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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



elusion of Mr. Fo\,witIi whom they 

 had been so little in the habit of 

 coincidiiiiT. 



Mr. Fox said, that whatever per- 

 sonalities had been brought forward 

 in this debate, were introduced by 

 the right honourable gentleman, 

 and by hii friend, who sat near him 

 (Mr. Canning). As to the princi- 

 ple, that his majesty jiad the un- 

 doubted prerogative of choosing his 

 own ministers, it was universally 

 alloMed; but, it must also be grant- 

 ed, that the house of commons had 

 a right to conduft itself in such a 

 manner as to convince his majesty, 

 that he ought to remove those mi- 

 nisters who did not possess its confi- 

 dence, lie thought it an indecent ob- 

 servation of tlie righthon. gentleman 

 to say, " that if (hi-y threw out his 

 bill, they should not get rid of him 

 so easily." As to the bill, he thought 

 it was bad in itself, as being both 

 oppressive and inefficient. He also 

 opposed it for another reason, be- 

 cause he thought much better mea- 

 sures had been often recommended 

 by his right honourable friend (Mr. 

 Windham). He thought it ridicu- 

 lous to line the parishes, for not 

 raising men, at a bounty that it was 

 impossible to get them for. He 

 doubted, very much, whether it 

 was possible to carry into execution, 

 a projeft contrary to the opinion of 

 the country, a"d those who were to 

 c;;rry it into effect. 



The house then divided upon the 

 question for engrossing the bill, 

 which was carried by a majority of 

 41, the noes being 223. 



On the next day, upon the ques- 

 tion for the third reading, 



Mr. T. Grenville, (who was not 

 ill the house on the preceding day) 

 took this opportunity of vindicating 

 himselfj and those with whom he 



was most closely connected, from 

 the inconsistent condu6l that had 

 been imputed to them by liis right 

 honourable relation, (Mr. Pitt). 

 They never did take such a view of 

 the situation of the country, as to 

 suppose, that the accession of any 

 one individual, wliatever might be 

 his abilities or talents, would b;; 

 sufficient to work out the salvation 

 of the country. He thought, in the 

 present times, a broad and compre- 

 hensive administration ought to 

 have been formed, and, however 

 highly he respected the talents of 

 his honourable relation, (Mr. Pitt^ 

 it was with pain and regret he saw 

 him in the situation he now held. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 said, he understood, tliat the noble 

 lord (lord Temple) had, on a for- 

 mer occasion, declared for himself 

 and his friends, that if he (Mr. 

 Pilt) was put at the head of the ad- 

 ministration, their fears for the pub- 

 lic safety would vanish. The ex- 

 pression was, indeed, so flattering 

 to him, and perhaps so unmerited, 

 that, certainly, they must be at li- 

 berty to recal it, or explain it as 

 they thought proper; but, as he 

 had understood them iu thatmanncr, 

 it was a great surprise to him, to 

 find them commence a systematic 

 opposition, from the moment his 

 majesty had placed him at the head 

 of the administration. 



Earl Temple, utterly denied hav- 

 ing ever used such an expression, 

 and said, that however highly he 

 might value the talents of the right 

 honourable gentleman, yet, cer- 

 tainly, he could never conceive, - 

 that the accession of one individual 

 could make a good administration, 

 of that which he had so long op- 

 posed. 



Mr. Windham observed, there 



were 



