Star. — London, England, 1802-11-25 00:00:00

r: dia - - Recite t he greatelt.,s of all Def_pote. His great 6:Jul i n no w riling was, to• takenotice of what 1,,,e, been faid as to the views of his Hon. Friends i ,d himfelf, in the fentiments theY luirdelivered i ,,'' t h c prefent goellion. It had beta - amid tit` on watt] at ill events for War in preference to ream This affertion he pofitively denist&Ae dil' n ot with for War—he taw and . felt the Imoft Irina. polEbilitY of engaging in a War. Hislr,eat a4Bl wa s to Phew the people their true Itsti=utivrlsak hands they had fallen ; to convince that:, that ii the hands of his biajeftfs F elon hsaifirs dm }.. a d no right whatever ;o look for Alm ..in.Weir A .or; fccurity in Peace. Thefe Meiners - far they now 0 nn the fanie principle they did Whet: they made race. He could not believe it; fbi,',if they did; ,by did they now call on the people to arint They vac a Wilds fet ; and it miglit be faid of the, that a more milk-and-water, mOvci t aimifci!res had never been doted down the :throats the peofole of this Country. Looking.at the Addrefi, he voted . for it, as it pledges ui to nothing except to rekurn t h a nks to Gov for the late plentiful. harvell, which h e was as ready to do as any man. [A kV.] G eoe Tal MAITLAND faid,rhat from what he had heard in the prefent debate, and in'the , One which wo k place lag night. he &could havelthonghi; if. b e had not had o th er infonsition, that the Mini, iu had dilbanded the whole of our Army dig., :modal the whole of our Fleet, and ti pt the Peace, gitablifhnient was lower that; upon any rainier: occaGon. He Ihoold have foppored that* thii Country bad been laid proftrate at .the feet of France. Hs would, hoverer, venture to Qate, that there never was a period in the hifiory of this Country, when there was fo large and'fo well or ganized' i Military Eftabliihment as there was at' prefent. There was at thiii moment nearly as . j az ge a Mug. Eltablifbment as there was dim mg. roue of the . Yearn ; of. the late, conteft with France. There was hi time of Peace a greater Force than Tome of the Noble Le id's Friends thought nee for. theleiuri7.9l, tke Cuuntry, in'tinie of War. * rt inti raid, tliae oar VlieoViis Emanded, but in..f i ilb we . h 4 4. now , ,433,,bb0 felt; I sten, and if the Bait was tiOlfo .Bing iiilitillti& be willsed., it . was. not the flab of:,lkifterao . -.. If the opinion be was , gO . iugT to, advance , Waa 'wrong, there aceiviziolby Naval Qfters prefent alio could corre ini.:. Wben.the name, of our Naval Eitablithment was conftele . red, irliett.it w.a,i ostifidered . ,bow . riiiny privations our , fatties Aware forc t oknAwis tulle 'Of vrali " itx1:11: 101, ve gt M.tWal likplce 'they I. . . 1 'MAI Id I , ,gs, antl there ore it' had • i &Olt will. toailissidiliein. - Betas to our Nay/ liting..ra daced.belbw.that of France, he only. Witited_ that, the conteCbetween_this , coantry: and. France, be men the , civilized world.antl.lsmio4e: depeaded a* the :link of a .naval engage :foist between the frets of the fito.totintries. . He was old enough .to retollef, miAndlaimae Ihit appeare4Azi. him com pletely't - ------ -4. lcut with . y in point a very latge,Freneliteet tiarsiettcl, - 1 ' n"1&. _ Howe fit *bUw York with only, fit Psglifh,firins of the liPtit and sisofe badly Stunned ; inftead ofd itanding t .lte fent an Officer to elk :for volunteers, keit the merchant firifs in the harbour,. and tit ; text .day the Only diffieulty be bad was not ionra*. Whips, but to get-rid Of One. Of :the crOwd:of, ialtinteers that Offered their *Tice: ; 'and - he bad nOdoubt.butibat under funilar circuriftances not. flue; could now be manned falter than the fhipa, could be repaired for fea. Much had been faid oC the danger to which otir commerce was expofed 1, from the great power and extent ofTrance, and an Hon. Gentleman had raid, ant if the Fir; Coidal; Could not beat as in commerce, he 'would throir his fwbrd . into the kale ; but he believed it vrts this ',cry aPprehenfion of his 'throwing his. fword into the fcale,'that would prevent Fiance from ever rivalling us in corktmerce--Cointherce never fought anqtendidtenitory nor a Tyrannical Government: Rthe objetiOt.France Wai to *lid this canister is cammacillpfirfbits, then the mt4t.giv.e up her i profess of Conqueft i if the meant to.perfevere in her plans of conqueß, then .the. could not think of rivalling us in our trade; But confidering ..the queftion in any point of view. he law. no regal), fappofe that the continuance offence wo ul d . as iefs able r tif entet ;4; km's', Nvfiletkik......, ...1 fart', with vigoir: -If you were nit toil:it 9 4 ~.......• • . 'at end would. it .artfs/r tatake every colony beloni the feakof her thips„ wc hi the date of Earekr' • the ivrte; . fiu tri,p.c.c.. the had done, befaie, • enable &pit enstrte. ' I *i Olt, e l 1 : 1 4D.1 r #3 7 • Trimajb an444191Vg ! ' : may of Europe b it „ ~ it' Spain ?ahe init. H6lhindPf t g st 7e-kite If_s,Aould.. 14' Sewer iv lei t r .d4e . r" iii ~. _ 7 _ __ Ile if, " 4l .trie . P lv ':s -4 ) t'.. '• r - Nakit t nif / 44 hafilli 8 . ';- . 71 ii ; 0, VOUld • not:r :::. ' ,:, • / • .isittiLtitep igit:n.lint . vouldrathei ..' . . :,. .....'• . atutillterailvf%ethodi and' reitoiattv4 ' ;*" tVOltilt,4' ClTl:g t isikliir a PO4,aticn, to ,t4,:apdiltefa t • - * • Smastaii At t. illiA. Gild, thet.affer- tb!,- crania ItateMe4Wl ;* •.• aintaii given by . ha . Right iikiniittaldf 1?" -, t. • hit . • itf t . ik tt let O f _ „ f lit saval and military.arAppencso it: " . i 4ii *. Arceirary.forlim tCt lay,mnch.cm that ' ad 171. ,1* 4 . therefore briefly"' re . cittibitsd ~. their *efOetti ve ilTength, a ! itaiapo I tiii Ilwk, that • "r s .' . 1 1:07 . .. foice. we have no' a dicide4 1 0 ,.. "'at can be broughe titian ds. 'tn= laid; be *as glad to hear the Male Lours ketch whiba rPokenfo lately. F :.• 'the • - cbee of the other Ho • ' L. A ."' C'SnOtOan ( 1 4 1 % ", . .'• • h f :. )...,!.; . 1 4 ' ''t the fame_ , ;li ae had. b een at a lofs to account for apr ... - "melorton ; but he was glad he hid ibtaine i . thin hma thelloble Lord, who had fOOken out . fairly, 1 27.0 11 ti1s moll manly manner. From the fOeeches vithe Other Heropeable Gentlemen , two.thin L _ gs A I . 9 _red to * confequence ; either it *as 0.& k...." 14 eY to irmi the Place, .and go to war, quo _____ ,cr—n . . -• et• ll Atter,,pde r ir i SS,t4.N2lAa . Lord's „• .ti too l lie Would theretore thott ma 141411111 ' -to bling . `forward 14- ta6tititi;'isd 'Vitt GllO 'i . r 'to etiitior'if:daveitintetit'''' dla ' t thi , . . „ . . , .PI aiMP W' the t confidantts 01 the - . Peiiiile *esti his i . ' il it** , feriOts: lithe prefent Acluti-' • . :bon ii - tiask..a.iiitifo CoinpofltiOn iethe • /e' tort deiliNfs . them .ht had no illitibi but whenthel4l,llle 1.6rd...4hiS Friends hicrthrut 211111.:1241101 Piaeist there :pig* hilt' tetkat6".