Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

LONDON, January 27:

HOUSE of COMMONS.

MONDAY, JAN. 26.

MR. GREY'S MOTION FOR A NEGOCIATION

FOR PEACE.

(Concluded from our last.)

Mr. H. Thornton expressed his intention to
vote for the motion.

Mr. Montagu commented upon Mr. Wilberforce's argument that the amendment was
not sufficiently explicit, and thought the motion dictated to Government. He believed
we were not in a situation to take away our
discretion, and was going to give his reasons,
when the fog, which was in the House, caused
a violent coughing, and interrupted him.

Mr. Fox on rising, proposed that the motion,
and then that the amendment should be
read. He said he preferred the original motion,
because it would bring the matter to a
final and determined conclusion. The Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Grey), who had proposed
this motion, acted he said with more generosity
and honour than caution and prudence,
when he gave three weeks previous notice,
and when he stated previously with accuracy the matter at issue between the
Right Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Pitt, and
him. In order to obtain a clear and distinct idea of the matter at issue between
the Right Honorable Gentleman, Mr.
Pitt, and him (Mr. Grey), his Hon.
Friend, laid the motion of this day upon
the table, and on a view of it, it was agreed upon. On this they joined issue:
but the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Pitt), from what causes he will not pretend to divine, it seems, has since changed
his mind; perhaps the bad and gloomy
state of affairs at home and abroad, has
led the Right Hon. Gentleman to bring
forward this an amendment, as an evasion,