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quence to this country ; but my opinion of Russia
is, that if there he yet a hope of retrieving the at-
fairs of Europe, from its present. state, it must be ow-
ing to the onion of sentiment which yet remains be-
twixt the Emperor of Russia and the King of Great
Britain. Ido not entertain a doubt that our united
efforts, for that purpose, will be successful. Sicily
we are bound to defend, not from any positive
treaty, but from our having espoused the cause of the
unfortunate King ; and we could only agree to con-
cede it, upon some proper equivalent being offered
to him. Now, what was our state as to Dalmatia,
a possession which our enemy aimed at acquiring
and retaining. Without it, France does not come
into contaft with Russia; and, therefore, the latter
WAS not under the present influence of the former.
Russia had therefore a right to demand some
concession; even that demand was advantageous
to us ; and therefore we were bound to en-
force it. It likewise afforded a passage into the
Turkish territories, and would afford the French a
constant opportunity of aggression in Hungary and!
Austria. In short, it is even more formidable in
the time of peace than in war, and it was therefore.
of vast importance that France should not possess rt.
If the enemy could have succeeded in holding us
up to Europe as the disturbers of the peace of
tatrope, or in inducing us to desert the cause of our
allies, he would have gained a great point, and we
should have gained Peace At too dear a rate, at the
very time that he was marching an enemy again's;
Prussia, and attempting to shut the ports of the
Baltic against our commerce. In the present
circumstances there can be bat one opinion;
which is, that if Europe is to be preserved, it must
he by a firm conduCt ; for nothing, it is evi-
dent from the experience of other powers, can
be gained by abjea submission. Whether, Sir,
the severe chastisement, which is in the hand .of
Providence, is to be continued, or the enemy. is to be
checked in his ambitious career, is not for me to
pronounce; but still I trust, that, bye firm perse-
verance, on the pan of ourselves and our Allies, the
object of sersrity to the powers of. Europe will be
obtained, the balance of power will be best secured,
and the interests of this country most effeaually pro-
moted. I must now, Sir, advert to the note of M.
Talleyrand to Lord Lauderdale, of the 4th of Sep-
tember, as it appears in the publication of the French
Correspondence ; a note which certainly contains
expressions personally insulting to his Lordship.
But, Sir, it ought to be made known, that this in-
sulting note was never a&ually deliyered to my
Lord Lauderdale; it it bad, I must acknowledge
'that blame would have been justly imputable to his
Lordship, to have rem tined a day longer in Paris.
But what could have been the motive of the French
G ,vernment inserting this note, as if aaually deli-
vered, in their official publication, I know not. It
is sufficient far me to say, that. as the expressions
used in that note, with respeCt to Lord Lauderdale,
were insulting in their nature, so there can be no-
thing more false than the insinuation contained in it.
that, after the death of Mr. Fox, .h. war-party in
the cabinet of this country had prevailed, and that
they had indulged a disposition to break off the Ne-
gociation of peace. Equally false is that unhand-
some insinuation, that Lord Lauderdale had inlist-
el himself under the banners of one political leador.
all that atter bit death, he was equally willing to give
bowelt up to the guidance of another. All this is
none other than a gross insult to his Lordship.
whose talents, firmness, and zeal, throu,ghout the
whole of this Negotiation, appear to have rendered.
him an objea of dislike to M. l'alleyrand and the
Chief of the French Government. This, Sir, I will
take upon me confidently to assert. its the face of
there unmerited insinuations, that an difference of
opin on vi,:atever subsisted amongst His Majesty's
Ministers throughout the whole of this Negotiation.
From the frequent communications which I had
with; thereat man (Mr. Fox) whom this coun-
try has lost. and doting his last illness, after he
was disabled from taking an aaive part in condua-
ing the Correspondence, 1 am warranted in assuring
the House, that his sentiments, during the anions
concluding stages of this Negociation, were in cor-
dial union with the rest of His Majesty's Ministers.
In the very last official letter which this able States.
man wrote, we find him expressing his indignation
at the shifting and tergiversation of the French Mi-
nisters, on the subjeft of the raj pusiddis; and when
I last conversed with him, on the 7th of September,
which was the Sunday before his death, he expressly
stated, that anxious as he was for obtaining peace,
he had insisted on such a peace only as should be
found, first of all, consistent with the honour and
interests of this country: secondly, with our eon-
neOion with Russia: thirdly, with the preservation
of Sicily to its legitimate Sovereign, or such an
equivalent as he would be willing to accept of. In
that affeBing interview, this great man stated the
ardent wish of his heart, and the two great (Netts
whiclr, had it pleased the Divine Disposer of all
things, he could have wished to have lived to have
been an instrument of accomplishing; namely, the
Itxstar.stian of Peace, and the Abolition of the Slave
Trade." Viscount Howick recapitulated the leading
points on which he had dilated, and then conclud-
ing with moving, "That an humble Address be
presented to His Majesty, assuring His Majesty that
his faithful Commons had taken into their serious
consideration the papers that had been submitted
to their perusal, relative to the late Nogociation
with France; that they acknowledged with, grati-
tude, the beneficent efforts of His Majesty to secure
and restore the blessings of peace, on terms con-
sistent with the honour of his Crown, the interest
of his subjefts, the welfare and tranquillity of En.
rope. and good faith towards his Allies; and that,
whilst His Majesty's House of Commons lamented
that these efforts had proved ineffeaual, they were
at the same time convinced, that the failure of the
Negotiation was owing to the insincerity of the
French Government; and that the objeB of that
Government, in carrying on the war, was, if pas-
sible, to destroy the prosperity of the British Em-
pire; and that His Majesty might rely on the zeal
of his taithful Commons, to stand by His Majesty in
his endeavouts to bring this contest to an honour-
able it, minntion."
The Earl of YARMOUTH began by apolo-
gising for offering himself to the notice of the
house; but that be felt anxious, in this early part
Of the Debate, to state the share which he had had
in the late Negotiation, more especially as he
trusted he should be able to &hew, that the degree