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the Right Hon..Gentleina 6; who hatllititiat dtisvm. He'would only say, that he' had-had the honour'of. serving tinder Sir RALPH AB riteito . itay, that he . :k new him well, loved him much, and that no man :could feel more. sincerely than he did ttie seoti- Ments expressed in the Right Hon.' Gentleman's Speech, or approved more highly _Of the Motion wits which he concluded' it. - Of the character of• Sir RALPH ABERCItOMMBY, he could safely say,. that those who knew him best, loved him most. As to the other part of the subjea of the Right Hon. Gentleman's Speech, 'he would not say much'. He was convinced, as every man,, whether :by proles_ lion a Soldier. or not, mu s t , be, that the British Troops have displayed throughout . whole. tonduet in Egypt, a coolness, discipline, idtrepi_ and courage, which : have gained them and their Country imme t nal. honour. In his opinion, the Affair , of the Landing, was one of the most gallant exploits: ever' performed.— The Briti§h Army made their landing good on a h ost ile shore, in the face of 'an Army of veteran and disciplined Troops, of a numerous and served. Artillery, and rtbt . only Maintained themselves-in' the ground whiChYthey had gained,- but repulsed, the Fowes of the Enemy. Indeed in every Atiion - which they fought they displayed. the. same intre pidity and discipline. The French 'Cavalry was frequEntly intermixed with :our Infantry, and yet they preserved their order.and repulsed the attacks, a circunistance than which nothing. could be more honourable to the skill of the Officers who com manded them, or their own discipline.—He approv-' ed highly of the Motions; • Mr. T. ;was joined as heartily - ai any- man in approving the Motion before the House, in re gretting the loss which the Country, has sustained in the death . of Sir RALPH ABERCROMBY, and applauding the courage, skill, and etQua:of the Officers and men of, the British Army. Certainly nothing could be more deserving of the admiration of the Country than the whole condutl of our gal lant Army.. He knew . not how to expresS the sen timents which, he entertainedrespeaing it; he was obliged to ,borrow the language of the Book of Common Prayer, and call it an Army of Martyrs ; be said, an Army of Martyrs to the obstinacy and folly of. His Majesty's late Ministers, for if they had not broken the Convention of El Ariscli, the French would' long ago have been out of Egypt, the National Honour would not have been violated, • and the British Army would not now have had to contend with a Fre'nch Army in that Country. At, ' the door of these Ministe r s we mu s t therefore lay the blame of evFry - drop of: British bfood shed in this struptle. Had they ratified the Conv ention o f El Arisch,S Sir R A LPH ERC ROMBY would st ill have.been alive, and this Houk would not now • have been called to vote, the cretaion• . of a Monu ment 'to his inernoxy. For his part he was deter mined to do -everything in his power to bring the authors of the breach of that Convention to condign :punishmenr The 'Question was then • put, 'and-agreed to unantmouslr. ' Mr. ADDYNGTo•N then moved, That tite'Thanks of this House be liven to :\ll3or'. - Gen. the Hon. 1 , 1 L H t vnLorr c 111:z so, Second colinaand, Mooar, Ear! CAVAN, DOYL%, oAlc,e;, IINCH' (and sortie other • nantes svhii.:ll w ectid.rwt learn), and rile several Officers wbo.served un der Asii.ktC4ol.la It, for. their splendid. anti foie eXertions, `when, in spite of local difticUlties, and the desperate-2tracks Of a powerful and•well-petp?.in.l Army, on the zest of March, ,ao t, the British Arins obtained a brilliant ttr.c.!'--Carried t e em,_ con: s , That this - Hofx. dottilliFhly approve of and acknow ledge the distinguialied a i d. sialotir displayed . by. the Non-c9cruntssioned Ortice:•s arid P r ivates und-1. the eolniiiand 81 1 Sir K.i tItCRom HY, on - the listimOrabto brilliant operations of -tile British Array i n 4 g ypt, and that the saint b e •sigt,t : ilii:d to thein by the Coin- Inanders of their sortril Corps. w4o are de:sired io thank' t h e m for theircieFripiky . runt • That the STEAKLK do conitnunitate the saki Rcsoiu tion to the Commander in .Chit l Army of EgYPt, and that he be recpsired to sighify the same to rite General and other Officers." ---Carried nein..con- That the thanks of this House be given to. A . rintiral Lord - Kr.tr it, for the distinl-itished 'zeal and ability with govhi'cli he Snide 'his diesition for landing thc 'croopsydn the Coast of .Qypt, 'in spite:of - all the obstacles winch he had tarneounteC, .A l l 4 the waivitv, and emtion Avith which. he alikd and suppqrted theme inetfii lingth'etiocentitand carrying cA cper ations ri l tainSt the Ern ne', , ,ltc."