Star. — London, England, 1807-01-03 00:00:00

• • ti • ‘" ht. - , • •••••• .•• • r_ V ~f~ • . . , _ . , . bad fet out with declaring that it . sWas not.his injep i :MUSE Olt. *WAY, JAN. 2. , tion to go into minute points. 'hot that he fb:tald .be .5. • - - . ready to afford fuch explanatirajte. as 'nigh be t re• , . • - • - The Part of BilliliALSAlll was introtimed by the Earls of quired. ,It would be, however, oeceff of ary for from 1610/1A and 1 A . 1311 ,and took the °stilt and his feat ass )Macao of the United Kiagdatb, by atm title of Barou )keadalhaoca fay a few words refpetting the protteis the .00:go. The, ful:00 naturally divid e d itfelf snto tit Teleomouth Cattle. ciat ion. i The Bagel Daaai imildheates. two branchei. The fir{ related to the interefts Of . The Cosmiesdaod BilksithfAmodsiacat litilm?4.tholtogh the . this couotry; the fecond, to the interefts of our allies Committee. 77 . 7 -7 ' - 7 : -- ' 7 Aiinsiirses. OF TR a aLaoi Tamps, arid the interefts of the Continent. With:. regard lA . Lord GRENVILLE noted, that in per of 1 this' country, it grad not be denied that however the order of their Loedfloips, be had prepared a Bill peace wal extrOmel* honourable the prOgrefspf the war tnight i .lser to : ir, deGrabk:.- 10 ,the tinfortimate for the Abolition of the Slave Trade , which he wou ld (late of the World , however, ihias.almoft imprifible Note he read the hat time. The &O. baring been that the great differences betwieet:Shis , enhhtll and Teed by.the Lord Charrseflor, • Lord GRENVILIXfajd, thatit.wirrhlPS.alt e , ~, ~ 1 Frauce coold be adjo ft ed in . any.welfrOmPatible with !our honour or fafety; Notwithttanding Inc little pro tend's"' .to br ing the fatiell Toroyerd unmediatery . . ~ ibability there was of fuccefs, no objection , he willed, He would do "liahlie farther at Peere 'o o ll it. t h an ; would be entertained to endeavour to difcrover by • Move that thereillyansuld•he printed, .a nd in toe I courfe of a fortnight or three.weeks, he would move amicable conomunication with the e nem y , whether peace was attainable ? ,After we had ratisfied our-, for the fecond readjusgtakiog care to give their Lord {elves as to that point, the next confederation would . , fhips due noticed the particular day when helhould be make that motion. be, whether the peace were likely to h e datable , . And here he could nut avoid oblerving , that though . ' •Lord HAWKESBURY obferved, that as the peace might be obtained, Rill from the experience of, .Irlonfe hid addreffed his Majdly to gommunicate with Foreign Powers, for the popie tOf co b e ucettiog the lail.lis years, he mighthave fold the Lift fourteen the means of wholly aholifhing the trade years, the durability of any peace' Which m i g ht have , hi thought . s en obtained was much refs to be calculated upon. it matcrialats know what had taken . place. It was than an , former tr o t i:,.4 . to k t i ose power. What,, ‘ suing their Lordthips,thould be in poffeflion.of the thcrefor i e , mo m h e the policy of - any negotiator erielb of thefe comm'snic,atiPnl issforc they " 14 : chargedjo teat 11i in lien ` a power us) the part of this . "proCeed in SO . (145 X. fq.kieet of .fuch ,peculiar delicacy, eountri, 'but to endeavour to obtain - Ilia terms is' ond of loch greht imairrionce. fh nu ld c o mpenfate for-the uncertainty of the items-. Loud EL .i had Jiving objections to the title of No country, flooding in the preeminent fitu aton this theli)i.• • TAi sp, bee could Trade, he was convinced, did, would facrifice fuch objedi for a p eace uncertain never he whollybthotifited but in concert _with fa .as tolls durability, as it would for peace which was reign Powers. He hoped ;hat the eptelliott would not be hurried ; hut that, inftead of .0 fortnight or , likaly to be permanent. The only bafis , therefore, three weeks, twicc,h.;t tine would pafs before it was. upon which this country could have treated , and did offer to treat, was that of afloat poffenion. We could brought into difetdfion. . nofafford to pay a large pr;ce for an uncertain peace. Loral GRENVlLLE.remarked. that.except