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up the Island of Rfalta to the Order of Saint
John of Jerusalem, would be the same as to deliver
it over to the French.-11 the krights of the
Order, in possession of an indcptntdcnt soverzignty
and revenue, enjoying every case and pleasure
that the imagination can form, engaged in ob.
jeas of luxury, caressed and reverenced as rso
many sovereigns ; it, in this coniftron, the French
could command .thera
.ko.vit their terrestrial pa-
radise to wander in the wide world, and could in-
duce them to pf.coine Vartizans of their cause,
what must not the power of the same Fr ench 'over
them now be, dependent, degraded, dishonoured,
reduced' to 'beggary, • in tvhom is extinct every-
spark of tolurar, and who -have been guilty of
the blacked, the most infamous of crimes, that
of treachery, the most horrible infidelity, apos-
tacy towards their God, and violation of the sa-
cramental ordinances.— France has three langues :
Spain two. The Spaniards are dependent upon
the French, and were so at the moment the
Island was betrayed. Two lanp,nes only remaia,
which can, in any manner be said to be indepen-
de-, Ole Knights of. Nnples and Sicily. All
those of the Cisalpinc Republic and of the coun-
tries either conquered < r subje to a vassalage,
if not in name, must, in fad, be partizans of the
French. Almost cwt.) post of confidence was
t:rcupied by the French. In short, there are not
(even insluditig those of the Nev.. Anglo-Bavarian
limp's.) more than a thi•-tieth part of the Knights
who are not at the band disposal of France.—
The (Insane treasuses dissipated, and the corn-
runtimes isuppomny them to be alt restoreci) be-
longing to France, the Order must, 01. necessity,
look up to France for tl,e expemes t f Conning and
tineainiug an army IT occupying the for
tions, a,:d for purchasing and equipping a fleet,
or at least a few gallies, in or ler to prate, cotn-
'tierce, to cruizu against case ioncteis, and to provi-
sion tic island.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
MONO %V, MAY !:.
The adjourned debate on the ChanJos Pelnge,
was resumed in the Conn-nit:cc, when Lord 13ulton
ruse and spoke for.sonie time in behalf ut the (Lan-
dos Peerage Claimant, to which the Lord Chancel-
lor mace a short reply. The further hearing was
adjourned.to Thurficiv.
Eight Bills of a private nature, such as Enclosures,
Road, and Estate were brought up from the
Commons by Sir William Heatlicote, Sir Robert
Williams, Mr. Ellison, laid others, presented and
read a first time.
Mr. Stevens presented accounts relative to the
is.ate and distribution of Queen Anne's Bounty, in
conformity to the u: der n.ade upon Lori Auckland's

motion.
Lord AUCKLAND said a few words on the
suhjea, and moved that the accounts be printed.
Papers relative to an Appeal from the Court of
Chan cry in li dant!, were delivered at the Bar, after
the usua. cad: had heen administered.
N i? NTION : FRANCE.
Lord r EWA M rose to make a communication
to the I-louse, such as the circumstances of the c .se
would admit ; this he should do as 4 matter of duty,
aad out of respect to the Noble Lord who had given
notice to make a motion calling upon Ministers for
an explanatien of their conduit ; and out of respea
to the rest of the House. He reminded their I ord-
ships that en Friday last he had the honoor an-
nouncing that the French Ambassador had set; to
the foreign office for passports for himself and his
soite, and [fiat ii:4ruttions had been sent to Lord
Whitworth that unless he could bring the negocia-
ft it wrh the l'irst Consul to a favourable issue, he
w.s to tpi.t Faris .as last Tuesday. A change of
e'reunistances had since induced his Lordship to
delay. his le oing the capitalo. .rante, but this al-
ie...to-.4 had mt been attended with any other change
fnoh,:r :loin the necessaty delay, which arises from
tat? fact itself, an.! he enteriaint..l a cooild,ot hop:
that he would very shortly he enabled to cc,nte fur-
*aid with a reeular communication to the House.
Berl( f remitted his thanks to the No-
ble Secretary of State, fur the very candi'i, civil,
and gentlemanlike terms in which he had made a
rt:.e.ence ? It was one among many instances of the
polite and open condun which belorged to him.
After what he had heard, he must feel himself
bound to pay respect to a certain decorum, which
ought on all eccazions to be preserved in that
'louse, and to give their Lordships no further trou-
ble otlo.r than to state that understanding that it
was his Majesty's Ministers' intention to take the
earliest opportunity of bringing their long negotia-
tion to a speedy conclusien. With regard to the
nature of the motion which he had intended to
make, while he was on his legs, he hoped their Lord-
ships would forgive his referring to it after what
had passed on the former occasion, as he thought
it might require some ;,pology. He would there-
fore state, distinitiv, the rounds of his imended
motion ; he never had an idea to attempt to crimi-
nate his Majesty's Government fcr its conduet, but
he felt in common with all their Lordships, and the
country, that it was indispensibly necessary that the
long and tediously protra.led negotiation should
be brought to a point. He did nut wi.h, his Lord-
ship said, to embarrass his Majesty's Ministers, by
leis projated 'notion, but he might be permitted to
doubt, w hether any good could possibly result from
delay. 1-le had no intention of Riving *offence.
ILivieg said this much, he wished further to pre-
niiie at the same tinie, that he should feel it 171CtLITI•
bent on him, if it should appear contrary to the ex-
pectation !add ont that night, contrary to their feel-
iw:s, contrary, to all that the country felt, that Mi-
nisters should- again think fit to enttr into a new
regoeiution, and again to render it liable to that
spvcics of uncertainty, which thh public had fur su
long a petiwd suffered with .the most painful sas.
pense,.he should feel i, his duty again to trouble
&eir.Lords'..ips with a motion for an address, ex-
pressive of the sense of the House, and to enquire
sew the causes of the delay so injurious.to the pub-
lic +wishes, and the public intertst His Lordship
ebuluded with movinp that the Order be dia.
ebierge.:.
Earl 51'1;C= trusted-that 440 Lordships
w.d...; excuse hit snaking sifew• observations. lie
sorrel,eiaiteiy with the 143114 Lori who had just
sec down, In the- propriety elf his withdrawinit shit
sixation. After slid& a CenUrtalliSathal as had
mac. It wad certainly e unadvisrb:e to persist.
Air Lordship %kW his .;piaion of the view upon
L.. 4 UUS:IL to wawa to funha

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