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

NUMBER

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
ON MONDAY .EVENING, November z 6,.
will be performed,l
KING RICHARD THE THIRD.
Richard, Mr. KEMBLE.

THEATRE-ROYAL, scovENT.cARDE.,4%
ON _MONDAY NEXT, November 16 1801,
wilt be performed,
KING RICHARD THE THIRD.
Richard, Mr. COOKE.
WITH •

•
PEkOUSE.
4„°p;Nesdav and on Thursday Mrs. tillington.will Apper
the Charaaer of Clara in the. Coniic 0 vera of the-Duenna.
tOth and i tth RepfeSentations of • the N'eW Comedy.
be on Wednesday and Saturday.
xes3n Friday Mr. Cooke • will perform' the eharatier of
C:2sbeth, for the first time this season.

SIXTH CHANGE.
• ROYALTY THEATRE,— • -".
wELL'sfSTRE'ET, GOODMAN's-FIELDS:
(IN • MQNDAY NEXT, Nov. T 6, and, Five
InllOWlng Evenings only, will sbe presented, never
Peilortned,an entire New Entertainment of .Music and Dane-
-118, called
HARVEST HOME -
,
:Or, THE MAYOR DECEIVED. In the •
course- of the Evening; the following New Songs,•
composed s y
Mt.' Sanderson, will be sung The Brick-:
13ust Bay; by Miss Fisher (fromthe Royal Circus, her first
cill3darance-). ""faddy_'' Advice," by Mr. Thorpe. " The
ceantaor Grinders of the Sea," by Mr. Johannot.
. st Time, an Egnestvian TRIAL of SKILL, also Ground
11„ „ u - - - and Lofty TUMBLING.
esire, and positively for this Week °pay, the new• All-
egorical Spectacle, called
• THE OLIVE BRANCH ;
Or, THE RATIFICATION:* •
-e whole toconclude with, first' time, a Serio-Comic
:,.-rantominie, interspersed with the greatest Variety of
-Novel Metamorphoses, Scenic TransforMations, Mechani-
tal Tricks; Deceptions, &c. ever produced on any Stage in
a similar produaton invented by Mt. Astley, jun.- called
THE D.eiMON's TRIBUNAL.;
LIARLEQUIN's ENTEgYRIZES.
pi, Lower and Upper _Boxes 3s•.—Second P riCe• as.
,-;2s:---,Second Price Is. First Gallery rs.--,SecondPrice6d.
atioors to, be opened at I-lalf-yast EiVe, and begin at Half.-
..It o'Clocic.—SeCond Price at Half-past Eight o'clock.
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HANOVER-SQUARE CONCERT ROOMS. :.
'SS LINWOOD's EXHIBITION, with ad;
, 6tioaal VICTURES, IS kE-OPENED, and will
Ztinue Every' Day, Sunday exi:epted; from Nine in the
• °riling till Evening, ; •.-- .: •,.. -
-.--.-,2_ • Admittance One Shilling.

•
a,2_lVs, WIVES, and FAMILIES of the KILLED
_WOUNDED BRITISH' SOLDIERS, SAILORS,
and MARINES, in the 'EXPEDITION to EGYPT.
Cr'avenTavern Craven-street, Nov, ir, tSoi.
r a SPECIAL MEETING, of the COM-
E E.; 'held beTe this Day,
1e44-Marshal his Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK in

