Sove-
reign, with some mai ked expression of the gratifi-
cation which the House felt at the accessimi of his
present Majesty. It would he necessary to add to
their Address of Candoleoce, the sioorre coogra-
tulutions of the House ou his Majesty accts.
Ilion to the Throne. stud to express the hopes
which the house and the nation confidently
entertained that the reign of their present
illustrious and gracious Monarch would prove es
happy and glorious as that of his predecessor.
Whatever 01;11110M, might be entertained upon puts.
lie affairs, sod however justly those opinions ought
vary according to the different lights iti which events
might he viewed, lie (Lord Castlereagh) was confi-
dent in the belief which lie entertained iu continuo
with the !louse, that upon all subjects which had
beeu offered to the consideration of kis M..jesty,
while governing the nation in ills capacity of Re-
gent, he had decided pith the kindest and moat
anxious regard to the rrt.l welfare and happiness of
the people. There could be no doubt, therefore,
that the same beneficent spirit which had beets
continued through the long and interesting reign
which was just closed, and which had guided the
nation to the enjoyment of so :hitch glory and ban-
quillity, would still remain and be prolonged
through the period of the reign now commenced.
It was to he hoped, and could not be doubted, that
as his father's tong and happy period of role had
concluded so gloriously, and as it had heen such as
to lease nothing to be uclsieved which could add
fresh honours to thinee which the country had al.
ready gathered, his Majesty would add another
laurel to his own crown by following strictly the
illustrious and dignified example which his father's
conduct had furnished to him, as the besk means of
effecting the colithiustitiii of the yrosperity, and
thereby securing the affcction of his people. fits
Lordship concluded with moving that the Flouse
should agree to preseitt ass Address of Condolence
and Congratulatinti, which was in the same furor as
that agreed to by the House of Lords.
Mr. B. BATHURST seconded it.

Lord CASTLEREAGH Said, that the Right Hon.
CriiOrman had convinced him of the impropriety
of seeking to prevent discussion or explanation by
ex postu hit jou.— ( near, !rear.)
Air. TIERNEY replied, that he was glad to have
the honour of convincing the Noble Lord, as he
did not before believe that any body could.—(A
luaqh.)
Lord J. Ilvsseta, said, that in consequence of
the Message which the House had received, it
would be totally unnecessary for him to take any
further steps in relation to his motion irsprcting
the disfranchisement of Granipound, and the re-
moval of its charter to one of the populous manu-
facturing towns. He wished to observe, however,
that lie had taken extraordinary pains in preparing
it ; end though he abandoned his motion, for which
notice had been given, and which would have
brought it iperdsly before the consideration of the
floose„ lie could not lido recommending it as what
lie conceived to be a good mode! for preparing a
upon the same •nhjtct in the new Parliament.
This tie thought hound to do, notwithstand-
ing the hoprlrsants• of proceeding induced him to
give it up, on ac••ount of the great trouble and di-
114ence which had been iii various ways expended
oil it.
The House adjourned ut half-past five o'clock.

Mr. TIMMY rose, but was for a few minutes
icaudible. We Understood, from the tint sett-.
truce which could be. in 'any way collected, that la.
was as ready as airy smut to join in extolling the
virtues of the hoe-Sovereign. He cordially con-
curred also in the emigratulations which were to he
offered on the arcesimi' of his present Majesty. No
I man could exceed Imo in the earnest belief mid
anxious hopes that his reign would prove as pro-
sperous and glorious, and end even more prosperotik
ly and gloriously than that which had just terusitusta.
ed. He disclaimed all, political itautires. all piety
objector. is the observations which he felt it Isiwchsty,
to make. None could. be mere anxious than him-
self for that undivided and cordial assent with
which the Noble Lord hoped to early his mo-
tion. There was use objection, however, which
he could not help offering to the shape of the
Address. He could not entirely approve of the
manner in which ►t alluded to past events.—
He wished to turn his back upon the past alto-
gether; he woul.l have buried it in oblivion.—
He looked upon that as the beginning of a Hew
reign, lie looked towards the future reign not as
to a continuation of what was excellent as well as
ancient, he ra►her preferred to consider it only as
the reign of anew Monarch, in which point of virw
he cou)d in the fullest degree coincide with, the
hopes expressed, and indulge ill the pleasing con-
fidence that his present Majesty's reign would be
long, prosperous, and glorious.
The Address was theft put and carried.
Lord CASTMEISEAtiII then moved, That in con-
sequence of the King's itodispositi tttt , the Address
should be presented by those Members only who
ore Members of his Majesty's Prjry
Agreed to.
Hn Lords!:ip next moved, That the House
should respectfully condole with his Majesty Oil,
the loss of Ins brother, the Doke of Kent, whose
nnexpetted and melancholy decease, at at time of
life and under circumstances so little inductig,.
either his Royal Highness's family or the netiou ttso
to expect such an event.. The cheerful sod sip.,
coos health, and the firm tempersinspot of the con.-
stitutipo of hi. Royal Highness, had made his
&mat surprisingly cud painfully melancholy, espe-
cially to his amiable sod illustrious relict, whose

