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Article REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article HOUSE OF COMMONS. Page 1 of 7 →
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
Lord Grenville said , he was convinced every one of their Lordships was perfectly aware of the necessity of advancing the sum mentioned ; n the Message for the defence of Ireland ; and he could have no doubt but it would appear clear to the House , that it was of the utmost importance to keep the Emper-. r as an Ally , jn order the more easily to secure a sreneral and permanent peace . In this view , therefore , he moved an Address of Thanks to his Majesty ' s Message , which was carried nemine dissentients .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , April 6 , 1797 . ( CONTINUED ) . MR . Barham seconded the Motion of Mr . Ellis in favour of the Slave Trade . Mr Wiiberforce replied at some length against it , conjuring the House not to retract the solemn obligation which they contracted in 1792 . He was followed by Mr . Pitt , Mr . W . Smith , Lord Carysfort , Mr . Fox , Mr . 1-1 . Browne , Mr . Ryder . "It was supported by Mr . Dundas , Lord Hawkesbury , Mr . Windham . The Motion was carried , by a division of 93 against 63— -Majority 36 .
Friday T . The House in a Committee on the Bank Bill , Mr . Fox proposed a clause to enable the Governors to pay in cash any demands upon them , first giving three days notice to the Speaker of the House of . Commons , and also at the Royal Excha ' ge . This Mr . Pitt agreed to , only confining it to the period subsequent to the 26 th of February . Monday , 10 . Mr . Pollen said he had hitherto voted with the Minister , in the prosecution of the war ; but the situation of affairs had -Assumed a melancholy change .
Having commenced the warin concert with several of the most respectable nations in Europe , we were deserted by almost all our former friends , and had now to contend against some who were at one time our allies . Instead of carrying our arms to the enemy ' s door , we were in daily terror of an hostile invasion . Instead of calculating upon ruining the finances of our adversary , and exhausting their resources , our whole attention was confined to the restoration of our own credit , and the salvation of our independence . He was convinced that the people of France were as earnest in their wishes for Peace as the people of Great Britain , but were restrained in demanding it by a too prevalent opinion that the
ambition of this country would oppose every reasonable overture for peace . It was to confute this opinion , that he should move that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty , representing to his Majesty , that , upon mature deliberation , his faithful Commons are of opinion , that his gracious and benign endeavours to promote the restoration of the general tranquility of Europe have failed of their effect , either from misconception on the part of the French Government , or from the terms proposed having been ill-explained to the people of that country : his faithful Commons , therefore , beseech his Majesty to adopt such
measures as may tend in the most speedy and effectual manner to remove these 'misconceptions , and to vindicate the sincerity of his desire for the re-establishment of Peace in the eyes of Europe and of the world . - Sir John Macpherscn seconded the motion . Mr . Pitt considered the Address as calculated to express a despondency on the part of this country , and consequently to raise the spirits of our enemies ; that it was indefinite , not embracing any object or conclusion whatever ; and unnecessaryas it was manifest his Majesty's Ministers needed not any stimulus to
, make them earnest in their endeavours for the establishment of a Peace consistent with the interest of the kingdom . Mr . Pitt . bserved , that he had a few Mights ago intimated to the House , that offers for a separate Peace had been lately made 10 his Majesty , onr good and faithful Ail- ; that his Imperial Majesty had immediately acquainted this Government with the nature and extent of those offers ; and had accompanied that information with the strongest assurances , that nothing should induce hint to make Peace except in concert with this Govern-
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
Lord Grenville said , he was convinced every one of their Lordships was perfectly aware of the necessity of advancing the sum mentioned ; n the Message for the defence of Ireland ; and he could have no doubt but it would appear clear to the House , that it was of the utmost importance to keep the Emper-. r as an Ally , jn order the more easily to secure a sreneral and permanent peace . In this view , therefore , he moved an Address of Thanks to his Majesty ' s Message , which was carried nemine dissentients .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , April 6 , 1797 . ( CONTINUED ) . MR . Barham seconded the Motion of Mr . Ellis in favour of the Slave Trade . Mr Wiiberforce replied at some length against it , conjuring the House not to retract the solemn obligation which they contracted in 1792 . He was followed by Mr . Pitt , Mr . W . Smith , Lord Carysfort , Mr . Fox , Mr . 1-1 . Browne , Mr . Ryder . "It was supported by Mr . Dundas , Lord Hawkesbury , Mr . Windham . The Motion was carried , by a division of 93 against 63— -Majority 36 .
Friday T . The House in a Committee on the Bank Bill , Mr . Fox proposed a clause to enable the Governors to pay in cash any demands upon them , first giving three days notice to the Speaker of the House of . Commons , and also at the Royal Excha ' ge . This Mr . Pitt agreed to , only confining it to the period subsequent to the 26 th of February . Monday , 10 . Mr . Pollen said he had hitherto voted with the Minister , in the prosecution of the war ; but the situation of affairs had -Assumed a melancholy change .
Having commenced the warin concert with several of the most respectable nations in Europe , we were deserted by almost all our former friends , and had now to contend against some who were at one time our allies . Instead of carrying our arms to the enemy ' s door , we were in daily terror of an hostile invasion . Instead of calculating upon ruining the finances of our adversary , and exhausting their resources , our whole attention was confined to the restoration of our own credit , and the salvation of our independence . He was convinced that the people of France were as earnest in their wishes for Peace as the people of Great Britain , but were restrained in demanding it by a too prevalent opinion that the
ambition of this country would oppose every reasonable overture for peace . It was to confute this opinion , that he should move that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty , representing to his Majesty , that , upon mature deliberation , his faithful Commons are of opinion , that his gracious and benign endeavours to promote the restoration of the general tranquility of Europe have failed of their effect , either from misconception on the part of the French Government , or from the terms proposed having been ill-explained to the people of that country : his faithful Commons , therefore , beseech his Majesty to adopt such
measures as may tend in the most speedy and effectual manner to remove these 'misconceptions , and to vindicate the sincerity of his desire for the re-establishment of Peace in the eyes of Europe and of the world . - Sir John Macpherscn seconded the motion . Mr . Pitt considered the Address as calculated to express a despondency on the part of this country , and consequently to raise the spirits of our enemies ; that it was indefinite , not embracing any object or conclusion whatever ; and unnecessaryas it was manifest his Majesty's Ministers needed not any stimulus to
, make them earnest in their endeavours for the establishment of a Peace consistent with the interest of the kingdom . Mr . Pitt . bserved , that he had a few Mights ago intimated to the House , that offers for a separate Peace had been lately made 10 his Majesty , onr good and faithful Ail- ; that his Imperial Majesty had immediately acquainted this Government with the nature and extent of those offers ; and had accompanied that information with the strongest assurances , that nothing should induce hint to make Peace except in concert with this Govern-