The Sun. — London, England, 1803-06-04 00:00:00

'4 , 1 , 1 ~ r 1. , ~peet . . that count„ o ry occurred previous tbft the 23,1 of November. At that very time when :Maksty's Ministers asserted that no - ,"danger of the reoewal of hostilities existed,. Mr. Moorewas oegotiming at Constance: if that Gentleman bad g ! me thedingth of his iostruaiOns, provided the t uatiote - Of Europe would have allowed it, the Court. ry must have been inevitably inVolVed in a War. The causes, tit oopplaint, respetting the Emigrants, the refusal of Fraoce to inclemitify the Siadtholder, all these w *. ere known before the. 234 of November. If. the 233 of November was notstifkient,be would look to it. ,much later leriod. the 23d of February lase, last, when it was - declared by His Majesty's Mi. niSters, that we were in a state of profound Peace,. and that no discussions 'weie then subsisting between the two Countries. -"lbw was that assertion support. - ed ? On the Os of Feb. lord'Whit worth received instructions toremortstrate the Report of Sc. b.istiani; on the t7th the Remonstmce was Made, on 1116 zest, the memorahle 'Coniersatinn between Lord' . Whitworth and Bonaparte took place, its . Nvhich the views of the latter were so completely iiewn--*in which his views on Egypt, on Turkey, and on this Country, Were so completely eievelopea yet on the z 3 a of February, Ministers stated that ito discussion existed, and that we um in a state of profound Peace. On the Bth cf. March came His fyi n i esty , s m essa ge, to prepare us for War; he trusted that we were prepared fir W , tr ; he trusted that we sere prepared to re,ist the insults and aggressions of }stance. But Ministers atteti-innte cruelly to . wards the People they had required unlimited confidence, oil, whilst at the Moment they asserted that we were in a state of . profound Peace, they knew that the bitter proved of War was pre. paring tor us, a prospect rendered mote bitter by the disappointment ,of the hopes th at wer e held out. The next qu e stion was, how far Mi. nisters had done their utmost to avoid the ex tremity of War ? not' inquire how far they had submitted ; but whether' they had, done that. which was becoMipg the greatness and the power ec the Country.? Whether,, when an insult had been , given, t h e y had remonstrated--?anti whether, wh en they remonstrated, they remonstrated with effect-- whether, when they interfered in the affairs of the Continent, they took those' measures which were b es t ealcolved to tender that interference valuable or effeCtual'? Recurring to the causes of War as enumerated in .}tis Majesty's Declaration, the first scats the rilistrq,qinns thrown in the way of our Trade. In the Papers that were first laid upon the Tahle the subjed nf our Trade Was scarcely mentioned; but' afterwarde, when further 'in. - formation was called for, a supplementary col lation of Papers was brought forward, In which there eppeared letter upon. letter, and statement vl'on statement, from Mr. Merry, tespating the oppressions upon our trade, upon which subjeft there .was nor a single Remonstrance from our Ministers. Nay, even the letter of Mr. Merry repelling that must flagrant ad;•,relatise to the confiscation of a Btitish vessel, merely because it had some knives 'and forks on board for the use of the crew, remained unanswered: As to the Commercial Commissioners, whose objet lead been bo clearly discovered, and with respect to whom it hark been truly said by his Right lion. Relation (Mr. Pm), that if they had . been here during a period of War, they ought to have been hanged as Spies, there appeared no Remonstrance upon that subject. The let ter which appeared respet - t. ing them only went to_this, that they would not be suffered to go to their places of destination, and • th e bel. was, that until General Andreossy's Failure these very men remained itt London: With resped to the occupation of Holland by the French Troops, Mr. Lision'S Letter of the agth ofoCiol)er stated,' that they were still in the occupation of that country, and yet on the r 6th of November orders were sent out to surrender up the Cape. There appeakd no remonstrance respeeting these 'Troops, notwithstanding their remaining there was in breach of ihese solemn Treaties. As 'to the subjeet