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their residence in England militates open
ly againtt the spirit and letter of the Trea
ty of Peace.
„ The meetings likewise which have ta
ken place in the iflaiid of Jerfcy, and the
,dious plots which are there framed, in '
spite of the representations which the tin
derfigned Minitter has already taken care
to make on this Subject, also demand irn
rdediate measures to be taken by a Gov
ernment, the neighbour and friend of
France.
Other persons (attached by recollections
never to be effaced, and by regrets too
long foftered, to an order of things which
no longer exists in France) find them
selves daily implicated by the plots of
those who pretend to serve them. A
sense of their own reputation will, with
out doubt, lead them to avoid a focus of
intrigues, with which they ought not to
have the least connexion.
Peace happily re-eflabli!hed,tbe mutu
al delire of the two Governments to rea
der it solid and lasting, and the general
ipterefts of humanity, require that all
these causes of difttisfaftion fhonld be
done away, and that His Majelty's Minis
try ffiould, by frank & energetic measures
manifest their disapprobation ofall the
attempts made to produce new divisions.
The undersigned has in consequence re
ceived eSpecial orders to Solicit,
ill. That His Majedy's Government
will adopt the molt effectual measures to
put a (top to the unbecoming and (edi
tions publications with which the news
papers and other writings in England are
filled.
2d. That the individuals mentioned in
the undersigned Mother's letter of the
43d July lad, (hall be fem out of the
hiand of Jersey.
3d. That the former Bifllops of Arras
and St. Pol de Leon, and all those who
like them, under the pretext of religion,
feck to raise disturbances in the interior
Os France, ffiill be likewise Cent away.
4th. That Georges and his adherents
shall be transported to Canada, according
to the intention which the undersigned
has been dire&ed to tranfmlt to his gov
ernment at the request of Lord Hawkef
bury.
sth. That in order to deprive the evil
difpofed of every pretext for dilhirbing
the good understanding between the t\<o
governments, it shall be recommended
to the Princes of the House of Bourbon
at preftnt in Great Britain, to repair to
Warsaw, the fendeuce of the head ot
their family.
6th. That fuchof the French emigrants
as Itill think proper to we,r the orders
and decorations belonging to the autient
government of France, fhdl be required
to quit the territory oftheßiitifh Empire.
These demands are founded upon the
treaty of Amiens,and upon the verbal as
furances that the undersigned Minifler his
bad the Satisfaction to receive in the
courfi ' t nfopdacions,with regard to
mutea: cement to. crone,,n%,
tranquillity and good order m r he t ~
rmimries. If any one in forre^r o' I
these fem mds does not proceed So imine
db; b frer, Oetreaty concluded,it ^oolc
b„ ~ utify it by ilrikinz ex.mph,
L \ver/ artentive Grit
a C
|oi government 'eft in times . in . u
rial fermentation,to remove ir„ :'' "rr.
ritory of a neighboring power those who
iniMit endanger the public tranquillity.
V^.^ei+r may be the protection which
the English laws afford to native writers
and to other Subjects of His M jolly, tir
French government knows that foreign
#rs do not here enjoy the fame protcc
tion ; and that the law known by the ti
tie of the Alien A&, gives the mindlry of
hisßritannicMijehv an authority which it
has often exercised againit foreigner
whose relidence was prejudicial to the in
terefts of ©reat-Eritain. The fil'd clause
of this aft dates exprefsiy, rha r any order
in council which requires a foreigner to
quit the kingdom fna.ll be executed under
pain of imprifonnient and transportation
There exists, therefore, in the mnillry a
legal and Sufficient power tb retrain for
eigners, without having recourse so the
Courts of law, and the French govern
nient, which offers on this point perfeft
reciprocity,thinks if gives a new porcf of
its pacific intentions, by demanding that
fhofe persons may be sent away whole
machinations uniformly tend to Sow dis
cord between the two people. It owes
to itfelf and to the nation at large (which
has made it the depository of its power
and of its honor) not to appear insensible
to intuits and to plots during profound
peace, which the irritation of open war
could noijuilify,&it is too ' well acquainted
with the concibtory dispositions of the
British ministry, not to rely upon its ef
forts to disperse a faction equally the ene
my of France and England.
The undesigned minider Seizes thti op.
portunity to pfefenf to his Excellency
Lord Hawkefbury, the homage of his
refpefthil consideration.
(Signed) OTTO.
N London, 17th Augnft, rßo£
No. xi ? r.
