you adopted the moft temperate; of political measures, you propofed the leaft violent: you did not wish to add to the depreffion of the public by the fear of fudden change, or the dread of civil diffenfion, You knew that the influence and power which a different conduct might obtain were as unfafe to a prudent, as difagreeable to a good mind; that in the oppofite fcale were placed every thing that wisdom or virtue in a Prince could defire; all the confidence, the love, the glory, which a generous people could offer to his acceptance.

To the joy of the nation, as to your's, Sir, this calamity" overpaffed us like a fummer cloud," and our fears were loft before we could well ascertain them. The country was freed from a fituation of uncertainty and of danger that shook its credit and its quiet, and you were left, we hope, (and we know you hope) many years longer to the exercife of thofe engaging and amiable qualities that are hardly allowed to expand under the weight and pressure of ftate affairs.

In your prefent fituation, Sir, you have many opportunities, which we are perfuaded you will improve, of rendering effential fervice to your country. Your favour and example can encourage genuine patriotifm, can promote public honour and public virtue; without the refponfibility of official power, your patronage can call merit into action, and prompt the reward of its exertions, Keep but the purity of your influence unfullied, preserve its dignity unimpair ed, and you can weave the civic crown for the ftatefman, and his laurel wreath for the foldier.

In former times, of which fome curious records are left us, the heir apparent of the Crown has been induced to lend himself to a factious cabal, to become a king of the "fhreds and patches" of Oppofition, who proftitu. ted his name to their own little purpofes, who abused his confidence, and made a vile ftewardship of his weakness for their own private advantage. To fuch arts greatness must always be liable; and it is, perhaps, rather a compliment to your good-nature than an impeachment on your understanding, if we venture to caution you against them. In your fituation you cannot know their effects: you cannot fee them as we do,

in diftant provinces, and amidst the mafs of the people. You know not what defpicable affociates the Crefy ftandard affembles, over what impurities thè plumage of your creft is made to wave; yet popular prejudice will often lay thefe abufes to your charge, though in that encouragement, to which the eafiness of your nature allows them, you cannot foresee the mifchiefs they produce. The nobleft tree of the forest is not always fhaken by the winds, or scathed by the lightning of heaven; it fuffers, ignobly fuffers, from the vermin that fhelter at its root.

In a private capacity, your humility will not probably allow you to fuppofe how much is in your power for the manners and the happiness of the community. With the advantages you derive from nature, with the accomplishments you have received from education, you have for fome time been acknowledged

"The glafs of fashion and the mold of

form;"

and there is a fort of dominion annexed to this idea, which, though of a lighter kind, is of greater extent and importance than fome others which men are more folicitous to poffefs. I am no Cynic preacher, and will not fuppofe that, at your time of life, and with your temperament, you are to regulate your conduct and deportment by the rules of cold-blooded age and fober wildom. But there is a decorum in pleasure, a temperance even in diffipation, which, amidft all the extravagance of the moment, marks the feeling of a man of fenfe and a gentleman; a fomething even about his idleft indulgences which fpeaks the folly to belong to him, and not him to the folly. The words, gentleman and man of fashion, will borrow their meaning, within a certain circle, from you; but there is an intrinfic fenfe of the terms which will still be the understanding of the people. Confider, Sir, that, with all the witchery of your manners and addrefs, the sphere of your attraction is limited, the sphere of your fame extenfive. Sacrifice a lit tle to the judgement, or, if your gayer friends will call it fo, the prefudice of those whofe judgement is one day to be fo important to you. Remember that no power, even in the moft arbitrary governments, was ever equal to his who could wield at will the opinions of his fubjects.

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his Majefty, to reprefent to his Majefty the contents of the faid refolutions; and humbly to befeech, that he will give directions to provide for the due performance in future of the duties and fervices belonging to the office of minifters appointed by the crown to refide at foreign courts.

