The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-04 00:00:00

r
1.

,
~peet . .
that count„ory occurred previous tbft the
23,1 of November. At that very time when
:Maksty's Ministers asserted that no-,"danger of
the reoewal of hostilities existed,. Mr. Moorewas
oegotiming at Constance: if that Gentleman bad
g!me thedingth of his iostruaiOns, provided the
t uatiote-Of Europe would have allowed it, the Court.
ry must have been inevitably inVolVed in a War.
The causes, tit oopplaint, respetting the Emigrants,
the refusal of Fraoce to inclemitify the Siadtholder,
all these w*.ere known before the. 234 of November.
If. the 233 of November was notstifkient,be would
look to it.
,much later leriod. the 23d of February
lase,
last, when it was-declared by His Majesty's Mi.
niSters, that we were in a state of profound Peace,.
and that no discussions 'weie then subsisting between
the two Countries. -"lbw was that assertion support.
-ed ? On the Os of Feb. lord'Whit worth received
instructions toremortstrate the Report of Sc.
b.istiani; on the t7th the Remonstmce was Made, on
1116 zest, the memorahle 'Coniersatinn between
Lord'. Whitworth and Bonaparte took place, its.
Nvhich the views of the latter were so completely
iiewn--*in which his views on Egypt, on Turkey,
and on this Country, Were so completely eievelopea
yet on the z3a of February, Ministers stated that

ito discussion existed, and that we um in a state of
profound Peace. On the Bth cf. March came His
fyiniesty,s message, to prepare us for War; he trusted
that we were prepared fir W,tr ; he trusted that we
sere prepared to re,ist the insults and aggressions of
}stance. But Ministers atteti-innte cruelly to.
wards the People they had required unlimited
confidence, oil, whilst at the Moment they asserted
that we were in a state of .profound Peace, they
knew that the bitter proved of War was pre.
paring tor us, a prospect rendered mote bitter
by the disappointment
,of the hopes that were
held out. The next question was, how far Mi.
nisters had done their utmost to avoid the ex-
tremity of War ? not' inquire how far they
had submitted ; but whether' they had, done that.
which was becoMipg the greatness and the power ec
the Country.? Whether,, when an insult had been,
given, they had remonstrated--?anti whether, when
they remonstrated, they remonstrated with effect--
whether, when they interfered in the affairs of the
Continent, they took those' measures which were
best ealcolved to tender that interference valuable
or effeCtual'? Recurring to the causes of War as
enumerated in .}tis Majesty's Declaration, the first
scats the rilistrq,qinns thrown in the way of our
Trade. In the Papers that were first laid upon
the Tahle the subjed nf our Trade Was scarcely
mentioned; but' afterwarde, when further 'in.
-formation was called for, a supplementary col-
lation of Papers was brought forward, In which
there eppeared letter upon. letter, and statement
vl'on statement, from Mr. Merry, tespating the
oppressions upon our trade, upon which subjeft there
.was nor a single Remonstrance from our Ministers.
Nay, even the letter of Mr. Merry repelling that
must flagrant ad;•,relatise to the confiscation of a
Btitish vessel, merely because it had some knives
'and forks on board for the use of the crew, remained
unanswered: As to the Commercial Commissioners,
whose objet lead been bo clearly discovered, and
with respect to whom it hark been truly said by his
Right lion. Relation (Mr. Pm), that if they had
. been here during a period of War, they ought to have
been hanged as Spies, there appeared no Remonstrance
upon that subject. The let ter which appeared respet-t.
ing them only went to_this, that they would not be
suffered to go to their places of destination, and
• the bel. was, that until General Andreossy's
Failure these very men remained itt London: With
resped to the occupation of Holland by the French
Troops, Mr. Lision'S Letter of the agth ofoCiol)er
stated,' that they were still in the occupation of
that country, and yet on the r 6th of November
orders were sent out to surrender up the Cape.
There appeakd no remonstrance respeeting these
'Troops, notwithstanding their remaining there was
in breach of ihese solemn Treaties. As 'to the
subjeet of Switzerland, he would again state, that
he old not wish 'to argue the question as to the pa.
lick of our interference in the affairs of that Country,
but had Ministers interfered in such .4 way as to
render that interference valuable or effeftual ? So far
back as the t3th of Jiffy, the inhabitants of that
unfortunate Country had resisted the Constitution
forced upon them by France, and from that period
they were its a state of remonstrance, and as it was
Ladled Rebellion, against the Constituted Authori.
ties of that Country. The Swiis Agent at Paris
went round to the Ministers of all the Powers of
Europe, requesting assistance, 'but was refused by
all, and by some even the teas a 3 shut in his
face, until he, applied to this Country, and from
this Country alone he received hopes of assistance.
Mr. Merry very properly wrote to Ministers upon
a subject so important, and in this single case they
departed from the system which they appeared to
have adopted, by making a written Remonstrance.
On the mai of Odober that Remonstrance was
wade to M. Otto, to which no answer appeared by
the Papers to have been given. Ministers best knew
whether any answer had been given or not, hilt
Ileport wisp, that that answer was so oirensive, that
it was a (tired insult-. Report said, that we were
told in' that answer, that we had nothing to do with
the Continent, that.we ought to look to the Treaty
of Amiens, and nothing but the Treaty of Amiens ;
and Report saidi that that answer was such as would
hare justified Ministers in sending the French Am.
bassador out of the Country, and 'deity'', ling p.se a°
ration for 'tha insult. At all events, no answer ap.
Feared to have been given to the only Written re.
monstrance, Which Ministers had ventured to make.
Onn the same day of the month, Mr. Moore received
Iris instruCtions to go to Constance by easy journies.
„On'the 30th of October he arrived there, and just as
he-was getting out of his carriage, be received intelli.
gene that the Diet of Sehwitz had surrendered. Ile
then wrote to Ministers to know what he should
do, as he remained 0 Minister without a MisSion
on the nth of November the Noble Secretary of
State wrote him, that if liked it, he might return
Instrigtions had been given to M. Moore
In the first instance to .see what Austrian Troops
were ready to enter Switzerland, but no measures
were taken to *mute any support from other
Powers : not even any answer was sent to the

