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LVIPERIdL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

TUESDAY, JAN. 19.

Prayers were read by the Bishop of LONDON.
The Earl of PORTSMOUTH was sworn, and tbok
his seat. _ _

Some routine business was disposed of.

After waiting some time,
_ Lord PELI-SAM entered the House, -which, soon
after, he moved—shoald adjourn till Wednesday
the 3d of February.
On the Question being put,' •
The Earl of CARLISLE rose, and delivered his
sentiments on the occasion, . but .in: such a low tone
of voice, that we were precluded from hearing many
of his Lordship's .observations.He• said, that a
considerable degree °lan xiety prevailed with respe&
to the causes of these repeated.short adjournments
of Parliament, for which he conceived it incumbent,
"lOW, at least, oniMinisterS to assign their reasons:.
He was aware of the various reports Which'prevail-
ed, as to the probable motives of Ministers for
Adopting such a line of ,proceedinTg; but these he
did not thinicproper then_to advert to, but he felt
himself called upon to ,say,, that some explanation
on the part of Ministers ,was; requisite, not only,
for the satisfaciirth of that House, . but to remove
that anxiety and uneasiness which must _ naturally
sae& the Public,. on seeing Parliathent at the usual
Christmas recess, adkHirned,in a „way that might
be considered in some degree as de die in diem. In
another, and, perhaps, more
,knpottant point of
view, was some explanation 'alsb'required from Hia
, Majesty's . Loichhip principally
ad,ktted to the sailing of the French Fleef' to the
West Indies. It was then more than'a month, that
a French Fleet of more than Sixteen Sail of the
Line, was known to have sailed from Brest; and
confidentlyTbelieved to the West Indies, and' with a
considerable number of Troops on board: this more
than possibly was for a legitimate objed, and such
he hoped it to be; it was
,said to. be for the regula-
tion of certain concerns and_ affairs in their own
jslands and dominions in the West Indies ; and, as
such, if successful, might probably he 'attended
with beneficial consequences to our own poiSeiSiOns
in that quarter; but still, he thought' some eotp-
munication or explanation was necessary on the patt
of Ministers on 'such an occasion: nor-was this all;
his Lordship observed in the ptesent state of af.
fairs, respecting which, the anxiety-of the public
mind required to be relieved: He alluded to the
existing circumstances of this Country withrrespe&
to Spain ; there was, as. he concaJied,, no official
document or determinate testimonial. before Parliai
meet, which clearly evinced:that we, might not be
yet in a state of hostility, with that Power, and yet
it was known that not only a Squadron of five Spa::
nish Line of Battle Ships sailed with the French
foree'from Brest, and under convofial the French
Flag, but that a considerable Spanish- force, nine
Ships of the Line were now- colleted ar.Hayannalt,
making, ast:his Lordship. (by'„irtistaker said, an ag.:
gregate of thirteen Ships of the Line iii thar'qnar.
ter, and belonging to a Power, whiehifaaotightitliey
knew, might still' be an F,nemy..' These proceed-
ings taking place during an -interval; which, -With
a reference to the present state of -Negotiatiori,
might only be.. regarded as a truce,' Called; he
thOught, for explanation on. the part of Miniitets.'
)-Ie hoped, and doubted, not,. that Ninisiers had
adopted precautionS adequate these 'possible
emergencies, and for the security of our valnable
West India possessions, thongh his 'Lordship: ob_
served, as we understood 'him, that he heard. of no-
force being dispatched to that quarter, lit tour Sail
of the Line under Admiral DUC'KWORTH, 40511 the
Cadiz station. In short, in the present circumstances
Of the Country, as well as-. with respe& to the-late
repeated short adjournments of Parliament,he thought
some explanation was called for on the part of Mi-
nisters.

