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What Perform may make a Tellatnent ; 3. Defcribing what Thir:t may he difrofed of by Will; 4. In what Manner eltaments And 1.:111 Wills are to be made; S. What Perron may Liecutor, or is capable of a Legacy; 6. The Office of an Exe cutor; 7. Shelving by What Mans Wills become void. By HENRY SWINBURNE, Sometime Jndge of the Prerogative Court of York. The Seventh Edition; with the valuable Annotation. illuftrative of the Subjed to the Ardent time. By the late John JofepliP,iwcll, IA Bari - Mee at Law; Atr hor c.f the Law of Mortgages. &c. Pre pared Inc the Pref.. by James Wake, Efq. Barriitcr at Law. London: printed fcr W. Clarke and Suns, Law Bookfelkrs, Portugal-itreet, Lincoln's Inn. rARLMMANTARr PRuCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY ay. The Royal Affient was given by Comtriffion to three public and thirteen private Bills, The I.ordswho fat as Comerniffiesers were ANCKLAND, WALEINOHAN. and the CHANCELLOR. Counfel were then admitted to the Bar, on an Appeal from Scot hand, in which the Stirling Bank Company, and other creditors of Jason Stein, late of Kilbeggie, a bankrupt, were Appellants. and the faial James Stein was Refpondent ; and having eoncludedtheir arguments, the LORD CHANCRLLOR took a general vie* of the cafe, and, in conlideration of the little grounds there appeared to hint, and the very great hardthip it was, that a Bankrupt, who had perfeelly conformed to all the laws with refped to that fituation, ihnuld be put to the expellee of defemelinghimfelf in that Houfc, (which, in many cafes, he might not be able to procure the means DC) with an unanimous decree of the Court of Sefilon iu his (e -yeful'. moved, " That the decree be affirmed, with 'tot colts.".— ordered. Lord Own Dill pre cent d a petition front certain perfons intereft ed in a private Bill before the Houle, and moved that they might be heard by their Counfel —Ordered. In the Committee on the Bill for regulating the Proceedings in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Ireland, fo as to be equally advantageous as thole in the Court of Exchequer, Lord ALVANLIV °hied:led to the Clank which grants annui ties to the Officers in the tatter court, for the lofts they may Cur tain by this aheration, and that the annuity Ihould be equal to the average emolumerts which they had receited for the lift three years. His Lor Into argued.that this was a novel mode of remu neration, and, as scatting money without having the adlual (um fpecified. might be a bad precedent, he iltould with their Lord *lips to make what he thought to be the neceffary alterations, not withßanding, he was aware, it would be at the hazard of luting the Ball. Lord Ay ea LAN held the claufe in the very oppofite paint of view ; he confide red it to be no more than what was fair and juti. and fn far from its la log without a precedent, his Lordfhip read a claufe front an Al ut Ragttlatiats, by which Lycra! perfons In office were likely to be fulcra, wherein the Lone terms were made ore of. Lord 11.1MIRICK, went into a long account of the manner by which the Court of Ezchequer in Ireland obtained the advantages over the other Courts, in their proceedings, and wilhing them to be all equal; in that refpedt he was anxious the Bill mould cot he loft. Lotel C,si d, the Bill, upon the ground that it was ame ,f see wt,ch was o Aired, and had been long looked for by tla. ; and as to tic particular claufe it fliould havc hie .ut. t, hecauie re ave. !won a principle that re-ula lands for the benefit of the public ninuld not be made at the expence of indtriduals The Lotto Curtner t Loa corr.:feted the !.earned Lord (Al yanks') as taking lit objection in a Itronner point of view than Crre was any reafou for ; aim' to convince his Lordfhip that this idea if granting attnuitie. to pctfons who were likely to be injitrod by a petals tigulation, equal to their former ioenmes, his Lord flip read a claufe from the Ad. known by the name .d Mr. Burke's Reform Bill, in which the fame terms were made ufe of. His Lordatia admitted, that he fhoold have liked the Bill touch better if it bad etntairted the fpeeihe turns that were to he granted, hot t , ...Wel Lot f,e how it war polble for that to have been the cafe, a s. in Lei. there tai,-Itt :,at be any diminution in th, incomes, a..• 1 tben tiver could be to datnu for remuneration ; and this ap p..to: hir• to be very probable, for it woo at difficult to : it, Naafi," from a Court as it was to take the belinets out t tl.„ f ....rite Barri ft er, when he bail once go: pof f• 1 . 