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duced the efPed they had produced,. He bel'ie'ved
the Public at large agreed with His Majesty's Mi-
nisters, upon the propriety of Peace, because there
.was no proper objed for the continuance of the
War; and that the 'people therefOre earnestly wish-
ed for Peke. Some felt a pressure on 'account
of Taxes, and were impatient for the Peace, under
a delusion into which they had been led, that Peace
. would immediately lessen the pressure of those Taxes;
and many things had been attributed to the War of
Which it was not the cause, and among these was the
high price of provisions, of which the War was very
slightly indeed, if at all the cause. 's With these
feelings," .said Mr. ADDINGTON, lam con-
vinced that the language held out •by Honour_
able Gentlemen in this-House (from a sense of their
duty, I have no doubt) may have an effea, for a time
at least, on the People, to disincline them to the
,Peaces and may have an effed on the continuance of it,
unless counteracted. I should, however, be grieved
if that were to be the effea of it. I am sure I speak
the sentiments of every individual in His Majes-
ty's service; when I say, it is our 'earnest wish
that the Blessings of Peace may lie continued, and
we wish to take every measure consistently with
,the honour of His Majesty's Government, and the
safety of the Country, to preserve these Blessings ;
and I am impressed with a thorough conviction,
notwithstanding what has been Said, that • the
probabilities of the continuance of the „Peace now
concluded, arc not less than the probabilities
of the continuance of the different Pacifications
which have taken place at the various periods of the
last century. I mean, if the Country should be dis-
posed to make provision for its own security, with-
out which Peace cannot be lasting. We must not
suppose that France is free from the disposition of
taking advantage of our weakness, if we should
appear at any time to be weak; but let us guard
against weakness ; and take care to give to
ourselves the security which we' have the means
of giving. By this court:, we shall at"once in-
spire ourselves with confidence, and discourage those
who may incline to be our Enemies. If advantage
they can, advantage they will take : But I know
nothing in the circus stances of the present time—l
know of nothing in the disposition of the Government
of France, nor in the disposition oldie person at the
head of the Government rof France; ihat warrants any
apprehension, that the 'Peace now conchided'4iiy
riot be lasting. If this Country is true to itself, I
think a -just expectation may be entertained, that it
will be lasting. This Country is now in a• state of
acknowledged strength, and indisputable poWer, It
is on, an eminence, and may continue so, by a 'fixed:
determinajlon to pursUe a right course; whiCh ist'Woi .
to invade the rights of others, nor to stiffer others.
to invade its own. -By adopting the sentiment ex'.
pressed in very Correa words, by my Noble Friend,
.(Lord HAW ICESsuav).on•aformeroccasion,-that is,
by a System of Ccinciliation and Firmness, I am con_
fiden t Peace may be maintained, and the pre_etnine bee
of this Country preserved as high as-it is at present. .
I can hardly wish it to be higher, but' I trust it will
never-be lower. It is the wish of My heart; and it
shall be my constant unremitting endeavourS, ''to
preserve, as much as I am able, the hap)iness'-of
this Country, which now is the admiratioa of sur-
rounding Nations.

Mr. S HERID AN, in a speech Of some length,
expressed 'his firm conviction that the Peace which
had been Made was, udder all the circumstances, the
best that could have beerfmade. He was, however,
by no means'cOnVinced, that the objections which
'had been made bi‘a Right Hon,' Gentleman ('Mr.
Windham) and his friends, had been answered. On
.the contrary, he was convinced that many'of their
arguments were unanswerable ; but he did not there-
fore attribute blame 'to the present' Ministers, but
to those who had. placed the Country in such a situa-
tion as to render such. a Peace necessary. Upon
these principles he ' could not vote f3r the ori-
ginal Address, Which, in his opinion, 'conveyed a
direct censure upon His Nhjesty'S Ministers, which
he did not think their condo& in concluding this
Peace deserved ; on -the- other hand _he could not
vote for the Amendment propdsed 'by the Noble
Lord, because it' contained some assertions' which
he could -not assent. to. He lamented, that the
Noble/Lord's Amendinent was so wotded, that he
could not support it, tteeause he wiihed to'express his
approbation of the Peace, under all the circumstan-
ces under which it was concluded. Thus situated,
he should propose an Amendment, which he trusted,
would be supported by the remains of the Old Whig
phalanx, who had constantly oppOsed 'the War.—
The objeft of his Amendment would be, " to exi)ress,
the regret 'of that House, that the omission of
several opportunities of negotiating for Peace,
and particularly the refusal of Bonaparte's offer to
treat, had placed. the Country in a situation, that
justified the painful sacrifices made in the present
Treaty."
Mr. TIE KY& said, he, was sincerely anxious
to support the Peace, but he could not approve of
some of the expressions co,tained in the Arnend-
mem' proposed by the NOble Lord. His wiSh::.wals
to support the present Administration, but not, to
approve of the conduCt of the late one. ' :
Lord HAWK ES BURY. explained.
Mr. CURWEN said, he would give the Peace
his most unqualified support.
Mr. GREY thought that Ministers had adled
wisely in tonCluding the Peace, but could not ap-
prove of the mode in which the Amend:nen t of the'
Noble Lord had been 'worded, and therefore he
could not vote for it.

Mr. 117. SMITH also said, he's was sorry he
could 'not vote for the Amendment, though he
approved of the Kinister's condutt in concluding
the Peace. He said, it 1W been contended that th..
original Address wds not a censure upon His Ma_
jesty's present Mini tern, but' it appeared to him
not only to be.it `censure, hut'a very 'strong' one.
He then,proceeded to rcf,:r.' to the Journals; to shcw
that the cchsure propoed upon the Peace of .1783
was not go strong as the one now proposed.
Mr, HO B HOUS E said he should, vote for the
Amendment. • ,
Z4r ,Will' BR.F. AD. said he could rot N.:O te fdr the
.
Amendment, though he:apprOved of the condLa of
Ministers in making the Peace. . •
Mr.- BOUVE RLE expressed similar senunients,
and said he should prtipme an Amendment,