The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-04-10 00:00:00, page 1

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posite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
0CT CONDITIONS.—Five dollars a year, to
he paid annually in advance. Those who wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
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their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
if the first year.
RICHMOND PRICKS CURRENT.
TOBACCO, 5 00
TLOIIR-SUPERFINE, C 50
VO. PINE, 6 00
CORN, PER BARREL, 3 00
WHEAT, 1 17
BACON, PER T B. 0 9
WHISKEY, FLU GALLON, O 67
BAR IKON, PER ION, 110 00
KEMP, PER TO X, 250 00
JUST RECEIVED, and FOR SALE—First
door above the Eagle- Favern :
Old Port, Claretond Madeira Wines,
Gun-Powder, Imperial and Young Hyson Teas,
50 Bbls. and two hbds. Apple Brandy,
20 Bbls Caruther's double distilled and rectified
Whiskey,
12 Hilda, and 10 barrels Ncw-Orlean3 Sugar,
20 Boxes New-York Tallow Candles,
15 Do. Spermaceti Do.
10 Bbls. Linseed Oil,
7 Hbds. Treakle,
1 Do. and l Crate Bottles,
25 Lbs fresh wutmegs,
50 Bushels fresh Clover and Timothy Seed,
3 Hampers fresh SaSlad Oil,
10 Dutch Cases white gilt bottlas,
10 Boxes well assorted Glass,
And in daily expectation of receiving 30 crates
of Liverpool green and blue edged Wares, Pas*
sage Lamps, Candle Shades, See. £*c.
EDWARD JiALLAM.
March 16. eptf
NOTICE.—All persons who have any claims
against the late John Harris, dec’d. of the
City of Richmond, are requested to bring them
forward immediately—and those indebted to said
estate, must make immediate arrangements for
discharging their respective balances.
W. D. WREN, Adm'r. of
JOHN HARRIS, Dic'd.
March 13. ep2m
PENITENTIARY STORE,
AND
DOMESTIC WAREHOUSE
DJ. BURR, in addition to the articles ma
• nutacturcd at the Penitentiary, offers for
•^lc an assortment of GOODS of HOME MA
NUFACTURE, viz t
Fine and coarse HATS of every description.
A regular supply of Cotton CLOTH, on con
tign merit from the Providence Manufactory, and
■will be sold by the piece at the mill prices, viz
Bed ticking, Stripes, Checks U. Plain
Cloths, Spun Cotton, single and double,
home made Li xr.N Sheeting.
RICHMOND GUN-POWDER by the keg,
warranted of superior quality.
PHILADELPHIA PORTER & ALE in
casks and bottles, and BEER in barrels.
Harness Leather, Wax Calf Skins, Boot Legs,
Coloured and Black Roans.
Wanted to IIiub, by the year, a good
COOPER.
February 13. if
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE —
On Wednesday the 13th day of Apiil en
suing—Y»Till be sold at Public Auction, near tiie
premises, that beautiful and most desirable situ
ation belonging to Mr. Jedediah Allen, near the
property of Mrs. Craig—It has on it a handsome
frame Dwelling-House, with a good kitchen,
smoke-house, dairy and stable, a well of the best
water in the city of Richmond.
The Lott contains one acre, having been ori
ginally two half acre Lotts, and lias the advan
tage of being bounded on three sides by streets,
is highly improved—having a falling garden in
front and a very extensive and beautiful g irden
at the back oflhe house—and for agreeableness
of situation and salubrity ol air, may be estimated
among the best in t ie City.
Six, twelve and eighteen months credit will
be given, by giving notec with unproved endor
sers, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, and a
deed of trust on the property to secure the pay
ment of the notes.
STILL Cr BROOKE, Auers.
Richmond, March 27. tds
Williamsburg, 19th March, 1310.
ANNUAL MEETING of the Propri
1 etorsof the Dismal Swamp Company, will
beheld at Suffolk, onthclitli day of May ne t,
being the second i’ue;,i!ay. Anri it i3 earnestly
requested that the members will he punctual in
their attendance, either pci sonally or by their at
Jornies.
WILLIAM NEL SON,
JOHN BRACKEN, > ,,
CORBIN GRIFFIN, f Managers.
