THE 



ANNUAL register; 

 For the YEAR 1804. 



THE 



HISTORY 



OF 



EUROPE. 



CHAP. I. 



Trelimihary Observations — Meeting of Farliament — Speech from tlieTliront 

 — Marquis of Sligo, moves the Address — Lord Liinerick — Address unani- 

 mously carried. — Moved same Day in the Commons by Mr. Cropley Ash- 

 ley — seconded by Mr. Burland. — Questions put by Mr. Fox io the Minis- 

 try — answered by Mr. Addington —Address carried. — Mr. Windham's 

 Speech on the Report of the Address — Debate in the House of Commons^ 

 on the Suspension of the Habeas Ciirpus and Martial Lazu Acts — and >» 

 the Lords — Bills passed. 



THE pressure of public affairs 

 towards the end of the year 

 1803, arising, as well from theme- 

 ' nacing position which France had 

 taken upon her shores, opposite to 

 that line of British coast, which pre- 

 sented the most obvious points of 

 invasion, as, from the necessity there 

 existed of speedily providing the 

 supplies of money and men, to meet 



the exigencies of a moment the most 

 awful which the country had evec 

 experienced, induced the minister, 

 after a short recess, of little more 

 than three months, to call the 

 parliament together. Accordingly, 

 it met on the 22nd of Novem- 

 ber, and his majesty, in a most 

 gracious speech,* after acknow- 

 ledging the wisdom of parliament in 



Vol. XLVI. 



* Vide « Sute Papers," p. 596. 

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