The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-21 00:00:00

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..ished then to ask, yv.hether ;t was yrooame
....ihsrtiontler se•eirennistantei,BOisTATA-RIE cowl
.4berilliliioUs •to unlike Peace ivith theliatia
~1-iis.f.t.ordslti,p „then.. Tertsured the
coniltia. cif lYtifiisters with respea:_th.the Norther
:Ftiti'ers:: ••%;. is' not, he Said, su much the .aetUal
calsese :Siattel we tluid ifitireltend,
Lbe • altirY 3tvqelTuf; 'fus.raiet, thorn' the tioterrupl.
.
non D our Commerce. The shutting up the
-Ports df the •Bilik at "this mninent of distress,
3xiastati-ohjaßliff'-;iltelittriest *concern' •
c IN49dy coltkitliplacc :greater conftrierrre Ithitn :11e
aid
.in the , sver,iority: of (%it
lordships must be aware, that-every thing con.
neaed with War, must be subject to chance ; and
What our situation (Vdtihrbe,.if We,metwith any
-.-eetious reverse; he would leave (t6' Oiel:Viouse, to
•jutige. It had been said that -the world was in
--arms against 'us; `and' consequently -we
._onght to
• display- a-degree of spirit- equal tO the emegericy
•in which wu were -placed. Untloubredly we
onght,.butit was' not necessary- that we should
ishiwour eyes to the danger of our .situation:
This Kingdtmi npw-'stood, in his opinion, upon
the brink of ruin—by-riin, be meant the total
• subversion-of-society,. and the dissolution' of those
bonds by which it was -held.' ogether : and, he
Was sorry to say, that was-an event which might'
lappen machmore suddenly than-their Lordships
-.-Seerned to -apprehend.. if it V was asked, what
the .Country to tie,?' his answer would
be, -that their -lordshits ought to concur
.in this Motion,:. and Seriously to Inquire into
-the :State 8f 'the 'Nation'. • They ought to exams
' ?nine into the condificin of the Finances. They •
would find that in the Customs and the Excise
there was a deficiency of near two millions; and
having investigated -the state of • the Finance of
the CountrY, he should then 'think 'right to ad.'
dreis Hrs MAJESTY, Calling upon 'him-to afford
consolation .to the, People, and to relieve their
apprehensions. If the 'new Administration aced
upon the principles of the old one,•the country
had no reason to 'hope for a' pacific disposition ;
"for cxclusive of other circumstances,.he would
only state one: document, which had'not, he he-
'.lieved, been •before.urgeil,.-and that • was, that at
the. time of the Negotiation at , Lisle, it-appeared
from the confession 'of the Agents of the Irish
.Direftory land -if their confession-was good for
,one point, it was good for- another), that the
.French must have made .PeaCe•if•we had been-iti-
.dined, but -that they•were qinion that 'this
sCountry was'by no means-sincere in itsproposals
4or Peakc. In-expressing his opinion so strongly ,
In -favour ,of fl.. Peace, he ,only , meant such a
If/eate a 9 'Ms. consistent Avid' the Honour and!
Xignity -of this v Country, and -such a -one as
.-•tras.•likely ,t-tcr..lbe :permanent, because 'he was
.aware .that.,r.oilting. could be Jnore injurions I
o ::onr ,interests, than to conclude a Peace with •
to probability vofv.hting:,involved immediately
a ;War. -He was afraid Ant a notion prevailed
_in Ittante, :that , though -there etas a Change of.
Alinisters,,.there was no Change
,41 Principles.;
2nd:the :old .Ministers
.had merely stepped aside
ita-tuake-roornfor slew Oue -.Wll(l,might attempt
Ast-atfieace, but viPho vould not-keep the late,Ad_
-Ininistration from regaining their seats, whenever
.theytpleased.-i-aJpon all these grounds,
.he con-
cluded with giving his assent. to -the Motion of
..tbe Noble Lord.. v -
• Lord CRE2OILLE • said, that nothing could
be more unfounded than the proposition. which
+ad beeneadvan'ced,•that their Lordships had been
Called upon to shut their eyes to ;the. State cf the
Country,' because they were afraid_ to encounter
the danger of their situation.. Their Lordships
*ereinot'ealled upon 'to shut their' eyes to-the
teal'situation of the-Country, -they were' merely
asked not to listen tb the exaggeratedrepresehta-
iion which had been Made of the dangers with
iathich we were threatened.._* he could tonsi-
tlet the present'Motion iti the 'paint of view in
iYhiCh- it had been represented by Noble Lords._-_-
if he could consider this as a'Motion (as it: had
been stated to be) calling' upon that House to
,terpOse and crve.'ihe Country, tie should 'adopt a
aliTerent line -Of Condtiti ; but viewing the sub-
- jed—in totallidiffetent lighVhe-ihould un-
-
doubtediy give the
,`present Motion his decid-
ed negative. •It was at all times the duty
of• parliam-pt to look at the, situation of the
Country,, but more !specially .so in momentsTh
of alarm, Whether at" alarm Was' well-Or ill-
founded. But he could not avoid *considering
it as a fallacy- to that their ;14ordships, by.
refusing tax() into this -Committee, were •shut_
ring their eyes to'tlie condition of the. Country.
For Whliever might be thefornial terms in-WhiCh
the- Moab' was couched, .the real- effea of it
would be, to'hoki -forth 'to the Public that they

were di,,catitfie'd with the-meristliies x.thicri had hi-
therto been adopted;' and that they wished to go
into .thiS Committee to try all sorts of expert.
menti. . This was not tbe line Of
in his opinion, the Country' ought to adopt.; _for
if it had. during the whole of this arduous .contest
been preserved from roint::if the established' er.'
tiers 9tSociety.had been preserved-4f the great ob-
jea for whichhad cergentled,ll.adjii then to been
olitainedythat-succ-ees.could only.boatifibuted wale
vigour of Parliament, to the manly 'spirit and pet.
SeYerariee of the Country, =and t 6 their-not giving
way 'to idle-speculations and unfou.nded-
No. Noble Lord had attempted to: state Kny ad..
vantage that would result fromzoini into thisCom-
gni iree;. and itifart; it' could ,lut veno oilier-tendency,
than to stew. that we- were alarmed iatlthe..na-
ture•of our sitttat kon, • and did not know -What • re.
niedy to have reeOutse co.ln commenting: upon
the .arguments -whiJi-had been-urged-in-support
of this Motion,. he should, with their Lordships'
permission, pass over * the observations which
had been made. upon the different Expeditions
which had .been .undertaken, ,:becausg he (lid,
not COn'ceive them to be connedod with the
present subjgt, and had' been, and Inight
be ..tna4; the - suhjct Of 'partictilar Motions.—
Whatever: charges..any Noble Lord .might think
it r,ght to bring' forward with respell_ to those
Exptdiuions, . the "MiniAters under Whose direc./
tion they had Ipen
.condudc&l, would always, be
tLcly to-meet and discuss ifiern. lie would now
13:AIGQ41 to onsitlersoine:of the obeer i.ations which.