JAMES HENDERSON. J
March i'L. ’ 4W
In Con Mil, March 1*5,/, 1810.
j^TOTICE—1|)pursuance of an act ot the Gc
_L m ncral Assembly, passed at t!ic last sessi
on : Notice is hereby given, that a sale of tbe
P UP 1.1 C PRO P E R T Y,
atthe Point of Fork, will take place, on Thurs
day the 25th day ot May next, oh the premises, i
on a credit of twelve months. Bond and security
to he approved by the Executive, will be requi
red. . her information respecting the property,
enquire of Doctor jolttt Wills of Fluvanna coun
ty
SAMUEL COLE MAR, a.c. c.
Mrreh 27. Hw
In Council, March 19, 1810.
NOTICE—That the Executive will receive ,
proposal, until lbs 15th of April next, for I
furnishing the Prisoners in the Penitentiary, with
rations for one year, commencing the 16ih of the
said month of April next.
Attest,
SAMUEL COLE MAR, a. c. c.
Marsh 23. tl5A
WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, to the
highest bidder, on Thursday, 19tl» April
next, that large and commodious
BRICK LUMBER HOUSE,
Situate on th*» Cross str«-et, leading to the Basin
— Also, that unimproved Lor, joining, say from
4 l to Si ) :et f ont, extending bark to the F.ajjle
ysr l, 85 f-v , J he whole to be sold separate or
y i. i". mi * credit of 3, 6 and 9 months—The
J ■ ‘l.- ver g vinjj h o |<. v-"ith !ipin<>vod s**eui ity.
UOBfautt £' DAVIDSON.
N u«li ,>9. tf
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED.
A New Theory,
or
7he DIURNAL ROTATION OF THE
EARTH:
Demonstrated upon Mathematical Principles,
from the properties of the Cycloid and the Epi*
Cycloid.
WITH
AN APPLICATION OF THE THEORT,
To the explanation of the various Phenomena of I
the Winds, Tides and of those Stony and Me
tallic concretions which have fallen from Hea
ven upon the surface of the Earth.
By JOHN lirOOD,
Author of Elements of Fers/nctive, prin
ted in London, in 1799.
December 14.
“FOR-SALE AT THIS Of fIce]
A FEW COPIES OF
FultoiFs Torpedo War.
James River LOW-GROUN DS—Fur sale j
The subscriber intending to leave the state,
will sell, to the highlest bidder, on the 10th day
of way next, on riie premises, his tract of LAND,
in the county of Amherst, whereon Jesse Spin
ner resides : containing one hundred and fit'iy a
cres of Losu Grtxnd*, and about four hundred of
High Land. The low grounds are entirely re
claimed, and in fine order for the culture of corn,
wheat, tobacco, Uc. The high land is yet in
woods, but much of it adiniranly suited for To
bacco. The improvements are calculated for se
I curing a crop : Among many other advantages
of this I.and, a ferry and mill seat, may be enu
merated ; and its contiguity to the Oxford iron
works U Lynchburg, rendering com a very salea
ble article at all times. Terms are two thousand
dollars cash, and two thousand the first of each
succeeding January, till the balance be paid
which must be secured by a deed of trust on the
Land.
ROBERT MAYO.
April 6.' eplM.
IpOR KEN 1% or LEASE, and immediate
possession given—My HOUSE, near the
Washington Tavern, and fronting the Capitol
Square. This tenement is pleasantly situated,
and in every respect well calculated for the ac
commodation of a genteel family. For terms,
&c. apply to
EDWARD HALLAM.
April 3. tf
ji > Y virtue of a deed of trust, made to the
6 1 subscriber by Jacob F. Earhurt, bearing
date the first day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and nine, for purposes therein
mentioned ; Will be sold, on Thursday, tbe 12lh
of Aprill next, to tbe highest bidder, according
to law, at the Tanyard lately occupied by said
Earhurt, the whole of said Earhurt’s Stock of
LEATHER, OIL, TANNING UTENSILS,
BARK, Re. and one bay HORSE. The afore
said STOCK consists of eleven vats of Leather,
some of which is nearly tanned ; thirty or forty
cords ot bark ; three barrels of oil, c- To per
sons concerned in the tanning business the a
bovc will be an object worthy of their attention.
