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London, England, 1806-01-22 00:00:00

PARLI.4MENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

IfHOUSE OF LORDS, TIIeSDAY, JAN. at.
The Senn of Parliament was opened this day,
by cotnmiflion ; the Commiffioners were, the LORD
Cli *tic sc. Loa, the Arthbifhop of CAMTIRSU Iv, Lord
Eacemsototross (Chief Jolliet), the Earl of WRY.
notrrst ithe Lord Chamberlain), and Lord HAWR Is.
stray, Priacipal Secretary of state for the Home
Department.
A. little after three, the Lords CommHlinners took
their feats on the Woulfack, and the Commons, our-
fuant to Meltage,havingottended, with their Speaker,
• at the Bar, the Loa. CH ANC / LLCM informed them,
-• 'that his Majety had been pleafed to dirett hic coin.'
million to certain Lords, therein named, to open the
Sellion, which Commiffion they fLoold hear read, and
afterwards his Majeay's Moft Gracious Speech.
The CommiUlon was then read by the Clerk at the
table ; and the LORD Citeerstame then read the
Speech, (a literal copy of which was inferted
yellerday's STAR )
The Commons having retired, the Lords Commit-
Goners withdrew to unrobe, and, fhortly after, Loud
Es.cswaos.ooon took the feat on the Wuolfack,
Chairman of the Lords, the Loa's CH ANClLina's
flare of health not permitting him to fit out the ens.
pedad Debate.
At four o'clock Earl Nelfon, (the elder Brother at
the late Noble and Illuarious Viicount) preceded by
Sir 'Caste Heard (Garter King at Arms) the Duke nf
Norfolk (Earl Marthal), and Lord Auckland, and
fupported by the Earls of Macclesfield and Brillol,
was Introduced to the Houle. His Majely's Royal
Lettere Patent were delivered in at the table by Gaw

ter. and read by the Clerk. It contained a particular'
fpecification of the extraordinary merits of the late
Lord, Horatio. Vifcount Nelfon, whit, in the words
of the Patent, after a moll glorious feries of traufcen-
dant achievements, had died at the moment of vic-
tory. A ferions copfideration of thefe exploits was
aligned as the reafon why fuch an extraordinary
.
1 mark of royal favour was given to the family of that
Notsjs Lord. The Patent then Rates, as nfual, the
manner In which. his Majefty has been pleafed to or-
der the titles and honours to defcend hereafter—it is
dated on the soth of November. After the Noble
i Earl had taken the oaths, and fubferibed his name,
as Peers always do on their firft promotion to a feat
is the houfe, be was concluded to his feat on the third
Bench on the left fide of the Houle. Then having
made his obeifance to the Throne, he was introduced
to Lord Ellenboroufb, who then fat as Speaker, in
confequenee, as has already been (Wed. of the Lord
Chancellor having found hiersfelf fo indifpofed that he
was unable to endure the fatigue of a long debate,'
which it was at grit experled would have taken place.
The Marquis of Leafdowne, Marquis Wdlelley,,
and Lord St. John, alto took the oaths and their
(eats. • This beiag the firft time of their appearing
in their place in Parliament fiats their acceffioo to
their patient tides. '
A Bill was then brought in by Lord Walfingham,
and read a firft time, according to the efiablithed I
ufage of the Hook, previous to the Speeck being
tjtken into confideration.
His Majelly's moo gracious Speech was diets read
by Lord Ellenborough fecal the Weolfaek, and alter-
wardsby the Clerk at the table.
TAB ADDISISS. *
The Earl of ESSEX rofe to move an seldrefs to
His Majefty, oil the occafion of his late ;ammonite-
dim to both Honks of Parliament. He obferved.
that the Addrefs which he fhould have the honour to
propofe to their Lordliiips. would include no points,
butlfuch as, in his mind, the fenfe of that Houle ought
ananimoufly to concur in. The communication
from His Majefty was fraught with wifdom and
moderation, and fuch as (hoold, with fincerity, be
echoed by every man, not only in that Houle, but
in the country at large. The prominent confsdera
lion in the Speech, viz. our late glorious naval Cue-
celfes. was Nell, as mull obvioufty draw correfpond•
ing fentiments of exultation and applaufe from
every man in the kingdom. The great and Mut*.
trinus charaifter, to whom thole unparalleled Inc-
fetes were principally to be afcribed, has ellablifh-
ad his fame to late& pofterity, and challenged the
• gratitude atd admiration of his country, in fuch a
way, as nothing, which fuch an individual as him.'
Pelf could advance, would in the leall add to i:s
luftre. or to its renown. Indeed, when he took a
view of the various topics adverted to in the Speech,
he fhould have very near as little occation to tref
pals on their Lordfhips, as he obvioufly had, with
Telma to its prominent confideration. The nature
qnd tendency of that Speech was fuch as fully war-
ranted him in urging fuch an Addrefs tp. their
Lordfhips' adoption, as he lhould have the honour
tdtcropofe. With refpea to the great and, impor
cant vie pry of Trafalgar, he could riot avoid again
touching upon it ; as, in his opinion, it was, in all
its circumtlances, the moll brilliant recorded in the
annals of the Arid% Navy. With yelped to the
other important cendiderations adverted to in the
Royal Speech, he thought that the meafures to
which they referred, were calculated for the well.'
being and fecurity of His Majelly's dominions ; and
the line of conduit prefcribed, that which found policy
didated as moil conducive to the honour of His Ma-
jeity's Crown, and the profperity and intereft of his
fuhjefts at large. With retina to their Lordfhips'
concurrence, in enabling His Majelly to bellow ade-
quate marks of his Royal bounty on the family of
the late heroic end illullrious Lord Vifcount Nel.
fon, he could nut harbour a thought of its being
any other than freely and unanimoully accorded.
(Hear, hear.) He then generally adverted to the
conduel of His Majelly's bliaillers, with refpcia to
the late important traniatlions on the Continent ;
this, in his opinion, when the necefTa.ry information,
as referred to in His Ma-jelly's Speech, Ihould be
laid before the Houfl, and the fubjett thoroughly
invefligated and difcared, would he found fuch as
was confident with the diElates of prudence and
firefight. The danger, which in fome pninti of
view menaced the country, may be fuels as to call
for its vigilance and molt vigorous exertions ; hot
let thtt danger be met by a united people, and its
iil confcquences would be averted.—He deprecated
all ideas of an Addrefs to the Throne, or ;any lan.
riage }lel,: in that (hape. which fhoold wear an ap
, It Al`f e of alarm, derpol,ltl•Cy , lli CrIS!CCIZ(.r....—.
L S.st It, Le 0.0'1,0, would not only be dangerous in
.t' I '...Li le coadetiences, but evidently Wad in,

