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that such a.course would . . beadvisable, :but he was astonished that his Right Hon. -Friend, who . had • this so much at - heart, could not See that the only way to render this Country • able to give, vigour and ent:•igy to such a principle was, to preserve the Resources of this Country from waste, and that nothing was capable ofdoing so, in an effectual man . nee, but Peace. To a, mind less capable : of seeing. the hearing of things uptin one another, .than that . 13.ignt Ron.' Friend,' it might have appeared that Peace was -the only means by which we could become able to accomplish what he desired. He should rejoice to see the resources of this -Country economized, as he hoped they; would by Pea ce.-- • " God grant,P said Mr. ArADYNoTorst, " that-Peace may be preserved; it is not only my wish, but it is my earnest prayer, that, we may long enjoy the blessings of Peace, and "that the caudal of France may-be such, and that she may not use her power in such a way as to .compel us to arm against her ; but if War should again take place in two or-three years, and I hate to state the supposition, I would -say, however,• that it will even then be matter of,: , great' consolation to every-man in this House who has done .every thing in his power to avert the cala mity of War, that he had done so, lam well per suaded, however, . that whatever may happen, it is the wisest course for us to preserve our resources at • present, as much as possible, that We may the bet.' ter be prepared, if that should be our lot, ..to exert ourselves with energy and effect : but I will go further=—l do not know whether it will'be'satisfac- • tory- to my Right - Hon. Friend or not;--I-will say, that if War be his objea, we are - pursuing the best course for it, by preserving our resources at a pe riod when we hpe the opportunity of doing so ; and, what is better with me, and- which I own is •my objel, I know of nothing so likely to prevent a War, as that-of being prepared to meet it; nothing is so likely to keep other Powers from molesting us, as' the knowledge that we possess the means of yin .clicating our rights. I think, .therefore, that we should take care that we should not exhaust our re sources when there is nothing to be gained by it. I think it would be very unwise to go on with a con- - test,when there is nothing to contend for that wduld, be worth the gaining, and where there is much to be kst."ll..et it oot be Supposed, that because I say this, I atti Of opinion. that I think the resources of this Countty have - been improvidently employed—l am s‘i far from thinking so, that I believe the very Means by which we have obtained/Peace, have 'arisen from the vigour with which we prosec u t e d the War. On this subjea I should -.have been sorry to have been misunderstood, and therefore 'have said this Ant) t NoTcpr then Proceeded . to• observe, that neither himself nor any of Iris Colleagues had any plea of -inad. • ' verteney, for an. e%cuse, if any part of the- Defi nitive Treaty was defedive in its provisions. He shotild think it highly unworthy to urge such a plea if he had•it ' • but -he said- there was no such plea, for they had been guided in drawing the Treaty, and all the•proVisiohs of it, on our part, by My Lord ELDON, whose knowledge, diligence, ,talents; and other excellent qualities, .were too well :known to render an enumeration of them necessary in that House. The Treaty therefore on our part, had all the advantages which belong to consum- Mate understanding and •the habits of ',professional accuracy in the construdion of written instruments. was thbroughly persuaded also, that-,in another branch ()Übe Negotiation he should be without excuse if the Treaty was defective, for there never was a • period when the business of the Office in Downing- Street was more ably condudad than at the present momenta He knew that some insinuations had gone forth upon the subjed•of the condud of the Negotiation. He knew there were some who had doubted the propriety of that seledion ; to whom lie would say, that the able person here alluded. to, not only conctuded himielf , in a inanner' which conciliated affedion, and: attached. persOnal reseed, but shelved great wisdom, and exhibited a fresh and additional claim to the many he had before exhibited, for the affeetion ar.d gratitude of the Public. He said, he felt great anxiety to he spared the necessity of dwelling long on any topics before the House, for which reason he 'referred to what had been said by his Friends on various topics connected with the subjet before the Ho, se : as-ode' of these, he begged to consider the point of the slipposed growing power. of France • by way of'Commerce, and its becoming our rival in the way of Trade. Upon this he could not do ibetter than to rely on what had been said to - 4tig;it by. ts Noble Friend behind him (Lord Castlereagh). He should observe, however, in general, that Gentle men Who had spoken against the Treaty, had taken , the parts of -it which appeared to deem to be objec tionable, without touching those which •they theih -selvei must .admit we beheld with satisfadion.