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London, England, 1802-04-13 00:00:00

don, and upon the' itiggellion fa- comnierci.tl mcn,
had been :t..loptzd,. as ttie last a;nl moll i•roper
method of miting.a large film of money. A.; Lo,
the general pi,,p:iery (.1 the lit efolz mnrion, Le
flioti!d onl2. -old, that he tilot:LWt it w.ts to the
Right Hem. Genileman, who wus the 0bj..•..c, of it,
the peopl of this country were imlebtc,i lyr every
blciling they enjoyed ; and their rep! eli.r.tatives
for the right of tilting in the Houle. He b,:lieved,
had it not been fo his gigantic phms, his vigour,
and his abilities, which .had called f(lth that con-'
fiance on the part of the people he gill enjoyed,
we fhoal..l now, inilead of beino in a titu..tion to •
return thanks for being under the het} of Kings,
have fallen tinder the lath of a foreign invader.—
For Miniitcrs to be oppofed by perfons out of
power was 'a common-thing. It was the fate of
every Minitler to be the objekloffinuling rancour,
andit was the proudest proof that could be given
of their great merits. Linder thefe feelings, and
with thefe fentiments, it vrts with real finccrity he
gave his unewiivocal negative to the motion.
Mr. AP.CHDALL oblerved, that the Noble Lord
had fo well anfwered the Hon. Baronet, it was

unneceffary to add much. He songratulated the
country upon that generous fpirit, which, while
it had urged us w flretell forth our hand.; to pro-
tat the Ancient Monarchy of a neighbouring
country, had prompted us to protat out own.—
He could not but contemplate the ftriking con-
trail between Minifters calling into :talon the
ilrength and refources of the country, and a ilia!).
by wretched party, diftinguithed only for its thread-
bare fophillry and patchwork declamation, driven
with cantelapt into obfcurity. Before he doled,
he dcfired to advert to the character of the Minifter
lately at the head of public affairs :—He contcm-
laced him with a kind of awe and refpeCt. After
his long rniniiterial life, unweatied exertions, and
undiminiihext popularity, and when he had thought
proper to reft from the fervice of the Crown he
had fupported, and the country he had fared, it
was a lubjeti of fitame and regret that a man
fhould have been found capable of canting forward
to impeach ;,int to Parliament. It would be
enough for 1:.:41 anfwer as his Muth ions Father
had done—,, Thefe hands are clean !"—he might
reply to the ciiirge by ftying—
Viotti rr tordiico veroinque laboran ;

Footinani ab
Mr. Jf.Nrc laid, that after Holing with atten-
tion to thii Noble Lord, he had no hefitation in
pronouncing his fpeech a farrago • and phantafma
goria, which ought not to make any impretrion on
the Houle. With refpeit to the Income Tax, it
was in his mind a Spanilh Inquifitorial Tax, and
he (hould bring forward, before the end of the
Sarni, a motion to brand it with eternal infamy.
'After feveral bong exprellions, he concluded with
alking whether the lioufe could fefufe the propof-
ed enquiry into the conduit of Miniflers, who had
loaded the National Debt with 158 millions, glid-
ed 583 penfions, and created 95 Peers !
Lord BE LCR AVE declared, this in confequence
of the manner in *hi& the Hon. Baronet had
introduced the motion, he felt it incumbent on
him to converithe compliment paired by the Hon.

Gentleman near him (Mr. Archdale) into reality,
or to -.make it a praaical compliment. The Hon.
Baronet bad attacked the Minifter in a very extra-
ordinary way, and as if he had been aftually con•
vinced that no perfon would rife in his defence.
He had not been content with comparing him to
Robefpierrc and the twelve Cmfars, but he had
embraced in his feverity of aceufation, the Police,
the Judges, the law of !libels, and many points
which did not apply to the fubjea. He had par-
ticularly inveighed againft the late adminiftiation
for the meafures adopted with refpct to perfons
confined under the Sufpenfion of the Habeas Cor-
pus ASR. Having, however, belonged himfelf to
the Committee of Enquiry upon that head, he
could (fate, that the mode of condua purfned was
proper, and that there did exia, in his opinion,
good ;grounds for fufpicion, to joilify their impri-
fonment. Had the Hon. Baronet forgot the meet-
ings at Copcnhagen-Houfe ; the attempt, conned-
ed with theft meetings, rdade upon the King's
life ; the fentcnce of tranTortation paired by the
Judges in Scotland; and the art and violence ex-
ercifed by the Rebels in Ireland ? Had he propof-
ed a fimple enquiry, and not coupled it with fuch
revere cenflire, he (Lord Belgnve) would not fub-
mit to the Houfe the amendment he was about to
bring forward. Upon this ground he Ibould there-
fore feel himfelf jutlified in calling upon the Houfe
to agree in a vote of thanks to the late Minifters.
He accordinely moved—" that after the word
" That," in the original motion, all the fubfe-
quent words be omitted, and that the following
amendment be fubaituted—" The Thanks of this
Houk be given to his Majefty's late Minifters, for
their condtia during the late arduous contell in
maintaining the honour and fecurity of the nation."
The SPIAK IR obfervect, that although the mo-
tion was not altogether regular, it was not unpre-
cedented.

ling to do Inv toiglit be fulyo:*.a
take the 11.(mill by ft.tptite, though he tl.oug:.t
the ppm a tai: tole for Gentlemen to declare
1:1;ni„in oo the of the late Minidas.
11.• therefore hoped Houle would allow hint
withdraw his amendment with a vi. 2.; of ;r-itig-
itig it forwat d on a future day in a more regular
The SPEAKER remat ked, that as the amendment
had not I.:.en lead from the Chair, the mil;:nal
motion became, in fad, the only lubjed of conli.
dcrat ion.
•The Hon. Mr. W. BOLIERI E was riling to op.
pole the queilion for withdrawing the amendment,
but was informed by the Speaker that it was not
before the Houle.
Mr. Fox Rated, that motions of the kind offered
by the Noble Lord were not altogether unit fual.—
Votes of this kind had been in feveral catis agieed
to, and particularly when a vote of thanks was
given to Lord Clive, without any previous notice.
But though loch votes were in general p..eceded •
.by inquiry, he thought that the motion of the No-
ble Lord would belfanfwer the end he had in view.

For having fet out with refufing all inquiry, he
meant to content himfelf with merely moving a
vote of approbation.
Mr. Alderman Comae raid a few words on the
fubjea of the IncoMe Tax, and denied that any .
approbation had ever come to the Houfe from the
City of London in its corporate capacity.
Mr. ELLIA)Ii gave his hearty oppofition to the
original moti n, and endeavoured to fi:_w, that
to the late Minifters we were indebtod for the pre-
fervation of all we now enjoy. Without the melt-
fureslff wife, prudent, and at the fame time vibe_
roue, precaution. the country, intlead of peaceful
and happy, would have exhibited a picture of
anarchy, revolution, and mifery.
Mr. Bouv ERIE again role and expreffed his ap-
probation of the motion. During the late con-
tell much had been promifed, but little had been
performed. It was the indifputable right of the
public to inquire how their affairs had been con-
dufied, doling a conteft in which lb much blood
and treafure had been expended, and it was the
objea of the motion to inttitute Inch an inquiry.
If on the refult of this inquiry Minilterslhould -
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tic good, they wou'