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IMPERIAL PA R_4l/IMENI

HOUSE 01% PEERS,

MONDAY, rEB. 39.

Counsel were finally heard in the Appeal, Craw-
-1 furct.v. Sheddon, &c. after which the Lotto-CuAN.,
CELL9Ii appointed Thursday .to deliver judgMent.
The on the table were advanced in their re-
• spe6tive stages.
LordHAWKESIWRII delivered .a`Message froth his
Majesty, similar to that sent to the Cominons,
spiaing the Annuity to be settled on 'the present
. Lord Viscount Lake, and to the two next heirs to
the\ title.
The Noble Secretary moved, that his Majesty's
Message be taken into consideration to-morrow.
Lord AVCKLANL, referring to what' passed in a
_

former debate, wished to be informed what was the
, date of the receipt of the Treaty with America which
was received in that Country he understood that it
, was not received till the 13th or 14th of March, a
circumstance which it was material to be acquainted
with.

Lord HAwKEsautty could not exaCtly say, butle
would recur to the Dispatches.
Lord HOLLAND gave notice, that on Thursday
sennight he should bring forward a Motion respect-
ing the general policy of the Orders in Council.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
On the Order of the day' being moved,
Lord ST. JOHN rose to make his protniqd
motion for Resolutions to be adopted by The House,
declaratory of the impolicy of these tneasures, and
the absence of every ground on which they couldbe

supported, particularly as they went•to affea Ameri-
ca. As this Subje& has been agitated again and again
by their. Lordships, and as no new argument or il-
,
luStration has been offered upon it, we think
,we
should tire, indeed disgust, the public with a repeti-
tion of the same topics. We have therefore only to
observe, hat the. noble Lord, after contending the.
Orders in Council were'a violation of the law of na-
tions, and a dere,loion of the principles which held
the Constitution and the Character of the ~British
Nation high and respeaed in the eyes 'of the world,
.concluded by,observing, it would be -as contrary to ,
the interests as derogatory to the honour of the cowl,
try, to put them in force against America, who had
not acquiesced in the Decree of the Enemy, and-
against whom the Enemy had ,not enforced his De-
cree., Of five Resolutions which he had to move on'
the subjeti, he should first move the following:—
That . it.is the opinion of this HouSe, that no.in--
formation haS.been received,that the United States
afArnerica had, up to 11th' Nov. last, acquiesced in
theinjustice of the French Decree, or that the French
GOvernment ,had enforced it against the United .
States." -
The .Duke. of NoNntoss contended, that .the
Ortiers ,in Council were no more a violation of the
law of nations than the Order of the 7th ofJanuaty, •
'isseil by d:Noble Lords opposite to him.
Lord LIOLLA.ND went exactly over the same
ground. of argument already urged by. the,Neble
Lords in Opposition, to vindicate their .own Order,
and to affix the charge on the present AdiuMistra-
t lon. • •
Lord MULGRAVE entreated the House to bear
in mind, how, day. after day, the Noble Lords came,
down, splitting and dissetaing this saute question
into separate and minute parts, as if their object
was to distract the attention and waste the time.
which his Majesty's Ministers were hound to dovi46
to. the duties, of the ardaws situation in which they •
were placed under the present circumstances of the
Country. If their object was, and he could see no
other, to get, into power themselves, .wily not im-
mediate))' address hi, Majeity's Ministers, and not
thus appear to be ent4cing . the. arguments, and .
joining .in the cry which the cotninon enemy was
endeavouring to raise against the character and cots-
' dint of this Country. He then ably deteuded die
measures in question.
'Lord AuCKLAND contended there' was every rea-
son to cry out against' Ministers,
.wl.#o were blindly
preciPitatiog the country. into a war with America,
than Which, in his din-science, he did not believe a
more serious evil could befall the nation. .
Lord 1.1.0,11.a50,11.,E argued, at much, length,-to
prove: .the objea and tendency of the
( dve3 in Council were contained in the preamble of
't Order of the : 7th of 'Jai-teary, and that they
proceeded exactly- on' the same principle of re-
tait,,ti iii.
Lkuotittris.ce aperteil, on
:the other hand,.
th.it the Order of the 7th of Tanuary by no
means, opernte on the principle of tetagat ion ; :that,
it waS perfedly contbrimibleto,.the estak,lislied .haw
of nations, a,nd, the, distinCtions,of the Learned and
Noble Lord were *tided in sophiStry.4 '
The Earl of WESTM,nIt;.AND shewed, that, the .or-
. ders of Council were strictly legal, and justified upon
eery principle* policy, necesiity and justice.,.
Earl GttEY at' '.red uponprincipleS si.nilar to:those
advanced by the Mover and Lord Laudt...rdale.
.Lord, 1-I.l,:wkrfirinttlr entered. into a full explank
tion the principlesOf the Orders, as has been al-
ready adducted. •
. Lord I,,;BP.NiriLin advanced his former .argurucnts
upon the sobjol. sopport of the,motion,
,The EarI'oIGULOWAY supported the Orders of
Council ; after, which a division was called for;when:
thire appeared ,
For Lord Si. John's Motion.24—Proxies. 23-47,
• Against it - 60,---proxiiii, 7 f.... 437
Majority for Ministers . . fjo.
Adjourned at Two o'clock, .

HOUSE OF CO,IIMONS.

MONDAY, FEB. c),9,

The SrE.tt:Eit informed the flOuSe, thin he had
r-,c,,,ivt:41 a Letter front the Deputy Clerk of the.
Crown for Ireland, stating that a Petition had been
lodged by, General liart.againbt the return of Colo-
nel Montgomery, for the County ol Donegal. The
bald ectluon was ordered to be taken into cehrtidera-
tion on the ofAprit, at the same time with the
other Petition respecting the said Eleclton.
The Secretary of 'the Naval Asylum preFented a
Copy of the Memorial of Dr. Keene, praying to De
appointed Surgeon to that
Om) LAK

On the Motion of Lord CASTLE•REAGII, the House
went into a► Committee on hit I.l4.ajelity's IVlebsilge
with respect to a provision for Lord £4e.