Downing-Sim, Augnfi 28, 180 Z.
Sir,
I fend you the copy of a letter which I receiv
ed feme days ago from M. Otto, together with
a copy of an official note indofed in it. I have
informed M. Otto, that you would receive in
ftrodlions to enter into explanations with the
French government on the Several feints to
which it refers. It is impossible not to feel con
fidcrablc surprise at the circurnftances under
which it has been thought proper to prefect
such a note ; at the style in which it is drawn
up, and at the complaints contained in it.
Whatever may be the general dispositions of the
French government towards this country, sup
posing them to be as hofthe as they have been
at any former period, or even more so, it would a
appear so contrary to their interest to provoke, 1
a war with us at the prefect moment, that I
am inclined to afcribc their condua, in the
whole of this business, more to temper, than
to acyierhcr motive; but whether their con
du& is to be referred to temper of to policy,
■Lthe e^as es it may still be the fame; it is
Itherefore become of the utmost importance that
3 frank explanation ihould be made of the line
of conduct which His Mejefty has determined
io adopt on reasons of the nature of those to
which this note refers, and of the motives on
which it is founded ; and it is to be hoped that
such an explanation will have the effe& of
putting an end to a course of proceeding which
can lead only to perpetual irritation between
the two governments, and which might ulti
mately tend to the most serious consequences.
The firfl confederation that,naturally arises on
this tranfa&ion'is that of the peculiar circun
ftances under which the note of M. Otto has
been preferred. It cannttbe denied that some (
very improper paragraphs hate lately appeared
in some of th/ English newfpepefs againd the
government of France; it cannot be denied
likewise that publications of a still more im
proper and indecent nature have made their
appearance in this country with the names of
foreigners affixed to them. Under these cir
cumkances the French government would have
been warranted in expecting every relrefs that
the laws of this country could afford diem;
but as, instead of feeding it in the ordinary
course they have thought fit to resort to them
feives, or at least to icthorite it in others, they
could have no right to complain if their fubfe
foent appeal to his Majesty had failed to pro
duce the, effect that otherwise bould have at
tended it.
Whatever maj have been the nature of the
prior injury, the, have in faA taken the law
into their own hands ; Arid what is this re
crimination and retort ! The paragraphs in
the English newspapers the publications to
which I have above referred, have not appear
ed under any authority of the British govern
ment, and are disavowed and disapproved of by
them; but the paragraph in the Moniteur has
appeared in a paper avowedly official, for
which the government are therefore considered
as fefponftble, as his Majesty's government is
responsible for the contents of the London Ga
zette. And this retort is not confined to the
unauthorized English newspapers or to the oth
er publications of which complaint is now
made, but is converted into and made a pre
tence, for a direct attack upon the government
of His Majesty. His Hajefty feels it beneath
his dignity co make any formal complaint on
this occafioh; but it has been impossible for me
to proceed to the other parts of the fubje&,
Without pointing your attention to the conduct
of the French government in this refpedl, chat
you may obferVe upon it in the manner it
defervet.
The proportions in M. Otto'^ official note,
are fix in number ; but may in fad be divided
under two beads ; the firft that which relates
to the libels of all descriptions, which are al
ledged to be published against the French Go
vernment ; the last comprehending the five com
plaints, which relate to the emigrants tefidenc
in this country. On the firft, I and sure you
must he aware that his Mafefty cannot, and ne
ver will, in conference of any representations
or any menace from a Foreign Power, make
any concession, which can be in th* fmalfeft de
gree dangerous to the liberty of the press, as
Secured by the confticution of this country.
This liberty is justly dear co every British fub
fe&. The cocAitUti^n admits of no previous;
restraints upon publications of any defcriptiou
but there ex,ll Judicatures, wholly independent
of the Executive Government, capable of tak
ing coyn. -ante of filch publications as the law
de< ms to be criminal and which are bound to
i fl & the fUmfhmtnt the delinquents may de
f rve; these judicatures may take cognizance
I "~r only nt libels again, the Government and
Itoe Magoldc-o; (hi Kingdom, but as has
ben r,p-au diy est ieocco, of pul fixations de-
Un o, ; .if I hole It: 0 hole bonds the admit^f
tracer of Foreign Gn^ernhiebts &• placed,
iuae ov. x.verrn^ it fierier h's not wants
coy otbu ^o&;nn than what the laws of the
cunmyahn,-, c„ "i M £ 'key arc willing
' ™ ' ? j>-'< eie-y Forcten Govern
,"""'"'' ^ e"hi, -ffLis
nature which the prC,^,.^ ' .~-_t ^j
cenftitunon will ,+mir, the, never can consent
to new model their laws or to charge their
conflrtutm;,:o gratify the wiffrs of any Foreign
Power. Ifthe ;otnt hr nc - Gov, romert arc
. I ffnisfied with our laws on & c fubjedl o f Ji.
