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

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PARLIAMENTARY PROCENDINGL

HOUSE► OF LORDS, THURSDAY, DSC. 9.

The Doke of BILDFORD was fworn, and took his feat, on his
abeetton to the Peeragaby the desalts of the late Duke.
The Marquis of ogiNCISAM and Lard SOMBRIILLE were
alto hewn, and soak their feats.

TIN third reading of the /snail rotes Bill was again poft-
peed.

The Chefter Road Bill was read a fecond time, and fome
private bands &fried of i after which the Holt& adjourned
till to-marrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Hoare la s Committee :greed to the Malt Duty Bill;
and the Eadhetuer Bills l3iii. The Reports to be readied to-

filerrow.

• The kilt Militia Bill was read a third time and paffed.
An order was made, that an addrefs be prefinted to his Ma-
jefty. praying, that he would be pleafed to lay before the Houfe
an account of the Comb iffued by his Mkjeby's orders, perfume
to addreffes from that Houk, and whiok buns had not been
Made good by Parliament.
The Bill for the iffue of Navy Bills was read a faxed time.
Ordered to be committed to-morrow.
Mr.Aezzausza brought up the Report of the (alifkotion
Ind, malty Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
be read *third time tO4llOaOW.
Mr. Collet brought up a BM w continue for a further time
the Ad for regulating the Export and Import of Corn between
Great Bikainand Ireland. It was read a bra time.
Mr. Collar, purfuant to a notice he had given, rofe to move.
for leave to bring in a Bill for reducing all the Itith Militia Alts
income.' Leave was given.
Mr. 00R4 r brought up .11- 818 for mutat% the Baking bra •
Griefs of the City of DMZ Read a firft tithe, and ordered
*be read a tinted time to-morrow:
A new Writ was ordered fora Member to ferTe n Parlia-
mem foe the Borough. of Lymington. in the room of General
Purrard, who has accepted the Chikern Hundreds.
Mr. VamsarTaar prefented a front Ehveral Cloth •
workets in the Counties of Wilts and praying that
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they might be reamed from the ccusiegnences of mitain
eoselbgp adopted aPinit them, on amount of their nfing m*
Chi wy in the wastibg of their cloths. He Obkrired, that'
peat ftwhaiim had 'prevailed in thole places where, the
Obsess reidedp emanated by worbnien whom they bad em-
ployed. Thellankspenee was, they were obliged to make eh-
• machbery, which was contrary to an Aft of Parliansim
Proceedings yeas accordingly initiated spit* them, and ,
thole it was tits objedVof the prefent Petition to fufpoul. He
then:fort gave notice, that he would move for leave to bring
im a till to fufpend thole proceeding for i attain ?The
/Petition was ordered to he on the table.
The SPItAt IL informed the Hook, that John Agnew, I*.
who had prefented a Petition, complelning of an undue.eke!
Om for the Boreigh of Bridgewater, did goc cater into o
tecognisance, according to AEI of I:l4#Nnebt, to prokcute
Petition.
On the snodetrat Mr. VANSITiai thiorder for tahing
Penton confssiagtiil op aura day, was then dif-
diarged.

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11$110CULT 'ROM THE CORKIIIVILOT PIPS LY•
Mr. T.OREarILLE rote, and latimated that the..
mss' hour of the debate lea nigia prevented him
from taking a part, and obliged bun to give this
the air of an adjourned debate ; that it vi;a‘.not
his intention to fatigue the Houfe ; but it was in-
cumbent on biro to fay fomethins of the view
be enteftained of the Report the Iloufe was about
to receive. He recalled, firft, the attention of the
Houle Io the grounds upon which: he had cen-
lured the vote of Supply for the navy ; and, he
was furgrifed to find; in anfwet to his objeaions, as
to the unulhal method of the application from. a
Noble Lord (Hawkeßsury), "Aso did affert, that
there was nothing unufual in the manner, or unlike
former times; sirs objeeing; hoverer, he thought
confiftent with his duty ; and, he Wafted,
the fpeeches of Yfinifters were not fit parry.
