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their
Vesseli, and diefi dcfending the bobour ,of
their liag, he could not but think they plight to
asCertitin, by investigUting th. eireninsuinces;

whether by any exertions (;I- the 'Admiralty a sc--.

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des of niisfortune.s'i so destructiVe to ow. '
power
and superiority,, could have been prevented. ..He
. I held; that the cause of failure was.want,,of proper
arrangement and application of a timely force to
• meet the dangers which threatened us. He believ•-•
• ed It totild shew,:that protection to our naval in;
:.terestSliad beedneglected in every quarter of the
viorld. it was the duty .of Ministers to be- . .
pre-
pared for I,War which their own adherence to a
destructive' pOlicy .had provoked. . Tbe• Noble
Earl, then went Over the whole of, the eireum-
Stancea,relating to the operations against America,
but want of room renders it impossible. for us to
follow i!ini 'or the other Noble Lords Whfisucceo-
- him in the debate, throttgli the whole of their
arguments.
.
.. Eati 'BATHURST defended the conduct of •the
Noble Lord at the head OfilieAdmiraltv, and inthe
course of hiS speech obset ved, that• America-went
to war because they had an opportunity of com-
mencing it with advantage. - It was' this consider-
,ation .which determined them as,to time, and. their
main object was to intereeptthe West
,India fleet
For -this purpose they got their frigates ready even
before the declaration: of •war, and ran down im-
mediately, to., Accomplish , their object. They,,
however, found the trade .protected, and utterly
. failed .in their design-:-a circumsta'nce which of
itself shewed the welt-advise 4 precautions taken
-by .his Noble Friend. (Lord :Melville). • The cue-
my took .the time advantageous to themselves,
and they were completely disapnointed in -their
expectations. As for' the injury 'sustained by
trade, it was not to be expected that some damage
would not be thine at first,• .upon a commerce so.
vast, by an adver,sary who possessed so •may pri-
! vateers,'and so great an extent of coast, filled with
ports' mid barb Ours. • 13nt no Noble Lad could
say tliiit any convoy had been expos,ed ; and , as.
there,had been,l nothing- like argument to shew
that the. trade of, the country wasmot sufficiently
proticted, there .was no. reason for agreeing with
the motion. ~liis.Lordship then touched upon all
the other.topics, and alluding to the successes of
• our troops, spoke in terms of the bighestpraiseof
the conduct of Sir G. Prevost and Sir I. Brock.
' Re stated lilst); that two regiments had beer; sent
out in good time, and that every reinforcement,
&c. had been promptly dispatched , to the seat of
war, on the. first applieation'Of the Commanding.
' bifieer. He trusted our good fortnnewould con-
done with us this year as in the last, as we had
neither reason to doubt the skill of the coin- •
mander, the zeal of the soldier, or theAttacliment
of the people.
Lord Gaticvnts spoke in favour of the MO,-
tion, and 'argued in a Ili-antler nearly similar to
' Lord Grey. • • '' :
', - Tim Earl of LayekronL answered Lord Gren-
ville::- and in Concinibn obievv.ed', that he must
be misinformed indeed, if_ in those parts of Ame-
rica which wen the Most eager for hostilities, the
people are not now the most decidedly against the
war With England,. .
The Earl of DAP.NLEY spoke 'briefly in reply,
when the House divided :
Cltelits' ' - '4O L 5.
Proxies l.O i
•

Not,Content3 4i25
Proxiel B3 I
Majority against the Motion fort Committee of luquirp-66,

Adjonyncd at lialf-pa3t Two o'clock till Mon
day. _ .

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

PIIIDAYi,gAY .14.

General G \SCCJIGNE presented a Petition, signed
by about 3000 Anabaptists, praying that a pro-
vi;ion may be made in the new East India Char-
ter, tor permitting pcnons of their Sect to go to
India, 'for the purpose of converting the Hindoos
to the Christian Religion. '
Ordered to he on the table.
Mr. P. CAttaw moved the third reading, of the
Highways'
Sir C. MoNx moved as an amendment; that the
Bill should he read that day three months.

Mr. P. CARewdelended the Nil,
•
Calomel ELLISONitp4e on tilt; same side.
The House.nivided, when the.tiunibers were—
For the Ainendm.ent • 2
Against it
Majority , —s9

The Bill was then read a third time, and passed.
The third reading of the Smithfield Market
Bill was postponed to Monday se'nnight.
The fleneral Inclosure Bill, went through a
Committee. The Report was received, and the
Bill ordered to he read a third time on Monday.
The Insolvent Debtors' Bill went through. a
Committee'. This Report was received, the Bill,
as.amended, ordered to be printed, and recotu•.
mitted on Tuesday.