bris or entertain :he opinion that the adminif
oration of jaftice in our courts is too tardy and
lenient, they hare it in their power to redress
themselves by puni^ing the venders and diftri
botors of hch publications within their own
territories, in,any manner that they may think
proper, and thereby prp^nong the circulation
of them. If they enfok their prefect laws are
not Efficient ^ this purpose they may enadl
new ones ; or, if they think it expedient, they
may CTercife the right which they have of pro
hibiting the importation of any foreign ne-#f
papers, or periodical publications, into the terri
tories of the French Republic. His fZlajefty
will not complain of furh a measure, as it is
not bia intention to interfere in a manner in
which the people or territories of France fhruld
be governed ; but he erpe&s, on the other hand,
that the French Government *lll not interfere
in the manner in which the government of his
dominions is conduced, or call for a change in
those laws with Which his people are perfe&ly
fatisfied. With refpe& to the diftfodion which
appears td'be drawn in M. Ottp'sNote, between
the publications of British fubjeds and those of
foreigners and the power which His Majefly is
fuppdfed tb have in conference of the alien
aft, cf ft riding foreigners out of his dominions;
it is itoportact to observe that the provisions
cf that a& were made for the purpose of pre
venting the reliance of foreigners, u hole num.
bers and principles had a tendency to disturb
the internal pesce of bis own dominions, and
whom the fafety of those dominions might re
quire in many infiances to be removed; even if
their adual condud had not exposed them to
punithmenf by law. It does not follow that it
would be a warrantable application of filch a
law to exert its powers in the cases of individ
uals such as those of whom complaint is now
made, and particularly as they are liable to be
profecated under the law of the land, in hire
manner as others have been in fimildr cases,
at the ioftance, and upon the complaint of For
eign Governments
The fe?sd general head, which includes the
five lad complaints, relate to the removal of
some of tfiera^h Emigrants fefi<tent in this
country. His Majeftyeritertaired hopes that
the explanation furoifaed on this head in,my
difpatchNo 14, would have proved fatisfa&ory,
and would have precluded the neccflih;sf any
further difeoffion on this fubjedt^ # 3|^^fe'
Government have upon feverai octyfyns Ic
forted on this part of the fobjed ktyMramej
and have particularly irefted pn the demand
formerly made by this country, tba? the person
then called the Pretender, fbould be sent from
the,French dominions. It is important that the
differences between chefe two cases fhbuld be
stated. When James the fecund, abdicated the
throne, and left this country,,c retired with his
adherents to France ; and though in the war
which immediately succeeded that event, the
French government adopted his cause as their.
own, no stipulation was made at. the Treaty of.
Ryfwick, that be should be sent from that
country, nor was ans subsequent demand ever
made to the French Government to this effect ;
but he was 'fuffered to remain at St. Germain,'
in the neighbourhood of Paris, surrounded by
his family and friends, until the time of his
death. Ie was not until after his demise, when
Lewis the fourteenth, in dire& violation of the
Treaty of Ryfwick, had acknowledged his son
as King of Great Britain, that a different
course cf proceeding was adopted by the Britifh'
Government; and in the Treaty of Peace sign
-led at Utrecht, which put an end to the war
which had been carried on, on account of the
Spanish fucceffian, an article was inferred to
prevent the Pretender from refining in any
part of the French Dominions. The demand
which was fubfcquently made for the removal of
the Pretender from a town which was situated
in the centre cf these dominions, was founded
cn this article of the treaty, which was in fadl
one of the conditions of the peace; but both
the article in the treaty and the demand were
confined to the Pretender pcticnally, and were
not extended to any of his family, or to any of
his adherents After his removal, many of his
adherents continued in France; many persons
regdent in this country, who were attached tol
the cause cf the Pretender, arid hat promoted |
the rebellion in his favour, and who were con-|
fequently attained for high treason. fought ref-1
uge in France, and were permitted co remain|
there until their death, without any application
ever having been made by the Brififo Govern
ment for their removal.
