The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-25 00:00:00

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the- hole Power of mighty: Empire, to it
might be observed, that if ever the fate of Ent-
-I.:res hung upon the lips of one individual,, it was
on the lips, of that Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
PITT) on the _preceding evening. lie regretted the
part which that Right Hon. Gentleman hati taken,
and shlti!tl hare' been, happy if it had been other_
. wise, fur no one would be more happy than
himself at the return to power of any onF who was
disposed to restore—Peace, which he thought might'
Mill be restored. He thought the Negotiation had
been comitifted ill; and that when it Was 'breken
off, it still might. have been brought to a happy is.
rue. But if the Noble Lord (Haw xes c ay.)
thought the expetiment of the Treaty of Amiens
was useful in destroying that spirit of enthusiasm in
Fraect, from whence so much mischief had resulted',
do not lot those who .ipoke upon this subjeet,
Crease i9flaititn:ltiOn upon a question winch they
ought to discusfi dispassionately, and not suffer
themselves. to be run, away:with by the old io.
veterate spirit of hatred against France. , They
should not fear to deliver their . opinions, he
they svhat they may, and without apprehension of
any uefavourable constrnetion being' put .upon
them. Let them reColleft who were the Mi-
nistrts who called fol. Weir. tie! wits not stir--
prised that the-Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Git EN.
V I 1.1. r) ;Ind tbost, wl,n sett with him, should contend,
that there were sufficient grounds for War, hot
did not enter into the consideration of anti
distinft cause for War, contending, as they did,
that ar any time since the Signature of the Treaty
of Amiens, there was sufficing &Lind for War.
But what did we, now go to \Vast for ? Was it or
was it not on account of ahe'single Paperof the
Ultimatum of this Country which now lay upon
their Table ? And if France had accepted that U!ti.
matum, shook' we or should we not he now at
• Peace ? If so, let them dismiss from their coisider.:
, atinu ail circumstances of aggravation from the
dispassiOnate- discussion of the subjek before
them. No man ftlt more than he did, the. ag.
gravated insults Offered to this Count!), by France ;.
brit why not• Make representations . upOn •each
insult received, and if no salisfattion was oh.
tained, wiry net appeal to Parliament? He-granted
thatsvery irnlivideal insult was a cause for War ;.
,hut Why then net demand satisfaelion, and, if not
granted, :Weal rd Parliament ? What were the cit._
cumstaeces it hien related to the Treaty Of Amiens ?
On the 23e1 of November last, His IVl4..sty's Speech
'was [wide to Pari;;,ment. lie confessed that the
Siwech of the light Hon. Gentlentan (the Cuntst-
-1::I.LOR of the_ F.XCHEQU ER) then made upon the
;eitiessiort respeCling the Addtesa, was far from
being satisfiennry to him, lie took the liberty
at that, eeried to ask for explanation, and if
he, ,did not touch inisinterpre t what was then
;stated by that Right Hon.. Gentleman it was,
that there Was no danger of any breach in the Treaty
of,Amiens'. From this circumstance,- a grave and
weighty responsibility rested upon Ministers, The
Switzerland had been dwelt upon already
With so much eloquence, that be should only say,
that he viewed the events which Bail taken place in
.drat Country *WI as-inut4.ll horror -as.any man. But
-:how did the 'efuettion stand with respva to that
Country ? At the tithe that Bonaparte inv4ded its
liberties, a.Ssviss Deputy applied to theyn_wee4 of
Europe, throup,h• the medium of their Ainbassa.
dors at Paris, for assistance ; they were, only site.
restful in their app;ication to ,thin Country. A'
/ote was presented from Lord 116W/LPS OUR Y, re.
monstrating With the French Government tespea.
, ins that subjeet.
,A Letter Of lostrUetions, dated the
same day (the zzd of November), with that.. Note,
.svas tGent to Mr. Moore, giving him an irrevocable
. poioer to involve this Country in--a :Wae with
Franet ; not bur that there was just cause for War,
:but knowing at the same time that the Swiss were
-supported by no other POwer than by this Country,
under eiretonsiaoces it must be agreed, that
such it War would have been impolitiC.-Thus, after
the refusal of the wher 13t3Wets- Of Europe Was
known, anti Ministers hai4ng on
.the '23d of No-
, vernber risked a War with France on the subjed of
Switzerlaod, and not then knowing the issue of the
Negotiation, did then in point of latt, inform the
House anti the Country,. 'that there existed'. no
• danger of any breach of the Treaty of 'Andeos.
—How was this to he interpreted Ministers sent
out itnmediate -orders in consequence of this'dis.
_pure, not to evacuate the Cape of Good Hope
And other places, which was a (tiled breach Of the
Treaty of Amiens. Sociri atterwafels they sent
out orders to evacuate those places.. This would
-nerve to spew how Minister's interpreted their own,
Aft respedirig Switzerland. Jr \via most ettraor.
binary that at the same time when they sent out.
„orders not to evacuate the Cape and othei places,
that no orders Were sent our not to evacuate Malta,
which was more particularly the SulijeCt of diSpUte
• between the COuntries, on the importance of which
so much stress was laid, and which it now appeared
formed the whole subject of the present contest. On
the sth of December,. when a flourishing statement
of the Finances of the _Country - was made by the.
12i ;lit Hon. Gentleman (the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER), that Right Hon. ,Gentlenian then
said, that there was nri ts:ngcr of any breach of'the
Treaty of Amiens, at least if riot so in.terms, that
was the tenor of the expression used by that Right
Hon. Gentleman upon that eccasion. At the lime
of His Majesty's Message respeding, His Royal
Highness the Prince of Waleit the same thing was
yepeated, that there was no danger of War; Very
awn ',after wards came Ills Majesty's Message,.
announcing a probable rupture with Fiance : the
grounds of that Message bad-never' yet been ex.;
plained distinCt inforthation had been askeld for as
to the grocrds of that Message, hut Flit Majesty's
Ministers had never yet given it, nor had they at
all explained that-Message, which app 'eared now so
Very inexpedient. bad been at Iluti by the Right
Hon.-Gentleman (Mr. GRENVILLE) what We-should
give up by going to war. - He Would ask what
the sensation produced in the Country by that
Message, which arinouoced the probability.of War ?
Let that Right Hon. Gentleman consider the sot row
which Was
.produce& throughout 'the Country by the
tidings of that Message, and let him imagine the real
grief which it occasioned. As to the opinion of
-rite Country, -his opinion was, that if it 'was polled
from or 'end to the other, with those exceptions