point of policy. He hoped noth'.og or that fort
would be per:irked in ; or that unanimity, which, he
flattered himfelf, would eventually prevail among
their Lordftups, be diflurbed by filch a propolitinn.
Let the line of wife and vigorous policy, recommend.
ed in his Majefty's fpeeeh, be idled upon, and pertift-
ed in ; and h doubted not, the country would ex-
tricate herfelf from the apparent difficulties or her
prefent fituation, with honour and with advantage.
There was an additional topic, which he felt it in•
eumbent on him, not only from refpra to our mntl
gracious Sovereign, but from feelings of refpatful
concern for the very amiable and praife.worthy elm
railer in queftion, to • introduce into the addrefs,
namely. expreffions of their Lordfltipe fympathy
and regret of his Islajefty's revere domellic lots, in
the death of Isis Royal Brother, the late Duke of
Gloucellev ; on this, of courfe, he mull anticipate
the unanimous concurrence of their Lordilipi. The
Noble Earl made a few farther obfervations, and con.
eluded by moving the Addrefs, which, as Wind on
loch occarions, was a faithful echo of his Majetty's
Speech, with the addition of their Lordfltips compli-
ments of condolence on the death of his Royal High
nets the Duke of Gloucetter.
Lord Vircount CARLE I'ON role to fecond the
motion for the Addrefs. He obferved, it went not
to pledge their LorWhips to any Ipccific line of pro.
ceeding, but went to leave thofe points on which dif-
ferenees of opinion-might obvioofly arife, as matter
of fuhrequent difetiffion. He could not avoid advert-
ing, in the Sill inllance, to that prominent confide-
ration in the Royal Speech, which had been fo ably
touched upon by the Noble Earl who had preceded
him. Without meaning to depreciate the glory ac-
quired by Bridal failors in other Naval *aim, or to
undervalue in the lean, the hill and bravery of thofe
gallant men, be thought the aaion in queftion edit.
fed all the other navalvittlories he had heard of, how-
ever brilliant. Whether he confidered the profeffional
(kill, or the ardent bravery with which the Combined
Fleets of France and Spain were attacked, and the
glorious manner in which every (hip in the radon had
diftinguithed herrelf—in there, and in every point of
view, he thought the viaory merited fuch a chime-
ter, and, as fuch, called for the applaufe, the grad,
rude. and the admiration of every man in the Houle
and in the Country. Above all, the unparalleled (kill
and herioc bravery of the illuftrious Commander.
late a Noble Member of that Houle. was deferring
of the warmeß eulogium ; whether he confidered the
promptitude. the vigilance, or the activity of that
great man, on that memorable and important occa.
lion, •it was beyond all praife and eulogy; and the
illufkrions Nelfon had the glory of dying, as he wiled.
an heroic charatter. On all that part of the Speech,
and the correfponding Addict's, which related to this
Mita, he was confident there could be no difference
of opinion ; neither could there be the leaft thadow of
oblation to the paragraph referring to the death of
that worthy and amiable Prince, the late Duke of
Glqueefier. With rerpea to the allursous in the
Speech to the fituation of the country, and the unfa•
Towable NW of the war in Germany, whatever dif-
ference of opinion there might arife in certain points
of view, his own fentiment was clearly. that his Ma.
jelly, as Rated in the Speech, bad rated in aria con-
formity to thole principles he had uniformly laid
down as the rule of his condua, and which, in point
of wifdorn, jultiee, and policy, had regularly been
recognifed by Parliament. In regard to other confi-
derations, be thought it would be found, when the
proper time for difeuffion fhould arrive, and the ne-
ceffary Information be laid before the Houle, that
every thing had been done by Miniften, with refer-
ence to a doe execution of the trait repored is them.
He could not but Admire and applaud, not only the
maranimous fpirit, but the enlightened and ftrong
policy which satiated the condua of the Emperor of
RAGA. in his willingncfs to join his force with that
of this country, in the wife and glorious endeavour
to reftore tranquillity and independence to Europe,
and to which ends, the moll prompt and vigorous
exertions were necefrary. With thefe convidlions, and
feeling upon the occafion as he did, he molt cordially
fupported the motion for the Addrefs.'
The Addrefs being read, and die queflion put,
Lord COWPER laid. that he did not rife to offer
any oppofition to the motion now before their Lord
Mips. He was anxious, however. that it fhottld be
underftood, that his own conduit, and that of other
Noble Lords, in abflaining from expretling their
lenriments on this oceafion, fhould not be attributed
to an entire concurrence in all the obfervations which