• i n ! )lt .a , . fige„. oat: the ; competition - Alit I ttia nul ltnlqt ,. ili , l ini e xt;re d e t t l i nfolev e ti . t t ''''' Z.. laces by' any' cabal dr party tettirlellaft ',:iii c il l) 44l - otiribly CalliC6if ici . flll •thknrhy•hii. jelt ifs ati. • * tiftiekt diffienlys fild *Of . . ;And sts ttief hid er ia4a,•atiaflo"oid holi fitni.inOt to all,Tiona• - tt etinrc ufuth of the Odra' mOtittiyie N 4 ug doubt bkt theYPtituld iteelve a• 41fitiultoC.e" Of, ,that COOfidthee they •hid - liltheito' koldf d; r 4 ictAt 4 they'd:4l64o to detkrtie it. * P WI Filx—g.g,Pir;, I perfeEtlY . agree in that fend. ment of : I)l4ors;iind, ' on ea pitted by tie' Riillit Hoift: l ' , SetietaiY it 'War, at the (pitch deli= VereChe'the ' NOME:Lot:4, who preCeded him. ' I' felt the iitniiifl faiisrittjon and delight in liMning , to *t. ,warpth and,fer4ottV of 'eloquence' fo natu ral, in yotithk but 'Was AM mire ,Pleiftd . with the patter' of the Noble Lord ' s fpeech than with thre mans* o f is 'delivering it. I was chiefly pleated i•viOi'k rot ili'xiliCon iiMgded . ,47•the Right Hon. Steietary;sbecanfe it Pleated', that the Noble Lind had brOtight his And .tOpinefiCal conclu fi od 00 the toljea.`' 'lo•l4, s uiofl. p arted,. indeed, to find that all thOlk,lo/ 13 7. aakdreallfulpitfures of the fituation of ' th d tOitry, whio truly Would fee& mere h2Mhall id iiii EPTOPOe i it t i t 'were'not bronghi• folviarriir the ..jitirptift of ' . In fl aming . the nundi' of •the,Pepple Of Viii countertatcr the p.. .1 of:irritat khent againk Fiance- 7 0t 'to in. i theni to , ,intka to •or:**i . ,, 6 gt "only' fbr the 13suipore ,e '2 . 6ginitile. 'prefent Achitiniftiiticti for. one in AO thelnende of the Noble' LOfd, and molt slikili'himielf 'with . . thesii, would hiliFir it) ;the ingit prominent fituiticitif. I am pkaied, tOn;on gpoptcr account, beeinfe I may'nOw li l dlie that itthe 014041 ciiiicluflon• of the Noble I.Ord &Ogg `'. he OA"' itiOclufion of this . , Hong and liti i.4 :'elli`,.ap,cl effett a chi OtAthnillitirOop, vie INll: l tiothpre to d` •' • 1104* etolfe'fill ..-.,Jr. I ..di of th ...Ist• ; : 7. i..d - liil "chin'ge Of . ' ' l. 4 ' 'irie . - i - '' '' ' ' ? th ' • ofd twat l'k ' • .... , .....,1 , o Frs. a M r- ' , pia , P. 11 r 41 144 ' tit nO * ,• . 1',0T, .. . :4 ' ' Citified mrai'-' 1)1 t rAAkkiftra •. ; and of - ‘ - "watd, is their prejudice,' With am nciw told," that if a chin :V . was to take place, and if tho' he head of public affairs were Ituationi they before patted ? ' . rid of the neceility ofhwing cir!parafions ; that their names 'ar or (*so , and that With of affairi nothing more woul d . intimidate the,ptitC,o4ii i sif fecotirfe to arputtn4it,inW ~ t y. Therc,iinianothir part __AeLoallitif,pleafed me • thofe *baiting to produce a change !phi prefent aarnini -117962;gt'21‘i ohive,reeottge ici fuch topict as the ''' . , :,:ekid”d ,at - ;,,they,. endeavour to A tn)fp " k‘s - qoii . impala*: to which c j aparinty tsh • might be attached. - 'The aniieti.Of 'lw/to I f or4- to dear himfelf, and h i ts' friends 44 frigia • "Optift.- tolk . —"• ittiii.thing . :far 'war at .Os oifinten liTtiioOf to niy mind dui his itidttnent Which tal t lics it this reipe4t with`my own, dill:Wei to him tht 0. it more unpopular Itieartirs- 4 mea t (tire more. ii...r :nit: the feoft and 141ing,.of every rational : 4 ' i • ,c6,o4;iiitt ; bc; jtdOpW4 than that Or iniolvine . e country, - etrennillanCed al it is, in a renewal of,the horrors of war. Having received fo: ningt fatisfaakin from the fpeech of the Noble Lord; I ought to repay it as well as r alli able. Now, c the Noble l i oid has entered upon a fisbjett 4. - ,to t --, to which I r from havin g . been long •,, y • it; nff !. . , l have - it in my power to' g . e!h 4 ld Vane in ; . .. 