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

w aft,atar insults upon ars nonour. vvttn TCSpCCI to
of National Honour, however,' some
'difference of opinion might arise, and he wished
Ministers to be more explicit as to their real sense
of it. Same parts of the conduct of France, he con-
ceived, not only to be National Insults, but 'Hos.
tile Aggressions. After adverting to, her condutf,
in the-at-fair of the German Indemnities, the subjec.
tion of Switzerlami, the annexation of Piedmont,
3ze. he contended that the Treaty -or Amiens did
not place us in a state of Peace or real Security, but,
continually obliged us 'to keep in a defensive psi. ,
tion.—He alluded to the treatment experienced by
the House of Orange ; by the Treaty of Ainiena it
was
.stipulated, ' that that House should be in-
demnified but no man could say that That sti..
pulation had been fulfilled. This . was a seri-
ous consideration. With resped to the point which,
had been much dwelt upon on all sides of the House,
that of the National Honour, a circumstance recently
occurred which he contived to be 'closelyconnected, ,
with it. He alluded to the ‘affair of a very respect-
able Gentleman, duly furnished I with passports,
from the Government of this Country, and an
firer in His Majesty's service, being Arrested. in
Paris, by order of the French Government, and in,.
inured in a dungeon.' Not only that, but order d,
out of that. Country in twenty-four hours, an
injundion which it was -impossible to obey.—n
Would it be said that'this was not a case of national.
honour ? and had thefe beep any reparation made for
•
it ? He then adverted to the circumstance of a per-
son -being prosecuted tit
.this Cotintry, at the in-
stance „of the French Government, while, on_
the other hand, all the injurious language and
invective which was poured out in the French.:
Prints against the Government and .People of this
Country, was-suifered to pass unnoticed. I,hes.e he.
also conceived to be points not unconneded with,
National Honout. He censured the idea that we,
should have only a commercial race to run with:
France, and he defended, in detail, the various ar.,
guments which had been urged against the Pacifica-,
,ion, and the subsequent conduCt of France, by:
Gentlemen, at his side of. the, House.
. The CIiANCELLOR of the
,EXCHEOUER ob.;
served, that there seemed to be a systematic deter„
minatione on the parr of some Gentlemen, to impress;
an opinion, that His Majesty's Ministers had cons.
promised the Character, and. tarnished the Honour',
of the Country: He deemed it unnecessary att
to,follow the Sneech of the 'Hon. and Learned Gen.:
tleman, the far greater part of whose Speech icier,
red to topics which had no manner of .connection
with the topics tinder discussion—he,should .confine
his own observations to three or four poin:s :—:he
Learned Gentleman had stated, in effect., that by
he Article in the Treaty of Amiens; resped.:
ing the' Indemnification of the House of .Orange,
the honour of the Country 'had been commit.:
ted, and that that pledge still continued unre.
deemed, It was well known that on this point he
had expressed himself far from being perfeCtlysatis-
fied at what- had been allotted as an Indemnity to
the House of Oraoge. However, with respect to
that subject, he hoped, before the Recess. (so we
understood thei,Right Hon. Gentleman), he should
have the llonour of making a Communication from
His Majesty, respeding the House of Orange, ana
which would manifest the feelings entertained by
His Majesty for that. Illustrious, House ; and
which propOsition was grounded on reciprocal cow,
tnunications made between His Majesty's Mini-
sters and- persons in the confidence of the House of
Orange : on this occasion the House • would be aft
forded the opportunity of manifesting their sense Of
the.transadions with resped to, that House, in a pro.
per and correspondent manner. He could not then
be more particular upon this subject, but he would,
rejoice when the day should arrive, in which he
should have the opportunity of making the commu-
nication. Another point adverted to, by the Learned
Gentleman, was certain proceedings instituted in
this Country, with respett to libellous,publications
again'st' the Government of France. On this head
he would only say, that the" French Government
was entitled to that protedion in this Country,
WhiCh the Government of every other Cduntry ex-
perieoced : it was equally -entitled to the same
degree. 'of protedion, and neither mote nor
lessi—He deeply regretted that it was not then in
the-power of Government to produce those -official
documents which would give the best and most de-
cisive answers to the imputations thrown out against
Ministers, for not holding out that sort of language,
nor pursuing that line of condud, which the honour
of their Sovereign .and the character and honour of
the' Country demanded.---With respect to what fell
from the Learned Gentleman in regard to the affair
of CaptnD'Auvergne, he could assure the Ho-use
the instant it was known to the 'British Minister,
his release was demanded, and that demand was im-
mediately complied with. How then could
nisters be charged with comprosaiiing or losing
sight of the honour of ,The Country; not only on
that occasion, but in any other instance, let any
Honourable Gentleman lay his finger upon any
circumstance that has occurred, or any sentiment
'uttered that could justify such an imputation. They
had spoken with regret of the increased power of
Fiance, but had fairly contended, that such a Con-
sideration would not warrant them in ads of hosti.
litye Gentlemen who disapproved of the conduit
of Ministers adopted a wrong line of proceeding ort
the present discussion. They should, in order re..
gularly to obtain the information so irregularly
'called for, move, that progress be reported, or for
4n adjournment of the debate, in order to move an
Adress to His Majesty for the desired information.
With resped to their arguments, , their tendency
and scope went to spew the indispensable necessity
for the Vote , before the House, and essentially to
vindicate the conduct of Ministers on the present

occasion. ..
Mr. FOX spoke at considerable length, and with
his accustomed ability, in refutation of the ploposi_
tions advanced by the Hon. Gentleman who spoke-
before the last.
[The lateness 'of the hour at which they were delivered,
pr,?cludes us from any but a very brief notice of this Hon.
• Gentleman's and the subsequent Speeches.]
Mr. Fox, in the course of his argument, avowed
that the principle of National Honour was one of
the most 'justifiable grounds for War .that could ex-
ist, and seemed to consider the case of Captain
D'Auvergne, 'in that point of View, as One which,,