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eity of see etymon catchy. That honour and secerilp s the inossliaste ambition of the enemy has sieterasseci to andeemine. it is he who has re felled to accede to jute and lio:..oursble proposals fee the attainment of peace ; sad it is to hes hada bty. and injustice you mastattrbute the calamities • unfortesiately suffer, and for the • other alternative Had tuck,,,g.„ is to wield, they auu the hostile dis httle to fear from `'teach Emperor. persons in this .• would willingly co.emeneing a neg.*- : that it would not description, think not only be made but that it also reciprocal security. y to its accomplish told, is a man of , but not more co (Idleness, that he to carry his am- Ambitious as he to be led beyond 4 most advantage aoy tho,g proved this, more incliner in which the late campaign was Could not Bonaparte, when 'he eve- Treaty of Tilsit, have completely aura. whole ar:ny of Russia? Take him in his himself and tingits when personal the . exhibited a defective. ftir negocia that eta \ Bitola '4, Pe- no thin this ...a un inordi- .‘ designs, ? and taught u c indebted :. no crimes un nu- probability career, .4e in any accelerating new In. Louis _ there o'e-eminent t, that when ambitious ores rcsourees fore then hind of William of Orange to oppose aggress ; anti subsequeutly in. this country there ap peared the Duke of Marlborough and Prince . Eugene, who •by their powerful talents reversed the fortunes of Europe. And let it not be for gotten, that the legotry of Louis XIV. (Hear ! liter !) tended not a little to diminish the means of his strength, and ultimately to defeat the ac compli.hinent of his projects. Let, then, the sun of Peace shine upon this diatme:e4 portion of the world, dud let the netioas of the earth at last enjoy a breething tinie. 'The King's Ministers may disregard this with. may turn a deaf ear to -the prilluple which I recommend. Have thee not learned from dear-bought experience the fal lacy and error of such proceedings? Are they deterrniued to persevere an that come of disaster, disgrace, and ruin, upon which the war with France wag originally commenced ?— How often, from the place where I now address this House, have they heard the same recommen dation from that enlightened in; id (Mr. Fox) un happily removed in this awful moment of her deo tiny, from the service of his country. if his ad vice had been acted urn. the bloody tragedy of the late disastrous coalition would never have taken place. I do sincerely hope, that in my humble endeavour of this night, I but wad in his revered steps. Would to God, that tins night he was en abled to place around me the pruteLtion of his air& Had his advice been taken, tie once proud mwereigpties of liurope would not DOW fie pros trate. - Bonaparte would not hare the honour of trying his successful experiment on the military means of the Coutiorst. Anitria would have been reviving from her taisfortnnes, and Itassia hod still remained unio.paired. There yet ronains one to. ine, to which, with the penuimion of the House, 1 am ant:our to advert. The deliwion of conquest is entirely disaipathd, the prophecies of oilroltunate triumph are now totally falsified. But,' says the P.hie Lard, having failed to subdue Bersapaste by e tailita 17 and naval in runs, we are now de termined to conquer by our system of commercial prirstioas. Is theses ch idiotism, not to speak of the Kiag's Cabinet, but ip the peasant's cottage, to encourage such a delusion ? The rage of wur has not, fortunately, been felt in this country, if it had. the probataity is, that amongst our opulent uicrebants, who only know the miseries of war in the payment of the mum . the love of peace would be more generally dtifused. The Right Honour able Gentleman Then briefly recapitulated the na ture of the Resolutions ,hieh he had to propose, and concluded his, most able kid eloquent speech, by moving-- vemonia,..nm it h the minion of this Rouse, that the coachileie i - - r His Disiowt . ; Ministers for the dy es at the reerceces allated the fisperor of were iaussiseiset eniAnpelltis. a liaoskai, Test ft Is die spokes of this House, that the eaerleraef Ina Majesty's Monsters on the goblets of the manilas idlest by the *apse, of Arens, se.is unwise VoleWlai r awl esnietstainisi to messiah' hew far the erlbe Wallet not have Mee attaimMegitillie mem Of with mediation. "* ~saathis lids it incumbent upon *Mira &dig% Out doers Is aslYtag in the present vireos. steams Odle war which eagle Is preclude Um Majesty Neel eakele*ag hay fair opportmity of acceding to, or COMISICIAL a hageriatiou with the Enemy, on a biotin , at apidity ' foe the termicatiou of hostilities, on terms of justice Ilalileustri." Thoßight Hon. Geoeoe PONIIONSY then spoke to the followiug eifect.