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part of the world; and; fecondly, the 
dates of the. communication made by 
the court of Madrid of the feizure 
of the Englifh, ships, and of its 
grounds for having fo done; and _ 
after, the dates of the intelligence re- 
_ceived of the hoftile preparations of 
tiat power, Thefe motions were 
m.ide with a view to cenfure the con-_ 
duct of the chancellor of the exche- . 
quer, who, it was faid, in his {peech | 
“upon the opening of the budget, 
had held fo th the great advantages 
of the fout :-featrade, at the time he © 
knew it to be both infignificant and 
precarious: and the profpeét of a 
continuance of peace, when he knew 
we wére upon the point of beipg-, 
embroiled with Spain. 
Thefe motions were refifted by 
adminifiration, as tending to a dif- 
-elofure of circumftances, which, in 
the prefent ‘con'udture, it would be, 
dangerous to divulge; and the im- 
putations they were itended to 
convey, were met with,ageneral de- 
nial of their truth, and declarations 
that they fhould be ready to meet 
the charges fully and direétly, as 
 foon as it could be done with pro- 
pricty. Upona divifion, there ap- _ 
eared for the production of papers — 
421, again{lit 213. 
A motion was alfo made by Mr. © 
Francis, for an account of all the 
appointments of ambafladors to Ma- 
* drid fince the laft peace, the faiarics — 
_ paid them, and the periods of their 
“ yefidence.. This motion being ac- 
ceded to, and the papers. laid be- 
fore the houfe, Mr. Francis moved a 
refoliiiion grounded upon them, that 
it appearing, “ that ince the year 
1783, four ambaflatiors had been ap- 
' pointed to the court of Madrid, 
"an expence incurred on their ac- 
count of 35,002/. and that no am- 
bafladors had refided there but for 
’ ) 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
‘ fhip obferved, that for his own part, 7 
“he fhould not hefitate to declare, * 
per, therefore, to move for the da 
and — 
thirteen months, his majefty fhould 
be ‘requefted to give directions for ~ 
the due performance in future of 
the fervices belonging to thofe ap- 
pointments.”” Inanfwer to thecharge 
implied in Mr. Francis’s motion, a 7 
circum/tantial account was giyen of — 
the caufes, which had prevented the 
refidence of the ambaffadors in Spain; 
and the order of the day being call- 
ed for, the houfe divided, for the © 
order 95, againft it 59. 
In the houfe of lords, the addrefs, 7 
in anfwer to the meflage, was moved 
by the duke of Leeds, and feconded 
by lord Rawdon, afd a motion for 
the production of papers relative to 
the capture of the veiiels, and to the ~ 
armaments preparing in Spain, was _ 
negatived without a divifion. On 
the 12th of May, another motion 
was made by the earl of Kinnoul | 
upon the fame fubject. His lord- 
that he ftrongly fufpe&ed the mi-- 
nifter of having, for purpofes beft ~ 
known to himfelf, kept back, for a’ | 
confiderable time, the information | 
given to the houfe by his majefty’s © 
meflage. He fufpected adminiftra- 7 
tion alio of having neglected to | 
make a timely preparation, propor- | 
tioned to the armaments of Spain 
by which negle& that country had 
been encouraged to defend the ag- 
greffion complained of. He con-¥) 
demned his majeity’s fervants 
having deluded txe country by hold 
ing out a profpect of permanent 
peace, when they muft have known ~ 
of the probable grounds of an ap= 
proaching war. He judged it pro-— 
of the firt oficial information re- 
ceived. He wifhed not to move for 
any paper that could be objected 
on the grounds of ftate fecrecy. The 
i ~ fubftance, 