*lemur documents for the proceedings of chit
Houle; and that in agreeing, with them with Out
more evidence, was rubmeting the dignity pr
Parliament. He maintained that in the practice of
Parliament, when any definitive treaty had bean
figned, no infiance whatever could be found in
Which the Government had not thought fit to
fignify to the Houle' and Rate all the detailed cir-
curpßances which Would lead to the Reps of new
applications. The Right Hon.-Gentleman Rated
the treaty of Utrecht, that of Aix-la-Cbapelle, &c.
which went to pro's his affertipn : the firft of
which in particular (hewed the praaice of Parlia-
stem, and there was no it:Rance in which any in.
creafe or 'diminution took place without fufficient
documents, even fkom the Throne itfelf. Was it
for the dignity of Parliament that the mere knov;-
ledge of a fait was neceffary ? Was the proclaim:
ling war made by .the Herald at Temple Bar fulfi-
cient ? The Moniteur would no doubt make men-
tion of t, and after it the London prints; but was.
that enough? Government fhould give a pledge by
communicationsof the meafaresit means to purfue.
In regard to the prefent confideration, he mutt
fay, that although he never heard a more accurate
or able filament than that made by the Secietary
at War,be thought the Houfe not fufficiently ac-
-quainted with the nature of tome of the Ratements,
and particulary in regard to garrifons, when' they
were called upon to vote fo large a rum without
knowing what garrifons were to be provided for.
He antrcrpated, that it was neceffary for force and
vigour to be ready in cafe of emergency,-wouldbe
the anfwer. This led him to confider, that by the
Treaty of Peace the Cape of Good Hope, and the
ifland of Malta were to be given up—one was pot
furrendered, and it was reported that the other',
was not to be evacuated, in cafe the inftruftions
could reach them previoufly to that meafine..—
How neceffary was rt then that the Houk fhould
know the extent it had to go ? Qtrellions to this
purport had been'frequently afked;but no anfwer
ad been given. He fhould confider the vote
more minutely, as it tended to two dißinft points
of Goiernment in aficing that namely to re-
pel national infult, and repel bottile aggreffion,
which no doubt was right in one point; but when
the objeas were to be confined to thole two points,
they Indented but one feature, that of defence,
and not of attack. If that conclufion be true, are
thole large efiablifhtrients then for no purport but
to wait until the hoftile preparations of the enemy
fhould be read to attack us ? This opinion had
been adopted silo by many Gentlemen who look•
god upon et in the fame light, but who had differed,
with him upon other points. The Right Hon.
• Gentenan thou ht that the continental-extent of
France cosy affeited the Maritime force
of this Octraßedoberefore, that be had

sewed the fubjett of ContinendalSent
which be re-stated his former arguments, and v
furprifed that the Ratement of an Honoural
Gentleman (Mc. Fox) should go to any (Kalov
on the advantage of fuch conneaions. When 6rft
this ftrange doarine of abfelving ourfelves from all
fuCh alliances was put forward, it involved in it-
felf a queftion of infinite moment, the balance of
power in Europe, upon which that Gentleman had
'made a remarkable affertion-44 What (laid he),
would be the confolation of the miferable peafanto
when fitting in mifery over his dying embers, to,
.be told, that his afilietions and wretchednefs con-
-Iduced to the balance of power in Europe?" He
'for one (Mr. G. law it in a different light ; he
:thought he would feel a national pride that his
;fufferings conduced to the general good,that,how,
ever, he was Pure would be the Englifh feeling.—
, The Honourable Gentleman was willing to keep
.the fcale of the balance.; but however he fhould
difcontinue his remarks on his fpeech, although het
'had manyargtunents tooffer in anfwer,as he found
!that he was not in his place. However, there was
one point which be felt obliged to take notice of,
although he might not probably, as he was not in
;the kloufe, be accurate as to its extent. In fpeak-
':i4Olf continental Alliances, the Hon. Gentleman
krid*lnused the Houfe againft the contequenoes
joiliel4onneaions ; and in noticing the ambition,
as we as the conqueßs of France, he declared that
it-wairowing to. the Houfe of Airdrie that the
King of Sarnwiti not reftnred. He here toot:
i' view of the':ldifferent relations between that'
'kingdom and iließepublic of Venice, fo far as it
miglainterferc with Auftria. He dwelt with mug:
animation on, the peifortal attack that he
Fox) had made' 'on tint and his friends, endea-
voured to refute the.. with that was, imputed to
Oeits of withipcto get into place AfPffiled
sigh. an euloginmspon the,talest4 asd{pug ty
of Mr- ritt,womikkbathe asiaitt be.atai# called.