.1.02 V CASTLERE,IGII, in calling t 4 atteutiufl
of the House
,to his Mej("‘sty's most gracious Message,
brought down ,by Isitu on a .former day, trusted that
the propositions he hid to offer in pursuance of that
Message would find but little ditfereua of opinion as,
to the propriety of 'acceding to it. When-his
Ma-
je;,ty called upon :Parliament to 'substantiate those
marks of iris Boyelfavotir tied approbation whichhe
conferred upon distinguished naval, and military clt-
faCters, the House Of Commons always answered
the call with promptitude and liberality. The teat.
ion why this application was noemadeinunediately
On'the intelligence of the service done' and at the
same time that the highest honour his Maje Sty
could confer was bestowed on Lord ,Lake,., was,
that Lord Lake was then absent in India, and icives
not known that his circumstances were such! as to
require the. aid of public. liberality. After the re-
turn of the Noble Lord, which was soon followed
by his much lamented death, he received such marks
of the favour of the Crown, and other distingeished,
branches ofthe Royal Family, thet he felt himself in
some measure able to support his dignity without
public aid, and, he feltuhwilling to come .forward'
with such an application as that which gave rise to
his Majesty's gracious Message, now under consider-
ation. Hia country had now, by his unfortunate
death, lost one of its Most valuable military officers,
and on inquiry into Isis circemstances, they were
found inadequate to support the hereditary honours
iiis ,Majesty had bestowed as the reward of his ser-
vices. Thus while the'ael-vices were of that distin-
guished, nature as -to afford the strongestcleirteo
Parliamentary reward, the circumstances of the fas
miss Were such as to strengthen
,that claim. Lord
Lake's military life had been a succession of brilliant
and meritorious a&ions, from the time of the Arne-
ricer) War down to his last campaigns in Itidiee Some
of his Lordship's ads were such es to bring twine to
him personally the whole merit of the success of some
of the most distingeished victories gained, among
which he was bound to particularize that of Li ocelles,
byshe British arms. Never, in fadidid any man present
to his• troops, in the, day of battle, more striking
examples; of every quality that were calculated to
inspire valour and lead to victory. The same prin-
ciple to which the. French Generals owed most of
their victories in the late wars, that of exposing their
own persons in every point of imminent danger and
apparently doubtful issue, was eminently. coespicu7
MIS in Lord Lake's military condud: Whatever
ditference of Opinion may exist with respe6.l to the.
Policy-pursued in the recent Government of India,.
certainly there was room for no difference as to
the importance of " the services rendered' by Lord
Lake its the military department. This would be
particularly felt at the present momeot, when the
French, Meditating ati attack-upon our Indian 'Em-
pre, were obliged to wait to establish aloothig,
and to break ground in Persian instead: of cominenc-
ing at once on the banksolthd jutuna or the-Gan-
ges, with a Mabratta army disciplined and cons-
. mended by Freed) officers, To 'Lord Lake ,be-
longed' the merit of dispersing and destroying that
army, and thus establishing the security of our
Indian 'Empire on a basis more solid.. He did not
think it -necessary to enter more at large on the'
subject, as he felt; that every one must be sensible of
the value of the services of the deceased. He should
also, to gavel he time of the Ceirenittee;:state now an-.
other Motion which he intended to offer after the one
fo-unded on his Majesty's Message should be dis-
posed of. This was a Motion for a monument :to be
ereCted to themetnory of Lord Lake. He was aware
that this, was a testithoity of public gratitude seldom,
asked but when the individual fell-in battle; in the
moment 'of victory, or died of wounds received in
the Country's cause, But there were some few in.
stances which were particularly. distinguished from
this rule, and when repeated signal victories had,
been gained without depriving the Country of the litie
of the person wh.o 'had achieved them. Lord Howe's
'lifektf glory had been thought worthy of this dis'
ritt6tion, and he trusted there..would be found equal
grOund to make a similar exception in
.favour of
'Lord Lake.. This was e, reward she most cheap,
and an incentive the must powerful. He had, far-
ther only to add; ''that as it was 'just and customary
that the pensions should Continence from the time
of the' act that called for the exercise' of the royal
prerogative ;and bounty, Lord- Lake's forbearance
oin preferung his claim should be no bar to the.
benefit being enjoyed from the date of the battle of
none which he derived his title. This ex-
tension ,of the grant would Afford the' entente of Make
ing some arraueastnents for the benefit of the letrade
part of the family who, he wa's sorry to say, wereleft
in e most unsatisfactory state. The pension of Sir
Sidney Smith had not been -granted for two years
after thaservice for which 'it was given; and the
grant 'covered :these two: years. The 'hie, I.ord Lake
having died before the ,application to Parliament
could be nettle,' his life wasnot counted no one tif the
three for which it was usual to grant proyisieris of
this kind. The grant would be to the present Lord
and the:two next heirs. He'moved accordingly that
an anouity,ef,2oool. a year, .to commence 11'010 the
Ith ,september, 1803, be granted out of the'con-
solidated find, to :thee present Lord Lake, and•the
two next heirs, beariog that title, for tlui, term of
their natural Itve.s.
Mr. WHITBREAD felt -the unpleasantness
.of
opposing Motions of this kind, when,the .merits of
individuals:, certainly of high charader, even in- tie
opinions, of ti* who ,q4stioned the propriity of
the proposed. reward, Were. te' be canyeasetle.• He
admitted the bravery and eminent, services of Lord
Lake, but' he could 'not 'sanction such a libel upon
the whole tiritish prmy;as to. allow that he WAS the
only General in it whoaded on the French priociple
.f courting viably, by exposing hisiperson to every.
danger; ,He'was persuaded that.. there werefew
fteers :indeed, if any, in' the British army, who
would not a& upon the same principle,' and that it
was a charaaeristic prineipio Of the British army as.
much as of the French. He contended that Lord
,Luke havines old lucrative offices, ought not to want
Parliamentary aid. But if a gratit of this:kind Was
necessary to keep the ' dignity of the Peerage from
being sullied, certainly there w. 9 no ground whatso-
ever for dating the grant farther. back !belt' tote, pre-
sent time. To the grant of a monumenehe was.
particularly averse, tlid not think any exc
ought' be wade' to the rule of granting thi, ho-
nour only to _those who, died in battle or of wounds
received in- battle. But certainly' Lotilltiowe -was
much better entitled to such an exception than
'Lord Lake.

MC. W. Crutits supP6rted the el.l4iis Gs the pets•L
-siott.ttod the, montatitent. He ci.oi.glit it the-stroogeitt
reeornimodation of Lord Cake, ticit lie had retianed
from tiling one of theltighest oi-flees in Lidi
roc t i el poor.
`..3,/r, Of. A. TeLYLOR at gued strenuously itt
vourof the nxotion, and Liwit much on LOrd
.gallant..cauilua. at.. Li 13r;.:11e4,.. and brat+nit- , and.,
important viftories itt Itidi:i. Lord Laity, had lat but
. 447,0001: to F.tipport the dignity of tlie title, dud to
provide 'for a family of seven Children: If onie Pro.
Vision was not to be made for the'farnifies of nie-1
ritorious officers, in,casesof this. they-ought
-to be restritted. from marrying, like Catholic Priests..
The daughters of Lord Lake would havebut :,50011-
each under their father's will.

