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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.'*:
TUESDAY, JAN. 23.
This da7,,,, at three o'clock, 'the Lords Cot mis.
.lioners, for delivering 'his Majesty's Speech took
:their seats in the House of Lords, and the Commons
'being summoned, and, appearing .at the bar, the
Icing's most gracious Speech was read to the Lords
and Commons. w
The CoMmissioners were, i the Archbishop. of,
. Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor Lord Camden,
Lord Aylesford, and Lord Dartmouth.'
The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Donn took'
the oaths and the - seats. - .

THE SPEECH.
The following was the Speech as delivered by the

Lord Chancellor :

" My Ldrds and Gentlemen,
His Majesty commands us to express to you his
deep regret that the exertions of the 'Emperor of
Austria against the ambition and violence of France
Lave proved unavailing, and that his Imperial Ma-
jesty has been compelled to abandon the contest,
and to conclude a disadvantageous peace. Although
the war was undertaken by that Monarch without
encouragement on the part of his IVlajesty, every
effort wa4inade fur the assistance of Austria which
his Niljesty deetned consistent -,vith the due support
-'of his Allies, acrd With the welfare and interest of his

own donninious. •
attack upon the naval armaments and esta-
Nan:rents in. the Scheldt afforded at, once the pros-
pea of destroying a growing force, which was Gaily
becort ing more, formidable to the security of this
'country, and of .diveiting the exerti,ons of France
from the important objeCts ofnmfort4ng her armies
'on the Danube, and of contrbuling- the ipirit of re-
tistance in the North of Germany. These consider-
ations determinA, his Majesty to employ his fortes

in an expedition to the Scheldt.
Although-the principal ends of this expedition
'have not been attained, his Majesty confidently
bopes.that advantages, materially affeding :the secu-
iity of his Majesty's dominions in the further prose-
cution of the war, will be, foued, to result from the
dertiolition of the docks and arsenals at Flushing.-
imptittant objed his Majesty was 'enabled to
accomplish, intou's-equence of the re.duaion of the
Island of Walcheren by the,Valonr of his fleets and
armies.
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" His Majesty has given dirdetions thpt'such do-
•tuments and papers shook' be laid 'before you as he
trusts will aff9rd satisfarabry.infortnation upon the
subjed of this expestion.,
" We have it in command to state to you that
his Majesty irt,d uniformly notified to Sweden his
Majesty's decided wi,h, that .in determittiiv. upon
the question of peace or war with France, and other
Continental POwers, she, should he guided by consi-
-4tratiQllS resulting front her own situation and inte-
lrests, while his Majesty therefore laments that 'Swe-
Cdenihould have found it necessary to purchase pewee
by con siderable sacrifices, his Majvsty cannot Complain
that she has concluded it without his Majesty's parti-
cipation. it is his Majesty's esrnest wish that no
event may 'occur 'to occasion the interruption of
those relations of amity which it is the desire of
his Majesty and the interests tt)f both cuutttries to
preserse.
" \-e it further in command to communi-
cate to you, that the efforts of his Majesty for the
protedtion of Portugal have been powerfuliy aided
by the confidence 'which the Prince Regent has re-
posed in his Majesty, and by' the co. operation of, the
local Government, and of, the p&ople of that cciun-
t. The expulsion of the French from Portugas,
yhis Majesty's forces under Lieut.-General Lord
Viscount Wellington, and the glorious victory ob-
tained by him at Talavera, contributed to check 'the
proaress of the French arms in the'Peninsula cluriog
.thjlate campaign.
" His Maysty•direets us to state, that the Spanish
Government, in the name, and by the • authority of
King Ferdinand the Seventh, has' determined- to
aqemble the general and extraordinary' Corte, of the
nation. His Majesty trusts that this measure will
give fresh animation and vigour to the Councils and
the arms of Spain,and successfully direct the ener-
gies.and spirit of- the Spanish people to the mainten-
ance •of the legitimate, Monarchy, and to the ulti-
mate deliverance of their country.
