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THE Members of HI s MAJESTY'S Priv y Coun cil, who were desired to wait on His JES rY to know, when he would - be pleased to' seeeive the Address of that House, hating reported,. that HIS MA J ESTY had expressed his pleasure to re ceive the Address at half-past two o'clock, the Sr SAXER, accompanied by several Members, went to St. James's in order to present the same, and the House adjourned till to-atorrow. The concluding part of the SOI.ScITOR CENERAI.'S Speech on the hr ,t day of the SeiloU, having, recuivei so much applause from the majority of the House, and given Messrs. Tuarlev and SHY.LIII4I,I SO much otlence, the Public will probably not be ditipleased. to see a fuller statement of,rt than has yet appeared. • After discussing at considerable length the great question between this Country and the Northern Confederacy, and : answering such of the arguments of Mr. GREY., and of br. LAw. • R INCE as applied to that question, the Sot. re c t toe GENERN, went on nearly as follows: " Haying thus• established the juitiee of our claims, and the' necessity of 'asserting and main mining them, I. have done enough to justify me in supporting the Address, and in : givin ,, ° , my negative to the proposed Amendment. But I think it' necessary,* before • I‘eit down, to make some..ol),,ervation,s on the general tone atettenden cy of the Speech 'by which the Ametichilent was inttodueed. The Hon. Gentleman hai disclaim .eel all intention of exciting despondency in the Country. I am very 'ready to acquit him of any such intention. letteet no man in the House can be.med or 'base enough to entertain it. But I must maintain that the tendency of.timeh of what he has said, is to produce the very circa of which he thinks.it necess.mry to disavow the design. II see are in earnest in wishing that the Country may display an energy proportioned to the diffi culties which it has to surmount, what is the conduel which, as rational and eonsistent men, we ought to hold ? Ought we deliberately to endeavour to disappoint our own wishes —td lay plaiis - fOr fruitrating our ownhopes—to leboue to dishearten and disunite those on whose union anti courage our iafety wholly depends ? And yet, is not this the preposterous course which the Hon. 'Gentleman, 'throughout a great part of his speech, has been pursuing ? Has he not held out to our view the most gloomy' pictures 'of - our situation and resources ? , Has he not exaggerated every clitficulty,, and magnified every danger ? Has he not drawn such a comparison between the power of , the . Etiemy, and that of this Country, as. almost , to 'exclude the hope of a successful issue to the Contest in which we are engaged ? In the i name of common sense what can Gentlemen pro.. pose, or promise to themselves from this strange application of their eloquetice ? Supposing they should compleatly succeed in persuading the People to distrust their Government, their strength, their resources, and to admire . and dread the Enemy.with whom we have to contend; I wisji to know - what advance they think they will have made towards bettering our condition, towards increasing our strength, tow,aids iMprov_ ing our security ? What should we think of the Commander of an Army, who, on the see of an Engagement,' should employ all.his eloquence to dispirit and dishearten his mene--who should in. culcate cowardice, and propagate dismay—who, by magnifyitt the power 'of the &Remy, ;aid the clanger of the conflict, should incite his troops to flight, or to submission ?., We should say that such : co n d udi was the extreme of treachery Or of eels, For God's sake, let no part,orthis Coln uiunity expose itself to either imputation.. if we are unwilling. to 01 a manly, ; let, us at leastaa a consistent part.. -Let there ben correspondence between , the objeAs we prefess, and the means we employ.. If we are determined to place our hopes of safety, not* in the . strength Of tiar Arms, but in the heiillity of out Supplications, then these addresseis: to our fears, these exagge. ' rated representations of our titliceltiee have 'a rational aim, and may answer a salutary purpose. They May be of usein breaking-down the stub. born British spirit, and reconciling it to the humi liation and disgrace to which we are prepared'io submit. But let us make an Election, and shape our ConduCt according to our choice. our Elec tion be, as I trust it is, to fight to the last- ex tremity in defence of our Rights and our Inde pendence, do not let us, in the very.moment when . we are uttering.our resolution, throw a doubt on its 'flannel's and sincerity, by breaking out ,into wailings acd 141nentation,s, on -.the : necessity we are under of forming it. -What 'confidence can we place in the wisdom or the courage of him, who wastes ifilamenting his condition, that time", Which he ought to employ in improvingit ? Even if our present difficulties could he justly attrie buted to our , past imprudence, where would he the policy of weakening the' efficacy of those means, by )vhich alone, either ertors - or inisfor. tunes can be repaired ? Let who will direct our affairs, it is upon the spirit and the exertions 'of the people, that our salvation 'must depend. And is it wise to stgenplt to damp that spirit, and to deaden those OXeitiOnS ) by representing our situ.. UWE, as almost to, render