... the'thair/ ' • ' .
Kezd the Minutes and Resolutions of the General Meetings
kid P
- " - - - 0 m inif tees held to this day—The saute were approved;
and it was
Ordered, That the whole, or such '.part_ Of them,
..as the
:nntinittee may, front time to time, think necessary for the
Information of thePUblic, or of the objeai intended to be
lelieved by this Subscription, shall' be re-published, tinder
the auspices and sant-film of hisßoyal Highness the Duke of
'"rit , now in- the Chair.- .
'esplved, That until the Committee, shall be enabled to
i:ip some idea of the numbers that it may be necessary to
ziw.'et, and of the extent to which this Fund may yet be car-
ttihti.a Benevolent. Public, so-as to frame a proper scale of
~ Pution, they shall proceed, as soon as possible, to make ,
4. 44 ..tts in advance to stich`objeas as may produce regular
jeatit;ales, in the following proportion: Widows of Ser-
i:tart ocend of Privates 21. Wives of wounded Serjeants al.
It Votes 11. Children a( Wives
cos. •
0,
Fund be vet That 'tint -And- the further distribution of this.
b -"ue concluded under the same regulations as were adopted
.tfvl.•rhe Committee for managing the Subscription raised for
t-, Relief of the Widows, Wives, and Families of the
the year
Forces who Suffered on the Expedition to Holland in
,sie Year 1799, or according to such other. Regulations as they
*ma„,Y deem it expedient to adopt. '
jcesolved, That the,Cominittee ao appoint their times and
tace of meeting, and give regut at notice thereof to the Mem,
thls composing it and to the Public;. that in the mean time
.`LeY ,conunuc to invest in Exchequer Bills,or. other Govern-
tritt Securities, the Monies they rtuly receive, until the saine
,requited for- distribution`. • .
D Resolved That the amended form of the Certificate& of
i,earhs, Wounds, Marriage, &c. as now produced, be
Z,?ved, and that the Adjutant-General •be requested to pro-
re from the different Regimentt.that were on the g).ptian
ItkPedition, as soon as; conveniently may be,,the necessary
et,,urns for the regulation of the Committee.
V , -
esolved; That Mr: Chtistopber Cuppage, of No. 13,
die ion
Golden-square, with whose diligence' and
Ihention the Coornmittee who conanded..the distribution of
le, 4%d for the Relief of the Sufraters on the Expedition, to
,h,.'"ilanci, were' well satisfied, be appointed'S'ecretary, to the
4'eftenr C • -
. ik orninitte,. . . .
ineakt... a Letter from j. Jackson, Esq. of the tzth Sept. i SO I,
rezi-rning this CoMmittee, that he-had paid'in 10701. Ins. sd.•
tnir ;tee!' hi him by NiChOlas Brown; • Esq. Steretary to Ad,„
Lord Keith, putsuant to. he diredions of his. Lordship
flri
ithe Fla& Officers and Captains, under his command:
irdered, Thar the'Seeretziry write' tp Mr: Jackson, to re- •
'lest that he will transmit the Thanks of this Committee to
tr9rd Keith and the-Officers who have so handsomely con-
_ Artited to the increase of the Fund. And it was also resolv-
n that J: Jackson, Etq: be requested to become a Member
ur this Committee. ' ' •' ' . .
Thanks
Royal' flighness was humbly solicited to accept the
liking
of this Meeting for his -gracious condescension in
I.llting the Chair. -'' • •
- •• • ' , ' C. CUPPAGE, Sec,
Subscriptions have been already received to tile Amountof
'Gently i veil,nui the advertisedhiell have been
recei mt. not iet.iirc.. ' - '
The Officers and Privates of the 55th Regi.
ment, -- • - - - 4. 54 13 '
8
Mari I\4 ii r-,:av, , - - - - o to
William Lock,. Esq. , - - , - 5 $- o
Edward Ommamiey, E,sq. -. - to Id '0
liSUbscriptions 'Continue to he received at 41oyd's Colli:e-
-.;:°45e, and at the following Bankers, viz. ' • 2 •
NlesSrs. Child's, • ,-.1
r leet-strisr't
Messrs.- HOare's, .. • • '
Messrs, •M'a'rtin Stoll(' and Co.'s, Lombard-Street.
__ f • 'l,
Messrs. Robarts and Curtis, 'Change-all:N.
ILlessrs. 'Ttionti.t.s Con-tts, and Co.'s, StrahiL
est.:rs. Snow., Sandby. and Paul's, Strand. .
;les srs . Drununonds, Charing- C toss. -
. 1.1 1-1 (ses. affialersli:y, and 'Co.'s, Tali-Mall. ,
74css'rs-. licrtic-S, liarquhar, awl Co.'s.. 'St. James's.-
- , Street.. .
inessrs.• liOsanquet Beachcroft, and..Co.'s, '3, 1..0nt-
-. ' b -st rfict. • , . .•
evlessrards. S mith, Payne, arid, Smith's, c; eorgc-ktreet„ Man-
...,______ sic:t..House. • • •

