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into a solemn pledge not again-t 0 sen .Verals
with Convoy, until the was settled ;and
that notwithstanding this solemn pledge, this State
has entered into a new Convention, similar to that
which was agreed to in t 7 So ? One of the.engage-
ments of that Treaty • is,. that its stipulations are
to be maintained by force of arms. Here *then is a
Nation bound to us by Treaty, and who has re,
cently engaged not even to send. a Convoy until
the point should be determined, that . tells us she
has entered into an engagement; by which she is
bound to support that principle by force of arms.
Is 'this, or is it not, War ? Is it not that which,
if we had not heard the Hon. Gentleman this
night, would lead a man to think he insulted, an
Englishinao by questioning his feelings upon the
subjeCt ? But, Sir, when all these circumstances
are accompanied by Armaments, prepared at a
period of the year when they think they .have
• time for preparation without being exposed. to our
Navy,-HIS MAJESTY informs you, that these
Courts have -avowed the principles of the Treaty
of 1780, known by the name Of the Armed .Neu.
trality ; but then the Hon. Gentleman says, wedo
not know the precise terms of the present Treaty,
and-therefore we ought to take no steps until we
'are completely apprized of its contents. It is
true, we do not know the exact... terms of the
Treaty, but I should think if we demand to
know, whether they have made engagements
which we consider as hostile to our interests, and
they tell us they have, but do' n?t tell us what
exceptions are made in our favour, we are not, I
should think, bound to guess them,' or to give
them credit for them until they are .shewn to us.•
How far would the Hon. Gentleman push his ar,
gument ? Will he say, that we ought to Wait
quietly for - the , Treaty, that we ought to take
no step, until we have read it ..paragraph by
paragraph, and that then we .should:acknow.
ledge' to ,those Powers that we are now. dispirit-
cd, and not prepared to dispute the point
Does he mean that we should give them time to_
assemble all their Forces, and alai:fie them to
produce s something like a substitute for the
fallen Navy of France ? Is this the conduct which
the Hon. Gentleman would recommend to the
adoption of this Country ? Are we tb wait till
. we see the Article itself, ,until we see the Seal to
. the Contrail of our Destruaion, before we take
aonneans to insure our defence ? Sir, I will not
, trouble •the House any longer upon the question
of Right, I come now to the question of Expe.
dience, and upon this part of the 'subject the. Hon.
Gentleman :is not so much in doubt, The ques.
tion is, whether we are to permit the Navy of
our Enemy to be supplied_, and recruited—whe.,
timer we arc to suffer . Blockaded Forts to be fur-
nished with warlike stores and provisions,whe--
titer we are to suffer Neutral Nations, by hoist.
ing a Flag upon a Sloop, or a Fishing Boat, -to
convey ,the treasures of South America to the
harbours of_ Spain, or the Naval Stores of the
Baltic to ' Brest or Toulon ? --.- Are these
the propositions which Gentlemen mean to con-
tend for, for I really have heard no argument
upon the subject yet t [Mr. Sur.a.tuma wed
Dr. LAW RENC It entered the licute tuether,
and tint down rOon the chsciitc bench.l I sup.
pose I shall be answered bye and bye, as I see
there is an accession of new. Members to the
Confederacy, who will, I have no doubt, add to
the severity and the length. of the contest—l
would ask, Sir, has there been any period since
we have been a Naval Country, in which we have
not acted upon this principle ?—The Hon. Geri.
tieman talks of the destruttion .of the naval
power of France, but does he really believe that
her Marine would have been decreased to the
degree that it now is) if, during,the whole of the
Kar) this very principle.bad not been abed upon ?
Ana if the Commerce of .France had not been de.
stroyed, does he believe tlfat if the, fraudulent
system of Neutrals had coot been prevented,
that her. Navy would not . have been in
very different .situation from that in which
it now is ? Does he not know that the,naval pre.
ponderance which we have by these means ac:.
quired, has given security to this Country, and
has more than once afforded chances for the sal-
vation of Europe ? In the wreck of the Continent,
and the disappointment of our hopes there, what
has been the security of this Country, but its
naval-preponderance—raod if that were once gone,
the spirit of the Country would go. with it. If
we had no other guide, if we had
,nothing else
to look to but the experience of the present War,
that alone proves,. not the Utility, but the neces-
sity of maintajning a principle so important to
the power„ and even to the existence of this Coun-
try. There.was something rather singular, in the
manner in which the Hon. Gentleman commented
upon and argited from the destruction of the Naval
Power of France : he says, her -Marine is now
so much weakened, that we may relinquish the
means. by which we have so nearly destroyed it,
and, at the very same moment, he holds out the
terrors of an Invasion of Ireland. The Hun.
Gentleman-says, we . are not flow as we were in
the year. 17So, shrinking . from the Fleets of
France and Spain, in the. Chanpel ; but
,if that
was your only ;excuse, for .tiots asserting the Fin-.
ciple in the year 1780, we have not now, hap-
pily for this Country, the same reason for not
persisting in our rights, and the question now is,
whether; with incteased prOofs of the necessity
-of ailing upon that principle, and with increased
means of supporting it, =rare for ever to
,give it
up I As to the noc?ssity of the Charge of, or making inqui-
ries into Charges which are to be exhibited against any
part of the Conduit of Administrztion, and which are to
inanuA upon a review.of their past Conduct, it is an-
nounced by the Hon. Gentle= u, that WC are to have
them laid before us. We shall h the opportunity of dis-
cussing them abUndantly.; 'none c them touch the point
i which. s 110-W before us ; for the t mendment, as it stands,
would only be embarrassed .by reference to these topics.
1 think the Amendment calculated to obstrud the proceed.
ings. of this Country, on which its safety depends.—
Many ,other topics alluded to by the lion. Gentleman are
important; but they arc so only id a secondary degree. I
thi.)4 the question of Right- in dISIMIte between us and the
Oc.fedenitett Powers, so eminently important, that it
I..tms, at tacit hour, the nndiyided attention of this House.
As to what his been said on other topics, of the Censures
which Ought to be east on the CoUnsel we.3lsve had any
share tii gir:ag, for the Prosecution of the War, I have