, The Duke of Berwick, the natural son of
James the second, who from his principles and
talents was the most dangerous man to the in
terefls of this country, and the Protestant suc
cession, continued to £e a General in the French
armies, and though defeended from the King,
an Englishman and an Emigrant, it was not re
quired that he Should be sent out of France.
In the present case, there is no article in the
Treaty of Peace, by which tfis Majed, is
Sound to fend from this country any Frenchman
whatever, except on account of the crimes Spe
cified in the twentieth article of the definitive
treaty, and in conference of the proofs therein
required having been adduced. In the present
case, it cannot be, pretended that His Majeff,
has ever gi+en the flighted countenance to the
cause of theroyalifts in France against the present
government, Soce the period when he acknowl
edged that government; and if there were not
these important difference-in the two cafes,the/
would be totally diftmilar in the bbl, remain
ing point; for in the case of the house of Stu
art, as has been already stat-d, notwithstanding
the violence of the times, and the danger to
which the Protestant succession was realty ex
posed, this Strong ad of authority was confined
to the person of the Pretends ; and the indi
vidual who mud be recognized in that charac
ter b, the French Government, and whose case
can alone bear any foilarity to tie former even
in this rejped, is Uot, and never his been with
fn his Majedys dominions: Other precedents
might be adduced on this fubjedt ; but it is not
necessary to date therri, 23 the foregoing are
fofficient.
With refpea to the complaints in de
tail under the second head. Upon the
firft, you may inform the French gov
ernment, that the Emigrants in Jersey,
many of whom remained there solely
on account cf the cheapness of fobfift
ence, had actually removed, or were
removing previous to the representa
tion concerning them in M. Otto's
note, and that before your explanation
with M. Talleyrand can take place,
there will probably not be an Emigrant
in the Island.,
To the second complaint, which re
• lutes to the Bifnops of Arras and St.
Paul tie Leon, and others, his Majefly
can only reply, that if the fads alledg
ed against them can be -substantiated;
ifit can be proved that they have dis
tributed papers on the coast of France
with a view 0. diflurbing the Govern
ment, and of adducing the people to re
.lift the new church eftabliffiment, his
Majefly would think himfelf jollified in
taking all measures within his power
for obliging them to leave the country ;
but some ptoof must be adduced of
those fads ; and such ptoof mult not be
that of having in a tingle instance, vii.
in reply to the Pope's Mandate, pub
lished a vindication of their own con
dud, in refuting to conform to the law
establishment, a proceeding in which
they would be justifiable on every prin
cipteof toleration &justice ; but Should
Shew that they have since availed them-
Selves of their fixation in this country
to excite the people of France against
the authority of that Government,whe
ther Civil or Ecdefiaftical.
Os the third complaint, which ref
peas the removal of Georges; and those
persons supposed to be described as his
adherents, M. Otto must have mistaken
me in what he fitppofes me to have said
on that fubjeft,—His Majesty is how
ever very detirous to obviate any cause
of complaint or uneafmefs with refpe&
to these persons, and measures are in
contemplation, and will be taken, for
the purpole of removing them out of
his Majesty's European donunions..
On the fourth conto^^^tfe^i^g
the Princes es the Hdufe of Bditfbt 11,
I can only refer you to my former ans
wer. His Majesty has no desire that
they Should continue to reside in this
country, if they are difpofed,@mgybe
induced to quit it, but he thirds itto be"
meonfiftent with his honour'^d his
sense of justice to withdraw from them
the rights of hbfpitality,as long as jhey;
cdndu& themfeives peaceably &
ly; and irnlefs some charge can b^rer
ftantiated of their attempting to diflJro^
the peace which subsists between the
two Governments.
With relpeT to the fifth complaint,
uliich relates to the French Emigrants
wearing in this country the orders of
their ancient Government,there arc but
few if any persons of that description
in the country ^ho wear such orders,
ft might be mote proper if they all aL+
ftainedfron ) it ; but the French gov
ernment could not perfitt in expecting,
that even if it were confident with Law,
His Majesty could be induced to com
mit foharih ^ h ^A_ of authority as to
fend them out of the country on fceh |
an account.
I have thus dated to you His Majef-|
tys sentiments on the several points [
contained in M. Otto's note. Youl
will take an early opportunity of com-|
municriting these sentiments to the
French Government, and of accompa
nying them with the arguments and ex
planations above stated. And if it
Should be derived, and you Should be of
opinion, that it was likely to produce
any good effeft, there is no objection to
^our putting the fubßance of what you
mall have stated in writing Sc of deliver
ing it to the Minister for Foreign affairs,
as a memorandum of your conversation.