Having read thefe motions, he concluded with moving the first resolution; which being feconded by Mr Fox,

Mr Burgefs begged leave to ftate to the Houfe the facts of this business.-After the laft peace, a notification to this court from that of Madrid was received, purporting that his Catholic Majefty was ready to fend an ambaffador to this court, and accordingly Lord Mountftewart was appointed ambaffador to the court of Madrid, but refigned his ap pointment about the end of 1783; and not thinking that he had rendered any service to his country, not having refided at Madrid, he very nobly refused to accept the emoluments of his appointments. In his room the Earl of Chesterfield was appointed, and a notification was received from Spain that the Marquis de Almadovar would be fent to this court; in confequence of which the Earl of Chesterfield set out on his miffion, but was directed to stop at the Hague until fuch time as there was a certainty of the Spanish ambaffador's setting out from Madrid for London. However, the ambaffador intended for London was fent to Verfailles, and in confequence Lord Chesterfield returned home. The Marquis del Campo was next appointed by his Catholic Majefty to refide at this court, and Mr Eden (now Lord Auckland) was made ambaffador by this court, and fet out on his embaffy accordingly. Mr Eden refided at Madrid for thirteen months, and, for reafons not fit to mention or difcufs, he thought it right to leave that court. The ftate of things between this country and France was fuch as to require additional affiftance to the exertions and abilities of our anbaffador at Paris (the Duke of Dorfet), who, during the time of his embaffy, gave the mot fatisfactory proof of his capacity to fill that office; yet it was thought prudent, for feveral reafons, to direct Mr Eden to ftop at Paris, and carry on certain negotiations with the court of France. Upon his return from France, his Majefty was pleafed to grant him a peufion, and to confer a title upon him, which he now hoped no perfon envied him, as he believed he deferved it. The next perfon appointed was Mr Fitzher bert, who is now on his miffion. He then said, the whole matter turned upon this point. That if it was neceffary to appoint ambaffa. dors, it was alfo neceffary that we should pay them.

Having replied to the three first refolutions, he then adverted to the fourth; and, faid it

was asking his Majesty to do what he had already done.

Mr Fox fupported the motion, made various remarks on Lord Auckland's being paid 17,000 1. for only thirteen months refidence at Madrid; and alluding to his penfion of 2000 1. per annum, faid, is was his opinion it was given for fervices different and diftines from thofe be bad performed as an ambaffador.

Mr Pitt faid, the Noble Lord had never received that penfion, and had only an affo. rance he fhould have it when he retired from the toil of business.-The Houfe then divided,-Ayes 59.-Noes 95.-Majority against the motions 36.

Mr Francis moved the printing of the following papers relative to this fubject, but the motion was loft, viz.

Lord Mountstewart, appointed ambassador March 12. 1783. Received no part of the appointments.

Earl of Chesterfield, appointed ambassador, Jan. 1. 1784.-2,400 1. value of plate.1,500 1. equipage.-100 1. per week ordinary allowances.-1,600l. per annum extraordi naries.-Received ordinary and extraordina ry allowances, from Jan. 1. 1784 to March 13. 1786, 14,969 1. 10 s. 1od.

Lord Auckland, appointed ambassador, July 5. 1787.-1,500 l. equipage.-7,500 1. falary per annum.-Arrived at Madrid, May 5. 1788.-Left Madrid, June 2. 1789.-Received falary from June 5. 1787, to Nov. 1789, amounting to 17,920 l. 10 s. 6 d.

Mr Fitzherbert, appointed ambassador, Nov. 25. 1789.-1,500l equipage.-7,500 1. per annum salary.-Amount of falary (recei ved or due) to April 5. 1790,-2,7121. 6 s. 6 d.

In a committee on American claims, May 14. Mr Pitt called the attention of the Houfe to the loffes fuftained by the family of Penn: their cafe he stated to be different to that of any other of the American loyalifts, and that it could not be governed by any of the rules already laid down by the Houfe. He ftated their effimated lofs to be 500,000 1. and proposed to grant to them and their heirs an annuity of 40001. to be paid out of the confolidated fund.-He confidered the granting of this annuity, and in the manner he proposed, to be a strong mark of the national generofity, and refpect for the fervices of their great ancestor. The Rt Hon. Gentleman hoped the committee would think with him, that the annuity he had propofed was neither profufe on one hand, nor fparing on the other. cluded by moving a refolution for granting the faid annuity from the 5th of January 1790.

He con

Mr F. Montagu and other members vere of opinion that 5000 1. ought to be the leaft fum granted as an annuity to that refpectable family.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, and confidered the fum he had proposed to be the highest that ought to be granted. Mr Fox, Mr Francis, and Mr Wilmot, were of the fame opinion with Mr Pitt.

The question for granting an annuity of 4000 1. was then put and agreed to.

