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London, England, 1812-06-13 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

At four o'clock the SPEAKER took. the Chair,
but there being only 31 Members present, an ad-
journment of course took place till to-morrow.

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We believe that few instances, have occurred in
which the decision of the House of Commons has
been more in unison with the feelings of the
people, than in that which took place yesterday
morning. The conduct of the Opposition, during
the whole of the late Negociations, has com-
pletely justified all the charges which we
have preferred against them, and has shewn,
that power— absolute, exclusive power, was
their only object, and that the distresses of
the country, which they so loudly proclaim, and
which they have not a little contributed to in-
crease, could not induce them to concede in the
slightest degree from their lofty and unfounded
pretensions. With the Marquis WELLESLEY they
would not co-operate ; not because they differed
upon • the great political principles which were
to form the -basis of the Administration, but
because they had not the formation of the
Administration. They did not like to tell Lord
1 'at.r.E4LEY and the Public their real sentiments,

but they took every opportunity of quilbting and
throwing impediments in the way of the negoeie..-
don. Is it possible to conceive any thing more
.'contemptible than the distinction which they
pretended to find out between the proposi-
tion . made by Lord WELLESLEY and that, Made
by Mr. CINNING ? Would: any men who were
seriously disposed, as they professed to be,
to sacrifice personal considerations for the good
of the country, have stumbled upon such an ob-
jection, if they had not been anxious to break off
the Negociation, under the firm conviction that
the REGENT Would be ultimately obliged to throw
himself unconditionally into their hands ! From
the manner, in which they received Lord MoißA's
proposalsproposals unfettered by .any condition
on the part of the REGENT, and which were made
with thefrankness which characteriSes that Niable
Lord, it was obvious that Lords GREY and GREN-
VILLE were offended, because they werenot entrust-
ed with the commission of forming the Administra-
tion. The objection with regard to the House-
hold was unparalleled ; they knew from Lord
MOIRA that the powers with which he was. invest-
ed were unlimitted and unfettered with what
possible view then could th;:v have made the
demand of the dismissal of the Household as
a preliminary, if it were' not 'With the inten-
tion of humiliating the' Illustrious Personage
for whom they professed such dutiful respect ?
The opinions of Lord • MoIRA and of Mr. kSIIERI
DAN upon this subject, are, we think, deCisive :
connected by habit, by friendship, by principle,
with the Opposition, they have, nevertheless, been
under the necessity of condemning their conduct.
Even Mr. WHITBREAD did not attempt to defend
them ; and, unless we are very much misinform-
ed, he has fully and openly expressed his dissa-
.
tisfaction at the tone assumed by Lords GREY
and GRENVILLE upon this occasion: Lord
MoIRA • and Mr. SHERIDAN may expect, in-
deed,' they.. have already began to experience,
all theeoarse invective and rancorous abuse with
which the Party Writers constantly assail every
man who has spirit enough to doubt the infallibi-
lity, orsdissent from the opinions of Lords GREY''
and GRENVILLE. We have- seen the PRINCE RE-
GENT within the space,J)f a' few weeks the object
of the adulation and of the abuse of these writers ;
and it is not surprising that Lord MolaA and Mr.
SHERIDAN, to whom the Party owe all the little
popularity which they possess, should experience
a similar fate.

The short history, of all these transactions is
simply this : the Opposition thought, from the
vote of the House of Commons on Mr. Woßi-
LEY'S . Motion, that the object of their ambition
*was within their grasp, that the whole power
of the State lutist be thrown into their hands,
and, therefore, they raised the impediments
to which we have alluded in 'the negotiation
with Lord WELLESLEY and Lord MOIRA.
They have been disappointed ;—and the House of
Commons, by their vote of yesterday, have ex-
pressed a most unequivocal opinion upon their
conduct.

The reports brought by the last Anholt Mail are,
as usual, various and inconsistent. It , is, how-
ever, quite clear, that the hostile armies have not
yet ' come in contact with each other. Al-
most all the letters concur in stating that the
French Army is considerably embarrassed. for
want of provisions ; it is even said, that, a part
of it has ,been obliged, on that account, to
fall back behind the Oder. The Russian
Army has not advanced, and we -shall. re-
joice to find that the accounts which have
reached us respecting the Russian plan of the
campaign, are correct. We understand, that
instead of advancing to meet the French, and
resting the final. issue of the contest on a battle
or two, the Russian. Generals have determined to
act entirely upon-the defensive; to throw every
possible impediment in the way of the enemy,
and to dispute every inch of ground with
them without risking a general action, Such a
plan must ultimately succeed. The Russians are.
preparing two considerable Ex-peditions, the na-
val part of one of which is to be under the direc-
tion Of Admiral. CROWN, an Englishnaan.

Her MAJEsTY has expressed her intention of
holding a Drawing room at St. James's on Thurs-
day next.
Sir THOMAS TYRIVIIIT of yesterday, for
the first time, as G'ntleman Usher of .the Black
Rod, on the auspicious oceasion of the invest-
ment of the Earl of MoIR.t with the Order-of the
Garter.

Countess SPENCER last night had .a splendid
rout, at her house in St. James's-place,
Mrs. GEORGE BY NG had an elegant assemblage
of the failionable Nvorld, at her mansion, in St.
James's-square, on Thursday night.
Lady ELLEN*IIOIIouGH entertained a select party
last evening, at her house in St. James's-square.

Sir SIDgEY SMITH gave a grand dinner iester-
day, at his house in Albemarle-street.'
The Marchioness of HERTFORD has a grand party
in Manchester-square, on nonday evening.