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I ev the possible costs, in the hands oldie Sheriff, he
iseid there were, he ander,tood, different objedion,;
one wee, whether the matey tight to be lodged in
the Sluai.i's or in whose hands ? His view in in-
trositnieg thic'cleaee, was the evident hard-
ship 'of compelling a man of property, whether
'deed in this country or in the West Indies,
from' being arrested, perhaps, under a false oath,
and hurried to prison, to• remain in custody till the
Caine of ;talon and execution could be tried, not
one week er one month only, but perhaps tor many
months, to his evidert discredit, inconvenience. and
deprivation of freedom. He thought Bois so crying
a grievance, that, his Lordship said, he was ex-
tremely anxious to interpose a Legislative remedy.
lk should, therefore, be very sorry, if the oliedions
to this clause could not be surmounted. With re-
gard to the other clauses of the Bill, they all turned
apart ene I,eint, and naturally grew out of each
;older. Their objed was to compel a creditor to
bring his action to an early trial and deci,ion
in a Court pf Law, and not her unnece.sery
delay, wantonly trifle with his debtor's
This objed, his Lordship said, he had been in-
tirrned, might be much more efficaciousle obtain-
ed by rides and orders of court, made and ap-
plied discriminatively, as the nature of the ease
raigia require. He certa;nly, therefore, could hare
no wi.h to embarrass and fetter the omits of law
by positive legislative regulations, where the came
end could be answered as well, if net better, by the
daily predice and proceediegs of those courts.
These, hit Lordship declared, appeared to him to
be the only clauses of the Bill necessary for him to
treuble the House upon in that statee of it; and,
therefore; he moved, "'That the Bill be now read
a second time."
Lord ELLF.NBOROUGH said, there were cer-
tainly some clauses of the Noble. Lord's Bill, to
which he not only could have no objection, but
which he thou:ehtwould in et/eft he evident im-
provements in the 'practice of the Law of Arrests,
and might tend to check and prevent vexatious
suits. He would very briefly discriminate the main
ebjeds of the .several clauses.; on ceamieing the
first, a variety of di.fficelties presented themselves to
-his mind, which Ira:steed him to deem it strictly
consonant to justice, for surely it was a little too
atutch to oblige a creditor, who had been kept out
of his debt, 10 incr6se the risque of losing his
money, by adding. to it, to support, per`aps,
his fraudulent &tater, while. in prison. • With
'regard -to ' tie second dense, that of increasing
the sum capahle of being arrested upon, front 101.
to 201. that Onnsidering the groat depreciation of ,
money, certainly would be a-very beneficial altcra-
-lion, and he would give it all the support in his
power. The clicaSe enabling a debtor arrested, to
prevent his remaining in custody, upon depositing
the amount of the debi, nod an equal sum to answer
casts, was ohj:iiionable, net merely upon the-doubt
into whose hare', the money should be paid, but as
:o the amount of ,lee sum to be deposited to answer
costs. The costs open differne adians varied, ac-
cording to the different ci;aumstances of each parti-
cular case. The costs increase in proportion to
the place, and the distance of the place of trial, and
km many other varying par:iculars. But es the law
T:C)od at present, a pet son capable of discharging his
debt, bad his tamedy. He might apply, nuts to
;Court of Justice, but to ;an individual Judge
Ott his Chambers, bet'are whom, upon the pay-
relent t.f the debt and the minute costs then in-
rmed, get rid of the whale at once, without ,
danger of incurring any further expence on ac-
count of either. A debtor, therefore, who was
allele to pay his debt and costs, and was u illing
to discharge both, need remain but a very short
time in custody. With rasped to the other clauses
'a the tell, the °Neel of which was to compel as
early a proceeding to trial as possible, that tatjed
-night undoubtedly be mere elfeaually obtained by
;•,-•plications to the Court ocKing's Bench, to order
a rule suited to the nature and cu-eumetances of each
particular caw. It was ;an ordinary proceeding of
the Court, every day to' putt such rules, if it ap-
peared proper to do so. Ills Lordship toncluded •
• declaring, that be, would reliably concur in the
Conte:ince in suee„i•e.e'sting every imeudment that
should appear to hica.likely to areeke 4014 fit tea
Mass.. .
