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-nzlrAire, were aef, rted to Friby _next, upon ti,e of ck CHASIC itLLOR of 'tlle F The • Rerrt of die Address of H oof* on the subjetN of rhe.War with FranCe, was brought up, and real a fici . t time afir which Mr:" joHN wroxe B.aid a kw words, ivhich W:e could not hear. On the que:.ri.)n, that the 1-.,;use, Ia agree to the Address, - . • , Sir . RORMT PEEL ,said, he could not over himself to the notice of.the Chair on either of the two days when 'this subjetii was debated, but it was A measure of so much importance to this Colin. try, that he should be very sorry to give a silent vote upon it ; a measure which involved in it con sequences the most serious •to every class of the Community'.. He begged leave to state that he had a decided objection to. War in any shapei'for he conceived) it .to be the greatest of all' evils to the human race ; and it should be always his en . dea your, while he had a scat, in that House, to get rid of a situation so . deplorable ,but with respect to this War, it did not !appear from the Papers on the Table, it was brought upon us in conse. quence of any fault of the present Administration. lie did not wish to be understood to approve of any part of their condat during the Negotiation, because he did conceive this would not be aproper opportunity, Other . for approving or disapproving crf such. etiodul, and becaUse there would be other opportunities for discussing; that question ; but he begged, leave_to meniun one circumstance which occurred- to hiM, which was not ,mentioned by any bOif y in the French Givernment. It did not appear to he their desire. mueli to obtain the rock of Malta, lie :Conceived they had other.objeels,in view : he believed the Rock of the English Con. sritution-was w hat they really aimed at he con ceived, it was our Liberty, 'protetied by our Con stittftlon, that gave . the most uneasintss ;. a Consti . - tutiOn Which . refie6ed so strong a light' to the' People of France, that it gave them a perfect in. sight 'into the rotten state of • their own socittj% tie totild riot Conceive that the French People, who . had :so,. long been struggling fur Liberty, and .who were an , coligloued People, anti who n ow ought to set tome value on Freedom, would long continue "toter tyra'nny ; .4nd 'whether we had any support or nor from any other'Powei', he .had an opinion that' the P:ople ref Frante, or least a large majority of the l'eppie of France,. Would wish us well, and wisti'a happy issue to this chnteit. Mr. lIZWPir LASbliLLlfs' said, he should only offer his sctitiments,to the Honse in a very general ,Manner. He could assute the House that he tilt as muelt regret as any in this Country to be obliged to look forward to altate of War, but this was brought upon us by no .a4t 'of our own, and therehle he found it his duty in this case to support such twasures as might lay buithens on his Consti. tuents ; in doing this, in the first instance, he Eno!: the responsibility upon himself for that pur. pie. The condOt of France, ever since the Peace, was conclu,did, had been atrocious, and ever since t hey h a d the opportunity, they had pursued a system of aggrandizement, and of insult 4nd ag gression to eyety. Country they could ; so that we could not remain in security. Provocations had been offered to this Country, which, in ordinary times,' would have been consaered as a Declaration of War ; and he did consider that every means had been employed by us to procure satisfaaion, and to avert the calamities of War. France had put it to us,`. whether we would sacrifice every thing to sttp. - pott ourselves in an insecure Peace. •Ht: thought that astate of War, evil as it was, yet was it pre. ferable to a state of Peace'under such Circumstances ,we were surrounded by, since the Treaty of Amiens, because such 'a Peace. must be liable to con. Interruption; and eireuinstanced .as this Country was, might he fatal. He did not See from the Papers on the :fable, any disposititin, on- the part of France, to improve friendship between the two Countries ; but, on the contrary, .an hostile would not suffer, us, to remain at Bur, on the point .of Malta; he had that fiubjed befin - e him only in one point of view, which was, that France wanted Malta to facilitate their way to Egypt. He did not pretend to define with sceutacy when a Natiari should go , to War„ but he knew' there was a point beyond which we should not allow another Nation to go. ..t-fe had, only one word more: to say, wlficti was.this, tbat',in voting for this Addies:,, he did it becaUSe • he was con vinced We had received insults, with which it was impossible for such a People as we are to put up; bat. he did this