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WEDNESDAYIi FEB. 4.

A Meeting at an early hour_ took-place-this
day, and a number of Peers attended..
It was ordered, on the` Motion of the ARCH-
B ISHOP of CANTERBURY, that the LORD litstrot.
Ot Wrrc VEST E R be desired to preach before their
Lordships, on the day appointed by His MA-
J ESTY'for the General Fast, &c..
Several Arrangements were made respeaing
the private Business, particularly hearing of Ap-
peals.
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JusTY, having previously adjourned till Mon-
day next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
'WEDNISDAYI FED. 4.

THE Members of HI s MAJESTY'S Privy Coun-
cil, who were desired to wait on His JES rY
to know, when he would -be pleased to' seeeive
the Address of that House, hating reported,. that
HIS MAJESTY had expressed his pleasure to re-
ceive the Address at half-past two o'clock, the
Sr SAXER, accompanied by several Members, went
to St. James's in order to present the same, and
the House adjourned till to-atorrow.

The concluding part of the SOI.ScITOR CENERAI.'S
Speech on the hr ,t day of the SeiloU, having, recuivei
so much applause from the majority of the House, and
given Messrs. Tuarlev and SHY.LIII4I,I SO much
otlence, the Public will probably not be ditipleased.
to see a fuller statement of,rt than has yet appeared. •
After discussing at considerable length the
great question between this Country and the
Northern Confederacy, and :answering such of
the arguments of Mr. GREY., and of br. LAw.
• R INCE as applied to that question, the Sot. re
c t toe GENERN, went on nearly as follows:
" Haying thus• established the juitiee of our
claims, and the' necessity of 'asserting and main-
mining them, I. have done enough to justify me
in supporting the Address, and in: givin,,°, my
negative to the proposed Amendment. But I
think it' necessary,* before • I‘eit down, to make
some..ol),,ervation,s on the general tone atettenden-
cy of the Speech 'by which the Ametichilent was
inttodueed. The Hon. Gentleman hai disclaim-
.eel all intention of exciting despondency in the
Country. I am very 'ready to acquit him of any
such intention. letteet no man in the House can
be.med or 'base enough to entertain it. But I
must maintain that the tendency of.timeh of what
he has said, is to produce the very circa of which
he thinks.it necess.mry to disavow the design. II
see are in earnest in wishing that the Country
may display an energy proportioned to the diffi
culties which it has to surmount, what is the
conduel which, as rational and eonsistent men,
we ought to hold ? Ought we deliberately to
endeavour to disappoint our own wishes —td lay
plaiis-fOr fruitrating our ownhopes—to leboue to
dishearten and disunite those on whose union anti
courage our iafety wholly depends ? And yet,
is not this the preposterous course which the Hon.
'Gentleman, 'throughout a great part of his speech,
has been pursuing ? Has he not held out to our
view the most gloomy' pictures 'of -our situation
and resources ? , Has he not exaggerated every
clitficulty,, and magnified every danger ? Has he
not drawn such a comparison between the power
of , the . Etiemy, and that of this Country, as.
almost , to 'exclude the hope of a successful issue
to the Contest in which we are engaged ? In the
i name of common sense what can Gentlemen pro..
pose, or promise to themselves from this strange
application of their eloquetice ? Supposing they
should compleatly succeed in persuading the
People to distrust their Government, their
strength, their resources, and to admire . and
dread the Enemy.with whom we have to contend;
I wisji to know- what advance they think they
will have made towards bettering our condition,
towards increasing our strength, tow,aids iMprov_
ing our security ? What should we think of the
Commander of an Army, who, on the see of an
Engagement,' should employ all.his eloquence to
dispirit and dishearten his mene--who should in.
culcate cowardice, and propagate dismay—who,
by magnifyitt the power 'of the &Remy, ;aid
the clanger of the conflict, should incite his troops-
to flight, or to submission ?., We should say that
such : co n d udi was the extreme of treachery Or of
eels, For God's sake, let no part,orthis Coln-
uiunity expose itself to either imputation.. if we
are unwilling. to 01 a manly, ;let, us at leastaa
a consistent part.. -Let there ben correspondence
between , the objeAs we prefess, and the means
we employ.. If we are determined to place our
hopes of safety, not* in the. strength Of tiar
Arms, but in the heiillity of out Supplications,
then these addresseis: to our fears, these exagge.
' rated representations of our titliceltiee have 'a
rational aim, and may answer a salutary purpose.
They May be of usein breaking-down the stub.
born British spirit, and reconciling it to the humi-
liation and disgrace to which we are prepared'io
submit. But let us make an Election, and shape
our ConduCt according to our choice. our Elec-
tion be, as I trust it is, to fight to the last- ex-
tremity in defence of our Rights and our Inde-
pendence, do not let us, in the very.moment when.
we are uttering.our resolution, throw a doubt on
its 'flannel's and sincerity, by breaking out ,into
wailings acd 141nentation,s, on -.the
:necessity we
are under of forming it. -What 'confidence can
we place in the wisdom or the courage of him,
who wastes ifilamenting his condition, that time",
Which he ought to employ in improvingit ? Even
if our present difficulties could he justly attrie
buted to our , past imprudence, where would he
the policy of weakening the' efficacy of those
means, by )vhich alone, either ertors-or inisfor.
tunes can be repaired ? Let who will direct our
affairs, it is upon the spirit and the exertions 'of
the people, that our salvation 'must depend. And
is it wise to stgenplt to damp that spirit, and to
deaden those OXeitiOnS) by representing our situ..