Swiss Agent, at teat nune speared in the kers

11,1‘14 MO V silCVlii IU (U
CPT I;Cr I (PWGI. I

Europe as.an evidence of our disposition. But the
cup of our disgrace Was not yet filled up ; all Europe
hears of the Mission of Mr. Moore.!vyhe travels about
from Court to Court, from one he receives an an,wcr,
amitrom another none, and nothing was heard of in
Europe but our interference In the:Arlin of Swit-
zerland. ,On the 25111 of December Mr. Moore
found his way happily back to England: With-re.,
speff to Malta, it was not Accessary to go-into the
discusSion. Ministers endeavoured to procure the
guarantee of Europe to an Article.which they knew
could net be execrated. The Just thing was a nese,
arrangement respelling Malta, and certainly some
new arrangethent was rendered necessary. It iitt
peared that nothing short of the complete possession
s. of Malta would in the first instance 'satisfy Mini.
sters for the aggrandizement and increased power of
France. On the a tst of February, Bonaparte said,
that he would sooner ice us in the possession of the
,Fauxbourg Saint. Antoine, than of Malta, and that it
involved the question of Peace or War. On the roth
of March Taileyrand goes further ; it was not then
merely the question of Peace -or War, but he says
that onr non-evacuation of Malta
.would be con..
sidcred as a declaration: of War. Upon this.Ulti.
marom -followed .Ultimatum, and Projet followed
Projet, until at last. the last Ultimatum 'proposed
for our possession of Malta ftir ten years,. and the
Sovereignty .of Lampedosa., After having
vated and fortified the Island of Lampedusa, after
having made a Harbour where none existed, and re.
moved a Bar which prevented vessels from going
into it, the Sovereignty of Latnpedosa was, to, be
considered, at 'the end of ten year, as a com-
plete counterbalance to the power of France in
Holland, in Switzerland, and in . Italy ; the
Island of Laint,edosa, not a nursery for seamen,
but of sea gulls. The only cauie. of . War, which
remained, related to our Press, and with re.
sped to that, there never was a more infamous pro:,
posal made on the part of any Government. Jo
answer to it we had, it is true, a well.written let-
ter from the Noble Secretarrof State, but was that
any spirited remonstrance ? But another proposi.
tine was made, and here was'a story to be told to
Europe ; it was objeeted that Nobles. who come'
der the protedton of this -country, and who had
been invested with the orders of knighthood by their
Sovereign' for their , services, Thai they wore, the
badges of those orders in this country : what, was
the answer ? We are sorry to see them wear theM,
but we cannot help it. What Wfoulil the Nobles
of this country say to such an answer if they
were. placed in a similar Situatioo, which he
trusted they never would. The next proposition
on the part of Bonaparte was, to elfp.orli the Frctich
Ecelesiastic't anti other Etriigrants to Canada. Whor
was the ansner of Ministers I—That:measures were
in contemplation to remove those Personi put
His Majesty's Dominions. Such an answer tivorrta
be for ever a blot in the history of 'thi4 Country.
He had a right to conclude from the Papers on, the
Table, first, that tram the first moment or the
Treaty or Amiens, the whole spirit ot that Treaty
was violated on the part of Fratice ; secondly, that
Ministers had deluded this 'Country with the hopes
of Peace, which they knew to be fallacious ; anti,
thirdly, that where provocations bad been given,
Niinilters had not Made those Remonstrances
which they ought to have done, and that where
they
had remonstrated, they had not supported those
remonstrances by those measures which were cal.
