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into his hands, ,he was convinced that that Gentle.
Man had been unworthily treated„
Sii A...IP:ELLES,4.EY rose to exculpate himself
from the inipliCation of having threatened Mr.-Gro,
gan with the enforcert.mt of his.forfeiture. ,He had.
Dever Bad any COininunicatiOn, direly or indirectly,.
-with that Gentleman ; nor had any Government.
influence beep used in Ireland.
Sir J. NEWPORT stated, that the whole influence
of...the Irish Government, however unsuccessfully,
had been used to make him lose his Election;.
The House then divided—
,. For the: Anlenctinent
Against it

• . • 155
.• • • • 350

Majority in favour of Administration - Los
Adjourned at half--past Six o'Clock.this, morning.

HOUSE OF PEERS;
FRIDAY, JUNE 26.

At three o'clock, the Usher. of. the Black 'Rod
was sent to-the Commons, to desire their attendance •
in the House of Peers, to hear his Majesty's Speech.
on the opening of the Session. The Commens, with •
the Speaker at their head, having accordingly at-
tended at the Bar, .the Loan CIIANCtiLeiR,- one
olthe Commissioners, read his Majesty's'Speech 'to
both. Houses. _

Earl MANSFIELD rose to move. an Address 9f
Thanks to his Majesty, for his most gracious Speech.
He-lamented, as .usuaL, that so arduous a task, eSpe-
cially At,arpriod, and in a state of things of such ..
-complicated difficulty and danger, had not fallen to
the lot'of abilities more adequate to perform it i but
-great as must be the embarrassment he laboured quder,
as he felt it to be 'his duty,' so he would not shrink
from the undertaking.- E-le begged leave' here to
• observe, that as he never made it a rule to • giVe an
unqualifild support to every. measure of every Mi-
nister,. neither should be be ranked. among those,
who framed atldaded upon a :plan of a systematic
opposition, which, of, the two, •hp
_,d4l not hesitate
to say, was the most injuriops to the pregreiS ef 'the
national business* His Lotdship then, with mtic4.
neatness went over the different topieivf.the Speedh,
and concluded by moving the Address.
Lord. ROLLE seconded the Motion in a short
speech, in Which he arraigned-the; principles afid the
condtid. of time late Administration, as unconstita--
tional, and insulting: to, the feelings ofthe,*evereign.
The proposition to which they. required the Sovereign
to accede vas uncalled for and unprecedented, and be
rejoiced tharb?.s Majesty rejected it with the fineness
that became his character. These matters
however been ameh'cliscussed ;lhe should'not there
fore now dwell upon 'them,- .but eel-V-I.lre tbeir,Lpril...,
ships to rally round the Throne, as the •sures.t.inelifs'
of securing their own and the be intereirs. of .the..:
Country.
Lord.FORTESCUE rose to propose an Amend-
tnent-to the AddreSs.. His Lordship began with .4i.
kiting on the Manifold inconveniencies which resulted:
from the .late Dissolution of Parliauient. At no for-:

met Oeriod was a Parharnent dissolved in the first.
Session, amelk lesi when it had not existed'above
months, and when the most grave and important
matters were under- eonsideratiOn. What Would- n'ov:i
be thOught of the solemn: mockery' of bringing the
Scuts, Judges to the Bar, and proposing questions to
them, at a moment when_ it was determined that,

before :they could bring back their answers; the Bar
of the House would be shut .against them But this
mockery might have been attended with the •most
tragic consequences—=The cry of " No Popery,"
was sent abroad to delude and mislead the people,
at the very moment when it was gravely proposedlo
appeal to their sense and to collea their sober judg-
ment., High Church and Low Church, Synagogues,
&c. wore all condemned as Papists, who would Mit
sithecribe to the infallibility of the present Ministers.
Were Minikers.to be ..congratulated on the success
of their appeal to the people,which had not succeeded
even on the narrow and selfish ground upon which it
was attempted? Instead of sheaving loyalty by agree-
ing to such an Address, those only would manifest
a true; a legitimate loyalty, Who, disagreed.l4.qrlL
-Under that convkiion he •should move an .Amend-,
went which would embrace only the introdadtorx
part of the Address proposed, atici, if .thateAmend.!
inent should be acceded to, which, however, he w?s -
not; prone to expea, then
..it.would be necessary. tp,
-offer some further alterations in the Address... ;The,
Noble LOrd then concluded With -moving an Amend-
"ment.; the chief obje:a was to censure. the Pagolu-
tiOn of the
.on aCCol.lqlof ,the. time.
-and CiraurtlthnCO'Uliti'4l' which that mire
resorted . to.
[ For. the substanee of the Amendment see the Pebatear
the House of Comnions.j • ..• •• ;'

Lord BORINGDOg' obSeEIA• to . eend
the Am
meat, and supported the Addr'ess, not only; oft ac-;
count of the loyal sentiments it co:ltairled, but on
account of the tetnp,..:r• ana -unocierittion
was characteri tid. Much had b:•cri Lid-:about the
exercise of the Royal Prerogative in dissbiTitig Par-
'liament. That it was the' undeubted Preroga.tiye of
the Crown to. dissolve Parliathent, no" I\Toble .Lord
would deny,
,though much dithrence ,of opinion.
might exist respecting the 'due exercise of that Pre-
rogative._ There was no pOsitive settled period
of tithe for which a Parliament must exist. No
doubt it ought to continue to the period allotted to

its existence,- unless_ souse stroncrb_imperative cir-
cumstance arose. to call for itsDis&oltition, and
for a titsh appeal to the sense of the People, .There
was consequently no preference of one period over
another,' of five years rather than four. The Dis-
solution then only was premature when it was re-
sorted to without the energy of any imperative cause.
But in the case referred to What Was the nature of the
circumstance.--,-A powerful description of persons
had been called to his Majesty's Councitti and
in that capacity they proposed measures which
not only trenched on the prerogative, but went to
violate the conscience of the Sovereign. What then
was it the duty of the King's advisers to do ? In a
case of such' delicacy. and importance, should they
not have resorted to the opinion of the Country res-
peding the due exercise of that prerogative ? in
his opinion, indeed, such an appeal at such a time
was. rather matter, of necessity than of choice.
Whatever then had ticen the duration of. the..P.-ar•.
liament, its Dissolution, under such circumstances,
could not fairly be called premature.- Hpw did

1 the matter stand with. respectto the condua of
the late Administration in dissolving the Puha!
meat in pdober. last ? ' What inalierative cause
called f9r and justified that Displution ? Had the
personal' conantit 'of the king:ipeeti then arraigned
bafare `Parliament ? Had ariV strong onuosition