The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-14 00:00:00

:he Ports by Ships of War, in a particular man-
ner ; those Article's, he hoped, would be amended, ;
and he conjured-their L.drdships to rake those points
into their', serious consideration. With re Peet to
the itnportnnt pints of the-Right of Searching and
, Detaining Neutral.Vessels,his Lordship 'corninented
at 'great-length, and generally' expressed his dissa-
tisfaction -,at the.' mode in, which they were settled
by the COnvtotion ;in *the drawing up these, any
errors well!. apparent—the principle of the A rmel,l
Neutrality seemed .also-to. pervade that_ part_ of-the
Convention. ssed On to 'the restrictions'
relative tc I.„citers of MarqueandPrivateering, for.
which, he seemed to' say, there existed not a neces-
• sit at, least t i ihoextentlatiddownin'theArticle he
•knew that the complaints against.the Otilkers of such,
Werevery muchexaggentted, 'as, indeed, they :were
,als-'6 ',against • 'Commtti?ders of His Majesty's Ships
4nd he ttstance4,orm. eases in s,?cperienee;
in which very; unfounded charges of thennatural:
1'6,10 to, were ; and he observed,• that the
suppression of Pri yateering, would be very. injurious
to the Maritime 'interests of-England, Proceeding
to comment 'upon .these points, with great furc'e and
effect, he observed again, that
,the relevant Article
could'. riot be. scruputoir4:executed without relin-
quishing the efficient./ Right 'of.Searcttiog.. He was
sappy, hOwever,--that, all those objections were still
temovable-;, and more so, they were in a train:' of
-*being obtiated.- such a case,.
,he would" be most
-happy- to concur in an .Address of . approbation, :but
as the c!onvention
,then stood., being neither perfe&,-
nor; to him, satiitael,n-v, he telt it his duty to dis.
'sent front the
,propo;,ed Address.
'The I.ORD • C.ILINCELLOK rose, and after
apologising for indisPOsition,teplietf at consi(lerable
-length and with great ability to Lard GiteNVtLLli
ale considered the-appeal made to himself as to the
marn;tr in which he: would decide the .subject in
&Once, as not ',fair,- from the situation in which he
stood., The Noble Lord had stated as accurately
as •trty..LearneelLord the questions '44 National Law
in dispute; Tho first, was, the pretension's that free
ships. Made 'free goods ; chat point had been :than
beyond all question. :Thenext4retension
of the, Neutral Nations, was,- to carryon- a Coasting
Trade during the W;tr, which would -not be per,
.mitted in time of Peace. .• A third was', to carry on
A trade -between the Cohtnics and the Mather Court,
tey:-iff, war, ..whiCh wmita nor . likewise' be per-
-mitred- in Peace. A fourth 'was, the question
'as to a-' blockaded Port ; and- the lifthi,.;:relates.
• to, the Right ot. Search. On . the last-:44. ob.
:Served, that the right .of the Belligerent Po:t7.)-ers to
''search tris .itdrriit red_ hy the. Treaty'; WhetFe
enjoymefit of it wAs wet .sokLured bytbat tea ty'',AVlts,
.for the. 6)nsiderationof the House. particular-:
ip'ealledthe atteotion of ate HOuSe .to one ,paint,
,•".whichheconSidered nor Only as valuable, but as the
"most valuable article that ever Occurred in a-Treaty
with aForeignPower ; tbar even a violation of this.
tight:Was not to be met by Neutrals with resistance
but that such,cOnteStS,. though attended With-art ad_
verse*, were to be .reserved for the 'decision of the '
tribonals of the
stwO Cduntris, pletiged tqt do juStice.
respera to .the Coasting. Trade; and that'be-•
.tulteo.-•The Colopieg and Mother .Country,.. his.
• Lord?hip contended that, they were denied by the
-Trzaty. His Lordship:entered' into a refutation Of,
what Lord Gitr'x v,u,LE had contended, that the •
coasting 'Trade was admitted by ,ti eliberty to ria
vigiifc to Ports. of the Enenr:.' ; for; • said the Loki"'
CHaxce[.i,o.tt,:.a RuSsian ship may take 'a-cargo:to
deliver at'-one; twO, or. three Ports,- and yet-his ,
Cargo may,he altogether as neutral as if he went to
one only-, lyrOtt.ided he took --mine of the Enemy's
;goods on board ',At •any of these Pores, After
-a number of 'observations oq.the Contrahand Trade,
his Lordshio.came tri the last point, the Right of
Search. He that ire agreed with-Lord'Gß.Elll- •
vILI,F, and he hoped that the Country would think
'again, before, froin any pretended philosophical
philaruhrcipy; they-gave up.pri Vateering,'which was -
!t
nursery for Seamen,and which mightbe considered
. as the private Navy oft he Cotintry.- He would rather
not have given up the right of searching Ships under
convoy by Priyatecrs,teuthe was notprepared•to meet
the• consequences of a refusal on this subject. On
the tyrestion Search' and Detention, and ;what
• were good grounds of suspiCion, he observed,. that
.something.must always be left to the discretiOn of
the.Commainding Officer. ‘*

Lord GRENV—ILIE and the LORD CHANCELLOR
explained.
Lord HOLLAND supported the Address,- but, upon
different grounds froai the Loan CH ANceLtoit,
co_nsidering.rthe points in diipute as inconsiderable,
and as rashly'brodght forward.. •:
Lord GRENVILLE explained. • - .

. Lord AII)IGItt.FFE, though he did not go the
•leggth_of one Noble Lord in condemning, and. of
the Learned' Lord in 'applauding the 'Ferm4 of-the
Treaty, yet as the great lirinciple- of the .Right of
Search was :sebured: to us, .he- would' vote for. the
Motion. . .

Lard i4eount NELSON' Siid, - that he rose. 'to,
trouble their Lordships •at that late hour, merely
,because, talon a great Ma ri time Qbestioii, hethOught
.it the duty- of some, Naval-Officer to speak:
.1-le7
mOsthighly approved of the Con eention that had been
entered into,-as securing tons two poltrtsnpon which
the salvation.of this Countrydepended, viuthat Free
BotrOms.do not make free goods, •and thaf.l\leutral
Bottoms shall not carry the goods-Olthe- Emmy. To
.maintain these two grear-prineipks 'he thought the
last shilling Andlhe last- drop of,blood -ought • to be
sexhausted.• These-were ilUestlons which had- often.
keen disputed, hilt which he now hopecrwerc set_
:tied, for ever. This Treaty appeard to .him most
coMpletely to settle them, and he did not:wish to •
iiee.one word of it altered. We owed the settle-
ment of these questions now, -to. the moderation and,"
.•
Justice of.the EHrErs:Ort EX-ANDER.. trusted
.they would net.-..r he .1-evieed ; .but' if they •were,
we must maintain them at -th4'expence of • our last '
farthing and our last mart., With resped,lo; gussia.
carrying nival Stores to the Potts of an Enemy, he
for one, a naval nears, would not. objet to it-4
itmight•afrord the Enem o_, opportunity of get-
ting out to ,sea, which .he conceived the, best way
of Butting a speedy termination to the War., He con.:
-,itlialed.withgiving his hearty assent to-the Motion:,
`The Onestion .was.then put and agre,ed ta7rem. ton.
At haif past ten o'clock the kiptise 4dioutheit•to
Monday next.