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very responsible by Withholding supplies. An
'Hon. Gentleman on the :other side :(yr. Whit-
bread) appeared to have set tip- the best defence
-for this Governfiient, by contrasting it With' the
conduct of France. It 'seemed that in fhe Peace
of Amiens., and all the negocialiotif in which he
:was engaged, Buonaparte was actuated by a
cere regard for the independence of nations. The
Hon. Gentleniar Who-spoke last had gone so far
as to state; that' of all eonquerors he had commit-,
ted thefewest crimes.—(A loud laugh.) 'The ex-
travagance of the proposition was stifient to
defeat it, ifit was not dangerous to morality. An
opinion.had, once prevailed that -an usurper had
no, rights *Melt could be binding upon society ;
but it remained for. the present age to crown the
unhalloWed conqueror, and teach him to look not
only without fear to posterity, but to den and ap-
plause. and admiration from his contemporaries
themselves. Such a sentiment was dangerous be-
yond the interest of the, present debate ; itcwas
. new to the House and to the Country, nor had it
ever been hazarded by any historian of .upstart
power. No'lover of liberty had ever advanced it,
satisfied as he must be that the best security
against oppression, was to arm even with an im-
potent hand the minds'of mankind against 'those
infringers of their just rights, and lay up in the
present exasperation the materials of future pu-
nishment._ He answered the comparison insti,
tuted between Louis the. 14th and Buonaparte,
and the application made of some transactions its
that reign to the policy and conduct of Buona-
parte. For his part, he should have supposed
that if all the terms submitted to this country
by France were terms of aggrandisement, and that
there was but one of dishonour, the country should
make its stand on that till the point of honour
was determined. Such was the conduct of Go-
vernment. What then did the Hon. 'Gentleman
find fault with It seemed rather extraordinary
that those Gentlemen who thought we were al-
ways in the wrong, and that 'Buonaparte was al-
ways in the right, should' take this opportunity
'of expressing their opiniojt. With respect to
Brussia, he thought it must appear that she was
goaded to war by repeated insults ; and though,
as the Hon. Gentleman had said, Prussia was con-
qnered, she did not experience that evil in war,
but in peace: she had survived the conquest to
periSh. in his embraces ; if, indeed, she was to
disappear from among the list of nations, she
would disappear, not with the enemies, but with
the friends of Buonaparte. - Great and-good as the
conqueror was, he knew'of no other of Whom it
could be said, that though his antagonists might
resist, his allies could never escape him., 'He
would do all that could lie done to recall the
world to a state of peace, but he trusted that,
under all circumstances, we should be able to
Maintain the war while it was necessary. _ -

[Some explanzttion took place between Mr.
.CANNING and Mr. HUTCHINSON% The latter com-
plained of having been misrepresented by the
Right Hon. Gentleman, wheh he described him
as the-ChaMpion of Buonaparte. The, former de-,
'nied having used the word champion in the man-
ner imputed to him, but stated the impression
on his mind, produced by the Hon. Gentleman's
Speech to be the same, after his explanation, as
before.]
Mr. W. Smirrir thought the language of. Buo-
haparte could not be misunderstood.' When he
proposed that we should 'agree td recoinise the
present dynasty of Spain, it could not be doubt-
ed but he meant that dynasty which he had placed
there ; and this being the fact, he thought it was
impossible for its to treat with him on the basis
proposed. No man wished for an honourable
peace more than himself, but he was not anxious
for a peace, to obtain which, we must give up
both our interest and honour.

_Mr. SHERIDAN replied at some length. He cen-
sured the praises which had been bestowed on
Buonaparte, and was surprised that they should
be lavished on one who had disregarded every mo-
ral -principle of honour, and who had conquered
the world, not by bravery, but byvile corruption:
He then drew a lively picture Of the perfidy ofthe
French Ruler towards Spain, front whom he had
received no provocation, and again deprecated
giving praises to such an enemy. Let hint de-
serve .the Crown of France as he might, it was
his hope that he should never possess the Crown
of England. All panegyrics like those, which had
been pronounced on him went to smooth the road
to the accomplishment of his Worst designs against
this country, in a way which excited in his mind
serious apprehensions of the worst consequences.
He deprecate& encouraging an indisposition to
war before the time arrived at' which it Was' Dos-
sible to obtain an honourable peace. The Hon.
Ceniletrian had asked what-good could come from
subsidising Russia ? The same question had been
asked
.with • respect to the Peninsula ; and it had
been contended that all the assistance we could
give in men or in money would be useless. The
Hon. Gentleman had this day acknowledged how
different was, the result. Aceording to what he had
said, it appeared, that by sending our money there,
-and by ,shedding our brave blood in the cause, we
had brought litionaparte on his knees, so far as to
make him offeito give what, in the opiniOn of the
lion. Gentleman, was all that could be reason
.ably
.expected from" him. Far fmn thinking that
Government had been backward in meeting the
overtures of France, he simuld rather say they
had been too forward: It was nonsense .to say
that .our exertions in favour of Russia must be
crowned with success. The immortality of nations
was not committed to, the hands of mortals. It
-was not for men to command success, but it was
in the power of men to perish gloriously ; and he
hoped, that if England must fall at last, that it
would at least be said of her, that withler fell
the best security fin the liberties and the happiness
of the- world.

The Motion was then agreed to. ,
The Frame-work Knitters Bill was read a third
time, and passed.
Adjourned at fralf-past Twelve.