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.R Li L PAIILLIiIEN7.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
MONDAY, MAY Pi.
WAR Wllll FRANCE.
The House met' at three o'clock, and the'Mem-
bers continued to assemble until five, when it pre-
synced a very full attendance of Peers, and a great
crowd of strangers below the Bar, anxiously expeft-
ing communication. A little before
five
toila PELHAM Unmet down the following
Messa,,e from his Majesty, which was read, first by
the Lord Chaticellor, from the Woolsack, and next
by Mt. Rose, the Clerk at the table.
6. G. pt.
"His Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House of Peers,
that the discussions which he announced to them in his Mes-
,bage the eth of March last, a; then subsisting btwecii his
Majesty and the French Government, have been terminated;
that the conduit of the French Government has obliged his,
Majesty to recall his Ambassador from Paris, awd that the Am-.
bassador from the French Republic has left London.
"His Majesty has given directions for laying before the !I ouie
of Peers, with as little &lay at poisiblt, copies such papers
as will afford the fullest information to his Padiameat at this
important conjuncture.

" It is a consolation to his Majesty to reflect, that no endea-
vours have been wanting on his part to preserve to his subjects
the blessings of peazte ; but under the circumstances' which
have occurred to disappoint his just expectations, his Majesty
relies with confidence on the zeal and public spirit of his faith-
ful Commons, and on the exertions of his brave and loyal sub-
jects, to support him in his determination to employ the
power and resources of the nation, In opposing the spirit of
anibition and eneroachinent which at present actuates the
Councils of France, in upholding the dignity of Lis Crown,
and in eeenitig and maintaining the rights and :nterests of his
people." •
The Message being read,
Lord PELHAM rose, and. said—,6 My Lords,
your Lordships must have perceived, from the
Message which I have had the honour of delivering
from his Majesty, that his Majesty has given directions
that the papers containing the correspondence be-
tween this Government and the Government of
France should be printed, and laid before the
House. I move, therefore, that his Majesty's Mes-
sage be taken intoconsideration on thisday se'nnight.
The day may appear to some, under all the circum-
stances of the case, to be a distant one ; but the mag-
nitude and importance of the papers alluded to,
beir,6 eel), considered, I think an earlier day would
not afford time enough for reading the papers and
giving the subjea all the Consideration which its im-
portance demands. The Rapers cannot be printed
so as to be ready for delivery sooner than Wednes-
day ; and though I feel that in a case of such mag-
nitude every moment of delay that is not absolutely
necessary, should be avoided, yet I should think that
even resped for his Majesty should induce the House
to give an interval of two or three days, which is all
that I ask, for the consideration of the papers which
will be laid before the House on Wednesday. I
humbly move you, therefore, that his Majeity's
most gracious Message be taken into consideration
on this day se'nnight—(Next Monday.)
The question being put, Earl STANHOPE rose,
and spoke to the following effea My Lords, I
rise with the feeling common to every man of huma-
nity, to depreciate war, that has already exhausted.
this country, and which, if now renewed, Must ex-
haust it still more. Ido not, however, objet to the
day ',reposed for taking his Majesty's Message into
core; !oration. Oa the contrary, I approve of the
dela) upon two grounds ; first, because it will•afford
time for the House to%onsidcr the papers which are
to be submitted to it; and secondly, because it will
afford an opportunity to MinisterSto grant informa-
tion to the House upon a specific subject ofgteat
importance, respelling which I conceive the House
lies a right to expel information. With regard to
war, in the abstraa, I shall not trouble youri.ord-
ships with any observations I cannot define war
better, or argue more strongly against it, than by
using the words of a Learned and Right Rev. Pre-
late opposite to me—( Bishop of St. A saple)—That
Learned and Right Rev. Prelate, speaking of war,
has said,' War is a thing that finds the country be-
fore it a garden of Eden, and leaves the country be-
hind it a desolated wilderness.' Such being my idea
of war in general, I shall next consider the parti-
cular case before the House. Before a nation en-
:rages in war, I sey there are two points on which it
should be previously satisfied. It should be satis-
fied of the justice and of the policy of tho war.
Upon the justice of the war now announced I shall
say nothing ; any opinion upon that point would he
premature, until the papers which ought to be the
foundation of that opinion shall have been laid be-
fore the House, and full time allowed for taking •
them into chnsideretien. With respect to the second
point, the policy of the war, I have my doubts ; I do
think that war is impolitic, because this country is not
an agricultural country. It is a country of paper cur-
rency, and to such a country war is, indeed, a state
of infinite peril and importance. I approve then of
the delay, because it affords an opportunity to corn- ,
municate information that may aggravate that peril.
and, of which it is essential that the House should
be in possession. I speak to a fad known by the
French Government, and I cannot conceive any faet
known to the Government of France, and which
may be injurious to this country, that must not be a
fit matter for communication to this House. It is a
fait, that the French Government is, through the
medium of an American Gentleman, in possession
of a wort, by which all our Beets may be de-
stroyed en a manner which it is impossible
for all our Admirals to prevent. That secret,
I know, was communicated to his Majesty's NH-
eisters. they enquire into it ? Did thew
ascertain the fad ? and haye they .left ,the British
fleet eepoeed to it ? Thew axe the queitious I would

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