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y Minisiers not duly qualified. A. defile' Address i Oils ? That House had surey no negaeve glen
of the House to his Majesty on the present occa- the appointment a 'Ministers. Fre had heard that
Sion would, he' was sure; haVe ihe Sane efi--ed as in 'question 'nit-tied by some of the ablest men the
a late instance. Country had ever prochseed; and tile result esas the
Sir JOHN NEWPORt : hoped, that when be ' opinion that had since preyailed,Thamely, that his
should have satisfied the Hon. Gentleman opposite -Majesty had the right to appoint or dismiss his Mi=
(Allr. Gore) of the attention paid by the. late :.nistera. He had heard of a pledge being denesnded,
Ministers to.the education-of -the 'people in Ireland, which was unconstitutional ; if it was, - the ' late
and to the formation of an arrangement en the sub- Ministers were .right in• refusing it. But- • bad not
Jeaof tythes, he Wouldbe entitled to count on his his Majesty the plain, undoubted, and absolute right
vote, and that the late Ministers,would -be restored to dismiss them ? If the King had such a right,
to thegood opioion he had of them. a -month since. and' had appointed the • present -Ministers, he
The
,Statute Book would prove, ..that one of the wished sto know from the Honouaable •Gentlemah
ofirst at of the late Administration had been to under the Gallery, how such-appointment was un-
lastitute a Commission- to-enquire into the applica- 'constitutional h He was not disposed to make a ge-
.latt of the thuds .vested, in: Ireland for the pur- -nem' transfer of confidence. He thought that Minis-
Poses of public education. These funds the Noble • tees should-be watched, not confided -in. 'The de-.
Lord-opposite, now a Member of the Cabinet, and nand of the pledge did not vary the right of his Mae
then afthe -head of the Irish Government; had suf jesty to dismiss his Ministers, and he was of opinion
.fered• to remain misapplied :to individual interests that the Ministers might have satisfied'hiin upon the'
i and corrupt purposes, though the Report of a Com- i subject. It would have -been no &bee-tour to them
Itiittee had imperiously called upon him to reform. to follow the example'. of Mr. Pitt,- whoe •when he
The cortedion of abuses always excited the hostility -last canic into °nine, gave . a pledge wine's satisfied
Vf a number of cOriuet individuals; and no doubt the his Majesty's feelings:. "He was Sure the times, were
late Ministers telt the mischief of caching a faction not ripe for Catholic Emancipation, and that the'
aQ.Kwerful, and the present Ministers-felt the-bene- , unfortunate :measure of the Union had sent it off to
lit of the resentment. In Ireland the funds that were ' a more distant period.
'established originally for public education, were set= I. Mr. TIERNEY lamented as much as any one
feredto be held fora century for private benefit; ;and ! the necessity tliste hadie'en for' •PesSonally alluding
ti..le determination of the late Government-to reclaim i 'to-the' Sovereign ; batithat necessity had not beenthem, had excited the animosity of those interested. created, by the Gentlemen. near him: There was a
With respect to tythes also, the late Goverethent had ' time when he would not speak of the prerogatives-of
nearly arrange=d a plan whiele would- do much: to the CrOvsn, but rif the advisers of his Mejesty. If
tranquillize the country, and be could assure tise ' they were' not new to Speak 'a
the adviSess of the
911;;e that A ithout an -arrangement with respect to' , Sovereign, a Minister 'might be dismissed -with a
tythes, Ireland never- would 'be in the situation it ilauspicion upon his ch drat:ter, and could,havez no mode
Ought. Measures of this nature were not- to be ex-- es-sleeting it up". They, were the worst enemies of
pected from men who raised-a cry' that the chums S iris Majesty who had stated-'that the King had dis-
Was in danger, merely to get themselves into power. ;. missed his late Ministers by his personal att.—
Pie Nobleman,who at present held the Privy Seal, He din not thinkeit was his personal, ad, but
Who had- gaanted ail the church the result of,secret advice.—lt was- the consequence
firings in Ireland
twoor three together, and the persons on the other of a inner and dark Lurie:lle .to turn out the late Mi-'
Side, who had agreed, -et the time of the Unice), testers.. But when the 'misunderstanding had been
to grant Just forty-two times as much as the late
Catholic discovered, what more could the greatest -friends
Bill proposed to grant, were certainly de towards quieting The King's conscieuc.e than
well entitled •to raise: this cry of the danger of ' • - ' h .Bill`' ? a 1; ti . a
to - withdraw tee altogether e e eve .
