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London, England, 1801-02-12 00:00:00

its fpirit. Mr. SHERIDAN afked, how tile fpirir ~;
the aft could be followed up, it the perfon pt...
poled for the Speaker's Chair only reiigned all
office holden by him at the pleafure of the Crown,
an hour or two before the time of eleCtion, merely
that he might render himfeli eligible accordiag to
the later of the Law ? And be would afk, lisp
pore the Hon. and Learned Gentleman wlii. lo
lately held the office of Attorney-General fh,,ufj
not be chola, would his Majefly's late ur prefem
Minifiers (for he hardly knew how to mike a di,
tinetion between them) venture to continue him in
that office ? Or would they have Lean ii) uniult
! as to have advifed his Majeity to deprive .tl,l
country of the abilities of the Hon. Gentleru.o!
!in his official charaeler, without Itipula!irz
pledging themfclvcs to exert their influence to
lure his elevation to the Chair of the Hoof. ? '►
conduCt unseal ds the Learned Gentleman had he..n
premature and rafh, and towards the Hour: da:
refpeetful. He would contend, that as the -`.f:
flood, his Hon. Friend was as eligible as th-:
Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and that it would
have been more decorous for the Learned Genii,.
man to have come down to the Houle in his ()Ili.
vial charader, and to have taken his chance of
being elated to the office of Speaker, ratter
than to have followed the advice of thok w•l:',m
he confidered as his powerful friends. It had been
argued, that his Hon. Friend, whom he meant to
propofe, was not eligible : but this, in paint of
law, he would deny ; betides, as he underiluod
that the Hon. Gentleman he meant to have pro.
profed had already taken the oaths above Hairs,
he would contend that he was not liable to any of
thofe penalties in the Aft referred to. When he
mentioned the name of the Hon. and refpeeiable
Friend of his whom he meant to propofe (Mr.
Caaaw.Duarias), the Houfe would at once fee,
that he meant to bring forward no party man,
and that the propofing fuch a perfon would not
be mifconflrued into a propofal of faCtiop. With
regard to the Right Hon. Gentleman who had Co
lately occupied the Chair of that Houfe, he agreed
in every panegyric which had been beamed upon
him ; and he mull fay, he felt deep regret at hav-
ing loft him in his late charaCter ; and, without
meaning any thing difrefpeaful towards• his p‘o.
poled fuccelfor, he mull beg leave to paufe, and,
at leaft, to require the evidence of faas before he
agreed in the fame panegyrics upon him ; and he
mull fay, that he felt his confidence fomewb.st
abated, from the changes which had happened.
when he law a difpofition in he new Miniitei s !o
follow up the fame meafures with thofe who h.td
retired.

Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH Paid, that the prc-
fent times were peculiarly critical ; it. there )1-
became the Houfe to confider its true ch.!.
rafter in the choice they made of a SpeAc:
He muff fay, that the Honourable Gentleman
intended to have been propofed, was of that
charaCter, from the knowledge he had had of
him for many years, that had he been elated,
he was Pure he would have done credit to hinuclf
and the Houfe. He was a Gentleman who Rood
unconneeted with all party, and, as Inch, had he
been propofed, he fhould have given him his vo:e.
He had long known the urbanity of his manners,
and was Allred that there was not a more firm
and independent charafter.
The Houfe then loudly called for the pcilion,
that Sir JoHN MITFORD be called to take the
Chair ; which being read by the Clerk, was car-
ried without a divifion.

Sir JOHN MtTFORD was then concluEted to, arid ,
feated in the Chair by Lord HAWRISEURY and
Mr. 1. H. &owns.

Sir JOHN MITFORD, from the Chair, then faid,
that he could not but feel the deepell and moft
grateful fenfe of the obligation he was under to
the Houle, for the honour they had thus conferred
upon him ; but he was encouraged to undertake
the arduous duties of the Office, in the hope of
being honoured with the confidence and fuppoit
of the Houle, whilik it would be his uniform en-
' dcavour, in difcharging the duties of the Office,
only to confider what the Speaker of the Houfe
of Commons ought to do, without any affe&ion,
prejudice, or partiality wharfoever.
Mr. PITT faid, he thought it right to apprife the
Houfc that it would be proper to make known to
his MAJESTY to-morrow, for his approbation,
upon whom the choice of a Speaker had fallen.
The Houfe then adjourned at half pall five, till
To-mon ow.
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ORDER, RISPEET-