" The most important Considerations of policy
and of good faith require, that as' long as this great
eanse can be maintained with a prospect of success,
it shouldbe supported., accortlinglathe nature and
• circumstances of the contest, by thettrenuous and
Con:hilted assistance of the power and resources of
hi, Majesty's dominions; and his Majesty relies on
the aid of his parliament in his anxious endeavours
io fresirate the attempts of France against the lade-
retitle' of Spain and Portugal, and against the hap-
, fniness and freedom of those lOyal and resolute na-
tioi,s, _ .

Sig Majesty commands us to acquaint you,
that the intercourse between. his Majesty's Mini-
ster in AnNerina and the Government 'of the United
States has been suddenly and -Unexpectedly inter-,
tupted. His Majesty, sincerely regrets this event;
he lia=4; however, received the strongest assurances
from the Americm, Minister resident alibis Court,
that the United Stales 'are 'desirous of maintaining
:friendly relations between the two countries. This
4‘.lesire will be met by a corresponding disposition on
the part of his Majesty.
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" Gentlemen of the House of Commons, , •
" His Majesty has directed us to inform you
that he has ordered the E;tiMates for the current
,year. to be laid before you his Majesty has directed
them to be formed with all the attention to economy
-which the support of his allies and :Ile security of
Iris dominions will permit. And his Majesty relies
upon yuor zeal and loyalty to atfoid him,sOch supplies
As way bc necessary for thoe.6 essential obiects.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 181 Q.

CPRiCt SIX PEN'C'E 4ALETY/iY.

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vs He commands us to express how deeply he , sate of thing's. 'lt Was then. judged expedient to - the Expedition sailed,frora our own shores. Yet be-
regrets the pressure upon his subiehis, which the
' `stimulate Europe to a confederacy the power % cause the capture of a ' few ships at Copenhagen , ;
protracted continuance of the war renders inevitable. of France, But the situation of hurope was then gilded that exploit with some few,people at home,'
My Lords and Gentlemen, :. : . '--, • ' 'fiery differe,nt to what it- was. now. Austeie was then •he really bslieteel -that •Miiiisters acted with"the mi.;
We are commanded by his Majesty,
to express
a potyer in
.Europes Prussia and Russia were unsub- - . seeable policy of hoping, by the capture of a few' ,
.h.
hie- hope that you will restsine the consideration of dued e but after the peece of Arniens, When France,. , ships bathe Scheldt; tb varnish over their tardy in-
the stat of the inferior Clergy, and adept such fere .by arms or policy,: had the completeieontroul of all • efficiency. But even here- they were so miserably:
e -
then measures upon this interesting etibjea 'assmay the 'States of Europe,, it was then Zur.obvious policy deficient in infortnation, that they found a gate-leen.
appeir to. you to be proper.
• to withdraw from a scene cif aaion, when our drone of 14,000 mete where they,expeeled to find only
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We have it further in'commatid tes State to -yeti
musehe unevailing, and to resort to our maritime 2000, and a piece which they supposed, was open'
strength in defensive m•rf
of- .
'ae, an wrd by Which e- could
that the accounts which will be laid before you, ' and defenceless,wholly . 'it appeared - had be, re- •
the trade and revenue of the Country, will be found
:also most effeaually- distress our enemy. , We might gularly, fortified as longleick as the memory of man
of
highly satisfaaory.
have said to 'France, though you have uncontrouled • could reach. ' So in' ti for the prenaptitude of the
" Whatever temporary and partial inconvenience -
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doielbion 'the Continent, yet 'esmeasure. are safe- in our • easere. He would next-ask how it could Operate
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may have resulted from the measures which were riaval,superierity,. we On carry on defeasive war- as a diversion ie. favour of Austria, even admitting
direaed by France• against flthse great, 'aources of fare to the end of Itthe 'fit he necessary, and instead it had been mere in time. 'lf it were meant to aid
our prosperity and strength, these measures have of exhaustieg our .:flnancei,,eve are, gradually re- Austria, the discussion shou:d hive been on the side
" wholly failed of producing any permanent or gene- :clueing our turthens ,at the time we are Si) contend- I of the Mediterrauean, for by' not assailing France
ral died. - tog. SAnd, in'point of fact, thelist,Administration 1 on that side, Buoneperfe was enabled to avail hint-
did as upon 'that wise systear. Not so the present: self of-the Armies of Mar teeni end•Mcllenald,•which
" The inveterate htestility of our 'etieley coati-...
