Excerpt from The Parliamentary Register, or History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, Vol. 5: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions, Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers; Of the Most Material Evidence, Petitions &C He intreated the Houfe to dl'op every little perfonal confi deration, and join in the profecution of the war with that unanimity which alone could give it efficacy, and which would hid fair to terminate it to the honour and interef't of great-britain. The people of England, he faid, were not to be difpirited and funk on account of a dll'agreeable event or two, and he* thought the Houfe bound to approach the throne with expreflions of the flrongefi gratitude for the declaration his Majefly had been pleafed to make, that neither his own delire for peace, nor any temporary inconvenience of his fubjedts, lhould induce him to give up elfential rights and permanent interefts, on which the propriety and feli city of the Britilh empire wbuld ever principally depend. He concluded with moving, that an h'umhle addrefs, Ste. Mr. Thomas Orde rofe to fecond the motion. He began with apologifing for his intrufion on the Houfe, and lamen ting that fo difficult a talk lhould b'e alligned to him. He faid, that he had not a doubt, whatever were the little de bates and divifions ofthe Houfe, that they were all ae'tuated by the fame {pirit of true prtriotifm and of difinterefied regard for the public good, and that they were all anxious for the reftoration of that grandeur, fecurity, and happinefs, in which we lived before the prefent difturbances. If this was the general defire, he would take upon him to fay, that it could only he gratified'and fulfilled by magnanimity and unanimity. The cordial efforts of all his Majefty's fubjeets would be irrefiftlble. They had hitherto afionifhed the world, nay now they raifed its admiration in fhewing them that we are able to meet (0 many powerful foes without the aflifiance of afingle friend. The addrefs which had been propofed by his honourable friend, entirely and fully met his ideas and approbation. They mull not be deprefl'ed by dif B 2 after. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.