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London, England, 1802-05-06 00:00:00

THURSDAY; MAY. 6,18 oz.

.IMPERIRL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

WEDNESDAY, MAY j:

Loßn Kskyort was sworn and took his seat, on succeed-
ing to the Peerage, on the demise of his Father, the late Lord.
The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their several

stages.
Four private Bills were brought up from the Comm.ins by
-different Gentlemen, and read a"first time.
Lord. HOLLAND, previous to the Order of the
Day being read, called to the recollection of the
House, the notice he had giVen some time since, of
an intended Motion expressive of .a degree of cen-
sute upon those Ministers, who, by•their conduit,
had, so long withheld the blessings of Peace from
the Country. In that intention he still. persisted ;
and one of his objects was to rescue that House.from
the imputation of approving the Peace,
.and at the
same time being Considered to approve a long pro_
`traded War.. He would, however, defer his pro-
position upon this subjea until the- pending ques-
tion respelling the Definitive Treaty was disposed of,
and until the House had expressed its opinion of that
measure. Should they reject what he intended to oro-
pose, it would involve a degree of censure ,upon the
Peace : he however deemed it incumbent on him to af-
ford die opportunity to the House to rescue its Oa-

taEter in that respca, and he gave this, preliminary
notice, to avoid the least. possible imputation of
taking the House by surprise. He took, occasion
to observe, that the production -of certain Papers
would be necessary for- the complete elucidation of.
his subjea, and particularly adverted. to copies of
documents respating certain Negotiations with Por-
tugal,

'The Duke of MONTROSE said a few words,te-
lative to what had fallen from the Noble Lord, as
alluding to the late Administration, and observed,
that he was confident the result of the investigation
would' be an approval of their conduel.
Earl SrENCER gave notice of his intention to
move for certain PaperS relative to the Island of
Malta, which,.as we could.colled, he fixed for Fri-
day next, cn which day their Lordships were order_
. ed to be summoned'.
The Order of the Day for summoning their
Lordships being read, ,
The Eaa of CARLISLE rose, and declared, that
he was aluated by no personal motives whatever in
thus coming forward : His endeavour was to see,
whether the blot or stain which; he conceived, was
fixed upon the charader of the Country, it what
he was about to advert to, could be removed—or
whether' it WAS to remain for ever ? If Ministers,
for whom he prOfessed the highest personal regard,
had obtained a secure and advantageous Peace,_ rut
manqould be more eager to'express his approbation
of their condud than himself ; if, however, all the
sacrifices which had been made, were merely for the
phantom, the shadow of Peace, it was the duty of
the House to expreSs itself in a contrary manner.—
lir 'present Treaty of Peace, there wAs not only
omissions of the most important nature, but an aban-
donment of all former obligations and stipulations.
The foundation was laid for a constant confusion be-
tween right and claim ; and much of this, we under...
stood.the Noble Earl to say, might be obviated in
the
.course of a quarter of. an hour's conversation.
Having offered these general observations, his Lord-
ship proceeded to a particular consideration of the
circuaistances in which the House of Orange was
plated : he first adverted to what appeared to be the
intention of Government in the Negotiation at
Lisle, on this subjed; and read an extrad from one
of the official doeuments of that period, to spew
thAt the restitution of all propeity possessed by that
Prince hi 1794, &c. was. expressly stipulated for.
He Observed upon the. circumstance of the total
o:niSsion of the claims of that House in the,Preli-
minary Treaty, and expatiated upon what hecon
ceiVed to be the hard treatment to which the House
of Orange was exposed—He would aslc from what
quarter was the proposed compensation to proceed ;
and argued, that it could not be expemted, either
from the German States or from Spain ; and he con:
tended that the unhappy Prince in question. Was re..
&iced to the situation of a Pensioner : there was
something incomprehensible in the wording of the
Treaty, and he-Conceived the language of the re-
levant Article in the Treaty:to be of the most ea-
lumniating nature ; it would appear as if the Prince
was not Considered as the head of the House of Nassau.

This Coudtry,• he said, had taken several places in
trust for him, and yet, in his mind, to use a coarse
expression, the fad' was, that Ministers went -
market with these very places in order to obtain
Peace. It would be highly gratifying to him, how-
ever, to he proved in an error with respea to this im-
portant point, and that Ministers could afford just
grounds for the House coming to a conclusion dif-
ferent from what, in his present view of-the' case,
he thought it ought to do. He concluded by
moving

"That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty,
praying that, he will be graciously pleased to direct, that
there be laid before the House Copies of a'separate Conven-
tion concluded at Amiens between any parties, in explana-
tion of the 18th article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, &c."
- -

On the question being put,
Marquis CORM k ALLIS rose, and addresed a
few observations to the House. From the low tone
of voice in which his Lordship spoke, we were pre-
cluded from hearing a part of what he said, but we
understood the Noble Marquis to observe, that there
was no necessity for the present • Motion. The
compensations to the Prince of Orange , were en-
gaged for by a solemn treaty, the provisions of
which could not be departed from without the,
greatest violation of all good Faith, but of which
he thought there was no just ground for apprehend-
ing. At the same time, he seemed to express his
opinion, that a separate agreement made subsequent.