— They had forgotten that the Preliminary Articles were the result of the Negotiation before the fate of •Egypt was'known, and, therefore, it bad so much the moreinerit—[Herebeentered op.the t mlbjea-of . Negotiation, and pasSed . over thc-st.rhjeft Ceylon, Trinidad, &c.] He then proceeded to say, he was not disposed to enter, at present into a 'comparison of power, and the probable result of it, as between Great'Britain 'and lt . rance ; but he could not help saving, it cit_ cited his astonishment that Gentlemen, in-discussing these topics, made no difference between the prci bible eficed of power acquired by violence, and that which was the'efFed of virtuous exertion. He knew, that language had been held, the effeCtof which (al.: though notintended), was to create in the minds, of: the people, sentiments that were very different from what they felt. Some Gentlemen affeded to say, they,believed the People of this Country had alter ' ed their opinion in a great degree on the subject of. this Peace. -He believed that the Speeches and Coudot of Gentlemen in that House had affected the Inhabitants of the Metropolis in some degree, and that this had appeared at both ends of the Town, St. James-street, and at the - Stock Exchange. He did not make.. it a matter of charge. against these Gentlerne:, te.i, this was certainly the effed,: of -the manner in which they bad 'treated this' subj'ed„ He - did not believe, b,wevei; that any -effeCt was tirci duced on•the mass ofthe People of ;his:Country.; he believed they . hailed the Peace as a Blessing ; and he doubted very much if the arguments of his Right ‘`. Hon.*Friend (Mr: WiNrniAm), were unclerstop4 duced the efPed they had produced,. He bel'ie'ved the Public at large agreed with His Majesty's Mi nisters, upon the propriety of Peace, because there .was no proper objed for the continuance of the War; and that the 'people therefOre earnestly wish ed for Peke. Some felt a pressure on 'account of Taxes, and were impatient for the Peace, under a delusion into which they had been led, that Peace . would immediately lessen the pressure of those Taxes; and many things had been attributed to the War of Which it was not the cause, and among these was the high price of provisions, of which the War was very slightly indeed, if at all the cause. 's With these feelings," .said Mr. ADDINGTON, lam con vinced that the language held out •by Honour_ able Gentlemen in this - House (from a sense of their duty, I have no doubt) may have an effea, for a time at least, on the People, to disincline them to the ,Peace s and may have an effed on the continuance of it, unless counteracted. I should, however, be grieved if that were to be the effea of it. I am sure I speak the sentiments of every individual in His Majes ty's service; when I say, it is our 'earnest wish that the Blessings of Peace may lie continued, and we wish to take every measure consistently with ,the honour of His Majesty's Government, and the safety of the Country, to preserve these Blessings ; and I am impressed with a thorough conviction, notwithstanding what has been Said, that • the probabilities of the continuance of the „Peace now concluded, arc not less than the probabilities of the continuance of the different Pacifications which have taken place at the various periods of the last century. I mean, if the Country should be dis posed to make provision for its own security, with out which Peace cannot be lasting. We must not suppose that France is free from the disposition of taking advantage of our weakness, if we should appear at any time to be weak; but let us guard against weakness ; and take care to give to ourselves the security which we' have the means of giving. By this court:, we shall at"once in spire ourselves with confidence, and discourage those who may incline to be our Enemies. If advantage they can, advantage they will take : But I know nothing in the circus stances of the present time—l know of nothing in the disposition of the Government of France, nor in the disposition oldie person at the head of the Government r of France; ihat warrants any apprehension, that the 'Peace now conchided'4iiy riot be lasting. If this Country is true to itself, I think a -just expectation may be entertained, that it will be lasting. This Country is now in a• state of acknowledged strength, and indisputable poWer, It is on, an eminence, and may continue so, by a 'fixed: determinajlon to pursUe a right course; whiCh is t 'Woi . to invade the rights of others, nor to stiffer others . to invade its own. - By adopting the sentiment ex'. pressed in very Correa words, by my Noble Friend, .