Lord ALVANcEY left -the IVool,sack, to de- •
.clare, that in his
hejagraed all-iht obeeive-
lions made by his Noble and teemed Frientit but
tfferb Walk.iine pant iii Which* he could not .but se iefet, • 1.
:het something could be done, and'he heia"td the
..e'lblet and Leileilatitil, 'land othdr Nolek Lords,
• teouldconsiderity4Lare they c: rue Intodui Commit-
ee—he n:eant wh regard.tothe enabling a debtor,
'sin payment a dcht end eoetseto obtain. ors Idierte.
As the law now stood, eve, yesidebtor rekelet- be dis-
charged from custody, on paeestent tit debt• and
costs ; but, if he understood the Neble Author of
the bill correctly, his .meening was, that k debtor
sa dischaiging himself; should still rot be de.
eeived of the adverateeie of having the ground
• anion, on whiele he had been arrested, brought
to trial. Sp lac law s;eosi at present, :slid
under• it, any man of preperiy beiges,' helnendalently
-arrested, and: ii: put to expense. -The Noble
Lord lead mere, peel -Tuesday ter the this of the
Committee, beitetiselteped, tithe indisposition of hie
rade!? end Leareledeleerd should cimtiatie, and pre- -
'vent his resuming the Woolsack on thaeday, it seas
sta be understoed, that the Noble Lord would then
atone another day, for upon a Bill' of that uature, ,
:lie should lee verey if the House ware to lie de-
,riezti of the assistance of his Noble and Learned
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Lord 11AWDON " Oh, certainly." •
• The !Jill was then read- a second time, and or- ;
%laced to he committal fi•r 'Tuesday.
.adjourned et Half-aiier Six,. till keturahe, next.
'r SE OF COSIM-6NS.
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e•eiseev, t4.9.1iL1i
message treat the Levds *ma:lsnot-1, that their
leirdshipshad azereed to the Militia Training Bill,
she Bill teeprevent Revenue °dicers in Ireland from
voting at claims, and several private bills.
• Mr. Ceps. con, ciia) the lirielt Trenteum, prevented
aceeuet of the orelinariet lithe Rename! in tree
from the •sth of Jan. 11101 so Que:Ali of: tab.
512..
Seseratare, hors the Ceentoissioners -of the
presented an account of the ntiasher•of
essele, and their tollaalie,r sibut &toed outavetote
•jrorn the fait of leantiten
,soe the.stheafe lentrery
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copies of the numbers an names of ttie Company's
tilerthald ships [ruling to the coast of. Africa.
'Thesc several papers were ordered to lie on the,
table.
On the osotiog of Me. WICKHAM. the House.
went through a Committee on tlw bill for preventing
vex.itious aaions and suits in the sup.Aior CiAirts
in Ireland. The report was ordci'ed to be received

on Monday.
Th! frith Chelkiog Ac's was, on the motion of the -
Irish ATTORNEY GENERAL, read a third time
and passed ; as were also the Marine Mutiny, and
Irish llat-Duty Bills.
AUGNIF.NTATION OF THE NAVY.
The House havingiesolved itself into a Committee
of Supply, Mr. AL.* ANDta in the Chair.
Mr. GAIITSHORY. moved, that the additional
number of 10,000 seamen and marines be voted to
his Majesty-for twelve lunar months, for the ser-
vice of the year I te33.
Mr. FRANCIS thought that before the House
could consent to conic to this vote, the present state
of the country of er:led subjects of very serious_ con-
sideration. It behoved the Members of that House,
before such a measure was adopted, to lcok back
narrewly into the situation of the country, paetieu-
larly the condition of the finances, and the charafter
and conduit of those who brought us into such cir-
cumstances. and what degree of confidence Parlia-
ment ought father to repose in them. Whatever
he might say upon the present occasion, Gentlemen
may lie assured wits spaken deliberately, and on
the most mature reflealion. The address voted in
answer to his Majesty's Message had produced no
remarks on Isis pai t. He was, on the contrary, tie.
sirous that it should he agreed to, as it were, by
acclamation, and that no dissection whatever should
seem to disturb the unanimity of their proceedings,
as such discussions led to numerous observations
here, and had an unfavourable appearance in fo-
reign countries. The result, however, of what had
been said, was by no means satisfa&ory, and what-
ever might have been the motives of the Right Hon.
