The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-10 00:00:00

LIGNIJAPi AN TISCO RWJTIC DROPS

To Mr. Ligr!u►Yt, Surgeon, No. Bridge-suet, Manche;.

•
• St. Anthony's Pottery; Northshore, near Newcast
IR, , uoon.:Tyne, Jill), 7, iSeo.
To you it must undoubtealy be peculiarly saris:4
faaory to hear of the efficacy of a, Medicine; whicit
conduces so much-to the public good. My son, who is now
eleven years of age, is in the number of thob who have c7'.:
gerienced the beneficial efil'ets of yoUr A NTP. S C()RIIUT
DROPS, for which I desire to be thankful, to God, and to
return you my wannest acknowded4ments. ,He was, for
upwards of five years, most violently elided with a scorbu-
tic humour, which o;:tended from the soles of Ms feet to the
crown of his head, in one entire scab, his face and hands ex:
cepted. During his afflielion, front the insufferable itching
attending his complaint, his life was buithensome to
.hirt-
self, and you may naturally -suppose, an inexpressible and
daily grief to myself and his mother. Observing numerous
Advertisements of yours in the Newspapers, and the matt
cores your Antiscorbutic Drops have pertOrmed is this ne?rh-
bouthood, as well as at a distance; 1 was deterh.locri my stni
should make trial of them. I purcha,od one 45. 61. bntzlc
of Mrs. Hodgson of Newcastle, which it: took agreeably td
your directions, but we found little or no alteration in
taking the second bottle he was much better, and before ite
finished five small bottles he was perfectly free from every
symptom of his loathstitne disorder ; and, thank
now a fine healthy boy at school. I think, in justice to
valuable a Mcdniae, I could do no otheiwise tor your - anA
the public good, than request you to publish My son's case;
You have my permission to refer any person labouring under
similar Corriplamts, when I shall with pleasure satisfy the
inquirer. 1 remain, with much esteem, Sir,
Your obliged h mb It servant, ..
•lONATHAN FOSTER.
Witnesses to the signing lOHN CUTTERiROBERT G R
. _ . .

GI- These Drops are soli fn moulded-square ()tittle; at:.
tas..and 45. 6.l.—Qiie t2s7. bottle is equal in qtialitity tii
three 45. (xl. ones.
One 45. 6.1. bottle is' sufficient to convince the affrieled of'
the salutary effects of the Medicine.
They may be had.; wholesale antretail, 2* Mr. Lignum's.
Dispensary, No. v, Bridge-street, -Manchester ; at 1-loivaid
and Evans's" No. 4a, 'l,ung-lahe, West-Smitlifietd, soli
wholesale agents in -Lontbn ; amt retail by the folloWing
per Soil's ; Cundeit, ND. 47, Minoties ;W. Chick, No.
e. 64, I.'.orough ; Jordan, No. 3.3-. Whiteichapel; l'ebotilt,
i so, Ox':ord-strad • Sutton, No. 141, I.one;-tcfe;
Old Bond-street, and No: 1.3, Fleet-siret ; Tutt itrA
ton, Royal Exchange i• Knight, Norro:-, and
No. 314, itokborn.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

THURSDAY, DEC. 9.

Tun Duke of BEDFORD was sworn, and took his Seat, on
Lis accession to the Peerage by the demise of the late Duke.
The Maiquis Of BUCKINGHAM and Lord- Sosia-itviLLE
were also sworn, and took their Seats.
_...

The third reading of the Small Notes Bill,was again post-
poned.
The Chester Road Bi:1 was read a second time, and some
other private business disposed of; after which the House
adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

THURSDAY, DEC. 9.

