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:he Ports by Ships of War, in a particular man ner ; those Article's, he hoped, would be amended, ; and he conjured - their L.drdships to rake those points into their', serious consideration. With re Peet to the itnportnnt pints of the-Right of Searching and , Detaining Neutral . Vessels,his Lordship 'corninented at 'great-length, and generally' expressed his dissa tisfaction - ,at the.' mode in, which they were settled by the COnvtotion ;in *the drawing up these, any errors well!. apparent—the principle of the A rme l ,l Neutrality seemed .also - to. pervade that_ part_ of-the Convention. ssed On to 'the restrictions' relative tc I.„citers of MarqueandPrivateering, for. which, he seemed to' say, there existed not a neces • sit at, least t i ihoextentlatiddownin'theArticle he •knew that the complaints against.the Otilkers of such, Werevery muchexaggentted, 'as, indeed, they :were ,als-'6 ',against • 'Commtti?ders of His Majesty's Ships 4nd he ttstance4,orm. eases in s,?cperienee; in which very; unfounded charges of thennatur al: 1'6 , 10 to, were ; and he observed,• that the suppression of Pri yateering, would be very. injurious to the Maritime 'interests of-England, Proceeding to comment 'upon .these points, with great furc'e and effect, he observed again, that ,the relevant Article could'. riot be. scruputoir4:executed without relin quishing the efficient ./ Right 'of.Searcttiog.. He was sa p py , hOwever, -- that , all those objections were still temovable - ; , and more so, they were in a train:' of -*being obtiated. - such a case,. ,he would" be most - happy- to concur in an .Address of . approbation, :but as the c!onvention ,then stood., being neither perfe&, - nor; to him, satiitael , n - v, he telt it his duty to dis. 'sent front the ,propo; , ed Address. 'The I.ORD • C.ILINCELLOK rose, and after apologising for indisPOsition,teplietf at consi(lerable - length and with great ability to Lard GiteNVtLLli ale considered the-appeal made to himself as to the marn;tr in which he: would decide the .subject in &Once, as not ',fair,- from the situation in which he stood . , The Noble Lord had stated as accurately as •trty . .LearneelLord the questions '44 National Law in dispute; Tho first, was, the pretension's that free ships . Made 'free goods ; chat point had been :than beyond all question. :Thenext4retension of the, Neutral Nations, was,- to carryon- a Coasting Trade during the W;tr, which would -not be per, .mitted in time of Peace. .• A third was', to carry on A trade -between the Cohtnics and the Mather Court, tey : - iff, war, ..whiCh wmita nor . likewise' be per -mitred- in Peace. A fourth 'was, the question 'as to a - ' blockaded Port ; and - the lifthi,. ;: relates. • to , the Right ot . Search. On . the last-:44. ob. :Served, that the right .of the Belligerent Po:t7.) - ers to ''search tris . itdrriit red_ hy the. Treaty'; WhetFe enjoymefit of it wAs wet .sokLured bytbat tea ty'',AVlts, .for the. 6)nsiderationof the House. particular-: ip'ealledthe atteotion of ate HOuSe .to one ,paint, ,•".whichheconSidered nor Only as valuable, but as the "most valuable article that ever Occurred in a - Treaty with aForeignPower ; tbar even a violation of this. tight:Was not to be met by Neutrals with resistance but that such,cOnteStS,. though attended With-art ad_ verse*, were to be .reserved for the 'decision of the ' tribonals of the s twO Cduntris, pletiged tqt do juStice. respera to .the Coasting. Trade; and that'be-• .tulteo. - •The Colopieg and Mother .Country,.. his . • Lord?hip contended that, they were denied by t h e -Trzaty. His Lordship:entered' into a refutation Of , what Lord Gitr'x v,u,LE had contended, that the • coasting 'Trade was admitted by , ti eliberty to ria vigiifc to Ports. of the Enenr : .' ; for; • said the Loki"' CHaxce[.i,o.tt,:.a RuSsian ship may take 'a - cargo:to deliver at' - one; twO, or . three Ports,- and yet - his , Cargo may,he altogether as neutral as if he went to one only-, lyrOtt.ided he took -- mine of the Enemy's ;goods on board ',At •any of these Pores, After -a number of 'observations oq.the Contrahand Trade, his Lordshio . came tri the last point, the Right of Search. He that ire agreed with - Lord'Gß.Elll- • vILI,F, and he hoped that the Country would think 'again, before, froin any pretended philosophical philaruhrcipy; they - gave up.pri Vateering,'which was - !t nursery for Seamen,and which mightbe considered . as the private Navy oft he Cotintry.- He would rather not have given up the right of searching Ships under convoy by Priyatecrs,teuthe was notprepared•to meet the• consequences of a refusal on this subject. On the tyrestion Search' and Detention, and ;what • were good grounds of suspiCion, he observed,. that .something.must always be left to the discretiOn of the.Commainding Officer. ‘* Lord GRENV — ILIE and the LORD CHANCELLOR explained. Lord HOLLAND supported the Address, - but, upon different grounds froai the Loan CH ANceLtoit, co_nsidering. r the points in diipute as inconsiderable, and as rashly'brodght forward.. •: Lord GRENVILLE explained. • - . . Lord AII)IGItt.FFE, though he did not go the •leggth_of one Noble Lord in condemning, and. of the Learned' Lord in 'applauding the 'Ferm4 of-the Treaty, yet as the great lirinciple- of the .Right of Search was : sebured: to us, .he- would' vote for . the Motion. . . Lard i4eount NELSON' Siid, - that he rose. 'to, trouble their Lordships •at that late hour, merely ,because, talon a great Ma ri time Qbestioii, hethOught .it the duty- of some, Naval-Officer to speak: .1 - le 7 mOsthighly approved of the Con eention that had been entered into,-as securing tons two poltrtsnpon which the salvation.of this Countrydepended, viuthat Free BotrOms.do not make free goods, •and thaf.l\leutral Bottoms shall not carry the goods - Olthe - Emmy. To .maintain these two grear - prineipks 'he thought the last shilling Andlhe last - drop of,blood - ought • to be s exhausted.• These-were ilUestlons which had- often. keen disputed, hilt which he now hopecrwerc set_ :tied, for ever. This Treaty appeard to .him most coMpletely to settle them, and he did not:wish to • iiee.one word of it altered. We owed the settle ment of these questions now , -to. the moderation and," .• Justice of.the EHrErs:Ort EX - ANDER.. trusted .they would net.-..r he . 1 - evieed ; .but' if they •were, we must maintain them at -th4'expence of • our last ' farthing and our last mart. , With resped,lo; gussia. carrying nival Stores to the Potts of an Enemy, he for one, a naval nears, would not. objet to it-4 itmight•afrord the Enem o_, opportunity of get ting out to ,sea, which .he conceived the, best way of Butting a speedy termination to the War., He con.: -,itlialed . withgiving his hearty assent to - the Motion:, `The Onestion . was.then put and agre,ed ta7rem. ton. At haif past ten o'clock the kiptise 4dioutheit•to Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, , FRIDAY, NOV. 13. ,~ r E Report of ihe Malt Bill was agreed . o:, the Bill was - ordereil to k •,read a ' third tip,e 1O- RlStroltv. • • ' ' • • . The Pension and Saga . r:Duty Bill wits fgi . tela first time, and ordered to be read. a skom-I 61.115 to-moirow. „., The - Repo* •of the Salt ,Duty • • brought up and agreed to,, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. A Pl:rsOn frcirn,rhe Exchquer-brought up,,, ac- • coont of the-outstanding Exchequer Bibs. Mr. VAS .5 I'l fAIcT said, it must be Icnown . .to every Gentiedan in "that i:ionse, that it was intend-- ed to fund _these-Bills ;- he should - therefore move, tit it