hope clelti si'e aid exerrioteunlivailing,.? Are Genifeinen' • afraid..that we shall' be 'led by 4 generous entliu„ siairn, to exert ourselves in the:publie mese, be, yorgl Wliet may he perfecily consistent with•nur individual interests ? Is this so much the bent , and temper of mankind, tiet t prudent Philosophers think i t necess ry-to-itiieepese.shei r-salusaey monitimks, lest rt-' disinterested Public Spirit acquire too_ pow - erftil an ascendant for tliiis purpo:.e. .that - fhb: - dendemen think" themselves calledupon, in policy and in prudefcce, to eucleciVeur, to draw .or the AttOtion'of a lar* . portion of , the People from the dangers that threaten their Country, tollte - evilt that affea themselves? Ido not see how, bit depicting those evils - in the gloomiest colours, ive, in-any way, contribute to their alleviation. I wish to God that all the upper classes of life would display the same sober fortitude that has. charaaerised the lower orders of the community. 'fliey have real and serious evils to struggle with; and to endure. There are 'those' who arc obliged to' task their imaginations for subjects of complaint, which, if they would 'confess- the honest trod . ), never broke. in upon one moment of. their -repose, or robbed them of one particle of their enjoyments. _Yet not contented . with. giving vent to their -awn mock .lanientations, they are angry that thme who really suffer, should shew any degree of patience tinder their sufferings,- and should ncit 'be Judy to break out into . iosurreCtion against that ;Government-which is exerting its utmost en deaVotits for their relief. But in spite of exeite.. merit and example, the 'British People still re, tain their ancient charaaeristics. They 'have not yet been prevailed upon to 'clamour for the, .ruin and disgrace of their Couhtry, under the vague and deceitful name of, Peace. They Would nor, I ant persuaded, .pUrehaSe•a relief from the distresses of the momept, by the sacrifice of their Country's honour. They would not consent to become Tributaries to .-FriIDCC, even if France should undertake to dole out to them a daily •al :lowance of Bread for the - remainder of their lives. Propose that relief to them, on those terms, and, I am certain, they would refuse to' selYfor Mess of Pottage, the Birth-right .of their I nc ie., peudence: Need say, that instead Of :obtain. .ing relief by such a, disgraceful . sacrifice r they would entail upon themselves evils withOtit num -IJcr; and v. i thont remedy ?‘! Need I to them the 'disastrous fate of every Country which • France has either seduced 'by ,fraud, or: su hatted :by arms.? - No—To dissuade Englishmen from surrendering their Independence ; it. is.ntit sary to detail to them the effeCts of its loss. It can require no. effort of re spring to induce us to spurn ate che thought of bondage and subjeftion. Does any man say we ought toentertain the de liberation ? Will any man propose it, as , que stion for consideration aria• debate,. whetherlit were better to resist, France, •or quietly. to' sub mit to her domination And, yet, in a .place where no man 'would ,bear to hear the question stated, we find representations made, and ,argu ments employed, which tend to disable us from making "that united and• vigorous resistance by which alone our existence, as a, free and inde sndent People, can be preserved. Fardifferent_ the condtett which enlightened patriotisni would call' upon us to pursue. What a true Patriot Would most apprehend, in any crisis of his. Country's affairs, would be that the People might. not .be insiiired with the ardour necessary for, their own deliverance. His fear would be that they might be confounded by the magnitude of the danger, or wearied out by the length of the 'struggle —..that they - might not, haVe the firmness to support, with the perseverance necessary for success, a conllift of heavy expence and of long duration—but might be willing. to escape from the pressure of a - present inconvenience, with whatever hazard of future ruin. This, I say, would be the fear uppermost in the mind 'd a real Petriot—and he would exert the whole resources of his genius to animate the courage, to sustain 'the fortitude, to stimulate the efforts of his .Countrymen. Hei would not bring for ward and dwell' upon every ci,rettm - stance that' could indispose them to honourable exertions, and reconcile them to disgraceful - compromise. He would not exaggerate the difficulties they had to encounter, nor undervalue the importance of the objects for whiCh they were to vontend. He would not indeed embark them in useless dangers,' or incite them to contend for objeas of - nd im portaoce. But being.' thoroughly - convinced of the value of the objets, and of the suilleigney of his 'Country's means, he would not • suggest ex-7 cures to the People for leaving those means un employed, and yielding up these objets with out a struggle for diet'. preservation. Lei the `Hou.se - decide which system of condua' is most vise, most manly, and most likely to effea the salvation of a Country. According to the opi -4n which it shall form on that subject, it will estimate the; merits of the Honourable Gentle_ rule's Speech, anti determine Whether it be best toadopt the firm and energetic sentiments of the ' redress, or the timid and hesitating language of the Amendment." - THE SUN. 601,F.M QUis A . iClisk PALSUM