I.INCOLNSI-11RE.,-SAI;1; LANDS. --
TO'1;1,.• SOLI> BY AUCTION,.-
early month-of January ueNti if not previously dis-
posed of by. Private Contrget,;. •
PrlP:t:Detar.l):=l ESTATES' anti PROPERTIES
- •
tl)e of Sir C:1 I:R'l'V IIEAICOTE, -Bart,- situate in'
several Pari'Aicsoi Leakei Frainpton;-Kirton,. Sutterten
bp:R/oft, swihesheatl,-I;icker, Cosbertott, Surtieet,' .pinch=
Dorrington, kuskiug„ton, BillingliAy, and Short Ferry
Vrin in 41'41! PariSli of kiskerron, file Coin of Lincoln:
4:iriticutarstif-Whicli areidpitiia-ration; .and will be rusty for
In the mean tigie, dr.! T,,3105 and Premises May De viewed
vun applicatibn.to the' respeaVve•Tennts.
Enpittliziitt; Pki.- • •
•

GENERAL POST OFFICE,
November 6, Oki.
MOTICE hei-eby' givem, that the foljoeiviag
IN Places are now included in the Deliliely of the Two
Penny Post, viz:

ISLEWORTH,
WORTON,
• WHITTON,
WHITTON DEAN,
TWICKENNAM, _
DDINGTON, Bushy Park)
HAMPTON, -
"SUNI3URY.
It is' tAr-efore particida4 requested that all Letters for ewe
Parts ova e put into the TWO PENNY POST Offices or Re:.
ceivlng Houses, in order that they may be regularly fed-warded by
their proper Conveyance.
N. B. HAMPTON COURT and WICK remain in the
Delivery of the General Post.- • - ,
By Command of Eli Majesty's Postmaster General,
FRANCIS nEELING; Se:or/ay.

. • •••
REDEMPTION 0:F. L.A.tsTD: TAX. •
MAJESTY's COMMISSIONERS for the
Hof TAXES baying' -received a Return, .'eoitain-
ing the Names of Sunday Persons -who having.contraH7l for the
Redemption of .I..and, Ta.x ..by Instalment, have transferred
the Stock"' riecissaly to discharge One.. Or more Instalments, but.
have not' made the aubseiuent Payments, hereby give, this general
Nader, that unless ike•Parties so,indePult, immediately transfer
'the Stye* regrtisire to Satisfy. the „Inwahnents.due upon their Con.
Path, up to the preset!t time, togrther-euith biter-est on'the same,
the isthok of' the Land Tax be revived, and again charged
upon their Estates, as clireeed ly the .47 j 8 Geo. 111. Cap. 60,
See. 96.
By Orcler' of the Board, .
o.ffiee for Taxes', ,' MATTIIEW WINTER,
Nov. 6, 'Sol. Secretary..

To the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and FREEHOLb:
ERS-of the COUNTY of CHESTER.
GENTLEMEN, , . , s.
YOUR very worthy and highly respeaed Repre-
i ssentinive; Mr. Crewe, having signified his intention of
retiring frOm your service at the-end of-the' present Parlia-
ment, '1 cartnot refrain- from -taking the earliest opportunity
of expressing an anxious hope that I may be thought not un-
worthy of the important trust, which' he has so long and so
honourably enjoyed, Should I 'be fortunate enough to ob-
tain this mark of your confidence, I shall accept so high an
honour with the utmost gratittide, and shall endeavour to de-
serve it by a zealous maintenance of our excellent, Constitu.:
Lion, by a diligent attendance of my Parliarnentary•lluty,-and‘
•a stria attention to the peculiar Interests of the County of
Chester.
I have the Honour to be,
-
• Gentlemen,
Your very faithful hutnble-Servant, . •
•
Teton Park,- • • WILLIAM EGERTON.
Nov. zoth, aor.

