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to abandon it altogether, in deference to the feelings'
of his Make(ly. Any man who has a jolt mind,
cannot bu: be aware, that this muff have been a
painful facrifice of perfonal feelings to public duty.
But I trufl that wherever that kind of facrifice be-
comes neceffary for loch an 01,jeit, no man will be
found more willing to fubtnit to it than I (hall.—
(Hear! hear ! )
" Having agreed to give up this Bill altogether, we
did at the fame time feel it neceffary, for the vindica-
tionof our, char-after, to infert a minute in the proceed.
ings of the Cabinet, dating the grounds upon which
we were induced t.) give up the meafure—that they
would not prefs any proceeding which might appear
to be bane to his Majeßy's feelings, but that from
the opinions and principles they had on many occa
lions expreffed in Parliament, and from a jug folici-
tude for the intereff of this Empire, they mull confif-
tently referve to thernfelves the right of fubmitting at
all times for his decificn, Inch meafures as they might
deem advifable and expedient for the benefit of Ireland.
From this minute it did not appear that they declared
more than this, that after facrificing a great public
meafure in deference to his Majelty's will, they ex-
preffed their intention to offer horn time to time to
his Majelly fuch as circumftances and duty fhould
imperioufly call for. Now, in the garbled extrait
from this minute, which appeared in the newfpapers,
the grounds upon which we were induced to aban-
don the Bill, were altogether omitted. It was not
Rated that we, in that lac, ifice, ailed in deference to
the perfonal feelings of his Majelly, which we had no
difpofition whatever to violate. But the moll remark-
hble omiffion was this, that the words, fubmitting
thefe words •• for his Majefly's decifion" were alto-
gether left out. The objeft of this omiflion was eafily
intelligible. It ferved to give a falfe colour to the
tranfailion, and was calculated therefore to anfwer
the purpofe of the writer, who thought proper to
publifh an artful mutilation of a confidential paper.
" With regard to the propriety of inferring this
minute, I would appeal to any man of right feeling,
whether, in plaice to the King and to ourfelves, we
could abftain from recording the ground upon which
we ailed t One courfe only remained for myfelf and
my colleagues in the fituation in which we flood,
after withdrawing a meafure of great public moment,
through refpeft for the feelings of the King, that is,
to infert the minute referred to, thus recording the
ground upon which we had fo aited, and expreffing
our intentions for the future. Looking to our own
reputation—looking to the maintenance of our con-
fiftency—looking to the probable introduftion of a
petition from the Catholics, could we, with any
fenfe we owed to ourfelves, hefitate to record that
which meant only to exprefs a refervation of that
right, which, if we had confented to abandon, we mull
have rendered ourfelves unworthy the effeern even of
ourfelves ? To this minute I would refer for the vin-
dication of our view and conduit both with regard to
our Sovereign and our country,and particularly again&
the charge advanced againft us, which can only be
fupported by an invidioufly garbled extraft from that
very minute. But fuppofing we had omitted altoge-
ther to infert this minute, with which lonic perfons
iffea to find fault, how &mad we Rand in a certain
event ? Let us take it the other way—that I had
come down to this Houfe and withdrawn this Bill,
without making any Ratement whatever of the
gronndsupon which I was induced to adopt fuch a pro-
ceeding—and that afterwards, upon the introduition
of the Catholic Petition, my colleagues and I thould
declare our opinion in favour of it without any pre-
vious intimation of our intention to the King—What
would his Majeay be difpofed to think of us, and
what fort of charge would this Houfe be warranted
in making againa us ? Way, therefore, nothing can
more arongly manifell our deference for the King's
opinion, and our difpofition to adi with franknefs
and candour towards his Majefty, than this precife
minute—which only means to teferve to ourfelves the
right which belongs to any individual Member of
Parliament, of bringing forward any meafure which
!mislay think neceffary for the public interefl. But
what will the Houfe think of a propofition being
&flintily made to us tantamount to ao abfolute fur-
render of that right ? Not contented with the facri-
fice which I have fo often mentioned to the feelings
of the King, it was aftually propofed to us, not only
that we (hould withdraw the latter part of the mi-
nute, but alto, fubflittne in its place a written obli-
gation of a direftly oppofite nature, pledging our-
felves never to bring for s'ard again the meafure we
had abandoned ; nay more, never to purpofe any
thing connefted with the Catholic q2eflion (a loud
cry of bear, hear )
" Much as this propofition may aftonifh the Houfe,
I feel fully fatiAed, from the opportunity which my
official communication has afforded me of judging of
the nature of his opinions, that he is aituated by the
pureft motives. Of the benevolent intentions of his
Majelly for the interefts of his pecple in his tranfac-
tion, fo far as he is perfonally concerned, I entertain
not the (lighten doubt, but of hia advifers I can fay
nothing (loud cries of ear, li<ar). But I will appeal
to this Houfe and the country whether fuch an
obli-
gation could be patiently difctiffed, much -Ids rub-
fcribed, by any man who ever entertained a coned
notian of public duty, or who was nnfulceptible of a
feeling worthy of a refpeaable public Ration ? Nced
I add that this propofition was fuch as my colleagues
and my fell found it utterly impoffible to agent to;
and h,!sing relpeftfully communicated our diffent
m it to the King, we on the next day received an
intimation from his Majelly that lie mutt look out for
other Miniftei s. Theft Knitters lie has accordingly
facceeded in finding, and on Tuefday lag my col-
leagues and I delivered up the teals of office to his
" This is the hiftory of the whole of this tranfac-
tion, with relpea to, which fo much mifreprefentation
ha: gone abroad. My defire is, that every farther
• particulat connoted with it in any degree may be
made known—that all the paser,s, which can bf col-.
fated, and which arc ealcitlated to elucidate the cafe,
may be publifhed : only la. them
be fully publifll,ed—
let not any mare garbled ex:rails meet the public
eye. But perhaps the inilance I have expofed may
ferve to prevent any farther attempt at fuch impof:
tUr4.
.4 If his Majeßy fhould authorjfe his prefent Mi.
niters to lay before the Houfe any farther informa-
tion or documents on this fubjtB, it will alked me
confiderable gratification. Every difcgfiloak of the
matter will be entirely agreeable to
I trutt that, in the Ratement, Iliac made, I hart:

