Star.
London, England, 1801-10-31 00:00:00

PRELIMINARIES.

He then moved, that the Houfe fhould take the
Preliminaries into confideration on Tuefday next.
Mr. GRLY faid, he did not rife to objett to the
motion which the Noble Lord had made, but per-
baps no inconvenience could arife from his Acing
an explanation upon one or two points ; and if he
was fortunate enough to obtain an anfwer, it might
affift the Houfe very much when they entered into
the confideration of the Preliminaries. It was true
that the Preliminaries had only jufi been laid upon
the Table, and, therefore, in point of form, he
could not be fuppofed to be acquainted with their
contents ; but it was alfo notorious, that they had
been publifhed in the pliblic Papers, and were
known to every man in the country. In looking
over there Preliminaries, there were two points
which appeared to him to require explanation;
however, if the Noble Lord was of opinion that it
would be improper, or inconvenient, toanfwer his
queftions, he fhould not prefs them. The EA
point was this ; there was an s4cle in the Preli.
minary Articles, by which we flipulated for the
integrity of the Dominions of Portugal; he withed
to know, whether by that article was to be under-
flood the Territories of Portugal as they !land
now, after the ceftions whirl had been made to
Spain, or whether it meant thofe Territories as
they flood before the commencement of hoftilities ?
It appeared to him, that no inconvenience could
arife from giving an explanation upon this point,
and, therefor!, he hoped the Noble Lord would
anfwer his queflion. The next fubjedt was one
which he confelfed did not arife out of the Pre-
liminaries, but yet it appeared to him to be of
the greateft importance, and to require explana-
tion. It could not have efcaped the attention
of thofe who took an intereft in the great ..eent
which had fo recently happened, that about the time
or a little previous to tie figning the Prelimin
ries between this Country and France, there was A
Treaty of Peace figned between PortugalandFrance.
In the body of that Treaty, he obferved a Ripula-
tion which he wifhed to know whether Miniiiers
bad information of, or whether they had receivzd
any fatisfadion from France about, he meant an
Article by which it was ftipulated, that the Mann-
faaures of France were to be admitted into Portu-
gal upon the footing of thoferof the moft favoured Na-
tion,? This flipulation appeared to him to be incon-
fillent with the Treaties of Commerce fubfifting bc-
tweea this Country and France, and muft give rife,
on our part, to a new fyftem of Politics and Com-
merce, and muft mike an alteration in the nature
of our connexion with Portugal. He wifh..)d to
know, whether Minifters were aware of this cir•
einnflance when they figned the Preliminaries of
Peace? He admitted that the fituation of Portugal,
and indeed the fituation of Europe in general, was
ft) changed, as to render it neceffary, in fame in-
(lances, to deviate from, our old fyftem with Pots
tugal, and undoubtedly the ftipulation to which
he had alluded, would make a complete change in
our cionmercial and political relations with that
country, and., therefore, the explanation which 130

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required, appe
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at
the Peace.
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by this Treaty,
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