The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-03 00:00:00

,icla-ke was Compelled to allow that it had beee-
,mentioned, but added, that .kt was in loose cony
versation. Again, on the teth September, Lord
Yarmouth-renewed his assertion before the French
Plenipotentiaries ; and Lord LaudOrdale in his Dis-
patch declares,' that they did not deny the faCt.---,
But what was the event ? Had it turned out that
..F.'yeurce ..dourer not' resian.tenitories, the integrity of
Which she had declardshe would. sustain, it might
'have been supposed that the 14ti pcssidetis bad never
:been in thew serious contemplation. But on the
intelligence arriving in-Paris, of the refusal .of the
121rpteerer Alexaeder ratify M. D'Oubrii's Treaty,
were these. declarations adhered to ? No. In a
few days it was stated that the French Govern-
ment were -willing to surrender Tobago, Pony
dicherry,
,C,Len.dernagore, &c. in perpetual sove-
reignty to*Great Britain.. If this was not a proof,
at least it was a strong presumption,,thet the original
averment of Lord Yarmouth' Was well founded e
and it.certainly did ,afford a proof of , the 'little
dependence that could be placed on declarations;
such as thoAe to which he had alluded,;- for aftet
these solerim declerations came a distinasecknqwy,
ledgment that the French Government were ready-
to seri-ender' even some of. the ancient "pcisessions
of France -If, therefore,' the - that
in no ore"' instance previously to the ,20th
lielY lied Lord Yarreouth'e assertion ht:en eon-.
traditled: that even during „the inteival between tho
Qoth of -idly and the receipt of the ieteiligettee, •
thafehe tuiperor of leussia had refused to rat'ity
; the Treaty, toe _only uetice taken 9ttwo. roped
times of,the assertions lied been, ie the one in nonce, •
a shi'atlling and Heee.ricatitig obF,ervation, in this":
'other; no attempt whateVer at a denial ; if, see§e-
o,ntly, the tiffers!of the -French Gevernineet
ed thee tle.y: N:v ere disieiscd to deviate from the one
Of con they lied pretended to preSeribe
for themselves. ; .if all this was the .fact, surely'
it *as impo tide riot to ,gi\Ji itnplicit crec!it to
accuracy of Lord liartiloiith!s stetermee, t
Ittl pveit!elic .beela the .original basis
But," said' his Noble Priced, "Wi y die tee
Frenclr GoVernmefit 'Make this dist i)let prop.):,l;
in wilting'?" Unquestionably, that tee,' tnight be
allowed 'greater latitilde CaVil and equivoe.itien.
But.heeeiuse the proposition was not reduced; to
writing, did that furnish a reaort.for hat negotiat-
ing on the proposed basis ? He 'coetentled' and
asserted that ,through the.whole of the Papers-, with
the. few exceptions that he had mentioned, there ap-
peared a clear admission on rheTpart vt t r. rr,o'cic
GoVertirnent, of the truth of ,Lord Yarmou.th's
tion, that he was authorised by eheth to propose the
etc lhis statemeneMightbe stronely for-
tified by a reference to the ol.)....irvations anil lan-
guage Of the French Government kier the disavee,
al of IYOuhril's act by the , Courr ofTe ei sLeugh.
He 'eeefessed that he 41-ttle expeeled that his No=
hle Friend would. have, pursued the line bf con-
dha v%liich l,e had 'done; he had• lereked. to him
net for.qtedified, but for ungtia:iti,!:l
s oble Friend had declared, that he approved;
of the principles;' on, 'Whia the ....'egotiation had
been broken offs he eNpressed • 1:1 tee& Satisfied
with what' he ,had termed the substantial poiets
11 the tr;i!isa.ition„ Del his J-e-
-coUeit .the time Nehen, :umber
place, Which it would be irregular to went-ern in teat
he had earnestly pressed those who wci
over; .t
accede en the cookle6t of the Ueverement of 'that
day to look at-the result, and not to deVl epee e..e-
nute-points with the severity of criticism's -
true thilt it ‘.vas not a light• cleiree wnich his I.gebie.
Fniend preferred agetinst.his -I,V.ajc§ty's Minditers. if
they liacl advised His Majesty to issue a Deelaratioe,
not borne out by the faCt, they were cleerey tespon-
sible; hut was it:possible that any won ceettleleravely
assert that this was thecase? The sense of the i,eopla
of England,
,he wasthoroughly convin6cd, had alrea-
dy proneunced on the docuteents before the
If history were tot,e searched fur the purpose,
tiler the history of this, or 'the history of any other
conntry, it WoUld be iMpossible to tied an instance
FeK"hiUiOne, such st-one proofs of self-denial tt,udscru-
pok;us adherence to good Gilt as were tpstfifested
by the British G-x.crifirient in, the recent IVio.ni.iticin.
They ba(l slime in several' parts of that Negotettien
ageeteitoes attention to the interests of et her. Powers
that was unparalleled. word or .two en
_the. sub-
jeet of Hanover. It was.certainly a part of the Aa
of Settlement that Great Britain Shoeld'nofetigoge iii
Nra`r for the defence of any domie-ion or territory
belonging to the person on the British threne, which
kigniipion: or territory connected is i,ll Br train,
-:except by consent of Parliament ; bet it %%as 11(4
:11kOnt by :this' proi,,ision to put the King of Great
li;-itein in a woese -situat',On, as Ele .6.10 r of Hallo--
. Ver, than if he had not worn the .''Crown of
Greet Britain ? The French attacked and seizci
Hanoyer, andsaid.they'NL'ould evacuate it when
Malta Should be evacuated by the British troties.
.What .passed at- a later period ? It, was, ii point
,of honeue felt by us, and even acknowleted
theFreneh,..that whaehad been lo seized
be're'stored. .This acting not On pr,in-
ciple of policy alone, but on a principle of eesiiee.
4n-el2,s,:when the Emperor and the .K.ieg o.: 'Spain
made a separxe Peace, and entered into all
the Emperor intimated kettle licyug of Great Britain,
unless he would accede to that would
withdraw his protettion from hiSEledoral dominions:
What followed ?
.Addres,es from both Houses of
Parliament, to his Ddajesty,promising support in the
defence ofliturpver; on the principle, that the dan-.
ger to which it was, eriyosed originated (rein hi
becoming regard to the interests of.
Breish Subjeels. This was a case, in point. ..4*,eveit-
ing to the state of the Continent, he allowed, that owe
had nothing on which to relyfOr Ce-eperetieh in e'er
future contests with France,, but that singlo, that
inagi.ianimous Power whicirwas,s6 deeply iwpresicki
with a just fe,cling on this subjea. It was certa'}z-dy
:therefore, impeesihie tp look at the ,Centieeet with-
out alarm; but he. Could by an means allow, that.
there _was any cause for despendency Or .criSrtia;•.:------
While the connexion hut ween that great Power: and
this couittry exi,ted,, hope woul.i exist. , Altutlr.r
source of consoLatory react=lion was, that we knew by
a reference to all: History, that ement of deteiniyi6
acid extent di' power were out converti-to yeern.
To.ver founded on injustice was, eat strength. The
power which France eow possessed vas.ChititlY, !,a
'be ascribed to the military.genius of her chief. With
hi;; death it would decreese, if net terminmt, 21.11,1
_van during. .his' life it Ceuhl- by'nn means be cen'A
deted as permaneet. - The manner Whiola Ll-44#