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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
rsto•v, IN Y 20.
Mr. Murray was heard on behalf of the Respon-
dent, in the Appeal Cause., the Carron Company v.
o..4ilvie,afterwhisdi the further hearing was adjourned
to Friday nest.
The various Bills on the Table were read a stage
each.
A short conversation took place upon a pro ate
Bill, between the Duke of Norti,lk, the Isdarqus of ,
Hertford, and Lord Auckland'; - after which tLe'Bi7.l..
was committed for Tuesday oe.t.
Mr. Alexander, andotheis, latought up the Silver.
Bullion Bill, the %Alan Common Bill, the Scotch
Schoolmasters' Bill, and the Dysart Harbaur
which were perused, and read a first time.
. NEGOTIATION.
Lord BORINGDON rose and aemarked, that
there were passages in his Majesty's Declaration,
accompanying, the papers laid upon the table by
his Noble Friend, the Secretary of State, on Wed-
nesday, which were not supported by any vouchers
to be found among these papers. For instance,
“ violence has been offered in several instances, in
their vessels aad in their property, and in no case
has justice been afforded to those who may have
been aggrieved in consequence of such aft' ; nor
has any satisfaftory answer been given t..) the re-
peated representations made by his Majesty's Minis-
ters, or Ambassador at Paris.' It was highly im-
portant, that the House should be informed what
these representations were, and therefore, his Lord-
ship said, he should take the liberty of moving for
a copy of them. Another matter, his Lordship ob.:
served, upon which the papers were silent was, the
arrest and imprisonment of Captain D'Auvergne,
an officer in the British Navy, who had been in the
most unprecedented manner suddenly seized and
thrown into prison, without its ever having been
publicly known upon what ground it was, that an
officer in his Majesty's service had been so grossly
'lnsulted. A third point was, there was no &cu-
. meat to support or justify the assertion in his Ma-
jesty's Message of March the nth, o That very con-
siderable military preparations were carrying on. in
tista forts of France and Holland," which was
r
:wed as the ground of calling upon the country fir
an arniament. Another matter, xis Lordship said,
report spoke of, and that was, that a (Ware prOjeli
had been handed to Ministers since Lord Whitworth
Wt Paris. If so, it was highly necessary that the
House should have that paper before them, previous
to their entering into the debate on Monday next.
Lord Boringdon concluded with moving thr,the ac-
count of the papers relative to the first objeer he had
mentioned.
Lord PELHAM said, he could have no sort of
objetion to the first motion of his Noble Friend,
but it he would have the patiettee to wait till he
could prepare !Prose( by an enquiry, he might pos-
sibly be able to state, on Monday next, what the re-
presentations which had been made by his Majesty's
Ministers on that subject were, ap4 perhaps be ena-
bled to lay them upon the table. With regard to
the second point, that respeUing Capp. D'Auvergne;
as that affair had been accommodated, it did not ap-
pear to him to press upou the question that woule
come into debate next Monday; he should not, there-
fore, think it necessary to say more upon that. With
respea to what his Noble Friend had said, as to
report of a ,aortecissajet revealing Malta, and the
conditions on which his Majesty would he allowed to
hold it for ten years, he would not deny the 110,
that such a paper had been communicated to his
Majesty's Ministers; lit then it was handed to them
in so secret, so cwdidential. and so nnothcial a man-
. ner, that it would be highly improper for his Ma-
jesty's Ministers to /ay it before the House, and lie
begged leave to caution the House against relying
upon it as a basis of any negotia:ion wnarever.
Lord IJORINGDON said, after his Noble Friend
had in so candid a manner explained himself, as to
the first point which he had mentioned, and pledged
himself on a foture day to give the House every sa-
-1 tisfactioa in his power, he had not the smallest hesi-
titian in giving his consent tti the witheirawine- '
motion, provided that the Holfsehad no
, With respea to the second, it might not poasibly
absolutely necessary to press it,and thereti
shoulsi nut persist in It. With relation to
Noble Friend had said resyetzling a meta,
certaialy, it' the paper in question had been
vet ed . in a secret aad conasieutial manner,
gether unofficial, it would be improper
to urge his Noble Friend tardier; he,
thanked his Noble Friend.for his open and
reply, and stould troublo the House-nu

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FI'IZwILLIAm rose 1‘111.141i s
of his Ma.
Net
proceeded. at soinedlengtleto state
jaeentyy
d'sareu'DcnciilartitasatoonteWhfoiuclardwamereo.nng.utthseuppappoerrtes laid
dbiyd
on the table. His Lordshipspoke in so very low a
tone, that not one word in twenty that he littered
could be heard below the bar. We understood
from ,Lord Pelhetn's reply, that the matters his.
Lori Ship referred to, were . the state of armament
• and niilitery preparation that France had assumed,
•• when his Majesty's Ministers thought themselves
called 'urea to advise the King to send doe-ii the
Message delivered by Lord Pelham on the ttth of,
March last, their interference respelling Switzer..l
land, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Republic
of the lonian sea, and the remonstrances made 'by
the British Government against the h irst Consul's
sending French forces into Holland.