411tb. I mean, Sir, the mode' Condiatittihai OPOoficion to the meaiures pf IdinifteTs, w hich I conteive.fair, in ordei to in; ainetSjillejefti' to change an'adminiMation un •deferneg Of*iitifidence. If I was to repitfent an iftein. iibin pt - theire4;tftieli.a - change. as nnconftitutional, '1 A Thing fle,.elltii foi - wifloh I ought _Wily toi l b ' "4 - I-46;10,Z0 fo—quite the reverie ; 1 fil ar wit T" rt ' theNehle Lord fo far to take exam le )1. .;:olitett, - "as to conduit his oppo. ! to "on InAllidre kV %gair manner than he i5..400 ! - 44'd* lion. Gentleman who (poke Wi; ref :, i t. thc litiWe Loid, fays, " Let him StAtut f* : . ' ' iffal Ofilishbjefly's Kinifters.".. ';do s not, conciiie:thataltogether. fair ; for it is. c1ear1y.,4444, ent.fak anfideniber of.this Houfe to iiiteffeire.ui a viariett.of. ways on queftions rt iititie tethe Cando° of Admitaration,. without. : - ng - licitly .to *an* fc. motion. If. the. Noble Lord thinks h is 'Ma peF fty's Minifierp have. axicAii!,fileic.cift624,f4 "win a.way„unro,rthy al i l i c •4:=lffetfsh as rs . i ttc...co.4ntry, I, .4: itis 4iVe lutes. fin , / .. , p4,rticulAs.poos 0, wpixtikey;arkbiaraaable. .Let him. it netom fq, fay, Wallis. bfajeily'A Mini tiers have, in difartn; hip clpni.,,that.whish they,fbpuld tatc have done, .Wjtestker thelr,havtn&fa aeted vstualfy a. iotf,' for their difmiffion, will theStltta`• folea,o_tcw titration« . • c 1111. , . , • te :LOA trio e. ilie, ipi o le . I tlNl " ___ 4 .....‘ ri e l .i.L s •pi C.ftt., : - 7 art 6 ' 4 4.,_ ; 9 5u . 1 .4fy be , di A5..5p,,e 544 , w et - c atuto4fi to . 7 ".....nrend tl! liifth bS*R ie .-' l4 - 146 P. a . 14 ' 4 4e n ' thd deli ' ' - 'once t 1040 to War;witlf at •Cchintrip or io'ayt eiplanattons:On' filbjettsithieh would - -ka tO . Ai., raiii i nitt in ' ttnengtO the FiOnfe Of 'Coin- tnOtiediting this - . *I conildeirtiell - gotaiens 'asper fairy proper to.: &tine beferithe Houle; brit 'the Noble Lord, no doubt, thrall • hag impro*d s the mode of concluding an ii ' 'WOO igiunfk AS.' e ininiitration,hy caning upon tO ferule oat. fait& , 'on to the conduct of. thofe Atte compote it, not ; anfehehas any fpecific charge to alledge again(} f ha ' at Admirtillration, but becaufe he thinks proper' ,o'confider it 'a Milk and Witter—nia•ukillt compot. iteirt—and tell ns, he should like a better. SIVI• inal-th'i honodr, in happier times, of having its . -r.te, that I attempted by the public out deters ate, admittiiiiiiiKiini — iefe, at :longing to. Eiautzo_audid_ . ear I'i would that ma k a ehl i fic i be rople c o : ~..i.,....• .: , a ...tit .•4 .• " t t ! * t he' i .',. • - •.•:: i - had 11a Fj.. --- ` l , : - w • ; ,' •• . ' l'iM . ,:• - • • lii ' • - V% e ' .4 ,• ~ . .. wrs,... O,OAo iv rota-Afie .41., i s 0 n e,11,.. ti ielT , --. ~. **......*: 4 ... , ,... - . 4 7, to Frilr • t . it .: Cp. t :i 0 . 1 Ja . i lf ir F. . ; • i t ihe rh. leC ui atioitloOlu. ilk rettrzi.'t 24 . ha • .. 4 ti •• ? * ... kii.,• Vi . crt •. 1 .....li . :.• 41 1 - . '" t. ~ Pi. y . :i : .. i .. ifi1at ......1 44 thißtiOr Pm" rfl4* fp? M no ono *in JkOng•farv4 ineragn9fic fdr"l 'au of Acl9 4 ; tic& wa who ' at the rir I Veil 11 4 t efitt 901istriAkl* one vr,o be a tion *CO* IA Ale head o bewanlecciaor3ier to i Frgoe . e s iban.toliave tbiTheeclibit the Nob r+i --- J . _ . his -.14404 0 1 MipillOs, hot I cannot remembe fie: f .