—" Sir, Last sensible of the disadvantage under which t rim' to address you, after the admirable specteh . of my Hose Friead, who has just sat dows, • In the two first resolutions proposed by biro, I 'perfectly concitj . as also in the substance and matter of the third. although I differ entirely with him with teapot to the propriety of preening it at this moment. I *agree in the first resolution, because I plainly perceive , in the King's Alinisters, a temper and tone of feel ing, a disposition and leaning of mind totully ad verse to every prospect of paiitication. And on this part of the :"abject, 1 must be allow ed to say, that nothing but the weakest jute-, gination could he brought to conclude, that because one Power, under the *penalise of events out of its controul, is utifortunatehy placed under a momentary depression to another, that, theiefore, a third Power ought not to accept its mediation. In Russia and Austria you had two Arm and tried friends, allied to you both by inte rest and disposition, and who, though alienated in appearance, to the cause of England, must sin elerely, though secretly, wish, that she possessed the preponderating in fl uence in place of Franc?. It is impessible, in a war so pregnant with events as this has been, not to have seen this principle acted upon iis as variety of instances. What was your 'situation in regent to Holland? With that country, as in alliance with France, Great Britain had been at war now near twelve para. and yet, during that interval of time, dlisnmantry had received but one effort of hostility ihniathat point. On every other occasion, save in the measorable engagement between Lord Duncan and Admiral De Winter, the Dutch made no re-' sistance to the attacks of this country. In the East led* a squadron struck to the British t'oin lmoolkit without a broadside; and the great pro portion of the Dutch ships were surrendered to us in the Zuyder Zee. Why, therefore, should the King's Ministers suppose, that those other Powers, by temporarily succumbing to the domination of trance, were, therefore, become really enemies to Great Britain ? It Wll4, in my opinion, the weakest policy thus to have refused the mediation of those Powers ; riot that I am of opinion that peace ought -to have been made with France, but that the King's Ministers, by their refusal, should not have insulted and af fronted the proffered mediation of the Courts of Austria and St. Petereburgh, for in no other light than as an insult can the mode and manner of that refusal be cousidered. The question which, icon the resolutions proposed, we are ealledon to discuss, embraces the interests of' this country iu their va rious branches, and most remote hearings, and that at a moment the most formidable that ever caked in its history. Dangers, thus formidable in themselves are, in my mind, considerably aggravat ed. when 1 reflect upon the system of conduct the King's Ministers have pursued, and are now deter mined to persevere in. Do they mean, I ask, to continue this system of warfare against France, with out recurring to those means which are alone cal undated to enable it to bear up against the pressure? Do they mean to persevere in their mode of oppo sing France, withont directing their attention to the safety and security of Ireland ? lie this island there ciso 'dates but one mend and enthusiastic feeling. Every Englishman is actuated with that spirit of loyalty which tells him it is his first duty to oppose the power and influence of France; but I should take 'shame to myself, were I to conceal what I feel to be the truth, that there might circumstances af fect Ireland its. such a manner as to make a deep Luression. hostile to the safety and connexion of the BAt7ss atpire. Se tong, therefore, as there rernaio in Ireland great causes of discontent, so lung will continue the sounos of greaf weak ness to this country, of great hope and strength to France. is then hostility towards that coun try to• be forwarded by the prosecution of their obstinate warfare against Ireland, or by their new system of commercial privations, that is, by doing that against your own commerce which BOnapurte would do were it in his power ? How comes it that in the former stages of your hostility with France, you have not resorted to this mole o' annoyance, if it is as effectual as the King's Ministers pretend ? But at all es eat., let them no longer conceal from the canary its real situation ; let them no longer holdout fete hopes, or misrepresent relit grievances, with a view to evade pnblic investigation. There is not the meanest peasant in England, but ought to know the true circumstances of the nation, amid the manner in which it is likely to be affected by the new system, on which the King's Ministers are de termined to act. I now proceed to the third pro peait ion of my Honourable Friend, mod am induced to take a step. to whi'ch, I need mot amity him, I am led by a.visry strong sense of public duty, accom panied with no email share of regret. I am induced to differ in any proposition which in its naturewould directly tend to make it imperative on His Majest_y's Ministers to sue for negotiation to France. For although I conceive the attainment of a just sad houourable peace to be always the sound pa. luny of this country, still l aui of opittios. that tiAa is not the moment for the House of emulsions to make such ii deelaratiou. ludeed I differ from the