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acting upon the Declaration. It was solely
ded upon the right of retaliation, not upon any
view of convenience, the only prinCiple to which the
King's Ministers appeared now to have adapted
their policy. Therefore it was that he was surprised
how a mind so perspicuous as that of the Learned.
Loud, could confound things and measures so radical-
ly dissimilar. Was it not more natural to expect that
Ministers would defend their system of policy by a
full discussion of its merits and necessity, that at last
there wouldbe an end to that eternal circle of arguing
nt questions from past transactions ? With that
eeling he entered on the discussion, believing in his
soul, that on the revocation or non-revocation of these
orders,
depended the ultimate existence of this coun-
try. Let us, then, in the discussion of such a subject,
lay aside this petty war of personal recrimination, and
look distinctly at the essential interests which it in-
volves. The framers of these Orders of Council ap-
peared to have confounded two rights in themselves,
totally distinct ; they have confounded the right of re-
taliation with that of self-preservation. The latter,
when truly applied, supersedes every other considera-
tion; even the horrible act against Copenhagen would,
in such a case, be warranted. But though on this
right your power against the (n rimy was complete
and perfect, yet against the neutral no right was ac-
quired by the conduct of the enemy. If a neutral
power had been forced by a belligerent to afford to it
certain facilities and advantages, this change in heil
relaticns with the other States at war, gave to the lat-
ter the option of considering the neutral in the view of
an auxiliary, or of demanding from her the same ad-
vantages and facilities which her opponent had oh-.
tained ; but to argue that the conduct of your enemy,
without the acquiescence of a neutral, gave to us any
right to injure and destroy the trade of independent
States, would lead to this monstrous conclusion, that
when once war was lighted up in a particular coun-
try, it would extend itself to every part of the civi-
lized world. Had Ministers waited to ascertain du
intentions of America ? Did they consider first
whether the French decree was executed towards
them ? and if it had, whether its Government ac-
quiesced ? This was the consideration upon which
this question hinged, and if Ministers were not abl(
to make out the affirmative of that position, the)
had not one atom of ground to stand upon.--t
The French Decree was not put in force against the
: direct trade of Denmark with this country ; and with
respect to America, a ship of that country had been
actuall} taken into the ports of France, and the Court
: of Prize released the ship, upon the expressed grounds
that the Decree held out no such instructions with
I respect to neutral ships sailing direct to a British
I port. In Spain, an American ship, simi,larly libelled,
was also released. Here were strong proofs to be
• opposed to the total absence of even a presumption
of proof on which the King's Ministers have ven-
tured to act. Independent of this, the President
the United States intimated to Congress the formal
disavowal, on the part of France, of such a rigor-
ous construction of the French Decree as was at first
view apprehended. The American Ministers com-
municated similar information to the Govern-
ment of this country, and therefore it was the
duty of Ministers, before they violated and dissolved
the old public law of nations, either to have called
upon the American Ministers for proofs of the verir
of their statement, or to have contradicted thes
avowal by the production of the evidence. It was im•
possible to make out a stronger case, in order to prov
that America had not acquiesced in the provisions
the French decree ; and it was, in the absence of that
acquiescence, an absolute and unjustifiable breach
the laws of nations, to have issued orders so directl;
hostile to the best interests of that country. The invasion
' of those orders upon the municipal law of the land was
the next important consideration. Was it a measure
indifference, to have violated ten of the positive sta.
tutes of the realm, to have placed the sanctioned ani
promulgated laws of the Country at the absolut
disposal of the Privy Council ? It was once though:,
even by the advocates of a dispensing power in the
Crown, and in the great question of Ship Money,
that for the violation of a standing law the neces-
sity should be urgent, and arising, as it were,
the interval between the prorogation and meeting
Parliament. At the Revolution it was hoped that thi
question was for ever set at rest, and that to Parlia•
ment was the resort, when it was necessary to delibe-
rate on measures suited to the occurrence of great
and arduous concerns. To what other purpose was'
that Parliament was assembled ? Why this fart
and shew of an assembly, unless to go through the
mockery of Bills of Indemnity ? The Noble Lord
continued, in a most animated appeal to the House,
to interpose between this country and its destruc-
tion, to retread its steps, as the path through whic,
it moved, led quickly to the grave. He warned
them against the renewal of a system of taxation,
either directly or indirectly, upon American trade ,
and conjured them to seize the opportunity afforded
them by the pre-eminence of France in this rivalry .
injustice, of erasing from the records of the country,
and of obliterating from the mind of the people, the
least intention of acting upon a system -of polic-
rashly introduced, and wantonly pursued, calculate
for no other purpose than to involve this nation in ;
unjust war.
