Star.
London, England, 1804-03-30 00:00:00

Cent!esti lrito • *Ol4 fP
Noble Lord
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brilliant stobirternents of tbeee Lord at Taft:.

Imr-mciiareireats no' doubt,. as .beilliano as
eadiagration of a ^l:lolustble fleet of (hips could •
der them them but which, if the enquiry for Mar* be'
bad felt it his duty to move on a. font*: -ocaa4o% I
bad been granted, he very feeioudy imagined that
/4oufe, indeed .; of being induced to vote their
thanks to the Noble Lord, which, be had oppofett
or the liberal remuneration propoted this Melt,
would have been induced to pals upon his conthift,
on that occafion, fomehing like the fevered cen-
bars and reprobation. As to the otchievetnent et
Toulon, as it wits called, fo far was it from being
*aft of the Noble Lord, that it appeared to be a
nutter of furprize io him, into which be was led
not without fore reluftahce. The daps taken were
pot the refult of a victory, bat a a furrender. ea-
rthly made and accepted on behalf of LooisiVll.
T.:4W to the Blips burned, lot which the Noble
Lord toob fo much merit On claiming no remnant
amp, &gallant officer of the land forces, no* no.Monts
sad a part of the army, had much more to do in that
alkir than the Noble Lords and at to the station
Ole the eve:salons of the Noble Lord nu that occi-
-50, bi 4 resieddie fate of the French Nary. be beg-
ged to know, bow came it they, that within fiz
imbs afterward,. a fleet of ftzteen fall d tbe line
Ailed Erdal that very adetthl, equipped by the reit
Imes which Lord Hood wither brought ewer, nabs
ought to hare dem. nor delroyed. if he meld Mt
aevit them away If tholes dthe!,remit Na*y
,ifsUltd.by that eveutt now eaMe It that the bietk
of Aboukir w"47o.3to:sr'Years afterwards with a
Emrl4lrcath asedth Noble Lordorbe
y famishing betide the affair at
Toth* weselfary to kat thereto Glebe enemy's ma-
doe 1 Beth (tensed, from the datkeneist of the Hoe.
and Learned Gentleman, that the Nola *as called
eisto at this fam to the Noble Lad. not as a
right. bar that he wosd emulethead w.• it as •
rarer:. Mb pot him in mind of an a
ekisnatie piom where Lord Fripplemohone ml his
Nether fog ate bemired pounds, ONO* km's he
Ikea aro Amami as it right, bat ea imigt as • fa-
poor ;" and his brotbd athettrio 11gOOP* by *-
nun you (coo anzloos to ban dm sootily." (4
hogi.) But for bisowo mime lb_ fee as the eaodoft
of the Noble Lord was tood in diet affairs be
tbmight, Ipfteed of reward, he was entitled to the
fl of for.. inked. of employing the
time be way to poieerm of 'roam to (scare and fiat
homes is he ought to have done. the Ai which had
finitentk.of. and alto the lakes With which tiat ir-
ked to wrath Ithonaded. be neWt:. the grand op-
inntnniay; by width. hi ittight.- Mthod. Ohre daps
i
famething towards effoltodly tine,thi fair of the
Perth .marine I and even who be heed it nesteiGiry
y, quit the place, and bad thinly hooks of that no.
FeEty, be cemented binsfelf with a Walkable& and;
pnoft iatffeetoal attempt to Miley the adsnal in&
thofe toms which it was his &tot to have *Ought
ism% bat dent the whole of rth •ith is well as a,
confiderable nombior of Bl ips and criti.he kik totally;
ininjdnd for the Wont terospoicfs. Oar gallant!
Prpa were ordered: bored the ilVe *beet abs
nice thar 114 &Pim= t auditbsrlopfp ,
nate abasisinis of the piata, *he bad trar-i
rendered thalami and admit ds Laid Hood; welt,
Eruelly abledoeed to ebb fill Of tiktir seined cottf.'
trying's- Thole who attsmptod to stall* o. boiri
our. flaps, were Colenay ponied oa Ilsom, sad week
abandoned to delhwitlea in the Very place which,
Viat•had thrrendered, *like, upon tbe faith of W
-Dridels who left deep to become the ,te-,
Oars. of then ono credurstr- . Sr. Sheriden aen ed.
vetted to the documents laid before the Hoek ilea,
icomeoded, that they were anfitilfedoiT. He Wow,
eluded by 4alitthem that be thaltnot give, his habit'
to the ure.
