TO THE SECOND VOLUME. Page, Lord Sidmouth Mr. Coke 483 Mr. Calcraft 491 Lord Milton 495 Lord Stanley 499 310 The Lord Advocate 516 202 Mr. Lyttleton 204 Mr. Brand 550 554 25, 27, 84 26, 30 Mr. Leach 422 Mr. T. Metcalfe 65 ib. THE PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER, DURING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FOURTH PARLIA MENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, FEB. 17. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. THE order of the day for summoning their lordships having been read, Lord Grenville rose. We can do little more than lay before our readers some of the most prominent points of an admirable speech which took up three hours in the delivery. His lordship began with stating, that it must be in the recollection of the House, that towards the conclu ion of last session, after the principal merchants and manufactu rers had been heard at the bar, he took an opportunity of declaring that it was his intention to bring, at an early period of this session, the whole of this important subject before their lordships. The time is now coming for re deeming the pledge which he then gave. Reports had reached his ears that were highly gratifying. He unders stood that it was the intention of ministers to alter their policy with respect to America, and to resort to conciliatory measures, instead of persevering in a course that must eventually lead to hostility. He had, no reason to doubt the truth of these reports, for he could not conceive the possibility of any set of men persevering in a system, the fatal consequences of which were so apparent. The steps which he proposed to take would in no way interfere with this purpose: he was but the humble instrument of VOL. II.-1809. B |