tiiird resoluliott, because I apprehend its ncloptioa . would hunt ediatelvoperate to preclude the object o f toy Houourable Friend's sincere wishes. From s adoption at this moment, one or the ether of these tap results would proceed, either that this House would force Ministers to take steno, the effect of which would probably tend to increase the preten sions of the enemy, or that if they should conclude a peace, such as was not consistent with the honour and security of the country, this House would,. by its resaiution, enable them to shift the reamer:bi lity from then ,selves upon this House of Parliament. In such a state of cousequeuces, the King's filtiii. eters, when brought before this House, would very probably justify themselves under this very proposition. 'they would say, We are not the wa tliors of this measure, it was forced upon us by yonrselves. If the treaty that has been conclud ed tins either overlooked the best interests, or com promised the character of the country, it must look to Parliament for such an effect ; and if there is reproach due, upon your heads be it, who forced us by your decision to contravene our own fixed mud unchanged opinions. The House was impa tient, the country was clamorous, and to those ns dueements we alone acquiesced.' My Hon. Fi lend has refeaed to the petitions which were poured in from the country, previous to the con clusion of the Aineritin war. I cannot consider the caves at analogous. In the firmer instance, the object for which war was 1i0R..! commenced and continued, became untenable. To reduce America to submission was considered hopeless, and there fore the public , sense of the country exerted itself to put a termination to a foolish struggle, where Great Britain had to contend with all the iusentives arising from love of independence, • strong feeling of human rights, and the enthusiasm of country. also feel it my duty to oppose that resolution, be cause it would operate as an encouragement to the sending a still greater number of similar petitions from the distressed and suffering manufacturers of this country, and all others who feel themselves ag grieved by war. What do these petitions complain of as a principal source of their distresses? They complain that the markets of the Continent are shut against the manufactures on which they work, and they do pray for peace, under the hope that with its other blessings it would re-open the accustomed channels of communication with the Continent of Europe. Suppose, for a moment, that those peti tions had such an effect on His Majesty's Ministers as to induce them to take the steps for opening a negociation with France, must not Bonaparte im mediately ask whence proceeds this sudden chai-Je? It is not six weeks ago since you refused the pro:- feted mediation of Austria, after a previous refusal to the Court of St. Petersburgh. If we then tell him that the pressure the war has created is so great thet the impediments which he hoe thrown in the I ' way *four trade androm merce have operated against • os with such considerable effect, that it is absolu:e ly impossible for us to exist without a 4 , lunation of them, is there a man in the country who could fancy that such a statement of our sufferings will induce him to mitigate them? Will the * French Ruler my, it is true that I have now been fighting for 16 years, to reduce your greatness and dirniaish your security, to cut up the sources of your trade, and destroy the channels of your counnerce.but now at the very moment that I find myself successful in all my objects, that I have consummated the work NB which I have so long fixed my stedfast attention, aid to the completion of which I directed my most *Bier hopes; but now, because I find that your mannfacturers are starving, and that your citizens are without bread, I will suddenly undo all my pre vious exertions, and relax the system of severity mid privation, which I have so successfully carried lei° execution. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, if these pe titions now upon the table of this House, are to have the power of forcing Minister, to snake a peace with France, and that because the pressure of this country has been so great, and the distress so irremediable by any other means, then . I innit, in most decided language, pronounce Great Bri tain to be (what 1 feel it is not) a conquered coun try. (Hear! Ater! from both sides of tb,e House.) It may be necessary that this country should suffer further—it may be necessary that we all, of every description in this country, should undergo abso lute privations. I have still such an opinion of the firmness and manhood of the British people, that I feel convinced there is no affliction to which they are not prepared to submit, rather than degrade the character, or impair the security of their coup- - try. Though I have thus stated my opinion in opposition to the resolution of my Honourable Friend, I still feel thnt a rational, regulated view to peace is the first duty of this country, and therefore I by no means pledge myself to say that in a very short time, nay