The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-24 00:00:00

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'all the. •. digetiltie:i of our situation to the late Admi-
nhtration; He, pn the othey hand, contended, that

the state in-which they left the 'Cbuntry on retiriog
from office, Was the reverse Of,,being calamitous. 2—

ile.was ready to go through all thecircumstances,
point by point', and could scarcely restrain his in-
dignation ‘vlkn it was asserted, that nothing Lit
a desperate effort of patriotism could have induced
any other set of Gentlemen to succeed them. It
was indeed true, that. the CoinitrY was then left in-

volved in an cxtensiveWar, and'that a War with the
Neutral'PoWers &vas then in its commencement ; yet
notwithstanling all 'this,, theaftyprepjaps was never a
situation' lxiiich afforded rnore:aternptation to 'the
Wishes or ambition'of those Who'WereprOpi;Sed
succeed them. An Armament had already, been
pronOs,ed, the exigeilcies of the Neutral
Waraand to bring it to a sueee„Ocil. terriatnatinn,
and.. tha'i. A rinatarent had effadtrallyi and glotiously
put an end.' to it. The .same.AdatiniStraition h;id
prepared'
,arief sent :forth the Egyptian Expclition,,
the success of which so Mate'ilaily 'contributed to
ih Peace. -"He was very far, from wishing to dis-
parage the _present 'Ministry but it was bui,
justice to say, hat they ancceeded* to, office
with this, •,greatj; advantage in their favOikr, 'that
as the EXpeditionsi were Crowned with success,
the.y..were in a condition to claim the merit of it,
whereas, hail they :failed,
.theyawould not, have
been liable th any responsibility. A..s to the finances,
he must .remark, that till' the supplies of the year
had been previously provided for, the.. internal
tranquillity was, etaked_; for areaspn had "ran put
down, sedition aile.nced, and the remnant ol.party
in a great,nicaatire 'dish-ended. fie said much,
nor from disrespeatt to. apy, one, but in justic to _a
set of men to Whom there was reitatan to ascribe. the
salvation 'of the country. Nothina- cenid therefoi'e
be mciredeai,j.ible thanathe-sciccessio'n obtained by
the present Ministers.- dtaernains thenato consider,
what reliance, avaaato be placed in Administration
for their- palitieak ,camlud. since their aecesaionaao
'power,.
.Ttermatreonly zOVO pointa,which, at ruck.
hijn-a-ahe Nerutral:War and. the .I.)eace they 4tttd cnnh
'eludes .
~But alley averei lettabyaltheir predeeestoaa
the means of,entling at) en44o.'the one, and its sue-
c6s-ta.antra•lly qad, its its conseqtrencesa to:the ac,
compliahment of the other.. -With a. view tar, this
question,: he would lank. how this Cnuntry stond
in relation_ to RciSsia. We -hail. ;immediately dis-
patched thither .a
_very mile slalt.olater ; but immedi-
ately afterwards we fnundaiti a party ao!the Planof
the German,lndemnitiel. ,Ina.,annryperiod, subse-
quently, Russia shewed a disposition to.: interfere
in-preventing the annexation-oßiedrnont to France,
and Piedmont Was. probably• lost to the King ;of
Sardinia, in consequence of tour refusal to join in
die Russian :interference. Thus far, as to our
grounds of reliance on ,Ministers for, their condo 't
in the ;neutral, War ; and he next came,. to review
their merit in concluding the late :Treaty. .It
was to be observed, that the House, by approv-
ing of that Treaty, Wasanot bound to it in. all pits
parts. It had indeed been discussed, but never de-
bated in its terms. The approbation given to it was
not on the ground that the terms were advantageous,
but on the idea held out that the Peace would 'be
durable. lf indeed he had :reason to conclude it
would be lasting;: )e feltano,disposition to quarrel
with the tertns.., These were examined; but not
canvassed, and the, Country hailed the event with
acclamation, in the hopes that °it-would be pernm
nent. The disposition of France was then taken
upon trust, but how•was it now.manifested in the
present state of Europe? and let it be aemem-
bered, that the People might have aded other_
wise, if. they knew what was to happen.. .He•
was willing to agree to. any, tking.-which would
give strength: to the strength of the Country ; not
so however to that which- would 'strengthen
ship, which would at length be. turned against us'
when matured and invigorated--a rivalship—" qui
audum et reconditum. romeret." France only
waited for afavoutable opportunity. of hewing that
her emulation was, not.that of commerce, but exter-
Mination.; and if it had not burst forth before, it
-was, only .because the mea,ns' were:wanting. He
wished not to speak against :ijaystern.of prepara-
tidn, but must condemn anyething which tended
first to Jullthe -people, and afterwards suddenly call
upon theitafor vigoroustexertion. He wished at
once to excite a, steady condua, and 'persevering
courage, and a disposition to,take, not a little and
contraded, .but a great and comprehensive view of
every •interesting subjet. He was an advocate for
our having a ready, produdive adiVity, not only
capable of meeting particular emergencies, such as
-those ofSwitzerland and Malta, but.to meet every
danger to which we may be 'exposed—a vigilant,,
waking acclivity, diffusing itself over every part of
Europe.
Lard HAWKESBURY rose, and proceeded to
take a comprehensive view of the political state of
this Country, and to answer the observations which
had been made in the course of the Debate, parti-
cularly by his Right Hon. Friend who had just sat
down. . His . Lordship observed, that the Hon.
Members who had spoken, and discussed the ques-
tion now before the House, had all agreed to as-
sent to the Address,. but upon grounds that were
different, some of them opposite to each other ; and
there were some.points in which he could not agree
with the Hon. Gentleman. opposite to •him, (Mr.
Fox) in some points he had stated, nor with his
Right Hon. Friend, ..(Mr. CANNING) in others.
'He agreed-With many of the sentiments, which had
-been delivered-by Mr. Fox; but he did. not agree
with that Hon. Gentleman, that. the events which
had happened since the signing ,of-the Preliminary
Treaty of Peace between this Country and France,
might not in the opinion of many persons, create a
• material difference in the relativesttuatinn of the two
Countries, for certainly Francedid.nOt then stand in
the situation in-which it .stocalnow. In stating this,,
his. Lordship obseri'ed, that he did. not mean to en-
:ler at present.on ,the question, of whether it was
wise in His Majesty's. Ministers to conclude the
-Peace on the terms on. which it was concluded,
-nor to enter into any comparison between the events
as. they stood then, with .the 'events that have hap-
pened since the Peace. It '}vas said at the conclu-
sion of the Peace, he believed by him, that it was
right then to close the account of the War, and
that with 'all the conditions upon which, it was then
made, he had, added, it would be' wise to look al..