ARCHIBALD TAYLOR, Trustee.
April 6. tcls
Europe.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE or Lords—January 23.
[After the Address (which is a mere
echo of i>/:eech,J was read ] ( 'if The
Hjteech was given in our la*{.J
\ iscount GrtmsCon solicited their lord
ships attention to the few observations,
which had occurred to his mind, when he
contemplated the state of this country and
Europe in general. Whatever difference of
opinion might exist, in regard to the differ
ent measures of government, they would
generally concur in the propriety of making
every exertion to divert the attention of the
enemy, while he was endeavoring to crush
the power of Austria. That Austria htul
been compelled to make a disadv antageous
peace, was one cf those disasters which we
ought to lament, with the other calamities
of Europe, Although the expedition to the
Scheldt had not succeeded in its main ob
ject, considerable advantages were derived,
and our own security was strengthened in
the.demolition of the arsenal and docks of
Flushing. Amidst all the evils, with which
the hand of Providence had surrounded this
country, it was satisfactory to find, that, af
ter the enemy had exerted, to the utmost,
his hatred audliis malice against the cor.l_
niercc of England, and had shut the whole
of his ports against our trade, still we could
defy his hostility, and had already proved,
that his unjust decrees were ineffectual in
their consequences. The happy situation of
Great Britain, if unanimity actuated her
government and her councils, placed her out
of the reach of the ambitious designs of
rranee. With respect to America, he
would venture to define the extent of the
sincerity of her government; but he was
certain, however sukJccc they were on their
part* that, on the part ot his majesty’s mi
nister*, every desire »f amity would be met
with a correspondent disposition. These
were times when unanimity could not too
much prevail amongst ourselves, and it was
a consolation, that we were ruled by a mo
narch, who lived in the hearts of his people.
Where was there a people, who over exhi
bited so much afiectioti for their sovereign,
as had lately, namely, on the 25th of last
October, but si forth from all ranks, when
they cnmmsiiiurcted the long reign of their
beloved king t The people of b’.ngiand oifeht
to lie peculiarly remarked, for their attach
ment to the throne, and such a deposition
would ever secure the existence of the coun
try.
The P.arl of St. Vincent—My lords
when I addressed a few observations, at the
commencement of the last sousion of Farli
ament, X thought my age and infirmities,
would preclude me from again presenting
myself to your consideration. Hut, my lords,
such have Ireen the untoward events which
have occurred, since that period, l am once
■nor* induced, if my. strength wifi admit,
rttiti | can support my voice, to trouble your
| lordships with a tew of my sentiments, on
It'nr present (.cession; Indeed, we have won
dciiil men iu these days, who have in^enu
ity enough to blazon, with the fines: colors,
to sound with the trumpet tind the drum;
in fact, to varnish over the greatest calami
ties of the country, ami endeavor ta prove,
that our greatest misfortunes ougit to be
considered as blessings. There is no occa
sion to wonder at the awful event* \vhich
have transpired—they are caused b» the stu
pidity of ministers. I will main.ain. my
lords, that we owe all oiif disasters and di$„
grace, to the ignorance and incapacity of
his majesty’s present administration, llut
what could the nation expect frtm men,
\vho came into office under the mmk of vile
hypocrisy, and have maintained their pla
ces by imposture and illusion? Look at the
whole of their conduct!—The firs: instance
of their principles, was the treatment of a
, country at peace with us ; in a state of peace,
(hey attacked her, and brought ier into o
pen hostility. This was a foul act, and the
day may ccmi, when repentance will be too
late. 1 heir next atchievefheut, was to send
one of the ablest,-men, who ever com'
mantled an army, into the centre of Spain,
unprovided with every requisite for such a
dangerous march. If Sir John Moore had
not acted according to his own judgment,
every man of that army, had been lost to
his country. By his transcendant judgment,
that army made one of the ablest retreats,
recorded on the page of history ; and while
he saved the remnant of his valiant troops,
his own life was sacr'Jiced in the cause ol
his country. And how did ministers pay tri
bute to his memory ? Why, my lords, in
this place, insidious aspersions were cast up,
on his character! People were employed
in all parts of the towi, to calumniate his
conduct. But, in spite (f all the runners and
dependants of administrition, the character
of that General, will always be revered,
as one of the ablest men this country ever
saw.
