y8 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Sept. 21. 



■ Lord Greniiille denied that any more papers were neceflary 

 to e'l.ible tl.eir Lordlhips to come to a decifion upon the ad- 

 dref i Laft Seflion the hoiife had been informed that Spain had 

 infu ! d tbc honour of the cnuntry ; and their Lordfhips had 

 unanimoiifly addreffed his inajefty, pledging themfelves to fup- 

 port him in retrieving that honour. In confequence of this, mi- 

 niftrv had proceeded, and they found the caufe of complaint to 

 tun: upon two points — the honour of the Britilh flag, and the 

 traf'c of the country. Previous to entering into any particular, 

 it was firft thought reqyiifite to have the point of honour fettled; 

 and this was no looner done, than the declaration, eftablifliing 

 that point, was laid before their Lordfliips : fi-om that they pro- 

 ceeded to inveftigate the other bufinefs ; and Spain had in the 

 end acceded to our claim, and promifed to make good the in- 

 iuries our fellow lubjeds had fuftained : they had alfo made 

 "confiderable conceffionsas to our cflablifhing fettlemcnts in that 

 part of the world, which, whatever might be our claim, they had 

 ne-ver recognized before. His Lordfhip combatted moft of the ar- 

 guments urged agair.ft the addrefs, and concluded with hoping it 

 would meet the concurrence of their Lordfhips. 



Lord Stormont followed the noble Lord through moft of his 

 details, combatting his arguments as he went along, and fupport- 

 ed the motion for the previous queflion. 



The Marquis of Lanfdoivne explained, after which the queflion 

 was put on the previous queftion, when there appeared, 



Contents 30— non-contents 73 — majority againft the queftion 

 43' 



Remarks on fome Englijh Plays, continued from 

 Vol. IV. page 40. 



Florizel and Psrdita ; or, the Sheep-Jl]earing : A Dramatic Paf- 

 toraL 



Shakespeare is here mangled as ufual ; yet it fhines in this 

 Colledion of modern Farces. 



High Life Below Stairs- 



It is quite inconceivable, how this piece, flat, and infipid in pe- 

 rufal, fliould be fo managed, as to afford a run of entertainment 

 on the ftage. There is in it a juft fatire on the infamous licen- 