•nl; and Published by JoniiliswlCK, (Of Ur4ven.litulii:ll,:.s, Druryrl,,Jue4..,
"in tile Paps-, letters. for ,the &Thor, Sic :(pert aid), mot, be adare4ied,

the e,944olatiori of knowipa vvilaTiEik are likely to be,-7-73
Iron a recolletliiin of what Oily have repeatedly been,L
thavrtey will most probably be. put in .the same way;
and, will admit of heing•answered in the same way as they
'have been al,eady answered as often as they were brought -
forward, and I cannot help, flattering. myself With the..
same success. I hope also, that the _Public will fccl as
they toe
!repeatedly felt, that the Calamities winch
have. overspread Europe, and, which have a flOited, to a .
certain degnx, this Country, though' rottn.ll les; than .
any other, have not been owing to any defect on our part,
but that we.haie pursued pro-nap:es hest calculated for the
welfare of Hit= Society ; the nature and- etti.tet of Which'
have been frequently commerted.upon by those who_ha,vc, •
opposed, and by those who have supported these pronci-
plc:;, and with whom I have the honour to- act, and
still have the honour of acting, and on which.' say,
the Power, the Security,. the Honour of this Nation has
depended, and which I trust the perseverance and firmness'
of Parliamerw.and the NatiOn will continue, His
Majesty's Servants discharge their duty." •
Donor LAWRENCE entered at considerable length into.
the Question befOre, the House, and .supported the.
Amendment.
He was answered in an eloquent-and most ingenious ,
Speech by the So Lierroot GENERAL, none of the path
culars of which, nor of the remainder of the Debate, hive.
•
we any room to detail. .
Mr. •To rr: Nry followed the SOLICITOR GENLIAL,
and contended strenuously for the Amendment.
Mr. Secretary DU NDA S spoke ably ter the original
Address. . • .•
Mr. SneRID•AN followed in favour of the Amendment., --
Mr. PITT P:Silted
_OW' most clearly the precise extent
to which the House would bed.' pledged by the Address,
after which the House divided,
For the Amendment. 63
• • Against it, and tor the original Address a. • •

Majority, 182.
At Eli:\ L ❑ o'Clock.the Housc adjourned.

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERL EALSUNI AI:DLAT

LONDON: FEBRUARY 3,18 oz.

