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cause indivi.duals, • like Nations, when their pas-
Sions are inflamed, break tlirougn _established
,plineiples; ,A-ie•ehallenged .a fair, and calm dis-
cussion of the subjed, both on /he...indice. and
policy of the _Neutral .Code-as established, aod
on the exercise of -it by ,this Country. He
wished fhe Noble Lord would appoint a day
for -the discussion. The -tights claimed by _ this
Country, he believed, no 'man would dispute,
and as to the exercise- of them, he believed, that
no decisions could. be more reopened by Foreign
Nations than those of our Court. of Admiralty,
'before which principally such Causes conic.: How_
-ever it was a thing due to the.Coniitry; -and more
particularly due to the brave Officers and Sailers
in our Navy,, that this point should be cleared up
and finally settled. He invited the discussion of
ir. As' to 'the polity.of maintaining by force
What he conceived -to be the right of this Country-
by the Law of Nations,- that is a matter of sepa-
rate dismission ; but the. right must govern the
policy, not the- policy the right.
The Marquis of OUCKLVGII.I2IT
_supported
the Motion, on the ground that though he had
had occasion to express -his opinion .on most .of
the measures which it was the object of the Mo-
tion to inquire into, and though lie still adhered
to that opinion, he saw many -rea4onz in present
circumstances, for going-into this Equiry,.among
which the most ROWerittl Was,
.that the new
Ministry do not possess .the confidence of the
Country.
Lord ELDON made a few observations on the
Law of Nations, 'as regarding Neutrals, and de-
tendiog the practice of it in this Cottrttry.

,Earl .M 0 IRA spoke in explanation.
Lord AUCKLAND made a few observations
against
.the:Motion. .said, it 'would be easy
to prove, that 'the statement of .the Noble 'Lord
reSpetling the ireteased Debt of tire -Country
since the commancementmf .die War, was very
much exaggerated, and that instead of 300.Mi1.
lions, it did no: attount to more th'3n 130 Mil.
lions. He .said, that, however, he .wished to
knew 'something more of the Cause of the
Resignation of the late Ministers: It ap.
[seared to him that a considerable degree of
.mystery hung over that
.transtteliott„.,and in his
mind; their coliduet seemed
,like that of 'a
neral who, in the hour of daoger and on the field
of battle, should get into a post.chaise and drive
off, leaVing his ',Troops behind.
Earl SPENCER said, that feeling himself
pledged to a great Constitutional measure, which
he conceived to be essential to the nationat inte.
rest, and finding that he could not carry it, he
ibad felt it his duty to resign the office which he
.held, and that this was . the sole cause of his Re-
signation.
,Egrl FtI7,IVILLIAI supported the Motion,
andientered at considerable length into a discus.
Sion of the Neutral Code of Law, the right of
search, and the propriety of employing force .in
assertion of this right. He reviewed the condura
held by this• Country to the Armed Neutrality in
1780, and compared .it with the condufl at pre.
sent pursued, which he argued to be destruaive
of the ComMerce, and prejudicial to-the interests
of.the Country. .
The Alarqujs of LANSDOW'NE referring to
what had fallen from Lord FiTzwi ',LIAM, said,
that the claims set up by the Armed Neutrality
in AA:b. had. been uniformly denied by this
Country, though.nevzr resisted by force.
Lard GREW if ILLE -said a few word, on the
same subje.ra.
Lard. HOBART said, that placed in the 'Situa-
tion in which he was, he.felt rather embarrassed
how to deliver .his sentiments on the .Motion.--
He had but lately.accepted anardeous,oiiice under
the Crown, but it had been bestowed upon him
from no personal solicitation ; aud-ardtious as it
might be, His Majesty's late Ministers hay.
ing_ thought it their duty to, resign their employ.
,vents, •
_and he being called by
.His
,MAJWTY
to that -Office,. he had thought it 'his duty
both to his King
...and to his- Country, to accept
of it. Hii situation was not certainly such aone
as a person consulting their own ease or .comfott
would have chosen to, place themselves in. A
Noble. Marquis, whom he highly respelled, had
said, • that:the new Ministry -do not possess the
confidence, of tlite Country, but, lied hoped that he
should have, and he thought 'himself entitled
to . a
_fair confidence, till his condo& should
shesv that he deserved to ,forfeit it. He
claimed for himself and his Colleagues that con.
fidence, and that they should only he judged by
the House and the Country, from their actions.
He avowed-hia, approbation of the Expedition to
the Baltic. lit professed the strongest desire for
Peace,,aodhoped that the siheerity of this.clesite
would not now be questioned, till he shouldhasc
an opportunity of evincing it. 'He,. for himself
and his' Colleagues, asserted. that their conduct
should be regulated by no privat and secret in-
fluence, but be the result of their own opinions
. and principles ; that if it should be approvvd of
by. the Country, to them alone: shall the merit be
attributable—and tharshould they unfortunately,
be disipproved of, to them would all they blame
be due. He opposed'ihe Motion. .
The -Mike 4f BEDFORD
.aberted shortly to
what Lerd .Au.c K LAND had said respecting the
increase of Debt occasioned by the War, which.
lke.contended-,totbincotteft, and gave his sup.
port to the .Motion.
Laixd Air epti,s?f the Earl
.of. DE it BY, and';
Lord DA R N ET , . seyeralylp.oke in exptoration.,
„lclite,Hoine'diy,,ided on the, Motion : • .
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