The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-11 00:00:00

STATE OF THE NATION,

The Earl of CARLISLE, on seeing Laid
DARNLEY in his place, (on whose Motion the
Peeri were, summoned) addressed the Noble Lord,
and put it' to his feeling and candour, whether he
could, in the present alarming and awful circuit»
stances of the Country, consistently bring for.
ward the Motion of which he had given notice
for that evening. He hoped the Noble Earl had
no serious intention of persisting in it, and that
.their ,Lordships would generally agtcd with him
in thinking, that at the present critical moment,
when a general ferment prevailed, such a discus.
sion should not be urged. ' He imagined that,
undlr.such:circumstances, their Lordships' minds
could not be properly prepared for the due invei.
tigation,
.or the deliberate discussion of the varj.
ous important. topics which such a proposition
must necessarily embrace. He would, th ere.or,
seriously recommend to the Noble Earl to pcist_
pone his Motion until some favourable opportu.
nity.

The Earl of DARNLEY said, that his own
opinion •respe&ing what he proposed was not in
the least altered; either with regard to the sub
jed matter of it,
,or the fitness of the time for
bringing it forward. Respeding the latter, he.
was decidedly of opinion, as little delay should
take place as possible. This was his opinion
upon the point, and which he felt it imperiously
his duty to abide by ; yet, with regard to the par-
ticular time, that, or 'a futute day, at no great
distance, he was willing to, be guided by the sense
of the House. He observed, that his proposed
Motion would not apply to any particular persdn,
or set of political men, but go to a general In-
-quiry into the causes of the present critical and
alarming circumstances of the Country • and tip
this important head, he should observe, ;hat if on
that ground his Motion was proper or necessary,
when he first gave•notice of.tt-' it was still more
so at the present moment, •as the dangerous and
alarming state of the Country had increased ten-
fold. [Here the Noble Earl alluded to the cur:.
rent reports respeaing the recent,changes in the
Cabinet Council, and which ,chiefly contributed
to thit increase.] On these general grounds he
then stood: He felt it his duty to come forward
as he find done, still retaining his opinion with
respea to his proposed Motion : yet such was his
deference to the opinions ,of their . Lordships in
general, that did he 'see the sense of the House
against him, with respect to the time of bring;
ing' it forward, he should %vichopt hesitation move
to rewind the Order of the Day.
Lord ROMNEY j9hied the Noble Earl whom
had first spoken, in deeming it proper to with-
hold the pfoposed discussion for the present. At
the same time he felt the necessity of an Inquiry
into the Present State of the Country ; and he
agreed with. the Noble Earl just sat down, that
the calamitous state of the Country had increased
ten.fold, if credit were to he given to the reports
of important changes having taken place in His
Majesty's Councils ; on which head ho. most sin-
cerely lamehted, that, in proportion as the advice
of men of wisdom and integrity was wanted to
.extricate the Country from its perilous situation,
so, in an equal ratio, it was deprived of their
qssistance and at)ilities, by the Secessions he al-
luded to.

The Earl of FIFE spice, shortly on the points
in agitation, but in such a mode of delivery that
we are precluded from detailing his observations;
we collected, however, front the Noble Earl,
that he was fervently attached to the principles
of our happy Constitution, and the sacred person
of Hts Mitigs-rv,

The Earl of CARLISLE, in explatiation, con.
tended for the propriety of postponink the Mo_
dull of the Noble. Earl. With respeel to the
occurrences, Since the first intimation of it was
given, they', in his mind, increased the danger,
tid renticred the state of the Country more dread.