** "ise it h , /inselitiputed tome, tltt " 'to isivifi hfis: Mitjeily to ditarm ceeitaitifet Miniiiirs, atainti, *both f could itste neat*" ticept that they Verft'perfoui who hid tor*, _ It'!" 00 /don With jeffieet to their: ibilliteratin (Platies.-Thv Hon. - Gentiethan that the prefent Admittittration did tiloc;;lbei:theit bffice%,* - but" were invited to - keep , te r eard to the mode in t whiCh Mix Adnsidifiratidtr 44me into office, ir would bi'diffiCult the' give my approbation of it, howe'Yer I usty )inser itproved A( their" . eondtnit fine utter boa ?Veen t think the tranfidiod which pasveld the, wsfy to, their iteceilion Of*Posi , er, Motlitotts indeed ; if trey ci*e into' pla c e halt to Hut hi the gap; arid! prevent the eitentliq tt) iiiithbootiog cuentry' tbkhOfe 'an taggiit hied :* sight enjoy, at lea td a cbiscsderable extent; I not enter' into this fdb hilts torttis of the /Mild of - the jell ; oble Lord'i, +Mean to his 'Majetteilleniftersi letbitn brinS Tiortilit, : 'anilihetV r Ann ke •to What extent they,are deferildt of the' iniputation. The'Yoble",,tOrd's fpeech tionteined, amorig other ' things; it pied)? refereeenfure on tht HOC Baronet; • whinrlie dtkiibed fct 'alive to Itn'ittncit tip6O France, that he . fpoke with fyuipathy of the feeling 'Of the Ffencli &don to re ii its enemies, but with' none of the iMpulfe which Mould aetuate the ref it- 1 ante 'of the Ettgiilb nation to - the aggregons of France.: What Mile fOliit, of exaggeration, or the blindfiefs of prejudice fticb, that any Thom can fed the lea& refembtance in the commie* fituatient of the two countries: Ts it for iltirt "Lufkin and Prtiffsa; foon after joined by Englatittlittentened' to overturn the Government of France, rdh her of i her towns; and take from her her territory; that they prattled the intention of diminithing het Em pire ! Is'this to be put in paiallel with . ..'..L : ftpiirte having made certain igsgreffiont on the Continent ? Is the cantina 'of the - .fir* Confut tOtrards.SWit zerland, an offence equal to third Maria, en deavOtiiing, after the Revolatioh, to tettore the ertriiii df France t Why, Sir, heithet , the Noble Lord, or any. man elre,, Can ,fee" a referislilaicel' but kaft of all the Noble Lord i t Iliad yetit It Olin the 11401160 n of foinefdch refiniblance, lie would. trrrinend this Country to go lb War. What twit 'crOes 'the Noble Lord am' When'he coati- 1 tiers Englind -in the Rate that' France as at the ' lieritod'the Dike of Brtinfwick inviidettafat Codn•:1 Of,. ind iffued 'hill celebrated, MariiPftlit: %Aft atthe rink time fiya, , 4•lim not for *goilitto war. " ' Bit Ahere is tb retinal:tient; in , the litnaticin 'or the ' liliel Conntries. , He is . faiifible Of the greatnefs of Ranee, bin the remedy he prOpolkifor4t is cone- What fingulir ; before'-*0 come trEthe cOnfuleta don 'of the cure, we ought .to advert to the . citufe. of the evit. The Noble Lo - rd 'has allud- 'edit() the aitireffions iifed in the c..otirfft of the clOsite IA *night; re fpedting what a *at Might' be futitridid to fay who thould arife from the,dmid, and view the prefent state of Europe.. .lit Would alk what has become of thii place? it is tone. What 4 thiit it is eitie tob.' How has the inflation of 'my . countxy been this* altered? 