CUltitcd to give efred to them, and that where they
hail interfered, they had not rendered that inter.
terence valuable or Orel:five, If the House thought,
atter the eXperience of two years of Peace, if such
it could be called, that the condua of His Majes,.
ty's Ministers was such, that they. might be safely
entrusted with the direction of a struggle like the
present, then they would let their vote.coofirm that
confidence. If on the other hand, they thought
them not deserving of that confidence, [bee the le.
solutions ought to be agreed to. He did not wish
at the same time, to blink the real. situation of the
Country; he was 'catty to sacrifice every thing that
was asked to support the contest in which we were
engaged with that energy and vigour which it de.
minded.

Mr. HOBIIQUSE said, fronyhaving given the
conduft of His Majesty's Ministers much serious
consideration, ,as well as the Papers on the Table,'
he thought the charge brought against them ill.'
founded : they had certainly done every. thing they
could to servo the Country,
,by, the maintenance of
Peace, as long as Peace could be preserved on honour.
able terms to the Nation : they had then come to the
House, • and detailed, in the fairest and plainest way
pasible, the necessity of the War we have commenced,
The Hon. Gentleman then took a view of the con_
dud of the French Government before and after the
Treaty of Amiens : he wished to know .what could .
have been done more for the benefit of the Country
than that which Ministers have already dune to sup.
tort its dignity and independence. It was not his
intention to trespass on the time of. the House, but he
must observe, that the attempt the French made:
to, 'control the British Press, appeared to him as
gross a request as he ever heard of. It must be-
clear to every Member in the House, that the. French
had long been hostile to this Country, and he was
glad to find their challenge has been taken up by
this Country with true English spirit.

•
Sir 11711,14,11 YOUNG entered intaa long investigation
of thetertduct of Ilk Majesty's Ministers lind observed, that
this Administration carne Intl) power under partienlar cir.s
cuinstances ; he had been twenty years in the House, and
therefore thought he was able to judge of the affairs of this
Cuuntrj,: 'there was one circumstance which 'ought to be
noticed', and which he supposed every Member must have
observed, that was, that France had been arming some
time ; he therefore thought it time for this Country to
prepare to meet an Enemy, anti support the CQMlneree of
this Country : but with respect to Nialta, it certainly 'could
not but a:a subjectorrreatjt with Frahce—there is onellicli
that we tan three years probation before we can enter into
the Order of St. loi: of Jerusalem. It is our business to
look on.flonaparte as n great and enterprizing Genius is we,
therefore, must watch bis concluet, in order to guard our
Country.
Mr. FO NB AATUE said, he was confident His Ma-
jesty's Ministers were prepared to do every thing that was •
likinottrable, but the question w.is now, whether the House
was satisfied with their conduct. Ile pact to congratulate the
House, that the papers niii atthteliel;aibialvec%wvoltuhlhdellir::ivierotrillicitirtliioi
ijs.
Majesty's Ministas
,had done their duty, to the Country.
The chargeagainst them, taut
from the House; whether this was true he coul.lnit
flew.
mine, but certainly, they ought to give the House every in-
formation on the subjectof the fklt:gotiation A tier many re-
marks on the state of the two Commies, the flOnolu.ll/Id
(;entleman concluded by His Md.ie4ty's Ministers
,11f4.4e Jig their endeavours to preserve raaCe,