at the end of a week, )circumstances might not occur to induce my acquiescence to the motion now proposed. The `only differencebeeseeen me and my Fie,. Friend, in all the very enlarged and extensive outline, which, from his comprehensive view of the world he has taken, I say, the only difference between us arises as to the proprietx of the present time for Dressing his resolution. He is a little holler then I am on this subject, and therefore I shall feel it my duty, shonld my Honourable Friend press the third Resolution, to move the previous ques tion." Mr. WILBERFORCE followed en the same side with Mr. Ponsonby, and at the same time that he implored his Honourable Friends, His Majesty's Ministers, to direct their serious attention to the means of effectine a safe and honourable peace— he still considered it the duty and true interest of the people, to suffer their great and lamentable privations, with the hope of final safety. Land MILTON expressed himself warmly. alive to the distresses of the numerous manufacturers re duced to dreadful want and wretchedness by the result of the war, together with the mischievous means which the King's Ministers lied taken to re taliate on France. He still was sorry that he mast differ from his Honourable Fnend on the °attire of bin proposed resolution, And he only did so be cause, in hs opinion, it tended, if not to aggravate the impediments to peace, at kart to prec.ude the speedy arrival of that happy p er i o d. The Honourable Mr. ill ARO, m a meet &Inquest speedo, warmly supported Use reposition of Mt. Wbitbeead. Re though it at least the dafty' n f Parliament to interpose on this great subje c t b e _ tweeu the inifortunes of a burdened country, an , a. Aliaistry who search with a sort of rilicros,opie eye toe erery thing ia the shupe of evasmo, ev ery tlimg winch they can elude the probable RISIM, of eftectiug a negotiation. In aplireciatiag sack a question as this, a questiou, aboo.-hing every feet camitig home to the bosoms and business ot' mankind, affecting present interests and futu re hnpes, the first point to be ascertnesd, was t h e object for which this county, continued sr wic ? It had assent :d a.> Many hues as W e Cameleon, and now cou:d only ha deiloated SA a contest without a cause." Ile then book a re view of the various unsuccessful plans since the commencement of the *lir the mighty Power of France had cruglical the frantic and disostrol,: fourth coalition. "Then it was the ground fi,uillj give way, and the materials slipped from our f e ,,, Nor did there remain peel, one solitary hope t: those dupes who dreamed of victories at Anit e .. litz and Eylau. I kar he:ir Why then continue the contest? What was the hope whe:i France had vanquished all lEJ:r enemies on the Continent, and this country had alienated all her allies? There was none. War had diet a natural death, the fire was ettinghished fur the want of feel." (Hear ! /war !) Mr. BLATCIirOID considered Ansttia and Ru... sia unfit to mediate between France awl this cone- Lord Manor saw no objection to the third Re solution. Mr. Jos &tura thought nothing aelvantage bus could be acquired by a prosecution of the i% Mr. Secretar y CANNING. in a speech of urni . - derable length, which, from the lateness of the hour, we regret we cannot give, warmly opposed the resolutions. He contended that the mediation of Russia and Austria could not be accepted from the manifest influence of France in their councils. Mr. W. Smtsit suprrted the Resolutions. He was followed by Mr. SULIUDAN, who, in art ener getic speech, deprecated the idea of delay, as pro mulgated by his Right Hon. Friend !Mr. Forma bv). He concluded. by moviig " That the House be adjourned to this day." Mr. ADAM opposed the motion of adjournment. He would give his affirmative to the three resolu tions. Mr. SHERIDAN then withdrew the motion. Mr. M HATBRE•D riernmeneed his reply at four o'clock this morning, and ably aJswered the Tandy of observations that had 'alien from the priteedin:; sPeakem The House divided. and orrthe first Resolution. there appeared. or it Aisloat it 210 • Iffajoray 140 Seea►d division on theocoond Pe.flutioa, • - Aye* leas. Majority 144 , On thethird resolution heit:7, put from the Chair, Mr. Gaeta* Pomsowsv role, and moved tie previous question, when a division took place, sod there appeared, kur it, 21'7—Aintree it, is—Majority, tag Adjourned tat UAL PAST FIVE o'Clock this Morning. THEATR EN.—K [RCM THEATRE This Evening, a Nee Hewed Yergani,sera, cited, LA DEPORT; with LA R•S sa FETE CHI SE, L'Hourecurwr DIE DUEILEIERE DRURY-LANE: This Evening, the reenandeonegiroiTtiv Cgs a Ode sod a NOW Nlnaical Farce, Tall 111 •11 0 Our .