Lord HAWKESBURY said, if ever there was
question material for the consideration of that Hour,
it was the present one ; the measure was founded
upon an example furnished by his Majesty's late Mi
musters, and surely it was unjust in them to find
fault with an act that originated with themselv,
The Order of Council of 1807 laid the foundati(
for the Orders they were then discussing,; and when
a rule was once laid down, it was generally unwise
to depart from it.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE supported the pro-
position of his Noble Friend.
Lor in hisd Viscountmind
uponSl the O'UTocHcasion ;had considerable
doubts
those dont.
were increased when he recollected that in another
place the subject had been referred to the Committee
nofionsWaoyfsotrerdNMobealenLs.ordle.a..wbdis'btoed
.hatovehethaer
question
more
tmhoaret
thtlrlyigdhitsseoufssildu.traiA•stwo'alll4eviiiiinets:,ehspe wcatesdc,oannvdintchal
the prhuiples of justice,-.policy, and expediency woe
be strictly a4hered to. The House then divided-
Ceieents.sejeroxtes 18 : . . . 48
So*!.Contentl 61, Proxies 45 . 108
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.494erity . , 58
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. •
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE Crams
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place sjie left on the 6th ult. accounts have ' -BROW EVEN
ceived that General Jt:No•r's army had been 'eel
14°511oewd (tor the 6th tie
to 60,000 men, an erpodient which was renderti '
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of the i)eople towards their oppressors. t. ' - 0 we,
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by the King of PRUSSIA. It is in fact a.. - •-ekliteirN in a Reg
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'of the hard necessity of his condition. Th., A. ~,,-tztieln'
-e is • iitsiaie to Hail Pay
a sentence in this State Paper which can
resentment fora moment. In theilastrasatim'i°neelsai;Vl; WWI'
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find the King of HOLLAND imposing
straits on navigation, by which his A. no nad of T. Loss.'"
ports are ie
' shut against all ships, unless ships of w • 11111/flb
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t in prizes, or vessels in distress, which latter are "6' vial) IRISH
i•• .jest under guard until they are able Moo
- again, and to land no part of their cargo, h'' illte4lo'..lll4unTstifl
f • these interdicts, however, a loop-hole is ""-i'shigs. price it.
it, „„wlioe had,
. • under the pretence of distress, vessels will left:.,,
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y That past of Admiral SINIAVM'S fleet which rt - - :-* I•-'- Author of "'1
It mained in the Mediterranean, has found an asll Iffinbardr Iliarnin' Hurt
tt the port of Trieste. The Russian sgwadreasmph;, 11116. Edinburgh-
li. been extremely fortunate. It was not until then
Le of last month that these vessels entered Triestell:: 1.7.11:i.riact‘41.1121" :4134b5aPi:114:1•4°J;;IYI
st most six weeks after the intelligence of a ruptures,*
is the Court of St. Petersburgh. It is unfortunate By its_ L.W.
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no instructions were transmitted to Lord C
:h o v bo. Pe $ ;and'in the co
le WOOD in time to enable him to secure this squads% ,-- —ifetnsgonnely printed
7 .. .. . qTUDIES ; Sacred,
LO the TEMP
In consequence of the general severity of the ~ I."
ie storm, the letters by the inland mails were nct ...
th vered out from the General Post Office, who ]his the Second Edition. of the
t'n Paper went to press. . wit pf Reason, riiiiosophy,
let PoßTsmourn, Frs. IS.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Mtge illielge.„„4„,,,L;feiliro-••"•"""4-
is with a convoy from the Downs. Among them are the fold% ' ' • daf -Were te
of/
Ate.ntalorrueitstthad,ll forby.i.thths
th vessels, viz. the Samuel and Jane, Ho err R, Beattie, Roman TeiEtATES itt MI
sh and the Fanny, TAY Loa, transports; Sisters, ....-.4 ekz,A4 IA ntsegERIAN DISO
d SVI:TH, Lord Mulgrave, TODD, Laurel, HARRISON, Strey , suoiersether Gnat of 'Pm
'WATSON, Albion, I INILLATEM Eleanor, Selonaen, , Tirther .witt the Report o
be Ealme.Fanny, NICHOLSON_, Marley, WASEN, Hanks, Sts leadon, on the Vaccine Inge
on LING, SCOrpion, &Nista, Kingsmoor,CHESTFR,PIOO4SI. By CLLAI
!II Elizabeth, MIKIRDAT, Adeona , Itacnerans, and the pep, , . . . " tte lii
~,‘• MANNING; the five later with the loss of anchors and - ,Lioden s Petaled In W
' Sailed his Majesty's ships Hyacinth, with dispatches faiths psey.; I. Murray, Yu
la ails; and Portmahon, on a eruize. Also sailed, from L ..'. . .