A Petition was presented from the Clothiers of
Wells, in Somersetshire, praying for the Repeal of
certain Regulations in their Trade. It was ordered
to lie on the Table; and Mr. VANSITTART gave
notice of his intention to move for the Repeal of
these obnoxious ClaUses. •

Mr. AGNEW, in whose name a Petition was pre-
sented against the Eleetion for Bridgewater, not
having entered into the Recognizances required by
the Ad, the Petition was ordered to be with-
drawn:

'A new Writ was ordered for the EleEtion 'of a
Member to serve for Lymington, in the room of
General BUR RARD, who, since his eleftion, had ac-
cepted the Chiltern I lundreds.
The House went through the Committees on the
Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry Duty Bill, the
Places and Pensiiins Duty Bill, and the Exchequer
Bills Bill, all oEwhich were ordered to be reported
tp-morrow.

The Irish Militia Bill was read a third time, and
passed: •
Mr. VANS ITTART moved:" That there be laid
before the House an iNeediint of the .Money Pay-
ments -rnale to His•M.ilesty:s ilottselibid, and not.
provided for
,by Parliament."—Agreed ro.
. The Navy Bills -Bill was- read a second time, and
committed for to-morrow..

Mr. At..EANDEIt brought ❑p the Report of the
Qualification Indemnity,Bill.—Which was ordered
to he read a third rune to-morrow..

The English rind Irish Grain Export Bill was
read a first time, and ordered to' be read a second
time to-morrow. .

Mr. CURRY obtained leave to bring in a. Bill
for reducing into one, all the Laws relating to the
Militia in Ireland.

ARMY ESTIMATES.

.Mr. ALEXANDER having. brought up the Report
of the Committee's Resolutions
.of last night,
The Right lion.7'. G RENVILLE rose.—He said,
that after the House had been fatigued by their long
attendance on this discussion last night, and know_
ing, as they all did, the reludance Gentlemen had
to hearing speeches of any length, after having been
already so' much wearied, though a sense of duty
‘might have inclined him to take an 'enlarged and
comprehensive view of this important subjed, he
would not add, unnecessarily, 'to their fatigue this
day, by detaining them for any length of time; but
confine himself simply. to his view of the Report.
With this design he would first beg leave to recall
their attention to the grounds he submitted for the
House-not agreeing to vote so,ooo Seameli without
any of those reasons having been given form with
which it had been usual to acquaint Parliament upon
all former occasions; and he must say that he was not
a little surprised when he heard a Noble LOrd
(HAwNEsßuitY) assert, in broad and confidential
'terms, that there. was nothing in it unusual in the
course of-Parliamentary proceedings. He considered
that speeCh at the time, as a complete and unqualified
contradilion, and bore it in silence, as he had not
then an opportunity of reply. The,same objections,
however, which he made upon thatoccasion, applied
at present in nearly the same degree. When he
first made these objections to the Navy Estimates,
he was referred to the Speeches of Ministers in that
Horse on the opening of- the Session ; but these
Speeches afforded no sort of satisfy Cory informa-
tion, and even if they had, he was not, constitution-
' ally, to consider them as sound and regular Parlia-
mentary Documents. On occasions Of that kind,
he admitted that the Speeches of Ministers were
eAti tled•to a degree of weight ; but before agreeing
in tht'-, Vote, he was • bound to require fuller Par-
liamentary evidence, more substantial Documents.
He was bow prepared (to maintain., that there was
noinstance, When, after the signing of a Definitive
Treaty of Peace, the Ministers thernselves.had not
advised His Majesty to afford information from the
Throne, whether there were more probable grounds
in favdur of its being maintained, or more danger
of its rupture. So far were these kinds. of • infor-
mation from being withheld, that it was, on many`
occasions, the custom to afford them in considerable
detail. The House need not be alarmed; his in-
tention %vas not to run them through all the range
of precedents which might be found in support of
his assertion, but he was ready to challenge the
industry of any other Gentleman to produce a single
precedent against him. The most convenient pe-
riods, and that coul I with-mtst ease he referred to,
were the communications- after- the Treaties of
Utrecht, kyswick, Aix-la.-Chapelle, and those of
'1763 and 1783. In :het,tirst communication which.
George I. made to his Parliament, after his acces-
sion on the death of Queen Anne, he announced-the
Treaty of Utrecht; she. Monarch tells them,
41, it is with great: concern he must add, that
some considerations, essential ,to the interests
and trade of Great Britain had nor been .yet
performed, and may be considered as precarious until
Foreign Alliances could be contraded to guarantee
them." In 17+8 the King acquainted his Parlia-
ment that " this Country had reason to' exped the
enjoyment of the Blessings, of Peace;" in '1763 he
told them " that the continuance of Peace was like-
ly to depend upon themown dispositions ;" and in
1783 his language was, ",that Foreign Powers
professed the dispoSition to concur with him in his
wishes for the long enjoyment of Peace." No
instance', in fad,' was to he found in which sound
strong Parliamentary.documents had not been given.
If asked the reason'. why be continued to urge. this
argument against the Ministers, he'wOuld-ny it
was because those who concurred with him in opi_

