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SATURDAY, MARCH
.2 8 , 1807.

IN adverting yesterday to the Explanations given
in the Houses of Lords and commons, by Lofds
GRENVIL.O and Howton, respe&ing the 'Causes of
the Difference between His MAJESTY and his late
Ministers, we stated, that there were two points
which were particularly descrying of ccnsidera-,
tiOn th2t His 2N.fIAJESTY; from the very
earliest mention .of the Catholic evinced

a marked 'tre.JuetanCe to., the hiLi-ute; anc3' se=
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condly, that flis MAJESTY certainly Was induced
to give his-assent 'to the Bill under. the' convjEtion
'That its provisions were • noi. 'to exceed those of
the AEI
.pf. It 'cannot for a moment be
supposed • that. Lord GRENiTILLE would attempt to
praaise any deceptiOn upon his Snviereign, but. it
ie ttait -iviallSteiS, knowing, as they -must
have.known, His MAJESTY'S sentiments'upon the
6.:bjea; should. not' haire: felt the necessity. of ex-
plaining; in the first instance, distinctly, the nature
and ;the—Provisions •of the Bill which it was`
intended to bring' into. Parliament. That they did
Dot give. that explanation. in a proper manner* is'
evident, not only from the. circumstance 9f His>
MAJESTY having misunderstood the nature—of the,

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Bill, but from the fa&S, stated by Lord.SipitiouTH
on Thursday night in the House of Lords;-,.:1t is
most strange, that .upon a stibjed; which-, as we
lame already observed, should have been explained
•
and defined: with scrupulous minuteness,. such an
extraordinary degree of uncertainty-511OtIld'ijaVe:Wb-.
4isted. His MAJESTY, misunderstood .the extent of
the measure which his Ministers wished to' bring
forward ; the Cabinet Ministers themselves differed
in opinion upon the subject; and the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland and. Mr. ELLIOT, after-the .receipt of the
Dispatches from this Country, appear to have been in
doubt with respea to the extent of the concessions
which it was intended to make to the. Catholics.
We dO not mean to insinuate that this ambiguity was
intended, hut certainly upon such an important ques-
tion it was most unfortunate,
With respe& to the pledge which was stated to
have been deinanded from Ministers, the fg* which
have transpired within these. few days have placed
that part of the question in a very different light
from that in which it appeared
were led" to believe that Ministers; after having
withdraWn the Catholic Bill, inconformity to His
MAJESTY'S wishes, had been directly called upon to
gii.-e a Pledge. with respeCt to their futUrc.cOndua .
upon that subject. It nOw,appears,
..,4owever, that

the Pledge was not demanded until the late Minis-

ters. had, in terms-too plain to be tni§understood;
jntirnated to Ho. MAJESTI then- determinatiOn

to avow their sentiinents, not only upon the
present occasion, but its the event• of the Catho-
lic Petition. coming forward." We do not blame
the late Ministers for determining to adhere to
principles which they entertained, but it
is equally clear that His MAJESTY, aeting.- as
lie has uniformly done. upon this and every other
:occasion, ' from the most pure .ant conscientious
motiyes; bad a right to, .demand some,pledge•from
those whom he had entrusted' with the_
adini,:
nistration of Public Affairs, that they- would not
ad in direct opposition, to his Wishes -.upon
a subject of the highest National importance. The
late Ministers havii e; refused to give -that Pledge,
the result became inevitable.

We cannot but lament the occurrence, of any
event which has :deprived His MAJESTY and the
Country. of the :service of Lord •GIUENVH.LE; in
whose talents and principles we have always
had the highest confidence ;. but when. Ms 11tt-.
JESTY'S confidential Servants avowed a determina-

Con to a& upon a great and impOrtant que'stiou in
.oppositiou to His MAJESTY'S known feelings and
principles,. it became indispensably necessary that
MAJESTY should call other men to hi's Coun-
cils. There could be. no doubt about 'whom 'he
was to call von in such an UneXpe&edemergency.

Those men who had for years been the able Co-
adjutors of Mr. PI. TT happily remained----,Men used
to Public Business, and whose principles were well

known both to.their SOVEREIGN and their Country.

should have been highly gratified by seeing their
Administration strengtheneA and adorned by. the.ac-

knowle&-c.cl talents and experience of the Marquis
eLL:::-.1.111Y, who has declined office for the present

from motives of delicacy, which must raise him
mill higher; if possible, than he stands in the public

eitimation ; b'it the new. Ministry have the benefit

oC his good wishes and support.

The following is a covrea List of all the Appoint-
,
meats that have hitherto beex official)), annolanced.