Lord CAsTt.Ett BAG If had
.110 t: thought itnecessary
to be so particular in stating. the narrow circtim-,
, stances of Lord Lake's family; but he believed that
in 661 these Ladies would take, under the will, 14.7
tle,more than half the sum Imntioned by the Bon.
Member who had just sat, down.
Gen..l.l4m.wroN supported., the motion, and de-
tailed tire particulars of the storming of the trenches
at LincelleFf, defended by ~0000 French troops., by
1600 British,:. under Lordlake.,.. It .Was an addi- •
tionatclaina,• that the -Nobleltird had returned from '
India in circumstances that formed a direa'contrast ,
with those in which LucUllus•retdrned from Asia,•
and Massena from Italy.. • •
• Lord FOLK STO NE opposed the -grant :he thought
those who held places of.high protit,.withoutsaviog,l.
had no rightto come to. Parliament for relief. He
was particl-darlyadyerse to the grant °ea monument:
Lord TEMP4E supported the motion, on the ground
of the great services and honourable poverty of Lord .
1 Lake. .

Mr. HoLssit susiN ER SPpported, the motion, And.,
wished even. to go beyond it..
Colonel . WOOD spoke it terms of high panegyric
of LOl:4.lttlse's eliaraeter and ser4ces.
Mr. W. SMITH allowed the merits of Lord Lake
he 'Could not reconcile the poverty pleaded, with.
other accounts, which asserted that Lord Lai;.,: had
brought.liotne.l4o,oool. from India. He • allowed,
that Peers ought to be -made independent of, the
Crown.

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Si!' ARTHUR WELLESLE'Z Said it WAS well known
that, Lord Lake had gone out to India gre:attylio debt.
A person, bad;, in faCt„ gone out -with him, who re-
ceived all his emoluments,. and, .after, defraying his
necessary and unavoidable expences, carried the re-
'rtainder to the account of his- crechtors, whose. der..
wands were `clot satisfied till the year 1804. There
were other debts also• settled since the 'Noble lira's'
return, The, Noble LOrd had brought to this coun-
try not more.than .35 or 40,0001. The fomily estate-
was about 8001. a year; and was burthened with
cumbrances to• the amOinit. of half that sum.

Mr.•WiIITIIRBAD, in explanation, expressed the
highest .personal respea for Lord Lake.
Mr. lArsurt4G4orr wished the. arrear of 90oul. to
be distributed among the younger children.
, Sir F, Boar are entered 'his protest against the
vote, In the present, slate of the. public burthetiti, be
didknot, think Parliathent shoUld be cailed upon to
make such grants. The Crown possessed: ample
means of rewarding all military merit without com-
ing to Parliament. He would not say any thing to
&Ira& Iron) thOmerits of Lard Lake; but let these
merits be ever so great, ,they. were:but a small part
of the question, (...;onsis,tently, vu'ith4a: due regard, to
public econotuy,to felt himself compelled to oppose
the Motions, and take the sense
.of the House on
them,. .
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THEI CHANCELLOR of the FACHEQUER said, the
Crown possessed no power ()fainter-ring adequate re-,
Wards
.and provisions without the aid of Parlianient.
The highest pension that could be granted on the Civil
List was 1,2001. a year, of which only 8901. clear,
Would be received, and this the King ,could. grant
only for, the period of his own life. He'supporto,
the motion generally.
General .GocotaNn spoke at large .on ;-,Lord
Lake's- military .ctiaracter and services. qis. un-
bounded charity to the sick and Wounded, anci
libtfrality to indigent officers, were /the chief eause9„
of his poVertyr •
Mt. B cis, with every regardyfor public eco-
nomy,. thought it impossible to•refuse this-gr,ant
but he objected to the retrospective operation. of it.
It was,.wrong,to.bestow Peerages, on persons who
had not fortune to support the•dignity. Lord-Howe.
was the single example of granting, snail a monu-
ment. Lord Duncan had not had one,: •

Lord G. CAVENDISH supported 'the motion on the'
ground of tiegeneral merits and• thestate of t4p fa-
g, . .
I •
• • •
"111Y'll 1e §ECRETART at W'Alt supported the „motion.'
It was neeessary,to maintain h: and
dignity, of. the Peerage, which.was, amqoestionably
bestowed properly in this case.
. TIVIA 1 Y maintained.. the •propriety 'of
granting Parliatnentary provisionr—to meritorious
Otlicets, and- was sure the people, of England, heavy
as its burthens were, wouldcondcinn, .as misplaced,
and--.ruinous economy, any retrenchment' of the
usual liberality, on. Ow; he,i(l. The rewards the
Vrown could.grant on the Cril. List were nothing,
“thotiglrhe betieved the %nun may be extended'to the.
life of the grantee, as well as that of thegrafitor.
He hoped the klun. Baronet would not divide the.
House on the first motion ;• hecoeld not at all agree-
to the grant of a monument. The grant of a inonu.
meta to- Lord Howe
,vvas..blameable, .though he had
certainly cl.titns to exception beyondany other marl;
Mr. W. SNILTif, CODY 144(.:Cd by the. Nilsona'of his.
Hon. Friends (Mr. llankes and IVir. Tierney), begged
to retraa.his assent from the proposition of granting
.
montiment..
Sir F. BURDETT had heard nothing thatcould -in
duce hint to desist from his intentioit.of dividing the
House on, the whole proposition, The Right Hon,
Chancellor of the Exchequer must havekuown even
by looking round his Own that he alluded:to,
other. means, of rewarding mentorious service than
those the Civil-List-afforded., Where were' the sinet,
cures, the.patentplaceS,,, and reversions •if IVli
ulster's would come and stdte to theilionse that these'
things were abolished, there would-be an •obli,..,TAiow
to grant ample, provision to every tneritorious,Ot;:
ticer,: but whilethey existed, and were disposed of,
nobody knew ißaw, nor for what service-16)6(74h
116 believed, indeed, the- Hight. Honotitable'Ciat.::
flea* opposite knew it), he could 'not alloW
'Parliament to .iway the public money-•.on-
every demand of this kind. He oould act Itotti,,stly,
without regard to what any man, or any set-of men,

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inn ti-riff;;. and 1.7:e feltllmself bbund to persiat
what was called liking the sense of the House,
though the sense, of the House was already well
known.
• Mr. 13rptant.Pa spoke shortly, as we conc.:ved,
;against the motion, amid a
.general call for thi
question.
For the Annuity - - 202
Agiiinet it - • ,
: Another Division. then took place.whilst...strangers
were excluded, upow.the question relative.,to the
period at which the Annuityz• to!'comtnence,
whether (Aim the date of the Vietory bfi Delhi, hi.
from the Death of .Lord,Lake:•

For the former date . zos
For the latter ' . • - • is
Majority on each,illivision--tB7'

MEDIATION.