the 'ch , church, and to come into power to protect the Honourable. Gentleman - who had said that'
Its- np, fee ene, though he
.had supported the the Bill would n 't. have passed that House -was
Union with his best exertions, Would have never con- ' ' " Q.-
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mistaken No had -been started against
rented to it nos would all the intrigues nor all the • •' ' - ,objectionis -1 '
it but by the 'get. Honourable Gentleman °Ho-
t old lavished to ears it, have succeeded,b 2'
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y unless there site, and the•teropersof the 'House had been'favour-
had been a full assurance that the Catholic tneasures . able `and
it. When-lila najeste's opinion, however, was
'would immediately
oft/low upon it. Ireland world `-: •'•- -- - isi •si• • • -
force • krxien ueon it, his Right on. Friends could not, as
rce itself • Upon the consideration of the House •
- - i
Ministers, perseveae in a Bill- to which they knew his
and of the Ein i
p re, of Which it was a vital part ; A.
salajestv weuld not eventually assent. On. withdraw
It was in vain to overlook the wants- and the in= eft the; Bill, they had most humbly and respeEtfully
tterests, the. expectations and the rights of Ireland •; stated, what course they; should feel it their duty to
t was in vain to trifle with the pledges .eiven •• • .,,e . . ; • purees, on which occasion: the. pledges which was al-
Ireland must ha r ' iht for it must' be felt 'I, ' ,
se its weight, g ,
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Thai • , . , awed (An all hands to ihe most enconstit utional, was
the common enemy could not be resisted ,Nvito- demanded' This pledge would never have entered
1.1311. t Ireland. The pledge given under- the autho- into the King's head—if not ptit into it by secret
irY of the Noble Lord opposite, could nut be d -
a visers. Time King had the power of ,dismissing
"sided, though the Noble Lord may not ad as it .
r hia Ministers, .and .could gain nothing by the
theequired Trim. The Noble Duke at the Head of
pledge; but his' secret advisers had every thing to
" present Government had given a still stronger gain, in the removal of who would not t agree
Iliedge. He had written-two letters to two thlicers to such• a pledge, and the security of their places,'
.4:f the Irish Brigades, inviting them to enter into from the impossibility of finding any successors to
the service of this Country, on the promise of mak- them: This event .was the severest blow that could
&rig- the Irish Ad 'Of oga general, and further, of be struck against Ireland, because it took away what
"oPening the whole
_, e military career to them. When the poorest wretch enjoyed, hope. But-the Gentle-
the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman
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iceval) men said that they would secure the tranquillity of
(Mr. Pe
opposite, raised the cry of Chorea Ireland - •1 .., !e'en; n What they
a ant. cot t I-, .o . ,
and State, his a > ' b ' gi --• t` " d
stgu ours ou at to eesii•An nee an Medal by tinitn:.--ss he could understand ; but he could
sayu,stwe .ore e
-ousel to tile 'qeestiott you abues, and ' not conceive any coneetation which meant reciprocal
nee.
reri,'lgo, it pie centinue to speak in tins min- advantage, wit re they -were to take away every
nister, 'Ran 'their were declarfl,tion, the present ,Nli- ; thing, and to ,give nothing. The Noble Lord oPPo-
stat ' 4 were bound to resist the cry of Ceurch and site' (Castleredgii) had desired the Roman Catholics
_ e; and it they did not, at least ,their example to t,ast to him ; merciful God! trust to that Noble
would attradbut few imitators at-md supporters. Lord ! :and to conduct theinselves with moderation,
Mr. Esafs'.'ES allowed the Hon. Baronet and his , and that • theircleiihs would 6e granted. Not only
colleagues every credit for their efforts to suppress ' that Noble Lord; but -his Right, Honourable Friend
"uses, both in Ireland and in this Countily. He had i near him (Mr. Canning) was pledged on that head.
