Star.
London, England, 1802-12-10 00:00:00

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7; th in twentrfonr hours, &thing phyficallir Ini.ree .
ticable, yet was any vensonftranceosei this t
node on the part of :.His. Majeßy's • • --;
tit
How floodthe condna of the King's Mi Rees on
another. ground ? . A publication appeart. in lib)
country,,,in a newfpaper not conne&ed with the
Government ; and for the contents of letfliih Mi.l
pitteri certainly hold. no. refponfibility.i iii this'
paper, :an. article appears, which is confidered. to
be libellous towards the Chief Conful of France ;
and, ,Upon the &ft reprefentation of the French
nvci., his Majefly's Attorney General, receives
official orders to profcute the puglifher crimioally.
Rut how was a (cries of circtunftances or a iimilar,i
but infinitely more aggraved. nature: treated itti
France; where, .in a newfpaperi,,alrOwedly the of;
ficial one of Government, and immediately under,
its dirceion, not only the moll grofs and flagitious
Panders were publithed againft his Majefly's Mi.
vitters and the Britith Parlialient, but even his
Diajetly himrelf charged with. having afraffins .M.,
pay, for dearoying the life of the Pirli Conful t--,
bid itappear that his Majefly's.Miniders had made
anyremonfteance againft this condi& or demand.-
ed any reparation for fo public and palpable an
infolt, which..was to all intents and puipofes an
hoftik. aggieflion. Arguing from thefe, and a
riety of • other Aircumftances, he charged bia'
?ajefty's Minifiers with *timidity aod want of
ikour, and firionefs, which rendered them of,'
Vale ionfideration in the efteem of the French.
Government; and ill deferving the confidence of.
their country,
~ He nest adverted to Anne argil.
menu whichl44 fallen'from an Hon. Gentleman.
on the floor (Nre Fos) lafi night, Rating the iosi
p_olicy.,of ctlitivattng Continental conneetions it
this tinis,.ok.of interfering with any of thofe mane.
*akin* carrying on there, which did not go to
*flea our .dirti ficurity ; and he ,dwelt.with fonts
teverity on adoerine which, ' was in dire
appotition to tki opinions of. . • . Membeei-
thiatition
k -often dectargeftkfoMet Ons. • . •,'.
. Rbe ettinesii.ok.df tbe . !zest 'Grp thOtislt,
tiltieeeffirj akar,* Lew .word is iTICWCT to the
witland Learned Member, whom, be (aid; it
pi his intention to follow through the infinite
variety of topics which his fpeech had ettAtakegF
tt retailed to be urged conginely, as the fekeinatie
opinionbf the Learned Member and his friends,
on eyery:okosifion, that his Mejefty's Minifters, by
the remains they *domed, had compromifed the
lignort,aodtaanifhed the honour of the empire,
without, hoitterer;.thinking proper to fithfiantiata
their acetifitklit by ,any Ipeci6c charge. Bat .if
they really conceiveckthentfeivEs foundeel in nor
fiach affeetion;.the fair kad manly way would hi
to hritig si.fori'sard, and either fuNtantiate it it.
once, or 4.eihofe Whom they accufed an *IOW
hinny of 'vindication. Of. Abe multifittious topics
yhirli entered into thi.,coldpo.firion of Ilk Hon.',
V,ekber's fpieCh this night, hC,Mould feel it ne•
eeffary to. apply hinifelf but tii,otte or two, which
he contained the molt promitteht. •And firft, with
yeftett to chirgp
.ot_abandoning the ItiPtaa•
flans for intienttfity to the Prince df Orange, in
the treaty. of Amiens. An this charge he would
Car the Hon. Member was wholly unfounded I
find chow* he *at *e iothorifed, at this Inonteit,
to Rate the partieuldri of that frapulation, yet,
before the approachiqg recet4 he hoped to lie ena-
bled to makefitch a Communication from his Ma.
rto the Honfe lid that fubjett, its ;Amila Mani-
eft to the Hbefi; tliat his kdatelirt 4044 were
y tai Means donstnt to the fituation of the illufs
trious perfonage AlLUded to; and the Houk would-
in _opportunity of evincing it; hatimeot of
fun-ailed, by the Nice. ror the pre:.
not audtorifed to [late any part?ea-
lhonld be happy when-the moment for
fitould arrive. The nest point he
riceeffery to notice, tris the profeeutiOn
-igain* the publiflter of a libel again& ,
Conful of France; gut though the Britifla
certainly were* refpottAble far the
licit contained that libel, he conceiv-
e-osta was entitled, by the jtillice of
, ti) repa,ritioni as well as every other
limb a 'Cafe.. On the other part of the
was not authorikd.to.conantunimite:Mei
of what had paired. But the HO&
was at liberty, as a Member of that
move for thofe documents, through a*
his Majefty; and when they were
forward, it would appear whether, or not
Minifters had tont:Weed themfelves
Worthy
.of the retell they enjoyed.s-a.
point to which he wottld advert, wan the
Capt. D'Auvergne. The conduct which
towards that Goldoni*, under the po.