. After this abominable cnterprize, another,
equally foolish, was carritd into execution,
j and another General war sent with troops
| into the heart of the Penhsula, under simi
j lar circumstances, and the glorious victory
| alluded to, was purchased with the useless
; expenditure of our best blood and treasure.
It was a victory of the enemy, for lie alone
took prisoners. Put what shall I sny, my
lords, when I come to mention the expedi
tion to Walcheren ? Why, I think it use
less to say one word on the subject. Any
body may be a minister in these days. Mi
nisters tnay flow from any corrupted source ;
they rise up like tadpoles ; they may lie
compared to locusts; they send forth their
pestilential breath over the whole counter,
and nip and destroy every fair (lower in the
land. I he conduct of his majesty’s govern
ment, has led to the most abominable disas
ters, which are no where exhibited in the
annals of history. The country is in that
state, which miikcs peace unavoidable ; it
will be compelled to make peace, however
disadvantageous.
I he noble Earl, afyef showing th£ inju
ries which must eventually befal the ship
ping interest, in case of a peace, when almost
every ship in the river, would have a broom
fixed on the top of the mast, concluded by
submitting a question to the first lord ofihe
admiralty, whether it was in contemplation
to make a dock for the future reception of
our ships at Northfleet, which he reccm_
mended as a judicious measure ?
Lord Mulgravc intimated, that such a
measure had not escaped the attention of
government, but could not return any defi_
nitr. answer to the enquiry of the noble
Earl.
Lord Grenville rose, and spoke nearly in
these terms:
“ My Lords—It is with very great gratifi
cation to myself, I gave way to the ndble Earl,
because the share the noble Earl has had in
the glorious triumphs of his country, entitled
him to be heard with reverence and respect,
when speaking of the calamities which have
befallen it. Not only did I give way most
willingly to him, but it would have been
infinitely more gratifying to me, to have left
to men of younger and more active minds,
j the task of offering an amendment to the
address which has just been proposed to your
j lordships. But that anxiety is not to be re
sisted, which induces me to offer myself at
this early period of the discussion. I am anxi
ous to anticipate the probability of any cir
cumstance, which may divert the* course of
the debate, from that which is of the first
consideration, and the only feature, to which
it is poM.ifele for rre togive my attention on
the present occasion. For others. I can.
not presume t.o judge : but for myself, my
heart, is.full, and I must give vertt to those
feelings, by which my mind is impress
ed.
There are in the kind’s sprach, many to*
pics that ought to engage, and must, on fu
ture days, engage the attention of this house.
On future days you must examine, not only
the efifcct, but the foundation of those cala
mities, which are advortedto ih the speech.
You must consider not only the effect and
foundation of those calamities, but the Con
sequences they are likely to produce on the
[ state and condition of the country, and the
i spirit of the people. Vyo casnot shut your
eyes to those questions, P. is in vain yon
attempt Co shut them ; they will force them
selves upon your attention. In the .cr.nje
nianner, that subject which is treated ol in
his majesty’s speech, I mean the topic of our
differences with America, there will come
a day, when you must examine whnt is, and
has been, the conduct oi the government o'
this country tawards Amrrica. There will
come a day, when it will be impossible to
be borne in a country, which calls itsell free,
that there should be laid before such an as
sembly as this, garbled, mutilated and mis
represented documents ; not to keep hack,
inhumation, but to give information directly
contrary to the fact. That is a question, |
you will have onft day to examine There
is also another question—a pretty serious
question—Whether you have in this country
any government at all * Whether there
be any thing, which any man belieVe3, in
the present dreadiul situation of society, to
be capable of maintaining the authority, or
supporting tlie necessary power, of govern
ment f That is a question you must otie
day examine, unless you Can mnke up your
minds to surrender all thought and regard
Jor the public jivteiwt and safety of the conn
try. But even these questions, great and
momentous as they are, sufficient, any one of
them, to have occupied the care anil atteu
tio-sof a whole sessions of Parliament, great
er, Goo knows, each of them, than any of
the questions which have, at any former pe
riod, occupied the attention of Parliament;
all these, in my mind, sink to nothing, in
comparison with the duty which you are
this day called upon to discharge. I say.