No-. .f a i nsole the vowel for the enemy were in porri.nion of alma th e uncon ble Lordi were difpoted printing, this was Mot the r . l . trolled dominion .of the Continent ;on the other e f as flake to debate " 6 hand, our power was as abfolute-by tea, and in every Bill. Upon a lublealn Which the charaeter and in part of the *Meld where the enemy had formed cola icicle or the country, and the confifteney of their pill eftabliattsrents. It was not in the nature of Poweto Lordthipa, were inyulvedAe tlcyitka,:ca any Uwe- fo differitt in their kind, to be let off, againft each oeffary- May. ' ?Were was no entettion lrhich could crone befote the Houle, eqUal 'id diagditddc to the, Other, unlefs England from a naval and colon ial power .thoirld become a military and territorial fubjett of the prefeed Bin ' He ;teas .ib co nvinced _, of . lhould become a naval and colopial power ; and n p once. from a' military and territorial,.! . the poli c y. and necetlhy of the' riestriire; that he kw o objeg;on'to itrundergoinithe wyt ;tibiae diftut what ower. This was n , made the perfons entreed with the Govern lion. " Let there (fahrthelghhl___e larid) be time lon deliberation, fur teaeition; fr''' . eratnirting the (pennon meat think, that aattal poireffion was the only hafts' A upon which they could pro pole to treat. This prin. in a: 1 its rel°lP:fts and .bestißlls I" , b erA b s• mine- ciple, however, was not to be rigidly and undeviat their Lotsiadps; after what had paired, after What ~, ingly adhered to ; that was an Fi b 'they into which 'they h . 44 fokstolii9;dtid .tharril'Flii 4 II?' would perfons of conunon fenfe could fcateely fall ; but it sever allow the tlifeuthett 4 :it to be fo far delayed was to be made the belie of a principle of reftitution is to.eutsfister its :Paging in , the coutTe et. the I le ' , . cot fair equivalents. • There was alto another prinei ton. He Would repeetb. *births had let out with • kei t:mold Se given of the-feiond ly, that tanned the ball . of the neg ociation ; oame ...laying. that fuch no/ trea4irtg,.as flairild be` fitting the - regutailty ortheir 'r that thiecountry, either in treating with France or 'wiy other power,. can never treat upon a prin. * Lorellbips' proceedings. i . • l e i p l e o f inferiority. - Tem was no power in the worl d *LIM gt.p.'pti ~,,b ti! far irom wifhing for ozone which_was entitled to arrogate any fuperi pity over teffary delay, thrro4nl Ritted eighteen months ago. tlth country. If we We to treat with France and that it W./4 4 oa many 4faelvalnie stdvilcablt the quellinn her A ilit l , it mull be upon the principle fo forcibly • fhoold. be.hrentest _so yap itrJrnetiiAle decifion. He c xpreffed and clearly laid down by Lord Lauderdale, winged to know Whether it was only the African Slave thativar is equelly difadvantegeotro and'peace equal- . Trade. ear:at-the- _io general .which it was meant. ly defirable fur both countries. This was the only to aboldla.. • , i ,ipriociple upo charactere y 1' n which an treat could be made, ern Ws lielai frildsrl4 the DOlta of. CLARENCE filleot with the charar or intetefts of the Britifh raid, that lit didinteodanhave °polled the firli read- Nation. The next conlideration was, what conduit ;i v( ;hut, (i t a s i g/v4,ll f d ta i lssis place, he thought the , were we to hold with refire& to foreign powers ? It ntotinis for printing Lb oulsl,ol,,_'as a patter of comm. would be in vain to dear-, that themisfortunes of the . His feadmvpti, hotetv'er, with trhfpea to the meafure ,. Continent wet e deeply felt here. Whatever extraor contioped the co t ta irs'titiy.batsl. alms boo. dinary doctrines might have been formerly or lately lhcDin . l'f*Niefltd to be printed. • ..., -Anted, it was Mope:talc that this countty, preferv• Tai{ - .149nciarPOS. jug 'a doe regard lot its own confequence or interefts, ' The Decd of the Pao. for taking sire Cottefpon-, would ever kink with indifference to what was palling *dee teloting to the bkgrociation with Frame . iuto on the Continent. When his Majefly thought fit to co/aisle/114mi. haying Well .rnoved.atod rent. call the