---Carried4nem.•COn. -r hat -ow ot . ;this:tionse. 1;e • given to -Rear-Ad.-. . t o Sir, R. Ntex r;'tTON, •liart. and the sveratCaiiiiii4 and officers' tinder ecirriLoand, for thelijtordiat and ene i - tuA l.co-oPerati°' ll in bandit% aritVettectint their DesCerit, told wlrryingf)n ( , ) . pcFa . tion3 apirist. the Enemy on the Coast Of , —Ca.rt .. 101 IT . 1 , eon. 'r W'hat this flomc tit)th' highly approve of and acknow led<ic' -the S'ilyiee :of 'the SeatnenandrivlafilltSi under .Lord Ic . E/ Tfti Se C: B.:c.":—eairic.'el nein. con. • • That the,gr s-di`ictiß do communicate .the same to A(1. m iral I.ord•g.r . r r!!, - a acl that he he requested to sig:ii ti s ane to the several , Cliptains acrd-other Otlicers under i ; i,, coolinand.”—Carried item, 'craw • • • . . 66 That thp allpve Atl;lress iie.presented to- Ht S Nl.\lrsT Y, by such' Members -of , this 1-141:3e• as are. 6f, His Majesty '6 liost Honourable Privy Council."--Ordered. - SUBSIDY TO'THE lie' Mdse . 'on the tivotion of Lord 1-lawices aI! Y resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. 'ibis ' • • Majesty's. Messa 6 c to the Sub - 'I. y *in. - read, • - • • Lard H RI: rose .to make the I:notion which given notice on a:former:clay:, If of from what lead_passed.on that;Jay, he - could not' ex_ • -Tea the unanimous concu4ence.of thellols.e.in that; motiiin; yet after he' had made , the • slum stfttemeu t with. which he meant - to preface it, lie !toped - that ;:the opposition to it would be confined to. a very' few, , ..Whatever differeta:e there mayjm - in , the opinions . which G'entlemen entertain 7reip4ing ~ fornier subsidies which -have been. granted in the course of this war, their policy..andeqediency, that:, which he intended now to move for, he „hoped to: make it appear,- rests on, a very different -itound from them. He did . no r mean to enter at large into a discussion of the question of the general elitpc-' aiency of Subsidies, nor. to tale up the time of the House in stating his opinions, on that subjea. Their policy must depend upon Circumstances which cannot apply to every case, and he believed- that . there was no Gentleman prepared to contend, either that they .ate universally wrong..or . that they are universally right. - To these, , if_ there .be any" who think that they are univerSally. wrong, he would remark, that the i,rilyWal in Which this Country has been engaged for a cent tirybaCk, ut which it has failed in a ttalliini - ,ii - ny Brirlsh objeEt, was.allo the only one in which it had iio Continental Allies—he tel Eifel icrtitritrucricarrWar. As to the' wisdom, of former Subsidid, crratite.d during thii War , wh at. 17,`Wrb, coptend, that they originated in an enlarged and litieral system of policy., ,lie..had said, however, that the Subsidy which he was now to move, rests on very different grounds font theM ;'and he thought that thos . Gentlemen %vho could riot approve of . Subsidies granted for carrying on Offensive War, 'such as 'were' those granted granted At different times Attitria, those granted to Prussia .and:Russia, might yet approve of ,gran4ng one : to a Power which has been for more thana century in constant 'friendship . with this Country; to an old and faithful Ally, whose territory is threatened to be over-rim by the Common Enemy, and who is thus endanger ed from' the inveterate spirit - of. enmity *hick that Enemy has . alWays manifested towards this Country: The only - objeCtion which he could conceive to 'be made to ;granting this Subsidy, was that it may be better, _under:all the circumstances of the case, that that, Power should endeavour to : procure Peice, thOtighsthe'rernis should . not be se , favourable either to itself, or to the interest of this Country, as could be desired, than to encourage it by a to, maintain , contest, the issue- of which must be doul)tful, and v - Bich must risk even its existence as a State. But when the conduetof France to Naples, and other States which have:aceeded.to such terms of. Peace , as she has herself dictated, is recollected, ht would,ask if some doubt may not be entertained of the - phipriety of Porrugal,by follocvint a similar line of conduct with them, exposing herself to similar usage 'Should it .. bc : thought wise and 'expedient for her to make Peace, the granting her this Subsidy : is not intended to - bind her to carry on the War.