Gentleman who commenced the debate (Mr. Fox) it
was certain, that on. the evening ;alluded to, the
Members of the House went out as much uninformed
and as much in the dark as they came into it. He •
thought himself the more entitled to make some
enquiry now, as he certainly did not entertain the
slightest personal. hostility towards his Majesty's
present Ministers, but had given them his support
mace he came into Parliament. Sornethiog more,
however, was necessary, to entitle him to its -conti-
nuance: Before the Prelin-.inaries• of Peace Were
known, ha hirly owned, that he partook largely-he the
general joy of the nation. When the treaty of Amiens
was signed, thew. were certainly numhare, and ma-
ny of those of no inconsiderable weight,who thought
the terms of it extremely objectionable. For his
own part, however disadvantageous he might
have supposed or felt these conditions to have
been, yet he could not but consider them as
better than the continuance of the war.
The price we paid. • for it might,• inde;ed, have
been great, but the objed foe av'eicli we gave it, -
was, us• his estimation, fully wortheelrat price.—
Vs hen be afterwards heard so much of the con-
cessions that had been Made, he still did not
conceive that. they even furriiiibed a sufficient
ground for his quarrelling with the .Alinisters.—
In his opinion, indeed, neither the House nor
the public had any right to inquire critically
or judicially into the terms of a treaty of peace.
—The power of concluding had, 'by the Con-
stitution, been delegated to-the Crown, and it was
a prerogative with which Parliament bad no right
to interfere. There are points conneßed with it,
undoubtedly, in which Parliament had a right to
exercise its inquisitor capacity, on a minister who
should advise a treaty under suspicious circumstan-
ces. Parliament might interfere r. 4 authority to
punish such a man for his treitchery, a he was guilty
of it, or to have him .dismiseed fur ,Ins incapacity.
In the present case, Ivey:ear, it was evidepa that the
full price of lie, 0e'11441 been alveady;Pisiti; and if
the parties were. still elitieoutentede all that was
divert nuist have beep tle awe away. Ministers had
twst greed to an iteeiewei and hello** ficatea and
immetHa/rv'eeteriyhrti.,e viete Opened: ptissr,ed• .of
a ceiteths ware.. TlVee'd,elatiniled naiaaatetilitita fer
peitee ;:they gawt upsitose. which they .pessessedc aad
,yet they were :set sati.:lo(l At this infportioit um-
. elweest,•we found all the sees deer toasts. sk itteh4. e If
there was violerete'tgare;ka, and heel:els-of faith, on
_the. part of f')tiko.tvoirostti, there
ehroughout these.• auitoi -,uoanteies,,otle. one /oast
and hitaci, whether; owner". linalisitibtai or 'ls ish-
pen. Every man re.tr say and reekethee ,he pith-
lic interest is his Own. the tan vat nr.-
Poosible to lose sight oL ate. cheekier eoti cenduet of
those who brnujtht us into the situation. He
comirriint airee• to Beige alt examiniZon- to a dis-
,teuttaterit4;jbut. demanded it this day.. Thinking
'Pelle did that, avithont this, Aliaistersewonki Rot be
entitled m fortlar stipe;ort, he conid..not cougacr
:himself to have I)4.6e:used his dute, if he had not
• at`feast sego cited tepics for the.coniideration
Of gentlemen, selio twat .their superior talents, had
gttater powers of eeerreistitsg and elucidating thetn.
He recommended to the /Right Hone etentlinsais
be mare explitit s otherwise, however he might
penl on tare support of the great. ,the ewe itself
would.. be sefacient to bear burp down. This• he
conceived. to be perliamentera language, and such
as could net be co retitted a,. meaning offence to any
.one. He douisted aot diet this cona.►try weuld he found
est ail times ieily capable of defendiug itself ; but he
telt no smell carmen), when ire looked round as
well to those abcent as well as preseqt, t'tti retie:tinge
that at this :mild moment' all the ability of Fueelitml
ear. eathidecl from the GovernThent. llt mlght be
righr to Leep up the spirit of the people, bar estahiax
could disheer tee them sat saner, its to tied thessuelves
deprived of all those great nava iu whose Lewis
tilciate• they eisild enteide.• • it 'the shit, could be
kept from sinkinie: we shetild still remain afloat ; but
let it terse sink, and we must all. go down together, .