.40t been himself t oartY to the Union, and had de- I But it had been stated, that the present Ministers
dared when thate4 sure was discussed, that the time had not given any pledge to-His Majesty ;if so, the
)Ivas not arrived 'ssilien this Country could safely coas I late Ministers had been dismissed upon false Pre-
esce with
.111stel. lreland should have been put at tences. This doctrine of pledges, if sandioned, would
tej" -reseeding the Catholic_ Question before the have'theietfed of making a King absolute.' Wnen se-
tnion awns brought forward ; and in omitting 'to cretly advised to get rid of one set of Ministers, he
Settle that4euestion previous thereto, that transcend- had only to dedmand a pledge, to which they could
ant
tetStatesmate, the late Mr. Pitt, had left out of the not consent, and-then dismiss them and appoint others,
'Io the' only part that could promise to make id wing would not be responsible because ing under
Z'taeleCtual. There was nothing in the discussions that a virtual pledge:. He denied that Mr. Pitt:bad given
i'ad lately taken place that lore regretted more than any pledge.exceperespeCting the great question of the
ilile necessity, perhaps unavoidable, of adverting to - Emancipation, and contended, that about a year be-
le Personal tondUCt of the King : but he denied fOre.his death he had it in contemplation to . bring
that his -Right Hon. Friends near him (on the.Trea- forward some measure for conciliating the Catholics.
4;ll'Y liench) had been the first to drag their Sovereign As to the motion, what
,was to Ist-event them from
.7,tore that House. - After the detail given by the asking a few questions with
,respect to the circome
ir°aale Lord opposite, it was impossible that the stances of the change ? His Majesty had a right
tese should not expect to be put in possession of . to dismiss his Ministers ; but that House had a
" Whole circumstances of the case,-so far as regard- right to inquire into the grounds of sLit:4,'n 04-
~tcli the misunderstandingthat had unfortunately taken traordinary change as the late one. The motien
Fac• Circumstances like the present had occurred contained twnpoints : Ist. that ateefficient Admiuis-
. requentl• at no remote period, and yet he (ration was indispensable ;—secohdly, that the
_ e,, and,
change. The Hon. Gantle-
'lever recollected that any person felt it neees- • House. regretted the late s
44,rk to state . such particularities as to compromise ' men opposite, who supposed themselves efficient,
e,Personal character ef', is Sovereign. The Noble would not, he should suppose, objet to the first
e ert; he' was sure, had made his statement from a part, and'even the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Can-
t°h'lvidion that it was necessary to his charades ; but ning) had on a former night expressed his regret, as
1.14 statement had made 'it necessary for his Right well as the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down,
thka. Friends near him to show the manner in which at the change. The object of thei‘lotion was- cer-
otZ misunderstanding -had struck the minds of the tainly to turn out the present inefficient Administra-,
tie er Party. As to the Motion itself, he thought it tion, but not to force the late Ministers upon his'
icle!ssary for thoSeiwho go out of the ordinary course, Majesty. The present men, with the exception of
tie 'hew the -necessity of such proceeding. 'They the Duke Of Portland, were the same who had, thir-
NIA
tto, '4 Consider ti*l,vords of the Motion and the con- teen
,mon t hs since, stultified themselves by confessing
theepces to which it would lead. He would assure their incapacity. The only change that had taken
from°e• Gentlemen opposite, that be did not rise ?lace was, that they were thirteen months older, and
, a
of .ny hostility to them. He had supported some in the interval :had learned what places they were
. ille
si ''' measures, and approved of most .01 them, and best fitted for, • The Dramatis Persona. were the
lllcesel
seov y regretted the steps that had led to theiree- same, but Romeo played Hamlet. He had a greet re-
late .1- He regretted the introduction of their-last sped for the Duke of Portland ; but he could net
ha ore, upon which so little concert appeared to think, from his age and infirmities, that hecould long
to ha existede amongst them, o little communication remein in the front of the battle. The Duke of Port=
beenenade as it ought. If Ireland were in laud was not the Minister. Some other_ must have
at, dangerpea'r from not passing that measure, it ap- been provided. Report inentiened Lord Melville
seil:eiu impossible to reconcile the facility with and Marquis Wellesley; but certainly the Duke of
the s! they bad given it up. The House and - Portland was pot the Minister. He could never
leas `-euntry; however, were against it, . and he believe, until he saw it, that that House, in which
at,,,..c.ontident it would not-pass even though- no dis- a motel' since not 70 Members could be found 40
Mo-
to t;irlt)bation of it existed in any other quarter. As differ from the late Ministers, should reject the Mo-
„o„! c°n3equences of the Motion, it was to have e tion much leas that the friends ofsome persons, Metes'
to
tote
:Aaiun greater titan its adion. If they were bets of the late Administration, would vote against it.
the approbation of the late Ministers, they were As to the threat of a Dissolution, he did net believe
te`a follow it up with disapprobation-of the pre- that event could be: resorted to, because she could
nt Ministers .
eLee , and was the present -,a situation in not be persuaded that a cry of the Church,
-being in
4, " I`i_l
pe to embarrass the sesvents whom Its Majesty danger would have been -raised to prepare for such
en graciously pleased to call. to .his Coun- a measure. That would be' a- were horrible design

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than could enter the 'heart of a devil. The conse
'quencerwourti be'dangerotis'•lu this COUntry; if
General Eleefibri were to take.place with such 9 cry
rail d ; 'but they would be terrible in Ireland. On
these grounds' he Should give hiS *arm support to
Mr. MILLS explained.