of Switzerland, he would again state, that he old not wish 'to argue the question as to the pa. lick of our interference in the affairs of that Country, but had Ministers interfered in such .4 way as to render that interference valuable or effeftual ? So far back as the t3th of Jiffy, the inhabitants of that unfortunate Country had resisted the Constitution f o rc e d upon them by France, and from that period they were its a state of remonstrance, and as it was Ladled Rebellion, against the Constituted Authori. ties of that Country. The Swiis Agent at Paris went round to the Ministers of all the Powe rs o f Europe, requesting as s i stan ce, 'but was refused by all, and by some even the teas a 3 shut in hi s face, until he, applied to this Country, and from this Country alone he received hopes of assistance. Mr. Merry very properly wrote to Ministers upon a subject so important, and in this single case they departed from the system which they appeared to have adopted, by making a written Remonstrance. On the mai of Odober that Remonstrance was wade to M. Otto, to which no answer appeared by the Papers to have been given. Ministers best knew whether any answer had been given or not, hilt Ileport wisp, that that answer was so oirensive, that it was a (tired insult - . Report said, that we were told in' that answer, that we had nothing to do with the Continent, that.we ought to look to the Treaty of Amiens, and nothing but the Treaty of Amiens ; and Report saidi that that answer was such as would hare justified Ministers in sending the French Am. bassador out of the Country, and 'deity '' , ling p.se a° ration for 'tha insult. At all events, no answer ap. Feared to have been given to the only Written re. monstrance, Which Ministers had ventured to make. Onn the same day of the month, Mr. Moore received Iris instruCtions to go to Constance by easy journies. „On'the 30th of October he arrived there, and just as he-was getting out of his carriage, be received intelli. gene that the Diet of Sehwitz had surrendered. Ile then wrote to Ministers to know what he should do, as he remained 0 Minister without a MisSion on the nth of November the Noble Secretary of State wrote him, that if liked it, he might return Instrigtions had been given to M. Moore In the first instance to .see what Austrian Troops were ready to enter Switzerland, but no measures were taken to *mute any support from other Powers : not even any answer was sent to the Swiss Agent, at teat nune speared in the kers 11,1‘14 MO V silCVlii IU (U CPT I;Cr I (PWGI. I Europe as.an evidence of our disposition. But the cup of our disgrace Was not yet filled up ; all Europe hears of the Mission of Mr. Moore. ! vyhe travels about from Court to Court, from one he receives an a n,wcr, amitrom another none, and nothing was heard of in Europe but our interference In the:Arlin of Swit zerland. ,On the 25111 of December Mr. Moore found his way happily back to England: With-re., speff to Malta, it was not Accessary to go-into the discusSion. Ministers endeavoured to procure the guarantee of Europe to an Article.which they knew could net be execrated. The Just thing was a nese, arrangement respelling Malta, and certainly some new arrangethent was rendered necessary. It iitt peared that nothing short of the complete possession s. of Malta would in the first instance 'satisfy Mini. sters for the aggrandizement and increased power of France. On the a tst of February, Bonaparte said, that he would sooner ice us in the possession of the ,Fauxbourg Saint. Antoine, than of Malta, and that it involved the question of Peace or War. On the roth of March Taileyrand goes further ; it was not then merely the question of Peace -or War, but he says that onr non-evacuation of Malta .would be con.. sidcred as a declaration : of War. Upon this.Ulti. marom -followed .Ultimatum, and Projet followed Projet, until at last. the last Ultimatum 'proposed for our possession of Malta ftir ten years,. and the Sovereignty .of Lampedosa., After having vated and fortified the Island of Lampedusa, after having made a Harbour where none existed, and re. moved a Bar which prevented vessels from going into it, the Sovereignty of Latnpedosa was, to, be considered, at 'the end of ten year, as a com plete