1..1 , of t:. rho Et", at any rate, he confider:id •o be id great :n al::: its It ,ehjeets in Ireland, and therefore, he w 1.e..... to ; is.. y amer.dment, as, from its nature, that r..'glit .li, i . Art. I. Ite t: the Committee, and war aril:red to he sr.,: a . hir.l it. 1 P. , HAY pee.flted C 0 1 ,116 of f weral Papers which were loosed or Tette; t!..7 in tli, ddrch-s to has hlajelty. Adiae;:.,4 to Wcdne:Jay r.ext. fiCIVSi. A: 0.0. Ey , • 414 air I„ , r. :,4r..1 nn Hitcr:ni, the 116...41e ! Nlr refl. rlir. f. fl • ret.f., • • t4c Ord.? H 1•p .'.ant I Jrft tl of Lt , Nitrilbrlq !I - 14.0 ti ..s fkrl fry—% lath .:•- , t pro:clic...l 0-4 fr • rtl Loy : ir. 4 1 ! \ 'ter fume cnbr -1. e.:• -4 I••v • s p : r Nlr r...4 , a6. a 7 • .I.Lrr m.4verl. rhr r. 0.444. 44 .. 6 .45: t.: b- 'lrd over on WCL:I r f t .. y `Sr. Hp Ann. the H.,n. rat r rf.:l in • 3r0r.:1 tOll 1 r.•thir to tt - t.:t to th, es . :;ary ruccckliali .f VAL t 9 r 9 l•ol ll93 ;jcat Lulatbfa ut 11T, for re.."tion Committees. The Wade had not yet wi• in. sa arty remArkehle belt of at n tidanee. .a.ftcr a few words front the Sre.:!;:-r and Mr. Wynne, the mo t'..A w c ss ithdr.:wit; and Mr. Den; gave notice of his intention of torward, to-morrow, a motion of precifely the fen; sr r.A tit announced, that the 'inure tv••ul,l be called over i‘to:•row, at half part three .'dock, in order to ballot for an Flea ior Committee; and that the anal penalties wosild attach to c.,„r% totals place hetwecr the Speaker and Mr. Banks, upon the fals'a. of thole Itatwi, lative to the triAl of controvert ,d n hich make provilion for theappointment of a nominee : r.r noi..ines., in cafe there were three shilling parties concerned in the trial, or in cak one (tithe parties thould wave his or their right of appontinz, a nominee. Mr. WulTe prefented at the bar the following lilt of Members returned. atter ballot, &c. for trying the Petitions refpeaing the Liczliun for New. aide-under-Line :- 1 Paul Orchard, Efq. James Adams, Ffq. 1. ,rd C. S. Manners, - Mac Carcoytie, fill. John W. Spencer, Ely. Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bart. W. Dichenfon, jun. I.lq. Hight Hun. Thomas Stetl, Hon. Spencer Copper, Him. N. Fellowes, Sir james Stuart, J. A. Wright, Efq. Csailcs. 'r fq. Sir T. T. Ms tealfe, B.rt. 7 • Nommen. Sir CScruv Cornwall, Bart. I The latter was chofen by the thirteen Members of the Com- I mince, wino retired for that purpofe.. • ; A Petition was prefented agaitift the left return for the borough • of Bolton. This petition was prefent from Colonel Ogle, the Gen • Orman nn whale petition. againtt the former return of Mr. Fydell, the els•ction was declared void. The confideration of the petition w.,s fixed for the 27th of Anita next. NOTICES OF NOTIONS. Colonel PATTEN gave notice, that he (lipoid bring forward, on rh's day feitinght, the motion which be had intended to fubmit to t lc flour, this day. ti F. C T ORN WALL announced his intention of moving, at fame future day, which he would name after the holidays, for !rave to bring in a Bill for altering and amending the Laws relative to the Regulation of •furnpikc Roads. Mr. CANNING, after a few obfervations on the conduet of thole ptrfons called Commercial Commiffionets, which had been fent into this country by France, and the fteps taken by his Majeity'. Minifters for their removal, (teed, that as from a communication he bad had with his Noble Friers' (the Secretary of State), he un derftood that no ohjedtions would be made to the motions he mean to fuhrcir, he ftiould, without further preface. prupoic that an Addreb thould be prefented to his Majefly,tra)itig th. t there might he laid before the Honk Copies of the Orders given for the Re moval front this Country of the perfons ftyled Contruercial Agents from France, and of all the Communications which had taken place between the French and Bela& Governments terpeding there agents-Ordered accordingly. Mr. CAILTHRIGIIT gave notice that he would at an early day, move fir leave to being in a Bill for Regulating the Licenfing of Itinerant Preachers. Lord FOLEb rose Rated, that he would on Wedncfday next, move for all Papers which related to the Rep. taken towards the execution of the Second Article of the Treaty of Amiens. The Hon. C. HUTCHINSON fuggefted the propriety of having the Petition, lately prefentcd to the Houle from certain Diftillers, printed and circulated, in order that the trill' Diftillers, whofe interefts were much concerned in the allegations of that pe tition, Ihould be apprifed of its objects. He alfo thought that the coOderation of this petition Paould he pnftponed beyond the d y at prefent