eilablifhed a fullicient guard againh any further mif•
reprefentation. I have fhewn, I hope to the fatisfac.
lion of the Houfe, thefe three important faits—th,
That the Bill referred to was nut propofed in this
Houfe until his Majefty was fully apprifed of it ;
zdly, That whatever mifunderhanding might have
atifen, the fault was not with us, as his Majefty
was afforded ample opportunity, in the documents
laid before him, and in his communication with us,
completely to underhand the object of the Bill ;
and 3dly, That when we found the Bill was dif-
agreeable to his Ivlajetly's feelings, we, in deference
to thefe feelings, immediately abandoned it, accom•
panying that abandonment by a written minute,
frankly intimating to his Majefty our future inten-
thins, exprelling, however, our refolution of fubrnit-
tine thofe intentions at all times " for his Majefly's
dectfion," and declining a compaft which was little
likely to be advantageous to him, as to be honourable
for us.

" Any points in this ft atement which do not appear
fully fatisfaCtory, I (hall at all times be moil ready to
explain. I have already Rated, that our only feeling
and with in this tranfaCtion, was to promote the ge-
neral interefts of the Empire, and that we were by no
means aduated by a preterence for any clafs of his
Majefty's fubjeds, but an anxious folicitude for the
benefit of the whole. So far from joining in any
thing like a proceeding, calculated to diminiffi the
attachment which any clafs of the King's fubjeds
ought CO feel towards his Majefty, I declare that no
man can be more anxious than I feel, to produce a
diredly oppofite effed—to diffufe loyalty towards his
Majefty's Family, and in particular, to promote the
perfonal cafe and comfort of his Majesty. If indeed
I did not feel an anxious with for his Majefty's com-
fort, I (hould be guilty of great ingratitude, for I
have had the honour of experiencing, during the
(port time I remained in office, massy marks of his
Majefty's perfonal kindncfs, and upon my retiring
from it, I had the extreme fatisfadion of receiving
his Majelty's allitrance, that, the infiance of this Bill
alone excepted, he fully approved of my conduct.
So that, on my retirement from office, I had the
happinefs to receive the high reward of his Majefty's
approbation (hear! hear !)
•' But, to return to the pledge required of my col-
leagues and me, I truft that all Minifters of this free
country will feel, that to fubfcribe to fuch a pledge,
would be not only unconititutional, but highly cri-
minal, and that no public man will ever be found to
accept office upon fuch terms (4 loud cry of bear,
hear !on the Oppolitionfide of the Hotrfe). I [hall not
any longer occupy the attention of the Houfe upon a
fcbjedt which I have no doubt will be frequently
brought under your confideration. Satisfied that I
have in no cafe ailed inconfiftently with the precepts
of confcience and honour, I leave the fads I have
related for the confideration of this Houle and' the
Country, hoping that the refult of that confideration
will not in any degree ferve to damp the fatisfaftion
which the retrofpea of my conduit-in this tranfadion ,
is calculated to infpire."
The Noble Lord concluded with expreffing his
hope, that Inch a motion would at an early day be
fubmitted to the Houfe as should be calculated to bring
under difcuffion the principle upon which he and his
colleagues had aded. With a view to fuch difculfion
he wiffied for a Ilion adjournment, he meant Monday
week; but as the difference between that and the pet