il4ikeei.mnt wbich had been presented should I? . .e,,roerred . to the•csinMitte.e of Supply; which was.. agreed to. • . • Sir F. BURDETt rose to give•notice,ofa Motinn ; he: said, that after the most expensiVe • and9l - amitous 'War,,in.whieb,we had eycr been epgaged, ending in,. •, , . a Peace the least secure .The SOL IC ITO R- GENERAL callyri the Hon. Baronet to Order. - He said it was irregular; to pre_ • face a notice of a Motion with a speech, because othei Gentlemen who .did .not colicur. with "him, "crust either answer his obseryations, which world be irregular, or suife,r_ his'assertions" "to go uncon traditted. • *, The PE E R said; it w a s irregular to enter into an ariinnent upOn a notice (if a Motion ; .he hoped, theiefiore, -the Hopi ,Baronet` would merely Confine himself to his notice;, Sir F. BURliltir then gave notice ofa Motion for au inquiry into the* conduit ,of the late Adrni. nistration; who had, .in his opinion, been the cause, and the ini;:cotiductors: of: the late War. He fixed his* Motion, its we understood hint; for Wednesday • next. • • _ Mr. DICKINSON called the attention of the -1-louse to a Bill passed last Sessior,respetting the* Non.residenee : . of the Clergy. He said, he was by no means _an :Aline:ire for, Nonresidence, but---. iliere he _. was'eallt.l.l to Prder upon the g,round:that it was not regular to :.'riter into any discussion 'upon the notice of a *MOtion,T, He then,gave notice, That lithe subjea was .not taken up the , Berich of Ilit,,hops, - or by some iper::oh mdre competent than hitnself, he ,sh:)uld for leave. to bring- irt .a after the recess, to prevent Penal..A6tions being • brought against Clergy then, for . non- i,esiderkce, under, regulations.' • • , COMMITTEE O • The- SECRETARY, at TP,1 1 12 moved the Order of the Day for: going. Into 4 Com.littee of Su i pply, and that-the.,sew:ral ,Ekirniltes I)3'A-been pre.' sented, shouted be 'reft - :rred to the sale, Cummittee.L-- Which' W4S agregd ta.- • - Oa the. Niotion‘,for -the iF,peaker leaviri t ; the Chair, ' - - Mr. ,ROPSQAT obit - Ape ) . to .the large force which • . was asked., .-conceivill , it urnlece. , ;s:try'nt the .present. moment. When the - estitoiqe.i were lad b e fure the -House, hei wanted„..them prioted,, that the Country might . ktrow - the sum_pf money ‘Which . was intended to be taken . out -of ,the Rockets of the People; he - , wag_ .told,' however, that .the 4stimaris were the samteas last year, but he now fodnd they were.not so; objected particularly .to the large body ofAyalry included in the -Estimates..- - . The : SPE 4KER submitted to '.the 'Hon. Gentle man, whether his übje4ions were -nut..to certain, particular objets contained .in thek.stirnates, which _would come'morte properly before the Committee, than to the general riuestion.for his (the Speaker 's'} leaving the taktir' ROBSON resumed' his objeftions to . the Estimates. . . , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER.s . aid, the Hon: Gentleman was unquestionably -oat of or • der, _unless he meant t 9 objet to the Noting of any Supply ,whatever. Mr. ..1?0BSON. said, as _it had .come 'from such ingh authority, he . must submit;, but as it had been said; that this was not the time; ..and that was not the 'lime, .he wished to take every opportunity of „Obje6ting to what. he' conceived td he unnecessary. "Tbe said, It ,appeired - dearly that, the Flon..oentleroap was' nut offering objections against , his leaving. the.' Chair, but . merely .against wh a t would be discusse4 an the Contrittce. • Mr. RUl3SONsaid,.lle t 9btea S.l" tO the E AK E R.'S leaVipg. the cilar;-'l4e-cause : he thought the situation ofthe : Country . did n9t.eati.fur this .early Vote' of SuPply, ,The DefinitiVe Treaty Was _ex.peded over • . - ,every. day,- at least:lie hid-good inlorination that it was so, and therefore he thought, tlie.Supply should „not Ire voted until there Was an absolute necessity for , it. . . • . - , • . . , 'l he - was then put and. carried, :,and the 9.1.1• AK Ea left the Chair. ' 1 be ,'ECRETARY the cibsemt . tions of the Hpr.. Gentleman (Mr.