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think it tlieir duty further to state 

 to his majesl}', that, whilst this 

 house has seen with satisfaction in 

 the course of this inquiry, the 

 unexampled regularity and me- 

 thod with which the business of 

 the commander-in-chief has been 

 conducted under the direction of 

 his royal highness; and also the 

 many salutary and efficient regula- 

 tions which have been introduced 

 into the armj', during his com- 

 mand of it; some of which regula- 

 tions have been specially directed 

 to prevent those very abuses 

 which, in the course of this in- 

 quiry, have been brought under 

 the notice of the House of Com- 

 mons; — they could not but feel 

 the most serious regret and con- 

 cern, that a connection should 

 ever have existed, under the cover 

 of which, transactions of a highly 

 criminal and disgraceful nature 

 have been carried on, and that an 

 opportunity has been afforded of 

 falsely and injuriously coupling 

 with such transactions the name 

 of his royal highness, whereby 

 the integrity of his conduct in the 

 discharge of the duties of his high 

 office has been brought into ques- 

 tion : that it is, however, a great 

 consolation to this house to ob- 

 serve the deep regret and concern 

 which his royal highness has him- 

 self expressed on the subject of 

 that connection ; as from the ex- 

 pression of that regret, on the part 

 of his royal higliness, this house 

 derives the confident assurance 

 that his royal highness will hence- 

 forth invariably keep in view that 

 bright example of virtuous con- 

 duct which the uriform tenor of 

 his majesty's life, during the course 

 of his whole reign, has uniformly af- 

 forded to liis whole subjects, and 



which has so much endeared his ma- 

 jesty to the affections of every rank 

 and description of his people." 

 Such was the course which the 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer re- 

 commended to the house, instead 

 of the address proposed by co- 

 lonel Wardle, for removing his 

 royal highness from his office ; 

 and having thus put the house in 

 possession of what he intended to 

 submit to it, he yielded to its im- 

 patience, and moved an adjourn- 

 ment, which was agreed to. 



House of Commons, March 9. 

 The order of the day being read 

 for resuming the adjourned de- 

 bate on the evidence taken before 

 the House of Commons respecting 

 the conduct of the Duke of York, 

 the Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 resumed his speech, which lasted 

 for several hours, and was followed 

 by Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Wbitbread, 

 the Attorney General (Sir Vicary 

 Gibbs) and Mr. Bankes. Mr. 

 Bathurst, having urged his ob- 

 jections to both the addresses, 

 proposed respectively by colonel 

 Wardle and Mr. Perceval, thought 

 it his duty to propose other terms 

 of an address for the house, more 

 consistent with the circumstances 

 of the case, and more congenial 

 with the feelings of the illustrious 

 personage under whom the army 

 had flourished for many years. 

 Without, however, intruding his 

 proposition at present, he should 

 only suggest what he thought 

 would be most proper upon such 

 an occasion, namely, " That, 

 while this house acknowledges the 

 beneficent effects of the regula- 

 tions adopted and acted upon by 

 his royal highness, in the general 

 discharge of his duties as com- 

 mander-in-chief, it has observed, 

 * with 