Lord PELIMIIf .rosetn consequence of what had
fallen from the- Noble-Earl,. like whom, the tone
of his Lordship's voice„ through a great part of his
answer, was such .as -precluded us from distinftly
heating him.. The Noble Secretary of State- seemed
to deprecate, such a mode of questioning:Ministers,
and on points obviously of the greatest-delicacy and
importance—such,a mode of proceeding" would, if
direaly produftive of' its ends, go to render The
proceedings of Parliament the earliest vehicles of
information on such points to the Public, which, '
independent of the irregularity of such ,4 channel;
so we understood his Lordship, the. garbled and-im-
yerfe4 way in which they sometimes were given,
was riot the most corral or unexceptiOnable mode.
The Noble. Secretary seemed to say, that much of
what fell from the Noble Earl was' dearly' irrele-
lint to any thing which,. in-the present situation of
airs, could regularly be before Parliament ; and,
on this ground, he would appeal to the House„ as
to the obvious impropriety of answering so far the
observations of the Noble Earl.:,' -With respea to
what the latter had said relative to the sailing of a
French force to the West Indies; he had to observe,
'that Ministers were duly aware of the cireumstance,
and that ihey'had.reasim to -think tilt' objetis of the
French in dispatching that Armament were of a le-
gitimate nature, and not only-that, but they thought
the interests of our possesSfOns in that quarter re-
quired that the Expedition should be attended with
success.---At the same time, Ministers had taken
such precautionary steps on'the 'occasion as id them
seemed politic and proper. With respell to the
motives of Ministers iri proposing such short ad-
journments of Parliament, adequate grounds cer-
tainly did exist for inducing Ministers to aft in
ouch a manner, as that the sen_e of the-. Legislature
might speedily be recurred to ; but. these'causes no
longer' -existed, or at least, in, such.force as to ren-
der it necessary on the part of Administra!lon, to
detail them to the House. .
The Question was then put,' and=thkir LordAips
adjourned until Wednesday the 3d of-Fehi-nary.

HOUSE OF. COMMOS4

TUESDAY, JAN. 19.

TfiE SECRETARY at WAR. brought up the-Esti.:
.7.ratts of the Charge for re.embodying the Militia,

pursuant to His Majesty's order of August ISoy.
—Ordered to lie on the Table.
The' CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that when the House was last assembled, he
had expressed a dmibr, Whether he would riot have
been then justified in moving to adjourn at once to
the period to which it was originally intended the
Recess should extend. The reasons which so fre-
quently induced_him to troublethe House with mo-
tions for short adjournments, could then.be scarcely
said to exist, but as a bare possibility might be
said to remain of the necessity of a recourse to the
. wisdom of Parliament, he had thought it his duty
to adopt theline of condo& he had done, and upon
the most mature leflettion; he was convinced
he had aaed right:, He was now happy in the
greatest,degree to -state, that the causes which had
induced. him to make these motions were entirely
done. away. It was, he confessed with much stir-
prize that he had heard, that in some quarters an
expeaation'Was entertained that he should on this
day have some communication to.submit to the
House ; how such an idea came to be entertained,
be could not tell : he was sure it was not justified
by any thing that had flen from him. In point
of fat, a'communication had no reference whatever
to the occasion, and it was unnecessary for him to
observe, that silence with regard to a .great NA-
tipnal Objea did not by any means imply a wish
for concealment. It must be obvious to every body,
upon refleaion, that circumstances might be known
to every Gentleman in.. that House, and yet upon
-Which a public statement could not with propriety
be made, and which were.still less fit for discussion,
unless an overruling sense of duty skewed that no
alternative reinaii4,4.6--- He had now described the
subject in a way, that was, -he hoped, intelligi.
'ble, and also the grounds of his cond9a and,as it
did-not appear that any Parliamentary Proceeding
was necesSary, he was convinced that too little
could not be Laid upon it. He should now
that the House, at its rising,, should adjourn to.the
second day of February, a period rather beyond
that of which he had given notice on the last day
the House met, but he flattered himself it would
not be attended with any inconvenience to public
business.-

