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London, England, 1807-06-27 00:00:00

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when, I would ask, was ever sucn a suggestion more
seasonable, or' more Itnpressive ? :We- have still an
arduiitiS*confli6l to sustain, we-hate to withstand
and counteract the hostility of t powerful, inveterate,
acid rancorous foe ; apd, haVe- surely. need of all,
our united 'energies for the attainment of a secure'
and honourable peace.",--- His Lordship, atter.thank-
ing the House for its indulgence, concluded by:
moving it concurrence lb the Address of Thanks
to his Majesty, which he read, and which, as usual,
reiterated the sentiments of the Speech.

Mr. HALL seconded the -Motion 'for the Ad-•
dress. Although . the Noble Lord had anticipated
him in most points, he would •shortly submit to:the.
House the considerations' which induced him to do
. so. parliament had been assembled ataiti important
crisis theCeuntry looked with extreme anxiety to
the result of their deliberations. They were called
upon to discuss suhje&s of the Utmost con Sequence ;
and by their wisdom and judgment tO give died-and.:
direetion -to the exertions of the people, !as Well-as.
to: secure and augment their constitutional rights.—
They were also called, upon to exprees their sense,of
the firmness withesvhieheinider peculiar difficulties;
his Majesty had asserted thejtist rights of the.Coe-
stitution,, and of those Establishments! which were
the foundation of- our civil and religiotis
The prerogative which his Majesty had 'recently, ex-
ercised was one of the most important that belong
ed to the Crown.; and. the proPriety of its exercise
could be estimated only by‘a deliberate consideration
of the necessity by, which it was demanded. Und4r
a due senseof political and religiOus censiderations,
his Majesty felt himself compelled firmly to combat
those whom he had but lately called to his councils,
and to oppose his veto to the measures which they
were desiretts of introducing. But this was not all ;
it had, beeii said in ;another • place,: that the .King
could hive. no. conscience but what 'was in the keep-
' iiig of his confidential Ministers,. What monstrous
conclusion, was to be drawn Irom.this'extraOrdinary
assertion ? ..The voice of the people had been enfti-
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ciently expressed by the general concurrence,
diaated Addresses to his Majesty from every-part of
the Kia“done. The'measure proposed brthe• late
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Administration was uncalled for and unwise.- trn.
called for, because it had been: lately discussed, -and
rejeCted by a ~large, majoritrof,Parliament ; unwise,
because it tended to raise hopes, which couldneither •
be realized nor disappointed; The refusal of his NU-
jesty to accede to Allis measure prevented •thegradual
abolition. of those laid-narks in the -Constitution,-
which , were. necessary for its existence., in this
Country, there must be a religiousHdistinaien,
alfd the Catholics Must be contented with the
share of .political, power which -they tiow' enjoy
and, theretare, by 'the measure which they pro-
posed, the late Ministers lost the confidence ,of the
King, and, as,it immediatelpappeared, terfeited the
aperobatiou of the HouSe. His Majesty hassince .
had recourse to the abilities of .those who had. been
immediately conneaed with that great Statesman,-
whom he cOuld not but consider as abeeonlV pilot to
other-Ministers; that man who, amidst all, the dan-
gers by which be.vas surrounded, rose in firmness -
-in proportion to the .exigencies of the times, and
left. that Constitution which-he Joked and proteeted;
Unimpaired by the attacks of either foreign or do-
mestic ides. To those who long fought under his
banners,, the Country must now look for direa'ion.
Th 6 had advised his Majesty to refer to the general
sense -olthe People, in order that they might present
themselves to 'the enemy as possessing thesionfi-
dence Of- a brave nation; and to the Allies of Great
Britain, as reatly to afford them the necessary sup-.
port.' By, the promptitude of their measures, they'
had already shewn themselves adequate to the duty
in which they had been engaged. By such niea
sures alone could etfect be gi% en to any negotiation-
which might lead to a_successful termination of the
present contest.. 'Yet, notwithstanding all that he-
asserted,. the Dissolution- of the last Parliament had
'been attributed to the earnest desire of his Majesty's
late Ministers, to smother the labours of the Corn=
zuittee of Finance:; but his Majesty's Speech proved
.that they were .as much interested in the continu-,
ance of that Committee
.44 rite Gentlemen- opposite,
'So-farfr s
om„.wishing to mother • it, they advised.his;
.Majesty ,to applaud the institution of it by. the last
Patliatatenf,- and to recommend that it should he re-
. newedeby, the present. Under all these circhin-
starces'„; be was not bigotted enough-to expect that-
this Address would be unanimously' acceded to, but.
'he called on the Gentlemen opposite, who had
7quitted the helm of State, to feel fOr the situation of
the Couptry. • The people were duly sensible-of the
justice of the:cause in which the Country was en-
gaged, 'and he had no doubt that they, would cheer-
fully submit to the sacrifices, that would be neces-
sary for the prosecution. I.le trusted their efforts
might be etrettually diretled to secure the advantages'
which we already possessed; and to -enable us- stte-
cessfully. to, oppose that system of aggression which'
threatened the downfall-of every independent State
in .Eurepe. In this object all parties were equally
interested. Our. COuntry was at stake; and he
trusted that but .one opinion could exist with regard
to the exertions necessary for its defence.
The SPEAKT,II having read the-Address, •
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Lord HQ (KICK declared; thit before he required
of toe G'einlemen opposite some exposition_ of their
opinion; as,to thesituation ()tithe Country at home
and abroad, and something in explanation of those—...e
wbat' shatildhecall them ? charges and insinuations;-
there were in his. Majesty's Speech itself, as. well as
in, the speeches of tbe Gentlemen' opposite, andpar-
ticularly of the last, passages so extraordinary, that,
even in this stage of the debate, he could not defer
calling, the attention of the House to them, and de-
manding the justice, which his Majesty's late Mini-
sters had a right to claim, namely, that if those pas-
sages- were Meant as, charges, they should' be
_fairly
'brought foewardre that if as insinuations, they -shoUld
bt ir6de oe4f, 'life Noble. Lord. by Wr Ito In the