UWE, as almost to, render hope clelti-
si'e aid exerrioteunlivailing,.? Are Genifeinen'
• afraid..that we shall' be 'led by 4 generous entliu„
siairn, to exert ourselves in the:publie mese, be,
yorgl Wliet may he perfecily consistent with•nur
individual interests ? Is this so much the bent
, and temper of mankind, tiet t prudent Philosophers
think i t necess ry-to-itiieepese.shei r-salusaey
monitimks, lest rt-' disinterested Public Spirit
acquire too_ pow-erftil an ascendant
for tliiis purpo:.e.
.that -fhb: -dendemen think"
themselves calledupon, in policy and in prudefcce,
to eucleciVeur, to draw
.or the AttOtion'of a lar*.
portion of, the People from the dangers that
threaten their Country, tollte-evilt that affea
themselves? Ido not see how, bit depicting those
evils-in the gloomiest colours, ive, in-any way,
contribute to their alleviation. I wish to God
that all the upper classes of life would display the
same sober fortitude that has. charaaerised the
lower orders of the community. 'fliey have real
and serious evils to struggle with; and to endure.
There are 'those' who arc obliged to' task their
imaginations for subjects of complaint, which, if
they would 'confess- the honest trod.), never broke.
in upon one moment of. their -repose, or robbed
them of one particle of their enjoyments.
_Yet
not contented. with. giving vent to their -awn
mock .lanientations, they are angry that thme
who really suffer, should shew any degree of
patience tinder their sufferings,- and should ncit 'be
Judy to break out into
.iosurreCtion against that
;Government-which is exerting its utmost en-
deaVotits for their relief. But in spite of exeite..
merit and example, the 'British People still re,
tain their ancient charaaeristics. They 'have
not yet been prevailed upon to 'clamour for the,
.ruin and disgrace of their Couhtry, under the
vague and deceitful name of, Peace. They Would
nor, I ant persuaded,
.pUrehaSe•a relief from the
distresses of the momept, by the sacrifice of their
Country's honour. They would not consent to
become Tributaries to .-FriIDCC, even if France
should undertake to dole out to them a daily •al-
:lowance of Bread for the -remainder of their lives.
Propose that relief to them, on those terms, and,
I am certain, they would refuse to' selYfor
Mess of Pottage, the Birth-right
.of their Incie.,
peudence: Need say, that instead Of :obtain.
.ing relief by such a, disgraceful. sacrificer they
would entail upon themselves evils withOtit num-
-IJcr; and v. i thont remedy ?‘! Need I to
them the 'disastrous fate of every Country which
• France has either seduced 'by ,fraud, or: su hatted
:by arms.?- No—To dissuade Englishmen from
surrendering their Independence; it. is.ntit
sary to detail to them the effeCts of its loss. It
can require no. effort of re spring to induce us to
spurn ate che thought of bondage and subjeftion.
Does any man say we ought toentertain the de-
liberation ? Will any man propose it, as , que-
stion for consideration aria• debate,. whetherlit
were better to resist, France, •or quietly. to' sub-
mit to her domination And, yet, in a .place
where no man 'would ,bear to hear the question
stated, we find representations made, and
,argu-
ments employed, which tend to disable us from
making "that united and• vigorous resistance by
which alone our existence, as a, free and inde-
sndent People, can be preserved. Fardifferent_
the condtett which enlightened patriotisni would
call' upon us to pursue. What a true Patriot Would
most apprehend, in any crisis of his. Country's
affairs, would be that the People might. not .be
insiiired with the ardour necessary for, their own
deliverance. His fear would be that they might
be confounded by the magnitude of the danger,
or wearied out by the length of the 'struggle
—..that they -might not, haVe the firmness to
support, with the perseverance necessary for
success, a conllift of heavy expence and of long
duration—but might be willing. to escape from
the pressure of a- present inconvenience, with
whatever hazard of future ruin. This, I say,
would be the fear uppermost in the mind 'd
a real Petriot—and he would exert the whole
resources of his genius to animate the courage,
to sustain 'the fortitude, to stimulate the efforts
of his .Countrymen. Hei would not bring for-
ward and dwell' upon every ci,rettm- stance that'
could indispose them to honourable exertions, and
reconcile them to disgraceful -compromise. He
would not exaggerate the difficulties they had to
encounter, nor undervalue the importance of the
objects for whiCh they were to vontend. He
would not indeed embark them in useless dangers,'
or incite them to contend for objeas of-nd im-
portaoce. But being.' thoroughly- convinced of
the value of the objets, and of the suilleigney of
his 'Country's means, he would not • suggest ex-7
cures to the People for leaving those means un-
employed, and yielding up these objets with-
out a struggle for diet'. preservation. Lei the
`Hou.se- decide which system of condua' is most
vise, most manly, and most likely to effea the
salvation of a Country. According to the opi-
-4n which it shall form on that subject, it will
estimate the; merits of the Honourable Gentle_
rule's Speech, anti determine Whether it be best
toadopt the firm and energetic sentiments of the
' redress, or the timid and hesitating language of
the Amendment." -

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