non had been accused of speaking one way and
giving their_ votes ;another. Would it be denied
that he stocd upon firm ConstitUtional Ground
Did not , the King's Herald publicly declare War
at Temple Bar, and was it not then a matter of
general notoriety ? But Constitutional Reasons also'
required that it should be communicated in a formal,
Message to the Parliament. It was not sufficient for
'them that-it might be received through-some other
channel, or proclaimed in the. Monitelar and theStaN,
their source of. information'must be more authentic.
The Speech froma heThrone is to the Hotise a substan-
tial documenta and a pledge,and gave Members an op-
: portunity from time to time of asking the Mini'Siers
whether the Votes they Called for, or the Measures
they we're pursuing, were consistent with the lan-
guage of the Speech ? This was not a fadious, gem.
lousa_or _quibbling Opposition, but one which stocd
up against a precedent, which, if suffered to pass un-
noticed,. might be indeed of a very dangertitai-na-
cure. Every one must know, 'that Military Esta-
blishments were meant for Military,
,Purposes, and
to judge of the necessary numbers to be kept up, die-
, House should know what Garrisons it has to furnish,
land then also how the Troops are to be.applied.a-L-a
By the Treaty of Amieni., we had agreed to give
up the Cape of Good }lope, and the Island of. Malta.
All we knew was, that the latter was still retained.
Report also :wired, that diredions had been sent off
to the Cape of Good Hope, to retain" that-Settlement
' if it should not be given up before the arrival of the
orders. • The House ought certainly to be told,.
whether these Garrisons were or were not intended
to'cOnstitute a part of our' Establishment. He had
himself, more, than once, isut that question to the
Ministers, , but .in vain, for the answer was con:
scantly evaded. Having said thus muchf,Atpon cola
lateral topics-, he would next come to the Vote now,
under consideration ; ,and in doing it, must declare,
that he never _knew .of ani,subjed. opened in a. more
able, clear, and manly manner, than the present
Motion had been by- tile-Right Hon. the SECRE-
TARY at WAR.: In saying this, he did 'not Wish TO
be understood, as paying a complinient, but- as ex
.pressing what Was his sincere opinion. 'Yet, with
all this prejudice in favour of, .theSPeech, ,and his
wishes to keep up a large Establishment;- there was
something at the close of that Statement,' which; did
not, by any means, correspond or tallaf:Avith his
sentiments. The Right Hon. Gentleniaayafter de:
precating all irritliiing language, zind Yi-cvocation
to hostility, declared the sore objefts of increased
Establishment to be—s" to repel all National In-
suks, and all Hostile Aggression." He certainly
could have no objet ion to this use being made Of
our increased Force, as .fata• as it went. But were
the use confined •and limited to these two objects,
we had nothing more to expel} than our own simple
defence, against any possible attack.. That must in..
deed greatly narrow the effeft of such a force, nor
could he easily be made sensible of the, good p'-
Hey in this House, -of voting r3o,ooo'Soldiers,-an'd
.50,000 Sailors; merely to sit still- till the alual
landing of the _French, when they would be pre-
pared to resist an actual Invasion. Yet this
idea seemed to he adopted' by an Honourable
Gentleman last night (Mr. SHERIDAN), in 'an
eloquent, able, and immdurous speelt, which justly
appeared to make'a considerable impression. Was
so great a Force, then, necessarily to be confined
by this Country to that single object cry
of hear! hear!] He was glad, he said, to
observe this cheer from the" other side of the
House, as he thought himself justified in inferring
chit the observation he alluded to in the Secretary
at War's Speech, Was c6nstrued by the Ministers
to have a greater latitude of
.interpretatiOn, He
was happy to anticipate that it would enable and
encourage the British Government speak with. a
greater degree of authority in Europe. }le was
not one of those, if there were any such, who
would wish them to begin by giving or provoking
insult, but he was desirous that their tone should
be such as might be produnive of effect. Fnr
this, the Ministers were, bound to that House
and to the Public, they were bound by their
own Amendment to an Address, declaring---
' that they would resist any encroachments on the
sources of the Maritime Wealth and Security of this
Country.' It gave him pleasure to find that the
signification of the words to which he referred was
.more inclusive than he at first apprehended, though
he believed that in a more limited sense it would
have afforded more satisfaaion to several Gentlemen
on the same side of the House with
,himself. The
House had heard a great deal on the subjed of Con-
tinental Alliances, and the disadvantages which in
the opinions of a few at least they had generally, if
not always, 'been produdiVe of to this Country.
I They would all, however, do well to consider, that
if there was any great Power in Europe disposedit
this time to enter into an alliance with us, the first
thing which that Power would do would be to look
at the state of Great Britain, and weigh the
probable advantages of such 'Alliance. What
inducement could any guch. Power have to en-
gage in it, if it saw our force and means limited
solely to the defence of our own Island, and inca-
pable of any degree of farther co-operation ? But
it was nugatory to argue generally, afterthe House
had last night heard so much about positive declara-
tions. That Mr. WILBERFORCE should now re-
peat his dodrines, and IVIr. WHITBREAD re-echo
his observations, created in him no astonishment,.
bet he was really surprised to haveobserved them
supported by others whose views might be supposed
rather more comprehensive. He had heard a Gentle-
man triumphantly, on a former occasion;put the case.
of a poor peasant, famishing in the midst of his
family, immured in a bare cottage, and ask what,
consolation it. would be to hirn'to say—" You niay
now make yourself happy, for -the ballance of
.Power is secured." But however strong this case
may
.appeao at first view, it was however capable of
a fair English construction, for, it must afford con-
solatioo to any man, however low his state, to think
that the entire safety and 'independence of his
Country was secured. One Hon,. Gentleman •(we'
believe Mr. Fox) said, he would consent to enable
any two or three great States, which might be so
disposed; to make an effectual opposition to any
preponderating Power whose weight might seem to
threaten their own destruction as well as ours.—
But to do so, he wished first to find them. He had.
great respea for the Wents of the Hon, Gentleman

