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and steady courage. He might be asked 'what was t h e (nto : of this War, to which he would answer the cause was this, that the system o: France had produced a thousand breaches of faith since the Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed ; that their aggrandizement in Europe was already' Much too great fur any thing except the imagina. tinn of its rulers; that of itself hadalways been considered by all eiviliied Europe as good ground of War ; it had been so considered often during the. Monarchy of France, of which he could give many instances to their Lordships ; matters of inter. Terence with our, In terrod Policy was another ground of War: That the French had done so.was manifested abundantly by aheafocumencs tit W on-their Lord. ships' Table; ,heawould ask, what more, could have been dune to oblige France than had been done They Complained of a publication called, " L'Am. bigoe," of . which; there Were, but three numbers published ; they, complaieed, of it,, and it was no ticed and instantly stopped by means of legal pro. secution ;; but • France was dissatisfied with this legal coursta„ and o oliserved, that, the author was sUb jed to the Alien. Law, and therefOre: they expetted that. he should ,be,:seot out .of the kingdoin imme. diately to oblige the Government of France ; did they know so little of the Constitution of England and of the course of administration Of, its 'laws, as not .to know that ,none of its Ministers make use of the power ~they have except upon information given to them for the •porpot,e of putting the Law in motion, ,and that when a Law is made for one purpose it, is never in Eegland applied to another. The Alien Law.wac :a Certain discre tionary power given to the Officers of State, for the purpose of removing those who . may be sus. peded to, entlangero its safety, and ..not to re_ move anybody who may attack any other State ; and that there must odways -be a case stated, con. taming an assurance of the existence of the evil which the Law was tritended to remedy, before any thing was done in the name of such Law. The Author of this Pnbiioation, which had been so, much coriplained of, could have had no Habeas Corpus to be eonfronted with his Accuser, if he had been ordered w be removed, but Government could not at against that individual more than any other, unless complaint had been made upon the ground that he was a person plotting some mischief to our State, so that this complaint against us by the Government of France, was made by those who did not at all un. derstand our Laws : but the impudent Manifesto now on their Lordships' Table, called a State Paper, was a complaint amounting to this, that - the Law of England which proteets the Liberty of the Press, was an abuse,of the Law of Nations, and they had the audacity to accuse us 'for obeying our own laws : this was . . ;mother just cause of War. A further cause of War was, that 'of menaces to us. They had eptleavoored to alarm us, as appeared in the poet]_ ments on the fable : their LordThips had before them such conversations as never were allowed to be held to the Representative of any civilized Power in amity with another. 2lc alluded to the Report of Sebastiaoi ; it. was more coarse than any, thing which came from a l3assa off' Acre ; his Letters were more than the, language 0( Bonaparte--.-" Sir e I have 459,900 men ; L,will try them, with myself at their head, to malee a descent on your Coastr-4 may pc. rtsh by the vay, but we will trya—number after. nomber, you shall . never .have any. quiet, nor shall you be free of apprehension of a descent upon your Coast."—Anothet. cause of War was, the manner its which our .ambassador was addressed in the fare , of the world; it was repugnant to tho principles which governed the conduit of ; . 111 polished Nations. What ! would they have its stand . before the world as slaves,to them, for so we should deserve to be called if we .stihmitted, _to their 'indignity !—Swit. zerland was forbidden, : to have any eorrespondence with us, and tltiu was another ground of War so tr);.it it . wilt; must manifest titre were grounds enough for War.; indeed it wasinst And neces sAry ; ; nor was that all, for it was. extremely urgent. J . lete the Noble Earl gave a history ()Invent! Wars in which we liad been cngaged, - none of which had been more. urgent than the present . ; for which res. son he would not assent to the amendment, but he would support the address, He wished that nobody would thit,k of this as a short 'war, without con.. sidering the nature of it, and the grounds which he had stated. lt was matter. of urgent necessity ;hat we should persevere in it ; for all our property, and even our lives, might be essentially concerned in it, and therefore those who made calculations on the value of either, especially those who had much weave to their posterity, would 'do well to sup.. loft it with all their might. Lord WAttwick said a few words in explana • 'ion, as did also the Duke of Nottro,Lx.