• •7
ful, ',sage alluded to the current reports of the
change' in the Cabinet Council, and which, he
'observed,. were said 'to proceed from grounds
which greatly aggravated the alarming state of
the Country. • The Noble Earl, we conceive,
here alluded to the agitation of the Catholic ques-
tion, and stated, that certain persons had pro-
posed to do that which the boldest Ministers
heretofore shrunk from. He then generally ad-
verted to the state of Ireland, which, he called,
a dreadful one, and requiring the utmost caution
with resped 'to the administration of its affairs,
lest, ne gala, circumstances snouiti arise tnat
would render that which their Lordships had
seen with regard. to that Country, nothing in
comparison to what they should see. He depre-
cated in every point of view, the discussion of the
Noble ,Earl's Motion at present, and particularly
some of the topics which would necessarily arise
from it. He also adverted to the absence of Mi-
nisters, and observed, that allowing the Motion
to be necessary, there could ,be no fair objeaion
to postponing it for'a short time.
Lord GRENVILLE, wish had recentlrenter-
,
ed the House,' adverted in the outset of his ad_
dress to their Lordships, to the difficulties under
which he rose, having heard but a small part of
what had passed before he came in.—With resped
to what he conceived of the question at present
before the House, he thought the Motion, and
_ for reasons which he had heard stated, had better
be postponed to a future day. • On that head, he
should not have troubled their Lordships, nor
have risen to address them, were he non impress-
ed with the most lively feelings of personal duty,
to himself and to the House, to come forward
and state some important circumstances relative
to the situation in which he then stood, and
in which his imperious sense of duty to his Sove-
reign, his God, and his Country, had placed him.
At the same time, he deprecated all premature
discussions, and allusions to questions of the ut-
most political importance and delicacy, as tend.
ing. to increase any dangerous circumstances in
which the Country might be placed,' and to
which of course he, and those with whom he acted,
could-not be supposed to,contribute. His Lord-
ship then proceeded to state, that he, in con-
junetion with certain of his colleagues in the
Councils of His Majesty, some who had scats in
that, and
.others in the Commons House ofParlia-
ment, had felt it their duty to solicit the KING'S
permission to retire frOm situations of trust and
high public imporsance, which, for some time,
they have had the honour of filling upon grounds,
which he was confident nalionest man could deem.
censurable. It proceeded, we understoOd his
Lordship to state, from a difference of opinion
respedieg advice offered by them for taking steps
for the adoption or a great National Measure,
!,'Which they conceived would Opetate to the ad-
vantage of the People at large. In consequence
of which, they no longer continued to fill those
situations they had for some time held, and per-
ceiving tho: could no longer do so with the hope
of advantage to the'Couni ry, they had requested,
the KING to dispense with their farther services.
At this moment, they considered themselves as
holding their offices only until their Successors
could be regularly appointed. They should retire
-under the fall and consolatory conviction that
they had uidformly, and conscientiously dig-'
charged their duties to their King and Country
in periods of unprecedented difficulty and distress ;
they retired with the warmest feelitigs of grati-
" tude for the kindness 'at d support they had uni-
formly received from that Houk, Parliament,
and' the Country at large. They were desirous
to prove to Parliament and to the Country,
• that' they were not unworthy of-that confidence
and support by a steady adherence to those prin.
ciplet'; which' first created, and had' scrupidously
.ginded their cOndud while in office. They should
cheerfully support their Successors in Office so,'
long as by them the King's Government was ad
ministered upon the same principles they had
' themselSes aded, and, in that ,view, they would
:seriously recommend and advise their Lordships
to continue their confidence and support, es-
sentially necessary to these welfare, nay, to the sal.
varion of the Country. In the concluding part of
his address the Noble Lord spoke with great
feeling and 'effed, respeding the situation in
• 'which he and those,of his Colleagues to whom he
'alluded then stood, and adverting to the conside-
ration, that with whatever ability or success they
had served their King and Country, they had at
least served with 'uprightness and integrity.
Thi,Earl of MOIRA contended, that no solid
argument had been advanced for postponing the
Motion, at the .same time not meaning to press
_for its immediate discussion. He recolleded that
a Motion of nearly a similar tendency had been
postponed towards the close of a certain late Ad-
ministration, but it was upon grounds very dif-
ferent !torn these urged' in the present instance.
' In the former case, the Noble Lord at the head
of the tsdministration came down to Parliament,
and stated that the whole of his Colleagues had
resigned,--' Very different was the present case,
the system and pr incipic of the late Administration
remained unaltered—its very root was unimpair-
ed, and that intended to succeed was liable to the
same objedionss with that at present in existence.
On tliose general grounds it would lie .with the
Noble Earl to decide whether or he persisted
in the immediate discussion of his Motion.
Earl SPENCER spoke shortly on the subjeCi
of the late Secession from His Majesty's Councils,
and observed, that what his Noble Friend (G a ris..
v 'had advanced, so faithfully described his
own feeling and sentiments upon the occasion, he
cleemsti it unnecessary to recite them.
• • The Earl of DARNLEY spoke in explanation.
He repeated that his opinions respeding the ne-
cessityY of a sold Inquiry into the alarming
circumstances of the Country, remained unaltered.
He was willing, at the same time, to submit to the
sense of the House. However he wished to know,
from any Lord who could inform him, at what
time, consistently with their ideas oftafety. and
.propriety, his intended Proposition could be dis-
cussed ; for, he must say, that conceiving
,what
' ,he should have to recommend abplutizly neco,

sary to the wellbeing of the &twice, he should
discharge his duty in bringing it forward with as
little delay as possible. 'ln the present instance,
he should have no hesitation in moving to dis-
charge the Order ; but 11.1 again wished Noble
LOrds to say upon what day they thought it could
be brought forward.
'After a short pause, his Lordship moved that
the Order of the Day for summoning the Peers be
read, which- being done his Lordship moved
" That the said Order be discharged."
The "Noble Earl then Moved " That the Lords
be surnmood upon the same occasion for Tuesday
the 17th,” which after a few words from some of
the Peers across the Table, was altered till the
following Friday, for which day, on the Question
being put, the SuMmons was fixed.
The Earl of RADNOR, after a few general
observations , respeaing the importance of the
subjeft in question, moved, " That the House
be called over on,Thursday the igth."
Lord GRENVILLE slightly objeaed to such
a proceeding taking place, chiefly on the
ground of its -being very unusual, save in the
case of the Phi of a Peer.

The Earl of R4DNOR seemed to admit die
truth of these observations, but said, that the
situation of thc Country exaded such a departure
from the ordinary line of proceeding. ,
'Loci MULGRAYE expresssed his hope that
the Motion for the Call of the House would be
withdrawn. He conceived it at best to be un-
necessary, and probably injurious, in tending to
add an awful solemnity to the circumstances of
the moment, which was not at all requisite ; the
supposition, in such a case, naturally would be
that the House was not sufficiently attentive to
the situation of the Country, but wanted that
additional spur to incite them to their duty ;
feeling the reverse of this to be the case, and be-
ing aware of the truth of what his Noble Friend
said upoty the point, he should, if the Noble Eatl
persisted, take the sense of the House upon the
Motion.

