and if he were not to declare, that there | leave to return his humble acknowledg

were circumstances that rendered the satisfaction in question a qualified satisfaction. His honourable friends had said so much of his past conduct in that high office to which the late House of Commons had elected him, that it was neces

ments to the House for the great honour they had been pleased to confer upon him, by unanimously choosing him to be again their Speaker.

List of the House of Commons.] The sary for him to deciare, in the strongest following is a list of the members of the

terms, that while he was sensible of kind interpretation of that House of parliament, he could not look back, without a consciousness that there had been many defects in his mode of endeavouring to discharge his duty. Scarcely on any occasion had he been able to act up to his own conceptions upon the subject; and sure he was, that if he could have fulfilled those conceptions, his efforts would have fallen far short of the magnitude of the object. The retrospect, therefore, however favourable the construction might be that his friends put upon it, presented to his mind rather an image of unmerited success, than of actual attainment of that end, which he had no scruple to declare he had uniformly made it his object to reach. He well knew that the office of Speaker of that House, was a situation which few were qualified to fill with advantage to the public or credit to themselves. It required great abilities, solid judgment, a thorough knowledge of the principles of our constitution, and a sincere attachment to those principles, added to a profound reverence for the rights and privileges of that House, upon which the preservation of the constitution so intimately and immediately depended. Mr. Addington declared, that he was so oppressed by the sensibility which the conduct of the House in general and the par

ticular kindness of his hon. friends had

inspired, that he would no longer trespass upon the patience of the House, but submit himself implicitly to their judgment and disposal.

House of Commons:

A LIST OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

IN THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT
OF GREAT BRITIN, WHICH MET AT
WESTMINSTER, NOV. 25, 1790.

Abingdon, Berkshire.
Edward Loveden Loveden.

Agmondesham, Bucks.
William Drake. William Drake, junr.
St. Alban's, Herts.
Hon. Rich. Bingham. John Calvert, junt.
Aldborough, Suffolk.
Lord Grey. Hon. Thomas Grenville.

Aldborough, Yorkshire.
John Galley Knight. R. M. T. Chiswelk
Andover, Hants.
Benj. Lethieullier. William Fellows.

Anglesea.

Hon. William Paget.

Appleby, Westmoreland.
Richard Ford. Hon. Robt. Banks Jenkinson,
Arundel, Sussex.
Sir George Thomas. Henry Howard.
Ashburton, Devonshire.
Robert Mackreth. Laurence Palk.
Aylesbury, Bucks.
Scrope Bernard. Gerard Lake.
Lord Noruba
Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Bath, of.

Barnstaple, Devonshire.
John Cleveland. William Devaynes.
Viscount Bayham. Viscount Weymouth.
Sir Hugh Williams, bart.

Beaumaris, Town of.

Bedfordshire.

The earl of Upper Ossory. Hon. St. Andrew

St. John.

Bedford, Town of.
William Colhoun. Samuel Whitbread, juur.

Bedwin, Wilts.

Lord Down.

There being a general cry of Chair, chair!" the master of the rolls and Mr. Phelips left their places, and led Mr. Addington to the chair, with the marked and unanimous concurrence of the House. As soon as he had reached the first step, Mr. Addington turned round, and reminded the House, that their decision was not yet final, and that it was still in their power to reconsider the question, and improve their nomination to the chair. Upon which, there was a general exclamation of "No! by no means." Mr. Addington then took the chair, and begged Sir James Pennyman, bart. Join Wharton..

Berkshire.

Beeralston, Devonshire.
John Mitford. Sir George Beaumont, bart.
Geo. Vansittart. Winchcomb Henry Hartley.
Berwick, Northumberland.
Hon. John Vaughan. Hon. Chas. Carpenter,

Beverley, Yorkshire.

Sir H. G. Calthorpe, bart. Thomas Coxhead. | Sir John Aubrey, bt. Penn Asheton Curzon.

Hon. Bartholom. Bouverie. Sir W. Scott, knt,
Droitwich, Worcestershire.

James Clarke Satterthwaite. Edw. Knubley. Hon. Andrew Foley. Edward Winnington.

R. Burton Phillipson. Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. Timothy Shelly. Wilson Bradyll.

Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. Thos. Master. Hon. Horatio Walpole. Sir Martin Browze

!

New Romney, Kent.

Thirske, Yorkshire.

Rich. Joseph Sulivan. Sir Elijah Impey, knt. Sir Greg. Page Turner, bart. Robt. Vyner.

Rutlandshire.

Gerard Noel Edwards. John Heathcote.

Rye, Sussex.

Charles Long. Hon. Robt. Banks Jenkinson.

Ryegate, Surrey.

Hon. J. Summers Cocks. Jos. Sydney Yorke.

Salop, or Shropshire.

Sir Richard Hill, bart. John Kynnaston,

Saltash, Cornwall.

Edward Bearcroft. Viscount Garlies.

Somersetshire.

Tiverton, Devonshire.

Sir J. Duntze, bart. Rt. hn. Dudley Ryder.

Totness, Devonshire.

Wm. Powlett Powlett. Francis Buller Yarde.

Tregony, Cornwall.
John Stephenson. Matthew Montagu.
Truro, Cornwall.

W. Aug. Spencer Boscawen. J. Gordon, jun.
Wallingford, Berkshire.
Sir Francis Sykes, bart. Nath. W. Wraxall.
Wareham, Dorsetshire.
Lord Robert Spencer. Richard Smith.

Wenlock, Shropshire.

Sir Henry Bridgeman, bart. Cecil Forester.

Weobly, Herefordshire.
Sir J. Scott, knt. Viscount Weymouth.
Westbury, Wiltshire.

Sir John Trevelyan, bart. Edw. Phelips, jun. Samuel Estwick. Ewan Law.

Stafford, Town of.

Hon. Edw. Monckton. R. Brinsley Sheridan. | Sir J. Murray, bart. Rich. Bempte Johnson.