'I think, Sir, a , firagt* OA?i enquiring' would fOIIoW u p his quef. tiad Dy atilt wne *de the Eriglith;Kinifteriat Ofeirline !IA i *chit* tobic plater 'They:tonft, rt ge berivikllittay; be mien 'Of common (cafe, offeiriti the'coinmon" ' attachment to theiV,Ceitintry`ind its "berty tie would advire ,fonte Vigorous 'meaftririi.. Fie, Would fay, 'bdow . happened' all this ? . The Mira* would be; `k.catife there Was in inettnefs lit 'carrying' on the war and during* period of peace and traniluißity, we let this gra,;'ReplitiOltrinit. Whit'Wooldgefay; if be tint told that it Was not for Want of a formi dable confederacy trii'oilipore the .efforts of Frinteci that the hid rife( to hergreatnefs? • Whit would he flay, If he.wati told that Spain, Aufhla;and'Ruf fii had joinedthat Confederacy with .ni ; that it was not for want 'of vigorous attacks, bat for*want of proper . maisakeirient in . the .direZtioit of them, we had fuffired France to'aggrandi ze heel' in the manner the had' done., 'I dd not . with to :go far into the origin of the . aggrindizetilein of France, but' there is one. point of view,alloWing it to be right,t6 which I muff advert. lam led to it by the oh feriations' of' the Hon. Gentleman who. opened ' die debate, that we ought not to ellinisite the fu ture ftrength of France by what it is at prefent.---., The fact is, you joined in a . confederacy againft France, declaring that it was your *anion to deftroy her Government; that you* Would hang her'Goviitriois ; that ,you would take her frontier toWni s frtiiii' her ; gilt 'Dunkirk' and Vridetitiennes to, her . ewes, and, in short, 4 deftioY her' iftlial GoVelirittitil. . I will not fay whither the extraor:' 'dinarf inctimftances in which Europe Waiiiiieed at [hilt period did not in fonie . relpeetjiiitify , Arch but can you be furprized that France re- 'l, - .. tin by eXertions bey Mid its hatirial ftrength ? ' minds . of the people bf' France were heated .'" the new and, ailtiie defire of Liberty; 'slier,' prefect by the akertiativelo which 'they weti . ' reihiced, of being exterminated or viaorknifi.=-1 Can ie 'be dixtbtid, that thii &upon.' in Mich they, were placed, imparted an extractainary rpirit to eidteafertioni, which inkier other •cirottillaticei they' , Would" OM krie.*thitright of? The inipitlfe • was given,ind they found thenifelyes beyond OA' natural fttuittion. Let me elueidate this by/ a 'elr cumitinice hi hiftory, 'Whiek ilhidt err Min.. is-; actrilinect With: I allude tit the . United Provinces. •I Let any man lbOk tii' their tuiatibn iniffe - dine of Charles 'the FA, the Frotetlor • Cromtvell, Charles the Seictid, Kitt Williiiiii, and Queen Anne : let hi* coimOri tilfkli A4bitrces and their territory wifis*eir ' ekertiOtis, "and the litter will' be found fir 10' etceid What any • calculation could ban been (Oriel! Of *tn. The oppreffi'on of Pl4Ol. 1 the•invaGori Oftokils XIV.• in the reign'of saiMitt''' 11. and the attempts of that Monarch to etinio6: them,' mired and excited the fpirit . of thecotnitry till: it gieiv beyond its naturalvefources. ' 'The fliin: Member Added, that Holland *lli indebted' to the fliipotlttim the had met With; fbr the tier tiOns *filch hid exalted her. ' 'The ranittaftro gp-. pliikitO 'H&C 'hid" made that gigantic !sixty whim no Eng)ifhmati 'could_ Lke without the datplift regret. * He could:not fipjfitk, ellitie.rtirvitekl . ever fall ' down to' the' level 'with rHolt ntl-4-thit was, iMp9O tile ; butt' WAN