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If so, the greater the talents in Opposition, effraual the check. Now, as we must the present Opposition to possess great ta follows, as a natural corollary, that the the present Gentlemen remain in that state, tter for the country. Although Gentlemen divide the House, they wished to divide the public opinion, and qualified their assent with re. marks tending to lessen the popularity of a mea sure which intitled Mioisters to the gratitude of their country, fur having upheld its honour during the whole course of the transaflion, I mean, the late Negotiation with France ; the proposition ori ginated with France, and the Nempciation com menced under auspices the most in opitieus. At the heal of the Foreign Department was that Minister whose loss the nation so justly deplores. A man, wha, amid the endowments of a mighty mind, was pent! Any gifted with those qualities which fitted him for Negotiation in difficult times. To a vast, comprehensive. and eultivated understanding, he j• ified the moil intimate knowledge of the various litre: es• s of Europe A weeks of manner, and a spirit of concliation, engaged Foreign hlinisters to to at with him; •vhile his prohity and knawn honour if , sr-d the confidence of !heir masters. Devoid of g , • c, he had nothing equivocal in his condnal, no. t: as; amteguous in his language He mored sti :right one arilt, tits 0 0 *.`t, without turn mg into the paths of tf noke.l policy, or left handed wi , d an There was nothing counterfeit in him. TM. affability Bowed from the heart. 'this natural greatness re qeired not the aid of assumed eringance to give bins consequence. H. was too gre it to he haughty. goo wise to be ennui g He was one of the few Sta.esmen who knew the value of that ad ige, which, though honiel is true in pol••es A S W.ll es morals, that " hours y is the bestpolicy."-Far he it fr sin me to atte ipt his praise; it would riquire p • -r, as gigantic as his owo to do him jusece ; we.f - '-a toting, I should be sileat. I never receiv. ed • ten •: at NS hand. I leave it for those who have, to iron l.is memory lightly. I speak of 1-m as a man ti ho loves his ceints y mast ten, whist dellorirg it. bright •st otna:l7,-:t. '111:s com menced the Negociation—ia ogress was eonduCted, on the pan of England, in the true spi rit tat Peace, and wit!, a sincetity, which has always chataelevised this country ; its rupture was ocem sinned by tie duplicity of a Goveinment, whose ft. delity to its engagements is measured by no other standard, than that of its own interests. Now. Sir, as to the second head. Whatever differences of opi nion may prevail in this House, upon the various topics generally hr maht before it, there are two I points ii pen whinh 1 cannot areic;pate much diver. city of ee• tonere. The one, the increased danger to whith this country is exposed, by recent Moto spa the Continent. The other. the necessity of meeting that danger, with the spirit and energy be fitting a brave peeple, determined to be free. With re pea to the danger, I believe there sae few sceptic, ; but I.ast cf Olean they be bond in he rank. of (la se who comansed the late Adatieibtra. tion ; for if the alarm C ev spteara •heoughout the land. sea; then well founded, in what a multiplied Noir• is the darter now increased. • But if any mate doisb sit the defter, let him lock at thr extent of coast from toe Iktatatic to the Baltic ; the immense popu t ion ; toe nu •nerous Weil disciplined and well commanded armies ; nJ fish la , rn considi r, that all thee , resources ate at the arcererouled dispnsal et ere man who h c bW"TtI upon his altars eternal hate 43 to %nem but I learn, th at an idea prevail., h tat tr is country is secisto as long as she preserves - oria int ivy at sea . No opinfen mote natural te be orn.eci no opinion mote t:AI gr.:tins to be relied or.. I t th i s wise true, then ihdred might every man in the rare lay his head upon his primw in petite security. It is impossible to value mete hifahly. or to feel mere proudly than I do, the brilliant achieve ments of our galiata tats. I know, that when the firers of France are met by those of England, vie. tory is no longer doubtful ; and that the only qua. Lion now asked by a British Commander is, not what is the toice, bat, where is the enemy toe But knowing all thi.. I also know that the sea is wide, and that the el nienti ase tickle; and Minim tet• must be enaowed with sum maw* powers; they rust " ride in the whirlwind, and direct the nom ;" they most be able to tell the sea • " Thus far birth ti•ott go, and no farther. There shall thy proud waves be stayed All this they must do, be. tore I can trust the safety of my country, merely to its superiority at sea. It is