•
Nt !THEE of the Two Hasytturgh Mails due,
had arrived when this Paper was put to Press.
The Kt vo was attended to the House of Peers
yesterday, in the State Coach, by the Earl of
CHFSTERrIELD and Lord ViLi.LoppitaT,DE,
Baox.E.
His MA; FStY, on arriving at the House, WILE
received by Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE
of WALES, the DUKES of Yoak, ciAßtNcr,
KENT, d.CI.7NIIIERLAND.
WICKLOW Et.EcrtoN.—At the close of the.
Poll on Wednesday last, the, numbers stood thus :
----For GEORGE PONSONBY, 647—For Laid
PROBT3 600.—Majority for. Mr. PONSON,r)Y, 47,

A Jamaica Paper of the l'gth Dec. says—" We
are happy to announce the arrival of His-Ma:
jesty's 'Ship Anzeiica, .Capt, BiNctiBm, Which
had 'struck on
,Las Formigas, a sltoal of rocks off
the N. E. end of this Island, but was fortunately
got off. His Majesty's. Ship Surp*.-", Capt.
LAROCIAE., accompanied her into roft."
Yesterday., at the Coin Exchange, the supply
from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, was rather large,
but the finest Wheats obtained fully as high
prices as last week. Inferior samples, as like,
wise reas, Beans, and Oats, had rather a heavy
sale. • ,
•
TOILSAY, F B. I.—Arrived the. San Josef,
of t t is; guns, Admiral Lord NELsou, from Ply-
mouth.

DOPER, FEB. 2.—This day arrivad and sailett
for the River, the 'Oneida, PEARSONi from
Charlestown; the Mirri.tiippi, CALLAHAN', from
Virginia ; and the Mar).,:)rovi, from the CCM%
of Guinea,—.The Cartel which sailed from he=
on Saturday, returned this morning. Her Crew
was not suffered to land at Calais, and the Frencht
men who came along-side their Vessel, told them
they might soon expeet a visit in England from
the French Army.
SHEERNESS, FEB. z.---Arrived His Majesty'4!
Ship Agamemnon, of 6+ guns, from the No•rth-
ward.--A large Frigate. (whose name is yet utis
known), has come down the .Rivee Thin= this
afternoon, and anchored at the Nore.
. DEAL, fEB. 2,—The Anacreon Armed Brig
sailed last night on a Cruize, and recaptured,
about two o'clock this morning, 'off the South
Foreland,. the Catharine, a light Collier belong-
ing to Sunderland, taken a short time before, by•
a French Lugsail Privateer belonging to liou,
logne. The Anacreon and
her Prize ETC both
arrived in the'Downs.
„
The American ship Columbia, from Charles-
.town,bound to London, was yesterday evening;
taken by a French Privateer in Dover Roads,
and carried opposite Calms, where the French-
men brought her to an anchor with two cables a-
head ; and while they went on shore with the
Captain, the Mate cut her cables, and succeeded
in getting away, and
.fortunately arrived in
the Downs.this morning in safety, and has since
been conducted by a Deal Boat, into Ramsgate
Harbour.

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The Subjea of NEUTRAL CONVOYS, on which the
NORTHERN CONFEDERACY is pretcniled to bcr
founded, and which formed the chief DISCUSSION
in PARLIAMENT LAST NIGHT, is fully eluci-
clued in :hc fallowing Traa.
.

This Day. was published,
T T PON the. VISITATION of • NEUTRAL
1) VESSELS under CONVOY; or, An Impartial
judgment, of a judent, proninimei by 'the English
Court of. Admiralty; the iith june, 1799,: to the Catlett"
the SWEDliti CONVOY; with some AdditiOns and
Corry:aims.
By M. 1: F. W. SCHLEGEI:, :4'
Do6tor and Professor of Law in the University of Copal.
ham, Extraordinary Assessor of the , High Court of
justice,' Metribct of several Learned Societies.
Traoslated fromthoDanish,. under ,thelnsPeClion 'of the
Author, •bylsi. DE JUGS,-:French lospector at the
Academy. of Cutiqts Marine at Copenhagen;
thencc into -Inglith. • •
Printed for 5. DcbTett, opposite BurlYngton House, Pic-
cadilly.
Of whom may be had,
• The 'EARL of LI V El(100l.'s 1)!SCO URSE on the
CONDUCT ut • GREAT BRITAIN in resped to
NEUTILAL.NATION.3.