ivho made the observation. }-re was ready el di

mute his position, hut now, as he happened 19 be
absent, he would decline that' task, He th n ad-
verted to a charge made on the, second day 'of the
Session, by Mr. WILBERFORCE, against His Ma-
jesty's Ministerss• alledging, that. France was ready
to restore Piedmont to the King of Sardinia, bdt
that our Ally, Austria, would not allow of it,
fearful of the safety„of its own...Posse4ions in the,
Venetian States. He did not know upon what in.
formation the Hon. Gentleman might have pro-
deeded,' lint-Would say, that as far is any inquiries
of his chuld4o, 'he•had made them, and could not
discover that there was the smallest trace of'
foundaiitin for theassertion. The Venetian Ter-
ritories could be in no danger from the King of Sar-
dinia; but if France offered to restore Piedmont, on
the condition that the Emperor should evacuate. the
Venetian Territories, the case was changed, thought
he did not know that there was even ground thr
such.-a supposition. He denied that any Party in
that-House had expressed a prefereoce for a state of
'.lC,Tar'oVer a state of Peace e some of them entreated
Ministers toeaisume a mulls'. dignified condua, but
none of them recommended provocation to hostility..
He was
.convineed that nolhing would tend More to
the security of Peace 'than this dignified
.derneanor".
It was not in human nature to relihquish gland
Schemes of when a man-, to obtain them,-
had only to stretch* foeth=bOthitis. arni,;. He was opt
about to give a history of Bonaparte • by way of a
satire on him ; but what` was to stop hint,' if he saw
no danger from the. only Natitio that ,possessed the
means •of resisSiiig him with effed ?, Mr. Sit ERI-
- boasted that he had discovered the secret of
those with whom he, (Mr.. GRENV.Ii,O)
which was to turn out the Minister. The discovery,
however, came rather late, as all
.their. Speeches
lieWeti them to' haVe had that . objea- at hears.
It was: also said, that they aviiVed to'-bring back
Mr. PITT. He hoped he should oot be. thought
speaking with too great partiality for that
Statesman,- When he said, that were :the -Conn:
try car. vasssed
_through, 99 persons out of ioo,
would T• confess,- that to his talents, his lute.
grity, and his commanding genius, was due the
Salvation of the Country. The same 99 out of
100, would also-h ait his return to power as the best
sealurity_theyhcould have,, and the greatest allefia.:
tion of their fears. He was sorry that:iosinuations
had been made, that he aria. hisefriends were'desir-
°us' ofeoming in with 'Mr. PITT. He never li"gtrd
the charge' openly made, hut if it. Were passible that
ahv could be base enough to make siteb in assertion
as that • their- condul w'as_ influenced -sordid,
views of -emolument, fie Was 'sure the 'foul'cliarge
would be confined to-the base lips that ,coold give it
Farterance. If Mr. ''r)tier should be restored to power;
as he :Siiieetely hoped lie would:soon: be, it would
then he seen, whether they would stand in the way
of-any proposed arrangement; or bargain for them-
selves, or oppose any ;cinbarrassmenti. to Govern_
ment. After entering pretty largely into the de-
fence and_ praise of many parts -of the late .Minis•
ter's condua, he said,
,as fur his own, it was before
the Public, and lie had not the least fear of abiding
theirjudgment. •
• 1,6i-41 AWICESBURY.said, 'it was impassible;