Lead in reply, answered the several •
topics urged by the Noble Earl in their order. He.
sell his Majesty'e Ministers could have no objeaion
to the fullest enquiry iato their conduCt; but he did
not apprehend that an enquiry into their conduct -
necessarily Made a part of the matter that would
come under discussion on Monday. That when his'
Majesty's Ministers advised his' Majesty to send down
this Royal Message of the huh of March, they, for
reasons resulting from communications, which could
Only be. known to themselves, thought it their in-
dispense. Isle duty to give such advice. That L. to
their conduct respeaing Switzerlaed, the Cape of
Good Hope, and the lonian Republic, these might
' be fit subjects for future enquiry, but were ne, im-
mediately calling for investigation. That with re-
gard to the stading French troops to Holland, he
had in his hand a paper on that subjea, which, if
the Noble Earl had not unseen when he did, he
should have immediately. laid upon Ike table, .sb
'which he had, no doubt wonlet.smewer every purpow
' the Noble Earl wished fpr.
The Earl of CARLISLE rose. and said, he co-.
ineided completely in every syllable, quit his Noble'
Friend (Earl Fitavvilliam) had uttered,' and thought
the papers which he had alluded to highly ne-
cessary so be laid before the House.; but he could
not but express a 'wish, that the papers had not
been now move for,. because he was anxious that
4 the
.great and impure:tut subjed. to come ender dis-
cession on Moiulay,..Should t e debated exclusively
Of all colLeterate matter. The papers stated 40
adverted to by hiala7ehle File n& Were essentially .
necessary for the infortnation of the Heine, in their
futiire deliberations, but in his humble judgment,
not necessary fur -their Lordships 'to advert to in
the debate, which WAS 40 •take• place on 'Monday..
•The whole and single ground of that day's debate
would lie, whether that How, ie *sows; between.
this .country and France, would stand by thole
Sovereign, and support. the honour and dignity o:
his crown, :tad the interests Of his people: On such
a question Ins Lordship_ said, there could be but
.oce opinion, and he hopertTiiliroiiietar, fiot rm-
. mediately relevant, would he suffered to ineerfere.
so as to break or disturb the unanimity that he
trusted would be manifested. It was that, para-
mount occasion which imperiously called• upon
their loyalty, their love for their Sovereign, and
their reatchment to the British constitution, to
evince tee most ardent zeal, and the most deter-.
mined firmness.
Lord HO BART said, that he was halspy in hear-
ing such sentiments from the Noble Earl, in whiCh
he flattered himself, the whole country participated.
There couldehe hoped, be no British subjed, who
could feel differently, when a question of such int-.
portance was at issue betweese France and Great
Britain. With regard to the conduit of his •Majes- ,
ty's Ministers, during the Negotiation, he did not
scruple to admit, that in so arduous, delicate, and
difficult a business, there might be parts of their'
multi& highly questionable ; but sure he was, 'that
they had endeavoured to discharge their duty in' the
manner most conducive to -support the honour and
divinity of his Majesty's Crown; and the-true iaterests
tehis people. They were so confident of the reaitusk
'of their intentions, that they wore -willing to meet-
any enquiry that might be instituted ineotheir whale
conduct, dad trusted to the ceudour and justice of.
this House, and the public iii general, for their ac-
quittal.
Earl FITZWILLI AM said a feu words in re-
ply, in the course of which, he adverted to the
whimsical plan (for so we understood him to term
r it) of his Noble Friend, (Earl Stanhope) of send-
ing an army under sea from Fiance to invade this
ecountry, which he considered as a matter rather of
Utopiiin speculation, than serious Argument.
Earl STANHOPE rose upon this, and said, as
the Noble Earl thought proper to treat) what he had'
thoughtit important to communicate to the House
with a degree of levity, to which it was not credit-
, ed, he felt it necessary to say, that he never had in-
eitneted any thing like the idea of a prejeeled sub-
marine armament being sent from France to in-
vade this country. It was too absurd esi idea, for
any man of common sense to entertain for a single
moment. What he had learnt upon the su;eied was
'of the utmost iinportanee in hie judgment. It was
eqta'tlly improper to be communicated to. the pub-
lie and unnecessary. lie had his information re-
speding it from men of- scierteeeted profiMod know.:
I ledge, and he had communicated it to three of the
;;EIOSt respectable of their Lordships, who had
iproniised him to take the matter into consideration.
Ilene three were Peces perfealy independent in
their characters, men wholly' unconneaed with him,
who never aand with him in pOlities,and who there-
`fore might be looked•up to as impestial judges on.
the occasion. Theauhject, therefore, being us such,
hands, though he could fully explain upon what
grit-miis he proceeded, he' felt it more prudent to
abstain from any explanations iespeding it in pub.'
liee.,,
Lord BORINGDON rose to order. He appealed,
tie the Noble and' Learned Lord, whether the Noble
Earl uses in orde!,, or reeking to,the question ?
Earl S I'ANHOPE said, he was: conscious that
ate inept-oer. He- understood the orders
as the Noble Lord did; his
.mole Words, and sat down.
se and said, he concurred en-
Noble. Friend, who lately sat
'eel of Carlisle). He wished'
's. upon. the teble to lit eon,
ell collateral matter. TWO
sobjea, in the view which,
waw the cause between the.
Britain and the Republic of
hecaust between his Malestfe
country. These-Were two Mi-
te einina end separate c4n-
wtas • ieuestioa, to' be

• every s - he was perteetly in order.
d pledged
Blest hesi- of the l-louse as welt w
.awing his LordshiP added a few nui
obi:akin. • Earl' 4PENC/Llt lose
in all that his Ni
iossibly be tirel/
t.et're, he irirritirti, hachaid• (Earl
o whet his tile subiecl of p4l .2Apets
art '14;4 lidered, exelasivelYot 0
been deli. queet.eonvarose neon ;be 3
d alto. he took of it : the one w
f‘sr hi vireigit of Gat Brit
therefore, rtmc, the othet, the cal
and candid inliters and this count
ingr. but 'con:dilly
detiations. Else first