riod propofed by the Honourable Gentleman was very
immaterial, he &odd not think it proper to prefs any
opptifition.
Mr. HUSKISSON raid a few words in vindication of himfelf
from the i.tapieion of being in any way concerned with the partial
mifreercfentations and fuppri (Bon of the minutes of the Cabinet.
Beide% he thought that Ode minutes might have been very inno-
cently communicated to others,iwho appear certainly to have made
a very improper ufe of that communication.
Mr. FULLER aired the Noble Lord (Howich), whether he
had Paid that he brought in the Slave 'trade Abolition Bill as an
, individual Member, or as one of his Majelty's Minifters ?
Lord HO WICK anfwered, that be had exprcf.ly Rated that his
Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) and himfclf had brought in and
fupported the Bill, as individual Members of Parliament, and not
as Minifters.
Mr. FULLER aced if the Noble Lord would anfwer him,
whether the Seals were taken from him on Tucfday ?
Lord HOWICK replied, that he had Rated that he received
his Majefty's commands to deliver them ti,s on Tuefilsy evening,
and that he bad reigned them yetterday morning.
Mr. BRAND gave notice that he would, on this day fortnight,
fubmit certain Refolutions to the Houfe, exprefive of his opinion
of the conduit of his Majelly's late Minitters, and of the grounds
on which his Majefty had been advifed to difm ifs them from his
. Councils.
General LOFTUS did not like the term Emancipation, as ap-
plied to the Catholics. The People of that Country wanted no-
thing more than good order and induitry—they bad aright to ferve
on Juries, and adt as juftices; and he did not with the Houk to
part with the idea. and under the hnpreffion of flavery in Ireland.
The (tieftion of Adjournmei t to Wednef, ay the Bth of April,
was then put, and agreed to.
The Report of the Idit Budget. voted yeiterday in the Com-
mittee of Ways and Meins, was brought up, and agreed to ; and,
on the Motion orsir JOHN NEWPORT, Ms were ordered to
be brought in on the feveralitsfolutione.
The following new Writs were ordered to be Med. viz for
Buckieghantibire, in the room of Lord 7 Rebid& who ince his
eledion has accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Trea-
Wry ; for Halfeniere, in the room of the Right Hon. C. Long, now
one of the Joint Paymaners of his Majefty's Forces; for Beeral-
Ron, in the room of Lord Louvaine, now one of the Commiffionera
for the Affairs of India ; for the County of Eslinbeirgh, in &croons
of the Hon R. Dundaa Saunders, Prefidcnt of the Board of Con-
trout; and for Monmouth, in the room of Lord C. Somerfet, now
one of the Joint Paymzfters General
The Houle adjourned to Wedncfday femiight.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, MARSH 27.

THE CONTINENT.

LAI night French pape►s to the tEith and Dutch
to the 22d arrived ; and this morning two Mails
from Gottenburgh, two Hufum bags and a Mail
from Lilbon•

Part of the sop,ocols fent by this country to
Ruffia has been allowed to remain at Gottenburgh,
part payment of a fubfidy due by Ruilia to Swe-
den. The bullion left there for that purpofe is 6¢
eafics of dollars containing 5000 each.

The French papers prefent no news from the
Army,, but, to keep up the fpirits of the Natant, hir
;paw Righnefi the ircb Lhan elier of tbe Empire re•
quelled the Emprefi to fanaion a Fete in honour of
the vi&ry pretended to have been gained at Eylau,
and in gratitude to the heroic achievements of the
lEmperor and hip Grand Army.—The details of
this nonfenf; am too unintersaing to occupy atu
columns.