because ' he understood that *we had from'lVlinisters an .9s,Sorance* : that it was their in. tention, and a declared one, to strew a readiness, as they had . the inclination, of putting an end to a . .6“.te of wheneverthey - could so Car. sistenrly With the safety of this Country. • Sir WILLIAM PIArEIVEY obseiycd, that a Mrinlier of a great and respeaableCtiUilty had very, prof erly delivered his:opin;:-.0 ran this' Areal goes. slots,.The Member for Yodtshite had declared, after due 'e , tisideration and, great deliberation; that he was convinced there was PO pos s ibili t y of avoid jog 'with.Francer. great deal had been • said, that the War had been. brought on by the misconduct of this:Country : for his part be was' afraid, before - the Papers were laid - before the House, that our - , , Miniszers had gone -rs great deal 'further than was properly required, to preserve'Peace;. but he was. happy to say, he.saw•in their condu4 much firinness a'r'sd modoation, With regard to the Peke, that depended nit on. us, but on the other . party, : who bad hitheeto shewn.nO - dispositiob towardp 1 - ic agreed with, the I Io r. Barone*, who had said that the - French aimed 'at the desteueliOn of our Consti. tution, and they ,wisliedalso to destroy our Corn. melee . , by which they would soon render o st Fleet of tittle force, since it was Commerce whiCh sip; plied oat - Ships with ski:l01 hands. Malta was a step. h,y whiCh they intended to pass to Egy - pf ; ', and thence to 'the East Indies, and thereby to cripple:onr and'to take away the, sources of our : stlo, , ..riorticy over them. This was evidently; their intention, and every thing they did • was — done with that view. In one sentence he would there was'no doubt on this fluestian, .01thotrzh•L is s the speer:.h of 4 ..iery able Person had a coos', tr.ct at the momenti• 'hitt 'tin *tool fefie&ion every one-must be convinced: that the contiva of ir4C coverpm,nt or Frazee had nwle \'4r inevitable, for which r-•ason he Otouhi vote for this Address, Mr. BANK ;S rose to skf merely "It, few words in explanation of the vote he had given last night. He fotimd it -Ampossible to vote` for the Ad. dreSs in the manner •it was drawn up, beCause it stated that uniform endeavorirs had been used on the part of this Cotrtry.to preserve Peace. Now this he could not assent to, after — he -had- read the in; strudion . s given to Mr. Moore, and which appeared in the Papas before the I louse.• At the same time he did not concur altogether in' the Amendinetit, nor in the arguments' - by which n had been' supported by,an Hon. Member last night (Mr. Fox). With resped to the conduit of Ministers, he would re serve, theobservatinns he had to make till another opportunity, which- heunderstood would soon, occur. Sir RICHARD HILL said, there never was a time in whicbMirdsters were placed in a more deli. case situation ; by smite they . were censured for having conceded ten Mitch, and by others fur not having,coneeded 6:ou r ,h. .But be :believed in his conscience ; that Ministers were anxious for the .pre_ nervation of Peace, and that they were sincerely grieved char it should be interrupted,, and that -they would-have sacrificed every thing consistent with the honour and. security of the Country, to prevent a rupture. Mr. ROBROUSE observed, that he considered it his duty to express his approbation of the con_ duEt and wisdom of his Majesty's Ministers ; and he was sure every 'Wernher of the House, who had taken a-view of their condud, would concur with him in bestowing praise on those Hon. Gentlemen who had made every endeavour to continue Peace on terms honourable to the Country.' The words Of the Address plainly evinced their intention to preserve the Peace - of the Nation as long as possible, consistently with the happiness and dignity of the British eharader ; and he must be permitted to ob. serve, that the Hon: Gentleman who astonished the House•last night with his eloquence, had acknow ledged that the French had violated those prinCiples which every Nation ought to preserve, that has any value fur the good opinion of men. In his mind, the conduet of the French to Switzerland was suf ficient/grounds for this Country to enter into a War with a People who have become so powerful and dangcreuse His Majesty's Ministers have not been blind to -the intentions of the First Consul, and therefore they had done right to retain the Cape and Malta, No mat) could' be lo blind as not to eec that the French wished to increase their power in the East ; Matte was therefore the objed of their de. sire. He was,' however, happy • to 'find that our Ministers had used every precaution to ' prevent their extent of dominion in Egypt and 'the East In. sties. It