fixed, in order that the kith 1/Millers thould have time to confider and prepare their cafe. The Sir asa a Rated, that the Petition alludeded to by the Hon. Member was alr.:ady printed in the votes of the Houle, and that it would be quite contrary to the ufage of the Houk, to print it in sty other form. Mr. Costar affored the Han. Gentleman, that means would be taken to inform the Irina Diftillers of the nature and tendency of the Petition m the table ' and of the =afore intended to be pro pofed in colifequence—and, that if neceflary, the order fur the confideration of this fithjed would be &fared. Mr. BAGWELL moved,that inftead of the words the 9th of June, the day at prekut appointed for the difeuffion of this quo ion, the 17th of JUDE 010014 be inferted. After Conte oliferrations hy Mr. Corry and Mr. Lee, this motion was withdrawn. MEDIATION OP RUSSIA. Mr. Fox.—l rife, Sir, in purfuance to the notice i gave on a former day, in order to fubmit to the Houle a motion of the utmoft importance, a motion perhaps of as much confequence, coulidering the pre. fent fituation of public affairs, as ever was dig - cuffed ' in this Houle, and it is from a conviEtion of its im portance alone that I fhould be induced to trefpafs on your attention, but that trefpafs, however, than be very (hurt. Into the general quellion of the preli:nt war I do not now mean to enter. From my opinions, which I took occafion to Rate very fully on a former evening, a majority of this Houle has thought proper to dialer, and to the judgment of that majority 1 bow with refpeCt. The country is now engaged war, and it (hall therefore have my molt ardent fuppnrt. (A univerfal vy of hear! hear!) No one can with it to be more fuccersful than I do ; and whatever dif -1 ference of opinion may prevail as to the grounds of the war, to which I than not now refer, I am per loaded that there tannin be a difizntient voice upon this queltion—that it is defirable to hying it to an hm nourable termination as foon as pornble. With this vi e w I have thought it my duty to call the attention • of the Houle to a propontion which I under land has been recently made by the Emperor of Rena, to in to-pore his mediation for the complete fettlement the differences fubliaing between Great Britain and France. Such is the dilpofition which has been ma nifelled by the Sovereign of Ruflia, and of which it !is the objeil of the moti.n with which I (hall con. !elude, to recommend that his Majefty'. Ministers ' thould immediately avail themfelves. It is almoß unneceffary for me to recite the various advantages which mutt refult from the mediation of this power i fat, rerpefled, and much e(teemed Sovereign ; and among the molt valuable of thrice advantages would he this, that fhould you be obliged to prolectite the ;war for the attainment of any objelts of which that 'Sovereign fhollld approve, you would have the ma i terial fupport of that approbation—you would have the fanction of his great name—you would have the opinion of the world in your favour—and is not this, I would ark, a confideration of confequence ? If you had nn other motive for accepting the propofed mt ldi: tinn, this ought to influence you. But not only in this inaance would it be &limbic. You might, through nicans of this mediation, vino ive to procure the adjultmert of not merely the qneflion relpeaing Malta, bin, in fait, of all the points in difpute. prelred as I am with this idea, and believing it quite praCticabie, I cannot but be anxious for the interefls of my Country and fur the peace of Europe, that his Majell y's Mini ile: s fhould nut let the opportunity pars l by—that they w.:I not allow themfelves to overlook the means wi ich this Wet s of accomplifhing all the obj...Bts they Li:hr.: of Freon v, honoor, and fatisfac tion. The i•nw..r .end charafter of the Mediator, an the rank seli.ch lie holds in Europe, jutlify the itrongeft hors. With reipea to his charasier, it hands upon Cie mutt elevated r,r. am_s ; a nd if the impost oral rn,r, fpeaks true, that elevation is highly defers.l—j..:l to the people commhted to his Go. I/ern:l:tr.. and 1.. nevoisnt to all mankind, he is geberak kur..ya to he extremely t:Jirrms tnr the r pre...rcatoin t.t :!;c pcaca Of Et:toi*::. If to, and I have 'hi dr oi, f the fad, what—%%nuld any power in Lump,: ao...tort to Witt CALI claims %%Lea (c• Bonded by the decided exprellion of that Monarch's opinion ?