after what had fallen from the Right Hon, Gentle_
man, that heshould nor- trespass for a short time
Upon the attention of the House, for the purpose of
alluding to some topicS' which had been advanced,
and which, in his opinion, required' some explana-
lion. The Right lion. Gentleman had commenced
his speech with the same attack that had often been
trade upon. the. King's Ministers, and which had
ConStantly, been answered, as often as it had been
advanced, viz. that they -had not brought the si-
tuation 9f the CoUntry fully-befdre the House, and
that they had not explained that situation in the
Manner which they ought to haVe done ; and that Pa-
rliament were called upon, without sufficient ground,
to vote the Naval and Military Establishments of the
year. But he contended, on the other h•h-1, that
every Part of the condkt of Government (even re-
ferring to thoee.documents which might be termed
the Records of Parliament,. he meant the Speeches
from the Throne, and the Addresses of that House),
had fully explained • the System which Govern-
meot:had adopted, as far. as hail been usual with re.
gird to Foreign' Affairs. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man might`say, that he had heard of discussions
bet Ween this Country and France, . the result of
which had not. been explained to him. 'Whether
such disChSsions had or had not taken place it was
not for hitothen td explain, but he would undertake
to say, that it was not consistent with the general
praiaice. of Parliament, and of the Constitution, to
bring/the details of such discussioos before Parlia-
ment, unless Ministers called for some vote or opi-
nion. of Parliament, 'founded 'upon thosedetails, He
knew that. it had been .maintained, that evenewhen
a general case had been made by Ministers, without
the ptalKiktion Of the details, they had a -right to
call for the support and confidence of Parliament.—
This was the case at the period of the RUssian'Ar.
matnent, ,and it was afterwards, said; on the other
side of the House, that while the question was in
discussion they had not inquired, hdt that when
Ministers called for a direil vote, they had a right
to give the I louge full information upon the Subjea.
He did not state this to give a sanction to that opi-
nion,' but to hew that such. a distinaion•had beers
made; He did not mean to contend that it was not
competent for any Gentleman to move for such in-
formation, if he Could state sufficient grounds for
its produdion ; meant only to justify -Ministers,
in the line of condua they 'had adopted.—With
r,!spea to the general System adopted by Ministers
it had been insinuated and asserted, that it was'
impossible to understand what that System was, as
if Ministers had never explained themselves upon,
the general-principle of their condua to France and
other Powers. He. ought, perhaps,- upon this sub-
jea, to 'refer to authentic documents, such as-the
Speeches from the Throne, and the ,Addresses of that
Flotise, but from the nature of thoie Records, and
from, the manner in which they were necessarily
constructed, they must he taken subjea to the ex-
planation of His Majesty's Confidential Servants..---
It must be obvious -to every Gentleman, that it was
impqssible, in a' Speech or a Message froM the
Throne, to enter -into such a minute detail as would
he neeessaryhfor the full explanation of the subjet't ;
but lie admitted, that in those documents the gene.

