But the chiefs of the majority would not consent to any thing which might seem to indicate hesitation, and moved the previous question.

The ministers were in a false position.

It was out of their power to answer Harley when he sarcastically declared that he did not suspect them of having advised His Majesty on this occasion.

If, he said, those gentlemen had thought it desirable that the Dutch brigade should remain in the kingdom, they would have done so before.

There had been many opportunities of raising the question in a perfectly regular manner during the progress of the Disbanding Bill.