had been made by the Noble Mover and Seconder.
The fa& was, that he had come down to the Him&
with a determination to move an Amendment upon
the motion for the Addrefs ; but he was induced to
pollpone it, from the confideration, folely, of the
indifpofition of a Right Hon Gentleman at the head
of his Majefly's Councils. He felt that, as the Ad.
drefs did not in itfelf pledge Noble Lords to any
thing, upon which there could be any great difference
of opinion, it was rather a point of delicacy to offer
any propolition, under the prefent circumflances,
leading to a difcisigon, in which mutt necelTarily be
involved the conduet of the Right Hon. Gentleman
alluded to. Having Paid tints much, he would fa-
tisfy himfelf, for • the prefint, with reading the
Amendment, which he had drawn up. His Lord.
fhip then read over the Amendment. The purport
tended to exprefb the deep concern which the Houfe
felt, at the difaflers recently fuflained by his Majef.
ty's Allies on the Coatinent a and to afTure his Majef-
ty, that the Houfe would take the earlieft opportu•
nity of enquiring into the c2lliti of thefe difaliers, fo
far as they migLt be connected with the condu& of
his Majelly's Mmihers ; and to fuggetl fuch meafures
as fbould appear to be neceffary for averting the dan-
gers which threatened this country. His Lordfhip
concluded with giving notice, that, nn Monday neat,
he fhould fubmit a motion, embracing the fubftance
of the Amendment which he had
.0111 read.
•' Lord GRENVILLE.—I perfettly concur, my
Lord., in what hay just bitten from the Noble Earl.
I hart' intended to have dircuffed at fume length the
prefent lunation of the country, and not to have (offer-
ed this day to pals without feriou fly colifidering what
has been the refult of meafures hitherto adopted—in
what fituation we are now placed by the operation
of fuch meafures—and what ought to be done for
the interells and the honour of the country. A cir-
cumltance, however, which has been alluded to, the
indifpofition of a Right Honourable Gentleman, in•
duces me to forego this &Inc, and to poflpone, for
the prefent, Meting into fuch a difcuon, which