Lord HOLLAND said, he too 'well knew
the general accuracy of the Noble Earl, and his
thorough acquaintance with ,the forms of the
House, not to be certain that he was justified
in Jvhat he proposed ; he should -support *the
Motion. With respeet to the general subje&iif
observation that evening, he said, that awful
as the circumstances certainly were, he could
not think they were rendered more so because.
His Majesty's Councils were deprived
,of men;
who of all others, perhaps were the most instru.
mental in bringing the Country into a situation
which every man pres'ent had to lament.—Par
proofs of this, it was necessary to consider the pre-
;sent state of Europe, as well as that of Great Bri-
tain.; - that • their ineasures'had added fresh cala-
mities with respect to Ireland was certainly no
proorOf thou.' ability, or ,that their secession
from His Majesty''.; Councils was to be deplored.
With respect to the condua of Ministers relati% e
to Ireland, his Lordship spoke in dire( tern,
of reprobation, and, as we
_understood him,
reputed that . t_he sat= Faaion Which had brought
Ireland to her presenicalamitonssituation,_ had,
when their tools refused their concurrence to their
further projels, dismissed them from Adrni-
'
nistration with contempt.
The. Earl of CLARE .expressed • his disappro-
bation of the Motion, and adverted to the abso-
lute .impraeticaliiiity .of giving several of the
Peers due notice at so Short au interval. ,In ob.
-serving upon this part nf the subject, the Noble
and Learned Lord. displayed much knowledge of
the • Order' aT'the Hinis6, and' stated,
.that the
adoption of the Motion; must be accompanied by
an issue of Circular Letters: He then adverted
to another topic, whiCh ha been alluded to in" the
course of the evening, namely, . the state of Ire.
land ; and deprecated all premature'reference to
the stare 'of tharCountry, on the general'ground,
that its inhabitants were composed of very earn-
bustible7,77iriah—(a laugh)—irrno place there
could exist a greater diversity of opinion. Be
observed, ,a 3 we understood his Lordship, the
agitation of certain ,questions might, ,in . that
quarter, excite a flame not to be extinguished but
by torrents of- blood.--He deprecated a recur-
rence to the. Catholic question ; the Noble Earl
Well knew what might be the consequences of it.
,—The Union was but yet in its infancy, and he
seriously recommended .that its elle& be tried
before any experiments were made.—With respeet
to the much-talked of measure of* Catholik
Emancipation, he had grounds for asserting that
99 out of 160. of that persuasion did not care a
jot about it—Those who did, conceived it th
exiit only in the, Abolition of Tythes, and a
participation of property.
The Earl of SUFFOLK rose to Order. , He
begged the Noble Earl to recolle& that what he
had been stating bore no reference whatever to
the 'Question bplore the House. •

• The Earl of CLARE slightly noticed the in-
terruption, continued to deprecate any premature
allusion to the CatholiC Question, and expressed
his hope that when that important su)jel came
regularly before the House, their Lordships would
indulge him with a patient hearing.

The Earl of SUFFOLK again spoke, to Order,
and stated, that the Noble Earl was proceeding
in the same line of argument which had called for
his animadversion as disorderly.

The LORD CH ANCELLOR,ofter a very slight
allusion to the point of Order, seemed to depre-
cate the line of discussion into which the House
had' been led. With resped :o the important
Question alluded to as more particularly apper.
taining to Ireland, he obaelycd, it was now
become a question of Imperi.ii policy—it was no
longer Ireland, but the 'United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland in every point of view—their
interests and concerns were consolidated in ex-
terior and interior policy, and u ith respect} to
Civil and Religious ,Establishments. He then ad-
verted to the allusion 'to the Catholic question,
which the Noble Lord censured in direct terms,
and seemed to say that partial reference§ to it
until the whole extent of the question was regu-
larly before the Imperial Parliament, savoured not
onli of lohness bit crinlinality. With respect

to the otter topics alluded to in' the course of the
rkbate, he would forbear to comment, as nothing
was regularly before the. House ; ,but he must tit
allowed to say that no Lord could possibly feel
more alarm, because none weic more tuHy apprised
of it...;-the inestimable loss of his Noble, Friends
to the Counsels of the Sovereign. He well
knew not only their talents, but their integrity.
With respea to what had been thrown out in re-
gard to liberality' of Opinions, the Noble Lord,
in generally referring to what were decidedly his
own, made some very pathetic allusions to his
time of life—very advanced age—and being ar-
rived at a period in which, by the ordinary
course of nature, he must soon cease to exist ; his
opinions, therefore, were decidedly and not
lightly formal, and, as he should have to answer
for them at another and more awful tribunal, , he
should.. boldly and sincerely declare them, when
the regular time,shoold arrive for their delive-
ry ; for his earnestness and sincerity in this decla_
ration, he should throw himself upon the candour
of the House, to whom, he flattered himself he
was not unknown, and who, he hoped, would
judge of his conduCt by his opinions ; for those
who knew him best, were well apprized, that
he was one who always had the boldness to
declare his opinion, and the confidence to abide by
it. • _ _