this day, because I mean to contend, and I
shall show yon before 1 sit down, that this
duty is not a duty you can put off, under a-i
ny specious pretences whatever. You are
called upon now, at this very moment, to '
do justice to your country and yourselves— j
t> do justice to the memory of those who '
have lallen in your country’s cause.
You are called upon to do justice to the
memory of those who have perished inglo
riously, in enterprizes, the utmost success
of which, could have produced nothing like
ly to he attended with advantage. Enterpri
2es, which, instead of succeeding, or even
partially succeeding, have utterly and com
pletely failed ; for that is the true charac
ter ; that is the true description of those
campaigns, planned by his majesty’s minis
ters, which have wasted the strength of the
country. Every cue of the military opera
tions, in which our armies have b en engag
ed, have completely, totally and irretriev
ably failed. And yon, forsooth, my lords,
are this day to hear from the throne ; aye,
and to be satisfied, not, as the noble Baron
said, who seconded the address, with an as
surance, that his majesty will be pleased to
lay all the papers, upon the subjects rtfer- i
ea to, beioreyou, tor there is no such assu
rance in tlie speech of the King's Commis
sioners ; but you are to be satisfied with the J
assurance of the King’s Commissioners, j
that his majesty’s ministers will lie graci
ously pleased to lay before you those pa„
pers which they trust will prove satisfacto
ry. 1 have no doubt, they mean. in this ses
sioiis, as in the last, literally to verify the
assertion—they will lay before you sucii pa
pers, and parts c? papers, and extracts of
papers, as will be satisfactory to themselves,
and they may trust, will be satisfactory to
you ; and those, iny lords, be assured, arc
the only papers you w ill have. I tiust you
arc not to he so deluded 1 was prepared to j
have stated, but the king’s speech anticipat- j
ed me, that there was not one man in the ]
country, who was not convinced, that the j
disasters o; the last campaign had not been !
made the objects cf vigorous, immediate and j
effectual inquiry. 1 am glad to see, that, i
by a sense of their Own situation, tpid by uj
conviction cf their failures, those ministers !
who had advised his majesty to tell his Cor
poration of London, that no enquiry wns ne
cessar”, have advised Uis majesty not to wait
'till hit Parliament informed him, wlr t the
crvcumst?.r.cc.5 connected with those failures j
are, but merely that lie has directed the !
papers to be laid before us. It is not possi- !
hie tb t Parliament can meet without going
Into an enquiry un this subject. Let not a.. !
ny argument be raised upon that part of the .
speech ; for though we may thank his nia_
jesty for laying those papers before us, which
naither are, nor can tie expected to be, to
our satistaction, \ et there- is not contained !
| *n tfcc address, one single woi d to the e ffect, j
that we will proceed to the consideration j
1 of those papers.
There is no pledge in tire address, of j
cb’- sense of that duty we owe to our country, j
—No pledge that wc will disclm*.4*5 our du j
ty in a different tone from that in which wc j
discharged it last year. None of these
things are mentioned in the address, but it
is a mere complimentary address cf thanks
to his majesty, for ordering these papers L !
be laid before us. My lords, I beg leave to
state that I consider you will ill discharge j
Tour duty to your country and younrrlvev, 1
you suffer this clay to pu.ss, without mark- |
ing to his majesty’s ministers, the broad and j
plain distinction, which no man can be igno j
rant of, who adverts to the considerations
wmch arise out of the facts v/ith which \vc
me so fatally acquainted. Isay that not on
ly. with regard to Y\ralchcren—net Trer-dy
with regard to this boasted attack or. nock
yards and ships, but, I say, with respect to
the campaign in Spain ; wirh respect to e
very part ot the campaign, there is an abso
lute necessity tor immediate, vig-o:ous, per
severing, and effectual inquiry. I suv, if !
