Star.
London, England, 1803-11-24 00:00:00

HOUSE O COMMONS.

Immediately after the Speaker had taken the Cline. he laid that
It was his duty to inform the Houfe that certain Burgeffes, who
bad petitioned that Houle in the month of Augnfl daft againft the
return of Members to Carve in Parliament for the Borough of Great
Grinay, had not entered into the recognizance need:ay fur fol-
lowing up that medure.
Several new Members took the Oaths and their Seam
Mr. DUNDAS brought up a Report from the 'Waterford Seled
Committee, listing that Francis W. Grant, Efq was abfent from
that Committee, and that Mr .Ward had celled to be a Member of
that Houle. He therefore moved, that the fitting of that Commit-
tee be adjourned to Friday next.
The Honourable the Sri...eta Rated, that the Houle had al-
ways received with the utmolt jealonfy any Motion for the ad-
jouniment of an Eledion Committee. However, when it was
leen to be confiltent with the attainment of the ends of jollier,
or that the particular eireornfiances of the cafe required it, they
bad fonsetimes granted that indulgence. According to the Aet
of Parliament, any Gentleman being abfent from an kleetion Com-
mittee, of which he is appointed a Member, Nall be fummoned
to attend; be Stall then either find a fulficient ramie or incur
the cenfure of that Houle. How far the prefect cafe merited
the indulgence to which be had alluded, it was for the Houle
to determine.
The queltion was then put. and the adjournment ordered.
The number of days in- which El•dtion Petitions are to be
received in Great Britain, or derofited with the Clerk of the I
Crown in Ireland, was then fixed in the fame manner as lalt
&Son.
On the motion of Mr. VANSITTART. the Committee on the
Expiring Laws Janina appointed.
Several other Committees were fixed for certain days, as is
cruel at the beginuiug oldie bedlon.
Mr. Everson moved that the order upon the journals of the
Houk, refrain, the qualification of T. Fydell, Efq. Member for
Bolton, ihould be then read, for the rurpofc of pcifipuning the
time of his delivering in a particular of Lis qualification.
The Steamsa oblerved, that be knew of but one inftance on
the Journals of the Houk. in which that time limited for deli •
trains in filch a particular bad beta extended beyond the regular
period of s s days; that was In the year '740. and was the cony: de
of the prefent cafe. The Houle, howes,r, would determine wise -
tha the prefect was a cafe which called equally for the indulgence
if the Houle.
Mr. Etuson then moved that the time be extended for keen
days more—Ordered
Mr. lawns gave notice that cm Friday next he would move for
leave to bring in a Bill (or the more cranially manning Lis Ma-
jetty's navy.
On the motion, that the EleCtion Petitions on the Table be re-
newed together, and taken into confide:ration an the order to which
they had been prefetited to the Hou.e, or according to the order of
JAR felion of Parliament.
The S obferwd, that the Middlefee, hliditurft, and
Southwark Petition.. which be then had before him, were pre-
Stored in the order in which he moved them ; but that they came
within the cth Chia. and neither was entitled to any preference by
the orders of WI feffino.
The CMANC/LLull of the Feeler iv ea laid, that when theft
Petitions were to be taken into coofideration, it might be cm-en-
try to have a Call of the Houfe, a. had been the ',make left fef-
Ban- He did not think it likely that there wqpid ha a very tell at-
Msdance of the Houle for loose time. ti, therefore moved, that
the Middies Petition be taken into confideration on Iturfday
the tel of February, at three o'clock—doe hlidisurft at half putt
diree—and the Southwark on Tuefelay the 7th, at three in the
'Stemma, as that was a time that fuck hairnets was moil likely
to come forward as wuuld produce a fuller attendance of the
Houk.
The quettigri was then put from the Chair, and the cc:Rank-ra-
tion of thole Petition* fixed accordingly.
AM:MISS OF THANKS.