FOREIGN MTELLIG.ENC'E.

bereaved and peculiar condition would, in all pro- latest courier left Madrid, kirt.cuton. was inAise
bahility, become • subject of deep interest, and I hands of the priests who were appointed to pre..
peihaps would make it necessary for the House, at pare him for death, and orders had been issued that
no distant time, to take the circumstances in which he should be hanged in two days.
her Royal Highness had beets left by her illustrious The Spanish frigate La Sabine, entered the har•
spouse into consideration. boor of Cadiz on the 28th of January, iu GO days
This Mwtion being agreed to, from Vera Cruz. She has brought 1,540,284
Lord CASTLEREAGH loosed, That the House piastres, cochineal, chests of plate, and ingots of
should condole with her Royal Flightless the Do- silver.
chess of Kent. on the loss which she and the country i An aotograph letter has been addressed by the
had sustained by the death of his ltoyal Highness. King of SPAIN, "to the most noble, most loyal,
—Agreed to. mid most heroic town of Cadia," in which lie
Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved, That the King's thanks the isiliobitants for the testimony of at.
Message should he taken into consideration to- tschmeot and fidelity they have recently given to
morrow (this day). him. A Proclamation has been issued by the Go.
The Message being read— vernor of Cadiz, in which he alludes to the attempt
Mr. TIERNEY wished for an explanation of what made by Colonel SANTIAGO to excite an insurrec-
was meant by the word " torlispeosable," contain. Lion in the town, and enjoins the inhabitants to seize
ed 111 it. noon his person and deliver him up to justice.
Lord CASTLEREAGH was anxious to avoid cuter. lie forbids, under severe pesialties, more than three
log into any expluaistiou, at 4alle observation would rersons to meet dud converse in the street. Should
necessarily provoke others, and the [louse would they exceed this number, they,sliall be dispersed by
be led into too many con.iderations to preserve the force. All cott.:ealtouses and places of resort shall
twat i i 11l ity which than prevailed. he shut at tiglutfall, mud persons possessing arms
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that he had only ex- are command to deliver them within 24 hours to the
pressed a wish for an explatiation of one word, to
... l• omintssi: otiets of the respective quarters.
which lie should not have offered one syllable in
T ..,Ite English ship from 'farragoes, lost near
reply. He wanted to understood what was inertia
violet)* tin the night of the 25th Jitiluary, was the
by in indispensable." The fact was, that there :, ,
iscter of null, 197 tonfi, JoiiN B. HUNT, master.
were many things which 'were indispensable, and , ' "
She soiled front Tarragona on. die 29th December,
which must he gone into, such as the Civil Lust,
the Army and Navy Estimates; in short, what was aol,_1). All the crew, we lament to state, have
there in the ucconots which could be dispensed .
with ? peris—hed.