noes to.be 'diree-Xed against this country pith uriee Adrnieistradoe. They bad indeed kept their word wef-e boihmtee eftectuel in the redusititel osViettne,
in atairig cl-ametrically opposite to the wise prinei- By what fatal inlatuation Ministers chose the infece
bated animosity and violence.. -TO guard the seen- in
predecessors, and as they avowed, they I tious .marshes of -Welcheren as the scene of their
titer; of his Majesty's deminions, and to defeat the Pies- ef
looked at all their
.measeres, not as matter of imi-desiges which are meditated against us and our
tattofi, bet its beacons to be avoided. What had '
1 military operations it was. itn 'tele to tell. It was
Allies,' Will require the utmost efforts of Vigilance>known to be a most pestilential climate,' and they •
fortitilde; and perseverance.
:been the sad ccrnsequeisce of their 'departure every chose the most pestilential season for their. tpera-
In -
very difficulty danger his Majesty cone
Man in the country -knew too well to require it to be lions. 'They had their choice of groend; it was non
i'
told to him. He believed it might be said, and
fidently trusts that he shall derive the most effectuall the-case of a re:rester, army which was compelled
s -*
support, under thecontiaued‘blessing ofPiyine. Pro- truly,. said, that the present Administration had a'l to pursue that line of march, but they were advised-
eieenee, frorre the
,wisdom of_hisTarliament, the va: ri di:spos'Ale force of One. hundred thousand men, ,ly Rent there by Ministers,. If they had read Dr.
• and how- they had applied that force the Conn- .
lour of his forces, -and the apirit and deternanatlen. ,
Prifigle on the diseasss of the army, they would have . •
of his people."
try perhaps would exile& to be told tellen those `.found, that not. only he staled the tixure of thatch-
papers were laid ova the table which were promised. -; • mate, and • the seines of that epidemic disease, in
Lord GLASGOW rose to Move 'toe Address. Its
And here be inest advice a mistake made by fatal to our troops, but they might also hove knuwn
Lordship, read his speech, but in 'so low a tone, that
. the Noble Lord Who seconded the •Motion,. He that, in former treaties between the Swiss and the
it was wholly inaudible `glow the bar s be concluded ,
said that all the paper's Would be laid before the States General, when the former used to hire out
by moving an ..9.ddrt3SS., Which, in the usual, Parlia-
Hot-tie. ,But the Seee4h said no such thing. It their troops to the Later, it was expressly stipulated
titentary form, re-echoed the several pavagraphs of, .
the Speech. . merely stated, all that was necessary to convince that those troops should never be sent to serve in
the House ; that is alt that Ministersedeeinand neces- Waleheren, It they did tu:l know this, their ignce
Lord GRINIS,i•ONE, in, a very short ,speech, see
sary o comniunicite • Worm. ations and the House 1 ranee was nearly
conded the Address, and 'observed, that aithoiigh as climilial' as ,sendine our hrave
had at sample of garbled, suppressed, and partial
,* troops to perish. there with a knowledge of its fatal
there might be some-dissentieut opinions on late -
extraas, which tended so far from to ititorm
etents, his Majesty' had promised 'that all papers on
them, that it realty had misled them, and therefore effeets. ' Their misconchea, ho,,vever, did not stop
i here. •T 1 troops Is The ended on the last of July, . :ilia
those siNeas should be laid before the House, and
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therefore he hoped the. Addyess coil at present be ' •be now called "upon the House • to accede -
amertslmenewhich he should move, and for which
in an ; bef,re a 'month had elapsed, it was ooviotis to every:
unoljjea fon able. , . willary man, that all the Objeds of the Expeciitioa '
' he should convince them they might eccede_ to,
• le t 1.. Le:amen ex• la se. fh 1,.... ) S a 7
Lord ST. VigCENT -'1,.:1 he had it not in his in: • 1
wit rout more information ehan they Were a'reedy e i 1 r:
had failed,'ai iI-Le :a • • d 1•d• ; d: e's -11 •-t '
-1 -c,..1 to toe —eysriimeet it illOili&, yet A ei;e..l he in, s
.teetion te hare'spoken, but having heard the Speech possessed of. •He had obsensed,:tlest ;Minister's. eati l
I leff to perieh in that sWamp unel Lae middle of ;Ve-
en/A ihe Address, be could not refrain t'om saying a 100,000 vac...) tit-disposable force; of this 1.5,000 men, i yestiber. And AV that Was the Admioistratieu deine
few words .It seemed to him that Ministers 'made a wee • e• -leof
ein ici y, whose employteetteit maye
merit of every disaster which befel the country, and to • ; • •
enquire aereafter. 'The 'remainder formed. two • e
-E,e fit I at that time ? They were exhi'aitiete a diesr,seeice
1 scene at home, of broils, cabals, attetrue at recon-
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they gilded over all our misfortunes, but it was no , armies, • each of about 40,00 u, one of which watt
more than was to be expected from men who cantoemployed ' Spain,the' W'
in ,and other. in ' alcheren.
1 ciliation, and moreeherneful eubllc exposttresiwhich
, rendered, and cenSt render them ' conteTuptible .to
into office under the mask of hypocrisy ; they began Of the-Officers who commanded these armies, he li tee "„„ of all the eerie, Surely 111.4- scene aessvere
their career in falsehood and freud, and they had "was imp . e.-
me. to think moch More favourably- euee e lives w :ice e %It. ILI'S ti-
ql"n i ehl. icr all the vel •I I' 1-' f 11 ►'''ll A
continued they same practices ever :since. They had rmeny ,weteehecause he flribly believed they ,sere 1 ring this unnecessary eidiy.. His ipords!lip thellcon-
atted and eiluedered alt iendl'l power -under false i f
put into tin °mutate sttuatioes by the ill-advised, concluded by coujeeing Itivir LerdShips to exprese
pretences , they had, set the belle ringing, 'and the l „- end rash corded of Ministere At home, nor would :
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their opitaon on this point, bs ago...set-ie. with him in
town To illurnittating,' far the disgraceful .convens
•he stitier those whet were guilty of, the orieirAl tr. i
titan of' tiara ; they' claimed merit for a glori- 1 - •
roe to throw it from theteteelves to the Commaed- I t
e •i toe .A.mendment which lee proposed ; w tacit waa in •
substance stating, that they deptoresd the event; of the
bus vial'ory at Talavaras after -which the army
' erse He reelemaered the shameful attempt to
,l i
efte military expeditions to Walcheren am} P.;:in , i
had-lost all the, sick, wounded., and its baggage; - fully the character of a brave'Oilicer who sacrificed )
and stating their opinion to be, that they tithe dis-
and they seetaed to think it a merit that they had his life to the preservation of the remains of his 1
• graced the British_ arms, and were, v. belly tn!StrVit.:e.: I
wasted their blood,aocl expended the treasure of the army., after having been forced on an expedition able to the frienely Powers of the Goethe:tit.
country, in blowing up an insignificant hatbour, 1 into the heart of Spain, entirely; against his remon- The Anietelinent being read—
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and taking a few old ships., Another great source t strances. and better judgment. -He hoped every, Lord HAEItOWEY COLAki not suppOsethat his Noble
of their triumph was the .Comniercial and Finane I Noble Lord bad iced the narrative of the campaign
cial prosperity of the countsy. But this was 'but a 1
i .is to by the neatest relative of that gallant
publ' 1 d• Amendment such as that he bad jest proposed ; it
I Friend (Lord Grenville) could have unused an
fallacious prosperity ;- it arose merely from the state I officer. For those who .had not read it could not i
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of war) end when peace came, and before long 1 properly appreciate the merits of that gxpedition. ' inquiry, but it would induce their feordshieei now to ,
, wept not only to deteraiine that there shoeld be an ..