(Lord HAW ICESsua v).on•aformeroccasion, - that is, by a System of Ccinciliation and Firmness, I am con_ fiden t Peace may be maintained, and the pre_etnine bee of this Country preserved as high as - it is at present. . I can hardly wish it to be higher, but' I trust it will never-be lower. It is the wish of My heart; and it shall be my constant unremitting endeavourS, ''to preserve, as much as I am able, the hap)iness'-of this Country, which now is the admiratioa of sur rounding Nations. Mr. S HERID AN, in a speech Of some length, expressed 'his firm conviction that the P eace whi c h had been Made was, udder all the circumstances, the best that could have beerfmade. He was, however, by no means'cOnVinced, that the objections which 'had been made bi‘a Right Hon,' Gentleman ('Mr. Windham) and his friends, had been answered. On . the contrary, he was convinced that many'of their arguments were unanswerable ; but he did not there fore attribute blame 'to the present' Ministers, but to those who had. placed the Country in such a situa tion as to render such . a Peace necessary. Upon these principles he ' could not vote f3r the ori ginal Address, Which, in his opinion, 'conveyed a direct censure upon His Nhjesty'S Ministers, which he did not think their condo& in concluding this Peace deserved ; on - the- other hand _he could not vote for the Amendment propdsed 'by the Noble Lord, because it' contained some assertions' which he could -not assent . to. He lamented, that the Noble/Lord's Amendinent was so wotded, that he could not support it, t t eeause he wiihed to'express his approbation of the Peace, under all the circumstan ces under which it was concluded. Thus situated, he should propose an Amendment, which he trusted, would be supported by the remains of the Old Whig phalanx, who had constantly oppOsed 'the War.— The objeft of his Amendment would be, " to exi)ress, the regret 'of that House, that the omission of several opportunities of negotiating for Peace, and particularly the refusal of Bonaparte's offer to treat, had placed . the Country in a situation, that justified the painful sacrifices made in the present Treaty." Mr. TIE KY& said, he, was sincerely anxious to support the Peace, but he could not approve of some of the expressions co,tained in the Arnend mem' proposed by the NOble Lord. His wiSh::.wals to support the present Administration, but not , to approve of the conduCt of the late one. ' : Lord HAWK ES BURY. explained. Mr. CURWEN said, he would give the Peace his most unqualified support. Mr. GREY thought that Ministers had adled wisely in tonCluding the Peace, but could not ap prove of the mode in which the Amend:nen t of the' Noble Lord had been 'worded, and therefore he could not vote for it. Mr. 11 7 . SMITH also said, he' s was sorry he could 'not vote for the Amendment, though he approved of the Kinister's condutt in concluding the Peace. He said, it 1W been contended that th.. original Address wds not a censure upon His Ma_ jesty's present Mini tern, but' it appeared to him not only to be . it `censure, hut'a very 'strong' one. He then,proceeded to rcf,:r.' to the Journals; to shcw that the cchsure propoed upon the Peace of . 1783 was not go strong as the one now proposed. Mr, HO B HOUS E said he should, vote for the Amendment. • , Z4r ,Will' BR.F. AD . said he could rot N .: O te fdr the . Amendment, though he:apprOved of the condLa of Ministers in making the Peace. . • Mr.- BOUVE RLE expressed similar senunients, and said he should prtipme an Amendment, discuSsion which this subjcd had undergone, he should not take up the time of the House" by enter ing into a general reply. He then commenced upon some of the observations which had fallen from Mr. SHEMDAN, and concluded with saying, that, tho' the Address which he - had model might, in some degree, be construed Into a censure on the conduit of Ministers, yet, it certainly was not his inten tion to condemn them for their conduit. The Gal lery was then cleared, and the House divided, For Mr. W4ND4Am's Motion, 20 Against it, 276 MajositF, ?5b The Aniendrnhts proposed by Mr. SHERIDAN and Mr.. BouyEttie were negatived ; and the Amendment proposed by Lord HAWKESDURY was adopted without a division. Adjourned-at near Five o'Clock in the Morning, till Monday, MAILS. ARRIVED. Dur. Hacriburgh - o - PRIDE OF STOCKS, THIS pAY AT TWELVE (:) . LOCI:. Consols. - - 94i