Lord C4,STLEREAG:(4- felt ~it incumbent upon
:him to Glee to the House the explanation which,the
speech of the Right Honourable •Gentle'mati, Who
had just Sat down, rendered necessary. Tht Right
Honourable Gentleman had given a most' Mac-
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curate and
,Untbuitied view of the sUbjed. But
he was .happy that -his task was considerably
narrowed by 'the course which, the discuSsiorr.hed
taken,- and it had fallen into such able hands, that
he,should have been satisfied to leave this important
question' to.a decision en-The single
,•speeeh of the
Hon. Gentle Man (Mr. Mills) who had moved the
Order of thebay. Jn answer to the reproach that
had been urged by the Right Honourable Gentle 7.
than, with resped- to the introdu6lion ,of his
jesty's personal conduel into these discussions for
the first tithe, he_ contended) that the Gentlemen
on. his side of the House Were not the cause of
- this change of ihe Constittitienal pra&ice:. If, when
any change, either total or partial, should take
in his. Majesty's Otitleils, :the individuals re-
tiring should have the right to come to ParliaMent,
Oder 'the influence of public or private feelings, to
explain the circumstances of the case, be trembled
for the consequenceS: He was not stuipriied that, the
Noble Lord-was anxious to give explanation upon
subjed which
,certainly required' explanation, but.
long before' he had obtained permission to give such
explanation that Noble Lord had stated that the time'
Would arrive when he should explain all the,circinn:'
stances of the case. What Gentlemen had seen of
the doeuttionts-cOnneEted with this transaftion, had
been produced by the permission of his Majesty,
which permission had been solicited by his Majesty's
Present confidential Servants; in consequenceof their
knowledge that,these minutes had' been.Coramtmi-
cated to two individuals, not Members of the-Ca-
binet, tier 'of his Majesty's Privy Council.—
They( had 'been produced therefore, for the purpose
of applyher the antidote to the poison, by clearing
ni) his Majesty's character, and justifying it to the
House, the public, and the world. Having stated
thus much on that point, he fult persuaded that the
House would have no difficulty in dealing with the
Motion then-before them. It was unnecessary for him
to state to the House what had taken place the other
night. The House would not then consent to vote,
what was in itself true and undeniable wit boat a dis-
tin'6l object, though the-PraEtical inference intended
lobe deduced from it was obvious. Neither would the
House agree to the Motion of this night, which was
composed of two propositions, either of which would,
admit of great difference of opinion, without any
obje& stated: As to the charge of secret, advisers,
unless they disputed his Majesty's Royal word, _or
condemned his conduEt, they could not sustain it;
for hiS Majesty, at parting with them, had assured
them that he bad communication with no person from
the Bth of February to the middle of March on the
Eubjea, except his Secretary, to whom he di&ated
MS dispatches. The Noble Lord had been so confi-
dent of a -Majority on the former night, that be
had assured hiS friends, when dividing, tha't the first
Motion' was to be followed up, withoutdelay, with
other more decisive propositions. He congratulated
the' Noble Lord and the Hon. Gentleman on the re-
sult of that diVision, which 'changed their Motion
for the dismissal of . his Majesty's presentservants
into a more tethperate proceeding. They were now
'coetent to request alms at parting—a charitable do-
nation of the approbation of -tlie House of their
cotidua. He was 'astonished at the statement of
the Rig-ht Hon. Gentleman, which had, so little
common 'sense in it; that the Motion was intended
to turn the present Ministers out, but not to force
the late Ministers back. Where could the Right Hon.
