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that has stipulated for such a clause ? It is England
that has expressly desired it. Lord Cornwallis.
never concealed that it made an imperative par: (4f
his instructions ; and that fact is moreover demon-
strated by the protocole of the conferences of the
I reaty of Amiens, printed and published in England
with the other pieces relative to the Negotiation.—
Undoubtedly the Powers which have shewn a repug-
nance upon this point, have manifested their good
sense. Who can blame them for wishing to escape
:he effects of such a stipulation ? M. Neckar, it is
true, had conceived the idea of putting together or-
ders which reason in all ages had kept distinft. his
thought fit to arm vanities irritated against irritable
vanities. But no one thought that the known results
of such an experiment were of a nature to inspire
suffiLient c'onfidence to induce the repetition of it so
soon. England has not disdained to walk in bid.
steps and to sow in the same ground. What harm,
if at her call the Princes, the Nobles, the Lor.ls,
the Knights, the Barons should flock together fl cal
all the parts of "Europe, to share jointly with
the respectable cheesemongers, fishmongert, the
market-m-n, gardeners and labourers, of the Ise
land of Malta, the cross of the Order, and the func-
tions of sovereignty ! It is easy to foresee, under the
influence of English fleets and guinea", what would
be the immediate issue of such a state. We cannot
but applaud the Powers which have sought to pre.
vent the combined calculations of this perfidy. la
our opinion, England, prepared to interfere in the
disputes already lomenfed, would, with little diffie
find some months sooner a pretext which, at
all events, t.onld not esc tpe her a few months later.
That the English Go•:et ement should, after this, elf-
cit- through the whole Island, addresses against the
Order ; that to these revolutionary measures it adds
that of t. to most le.grading 'lrces against the Grand.
Master against the Knights, is to say, against
the legitimate sovereignty of the country ; this its
conduct does not appear to us more astonishing its
this particular than upon other occasions. First tb
degrade the sovereign of a country, and afterwards
to seize his dominions, forms only a part of the
game which the British Government has not been
afraid to borrow from our revolutionary times. At
the present day it is only in the English papers We
read of risings and levies en mane. The langnage
is become like its conduCt. The hiuke of Car.r
bridge proclaimed all over Hanover " Liberty or
eleath."4 Let them detest us, let them abuse us,'.
said Chabot, " but let us -save the country."—,, Let
us take measures upon a large scale," exclaimed
Danton, ~ what signifies the expence ?",--" Let vs
vote at once large means," cries Mr. Pitt, ". and
draw upon us, if it must be so, a temporary dislike,'
We shall be able to estimate, in a short time, what-
ever there is of reality or gasconade in all this
energy of parade; we shall be able to appreciate
the itnpression which shall have been made upon.
King George by the occupation of his Electorate, the
consent which is become indi'spensible to &nand.
from him, and which it is as embarrassing for him,.
to grant as to refuse; finally, we shall be able to ap-
t pretiate the new steps taken by Russia, and of Aicla.
it is impossible to misunderstand the object:
We shall conine oursulves for a moment to ars
analysis of the l*arliamentary debates.
, The Reader will, no doubt, give attention to thcr e
words of Mr. Addington. " It is not the desire of
Ministers to proced to extremities, to pilling& the
country into a war of extermination, but not to suf-
fer humiliation." Mr. Addington is very knowing
if he can foresee the exact point to which he' is to,
advance, and atiWhich he ought to stop in a war. It
might be convenient to England to have on:y a war
of amusement. She has, by the means'of her navy,.
all the means of making an advantageous display
upon the seas. France, on the contrary, has not to.
make a parade, she has, to establish the war in Eng-
land herself. The Ministers are very weak or Very--
imprudetit, if they do not knovi the charaaer of a.
position which renders on the two sides, the chances.
'of war to different. T/it article then proceeds to•
observe upon our new tamer ind concludes with ex-
tracts from the speeches of the several spalteri
the House of Commons. fhe' article nose* prdves
to an extra& from the aferefint.• -
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