- The Ntirquis of Si. tco supported the Address. Lord ,GRENVILLE said, _it wa4 matter of great satisfaCtion to hint, because he thOught it was of yreat advantage to the Country, tkat after twelve months of almosetotal suspension of the deliberative fintliona of that House respeaing the most interest. ing Concerns of the Country, their Lordships were now caned upon to give to their Sovereign their ad. vice, in 'circumstances, perhaps of more importance and moinent than any, other in our history. It was. iin•additional' satisfaCtion to hire to observe, that when this..4ituation Was stated to their. L` exertions His Majesty was advised to make ire support of the Nation which , he governed, that . Advice Was echoed through thtt..i'louse with an un aninmis qcpression . of the zeal and .spirit of the. House; and it was prtienlarly a great satisfaftion to him to havobcard the opinion echoed throughout the House now, to whiCh he I . ati long ago been at._ tacked, nor because he had any pride in his fore. in forming that - Opinion so long ago, but he. cruse in bis conscience he did b e li eve i t to b e flooded on the only principles. by which the Country could be supported, t.,VVits no satis., faCtion to him that necessity at filis moment 4rove u 4 us imperiously as it did io a state of War, He bail been represented, bp. falsely re, presented, na an advocate for 'War, when there was nat. aMong the whole race of mankind, a man iclio mare seriously felt all the horrort which War biought . with it than himself, but be wished not ta.etopcesil from their Lordships that be' foresaw ,that I C:.;tile 450 :his Country again felt smith res. i'h belicral that the , expettuaclt which wits 1 .:N;e tried to avoid. a War, would only soon plonge in another, and tve now were in point of fad in War ; and now their Lordships in such a_ crisis were called upon to give to His Majesty the best advice they could on a hog series of transactions so long withheld from their consideration. The first point was to consider what condud this Country should pursue, or what principles should guide the proceedings of that House, and that to. .wards an Enemy such as we had to contend with.— The objed was, that Great Britain should be made superior to France, he meant in this contest, sup. posing it to he, what most unquestionably it was, a just and necessary War, that being the only ground on which he would ever think a War just. It was now fur their Lordships to consider how this Country was to be carried through this great con. test. In doing this, the. first point was, to con. vince thenselves'of the necessity of the contest, for witlussit that, it would be in vain for them to call no others to do - any thlng. Having disposed of that question, he advised the House to look at another object, and to cast their eyes back on the course we had pursued since we had been engaged in the last contest with France, a nd th e n there woold not tie much difficulty in chusing thoe - ourse on which they should proceed, and on than subject he had the satishiaion of thinking 'that the scnti. mews he had to deliver might be comprised within a narrow e9MpUra. He excluded for the present the manner in which the, negotiation had been con cluded, that subject, as well -as time.. when it it was broken OW, and the ground on which it was broken or would conic before the House at some future day. Looking at the question now before the Hoare and asking himself on what grounds he supported this address, he would say, that the public faith was pledged to the Treaty of AMiens, and 'bet efore, if possible, It must have been fulfilled ; but he thought at the time of its signature that the ooth Article of it would be impossible to be fulfilled, and it was now adthitted at least to have become .so, .and a little attention to dates, would prove he was, right in his first observations upon that subjea ; and he therefore said at that time, that we should have endeavoured to set that Treaty right in these points, not by War, but by Negotiation. He had heard it saitt,by• a Noble Earl to.night,. that Malta- was so important, that .rather than not have it, he should give Guernsey and jersey for it. He should he sorry that semi. merit went forth without meeting the disappro bation of that House. He would ask how it was possible for that House to consent to give up thousands of British Sobjeds to most degrad. ing slavery, for so i t wou ld b e to allow them to be annexed to France •I He would say to that House,,that such was an ad which -they had no power to do, because they had no power to do injustice. A Noble and Learned Magi.. strate (Lord rLLINBOROUGH), bad said, that we were going to War fur every thing that was deer to us, to which he would add, that we were going to war for every injury we had, received, as well as fo r our r i g hts—His Lordship said he should not at present go over the Treaty of Amiens, but he was glad to see reviving in their Lordships a conviaion that the question of Peace or War, properly speaking, was not matter of choice to this Country, but that we must submit to the evil of it, or endure a greater, which was thdt of • enduring the insults .and aggressions of France; War therefore with us' was not matter of choice but necessity. The state of Europe and of this Country was such that we cannot exist as a Na. tion if we submit to any degradation what ever ; such a policy would undo us as a Nation--- the Country would indeed he in existence,' but the inhabitants of it would be the reverse of what 'they, have long been, and what' they are at . present His Lordship therefore did not think it necessary to go into the Papers before the House, far he was perfedly convinced of this plain and broad truth, that the syste m of France was totally hostile to us, and that we must put an end to that system; to do which we must prepare to aa with energy, to provide efficacious energetic means of War, and he trusted we should prepare ourselves for it with this relleaion and conviaion, that whatever may be the burthcu of the .War, it must he less than that which we shall feel by avoiding it, for it will be only coning again to th.: same point at last as we are now, with diminished means, if wed° not exert ourselves at this snoment.