peace we should be compelled to accept, all this sort I Byelie authentic docuMents there adduced, * 't 9.a- conic to a vote of indiscriminate censure, of absoltete
of prosperity would be at an end. Then we should 1 peered,, that General Moor© wished to go to the •
see the river Thames crowded with vessels, with 1
1 south of Spain; he was forced to the north ;' -he unusual and unprecedented. was unjust no
surely It ' t
condemnation. Such a mode of proceeding was
brooms at their mast-beads, apd .the .merchants of i gtt to etpett eo-opteation from the. Spanish .to allow the eloper time for producine the grounds
was tau I ' ' - • 0 ,
ef Lotidon crying Out for f eight, which would soon iat tries ; he ' found no armies to co-operate with and stating the reesons upon which rested the de-
after be followed by them with another clamourfound no provision made for his. recep- cision and conduct of his Majesty's Government
for war, Kna before he sat down he wished totask 1 •
;him ; lie -
non ; he was LlnSupplied with money ; and, lastly,
in adopting the measures which his Noble Faced
the First Lord, of the Admiralty a question Upon i 1,
te was to obey; the orders, not of a superior-mill- 1
1
had so loudly' arraigned aml so severely corelemnisd.
this subjeat, which WM, whether any measures were- t t .•
tart' eommander, but of a civil accredited agent, of IHis Noble Friend had laid down the line of policy .
taken to' make a wet-dock- at Northfleet, for he 1: whom, at present, he wished to say nothing. In to
which he says he would himself !save adhered,
waecoeviticedi in the eveut of a peace, it would be examining, .
i toweyer, the condua of Ministers, he
and by Which he thinks his Majesty's Ministers
by no
indispensahly necessary for the accommodation of was willipg to COD( ede to them what he
ought to hsve bee att direed, That pol•cy at:immesh,
the King's ships ? . , means considered a fact, namely, that these hun-
ereve said it -was , -not very regular dyed thousand : mere,. pyoperly lea the abstaining from Continental Expeditions;
Lord Muec '
emPl°).ejs alight I.from makiug ourselves parties in a warfare, which
to call upon hiM for an answer imerediatelyeebiu he have turned the late of the war on the Continent. .
had long ceased to afford any hope of whatestaS so
had no Objection to tell the Noble Lord that He admitted it might have turned the tate of i
often emphatically called the dslieeratsce 91 Europe.
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measures had been taken by Government to secure a single campaign, out -not of the war. How-
the necessary groued, in case irshould be deemed I ever, needing that 'to, Ministers,- had they wise- 1-He had not the honour of being- any !melt of
time in his Majesty's Councils since a ceetrary
expedient upon future consideration to carry that Ily employed the army in Spain ? They had the ' Eno
plan into effea. i recent .experience of .Sir Je lieved
110 Moore's campaign of coudua had been pursued ; bltt he -be-
he might remind his Noble Friend that such
Lord GRENVILLE rose—He said, although •he 1 before their eyes' He had Met II.) co-peration ;he
found no resular army on which he Weld:sly; i bad not been exactly his sentiments on all. occasions.
he He 'magi-tied that not very lately, even in theceurse
bad presented himself before, the Noble Earl (Sr.
Vincent), he most readily gsve way to him, because , could', not provision and feed his army ; yet, with
1 this experience they planned another expedition to 1
1 of the last Session, his Noble Frieod had joined in
the general eothueiasen in favour of the Spanish cause,
he who had had so large a share in promoting thethat enthusiasm, to
the heart of Spain. The (valiant officer who led
glory of his country, :was entitled to be heard with 1
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' I them'and Ins troops did all that valeta could do '
! and in the anesety promoted. by .