was impossible for any man to say hut ' the French had gone bey'ond all bounds of , reason, honour,, and every thing that constitutes- greatness in a -Nation. It was now time to look after the safety of our own Cauntry. ' He was prepated last night to . enter into the particulerS of the question before the House-, but he waved his address to the House, that' be might hear Gentlemen of more talents than him self speak on the momentous sub)ed. He' was proud to say that every honor was due 'to Ministers for the wisdom they have manifested- on this im. portant. occesion, and their attention to preserve the liberry aed the dignity of the bland. . Mr. SilifiP LEFEPRE said, he begged leave .to be permitted .to say a few words on the present occasion, as he understood the argtiMents used last night by an Honourable and eloquent Gentle. map on the opposite side of the House, went - to destroy the Amendment, ' which the speaker in. tended to 'stupor:. This tritest have ! beet) felt . by every Member in the House, yet he thought it ne. ' eessaly - to state the impression the arguMents had on his mind, he 'should now take upon him to say, that - the People -of - thi s C o u n t r y w e re not to be alarmed by any dreadful piefura that may be exhibited to them ageinSt a War,' when their pro: ' petty and liberties ace in danger-; and he war sure, -'they would- not suffer the French to_ get a' frith . of British gtountle but' shed their blciad to,preserve • the envied blessings of England ; envied they bad long been, and now are,' beea desperate enemy; but he eould answer for the - coinage of his country, ' men, ' that they never would tamely' lose those liberties, whia they are now the happy participators of e be, hoped , the People would f o ll o w u p t h e W ar with -Snide - agreeable • to the old• Saying, have a ": long pull, a strong pull, amid - a poll altogether." ' Mr: WILBERFPRCE said, he highly approved. - of the patriotic speech of the last Honourable Gen tleman ; yet be must observe, that" he did not - think the Anteodment contained any thing impro.. per, in it.. The only parr of the Address which had occasioned so much observation, and lettlmet with much opposition, was , the lines which expressed ethe , uniform, conciud, of the Ministers to pre_ serge peace." .He, well kneW, and no man could. suppose. for .a moment,' but His- Majesty's Mini. stern wished to Maintain Peace between the. two countries : , therAire what he said of them, reqpeding their inettentieO to the blessings of Peace,- Could only be understood to: convey this 4neaning, that they bad 'not made use.of the ,best endeavours to produce ?CAM He must be'permitted ' to confess that hewislied that, His' Majesty's Mi n i. KtCrs had encouraged the Russian Power to mediate bet Ween France'and this Country, which,might, in ~his 'humble opinion, be still the means to settle the differences now existing - between theetwo-Count ries. He was ready to allow that the French hod given , many peoolsof their want ofattetitinn to the Treaty of Amietu, And had aded in violatieni of. ail • prin. • Ciple, consequently 'we- must - be amour guard, and make the - bese endeavours to !curb the ambitien of the T're'nch Poiver . , ,and convince them- that Eng.: - land is net ni* trifled with. It was true, as it bed , been ,s-lid, that the' People of this• Country must suffer in order to-nutke our Enemy suffe r , and flea risees . woeld be laid on the Subjed'tri carry on the We, hut - these are trifles coreselered with the importance of our Religion, Morality, and all those Rights dear its Englishmen- every ' exertion must be tise,l to sepport- our Country, and "he - wouhl readily give his support as far as - his •Lbility . ' would permit iiiin. ' 'He- svas certain he epolee the wince o f th e People; whe n h e t o ld the House that froth o ne e9t lpl t he NetiOn to the other, there Would - be an unanitnii y to defend the shores of Great Britain, ~: ~)2r, Ajo:XIIND E It' spoke in fallow of I h e Ad. 4 OUR Port Letters received this morning, we ire gratified in perceiving, announce several fresh Cap tures, and happily the most of them French. 