Atilt'tOti Mt...MA It would not coninui that ft.lecies of machine it had been 1 itivonhinorportliFtliattaltie7power i * t rdefenfive and bffenfive operation rthfcciatpro , f t cliaraiteritvANWOVirklinewattesttpttchad been , de td 4 re'prefent Mils as no enemy ' to the aggran'' lenient .of 'France i' the fait was, he Witvegcne.. abet() Whateiet Wits Contrary to reafors, pradente; Andl•continon fence. The paffage quoted' from Maly thisital wag pefealy jute Tirklubitably - there were 'Murts,..to'theterwieeimrvi which it. was Netter to stuft `to time. : If eirer• thicobfervation was appli. .ellriet, it wag peel:dimly fo with regard to Frarice. 'a l beit wlllsltimething in the eiertiettlif its, Ifrength -- .wadi time was calstrinttd to ltffen if not defiroy: It was ibppofeci ,ilisti - Mmethiag 'bad been done tnce . the Nate, whith.cotiffitutect an akgreffiOn On he part of France. 'Onenf the firft ofleftions had been tlifelndemnitits-in•Germiny. He withed it to b confidetedithetthetcrinciple of Indemnities was not a newthitig, but AS old attire Treaty of Lune' • ',Me, ant bider All. It was ftipulated try that ''Meaty that `lndetnnities fhould ' be granted—fe- . tutariiations Were to be tht means of providing the Indemnities. This was perfe&ly well known. It Was impoffible to have . read a newfpaper with;. but feting that it watitttended to indeMnifythe Sc. . &Aar Princes of Gtrmany.. It was adoptedby the Treaty of'Luneviile, andAnowing the fa& we had acceded to gnd ratified thedifinitive treaty of peac e.. If this' s an liggreflon on the' part \of France -it was' equally f 6 - .with' retard to theiCourt of Peterf. finrish. Why did:not t Is Houfering with charges agatnit the Coin' of Peterthargh for joining with . France in fettling the indemnities ? We had been • told thattheEleetorsof Hanover had been acafferet hi the Intletunities-;-that`was a que(ion he would pot dircurs. It was the policy of the .prefent repo • that the affairs 'of 'Great Britain and Hanover Ihodld be! cenildered as totally feparare ;he would not then pay tort to the - Family on the Tbione,• - by makingtilitinftion between Hanover and Great Britain. 'lie *as perfutided the Elector of Hanoi. eee did not Iva that any filch dittindiOn. fhodld • •he made ; or that itfhould be fuppored an aggre fipn again ft the 'Eleitor - of Hanover was an :aggrell gbh agaifift the King of Greet Britain. Hesaert adverted - to the affairs otSvriteeilanct He lainentii ed the fate - dthat tduntireven more thutilor did the diiiatilis of the kingdowi -of Ir!oianct; The ion dutet of :France towards that country' wairabsi' dAadfnl thantittAd been in any other refpeal may . work than thofetrataaions to which he wanitknsit alhicl4,6nt whieh more nearly elotteernetteurfelfttes; He'bad feen the peat:44 SWitzeilatid; he had - wit. - neffed their • happinefs, their regulavind . legal • eqnalit y; had retnailted the refugtrtheraffortted: to 'the oppreired, and the-noble indeperidenet they - enjoyed ;, he lamented. Ater (bald bava been corn. paled to fttbmit Os the yoke, Of 11ance,' but 'at the fame t tlite, he infifted that Switterkind was fable& to France at the time the Treaty- of Antiens Was conchtied between Frante a#4 Greai , Britain.