true, the ports of the eaf my are blockaderi ; and, as it is affettedly expres. s e e, then fiats are hermetically seal, d up. As brag as this hteckade continu• s, and the seals unbroken, tie rourery may be safe ; but the same gale that trona cur fleets to seek salter in their own ports. gives tier egress to those of the enemy to escape from theirs. What has been may be ; none can forget that the expedition under Hoche was p•e vented finm landing in Ireland, solely by the interposition of a providential hurricane. New, as I have not learned that Ministers have laid in a stock • f spare hurricanes, or that they have entered into any commercial treaty with the old Ladies at Lapland, who ere said to traffic in this article, I eaonot conclude the country safe, merely because it is •Itill•flOT at e.'a. But in stating the danger, I • mint noise will im.gine that I mean to create dis ma) or despondency. I know that if the danger is great, the spirit and resources of the nation are equal to meet it ; but I wish to alarm to vigilance, cache to caution. and to rouse into anion, the energies of the country, for its own salvation.— But, above all things, I am ansious that we should not slumber under 'the shade of false se curity, " Lest in that sleep we meet death." —Having shewn that Government has not been able to tei.nre the blessirgs of pence, and that the con tinif.e.au of die war is inevitable; having stated the dasio,er as it appears to me, and having poisfed out the fallacy of relying solely upon naval strength, splendid ea its renown is, I now come to the other arm of nor national force, so esomrial in skim of the 'apposed cases. The excellence of our present army is acknowledged by every man in the nation, and it lives in the recollection of the enemies of our enufitiy. Ent we are inferior to the enemy in numerical force alone. I lay it down as a posi tion, as incontrovertible as any theorem in F.uclid, that whatever arm the enemy assails you with, he should he met Sy you with one of equal efficiency. If the enemy were to invade you with the train bands of Yarn, I should be coateot to meet them with the Train Bands of London. But as he trill come with regular disciplined armies, inflated on the one hand by continued victories on the Continent, and impel led, on the other, by the prospe&ive plunder of this couctry, he must be opposed by regular discip lined troops, prepared to conquer or to die. Hence the necessity of increasing that force is evident. But let me not be supposed to think lightly of that bright effusion of national spirit, which burst forth in the hour of danger, so much to the honour of the Volunteers, and the manifestation of which spirit could not have failed to impress dismay upon the enemies of their country. lam persuaded, that, in different shape, this force would be an essential auxiliary to the regular army. As to the mode of angmenting that army, there is a difference of opi nion. The principle upon which the Wa• Minister has founded his measures for improving the condi tion of the soldiers, as far as it goes, appears to me to be admirably calculated to produce its effeas, but no measure of peispeCtive improvements can be expected to come into anniediat.- operation ; I con sider the Flan as securing a regular and good in come, without racking the tenantry ; but it is neces sary to have a fund in hand, literally, as well as metaphorically, to carry on the war. It is true, our ancestors were justly jealous of large stand. lug armies, as clan;erosis to their libertati. With respell to the Estimates ••n the Table, the able speech of Ihe West Hon. Gentleman has left little ro be sat I on ? at hem,: and, it is the less rte. cessary to each upitn them, as the d.tails will be the subject or a future discussion. And now let me implore Gentletio'n to ►ecollect, that the ryes not only of this couittry, Isu. of Europe, and the whole eivil.srd world, are anxiously fixed upon the prover dings of tire British Senate ; aod let it not be said, that the Impetual Parliament, forgetting the great obj.-as worthy of it. ziptified character, shall occupy itself wit., we lime di...pmes of party poli tics, cec•.•,.ding how to get this man in or that man out I,t .• Government, insteau (*employing all its energy t>kt up out that Arch-Enemy os Govern niel:ts. We are engaged in nu ordinary warfare? We contend with no common enemy, unless indeed the common enemy to all mank.:.d. He ..as sworn vengeance: your sins are of f: nsture he cannot for give !—You are loyal, c-oitent, and free I—You ag gravatethesecrimes! You resoive to continue tree! . your punislime,.: would be extermination. He cemes it conquest on!y, neither would pillage satiate s math.