The Sun.
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were dizereanisel ; that t`.-.e People were diseon-
reined e and t!--.at ~he could not possibly bring into.
the field a force able to cope with that of the Als
lies, But, perhaps, they lipprehended' that if the
Arms! in was restored to their Country, that
it would be such an accession of force as to change"
the chances of victor y, and to make the French
formidable, when, • without them, nothing was to
he feared. No such thing. For what was the lan..
guage; which was held respeEting the Army in
Egypt ? It was represented as diminished in num-
bers to a few' ispirited, discontented, undisciplined,
weak,,ditusted, at being detained so long from
their Country, and. as -being at least by no means
in a situarian to : maintain -a doubtful contest,
with .the flower of the. British Forces. He had
no great nretensions', to the charac=ter of a. States-
man. Indeed •he held them himself to be very
small. But Le had, indeed, said that Portugal can
not be .defended ,by money against a 'French and
SpaniSh Inv-asion : that it can only be defended by a
British Army, and tothis he added, that he doubt-
ed if he would have .advhed. this application cf the
British Force. kntsv that these sentiments
fairly laid him orenJo the Right Hon. Gentleman's
'remarks ; for surely, if he apprehendedan Invasion of
this Country itself, ,or thought that plans of Inva-
sion either of it or of Ireland were in the agitation of
the Enemy, it wolikr not be unwise in any Statesman
to consult first time security of these kingdoms, in
preference to affording assistance to. any Ally,
however old and faithful, and however .important
might, be her preservation and defence. The Right
Hon, Gentleman boasts of the accesses' of the War,
that he and his -measures have saved the Country,
and the( it. is owing to him that Gentlemen now
have it in their poWet to deliver their senti-
ments in this House. Int has not the danger
been of his own creating, and now at. the.end of a
nine years War, is not the Country exposed to all
the same dangers from whith he. pretends to have
saved it—exposed to them- with diminished re-
sources, and with diminished power, relatively to
that of:France ? The obstinacy, the pride, the folly
and overweening "confidence of that Right Hon.
Gentleman and his friends, reiefted all overtures for
Peace, when Peace might ,best have been expefted
to be obtained on honourable terms, and have left
this Country still longer exposed to these dangers.
Is this Statesmanlike condua ? Notwithstanding
all the boasted individual :successes of this'country
in this War, she at one time offered .to give up all the.
Conquests made, at least from France ; and let Peace
come when it will, this must be one of the condi-
tions of ir. Where ,then is our boasted success ?
He spoke of the conclusion ofreace ; not because he
saw any prospea 'of it. The 'present Ministers,
'notwithstanding all their professions :Of a sin-
cere. desire .for Peace, follow too closely • the
steps rot Their predecessors to afford any well ground.
ed eXpedations, that under- their _Administration,:
it would be attained. But he hoped that, late as it
is in the Sessioosethey will yet, before the ,end of it,
make some commtMication to .the House, to shew
to it and the Country, that ifPeaee is not attained, ,
it arises, not from this Country, but from the Enemy.
refusing to. agree to any terms, which in honour or
with safety coald be accepted.. .He adhered to his
opinion respreting-the proposed Vote OtiSubsi4i. ,

Mr. Pti'i, in exi)lanation, said he had not
spoken of the success of the Allies as certaini but
that in Indati,:ing the probabilities, it ,was Iret,ter td
run the risque we .dial at that time, than. to have
made Peaces. :With respea to the state of the Army
of Egypt, the description of it was not given by
him,' but, talien from tire accounts sent by that very
,Army, and which were captured by one of Ma-
.
jesty's-Frigates,
Mr.' jONES,_in a shOrt Speech, went over hi;
former grounds. respeCiing the Convention of El
Arish, and attributed the necessity of the present
Expedition to '.the rupture of that Treaty.

. .
The Resolution WAS then agreed to without a di.
vision, and• the Report to be received to-morrow.
The' th.rd reading of; the Clergy exclusion Bill
was put off till ro.rm,rrow.
The Atmurial Bearing, and Powder Tot Bills
went through a .Comrnittee.

The Sog.ar Drawback Bill went through a Com-
mittee, with some Amendments, the Report was
brought up, and,ordcred to be taken into coniider-
;llion on Wecinesday,
- Mr. H. BROWN moved, that the CHANCELLOR
`of the EXCHEQUER be added to the Commitee ap-
poin;d to consider of improving the Port of Glasgow.
Adjourned at half past sevEn till To-morrow.

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OLLM 111C!RE I.,LSVM AULIAT ?

LONDON, MAY i 9, .1801.

THE ilaviturgh Mail duc" yesterday, 4rriyed
this morning. it has brought us intelligence frau.'
Copnhagen; -ander date- bf the gth. By this we
learn; that a Courier had arrived there from the

Emperor At. F X AND ER, with advices that is was

not the intention of His IMPERIAT. MAJESTY to
secede from the Northern Coalition. This intelli-

gence might be considered as unpleasant, were
• we not 'already, apprized of the extent to which
• the Emperor ALEXANDER means to suppOrt the
claims of the Confederacy. '
Admiral Torry's Squ4dron had arrived in the

Road of Cap,enbageg.
A Letter from Carherona, of the 4.th inst. chews
that the best understanding Feratied between the
Court of Sweden and the British Admiral.
The Terms on which the Eight is opened, are
gi, eri in the Hamburg!) Article.
-I he intelligence from Egypt, by the ,way of
,sf,:nrinoi/e, has been anticipated by the Official

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