w :iggpit ; I.ootom
Dr the Pelter gunbrig, with a convoy for the Mediterranean: s - -roar; J. Aspeme
rst of coasters, bound to the Westward, sailed with them. loft-e' - •
rn DOVER' Fes. 14..—Came in this day the transport (Sr) ' ..'llllg---Z—' -DEFENCE
rn
Maybourne, of Boston, Captain Storehouse, from I- • . :2..L1 tt.: Spb;s day -,,,
stores, having in the gale of Friday last, in the Downs, . ItIKEMOIR on tot
:he away her masts and bowsprit. Arrived in the Roads ~ ' . . By
'ed /1000 his Majesty's sloops Pandora and Royalist, withtle Mr
_,9 n 1• "'CaPlaill in
led an anchor and cable each, which they lost in the pie of - ma's! fee John StneltdaJ
ity the Downs. Several vessels have gone past here Ma • in roar L
night, with loss of top-masts, anchors, &c. A sloop with • 1116rXtri V 4& toMM•tits
eir ling stores from Deptford, is on shore on Romney Sandi, andk - • -Ikko WOO, w
m- feared she will be lost ; her cargo is taking out. I cznattlen SW8410116; Or, * 'ileac
we her name. Wind north and moderate. England, Scotland, and Ire'
of DEAL, FEB. 13.—The Indignant gun-brig has sailed for Pas earliest antiquity. -By Wi
!tat mouth with the remaining merchant vessels which were leftbs emir byßichsult Goolls.
of hind in the last gale. Sealed the Mutine, and Pandora sloops, a r-,- DR. GREG(
a cruize off the coast of France. Arrived the Bold gun-brig, from'
THIS Work, whic
try a cruize.
ion FEBRUARY l4.—Arrived the Furious gun-brig, from 3 cruise.
ano6Pre=lollo render it, has bee
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,a, Sailed the Skylark and Seagull sloops, on a cruize; Cratiergio-
nf brig, for Margate Roads, to the assistance of Use Blazer, Bona, a:26"W preference of I
''' and Mariner gun-brigs. It la Ow in a train of 1
La-
nd Rolfe, Thompson, for Malta. Arrived his Alajesty's ships R. fore the Ist of May next.
Fe a R ems v 15.--Salled through the Downs for Portsmouth Dr its Erg Part and Number
ute elist, Mutine, Pandora, Blazer, and the Furious, from a ofee, The Notes vs-ill-be ilia
and remain in the Downs with ships as per last. Wind W.N.11.
vtitlo coemnret
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he SIIREINESS, Exa.l3.--Yesterday we again erperienteda Mt Artists, (Messrs
... violent gale from N. E. and an inundation of the tide awns gale &c. &e.) f:
:19 Level, the wall going to Queenbro' could not be repaired sire Gm, Masters in the ae,n
VS- the gale that so recently broke it down, and therefore the Main- The plan of this Work
in Land Proprietors have again suffered very seriously. Armen ' the execution it is intent
of the disasters that we have to recount, is the Elizabeth, Ojeda, rains Elegance, at aci
h• bound to Gottenburgh, with rah fish, &c. brought into the he. Mks stchich are withou
"'s hour, with some small damage; the Hertignanen, Schagushsa lehlge-street, Jan. 1,
lia- from Stockholm, with deals, iron, &c. brought in with lots d
be- bowsprit, cable, and anchor, and otherwise much damaged; th
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' A NEW At
eat Delight, Bentall. of Charlestown, having been picked up by . • Thi
sit fishermen without a soul on board, ta
as she has drifted from tie Price Ninepenee, or
Essex coast, where she had met with damage, and has has au
rce laden; the Feronia, Lindsay, franc Newcastle for Londak wall THE FIRST C
the loss of cables and anchors ; the Elizabeth, Bugge, (a Dauidepeln) astainieg commor
ord with loss of cables and anchor, and has drove on shore at h4b• tarifa* capacity and cur
me,
water mark, above Queenbro'; the Frau Catherine, (a Ds* V!'irs of Age.