• His Lord. ship observed, that on the principle of the Law of Nations, the French had molt clearly broken the provisions of the Treaty of Amiens, and upon that ground had justified our going to War, if any , further justification were necessary, after the many insults and aggressions they had offered to us : by War, his LOroShip meant, in this caae, a preven tive War--a . War to prevent the insults and aggres sions of France from being repeated. His 'Lord. ship took notice of the Report of Sebastiani, and observed, that if that had only been taken on board a ship, and come to our knowledge, it would hart been an infra Lion of the Treaty of Amiens, and a good ground of War, for it was di. rally in contravention of the Treaty, which provid. ed for the integrity of the Turkish Empire in Egypt, and upon this point His Majesty's Declaration wai conclusive, With regard to the War being a short War, his Lordship observed, that if we were not prepared to enter into the contest as a very seri. ous contest if we were not prepared to meet it with all our energy and vigour, in order to protet our existence as a People—if we were nor willing to put the whole of our strength to the machine—if we did not make great excl.. tions, and make them immediately, as our Na tional Existence depended upon it, he would advise_ us at once to lie down and submit, rather than pursue a course, in which we shall at last be obliged' to lie we t g a a l ged hig . t down and submit to an in so l e nt foe,---H e aid h ope , that Lordshi ps would feel this wits no neraolon or light contest in w hichwe , ze n Fie 'trusted we should not be satisfed' wi t h .a coin _ mon plaCe mode of attack, but that it would be an attack of the utmost readiness ; he hoped, that a spi sit •would. pervade their Lordships, and t h e ot t er House of ParliameOt,. and then time Country at large, by Whieo we should be altogether i n the mass ptrsuacied , chat , v .c are called , on to nuke great sa crifices, AA th..t we are ready to make g reat saCiitiCC3, because it see do normal:e them now,,w-c shall be called upon to snak.tt them bete- after, when such sairifices may be too late even to save our Country. Lord DARNLEY said, he hoped that the House and the Country would urge the necessity of making use of every means to preserve Peace, notwithstand ing the present appearance of the hostile state of the two Countries. From one of the last letters sent to this Government, he had reason to think that the door was not yet shut to Peace ; but something might now be done on our part to bring about that blessing which would be felt by every man in the Kingdom. And if every means on our part to con tinue Peace should prove ineffeaual, it was his wish that the War should be conduCted with spirit and energy. Lord GWYDIR spoke nearly to the same effea. He said he thought the Amendment proposed cm tained more spirit than the Address .; and it was his opinion from the Papers he had read, that hopes still remained to bring about a good understanding between the two Countries ; he said he should use the words of the last Noble Lord, that the door of Peace was not yet shut, he therefore hoped their Lordships would adopt every measure consistent with the Honour and safety of the Nation; to pre. serve Peace to the Country. , The House then divided on the Amendment. Nun -contents, ••••••• z 4.2 Contents, to The original question was then put and carried. Lord FITZWILLI AM moved for some papers relative to the Negotiation, which .Lord PELHAM promised to produce on Thursday next. The other Orders of the Day were then read, and the House adjourned. TO CORRESPONDENtS. The excellent Strotzat from Osifo'd shall appear die . log frit r;pett day. Malty oder Favours only wail jar rows. THE SUN. CH AIM QUIS 1,101111 PALltlit AUDLA? ? LONDON, MAY 24 1 1803. Wit shall ever lament the circumstance which de. prived our Reporter's of obtaining Seats yesterday in the House 'of Commons. This was in consequence of a new regulation with respea to the time of opening the Gallery Door, the inconveniencies and misfor. tune of which, as far as the Reporters • and the Country arc.concerned, we have reason to believe will not occur again. The exclusion, however, was clmmon to all the Papers, and in consequence no part of the Proceedings of thit House has appeared in any Morning Paper of this Day. Mr. PITT's Speech, which has been noticed to us by several 'Members of Parliament, lasted about an hour and an half, and is admitted by persons of all parties, to have exhibited one of the greatest efforts of the human mind ever witnessed within the walls of the Senate. It was heard throughout with the most