• . . . . . . ,
HE CREDITORSoINICHOLAS TURNER,
1. ,
late of Winchester-street, in the City of London`, Mer-
chant,a BankrUpt, are desired to meet the surviving Assignee
of his Estate and E Weds, on Thursday the zoth•of December
next, at the Crtwn and Anchor Tavern in the Strand; at
Twelve o'Clock at Noon prer itely, to take into consideration
the Proposal of titk-! Committee df City Lands, to recommend
to the. Corporation of the City of London to purchase the said
Nicholas Turner's Interest in certain Property near Black
friar's Bridge; anti on other Special Affairs. - -
CHARLES BICKNELL,— •
. .
Norfolk-street, 'solicitor to she Commission.
1 ith Nov, tSO 1.

DAME VOItTtiNE,
Deals ems bet esirti,t on Monday next, for the, last time in
Ireland ; •
Therefore those who Wish to partake of her favours, haVe
no time to lose.
SCHEME of the IMPJRIAL IRISH LOT.
, , TERY,

No. of Prizes, V2.!Lie of each, Total Value.
4 of ".X.1o,o0c) is f. 400000
4 5,000 za,coo
---- , lqooo ---- 8,000
1,000 ---- 5,000
500 ---- P,500
Jeo ---1, boo
so —-- 'OOO,
7zooo

3S
20
8,000

,C.!sc?,ooao

8057 Prites.
2.3,943 Blanks.
32,000 Tickets.
Capitals Determinable.
First drawn Ticket, • ist Day, ,C. soo
Ditto, -, 4th Day, - rsooo
Ditto, - 7th Day, -.5,000
Ditto, it3th Day,' - lo,oocS
Ditto - 19th Day, - 16,000
Ditto, last Day - -2,00 c,
Present Prices orrickets and Shares,
Whole Ticket - ,C. ad' '5 o Eighth ' = - ,C. t 2 6
Half ditto - - 4. 7 o • Sixteenth, - o .6
Quatter ditto - -.2. 4 0
Tickets and Shares of Tickets arc now on sale at every Li-
censed Lottery Office.
A speedy purchase is recommended, AS Tickets are rising.
Begins Dr.iwing• on Monday next.

ENGLISH and. IRISII STAT-E'LQTTERIES fOr aot•
SHE TICKETS, ace... sold and divided into
HALVES, QII.A.RTERS, EIGHTHS., and. SOY..
TEENTHS, by HAZARD, BURNE and CO. Stock-Bro-
kers; at _their State I:ottery-Olfice,' No, 93; under. the Royal
Exchange, LondOn, and no where else on their account.
Irish Lotterybegmsdrawing 16th November,
lists 3d March, 18,v2. • •
'lltters*, -post:paid, (Idly answered, and Schemes gratis.
" Orders accompanied with short-dated Bills on Lon-
don, or Post-Office 'Orders, punauallyatterided to; and to-
pl.event.mistakes as well as delay, Correspondents are re-
qu9tcd to send them bylPost.
•

ENCLISH AND 'IRISH STATE- LOTTERIES;
Irish State Lottery begins Drawing on Monday nekt.
English _,State Lottery.,begins Drawing.'Mareh 3., rgoz.
MHE TICKETS HA.LVES: QUARTERS,
.
EIGHTHS,-and ,SIXTEIITHS, are now selling,
in' real variety of NuMbers, and on thelowest terms. The
Aloney for the Prizes paid on demand, by HORNSBY and
CO. • Stock-Brokers, at .their Old-established State Lottery
Office (licensed pursuant to Aa- of 'Parliament), No. 26,
Cornhill, apposite the. Royal Exchange, London ; alsb at
Liverpool and Exeter. .
CorAett Nwnerical and , Register Books are kept, and
Tickets and-Shares registered; at Six {fence 'per'N wither:
Orders accompanied with good Bills,. payable at sight; or
of-a short dat'e, will be punctually attended to, precisely on
the Nine Terms as if present.
Letters (post-vai'd) duly answered, and Schemes gratis.
All Slntres sold at this Office will, be stamped,; agreeable to
Ad ;of Parliament) with the words " State Lottery Stamp-
Office."
Bank; India, and-South Sea Stocks, with their several An-
nuities., artd all kinds of Government Securities, bought and
. sold ,by Commission.
, ..• , , . .
.CAPITAL PRA ZES Sold, Shared,. and. Registered. by
. HORNSBY in& Cot 7
- -2
PrizascilThirty ThOusin&POunds: • -
7 Prizes Of Twenty-Thousand. Pounds. • -
..• . z Prizes of .Filteen Thousand Pounds.
13- Prizes of Ten 'Thousand volina;.
19 Prizes ofFive Thousand-Pounds. •
,30 Prizes of. Two Thousand. Pounds;. .
49 Prizes of One 'Thousand ,Poun&s. :
• 73' Prizes ofFive Hundl'ed Pounds.
-Cox's Grand Diamonds in the Lottery-1774, and the.Pigot
Gifin&Diamond in the last English Lottery, were sold by
Hotifsby and Co.
-a • . - •