In a committee, May 18. Mt Pitt, in confequence of a meffage from his Majefly, moved for leave to bring in a bill for granting to Dr Willis the fum of 1000 l. a year to him and his heirs for 21 years.

Sir W. Lemon thought this fum inadequate to his fervices, in procuring fo great a bleffing to this nation.

Mr Stanhope wifhed that, in its place, the fum of 20,000 l. fhould be fubftituted, and 5,000l. to Dr John Willis.

Mr Pitt confidered the mode proposed to be the best that could be adopted. He was convinced of the merits of Dr John Willis, who had already a feparate confideration, the King having granted to him a pension of 5001. a-year. The bill was read a first time, and afterwards paffed.

Mr Pitt, May 19. moved an addrefs to his Majefty that he would order the fum of 1500 1. to be paid to each of the commif fioners who had been appointed to enquire into the loffes of the American loyalifts; and that the fum of 3000 1. be paid to John Anftey, Efq; he having refided a confiderable time in America to afcertain their claims. Agreed to.

It was next refolved, 1. That compenfation be made to the claimants under the will of John Earl of Granville, according to the ftatement of the commiffioners, and that they be allowed the full amount of their loffes, as far as the fame shall not exceed 10,000l. and 601. per cent. of the faid loffes as fhall exceed 10,000 l.

2. That compensation be made to the Rt Hon. Thomas Lord Fairfax, for the lofs of his life-intereft in certain lands fituated in the provinces of Virginia, according to the ftatement of the commiffioners, and that he may be allowed the full amount of his lofs, as far as the fame fhall not exceed 10,000 l. and 80 1. per cent. of fuch part of the faid loffes as fhall exceed 10,000 l.

Gen. Burgoyne then rofe to call the attention of the House to a letter figned "John Scott," publifhed in a morning paper of yefterday, and in another to-day; and feeing an Hon. Gentleman (Major Scott) in his place, he wished to afk him whether he avowed him.felf the author of that letter.

Major Scott acknowledged that he was the author.

Gen. Burgoyne then faid, that he would avail himself, of his privilege as a member of parliament, and that he would, on Friday next, bring forward a motion relative to that letter.

Accordingly, on Friday, May 21. Gen. Burgoyne rofe, he faid, to undertake what, to his feelings, was a disagreeable task, namely, to move a cenfure on a member of that Houfe. He was confident that, when men were afperfed for the exercise of their duty as members of that Houfe, and when fuch afperfions were made known to the House, every man in it, who felt for its honour, would give him their fupport to the motion he intended to offer. The Hon. General then delivered to the clerk at the table The Diary of the 18th of May, in which was inferted the letter he complained of, and on which he intended to found two refolutions. The letter being read, the Hon. Gentleman ftated his refolutions, which were as fol. lows:

That it is against the law and usage of Parliament, and a high breach of the privileges of this Houle, to write or publifh, or cause to be written or published, any fcandalous or libellous writing, reflecting on the ho nour or juftice of this House, refpecting an impeachment, in which the House has engaged, and carrying on before the Houfe of

Peers.

That John Scott, Efq; a member of this Houfe, and who had been agent to Mr Haftings, has written fcandalous and libellous papers against the honour and justice of the Houfe, and againft the managers thereof, appointed to conduct the impeachment of Warren Haftings, Efq; and had thereby been guilty of a grofs and fcandalous violation of his duty as a member of parliament."

The Speaker immediately rofe, and stated the practice of the Houfe to have been, except in the cafe of Aldermen Crosbie and 0liver, to hear the party accused in his defence prior to any motion being put.

Major Scott faid, no man felt more refpect for the privileges of the Houfe than he did; if he had been mifled into a breach of them, which he did not think he had been, he had been mifled by great authority. He entered into a long recapitulation and defence of the contents of his letter, and quoted paffages from a fpeech of Mr Burke's, printed in 1785; from Mr Sheridan's comparative ftatement of the two India bills; and from Gen. Burgoyne's letters to his constituents at Prefton; all of which, he contended, were ftronger and more objectionable than any in his letter. He difavowed all intention of calumniating; faid, he wrote the letter without communication on the subject with any per fon; and that, although he had been the agent of Mr Haftings while in India, he had no connection with him or his affairs, fince his return to England, but what arofe from friendship and affection.

The Major being withdrawn, the first refolution was put, and carried. It was then fuggefted