The Question for the Adjournment being put, '
Mr. ELLIOT said, he could*liot suffer this ques,
tion to piss without expressing his surprise and con-
cern, that such a.Motion should be made without
any communication whatever, or any notice being
taken of the alarthing state of Public Affairs. It
was, he believed; now three or four weeks since
intelligence hadabeen received of the sailing of a
Naval Armatitentfrnm the Ports of France, a force,
he believed,- unpa)ralleled in the quarter of the globe
to which it was destined. After such an interval,
he should have, hoped that Ministers Timid have
thought-it their ditty to make some communication
to the :House upon -this important subjed, and to
hayse offered some. consolation Billie present abrming
state of affairs, by stating, that some-communica-
tion had been made with the French Government
upon a .subjeet that must necessarily- =excite' the
:greatest. solicitude' and apprehension, He -.hot*"
have thought that Ministers would . have been the
More anxious to have made some communicationc.
because, at present,' either the condua of the Fr;iich
• Government must appear alarming, or there must
be-a considerable
.degree of remissness in Hi; -Ma-
..jestY''s Ministers.. Whether the situation of the
French Islands, in the West Indies, was such as to
,require.so large a Military Force to be Sent there,
he could not take upon himself to determine: upon
that subjed he .must necessarily give credit to Mi-
nisters; but surely it could not be necessary that
'so:hirge'a Naval Force should be sent to thatuar-
.ter. It could hardly be. contended that the Blacks
in tfie.French Islands were in such a state of Mari-
time Strength, as to require a Fleet of net: Thirty
Sail of the Line to be sent against then), because, he
believed, they could hardly produce as many canoes.
If,' however, it was necessary that such a force
should be sent there by France, he was convinced
that Minirers ought to have been acquainted with
it ; therefore, he was . bound to presume that Mi-
nisters knew the.. force which France intended to
send. But, in Lis opinion, the English Govern_
. pent ought to . have gone further—they ought to
have boUnd France down as -to the amount of the
Naval Force which she was to send to the West In-
dies. If there was any such stipulation, and France
had broken it, themshe had afted to us with great
duplicity. If there was. no such stipulatiOn, then.
he could not acquit Ministers of a want of proper
diligence in not taking the proper means ofcounter-
ading, if 'necessary, the designs of France in that
quarter of the world. But whatever the circum-
.stanceS attending the transaftion might be, the 0-e t
of them upon the Country must be obvious. Re
should be glad to ask, with what weight and in-
fluence the Noble Lord now concluding the Nego-
tiation, on the part of this. Country, in France)
(and he Could not mentiop that Nobleman without
expressing,: sentiments of the highest regard, and-Ve,
.metaticin,for him) could now press, upon the French'
Government any, point of difficulty that might arise
in the Negotiation ? It was by no means extrava-
gant to suppose,that sortie difficul ties might arise- with
regard to the extent of the cessions to be made to
France in Guiana, because, 'upon that point; (Efferent-.
opinions seemed to be. entertained in ]ngland' and
France. ..It would not, he contended; be poiSible
to press these points without the danger, at least, of
breaking off the Negotiation; ,and it it were broken
off, :France might re-commence hostilitiestby. some
important blow against some of our most valuable
Colonial Possessions.• He' .did -not mean to say,
that France would ad: in this way ; lie was rather
inclined to think that France would not pursue any
ulterior_ object, until she had taken possession of
thoselinportant cessions which had been made to
her ; but she might establish siich'a preponderating
Naval Force in the West,- as Would render it neces-
sary for this Country to keep up-an adequate Naval
Force there, and then he should be glad to-ask any
of those Gentlemen, ,who foresaw-such great advan-
tages from the- Peace,. what would be the benefits
which we should dt:4ive from it ? France had all
*the benefit of !a :Nival- Truce, .and ihe was, nOw,
at least, ,Mistress ofthe Seas in a quarter in which
we had our -mast v.aluablepoSSessions: And it was
to be,,recolle6ied,.that 'France' had alWays -insisted'
I upon miintaimin,s the Freedom of the Seas, and had