mull, under fuch eirctriflances, be painful to all of
us, to me more particularly fo, With the fectiments
which I feel towards that Right Honourible Gentle-
man. At the fame time it mull not be' forgotten,
that lhe fituation of the country imperioutly calls for
inveßigation. lam perfectly ready, however, to al-
fent to any pledge to be given to his Majelly, by
which we agree to thank him for his gracious inten-
tion of communicating to Parliament the treaties and
documents upon which we are hereafter to found an
opinion refpeeting the meafures which thole &tit-
'meets involve. lam alfo ready to concur in an ad-
drefs, which pledges no man to any opinion on tub-
jeds which mull remain to be difculfed hereafter,
when the papers which relate to them are before the
Houle t I have not the flightell with to drag fuch a
fubjed into difeuffion, previous to the documents al-
laded to being laid before the Houle. When they
are prefented to our confideration, I frail then be
enabled to judge of their value and importance, of
the weight which ought to be attached to them, of
the different bearings which they have upon the fob.
jell to which they refer, and of the general refults
which they preterit, forming my opinion accordingly.
With refped to that part of his Majefty's fpeech,
which refers to the Cervices of the late Lord Nelfon,
we can have but one opinion, and in the paragraph
of the addrefs, which refers to that fubjed, I molt
cordially concur. Upon the principal topic of his
Maießy's limb, I have already raid I will to avoid
giving any opinion."
Lord HAWKESBURY--.4 My Lords, the ob-
rervatioos which have fallen from the two Noble
Lords who fpoke laft give me very great fatisfattios.
They vary properly confider an event which many
of us timer* lament. as an additional inducement'
why they &mild not enter into the difeutEoo of cer-
tain parts of the Addrefs now before the Route. I
I give the -Noble Lord who fpoke lag full credit for
thole perfonal feelings which fo honourably actuate
his mind towards an individual, who, unfortunately
for the public, is prevented by indifpofition from
attending his duty in Parliament. There are few
perfons who mull not feel for the prefent fituation of
man who has been the admiration of his country
and of the whole world. It gives me pleafure there-
fore to find that this circumdance carries the poll-
ponement of a difeulfion which would have been
very improperly brought forward now. It is unlac-
ed:try for me to trouble your Lordfhips on any topic
in his Malay's Speech, nor in the Addrefs which
has been Co ably moved and fecianded. That Addrefs
does not commit Parliament on any one topic what-
ever. Your Lordfhips may concur in every part of
it, without precluding a fubfequent difeulton. I am
happy to find that there eras but one opinion on the
Cubjeet of the great and brilliant Cervices which the
late naval victory produced, and that there is only
one opinion alto on 'the manner in which it is pro.
pofed there Cervices thould be rewarded. I feel it
neceffary to make tome obfervations on the totaled of
the Amendment which the Noble Earl Paid it was his
intention to make. That Amendment refers to a
certain part of the Addrefs on which information is
to be laid before the Honk, without which we &all
not be able to form an opinion. His Majelly has ex-
prefred his gracious intention to communicate to us
this information. I conceive the general pradice to
be this—Wheoever his Majelly rays he will caufe
certain Paper; to be laid before Parliament, it is
unnfual to enter into any difeuffion of the fubjeet to
d which fuch Papers relate until they are aually laid
before the Houle. Let us wait and fee what is the
information contained in thole Papers, before we
give an opinion : and when we fee the documents, it
will be time enough for us to come to Come determi-
nation %mon them. This is the general practice of
Parliament ; and if, when the documents are laid be-
fore the Houfe, they Mould be found defective, fur-
ther information may 'then be moved for. We are
now, my Lords, only called on to thahk bits Majelly
for the gracious intention he has expreffed of laying
the copies of certain Treaties before or r and when
thole Treaties come. then will be the proper time to
difcufa them. 1 agree entirely with the Noble 4aron,
that the prefent is a time when the whole Rate qf the
country ought to be taken into confideration. His
Majeßy's Government willies it, and I am confident
his Majeßy's Minifters will not &rink from the moll
fcrupulous examination into the Bate Of public at-
fairs. lam Cure they will be able to 'unify the
meafures they have porfued. We are not now about
to pledge the Houfe in any thing on which there can
be the flighteft difference of opinion ; a proper time
will come for clifeuffion, and his Majefty's Govern.
ment will be prepared to meet it."
Lord MULGRAVE paid Come compliments to
Lords Cowper and Grenville, on the motives which
induced them to abliain from then difcuffing the con-
duet of Minifters. He, however, expreffed his con-
vidion that that conduit. when the requifite infor-
mation was before the Houfe, would meet their
unanimous approbation. It would be found fuch
'ae would place in the molt .confpicuous point of
view, the character of the Government_ and of the
country. Notwithßanding the unfortunate refult of
the effortsof °or allies on the Continent, he pledged
himfelf, that the iffue of the molt ample invelliga-
tion, upon the documents which it would be his duty
to lay before their Lordthips, would be a general
concurrence in his opinion, that there was not a
(Ingle meafure which could have been profpeltively
fuggefted, that had been omitted t- nos owe adopted,
which, upon the moll deliberate review of all the
events that had occurred, it would have been defir-
able to tetrad. Having given this pledge to their
Lordlbips, and adverting to the defile expreffed by
his Noble friend (Lord Grenville) that• the. Houfe
Ihotild be fully in poffefflon of every thing which re-
Wed to thole meafures, before their Lordlisips thould
proceed to the ditculfion of them, he would fuggett
to the Noble Lord, who gave notice of a motion for
Monday next, whether it would not be advifable to
poßpone it for a few days longer ? He was not certain,
that it would be in his power, by that day, to lay be-
fore the Houfe all the documents which it might be
deemed advifable to fubmit to its confideration ; at
any rate, it was impollihle that the Houfe fhonld then
be fo folly in pageffion of their contents, as to enable
it to proceed to a ditentlion of them.
Lord GRENViLLE—.IAsI Rated it to have been
my with not to defer beyond this day an important
difi:oilion on the fitt.ation of the country ; but that
I was induced to dcfsr that intention in confequence
of a eircumflance which mull AO every man of
liberal fentimeot and generous feeling, I Am anxious,

my Lord►, that I,nrould not be mifundcrllocd. There
are many points refpeeting the lunation of the coun-
try which have no connation with foreign treaties, •
or with thole papers which may fall within the dc.
partment of the Noble Lord. Some of thole points
are of the higheß importance, and demand, in my
opinion, an early difzulSon—a difeuXon which I do
not think ought to be deferred beyond the day mcn.
tinned by the Noble Earl (Cowper.)"
The draft of the Addre(s was then referred to a
Committee, reported, agreed to, and ordered to be
preanted to his Moja y in the ultra' form.