anxious attention, and the applause it re ceived in every part was only interrupted by the eager desire universally felt ihat not a syllable should be lost. At the close of his Speech, the Howe gave vent to their feelings, and loud and repeated shouts of applause continued for some time after he sac down, The line Mr: PITT took was that of proving, 'in a variety of instances, that from the signature of the Treaty of Amiens to the present time, a hostile mind had been shaven by France to this Country, that the Government there had manifested one con. tinued system of insult towards us, and that the Papers presented to Parliament, fully justified the War. He spoke entirely upon the point of the cause between the two countries, carefully avoiding saying any 'thing as to the conduA of His Ma_ jesty's Ministers, which he consid.ca as a subject . of separate inquiry. He represented the present as the greatest and most awful crisis the Nation ever witnessed, and called upon the Country for the exertion of all its energies ; but he stated that we possessed means which, if. properly called forth, would save us, but which only could save us, from all the dangers and difficulties with which we were threatened. We shall ever consider.it as the greatest Misfortune so the Country, if this Speech should nut yet he given to the Public throes!' the medium of the Press. Mr. !poke ncxt,and most judiciously be gan biS Speech; by stating the great disadvantages under which he rose, alter the strength of argument and the burst of eloquence which the House had just heard, The Speakers were Lord fla.wictsaußy, *to moved the Address, Mlr • ERSK I N id, Mr. PITT, Mr. GREY, who moved an Amendment recom mending the seizing the first opportunity of again making Peace, Lord CAsnaitaApH, Mr. WIL BERFORCE, Mr. C. YORILE. Mr. W. SMITH then moved to adjourn. After this a Conversation took place respecting the exclusion of the Reporters, who, it was understood, were to be admitted this Day into the Gallery in the usual manner. This Conversation was introduced by Mr. SHERIDAN. The SPEAK ER stated the request made to him, upon w hi c h h e h a d founied his Order for the Gallery Door not being opened till after Prayers, but expressed liia readi n ess to adopt any meau j r e that should seem to meet the concurrence of the House. The Ddba:c w 0 adjourned at twtivc o'clock to 'Lis evening. NAY AL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 22.—I.Ate last evening Vet the French Merchant Brig La Marguerette, Captain I. F *lint Es, laden with a cargo of salt, from Bourdeaux , b o u nd to St. Malot's ; captured on Tuesday last in the Bay, by the Acasta Frigate, 0140 guns, Capt. 1. OswA YARMOUTH, SAY a --Arrived the Jonge Lin;„ (,)f and from Amsterdam, Jacob Meyts master, bound to Rouen, sent into this port by His Majesty's Crid zeta under the command of Rear-Admiral Tito a saomau GH. • ived here, The rasu, Lord NFLSON'S Flag Ship, sailed from Shithead last week, Seventd. Seamen short of het complement. As we have already sta ted, his Lord.- ship sailed without any of his wine, and with a very , small part of his stores. They will, no doubt, be sent after him. The P;grsy Cutter has taken a very valuable French East Indianian, we suppose from the Mau. ritius. Sir S. SmITII has taken a very rich French Mer chanttnan, and sent her into the Downs. Lord KEITH has shifted his Flag from the 1" land to the Flirter, at the Nore. His MAJESTY, after breakfast, a ttended br Generals GARTH, MANNERS and Hascoust, te e . on horseback and inspeeled the farms during tie. morning of yesterday. h HER MAJESTY and the ra I NC ESSES, atte Al* the Countesses UXBRIDGE, C ARDIGAN , piii.•••• • WALDIGRAVE, took an airing in a phaeton ar.".` sociable, and rode to Frog mor e, where tbei mained some time ; and at twelve o'clock pia' , morning visit to the Hon. Mrs. iinacoum.a tS . 6 . , • Leonard's Hill, who entertained the itoyafral with an elegant refreshment. Lteutenant-General TAAL ETON is appointed'' cond in Command in Ireland. M. POILTiILES, the Secretary to the fate French Embassy in this Country, sailed from Dort Calais on Saturday last. A Moritestr of a day biter than those received. Saturday is in Town. It states that the Senates 611. Legislative Body, and the Tribunate, have all hit spier Addresses to BONAPARTE, approving. ted eonduft, in misting the encroachmen ts Great Britain. The dispatches sent ono the Hague on Sanas! , are understood to have carried orders to of t sador, to' demand from the . Baraviar, Goverarn es " an immediate arid explicit declaration of what line of conduEl it means to pursue, in consequence of renewal of the war between this country and Fra p t It is easy to foresee what this answer will be , the return of Mr. LISTON is daily expelled. • On Saturday evening died, at her house at sington, after a few hour s illness, the Ham 14 5 : LUTTR co., eldest daughter of the.iste lion• justice Got.tt.o, and only sister of the Coittae o ,7" CAY49r. t e * On thutsday last the General Assembly ol e Church' ofScotlithd was Opened at Edinburillt 1)eoto; Right Hon. Lind NAP i sa, His Midatt e mistioner. DINA t f pllO O eims I °' On the trh Inst. William Scott, ll l• Der y, Scott, Esq. of Willsbotough, Canal MA I LS. oßtvs l2o . Ptli. . 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