Oninium - Prem. T FIE_SUN. SOLEIVI QUIS'DICERE FAL4UNI ALTDEAT ? • • LONDON, MAY rs, iSoz. TH E important Discussion op the Subjel of the Definitive Treaty, was at length ended_ in the House of Commons this: avorning, by a Division on . Mr. WINDHAM'S 'Motion, in support of which there were only Twenty !timbers against Two Thm_ Bred and Seventy-Six, a.smaller proportionate Mino rity than even that in the-House of Lords. The very. able and eloquent' Speech of Lord HAWK ESI DRY, given sin 'Our' . Past,_ , of yesterday, would be read with conviaion aid ,satisfaaion by the. People of thiS Country; and we' beg leave to recommend to particular attention, the Speech of the CHANCELLOR of the Excx tou ER, which we give.this day. These Speechei are , calculati'd. to place the Treaty in its true point Of view,,' freed from those .cavils and misrepresentations which have been so induStriously adduced against it. Upon this important and. inte resting subjea we shall. take future opportunities of offering some observatiou's'; in the mean time, we cannot but rejoice that a . measure of.sUch moment to thehonour and interests of the Country, should, 'after the Most deliberate disetissions that ever took • place in. the Senate, haye* received the almost unanimous sanalon and approbation we may say, qf the Members of the*Lceulatvit:e, 'W last night received French logrnals of the th inst. which contain very important matter. In the Conservative Senate' it was on, the Bth de creed, that BONAPARTIZ should .be defied chief Consul for ten years, after the ten. years are .ex pired for which he was first . chosen. In the An swer of the Chief Consul, be wishes the Suffrages of the People .to be taken upon, this point ; and the Conservative Senate, in return for this complaisance, further deefee, that it shall be submitted to the' French-People, whether NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE, 417411 not be Consul for . ? That the question will be carried in the affirmative there can be little doubt, and then but one:step, more remains to be taken; which is, to - perpetuate the Sovereignty, in the of BONAPARTE. Upon these proceedings the French 'Funds experienced a very considerable rise. They were on the zoth at.6o; 75.. The following are the Official Details of these important proceedings : • ACTS OF GOVERNMENT. EXTRACT FROM'THE REGISTERS OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE, OF THE BTH OF MAY 1802. DELIBERATION,CONTAINING THE RE.ELECTION.OF THE FIRST CONSUL OF THE REPUBLIC. The Senate, consisting of the number of Members pre scribed by the Both Article of the ConSritutional Ad, Having seen the Message of the Councils of the Republic, transmitted by three Orators of the Government, relative to the Peace between France and England ; After having heard its Special Committee, charged by its Ariete of the 6th inst. to present - a Report on the testimony of gratitude proper to be given to the First Consul ofthe Re public ; Considering, that in the circumstances in which the Re public is at present placed, it is the duty of the Conservative Senate to employ every means in its power to give to the Go'- n vermr,ent that stability whiCh can alone multiply its re sources, inspire confidence without, establish credit within, encourage its Allies, discourage secret- Enemies, extinguish the flames of War, ensure the enjoyment Of_ the fruits Pf Peace, and leave to the wisdom of futurity the means of eX eetiti heal! that 'can be conceived necessary for the happiness of are people •Considering that' our SUpreme M'agistrate, after having so often conduced tilts Republican Legions to vielory, deliver ed! taly, triumphed in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and filled the'world with his renown, has preserved France from the honori.or hparchy, by which it was menaced, extinguished . theAtevolationary.tame, dispersedFaelions, put an end to civil discords-and religious troubles, added to the benefits . of Liberty; ,thOse of Order and Security, hastened the regress ,of . Science, consoled Humanity, and given Peace to the Conti nent and the Ocean, has the greatest right to the gratitude of • his Tel low.Citizonsi as•well as the admiration of POsterity; nite in-the -Sitting of this clak, wilybe cOnsi, !u I, 1J 111 instance, ;as that of the French Nation to lothe That the Senate pannot express more solernn.Y , n' First Consul the gratitude of the Nation, than in giving a splendid proof of the confidence with Which lie 13 ' 8 in " Spired the ll'rench People,: O Considering, lastly, that the second and t'" 4 "` - C°4l ,-;,•; cirts have lull of thesecondedonourahlßyepthiicw the glorious tabour 0ff..,t1111 From all these motives, and the suffrages having • leged by secret