The CHAN,CEIeLOR of the EXCHE:i)UiII
replied, that in whet he had shortly to otter to the
House, be sherd(' ,itnitatee in preatice, what• the
Right. I ion. Gentleman who spoke test avowed—a
detatmination trQ alistaiu from any di i Lie which cstuld
wear the appearance of personal hostility. That
•Hort. Gentleman set out with profewhig his wish,
that all kind of comttraerohed been spared upon the
vote which 'the I Pease cerise to in eeisisequence of
-his. .tvitrieAeo4, ettexiuus .blessage i IA: he foand it
ditlicalt tone:incite with til:o•drelaratioa 140.4.145p0-
Lion .tile by hinestelf on eine tßglu. erotwithstapd-
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and li:reign countries—comrhents still more &aerie-
rous than, those which he, wished to deprecate ten
• enieher occasion. He must, also, leave it to liimself
•to explain, why lie now wished to interrupt that tra-
'nu:tidied unanimity which he. was so anxious for
befdte The Hon. Gentlemanalso strongly repre-
iented the desperate situation of the country, cinder
a Cabinet deprived of all the ability of the tuition
but must also again leave it to himself to chew why
he could have hitherto, though not now, have
yielded his confidence to an atlininietretion so de-
phu ably destitute of ability as he tsar at present
P` leise to describe. With respell to the want of
ability, lie would assure him, that there was no
man who more lamented than himself, the inade-
quacy of his means to satisfy his own ardent wishes
for the public benefit—the diffizelty of his situation,
and the great and important duties he knew ha had
to perform; at the same time he highly rewetted
tho•:e brilliant talents to which the Hoe. Gentleman
alluded. He was ready to admit, that he had ea-
tremely well defined the powers and the manner
in which the Constitutional jealousy of that House
ought poieerly to be exercised It a dishonourable
peace had been concluded, the Ministers, undoubted-
ly, were fully responsible for advising it. Hut it was ,
added, that the same responsibility attaahed, if by
their conduat since, they had compromised the in-
terests of the country, and brought it into a danger-
ous and disagreeable situation. In this, also, he
was perfeatly willing, to agree. They were -deeply
responsible, it; in any instance, they had deserted the
principles they professed to go upon, or deviated
Vona the motives which they declared had induced
them to advise his Majesty to the !.care. But with
all these :Admissions, he would ;Also Lankily affirm,
it would in the end Ise found, if explenution should
become necessary, that every step they had proceed-
ed, since the signing of the treaty of Amiens, was
made in tile Spirit of peace—And going still further,
he would aver, that the objen they had attest at
heart, in the measure now under discussion, was to
improve -and consolidate the peace between this
cunntry and its late enemy. With respctt to the
complaint uf explanation having been withheld, on
the present occasion, he expeeted that the good
sense and sagacity oft the Hon. Gentlemen would
have laved his Majesty's Ministers the necessity of
making any reply to it. A person so long con-
versant with the proceedings of Parliament might
have recollealed, that in a pending negociation the
House, during the most turbulent times, ever de-
clined any interference in that respetsl with the
acknowledged prerogative of the Crown. linies
ters could not possibly state the nature of such ne-
gociations or discussions; othervei,•e, how conclu-
siee would be the cads of the evils resulting from
it ? It such a disclosure was made, what a variety of
opinions might be expel ed on it in that House ? One
'Gentleman may think the point in dispute regarded
a vital interest ; another may contend, that it '
was not worth a war ; and a third, perhaps, that
it was of little or no real value. But the evil did not
stop here. Every one must be aware, that an ami-
ealee adjustment could not take place without lonic
concession on one side or the other ; and he w6eild
ask, was it right, by prerious discussions, to throw
such an impediment in the way as to render conces-
sion opprobrious to the party who was to make it ?
The Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Francis) asserted, that
were he satisfied with the explanation he seemed.,
expert, he would willingly vote-for more, if' mime
heti been demanded. !lc ivotild onryassure that,
Hun. Gentleman, and the House, that more woala
be required, if more should be deemed necessarra
and 'in doing so, Ministers would not shrialefrom
altrespensibility. God grant that a rupture art, f
not-create the necessity for their jastificationeitul
that, the moment of it may neverearrive !..Bait tae
should not submit to ally humiliation., to prevent
such consilquetieet, however he' :mist deploYeathem. •
Mr. Ne'T gave an account 'of tho.nuMber
sellers employed :by this country insthe-late had
fLr-
mer ware, in cider te- shoe that the tl,l:tili:•:iiMrat
a: preSent required was not Illre-t7FT::o7..e':i77-47:::Is
to the exigencies of the oceasiGh. wry far
from wishing for: a war, and was as :melons'. es
any man for i solid peace, but as are had no het r's.
than an armed truce ever since the signing of Tie
treaty of peace, he thought . Ministers ihould'' be i.
calls el upon .Air their jiistilication. , The late 4.(epre-
ciition in the funds had 1-.:en alarmingly great-
Circumstances seem to indicate that some p.msons!
had been in the secret; but in this he would be!
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supposed to ascribe env blame to his Majesty 's
nistors., The stock-holders, however, who lost lai. e
per cent. by the late depreciation, lied every reason',
*to -complain. - In our present- eircumetantesn we
were called upon to resume-the. war without allies,'
and with impaired resources. We were every way
duped'by the enemy. We restored ACK* French
:Seamen, who had been long our prisonernao and
he would. defy Ministers to assert that rancettd
ever paid a siapence of the money due to us :or
-their support, As to Malta, he said, if it was
. worth nothing, it was wrong to *be at so =_z. pains
aintlexpence taking it; and if it was reelly .velua-
ble, Iv thane-lit we had a right to keep it. He
conclnded with voting, as :err amendment to the
vote, .that the ,number of men.proposeel should be
augmeated frem I 0,001) to -25,000 seamen aael nre.
sines. . • • . • e
Mr. r-JX.—" Before r proceed, Sir, the
few observations I am led to make upon the cousiti-
tetionel pert of the present •qiiestion, there arc a
few other topics to which I wish to allude, in as
brief a manner as possible ; and first, lee me express
my surprise at the regret wlitch an }Ton. Gentle-.
man near me (Ur. Francis) seems 'to heve felt lbr
any discussion having takca phrce cm the vote in,
answer to hie Majesty's Message; I can not see hint.'
he has well made out the grieinds lie had for de-e
peeeeting it ; but if it could have been attoneted
with all the bat consequences lie seems SO appro..
hensive of, I wani began the conyersatiel eoalde
have ntahine to. repent of, as not a sentiment was,
brought out in the course of the evening which had
the 'sli.gbtest teadency, as the retuit proved, to di-
ininislithat unanimity of wh di he appears to have'
been so desirous. With re nro to the vote nowt'
•eiader consideration, I conte tl at it is a matter of!
„indifference to me, whether 1 et e for the siumberH
proposed by the Minister, o: for . ny e,thee. Placed,
• as it is in total darkness, wit lout : ny light or inforec
rrottin whatever, I cannot co icetve what batter rear
son die I Louse cen give for vothe it,,( GO rather than
IpsNer men. Ilevertiag. now to tic constitutional
• point of the question, (though I rive no opii
to its abstract propriety .no all .wc.,sit IN in
to ware I know that the King h is the inslisPutabl ,
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peate, it is ceitainly distinguishable from the other.
Parliament "has an undoubted libertn to canvas the
terms of any peace ;'hut being once concluded, both
the Parliament and the people are equally bound br
it. lit this dicpoi.itiOn of authority, the people ai e
• yard:ad 'end pretefted against the exerciin of s' darn
geente, a power, as that would sometimes be ;n their
own hands; and I know not where it could he so
safely deposited as it is at present—a the crown.
As to the other breach
,uf the ererogitive, if hi.
Majesty had the power et nialtir.g war net founded
in equity or necessity, and if the ground: cf that
war were net to be enquired into, the natural die&
would be that we should give tilt crown unl;niited
land uncontrouled power over the greatnt part or
the whole of the property as well as the lives of
the subjefis of this realm, and there would be an
end and total destroiiion of the British Cesistitutioa.