Upon the general tone and Ryle of
M. Otto's note it is important to ob-
I ferve, that it is far from conciliating;
'and that the practice of presenting notes
I of this description, on any motive or
I fuggeftion of personal irritation,cannot
fail to have the effect ot indisposing the
two Governments towards each other,
instead of consolidating and Strengthen
ing the peace which happily fubfi:ts be- 1
tween them. That after a war, in
which the passions of men have been
roused beyond all former examples, it
is natural to suppose that the distrust,
jealoufy,and other hostile feelings of in
dividuals Should not immediately sub
side, and under these circumstances it
appears to be both the interest and the
duty of the two governments by a mild
; and temperate conduct, gradually to
allay these feelings and not on the con
trar, to provoke and augment them by
untimely irritation on their part, and
by ascribing proceedings like those a
bove noticed, to causes to which they
have no reference. His Majesty has
thus fully and frankly explained his
sentiments, and the ground of his con
duct. He is sincerely difp&fed to a
dopt every rheafure for the preservation
of peace which is confident with the
honour and independence of the coun
try, and with the Security of its lav's
and conriitucion. But the French gov
ernment must have formed a most erro
neous judgment of the disposition of the
British nation, and of the character of
its Government, if they have been
taught to expert that any representation
of ri foreign power will ever induce
them to consent to a violation of those
fights on which the liberties of the peo
ple of this Country are founded.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) HAWKESBURY.
Anthony Merry, Ffq.
Refecting Sriritzezland/the follow
ing is the only Note, presented on the
fubje&, though letters passed between
Lord Hawkefbury ^nd Mr. Merry, and
Mr. MoOre was dispatched to inquire
into the filiation of the Swifs,and give
the aid if their affairs could be supported
No. XVII.—(%W- Note'.
Lord Hawkefbury has received Hls
Majesty's commands to communicate
through M. Otto to the French Gov
ernment the fenti foents df deep regret
which have been excited in His Majef
ty'smind by the Address of the First
Consul to the Helvetic People, which
tVas published by authority in the Mcn
iteur of the ift irftant, and by thh re
presentations which have been made
to His Majesty on this Subject, on be
halfof the Nation whose interests are so
immediately affected by it. His Ma
jesty mod Sincerely laments the convul
sions to which the S wifs Cantons have
for some time pad been exposed, but
I l;h can confider their late exertions in
no other light than as the lawful efforts
of a brave and generous People to re
cover their antient Laws and Goverp
j inept, and to procure the re-eftablifi
ment of a fyflem which experience has
demonstrated, not only to be favorable
to the maintenance of their domestic
; hrippinefs, buc to beperfedly confident
I with the tranquility and security of
I other powers.
The Cantons of Switzerland uh
qUeftionably possess, in the fame degree
as every independent date, the right cf
I regulating its own internal concerns ;
1 and this right has morever, in the pref.
!ent instance, been formally and expli
;cftly guaranteed to the Swiss nation,
by the French Government in the trea
ty of Luteville, conjointly with the
I 1 other powers who were parties to that
Engagement. His Majefy has no o'her
desire than that the people of Spitzer
land, who now appear to be so general,
united, Should be ie^Blib&ty to fettle
■wn internal goveftiment, Without
erpofirion of any foreign power ;
itb'whataamMfe tris Majesty
jin; / Lave peruCed Ilie C ^
tiun of the Brenc^Governrrerr :jcis
yet nnuXl^^TOCT!ieve that they u ill
I further attempt to control tlrat inde
'^encTent natibnin the cxe>cife o^hSr
undoubted rights, His Majesty thinks
himfelf called upon by bis regard for
the general intcrefts oQ^rope, and by
his peculiar folieitudc for thehappnefs
arid the welfare of the Sui^Naiion, to'
express these his sentiments with a
franknefs and fincerit, which he feels
to be due to his character, and to the
good undefftanding which he is desir
ous of preserving with thc,govcinment
of France.
Do-vnirg-ftreet, OR, to, 180 Z.
M. Otto, %. &c. %
fro be continued }
.^re~~^t=^~=.-^^
FOREIGN NEWS.
I __By a ° arrival at New-York.
I STOCKHOLM, MAY 3.
„ ARON Elfsparke just arrived, in ,
I § days from Peterfburgh, brings
lintelligence, that a Convention has been
signed be? ween the two courts,by which
the frontiers are for the present to re
main as heretofore. All preparations
tor war are put a flop to.
