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%o. the 411 pirsidatis,the proposal contaierA is Lodi
Yaldinnth's conversation with the French Minister
Camera that point. althdegh sot in swell terms,
and upon that ground it twee that we 'grind to
treat. The third charge is thee of stating ear de-
termination of treating. in concert with Russia r
and afterwards abandoning that resolution • bits
certainly we not treat singly till the allt of
D'Ottbril's signing a treaty; and when the Em-
peror of Russia refused to ratify that treaty, we
took upon ourselves, to prevent delay, to propose
a provisional treaty, but not to ye confirmed till
Russia acceded.—But all this will more fully ap-
pear when the Correspondence is produced. The
proposed atnendhsent contains a severe mimed-
vertion on the Naval Administration, for suf-
fering. the ravages of the enemy in the
West ladies. But, where are the proofs of
this i The enemy's squadrons were at sea be-
fore the present administration was formed,
nor was any intelligence to be found at the
Admiralty-Office, to indicate' where they were
bound to, and it was not till some true afterwards it
was food oat I and then such dispositions were
=Worst; set it fie" escaped ; and the only line of
battle that tedunwd, with Jerome Bonaparte.
escaped into a Arts where never before a ship of the
line had entered, end from which she, probably,
will never get out. As to South Apterica, so lode
'grefett had there been of tongue* there. that nie:
quer" if preparation, of that naticittelsi, hews
prepared, when the present Add; OWN.,
into office I list when the sews Of • ljtkPlitAl dr=
Heed, no time waif lost id sandhi Blf a ri,lino
feireetnent. eoblisttnt with pressing rails for ref'
inforstments eleewhete," Here dye Noble Lord
justified ttie recal of Xs; Amid Baird arid Sir Horns
Popham, on the ground of their undertakilsg they
conquest of Buenos Ayres without. arty orders Irene
Oeverameat. and endangering the security ut
Cape of Gond Hope. He also defended the sp.l
poiatuseat of General Cranford, end tie recal of'
Sir James Stuart, on wl:ens he bestowed thehighesr
praise. After stating the grounds of the diiolution•
of Parliadiset Vibe an appeal to tin people altar t be
rumors of the Negotiation t the-Noble Lord con-
cluded an able speech, by desisting his readiness to
meet any charge. and in heartily mactsring in the
Motion for the Address.
Lord CASTLEREAGH-1i My Hon. Friend
has not, in my °Pinion' ',etteitepted to attach a cen-
suss ape* Government. by vague motions for
inner's, as was fteqsently done during the former
opted*" Vat upon specific grounds. and so far he
hie pirated • candid maim. Gestkroses en his
side of the House had declared their willingness to
steed by His Majesty's Government, on all mea-
sure, ealcalated for the public good hut, at the
same time, that tlhtv would Lye at their posts,, to
watch the hu,i,, Parliament, and to &Neel
their opinion freely. and not to efl like the old Op-
position, who were seldom to be frond at their post.
when the country was in difficul•l circumstance's.— •
Whatever may be my view of the chenautanees of ,
the Negotiation. a, it comprehends the general '
tennis of Europe, Or the more immediate l'OfttitllS
of this country,' I most willingly admit, that ire
resbtt is under everreonsideration of the case, fa- •
vinsrahl; to the character of the British Fars ire. at
the same tinse,that it ishighly disgraceful to the ene-
mi But whilst I yethi to this eisden, sumereus
Ind various are the circumstances which dray my
mind;
.add impel me to declare, that fee sight
months, in themes Genital state of the Patina* of
Europe, Hit Majesty's Weiner! were Maytag nadir
the Oleo palpable daimon, 'tan* hoping for 'the
realization of a peace, when tie eonsipm enbmY *St.
aflieely employed in forming his schemes for the
desolatioa of the civilised woe's/with such a strong
impression on my mind, I put it to the judgment
of this House, to aseeetain, whether it is inn:amigo
net to feel if an **bp& of the greatest annety
Vp hem this question fully end explicitly cleared
Up, by the produftiou of the recorded and official
do comets f )For most monedly, pmisa fuels, It
MOW, 10 'fhb that by this protrafled neaociAtiort.
the Interest of Europe have been tnaterially iujurid.
and the, calamities cf the only power capable of
meeting the aggressions ofErmice, with uOimpaired
resources, connderably etcetera:ed. The Nob:.
Viscount ( Hotick) opposite, has alluded to the
ebeereatioas of my Right &lon. Friend near mit.
(Mr. Canning), with rasped to the &Menhirs which
the war in which this ccentiy Was engaged with
Pr Indy had created to the necessary unlqn of all
the Castinestil Powers, inclined to coalesce for time
siseelming the runner aggressions of France.
ronet Needy -Viscount must have misconceived
my Right Ws. Friend, when be attributed to him
the assertion; that the layman of Hanover, by the
troops of the Ftsseiesideoareh, was the sole pre-
test and induct:mem far mosessecieg hostilities.—
The oecopation of Hanover was certainly a leading
ease, and. joined with the attempt to shut us out
, beelethe trade of the North of Germany, was. on
*goers oflueelee. avery reasonable.peeteu lee a
swittigt Vida se2 dipole! ile.ncosl i