---- or TvesCOVENT-GARDEN Thg veseng, a Nee Comedy, caned, BEGONE DELL CARE • as, How WILL /T END NEN Comic Ca,k , called, idea/ JAC/11 ; and Wm Wins OR, THE WIDON'to CHOICE. a,,• The Monthly Literary 1 other 10/suiliarkeous alleles, are curaeciaeacs of the length of Pub Fashiasa, and rstpaaad, •der which you ilia i iiiis so s if aids removal of which time is sow ibs s but your fortitude and patriotism.' ,Mintsieri such a weapon as this ba••liatie . Oewrobsoil from et ConhaasoW ato rope, hti / • ralonalless issilkir if the Ffl I aia sowimind drat ereeennte loopy . assoksiiil is ibis astioWy, who I =ll.ie Os 1.011111“ af . co.am IPatidad retry felt certain ti seassml. I ass sst iose of this deo *gal &tint peace could now no riIeMMIS fair condition, I hi • wi th full noes d 4 salts is the dificulty to ~. lima ? gimparte, we are told, gas ambition. He is, but ; but with this difiei . the power of great talents I jects into exemition. 41 fa t h never suffered himself tc As pint at which he was placed Ti *ply. Could any thing have pro , asa the manner in which the Ws noneluded ? Could not Bonaparte, when - le exe- cuted the Treaty of Tilsit, have completely aura. hileted the whole army of Kuria ? Take him spin at Campo Formic, when Vienna was in his pour, did lie, in such item:ions, raker himself - Übe governed only by his ambitious passions, and thirst for tqgrandisement ? rlid such a feeling .'ante afire the battle of Austerlitz : or did , atteraulify any such intention , either by the de- • Misesien of the Austrian capital, or by insultingits . • t All these facts go to prove, that when it his iutereet to make peace, no personal intervened. on hi part, to prevent the at ? What bee of coaduct did this . ... • uhihit towards the enemy ? It exhibited a • radically wrong. and throughout defective. comported itself in a manner suited, not, I say.tenek n boost but even to conclude an ordinary sersaigukuot? Have you ever se:lt to France, for the purpose et discussing. the merits of a negocia- tion, a pen= acceptable to the rnler of that em- , pipet It wee kflit last year that the King's Mini.- . 'erotism my Lai Genet to the Cenrt of St. Pe- ' , ter:burgh from th eir preview knowledge that that ihilism"; was ranch respected by the Emperor of ~. Ira. It was true that Lord Whitworth had sent to Paris, but I wale:id that he hes been roily mistaken in his opinions and views relative , Sp the into.itiona of the French Emperor. (A laugh . ..Asa the Hiaiaterial aide.) Let the Gentlemen opposite deride and misrepresent me u much as they thiak proper, I still deprecate , though no einhisist for !Nance, this inherent animosity, this Oltiespig personal gnarrel, which every man in this • apposes to have with the ruler of that em- are every moment told of his inordi- , of Ins injustke, his cruelty, his die- ' airy law, human and divine ; still all allegations; will not justify it. Do we not that Providence, itiltie inscrutable deigns. liflen . acts by the worst and vilest instruments? and eat the history of our own country taught tic in the rises of Henry VIII. we are indebted wens of the reformation? Indeed. in no More have we ever heard of the crimes s 1: . inerardips being introduced as impediments to amusements between two great empires. poser ef France, by profiting of the Wu- . , of his oppenenta, has raised himself to his l un- it dented rank in the military annals of pa- = Still there is more than a probability that when be has terminated his earthly career, • end God ferbid that there slmuld reside in any breast in this country a thought of accelerating such an eve:it; by unjustifiable means, that a new - combioation of circumstances would arise. In. in again recurring to the reign of Louis IV.we mutt recolitet, that at that period there existed equal apprehension at the pie-eminent power of France. We should recollect, that when The Pyrenees were leveled, and that ambitious Monarch, with the able men who presided, over his Councils and directed hit financial resources had aimed at universal conriucst, the same fore- boding and distrust existed. But there was then the hand of William of Orange to oppnee aggres- ion ; awl substrvently ilk, this tountry there an- THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, 'thus I. Mr. Warraatao, lost night, in the House of Commons, introduced his promised motion fur Peace, with en able and eloquent speech. It con sisted of three resolutions, to the third of It Mr. rummest, though friend:y to the matter and substance. objected as ill-tinted. He conceived that one or toe ether of these results would ensue from its adoption : either that, by such an expres sion of the wish of Parliament, the tone and tem per of the enemy would be so elevated that it was probable the very anxiety foe peace would preclude its attainment ; or that Mi nisters, adverse, as he believed them. to peace, would, if forced into a negotiation which end in a peace iaconsirtent with the bosoor end sr,'urity of this coniati, staftihe resp utibilty of sfiets an event from themselves upon Parliament, and reproach the House of Commons with the evils and disgrace into which the courery would be brottett by such a disastrous consequence. This open and candidly-avowed d4il...etice of opinion. is honourable to both parties. Mr. Foesemay n-d Mr. WHITBREAD may esteem each other, and b: firmly attached to their party ; but here we have 4 proof that Reif and party are lost sight of inthe.r view of their country's good. 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