On our re-admission to the Giillery, Ave found
Mr.WkfiTuaenn. on his legs, stating, that;' however
indisposed he might betodo any thieg'Which would
be 'personally inconvenient to the N'OblelLord oppo-
site. (Castlereagh);.Yet - when he considered the
length• to
,which the discussion .jest ended had 'gullet
and the, time that would necessarily_be occupied in
the discussion•of-tho'Noble Lord's motion concern-
ing the .monument, upon which such a diversity of
opinion prevailed, he felt himself under tile neces-
sitfof breaking in upon the connetaion between-the
NObleLLOrd's motions, and subinitting :to the.
House the motion of Which'he had given notice.--
But if the Roble Lord had any thing to offer by"
Way of notice, het should !not! object 'to his doing
that before, he '..proceeder,l to make the obiervalit)"
with which he., meant to .urge the House to an ac-,
quiescence in, his motion.
pi rd.C.4STLEREA.G.H expressed 'a wish' that
the Hot]. Gentleman should waive !his right in this
instance, as it would be with regret he should sepa-
rate his motion from the t?usinesit that had just raked
place ; and _besides' the .subjq& had' undetgoue so
much.discuesion-, that-he- trusted his motion. would
not give rise to any lengthened debate.
WHITBREAD could itO.t give way, and
therefOre prociededivith hismotion,-which he pre'
t:tced-with a longkspeeeliV brief- outline of .which.
the little novelty Of the argunienti induce us to sub-.
stiiiite for a' detailed' iepOrt).. The •i-lati:Gentlernan
.ihe inchxlgeoce of both sides •of the .Hausa
-while he uttered his .sentiments which.," from per-
sonal indisposition, he feared-he should not 'be able
to deliver as audibly as be otherwise would,' and t;1
e
responsibility for which Ise took upon himself•alone-
The Commissioners who opened' the-Session-had in
their Speech made a most pompous tinnuncistion to
Parliament, that w twit e- crisis-of -t e-fate-ef.t he
Country. To the-,truth of this annunciation he as-
sented, aod thought-that no opportnnity 'should be
lost, for averting that crisis, by eilduavoura to obtain
for? the Conntry the blessings of -Peace:, ,-.'l'his
wet
the way to. promote' the salvation. -of 'The -Empire;
whereas, .a perseverance in the same Coiteciliitone,
and temper, whiCh had been. pursued by'his
jesty'sMinisters last Summer,. would accelerate We
impending Crisis of the cottetry. It was with a view
to this objeEt diet. he had (ranted die Ilsolutions with
fsthich be meant to conclude.' . The Papers laid be-
fore the House by his Majesty's orders had been
long enoughin the hands of the Members; and.at
they- were not to get..any. more, it was•necesitary
they should preceed• with those documents. Ihe
iroting the Address did not preclude any Membet
from deciding, according 'to his judgment, on the
present question._ The Petitions for Peace, which
jay upon the table;-
•were ones symptom'of tile pro.;
s,snt•crisis,
.!tit-crisis,,presented. without having been instigated
lay persons of eminendo, as- formerly, they contained
their genuine sentiments of the people); inlanguitge
the Meat' respe.lful,. conveying s prayer (neat rho.,
derate, add, .Vitli it concluding declaration- the most
patriotic.: He: should.,'not s have encourage& such
Petitions, but he was glad to see them, necang ,be
was-a fri6iid Co the right of the-people to petition tor
thelemoVal of -their grievances. The hoidens' cif
this description towards the close of the Atm:lit:4a
war' had: brought., that , contest. .to a period, ;"14
!..tt the. petitions of the people:at the early :,verior"
of• the last war had been attended to as ,alai
ought, _the. present Crisis. would not exist.: These
petttionsi, t la; Honourable.- Member--• con oetidA
must -in tittle make 'such an-impresisien
his Majesty's
MiajLitye;sidel‘aliionuil tote solve the prottra "4'i Parliametit, as wueld
peace with France 'was possible. • He was
was an enemy
to, eternal war;and :be was..a- friend' to' pone 'vitt'
.Vratice, if peace‘..coeld -be obtainetir It was ail AP'
surAity to talkabottr,scurity in pewee;
considered how Sovereigns violated :treaties, 'A knee
'.,
le
would be secure 'if Made. •upon,:honourable wit"'
Ministers 4tad-said,, that this. was •, now- a 'cleft"'th"
war,-but had this Country any meites i>f compelling
the enetny..to mote honourable terms:than AVO C"l4
of present obtain-.? We-could easily provide agaiPss
any .uilexpead -attack in peace, and the 'native
would get rid of the wasteful.expenditure -xybi66
war like the present required:- He wished to disP‘'
the clouds 'ot error 'that enveloped net 'only a large
.portiotx of that House, but a very large Porti°"'
the petiole of Ibi*.:Couesry, whoeuppsed chars no:
gociation was impossible with Frabte;:•-•Orke Adam-
mistration had made.ilie Peace Of An tens,' Which
that Administration afterwards bad broken another
Administration, had entered into a .-negOciation tut
Pear-e,without producing. that.bduent ; • and the-pre-
sent Ministers had. listened, to, ,offers of mediatioa
'without any. ego:Et,- so that the opinion of the.pee#
was that no .peace could'he made with 'France:-134i
-.this-proposition' he denied.." The: Genoewio
.beredetailed the events of the; last cittipaisn,Nvliub
led'-.to the separation-of itussia from the cause of!hit
Colliatry, and contended that-the Peace-at 1,4•44
the Atalvation of the remnant of the RtlSSittli
and that the 'Emperor of Russia was Coropelied/V:
necessity to'Urge that peace. He next 'entereditnl"
an examination of the ccindu& of his MajelllT'i
nisters; referring to the. Papersp., to . she w that
ilia
Emperor.Of Rossia had been sincere in his deve to
mediate a -pe4ce'between this Cotintry and Froice,
. a mediation which lie- otfered. to Lord- G.:Levesen
Gower even before the Treat:-'9f Tilsit had even
concluded, addit4, that he would guarantee the
Olt ..sbould-be so made _with the whole tore' of
The Honourahle Isileinber • then to.`'.
a view of the .objeels of the Coalition
in Order to skew, that whiiat hii Ma.iesty's
meet :was constantly deciiring, tbar-they fta,t ei•
to view the attainment of a solid alio durable i,e3L'•,
their aitti in that Coalition W'33 the destructien