The Hen. Mr. CIOPLFY ASFILFY brought up the
report of the Committee appointed to confider of
the A.:drefs of Thanks to his Majetiy for his moll
gracious Speech ; and 'the Speaker having put the
queflion in the affirmative,
Mr. WINDHAM role, and addrend the Houle to
the following rift:49—A. Sir, in the few obfervarion,
I have to make, I do not rife for any purpufe of re-
Visiting the Went %%hid) I yeilcrday gave to the Ad-
drefs of Thanks to his Majelly, marked as it has
been by the unanimous vole of this Houle; but I
rite fir the purpnfc of timing, ditlinelly and expli-
citly, the ground, upon which I have given that al
Int. I was extrinnly that the Addref,
fhould pal. wick the rni.fl rifen wiaiiiinity, and it
is lily nio:i can detiie that this univerfal 1-m6-
rue-I', in a cti moments's, aid perilous as the
eertt, I.'ool cou'in.te until& ht O. I linecre:y
wish for a vote vales trill evince s t his :,fajc:ly the
I •va:ty • f and him of t.•e zral
aid Vet d_•••+ n. ..ring v.th wi,,elt we ale .13wited
U• Lurni.m...l I • :rti-ns Co f,.i p:rt the cage of

the -uun• • rr•rznt aw1..1 to. is rtu,e ; rblic
.t. 4;•11 I; I .re, to exp:.:l3.
fervt•m: it riArd ..g.C.E.11 an
16,o:rut into whit.. wino potitdus may iall ; 1 t‘iilli to