--- This . Country has generously liberated her from any engagements which might haire operated is obstacles to her following this course,of policy ; but still the Subsidy would enable her to negotiate ona more respalable footing, and tend to secure to her better terms. Whether, therefore, War or Peace may be thought her beSt policy, a Subsidy would be of essential benefit to her. It has been said - that the sum- proposed to be granted, 300,c001. is so small that it can afibrd no effectual aid ; but in the present situation of this'Couniry, he thought it - as large a sum as could with propriety lie *sent out of it. This situation, in lais opinion arose principally from there having 'been So large sums lately, sent out of it to purehase Corn. But ask the Court of Portugal if it will not consider this sum as an effac tual It may_ not be so large as it may wish that it had been, or as it might.haveexpeeted from Country in other circumstances ; but it surely can-' not be pretended that altith which will enable it to maintain an 'Army of 20,000 men' fbr . SiX months, is not an, tiid of considerable importance to that Power. Hiving Made these few obserVationa he kvould• -conclude with moving the COmMittee to resolve, , That it is the opinion of this Com mittee, that the sum of 300,0301. be a granted His MAJESTY 'to enable him to advance the like Sum to his Good and Faithful. Ally : the Qu E E of PORTUGAL, to enable Her 'Mnst.Faithful f'..la- Jeaty to take such measures - against her Enemies, 'as the exigency, ofaa may reqUire:" Mr. GREY rose to express Ins dissent froth the anooosed 116. opinion 'the Noble Lord who moved it had giVen . no reason-why , it should be agreed to. There were severed . points stated by the Noble-Lord which he would not.dis pute. lie admitted that Portugal is the Old and 'Faiihftil , Allyaaf- this:Country - . He admitted -the validity of,her for assistance on this foun t try. But he must' oppOse the Motion for granting her a Stibsidy; - because - he Was convinced that it could be of no-nst.' There was another -point on which ; he woulid not dissent ,from the Noble Lord— That. Subsidies ought not . to be judged .of on a ate ral principles, hot from the circumstanaes of the case i+i which' they' are a gtainted. Bur judging or the principles of fliS Majesty's late Ministers, from their tonduB,- and - of the principles of the present Ministers; frtitiy - the support which they uniformly gave to - the measures of their predecessors, he Must ciinclude,.notwithatanding the declarations made by the Noble Lord this night, that :the' latter . agree with the'forMer, in thinking that there is some thing toOd- in'Bttbsidies considered 'by 'themselves,: for when he recollected the, Sultsidiea granted on fornid periods of the War, Some of them on oa:. casion' when they must be useless, .others when they must be -.worse than , useless,. he _could allot hesitate in-thinking, that those. ivho grantcdthem, saw something. good in the Subsidies themselvea;— But alte,Noble Lord says a that this Subsidy ought to be granted to the QuE Eaz of Po IkTU paa., because it Wiilenable her either to ..negotiate.With. o'ol, or to carry on the War with aigaur, according as may be thought ix eircarastancea most eapedient.— If he means btnegottating_with effea, that it will enable hersto.-pay; theaum - of Mousy -avltich France Muy - -demand as a pat t of the price of Peace, he ‘i'oald agree with:the Noble Loid. But he' eolith rintagree to the *Lion for granting - this,Subsidy, because it would be giving 'it to Boa..‘e.avars and voting:the, MoOyaof this Country into the &Pis of France. iNlinister'S, it would ru are now'be 'come lie,:nilafly alive :- to thedanger of,- Portugal.— He.would.aak, since what time has this anxiety re •:spetc.ting the fate.'of ,that Country displayed itself ,? !.,Are .the, preparations of Fiance'against . Pprtugal of a new date ? Last summer, General BERTHEIR, a' name of-no little 'note, and of - no obscure fame, was rant from Paris on an Embassy to the. Court of Mi. evidently.for ,the,purpose of concerting m'ea. suits against Portugal. A Brother of the Chief - Consul himself succeeded BEaarll I ER, and One of the most eminent French Generals was afterix'ards sent to the- Court of Spain for the same purpose ; and at the same time, a French Army wits colleaing.:on a 'part the Fro . htiers, which clearly pointed ont its destination. To all this, His -Majesty's Ministers retnajned compleatly blind. . But .wherf they hear that the . French, Artily has entered Spain, '.and that_ the- Army of Spain has reached the frontiers 'of Portugal and 'commenced hostilities there, they propose to vote to Portugal a paltry Subsidy of 300,0001.. When Portugal was not threatened, when Franee had no disposable Force to bring against her . ,, when all her Armies were employed in resisting the Powers in waive ,hostility - against het--then. a British, Army was kept in Por tugal, under the command, first of Sir CHARLES Sr U ET and afterwards of General FR AST. R .