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The power of litionaluirte ; and that,' it they stilt
had the same obje& in view, the' attainment of a
solid andiclurable peace by such means was irnpos- ;
.He then went on to prose, by 'quoting Pas-
sages frotn the OffiCial Papers, that the; Russian
• Vernment was sincere in its desire to mediatee.and
that its offer to mediate was evaded by;:itiedinisiiible
.aild unwarrantable deMa-nds en the Ort of our Mi-,
nisters, such as tht cointrumication of the secret
Articles of the Treat's!' of Tilsit, the reqbisition of a
basis, or 4_corninanication of the just and honour-
able terms upon which Buonaparte was disposed to
make peace with this 'country, and the detinand of
sante proof of the, friendly disposition of Russia, in •
the renewal of 'a-Commercial Treaty, and a entn-
taupication of tlie ulterior views of the Court of St.' •
.PeterSburgli. In commenting, upon . these various
,topics, the lion. Member contended, that the de- '
Murals were all insulting and offensive to Russia ;
that our Ministers replied in cola and repulsive lan-
gunge to the friendly Offers of -Russia, when they
• Ought to have employed the warmest terms of gra-, tausle for the friendly interest taken by the Emperor
.of Russia in our affairs, at a time that he had been.
tirgingcomplaitirs againstthis country. The' Hon..:
• ,Mernber.rlweit for a considerable tiine upon these'
,heads, and then canvassed the letter documents re-
lative to the Russian Mediation, particularly edvert-• •
ing to the Dispatches written by Lord G. Leveson
er, arid datod the 2d'Sptember, and the
answers of Mr. Secretary ,Cenning of the. 27th and:.i
Bth of that nienth, and contending that each were
marked by strikinginconSistetiCiei, such as would
present foreign-Powers from having any Confidence '
raf'esr the statements of the Foreign Secretary.
When our "Miiii;iters demartdd the communication
of thebasis of a "treaty from Russia, she had as• good
right to ask such a basis from us to be communi-
cated 10 France. There were three courses, either
of which Ministers might have pursued, with re- .
*Peer 16 the Ruisian offer of mediation--first, either
to have accepted' the offer in a frank and manly
tnanner, as from a Power that hactclernonstrated her
friendly disposition towards us by haying spperse-
, veringly exerted herself in our cause; or s=econdly, to ►
"myelin& No, we can't accept your mediation, but
We shall open a direa communication With France.
opportunityho then presented itself, ,and Abet op-
P9rtunity .had been lost by the conduct of his Ma--
tyta Ministers; and he feared it 'Would not easily
recovered. There was 'a third course, which
tinfurtenately had been adopted, and that was by a,
tYstem of suspicious, by creating difficulties, and by
adhering to forms, whilst the very essence of the
thing was allowed to escape: One of his Resolutions
Jas, tharthe-Condua of his Majesty'S Ministers,. in
refusing to accept the mediation of .Riiisia,bad been •
highly impolitic and inexpedient. He did riot mean
to assert,.that peace would have been result of
accepting t he. naediation of Russia, but the trial ought
to have. been aside, and the Ministers had taken the
course that was least obvious to find, and most like-
! 13r to frustrate, every prosper} of a successful issue.
The Hon. Gentleman then passed from the Russian ,
offer of mediation, the discussion concerning which
bad ceased on the 2oth of Oaober, to the considera-
flog, of the Austrian offer of• mediation, which,
though first • made in April last, and accepted by
accepted
England, was renewed in a Note from-Count Stah- '
teuwerg to the Foreign Secretary on the 20th of
Nov,,moer, observing, that the renewal of the prO-
sition so goon after the rejeaion of the, Russian
‘ation,' was' a proof of the sincerity of Buona-
r'rto's wish for• peace upon terms of reciprocal
• Pour to all the parfies. whose interests were to be
,-"eussed'.in negotiation. The Hon., Member
bk. some pains to prove.that the proper construe,
tips of the passage in Count Stal.retuberg's.Note 04..1
`.4is subject Comprehended all the parties engaged
rn the war, as well those alliance with, Great lin- •
.7itt as the Allief of Fratiee-.; The answ'er to pia
4,'uto was the .most 'extraordinary prwluaion that •
ever was Written, both froM its offensiveness arid
‘ll6l want of coneiliatiou it betrayed, on an occasion
I,llliieli might have led .to a negociation. The arnbi-
tuilY of the expression might have been cleared up
.11 an Unofficial Note,. or why not have asked
',ranee to recognise at once, 'that all the Allies of
:,',"gland were to • be included in' the negeCiation ?
_lle censured-the declaration of Ministers, that they
.'lol.lld 'not send and
to Paris. Neither .
Laptlerciale and Yarmouth, nor..Maltpesbury,
it. that of atiy inconvenience they suffered
to. that City.
`he Notes
some'sevet;' atunaJi... _-
The Hon. Member then i
111 Notesrity upon the tone and langnage'of
t• .
'Of•the Foreign Secretary, and
.declared,s
bittern()pinion, Lord Hawkesbur.y was infinitely
qualified than the Right Honourable Gentle-
fur the office;
ocba taken a aortas tjae Right Hun'. SeCretary
liberty 'witheliis Colleagues on a former,
vie.tAiskitt, he was entitled to take the same liberty
urea him on thig. When Alinistets had laid so much'
theis:huPon getting a basii, the should have sent.
suit' a 'ls to Paris, and. if it had 'not beep for. the itt-,
lag mann I
• ugh er in which t proposition made
V Count it
was most hi. Stahremberg had* been net,
been
sent
o;.ectly tisata projet of a treaty would have'
'At'as the. sit • by the French Government. What
trance • Of the House with respell to
to new° . "u°llaParte 'had made three, direct offers
Incija.te—the first, wheninade First Consul
angtia..6
6 aired and unexceptionable:. this
lI I °Vertur© had been rejeaed. The second offer wits
itdre yvhen he was made' Ertapr6r, which,- though
by r eJeUed; war evaded in contumelious language
ticisi-urd lulgrave, in reply to a letter received in
so._ country upon the' Babied: from the head of the
verntn..-.. •
hated "1E in France; in which reply it had been
thes 7vitnat his Majesty would first consult his Allies.
th j'
,ajesty had .consulted his'Allies,, but it was for
~e,puipdse of kindling a fresh destruaivevar upon
Continent,--
uw destructive not to France, but to the
th_oers Coalesced against her.' The propositions
ugh Russia, and Anitria formed the:third offiir,-
inntailett u both instances. Was 'there' any ho el
c:;11' ' that the Offei'WoUld be renevied: through any
Po‘k
what then was thii Country to du ?'
ptirpgeose nd,,'. if the present be a proper time 'for that,
mimicn a clued • oiler to -1 ranee ; send' he had the
14}i Y of the' Right Hon. Gentlernan oppusite tiff
togs that if an bar was to'be made, it would. not
t • ,degradation to either party to make it.
sincere in their declaratione, they should
Tied nfiett.'.ire-fo France'. -Three- dirt& over-
! la:s_baci' 'ritale.by 'Lord- GretiVille curing tlic
, wig') Out they had been made in direa and man-
ms,ir LIU; in quibbliog language, atte
Ing
tranurlati
0
c point, and seeking trilling exCeetiens to

