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divine the remotest possibility ofintstOnt or loWollo'l
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tage likely to 'accrue to this conotryt from
adoption.- Notwitlssuanding the unintelligible
"ter an which these Orders appeared to him, he
still unable to supprow great and powerful feel-
ings of alarm. He shuddered at the sbtte of pr
licy upon which this couittl7 ism proceeding to act.
Neither could he hide from his contemplation the
dangersil that precipice, to the verge of which it was
so lamentably awl so rapidly advancing. What
was the ultimate object oT the new commercial
code, seemingly established by the joint consent of
the Governments of France and Great Britain ? It
was mutual skestreation. • it resembled the efforbi
- ' chid object was to
their restless.
'le means of
themselves.
to the insa-
ith knives
,jury that
ily satisfied
them ail.
' required,

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utmost cireum-
-rence to the
For his
_ from the
_ could nit so
far, is lotoplience with it, look upon the dangers.
of the estuary, either unappalled or undismayed.
The news of that day, to, connected with our re-
lations with America, was replete with melancholy.
reflections. It was to him the source of very deeps
regret, stronger than be had, in the course of his
political life, on any previous event, ever felt. He
but still the personal gratification to review the fine of
conduct which he, and those.% itli whom lie lead acted,
bad mule it their duty to adopt towards America
conduct, that if persisted in, world have produ••ed
between those two countries the.strongest bonds of
friendship and alliance, without any-surrender of
the rights, or any coaripMmise of the honour and
character, of (item Britain. again impressed
upon Ministers the necessity of an explicit and
• prompt weasel of the objects and reaming of those
document's_ in order to nodetstood them, it was,
In his opinion, absolotely nrCessart that a copy. of
the declaration, signed by himself. and a Noble
Friend of his !Lord Hallaud) ea Plenipotentiaries
of the British Government, on the gist of De-
comber, SOfth. and handed by them to the Pleni-
-I=iasies of the United States. should pro.
ler the consideration of that House. M
Thee
Or4es of Grimed arose from, and were actueari
• isandei epee, that Declaration. Indeed. thee
sane ersathage delmenism, the source and origin afta
• the subaqua* ulpshaioos ; but he was, at passeto
et las tea:art:Lisa way or bra verb a paper !
' amid be • bohutethat Lordship% MC
seam* tbs loads dearmeent, elated'
ire INIs Alossion mi. Previous to his of-
.tinje ear sties for those papers, particularly
copyst.
the
Deele.on of the 91st of De-
anthers tem, he wiebed to hear from the Noble
bloopossey of Stateou bother be ha 1 any objections
to their prediction, and if as, what they were •
Lord HA WILESBURY wieued his Noble
isisiod, that it was the wish of His Majesty's Go-
vernment to abed to Parliament the fullest infor-
mation, consistent with their public duties. and to
esbusit the whole of those orders and regulatiods to
the meet ample and accurate discussios. In whet
sty the adoption of what proceeding, in the
CM. stage of that %object, he was sot prepared
It had occurred to him, that as thaw
were promoted in anothei place, and were
ketir to be pet in such a train of procedure as
meet in doe tame be tbubaiitted for the coubidtio
*lkea of their Lordships, the inostriesirable mode teM, •
At/await dist period. under the prqhable hope, theft
the moat beneficial effects would arise from we-
pending the discuroion until brought forward in
that &Wipe, when, if approved. their isissing into
• law would immediately follow the ditcuseloo.—
However, it ass enotrtent for the .Nelde Lords on
the opposite side to substitute arty other proceeding
snore compatible with their view of the mute, and
calcalated to protiure that investigation from which
• neither he or his colleague!' were in any degree in-
clined to slitiuk. With respect to the question
. put to bun by his Noble Friend opposite (Lord
Au;kland) be t onld only say, that the objection he
felt to the production of the papers alluded to,
arose soloy out of consideniticoui of form. The
Derlaratiois of the .2 tot of December had been the
stali*:.oct of much whwervation. It was ranch spokes '1
or in puhltr, and experienced a good deal of am
toriety, but a it was an appvii.lix to a treaty never
hail before that house, it %v.v., in his vier, out of
. the course of all form to produce it is a oltiesete
character. Not lest so was the French Deem ;
Government bad got it in it way which all late A+
ministrations had -considered officio'. It was re.
• erased by these. inserted in a paper which states
itself to be the official register of the edicts of that
oyernmest (the iferikeir.) At the saute eine,
to •..nuns net see in what manner each
4.0,0411.4, brought before Parliament. Allsrlcilli=l
• be was willing. with the roasent of the Noble:
• Lord, to suspend hie ultimate answer for a sheet'
period, meta be comidered more maturely the
'` • • • grounds of the olOcetious which then preoetted
• thernseless to his cued.
!Aid IiOIL AND denied that the declaration
of the 4n, of December was necessarily coutseeted
with any Treaty of Peace. It was a dos anent
sanding purely upon its owe merits, and was the
source tad fruadorion of those t 'Orders of Council.
The objection with respect to form could not. by
sin meatus, apply to it, whatever difficulty
might *cum aft to tlleproductiou of a copy of the
?melt Decree. Bat seen upon that defmmtmt
he wished to Imre from tie Noble Secretary, who-
• ther Him Vajestis Ministers had not received a
• cemmunicution from some acerAted Agent 4 a
, Power, of the explima tine gureu by )ho
• nrech Oevernment tektite to that decree ?-U
isteb a coinmunioation had bees received, there
Muhl remain no objection to its being laud lucre:o.
Parliament. He was amused that his
File-int (Lord Atiekland) would willingly stfool
time to the Noble Lord to rt-cousitler bun obj,c-

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gat BATIIIIIRST, in a vrrra, low tone of voice,
thilhollod the pokey of the °Ayr, of Council,
ilbea"Pe• atiolug out of the cleats of the hues, anal

ot• a set of Rimes, whose chief object
starve each other, and wbo, to obtain their
!lye gratification, were all pursuing the u
insuring the inevitable starvation of the
Such conduct could only be compared to I
pity of maniacs, who, cattingeach other wit
across the seios,disragarded the positive inj
ewth iudivideally received, and were only
is casevelesitiog the destruction of t
The was dreadful state of things, and
ea the pest of their Lordships, the utmost
spectiwo, before they gave their concurred
aressutre which tented to promote it.
Pat. although the encouragement came
roast dignified and exalted source, he you
. nunn till