Sit itt,thougli it ittsl been .oi:ft:tett weft
szylralT-Parties in-the llotisc3, hedrupezi on the present oeca-
skin there would be but one Party, and that is to support the
Liberty of the Country: As to the Ministers, he rainy knew
:slid ch
e Parliamentary eidna, and lie must he permltted to
:•observ; that he considered these Pentiemen of the hit;
honour and talents. One of the points to which he alluded
was, that' it had- been said that- His Majesty's ..'Ministers•
!: hail. by.hringing on this War, contributed to harass the No-
plit of this Country ;- but he was satisfied that Althisters
Hied done every thing consistent with the honour is the
Country to-avoid-the-War t yet after every effort. they had
been forced into it. In las mind, a War should never be a
matter of sentiment, but judgment. The other point on'
which he should trouble the House with a few words, was,
that as War has commenced, he hoped they would have the
safety of Ireland in view : he didnot mean to allude to military
or naval safety—to the satiny arising front a good disposition
of the people to this Government, and lie would venture to
state to. the (louse, that those persons Who were once the
frieaids Of the First Consul and Iris liberty, and the specious
philosophy of the French, now held them in the
,utowat
detestation.—The people basic properly seen through the
'great Frenchman's. conduit. 'and are- convinced, that if lie
, cameto Ireland, toglve then, what Recalls liberty, they would
receive the same treatment he has given the pop le of Holland,
who soon found a Democracy was much worse than Kingly
Government. If this mighty Hero should go to Ireland, he
' would find that the majority of the People,would despise
him horn sentiment, and the, Jacobins from resentment. , •
- Sir Wra. WYNNE-said a few woitfs.
free.COUß'TENrlysaid, he perfeef ly approved of the con-
diret of His Majesty's Ministers ; the Party who complained
of the Minister when he gave them Peace, now COMphill of
his giving them War. He Ahought•those lien: CCM eaten
had followed the great Law Giver-and Philosopher,
Hippo-
crates, who says, "if you break your leg, and set it crooked,
and it then should be complained of, you may break it, and
set it again." So it Was with Prance : now ytiu have com-
menced hostilities, you may make a Peace, .and then, he
thought, some Honourable Gentlemen would not be satisfied.
R, said, should. not vote for ' the
resolutions, as he thouglit they were a direct. attack tin tt;s
Majesty's Minkters, who, in his view of the suhje:t, had
ailed with great wisdom and as lirigiislimea: fie dogrel
would stand and fall in defence of the Countiv, and it was
his hope, that the Country was secure froirOsucif Traitors
as Despard, who had been property punished tiir'his wicked
offence.•
Sir 1.. 11E0131T ETC.4I,FE ,bewin by sayircg. that
he hoped every Ilan.' Gentleman would iltink him, that
this wai not A Moment to eensure Ministers, as it would
ineni a division in the House and Country. at a time iv:
might 'lobe onaninionsingiving onr'snrikwt to the Country.
alt could -not conceal his seutiments sit this 'subject ;
should • say, that a measure of.this nature was generallybrought tri with en iittention to throw out a set of men from
situations they at present fill in the State, highly useful to
the State anal: honourable to themselves. lie should not,
hesitate )o say, these sii.k;'ts of abuse and tanci-.!ti
Wrong, wt:re thrx.l.ed to !the C :, isem.as.ou of. the EX.
el: IQ r , but Jr! hoped his Would treat the attack
-colitempr; Tins Right4fOnnurable• Gentleman had
Inade. an important. sacrifii;e in leasing the Chair of that
House, for- the great hut erdirous. situation lie now tills
with admiration! of- the Publie: Ile' had three Objediotis
to the yesolutioas nokv .the subject of debate, the first is,
that the resolntions. we.e not trite ; • seamdly; this was not
the time' to otThr them 'l4 the I house ; and thirdly, it would
be interfering witli the prerogative Of the'Crown. • lie should
therefore give a tiet:isiv negative to!the resolutions.
' Mr. G R EG.Q couSidered.the resolutions as .necessary,-in
order to investigate the conduel of Ministers : if the conduct
of -Prange has been a system- of oppn:ssioe andinsult to this
Country, he was astonished we'ithonid have given up' any, of
