The Sun. — London, England, 1803-05-25 00:00:00

. - the- hole Power of mighty: Empire, to it might be observed, that if ever the fate of Ent -I.:res hung upon the lips of one individual,, it was on the lips, of that Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. PITT) on the _preceding evening. lie regretted the part which that Right Hon. Gentleman hati taken, and shlti!tl hare' been, happy if it had been other_ . wise, fur no one would be more happy than himself at the return to power of any onF who was disposed to restore—Peace, which he thought might' Mill be restored. He thought the Negotiation had been comitifted ill; and that when it Was 'breken off, it still might . have been brought to a happy is. rue. But if the Noble Lord (Haw xes c ay . ) thought the expetiment of the T reat y o f Amiens was useful in destroying that spirit of enthusiasm in Fraect, from whence so much mischief had resulted', do not lot those who .ipoke upon this subjeet, Crease i9flaititn:ltiOn upon a question winch t h ey ought to discusfi dispassionately, and not suffer themselves. to be run, away:with by the old io. veterate spirit of hatred again s t France. , They should not fear to deliver their . opinions, he they svhat they may, and without apprehension of any uef a vourable constrnetion being' put .upon them. Let them reColleft who were the Mi nistrts who c a ll e d fol. Weir. tie! wits not stir-- prised that the-Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Git EN. V I 1.1. r) ;Ind tbost , wl , n set t with him, should contend, that there were sufficient grounds for War, hot did not enter into the consideration of anti distinft cause for War, contending, as they did, that ar any time since the Signature of the Treaty of Amiens, there was sufficing &Lind for War. But what did we, now go to \Va s t for ? Was it or was it not on account of ahe'single Paperof the Ultimatum of this Country which now lay upon their Table ? And if France had accepted that U!ti. matum, shook' we or should we not he now at • Peace ? If so, let them dismiss from their coisider.: , atinu ail circumstances of aggravation f rom t h e dispassiOnate - discussion of the subjek before them. No man ftlt more than he did, the. ag. gravated insults Offered to this Count!) , by France ;. brit why not• Make representations . upOn •each insult received, and if no salisfattion was oh. tained, wiry net appeal to Parliament? He-granted thatsvery irnlivideal insult was a cause for War ;. ,hut Why then net demand satisfaelion, and, if not granted, :Weal rd Parliament ? What were the cit . _ cumstaeces it hien related to the Treaty Of Amiens ? On the 23e1 of November last, His IVl4..sty's Speech 'was [wide to Pari;; , ment. lie confessed that the Siwech of the light Hon. Gentlentan (the Cuntst -1::I.LOR of the_ F.XCHEQU ER) then made upon the ;eitiessiort respeCling the Addtesa, was far from being satisfiennry to him, lie took the liberty at that, eeried to ask for explanation, and if he, ,did not touch inisinterpre t what was then ;stated by that Right Hon.. Gentleman it was, that there Was no danger of any breach in the Treaty of,Amiens'. From this circumstance,- a grave and weighty responsibility rested upon Ministers, The Switzerland had been dwelt upon already With so much eloquence, that be should only say, that he viewed the events which Bail taken place in .drat Country *WI as - inut 4 .ll horror - as.any man. But - :how did the 'efuettion stand with respva to that Country ? At the tithe that Bonaparte inv4ded its liberties, a.Ssviss Deputy applied to t hey n _wee 4 of Europe, throup,h• the medium of their Ainbassa. dors at Paris, for assistance ; they were, only site. restful in their app;ication to ,thin Country. A' /ote was presented from Lord 116W/LPS OUR Y, re. monstrating With the French Government tespea. , ins that subjeet. ,A Letter Of lostrUetions, dated the same day (the zzd of November), with that . . Note, .svas tGent to Mr. Moore, giving him an irrevocable . poioer to involve this Country in- - a :Wae with Franet ; not bur that there was just cause for War, :but knowing at the same time that the Swiss were -supported by no other POwer than by this Country, under eiretonsiaoces it must be agreed, that such it War would have been impolitiC.