prefent Minitters to his Countib, they found a , Lord 0414'04 LE tale. He offered •hirradf, be treaty with Mafia, 'which had been concluded by the 1 f *l 4' . to their Lu r44i P s f ° 7 'th e -Ptwolfe of • r " vin g farmer Administration. By an article in that treaty imen an A:isirefi as he conceited it would be proper this country was' bound not to make peace with for their Loathips to vote upon his Lliijeftra,Com- France without the conftnt of Roffia. H'ad he been monnieation. • The parts Lad heen a inacttni time one of that Adminiftration, cr were it rothble that in tbe'rif`Am of t h en ' L'74lhifn to e nnbl f ' thin ' to ' his opinion could in any way have been taken, he judge of the tondo& of the Gcreetntnent. {hey were would have given it in favour of concluding loch a . uneuelly, be would even fay, unpretedentedly vu- I treaty. If Europe is ewer to be reftored, it can only luminous. If their Lordfhirs lut;ked back to former I be by this country's identifying itfelf with. the Conti commuoicaticins. they Might find that the papers be nental Powers. That being the cafe, the treaty with fore them were not fo full m detail as tome of theft. Rollie was not only wifely made, but it was fuch a ' lie would a'amit,iii this initiate, Tat the commurri treaty as it was peculiarly incumbent on this country ' eati.ma iete !tot cdoperkte ; lout or any °minions to make. Had it even been nnwifely made, though there might he, be bolted he would he able to {late he might have difapproved cf it, Rill, after the facred fich fofficient 'reafons as would fully fatisfy the word of his Majehy had been pledged, whatever the Hiatsfe. it wortld not he deniedfry etiy one who made . onventencies'of adhering oak might have been, he the swami:4 . oa ar,hli • (atria pomets the übjea of would hare felt it his duty to adrift that it fhould be {tit attentious, ;bet cake•,wnsy frequently arife .in maintained. The line, therefore, of negotiation was which it would be highly irovwdent and Mort tic I marked out for us. If athed to negotiate, we could t?;efi':er • P.o!:'!j; 4 11 the Ptticit!-nlita deg, won. only negotiate in concert with that Power whole con- Were thi*. e c ' untr Y a l j ne emlenst"'" this I."'" r- fent was necalTary to any peace we might conclude. baps be " tln. " Ce a 'Y i butt; ' 1 w" a quire di ffe r- ' The mode and form of negotiation were equally pre etortafe where the intercus of an Mks , were involved. , fcribed to us by die principle of this treat,. He was Publicatioo, where a treaty eras broken off, was al 'aware that ente cafes ought he pot. It might be . tkittri attended with forre : difadVanieges. This Mao- ta u , w ill you bad yourfelf to make peace in no.eafc • %entente, ;glutting front our CIl initi t ilkin • "Tc . ibilifit If hbout the 'content ofßuffia ? TO this be would re irs'''F. te t °,l ” lllTee s b c em i llei 11°Vvrre great , it n ' va6 ply t 'tiy niktiiiii the impxob ',Unity that any of thefe'ex sd.4ls7 c"tniattistea by the hstr. " °I. that ''"""' i t n ' ovine cafes would orife ; but etch if . they did, there . tion ; hut . let hail 'no right to.effly filch a prineipte, was a maairp iti the public law which provided for to 'our Aries: ' Upon two -fuiftuer 'occaMos. ithe • Isiah unexpeCted Mcorrences, in Which it / was exref . Treaties of Lille and Paris) we puhlilhed the- 'thole f e d .l. that no man or flare was hottod to isispoffibilltres. of the communications, b.ceauft in dock mhlances we Suppo(e Rutile Mould fey, you theft' toot" have Ty . were alting for• ourfelves alone ;but on the late oc- make I cenfent tu 'peace unlefs lim,putin priffiffiron of cafion we were chhioed %kith the inteielts of an-AILY' l port of the ancient French MOnarchy: It would be ' and were conlegtootly p recluded (tore puVillina a - 5 , 1 bfurd to offer fuch an argument againft the treaty, Arch parts of the ututty as related more particularly erecau fuch an extreme cafe was not likely to wife, • to hires He thought it neeeffary to make there few and therefore it was unneceffary to provide againit is'f's'k's for rhf PtlYP ° fe. °I übristing tome of thel