our congtiests, which now would he of. the uttiiost import-
ance tons,- or disembody our Military and NaVal Force. This
did not argue much -policy on the part of the Miniliter, and,
therefore, lie did not Set but the !louse were justified in mak-
ing it the subjeet of remark.
. Mr.JIURLRNU assured the House, ttat the people were
So well satisfied with peace, that Mr. I' vie could net have
carried on the War another year; and from being a Maki-
' s trate of a very itopiliOus nci;libouthood,. he had an oppor-
tunity of knowing the sentiments of the People, who ''.en-
sidered the Peace as a blessing to them.
Mr. GRENVILLE began a long, eloquent, and
argumentative speech, by obsirving, that as in much.
had been. said this-evening, he anxiously looked tor.
something new, so as the mind might have been
diverted as well as new lights thrown on the'subjed,
but he was sorry to say, that all those Hon. Grn.
tlemen who had spoken either for or against the
Resolutions, had confined them,elves tc tote side of
the question. , If it bad only been to relieve' the
House, it would have been better to have taken a
.more' extensive' view. of .the question, 'and have'
examined the cause of those Resolutions which have
produced so much remark. From the pas that
. • .
connetled with the- business -now before the
House, he :had - a sanguine- ho;)e that the -condita of
Ministers woul3 have come under consideration, and
that he should have heard something which went :to
the foot of the question ; but iraptieared.to him, that.
Gentlemen had made 'a
dull. repetition of sentiments.
which he had so often reprehended in that House ;
•
, all the common -observations Willett would as well
apply to a Turnpike Bill, as the qnestion before the
House.. It was not his intention to make any com-
ment on slander, which too commonly came from
Party in that House ; he should rernatk on argu.
-ments and fads, as they came before him. It• has
.
been asserted this evening,
that it highly im.
proper
.10 anode to the condttel of- Ministers at
this period, and that the Resolutions went to give
information.' to -the Enemy. It is 'to the Enemy he
wished. time information of that House to. go, that
they may know the sentiments 'of Parliament, and
see that the Country is well administered he should.
therefore go into the general.groends: of the:Resolo.
tions, ancl..by that tnea,nsrinvire into the conduCt of
Ministers. Now to• look at the doCuments on the
Table,it necessarily:follows that lie must- take some
notice andmake some inquiry into the state Of the
Courts, previous -to the Treaty of Amiens. - For
the establishment of your second Resolution, the in..
formation given to the House was • not ,necessary
for ihe discharge of Its dee and proper ~funtitons.-
'lnCalling the attention of the House to a view of the,
.subjeal he would wish to knew from the CHAN..."
CELLOR of the -Excim sesupt what he thought .of
the consequences which would attend the Treaty of
"Amiens., The. Hon. Gentleman then read the De-
claration of this Government: on the Treaty of
Peace). Wherein the. CHANCri.Loa of' the EXCIIE.-
-QuER hods:oilman:mica ted to the House, and indeed to
the Nation at large, that there. was every prosper}
that the Peace would be lasting, and every way sc-
. ..
.
Cure : -at this period he was one of thefew who dif-
feted in opinion from-the Right Hon. the Cit.ric EL.
. Loa of the ExcH Ego a, and 'also one of-the few who
gave his vote and support for an Address to Hls
jesty to settle the doubtful points in the Treaty.
•
—The only remaining ativ.tritige of
.the Peace. was
to ',oily
.all the disputes Connected with the Treaty
of Amiens.. We find in fait Parliament, that while
the Right. Hon. Gentleman was disobeying the
-"House, he Was conratidating the subject on a se.
• .
cure Peace.
../its
,alesty's 'Speech, on- the open-
ing :of Parliament, in Navtmher last, gives a
supposition of Nice, bUt one of the Resolutions
hews that ills Majesty has tint:given' proper infor.
mation to the House, when the-only mode of giving
information to time House was by.. the King's Speech.
He thought it was unnecessary, thoisgh urged by
an Honourable Gentlemaim otherwise, - that the Mi.:
!sister .ought to have "coinmunicated to the House
,
that the elencn onjeacd to the Liberty of 'ur