prize) with the loss of bowsprit ; the brig Peggy, Cavanagh, hos By the R
London, bound to Demerara, with ordnance stores, wine, leak ue- Mbar of the Class Boc
ich and other merchandize entirely di.masted, and loss of ablest AO rhe Cass Book; c
led anchor, and must be repaired 'ere she can leave the harbour-al .Evety.Parent and 'l's
on,
was picked up by saver fishermen yesterday, in the height of tietiles:end importance
gale, and brought in here to-day. One of the Swedes, is coaxleothlng the Child to c
de
into the harbour, has run foul of a line-of-battle ship, and did bet 2tLleals by easy at
led sem: damage. off amiliar an(
rof Fee. 14,...-Sliiied the Henrys bomb-tender, Butchd,ts Work dr bop.. of life, am
wlch to refit. Arrived the New Shoreham smack, Vassal, bra Mlsthe same reletl4
ing picked up the American ship Delight, Bentall, with Whet of Dr. Watts,
the nett.
water in her hold, and no person on board.
*listed for RICSAR
icy
- GRAVESEND, Fel. 13.-e-Passed by the Emerald, Stott; IMP'
teelcy, Wilson ; and the Chatham, Mason, from Jamaica. Saha . 44 4'? Ile.1241;t1P;IS
an the Alexander, Atkins, for Rio Janeiro. tti-1414r4 clf kr ofttAtto
,
DIED. •
hethentrsoyttt
A itAIt.RIED
s a Mande- .
,at his house i s Harley-street, in the 82d year of tis
use, ager,eTts. ons..s Edwards Freeman, Esq. of Battesford, in Gloucester- -t
ollf.toivei pit
ded shire.
M.- illness, of a violent attack upon his lungs, Colonel William ful- Istieettradliberaißst
At Gordon's Hotel, late on Saturday evening, after a few dip hil'i3ibdimenaises of
and tartan, of Fullerton, deeply lamented by his numerous relanTsl
~ :.;14111tibtst ant. . age, espial 1
n Pone to give met
for all the social virtues, brilliant talents, and most ac
.. .
kit aseouductof
it. T yes, and friends, as an irreparable loss. He was much dicsntimegui.thpbsbcl ~. 14
moti,es
1.,
,ion
mind; and his death must be regretted by every friend to sgutalaa mt.,
and
'hen country, to justice, and to humanity. . MiPtattention,•whicl
ritic energy of 1
in the county of Buckingham. His numerous acquaintance
WiSe On Saturday, the 6th instant, Robert Scott, Esq. of Danesfoldro
agreeable companion, and a most sincere friend. He WU
cam'Wieft.tit ply.eeptch
Pro_ long have to lament in his death the loss of an elegant schonr,so. pvearillente:PuisteeSdotfothhio
cuous through life for his acts of unbounded liberality. Being Ig4" leigetlse civil.*
clots from the inconvenience of pecuniary embarrassments ;of!
able seined of a splendid fortune, he continually sought to relieve 01111 Tern disioaauge.:
..._
_gel feats* of k_.]
then though his benevolence may have been equalled, it certainly a la_
"cal et I/Milling I
ttee tal Ala Mil Wl°,
in the House of Commons, he distinguished himself for his mot'
has been surpassed. During the short time Mr. Scott had. leo_.
to "galloNie. they art
°Pt' ible integrity, sound judgment, 'tit, alfteatandip MC
that his ten-
don the rights and jiberties of the Puople—SO much so, ~„ ''/11',,,,„,.:111at fleither. eaq
iced ins to be a Welber of Parliarnent has always bean regretteac. 0! --""' , beval Dot ut
that those who were best acquainted with him,' as a grunt publi, •r:'
~ hbagiwritig-,. seene,
and constitutions ateachmest
With these excellent qualities he•combinedibme of great ir .
midmat
Bence to others, And of exemplary piety ; and upon the whole,. be ''.,... .Itvrelleer7hai,.w
d— has left behind him a character which will long continue to be • .
vered for its rare snotesitraordinarymerit. •'. mho , sas 'Ur
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