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atttictilar al4retsions. He would recotridend noW ,
the course that had been 'adopted.by Lord Greuville.',
during last war; he wished the overture to he made,
in order that it might be ascertained whether peace -;
was attainable—and history could sheW what a peo-
ple Much inferior to the population of this mighty
Empire was capable of, when forced into the prose-
cution-of a necessary war. -The case of Holland, in -
the time of Lewis XIV. exemplified this principle.
What was the magic that enabled that Couritry sue- !
ceisfully to resist the Tyrant, who, equally with the
presentiteler of France, aspired to universal doini-
nioe ? What but the rejection of their conciliating
offers ? This was the feeling which should be ex-
.1
cited in the Country, by .shewinglo the people, if
honourable terms could not be had, that a peace with
France was impossible.- He could -see nothing in
the. conduct of-the French Emperor.that would pre-
clude the conclusion of peace with as good a pros-
ptiat maintaining.. felt security as any other
peace. He was bound to state the opinions he had
entertained upon this subject, regardless of any mis-
-representations to which.he might subject.. himself.
The inordinate ambition of Buonaparte was assigned
as. the-reasonlWhy a peace with him could not be
durable. Granted that he had this ambition, others
had its,much, but not so much talent to support it.
The judgment also which was united with this
great talent was a disOnguishingcharacteristiCofßuo-
Oparte ; he stopped short• at the point when he
'could. do it with 'most advantage, as, after the battle .
bfi.Friedland, at * the treaty of Campo Formio, and
after. the battle of Austerlitz. The conduit of this
Country to that individual had been always radically--
wrong,-and defectivein jiniginent. He bad been uni-
forini;,ireated .in • a. contumelious mannet ; and not
oae.ofithe Diplomatists. who had been employed. by
the Goternment of this Country in France was ac•
(painted- with the tharadter of the man. Even
Lord Whit,vorth had been grossly mistaken as_to the
condua of France and the views of Buonaparte,' and
the people of thii Country were deceived andsielud-
ed upon the subject. He might be represented as
the apologist of Buonaparte, but in justice to the in-
terests of his Country he was bound to tear away
the veil of error with which it was enveloped. There
lippeared..to.be a feeling of hatred prevalent in this •
Country-against that individual. But even suppos-
itig him, what he woukinot admit but -for, the argu-
meat, that he was the monster-he' was represented,
did not Providence ad by meahs that frequently
make the vilest instruments produdtive of the greatest
blessings.. An honourable peace would net .be the-
less desirable in consequence' of his personal charac-, '
ter. The crimes of Sovereigns were no reason why-
two great nations should not- be at peace. His ear ,
ormous. power was. said. to be a reason 'why we,
Shouldhontinue the war. .But could we-reduce-it.?
This man was possessed of the must emitient talents,
and had taken 'advantage. of the blunders of other
Powers. If the adviesiof the Archduke Charles had
been taken, the last., disaster of Europe would not
have happened. If the prophetic warnings of that ,
great Statesman, now no .inure (Mr. Fox), so often
expressed in that Assembly, had been attended to
during the early periods of the French Revolution,
there would not: noay..be an Emperor in France
possessing such unlimited controul over the Conti-
nent, of Europe. In the cause- which lie that night
adopted, he felt he was -treading in the footsteps of
that immortal StateScnim. It .was not the power of
FroOr, but of the Fte,nch Emperor, that was for-
midable; He had been driven to the experitneot
of fighting every army in Lurope,; and had beaten
them all in succession. The conduct of this C.,un-
try was consolidating his power. If they shouldbut
.loot: at trio map of Europe, they. must be ,sensible
'that if the genius of the French Emperor were re-
['flowed, there would start up new ahiances, and new .
combinations fiotn the vaiiety of interests on the
• .Continent. • When he alluded to this -event, he could •
fiot but express his abhorrence of any other idea on
the subject than the natural termination of life. We
should make "peace then, and try th'e chance of
()Vents. All the grand delusions respediug the down-
. fall of France had vanished. The Tiers Consolide,
which were at 9 when Duonaparte ;became 'Consul,
were raised to 3t by the victory at 'Marengo. But'
a Noble Lord opposite, had said, that having beaten •
Butmaparta with -our naval arid military* power,
wher,ever we-came in ,cotitaa with him, we were
now to fight bite with the commercial weapon.
But Could the Noble Lord believe that this Coun-
try could contend with such a nation as France
commercial privations, . which might distress
France, but would ruin this Country He should,
not say any thing of the a,bsOrd 'regulations pro-
` posed by the Bight Hon. Gentleman opposite, for
-this purpose.
~ It hacFbeen said that it was-a blessing
to this country it had
,not been the scene of the war.
This 'Was very well for this nation, but wai.no con-
solation to the other 'nations of Europe. ,If we had
been witnesses of the ravages of war, there would
be a much stronger desire of peace.in this country.
All the delusions with respect to the probability of
insurr436ticin in France or the conquered Countries
had 'now vanished, and it was his objet to remove.-
the delusion from the people of this Cumuli', if they
looked to any external* means of the destruction of
the power of Buonaparte. The last topic he had to
touch upon was the blasphemoursentirnents from,
• time to time issued from the press in this country,
as• if•Buogiapartd had- sworn the destruction of. this
Country. When had he sworn it Was it before
he was made Consul ?' 'He then made an overture
for negotiation.—Be ore the Treaty of Tilsit ? He
then accepted the mediation of Russia.7-Was it SO.
;ail as last January ? He then made an overture
through .the Austrian Ambassador. The whole .he
had to propose in- his resolutions was, first, that his
Majesty's Ministers had negleeted an opportunity
which they might have improved after the treaty of
Tilsit, and annexed conditions to their acceptance of
the mediation of • Russia that were inexpedient and
• impolitic., secondly; that their. condudt - to Austria
had been repulsive, and ootealculatecl, to, improve
the opportunity of negociation : and lastly, that it
.• was incumbent on that House to declare that there
, was nothing in the circumstances of the present war.
which should preclude the Government. frem.avait-,
ing itself of any opportunity of entering into' sue-.
gnciation for the restoration of peace. He may dif-
fer with. sprite of his Frieuds this .subjecr, 'but
thook they may &tier as to the. form,,• they; were
agreed 'is to the principle. They 'adhered to the old
morality, the grounded Vital principle of was
founded on the Chriitian Religion, '" to du unto
others.as-you wish the,' would- do unto-you." The

Ron. Gaitlernan c an able. Opeech. with
moving his firit Re:olution, " tlot the opinion
of this Rouse, that the condition; 'stipalated by his
Mijesty's Ministeci at , the acceptance of the
Mediation of 11.tisiia, AVere inexpedient and im-
politic.
Mr'. IL fiErt BERT seconded the motion.

