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moved at the very crisis, and in 
the very case when it was meant 
by the wise and enlightened fra- 
mers of that law most to shield and 
proteét him. 
GuILpFrorD, 
Beprorp, 
Norroik, E., M. 
LAUDERDALE. 
Protest against the Rejection of the 
Motion for treating with France, 
Feb. 12, 1795- 
BECAUSE we conceive the re- 
peated declarations made in the 
name of the king, and the resolu- 
tions come to by this house, are, 
as they now stand, an effectual bar 
to all negotiation with the present 
government of France, which can 
alone be removed by a resolution 
of a similar nature to that avoided 
by the previous question, and which 
is become the more necessary, from 
the declaration of his majesty’s mi- 
nisters in debate—that the govern. 
ment of France is of such a cha- 
rafter as to preclude the possibility 
of treating, so long as they shall 
continue to a@ on their present 
ptinciples : a declaration which we 
conceive to convey little less than 
a determination to carry on the 
war upon such principles that it 
can alone be terminated by the de- 
struction of one or both of the na- 
tions, 
Brororp, 
LAUDERDALE, 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, 
GuILDFoRD, 
Protest against the Rejcfion of the 
Mor fon for inc estigating the Cause 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
of Lord Fitzwilliam’ s Racele May 
8, 1795- 
1st, BECAUSE the removal, in 
the mee of a session of parliament, 
of such an officer of the crown as a 
lord-lieutenant of Iseland, the im- 
mediate and sole representative of 
majesty in that kingdom, under the 
circumstances, is singular, perhaps 
unprecedented, The effects of that 
bold and unusual measure, espe- 
cially in the present critical state of 
affairs, cannot be indifferent. It 
is a fact notorious, and not contra- 
difted, that the house of lords and 
the house of commons in that king. 
dom, did, at the moment of his re- 
cal, directly and explicitly, in a 
solemn vote and resolution of each 
house, declare their confidence in 
the lord-lieutenant. It is a fa& 
equally notorious, and equally un- 
contradi¢ted, that these votes of 
confidence from both houses of the 
Irish parliament were in perfect 
conformity te the opinions and. 
wishes of all descriptions of the 
people of that nation. 
zdly, Because a strong charge of 
malyersation in office, supported by 
clear proof or strong presumption, 
ought to be produced, to weigh 
against those solemn testimonies of 
a parliament, and those declared 
opinions of a people, and to justify 
a proceeding, the inevitable tenden_ 
cy of which is to produce dissatis- 
faction and discord amongst his 
majesty’s subjeéts in that kingdom. 
That the proceeding itself is with- 
in the prerogative there is no doubt ; 
but there is no doubt also that this 
house is competent to an inquiry 
into all advice given to the crown, 
with regard to the use of that pre- 
rogative: and that it is its duty to 
toake such inquiry in any event by 
which 