. The MASTER eif the BOLLS Aid; be theoghtl
that in the prefeat ear the Hods was bound to de
every thing in ilk; way of. botany end liberanif,,
',high it bad dons on fimilai nos. rroli
beginning of Queen Anne's reign. down to the
tem modsmt. so enemy's flips were over ratite'
of the poire(Gon this rontry. without a lieePag
lion to 'inceptors. Ifisord Hood could have 1
propriety. proceeded to lay his cafe before the a t
mt.
of Admiralty, there would haws been no octillion
for the preßnt application to the Howie. bean* a
condemnation would have made there Mfrs his pro
petty. Had it not been for the Noble Lord, and the
force under his aonnhand, there (kips would have,
remained a pan of the enemy's force. By his inter-
ference alone were there thips transferred (co the
Britifb Navy. He had placed bimicif in fuch a
fituation, that he could have made a capture of
them. His Lordthip had ulterior objefts of State
policy to purl**. He eased to get pofiretGoa of
the town of Toulon, and not merely the Skips in the
harbour, but the (kips in the Dock-yards of Toulon.
and alio to endeavour to conciliate the favour of
the people. Under all there circumnaoces his Lord-
(hip thought it prudent to 'basin from inGaing on
an abfolute furrender, and chafe to reit fatisfied
with a qualified furrender of thefe (hips. In a Court
of Prize, he could not have made a claim under fuch
circumilances, where nothing ,Wort of an ahfolute
capture was neeeffary. Thefe (hips have joined his
irlajelly's navy, and been in his fervice for nine
years. During the war. when it was uncertain if,
the Bourbon family would be reflored to their an.
cient Government, it was impoffible for Lord Hood
to make any claim upon certain and dinind grounds,
fuch as thofe on which it at prefent real. In the
negotiations at Lille. it was propoted on the part of
the French, that a reftoration of there Ships Should
be made to them, becatife the furrender was made
for the Crown of France. Since the peace has been
made, the (hips fill remain in our poffellion, and
the B..rurbon family does not now trill to claim
them. Lord Hood was, therefore, now in the
fitnat ion of a captor, and was entitled to claim them.
No other captor food in a different fituation, fur
certainly the prefent queftion is not to be decided
upon a comparative view of particular vitlories.
—A captor who takes a prize without fighting a
battle, is equally entitled to remuneration as if
he had performed the moll glorious atchievements
in obtaining it. This cafe was very different
from the anions at Aboukir and Copenhagen.—
' 'flick viftori:s were very glorious, but they had not
been the means of our acquiring any thing which
dcminlzd pecuniary eompenfation. The difference
btrwr.ca deftroying and capturing was in the pro

&tight 0111‘..t•eilik t sad thcriftite it appeared to
him that the #tie *es iafisitely. &router to favour
W'rLiiid geogeksliblither *Gibs otber.eafee.• Gem.
fleece wash Illgrafid altholheafine fay, .the. alley.
*Orr__
__,___d to lutPlumhe Melees iahvidaids showers
to news thithittoestY:i There was, however. 110 is-
Ranee, from, time the pretties began, of giving
*Amount of prime to the camas.. win's. under
firth pietism, conthenfation was. ever refaced.—
, Tbe irtaltios then was, .when walk) Lord Hood's
Iright have become abfolute, if .he had bronghtibaie
hips away, without any convention es to the [atwi-
tter of them.? •It was fait that. the chi" of the
Bourbon family .may 'drably be revived even in
fitture ages. He would not take spot him to decide
that etwilion, but it was ithfurd to think that- we ought
for ever to fufnend the detifion till the period that
loch a pot bility thould no longer ;Sill. It sash,
be delaying it till all the people employed in this
tranfaSion were, perhaps,. laid in their Surat,
end leaving it to their reprefentatimeo put so than
cJ*ims, in a moll irregular manner, cad at earimai
intervalt of time. There were verities inamiast
fifths to Sit • 'silent, where the bounty of the
Houle had both called forth. In the cafe ok the'.
'ganifon of Gibraltar, if the' captors could lave
Seen anfwehil *being defined to go into i Cotire
.of Law, thdyiwoulti•not have bees recoespenfed by
'Parlianseas It was in Lord Hood'soption to have
laid claim so thefrestptutes, but motives of delicacy
had prevented him.. To refute compeniation for
there (kips would be holding out a bad kilos to other
Officerf his Najaf' Navy, by encouraging them
to . ,
attend lately to that ewe private 'advantage, sad
deer ism Aso agr enemas Sr conventions, whereby
any rid' araeld be inctilii of being deprived doom.