it. The treaty was to be interpreted according to objetlions whieh, ne was aware, might be made on the principles of common fenfe and. difcretion, and accounto‘f omilEoup in the commonications. The therefore there could be no objettion to .ufing the moll binding and comprehenfive terms that could be . P t o w rced fiti e r'n to l , w itt hi t c O h e b fo l r ib m ° o ni f d an ca .A n d li d7e a fe a to ei h r l mr s Mal ib ell iPs ,.. employed on fuch an occafion. Thus conneaed and he trtiftl4 they WOuld . fee no retail' to objeo to. n identified avith Ruffla, it was impoflible we could treat thouxht there was enough in the papers to juftify with France, except: in conjuoCtion withothat Power. theft. ii t: /kohl be much furor iced if,after havtog pe- iWe had alfo.other allies whole interels we were •to . ruled thervaliscuments, any perfon in Eurorecould be maintain ; among thefe were Sweden and 'Portugal. of an opinion different from what, he was per fuaded, l would be found to lie the general fentiment of their For them we had nothing to elk but that they fhould . I,,o r dfhipt, namely, thatit was entirely owing to the retain their poffeflions. There were two others alto difprofuion of the enemy that peace vas prevented.— , Han o ver, —he meant the Xing of Naples and the Eledor of This was one of the propofitiotis which he meant to i Use- loft of whom, notwithitending hip con offer. The next was that afTuradce, Which he netnion' with this country, was in this inftance to be confident no one in the country, who valued the w as contidered as a foreign power. To the firft of thefe we were under no engagement that he should recto ' national honour Or intereft, would withhold, of giv ing every !Siloam to his Majefty for profecuting the I vet the whole of his Kingdom. He had , however , war with 4tentiland effect, and for maintaining that no hefitation in laying, that if his Sicilian Way could be replaced in his former Situation, mad put io preponderance which we had acquired in every guar. ter of the ginbe but the Continent of Europe. He poffeffion of his kipgdom 041 Naples, by • the facrifice 7 7 1 : 117 71111.1r ''wll+"tFtCA -~~_. - , ~~. i - 7.77 • ,V---••• t. . t ' • 7 . a ~ . ' 1 - -- 1. - C, • - ,4'ptltell ff canon& we had made in the gook ot now—uay.even by the/4mi fi ca of confiderahle por. lion nr/3ritith arersrh. of Blitlfb. e-nnanieree , nnd' of Dritiffi interellr, tt w.s his opinion that this coun t" mo uld bed onnfolt its tree 'Meat, by.,fubmit tin to fuch facrifices. Bait if that could not be slat "ed, if Naptes cent; not be recovered. t h ere was AO thiag lathe fituation of this country with tripe& to Fr a nce, whiehfhoukt induce- it to Mate th"fe ef. ffons which the enemy verprired in the courfe of the negociation. With refpett to Sicily, the cafe wet quite different. That illand was occupied by 1,14 with the permiffion of the King of Naples, and held .by an invincible ar)rrin troll for gun. Wereave, he avould ark, under there.eirciimitances, to likens* . chit peopefals of the enemy.endlarter it for-an equi valent, for outfelve. ? He was perfuaded there was not a man in the corroftY ;obi) c, probe fo difgraceful a proceeding. W it h ret.peit tO „. i „.i.l), (mina to ap. the Eledorapf Hanover, it was net the with of his Majelly, that the intereas of his .people thould be expofed to, the fmalfeft i ncon venience upon Ns ac.; cospt, as the Sovereign of that country ; but if them ; weeca debt of honour duefrom the country to. Swe• am . of Hanover. Hanover was sten and Sicily., it , was much moreelue to lois Ma jetty in his quality of gle attondicstfolely on account of England. At the time , the French took poffe(lion of that Eleflorate, there was no war with any of the Powers .on the Conti, . nem. The enemy attaoked h ; why ? beersuk the? -perceived England was invulnerable naiad any dr red effete on their part, and that it" wad- only to be wounded through Hanover. Under thefe thane ltance4, hewas ccnfident there was not oue of 'their Lorcithips who would not fay that this country art a bound to fee that the intet efts of Cie Eleitor of )Ha