prevent an idea from going ahrbad, that the unani-
mity which has been (hewn upon this occafion, is
unanimity in fupport of his Najd Miniflers.—
Some perfont think that Minifters are identified with
Government io a certain degree, and that therefore
they fhould he fupported in all their meaftires. If,
by the oppofition let up aping Minifters, thefe per-
cons mean a captious and frivolous oppofition, an op-
pofition calculated to perplex, not to air& and invie
Borate the meafures and operations of Government,
I certainly fhould not agree in their fentinient but, if
there fliould, on the other hand, be perfons on this
ride of the Houfe, who think that Minillers have
(hewn titemfelves inadequate to the execution of the
arduous duties they have undertaken to difcharge ;
that they have themfelves caufed the greater part of
the imminent danger with which the bell interegs,
and even the exigence of the Empit e are threatened;
that they have themfelves failed in thofe grand mea-
fures of public fecurity which they ought to have
adopted, and that Bonaparte and hia legions are lefs
terrific than that band whom you now lie on the
Treafury Bench, guiding his Majelly's Councils ; it
follows then, Sir, that thefc perfons are in potrellion
of futaient grounds to juftify them in withholding
from fuch men their fupport, and in depriving them
of any (hare in that vote of unanimity, which has
been folely given to Government, in defence and
prof. lion of the common cattle. Of this eV. I
confers myfelf one ; convinced as I am of the total
unfitnefs of Minillers to difcharge, with honour or
advantage to the Country, the great troft which has
been veiled in their hands. To rid; defcription of
pertims, thinking as I have defcribecl them, I do
not heiltate to fay 1 belong. When I look at his
Majetly's Miniflers, and confider their talents and
attainments, I am ready to give to them all the praife
to which I know, and probably they themfelves
know they are entitled. I certainly behold men who
have had a very liberal education, who are favoured
with large endowments, and who are not degitute
of great acquirements. But viewing them as men fit
to isrefide over the fate of this Empire, at a critic
like the prefent, I do think they are incompetency
itfelf. I fear that, if they are fuffered much longer
to retain the guidance of his Majefty's councils, the
tountry will not outlive their adminifiration. They
are the Augeuli under whom the fate of the country
will fall. Power has, I lament to fay, been too long
in their hands, and we are fait approaching to the
fulfilment of thofe melancholy forebodings to which
a juft knowledge of their want of talents, and inca-
pacity for Government, ha? fo frequently given rife.
It is two years fince I was compelled to fay that the
Right Hon. Gentleman had figned the death-war-
rant of the country. I have felt it neceffary to make
thefe obfervations, in order to thew to Gentlemen
the obvious diflinelion which crib between the fup-
port given to his Majettv's Government and the
country, and that which tome perfons give to Mini.'
tiers, identifying them with both. The Addrefs, I
admit, is certainly drawn up with great and proper
caution, and, generally worded as it is, does not
require any minute invetligation. I agree that, with
refpeet to the date of Ireland, more hope is expreffed
than is warranted by fats and the actual conjunc-
ture of affairs in that part of the United Kingdom;
and I coincide in the fears expreffed by the Honour.
able Gentleman (Mr. Fox) who made that remark
in the courfe of yelterday's debate. I might with that
lefs frets had been laid upon that part of his Ma-
jelly's fpeech. Another point fill more objection.
able, is, in my mind, the hope expreffed of the final
line of the conceit in which we are engaged, and the
refult to which our exertions will lead. In my opi.
Mon, we thould look to fomething mote than the
mere fafety of the nation as the iffue of the prefent
ilruggle. lam not one of thole who think the coun•
try tale becaufe it is not conquered, but extend my
view:. to permanent advantages, to durability of in-
dependance, and to the fecure triumph of national
honour. It is not, Sir, in my mind, a mere efcape
from the dangers of the threatened invalion, or from
the perils of aaual defcent, that ought to afford fa•
tisfaaion to thole who are actuated by true fenti-
menu t.f patriotiftn ; yet this appears to me to be the
utmoft point to the attainment of which the talents
and labours of his Majefly's Minillers are directed. I
was afhamed when I read in the Addrels, of the in-
glorious conquelts of Demarara, of Elfequibo, and
Berbice ; pnlicalons which were caft away by the ene-
my. I will not, however, Sir, detain you by dwel-
ling upon fithordinate points ; and (hall content my.
felt with declaring my perfeel conviction, that what-
ever may be the condua of Minitlers, the country
will never relinquith its fpii it, nor relax its vignur.
I have now only on: Jingle fubjea to which I beg
leave to call the attention of the Houfe, and of Mini.
tiers. It is the firlt opportunity I have had finee my
coming from Norfolk, where, like other Gentlemen,
I have been engaged in the common defence ; and it,
may, perhaps, be the IA before we are called to
more alive exertions than the delivery of our fend-
nients in this Houfe. The fubjeet to which I allude
requires no anfwer, and will not therefore, in the
flighteft degree, difturb that unanimity which I am
Cr tincerely dellrous fhould dillinguith our vote on
the prefent occafion. 11, notaithltanding the infor-
mation which has been given to his Majefly's Mint•
flers, it thould happen, front their want of attention
to that information, that any great ftroke lhould be
Bruck, unlet's indeed the groke were to dellroy the
acculer, the accufcd, and the accufation, and thnuld
Is cep away at once the poet and the long, I myfelf
will be their *easier. I thought it my duty to make
this gatement, which the Honourable Gentleman
cannot confider as a charge, but as a notice or a me-
lIACC, I now employ for enforcing their attention
to that which is m. 41 deferving of their attention and
their exertions. With this declaration, Sir, I (hall
fit down, pri Idling my perfett deteimination to fop.
port his Majetly to An unlimited extent at a moment
to awful as the piefent, with all the means, with all
the reiources, with ail the zeal and power of the
country. But I mull tay, if any attack he made in
a certain quarter to which h have alluded, and if that
attack unfortunately prove iticcctsful, it can only be
fit through the want of attention t 44 the part of his
Maiefly's
The Addrefs having b-en read 6un the Chair, and
by the Clerk, was agrecd to cram rontrmli.-rii..c, and
ordered to be prefented to his Tvlaietty by the whole
lintite; filch of the Members of the Howe as are of
his Majefty's Piiey Council being hill appointed to
know his gracious pleasure with ref; :ft to the time
a placating it.—Adjuurned.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24.

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Difpatches were laft night received at the Admi•
ralty from Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, offGuernfey, with
official accounts of Captain DUNBAR, of his Majefty's
(hip POUL ETTA, having driven 30 fail of French
veffels on the rocks, in the neighbourhood of La
Hogue. In that Iltuation they were ezpofed to the
fire of the POUL ETT 6 for Come time, when the crew
volunteered to go in their boats, and endeavour to
bring off fume of the vaffcls as prizes. They fucceeded
in capturing a brig, a lugger, and a (loop, and damp
ing the other veffels, happily without the lola of a
tingle man. Thefe three we c‘-nfider as the fame vet-
fell that wcrebrought into Portfmouth a few days ago.