The Earl of MOIRA said, that no Peer could
more strongly feel the impropriety of taking up
the Question alluded to, than himself ; but with
respea to the other topics before the House, he
must observe, .that the present situation of the
Country was alarming, and critical, beyond all
former precedent. He would suppose the case of
an Administration being formed, to whom it was
impossible that publiC, confidence could be attach-
ed-7-might not then, not only an irremediable but
a fatal error he committed, in consequence of the
forbearance of Parliament, the delay of a. fort-
night may be an irreparable loss.—lf there could
exist: any one occasion. more than another in
which that House should attraki the pu,blic atten-
tion to- its proceedings and to the real state of
the Country, it was the present moment •
,the
people should be called upon to impress the ne-
cessity upon their minds that the exertions of all
were necessary to save the State.—He therefore
trusted that the motion for the Call would be
agreed to ; every thing should he done to carry
it into circa ; precedents should be explored, in
order that every possible solemnity might, at this
awful and momentous crisis, be added to their
Lordships' •proceedings--He alluded to the cala-
mitous situation in which the Country must
stand did ,that House lose its influence upon
the public , mind, and depicted .the state to
which that Assembly itself must be reduced.—
To obviate these direful contingencies, should
their efforts
.be direaed. Let the Public see that
they boldly and manfully meet the Nqtional Exi-
gencies, and that the House is determined to pur-
sue the line of their common interest—by a con-
trary course of• proceeding the public opinion
wc,u!d necessarily' be forfeited. And under these
i.,lpressions he thought that, at the present .mo-
ment, he' should best discharge his duty by press-
iiqg the Motion for a Call.
The Li, WESTMORLAND, in the course
of. a few observations, deprecated the line of dis-
cusiion into. which` be House appeared to be in-
:n iisibly led. the Various points adverted
to that night were regularly before the House,
then Noi?it: Lords could -with propriety deliver
their Seti:iiiientS. He concluded "with compli_
menting the Noble Earl on his candour in with-
dra\Ving.his,Motion, agreeably to what appeared
the general sense of the House.
Lord BORINGDON appeared to us to state,
that it was material the House should be in pos-
session of the faa, whether a Call was resorted
tt on similar occasions before; which considera-
tion should determine his vote.

The Earl of RADNOR recurred to .some
tracts he had made from precedents for the line of
proceeding which he proposed. ,He said he' had
colleted eight, out of which. he 4ecified four,
namely, in 1675, 1695, 1704., and on another
occasion; and he signified his intention, as called
for, we believe, in point of form, that if the Mo.
tion for the Call' of the. House should be agreed
to, 'to follow it,up with another, for writing to
acquaint the Peers.,

The Duke of ATHOL expressed his decided dis-
approbation of the Motion.' He observed, that the
whole proceeding must be ineffeetual, as he under.
stood the attendance of the Peer's, even on receiving
the lettersovas optional.—Now what could the
Motion be for, but to oblige the Peers to attend,
which in his view of the case could not regu-
larly be done. It may be stated in the letters,
that the situation of the' Country was such as to
require their attendance. But did Noble Lords
think,' that in, such circumstances, there existed
a necessity for such a communication- fo ensyre
their attendance ?- 'Certainly not.. He trusted
every Peer would attend his duty 'in eases of
such emergency ; and deeming the proceeding at
the best unnecesiay, he should oppose the Motion.
The Earl of SUFFOLK expressed his opinfon,
that every degree of solemnity ought to be added
to the Proceedings of the House on the present
occasion, as the Country was clearly in an. un-
precedented situation ; and he also , thought that
some kind of 'censure should be attached to. those
Peers, who did not attend.
The Question was then called for, and the
House divided, when the numbers appeared as
follows:

Non Contents 54—Contents 23—Majority
against the Call 31.,
On our re-admission to the House, we found

The Duke of BEDFORD addressing their Lord-
ships- respetting the Bill which he yesterday had
introduced, and which had been printed, and
which, as we could collet, was ordered to be
read a second time on Thursday. 4

The Earl of RADNOR took this opportunity
to observe upon the Bread Amending Bill, which
passed through the House yesterday and received
the Loyal assent, respeding which he seemed to
say, there was no necessity for such precipita-
tion, and concluded by observing, that if ever

there was an occasion" which called for an AEI of
earliament, it was necessary to oblige the House
in certain cases to abide by, in faa, its own or.
de's.

'After a few words from the LORD CHANdiL•
ROR, the House adjourned 'at half past six till
l'hun.day.

Fi

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10.

RESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER.
At four o'clock between two and three hun.
sired Members were assembled,' when Mr. Laz
(the Principal Clerk of the• House) rose at the
Table, and said he felt it to be his duty to in.,
form the House, that he had that day received a
letter from Mr. SPEAKER, which it was his
(the SPEAKER'S) desire he should communicate
to the House.

The letter bore date, FebrUary to"th, aot,
and was signed lIENR.Y ADDINGTQN.
Mr. ADD I h cToN's letter, as read by Mr. Lita,
was, in substance as follows :

" HIS MAJESTY having been pleased to ex. •
press his intention of appointing me at this am.. •
jundfire, to a situation which would be incom.
parible with the service I owe. to the House of
Commons, I have. to request, Sir, that you will
tender to the House my resignation of a situation
in itself the most Honourable, and which, froM
the manner of my having been eleded to it, has
been the most gratifying to my feelings. In
quitting a situation the nearest to my beitt, 1
am unable to express the sentiment's of gratitude
and regret -by whicih. lam aduated. lam con-
scious that on the present occasion I am infiu-
eneed by the same principles of public duty which
have uniformly dilated my condua, and from
which, I trust, I shall never deviate."