' attention and respea -when he stated his, opinion of 1
, the causes of its presett calamities. He feltat atom- (dosingbut they met precisely the
_same disastersy and after
Many by Abe' sword, and nraoy more by sick- 1 meet did riot etioaulate and glee birth to these exer7 •
i thine creche part of the Seawards; .but they telt ,it
Perious duty in hint to rise at an "early hour to state I
I ness, the Commander was foTed to ill) Moo tits ! tlesiteduty, apd conceived it to be the interest of eats
' to the House and the Country his sentiments upon
i enterprise, and retreat
.with the shat,tel-ed remains ei..untry to encourage'atld assist them. 'Neither, had
our present situation, and of the causes which led to
of a brave army. With respect to the Walelivten ciles•y- blotted other Powers to einbarle anew in hose
our calamitous state. Whatever might be said of the
ExeecleiOu, a thing more diststrous hi its,. cerise- ) tilitiek with France. Austria Was inclieed to,ap- ,
eecessity of inquiry, of which necessity not Merely of
qeences, more disgraceful to those -I,%'in planned • it, peat again to the chatices of war, not to the de cisien
inquiry, but of deep and serious inquiry no man in-
his senses ecitild doubt ; yet there were some things ..the country never yet saw. It "had been loudly as- of the sword ; but to the adehtion of those leteard-
weed, Unit it was to assist in the deliverancedi Eu- 1 missteps she laese no beset advetid or ittipellecl by the'
already so plain and apparent, that the House was,
roc, and aid the risteg spirit in tee North of Ger- 1 British Geeeiument. On' the contrary 'she we's
in the solemn diseharee of its duty, called upon' to.
many. He supposed it would 'be tehnitted, that I warned by them of the perils of the atteinpi, eitchof
•xprese an opinion beforeb they seaaratetl even on
it wqj necessary 'in all these expeditions that they i the inability of this country to lend lifer any etiTeetual
that night. Of the extent of the waste of. hlocl and
sheuid be prbmpt—that they should he co-oper- ! support, she could not therefore have entered, into a
treasure in ill Concerted expehlitions; 'and fruitless ne-
ative, allei that they abould be destgeed to at:' on 1 new wir, from, the hope of any powerfal diversion
gociations, the time for inquiry would hereafter
come. Many and many were the topics Urged in some material point. In all these points had this Ito be etleded in hex favour by the milietry operas.
Expedition been most miserably defedive. _ And cons of. a British ermy. Bee his Nolde larisnd ,
the Speech of his Majesty's' Commissioners which -
now we were gravely told, that it liaa rondered would insist,olut such a diversion might have b!,:tel,
• demanded the serious iievesiigation of the country.
essential service in blowing up a dockqard and i made halter favour by the force which had stessee
But hits-heart was so full of the pressing evils which
capturing a few ships., If it were known, as- hot I queenly n- queenly had it becnbroeglit to
surrounded us, that on thegreat point* he- could
faelieveti it was in September t 808, teas Austria 1, operates a,... a proi)er point .-eHieNoble Friend. ;tad
' not but demand the House, should express their
was preparing for war, it was not icty pronipt 1 alluded to certan ef these paints *here he coot:en-
,' opinion before they separated that night, and
which they were competent to do from the in- -w
te have an expedition, as. a divereion is h, r faeouv, ,'-• ed our, militeey force might have operated alvan--
which did not ive in the Schelit unlit the lasi ,
~.. tagtously ire, tlivour ott: Austri4.,, He chiefly, I:ow-
formation which they already possessed. In cical-
a day of Jul',, 180. But iu truth, before th4t..pe, ever, 4dyerted' to some paints ionic MediterraneLln.
sidering our .present situation, and judgiog
rind Austria had drawn forth' her armies i.; batee , anti moredecisledit still to the North of Germany.
the propriety of the measeres of the present
! array ; before that period sou had toos4.ltt three bard i 4e hadsalso supposed thct this country might have'
I Administration, it would be necessary to carry our
battles, and had been. completely subdued, and waS. brought 10.9,000 men into the field; where these
recolleaion back to the last wen At the period of
obliged to receive. the law f rum the. vitor ; and above • 10(!,t,100. men . were,to be' foeud, he could not pre-
g
that war, it was thou ht adviiable to adopt a. difs
all, (twee feats were km:twit to Aslntinieteetiou before, ;,. teed, to say ; • but were it possible: to procure 'Leon
i- tweet Policy thap that which Was fit in the pressnt
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