The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-22

upon oath, the physicians attending his ma
Jesty's person, touching the state of his ma
jesty's health. and all IN 1t, ers relative there
TO. -" Lord Cover considered the ex-
pence OF he two separate establishments
"a. highly unnecessary; during his majesty's
retirement, he would have no occasion for
his present household and it was besides
dangerous, as tending to form a parry in the
Country. which nigh weaken and impede
the powers otgovernment. He should there
tore pr pose. IS an amendment, that thatpart
OF the motion from he words " queens most
excellent. majesty" should b. omitted. and
to insert in its place, together nth such
directions OF his household as may be suita-
bic tor the Care ofhis majes'y's royal person
and the maintenance OF h,s toyal dignity"
An animated discussion ensued; the arpu-
menls urged. turning on The danger of
crPpliug the executive government by res
trictinS the powers of the regent; and en-
deavoring, by the above resolution, to EN-
body an infiuehce. under the pretext of be-
ng necessary for the protection of the reign
ing king, but with he view of serving the
purposes OF ministers, against the govera-
ment of his representative. Messrs. Can.
ring Stephens and' Wiberforce spc Ike with
much eloquence III favor - the resolut.on
Lord Dysar' and NJ ssrs. H. Adding on and
.. ".
Lord Milton and NJ. Whiebread opposed
it at great leng' III; LORD Castlereagh.
Messrs. J'hns:one, H. Mlr,iu and Bathurst
were against 1t. The house d vid. i IN Lord
Covers amendment-hyes 226 Noes 213
Majority against ministers I3.--Adiourn
ed.
Dispatches was Yesterday received by
ministers from lord Wellington dated the
18th instant. Up to that .iu.. no materi,l
change had taken place in the positions
OF the two hostile armies nor indeed, IS il
supposed that any operation can take place
Tor some weeks to come. General Hill was
stu ON the sou hern bank nfthe Tagus. aud
it is said in the letters that general Miller
has IS, 900 men at Coimbr4.
LONDON, Jon g.
1t will be seen bv our DOR of the mr.,
ceedings of the H use If c mmons tn an
the pr posed US rio N .pon the regency
were swept away by a general amendment,
orough torwar' - l. rd p rchest~r. and
Carried bv a m ri'y Of 2l7 to PA win
be seen also, that the principal motive for
th's .mrasure, w. N ! att ~ Il .'r
ences similar t h nse We deduced yest4r'4v
from the union of the coast of the German
Ocran > i rivers 80 the Ekb4 in,i we
with tie French emnire. and fr, the mo-
sage of. the Presiden- of the United States
=. =. Z Ngress. " l. PrUn.. wal .,id
Mr. Grattan, n his most forcible manner
"il dmSrtca w lit In fac, he neces ,ity
OF putting summary end tn DELAYS and
dis "a "hich III system hither- Dnr,u-
ed was calculated TO Create, is now felt Inv
the Leading men OF al! parties and we shon :
not be surprizcd ifa more decided step tn nj
even that OF asst nigh, sbou be adopted
to give the countly--what IN les> times an
hardly be dispensed with for day r ven
n -.
est, or the public safety-an efficient Execu
tive AS things stand present the future
process must be ma erially shortened nv
sending the l. rt> a simple resolution for
the Prince ct Wales Regent, instead of a
number OF detailed re utions, every one IF
which must give rise to excep ion and de-
bate in variety Of views Pilot.
| An article from Stockholm states. that
congress of plenipotentiaries from several
European powers is about to assemble at
Petersourgh, when negotiations of pacific
nature are TO he entered upon.
VILLA FRANcA, Dec. Ala am five
leagues from Lisbon, on the banks of the
Iagus, where ] think we are likely to re
main for three months
The French have now their turn and
nave got strong position where we cannot
| attack hen. III they advance upon us we
shall fall back upon our former entrench
| ments
81 Imagine we shall pass the winter in
| statu quo. or with little alteration. unless the
| French retreat, which do nat think ike,v
AS we understand thev ar. supplied With eve.
ry 'hing, but we are very badly off for 70.
rage and corn"
| LONDON. Jan. S.
After long and interesting debate in the
House OF Lords, which terminated at fiv.
O'Clock This morning "a series of divisions
took place, the nature of which may ren,ire
some explanation. Fhe first was ON an a.
mendme t moved by the ,narouis of Lane-
down, similar to that which lord Porcbester
proposed in the Commons, namely. toIeavs
out the words, in the first resolution. rpla
tive tn limitations and exceptions This
amendment was carried by majority of
three. Ii was expected that This division
wocld have determined the fate of the other
resolutions, but this was not the case. On
me "a resolution an amendment was moved.
the object of which was tn omit the clause
which had been introduced for the purpose
OF auth"islng the creating of officers Of the
navy and army peers. This amendment was
carried by majority of 6. So that in fact
TINS resolution goes back to the commas in
more rigorous shape than that in which
It was received by the lords There was
no division on any of the remaining resolutI-
| Ons, except tie last, relative TO the house
hold, which lord Liv rpool eadeavored to
restore to the original form i'm which Mr..
perceval submitted it to the commons 7
TINS, however, he tailed, there being maio-
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