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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . MONDAY , DECEMBER 26 . LORD Grenville delivered a Message from his Majesty . ( See our Report of the
Commons . ) The Message bemg read , his Lordship said that the Papers alluded to , in it would be laid before the House the next day , and that he should move to take them into consideration on Friday next . —Ordered . Tuesday , 27 . Mr . Sylvester Douglas , and others from the Commons , brought up a Bill to postpone the payment of the instalments of the z , opo , oool . from ili « Last India Company by way of Loan , which was read a first time . Adjourned . Wednesday , 28 . The Royal Assent was given , by Commission , to the Bill for
additional duties on the Customs—for additional duties on the Excise—for adds- ' tional Postage on Letters—regulating Stamp Duties on Bonds , & c . —the Scotch Distillery—the Stage Coach Duty—and five private Bills . Thursday , 29 . Read a third time , and passed , the amended Cavalry Bill , and other Bills-on the Table . Adjourned . Friday , 30 . Lord Grenville moved , that his Majesty ' s Message to the House should be read—it was read accordingly . His Lordship then entered into a long dissertation on the late negociation
between Lord Malmesbury and M . de la Croix , in which he condemned the conduct of the Directory in very strong terms , insisting that they had not the smallest intentions of making peace , and their demand of an ultimatum at the commencement of a negociation , was a very strong proof of that fact . His Lordship spoke for a considerable length of time , and concluded with moving an Address to his Ma-.
jesty , which Address was the echo of the Message from the King , Earl Guildford replied , and boldly asserted , that Ministers never had any serious intentions of Peace ; and that the question now was , whether this country - should or should not fight for the restoration of the Netherlands to the Emperor . His Lordship insisted , that what we offered to France was not , nor could seriously be deemed an equivalent to the enemy for the restorat . on of all his eonquests . Lord Liverpool replied , and defended the conduct of Administration : he
insisted , that according to all the rules of negociation , when France'refused the terms proposed by Great Britain , she should then have said what terms she would accept ; but instead of that , she sent a message to our Ambassador to depart in forty-eight hours , an insult highly degrading to the Representative of thii comity . Lord Derby made a spirited reply , on the same ground as Lord Guildford took . He said the war was the ruin of the country ; aud that in Birmingham , at this present timeout of 6000 housesthere were 4000 untenanted .
, , Lord Auckland denied this position , as war was always beneficial to the manufactures of Birmingham . Earl Fitzwilliam contended , that this country should never make peace with France until a King was placed on the throne there , and religion and moralitywere restored . These vvece hii sentiments four years ago , and he saw no occasion fo alter them .
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . MONDAY , DECEMBER 26 . LORD Grenville delivered a Message from his Majesty . ( See our Report of the
Commons . ) The Message bemg read , his Lordship said that the Papers alluded to , in it would be laid before the House the next day , and that he should move to take them into consideration on Friday next . —Ordered . Tuesday , 27 . Mr . Sylvester Douglas , and others from the Commons , brought up a Bill to postpone the payment of the instalments of the z , opo , oool . from ili « Last India Company by way of Loan , which was read a first time . Adjourned . Wednesday , 28 . The Royal Assent was given , by Commission , to the Bill for
additional duties on the Customs—for additional duties on the Excise—for adds- ' tional Postage on Letters—regulating Stamp Duties on Bonds , & c . —the Scotch Distillery—the Stage Coach Duty—and five private Bills . Thursday , 29 . Read a third time , and passed , the amended Cavalry Bill , and other Bills-on the Table . Adjourned . Friday , 30 . Lord Grenville moved , that his Majesty ' s Message to the House should be read—it was read accordingly . His Lordship then entered into a long dissertation on the late negociation
between Lord Malmesbury and M . de la Croix , in which he condemned the conduct of the Directory in very strong terms , insisting that they had not the smallest intentions of making peace , and their demand of an ultimatum at the commencement of a negociation , was a very strong proof of that fact . His Lordship spoke for a considerable length of time , and concluded with moving an Address to his Ma-.
jesty , which Address was the echo of the Message from the King , Earl Guildford replied , and boldly asserted , that Ministers never had any serious intentions of Peace ; and that the question now was , whether this country - should or should not fight for the restoration of the Netherlands to the Emperor . His Lordship insisted , that what we offered to France was not , nor could seriously be deemed an equivalent to the enemy for the restorat . on of all his eonquests . Lord Liverpool replied , and defended the conduct of Administration : he
insisted , that according to all the rules of negociation , when France'refused the terms proposed by Great Britain , she should then have said what terms she would accept ; but instead of that , she sent a message to our Ambassador to depart in forty-eight hours , an insult highly degrading to the Representative of thii comity . Lord Derby made a spirited reply , on the same ground as Lord Guildford took . He said the war was the ruin of the country ; aud that in Birmingham , at this present timeout of 6000 housesthere were 4000 untenanted .
, , Lord Auckland denied this position , as war was always beneficial to the manufactures of Birmingham . Earl Fitzwilliam contended , that this country should never make peace with France until a King was placed on the throne there , and religion and moralitywere restored . These vvece hii sentiments four years ago , and he saw no occasion fo alter them .