- loeSoic) certain ly did not apply to the. ger.erid 'Vote of• Supply, but to particular r tici es, and to the iliscuss inn, of those'• Arttdes in the Co:nutittee. The..otninittee must .biiaware. thai the Force how proposed to be ir . oted, called for on' the . general grounds expediency, rather. than an for y.precise Okijett It was obviously*neceSsary tv continue the War Establishment for, a ceitain time after the signing . of..P j elimitiaries of'Peace. ' it wa s so at the conclu-, sion, of. the. last War in the . year i7B2', when a War' Establishment : as Voted for lotir tnontbs,froin -January to April, and. then a mixed Establishment, "Itarf:P'eace,and half War .for-two months, from April • to June before a . regular Estilblisnient took place. With respect .to the'objetition. of :,the 1:19n. Gentleman, that the Estimates,were .not the same - as lit . st year, though (the SECRETARY at WA R ) had . asserted them to be so, 'he, begged leav4 to reserve, that he never asserted they were exal copies , , of those of,last year, but that they Were similar -in their 'result anti aMounr, There were .undoubtediy. .severalaltetations, twelve Regin v ients in _the .West ,Indies were Placed, with, respect to expence,. on a different - establishment, - but without any additionai expence. to . the Cbimliy. • The Volunteer, Corps illso Were all placed on the • same, footing, who-be fore were on it different footing, it l;eing . ,thoUght just and .prOper.,that Gentlemen, ivlio very hiudably , and honourably volunteered . their services for 4eren.k - -e` Pica Country, diould - au be pliceti. on an eilual. fpoting; 'this 'caused some additional eXpence ; there. were• also sevctal other Arti ' dies in' which there was some increase• of ex pence. On -the .other , -hand, however; there was a =decrease of exit ivy th respea to : Fotelan - Corps, and several other items-, whith equalixediSe increase he had just alloded to; as the Hon centleman would find, if he compared the whole •of the ttititnates. As 'he had atready.ohserved, the preSerx Vote was called for on, general,grdynd , i, and there was no, reason, to suppose it would be absoldtely 'necessary. The Establishment- would be gradually reduced .to a' PeaceEstalAishment; and measures halt already been, taken to reduce .the expenditure. of the Arms , as far as po . sSible. Recruiting and: the purchase of Horses, has .b.:en. stopped ; .and, several othh- reduetions either had, or would, Net)", speedily . t4e place. He concluded with making several Motions, founded on the -Est the firSt'Motion, That 58,750 Land Forees..indudilia 7 , 775 Inva lids; CommisSioned arid Nun--commissioned Officers . ; be employed to serve, in Great Britain from.- the . 241 h December rBoi,. to the 24,th Mar4,•lBez, 'being Ninety days, R,OBSON - 'reneWed his ,objeaions to,so . large -a , body. of : . Cavalry being employed ',as he understood was included in the 'present Motion, -He thought- it wholly unnecessary, and quite- unprece .dented when we were - not aatially at- War.'-' He obje&ed also to --tke largeness of the whole Force proposed toile Voted. The SECR.ETA 0 7 ; ai WAR .the.siitraiiop of the Country , ' rendered a large .Establishment necessary, and as the War we had just concluded differed -from all.fOrrncr Wars,. so the present cir eurnstances.'of -the country must be. judged upon their own merits Without any, reference-to. precedent - . As .to the Cavalry ettiplOyed, that was also neces, saryi.from the situation offthe - Country...; _ _ After a few words from Mr. DENi, the Motion passcd the .Committee_ The Committee then voted :18,,666 'Land Forces. to serve . in IreF,;l:d for the same period. And - the #Ollowing'Snnis for the like period : For Cluirds,and : (;arrisous &c. in Great . 