ral principle of the 'measure prorsed ought aftr2Y6
to be round. Hu was ready to contend, that it ;I,'F's
impossible to conceive (as far as the circtoristances.
would admit) a more complete explanation of ri'e
System which Government had adopted; than was
to be found in an -AtuLtndment which he had mov4

to an Address proposed last Session by an Honour-
able Friend of his.—[His Lordship then read I'l'6
-ekriendmenit,
.stating explicitly theeprinciplo-04i°4
which Ministers tided, and the line of condod 1114
meant to pursue.3—He wished. to ask fr,,y- Gentle-
man the_meaning.he would put upon the- cvoti4:•°l
that Amendment. It contained • two, - prooosi
tyhich he, did. not. mean to say could •• be: sepatake-
entirely, but which were, however, in sornedcgrl
distinft.—The Right Him. Gentlerthin- corx-I).lbinel
that Ministers had nut explained whether they would
interfere wifli the Continental PoWers ; his answet
was, that that point was completely exlilained in tl''
Amendment he iiad-rearth-L-He begged here shortly co
call the at iention of the House to the late Lreaty, 3113
to the •Address to which he 'had alludecl. NO°
other Treaties of Pearce were concluded, such as the'
Ttetity of Utrecht,,the Treaty of Ryswickerwividi
preceded it,' and the Treaty of Atx-la.Chapel!ef
which .was subsequent to it, this Country nest'-
tutted for Peace in conjunction with other Powers
but hen the late 'Meaty was concluded, ever}
1 on the Continent: had been • induced Qt
compelled to make separate Treaties of Peacef
We were, by those circumstances insulated, and
forced to -make a separate Peace, unconnected
any of the Continental Powers. Hi's Majesty's
Ministers reited the defence of: that Treaty lapoi:
the circumstances under.t'Vhich it had been propose°.
and _concluded. . They stated the line of condua
they ihni adopted inconsequence of the unfortunate,
:vents which had happened on the, Continent ; but
they. at thesame'timestated, that so far from aban-
doning all Continental coneexions, that it Inuit
alwayseform a parrof • the system of this CcuntrY•
If, be was. asked for the application,of that privet -,
ple, his itnswer would
_fie, that_ the. application or
it musulepend upon circutnstaneesandevents;- the/
hr4ttferdfore.engrafied that. principle into the Ad-
dress. to' which he- had allr7c eel, That Address'
therefore;; contained the systeM which- the King's
Ministers had adopted, viz. that" they would de''
fend our own Emptrehagaitist alhencroachmeiiis,
lOok with 'vigilance 'l6 -thesis.tate of the .dOntirrenc°
Tlketr ihrtf -not attempted• to-'define minutely svhfC
that line of condna Wouitoe,i;becarise it must .al7
ways governed, by, circumstances. If • this•-re".
cord' Wanted ;ail-- c.nnArtnarion, he Might refer tv
the :King's Spetolf. ;the .opening. of the resell
Sessions td Parliament„(bis .I.4ordship read pare
:This
...Spiech', he' Contended, ryas 11
every particular conformable to the Address •01
which he had before alluded, that it maintnined•th°:
same principles, and held the Same language. --"c
far, 'therefore, as' language 'went, the, system
the King's'GOVernment had been explicitly avowc(3"
The Right Hon. Gentleman might assert, • the,;
Ministers -had 'not ailed upon that system, that
they, had gone beyond, or had fallen short (kir;
Such a charge was perfedly open to the Right H°°
Gentleman to make, if he could substantiate it, bl.l
