HISTORY “OF EUROPE. 
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CHAP.» XI. 
Communication by Lord Pelham, to the House of Lords.—Motion for ad- 
Jjournment—Opposed. —Carried on a Division—To the House of Com- 
mons, by Mr. Addington—And similar Motion—Division upon tt— 
Carried.—Proceedings in the House of Lords, pursuant to adjourn- 
ment.—Further adjournment— And in the Commons.— Bill of Indemnity, 
~ for the Export of Corn by the order of Ministers, brought in and 
carried.— Debate on Lord King’s Motion, in the House of Lords, for 
Jinancial Inquiry.—Able Speech of Lord Grenville —Observations.— 
Repeated adjournments, in both Houses.—King’s Message to Parlia- 
ment, announcing the Recal of Lord Whitworth—All hopes of Peace 
at an end.—Copies of the Correspondence with France, laid before Par- 
liament.—Motion for farther Information, in both Houses— Deferred, 
—Conversation on Malta—And on the conquered Colonies in the West 
Indies.— Day appointed to take the King’s Message, and the Corres- 
pondence, into consideration, in both Houses. 
N the house of lords, lord Pel- 
ham, on the 6th of May, arose, 
to make an important communica- 
tion to the house. His majesty had 
given orders to lord Whitworth, 
that if he could not, against a cer- 
* tain period, bring the negociations, 
now pending, to a close, in such 
case he should immediately quit 
Paris. General Andreossy, the 
_ French ambassador, had also ap- 
_ plied for a passport to be ready, to 
enable him to quit London, as soon 
as he should be informed of lord 
Whitworth having left Paris. There 
were now grounds to suppose his 
lordship was on his return, and 
Might be soon expected ; he there- 
fore proposed adjourning, till Mon- 
_ day next, as he did not expect his 
arrival the next day (Saturday), 
Lord Darnley thought, that under 
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such circumstances, it would be 
improper to adjourn over till Mon- 
day ; but, that their lordships should 
continue at their posts; he declar- 
ed, that he should persist in the 
motion of which he had given no- 
tice for Monday, respecting the 
state of the nation. 
Lord Spencer moved, as- an 
amendment to lord Pelham’s mo- 
tion, that the word ‘‘ to-morfow” 
be substituted for Monday, 
Lord Carlisle supported the 
amendment, as he thought it ne- 
cessary to allay, as speedily as pos- 
sible, the great anxiety of the pub- 
lic mind. 
The lord ¢hancellor, saw no 
good purpose in meeting to-morrow, 
as no communication could be ex- 
pected to be made so soon. 
The house divided, on lord 
K Pelham’s 