counterbalance to the power of France in Holland, in Switzerland, and in . Italy ; the Island of Laint , edosa, not a nursery for seamen, but of sea gulls. The only cauie. of . War, which remained, related to our Press, and with re. sped to that, there never was a more infamous pro:, posal made on the part of any Government. Jo answer to it we had, it is true, a well.written let ter from the Noble Secretarrof State, but was that any spirited remonstrance ? But another proposi. tine was made, and here was'a story to be told to Europe ; it was objeeted that Nobles . who come' der the protedton of this -country, and who had been invested with the orders of knighthood by their Sovereign' for their , services, Thai they wore, the badges of those orders in this country : what, was the answer ? We are sorry to see them wear theM, but we cannot help it. What Wfoulil the Nobles of this country say to such an answer if they were. placed in a similar Situatioo, which he trusted they never would. The next proposition on the part of Bonaparte was, to elfp.orli the Frctich Ecelesiastic't anti other Etriigrants to Canada. Whor was the ansner of Ministers I—That:measures were in contemplation to remove those Personi put His Majesty's Dominions. Such an answer tivorrta be for ever a blot in the history of 'thi4 Country. He had a right to conclude from the Papers on, the Table, first, that tram the first moment or the Treaty or Amiens, the whole spirit ot that Treaty was viola ted on the part o f Fr atice ; secon dl y , t h at Ministers had deluded this 'Country with the hopes of Peace, which they knew to be fallacious ; anti, thirdly, that where provocations bad been given, Niinilters had not Made those Remonstrances which they oug h t to h ave done, and that where they had remonstrated, they had not supported those remonstrances by those measures which were cal. CUltitcd to give efred to them, and that where they hail interfered, they had not rendered that inter. terence valuable or Orel:five, If t he House thought, atter the eXperience of two years of Peace, if such it could be called, that the c ondua of His Majes,. ty's Ministers was suc h, that they. might be safely entrusted with the direction of a struggle like the present, then they would let their vote.coofirm that confidence. If on the other hand, they thought them not deserving of that confidence, [bee the le. solutions ought to be agreed to. He did not wish at the same time, to blink the real. situation of the Country; he was 'catty to sacrifice every thing that was asked to support the contest in which we were engaged with that energy and vigour which it de. minded. Mr. HOBIIQUSE said, fronyhaving given the conduft of His Majesty's Ministers much serious consideration, , as well as the Papers on the Table,' he thought the charge brought against them ill.' founded : they had certainly done every. thing they could to servo the Country, ,by, the maintenance of Peace, as long as Peace could be preserved on honour. able terms to the Nation : they had then come to the House, • and detailed, in the fairest and plainest way pasible, the necessity of the War we have commenc e d, The Hon. Gentleman then to o k a view of the con_ dud of the French Government before and after the Treaty of Amiens : he wished to know .what could . have been done more for the benefit of the Country than that which Ministers have already dune to sup. tort its dignity and independence. It was not his intention to trespass on the time of. the House, but he must observe, that the attempt the French made: to, 'control the British Press, appeared to him as gross a request as he ever heard of. It must be clear to every Member in the House, that the. French had long been hostile to this Country, and he was glad to find their challenge has been taken up by this Country with true English spirit. • Sir 11711,14,11 YOUNG entered intaa long investigation of thetertduct of Ilk Majesty's Ministers lind observed, t h at this Administration carne Intl) power u nder partienlar cir.s cuinstances ; he had been twenty years in the House, an d therefore thought he was able t o judge of the affairs of this Cuuntrj , : 'there was one circumstance which 'ought to be noticed', and which he supposed every Member must have