t  A. minute  account. of  the  orifin  and  his-
tory of  the  Convention  will  be  found  in  the
second  report  horn  the  committee  of  secrecy
of  the  House  of  Commons,  to  whom  the  sev^
ral  papers  referred  to  in  his  m^esty's  mes-
sage of  the  ISth  day  of  May  1794»  were  re-
ferred.
•  My  lord,  let  usbesin  in  the  first  place  with
the  manner  in  which  this  meeting  is  called
together.  The  libel  states,  that  it  was  called
together  by  an  advertisement,  pubFished  by
this  gentleman,  Mr.  Skirving;  in  the  indict-
ment it  is  engrossed,  and  )ms  been  fead  to
your  lordships.  There  are  two  things  in  it  of
which  I  beg  leave  to  take  notice.  In  the  first
placCj  the  people  are  called  upon,  to  demand^
with  the  firm  and  energetic  voice  of  justice,
the  peaceful  restitution  of  their  rights, — which
is  just  in  other  words,  telling  the  people  that
they  had  been  deprived  of  their  natural  ri^ts;
ana  that  they  are  now  called  upon  to  meet  in
this  Convention,  to  obtain  the  restitution  of
that  which  had  been  unfiurly  taken  from  them.