always maintained. those principles which go to
destroy the Maritime Independence of this Country.
He, therefore, did hope that the House- wonhthave
had some account of the Remonstrances made
by Government: upon this subjea. It was true that
some ships had lately been ordered' from this coun.
try, but he confessed he felt but.little consolatiOn
at this tardy diligence on our part, because he
thought we ought to have.shewn a more commenda,
'ble promptitude of preparatiop,- It was far from
his wish to excite gloomy sensations in the country,
but it was necessary that we should know oar real
situation, and it.was necessary to excite the atten-
tion of Ministers,-.because the emergency was
pressing and time was swift, . We were now en-
gaged in a- Weetiation with a country that could
not rest; she,gfis all vigilance, and we could not
for a"moment' without giving her an oppor.
tunity of taking advantage of its The systesi
upon which she' aced, was that of domineering.
over every other Power ; nothing would satisfy
her but Universal dominion. If we did not. skew
a corresponding energy, we were lost, The system.'
upon which France ailed was vicious, but it • was
not to be opposed by submission "and languor, and if
we did not' show as much energy as she did, the
country was ruined.
Lord HAWKESBURY said, that whatever re-
spea he felt for the Hon. Gentleman who bad just
sat down, yet from the tone with which his speech;
was delivered, it was not entitled to as- much re-,
sped as it would have.been, if the tone of its had"".
been differeet. It most have been observable, from
the whole tenor of his speech, that it was not so
much a-speech upon the .subjea, upon which it was,
Professed to be made, .as against
.the,Peace in gene-
ral. The lion. Cyentlernao had spoken like as per-
son who did riot wish the Treaty flow pending to
be concluded upon fair and equitable terms, but like
one who wished it to fail altogether. He therefore
could not think that the question put by the Hon.
Gentleman, or his manner of treating the Siibjeft;
were such as to entitle him to the same degree of
attention, as if his sentiments had been conformable
to tlitose expressed the House and the Country,
viz. that of a sincere desire for Peace upon honour-
able and creditable terms, suitable. to. the dignity
and spirit of the Country. r.pie Hon. Gentleman
had set out with an idea similar to that which had
been adopted , upon a former oecasioe by another
Hon. Gentleman, viz. that between the signing of
the preliminaries and Definitive Treaty, no altera.: • .
Lion whatever could' 'take- place in the relative
situation and force of the patties, that was.not -in
itself a symptom of hostility. He never understood
that to be the case after a Preliminary Treaty, un-
less there were some, 'unequivocal,synsptomS 'of hos:.
tility ;hewn.
.This.CPuntry had, on.former ocea_
sions,. made great alterations in the-disposition of,
her force between a Prelitpin4ry and a
tive Treaty, and perhaps on 00. occasion 'more
than in the present. Since the signing of the Pre..
liminary Treaty; the Evacuation of Egypt had taken
place, and, after leaving•the,neceisary garrisons, a
great part of our force had been brought hoMe, and
the. French might with equal- propriety complain
that ive had taken this opportunity of strengthen.
ing ourselves at'home by the addition of so large a .
force. He stated this to skew, that a mere altera-
tion in the force of the respeaivePowers coold not
lie considered as a violation of the Treaty, unless it-
were marked with something that indicated 'an
hostile _mind ; and upon this occasion, neither froth
the way of doing this, nor from the magnitude of
the force compared with its objeft, was thete :.any
proof ,that . that 'Country had lifted with an hostile
spirit, This was a subjeft of peculiar delicacy,
and upon which he could not explain. himielf as
fully as he could otherwise have wished; but .he.
thought himself at liberty to state, ;hat that Fleet
did not sail czNirbogt a previous commtmication made
to the Gyvernmegt of thifCcamtr.y. What the nature
of that communication was, he was sure he should
-not be expeetecl 'to state, hut he thought it right
to add, that according to his belief and conviaion
(as far as he might be allowed .to state his belief and
conViaion on 'such a subjea), there was nothing
attending the sailing of that Fleet, that manifested
any hostile disposition against this Country. At
the same time, he hoped that credit would be given
to Ministers for adoptiog proper precautionary
measures, that our force should not be inferior to
that on the other side; The Hon, Gentleman had
spoken of the tardy'. diligence of Government in
sending -out lately some ships to the West Indies.
In the first place, he begged leave to observe, that
the Hon. Gentleman did not know what' ships had
been. sent, nor from- what quarter they had been
sent. It would
_perhaps be as well if the Hon.
Gentleman, before he made such a charge, would
ascertain upon what foundation it rested. The
Hon. Gentleman had asked, in what situation would
Lord CORNWALLIS be placed by the sailing of so
large a force to the West Indies ? He knew of no.
thing that would render it necessary for that Noble
'Lord to -hold language less firm and vigorous than
that, which had hitherto been held. On the con:
trary, he should say, .that taking into consideration
the situation of the two Countries, there was no
reason why as firm language should not be used by
the British Minister in France as if this event hit&
not taken place. Having stated these two points,
first, that that. Fleet did; non sail without previous
communication to this Country, and that there was
.no circumstances attending ' it that manifested a
hostile disposition to this Country ; and secondly,
that- Ministers were entitled to credit for:having
taken due precaution upon the subjeft,.it would not
be necessary for him to occupy more of the time of
the House, except to observe, ,that the whole of the
Hon. Gentleman's speech did not relate to the suc-
cess of the Definitive Treaty upon fair and equitable
terms, but was in fact a speech , against making
Peace altogether, or making any Treaty whatsoeser.
Dr. LAWRENCE said, the answer of the Noble
Lord_ appeared to him by no means to be satisfac-
tory, and therefore be should conclude . with an
amendment-to the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER. _';li(appeared•to him to be rather
anew mode of treatitigi,ttiehHonse. of Commons to
say to any Gentlemanow&liffer from me upon the
subjea of PeaCe, and therefore:your observations
-are 'not entitledita.. alti'Vipea. If any danger
which threatened; the; Country was stated, it was
the, duty clf Ministers to examine, whether that