-Thus, after the refusal of the wher 1 3 t3Wets - Of Europe Was known, anti Ministers hai4ng on . the '23d of No , vernber risked a War with France on the subjed of Switzerlaod, and not then knowing the issue of the Negotiation, did then in point of latt, inform the House anti the Country,. 'that there existed'. no • danger of any breach of the Treaty of 'Andeos. —How was this to he interpreted Ministers sent out itnmediate -orders in consequence of this'dis. _pure, not to evacuate the Cape of Good Hope And other places, which was a (tiled breach Of the Treaty of Amiens. Sociri atterwafels t h e y sent out orders to evacuate those places.. This would - nerve to spew how Minister's interpreted their own, Aft respedirig Switzerland. Jr \via most ettraor. binary that at the same time when they sent out. „orders not to evacuate the Cape and othei places, that no orders Were sent our not to evacuate Malta, which was more particularly the SulijeCt of diSpUte • between the COuntries, on the importance of which so much stress was laid, and which it now appeared formed the whole subject of the present contest. On the sth of December,. when a flourishing statement of the Finances of the _Country - was made by the. 12i ;lit Hon. Gentleman (the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER), that Right Hon. , Gentlenian then said, that there w as nri t s :ngcr of any breach of'the Treaty of Amiens, at least if riot so in.terms, that was the tenor of the expression used by that Right Hon. Gentleman upon that eccasion. At the lime of His Majesty's Message respeding , His Royal Highness the Prince of Walei t the same thing was yepeated, that there was no danger of War; Very awn ',after wards came Ills Majesty's Message,. announcing a probable rupture with Fiance : the grounds of that Message bad-never' yet been ex.; plained distinCt inforthation had been askeld for as to the grocrds of that Message, hut Flit Majesty's Ministers had never yet given it, nor had they at all explained that-Message, which app ' eare d now so Very inexpedient. bad been at Iluti by the Righ t Hon. - Gentleman (Mr. GRENVILLE) what We - should give up by going to war. - He Would ask what the sensation produced in the Country by that Message, which arinouoced the probability . of War ? Let that Right Hon. Gentleman consider the sot row which Was .produce& throughout 'the Country by the tidings of that Message, and let him imagine the real grief which it occasioned. As to the opinion of - rite Country, - his opinion was, that if it 'was polled from or 'end to the other, with those exceptions F"` ~ r ~: ~~, E . • . - - - • _ , _ - ' which must always be the ease, there was not (Me .! man to be found who would not say, that it we had received insults ItOrn france, : : that those inSults ought not to go uni.edreSsemi ; :inset let that.opinion he taken in; the same way, as tdthe coodul of f Its Majesty's Ministers,. and whether Voey had dooe :ill: .in their power to avoid War, and he believed the answer of a large majority would he, that they had np.t ; (Iva was also his feeling upon that sobjsa..