Gentleman find a third class, from which toforman
Administration ? The Right Hon. Gentleman should
utie much more forcible argutnents than he had
hitherto urged, to force back an Administration,
that, in sight Of this 'Country, and of Europe, had
lost the confidence of their Sovereign. Matters had,
in fad, been brought to such a situation, that
either the King Must submit himself, tied and blind-
fbld to his Ministers, or dismiss them. It appeared
by the Minister's, that his Majesty could not go
further than he consented to do, without thinking
himself criminal ; they then agreed to withdraw
the *measure ; Which, if men of honour, political-
ly speaking, they could not have withdrawn, after
they bad promised to the CathOlics, and brought it
into the 'HouSe, unless ender an impression that his
Majesty's,feelinvs would not suffer him to acquiesce.
But why should they stipulate to renew, from time
to time, what they in fact withdrew, unless they had
withdrawn it for particular convenience, determieed
to bring it forward at a moreseasonable opportuni-
ty The,reservation they had made led to the de-
mand of satisfaCtioe to. his Majesty, and it was im-
possible that his Majesty could continue to place
confidence in persons who appeared before him in
so, fallacious a form Was it nothing at his Ma-
jesty's time of. life to be exposed to have his quiet
disturbed by the revival of this.qUestion from time
to time. He had no alternative but to 'submit to
his Mini4ers, or to ael as he. had done. His Ma-
jesty did not consent, until after a long and laboured
representation from the Cabinet, stating that he was
pledged to. the Ad of 1793, ,and that it would be a
breach of faith in the Crown not to consent to its
extension. A dispatch was then sent off to Ireland,
and. he should: say that it Was not 'very creditable to
" All the Talents," for nothing Could be more vague
or indefinite. .A Noble Lord had stated in another
place; that the measure, when discussed in the Ca-
binet, was always coefined to the extension of the
Irish A& of 1793 ; and he wished to ask the Noble
Lord opposite, whether, when doubts had 'arisen, and
he bad asSembleda Cabinet,what were the, sentiments
of the ditrerent Members, and whether the doubts
had 'been discussed, and a communication of the
same made to his Majesty ?' He wished to ask also
who had taken upon himself to issue summonses to
several Members of the Cabinet, and not to others ?
Why ;the Noble Lord, more particularly Keeper of
the King's conscience, had not been sammoned-7-nor
Lord Sicnouth--;.nor Lord Ellenborough ? Who-
ever had clone so was guilty of a misdemeanor, and
ought to, be impeached--(A cry of move ! move !)
Upon what principle, what constitutional arrogance

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themselveS into a secret tribunal;
.and sent o'fdi
patcheS iihout 'Shminoning the:. remaining Mein-
hers of the Cabinet ? Nor Was it his M tjesty's di4-
pleasure only they-have incurred; both this and the
'other House.of Parliatnent had decided against theni
in a manner not to leave a doubt of what they (!OD-''
ceived of their Condai and sure he was; that with
the decision of Parliament the voice Of the Pool,le
'would be in unison ;_ for never4ould.the peoeL., of
'this country endtire the idea that the derlinii
of a Monarch, whose paternal care and alieetion they
had so long experienced, should be clouded with in-
gratitude, or that his grey hairs should be brought
down' with sorrow to .the grave. As to their Ad- '
ministration, the close of which was so much re 4:
gretted, by whrft measures was it marked ? It lasted
about thirteen months, and during that short period
they had violated the 'feelings of the leading descrip-:
tions of the country. They had 'violated the feelingS
of the East India Company, against whose
,remon:-
strances they would have sent out a Governor-Ge
neral, almost unanimously disapproved of by the
Court of Diretaors. But this, nevertheless, they
gave up, like their Bill ; and although they at first
contended that not a motnent's dine should be lost-
- in sending out a Governor, the person they at length
fixed•ulion did .notgo for nearly twelve months ,a 9.
terwards. They next violated the feelings of the
Volunteers, and received their ,generous patriotism'
With indifference or contempt. }file Shipping In;
Merest was treated in the same manner 5 and they
closed their'career of, vexation by violating the feci
ingsand the conscience of their Sovereign.
Lord ROIPICK begged the Houle to observe,
with what a good grace the charges "ere made
against him by the Noble Lord, of generally Violat-I
in g the feelings of the Country. The fate Ministers,
he says, violated 'the feelings of the .EiSt India Com-
pany ; but who ;had, when that Company ~had ex
pressed a strong dislike 'at the condud of a' Noble.
Marqnis, obliged the same Ea,4 India Company to
retract their ekpressions.of distike, and sub+Aittite a
letter, panegyrising the ..same person whom they so
generally censured Wits it' not that Noble Lord.?