SATURD.dr, NOVEMBER

14, Aar.

IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

FRIDAY, NOV.-13.

Counsel were fi,nally heard relatiite to the Appeal; 130 e.A.E
v. ANDERSON. After which, their Lordships were pleased
to affirm the Decree of the interior Court, with tool: costs.

After an interval of some. length, and some roll;
tine business had been-disposed of, the Order of the
Day for the taking -into consideration the Copven-,
tion made-between His Majesty and the Emperor of
Russsia, was read ; upon which : • ,
Lord HOLLAND'sosei and adverted to_ Some
previOns-information, which, the thought, should be
laid before the House, 'before their Lordships could
consistently proceed 'to the disctission of the Treaty
with Russia. The Noble Lord seemed to refer to .
the. Negotiations with* Sweden and Denmark, on
the basis of that before, the House, and alluded to
what a Noble Peer, high in Office, had said. on 'a •
former evening, that be -expeded by that time the
Ratifications of • the Treaty, on the part of: Sweden ,
and Denmark, would arrive ; under those-.circum-
stances, he thought -it would be but proper and decent
to wait (null" those should arrive, before' they pro-
ceeded to decide on the merits of the Treaty befote
-the House, or to express their approbation of it. .
Lord SOB4RT'confesied, himself at a loss for
the Noble Lord's meaning : if he meant a Treaty
between this Country and Sweden, he could; without
hesitation answer, that there was no diStintt Treaty •
between this Country and Sweden in negotiation,.
nor had• Ministers in fact, any other Treaty to lay
before the -HoUse, than that which stood before.
their Lordships for discussion:
Lord HOLLAND, in. the course of his explana.
• in
tion,' seemed to refer 'tossorne points the Conven-
tion which lay on the Table,' and which appeared to-
him to require previous elncidatinn.
The LORD, CHANCELLOR replied shortly- to
what had fallen from the NOble -Lord, and' explained'
that those Voints would stand, on the -same footini,
.and were liable to the same constru&ions, as before
• the'Rupture had taken place. • -
. Lord HQLLAND replied, that he perfeEtly
derstood what had fallen from.the -Ndble Lord, but
persistcd.in thinking it" improper to decide upon the
Convention before the 'House, until ' they Were'
apprised how the affair was.settled with the other
ourts ; and repeated the probability (judging Of
what had fallen from, one of them) of Ministers be:
;it very speedily in possession of that infOrmation.
The sense of the House appearing decidedly for
proceeding to the Order of the Day,. the tame was
fully read, when.
The Earl of DARNLEY rose, and, 'in a-Speech of
some length, delivered his sentiments on the Treaty •
before. the House: these were 'decidedly in'appro-
bation_of that measure, which he conceived equally
-to redound to the honour, and conduee-,:to the real
interest. of Great Britain. ' By its .Provisions, he
conceived,. that those parts Of the Maritime Laws tb
which. it referred, were established •on a firth basis,,
and, at the same time, in•such a Way, as went to
-assert iliehon.our and undoubted rights of this'Coun- -
try. NOtWithstanding any oblation, that, possibly
might be made on that score, he would contend,-
that every thing for-Which we had?ressed was sub-
stantially :attained, particularly in what respaled
the important consideration of contraband articles,
and the principle advanced by our late Adversaries,
" that Free Bottoms made Free Goods." He was also.
aware of the exceptions which might be taken to
the wording of some parts of the Provisions ; but
with respea to this, -he would put _ to their
-Lordships,' the :.extreme difficulty of drawing up
articles of that -length and nature, in such a
• way -as to -preclude objetlion and cavil. The pro-
Tvision for restraining Privateers, the Noble Lord
conceived to he proper and salutary, and adverted
to the occasional mal-praffices and vexatious. -eon_
'duet of some Commanderi, engaged in that line of
service. He would also put to the consideration
of their Lordships—the situation of unprecedented
difficulty and danger in which the Country stood
at the period 'at which the' Rupture took place, and
-for some time
,after--the unjuisti'fiable eonibination .
which had been entered into against the Maritime
.Power and importance -of Great Britain--the peri-
.lous anti expensive War in which the Country was
engaged—the pressure of- pnblic burthens at the.
time,' all which circumstances, combined together,
rendered the part which Ministers had to aft with
respeEt to the Northern Confederacy, extremely
arduous and delicate. Not. that he, in the least,
doubted the Power, the Resources,' or the Spirit of
the Country to contest the point -to the utmcist
extremity with: the Northern Powers, did' such an
unfortunate alternative become necessary : but he
-made those observations, to shew,the difficult part
• which- Ministershad to a6t at the time, and thattheir