Fortunately, however, Parliament, and this House
in particular, can place an effeettrel limitetion on
that power, by withholding, at any time, the
means of prosecuting war. In all wars, therefore.
theueli the Parliameet in this reTetf.t has no other
privilege bet that of the purse, the Kir.g finds
himself under the necessity of making it a party to
them. In order to do this, his Majesty states the
grounds of the dispute, and the Parliament takes
them into its, consideration before it will consent to
grant him any supplies. We have numerous et.
ampks, at different times, of this prerogative cf the
Crown having been completely couritereaed. There
are instances in which Kings have been goaded, stimu-
lated, and forced into wars by the Parliament and peo-
ple, but the former in particular; and no Gentleman-
who hears me is unacquainted with that memorable
oce,v.ion, on which the Parliament compelled Charles
the Second to a gerelietion of the war against die
Dutch. But Parliament is now placed in a situati( a.
rather singular and new to the Constitution.
last vote was called for, without any grounds what-
, ever having becn laid down for it. We see now greet
preparations going forward, before any other vete
has been submitted than a complimentary one to the
message ; and it is but reasonable to suppose, that
preparations were also proceeding in before any
communication had been made. With such forward-
. preperations,then, in their possession already, if I ask
where is use of the vote ? The true answer will
be—ln 'order to make the Parliament a party to
the war, as the prerogative will not be sufficiert
in case it should break out. Similar attempts
to the present have indeed been made before, as at
the time, which many Gentlemen must recolleft, of
the Russian armistice. Something at the same
time was then proposed, but the House was on its
guard; k felt that it a right to an 'independent
opiniqu, and had other duties than to manifest its
docility in the acceptance of who,; ver may be sub.
misted to it by.-the -Ministers of the Crown. The
House of Chtbinena might enceitiki an opinion dif-
ferent frolii that of Ministprs,; ,they 'might wish Ne.
Tcciitions to be entered into, or might prefer the
adopviereof more vigorous proceedings; and at all
eventensbould alwaye be sothething,More than the
docat receiver of Relent flrr#loo4ticins. lam
hound, as. well as other gentlemen, to believe, that
it ie.improbable the present Ministers- would call
for this Vote, if the pentads of war- *ere unjust s
but I alsarkiiiiiVefrieut least pOstible that they might
bia-so,-andit is partly for this reason that I wish the
Houweltottintriakeitself a partytill it heirs something
more explanatory of the matter. I 0wn,,1 am most
an aiou:ly desirous. of peace ; I wish for its con-
tineanee; Mid rejoiced at its having betel made ; but
there is not a word or a eetniment I have now ut.
tered tclliell 1 should not hew urged in the same
manner; irmy op pion of the Treaey.of Aiaiens had
been the same as that cf the minority :• ' voted
against it: I maintain also, that iftl pro.
ceediogs should terminate in 3.• taut t. . not
effore apreeutmpi on•tltat .finnenn was
goAtinizo. lialiVelscr iiß•e*.i :vet
, other points of view, it Nv-a • e;Olibikt
anhetn tonipaiTirgti tit ter
It- Gras been raid, ;ian 4eTr6v.(l,,ttrze:!: • 'id
elan corne-to it with a good ' `. it
.is, indeed, as pline:aien -of uu vrry.,,. •
value, for never could we have a peace, 'if we were
to wait rill an eiemy, with whom we had I-- 4-n
y...!as been at war already, shotild ea:v.-each us
'en kindness, fricudship, and ,an a.'ii (Es.
neaitiOn. Ifew men have been more zealous
Than myself, as tin :nivoeate for ministerial r 6.
sponsibiiitvl, but this i# a more tender responsibility
than any have. ester required, In; witholding tbv
explanation now called for; I hold the. Ministers to
be censurable ; but! am far from considering it as
argument against, or impeachinent of the peace of
Amiens. I 'know not ii the want of a vigorous
Adminiritrraion, be an argument .or not against en-
tering into to war;- but of this I am sure, that it
never can be -an argttment :against the conclusion of
peace.. 1-. should highly approve of -the . peace of
Amiens, if war 'was 10 break out!. hia moment ; far
Whatever of milltaryjiaelolis and' otherwise we mar
he said to have lost, we- have.. also gained muck
in getting,-rid cf .so many burthensome incu;na
brancei. We have lost no allies, and for' he best of
all ieasOns, than we had node to lase. We hail, at
leagth got rid Of thaceant of religion and morality'
being perUdiousin, held out as the grounds of war ;
and, in fine, eve now.get rid of that base hypoeeisy
which pointed Sacred principles and institti,
tions to vlleered &shot:est objeats a pride and am-
hition, and whic,h would hang upon us as domitable
incurnbnmceh aslong as hypocrisy shall be odious
•in the world. The situation of the House is very
novel in the preient, instance, because. we have no
clue whetevet to guide us. We kliaLe not mine.