—. - Ile thought that His Majesty's Ministers had pass, ed over, in the Declarati;el, many. points with re. spell to svhich the tone of France was more insulting, ' or at ;east as much so as in those they had no ticed, He should abstain :from pursuing that line of Conduct which had been. adopted -hy those on the other, side, who had spoken of those insults as topics' of ioflammatioo sachet than as, a grave sub. jea of consideration, which they ought to be. With respea to the sepre,sentations - of France respecting Libels alledged to . be published against the Govern. tnent of that. Republic in this country, suCh-retneri • strances should have beeo treated with contempt— theanswer should have been, we have no satisfaCtion to give you, take your remedy. With respeft to the Commercial Cotnmissioners, did Ministers do their duty? Were those men sent out of the Coun. try ? What was the consequence of not don their duty ? That it still remained a problem, whether they had received satisfattion from France on that point or not, and this mixed up with other things, Was brought forward as matter of 'ag gravation against France. Lord Hiswas.saus Y, as it appeared in the 'Papers, had been . called upon , to send out of the Country certain individuals because - they were obnoxious to France. Na Iltitoo would contend that men who'had received the' pro,. talion of this country., ou_ght to be sent Lott of it ; _but' it appeared that the ~ Noble Lord had made a promise upon the subjed. got 'how should the Re. presentations upon that subject haveli:en met ? 1:y a direa refusal ; and if France chime to avenge Ler_ self, let her do it. The soils& of the aggrandize. Me in of France had been ai.readv ably diicussed: Those who voted against the Peace of Arniens, Stated this as .a reason why they opposed thst Treaty. But how was it with respea to His Ma . jesty's Ministers ?• The Independence,. of Hol. land was secured, ,hut the f a 'a was that' French Troops were in the • gatavian lepublic at that tittle and continued there. Were any Repre sentations made respeCting these Troops Several motions were afterwards nude by those Troops for the purpose, as. it was Supposed, of quitting the Batavian Republic, hut they stopped on the frontiers Of Holland, tinder the 'pretext of being- destined to stave in the expedition to Louisiana; but , was there , any formal reasoristrance 'Upon this subject ? Hp should have thought' it roper that Miniitersaboblil have sent'a format represeptaticin, in order that, they might have had a flartnal answer ; therm they might h av e cotne to Parliament with,theirdoUbts ,and there would now have been no disputeabout rile ob, jea of War.- The • Independence of Switzerl'aia was secured by the Treaty of Luneville, yet eight or nine months after the .signature of that Treaty, the, French' Troops. Were not withdrawn fititn,that Country : that Might have dieen considered as an omen of the bad faith of. France. A considerable tune eiapsed between the ;signature of the Treaty of. Luneville, and that, of the Treaty of Amiens, and still the Fretcb . Troops were not withdrawn ; those who made the Treaty.of Ainien's snust haVeconsi. tiered at that time that Switzerland would be kept by France. • All t . libm,e'Circumstances were stated, and the argument. by which they were answered, • was, that it was to he • supposed that the Treaty ;would be executed. A' system of aggrandiiement was likewise• pursued in:ltaly,"and at the time of aigoing'the Treaty, Piedmont 'Was in 'faii annexed to France, py being Mule a Military arrondissement of that CoUntry, which *MAN cia very little dill' ferent to being really annexed to France. The Isle of Elba wits Illeeivise taken under the proteCtion •of France,'..: and' 'what that' protec...• stion 'was, was sufficientlY ktrown: All . these , circumstances were known at the time the Definitive Treaty was signed. It was not therefore for those whO signed that Treaty, or those who sttpported it to contend, that those reasons which existed at the time of sigoingthe 'Treaty were now reasons for Lsting to War. It has ben asked by the Noble ord (1-I,‘WEEititIRY) on the preceding evening, was no Country to come forward to take •up 'the .cause of an. injured Sovereign, or an injured People ? He (Mr.'