Mr. P/77—" I rise for the purpose of say.
ing, that I lave His Majesty's command to in.
form the House, that it is His Majesty's Plea-
sure they should proceed in -due time to the
choice of another SY EsikKE X. Under these cir. -
curastauees, I shall move " That the House do
adjourn till to-morrow, that it may have time
to consider of the choice of another Gentleman
to fill. this important Office."
. Sir IV. PULTENEY said, he could not but
express his regret ,at the loss the House would
sustain in the Right lion. Gentleman's retiring
from a situation which- he had filled with so •
much honour to himself,-as well as advantage to
the House; It was not-his intention to deal-otit
panegyric, either upon those who were about to
retire from, or those Gentlemen who might be
appointed their successors in public Official situa.
tions ; but of their worthy SP LAKER, •he would
say, that he had made many disinterested friends,
and he believed, had made no one his enemy.
The House had seen him placed in a situation •-•-
which required very great talents, and which
afforcled the plepingpresage of his. filling another
important situation with credit to himself and
advantage to the Public ; nor could he see any
thing that rellefied discredit on those of His -
Mljesty's Ministers who had tendered theie
resignation. As tar as the Public had had an
opportunity of judging, these Gentlemen had
retired, not from any point of Faction, -or from
motives of personal interest, but from holding ,
an opinion, in which they had differed from others
of His Majesty's Council. He hoped then, that
in the present situation of the Country, the
House- would consider that the first objea to
which they had to attend was, that of bringing
the Country out of its present difficulties into
a state of safety, and that the principal objet of
every one would be to. bring the ship into port,
and to weather the storm. It was a regard to
this which would serve above all things to recon.
cite the Public to the 'House of Commons, and en.
gage the confidence of the Nation in that House,
to such .a degree as would be at once most pleas,
ing andiatisfattory. He had lived to see many
changes,.:and he now ' wished above all things
that he might' live to see, this change effett.
ed, that all persons'of all descriptions should aft
from no other motive than the good of the
Public, without having any view to their own
personal interests.

The Question of Adjournment till to-morrow:
was immediately put, and carried.
After the Adjournment a great many Mem,
hers remained and entered into a: conversation
of some length across the Table ; we particularly
perceived Messrs. PITT, TIERNZY, HOBIIOI3EI
&c. &c. but its nature did not reach us.

THE SUN.

SOLLNI QU:S DICieRL AtIDLAT?

LONDON, FEBRUARY ii, 1801.

WE have the satisfaCtion of informing our
Readers, that an Arrangement for a Cabinet, un-
der Mr. AnuiNGTON'S auspices, is in great for-
wardness, and that unblemished charaEter, long
experience, and tried abilities, will be found in
it,.

Amongst the various Reporti of the Individu-
als that are to 'be brought forward, to. which we
are disposed to give credit are, that of Lord
Et.OON taking the .Seals-f-of Mr. LAW being
made Attorney-General--of the present Solici-
tor-General raking a Political Line, and. of COI:
YORKE being the- SeCretary at War. Mr. Ni..
CHOLAS VANSITEART:IS also mentioned as one
of the new Secretaries .to the Treasury.—When
any thing certain is known on thin Subjed, our
Readers may depend oil' their instantly being mado
Acquainted with it.

I.

Not being willing tastily to anticipate whit
knight take place) and as little inclined to pre-
filature panegyric, as to • premature censure,
we liave hitherto refrained from calling the
attention of our Readers to what we have to
expel from the new Administration now form-
ing. This 'reserve,. which circumstances have
in every respell commanded, has not been imi-
tated by the Opposition Papers. Not being
able to contain their rage at seeing the reins of
Government changing hands without passing into
those of their friends, they have endeavoured,
before they know of whom this new Administra-
tion is to be composed, to throw on' t discredit,
ridicule, and even odium.—The Paper in parti-
cular which arrogates to itself the title of the
Leading Print of Opposition, was yesterday most
remarkable in this respeft ; and, incapable of

forgiving Mr. ADDINGTON for being appointed
to a place, which it supposed Mr. PITT could not
resign without Mr, Fox's seizing it, has, with
all the'bitterness of disappointment, and the most
violent injustice, lavished on the first of these
Gentlemen as much abuse as it had praise in
store for the last, had he been placed at ,the helm

of the State. No one of our Readers can be in-
sensible how unfortunate a circumstance for the
Country we should have considered it, had Mr.
Fox been appointed Prime Minister, and how
much we regret that Mr. .PtTT no longer
fills that situation. No one can undoubtedly
be more ',penetrated with 'the latter sentiment
than, ourselves, nor be more sincere in the expres-
sion•of it. Our ingratitude would be equal to
our blindness, if we did not feel the immortal
services which he has rendered, not only to our
Country, but to the whole World; and if we
were, for a moment, to cease •to offer to him and
to his worthy and able Colleagues the tribute of
our admiration, our gratitude, and our regret.—

