Star.
London, England, 1801-02-03 00:00:00

NUMBU 38_

pintLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

MOUSE (W LORDS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY s.

At half pan two o'slock tbs.Rien came down
to the Houk iu the ufual State, and being feated
on the Throne in his. Royal Robes, Mr. QUARMP.
Reputy Mier of the• Black Rod, (in the abfence
of Sir FRArcta Moer ago x, through indifpofition)
was difpatched to order the attendance of the
Commons, which Haute, • with the &mettle. at
their head, forthwith appeared at the Ear, when
his MAJESTY was pleated to make his moll gra.
does Speech from the Throne, a faithful Copy of
which has already appeared in the STAR. '
Ile Du KR of Moareose rote to move the ad. 1,
ilrefs. He began by congratulating the Houfe
on the happy event of an Union 'with Ireland,
which was likely to be attended with the moit
ellentiatbenefite to both England and Ireland,
but NI more to the latter country, to which he
was hire it would caufe a very great encreak of
profperity. This was not a matter of (peculation.
The example of Scotland was fufficient to prove
that his amnion wls well founded. At the
period when an-Union took place between that
country and England, great fears had been en-
tertained that the tights of the, one country would
be facrificed to thole of the other. But the libe-
ralityof England afterwards proved how ground-'
ltfs thofe Ears were. The Fisheries, the Com.'
merce, and the Agriculture of Scotland, received
the greaten encouragement. Even the very tans
were laid on in Inch a. manner as to encourage its
agriculture. In no one inflame had the Englifh
Government confulted its power. The Englith
Parliament was too wife not to have teen that the
profperity of any one part of the Empire added
to the profperity of the whole : and filch would I
certainly be its conduCt with regard to Ireland.' ,
He felt therefore in common with every friend to
his country, a peculiar pleafure in teeing Great
Britain incorporated by an indiffoluble Union,
with a nation which, for open generofity, for
talents, and for valour. was not exceeded by ally
other country in the world. The richnefs of the
fcil of Ireland; the excellent lituation of its ports
for trade, its mines • and various powers of pro.
citation, would not be' fufficiently known till Enge
lifh capital fhould be fent into th- country. At,
was with pleafure he refletted that his family had
fupportcd the Union with Scotland ; for there wls
not a man in that kingdom who did not mite look
upon it as the cattle of innumerable bleffings to
his country ; and the people of England mull
alto lure felt that it contributed to mile their
sational glory to a very high pitch. With regard
to the Situation in which the country timid at pre-
fatt as to its provifions, he was lorry to obferve
that it could not receive that limply from Ireland,
which in ordinary years it had been in the habit
of receiving; hut he hoped the mcafures .which
had been lately taken by the Legiflature, together
with the fpirit !hewn by the people in carrying his
Majelly's Proclamation into creel, would com-
pletely avert the calamities of famine. He had
no doubt but that thole meafures would be fol-
lowed up by others Rill more important, which
would tend to prevent the recurrence of fimilar
calamities ; that confiderahle tracks of land
throughout that country which were in an nnprn-
(halve nate, would be encloted and cultivated.
Ile hoped that certain encouragements would he
htld out for the improvement and drainage of the
jot lands; and that to carry all thee grand fur-
;sites into era% fkilful pet-lons might be fent into
the country to examine the different kinds of foil,
a_ud give their opinion as to the improvement they
Sauk nand in need of. Some alteration thould
alle be made in the mode of admitting foreign
rem into the country; it was now allowed to be
imported fo felon, that the Englith farmers from
the injury it cauLd to their produce, frequently
threw a great quantity of land into pafture. From
the confederation of domenic fubjeas, he Lid he
would next beg leave to call the attention of the.
Houle to the prefent !tate of Europe. The prof-
peas before us wet e certainly very far from being
pleating ; btit at the fame time there was no enure
%elute ver for defp 211 C y.A general wi at for peace
prevailed throughout France, and his Majefty's Mi-
vino.% had declared that uothing was fir defirous
to them as a general Peace. He coincided with
eat in that opinion: but he never would content
toa pi:ace which was incontinent with the honour
and fecurity of this Country. The mefages, how.
era, which the Tien Conful of France had feat to
London and Vienna, were fuck ae could not be
(emptied with or littened to without a breach of
firth on the part of the Governments of either of
there places. The unfortunate event of the war;
however, made it necelfary for Auftria to ne-
ilociate for a fcparate peace. It was evident
crefore, that it was contrary to the policy of
Yrance to make a general peace. next
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'1.%% that mutt engage the attention of every
Lord, was the convention lately uttered into
'! certain Northern Powers ; by which they fet
a taint as incontinent with the right. and in-
eas this Country, as it wa., contrary to the
efnations ; for it had been laid down by every
:*ter on the Ashieet, that an Belligerent Power
a t ight to fearch a nonfat edict, in order to
that the was not conveying loch goods to the
v as might enable hint to profecute the war.
It Danes and Swede, underfland perfoftly well
hat the rights of nations are, thoueh on the
nt necafton they acted In inconfiftently with
latations they hail formerly made of adhering
thole lawn There was a time when it would
T have been prudent in this country to refill fuels
• :ohm as that now. formed In the North
Letup: , but thanks to the Noble Earl who pre-