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dangeriiiiste it did, how it WAS to be ga
rid of. His Hon. Friend (Mr. ELLIOT), had not
stated, that it was the intention of the French to
renew hostilities; he stated that their objeCt was to
establish a great and preponderating force in that'
part of the world, and he should be' glad to know'
what 'answer had been. given to that arguthept.,-;
But the 1%,,,b1e, Lord had said that 'we had evacuates
Egypt, and that the french might as well complain
that we had violated the Treaty by bringing hotoe
so large a force. This appeared to hini to be c
very unlucky illustration, because the objeet;
France in making Peace Was to obtain the evacua-
tion of that Country, But he should be glad t°,
hear any reason assigned. why France should sell"
out so large a force. He had reason to think the
there wasno.occasion for. so large an army, because
Toussaint L'Ouverture professed himself dependant
on France, and obeyed the orders 'he received frolli
that Country. - But admitting that France might
wish to possess that Island by a more secure twos:
could- irbe necessary to send out so large a naval
force as near thirty sail of the line ? Supposing
Toussaint aimedat complete Independence, such,
immense naval force surely could not be necessary
to subdue a man who had no maritime power what-
ever. It might be said, that the French were more
in the habit of sending
.out Troops in ships of tbe
line than in transports e but that was no reasoo
~why we should sutler a step to be taken so danger'
;ous to this Country. He did not suppose that f
-nisters would suffer such.a force to remain in the
Wet Indies without sending out an adequate for"
even if we did send otit an equal force, Was
It quite clear that they could counteract the hostile
attettipts of the French fleet ? Though we had 3
Fleet eclual to them in Port Royal Harbour, it might
be unable to prote6t Jamaica from an attack of the
Enemy from the Hayannalt and St. PorningQ.
inittipg, however, that by keeping a large Fleet
in the Vy'est Indies, we might secure our. Possessions
there, would that be a state of Peace ? He knew 1
this was a point of great delicacy, but in what
tuation would the •Country be to have two such
. large Fleets looking at one another ? It was impuS".
sibleitor theta to be in that Situation long without
coming to hostilities. If even that was not [ll5
case, it -would be a most intolerable.burthen to the
Country to have such a force in that quarter. The
question 'then was, whether, under these circnnle.
stances we might not take some measures for our set-
' curitylagainst the *danger and expenee with Whlc4,
' we were threatened ?...Did he wishla break off the
Treaty.i—Certainly not, but he,wished somethins;
tp be-. done for the security:of rife (i)nntry. •tif
still retained the opinion bei9-re:Oelivcret'f,
that this Treaty would ptit thit'Couiit-ty' bad.
state l: but he submitted to thosewho Were better.
qualified todecide than. himself, and therefore be__
did not. wish. t 9 break off the Treaty. What oh
jeCtion, could there be to 04 obtaining some sec'''
rity for the return of this large fleet ? Why shoull;
:-there ?not .be some-regulations • ,respeCting the nav3;),-.
'force to be kept up by both Powers in the ditferPl',, •
Tarts of the Globe? The security be alluded to Wit
. !that-of retaining the possession of Malta and
cape, until that Fleet- returned, If this waa re;