H E Ti Sll PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1820.

legal and constitutional advisers of the Crown. nv
this admission the Treasury writers. who lattly
scoffed at our intelligence, and declared it to ise
devoid of all foundation, recognise the general cor.
rectness of every thing we advanced. The wish.s.
of the Kum with rerpect to a divorce have riotbeen a secret to the country, and it 'was umivemiliv
expected that ids ItssisTr-treegtexte die ...4114-

opportunity ot obteirtirtx fiYhritirettet cottitisotio„,,
means what Ks long -been the object of 161
sires. A legal and constitutional course was in 1- -
present instance ?inured, fur the soldier ,
referred, in the first instance, to the Lew (31fiz:,
of the Crown for their opinion, with respect to Lit
propriety and practicability of instituting a ell.
minal process against her, Who is now thetirst sub-
ject of this empire, and when hy their -.rill*,
this course was found inexpedient, the matter Al;
referred to the CfillliCil, to ascertain their opiliaic,
upon the propriety of attaining the same object !,v
a summary proceeding in Parliament. The si,l:•
jrct was there debated anxiously, and the opinion.
of the majority of the Cabinet were certainly, as t
Parse already stated, opposed to the wishes of the
KING. Hi. Mcrae-el, we are told, acquiesced
the decision of the Council ; but this is no iwqr.
slice that the noisier% did nut express their oil.
lingoes, to resign. In ram they might very safi le
tender their resignation upon this point, for they
must know well that the iitact had nn chance of
obtaining other Ministers holding briifirueutA •pon
Ulla point different from tho,e avowed by the
majority of the present Cabinet.

'We yesterday announced the assassination of the
Duke de Beam. 'Fite Paris Proper. of Nlaarlar,
from which we have extracted the pirticu! v. LI
this melancholy event, state, that the But ()prawn
of the snrgeons who attended his Royal Flighor.or
was favourable, and about six o'clock oil' Nlrotirlav
miming IS was conveyed to tire Louvre; but Oil
his arrival there he became senselets, ■wl psiv•ite
accounts add, that he soon after expired. Tne
incentive to this horrid act had not been 'i.e.!.
tained. Speculation upon it aria vurions and
contradictory. Those persons who considered the
Duke a mall of gallantry, prestitne that it origi.
nuted in jealousy; other. twig's a political mote r,
and see in it a blow aimed at the Bourbon dyousry,
of the several Member, of which the Duke was one
of the least popular.

A Flanders Mail has in-rived, with IN ern fr,rri
Brussels to the 15th instant. The following is an

extract :

FRANKFORT, FriRtYART 7.

The sudden departure of Prince Paul of Wirtem.
berg has caused a great sensation at Stutgard. A f!er
an absence of several yews, angel-it was supposed thst
all his differences with the King his brother wrrA
tertninJted, and that he found in the new constitn-
tion a guarantee for his fottire security and Iran.
qutility, his abrupt departure has given rea'ou to
suppose the contrary.

On Wednesday ati.4 yesterday Veer fornt CAsrt.r..
REACH visited the KING. The LORII CHANCLI.I.OR
salon visited his I•JESTY yesterday.
The Dukes of Youx and Cr.atsitticti ►earimnl
at Windsor on Wednesday night. Yesterday ft.cr
Royal Highnesses arrived in L'indon.
The Duke and Duchess of Cst.uucesirrit arrived
in town yesterday from Windsor. The Doke after-
wards paid his respects to the K /Nu.
Her Royal Highness the Princess SOPHIA arrived
last evening from Windsor, at Cambridge House,
North Audlrysstreet, aceinupsnied by the Duke or

During the reading of* Menage franc the Kt NO
in the Douse of Commons, mod" requires the
Members should be uneosereet Unit sovettiog wee.
IA of the Members, being um. were not *ante of
this form, but a hint f their move wuperiroced
companions soon iuditeed them laden' their hats.
ACCIDENT.--011 Friday last. as the Unlcw of
itUTLAN D was hurititiv: near flelvoirrisatieb Rut.
landshore, his horse Ii ii with hint. %Skim story
to state that his Grace was much hurt. -
The following is en extract of a letter front
Alalta, dated January The twi el the
pirates in the William, stitch ought in have t.:lcets
place on the 61h. has been again posiooo,d to the
26th inst. It series to be the general (pillion, that
the Court here finds itself inciinippteur to Sty
them, and that, therefore, the pirates wiil be pent
to England."
The lamented decease of his late MAJltlrelf, and
the expected •Itsyrdninin of Parliament, hare cite I
the proposed Agricultural Mretii•g at Lincoln to
he postponed. Several principal gentlemen of
the county had intended to be pre.ent: sod
it is now proposed that • rerptiaition shall• be pie.
seated to the Sheriff; for convening II Can't! meet.
tug after the of the new Plieliaittesit.
There is ILOW NV I iorticAptk a re.:liectshit

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