We believes however, that we know them suf.
ficiently to say, that this tribute would be re.
fused if it were offered them in terms of despond.
ency, and that they would consider us as culpable
for despairing in a cause to which they themselves
still lend their wishes and their support. They
would recommend to us less regret and more con.
rage. -They would say," Think less of us, and
wore of our Country." In these sentitnents, and
with this convielion, although fully sensible of
the loss which we have sustained, we turn our
attention at the same time to the necessity of re.
pairing it, if possible, and to the means which
remain to us of so doing. Since it has been de.
creed that Mr. PIT'T should be stopped in his
career, by an obstacle not less fatal than insur-
mountable, what more consolatory circumstance
can remain, what more earnest wish could tve
have formed, than that of seeing him succeeded
by a man who, having for a, long time filled a
high office, has united, in a greater degree than
ever happened to any, individual, the suffrages,
the esteem, and, if we may be allowed to use
the expression, the tender atrachment of Men
of every Rank and every Party P What more
could our SOVEREIGN and our Representa-
tives desire, than to see the burden of affairs
thrown on a man who, for a number of years, has
necessarily taken a great part in all the measures
of Legislation anti of Internal Administration,
and who by his situation, his connections, and
the confidence which his talents procured him,
must necessarily have an intimate knowledge of
our external relations ? What man more fit, we
repeat, could, in the existing circumstances, have
been pointed taut by the favour, the esteem, and

the interests of our Countrymen ?
We have been involuntarily drawn to state in
part what we feel for the Man whom the choice
of our Cov ER EIGN has placed at the head of Go-
vernment ; but we have not .been able to sup_
i)ress the indignation with which the intenwerate
and unjust refiedlions of Opposition, and the de-
sire of opposing to them sentiments and ideas
more in conformity with what our situation and
the truth require, have inspired us. We might,
however, have contented ourselves with remark-
ing, that the person Whom the Journalist in
question has treated with so much bitterness and
misrepresentation, was precisely the man of whom
we stood in need. The language of that Writer
alone might have been to us and to the Public a
sufficient sign of what we have to hope from Mr.
AopixoToN. We have no doubt that he will
display, in the, new career which is opened to
him, the same talents and the- same patriotism
of which be has already given such useful and ho-
nontable proofs;. and that, animated by the de-
sire of performing the painful task entrusted to
him, supported by the assistance of those to whom
he has so long afforded that of his talents, and
encouraged by the wishes of the Public, he will
do for' the—benefit of his Country, all that
the times of unexampled difficulty at which he
comes into Office render possible to be done,

or reasonable to lie.ekptaecl. The principal (tit
-ficulty which he will Meet in the exercise of his
new employment will probably occur in the De.
partment of Finance, but we have no idea that it
will be any but what his talents and his assiduity
will easily surmount. In a word, we cannot re-
fuse our entire confidence to a man itl whom we
have always observed 4 happy Union of Modera-
tion and of Public Spirit, and who possesses, in a
high degree, Information, Attachment to the
Constitution, a long acquaintance with Public
Business, and an Integrity above the reach even
of Slander.

THE Hamburgh Mail due on Sunday last,
arrived last night. It has brought little of which
we were not already informed. The Vienna Ar.
tide contains only an impede& account of the
Armistice concluded in Italy.
The Hamburgh Mail due this morning, arrived
in course. We find from both Mails that no
change has taken place in the dispositions of the
Emperor PAUL) and that his hostility to this
Country is as . decided as ever. The professed
objeas of the Northern Confederacy arc stated,
in a Letter from Stockholm, of the 27th, to be
contained in the following Articles of the Treaty -:

I. The subsisting Treaties relative to Contraband
Goods, between the Contrading Pow4rs and other Go-
vernments, shall be maintained; but for the future it
shall be establiShed as the basis of every Treaty of Corn-
nier.:e, that Neutral Flags make Neutral Cargoes.

2. The guaranty of the' Conimandir of a Ship of War
shall, for the future, protect the Merchant-Vessels sailing
under Convoy, from all Search by the Ships of War of the
Belligerent Powers.

3. The strictest measures shall be adopted, and Tribu-
nals established, to prevent any prohibited and contrab:uid
Commerce from being carried on under the protection of
this Armed Ncuaality. .

Among the means by which the EMPEROR of
RUSSIA is to pursue. leis plans of, injuring this
Country, it is stated, that the Treaty of Peace,
supposed. to be concluded at Lane:4lle between the
EMPEROR of GERMANY and the French Re-
public, contains a Stipulation, that PAUL shall be
permitted to march 60,000 men through Hun-
gary, to assist the French in their designs upon
India.—Such is the intelligence from Ratidon.
The Naval preparation& of the Russian EMPEROR
are stated in the Petersburgh article, to be consi.
derable:

The Hamburgh Letters assert, that the Prus-
sian Government has remonstrated against the
Embargo laid by Great Britain on lie Danish
and Swedish Ships. The Court of Goper,hagen
is stated not to despair of a reconciliation with
England.

THEta,MAJ.EvriTs and the, PRINCESSES Au-
GUSTA,.ELIZADETH, and MAKY, took an airing
yesterday morning to' Kew.