into-Power. .. • •-, -• ,
Lord HAWXIIBUitTo in teply; Paid that the at-
lack pointed wink Minifters for notllying fuf-
ficent informaucin before the Hottfe, had already
been repeatedly replied to. The fyitem Mini tiers
dove purfued was that which has ufually been
'adopted refpeCting foreign affairs. Minifters were
.necdfed of not laying papers before the Houfe re-'
lath; to louse difcciffions which are fuppofed to
have taken place: bat whether they have taken
plane or not, Gould Miniffers make any prqipitate
or, indifcreet 'difclpfure about thent is only'
when Parliament is called upon for money, or for
their advice 'sit fome particular emergency, that
fort con!menscatioris as thofe alluded to by ,
Hop. Gentleman, are hactrecourfe to. Bell ,
it would be impoffible in a Wage or a Spec
.1
from the Throne to cater into the details that feem.
to be tiquired. - Ail° foreign alliances Minifters
}sad likeaife already. laginmed themfelves : they.
corifelted it.to be apart&their policy to look for
continental alliances; but that policy was to be*
direaed by prudence, and regulated by the various
circumftances of times and events. That was his
early opinion ; in the fame he Rill continued, and
both experience and hiftory concurred in confirm.
ing him in'that opinion. The country was fel-
dont; if ever, involved in. war on account of its
continential connexions ; and when it Rood alone
without allies, as in the America!) war, its for-
tunes were rat lefs profperous. The Noble Lord
here took oecafion to vindicate the Cabinet of,
Vienna from many reproaches with which it hat
been loaded, during the late conteft—in fome re-
fpeas, indeed, that Cabinet may have misjudged
its own interefts ; but from a general view of the
condna of Auftria, under the moll trying circum-
'4ances, it moll be acknowledged to have evinced
sr-perfeverance and fidelity that have never been
forpaffed. ' The Noble Lord argued firongly
israinft the affertion of an Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Fox) that we had not more reafon to be alarmed
by the power of France now, than on any former
place. He begged the Houfe tneonfider the vaR
increafe of coat, of harbours, and fonseffes,which
France hid of late years obtained ; and frill more
to confider this, that whatever might have been
the ambition of the Houfe of Bourbon (that am-
bition he was ready to admit), that family never
had the fame degree or defcription of power to
carry .its projeas into effea, which the prefent
French Cove' nment poll-died. From the moral
Rate and ftroaure 'of France at this time, the was '
-competent to the undertaking of fuch hazardous
and defperate enterprizes as no regular Govern:
ment would gieditate or attempt. With. refpea
to the common cant of feparating meafures from
-men, it in his judgment generally fprung from a
principle of hyp.ocrify, or complete ignorance of
the ;world, for it was obvious' that they mull al-
ways, to a certain degree, go together. If mea-
lures were to he condemned, the men who devifed
and direaed thole meafurei, 'mull participate of
that condemnation. If Minifters were guilty of
Each mitcondua, as to deferve the cenfure of the
Houle; it would then become the dut' of the
Houfe to vote' an Addrefs to his Majefty to have
I•thenv removed from office—kr if their fyftem
ilsould be difapproved, it would be abfurd to
commit to their management a different fyfterbt to
which it me lit be fairly Prefumed.ebey world be
rather 4011-e
—that would be putting the loarine
of confidence inindisiduals to an extreme indeed.
That meafures might he condemned, though" the
men conneaed Wi.th them Might be approved-in
fome degree, was au intelligible propofition ; but
the converfe of the pro . titian, be colfeffed; be
could not tinderftand. " at he meant to eftablifti
was, that if Minifters were to be tOndemned, with-
out condemning they meafisies, the Gentlemen
thought proper to attack themilboldi adopt
public means to procure their regltivalt Such'
would be the. more confißetir and conflitutional
mode of proceeding. The appliattinn of there
re-
marks was obviolis. 44 Whatever I maTithink,"
added the Noble Lord, $4 of the PretclPUve of the
Crown, however much I may refpealtp- I willai-
Ofays maintain the right of this Honk' to demand
the removal of Wailers ; bqt !Wel& maintain
i that that APllllllTifi di& A .;:t.