Mi. GEORGE PONSONII concurred in the
two first,Resolutions proposed by his lion. Friend ;
but though he entirely • agreed with his Honoerable
Friend as to•the letter and spirit of his 'third Resolu-
tion, he, bad doubts of the propriety of putting it to
the vote at- this particular - time. He was satisfied
that his Majesty's Ministers had manifested; upon.
the peiffered me.dieliqn of Ruisei and Austria,• a
spirit hostile to pacification.. The Right Honourable
Secretary; in demanding- that Russia should pr'oye
herself an impartial medial rix, had made-One of tote
weakest propositions that had ever been submitted
to a, friendly Power..,. Beth .Ressje and •• Aaistrie bad
been the steady friends of this-Country, and it was
not to be suppose l;. that, they would immediately
prefer France. to England,: Holland had been twelve!'
years in subjection to France, ‘and yet, ethe. people' •
of that Country, which had once even rivalled Great
Britain at see, were so indisposed to second-the
'views of France, that Mead that time France had
oily beea able to forceenearinament, consisting of '
seven ships, from; its ports. It was notorious; that
when the Dutch sent vessels to the East Indies,: they
surrendered without firing.a broadside, and even the
fleet in the Zueder Sea had, in ',the same manner,.
been also given up without a contest, •- Why then
should .it be
.supposeki that Russia and Austria did
not.. wish the prosperity of this Country. It was
the greatest folly,' therefore, to refuse their • me-
diatian:-- It might not have led to peace, butthe •refeetion•-ot the offer insulted the Powers. •
of the.gentinent, and the citfeice so given might •
have the of tof .throwing them
ailnitetlitehe
and relations -
atiolnit'sisot9lGlersetiar Britain. Ehd Ministers sup-
pose that things. would remain as at present ? Did
they think that they could carry on a: war 'with
France, without doing any thing for Ireland ? He
would not..from any-false delicacy deny that there
were means in Ireland which might enable' the.
French to make an impression upon that Country; •
and so long as that Country should be negleaed,
it .would be , a sourc.e of fear . and weakness to
this Country, and an objeek of strength and, hope.
to France. Buonaparte ha endeavoured 'to affea'
.our vertu:nen:jai resources, but; was it necessary •
that we should destroy, them ourselves ? If the:
means be good, why had they 'not been resorted :to
• before, whilst the. Powers of Europe were not yet
destroyed ? Could it be supposed-that by suet means .
any impression was 'to' be made upon France ? He:
agreed with his Friend that a Negotiator should be
sent to France if negociation was praQicable. The
meeeest man in England ought to'know whether or
not peace coeld.beobteined. Having stated in What
he agreed with his Hon. Friend, he had next to -
state in what he differed from him. His third pro-
position, if adopted, would lead to a proceeding
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his pirt of the House, .which•would be • imperative
upon Government. No Alinister could\ delay send-
ing a. negociator tOeFrence after 'such a ResolUtion
should have been voted. Though he thought that
this was the policy of this country, yet-he did, not
think that it should-be done on this particular- day.
The result of the resolution would be, either that the
Ministers would make an overture to negociate,
and rettirn to that House, stating that they had feund •
the tone so elevated es to preclude the attainment ,
of honourable terms, and 'that this elevation of tone
had been produced by this resolution ; or they must,
eegotiate in order to ascertain what terms-they could
get, as it would ,be desirable to tell 'the country
whether an. honourable peace is to be procured, and
in case that such. a peace could not be obtained,
they would ascribe it to this resolution, or they
would concluit any bad. peace, and then justify
themselves by saying that the resoleeime drove them
to negociate, and, they were obliged to accept ':any
terms.they could get. His Majesty's Ministers knew
best at what time they could negociateeand therefore
he would not press them to it at' this partieUlar day.' '
He had no confidence in the dispoiitioa of Ministers
towards Peace, froth their having so many difficulties
and objeaioneto the offered, medietion of Austria -nerd
Russia. The Petitions they wete receiving every day
for peace, not itiStigated by per Sons of consequence
or' by political parties, sleeeed that the country was
alive to its, situation, and it was necessary to eheiar
the edentry whether a peace can .:ba• had. • It' the
House. were to adopt the third resolution, it gave
countenance to aloe Petitions for Peage, and on
that ground he bad it difficulty in -assenting tniee---
Although he did not believe Ministers sincere in their
desire of Peace, he was-not disposedio press them'
at present, because he did not knew exattlyhOw
the fads were. But it any 'We ''should Come
to his knowledge, 'skewing that' Ministers had •
negleeled any opportunity of .promethig the. work of
peace, w w
,within a' week or a month, he. would tie
ready to, press this Resolution against them. The
Petitions for Peace stated the pressure neon the 'Pe-
titioners from die ports of the Continent being, shut
against them. If we',Were to senda negotiation to
France in consequence'of 'theSe Petitions,Buonaparte
would say, It is not-six weeks Since you refused to
negociate, -and if it be the pressure on' your trade
that now, conipels you tp make pacific overtures, I
will persevere till I force you to accept any terms I
shall propose. If the' distresses of any class of the
people of this country creed compel ug •to accept
• such a peace, 'then he 'should say that England waste
conquered cetintry. If an honourable peace cannot
be obtathed, he, was sure that there was not a man
in England that'.would not die sooner than submit
to the unjust usurpation of France. He did not say
this to encourage his Majesty's. Ministers to continue
the contest. • Peace was 'necessary to the country,
• but as he did not know but that lay adopting the
Resoletion, they would be' defeating its object, he
etohid 'uot agree to it at present. The Sessioe was
young,' they-had sat tett five weeks, and were lilfely
to sit three or four months loNer ; and upon these'
various groundi,,lf his Hon. eseiend should net with-
draw his third Resolution, he should himself move
the-previous questiter upon it.