1 ~ ":•557.49i 3. 3 For Plttu in Ireland, ' _ 47,727. 10 For Forces. in the Viantations, • • notea m tl,:e cave of Gooo iropc; ).iypt,t?rC 634,,23 I 2 7 F o r Voily Troops o i)rago . ons, - I - 9,370 (4 3 For Colatini.:tes fur the-Land Forces in Great - 95,000 0 For diz-tr, in - - - - ' - 5;964 6 4 For Guna;il ar,ti Sr:tf()flicers in G rot Brit tin, - 21,006 . 6 For th;:, etnhudied Militia and Fencibics, in G Teat - - - - For DittO it: - . rot. •e_ opti.i..:(.;Aci,:s for the r iibodietl iVlilitla au F;:iiciblo,6, in CireaX kritain, For Ditio in Ireland, - For Pull Pay to_Supernurneraries, For Allowillecto•Oilice'rs 3 7 9, 178 ,!9, 3 34 4 ,•9 0 ' -7- .9 p - 126' •O o o -- - 4 6 , 2 .13 17 27,256 0. o . Qtl -tile, Question. for. voting `FOg the Rates - of Subsistence to Innkeepers, 105,cg30, o Mr: ROBSON wished to know, tvity this Ar ticle was so much iIiCC-C314 beyond that' of last year. The , SECRETARY nt,IVAR said, it arose from gt"e;ter nixtith'er of I coops being in Great Britain in con of tile cessation, of hostilitics. - -• The P:esoiution thep passed Committee, troct-tied to vote ' " For : Reilucetl Office' rs of the tlivi Forces aild ylNlarioes in tain, rind idso for two l'ridelyi of 11urs Guartii - 34,2.73- 19 For of Reduced ()fficcrs in Bri tish America' - , - 140-94 I' , 4 For L?tfie•rs in the - So - vice of the States Ge . For Chelea I-loSpital - For Tension?, to Otheers' Widows • - - 246 a t :' 6 36,65.1 o 0 - . 5,29 z o - ISo,oco 0,,0 108.,306, 9 3 146,160 For Volunteer Corps in Great Britain ForDittO, irr Ireland _ $ - Por the Barrack Mastirs' p,ipar'tment On the Question for :voting: For,the Foreign Corin h the; St: ice a Great Britain - 117,969 . 6 ROBSON wished to know the distribution of those COrps, and how they were intended. to be disposed of: Thc SECRETARY at WAR said, 'that d part of "them were with the British FOrces in Egypt, where they 'ha' d gained renown to themselves, and had Ma terially added to the honour -of the Country, and increased the' lustrc ofjts arms-; another part was in Portugal, and the remainder in Great Sritain. - -: AS To the future disposition of them, it had`not been yet settled., nth. could he give'..the7Hotr Gen_ tleman any infornution upon that subjea. He ;trusted, however, • that whenever • they .were . banded, some compensation --, Wouid-be made to the Officers ofthOseCorps for the eminent services they had rendered to the Countr':. The Resolution then passed the Conn - nit tee, who proceeded to .vote,On the MotionOf Mr. SARGENT,. k;or the Ofike of Ordnance in Great Britain ' 4.4m0,606- For Ditto in Ireland 75,000 The -CHANCELLOR of tbe EXCHEQUER rose.- Before 'he;addressed the Committee Upon the Hiubjea of the Motion he held in hand, he wished' .to say . alew Words 'telativ i e to the • ntiservatinns of the - lion..Pentlern2n Rorrsoil upon_ the Esti= mates, It_was 'true,. he did say the- EstiMates were the.sameashaSt year, but in making that assertion, irc-did not atiend'w every. little minutix, the gene . ral amount -was the same, and that was all he meant or'ilitended to Say. On the subjea of the Motion fle li e ejd ii) . .his - hand, he wished to .obse.ry.e,.that very erroneous estimates l ..- and e.s;aggerated opinions had gonelotah ferati . ve to the pecuniary wants of •Go-' vernment; The. necessities orGrovernment at the , present molnelaK wee by no means grcaat the clues aodnow was, how they were tO be provided for; in" the-conSidaration . 0f."•-which - . three -modes presented thWtseives. The first was, an'adLlitional issue ofF.;x chetitief-.Bill'i:but'on considering the quantity at Pre sent in- - cirCuiazioni it' though expedient not to. .add ~thatgf u aatity.