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of the Country at so important a crisis. The Right
lion. Gentleman was then a 'Member of the Cabinet,
,why did not he suggest the necessary measures fur
the defence tsE the Country? But it now , appeared,
tot only that he "lad: not brought forward any
measures of that kind, bat that he disapprw
of many of the measures which were then pry.
posed, though he gave them his support. There
was in his opinion a degree of criminality attach-
ed to such concion, which would not, ioduce the
House to pay much attention to what the Right
Gentlemitn said at presenter—The Hun.
Colonel had let slip a fats in the course of his speech
which was of great importance, viz.,.oat,after. the
Treaty of Campo Formio the Austrians were de,
'ermined to break it. This was denied by,the
~nisters at that time, and he believed that the Right,
Non. Gent. was of these the most strenuous in con-
tending fur the absurdity of such a auppoiit ion—The
Right Hon. (Jentleman had denied that any language
that he had used could be considered asaffirtling any
encouragement to, the Enemy, and the Right Hon.
Gentleman had afft4led ha treat all such charges with
the most profound contempt: no map was entitled to
express such contempt because he could not feel it,
and it would he tootle better :for the Right Hon.
Gentleman to answer the charge than to say that i
Dia& him sick, and, gave him a 'n.inFea &c. He
would maintain that there Was no part of the Right
lion: Gentleman's Parliamentary condua of tat
which had not a tendeucy to encourage the P.,necny,
and to dishearten the people of this Country. In.
deed he was not Sure that the War, itself was, not
awing to the language the Right
tleman hnd held.'Was it nothing to tell theli.neiny
that since the •Treaty of Amiens the People of tin
Country had lost all public spirjr, that they were
so base that they were ready to suhrilit to any
humiliation ; that they had an Administration who
would submit to any thing rathe,r than go to war,
because they could only .iitibsist while the Peace
lasted. Such language would have nt) effed from
a common man, but coming from a peoion of so
much Weight is Mr. WINDHAM, it certainly must
have . had a great efre'd upon " the Government
of France. The Miler was, that he believed that
this kind of language had brought Bonaparte in-
to his present. scrape, because it had made him
believe ,that the present Ministers would: never
venture to resist -him. It had placed the First
Comol in the situation of Sir Andrew Ague. Cheek,
Who after bullying a person who he supposed would
'not fight, when he fund himself deceived, exclaim.
eel " An I had thought that he had been valiant 1
Would have seen him damned before I would have
challenged him.!' He did trot recoiled any' other ob.
servation to whicla it was necessary fur him to re-
vly ; he saw the Hon. Colonel was pupating: for
another charge, but unfortunately the order of the
House would not sufier him to make it. lie should
now sit doWn in the hope that his Motion, would be
unanimously agreed to.
Colonel Ctcnurc)itn explained.
The Motion was then agreed to nem corr.
Mr. SHERIDAN then moved -that, the Thanks
which had lfreo voted should be transmitted to the
diffetent Lords Lieutenant of Counties, to be cum.
munitared to the Volunteer Corps.
Agrred to vrm etvi.
Mr: SHERI D l V Moved that,thrre be laid before
the House, previous to t'enext Session of Oarlin.
mem, Returns of all the Volunteer Corps, in order
that they might be inserted the journals, and
transtnitted so posterity.—Agreed non. eaa.
A Person from the India House pro( nted seve'ral
pursuant:to the Orders of the House.

214e.'Pl?41t1C/S.wished that the Papers should be
printed ; and he expressed a desire to know what
}Motion Int.! Hon. Gentleman who moved tur them
,
wean't to round upon thew.
s 7r. S h; RI DAN said he had moved fat some of
those Papers, with a view to a Motion he merle,' to
wake reliehing the affairs of the Carnatic ; but so
many other Papers had been moved for, that it was
itni,Kissible that the Motion could come on this Ses.
ski', • hur, at all events, he'should not have brought
,
it on under the present circumstances, because he
could not have done it without appearing to' sup.
ortthe language used by France, upon this subje4.,
The Papers were ordered to be printedi
STATti tat IRELAND.
The. Motion of which Mr. HUTCHINIC'IN had
given notice upon
_this subjea was, after a short
conversation_ between Lord HAwitESDURY! Mr.
General MAITLAND, arid Mr. Him
CH DOhlpnord till to-morrow;
At tett di!Clock the House adjourned till to.mor.
row.

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