I!SAC;
f 7 .11,1

.."It'..S ; beat 111 ...'.is ' ;t of c!ik4 i,:toot
a. matnent on. licit he wouiti tre!o den t'). the Housi
a
"Ibi''":t that was ;Iniinrra'al for - coosidelation
the ship called the Fame, that was taken, ha)
ru: into a Ftenelt Port in consequence of ha
weather, and was derained.--,This be thought a IA
calse for «'.,r.---The next insult offered ro thi:
Country, was sending the Conitncreiai Commis'
sinners to our. different ports, wfus were to ro,:ki
use of their best endeavours to serve the Freud
Government in their designs against this Nation,
As it was not his intention to arrest the attention
of the Clouse ally considerable time, he was under the
necessity of going .over the points in a hutrirc
manner. He should now, touch on the subject vi
Switzerland. Mr. Merry's Letters of (Wiwi,
relative to the. state of that Country, and the flesh
tnent of the French to the people of Switzerland,
was another grand reason for War. Bcside, many
circumstances connected, with. Continental infortna7
thin, plainly shows that the French wish to, esichldt
His Majesty from the affairs of the Continent: all
these circumstances, in his- mind, were sufficient
cause for War. The next was Malta ; and he could
only remark upon it, as well as the mission of 5;
bastiani, that these were Points which :hewed the
intention of the FrenCh.Goveritmenr, and not its.
worthy the consideration of the House. The Ger-
man connedion with the British interest Ought to
have been made known to the liouse. The Seal.;
larization of the ,hionse of Orange was a subjed l"'t
understood till the Papers wore laid on the Tdble;
this wou:d certainly be a subject of some gratificJ-
tion to the fi.inse to knOw the par ticithos relative
thereto. Agte,i.;:ele to the Treats' of Arnica, 'f''
Cape of Good Hof,: was to be eed,:d.to the Bahlviin
Government, bur he was sorry to say the Mhjster
had broken the 'Crean'. IL: thought it necessor
to observe an a .remark made by. an Hon. Geode!'
man, that there was a C'ourt of Justice in FraCe la
determine on the fate, of the ship called tiw fame'
which was kept in that Cannery.'Now this Ftsne4
Court, as soon as it gives ti decisino on the prorrr•
ry, divides it ; this the Hon. Gentlemsn calls LW'
He observed sus,,the missiOn of • M r.. Moore to Sbuild
Zeilartd-he was sent thither for the purpose of Pre*
viding the Swiss with arms and money, in Me be
should find the ether Powers of Europe really ,dal~".
silt theta; now he svouLl ask why Government wet('
not ready to do this 'sooner ? I';ie), lotew of tae
eircumitances of Switzerlandin the month of Jiinr,
they had the same sierrehensions from Frante OM
as when they had interposed, and it Goveronle,no,/
Were tight in interposing at all, it was eatrenle'r
aitlieult to know tvliy they did not interpose in thtl
month of June ins z.,,r‘l of deferring it till (k,tol4fr
He proceeded to make observations also on We ;II,':
nexation of Piedniont to France, and said he ""s
very much surprized indeed to hear the Noble s,:e`
cretary of State, at the tilde. of the discussion Of 7;
Definitive Treaty in that; House, declare tio-!'i.114
King of Sardinia had; strtilly speak:eg,fetle'i:d
his claim to the lined-mace, of this couotrYi 8--.0
not only 'so, but that his conihict was such Is ',, .
have jastiiied this Country, were it so dislo4i.' t
enter into a- War with him, and for what fess' u'i
BecauSei in the pressure of that \Vieille had. ee