. WimattlAn) agreed, that if •a case will Mack out of injury,.their cause ought to be taken' up-but it was needleit to s talkof giving what could nest be given. , That Noble Lord had alluded ta•the' German ' Indemnities, the Whole of which was' a' complete systeM of robbery ; lint did the - Noble s Lord and: his Crolleagues, : who knew such.si system : Was :resOlved upon at the Treaty. of did they .set their fiees against it ?:Now, however,: • we •were to go to War to redress the wrongs of the Continent. If the Ultimatum on the Table 'was not the objet f' of the War, in God's name-let theme know the' obji'el of it ; let them not ruse St false Spirit in tree. Ctitintry ; let them know Whithie: . th e . objea might be attained Or not without going:to War.. With respea• to Malta, which seemed ito be. the sole ohjea in dispute with. a view to Egypt,. the Noble Lord (Hstwticantlay) had deseanted upon the perfidy of the Freneh.Government, in throwing diflculties in the way of the guarantees, but.he fur gc.t that the while the French Government were throwing difficulties in. the way. of .those guano tees,' Malta remained in the possession of England, and that it must haire done so whilst those difficulties • remained. The Noble Lots] and his Colleagues had however resolved to fulfil the Treaty of Amiens, when on the gth day of February a Dispatch was sent to Lord' Whitworth, announcing that the eva. Cuation of Malt would-have taken place if a Certain Circumstance had not happened. This circumstance was Sebastiani's mission. The Right Hon, Gentle_ man (Mr. Pt rr) had said, that the hnitile disposi.. tion of `the First Consul was ,to be inferred more from the mission than the Report. MiniSters had k stated that they knew of the mission, a n d t h at , they knew Sebastiani had seen General Stuart, •as • in their ,Dispatch' to the French Government they had stated that -Egypt had not been - evacuated, in consequence ola Mistake. If the Report was an aa of aggressioo, he thought thitt Ministers were highly culpableiri.hot Semonstratin aLthe time. Did that wax. Report disclose more of the hostile disposition of the , First Consul than was befotte known ? E g ypt was always a favourite. objeft with the French ment, -and Malta alio, with .a view to the' former. What was dome '6 prevent Malta : from falling into the hands of the• First Consul.? It waS proposed to garrison it with Neapolilan troops, when the ceding .of every military man upon that occasion was, that it. was in faft placing it in the hands of France, as the First Consul itqght have it when he pleased. As to the importance of Malta with a view to Egypt, it had been stated upon a former occasion by a gal. • !ant Officer, that it was of no importance in that point of view, raid he believed that statement to be nearly, if not - wholly carte:ft. The Chief Consui was well kown to be a than sUbjeft to: sudden gusts of temper, and' therefore his expressions in his, conversation with Lord Whitworth, were not to be taken in their literal sense. It was not unlikely that the Empire of the Ottoman Porte might fall by Means of some arrangement of partition, to which the First Consul might be supposed in that conver- nation to allude, and thtiefore his words were not to be taken in that Sense which Was applied to them] but at any rate it only resulted, that. all that wt knew before upon:that subjeft Wa , s - confirnied; It appeared that Talleyrand had signified tim willing; . nen of the Frerieli Gbvernment to giye every secu rity respefting Egypt ;. he did not think ' that Fits Majesty's Ministers went far enough in inquiring what that. security. was; - The 'Emperor of '.Rtes: sia had Ered . to guarantee . Malta, leaving out the 'Maltese langue. This. morning an important docume n t had arrived, contained in the French Official Paper, which was a Note froM the Rtissian Minister to-Talleyrand, stating'in the most conciliatory terms; thedesire ,of his Imperial Ma. jest) , that the Treaty of Amiens should be maintain ed, and his wish to interpose his good offices between the two Countries, and at the same rime stating; that the English Government knew that the Emperor, COW not assent to the Maltese langue; - lICCOUTTe Of a prev ions arrangement to the contrary. From this it appeared that