—Desolatiee and destruction ate his objeas—the detenda Geratage be applies to you. The existence of all yore hold dear is at stake — Property ! Liberty Life 1 You fight to preserve a chaste and beloved wife from the violation of a licentious soldiery, and your smiling infant from their destructive bayonet. But your cause is just ; your people brave and un:ted : be but vigilant ; let him advance; he will be met by treemen, determined to Lose theie liberties but with their liv(s." Ci•lonel ‘VILDEit jo;nel with his Honourabe Priem: t! e Baron: -t, as to tne propriety of the late ' measures adoptef hp tars M..) sty's islinisrers, and said, th it from lie own expereii nee he had as oppor oily of perceiviog thvir ettic icy. particularly in the incre.se of the number of rec. nits since use intro dation of the new alili.ary system. Lad BEAYN EY recommended to Nlinti tat an expedient to prevent impositio ,s, to whtcn he thought the new system too subje•-t. Colon.:1 l'i-fEW thought the Noble Lord's apptehension with raped to imposition was un necessary. fs,r. JOHNSTONE stated his surprise, on find ing that the statement of his Noble Friend. (cord Castlereagh) on a former night, had not yet bee:, answered. i-br conty.aturat.,l the friends of the Ministry, on being waling to confess that the past Administration, ankh they had so often cleated, was the only energetic foist vigorous system of Ge• treatment, vrhicn had been for two years past pur sued. lie coi,cluoes with observing, that the tinnier Ministry had, without any boasting mani• to toes, proceeded to ation, while the present had only amused the nation with promises, and pro duced nothing. Mr. ROSE stated, at considerable length, the impropriety of the present Maniitay's conduit. lie observed. that rte system of economy had been ad hered to; and took an opportunity of contrasting the extravagance of the present Ministers, with his own patriotic frugality, when hi office. He then entered into the exorbitant rates of the Clothing &tint rtes, and assured Ministers, that he had, in his official capacity, not hesitated to reduce the Contrators' prices of cloths, tapes, worsteds, kc. With such views of practical economy, it was no wonder he should differ from the prodigal spirit displayed by the Ministers of the present day. Mr. H. THORNTON spoke in favour of the new system, as being likely to supply us with a respettable army at a future period, but could not hep fearing, that as to an immediate supply, which we stood so much in need ot, it would be found ex eatxemelj detative. Mr. JACOB and Sir ROBERT WILLIAMS both spoke so favour of the conduit of the present Administration. Lord H. PE (TY said, that he had always enter tained the same opinion of the Military System, which his Right Hon. Friend had so fortunately re commended and established. The Hon. Gentle man, it is true. had entered into a minute and paltry calculation, unworthy of themselves, and much more so of their country. There are some ebjetts undoubtedly, where we should shape out selves to the means ; others there are of such great magnitude, that we shouid shape the means to the ohjeks. Such wa-s that grand objat, the establish ment of a respcdtable and poweiful army. Ills system, however, was at the same time adapted to both purposes, the establishment of a powerful army, and ao economical system of finance. The provision %% Inch it afkrded to the worn-out veteran. would not certa'aly be a source of regret to any other inhabitants of this land, hitherto so grateful to its defenders, except the Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord his Irhea& After several obsiovations on the economy ob served by the Ministry, in every department of Government, he concluded with °lncising. that he wraild not, ocr would his colleagues act as former Monsters luid done, iii oirhholding from the Gen. tUenerr on the opposite side of the Rinse, every in fo-illation relative to the coriiiuct GI Ministerial af f sirs front lime to time. Mr. ROSE spoke in explanation. The Secretary At War and Sir John Newport ' both spoke in favour of the Reprz:, and the con duct of the present Administration ; as did al.so Mr Secretary Windham. Colonel Wilder, and Mr. B. Bathur t, to whom Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Perceval replied at considetable length. Lord IiOWIC% °bre, ye], he was sorry to per ceive tftat the Gentlemen on the opposite side were determined ro harass eery individual of Ilia Ma jesty's Ministert„ by itittodueing again questions which had long since been answered, and charges which had been over and over refuted. This con duct was, however, though unfair, at least consist ent, on their part ; and, perhaps, the Gentlemen were of opinion, there was a species of virtue in be- ing consistent, even in error. The Report was then read the second time, and agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a Bill pursuant thereto. Mr. VANSITTART then moved, " That there be laid before the House a coned List of the num ber of men raised by the recruiting service, from the year 1800 to the present year, distinguishing the number raised each year separately. Sir JOHN NEWPORT' then gave notice, that he would, in the Committee of Ways and Means, me ye, " That the sum of one million, on Exche quer Bills, he raised for Ireland." At THREE o'CLOCK the House adjourned till Monday. r iliall4lirl t• ! i .