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was the speech which had been delivered by the right hon. gent. opposite; and there was one 'sentence in that speech, upon which he would try to draw down the indignation of the House. It had, by the right hon. gent., been made a reproach to ministers, that they had not councilled his Majesty to take a different course from that which he had thought it proper upon this occasion to pursue. To what the Sovereign

must have felt as a man, and he must have felt most deeply, he (Lord Castlereagh) would not advert; but the course which his Majesty had adopted was, to take the advice of parliament as to what was fit to be done for the honour and for the dignity of the crown. He should have been guilty of disobedience to the orders of his Majesty, if he had attempted to mix any opinion or statement of his own with the impulse which had governed his Majesty in the execution of a duty due to the public; and it was impossible to avoid stating, that in the discharge of such a duty, his Majesty was fully capable of laying aside and of forgetting every thing like personal or private feeling.

The question upon Mr. Wilberforce's motion -that this debate be adjourned until Friday next —was then put, and carried without a division. Adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Thursday, June 8.

THE QUEEN.

On the order of the day that the House do proceed to ballot for the secret committee.

Lord KENYON rose to propose the postponement of the order, as he saw no other noble lord disposed to interfere. Concurring as he did

in the wisdom of the measure which their lordships had yesterday resolved to adopt, it might appear extraordinary that he should propose any calculated to prevent its being carried into effect. He had regarded the appointment of the committee the only fit course to be adopted. It was a proceeding to which their lordships were driven by the necessity of the case; but he understood that circumstances had arisen from which there was reason to hope that the very painful consequences which were to be anticipated from the measure their lordships had agreed to, if it were to be proceeded in, might yet be averted. The proceeding had been delayed in another place with the view to afford opportunity for an arrangement; and he was sure that if their lordships could do any thing to prevent the facts proposed to be referred to the committee from being communicated to the public, their taking such a step would be the means of preventing a very great calamity from taking place. This course would show their lordships' wish to conciliate. He concluded by moving that the ballot be postponed to Monday.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL was not aware of the existence of any circumstances, nor had he received any information that could induce him to be of opinion that their lordships ought not to proceed to the execution of the order they had made yesterday. If, however, there were any facts or circumstances which their lordships might think sufficient to render delay advisable, that delay could take place after the appointment of the committee. In that view he would have no objection to fixing the first meeting of the committee for Tuesday next. In the mean time, the best course which their lordships could pursue, was to proceed with the ballot forthwith.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN was not surprised to find that noble lords should, on reflection, call upon the House to undo to-day what it had done yesterday; but in whatever light the proposition might appear, he was favourable to the proposed delay. At the same time, if the noble baron's motion should be rejected by their lordships, he would accept the course pointed out by the noble earl, because he was most anxious that some means should be found to prevent both Houses of Parliament from proceeding further in this business. He, therefore, did not mean to oppose the noble earl's arrangement; but he must remind their lordships, that the situation in which they to-day found themselves placed, was a proof of the truth of what he had suggested yesterday, of the inconvenience of presuming, on the authority of any noble lord, even of a

minister of state at the head of the government, what was to be the course which the other House of Parliament would in any case choose to pursue.

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Lord KENYON noticed what had been said by the Marquis of Lansdown, in the commencement of his speech, respecting the undoing to-day what had been done yesterday'-an expression which appeared to give much satisfaction to a noble lord near him. (Lord Holland had smiled when the noble marquis made the observation referred to.) He was one of those who had approved the course adopted yesterday, but he did not, on that account, conceive that there was any impropriety in now proposing to suspend the proceeding.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN explained.

Lord KENYON then observed, that, whether it should be their lordships' pleasure to adopt his ́motion or not, he had at least the satisfaction of having drawn from the noble earl an acquiescence in the propriety of delay. What the noble earl, however, proposed, was to appoint the committee, but to allow nothing to be done until Tuesday. He thought it would be a better way to postpone the consideration of the subject altogether, while the slightest hope of any conciliatory arrangement might exist. As long as any hope could be indulged, he should not think that he did his duty if he did not endeavour to gain time.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE was as anxious to

agree to any course which might have a conciliatory effect as the noble baron or his noble friend could be, but he knew of nothing out of that House that ought to be a rule for what it was proper for their lordships to do. He made this observation, because the debate had been proceeding in a most disorderly manner. The House had acted on its own judgment; and if delay was thought advisable, the only question which now arose was, which of the modes suggested was most consistent with the dignity of the House? He might join his noble friend in his triumph at the hope of their lordships being compelled to retrace their steps; but it was his duty to consider what was now fittest to be done, and he hesitated not to say that the mode proposed by the noble earl opposite was that which appeared to him the best.

Lord HOLLAND could not agree with the view of the question which had been taken by his noble friend, who had just sat down. In the mean time, however, he begged to assure the noble baron, who had noticed the expression of his countenance, perhaps because the noble baron knew he had then very little voice by which he could give his opinion, (the noble lord was very hoarse, and spoke with difficulty,) that that expression was accompanied by no feeling of disapprobation of what the noble baron proposed. On the contrary, it was with much satisfaction he found that the noble baron, who had yesterday voted for a committee, did to-day

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