'Orders have. been issued by Government for mounting the Guns on the Batteries all along the Essex Coast. All the Packets at Falmouth have been ordered to sail with Dispatches to different quarters. • 'We were yesterday enabled, from the great length of our Parliamentary Report, to present only from the French Journals, the Message of the CH taw Co NSU L to the three Assemblies, on the rupture between the two Countries. We this day give the long Note of M. TA L EY RAND,, jai4 before those Assemblies, winch was addressed to Lord WHtT .woRrH the day after he left Pdrifi, and which was iCCCiVfd by his'Lotdship on his route to England. We like wise give the must important Speeches in the - Legislative Body, and Tribunate, upon this occa . Sion. ,The Papers which accompanied the Message of the Cut F. F CONSU r. occupy six Supplements to The Maxi tear of the ztst. of a , Sheet each ; and whin we find five of them filled with's:he discussions which preceded the Treaty of AMittli, we cannot look for so full an account as that which this Government has pub lished of the more important discussions which have 'succeeded it. in fait,, no one, we believe, expeaed that. the French People should ever be entrusted With more than a gaibled history of what had passed. The conversation of which Lord WHITWORTH gives so full an account in his letter of the'ztst offebru.' ary, is not • much calculated to conciliate' those of whose lives and treasure the curtp'- CONSUL is SO prodigal. A few only of the Papers are given, in. terspersed:. with remarks which are intended to sup.. ply the hiatus. We find no complaints of any per. sonal attacks on the CHIEF CONSUL in the British Newspapers ; " indecent and seditious Publications'. are complained of in general terms. His Majesty's Message is said td have been sent without any ex planation, and without any anterior Note, and though more than two months elapsed between the date of that Message and the departure of Lord W.nt:rwiiaTH, it seems to be the wish of the 'French Government to represent us as having afted . with the greatest precipitation, while so one point was gained by the delay that did aitually take place, and no . disposition "was manifested to induce a belief that further procrastination would be attended with better consequences, The Message of the cm E It CONSUL WM, less intended to announce the rupture of Newtiation, than to - prepare. the public mind for that event. — 'From the ambiguity of some of Its expressions, it would appear doutitful,' whether he considered the Negotiation at an, end, and whether he did not yet. cape} to Meet the same subtnksion on the pal t of ZoglanA, which he has found among :the unfortunate and degraded Nations with whom he has recently ne., , wifited. He submits to the Legislative and other Bodies, his. first Ctniuntthication with the British pdittiqrv, the Negotiations terminated by the Treaty of Amiens, and the ssew 'Disc:l:flow which aivar la terminate its 04 , a:chile Ruiturt. He in. • forms eiem, that the Negotiations are into-rived, and that France is prepared to fight, if attacked. It seems to be his objed to avoid letting France see at once the extent of the mischief to which his am. bition has subjeaed her ;but the end of the Message, shews at least, that be is not himself 'insensible of the extent of herdanger. The Nation is called u p on to - - console itself for injuries to be inflicted, which it cm neither avoid nor revenge, and it is curious that its coniulation for this weakness is td be derived from a sense of. -its strength. Perhaps the meaning of this extraordinary sentence is, that thollgh France will too fatally experience that she is vulnerable in remote parts, the. concentration of her strength is to give her confidence at borne. On this subjrel, however, we are already in possession of the CHIEI' CONSUL's Opinion, who, while he boasts the impos sibility of subjugating France, admits the possibi lity of her being dis Membered. It is not difficult to undertand that by this phrase he means the lacera tion of the present form of Government ; and all the speeches of his obedient friends in the Legislative. Body and the Tribunate, are calculated only to avert it. To attribute the conduct of England to jealousy at thel happiness that France enjoys, 18 slide from this subjed insensibly into the coinato• dation of--the individual to whom she is indcbte a for this pretnded state of felicity, has peen the line of condud pursued in. brit!' those Assemblies, and the discussions which, took place an the sign ing of the Pielitninaty Treaty, were not mitre 611 ' 3 with fulsome adulation than the few Speeches which are detailed in The Mou;stur on the presea)t vetY different occasion: - In the Tribunate, indeed) a more impudent attempt, ad cattandam, was ll'a‘ le ; for the Message that was to announce War, WaS preceded but a few moments by RIVAUD laying before the Members a Work relative to the V ic ' tory of Marengo. By such artifices the People of France are to be kept quiet, amid the injuries to which it is admitted by their Chief that heisnow about to expose them ; and by such artifices, I • suppose, .1301:4APALLTS calculates upon 014614 the hundred thousand men whom he has p ledgea . himself to throw away in his attempts upon thin country. Whether he will be