Mr. WILIICRVQ:V:4: considered, that no o'fF,T of
mecliation coui4,l :peen more citiesibuilt);(_• trign
that of Raisin, tinder t i.. wi3;ch he
Was Pl.tiCeds ann Mini.iters:weie ju ''j-
fi3ule in the caution witty which they hail
He aii,retti with Mr. Pbnionbv, OA it would 54

hi ;hly impolitic to enter into any resointions at pre.
Sc it, which, in their nature, could have a tendency
to excite-a clamour for peace, an objeft which, in-
stead of being accelerated, would, by such a prbeeed-
ing, he greatly retarded. He considered Minkters
perle&'tly sincere in the- professions they had made,
nor did he see'auy possible motive they could have
in being otherwise, Peace, he thought, would not
he rejected, if it, could be •obtained on site and
honourable. terms, and the Ministers who could pro-
cure icon such terms would he entitled 'to the gra-
titude of the people;7Though some classes might
surfer by the:war, yet 'it was not br embarrasSing
Ministers that they'could hope to attain peace. lie
coujured-GentleMen, therefore, trot to press at prer
Sent a.cpestion so fraught with national disadvantage,
ati4 bilpioreri the people to bear a little' longer the
inconveniences of the; •,',var, in 'the reasooahle. hope of
being ultimately rewarded with an honourable and
permanent peace.:.:•

-Lord:MIL TON agreed in some respect with Mr: .•
Wilberforce, but not go --his 'entire extent. •
Though he disapproved of the present-Miniters, be
did not wish_ to embarrass-thern, and therefore he
he'disapproved of the third Resolation, while be t
approved of all tthe. other parts of the motion.

The Hon. Mr. WARD thought immediate pease
highly necessary, whether he looked' to the present
situation ..of our commerce, of !Ireland, or of our'
settlements.in,the East and West Indies. Re dwelt
for some time .on these topics, and concluded by
giving his.assent to the motion.

M. BLAXFORD, in a maiden speech, most
powerfullyeugiged the attention of the House. He
lamented the prejudice and perversion of opinion
and talent- to which a spirit .of Party and Fa6lion
seemed capable of delivering over some descriptions
of men.._. There were :those who turned with in-
difference or scorn from the hardships of their own
countrymen, while struggling in the cause of the
honour and. indeperrdence of the Country; and who
spewed themselves tenderlyalive only to the suffer-.
lags of America and Denmark. But such men
misinterpret 'theopinion and feelings of the Country.
Countryvalues wealth, and! much of its power
and energies depend upon that wealth ; ' but under
Circumstances like. the present; this Nation knoWs
that wealth must be stibservient to honours. That
sentiment neither: Bubnaparte, r the friends of
Buonaparte, wherever they move; nor 'all the vio-
lence of sanguinary Decrees, will ever be able to eA-,
tinguihh. It is not to be extinguished by the par.
tial sufferings of some of our rnanufadurers ;—no,
uor could. it be extinguished by the complete Stag‘'
nation of ow: whole trade: Those who hold a.dif-
ferent languaketof the charakier of 'their Country,'
can be only the indisposed 'few who, endeavour to
blow every spark otrdisaffeolion and discontent into.
a flaane,,and to place.,in an odious light the conduct
of the 'present Admini.tration, chiefly because they
feel the damning .coutrast which it exhibits with
their own..l.llen.who, while in Oppositioli, were'
clarnourous ; while in Government, were impotent ;
whuse..eliathy was called moderation, and whose
attempts to delude the .people, were %dignified with
the natn6 of piitriOi ism. •

Lord 211,1 HON acknowledged that. Ministers
might be the best judges, of the time and mode of
Making peace ;. but at the same time they should
show a disposition andd-a readiness to embrace any
opportunity that might otter of entering upon that
healing work; nay, embrace the very first opportu-
nity, and not like the Hon. Genteruan who spoke
last, endeavour to preach up and keep alive an eter-
nal war.

-.The cry of question, and the .noise that prevailed
during the remainder of, the Noble Lord's speech,
prevetttei our catching a complete sentence of what
followed. •

:111r..JOHN SMITH advised Ministers to think
seriously of. Peace, when it was known that half a
million of British subjects were on the eve of starv-
ing from the further continuance of the - war. If it
was to becontinued, they should at least slim that
it was the injustice andannbition of the enemy that
formed the real obstacle to peace. That will tell
more forcibly in• their favour than if they had taken
fifty ships from the banes,

Alr. t'ANNiNG said, he was naturally anxious
to hear till the last what was to .be urged on this
question, because, in the discussion of it, his own
mid the coudtAiii his colleagues iii office was ne-
cessarily involved. , In. this discussion he certainly
felt ambitiOus to follow the example of the HOnour-
able Mover; and with him to intreat that all party
spirit and feelings shoul,d be excluded from their con-
sideration ; for undoubtedly it was of a nature to
circa the vital interests oft he country, and should be
considered atrielly With a view to its uwn merits.- 013
that ground he was ready,to-discuss the third proposi
lion moved by the Honourable Gentleman. But he
thought that, in the first place, he should'
late somewhat frir theconduet of those who Should be
chosen to negeciete. He did not think it could be
Hie-Majesty'spresent Ministers ; these; therefore
who were anxious for an immdiate negociation-
uoder any circumstances, should begin by proposing
the-removal of the present Administration. With
the feelings awl opinions they professed, they should
tun be condemned to enter into .a IlepCiatioll fet-
tered and bound, as they should feel `themselves to
be under the present circumstpeces ; but for such an
underiekitig, -men should be elected of new dispo-
sitions, with new discretion,- and on new principles.
Otherwise there could be no difficulty in demonstra-
ting the impolitCy and the danger of adepting the
third propositiun of the Hon. Gentleman. In examin-
ingthat proposition, it was net otaVto home we bad to
.-look, but to the views-and expealithens at the 'Ene-
my.. What were the tieWs of the Enen3y even when
he'Profe%sed his ankh t• for N'ace; and even- While,
at petted with us ? he not secretly employ every
. means or exclu,ditig-.oiir commerce; - of discoareging
and. annihilating -4= nionutaetures ? Would' he rti."
IWY , it lit! COUla'belpit, ihe impartation of a siogle
yarl of clot h , or of any other article of our manu-
tdet wee Ifsoeh" were his endeeVeln'S r:F Kairt,t the
trade of this Conno7 at. that tient., what al.'s r they
now be; when tie-bad teeetved to e-tfm the Xation,
through the ;ruin of her dornnltree Wotalur the
cries of,:those. for - peace Whotn he was ‘co"iv
particularly resolved tee undo by war, be a pit_
• Fiee• with Witt*- .to listen -to any ite-res of pee; e ?
Ulr - contrary, would they net eocoerbge,
him ,to persevere in the war, its the sorest nieetes
of citscomplishing ohjecr? Then how
conie those who prele-tsect to be Iriends to peace
attempt to derive any argument in- its -favour *torn