—I underhand that this Prince is vet y much affected by the changes which have taken place in the flotation of Europe, that he is warmly attached to peace, and that no one can he more ditgufted than he is with tha conca& of France fince the Treaty of Amiens. I cannot conceive then, a charader whole mediation it would be more fuitable to our willies, and more for our interell to accept. In the fituation in which the country is at prefent placed, it is peen.' liarly happy that the offer has been made. Upon this particular point I am very Linguine, becaufe I am convinced that if acceded to it may be produdiver of the bell confequences, and, if refuted, I am ap prehenlive of many unfavourable effeds. I think it' would tend to the thtisfadory termination of the war, and alio to a fatisfaclory regulation of the hate of the Continent. It may be said that I am too fan- 1 guine—perhaps fo; but . yet I have no difficulty in fayino h , that there exills a Strong probability to war rant my expedations. If any one were to a& me, was I certain that loch effects as I have defcribed would flowZinn: the mediation of the Emperor of ' Rut Tia ? I fairly own that I would anfwer in the ne- 1 gative. But of this I am certain, that no injttry can arife from it, and that much good may ; therefore I would exhort Miniflers to avail themfelves of it.—lf I am anted my opinion of the prefent (late of the Continent, I would fay that it is very far from being fatisfadory ; but I would A: in return, can you amend that hate by a war? can you proniice yourfelf any fuch thing ? If France be farther inclined to opprefs the weaker powers of the Continent, how do ' you propofe, with the means you now have, to pre vent it ? How can you contrive in any degree to re ltrain the fpirit of aggrandizement in that quarter of which you fo much complain ? This offer of niedi• ation, therefore, you fhould gladly receive, for two reafons. Firll, in order to adjuh the points in which you are more immediately concerned yourfelves • and fecondly, with a view of fettling the hate of the ' Con. tinent. Why then should Minitlers decline an offer now which they would have been happy to embrace At any period of the negotiation? The enemy has ex prelted a readiuefs so accept it, and how will it appear to Europe should you attempt to refute it ? I ftrong ly advife you not to do fo. If there be any wifdom or moderation in the French Government, you will, through the medium of this mediation, be enabled to reflore peace upon terms of jullice and honour ; and certainly there does not exist a power fo compe• tent to the object as the propofed Mediator, nor one that has a fairer right to interpofe its influence for the prefcrvation of the peace of Europe. He may fay to this country, " I have agreed to an arrange ment with you upon certain points of great import. ante to my naval power, which was not in all re fpeds fatisfaCtory to my willies, hut yet I accedes' to it from the love of peace, and from the fame motive I 'hall adhere to it. You complain of the terms of the Treaty of Amiens, and fa do I of the terms of the Northern Convention ; but you fay you agreed to that treaty from the love of peace—jug the lame reafon induced me to fnhfcrihe to the Northern Con vention. Then I contend you are as much bound make a facrifice to the peace of Amiens, as I am to facrifice to the No: theta Convention. " But when this Prince {brad come to addrefs himfelf to the French Government he mi g ht fpeak upon hill ftrong et- grounds. It i. reporte d that a propofition was tome time fince made by France to a certain Euro. pean Power (and no one doubts that this power is Ruffia), to divide the territory of the Turkifh Ens pire. This report is alluded to in a paragraph of his Majefly's Declaration, and it is there hated, that this propofition was diftindly refitted. The Emperor would therefore fl:md upon the higheft grounds in talking to the French Government. He might fay, You propofed to me the difmemberment of Tur key, which non objed that has been much wifhed for by my predeceffurs, and for which. therefore, I might naturally be fuppoted to entertain an hereditary par tiality, but I would not adopt your propofition be cattle I felt that it would not be juft in me to invade the puff rtions of a neighbouring power, although I am quite tensible that I have as much right to do fo as you have. It you life lofty language I am not I fs entitled to do fo, but I prefer peace to the grati fication of any arrogant prctenfions cr ambitious prijeds, and you 11101'41 do the fame from the fame folicitude. I abstain from any hottile attacks on other powers, and you fhould abflain alto." Such are the terms in which this Prince could fpeak, and if urged to it no doubt would, if you accept his me diation. Let me, therefore, advife you to