JUROR VOL
The Marquis of ABERCORN rofe for the pnr.
pnfe of calling the attention of their Lord!hips to the
cafe of Mr. Juftice For. He mud leave it, he laid,
to the Houle to adopt Inch meafures in this cafe as
they fhould deem it expedient ; he only withed to
fogged tbat.it would be highly advifable to avoid
delay, both for the fake of the Learned Judge, and
the witnefes, many of whom had avocations to at-
tend to, from which they could ill (pare much time
to attend the Houle.
Lord Vilcount CARLETON Paid that the
Learned Judxe was anxious that as little fleay as
poffible fhould take place in the invelligation of the
charges againit him. •
MI LA TB VICTORY.
Lord HAWICESBURY gave notice, that he
fhould move on Friday, for a Vote of Thanks to
Lord Collingwood, and the Officers and Bennett
employed under him, to whom the enuntry were
indebted for the late glorious vidory off Trafalgar.
• ADDITION•L VORCI ACT.
The Earl of DARNLEY gave notice, that b;
Bionid talie an early opportunity of moving fto an
account of the number of men railed under the addi.
tional force aft.

MOUT/112 Dualism
Oome routine ba4mfs ufoal at the eotnusgsmitteut
of a Salon among* w.h6.-11 was, the rityppolot.
molt of Laid Walfingimin, to be Chairman of the
Committees, was rpm through, after which th.
Houle adjourned till to-morrow, OW ray)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER came down to the Hoeft at Ores
o'clock, end loon after, on the Deputy Miter of ch.
Black Rod knocking for admiffion, took the Chair,
Mr. Q2arm, Depnty Uglier of the Black Rod
having obtained adasiffsna, informed the Houfe, that
the Lords, by virtue of his Majelly's Committal,.
defired the immediate attendance of that Honourable
Houfe in the Houfe of Peers to beer the COONISK6O4
read.
The SPEAKER accordingly, steetespotled
the Members prefew, went up to the Lords, and
having returned in about half an hour, the Speaker,
after .0 interval of nearly the fame length, acquainted
the Honk, that during the Recefs he had granted
warrants to the Clerk of the Crown to iffue writs foe
the Elation of Members for the folloteing olacest
ceded
For ciss City at clisoositer is die roost .0 John Pitt, Eft Soo
.
For die aoroolbs of Fodor. Demise, and At. Amigos's. Com
Ace in Scodsod, Iu room of David Stott, Efi. doototoi.
For the COUNT of MOOlllOl4ll, io the room of J. &Wks *NAIL •
For the Borousit at Botoostibridge, b the soon at join Suety
&seated.

--For Waterford, In the room of the Right goo. jolta
detested.
On the motion of Mr. BALDWIN' a sew writ wail ordered fee
Dunwich. In Suffolk, in the room or Ssovrdon Horne. who Ma
accepted attic oboe of annembrancer of hie illajettea Coon 4
Exchequer.
On the motion of Lord TEMPLE a DWI MU via ordered for
Qoeen's,Coontr, Ireland, la the room of Sr Eyre Como, Olt
boa been appointed Lieutenant Governor of jamolea.
On the motion of the SECRETARY at WAIL a new inkwell
alto ordeal for Duribattonatre, In the roost of air James 0113
pillow), who had acceptal of the Ogee of bla 34.44fe Mom
Healrods.
A new writ alio wee ordered for Bedford, In the roam of St.
Andrew St. John, new Lord St. Joba, wiled up to the Houle of
Peen.
Os the ins*" of is HURST, a sew writ was ordered for
Leotallefter.le do ram of 0,10. sew Lord Kinnard.