• nisters. I y .1 the mere all admit ii lents, it longer the the better 1 : did bet d 11 ~f 1 • THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, -1 -AMJARY 24. A frigate arrived at Yarmouth, on Wednesday eveni g, in it days, from Gottenburg. One ac ount calls h.sr the Ariadar, another the Crescent. Three packets sailed at the same time, under convoy of the Gallant gun brig. The weather proved so tempestuous, that the frigate was Tve times obliged to par back—the last time with the Liu of almost all her sails, which she replaced with those of a Swedi.ls Indiaman. The NeSON packet, one of those which sailed with the gun-brig, arrived at Yarmouth, on Thursday. TI elPt , ers and papers in the Mail which she has brought, come down to the 10th instant, in clusive, but co stain no news of any interest. We u ilerstand, however, that Government have receive , by this cenviance, disratches of importance. A re port prevaiie.l, yesterday, towardsthe closeof the mar ket, that they arm-once Aust. A MAD DLCLA Rae WAa AOEINST FRANCE. this report obtained a considerable degree of credi:, and the ow lure rose two pa cent in consequence. The pains which %NAT ANTE had taken to make the world believe that he was upon the most friendly footing with Austria, betrayed his fears of that power. Het interests, the wounds inHiCted upon her by France, and the aelivity of her military preparation., would induce an ordinary observer to conclude that Austria was only waiting for an opportunity to declare war against France. That opportunity appears to have at length arrived, and the Emperor JOSEPH may now aft that part which the King of PRLIsSIA was so much censured for decliniag in the late war. Indeed, he is impell ed by rill stronger motives. He knows, that, in the event of the success of the French, Austrian Poland will be wrested from him. He sees the French army thinned by disease, while discontent and insurreation are spreading throe ;h the country in its rear. Its different parts of Gamany, and particularly in Hesse, the disbanded troops are taking up arms, and one common sentiment of hatred to France pervades the people. We must,. however, observe, that as these circum stances prepared the public mind for a rupture be. tween France and Austria, the report of such an event, as having actually taken place, may have grown out of its probability. Indeed, it was con sidered, last night, in some of the best informed circles, as a mere stuck jobbing expedient, yester day being a settling day at the Stock Exchange. I.ord Attcutaitt.o HAMILTON gave notice, last night, in the House of Commons, cf a Motion on Moniay se'nnight, upon the l'hitd Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry. Mr. Fox, in the last Session, complained, that the late Ministers, on leaving Office, told the public too much, and cher s•uccessors too little. This com plaint appears nix to have been made withnut cause. A paper, which ought to have been left in one of the public offices, was producs last night in the House of Commons, from Mr. Rosa's pocket. The CHANCILLOR of the Excnectuart lot !RYLAND, struck with this exposure, was induced to complain, that he had not found a scrap of paper for his di ration, on his entrance into his office. By accounts from Bengal, of the 22 I July, 180 G, the tophrsurs. from Penan;7, had arrived there, and parted from the Northairidertasid the day before; the Cateatia had got out of Dock, been on shore, and would be obliged to go into Dock again.- The Jews in Sweden have been interdicted from holding any communicatton with the Grand As sembly, or Satibedrim of the people of Elsa religion in France. The Ifrdharv,—, frnm the Cape of Gond Hope, is arrived at Pnrtsmooth ; she sail;:d heat St. Helena on etc lit Decen-Ans. