HISTORY: OF EUROPE, 
is complete ; I have plunged you 
into'a new war ; ‘I have exhausted 
you as a people’; I have brought 
you to the brink of ruin, but I told 
you before-hand what would hap- 
pen; I told you, that, without a 
réform in the representation of the 
people, no minister, however wise, 
could save you: you denied me 
my means, and'you take the con- 
sequence!” TI say, sir, that if I 
were to consider him as a bigot to 
his doctrine, or that his mind was 
tinctured with superstition, as we 
haveheard of enthusiasts whose lives 
have been devoted to the fulfilment 
of their own predictions, I should 
suppose that the right honourable 
gentleman’s administration has been 
shaped, and his measuresframed, for 
bringing into a terrible demonstra- 
~ tion the political doctrine with which 
he commenced his career. 
Mr. Grey’s motion was rejected, 
by 258 votes against 93. 
The same attack on the measures 
and apparent views of government 
was continued inthe house of 
peers. On the thirtieth of May, 
the duke of Bedford, after review- 
ing the weak and unprosperous con- 
duct of administration, the burthens 
that had been imposed, and the dan- 
gers, which, from their misconduct, 
still threatened the nation, moved, 
** that a humbie address be pre- 
sented to his majesty, earnestly so+ 
liciting him, by dismissing his present 
servants, to give to the people of 
Ireland the strongest proof of his 
disapprobation of that system of 
treachery, by which their discon- 
tents had been fostered ; and of his 
miajesty’s intention of securing thé 
connection between the kingdoms, 
by extending to men of all descrip- 
tions, in that oppressed country, the 
blessings of the constitution, under 
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which they were born: and finally, 
to dismiss from his presence for ever, 
those ministers whose measures had 
impaired the liberties, and whose 
extravagance had' injured the pro- 
perty of his subjects; to restore 
the spirit of the British constitution, 
and to adopt such a system of re- 
trenchment as was alone consistent 
. withthe prosperity of his exhausted 
people.” This motion was opposed 
by the duke of Athol, as tending 
not only to unhinge administration 
but even the country. But 
The duke of Grafton was of opi- 
nion, that, if this’ motion was to be 
viewed with the same cold indifter- 
ence which had been shewn in com- 
mon times, and if the same con- 
fidence was continued to the minis- 
ters, he should not think it necessary 
to trouble their Jordships with his 
remarks again; but, before he re- 
tired, to fortify his own mind against 
the approaching calamities, and 
prepare his family for what they 
would probably have to undergo. It 
was a duty incumbent upon him, 
to lay before his sovereign the rea- 
sons fer this conduct, flattering hime 
self that he should be allowed that 
gracious hearing which his majesty 
had so often given to one, from 
whose lips he never heard but the 
dictates of the heart, as sincerely as 
they were now delivered to their 
lordships. His grace, in viewing 
the distressful and dangerous state 
of the nation, took notice of the de~ 
reliction of our aljies; the stoppage 
of paymentin specie at the bank ; the 
blood and treasure sacrificed at St. 
Domingo, and the improvidence 
of ministers in not anticipating 
the peremptory demands of the 
seamen, when, in consideration of 
the high price* of provisions, con- 
siderable indalgencies had’ been 
[$3] granted 