Antntot of his Majeey's Minifters we dc.
on cabgandintrigne.—vrould become (111. C•
of perfonal canvali. The controvert of 4784
edling the. appointment of Minifters, may be
• ...morred to ; but it mutt be recolleded, that the
objedions then taken were upon public graisnds ;
whether thefe grounds were tenable or not, is not
now the queftion ; but it is undeniable that they
arofe from public, and not from perfonal sonfider-
ations. I fhould be glad if there obfervations had
come from kme other perfon, but as the topic has
not occurred to other Gentlemen, though fre-
quently obtruded upon the Hoare from a certain
quarter, I thought it right to remark To
As to the application of what I have fold, I beg
leave to flare, and I Meal; with no lea c,,,' • ence
for my Colleagues than I feel for myfelf,* at it
is our desire to be tried by our meafuresTtbatl
they fhould be fully and fairly dircuffed4s,ourrwifh;
and, if they fhould meet the difapprobatiok of
Parliament, and the country, -I can affure -the
' Houfa itis not our difpofition to remain invike.
Upon the fair judgment of our counen we
With to (}and—Ca.cry of bear 1 beard from hfrtrym
..8b
lam, and the optofitson Bench]—to that we appeal.—
if in the opinion of this Houle and the Country,
it &mild appear that we have not juftly eftimated
thcinterefts, or carefully guarded the honour of
tie
Empire, we have no inclination to pufh
rogative againft privilege. If it be the parogative
of the Crown to appoint its Minifters, wefeel that
it is not loft the privilege of Parliament to 'difeufs
and ioutroul their proceedings. My idea it, 111 g, let
not 'the Crown be every thing ; at the Imite.time
let it not be reduced-so nothing. My conception'
of the dety of Minifieri is, that we fhould be ever
vigilant to fupport thcclignity and interefts of the.
Crown—ever anxious to coalult the wifdent, and'
roodrio abide hy the deciiiims of ParliamentA
Sir FRANCIS SURDS TIP laid, that in his opinion
'tbe queftion dour before the Houfe its impor-
=ueftion as ever was offered foi. the confs-
of Parliament, for it was, , the
Haat fhoukhaffee to a larger latatl.
pent than ever had been offered at-any flirtne!pe-
;loci in time of peace, and that on she:Were gene.;
rat ground of the fitnatioCor the 'cOuntry and of
Europe, without at all'fap whit tUt fius*:
don was ? He was defiroltsof delivering his fend;
meats on that quetiocre as well as to aruseadvert
on Tome thin*: which hit&falieh out in the courfe
of the debate telliat had taken place op shis fub-
Jed, -JO** Hon; Gentleman had complained that
the AMIN of tha Wore bad net been duly cow-
plied with, inafrfinch as that there was áoes
galas communication from the throne, Ivhelltop'
the Hpitfe might stet, and be regularly called 6§611`
to stet: .that:bbfervation. appeared to hiM tv.be
founded on found fenfe and good principle, and he
thought it became Minifters, on fuels an-ciecafion
as this, to have laid Tome fuch, or'fome other au-
thentic and regular information before the Houfe,
before-they called upon it to affent so-foch a vote
as this. On the fubjee of the balance of power of
Europe, he laid, he agreed with an Hon. Gentle—
man oppofite to him (Mr. Wilberforce). He'did
.not fay that we thould not have any Continental
conneition,•but that we fhould, as much as .poffi-
' file, abltain' from hecoMing principals in 4clx con-
neaions, for, that led us to be concerm4 in the
quarrels of others, in a manner that was highly
injurious to put interefts; we might. Indeed, fome-
we: add oar weight, but we ought never to es.
haat oar ftrength in the adjuftment of; Conti-
'sent*, difpates. A doatine contrary to this had
been too often followed, and it was a very object
tionablc pradtice, for it gave Minifters an oppor-,
tunity of involving the people of this country in
the attainment of objeas, the intereils of which to
us might be very doubtful, and fometimes might
norextft ; fo that the people did not join in it, and
this a war might be faid, not to be the war of the
people; and this was of itfelf an evil. Many things
had been faid concerning the talents, of a Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pitt), who had not yet at-
tended in the prefent Parliament. Unpleafant as
it was to (peak of the character of any man, yet
the turn which part of the late debates of the
Houle had taken, rendered if neceffary that he
fhould fay a few words upon that fubjedt,: it was
an unpleafant, but it was a public duty, for a
Member of Parliamedt to deliver his opinion on
the character of another, whenever that was made
a fubjed of reference to public affairs. The court.