you mean to maintain your own character
—it you mean to be handed down to poste
rity as. men sensible of your country’s wrongs
—and if you mean to prevent the recurrence
ot calamities, similar to those which have
been already endured, you will give to your
country a direct, distinct, not insinuated or
implied, but a directf distinct, positive and
unequivocal pledge, that you will enter upon
thm-c enquiries without delay, and that you
will prosecute tb«un with effect. Something
has been said with reference to the clravac
trr of the officers. I do assert that the fail
ure': of our armament* have been of the.
i greatest magnitude, that our louses have
been unparellelert, and that the circum_
• stances under which all nur military enter
prises have been conducted, are of such a
description as to vender inquiry indispensa
ble; Ifut, having itt-sl that, I desire those,
who may advert to any thing which may fall
from me, will Ire as: nreiT, that I am persua
ded, that every thing has be«n done by the
officers that could be achieved by them._
That, with regard to some of the otfinc-s,
more has been dcr.e than the public has ad
mitted ; and, with respect to others, what
the public may seem to have cause to la
ment in their Conduct, h to i»e attributed
only to the order* of ministers, to their in
structions, to their deficiencies, and not, as
I trust in Gt4, Co any of the officers or com
manders.
I say this, b-catise a rumor went abroad,
in the case of General Moore, to the effect,
Hint all the responsibility of the operations
of his army belonged to him, and not to his
majesty’s ministers. I was told, and the
public w#ie spuriously tr..d, tint whatever
ill success had attended the military op®.,
rations of the army under General Moore,
tho Cause nas only to be found in the dis
n otion exercised by the officers command,
ing the army, which discretion, we were al
so told, had been absolutely entrusted to
him, I own l did not believe the assertion
^at live tiirvc it was But, since it was
made, how has it beta contradicted ? I
hope no man who hears rue has tailed to
read the interesting history or titc campaign
ot the aimy under General Moore, publish,
ed by that gallant officer's idative. If
llteie is a man who has not rend it, he is
incapable of judging r. hat is the ti ue cns>
racier of the government under which ne
lives. Whoever has read it, if hr has site
feelings of a Bi ton i;i Ids heart, what moat
be his indignation when he cont’. mplntes
such a Gt nrrul as (Jen. Moore, going upon
an expedition, the very j bn and objec' of
which was foreign from his own better judg
ment ' Going to the south, when lit* knew
lie ought to be it. the north-Going to meet
cooperation, where he knew he had no
ground to expect co-operation. Figure to
yout selves the situation of that gal. .it sol
dier, subject not to the orders of a supe
rior officer, but to the orders uf a diplo
matic agent, of whom I must say n .thing
else, than desire y« j to recollect in what
manner K was, he t.scouted the powers cu.
irus'vd to him.
If the injured spirit of the gallant Cene_
rar c uld hover over up, how ivouu! it re
proach os for attributing the calamities of
that campaign, it: which lie fell, jo any o
ther cause than the power by which b.c was
controled! 11 there urc points it pen which
it is possible to doubt, with respect to the
Spanish camp:. ^ .w, I entreat you to wait
until you are satidi.d.. whe'h' i me. causes
which have now prevented tr.c success of
our armies in Spai:.. are net precisely the
same as those o* v,inch we before had the
t xpcrience. The conduct and achicvtcmentB
Iof our troops in the field, are to be attribu..
ted to their valor and the conduct cf their
I General. The disastrous consequences, e
■ ven, ot their vicco i _<, are attributed to their
i want of supplies——to the want of support,
combination-to all those circumstances
I which compel an army to retreat, even at
[ tet-a buttle, in which it has been victorious.