The feelings -©f the Volunteers•are' next said to be
violated; yet who.gave more Credit • to the. 111-tivC3
of zeal and patriotism ,by which they-were most
doubtedly aauated, than the late' Ministers ? • Then
followed the violation of the feeling,s'df the shipping
interest. By what were they vioated? Not surely
by the American Intercourse Bill, a measure similar
to that which had often been adopted by former Ad-
ministrations, and which he did, not imagine the
Noble Lord would lightly' propose the repeal of.
He then came with the greatest viottion of all--the.
violation of the King's' feelings and conscience : but
this assertion he would tell' the Noble Ldrd was
•highly indecent and unparliamentary ; an assertion
highly injurious te the Sovereign, by insinuating
that his conscience barred him against the approach
and prayet's of so large a portion of his subjeels
the .ROman CasholicS. With the other side of the
House lay the weight of that charge, who intro-
duced the Sovereio-n's name even for the purpose of
intimidating that 1-fortse,'and influencing the votes
of, the Members in favour of their measures. The
Sacred name of his Majesty never was introduced by
the late Mini§ters until those who succeeded them',
or who advised their' dismission, made the introduc-
tion of it a matter of necessity. They deny hai frig
given that advice, and they are the first- who, by so
doing, have torn the sacred veil that had hitherto
concealed the Royal Authority. The Noble Lurd
also accuses them of attempting to throw the odium
on the King of the rejeaion,of the Catholic Claims.
Does not the Noble Lord involve in that charge hi 4
great friend Mr: Pitt ? He, upon resigning in 1801;.
left no doubt respetingthe cause of his resignation:
Yet the Noble Lord, in concurrence with that great
man at that time reSpeEting this very measure, nor
forMs part
,of a combined league to resist all such
measures, tinder whatever circumstances, and by
whomsoeVer it 'may be proposed ; for that is the
principle, according to the new' Chancellor of the
Exchequer, upon which the present Government
is founded. But the NOble Lord accuses the friends
of the Bill of having excluded. from the Cabinet
those Members who "'ere hostile to it, and don-
tined the discussion to seven Members only : lie'
adds, that for so` doing, those seven Members should
be impeached. He wished to see the' Noble Lord
exhibit the articles of than impeachment.-2-But the
fad was, all the Mangers attended the fii-st discus-
.
sion but some of them ceased to attend utter the
disagreement occurred, and this circumstance was
notified to his Majesty. in a minute to a di patch ex-
plaining the nature of the Bill. It was said that
that disnatch had not been seal by a Noble Viscount
(Sidmouth), who had objected to, the Bill. That..
Noble Viscount might have seen it, had oe thoUght
proper and moreover • the dispatch had been ex-
plained to him by Lord Grenville. A wish Was
expressed by some Gentlemen, that he and hit
friends would give their support to the present Ad-
ministration. 4-le should make no profession of ,
that itind though he might say; that they shauld
not.experience from him any vexatious opposition;
He Should be diretled by what he conceived to be
the. good of the Couir: ry.' Indeed he was deterred
from making any profession§ to that et Teti, by the
example of the Gentlethen opposite to tin; fur They
had promised not to 'oppose, if they could not sup-
port, the late Administration ; yet, while that pro-
mise was quite fresh, they set up an opposition the
most barrassing add vexatious that ever existed.
Mr. BiITHURST was ready to say, that lie con-
curred with the late AdMinistration in every
sure but their last.; and that was the one upon
which all the late discussions had C'iiefly turned:
Ike was also ready to • affirm, that they poisessed.
great talents an virtues, and were truly anxious to
promote the public good ; yet he could not with
consistency give his vote to the pre+tent motion : it
Was too general, and he who opposed their principal
measure, could not give an unqualified approbation
of their whole conduct. This to him was iii-itter at
regret ; and another regret Was;that men who 1)0,4=
sessed such superior, talents, should be capable of
haVing placed themselves in such•an awkward situ-
ation. Besides, the effect of the Li-lotion, it carried'
,-
would be to compel hi 4 MajestY to take back thiiFe
Ministers who had forfeited his conlience,:ancl• who
were obnoxious to his feeling:3.74oi, worty
over be a violation of the Royal .Preto6-ative, against
which he hid already protisted, and lie :i.ohld
therethre give his assent to the Albtiolln.—AstO th
objeCtion, that some Members. had not been, ,
sum-
moned to attend the Cabinet when the drat