AUIIEAT LOYDON, FEBRUARY 5, 1801. A very considerable alarm having been excited by difierelt paragraphs which have appeared in the T;,, s, and in other Papers, relative to the probability of the immediate exclusion of British Shipping from the Ports of Poitugal, we hav e had the satisfaftior.to learn on inquiry, that there i 6 no foundation , rxibetsorver for the belief of any 'such intelligence having been received in this Country : At all events we are justified in assert. kg, that fro intelligence to dust trelt has beer received by Goverwilent either from M. de Pom. 88.18. A, (as has been falsely_ stated in ore of the • D• Papers) or from any other quarter. WE last night received Paris Papers to the "*1 The sets - Which haVe come to our , hands do not contain an important fact, which is, we learn, to be fOund in some Others, that Peace keen signed --6etrween Austria and France. — The Terms of it are said to have been kept se. fret by agreement, it'being one of the stipula tions entered into between the two PoWers, that the Articles shall hot be published the end of this month, when the engagements between the Ksxo of ENGLAND and the EMPEROR of Gra, MANY, are •no longer in force. Such is the . .„ statement in the Moreing Papers, of this day, which, as we - fire' before observed,. our sets 'of, Ya Paris Journals do not warrant, and we do nor find eve; itt the Papers that contain the in. , telligen'ee; any extras'} ,under - the Paris Beall-' - '° to justify .it. should it prove correa, we have. too often prepared our Readers for, such an event, for it to be unexpe6ted. : If our inte— rest- in our own concerns dlininfsh,es the sensa- • tion which this fats would otherwise • have pro duced,- it should nevertheless seiiuusly engage the attention of the Politician: for be lie:_ cessarily followed by important consequences. in many eespeas. Althoagh this Peace be concluded • only between France and Aril ria, as the latter kept several subordinate Powers in War, her example and ber influence, will probably lead ' them to take a'part in the'Peacc.' It is therefore probable .that Leer-edit will, beforelong, be the seene,of a Congress ; and the departure from • rieuna of the whole Household of Count "Co, BEKZEL, would alone be sufficient to indicate that the abode of that Plenipotentia:y in France will be long, It is impossible to decide Thus early what will be the liMits and extent of the Congress': it will - .lirtibably he decisive ) . either like that of Rastadt: by producing a general War ; or, which is more probable, by bringing about a general Peace. In fad, the interests of all the Powers are too dependant,'one upon another, to admit of any partial settlement—and what will satisfy one will have 'the sane effea with regard to tie others. it is only :when the situa. tiors of every Power is determined that any one 'of them can coresider his own a sectue, or can enjoy it in futtiee with confide n ce.. ' l he Frew S f4prs contain but one mote fall deserving of notice. The Tribunal of. Cassation . has rejeded the Appeal which had been made to them by the four persons convided, of the first Corisplraey - against the Chiefconsui--Dmerville, Ceracchi, Arena, and Tclino Lebrzio, and have consequently confirmed tlle sentence condesnning them to death s prOnouneed by the Criminal Vri.e banal. There is reason; to belieee that no, delay will have been suffered to have taken place in, the execution of it, and that France. will, for a second time, see some jatobins expiating under the Sword of justice, some of their foemer and unpunished crime;. • • ~~ The Dozer Letter, inserted in our Paper of Tuesday, and; we believe, since copied intoevery other Paper, giving an account of the refusal of the French to admit the Cartel, which had sailed from that Port, into the Harbour of (..%-//a;.r, has been ridiculously treated by some o#' our . Jour nalists, as highly important ; while others, with more reason, although not able to assign the true cause 4it, bestowed no more attention on it than it deserved. 'ln this light we treated it, but' upon :reading the conclusions which ha - ve . been drawn from it, respecting the Invasion of this Country, we cannot. avoid 'asking, what con.. neftion there is between these , two things ?—. What is the great secret which BONAPARTE would conceal from us ? 'Did we not kneW by the last Cartel, by the Paris. Papers which had arri ve,l; and by the information of intelligent. persona, that'd few, days ago' no Troops had been assembled, nor - any Ships_ colleded, which could give us the least .uneasiness ? It. will surely, be difficult to persuade any one, that, at the moment when the Armies of Germany and of _ltaly are still wholly retained ln. these Countries, .and when all the Troops, remaining in France, arc employed in every diredion in,hunting the Ban ditti, it will, we say, hardly be believed, that as if by a sudden magic power, an Army should be col idled on the Northern Coasts of France nor re !Wing on the vigilance of our Cruisers, will it he believed that a considerable number of Ships could have been colleted at the same point, .and it is besides well known' that the Ports • of Ca/a;r and Minhirk cannot adMit Ships of any size sufficient to alarm us. The threat of an Invasion, which accompanied the reftisal to admit the Cartel, was no more than a Mere gasconnade, of which those ;`' ~ ~.