observed, that was, that France had been arming some time ; he therefore thought it time for this Country to prepare to meet an Enemy, anti support the CQMlneree o f this Country : but with respect to Nialta, it certa i n l y ' could not but a:a subjectorrreatjt with Frahce—there is onellicli that we tan three years probation before we can enter into the Order of St. loi: of Jerusalem. It is our business to look on.flonaparte as n gr eat and enterprizing Genius is we, therefore, must watch b is concluet, in order to guard our Country. Mr. FO NB AATUE said, he was confident His Ma jesty's Ministers were prepared to do every thing that was • likinottrable, but the question w.is now, whether the House was satisfied with their conduct. Ile pact to congratulate the House, that the papers niii atthteliel;aibialvec%wvoltuhlhdellir::ivierotrillicitirtliioi i j s . Majesty's Minista s ,h a d d one their duty, to the Count r y. The chargeagain st t h em , t a ut from the House; whether t his was true he coul.lnit flew. mine, but certainly, they ought to give the House every in formation on the subjectof the fklt:gotiation A tier many re marks on the state of th e two Commies, the flOn olu . l l / I d (;entleman concluded by His Md.ie4ty's Ministers ,11f4.4e Jig their endeavours to preserve raaCe, Sit itt,thougli it ittsl been .oi:ft:tett weft szylralT-Parties in-the llotisc3, hedrupezi on the present oeca skin there would b e b u t one Party, and that is to support the Liberty of the Country: As to the Ministers, he rainy knew :slid ch e Parliamentary eidna, and lie must he permltted to :•observ; that he considered these Pentiemen of the hi t ; honour and talents. One of the points to which he alluded was, that' it had- been said that- His Majesty's ..'Ministers• !: hail . by.hringing on this War, contributed to harass the No plit of this Country ;- but he was satisfied that Althisters Hied done every thing consistent with the honour is the Country to-avoid-the-War t yet after every effort. they had been forced into it. In las mind, a War should never be a matter of sentiment, but judgment. The other point on' which he should trouble the House with a few words, was, that as War has commenced, he hoped they would have the safety of Ireland in view : he didnot mean to allude to military or naval safety—to the satiny arising front a good disposition of the people to this Gover nment , an d l ie would venture to state to. the (louse, that those persons Who were once the frieaids Of the First Consul and Iris liberty, and the specious philosophy of the French, now held them in the ,utowat detestation.—The people basic properly seen through the 'great Frenchman's . conduit. 'and are- convinced, that if lie , cameto Ireland, toglve then, what Recalls liberty, they would receive the same treatment he has given the pop le of Holland, who soon found a Democracy was much worse than Kingly Government. If this m i g h t y H ero should go to Ireland, he ' would find that the majority of the People , would despise him horn sentiment, and the, Jacobins from resentment. , • - Sir Wra. WY N NE - said a few woitfs. free.COUß'TENrlysaid, he perfeef ly approved of the con diret of His Majesty's Ministers ; the Party who complained of the Minister when he gave them Peace, now COMphill of his giving them War. He Ahought•those lien: CCM eaten had followed the great Law Giver-and Phil o s o ph er, Hippo crates, who says, "if y ou break your l eg , an d set i t crooked , and it then should be complained of, you may break it, and set it again." So it Was with Prance : now ytiu have com menced hostilities, you may make a Peace, .and then, he thought, some Honourable Gentlemen would not be satisfied. R, said, should. not vote for ' the resolutions, as he thouglit they were a direct. attack tin tt;s Majesty's Minkters, who, in his view of the suhje:t, had ailed with great wisdom and as lirigiislimea: fie dogrel would stand and fall in defence of the Countiv, and it was his hope, that the Country was secure froirOsucif Traitors as Despard, who had been property punished tiir'his wicked offence.• Sir 1 . . 