—But in what situation is teat Country now placed, and Well disciprined Artily ? In what state have Ministers left. her ?-L-They piivote to send her e triony, which he would contend can neVei defend her; That. Coiintry, in his opinion,. can billy* defended by a British :A riny. No man conk!. joie) more sincerely than he did, in the just tribute which ' the House has this night yielded - to the 'courage and condu& of the Army in Egyr, 'though, perhaps, he was not ;alit-1 . 04.c° tank its success so high as some Gentlemen (10 He belie yea' that Officers and men have displayed the greatest skill and gallantry; but, as had been observed by an Hon. Getleman near 'him, (Mr.. Jones) the cause which had:made this gallantry and skill necessary on this . : Meld of Ac. lion, at least ought to be traced to its source, to. the breach of Lll2 Convention of . E 1 'Arisch by the late Ministers. Every drop of British blood that is, shed, -every British life that is lost in the attempt to expel the French . from Egypt oaght to be laid at their do,or. If they had ratified that C0n.... vention :the Frenc'h .would have been got out of Egypt withoin the loss Of a' British and then. the .army now' employed in endeavouring to expel 'them from it; an. objea which it' may accomplish, but which appeared .. to him 'a matter still very doubtful ; this army, which is "tbe only disposable force of the Country, - might have been applied to the defence of Portugal, our old and *fai,c4ftil Ally. Egypt may be re.:conquer ed, and, no deubt, this would removE one obstacle . _ to .Pc..ace; .but if Vortugal is conquered by the United Arms of France and Spain, which, as this Country has no disposable force to send for its de fence, is a thing almost inevitable & if she does not 'accede to any terms offered her, a new obstacle to Peace, perhaps:even a greater obstacle than the posSession of Egypt by the will be created. But had it not beep for the folly of Hi; Majesty 's late Ministers. in not ratifyi6g the Convention of El Ariseh, the obstacle 'Of Egypt would not, at thi . s . present day, have existed, and thedisposable force of. the COuntry might nowt have been applied, though he would not say that he wouldhaye advised such an application of it, to, prevent the creation of this new. obstacle.. What' is the:Condo:4. of the present Ministers in this case ?' The assistance afforded or intended to beafforded. by the late.Ministers,was al ways too. late in being.scnt ; dilatory were their Councils, so procrastinated and uncertain were their measures. Their successors, imitating their example, proposed to send a subsidy to Portugal to invigorate her defence against hee.Eneroles, which can; se 7 arcel arrive before the. French in-theheart of ti kit:oom. He' would ask, if Ministers had an certain information - that there is a Portuguese - Army in existence powerful enough to resist the invading forces, till The Subsi:'te can arrive ? If there not, as he believed, then the. present . Motion is as un justifiable. on the grounds -eoabling, the Queen of Portugal to resist Invasion by force-, ay it is .fir the, purpose of enabling her to pay. the ransom of t'eace. On these groUnds he must_oppof:e the motion. Mr:l 3 ll7.—fc The Subsidy which is now piopos.: ea, die Hon. Gentleman'who spoke last complains, was opened upon general grounds ;.and that the ma ,: ons assigned for it are insufficient, he is pleased to alledge—l think, if everl heard a plain distinti Statement, on elearground, laid ietelligibly before thei-louse, sods to leave no doubt,what wt are cal led upon to do, either. in point of Faith, Policy, or Honour, it was the statement of• My Noble Friend ; but I must say, that the Hon. Gentleman, in the course of his Speech, went into. an argument • that proceeded to the extreme, although in the beginning of his Speech he maintained, that it is a Subjea on winch the Extreme will not apply, that each case of a Subsidy should be decided on its own circum. stances ; ,and yet he - thought fit to 'say, that all the Grants of Parliament on that subject, were without any motive except the pleasure of granting -Subsi dies, that this plea'snre was to us a sufficient reason' td grant a Subsidy, and that we never looked at the consequeneesL==-NoW; Sir, 'I . will say, that if any Gentleman 'will look back to the _ this War, he will find, that