- TheSecond.mode..was, the ra r ising. of moriey,by v/ay-of Loan: A Loan, however, ,n6eo! , atily:be . l‘.vhnted at-a.more l advanced period . of. 'the Session,. to. diS - charge •the large. demands upon . . •Gorernment, and 'the Comanirtei-. Must be a ‘S-are the'objettions_ there were - against ha virag two. Ltians in the course of the ycar.. It .was thought advise.. able, therefore, not .to ntise 'any money by_ way - Of I.oart . at - the pre - sent, moment. 'The only remaining. mode tiyhitlt it - had been thought expedient. and 'ad v :to - atipt, suhjecli - d the . approb,ition of the House, `was to food the ExChequpr Bills at present in *eireulation, , and, issue ji.);hertt . ae l .:ording to the exi'gerteies" of Goernirretit.: , amount -of Ex -.1I f:hecper Bills at present in circulatinri,. in thi.hands. Of individuals, w;is. 6,000,0001., in the lueuis the-Bark 2, 5 00;00 9 1., _mak ing together 8 . 2 5 . 0c,0 01. On the Fait of the Bank they had a strong objec' tion to the funding of Exci‘etfutif Bills in theft possession ; and under the circumstances in ‘vhic' l the Bank was placed, it was thought necessary O f .accede to their objeetion, and to pay the amount 0 1 , the Bills in their possession, in money. With re' sped to.those in the hands of inlivitluals, a bar s gain - had-heed - Made with the holders of the Billst 'for the.purpose Of funding such Bills, which wou 10 : of course come before:lheAiouse for its approba' tion ; but whichi he flattered- himself, howeveri. would be foUnd ii, every. resi:ed .advantageous the country. He cern eluded by observing, that be should bring the whole -of the business before ill! House on Monday, nod . by moving a Resolution t° enable Government. to.salisfy : and pay the Exchequer -BillS 'issued'by authority of, certain Ads of . Par" li.iment to the "amount. of' . 43,i' - 00,0001., now our" 'standing,; Which. plssf:d the Conizilittee. The l-f6tice resumed, the Report was or' dered to be receive& to..mor-row, and the Committe e • to sit again on 1)&oday. The Committee 'Of Ways and ,Means was pot' potted till' Monday. CONVENTION WITH RUSSIA. ‘llrd lIAIP:KE — SB PY moved the Order o f the Day for raking into . c9risidertion Conventio o , with.Ru sip:. • - - Lord' TEMPLE wMicci to know if the 2CCeSSi ali t")( the Cc.),nr of Denintilc arid Swekten to the Tread betpece_44. . - - LoiTirlfAW.k:4SEV:RY.saio, the for Mal accessio n of . tho:;e .Powers .to the' I.'re;').6- had 'not been ref the. ciish and SwediSh Ambassador' had sigtkitied.o - teadiness . of their respeCtive Courts to accede tptlits.Converii'iprt.. • . - • Lged Flt/INC/W QSIsORNE rose to move a l / „ Address;'to His - Majegtye,..,hut 'spoke in so indistinq a tone; that it was. impossible to-hear the g reater part-of whaehe . said.•He.ulaintained tint the right' of Great A3ritain bad been established' by the Co" 'veution,..in as full and manner as could b e w4,hed by ,any 'Friend to -this, Country. .By th e , Tfeaty:the: claims ..betweeh Great lirit4in lA' NOtthern Pinvers'Were *placed on the same footing as -before, whereby- the Rights of Great Britain Wer e fully Conceded. lie adver'.ed td the gallant at Chieve,,' ments. of the - Navy, of which he s p o k e i n high tet;tne. He also considefecl the Convention co:4tributing materially to the Peace with the French Republic. He made several observations upon tl l6 • articles of the Convention', which wecould not hear; rind also a'remark•relative to the advantages ;woe ing from the ;widen death of. the 'Emperor Paul; and concluded-with moving the Address. Mr. RY PER' rose to second the motion'. Helai_ h a not wish, he said, to a dver t t o t h ose points whic'A had come before t House use at . .afor a nd period, had cher) been fully