A late? from Gettenbargh dated the 16th instant,
Rates that accounts had Oft been received that
another revere battle took place the end of left
month, between the French and the allies, near
Braun(berg, which ended in favour of the latter.
Other letters fay that after the battle of Preuffifch
Eylau, five French regiments came over to the
Pruflians, to which they were neceffitated by hunger.

To this we have to add that a Genthnan who has
arriv;cl in town from Altona, which place he
left on the twenty-fir& initant, and Heligoland on
Monday laft, Rates that, before his departure, he
law a letter from Thorn, which communicated the
intelligence of a battle fought in that neighbourhood
between the Allies and the French army, in which
the latter was •defeated with the lofs of upwards of
thirteen thoufand men, five Generals, forty feven
pieces of cannon, and fifteen Eagles. This important
conflia commenced by lkirmithes on the 24th, and
finished on the 28th ult. The greateft reliance was
placed on thefe accounts at Hamburgh, as the Pruf.
fian Officer by whom they were tranfmitted is well
known there. The Gentleman alfo mentions, that
the Duke of MICILLEMBERG gave a grand dinner on
the occasion yefterday fe'nnight.
A letter from our Correfpondent on the Lower
Elbe, after Rating fome intereßing particulars refpeEt-
ing the battle at Eylau, which our limits do not
permit us to Rate this day, adds—" It is difficult to
get at the truth of events that are palling, 'owing to
the fineffe and indußry of the French in converting
every ficirmith into a battle, and every defeat into a
fplendid victory. I have learned, however, from
what I confider the beft authority, that they have
fuffered another fevere.defeat in a great battle fought
at Salfeld. They are faid to 'have there fuflained a
his of 37 Generals killed, and taken prifoners, 20
Eagles, and upwards of 170 pieces of cannon, with
an immenfe number of prifoners. It is expefted the
Ruffians will crofs the Vißula, near Dantzic."

ANOTHER PRIVATE LETTER.
" Altona. March to.

Ig The advices that have been received here, fince
my laa, from the combined Ruffian and ProfliAn ar-
mies, are of the moa gratifying nature : the French,
if things go on **they have begun, will have no far.
ther oceafion to iffue their bulletins, to impofe on
the credulous part of the public, as they will be
obliged to retreat much quicker than they came.

" Onthe tR intl. General BEIM Icsates head-guar.
tern were at Heilfperg, the chief town of Ermeland,
in EaR Ruffia, fittiated on the river Alle, where he
had received the infignia of the order of St. Andrew,
46 a token of the great fatibfaaion his Sovereign feels
for his fignal Cervices, and this mark of diftinaion
was occompanied by an addition to his friary, of
;2,000 roubles. He had broken up from Konnigf
berg already en the 24th ult. The Proffians, under
General Letlocq, were on his right wing. General
Leflocq's head-garters were at Peterfwald. On the
26th oh. the French gained an advantage over the
Ruffians, and occupied the town of Braunfberg, on the
Baltic, from whence they diflodged the Ruffians; but
the latter returned to the attack on the 27th ult. when
both parties became alternately matters of the place,
and alternately 101 l it again. Thefe manias were molt
bloody ; and the bravery and lion•like courage, and
perfeverance of the Ruffians, after daily battles with
the enemy, from the 26th ult. till the Bili inftant,
maintained the field of Braunfberg, which was fecn
in flames on the Bth infant. In this place, and
near Heilfperg, the French left near 15,000 dead
on the field. Neat the latter place, the French
General Lefebre is raid to have been taken prifoner,
with 6000 men. Though the French had a confl-
derable force, confifting of their own troops, and the
German and Polith troops, at Elbing, yet, by the
latell accounts, they have been driven back, and
General 13 ennigfen kept continually advancing. The
Ruffians are about toreceive two great reinforcements,
each of Bo,coo men, one of which will be under
the command of the Grand Duke Conftantine. A
private letter from Berlin, of the 14th rout. rays, that
Talleyrand, befides a great number of the diploma.
tic corps, returned thither via Breflaw, in Silefia,
thinking the other road no longer fafc. ronapatte
was daily expeaed.

is According to the Berlin Telegraph the lateft news
from ORerode, the head quarters of the French, wa
of the 'loth inf. at which time Napoleon was Rill
there. 4 Rates that nothing new had then occurred."
We laced, two days ago, that the Porte was on

the eve of declaring war againft this country. The
Britifis Ambairador, and a number of Englilh mer.
chants embarked in confequence on. board the EN-
ortstou, and made their efcape. On this event taking
place, the Poste addreffnd to the Foreign Minifters
the following _ _