It is to be attributed to the mist .t ken instruc -
[lions ot his majesty's i*-.misters, coopted
| with the complete def .'it. ot the means
j by which they v- -re in he i xc cured. 1 have
stated thus much ; but when 1 have stated
jny decided opinion, that with respect to
both tiivse failures, enquiries ought to lake
place, 1 ain persuadtd the icsit't of those
enquiries will be sa'isiactnry as to the con
duct ot the rfheers——1 mean to c ntend,
vital it is not to the conduct of the officers,
the failures our at ms have experienced are
to be attributed, but that the plans of ilmse
expeditions hav* urea at'.cnued with circum •
Minces, on t..s part of ins majesty’s minis
ters, of such manifest, notorious, uncontro
wrtible mi sc: n luct, as would n.ake it the
basest dereiicti o of your duty, if y m \ »3
not on tois day, when you art for the erst
’time, assembled, to express a general pi
| men of condemnation, f will shew y. a time
it i probable, from what i have heard, t.-e
j result ot further enquiry will greatly eg
jgruvate the impression of the miscondu-.t of
|h's majesty s itubistcis. VVlr.it i am rail
'ing upon your Lordships to express an. r.i
nioa upon, »s with regard to tho-e p ins'
which are pub'iio and notorious, ■ ■ .
ohvioct to all the world, and i u . ,.j
make your lordships better at q: s :i wm,
even if you had here on yr ir all die
orders and counter orders rf all isu- coiitetid
jing department!-., belonging to -vlu,. is rall
ied the exLri g gr.vvmn.ent. 1 d»- «ln- not
ji-ilely for the pii.potx: of censure, tho gh I
do distinctly avow, that, to sin ink f.<>, . ihe
jdtity of cm.airing ministers, could be to a
jbant’.on the most sacred trusts rtposv.l inns,
j* do it for the mors import tint purpose of
• I'. evention ; for, to my astonish ee it, it ary
| thing could creat • it.after wh.v l have heard,
! the principle is this d-ty avowed-the in-’
tention declared—aye. ai d you ate cal cd
i upon to m.iiv- y(ni'r;'-!\ ; carries to tiiecon..
I tinu-rtion of these dvs r-. ivc, wanton, and
fruitless txjitvli. i. s. ) hew fore, the a„
nientimrn: i nave to state does not merely
go to the condemnation ct ministers,——It
viM make ic impossible you can sufic r tint
, art ox the ado less tc* pa3s, T.hich, ii you
do, will makr you indivi- ual partakers, Co
the sharefa in the consequences which must
fo.low. from the mad determination express
ed >n the address, which has been moved.
Consequences, wnicl 1 shew liuli spirit of
prediction when 1 state, will be mucii more
calamitous than those which have preceded
them, 1 he Noble Baron who seconded thei
address, adverted to opinions ami suggesti
ons ol policy, which, had they been passed
over in silence Wy others, I'should have
thought it my bounden duty once more id
have brought before you. I did not smir k,
from the duty of stating them when they
were unpopular. If 1 predicted the conse
quences it the measuies of his map sty’rf
ministers, when those consequences were
doubtful and uncertain, certainly J am not
to shrink fr*m them now, when aU \ have
said has been confirmed by melancholy cx
pprience, and when the great majority of
the Country perceive the delusions under
which they liave labored, the artifices by
which they have been deceived; and the
dreadful results of the errors into which they*
have been led. I do repeal the opinion I
have before expressed, that, from the irm
I merit of the renewal of the prfcstnt war, the
policy of this country ought to have bccit
decidedly different from that which was
pursued in the la.st war,
A t the outset 3c during the gfcf.ttr part o?
the last war, it was desirous to raise in Eu
rope a spint of resistance to the overwhelm
ing power of France ; to encourage that spirit
& to prevent, if poisfht*, the subjugation of
the continent; but it was seen that tair endea
vors were fruitless. Treaties were signed
by which the several powers of Europe \r.
knowledged their subjugatu n to France
though the disasters of hi: allies worn jClt
less than they are at present, Th *y wen*
mclr as to lead any man acquainted with
the interior situations of the kingdoms and
governments of the ctmtiipnt, to btHeve, th u.
any el'Tfs of cm’s would oniv liave the fu
f< ct of renewing, with ten fold Hggr:iva;ion,
the n:is Ttunes of Europe. That wa:; i /
opinion with regard tot lie improvident n Ch
mrcs of renewing rhe war, after the exjn.
| rier.ee we had had within ice last ten wars*
and when the hope was lost that Hu - .
1 Austria and Prussia would be unhed into
tv>ufou confederacy, and make such a w