A Dew lii atiwei se he lied Ke th; elaitiee Burge%
to Swag la hamlet tee Tures* bibs Ille 4 Wight, in thg
zoom et Illr Mate reibanoehe had maysed the Chtlt,a
Hundred&
Lord CASTLEREAGH, Colonel MEAD, and
feveral otheeMembers took the oaths and their feats.
The Bill for the more effeeually preventing Clan.
define Outlawry was perform, as ufnal at the begin.
fling of the Section, read a firlt time, and ordered for
a fecondiee Jo.
The SPEAKER then acquainted the Houk, that
the Houk had been at the Houfe of Lords, and that
the Lord Chancellor, as one of the Commiffioners
'printed by bit Majefty, had made a Speech to
Parliament, in the name of his Majefly, of which, to
prevent millaker, he had obtained a copy--(for which
fa the Sits IVierdat.)
The SPEAKER having read his Majelly's Speech
from the chair,

Lord FRANCIS SPENCER rare, for thg
purpofe of moving an humble Addrefs to his /Ma.
jelly, in anfwer to his gracious Meffaga, in which
Addrefs he would hope for the unanimous con-
currence of the Houfe. For thofe brilliant fuccelfes
of his Majeffy's arms by lea, which had Co eminently
diftinguifhed the naval hillory of the pall year, he
was confident the Houle would fully coincide in the
fentiments expreffed by his Majefly's Menge; but,
above all, in what rerpetted the glorious and ever
memorable victory off Trafalgar, under the gallant
and jelly regretted hero who achieved that proud
triumph for his country before he had nobly fallen in
her caufe, and left her to deplore a loft, in which,
he was convinced. every man who heard him, fin-
cerely participated the concern expreffed by his Ma-
jelly ; and he felt the ftrongeft reliance that the Houfe
In its liberality, and juluice to the memo, y of that
great and gallant Commander,would cheerfully meet
the Royal willies, and enable his Majefly to add to
the honours already conferred upon his family fuch
fignal rewards as would mark the public gratitude
for the important viAnries, and the public fecurity
which the nation Co eminently owed to his prowefs.
But while the country had loch proud and diflin-
guifhed caufe of triumph in her naval fucceffes during
the bat year, and more particularly in that of the
vitiory off Trafalgar, he was confident the Houle
mutt deeply participate in thole feeling, of regret
expreffed by his Malta'', for the reveries fullained
by our Allies on tie Continent, and the melancholy
iliac of the late campaign. At the rame tune, the
Houfe and the Coutitry TA feel high confolation
in the manly conduit, and the ualhaken attachment
roardeftcrl by our faithful Ally, the Emperor of