France, ritray t ditid not IMplicale the Go-
' this country'. The moment hisfitiia.
made knowb to his Majefifs M'mifter at
demand %vas iimitediately made to the
Governinent for his ieleafe, wbith was id-
obtained; to that the apprehenfioni of fie
ibis, for the honour and dignity of this
this, as well as the other occafions,
Ly unfounded ; and pitiful indeed, would
i lien be, wbo could tamely fuffer a per.
to themfeivea or to the lionotr of that
which they eondueed. Such a con.
indeed, be the road to contempt, 1t
hob of Europe. If the Hon. Metnber
finger on any circtunfiance in their
which jellified filch an imputation, he
trty to bring forward the charge. An-
of the Hon. Member's obfetvatidne,
aggrandiain
.powcr of France. No MU
of this fu I, latmented it more than
t he c
lea
not allow that it was a
could jullify the interference of this
_ warrant the revival of hoftilitits. The
objthon of the Hon. Member was, that his
-'s Mininers called for a large force, without
tpecific neccifity ; at the tame time that
Jpeech, and thole of his friends were
from beginning to end, with alarm for
-n, and the avowal of that neceffity.--
_- Member was not &fixated to confide in
affurances which his Majefty's Minifters were
'to give, the right way of proceeding
to move for the Chairman to leave the

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Pon. Moller *Ow if-he &out.-
ric , and whin produced they woeld nu
~ of juftification for the theafures adopted-1i
• ajefty's Minifters, as well as for the votes.
thm Hon. Member and his friends, in fupport .
that very force they affeeted to condemn ; or• ilt
leaf thew them how far the Hoare could refute thit
force cinifitlenity with our own prefervation. .j.
Mr. Fox deemed it necerary to offer a few word.,
in anfwer to tome things which had fallen from
his Learned Friend ; particularly in' allufion WO
principles which had formerly been avowed by hint,l
when he Voted in Cowart-of !the peace:, With re-
fpea to the propriety and neceffity of that peace, he
held the fmie 'opinion fill ; that it ought to be
maintainedrineverygroundconfiftent with the Cafe--
ty and the honour of this country: But he did not,
hefitate to fay, that upon any a& of aggreffion-
againft either, he would be found as ready to fu
port a war as any of thofe who now molt realoutly
• condemned the peace ; and on' this ground,
what the Honourable and Learned Member had
'fated, refpe&ing Captain D'Auvergne, were(
really founded, and;that due remonftrance had.
been made to the French Government, and redrefs
had been refuted, he would be the hrft man to
vote in fupport of war, to relent fuch an aggref-
fion againft a Britifh Officer, and ten thoufand
times fooner, than for any aggreffion alledged to
have been made by France upon any of the powers
on the Continent. Let the dOcuments be moved
for, and laid befOre the Houk ; and if the fats
thould appear as fated, he would Rick to-his prin-
ciple and give his vote for war, ftronglyskonvinee&
as he was, that infuhed honour *Winded an
ample reparation. Mr. Fos then proceeded to
'anfwer many of the points urged by Dr. Lawrence,
and in vindication Of his own principles, on the
fubjea of peace, which be thought it , was the belt
policy of this country to conclude,, Ond to' Main-
, tam, even though,,cifcnmilances might demand
' the renewal of Utilities in five years riibre, be-
*an& be conceived the opportunity Inch an inter-
vel would afford to retrieve our finances,'veas of
'itfelf in important objea. As to Continental eon-
tuitions, his opinion was now the fame as" before.