his Imperial:Majesty was will. ing tointerkre between the two-Countries. With te ; peft to the previous arrangement there men. tionea; ',it appeared very strange, but perhaps Ministers Might' . be able to explain it satisfac torily. This, howeVer, he, *as. sure they would- not explain iatisfaftOrily; wbv the!' 14d nut noticed - that. projet of the COULI of . I" i ctertiblire'lit that time, 'when there had beet no Sebastinni and. no Message to' the Legislative Body. The Publi . - cation of the. Report of Sehastianii natwithstanding what had'been said by the Right Hon. Gentlethan Pt - t•-r) . might be considered as an: answer to Sir Robert Wilson's Work, tespeeting the transac tions of cur Arnik in Egypt. P UT, here interrupted Mr. WHITBREAD, by way of explanation. Ile had stated, he Said, that it 'might lie blkdged as an, excuse for, the . Ptiblicitionz of the Report, that it .was intended - as an answer t6'.l - he Pamphlet of -Sir Robert Wilson, but that this could be yin excuse for the Miskiorr,'as Sebastiani must have been sent on that Mission belVreihat Paritphle: app"thted. ' Mr. .11//11114,10:11D continued : if- the Message to the Legistat ive,Bdtly had bieneoniiderea he as an insult; firs Majesty's, Ministers-might have demanded 'arid obtained satisfaftiiin imineiliately, as • - they had done in the case of M. Reinhard, Will) resped to the refusal of Ressia . tir gnarantee Malta ; 'st was contradifted by the Note which had been .' laid - tipon the 'fable that evening -by . the Lord.,' 1 He thought that His :Majesty'a Ministers might still avail themselves of the interference of Russia, and:that Peace might7stift be preserved..-- •Upon these grounds he should support.the Atnenci.. merit. • -frP.'.DALLAS said,. that as the question Fad been so ably discussed already, and as there were so many Gentlemen much more competent, to t!eliver their sentiments upon the question than he was,- he Would not ireSpassiong , Upon the* attention of the Fictive. The question before the House inyolved in 'it two tohkiderations :. - the justice of the War, and the':Conduft of His„Nfajesty's Ministers in the Condtift of the Negotiation. Upon the latter point there appeared to be considerable difference of opi• nion ; some Gentlernen seemed •to think that Mini sters (tad not gone far enough in their efforts to pre. serve Peace, while others thought that they had :not taken their stand early enough against the aggres sions of France. But'he wished to recall the actin • tion of the House to what appeareol to him to be the only question now beforethem. The question was, - wheiher the War in which we were now engaged - was on onr - part a just War or not As to ,the con, dui} of Ministers during the' Negotiation, that certainly did hot forrn a part ',of , the considera tion before the, House; at" least the 'Address which had:-.been moved by the . Noble Lordidid nrit call urns them for- any approbitiOn- of the , conduct of Ministers. -littt as to the real guts. tion before the House, he would ask whether there Was any man - who would say that the cond , od•of Francew . as nut, in:every:instance aimosti••: marked. with insult-and aggression against this Country, and yet it was proposed in the Atuendment, to leave out all that . part of the Address 'which expressed the opinion of ParliaMent npon!the justice Of the War.' if Amendment was adopted, Parliament would be pledged to . support the War, without giving any opinion whatever upon the nature of the War which they pledged 'thetnielva to support. He confessed that he-came ,to the consideration of the Papers MIMI had been laid before the House, With a mind not destitute of partiality for His Majesty's Mini sters, .who had concluded a Treaty of:Peace, which bad been apnroved of by the Country, though per haps some of its stipulations were liable to objedion. it struck him, - therefore, that the perions who had made such' a Peace must be anxious to preserve' it; but he Came also to the comideration of