discussed.. He ,considered tb i Rights, Mr which the War'so succe' ssfully "terminae Lino' in the present- . Convention had been under' , taken, as most essential, to the maritime strclich i .atid superiority; and the interests and advantages 0 Great Britain;; l'helestabliSlyhent of thoseßig,lo was the 'objedt gained by that Convention, wind ) redounc ed . so much: to the honour Of Aft -Country , .31,d the .gtpr .l k of it. a r.im, Tlrcl\iar3. Powers • hkd agiinSt the established Lacy of Nations an the faith of T reat i es ;:ic remained r .the futnnessofGeedt : Britain to"dispute successfully their pretenSions, and by setting ..them aside,' ' l7 secure by those . "freaties e established , uPon'thei e ' ceive-d. I..aw of Nations, the guarantee of 0 1° rights ancl:kiterests 0f,13r-itain. the- ries of. Great-. Britain were. pliCed carnefooting as - before, artd.fthe orf.those'?Ov l6s esompletcly annihilated. WithTrespea to the' Aro' ales of the._:.l;reatyi-, taking them as they stood, would.be,.fOund- E thaton the subject of Contraban i i the . .....Torthern Powers ;had kom`ple; el y abandoned al l their assumptipns upon --this point, and that the Corltrzit4ndzn rC4,fied as before. On tlr sunjeCt of_the Coastiri:Trade, words had been ad" - ,ed,•iyhich .coniii - 0 - Neutral Vessels' to a navigatiork from-fort t.o.Roi-t, for the purpo eofelisposingof d cargoes, or 'part of theargoes, aatially on btard. With reSpea to the Ankle of Blocky' it had : been, khoroughly„established,. that a I: '° r shOuld'he considered in:a state of Blockade.Wheo 3 Vessel :,was in, dangee 'in 'entering it. The right 0 ' Search had been, exabkishetiviit h_ the Utmost fairness' ii was only-to be exetekesi_by . l ( ...i4s Ships, and cenceded iti:that point which would 'most vex at'` -irritate NgUtialPowets . without 'any advantage to us, namely the exercise of it by Privateers. Takiog the Treaty altogether, 'he congratulated-the Coup' - - try upon 'what. they, hail gaittetr. • The Rights whici i - .had been - established by it, had .been opposed bi t claims which had been Orrnerlyadi:unced in. a perm of distress and calamity of Great Brifalii, and w el d . ready, as it too - evidently appe a red; to b e aclo il " again in a *sitnilar licrica, of distress and calami l ii They were Rights =essential- to the _ intere Great. Britaio, - eSsential our: Commercial pr"" •, • sperily and_Naval Superiority, by mt.:ans of - vv•hi c° _alone We 'cOnld defend our dearest interes,ts.-' The tritish Navy held. deoided the contest ba uncontested. superiority.. of -their valour an. -discipline, : and to the Vietory to which inu)t r . „ attributed the present Convention; must also ascribed, in a great measure e the Pacification With. „, the - French Rep,uhlie, .and the blessings of. which this . COnntry now cnj4yed, anit he -I'?Pe and trusted would long . '"ontifitte.to.erijoy- z .--.-Ve W ' in g the subjeain toll'pot but con' Limn the 'advice givenby - some. Honourable Gen' tlemen on a former ,dcc:i. , ;i6O ) tb concede the 01)j` in .dispute for the sake of, prigient and_. to run:- the: risk of a war for Maintaining it. concluded.by seconding the Address. Mr,GREY said he-should not hdVe . risen ttd 4 ", liver his.entiments upon the presenr_sulajc6t, N 14 . 15 ' oot..been - for some. observations . Made by the fir'' Gentl-etain . (Mr. RroE . a); relative to sotr.e arq ,meats Nitbich.he had used at a fornier period. tended that it waS•better to ville'n :this . stibjeCi wasbefore agita:red,' eon' up the objc' tri di,pute, than run the risk of a, .War. He now J__ t t h e pre air. Ct 6 .:) .l l 3, e t p li t 4 i t oil a( l, l l ,lli fi ' t pate. Hon. Gentleman had 'said , aPir dispute` had' ben restored 14 their fQ• give that thc° feq t ii g; Zespeft Tieity We Nere ticul ar i z article given u Which v gained -rowers.