Ruffia, to thee principles, awl that inlightimed pox
hey, which had uniformly diainguithed his reign! !tcircumftanee,which gave us fill reafonable ground to
hope that affairs on the Continent might yet be brought
to a favourable iffue. In the critic, however, in which
this country now flood, we had nothing to fear from
the haughty menaces, or the infatiahle ambition of
the common enemy, while defended by the known
loyalty and valour of his Majefty's fobjeas, and the
uneshaulled refources of this Empire, in the vigorous
application of which, he was confident the wifdorn
and fpirit of the Houle Ivould cheerfully co-operate
with his Majefiy, for maintaining the conteft in fuch
a manner, as to fuftain the country in her wonted
rank amongft the nations Of Europe, and for bring-
ing the prefent arduous contell to an honourable and
advantageous conclufion. The Noble Lord conclud•
ed, by moving his Addicts, which reiterates' the
fentiments expreffed in the Speech.
Mr. AINSLIE feconded the motion iii a fhort
fpeech, in which he oblerved, that the events which
had taken place on the Codtinent, had been rapid
and unexpefted ; and that France had acquired by
war, in a fhort fpace of lime, thole acceffions to her
power and territory, which the had before been gain.
ing under the mark of peace. But he congratulated
the Houle, that though the fate of the war on the
Continent had been lamentable, yet our own naval
and military character was unimpaired; under the
puffing exigencies of this dais. Great facrifices
and doubelets is made, and many privations be
thlstititted to, bet the fpirit and rerouted dr this
eountty were fully equal to the greateft exertions. The
language of the enemy was menacing; his objea
was to overthrow our power, and reduce us to a
'late of dependence. But the pecple of this country,
he trulted, knew, and were determined to defend
their rights. Notwithltanding our unparalleled naval
fucceffes, and though the late viaory mull be con&
dered as the moll important in the aortal. of the
country, and as placing us in a hate of comparative
(mirky, yet it would be dangerous to del-pile the
- defies and efforts of our enemy. The exigencies of
the times required the moll vigorous meafures ; and
he trolled, that the vigour of our Councils, and of
bur exertions, would at length procure for the coon.
try a &lid, an honourable, and a tatting peace. With
theft fentiments he felt it his duty fecond the motion,
and be hoped it would meet the unanimous content
of the Hnufe.—The motion being put from the Chair.
Lord HENRY PETTY role, add (poke to the
following purport r—" In offering my fentiments
Upon the prifent•occafion, I mull obferre, that to
that part of the Addrefs to his Majefty, which relates
to the ever memorable day upon which the glory of
the Britith navy was eftahlilhed, and in which the
lots of one of the hravell and molt enlightened men
that ever conduced to the honour of this country, is
deplored, I am fore no Member of this Houfe
will, for an infant, objea. It was the peculiar talent
of the. Noble and gallant Lord; who fell in the mo-
ment of Vianry, to unite all men in one common els,
fort for one tommcin caufe ; and is now becomes our
duty, willingly to join all fentiments in one bond of
admiration sad gratitude. But with regard to other
tarts of the fpeech, I am by no means difpofed to
yield the fame acquicfcenee t and it was my intention
this night to have moved an Amendment to the. Ad-
drefs, eaproffire of fentiments More confonant to the
hitting Nate of affairs; but, from certain Unions
tions that bare reached me, and, I fuppofe, many
other Gentlemen, that firth an Amendment would
lead to difcuffions extremely painful to the Houk,
becaufe involving deeply the charaaer and conduit' of
a perfon high In office, who took the principal lead
in thole trantaaions which mutt necdfarily become
the fubjea of mach enquiry and animadvetlion, but
whole *Menge at prefent is carded by a misfortune
which, I am fore, perfonally, I and every man
around me molt regret ; I have been induced, for
the prefent, not to propofe that Amendment for the
adoption of the Houle, or to throw any ;impediment,
at (nets a moment, in the way of this Addrefs ;—by
no means, however, abandoning my refolutierm• to
bring forward the diteuffion in another ()tape, and at
an early day t and in order that the Houle may be
in poffeffion of the motives which induce me to form
the amendment I Intended to move, I will read it to
the Hoof'. The amendment I intended was—
. That this Hoofe feels the deepdt concern for the Wafter*
which Dave befallen his Majteßy's Allies on the Continent, and
will proceed to enquire Into the caufes which have produced
them; that the Houle feel that the molt vigorous meafures arc
neceffary fur the defence and fatuity of the country ; but at the
fame time that they grant to his Maj.lty the neeetTary means of
carrying on the eositeft for the honour and fafety of the empire, it
will be. the duty of the Houle to take tare the public refonrces he
fo diridted, as not to aggravate the calamities, or increafe the
dangers of the country'
" Such is the nature of the Amendment which- I
intended to have the honour of propofing this nisin;
but although, for the realm's I have mentionect, I
forego it for the prefent, yet, fuch are the exigencies
of the public affairs, that many days cannot be fuf-
feud to elapfe without bringing forward the fubjea, '
for ample dithuffion, in lonic thape : the country ex-
peas it from thit Houle, as a paramount and indif-
penfable duty, and therefore I now inform the Houle,
that, in all events, I (hall bring forward fuch a mos
Con on Monday next."
Mr. FOX.-&" Concurring ittirely in the fentiments I
which have fallen from my Noble Friend, I do not
think it neceffary to trouble the Haute with more
than a few words at prefent. But 1 cannot forbear
to exprefs my hope, now that we (hall not be fo to-
tally mifunderfond or mikonftrued as to render it
offibla to fuppofe that we are not fenfible of the un-
e .stripled calamities which have been brought upon
the ctuntry. We do not feel, Sir, in the manner
exprefred in his Majefty's Speech, jolt now read, re-
f-petling the fituation to which the fecond military
power on the Continent has been reduced—that power
on which we ought to have always looked, and may,
perhaps, look hereafter as our fui eft and mutt heady
Ally in the difficulties and dangers to which we may
be erpofed, fr, en the ambition and preponderance
of our continental thernics. I hope it will be clearly
oaderflood, tl'at we are not deficient in thofe feelings
of deep regret and indignation (hear! beJr 1 at the I
ill fupport which that ally received, and at the infas
towed meafores which have been productive of the
molt rapid fucceffes to our enemies, and of the molt
erraordinary calamities ever witneffed to us and to
ocr friends (lear 14star I) Though we agree to put off
the dircuffinn for the relent, yet. let pie again expects
my hope, that there will be no milcooception nor
mitconlituaioo of our feelings on this point. Nay, Sir,
it is the very iteov.h of thele feelings that chiefiy

weigh with mi, *hen t 'ethic& in ttseplropriety or the
poftpnnemenr now propofed. Reports have been very
reeen, ly eircula,ed—reports which I hope are e sagier.
ated.and which I troll a few days will put ao end id.tltI
bringMg iis the evidence of their fallacyur exaggerated
nature. Bit feeling how nearly the individual alluded I
to in them is conneeted with the difeullions which
mull have arifen to-night, had the Amendment read
by my Noble Friend been brottglir lot ward. I an.
ready to allow that it would be injollice to him to
prels the fubjed in his abfence, while there may be
any good reafoni, to believe that lie will be able in a
very (bout time to attend in his place. I therefore'
cordially agree in the propriety of pollponing the,
difeuflion ; but at the fame time, every private confi•
deration ought to yield to the public advantage ; and
for this realon, I hope the delay will not be long. I
underftand that my Noble Friend has axed on Mon
day, to bring forward a Motion on the prefent luna-
tion of affairs, whether in the ['tape new pointed out
in his Amendment, or in a more general view, will
be for him to determine. At all events I hope that
no material delay will take place, but that we (ball
fpeedtly proceed to inquire unto the wiles of our
prefent unexampled danger, and the meatil by which
the calamities that threaten us, may with the bell
chance of fuccef% be averted."