11E01 3 1T ETC.4I,FE ,bewin by sayircg. that he hoped every Ilan.' Gentleman would iltink him, that this wai not A Moment to eensure Ministers, as it would ineni a division in the Hous e an d C ountry. at a time iv: might 'lobe onaninionsingiving onr'snrikwt to the Country. alt could -not conceal his seutiments sit this 'subject ; should • say, that a measure of.this nature was general l y brought tri with en iittention to throw out a set of men from situations they at present fill in the State, highly useful to the State anal: honourable to themselves. lie should not, hesitate )o say, these sii.k;'ts of abuse and tanci-.!ti Wrong, wt:re thrx.l.ed to ! the C :, is em.as.ou of. the EX. el: IQ r , but Jr! hoped his Would treat the attack -colitempr; Tins Right4fOnnurable• Gentleman had Inade. an important. sacrifii;e in leasing the Chair of that House, for- the great hut erdirous. situation lie now tills with admiration! of- the Publie: Ile' had three Objediotis to the yesolutioas nokv .the subject of debate, the first is, that the resolntions. we.e not trite ; • seamdly; this was not the time' to otThr them 'l4 the I house ; and thirdly, it would be interfering witli the prerogative Of the'Crown. • lie should therefore give a tiet:isiv negative to!the resolutions. ' Mr. G R EG.Q couSidered.the resolutions as . necessary,-in order to investigate the conduel of Ministers : if the conduct of -Prange has been a system- of oppn:ssioe andinsult to this Country, he was astonished we'ithonid have given up' any, of our congtiests, which now would he of. the uttiiost import ance tons,- or disembody our Military and NaVal Force. This did not argue much -policy on the part of the Miniliter, and, therefore, lie did not Set but the !louse were justified in mak ing it the subjeet of remark. . Mr.JIURLRNU assured the House, ttat the people were So well satisfied with peace, that Mr. I' vie could net have carried on the War another year; and from being a Maki ' s trate of a very itopiliOus nci;libouthood,. he had an oppor tunity of knowing the sentiments of the People, who ''.en sidered the Peace as a blessing to them. Mr. GRENVILLE began a long, eloquent, and argumentative speech, by obsirving, that as in much. had been. said this-evening, he anxiously looked tor. something new, so as the mind might have been diverted as well as new lights thrown on the'subjed, but he was sorry to say, that all those Hon. Grn. tlemen who had spoken either for or against the Resolutions, had confined them,elves tc tote side of the question. , If it bad only been to relieve' the House, it would have been better to have taken a .more' extensive' view. of .the question, 'and have' examined the cause of those Resolutions which have produced so much remark. From the pas that . • . connetled with the- business - now before the House, he :had - a sanguine- ho;)e that the -condita of Ministers woul3 have come under consideration, and that he should have heard something which went :to the foot of the question ; but iraptieared.to him, that. Gentlemen had made 'a dull . repetition of sentiments. which he had so often reprehended in that House ; • , all the common -observations Willett would as well apply to a Turnpike Bill, as the qnestion before the House.. It was not his intention to make any com ment on slander, which too commonly came from Party in that House ; he should rernatk on argu. - ments and fads, as they came before him. It• has . been asserted this eveni ng , that it highly im. proper .10 anode to the condttel of - Ministers at this period, and that the Resolutions went to give information.' to -the Enemy. It is 'to the Enemy he wished. time information of that House to. go, that they may know the sentiments 'of Parliament, and see that the Country is well administered he should. therefore go into the general . groends: of the:Resolo. tions, ancl . .by that tnea,nsrinvire into the conduCt of Ministers. Now to• look at the doCuments on the Table,it necessarily:follows that lie must - take some notice andmake some inquiry into the state Of the Courts, previous - to the Treaty of Amiens. - For the establishment of your second Resolution, the in.. formation given to the House was • not ,necessary for ihe discharge of Its dee and proper ~ funtitons. - 'lnCalling the attention of the House to a view of the , .subjeal he would wish to knew from the CHAN . .." CELLOR of the -Excim sesupt what he thought .of the consequences which would attend the Treaty of "Amiens., The . Hon. Gentleman then read the De claration of this Government: on the Treaty of Peace ) . Wherein the. CHANCri.Loa of' the EXCIIE.