whatever has been the.fate of the, Continent, lve have given to •ihe different Powers the best chance for their sale•zy, and that the Money we have • laid' out on these. occasions, Was - the. best way.of hying it cut, and :constituted the cheapest bargains • utr our part in ..the present Ware. lam perfectly ready to go into that Ques. tion,.with the Hot). Gentleman wfirnever 'pleat:es. -4he Hon. Gentleman says, he has no objetti - on to make against the particular Subsidy - now. under the consideration of the House ; but under 'the seine hlance Of 'discuSiince this QuestiOn; takes an'op. • tt - ,ortunity of renewing - his attecits upon' His Ma„ jesty's late Ministers: He rakes' the oppoirenity of collaterally making charges against us, though notice has - been repeatedly - given mi . a specific-J.l\4o tion on that subjeit.l, which Motion has. never yet been brought forward. I, do . ' Sir, most ,Strongly pro. test against thginjustiee..oisuehproceedingsiebut I will neither be drawn b'y these kind of observations to do .a thing so , irregular_ to. the I louse, nor so op.. just to my Colleagues and myself, ,as to make . .ileir condua'and mine, upon-this important Question, .the -subjea collateral, Debate—lf these Gentlemen re., ally think -they can substantiate.their charges against us, they stand pledged to the House to bring them for ward, and they_ cannot want an opportunity of so doing ;• but I contend that they do not do their du ty as Members of Parliament, they do not at'With candour to vs,' When - they depart from the' subject in Debate, and either compel us to violate the or ders of the House -by following their example, or by our silence to appear to acquiesce 'in the justice Of the accusation. I Should . rather prefer the latter, and hope Gentlemen will take some regular op- Portunity of bringing forward those Charges. With respect to the skuation of Portugal, he connects it with the Expedition to Egypt, and says, that if the latter had not been attempted; Portugal would have been safe ; but .in the latter part of - his Speech he says, that even if the Egyptian Ex pedition bad not been undertaken, lie would not recommend that the Forces engaged in-it should be employed in defence of Portugal, ' Leaving then the importance of Egypt - out of is consideration, he makes it a charge against the King's late Mini. stern/ that we are prevented from assisting Portu gal, because so large a force has'been sent to Egypt; and he says, that if that force had not been sent to Egypt, he svoeld not recommend their being ern. lightened, 'the and tits‘tatilin-llke whielithe tivattiri rectinirn , rd in opPositiod tti` emitiloyed.:br thl 4 .: late Administration; Who,' tro!n the delnyi of whilch thry ,sere gAty, r, forrnlY whc.;„ I say, those delays, and theirunirortn.failures, have. sonic how or. other Contrived, ani:;;lst the wreck cif Ern piOs and the' desolation of .Europe, - (12.prii r t . our Enemies of alnidst all their Cui0:1;..... reduce, almost to atinihilati ,I;,, thc - H ti Striengili- - :-:-to deprive them c: 7 ,.and to 4 , prc;;;l:is re to ourselves; the whole of their Commerce; and to maintain id security our territories in Cvery of the Globe., _These, arc the .ucc6Ses %via, which the late and tardy efforts of the last Admini.: stratien have been crowned. It is to these Suc . 6e'sses that the Hon. Gentlethan owes the opportunity he now makes use of; , to talk in this place with retro spedive criticism of the condu6l of thd War. But I wish t 6 ask the Hon. rienileinan, holk We could avoid sending a force. to Egypt, unless' we ileter_ mined to give it up to France.? He does riot deny that it 'is an objea' of the grc-a . test imporiatieC 'to this t oubtry; hut he says the Expedition woulci have been unnecessary if we had agreed to the Convention of El Arish.' Sir, thiS.subjett has been 'discussed more than Once—Were Mr. , loNES ai out, 'Hear' him ! Hear I Leg leave t(i assure that Hon. Gentleman, that I will never:l-n.7 terrupt any °of his Speeches with . Hear him ! Heai him I nor, if I can avoid it, ,-will I undergo the mortification of hearing any of hit declarations upon this subjest Sir, the question which His Ma., jest Y' s, late 'Ministers had to consider at dig petiOd to',which the Hon. Gentleman alludes, was; ikhe.: they it would be wise in us to'havc permitted so many of the chosen and veteran Troops of FranCe to have been landed in Italy,: moment when the fare of the Campaign, of Europe, of every minor State, and. especially of Portuaal, Was at stake ? If any rational man at that moment , had been asked, whether the security bf Portugal 'was \most likely to be maintained by keeping these'sveteran Forces in Egypt or by suffering th,:in to laud in Italy, it, is impossible to, entertain a doubt With respea to his answer... The Battle of Marengo was decided against the Cause of Europe and the World ; but lei it be recOleeted, that that Battle was nearly gained, and that Cause which was so nearly balanCed with.