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HOUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY, APRIL 30.
THE Duke of MANCHESTER, Lords SOUTH..
AMPTON, . TOR R INOTON, and Mortar, took the
Oaths and their Seats.
Lord HOE ART, in pursuance of the Address to
His Majesty, lately moved by the Earl of CAR -
LISLE, laid on the Table the dates of the different
Dispatches that had been transmitted ro our Settle-
ments in India, relating to the King's Message of
the ?th of March 1803, and up to the actual com-
mencement of hostilities.
Earl SPENCER moved. an Address to His Majesty,
praying -that he would give orders, that the dates
of the different Dispatches transmitted, to the Go.
vernor or Commander of the Island of Sr. Helena,
subsequent to the present war, should be made out
for the use of their Lordships.
POSTPONEMENT OF ['HE MAR'QUIS OF sTAr.
FORD's MOTION.
Lord- HAWKESBURY rose to state, that he
trusted the Noble Marquis whom he now saw in his
place, would consent to postpone, for a few days,
the Motion of which he had given notice for this
day, relating to, the State of the ..Defence of the. •
Country, and in eXpeetation of which a great num-
ber of Noble Lords had ,come down. There were
some circumstances existing, which induced him to
apply to the Noble Marquis for this temporary ac-
commodation, which were not necessary for him to
enlarge upon, but which were sufficient in his mind
to authorize him to request that it may be deferred
for. a few days.
.The Marquis of STAFFORD'had no objcdion,
provided it met with the concurrence of other No.
ble Lords, to accede to any proposition for delaying
his Motion for a reasonable time. •
Lord)GRENVILLEE declared,, that it would
have afforded him more satisfaction, it the Noble
SECRETARY of STATE had communicated to the
House the nature of those circumstances which in.
duced him to request of his Noble Friend to post.
pone the Motion he intended zo bring forward on
this day. On such important and delicate occasions,
it was usual for persefts standing in the situation of
the 'Noble Lord to be more explicit. If tee de-
lay
solicited war for the purpose of suiting the
particular convenience of the Noble Secretary, al-
though that certainly was not such a ground for
deferring the Motion of his Noble Friend, as could
be stated to be a very strong one, yet he, for One,
was not inclined to refuse any reasonable accommo-
, dation to the Noble Lord ; but if the reasons. which
induced the Noble SECR ETARY of STATE to cal
for the delay of a few days, rested upon higher
considerations, it would be better that their
Lordships should know that such was the fact.
Let those grounds be explicitly stated, let it be fair-
ly avowed, that such were the motives that have
operated to request this postponement, and he was
persuaded, that nothing would appear on the part of
Opposition to impede His Majesty's paternal efforts
to appoint smelt an Administration as would best
provide for the-honour, the interests, and the seen.'
rity of the State. He would not oppose postpone-
tnent of his Noble Friend's Motion fur afew days ;
and as he thought the, Noble LORI incapable of tri.
fling with the feelings of the House, or the feelings
of the Country, he would not.only concur in his re-
quest, but .propose that their Lordships should ad.
journ to that particular day to which his Noble
Friend was requested to defer his Motion.
Lord HAWKESBURY said, that after having
stated, that peculiar circumstances existed, which
rendered is highly advisable that the Noble Mar.
quis should dein( his Motion to a future day, hedid
not think it very candid on the pact of any Noble
Lord, considering the, situation in which he stood,
to call on him for an explanation of the circum-
stances. He would state again to their Lordships,
and he would state it not only upon his official cre.
dit,, but upon his charader as a man, that the cir.
cumstance he alluded to were neither light nor
trivial, but, weighing sufficiently upon his inind to
induce' him to make the application he did to the
Noble :Marquis. He could not concur with the
Noble Lord as to the propriety of an adjournment ;
he saw no necessity for it. There was. nothing in
the state of the Country, or of public affairs, to jus-
tify such a measure; on the contrary, it would be
productive of extreme inconvenience, should the
whole course, of public business be stopped, as it
most certainly would be, should the proposition of
the Noble Lord he adopted. He had said 'every
thing that he thought necessary, upon every.consi-
deration of public prudence, to induce the NoTiTe
Marquis to postpone-his Motion ;if he should not
succeed, it would be the subject of regret to him,
and in that alternative, he would not hesitate to
meet the Noble Marquis, and to enter fully upon
the subject.
The Earl of CARLISLE wished that the Noble
Secretary, had spoken mote plainly and explicity,
as to what his reasons were for requesting his Noble
Relative to postpone his Motion. He knew but
one circumstance which ought to weigh will) the
Noble Marquis and the rest of their Lordships, to
cause the postponement of the great Question that
it owas intended to submit to thetn—a circum.
stance which he was persuaded would send every
Noble Lord; and eve!), man in the House, hone
contented and rejoiced—and that was, the certainty
that His Majesty's Ministers were to retire from the
situations they filled at present.
Lord HAWICESBURY again declared, that he
grounded .his present request on his conviaiun of the
public necessity of the case. He had felt himself at.
tacked, not-by a common Party deairous .of obtain.
ing parliamentary smisfaetion, but by .a