- - QuER hods:oilman:mica ted to the House, and indeed to the Nation at large, that there. was every prosper} that the Peace would be lasting, and every way sc . .. . Cure : -at this period he was one of thefew who dif feted in opinion from-the Right Hon. the Cit.ric EL. . Loa of the ExcH Ego a, and 'also one of-the few who gave his vote and support for an Address to Hls jesty to settle the doubtful points in the Treaty. • —The only remaining ativ.tritige of .the Peace. was to ',oily . all the disputes Connected with the Treaty of Amiens.. We find in fait Parliament, that while the Right. Hon. Gentleman was disobeying the - " House, he Was conratidating the subject on a se. • . cure Peace. ../its ,alesty's 'Speech, on- the open ing :of Parliament, in Navtmher last, gives a supposition of Nice, bUt one of the Resolutions hews that ills Majesty has tint:given' proper infor. mation to the House, when the-only mode of giving information to time House was by.. the King's Speech. He thought it was unnecessary, thoisgh urged by an Honourable Gentlemaim otherwise, - that the Mi.: !sister .ought to have "coinmunicated to the House , that the elencn onjeacd to the Liberty of 'ur I!SAC; f 7 .11,1 .."It'..S ; beat 111 . ..'.is ' ;t of c!ik4 i,:t o ot a. matnent on. licit he wouiti tre!o den t'). the Housi a " Ib i''" :t that was ;Iniinrra'al for - co osidelation the ship called the Fame, that was taken , ha) ru: into a Ftenelt Port in consequence of ha weather, and was derained.-- , This be t hought a IA calse for «'.,r.---The next insult offered ro thi: Country, was sending the Conitncreiai Commis' sinners to our. different ports, wfus were to ro,:ki use of their best endeavours to ser ve the Freud Government in their designs against this Nation, As it was not his intention to arrest the attention of the Clouse ally considerable time, he was under the necessity of going .over the points in a hutrirc manner. He should now, touch on the subject vi Switzerland. Mr. Merry's Letters of (Wiwi, relative to the. state of that Country, and the flesh tnent of the French to the people of Switzerland, was another grand reason for War. Bcside, many circumstances connected, with . Continental infortna7 thin, plainly shows that the French wish to, esichldt His Majesty from the affairs of the Continent: all these circumstances, in his- mind, were sufficient cause for War. The next was Malta ; and he could only remark upon it, as well as the mission of 5; bastiani, that these were Points which :hewed the intention of the FrenCh . Goveritmenr, and not its. worthy the consideration of the House. The Ger man connedion with the British interest Ought to have been made known to the liouse. The Seal.; larization of the ,hionse of Orange was a subjed l"' t understood till the Papers wore laid on the Tdble; this wou:d certainly be a subject of some gratificJ tion to the fi.inse to knOw the par ticithos relative thereto. Agte,i.;:ele to the Treats' of Arnica , 'f'' Cape of Good Hof,: was to be eed,:d.to the Bahlviin Government, bur he was sorry to say the Mhjster had broken the 'Crean'. IL: thought it necessor to observe an a .remark made by . an Hon. Geode!' man, that there was a C'ourt of Justice in FraCe la determine on the fate, of the ship called tiw fame' which was kept in that Cannery.'Now t his Ftsne 4 Court, as soon as it gives ti decisino on the prorr r • ry, divides it ; this the Hon. Gentlemsn calls LW' He observed sus,,the missiOn of • M r.. Moore to Sbuild Zeilartd-he was sent thither for the purpose of Pre* viding the Swiss with arms and money, in Me be should find the ether Powers of Europe really ,dal~". silt theta; now he svouLl ask why Government w e t ( ' not ready to do this 'sooner ? I'; ie) , lotew of tae eircumitances of Switzerlandin the month o f Jiinr, they had the same sierrehensions from Frante OM as when they had interposed, and it Goveronl e , n o , / Were tight in interposing at all, it was eatrenle'r aitlieult to know tvliy they did not interpose in thtl month of June ins z.,,r‘l of deferring it till (k , tol4fr He proceeded to make observations also on We ;II, ': nexation of Piedniont to France, and said he ""s very much surprized indeed to hear the Noble s ,: e ` cretary of State, at the tilde. of the discussion Of 7; Definitive Treaty in that; House, declare tio-!' i . 