- , out the French,Army from Egypt, would have been rendered desperate had they arrived: thesefore„ 1 saj7,. that the measure .which he wishes to,conned , with the state of Portugal. for the purpose 'Of erimi nating es,: is, as - -far as it. - is connected with it, a proof of the good policy by which ourcordu6l was, governed. We neverdid eeaSe in any one-period of this arduous Contest to'give to our A lirs ithat as. sistance and encouragement, which afforded them the best:chance of-saving themselves and of afford. lug security to Europe. We - postponed the con sideration of Egypt, though anobjed of grearim. portanee to us,as long as there was any. chance ofsuc eess in the General Cause ;, but when ,the Austrians were defeated, though we lamented their rever.;es,W e did not negled our own Interests, and the Expedition to Egypt took place. Of those who have foil& and fallen, of those who have fought and conquered id , that Expedition I will say nothing, because all lan guage is inadequatesto their merits. But the Hon. Gentle Man thinks this proposal comes too late, and is too small for the purpose of affording effeanal re. lief to Portugal. If that is really his opinion, ..he might censure Ministers for not bringing it rot . ward sooner, but he ought, if he was consistent with himself, endeavour to - accelerate that .which he thinks too tardy, and to increase that which he thinks too small, instead of opposing it, altpgether. The Hon. Gentleman thinks this mitn is advanced, to Portugal to induce her, against her judgment, to continue the Contest—This language has been used upon other: occasions.; but I think the explanation given 'by my Noble Friend, - completely precludes the : observation in the present instance. ' We do not. desire Portugal to brave danger ; but we say; if for their own sakes they think °. it more wise, more manly, .More dignified, and more safe Co meet the danger rather than to agree to unknown Concession, Indignity', and Insult, then Great Britain will be true ,to her engagements ; and though we absolve 'them - from their promise to us,. we will not make that abiolution a mask for our avarice, or our pa_ silanimity,is long as they have spirit and courage enough (whichi no Subsidy could give tbem) nut 'to Chnipromise with an' oppressing and purfidi6us .Mr. GREY spoke „in reply. He did not expeet thit the Right Hon. Gentleman would'have made die accusationagainat him which.he hid done... : would rather, have • expeded that the accusation would have been, that he was 'too ready to bring ' charges -egainst the -Ministers of the Crown, than thit he shrunk from that lie had many charges to bring against the Right Hon. Gentle. ' roan, and if he did not entecinto them riow,. a day triay come when he would probably do. so. •He had .only mentioned this night one charge, and shortly in. passing, as it arose fairly from the subjea before the Hottse, - but the Right Hon. Gentleman has taken up almost the whole of his speech in replying-to it. Hi has once' more seated and defended the motives which induced him' and his colleagues to re fuse to, ratify 'the . Convention of El AriSli: Nothing . is of more impOrtince for ascertaining the justice of, argimient used in Debate, this than the.recollection of dates. He would, therefore, call the House, that it may be enabled to decide on the validity of the defence'now made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, to recoiled some dates, and the language held by• That Right Hon.,Gentleman; and the other Ministers at the time. The Letter .to. Lord KElTH,',containing Instrudions not to ratify the Convention of El Atish, he believed, wa;;"dated , the zBth of December, 1799. Bonaparte had only a shOrt time before,- attained _the power which he now possesses.• In the end of January, or. the be.. ginning of F4hruary, 1800, Ministers rejthed his -overtures for Negotiation for Peace, ,knowing, that • they had refused, to ratify the Convention for the Evacuation of Egypt. What was the language then held by the Right Hon. Gentleman and hiS Friesids'? Was it that France had a strong and powerful Atiny which was intended for the Invasion - and.Conquesr of ittly ?—No.—Their language was, that the roap sources of France were exhausted; that her Artnig.