However adynsageous theyoeight be, under ma-
ny circumfbuilliitosO man ',Ovid contend that in
all poffible ckte* they Wert to be -maiataimel.—*
Upon the dine and mode °Centering Walkout that
cilium &odd be vigilantly exerted . whrh-was
mrift likety.to prevent xis from being involindin
difagreiahle cotifequences ; and his opinion was,
that the impolicy of the Britifh Ornament, in
die ufe made of thofe allovranCes in the late war,
had led to coafequencee which mull render them
ever ufelefs for the future. Mr. For fpoke at
Come length, with his 'ufual ability, in defence of
the.peate : and argued; that if the fituation of the
Co'nottry tams dinning, it irli not the peace, but
the war, fupported by the Learned Gentleman and
his Frkode, that orae the caulk of our misfortunes.
' Mr. Wiliam AO fpOke at confiderable lengthy in
anfwer to Mi. Fat and fully 'adopted the fend-
, :bents of his Leariid. Friend; Dr. Laivrence, fe.
Vera' of who& points he re-traced.
Lord CAST I• 1111111,011 condemned that mode of
argidliwit Adopted by Gentlemen, both on this arid
for Mei iiigtstl 'Of late; which, inftead of being-con.
fined to the fubjeas immediately in difcu(llon, ex
tended to an infinite variety of topics, each of
which- in itfelf might well form a fubjea for dif-
dna crifcnillon. Numbetlefs charges were made-
againft his bisriefty's Minifters, in the courfe of
chore debates; and numberlefs queftions liked,
which it was impoffible to anfwer in any fatisfac-
toty way; confiftetidy with the time allotted for
difcuffion. The moll fair and manly !node of pro-
ceeding would be, to bring forward thofe feveral
i topics feparately and diftinaly, that they may be-
fairly and fatisfaaorily difcuffed. With retpea•to
the fituation of the cotantry aefelit, he 'differed'
from Gentlemen iin both Gderof die. Hdiffei,wlm.
had principally argued the qtieftion. . He neither
over=rated our Amity, nor tidet‘rited obr clan-
ger, in the. ektsensts . which Gentlemen on both
fides bad i, but formed his opinion of our real cir-
-culnftlincts Woken h* extremes. Vnt wifhful
"is be esiksj? iiiiintal'n*rpeace we had'conclided,
he. fully cAnniided In the neceffity of maintaining
filch' an efficient fore within the country, *inde-
pendently of militia aid volimteer corps, as would
not only enable oat° advance againft an enemy,
who might be *lnto die& a landing on our Chores,
but to be able alto to avail ourfelves of the ad..
-vainage of our 'navy, arid detach mhooo men 4n
the firft inftance of hoftility, to *rike an important
blow in tome diftant quarter of the enemy's terri-
tory. The cittoriiftance Of-the arrival of a French
debt on the coaft of Ireland, at a moment when
We had a fquadrcin off Breit, toprevent their put-
ting to fea, was a proof thit our navy was no
furety agiinfl the poffibility cif-lt imilar event ;
and though hebmented to fay, that the great mafs
Of the people in that country were rfol. fo fenfible
as they fhorild be of the bleffings of the Conftitti-
don they enjoyed—and as he hoped they would
be ere long; and that a larger military to*
might be neceffary in.that kingdom, to repel the
attacks of an enemy, than in this, where the people
Were unanimous, Sind atteched to the Government,
yet he trufted that we had upon the whole no
, fob to dread the refidt. •
General TALLITOII expreffed hilt*, that the
Klitia force of Ireland would be increafed to its
fidl ellablithnseilt, and the very ufeful corps of
Norte artillery, which had returned from thence to
this country, would be returned there.
Mr. Pow.; begged leave fhordy to Rate to the
Monte, the circumftances of the- Ordnance Efta-
blithment, as eftimated for the fervice of the Uni-
ted Kingdom. The only difference, he Aid, be-
tween the coming year and the laft, was an addi.c..
tioq of ten &tinter) to every company making in
the whole you men. 'The home artillery was Mki
as before ; and be could affure the Hon. Idelk,
that the troop brought from Ireland was to be:
returned there,' with the advantage of being better
mounted and difciplined, having been a confide-
rabic time at head-quarters.

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the Chief Conf
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the eoontiY, ti
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robjea he wan
documents of
Gentleman on
Ploofe, to Ina
Achirefs to
brought foton
his Majefly's
in manner
The next polo
affair of Capt,
took place too
lice of France)
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tion was ma&
Par* a demi
Preach Cover
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• Hon. Member
country, on II
• were utterly u
thofe banifter
fonal intuit to
Government r
daft would, I
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conduft, whit
was at liberty
other topic d
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he did, but 1
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r. Country, or v
melt objeaion
Majeity's Min
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our fituation,
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ve the durance'
warranted to
valid be, to
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