His Royal flightless the DUKE of KENT ac-
companied THEIR MAJEsites in his eurricle,. ,

Th, ROYAL FAMILY, after walking in the
Gardens, returned to-Buckinghatmhouse to dinner.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dx7Kt and DLIT -
CHESS of YORK arrived at their house in Great
Pulteney-street, Bath, Saturday night about ten
o'clock, in an open landau. The Bath Volunteers
were drawn out in the morning, and anxiously
waited the whole of the day, in order to greet
their arrival, but were disappointed in consequence
of the lateness of the hour.

Yesterday the Right Honourable the Lotto
MAYOR held a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall,
at which were present, including his Lordship,
fourteen Aldermen, the Recorder, Sheriff's, and
Law Officers.

The Principals of the Bakers' Company at-
tending relative to the setting the Assize of
Bread, were called in, and the Court, after ex-
amining the Mealweighers' returns, and it ap.
pearing there was very little variation in the ave-
rage prices of Wheat and Flour since the last re-
turns, ordered the Price of Bread to continue as
before.

Mr. DAVIS, the Clerk of the Cocket Office
at the Mansion House, laid before the Court a
return of Flour bought by the Bakers for twelve
weeks, up to the 6th inst. amounting to 14,836
8-12.

The last remittance of the English Subsidy to
the F.APEROR, amounting to Soo,oool. is said to
have been stopped in its way to Vienna, by the
British Minister at Dresden. It is to remain,
until further orders, in the hands of the most re-
speftable Bankers in the latter City.
Letters have been received from Turkey
which state, that Colonel MURRAY and Colon e
ANSTRUTHER, sent by General ABERCROMBY,
have arrived in the Camp of the GRAND Viztsk,
where they were well received, and were concert-
ing measures with the VIZIER for the attack
on Egypt.

The Marquis of EXETER has given half-a-
guinea to each poor widow in the town of Stam-
ford, and the neighbouring villages. Upwards
of Soo poor women have received this liberal
gift, exclusive of which, his, Lordship has sub-
scribed soh and the Marchioness the like sum, to
the general subscription in that town, for the re-
lief of the industrious poor.
Died on Monday evening, the gth instant, in
Bryanstone-street, the Right Hon. Lady CHAR-
LOTTE CAkR, wife of the Reverend WILLIAM
HOLWELL CARR) of Menhenist, Cornwall, and
daughter of the rate JAMBI Earl of Ea ROL.

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From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. To.

Admiralty-0154:e, Feb. io, !Bor. '

Extraii of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent,
K. B. Admiral of the White, &c. to Evan Ne-
pan, Erg. dated Torbay, the 3d initant.

SIR,

His Majesty's Ship Oiseau is this instant ar-
rived, and I inclose a Letter from Captain Lin_
zee, giving an account of the Capture of La
Dedaigneuse French Frigate.
His Majesty's Ship L'Oiseau,
MY LORD, Torbay, Feb. 3, 18os.

I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship,
that en Monday the 26th of January, at eight
A. M. in lat. 45. deg. North, long. 12 deg.
West, I fell in with the French National Frigate
La Dedaigneuse, of Thirty-six Guns, and Three
Hundred Men, with Dispatches from Cayenne for
Rochfort, and chaced her until noon the following
day; when I discovered His Majesty's Ships Si.
rius and Amethyst, off Cape Finisterre, whose
Captains I direaed by signals to chace, and con-
tinued in pursuit of the Enemy until two o'clock
on 'Wednesday morning ; being within musket
shot, she opened her fire on the Sirius and Oiseau,
which was immediately returned, and she surren_
dered to the above Ships after an adion of forty-live
minutes, distant from the shore, near Cape Be-
lem, about two miles ; her running rigging and
sails were cut to pieces; several :Oen killtd and
seventeen wounded, amongst the latter were the
Captain and the Fifth Lieutenant. My warmest
thanks are due to Captains King and Cooke for
their exertions, -but -particularly to the former,
as from the 'Sirius's steady and well-direaed fire,
the EneMy received considerable damage ; the
Amethyst, from unfavourable winds, was unable
to get up until she had struck. lam happy to
say, notwithstanding the gallant resistance made
by the Dedaigueuse, neither of the Ships lbst a
man ; the Sirius's rigging and sails were a little
damaged, her main-yard and bow-sprit slightly
wounded. I cannot conclude without expressing
my approbation of the Officers and Company of
His Majesty's Ship under my command, and in
justice to them, must add, their anxiety to close
with the Enemy, nn first discovering her, was :.
equal to what it was on becoming so •operior;
and must further beg to acknowledge the very-
great assistance, I received from Mr. H. Lloyd,
my First Lieutenant, during a long and anxiotis
chace of forty-two hours-; I trust your Lordship
will be pleased to recommend him to the Lords
Commissioners of the. Admiralty, as •a most
valuable Officer, and deserving of their attention; .
on his account most sincerely do I lament the bath-
ing winds that prevented my 'bringing the Ene-
•my to action on the preceding day, 'which-I was
several times in expeaation of .doirg. La De-
daigneuse is a' perfeiit new Frigate, Copper fas-:
tened, and sails well, carries Twenty-eight
Twelve-pchrnders on her main deck,- and pierced
for Forty Guns.;. I have given the Pride in charge
of u,y. First Lieutenant, with ditedions to pro-
ceed to letymouth ; and have also to acquaint
your Lordship of my having detained, on the Ist
inst. the Swedish Ship Hoffnung, from -Valentia,
bound -to Altona, laden with brandy, bartheil
two hundred and sixty tons.