these Papers with another and a superior feeling, viz, an motions wish, an ardent desire to find his Country 'in the-right, a hope that we should not now, for the first time, be found to have departed from that Suitt observation of Treatiesohat course of honour able moderation whi.4t had al-ways characterized our conduct. • These were the feelin gs which he came to the consideration of these Papers, and .nut - . a , wish 'minutely to criticise the condud of a long a nd c om pli cate d N M e ire a 'r t s iv i n n an arduous, . Upon the desire of Ministers t 4) - maintain T'e ' 1 1 ' I • I ' wen ace, it, seeme. to 1:111 aipo , si i‘e •• certain a demist. fiad they, not m tde every cession, s(firnii}:yrutltaiiltnzet that their it:effeiirrii,lo:,)i:vt Matta e taou ' d r r i elt l y th t e t y l nAoitniTui.;:d,, t.extereerprt, Europe who were to to ac. cede to that guarantee, in order that Great Britain might completely fulfil the • Treaty ? It .was out gulam'reanvareileotnha.tthie,siewild-o,wcrs of neeessaey-so enter into an examination of the con: duii of France, with regard to Holland, to .Italye or to Switzerland- Nobody pretended to defend or eteuse:their eondu6 - with regard to these States; Wall f i egarL 10,,,. the execution of the Treaty of Peace, every thing on the part of, this Country manifested a desire to execute the Treaty. Every thing on*the 4'art of Prance was-evasion, pre• varication, and delay. With regard to the Missipti of Co!. Sebastiani ,he Should pass that otter, to ,so much had been said, upon it, with met ely observing that it'warniT,cleaelmanifestation on the part of' t to il l f r g h l i i s France' bf a desire to get possession of Eli-ypt, antt . chat lie would not g0..t0 .war. for. it. This was 3 ' Ecgoyuins,tt,ryofthlantdriag.yptTillveasFilt,sist Lonsul had faithful pifttite of his mind, Ile will ( n )t o )i t e . a g ' ‘O b t u: war, why ? because he is restrained by the s npula• Bons of a Treaty, bee:nisi :14 is tes:raine4l l'Y a: sense of honour and good faith i: No, these ore re. straints intfch too weak for his 'great and bring mind, but he will not go to 'W.l'r no w for Eg,ri'l because lie hopes . to get it at another time a nd by other means, that is to say, he will choose the taa.. ment when it is most Convenient .for him to g's ta War for it. The' British ' Government. had catl' r stantly asked for explanations.of aii, the coo , lo ci `," France, which exPhm ations were constantly refused! anti, at last when - the •British Minister 11;18 fed Parrs, then theY made an °Ter w hi c h %eps. in "" nothing 1c4.1 than to ask tts to participate in a of plunder and robbery. An Hon..Nleniber (M.r.: 'Whitbread) 11_,:d asked for infOrm ation upon a poi" ( upon which 7 k Was essentist that not only he It' t , the House and the Country were eiltir!:::1 to a ii , e 6 " answer. He had asked for what purpose ive %%Teter. ing. to War ? The ansWer.be;Woul(l give to that but would -he this , " We were goitre to WA' fat Malta—not ' for' I\4lil ta only, hut' for Eg Yrt — ','' °l only - for Egypt, , but for' I ti _tn..a---not o ily tor Deo, s cheme but for the 'lntegrity'-of the Britidi linvir'' —i only for ,the fotegrity of the British Eilipite, twill for the-cause of justice, good faith, and freedom 3" over the Wothi..-• . • . ' • - Goierol MAITLAND said, he rose ! nerd)" ' l3 c h t i T o se o n n tse a n i c o e rm eir c r a t .f i ir ra c i a tit n m , taondw';::oll,l4;ilit c ' e f sl itile s n s but it: very short space upon the time of the House. It 114 been repeatedly contended; that there were is grounds laid before the House to- justify thAt - w e( ' don in the King's Message', t hat Armament/ were prepaiing in the Ports of , France atul 11°1 : land. • He, however,. begged , leave •to stile, that there was an Armament in ffeivoetslnys, w lii , :h "' 1 3 ,1 3 avow.rdly destinod - for 'Louisiana ;'' t"%ere nµ' re Armaments in Havre and'Brest,'not :very ellte% , ones he admitted, but 'Arinain e nti winch cou!dc '', vey 9or to;000 men , : to distant Colosiic..s, or„c111:t convey twice that number to - the s hores of i cl bt , t ' 0 . :Britain or IrelancL. The measure Whic h IL : arc of adopted by Ministers was therefore .enCf.,iorind precaution, and - ' this was -converted as iti l° a ie r a lead who had-before threatened us of censure . But it was said, • tha t ""‘ ju t — Consu l t 'to irritation : What ! irritate' the Firs - •' en tc' th , with his Army' of 480,000• men ! Surelri ,g flat A take precautions against such a (Linger' W-- deserving ground` upon .Which ministers were deser ° ns enn• of censure. With reseed to. the r r-vl° Aii te , l, 4118 of . France, it had been iiitiversailY 3 " 1-1 e t o f ,that• it afforded this Country just c 3 tl ' .- ' : ' m al:e War.. He was. glad to hear Gentlem en '. a fter that Confeasion, but he was surPrise d t 1 1 3 t hl• such an. admissiOn, to hear them contend, c ft -, r d,, PPint yn which Ministers made their'stand, 3 be ii, e,4 no ground of War at all. Ile could nor,. sr , making one observation upon the report of C G to o In the face of . Fotruile l*stiani' it w"s iiripOssible to cOnceiVe a m ore g iniult - to theßritish Army, and thionglrth'(" ll3 ,, r Y id to e the overeign upon the Throne , l a nd to 1 " = ire( ' English Nation. And what reparotion Kati been ige in tot tliks i nsu l t 1 Wily .one shat was was: tho t ; ite.. suit itself; Ministers were told that this 0 14 •I rer ich .P A (3 ttwas necessary as a reparation to the , a in is En r g az n , d. tbe, a p u blication which had grle' re ol if rose to ex was an -expression of h is S a lta, i T ia ls i e n, •p l uint, however, which he ( >: 1 ,111 $ former occasion, tespetting the iniPortance at ~ , ,_4 14, which had been referred to in the resent D P ofr tHaenchea:bneelvlealA torheiarteldtaNteliail,tatlaiasiahle)!dachei ontf,lttoeoinuisria: Malra as ahsolotel i oecessary to this CoortrYc,i, carry on offensive operations in the MeditrT li f l ol . Mr. ELLIOT' siita, that alter the que'";," 7 , o r 'been so fully ditctissed, lie 'should not t0,, -- ,,,, , much of the rime of 'the •HOns'e ;••he wished ) '''-:} la g to iy s ii t t a g te ili t s he io m t e n t f i o v r e i s h sV e t h ,,r ic li. h p.n in n ii i t . ,,ik e a n , te r ti e ::_i . s: o " e l ,% l : , i : f iv 4 however to he diitinftte o r ki e r st o,,,i; itt vhf' l •o the Address, he meaitt'rnelepy r c i express his q n t li ,:t i of the just ice of the War on the part of theethisColl""4, 'he meant to give nn opinion whatever OPon bob dud of Ministers-The 'War appeared.tO hini . A esseq f 1115 and necessary , ; •he used the wor I *` - ' e v t ion w because we et,e-forced into it fin' self;pr e T. - 4 8 0 0 . anddefence,_ and he' really would not 'give hi s for the rat unless he Was crinvirteed that !t oo , / not only just hut necesssry:.---It tvas not' orc e „ s t i to eefer to, or to comment upo n ilte repeated acltitiS insult and aggression Offered 'by 'France t° . 0 4 'Country ; 'they had increased every (1': t his went on with accelerated velocity.; '• til, w att subjeel he was -happy • Icy find ' that the`` re , i With I not two opinions its the . Hattie. .. .. i t 104. I Sped to the 'ltlissioti 'of Colonel Sebastioi, r . a . been said that .France. had given no satisf' l4 r ) 3 1 ,01 planation upon this‘point.; but it arl) 44re . : 4 , Q 1 1 04' 1 to be an attt which was almost incapsiltle ° i t floor , Lion or of reparation ; it was 4 . oht deterininedaA of ageression. - It was trui, it s wiSh entering into . this War eve coinineoLe;i oir .. coo . many disadvantages ;we had gileo ol' : 41 o sts. ty - nacos; .we had giVen I:ii to -I , rstwe not ad ~,4 , 1 siiiivi which were important in i military :-fr`ge ry daY "i : l a rnercial point of view,• and he. was etre 1 ho ~, and mare Confil mud in tke. o pinion Will; l to , Oe , , . 4 ! i v, g aljrc zlways entertaimed, that we 41.1 ,, ! f ,, ... - cool, toil , t jo k ~, t P i': .., q ; ~,,,,..., lit I ;4, s~ i