nover fhould not be neglated. A great Ilatefman, (the late Lord Chatham) who had often fpoken againil Continental connation., and particularly the emulation with Hanover, has yet been brown to declare, that he would as loon defend Hanover at finmpfhire, if Hanover were attacked on account of any difpute between this country and any of the Continental Powers. But the fait was, .the negocia tion was not broken off on ace. unt of Hanover. — The enemy hadno oblation to rettore that country "—there was nut the kalt difficulty in the arrange ment refpatino it. In the leading principle which pervaded the tegociation on the part of the enemy.l would be found the confirmation of that policy which_ was obferved by the Government of this count r y .-- Its interefts required that it nmuld never feparate it felf from the Continent. The great principle in tbel condn4t of France was to difunite this country froze, its allies on the Continent. This he had no doubt was fufficiently evident to their Lordfhipa, from thel examination of the pdpers laid before them by his Majefly's command. He would, however, with their fermiffinn, take a cnrfory view of the progrefs of the negociation, which obviouny refolved ittelf into foor diftinit lieges. In the fiat every effort was made on the part of France to induce this country to enter into a kpat ate negotiation. Large offers were I made, but upon the condition that the treaty . fhould proceed independently of Runia. Thefe were tejett ed. :What next was the conduit of the enemy E Why,: feeing that you were determined to adhere Itrittly to your engagement* with Ruda, he caft about, end next applied to the Miniller of Ruffle to make peace. in which this country fhould not be included. In obis, partly by menaces, partly by hopes and pro- miles, he lucceeded, and M. D'Oubtil was fent to Ruffia with the molt tempting and deceitful offers, in order to obtain. he ratification of the treaty. During this interval the. third nage of the negociation begun. The powers of die Plenipotentiaries having been ez changed, the negotiation commenced between Eng land and Prance ;,and, in the very first conference, it was perceived that the enemy had railed his terms. It was raid, that peace with Ruflia was equal to any victory they could have obtained. On the next con ference, the demands became more extravagant; and we were told by our Plenipotentiary, that from the day the Ruffian Minifler left Path, the terms of the French Government continually increafed. As tom as a fufpicion was entertained r efpating the ratifica tion of the treaty, or more probably when aftual in telligence had been obtained that it was rejeEled, the French negociatnts then began to lower their tone. — When they found you would not feparate your havens from thefe of Rutile, they then accepted tire terms that had been previoufly offered, but upon what con ditions? Why, that you fhould cede . Sicily, which did not belong to you, and rslinquifh thole objects on the part of Ruffia for which the had always contend ed. What, he would ark, would be thought of us, if. after Raffia had refuted to ratify the treaty, we had undertaken to conclude Inch a trio ty for him as France was wilful to impofe upon We ikewed that iert would urit facrifice an Ally who had refuted to facrificat as. There 'IFS nothing in this conduit which entitled this crinntry to particular praife. We • could not accept the offers of France without incur. ring a dffgrace which could never be oisliterated. If it had been offered to us to retain every . conqueft we, bad made, he would not hefitate to fay that fuck a propofition fhould not be . entertained for a moment, .if the Condition were annexed to it, that Ire fhould 'forrender*hettay the finallen interest of onr Ally. SOI this was not the cafe. . What were the terms of fered by the enemy Fitt', Malta, which never could be taken from us, but. n confequence of a Naval fuperimity. Next; the Cape of Gond Hope, the poffeffion of which was alfo dependent on our naval preponderance ; and which, were it to fall by any chance into the imam of the enemy