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. " COLURT OF ICING'S BENcri, Wasratiestm lAN. in. This being the first day of Hilary Term, the ladgas proceed :id to Westminster li sit , in the usual pro: .scion, and after the accustom-id ceremonii.is, repaired to their resperStiVe Courts. The proper Olfi:er attended this Court. and made the usual rtturn, upon oat's, of the state of the Ski. veral convi is under siant.ence of tranaportatiou, on !laird the Hillts at litoolwicis, Portsmouth, and Langston Harbour. They were reported to be in a state of good heal h, kept to hard labour, and de prived of the use cf strong or spiritui.us liquor:, exceat in a medicinal way. The Coutt was occupied for near two hours in the justification of hail. Near 10d persons justified ; the sums, in general, were very trifling. the large•( not exceeding 5001. Tilt ICING 0. VAMTnt M. Mr. Gas Row applied for a role to chew cause why the Prosecutor, Mr. John Crllins, should not pay the' Defendant's costs, wilach he had been put to, on account of this prosecution. He stated, that the Prosecutor had commenced an anion against the Defitndant, which sea:: t:ftcrwards referred to ar. bitratoos, and the Defendant examined upon oath ; in consequence of which, an 1 niiLment oas pt-e -ferred against him for perjury, at the followiiig Quarter sessions, and just at the moment the De fendant was ready for trial, the Prosecutor removed it, by certiorari, into this Court. The cause was then set down for trial at Guildhall, upon the last S ittirday, during the last Sittings. The Defendant had delivered his briefs, and had no less than slit. teen witnesses in waiting, when the trial, upon the Prosecutor's application, was put off until the fol lowing Monday. The Prosecutor then withdrew his record, ant the cause was never tried. It was further sworn, that the Prosecutor had frequently declared his determination to ruin the Defendant, at any risk. From whence it was trident, that the prosecution was commenced from the most ma licious motives, and he trusted the Court wculd see it in that point of view. The Court was of opinion. that the facts stated rtt b:•half of the Defendant might be better urged upon en anion for a malicious prosecn ; however, as it was a question worthy consideration, a condi tional Rul:. was granted. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir VICAR Y Giass applied for leave to file a cri minal information against Mr. John Not, one of the Overseers of the Poor, in the Borough of Pen rhyn, in the county of Cornwall, for improperly re. fusing to rate one person, and rating another for electioneering purposes. In the month of July last, one Vincent Martin applied to he rated, and the Overseers knowing on which side he intended to vote, upon the ensuing ilenion, of their own autho rity, they took no them to rate him according to the former year; immediately after, a Mr. George Travers applied to be rated also, in order that ve might have a vote upon the ensuin& elani3n—but the Overseers having some &Wit with respect to the party he meant to espouse, Mr. Pigot told him, if he voted as their side, be should be rated ; but Travers declining to give any answer, Mr. Pigot re fused tb appoint the rune. I'he Court, accordingly, granted a Rule to .1 ew cause. ...-setwint--att.tir • We yesterday announced the arrival of the A le7• dadtr ifiradton. Captain CALLAHAN, at Liverpool. from Savannah, which place she left on the 25th December, with an account that an American had arrived at Charleston from Buenos Ayres, with an account of the re-capture of that colony, The Li verpool paper, received yesterday, give, the follow ing particulars:— " Captain Cat.LAII AM states, that just as he wat "about to sail for Europe, Mr. SCOTT, a gentleman well known in this town, and who had gone out pas senger with him, arrived from Charleston, and in humed him that an American vessel had reached that port from Buenos Ayres, the master of which reported, that Buenos Ayres was retaken by the Spa niards, that an embargo had been laid on all the vessels in the harbour , and that in a gale of wind the American ship cut her cable and run for Charleston. Mr. Scary informed Capt. C. that he had made it his business to see the Captain of the American. and interrogated him minutely on the sub jeet, and that his report had left no doubt of tile tag. The above vessel passed through the British ships, which were lying off and on at the mouth of the River. The re-capture of the place, it is far ther said, has been effefted by the Natives, and that our troops have suffered most .everel . :/." A lever from Greenock, dated the `2oth, received this morn ing, announces the arrival of an American ship from Savannah, in twenty-five days; but we do not learn that she heard the above report. TEN THOUSAND l'og'os for the First Drawn Ticket, on Monday neat, January 26.—Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, continue on Sale at the Offices, corner of Bark Buildings, Cornhill, and facing the Gate of the King's-Mews, Charing cross, by RICHARDSON, GOOOLSICK, and CO. 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