• ther the Threatened war be connected with Maine,
or to any other statioe or possession in any
Cparier 411 the alobe. Had it been for the
defence of din.- allies, supposing us to have any,
or for the maintenance of cur own irate, or hp.
nor or dignity, the war would then be lust but I
am aware of nu other grounds our it at present that
can be justifiable. Sir, I can never admit that it it
right to hold up high and encouraging language to
animate the spirits of the people. 1,14 stand in
awed of no such assistance, if nu.r cause be just ;
but those spirits, end that animation and n.lgone
which real iiVories can never fail to produce in a
free and generous people, can only be weakened by
the praChces of delusion, deception, and misrepre'
sensation. To those who look to the financea,
commerce, the .credit of the cpuntry, as ;DA as
the general salvation of his Majesty's cltnetittimis,
theme are many circumstances will support them,
selves to shew that this may biz a perto4 when
war might be most. calamitous,- Is calknot be
suspate3 that I t•hotild say stay thing of thee

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said there were, he anderstood, different objeflion..; Merchant ships trading to the coast of. Africa. roux than, Lhasa which he wished to deprecate on l'arliament 1
one wa..t whether the money Qught tii be lodged in 'nese several papers were ordered to 'lie on the •aniither occasion. He must, also, leave it to himself terms of any
the Sheda's, or in whose hands ? His view in in- table. *. ,- • . :to explain, why lie now wished to interrupt that un- the P:irlialue
trositLing this.claa.,e, was . the evident hard-
On the /notion 4>f Mr. 11/WM.IAM. the House• itialilipl unanimity yhich he. was so anxiouss for
.it. lit this
ship 'of comp.elliiitt- a man of property, whether went through a Committee on tiw bill fiir preventior bef6re The Hon. Gentleman also strongly pre- gourd:fa isnd
I•diced in tltis country rT in the West Indies, iented the desperate situation of the country, under gerous a pos
vexatious aaions I,ittl suits in the superior Cott
iinm heing arrested, perhaps, under a false oath,a Cabinet deprived of all the ability of the nation •; own hands;
in Ireland. The report was ordered to be received.
and hurried to prison, to o
. remain in custody till the but must also again leave it to himself to chew why safely deposi
n Monday.
Caine of a•Rion and execution could he tried, not The Trish Maio', A.l was, on the motion of the he could have hitherto, though not now, have As to the
one week .ir one month only, but perhaps tor many Irish ATTORNEY GENERAL, read a third time Yieldo.d his confidence to •an administration so de- Majesty had
months, to his evidert discredit, inconvenience and and passed ;as ire also the Marine Mutiny, and phu ably destitute of ability as he %as at present in equity or
.le ptivation of freedom. He thought Fibs so crying Irish i jar-Duty Bills. pleasedto describe. With respell to the waut of war were ne
mieetece 'that, Lordship said, he was ex-
.. 0 • . his ability, lie would assure him, that there was no would be ti
tremely anxious to interpose a Legisla:ive remedy. AUGMENTATION OF THE NAVY. man who more lamented than himself, the inade- and unconte
lk chi:Ad, thcreforr, be vcry sorry, if the olic.c-tions The House havingrsrlved itself into a Committee quacy of his means to satisfy' his own ardent wishes the whole o
to this clause could not he surmounted. With re- of Supple, Mr. Al. •ietanea in the Chair. for the public benefit—the diffizulty of his situation, the subjeßs
~_ ....-1.-- et...,...: ~f ,h.. 14:11_ thew all turned I Mr. G.A.IITSIIOsUe: moved, that the additional and the great ande_ impertant duties she kn.
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