LordCASTLEREAGH.-".k I (hall not take up the
time of the Houle for more than a few moments, but I
mull Rate in reply to the Hon. Gentleman, whole ex
prof ions have beer. fo ;varm, that however confident
he MO 10! in his ahility to bliablifh a charge of delin-
quency againft his Majefly's A dminittration, we art
equally confident that we can difprove them,and there-
fore do not by aoy meant with to occafinn any unne-
eel arydelay. lam only lorry that theHon.Gentleman
fhould have departed from the calm and difpalSonate
tone which the Noble Lord near him, fo much to his
own.honour,has thought proper to employ. When the
difcuffions which the Noble Lord has pledged himfelf
to bring forward, (hall come on, then we (hall defend
ourfelves againfk any charges that may be brought
ag.tinit us ; but undoubtedly there difeufions cannot
he concluded in a manner fatisfadlory to the feelings of
the Houle, unfelt; that perfon is4irefent with whom
they are Co clofely cormeded (AI! li.! from all var.
/err of the Houfr). But I agree, at the fame time,
that if the occafion of this delay thould be of any long
continuahce, that there is a paramount duty to the
public which mutt fuperfede all private eunfiderations
(hear! bear!). Yet on the fame principle which has
induced the Noble Lord to put off the ditcutfion for
the prefent, he will no doubt fee the props iety of
making the interval as long as podible. More Ido
not think it necefary o fay at prefent, but I with
that it fhohld be pettedly underitood by the Hnufe,
that we are completely prepared to defend ourfelves,
ar ! that we are not anxious for this delay horn any
apprehenfion on that head."
Mr. WINDHAM....-41 am pettedly fatisfied, Sir,
in my own mind, that my Noble Friend, in putting
off his Amendment for the relent, has judged pro.
perly. However dedrable it may be that thefe dir-
t uffions, fo interelling to the cuuntry, fo important
in every point of view in which they can be :onfider-
ed, amid come forward fpeedlly ; however much
it is to be regretted that delay thould be neceffary,
yet I freely adds* that we cannot, with any degree
of fatisfadinot Witted to there momentous difeitt-
floss, without the pretence of the perfon who mull
be to deeply concerned in them (beer 1 bear!). Yet'
though I am convinced that under the pretent cit.
comltances, the delay is proper, I molt at the
fame time fay, that the feelings ut individuals, how-
ever much they may be entitled to refped, when they
can be refpeded in conlitlency with higher duties, are
hilt not to be a rule for our cimdua in public. It may
often happen to all of us to be obliged to perform du
tics moil painful to the feelings of individuals,moft pain-
ful to our dwn feelings, but which our engagements to
the public will not allow us to negled Having Rated
this, I am howeter fatisfied that a Ilion delay is at
prefent highly proper. But if circumltances thould
not Iron alter, I am of opinion that we mull do out
du. y, by taking the tubjed adverted to by the Noble
L rd into conlideration under every dd.:advantage.—
I have no doubt the Noble Lord will do all that de-
pends VOIS him to bring it forward as fpeedily as
may be. I hope in the mean time that the occalion
for delay will loon be removed, and readily admit,
tint with this in view the longeft time ought to be
allowed that can be granted in conlifiency with du-
ties of nore imperious obligition." The draft of the
Addict's was then read, and a Committee appointed
to prepare it, and report to the Houle.

?Aatgtr SILL.
Mr. SHERIDAN rofe to give a notice relpeeing
a motion for the repeal of the Additional Force Bill.
That Bill had been tried, and was fblind to fail com-
pletely in producing the effeas expeeled from it by
its acimirers.—He had a very eonfiderable number
with him when he before moved its repeal, though
certainly he bad not a majority at that time. Now,
however, he hoped that many who difagreed with him
then, would, on a futsfsquent matioft for its repeal,
cordially vote with him. He was proceeding to make
Come farther nbarvations, when

The SPEAKER oblerved, that he mull remind
the Hoo. Gentleman that at prefeot he mull confine
himfelf to the notice.

Mr. SHERIDAN replied, that he was only about
to fay a very few wordsi but he would only now date,
that on an early day he would give notice of a mo-
tion for the repeal of the Bill.
Lord CASTLEREAGH Paid, that Tome altera.
tions were intended to be made in it which might
meet the molt &rims objeaions that could be brought
againft it.
Mr. SHERIDAN replied, that he did not mean
t♦ propofe alterations, but to get rid of the Bill alto.
gather, that fomething better might be put in its
place.

11.1,AL ticrottra.
Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, that he
&mild, on Friday, move the Thanks ot ;he Houle to
the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, who were engaged
in the battles that were won binder the command at
the late Lord Nellon and Sir R. Strachan, on the a iti
of Oduber, and the 4th of November.