I havc the Honour to be, &c. &c. &c.
S. H. LINZEF..

The Earl of St. Pinceirt, K. B.
&c. &c. &c.

PLYMOUTH, Fs B. 9.

ARRIVED the Danish Brig Catharina, Capt.
HANs JAMIE) laden with brandy, from Bour-
deaux bound to Altona, detained by• the SU(Wilt-
row hired Armed Schooner ;
,also the Swedish
Brig Neptune's, Captain HAGGIMAAN, laden with
hides, linen, &c. from Nantes bound to Malaga,
detained by the CoNcorde Frigate.
Sailed the Prince George, of 98 guns, Rear-
Admiral Sir C. COTTON, and Pampie, of So
guns, Capt. C. STIRLING, to join the Channel
Fleet ; and Telegraph hired Armed Brig on a
Cruize.

Arrived the Glory, of 98 guns, from Torbay.

P,ORTSMOUTII,
FEB.
to.

Tests day the Topze Fr gate made the Signal
for giving instrUlions to the West-India Con-
voy, and will positively, if the wind continues,
sail to-morrow morning.
The Transports (Armed Ships), sailed yester-
day with Troops for the West-Indies.
The Portuguese Fleet will not sail before the
zoth inst.

The Stuallorw Revenue Cptter, has taken and
sent into this Port the Archimboldur Swedish Ship,
from Spain bound to Altona, with fruits and a
Dane laden with salt, which is sent to London.

Arrived a large Fleet of outward-bound Ships
from the Downs.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 10.

SAILED HIS Majesty's Sloop Lynx, of 18 guns)
Captain A. SK It NE, for Yarmouth.
The Selby has gone out of Harbour to the
Norc,

ster.

LispoN,
AN. i

Tin death of the late Prime Minister has
caused many changes in the Administration of
this Country. The following is the new Ar.-

rangement :
Duke de la For s, Minister of War, and Prime Mini-

Mr. PINTO, Secretary of State for Home Department. A
Don lons D'ALM r:r on, Minister far Foreign Affairs.
Don RODRIGO DE MELLo, Treasury.
Visconde D'ANA DI A, Minister Of Marine.
Conde De VILLA VERDE, Board of Trade.
Conde Dc POMAEIRA, Codigo, or Lord Chancellor.
MORGADO D'OLIVEIRA, Grand CIOSS.
LOUIS De VAsconerLLos, President of Public Works

AMR ASSADORS.
Don LILIRENZCi De'LIMA, L011(1011.
MORCADO DE MA TTH WS, Vienna.
FTRNANDO'COP.ALA, Berlin. • -•
CireatA No Facia.ai -Copenhagen.
J. M. PINTO; Stockholm.
S. BEzzENA, United States of America.

There is a report abroad, that 'the PR INC E. Of
PEACE has been appointed Generalissimo of
25,000 Spanish, and I 5,000 French Troops, who
are to form a Cordon along our Frontiers; in
order to force Portugal to make a Peace with
France.

His Royal tlisghtlfSS PRINCE AUGUSTUS ar.
rived'here on. Thursday the. tsth lost: in the En.-.
dymian Frigate, after a stormy passap of 113
days.

THE HAMBURGH MAIL:

VIENNA, JAN. 23.

THE formal publication of PeaCO, *lll be de.;
ferred to the 12th of the ensuing month, which
is the Birthday of His IMPERIAL MAJESTY ;
but though it is not officially announced, it •is
generally believed to be certainly concluded.
Count COiENZEL, after the conclusion of the
Negotiations, will go as Envoy Extraordinary to
Paris, and JOSEPH BONAPARTE will be appointed
.tfivoy to Vienna.
_ _ _

It is now said, that Duke FERDINAND of
\llyaTtittl ERG will not go as. Ambusador tb
Peter :burgh: •

• PI:NOTHPR *RI SAME DArE]
. ,
On the 201 i insti• an Adjutant of General Mo.
RrAu arrived at the Head-quarters-of the ARCH-
DUKE CHARLES, leleenbrann, and ,delivered
to him Dispatches,which, it is confidentl7 asserted,
contained the Prelithinaties of Peace concluded at
Littieville. The Adjutant was invited to the table
of the•ARCIIDUKE, and went, accompanied by
two Austrian Officers, to the Ridotto, and other
entertainments, and was treated with the most
flattering politeness. Hu after w,tr.h. tLopartod,
carrying with him, it is said, the Ratification of
the Preliminaries.

On the arrival hereof a Courier from Lune,
ville, on the -25tIOnst. the Neapolitan Ambas.
saddr, the Marquis 'DE GALLO, set out for that
Towne The report, that Count CODr tczt t, will
h:rnself bring to Fienna the Treaty of Peacc.i
when finally arranged, is not confirmed.

To complete our Regiments, a new recruiting
of 60,000 men is ordered.

As the KING of N.1P1,24 is -not included by
6.-tmein the Italian Armistice, a Corps of Cis:ll-
- Troops. is on its march towards Naples,
through the Ecclesiastiea.l State, •