-..4. He. argued that. the condu& of Ftance 'towards: Switierbind was dot an aggrefflon agaitift. Great Eritain. • Were we the guarantees of the ;whae world, was • England to-hold forth the promife cotttaitied tit the 'decree of the, loth of December, by *Bich:Trance iortsmifed to protect all - who :re quired hid aSitance? The Indemnities in Gettnahy, he maintained, were no aggreffion of Great Bri. tain. He infifted we had , nothing 16 do , with the ContlitntiOn of 'Switzerland, of whether it was more or lets demottatical or At;iflocratical. ;He prOceedetV to 'isliferve, .that the .actio Aden by , France - of 11.elgiam, the countries on the' left Bank of the Rhitte—its influence in the Cifalpine and Ligurian Republic were confidered 'of 'no importance,. merely becaule they had been achieved before the War terminated '• • but that the acqui fi tion of Switzerland sand Pied. mont, fince the interval of Peace, alone was cal culated to: create' alarm. He law nodanger in the alteration of Piedmont from the 27th Depart. ment of France into the Department of the Po.— Referring to the independence of Sardinia, he ob. ferved,that England had ttdt ftipulated for it. 'Mize it was . , the'Emperor of *Raja had . interfered with • Aufttia in behalf of the King of Sardinia ; but what had•Anftrin faid ? It had.told France that it • was net tO attend to the elaims . of the King of Sari.. dinia, left it fheitild make its interference a pretenet, for felting upon' Venice. gut it was laid this was not a time'to go 16 war-41e was glad to hear ; 'yet . we were told we were to have fleets in the Channel, the Mediterranean, and in every part.of the wiurld.ifive 'Were . to maintain,• in time of Peice,' a Beet .tqtial to what we maintained in time of War,.he deftted to know what would be the [tate of mit finances if War 'fhould hereafter be cotne lieeeffary ? • But an Hon. Member had faid. , — " 0 what fignifiesmon'ey-4e flare fo many mil. lions ormoney more than our adverfaries ;" but we hale ib tsiany tlioufands lefs of bayonets. In the opinion of that Centleman it was not money that woild defend usLii tWas the bayonet we mull truft to; Ii was to chi valrous exertions' the Hon. Member loOked forward,ind well might fay With the Poet— ' The gaudy heed, br;gbt arms be my ilaght ; Thefe-arelhe riches of the adventious Knight. He believed it was upon this fpirit, of chivalry the war had ofiginallrcommenced. It had beeu laid that - the French Revolution was a `mon fter which had put an end to the experience of all former ages. In the faze Manner the advocates for revolution. ary principles rejected all the maxims laid . down by the writers on Hiftory and the Laws of Na tient. It 'was aftonifhing how both extremes agreed. One party was fo frightened. as to rejeCt experi ence as unconnected with the fubjed of their alarm : the other patty would have burnt all the books that had ever been written on the fubjeet. of polities, or the Rights of Nations. But in oppoh tkOn to each of thefe parties, he would Will be an advocate for the,benefits derived from experience. It was Paid that Malta should not be furrendered. He would alfo fay it ought not to be furrendtred loilgs as there remained any doubt that France would fulfil her engagements. But the Moment Ilse fulfilledtthefe engagements, fo chi ivakvitai waa he, that he conceived we were boutid in heiastre , togivet•up all. . thofe places whole fur. tend& vise RipoUtect its, the Treaty of Peace. ...otiowever , ettent of territory procurg4 by Nice,. end Sir &pais* gr_eatnefs, ' , were t fr o log . la. A't AK • R Wr a a le U' to sit 4 t RA! Get irn. 0.4 ea hit it r all 4ue rbe ins 41! i au. had wait i4l dist Pga oke COO' 1;4' 14 di* the*