bringing their opponents to such terms as ap-
peared on the face of the Conventioll, was the more
worthy of applause, and of the unanimous approba-
tion of•the House. His Lordship then referred ge-
nerally to some of .the leading stipulations of the
Convention, by which, we understood him to say,
that, in efre6i, the Treaties of i 766, and 0f.1797,
with Russia, ware renewed with Russia, and that
Warlike and Naval Stores were very properly Ten-

dercd by it Contraband of War. He concluded by
moving an Address to His Majesty on the Occasion
of. his Convention with the Emperor of Russia,
which was. couched in the usual terms of thanking
His Majesty for his goacious communication of. the
Treaty, and expressing the full approbation of the
House in the 'wisdom. add justice of its provisior.s.
Lord CATHC ART rose to second the Motion
for the Address, ands in the course of• an able and
spirited -SpeeclCabserved, that the principles ad-
vanced by the klorthern Confederaey in the late
contest were unjustifiithic in: the e.x.tiketpe,, acct in

[PRICE SIX PENCE.

their operations_r',tinqs and destruftive.to the incon-
trovertible rights and the Maritime Power ;of this
Country--:-tbese his Lordshi'p.observed,Ead in a great
measure lain dormant the aff;tiy, in '786,111 their
recent revival, and,. that they were happily, by the
wisdom Ord energy of, the ,present Ministerg, de.. -
tided by the Convention upon the, Table.. He then
adverted, to. some of the most striking paiti :of • the
Treaty, a,nd pointed their I,prdships' attention to
the mode in which the .principle, that free bottoms
made free goods, was disposedbf.... The regulationS
of-the present Treaty he conceived to, be founded-tin
true i isdpm, and to be dida ted by a
.vignOus polio
cr. The, condLiEt of Miniliters with respect to the
Northern Confederacy,_ was such -as refied'ed the
highest credit, not only on-thernselees, but on their
Country, which never,-he thought, was_placed in so
'honourable a Point of. view, or had come off With
a -greater accession- of charader, than
..on that in-
stance. lie particulgly applauded the yig9r;oip and
decided measures adopted by, Ministers on that -oc-
casion, in WhiCh a NOhle, and gallant Viscount then
present, -and to 3.:,,h0m their
,I..ordship' thanks.were
so justly given, had shown with so much lustre ';'he •
fully agreed with the Noble LOrd who preeededhim, )
as to the situation. of peril and difficulty in which
the Country stood at
.the. time ; added to, these
unfavourable cithr.i-,,tance3,. which had been so
adverted to by the Lord, he
Would add, the consideratioo of tine impend-
ing Scarcity, and the .circumstance 'the
settled'Administration7—the situation i.r which the
Country was then placed, admitted. of neither heS,i-,
tation nor delay, on, the part
.of its Rulers.:—they
came forward.. boldly, and asserted the- National
'honour al interests, and they successfully fought
France with one hand, and the. Powers of the
North with the other. • The scruple that free bottoms
made free goods, and the exemptiOn claimed-by our
late opponents, were happily resisted, 'and -these
questions completely deqded by the present Coll
'vention,. which, on the _grounds
.he.had stated, he-
folly approved 04 and_ the Address,. thcrelpre, had
his most cordial concurrence.. ' _