London, may 2:.
In the House of Commons, an in
teresting conversation took place upon
the tranfadfions that had taken place
lince Lord Whitworth's departure froni
Paris. In aniwer to a queftion,wheth?
er since the departure of Lord Whit
worth from Paris any frefh communi
cation bad been received ?—Lord
Hawkefbury replied, that " after His
Lordthip had left Paris it was commu
nicated to him while on his journey iq
an unofficial way, in away that gave
no positive evidence that it came from
the French Government, that an ar
rangement might be made, by which
this country Should keep Malta for the
number of years required provided that
th^ French Government mould at the
fame time,occupy Otranto and Taren
tum. He need not Slate, that His
Majesty's Ministers could not accede to
; such a proportion with the good faith
which Great Britain always obferv;
ed to other countries, and that was the
only practical propofitiob which had
I been made. With regard to the me^
Idia'tfon of Ruffa, it was perfectly true
I that in the lad moments of the Nego^
I ciation, a message did arrive from Pei
|terfburgh with inftru&ions to state that
1 the Emperor of Russia was not chert
I disposed to interfere in the differences
between Great-Britaiti and France, yet
to,exprefs his wishes for the continuance
of Peace. But it did not appear that
the Emperor of Russia h id sent any in*
Pruflions to bring the question of a me
diation to any dittint™ point whatever ?
and under these circumstances it ap
peared to him that it could only tend
to a delay, which mull be highly inju^
rious to chis country."
Lord Hawkefbury stated, “ that Mr;
Talbot was not left, at Paris, nor, as far
as he knew, M. Portalis in London;
for the purpose of conducing any ne
gociation whatever. The former was
left to take care of different papers be
longing to the Embassy, and allo witht
a reference to the British fabjeds whoi
could not immediately leave Paris.
——Q
LONDON, MAY 24.
CAPTURES.
A letter from Plymouth dated th£
rizd infl. fays, "last night was sent id
here the French brig La Margaretta,
Faures, from Bordeaux for St. Maines^
captured on luefday by the fbip Acaf
ta, of 38 guns, id the bay of Bifeaf :
She also captured a Dutch dogger, but
parted company with her two night£
ago. It appears a great number of
1 privateers are fitting out in France es
pecially at Bordeaux,and many of the rtf
are nearly ready for sea. among them
!; is the famous Ihip privateer Braave;
- ; which was so uncommonly fucccfsfuf
- ! during the last war.”
:I Sir Sidney Smith has taken avers
p ; rich French merchantman, and sent
>I her into the Downs.
A large Dutch ship from Surrinam
ft for Rotterdam, is sent into the Downs
:§ by the Grampus and Jaloufe.
Ibe Pheenix, Wildboar, from Sus-
I rmrim, is lent into Sheerness by the A.
;; melia frigate.
The Vrow Constantia, from Surrfr
1! num to Amsterdam, is sent into Ply.
month by the Daris frigate.
I The De Jong William Ling, from'
Amflerdam tor Rouen, is sent into Yar
mouth by Admiral Phornborough's
faadron:
MAY 25.
The Opposition members at a meet
ing held at Paifloe's on Sunday night;
(twenty tecond May,) agreed to sup
port the war.—Mr. Fox observed, that;
the papers moved for by Mr. G'ref
shewed the hostile difpofnion of the
enemy, and that the First Consul had
commuted an aggrefuon in dieting,
«ar against dur commerce.
, Mr. Pitt's fpecch, which has Beeri
to us by several Members of
;lfy ment; hided about an hotir an^
^ £ and is admitted by persons cf
;,£^@v s to have exhibited one of the
yveaieu Jfrts of the human mind ec=
imP.d • thin the walls of the Se
na It w&; h@rd throughout wi:|f
i the , cd anxww Attention, and the ap
pla^ it <,. Sin every part wa<
onlyj^ by the eager defird
tinwerQfo&t that hora syllable Iboblri
be loft.-—at the close of his speech, thz
Louie gave vent to their feelings, and
loud and repeated flouts of applaud
continual for some time after he fat
down. ' „
The liffMf. Pitt took tas that of
'proving id a variety of instances, that
from ibe signature of the treaty of
l Amiens to the present time, a hostile
mind had been shewn by France to this
country, that the Government there
bad manifefted one continued system of
insult towards us, and that the papers'
piefented to Parliament, fully jollified:
the war. He spoke entirely upon the
point of the cause bet ween the twocoutS