stripped of• his dominions, tut in the contest Matti..
clearly proved his good faith to 05 ; and oohed
had gone the length, of having refosc,`l fa ::'.:,i.
tslli;se7eatlnTot),!'irVViitiirt.ehh 11111:i'slItliel ir'liCgltl2rigr le:Vnilbleeynn6:l7: if
(1)1‘11(11
roliiii:il:el
gSti:Cert:.Clet.r::-::t1:11'11.ii: '
Statemucli o; nhtilstastooctrcriazseionw,asanntts4dijdmiitiliashueilriks-zien
.I,le
came to consider, tit- soil-
tion, thii bailie King of Sardinia beestrie "
den our Ally, according' he form ti our Nego.
to t r at icor
~.
ttation, for we treated, of his interest, 0 . ells
talked of it, while we were negotta 'tog to,r
ilea
to take a view of the affair famous Island of Lampedosa. He roceed".firea
accused them' of having
the coridati of the King's .Ministers thereto i ll_
that afterwards, in' the Negothi.
Russia,
when
they knew it woafsl‘)limal-ptoa:'l3l-:: teleuints ::e
Emperor could assent to become MAI Giititta‘ce; 03.;
stated that the Papers which had been laid or;
.i,,,
Table, in that particular,. were accompanteo '',,, .
with a Note from the Court of Sr. Peterstsuri,ill
which, most unaccountably had not been Plia.uL,{):,i
the Table 'of that House; but although Miol '‘the
invital the Guaranteet,o,c
did not publish.' it, the French did, and with tb;
permission of' the House he would read it ; .
substance of this document was,
Malta upon the terms which we rageesteat "al , e.
why the Etniieror could not guarsaintewei
stating that it would be inconsistent .With 1,..a-sirfr
gagemertti of His Imperial Majesty with thi'''''o4
try. He censured Ministers for making this req
oi,
when they knew a compliance with it was i'll)„,d
ble. He said, he would Wait. to heat what ans. '
, ti it
could -be given
.to these things,' for be °-'nenisitei
was beyond his power to guess; Uoon the s-i—ijar
• orthe Cape of Good Hope, he observed, that ,en,t it
first instance any man would have styposo Ill"
nee
was agreed to be delivered up by us, in conseque,' a,
of some. 'extreme pressure, and of its being awe,
00
point, and that the question of Peace or 0,
must depend upon its being given up orevet
lion ; bat, upon examining the Papers, hfr 0
'lt:7l.e( Iles
hirenaoilutoolt..
was no such thing, and so far from its being 5° of
proposition of its being delivered up by us tenor
made by the Noble Secretary of State to the Fvi,
Minister himself. Thus the delivering uP'this roe
luable place originated with us,. and without a 1
appirent pressure whatever. - This lie censored °4_/1.,
most careless proceeding, evidence of great inatr,.
Lion' to.our interests, or a want of understan 1:09i
wherein such interests consisted. He observed °tot
that on the tzth of November; hilt:natation
_,,
given to Ministers by Mr. Liston,. at the 1-13fttlitt
OA he had received assurances that the FrieTity
Troops would evacuate Holland. On the /1,1i,s . .
farther information arrived, sliewing the iiolir:o4
bility of that event, , and it afterwards iiill'e%c.;,
that the Ttoops which were intended Or 1-Au,:,i ~,
anti, were sent to Holland. Thus, after His lie
jweestlrisnfoi‘irtilist:tils,w'resf ‘tvieteretliinstitt.7inteiod; oorf 71hoegIGIta.tt,'?:;
=tit of France, and of its' having no itirerho-,r4 _
MCA its Troops froni- Holland 'i-' His Mi1.11:),),b,
Mitiilters, ' without any rh-ason -wtoteyer, ' ~,,,e
ofw iGsscuwedannooptseleiro'fotemtihed:;:icitas4ort:, of
litilciehc-
:::::, 1
on the t.tsth. - Ail these proccedisigs pia

1

.10

:t!

T

!(1

()