_ .
On the. Question being put, ,
Lgid GRENYILLE rose, and in an able argu-
mentative. Speech-of _very considerable length, -.de-
livered his sentiments on the important topics before
the House, and which, generally speaking, -were
decidedly in disapprobation of the Treaty upon the
Table. Our contraCted limits confine .us to. the Re-
port merely of a .few of his points:
He observed, that the Convention before their
Lordships,. went neither to secure to this Country
its just and incontrovertible rights, nor to put
• beyond doubt I or cavil several questions of the
'Utmost- importance, .and which. were among the.
leading points, of our late contest,; .these he.
thought were not irremediable ; the transaaions in.
- question- were .with. a friendly Court, such -as he
trusted Russia would always be, and by means of
Negotiation those palpable. errors and.defeas in the
Convention may be • remedied. 'He. could not;
however, concur in an. Address whickwent to ex-
press the .perfea satisfahction of the House to a
Treaty which necessarily the .after conduit of -Mi-
wisters, may.-prove, was far frorri..being definite or
complete in its provisions:- That the _measure was
not yet complete, was apparent from-the circumstance
'of our - being at that moment in Negotiation with
Sweden upon-the same topics, and in . this, he con-'
ceiy.ed -Ministers acted rightly.; 2a., matter of this
kind shonldatotbeslurred over, but all its defeCts •
redifiecl, and he was- happy to he.aware that the.
affair 'was in a- train of malleable Negotiation. He
then proceeded to a close and detailed examination
of the Treaty. before' the. House, and'in tlais dis-
cussion his •Lordship displayed .his wonted_ability,
joined to a- considerable fund of information upon
the subject. ,He closed his objections to the. TriCa-
sore under five,distina. heads first respeEted
Colonial Commerce ; and on this head he contended
that, by the way in which the, Treaty was drawn
up, the produce .of the French Colonies: may be
•brought, speaking ofta period of War, direClly by
Neutral Bottoms into the • Poi.ts of 'France-,—The
second respeCted the principle which the Northern
Powers had advanced, that Free. Bottoms made Free
Goods—,The third head)• was relative-to what con-
stituted Contraband Articles of War—The fourth
respeaed the Blockade of Ports by Cruizing ,Squa,
dross--And the fifth respeeted-the important point
of the Right of Searching., Much of the present Con-
' vention appeared to be framed on:the basis of that
odious and unjustifiable Combination,. known by the
name-of the g Armed Neutrality.' And he contend- •
ed, that many' of those points he touched upon max,
according to the Terms of the Treaty, be. decided
,against us; by the stipulated permission. of 'trading
' to the 'ports and upon the coasts,- the necessary re-..
stri6tion. upon Neutrals- with. respea• to supplying
the Enemy, was, by. no means implied ; and he was
of opinion, that udder the provisions he alluded to,
-his Noble izriend on the Woolsack, whose functions
as a Judge were distina from those. of the.Ministeri
could not say with certainty that the power was not
given to Russia, to Sweden, or to. Denmark, to
carry the ColOnial• produce of France even into
the ports of-France itself ; . the specification of what
constituted articles Contraband of War, and the
distinftion between Naval and-Military stores, Was,
he contended, very vague and indefinite.--He corn.-
pared, the, specifications of those in the present
Treaty. with those' of former Treaties, and placed
them in a view highly to thedisadvantage of'the first
-mentioned.,—With regard to the blockade of Ports,
his. Lordship Observed, the, relevant article may be
• construed so,- as'ahat the usual mode ofblockading
by Meins of eruiZing Squadrons, should nor preclude
the access of Neutral Ships, -inasmuch as that the
aftual attack of the was required to consti-
tatte- x blockade) , or else, -a close investment 'of