he had no right to say that Ministers had not 131,,
down any system, and that they had not avowe'
it. There was One point upon which he 'vase
anxious to say a few words-, and that was orrK
which had occupied a considerable part of the Rig
Hon. Gentleman's speech, and had formed a c` 'ii
sideratile part of the 'speech. of an Hon. Frien3
his upon a former occasion. He alluded to t.e
sJbject of Continental Alliances'. He should ha`li,
thought, that upon the general principle of CeV.lO
neural Alliances, it wasalmost unnecessary for
to, make any profession. Wherever he sre,
,upon this subjed, he uniformly maintained
Opinion. it was a suhjed lath had yet.
early occupied his attention, and upon
he had given his opinion the first time he 'had fj
Honour of speaking in that House. He rec.6llc,`
that upon that occasion a Right Hon. Frietios•
his had made a most able and ingenious sPee
which contained the best case he had ever pea
-
against the Balance of Power. But certainly' th°
rUs
prineiple, like all others, might he pushed- r° 01
extreme. It appeared to him that it was o,"deafie
those questions upon which there- was a great tbc
ger of our over-refining, and he thought it was
duty of Government to guard against the'e%tre,roo
whiehlt degree•of over-refinement might sonst!,,t,
occasion. He,had frequently considered the
had never .been able to alter the oPinicon be
at first formed upon it, viz. that it was .a ,
principle, when limited by prudence and r'isa
That the Interests of this. Country were not t° of.
rially connected with those of the Continent ;11-0
that, we could exclude ourselves 'wholly or eve. it
a great degree, from all Continental conneJlo3,ir
would, ig his opinion, he' absutd to contend. evg
Commerce,.our Wealth,. our Importance in the ceivi
of Europe, Were such, that we could 'not i'r,vci.
tir say; that we. Would entirely insulate: our,s,e`tot
%He-knew-it had been stud upon. this subje %too
all Continental connexions were in [heir l'totrf
dissoluble. 'Phis proposition was undOub he
t
true; but was the consequence that was 5 if)
inferred from it, viz. that no human work Wa
Its nature perfect, and that Continental Affia'l,ver
.b,cause, they were liable to dissolution, ough`r,
.
to be entered into ? That those Alliances oft' 0,0.
tained, in themselves the seeds of tlissoltdwitheir
true, hut the question was, whether with all ,
es,,V
defeds we were better' with or without til. the
This Was the only praftical way of considers iris
'subject. If he looked into the examples co lied
in History upon this subjci hei was eoll'Pelle;bieli
draw a very 'different inference from that. siw,
had been drawn by an
I been f
CANNING) on a former occasion. It had
1 in `vary be
serted,
that
we had often been involved
. tO
Continental Alliances, but it .rernaine'l a-Dee"
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proved, that any of the wars in which. we
. Inauues•
engaged had arisen 'from these A ,vir w
fact was direalk the reverse. In no 'VC
Hon. Friend of his t
we had undert,tken since the Revolution", ,
, i Corttillen feted
eanogceasg.eu
It
tn
mightt in
ic,eornh'saepqsuiejencseaiodf,tveeemric at
into the late, War in consequence of 111
with Holland, respeaing the opening of `1
woe(
tic
but it must be admitted, that' that ool}' h 0.14
part of the general q 'estio.n. (1)':"1`)fe

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