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by the writings of men, but by the 
bad conduct of governments, While 
these acted irreproachably, they 
might safely bid defiance to calum- 
nies and misrepresentations. 
. The debate continued till three 
in the morning, when the bill for 
the suspension was carried by two 
handred and three votes against 
fifty-three. 
In the house of lords, much the 
same arguments were used for and 
affOUL!! Mit 
ANNUAL REGISTER, i795. 
tents of nations were not produced 
against the bill. The speakers 
in its support were lords Grenville, 
Carlisle, Warwick, - Hawkesbury, 
Spencer, Sydney, Auckland, Hay, 
and the chancellor, with the dukes 
of Leeds and Portland. Its opposers 
were the dukes of Norfolk and Bed- 
ford, the marquis of Lansdowne, 
and the earls of Lauderdale and 
Guildford, who, on ‘the bill’s pass- 
ing, entered a protest against it, 
conceived in the strongest and most 
animated terms. 
CHAP, 