successful toth us misleading and blinding the People of France , vie can learn only by CileiltS, for his efforts to ccintt°l the French Press, have been so muc h more succes7, ful than his attempts upon that of Ettgll"` l ' tha t his subjeds have neither means of infurmatiJn medium for complaint. By private letters of the 2 Ist inif' r " eived fr ' val Paris yesterday. we h ave t h e f o ll o wing iltr rii ' ll . lelligence• ".On the i 31 1 1 inst. Ordth WereS:ntiQb dincema, Civhsa Vecchia, Tarte of) the French Troopi ,ittitmy, to ,ayanc: and oeculti • 't: On Ports on the Mediterranean and Adriatic ' e " . to all the saute day I -Durations Wet t: forward- French French Agents in Italy, to insi4t Upon t b '''' Sclues7%. tration -of all English Properly. " The Cordon of z0 . ,p00 Austrians o n the fron tiers of Italy is complete,' but Orders have been sent I for 15,000.m0re Troopi •to join it. This' has fended MURAT, who has demanded new reit,fotcee and ot her Ss* menu from Frince. Not only the Italian tt° 6l4) but the French Consctipts desert in ban ds of 2 ° °C Put L Y, 3 0 , over to the Austrians. Generals VERl°l2ital arid. Loit t LLA, agree only in their hatle, Sidi,' b!other-in.law, who surpasses, in insolen ce, ever' Ps tO MV a AT, The demand of 'occupying with. French Troops has been refused for the Ihilj, time. . 4lf - The renewal of the War has cause d "I tlis gene . content, have taken 'n mistrust and suspicion. Numerous atteiti the Temple is as crowdc a " I brilliant' days ofEt * 't f ` i\l . a : 4 a Y the most , EMigrants are taken up, an d two of clil ° ' 4 va c'n‘ Royalist Chiefs arc saithoccupy a o dunge" by the poisoning of TOUSSAINT.at Besancoo•i' ..—.................. l/f Private accounts received by the Hardiiri4cf. which arrived yesterday, state, that the Jr G Pat' Ir" 11 PaositA had expressed his determinatio n to conjunflion with the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, ili venting the French from attempting to ti'l'eposc s i .. sloe, of Hanover. Other accounts say, that be " a promised a free passage to the Ftencli to S eiZe IV Hamburgh. . Yesterday morning a FretiCh Messenger amt' with - with Dispatches for ivl . ScHimirELrEnttaNcg) th° Batavian Ambassador, . Yesterday morning the Scotch Greys wet: t" be fur , viewed on Itchill Common, nea r Croydati General Ow l :N. • ~, NI"j"-Perterals Sir jaws Sr. CLAIR ERSO''t WILLIAM W EMYSS, anti the Marquis of 1.1041.1 pi are appointed•Major-Generais, and C:cloiiel DorlAt. MCDoNALD, 01 the 55th Regiment, _Brig:ldle' General, on the North British Stair. .., ei liA Yesterday a division of the Leicotershire ivl marched through London, cn their route I') I)()vi t e b r ; Yesterday a court of Dirr4tars was Ild; i as iou i4 India House, when the followiPg CutrogV, ers ...• leave, viz. Captain RMITT. of 'lie-. Farr. Qtfilteitt Capt. GRAD. M, Of th e Tigris; and Capt.. Mr° ' of the Glary. E t 144 ' Yesterday a i m ilOt was taken at tbe i j a Hose, when JOHN INot,li, Iti.. was 0 ei' c ; sit Direetor 'to serve two yea rs, in the roQin • idurtt SMITH ByRGIIO, Fla:, deceased. tdrfshind hi ! ?lily complimented Minis(era for their 'attention to the Dignity of the Country. Mr. joEINSTO Nr. reprobated the' language of Mr. ALEXANDER, as it insinuated that he belonged to a Party. • Mr. ALEXANDER explained. Mr. DUNDAS made a few observations in answer to Mr. WILB)IRFORCE. The C H /MCA L - Latt of the EXCHEQUER ex pressed his approbation of the last Gentleman's re mark ; he then urged the necessity of pursuing the War with vigilance, as it would tend to produce a speedy and honourable Peace. He assured the House,. Peace was the first wish of his. heart, if it could have been maintained on terms honourable to the Country, but as that was not the case, we must unite to oppose a common Enemy. Sir Wm. Do La Ex spoke in favour of the Address. Mr. B&AGGE also said a few words. The' Report of the Address was then received, and. those Members belonging to the Privy Council were -ordered to wait on His Majesty, to know when he will be pleased to receive tlfe Address. The other Orders were then read. The Bill for punishing Persons who set fire to Ships, was read a second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. - The House went into a Committee on the Mo. lion for the better regulation of Trade. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report, and leave was granted to bring in a bill. The House went into a Committee of the whole House on the Land Tax Redemption Bill, and the Report was ordered to be received 'to-morrow. Adjourned. MAILS. . DU Z. French 0. PRICE ()I , STOCKS, TFII3 DAY AT 'TWELVE O'Cl. , .‘z!:. Consols • - THE SON. lOLIM QUIS DICER& 111141U114 AUDSAT LONDON, MAY 26, 1803. -