to-morrow, could not be retained by him for fix months. The third was India, which he hoped it would never de. ?end upon the power . of France to deprive us of. the fourth and loft was, Hanover. There were the mighty cnneeffionswhich the enemy were difpofed to make in favour of peace. He forgot—there was alfo -smother ceffion, Tobago, which was fo unimportant that it had not occurred to him. For there confidera . ' Lions, we were tidied upon to reflore every other con quell that we had made upon rite enemy and' his Al lies, to cede SiCily, and to confirm the French in klat poteffion of Dalmatia, thereby abandoning Raft. The difficulty attending Dalmatia was one of titsl igreatift cautes of the rupture of the negociation..-- The purpofe for which the enemy held it was obvious —it via. no/ for a commercial—it was not for a m* ritime purpofe ; it wa.s for the purpofe of Offence-1 and being able to penetrate from that quarter co for the purpofe of flanking Aultria, of overawing it; Vienna, in cafe of any difpute with that pewee.— Ruffle required Dalmatia (tumid !:e evicnated ; not itfelf, lot it had nothing to hpprthend from a French army in that province ; but that it wifhed tn teethe barriers for thole two powers againft which du views of the enemy teemed to be more particular ly directed. Were we not bound to Ilitailate the evacuation of Dalmatia, for an ally, whole obje is requiring it was to difinteretted ? There was only one point mere ippon which be thought it nece(fary to fay any thing. It was this : that although he was of opinion that the Plenip nentiarks ailed properly, in waiting to fee whether the enemy was difpofed is offer any terms, yet, in his mind, the fate of the ne gociation was deckled as loon as the Chief of the French Goverpment•left Paris. It was impoffible he ' enuldhe defirous of peace -with this country, at the time he was preparing to renew the war upon the C , ntinent. Had even peace been made, the Ger nam,Confecieration molt have, endangered its conti. nuance. That monstrous aftociation contained in itielf the feeds and germ of perpetual far. When he fir* thole extravagant defigns trot only avowed, bat matured and executed, he concluded in his owed mindthat ft was impoffible any peace betweenriance gad this country -could be permattent.• There• was one expreffion in 'the correfpnndefice to which .'e thought it neceffary to dire° their Lonlfhips' atten tion, on account cf its tnanifelt inconfittence. It was Rated by the French Minifter, that the German Confederation would' trot be figned, or at kali rain publifbea, if England would content to make peace, .when it mull be obvious to any one who will take the trouble of comparing the dates, that the arrange meat was.aaually figned before the Englilh Pknipo tentiary could, by any polfibility, receive theinttruc tidns of - his Government on thispoint. The Confe &maker in 4a, was Road bef)re the clifpatch re hting to it or fent at 'die preffing inflance of the French Minitliti to shistbutitry, was received . The rupture of the negoeiation, as he lad before mentioned, might be dated from the departure of the Chief of the French Government to make war againft Praia. He had nothing further to troohle their Lordthips with. The count!) and Eurtn;e had a right to fome d:claration on the part of that Houfe refpelllng the negociation. He would proptife it in the firm; of an Addrefs to his Majefly. His Lordfhip then read the Addict's, which was in the ufual (lilt on fuck oecalions—" 'narking his Majetty for his conunu nication, acknowledging that he had tiled every' effort to obtain peace, conlitient with the honour of the council, and fidelity to his Allies, and that the difaopoiturnent of his expeelations was folely to be at tributed wile cat. aragai t amb4ion of the enemy." Lord HAWKESI3URY laid, that though be might differ on tome points refpeBing the mode of eonduaing the Negotiation. he fhould Rill be read: to concur in any aderefs which fhould exprefs to his Majelly the-determination of that Houfe to (*.ippon his Majelly in the ardnons conteß in which we are engaged, till Inch time as