attach yourfelf to that power from which alone you can ex ped to derive any material afliftance towards accom plllting the ends you have in view, either of an ho nourable and immediate peace, rr a fuccefsful war. With that power alone if you could contrive to form a dole alliance, you would be able to prote.l all the other States of Europe from unjull attack. It is well known that a lirong throe of peace prevails among the people of France ; but however general and sincere that opinion may be, will not war become fornewhat popular when it is flared to them, thattheir Government was willing to submit the confider:aims of their care to the Emperor of but that Eng land refuted to avail itfelf of that monarch's offer to mediate ? This would futon prefumptive evidence againft you. It would be material to y ou r purpofe to deprive the French Government of this advantage. Some Gentlemen affect to fay that a propealtion has been made by the Ruffian Lmperor lit lush a SWUM As rout to pitimife any decisive confequeoces ; and others afTcrt. that even ilia it ought not to be :weed. ed to. With neither if thele Gentlenien do I agree; but I pettedly coincide with thine who maintaire that this co un try Should not fuhmit itscla;msto the arbitrary decitinn of Ruhlia, or any oilier putter; hut will it not be wife to explain the jnitscc of thole claims, and to interell a powerfol slate in your canfc. If after having done fo, the French Government Mould refute you a fair fatistadion, and that its I% hem Should appear to lead to the fuhvertion of the con tinental powers, do you think it iniprotrahk that Ruffia would conned herfell with you on fair &fen five principles to repel frith injustice ? I think it is not, at kali you ought to make the experiment, as the opportunity is f. tavourable It cannot prevent you from profccuting the war with vigour—a war to which I am far from laying you are not competent in point of means, if it should be neceffary fur you t o purfue it alone. But, however high I may think If your refources, I mutt fay that they are not fuel; as an applicable to t h e main objeuk of vrnr with Trance, which I take it for granted to be for the pm pole of abridging thecoutinental power of that i, , over n . ment. To tha:,irowever, yea would be quite adequate with the Alliance of linflia ;—at lealt it would af ford the belt chance of it If RAla offers her mediation with flneet ay, and I bdi ye none Onuhts that the does, fire feels an inierell in the que:lion that mnfl turn in a very material manner to your advantage, perhaps trhitro..ely to a treaty of alliance. —Ailing in concert with Inch a power, and frr a jug objea, you cold have little danger to appre hend. With filch a junaion, Europe would have lit tle to fear from the ambition of any man. It would be quite fufficient to make any Covet nment of France, however powerful or enterpi ifing, hentate before it rtfolved to engage in any war againll Inch an union. She certainly had not fufficient refources to warrant : the undertaking. A (hint review of t h e (tare „f Eu. rope would ferve to eflablith that pint. I lhall not now argue the queftion, whether Franc: or Rut% has the preponderance as to military force; "hut I will obferve, that, united with this country, Ruffic would have the decided advantage, particularly aS there feetns no likelihood whatever that any Other Power on the Continent would engage in the conflia, at kali not to throw their weight into the fcale of France. Indeed his manila that Ruffia is the only Power on the Continent whole conneCtion we fhould fiudiardly cultivate, in the view of checking the career of France. Neither Auflria nor Pruffia can be for that putpofe at all looked to. I will not enter into any invelligation of the condo& of the latter Power for fome time back, which may, in Come inflances, be very jolt'' , condemned ; but it is evident that its general policy is pacific ; and Aratria from prudence ' landI and neceflity is not lefs•fo. From the laffitude ocea. finned by the lag war, from the diminution of her refources, and from the change of her Councils, the does not feem at all difprafed to warfare. That re. foe:table and itniverfally refpetted charafter, the Archduke Charles, after the immortal glory which he has acquired in war—a glory not to be reduced by defeat—now happily for mankind, feems to confider his heft glory to confift in difcharging the obligations which he owes to the people, through whole atEitance he has been enabled to eflablith his fame, by endea vouring to fecure to them the enjoyment, and Rudy , ing to promote the advantages of peace. Such is