11 4 King of Sardinia had; strtilly speak:eg,fet le ' i :d his claim to the l i ned - mace, of this c o uotrYi 8-- .0 not only 'so, but that his conihict was such Is ',, . have jastiiied this Country, were it so disl o4i. ' t enter into a- W a r w i t h hi m , an d for what fess' u' i BecauSei in the pressure of that \Vieille had. ee stripped of• his dominions, tut in the contest Matti.. clearly proved his good f a ith to 05 ; and ooh e d had gone the length, of having refosc,`l fa ::'.:,i. t sl l i ; s e 7ea tl nT o t) ,! ' ir VV i i ti irt. e hh 1 1 1 11 : i's l I t l i el ir'l i Cg l t l 2 r ig r l e : Vnil b lee y nn6:l7: if (1)1‘11(11 roliiii:il:el gSti:Cert:.Clet.r: : -::t1:11'11.ii: ' State mucli o ; n h t i l s ta s t o oc tr c ri a z s e ion w , as an n t t s 4 d i j d mi i t i lia s h u e i l ri ks -z ien . I , l e came to consider, tit- soil tion, thii bailie King of Sardinia beestri e " den our Ally, according' he form ti our Nego. to t r at icor ~. ttation, for we treated, of his interest, 0 . ells talked of it, while we were negotta 'tog to,r ilea to take a view of the affair famous Island of Lampedosa. He roceed" .fire a accused them' of having the coridati of the King's .Ministers thereto i ll_ that afterwards, in' the Negothi. Russia, when they knew it w o a f s l‘)l im al- p t o a :' l3l-:: teleuints :: e Emperor could assent to become MAI Giititta‘ce; 03.; stated that the Papers which had been laid or; .i ,,, Table, in that particular,. were accompanteo '',,, . with a Note from the Court of Sr. Peterstsuri,ill which, most unaccountably had not been Plia. u L, {) :, i the Table 'of that House ; but although Miol '‘ the invital the Guaranteet,o,c did not publish.' it, the French did, and with tb; permission of' the House he wou ld read it ; . substance of this document was, Malta upon the terms which we rageest ea t " a l , e. why the Etniieror could not guarsaintewei stating that it would be inconsistent . With 1 ,.. a- sirfr gagemertti of His Imperial Majesty with thi''''' o 4 try. He censured Ministers for making this req oi, when they knew a compliance with it was i'll ) „,d ble. He said, he would Wait. to heat what ans. ' , ti it could - be given .to these things,' for b e °- ' ne n i s itei was beyond his power to guess; Uoon th e s- i — i jar • orthe Cape of Good Hope, he observed, tha t ,e n , t it first instance any man would have styposo Ill" nee was agreed to be delivered up by us, in conseq ue ,' a , of some . 'extreme pressure, and of its being aw e , 00 point, and that the question of Peace or 0 , must depend upon its being given up orevet lion ; bat, upon examining the P a pers, hfr 0 'lt:7l.e( Iles hirenaoilutoolt.. was no such thing, and so far from its being 5 ° of proposition of its being delivered up by us t e n or made by the Noble Secretary of State to the Fvi, Minister himself. Thus the deliveri n g uP'this roe luable place originated with us , . a n d without a 1 appirent pressure whatever. - This lie censored ° 4 _ /1 . , most careless proceeding, evidence of great inatr,. Lion' to.our interests , or a want of understan 1:09i wherein such interests consisted. He observ ed ° to t that on the tzth of November; hilt:natation _,, given to Ministers by Mr. Liston,. at the 1 - 1 3 f t t l i t t OA he had received assurances that the FrieTi ty Troops would evacuate Holland. On t he /1 , 1 i, s . . farther information arrived, sliewing the iioli r : o 4 bility of that event, , and it afterwards iiill'e%c.;, that the Ttoops which were intended Or 1 -A u ,:,i ~, anti, were sent to Holland. Thus, after His li e j w e e st lri s nfo i‘i rt i l i s t :t i l s , w ' r e s f ‘tvieteretliinstitt.7inteiod; o o r f 71hoegIGIta. t t,'?:; =tit of France, and of its' having no itirerho-,r4 _ MCA its Troops froni- Holland 'i - ' His Mi1.11: ) , ) , b , Mitiilters, ' without any rh-ason - wtoteyer , ' ~,,,e ofw iGsscuwedannooptseleiro'fotemtihed:;:icitas4ort:, of litilciehc- :::::, 1 on the t.tsth. - Ail these proccedisigs pia 1 .10 :t! T !(1 ()