.try was Rated, by thofe who moft admired the
abilities of that Right Hon. Gentlemanyand who
now called for his return to power, to be in a
Rate of the utmoft danger ; they faid, that the
prefent moment was big with alarm—that the ap-
pearance of things was gloomy beyond former
•exatnple. la all this he agreed with chore Gen-
tlemen ; but he confefted they furprifed him very
much by their expreffion of a defire to fee that
Right Hon. Gentleman in his former fitnation ;
for he bad no difficulty in laying, that it was his
opinion moft of the-difficulty which we now felt
was owing to that perfon. No individual, in his
opinion, had contributed fo much to bring us into
our prefent fitnation as that Right Hon. Gentle-
Man. Bin it teethed that 99 people out of leo
were for the return of that Qentlernan to his for-
Mer•ftation. 'Who thefe 99 were he did not know.
He did notcay that he had any peculiar means of
arriving at the knowleclge o the opinions of the
public, hat from aU the opporthnities he had had,
he was allured that no perfons ever went out of
Ace 'With mote Complete public indignation and
bitred diati the late Adminiffration. With ft.
Med to the *team; more immediately before the
Houfe, which was a queftion on the Rea. 4 gfta-
llohlhatent, it 'was admitted to be great, becanfe
itliinifters laid we had ne choice but that of two
evil that n(the expellee of oyt oymprepaiLation.
an the one hand, and the French power on the
other; • He looked on the propofed force as itery
edit) but that was not what he objeded tB' fo
• much, as that this was only part wf Oh, which -
led to other much` More ohjedionatlellieafaies,l
fuch as barracks, penfions, and fo faith, upoit
which topio he expatiated at eonliderable length,
send conteltded that 444 fyftem orthingt wto
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Reps
Wog an
gin reform
hoeut -Of
trot
pretend to syf what particular thonld be
taken, perhaps he might think thabte
end to the fyftem of fo teary cells, to&
perfuaded the laft Adminiftration
at the tight end, thofe of penfions
=lauded with obferving, that althoughcice. wit
wint
Power with the public indigtra . eloir yet ofthe pre-
fent he would fay in civil language,'
for no
had been stoke he did not think they
dSde
other
fed the—Ka, econg iice. He thought the pP°lrer.
of Frimta..grest lit It‘wat, was likely loon - 'wet:
but dint Was not an espedlation which t°
fall
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calculated upon: he was ready to m
e
etethould be
Cep and vote confidence In Aipiniftrati e dpan.
thefe terms, that they Gould pollen the " LI"
°la
of the publi .o—that they ihould 'v confidence.
grounded expatation of: a reform tPof
allva well.
iec.llobut as that was not the cafe at abut.44
r prefent, he
could pot adint to, the meafure now
Mr.-1. H. BILOWNI Cdhgaited the aPtit.:reifmenci;, c
the Hon., Bart. refpeaingthe late and -prl --
°.
sifters; and' save. it as his.decidod opinion,' Mi.
i the ikfght Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Pitt) Who had
met. wnit filch revere cenfure from him' h
ad beta
the means, bihis great talents an d
wife meal*
of Lfakft both tba Conflitution and the Co uuntry res,
fro In uttif.rulhl tit:l:bill for. hiss the S.l) alter
k '
would ant sow be - in the Chair of that route,
He defended the miens ellabhrhne
fhould have bislupport.; -and he
fezt , and kid it
his conqdence in vOtiogTuch a force, tonntlichsteck:
the hands of dick Mlhifters who had formed
Treaty bfalisiiiii‘nn4. even peace -th 'Tied
the
e country,
,Ifr-xlid-not-vote ' -L-the purpoce of n.
colnprlng Vial, foX'be.WitiTurelt was neither
khaie WI no4,4‘eittitifi," but for ehe pur
• - --
pole d
I mainiaimng -Peace, inikitith it the rectifier and
the honsuirW die.ComOrlr7 • ' ' '
, 1 Sir F. BUILLIaI!Irr tOritAfexplajn.