scrutiny, the Senate decrees as follow' ART. t. The ConservAtive Senate, M the name of t he French People, testifies its gratitude to the Consuls of the Republic. Z. The - Conservative Senate re.,-oleßs Citizen NA"' LEON BQZIAPAA.TE First Consul of the French RPPO tic i ; for ten years immediately' following the ten years for he has been appointed by the"3.9th Ankle of the Co nstiv ' t. tion, a 1 3• The present Sinatra Cawiltum shall be transtn.tte 13 Body, to the 4egislatir e ody, to the Tribunate, ad the Councils of the Republic. (Signed) TRONCHET, Preside nt, . CHASSET, and? secre taries. • SLR R IJR;ER, By , the Conr.ervaqvc Senate, The Secretary General, (Signed , ) CAven.;• 167ay' g, Q I ! ! APA T fI s N u OF T 1,1 P E :_ r E l.r ; ri°g °I 13 T I. coNblz.v.A fv.•E SENATE. AINATQFts, tic honottrabl proof of your esteem; contain.sd in • ow deliberations of the Bth instar.,t, will be always deepiY crir yen in my &art. fh , The Suffrage of. the People has invested me with ""- S c our preme I.uthprity : I should not -think My se lf assured ednfklence, if the A 6 which retains me in that Auth °ri ,.. tY s' n e not s stip se-oaioneo by them. 'For the last three years tortun., has, smiled upon the , PlepUblie, but fortune is inconstant, many meri who have been loaded with its favou rs ' ilave vie last found that they had lived.sorne years toe; long' interest of my glory and of my happiness seem to f the P r ; riod when,the Peace of the world Was proclaimed, as the e en :of my public life. the glory and happiness of a C itl o 4 . a . ought to give vray; when the interest a n d i good. wh es t r i6cc State call upon You. think I owe this rj , • la to the People I will make it, if the w i s hes of the rF - " . P ed, command me 1 . 4 do that g which your suffka es haviatithatli (Signed) 40114F‘r'" . t.z PECItEE OP 'TIIE LOTH E NsTiLicl• The Conservative Senate takinginto consideration , t-at 014, • ,resolutißn of the first Con;ul is a splendid mark of 11 1 03ge paid to the Soveteignty of the People ; that the People, 6 ' l " stilted on, their dearest interests t . ought t o I{ flo w no POt he rf Inits than these interests themselves, decree as follcqs The French People shall be consulted upV l t Question, Shall /sT4roLEON FOI4APARTS be consul for life 0 41- 2. Registers be opened in each commune! lis the Citizens shall be invited to give their yOtCS UP °ll t . ~ . Question. O f- The other Articles presciibe the mode in WhiEi! .11 frages of the People are to be colleded. The reach Funds Are at 60. 75. for His MAJESTY left town yesterday rn ornia Windsor. • 311 HER M AJE S T Y and the PR I N C ESSES airing, and afterwards left at noon for th c 53* place. csrs . Yesterday morning the QUEEN, FR IG an y AtiqUSTI); EL IZAIIETE I , MARY, SOPI- 0 '" O AMELIA, attended by the Earl and CouL' te ' cig irr IARCoURT, arid Mr - s s: GOLiiwOz., 3 1eir I honoured Miss I.4xwoop's Exhibition presence, and immediately 'set off for Wi l ' 43-r erif eLl, Captain. A, F24sER of the Navy, wits P res ro or on Thur s d a y t o t h e Q UEEN Drawin,ri s 10 on hi s a pp o i ntment to t h e A mp hi on , Which wry the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE to Ctahliv - MAy Iq.. This . day cam e n d.C :tch from Chatham,' wi t h ,D u t c h men 'from o s ships at that place, paid off, HiS Majest) : '' s Favomrite,' Ranger, and' Autu mn , and ha"e A s t iO by with them for Embden.---ArriVed from a iwthe Channels, the Charger and Snipe Gun - u — ' ilel DEAL, MAY 14.---:The Blanche Frigate s a n d, this morning for Leith.-Arrived from Ire,jatite His Majesty's Ship Ph ce b e , an d r emains .21. 1 4 ."' 1 ke y, Amazon, Gannet, and Anacreon, ConfiiB, l4°l and rixen Gun brigs. BIRTH. La" On Friday, in Somerset Place, the 'Right 1 1 ° 11 ' Louisa Rodney, of a son MARRIED. place, Thursday morning, John Weir; Esq. of Devon to Miss Brucker, of Quebec-street, WANTED, IS C 'THE NEXT PRESENTATION to a LO T e a of 1 front Two to Five Hundred a year, with Pr° s i' ri , st speedy possession. Letters, post paid, direaed to A. Y. at gr. 11°,4,sb°olie' Bookseller, the corner of Wimpole and Great Ma r y" c , streets, will be attended. I—.---- _ ~ E WANTS A SITIJATIONT , ,var'' A L S LADY's MAID AND HOUSE-Nl', Re' A A. a Person who has lived in the above cap ll ,s to ' spectable references can be made. sunlP Letters direded to E. W. (post=paid) at Mr . Broker, Whitcombe-street, Hay-Market. ..ioor . ,i THERE , la )f men of greater i: ii r e et, T L are no classes O. tance to society than those which devote their,t_l,lvcre,3s. talents to the preservation of the health of their t..1..;wp NO tures. How eminently successful the late I'l . 7;scoilyi SP I LSB I! 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