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Upon the motion for agreeing to 

 the report, the Attorney General 

 and jVIr. Speaker conceived that the 

 second part of the bill beemed to 

 cast some doubt upon the privileges 

 and juri.sdiction of the hou^e, to 

 continue an ircpeachment, notwifli- 

 standing any pvorogatiou or disso- 

 lution of parliament. 



The bill, aifer being altered ac- 

 cording to tlie Speaker's suggestion, 

 vas engrossed, read a tliird time, 

 passed, and ordered to the lords. 



On the I i fh c'ay of July Mr. Wind- 

 ham ro"!?, and uioved, •' That an 

 " liutiible address be presented to 

 " his majest)-. that he Avill be gra- 

 " ciously pleased to give directions 

 " that ihere be laid before this 

 " house copies of such correspon- 

 '• dence as may have taken place 

 " between his majesty's govern- 

 *' ment and the governnu itt of 

 *' France, or Mith that of any 

 " o"hei' country, relative to tiie 

 " trtatnient or exchang;' of captain 

 " Wright, late of hismajesty'siloo|), 

 <' Vincego, and now a prisonsr of 

 *' war in close coulincment in 

 " France." 



Sir Sidney Smith, in seconding the 

 motion, felt that he was acquitting 

 himself of a duly he owed to Jiis gal- 

 lant friend, and to crery officer in 

 the nayy. The gallant officer theu 

 read a letter, descriptive, not only 

 of the situation o!" captain AVright, 

 and also of the engagement iit which 

 the Vincego was captured, but also 

 of the subsequent hardships the gal. 

 Jant captain, and his brave officers 

 and crew, had suuered, and were 

 then suffering; towards the conchi- 

 .«ion of which the gallant Sir Sidney 

 Smith was so overcome by the 

 ■weight of his feelings, that he was 

 at times deprived of artlculatioQ, aad 



in the end obliged to break olV 

 abruptly. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 said, that as w ell as those, some ad- 

 ditional papu-rs were necessary, in 

 order to bring (he niat(i-r more fully 

 before tlie house. 



The HUition was then iigrced to, 

 as also that of the chancellor of 

 the exchequer, " That there be laid 

 " before the house, a copv uf a let- 

 " ter from W. Marsdcn, esq. to E, 

 "• Cooke, esq. under secretary of 

 "state, da'.ed the 17th of July, 

 " I80t, with a copy of its inclo- 

 " sure from Mr. Riviere, of (he 

 " marine di pavtment, at Paris." — 

 And also, "■ a copy of a letter from 

 " t. Cooke, esq. to \V. Marsden, 

 '• esq. secretary to the co.mmission- 

 " ers of the admiralty, in answer 

 " thereto, dated the 2Stii of Au- 

 " gust, 1804.^' 



On the lith of July, after some 

 trifling business had been dispatched, 

 the archbishop of Canterbury, the 

 lord chancellor, earl Camden, and 

 lord IJawkesbury, (in their robes) 

 took their seats as his majesty's 

 conmiissioners. After some time, 

 the speaker, attended by the whole 

 house of comnions, appeared at 

 the bar, and the royal assent hav- 

 ing been given by commission to 

 several bills, the lord chancellor, 

 in his majesty's name, delivered a 

 speech (o the following purport : — 

 " ^Ve have it in command from 

 " his majesty to express the satis- 

 " faction with which he has ob- 

 " served the proofs you have given, 

 *' in the present session, of your 

 " c'.'nstant regard for the honour.of 

 " his crown and the interest of his 

 *' dominions ; and particularly the 

 '' measures you have adopted for 

 " strengthening hi? majesty's hands 



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