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London, England, 1806-02-04 00:00:00

cutar andthus agitated topics whie.-. were'
omitted to avoid creating di4ussion.
Mr. A IF -Thr.iVll3 to order, deprecated the prac-
tice, of reverting, to „former debates.
Mr. CANNING hadno desire-to go back farther
than to shew that the agitation of the objects of dis-
tention originated on the • other side; -It-was ea-='•
pealed-13y those who brought forward this Motion
in such general terms That it would have been very
.generally. supported. HOWever widely political dif-
ferences.nlay have ranged; it was hoped that now.
all those differences would be] buried-in the grate,
and that all political animosities would cease. That.
it would
.be: said—
f, All thy good now blazes forth, •
t" All thy evil is in the gruve."
That brilliant luminary that:was. before us, whether
its 'dawn was clouded, or its meridian splendor ob-
scured, had held a course glorious for the Country,
and worthy. to call forth: its admiration and gratitude.
He now protested against the mode in which the
Hon. Gentlemen gave their support to the Motion:,
-and wished to restore them the benefit of tliiat
consistency which they. laboured so Much to recon-
cile with the support they gave. He gave credit to
the Hon. Gentleman who refused his consent, be..
cause-he did not 'see the merit. He 'confessed he'
did not'see the ground on which the Hon. Gentle•
man opposite to him followed a distin& course, If
it was given as an eleemosynary grant, without any
disfinelion of merit or demerit, he disdained it. He
could not -help complaining that the Hon. Gentle-,
man opposite, while professing' to avoid all points
of political dissention,' cast a general stigma on the
whole systeM of the present 'Reign, during one half
of Which .his Right Hon. Friend had
,been at the
head of affairs. This was not in tine recolle&ion of
the Hon. Gentleman when he took credit to him- ,
self this night for not being one of those who in.
troduced such topics.. He begged'Gentlemen again,
to consider, on what ground they agreed to the
Motion. Those who did not vote for it on the
ground of Mr: Pitt's merits, had better oppose it
openly. It was -only as a tribute to great merit that
he would receive it, and if any one 'supported it on
any other ground than as a testimony and a reward.
of these merits, he wished him to withdraw his sup.
port, and preserve his consistency'by opposing it.
Mr. FOX in explanation obserVed,lliallthere was
a considerable difference- between commenting upon
patticktlar instances of. a Minister's conduct, and
.anirnadvprting.upon. the genel-al system o .4clm,ini*
stration that had been pursued, not only during the
late Right Hon. Gentleman's official career, but
during the whole' of the- Reign. -With respe& to
what the Right Hop. Gentleman had said as to the
ground's upon which he wished the present Motion
.to ,be supported,' he-had only to add., that he ha 4
distinctly stated.the grounds of his own vote in fa-,
your of'it to be, Mr. Prra''s merits. The Motion,
'on the former night bad stood- on 'a different foot-
ing, and had been amply discussed on that occasion.
-The present question was totally distinEt from that„;,
and ought to. be. decided upon its. own grounds.
:"Mr. HUbDLESTONE Sillipoitedthe motson.
,The Question was ;loudly called for, and upon
beitig put from the Chair, was Carried in the affir-
mative, nentine contftzdieelak -