The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-28 00:00:00

quion of almost alll-rhe fowers of Forol:e against us,
nodes the guidance.df.our inveterate Enemy, France,
which having.forced the power of Atistria to toe for
Peace in the pos!ure of a,Snppliant, .wa's enabled to
dirett against us the Whole undivided strength of
her: %last Empire,, was sstiperadded Rebellion, but ill
extinguished, in our Sister Kingdom, and an apparent
spirit-of disunion in our Public Councils. But through
the wisdoin; integrity, firmness,' and dignified mo-
deration of His Majesty's late • and present Admi-
nistration, supported • by the steady and liberal aid
of Parliament, under the blessing of a gracious Pro-
vidence, the black cloud which lowered oven us has
been dissipated, and we are restored to a state far
More prosperous. and proln). ising. i rue, indeed,
there has been a dreadful expenditure,. of Blood and
Treasure. The Vessel of ilfe State has suffered se.
verely iii the'confliet, and has entered the Harbour
with her Canvass torn ; but in-the War of Elements
which we have witnessed, how can it be but that
she must have suffered ? I trust,. however, that
we are still in a situation in which we may continue
a great and a happy People.
Gentlemen—l trust it will be our futUre'policy to
abstain, as far as pOsSible, from those Continental,
Conneaions, for which I had almost said the very
'lntegrity and good Faith of the Ministers and
People of this Country, render us unfit, inasmuch as
we cannot keep or break our engagements according-,
ly as it suits the convenience Of the present moment
in the fluttuati`ng state of human affairs. We shall,
I trust, cultivate our own internal resoueces, and
endeavour to render our People secure, prosperous,
and contented. 'I am happy to declare to you, Gen-
tlemen, that the charafter of His Majesty's present
Administration, and the tenor of their past conduit,
firm and temperate, but yet conciliating and unas-
suming, is a pledge for their continuing to aft with
the same honest and faithfid attention to the srue in..
terests of their Country. These, Gentlemen, 'are
at, least my Principles, and it is fit that you should
know them. Conscious of -upright intentions, yet
when I consider the serious,. important, and com-
plicated Duties of the situation for which I presume
to propose myself, I should feel afraid to venture on
the task, were I not also supported by the assured
persuasion, founded in long and uniform experience,
of candour, or rather kindness, with which you
judge the conduft and construe the motives of your
Representative.

SUBSTANCE OF MR. LASC ELL ES'S ADDRESS•

" GENTLEMEN,

" In the situation in which I now stand, I con.
sideg myself responsible to my Constituents for my
past Parliamentary conduEt. I.again appear before,
you after six years service, with full confidence that
`during that period have aaed as your Represcrita•
tive, honestly, independently, and. attentively in
the execution of the trust reposed in me, both to—
wards the Country generally, and towards the in-
terests of this County in particular ;: but experience
has proVed to me how, just a -diffidence a man ought
to entertain of his own abilities to fill the 'arduous
office for which I now offer myself a Candidate.—
Even after the best endeavours of your Representa.
tives, much must.be left to the indulgence and can-
dour of their Constituents.
" I cannot, at this moment, enter into the merits
of every public transaction in which I may have
borne a' share, since I had the honour of serving
you : 'upon-a general review, however, of my past
political conduC't, I do not feel any cause for regret.
I have been a firm supporter of the War, and I con-
tend that the exertions of this Country during the
late contest, have left her in a situation of secority
which could .not 'have been attained
.by a different
line of condua. We have bad unexampled
ties to contend with both at home and abroad ; such as
could not hive beensurmounted by ordinarymeasures.
It We have at length concluded a Peace, which I
consider as honourable to this Country. In con-
sidering the terms of this Pone, upon which so
much has been said, I must also consider the objeas
for which we entered upon, and continued the War.
I maintain that we contended, not for territoriaiac.
quisition or aggrandizement, but- for the preserva-
tion, of our Liberties, our Constitution, our Reli-
gion, and the maintenance, of Social Order. We
have preserved these objets, and with them all other
considerations appear to me comparatively trifling:
But notwithstanding the prosperotis state in which
we are left at the end of. this unexampled contest,
when compared with any other Power in Europe,
there is yet much cause for serious consideration.
—The events and the consequences of the French
Revolution have rendered our situation difficult It
has beconie the more intricate from the present state
of Europe and 'the Continent, as applicable to all
commercial_ arrangements. There is, in my opinion,,
still much occasion for vigilance, circumspeEtion,
firmness and, wisdom in all our Councils, and in all
our conduit. •

Gentlemen, 'I have been called upon since I served
you; to support measures for a temporary suspension
of your Constitutional Liberties. I felt even at that
time great relußance in giving my assent to any
measure, which had for its objet to infringe in any
degree upon the liberty of the Subjea ; but under
existing circumstances I thought I should ill execute
the trust reposed in me,- had I not contributed to
strengthen the Laws in order to meet the threatened
mischief. The mischief has been counteraeled and
your Constitutional Rights and Liberties have been
restored to you. I mean that Liberty conndled
with Order, which not only exists with Order, but
which cannot exist without it.

" Gentlemen, the part I have aaeti has been in
Open day ; in offeiing myself again to your notice,
I can safely declare, I am not aduated by any views
of private .ambition or of private interest. The
office I solicit, is one of much difficulty, and attended
with great personal inconvenience. My only am-
bition is to fulfil its various duties in a manner, to
render my services of public, utility, and to claim
your approbation and my own."
After having been unanimously elthed, Mr. WIL-
BERFORCE spoke in substance as follows :
•
" GENTLEMEN,