a peace may be obtained fuit the dignity, the honour. and the in rereits of this country,. In al:renting to the Addrots, he completely concurred v.ith his Majefly's Govern ment as to ail thole points which had canted the Ne• gotiation to be broken off, and moU particularly fo on that ehich mulled on Dalmatia being given up by -the French Government ; for if there was one pant mom effential and more defirable to be carded than another, it certainly was that tibia and Dahnada, which formerly belonged to the Venetian Rates, Ihouhi be difunited from the power of the French CROYCLIV. -men!, which was thereby enabled to flank, as karate, the domininns of the AuftrianMonnechy,'and torso► der its poffdlion of a great part of its territories very' infecure and uncertain ; aid in tfie fame way alfo did they operate to the infecurity end uncertainty of part of the poffellions belonging to the Turkith empires and he therefore drought his Idajedy's Govetnmeuc deferred the greateft praife for the firmnefs pith which they had Witted on there provinces being ceded by the French. There was, however ) one part of the conduet of Government of which be could not (peak fo favourably. --The declaration of his Kajear exprefily Rated, that the negotiation began by alt offer of peace made by the French Government, and that nn the barbs of amial pojffioas wheras, in his opinion, the papers, inttead !hewing that to be the cafe, proved the dirca contrary ; for after t h u molt careful perufal of them, he was not able to find any thing which Could Ibew that the Rate of :lanai poffeflion was ever in the contemplation of the French Government as the hells cf the negociation. In the firß letter of M. Talleyrand to Mr. For, there is no mention made of any fuels balm, nor does it appear io any of the papers on the table, except as to the communication made.to Lord Yarmouth. . The idea that he entertained of a negociation was, theta con fitted of written and figasd docoments. of die hers employed by the twu contending power% Rating the definite points op each fide which were meant to be infilted on; and if any one thing more than ano ther required tobe liars particularly definite, it was certainly that oh the. barbs 'of a association, for by that every degree of perplexity is done away, and there is no room left lot doubts and cavils. He had no doubt but Lord Yarmouth thought, sod walla his own mind perfuaded that the French government meant to treat on the bafit of the ea poifideas ; but they deny they did s have uniformly denied it ; which thews that he ought 'to have demanded a particular nffurance in writing, which would bade avoided all that uncertainty in which the Wile& now remaines involved, for he could by nn means be *Waded ko• think that tht bats conte.nded for was made ant ‘r the met?. He agreed therefore with the Addeo I`,. as far as it expreffes an approval of the rapture of the negotiation; for on the terms do•fretich waste. to conclude a peace; it was impollible it could have been feCUIC or permanenb . With vtfpea to peace it. Pelf, no one could be more ready or eager than him.. leaf to grafp at it, were there a proMea of obtaining it onterms (Diced to the honour and interefts of the coon , try, an d with any thins like a fair profpelt of its being tecure and permanent. Though he though it at all times a material confederation what enriquefts fitould be retained and what glven up, yet be was not one of thole who thought it to be the true policy of this country to extend her foreign [KRA/iris too much. We ought to confider their distance, their magni tude, and the number of troops it would be neciffary to employ for their defence and proteaion t and' it. ought never to be our aim or with to keep ditlant cos , ' lonics and political; beyond what we are abluto protect and defend with reafonable facility. Tire great cluellion however with 'him was, could peace 'Begot &Os I - have 1 try two ; ad;' sod 41 Svpit Aboyi valua awes lien* calm Bw was 41 (pi mrbic Pat atm be a . cline ceaf tiro t v_ g 'Fray at ti . Itca vox Pere esti at ltra' veN I t ✓~ . 1- 7: 7 g..;: 7 ' io •