fosed, how could we rely upon their sincerity;
IL certainly would' be for the advantage of b9tll,
Countries that their Naval Force should•be reduced'
Whether such a prosposal had been made or nut
eouldsnot tell; but it 'seemed -to him that it CO.'
poche made so well as with the knowledge of 11" r:
Nan:tent, and therefore he thought that-the
aught not to adjourn for so long a time.- He hatt
pressed this point the more, because he ila,
• heard it stated, that the ()Ned. of the Fre"
t
• make St. Domingo-in the West Indies
France was in Europe. France would continulluc
send more and more troops out, and thougtoict.
Might keep a large Naval force there, we ulig!cr
not have a Military Force there sufficient to resii
them, if they made any attack. Besides, it wools,
be ruinous to keep so large a Naval Force there;
while on the other hand it would be advantageriti°
to France, who wished to restore her Navy. liP°6,
these grounds he should propose, that the H°i'-v
should only adjourn to Tuesday. next,
,because
seemed to him to be material, that while the Nege();
tion was going on, Parliament should 'appear to Pi
vigilant, and be upon its post e and.at this season,
the year he thought it could not, be attended wits
w
any inconvenience to Gentlemen.—He conclude
with moving as an Amendment—" That the Hotis! -
should adjourn to Tuesday next."
Thr ATTORNiY GENERAL said, that- the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman who spoke last, al"
peared to him to have taken a very imperfea. foe'ci
sure of his' duty. If he thought, as .he profess'
indeed, that the Ratification of the Prelirnioar
Articles of - Peace would place. this Country
situation from which it cannot recover, it was
duty as a Member of the'House of Commons, rib f
only to interpose 'every difficulty in the WAY of
Peace, but also in the way of the Ratification
to.
the P 1"
'Preliminaries, the which, if he be right, "35*
seal.the doom of his. Country... -Indeed, he believe.°
the conduct of the Hon. and Learned. Gentlecnau
y,bemore consistent than he nrOfessedit to.he, for
had bY his speech,- given the Peiw.,.e asofoo
struftiOn this' day, as there VaTtOrAce.ittt4at..speecils
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If any' body doubted this inference,' he.would b
what was the praCtical efrea to -which this sr ea..
was klirdled ? For although .he.gave. it no dire
!ion; altboUgh he drew no inference, or made (ttt
cOnclusion from it, still it Must be .taken for graot
that: he aimed at something. his situation, ,leis,
talents, his gravity, must induce all who loc'as
hitne- to Suppose that he had a drift in it.
Ic
not for The purpose of amusing himself with sPc3,..
,
what was the Purpose ?:,--What the .42bye
jet ?—What but to try whether MiniSterS cola
compelled to utter what 'they Ought not to utter,,
T o try whether they would not be. so weak der
Under a feeble irritation, to disclose theasureilineite
a Negotiation, most prematurely, pending a Try
Suchya-state of things. had, always, hitherto/ the
deerno to he 'sufficient reason for silenee 000,
part ial-IVlinisters, and also'had,..filatik.3, beelie°o3,
.• siderOd as a sufficient excuse for the House of t""ti,
mons, anxious for, the, true intetthgnisC,°/;-sce,
tuents, ,not- to .call -for such prethitttieildis'oir's", ~,e
for it: might possibly be much- to tlietili's. dean
of the Country, and yet the only radical cot' 44
e sion that could; be drawn was, that -the Hoot a