Ititu.C.A • c
L ItAkiParef' ale fail. with great mine..
tance, to trefp for It-fflOri:motnent. by deli-
vering thorefentinsilits *.1411,, as a Member of
Parliameric, he felt alio duty, to exprefs on the
*prefent Olathe°. • He had paid•the ftriaoll atm-
!don toile:1,110k of the diauffion which had taken
iplactio . this fabler; and upon the fulleft CODviC
tiOn dfr
~.t *Atom 'ant 1 good condudt of his hi a.
a,
,Ealogo:icrs• and the,trtert convidion thalsedZ
0i,ain4,04 lilt night, was seceffary to the mak.
Peace, witionak honour, and ;iatignal
ifkirritehe ita_ve:thaz vote his molt hearty appeck
!bati
~,,
se ale on. Baronet had fpoken of the fam,
'Ast lie had witnetted of the pnblic's,opinion
`of the condufft of his Majelles prefent Minifters.
'141101) Ititd reca famplesof that opinion, as fond
'nnd-futttrie iti!sny winteffedty the Hon. Baronet,
1414 irdwellitlfe famPles, he believed they had the
tweets' canfidence of , the People; and the heft
Tin ithis..mind, for them to maintain that confi-
dence, was-by- following up the Peace which they
had concluded, as confonant to the willies of the
country. The Hon.- Bartmet had fpoke of the tin.
ufualforce, by this vote confided to Minifters, but
he forgot, at the fame time, to mention the large
'force and extending aggrandizement of France,
which had already abforbed nearly the whole power
of the Continent. But, however neceffary fuch a
force might be at the prefent day, and under the
eziltin.g circumftances of Europe, he hoped the
day was not far remote, when it might be reduced
to the ordinarY PeaCe Eitibliflument without any
curie for public apprenenfion.
r4r.. LAWRENct, in a Ipeech of two hours con.
smuance, condemned the condudt of his Majeity's
Miailiets, upon the fame ground with his friends
who_had before-rpoken in the debate :—namely,
that of coming- billiard to-call upon Parliament
for fo (mutual 4 force for a. peaCe eitablithment,
without ftating any fpecific caufes in the fituation
of the Country: He agreed, however, that the al-
pea of Continental affairs, and the Wenacing
condudl of France, her aggrandizing fpirir, and
flagrant aggieffions upon other nations, were fait-
clout to roufe alarm in this country, her defigns
againft -which were by no means snuivocal ; but
if there was any peculiar circumflance in the re.
cent condudt of France, that taught Minifiers the
neceiAty of fo fuddenly changing their pacific all
pat, and inftead of continuing to difbanct the pub.
lic force, now to call for a renewal of its itrength,
it was their duty to the Houfe to Rate fuch cit.-
cumflance, that Parliament and the Country tboul4
no longer remain dubious of their a4ual lunation;
but be enabled to contemplate the public danger,
and face it with fortitude.' The Hon. Member ad-
verted to a multifarious variety of topics conn•ae4
with the fubjed of peace and war, and condemned
the former a, having been, in his mind, concluded
under circumttances, and upon terms, neither ho•
nourable to the nation, advantageous for its prc-
fperity, nor chara6terittic of that firmnefs and dig-
nity, which became a Bra!) Government. In the
conclufion of this Treaty too, he argued, there had
been the moil dithonourable ckreli6tion of the in-
terells of thofe powers who had been our allies ;--
more efpeciaßy the King of Sardinia and the Prince
of Orange ; the latter of whom, the old and faith-
ful ally of England, and hereditary friend of the
houfe of Brunfwick, who had facrificed everything,
had been deprived of his dominions and his pri-
vate property, and was now abandoned, wit.hout
the indemnity which was laid to have been filial•
lated for him. Minifters, in proleiling the grounds
on which they would maintain peace, talked muds
of national honour, and hoflile aggreflion, on the
paii of France. Was the treatment offered bf
France to the Stadtholder, and tamely fubmitted
to on .the part of this Country, conlittent With
national honour ? Was fo foul a breach of that
part of the Treaty on his behalf, not to be con-
fidered as holt& aggreflion ? If fo, then thole
terms mull have widely changed their meanings.
—What ' was the infulting cOndua offLred 'to.
a 'Britifh Officer at Paris, Captain D'AuverFniet:
Dragged 'rim his bed at the dead hour of aig .
and without any crime alledged againft 110, c.ito
rai
mitted prifot where
to a loathfome dungeon; e
he was five days confined without beinginforr
id of ant 'Charge igainfl him. Upon intL,
ence made an his behalf, by . our Envoy at I',
he was indeed difcharged from prifon, but us
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