the employment of this iliuftrious Prince, and therefore there appears very little probability that Auflria will be for Come time revifited by the calamities of war. This ikon review of European Powers ferves to thew that Rua is the only State to which you can look at prefent for effeelive aid; and, independently of this confideration, is it not deferable for you to have the good willies of mankind, and of that you mull be certain thould you obtain the concurrence of the Em. peror of Raffia in the juftice of the caufe which has urge I you to war ? This concurrence would com pletely i'ati.fy the Houle and the country ; and it would alfo produce an impreffion in your favour in the minds of the people, and Governments , of the other States of Europe, which are tribunals that it is fo- your interell to conciliate ; HI more, it would even induce a good opinion of your caufe in the minds of the people fub;ed to the authority of the French Government. In all probability you would through this concurrence not only obtain good willies but allies. When your ,caufe thould be made known you would, at all evznts, be certain of the good willies of the people of Holland, Switzerland, and many parts of Italy ; but it may be raid that thole people could give you no affillance. Under the pre fent circumflances, perhaps, they could not. The cafe however would be materially different; if you had the co-operation of Rtiffia. In various other points of view it will be air/if - cable for you to avail youttelf of this propofed mediation. The confequence of your refulal to give an account (I don't mean that this country is to account for its condo& to any power whatever); but I fay, that if you decline to ftate your cafe now, you may not be in filch a favourable fitua tinn again.--The fame power may be flow to come forward, and there is no other to which you can re fer, becaufe there is none that can or will Alf} you in checking the aggrandizement of France. Whether Minifters then are diftinfed to peace nr determined on, vigorous war, it is their intact} to avail themfelves of the propofed mediation. If, however, they are of opinion, upon good grounds, that this proporal is a mere expedient to procure delay—if they think that with that view folely this offer of mediation was made in collufion with France, moll undoubtedly it ought to be rejetted ; but thin fufpicion, I am perfoaded. can never have entered into any rational mind. So little are Minifler, difpofed to think fo, and In refped- I fully do they eflimate the c eliarader of the Ruffian Government, that 1 have no doubt they would have : gladly received it, had it been earlier made. Why ' then thould not that propofal be acceptable to termi nate a war which would have had a welcome recep tion at the beginning of it ? Raffia was one of the guarantees, or rather the principal you relied upon for the fecurity of Malta againft France. This was to have been the folid ground of peace. You have now an opportunity by which, in all likehood, you . may extend that guarantee to the peace and fecurity ,of Europe. You may now, by wife management, be able to elablith a better faleguard for the fmall (hates of the Continent thorn you ever can, at lean, by your fiWn li::;IC C It't ti nin arms. You have, in fad, the belt opportunity that has offered for the 101 l twocen • turies for tieing ti • tranquility of Europe on a folid and permanent bulls. Combining ail the powers fpe citied in the Guarantee far Malta, they would be able to keep asiy indii idual Bate within equitable bounds. • they would be abiz to protct the rights and territo. toilet 01 all Oates from invation, to prevent the , oppreffion of the fmaller (hates, and to reflrain the nrifellievou, fpitit of aggrandizement. They would : be able to hay to the formal dates of Europe, let thole who have gained not think of any fat they extending . 1 their garn•, and let thole who have left acquielce in ' their loires, and let jullice and tranquillity prevail. That fuch a combination of the higher hates, dirett• eit to filch high objeds, is deferable, all good men I will admit ; and that it is platticable, I am fully convinced ; and an oecalion now offers, in which Mi : Milers may have the means of commencing the glo rious work. The uneafinefs of the minds of the pew ' ple of every nation at the propped of war, and the ' uniserfal abhorrence of injuilice, naturally induce an opinion that fuels a meafure would have the benedic tion of all mankind, and finely humanity and found policy would equally urge it. The Hon. Member coo eluded with mot in an addrefs to hiellajettyitraPoi