Wendell, yosisdecifsem.ef the Houfe of Commenie
As to the me day informed of all deal
pardesbessit Milne Ilhottlef only diem, that
st had been mom of notoriety for no kis than ten
Ymee, and thiriOnieonfequendy no additional in.
fortieths dim mold be obtained. In hon, his api-
sh, ems, het •aidaingh the Noble Lord's cafe was
not one which mold be determined in a Court of
isisheertilith4=l"•er:kc,A•btxsadcainptiorua, bye to
gr Pr.
Wier= =nett
,Tlth CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Paid, be rote for the parpore of adverting to what had
bee* Paid bysa Hen. Gentlenten•oppofits to him
(Mr. literldersja.-71e6 lhips which afterwards fell
lots the Midi tithe enemy, weie included in the
Prefgaillifalialts Jew:safe they wets 'gladly mus-
sel liVisilith feasses, carried the &kith Bag. and
beg iines•thoployed: by Lotd Hood is the *editor.
theritsiner'of tygy. They had been
=061411:1•1415, harbour
V ofTwoloo by the enemy's
et when. they led the Britilk flag flying.—
progiorod was intended to be voted to Lord
+tooth is trod ter bil theft who had bees concerned
in the elisions .at Tools. He trolled the Hoofs
weld do hint dta erwrit to believe, that no greater
feat had hem demanded, .than the claims steamed
W really sastamited to. He apprehended that his
titajegyks rien•all espresso, was inherent in the
CiOttit; wi Mix tamashotnt counsel. There
wasp defines y this matter through the Hoek,
teen there Weirs &amity of Nimbi". It wat
haft& forward. on TheirfiraLlalt; a thy on which
i stay M full ite *as , nod the pa
_pets have
bees lying of the fable the s yds of February.
It sae maissailias &shiniest:fa sad peace of mind
4,4 thofejliMeelid, that this queflion Ihoeld no
4
be dßiltrili.W.ft was thegOt fit to be decided
. .
BANtittlehossiOt wow be impoifible to
made' as the r &stodge& 60 thips whit
were marked papers,) set Oyu% been out of
r
Tooloa, was itspitope pity fie any bac
thoh. fetes the raga' Isla reaped a pannaawes
hank He withed'to bow frotwithat food it was
"grto sathethie renissenttbeeti . • I
CHCELLOit. of the EXCHEQUER
ftddi. that it would be paid at* of the Nasil Fuad for
the year.
Mr. JOHNSTONE faid, he was eons heed by the
treaty of eight articles whichLonl Hood had entered
into with thy people of Provence, that he had re-
ceived tilde hips in trail only, and therefore the
Noble Lard, as shuts for his Malay, could make
isclaim; Under fads eirentheances he could not
pirfnade.hiniklf that Lord Hood was entitled to the
rem of soo,oooi. of die public money, at a time when
we were engaged in sit eapenfive war, of which we
cannot conceive the termination. All the 25 hips
ought to have ben btougla awn when we were
hued to cede Toulos, as hem as Lord Hood fort-
ies the events which were about to take place. He
theiefore relied his while argument npon this felt,
'hit this was not a capture but a cam, in conk.
quenee of a treaty. •
Mr. ALEXANDER hid, he never heard more
alsfurd arguments tiled, in order to do away the
grateful feelings of the.Honfe.
Mr. BURROUGHS thought there could be no
diftinelion obferved betwixt the vetch captured on
that occation ; and he was furprifed to hear fuch a
difenflion about a matter for which the Houfe had
formerly voted thanks to the Noble Lord in queilion.
Dr. LAURENCE agreed, that the prerogative,
as to captures, remained in the Crown, and that the
prcpufcd hum might even have been granted without
any application to Parliament, hut it was for the
Houfe to decide as to the propriety and juttice of
fuch donations. If, therefore, it was at all intended
to Parliament, it was left for it to determine the
quantum of remuneration to be alio* ed upon that
oceafion.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL raid. it would be
proper to give the full value of all the Ihips men-
tioned as being captured and deftroyed on that occa-
Rem. After ten or eleven years. the claim wat now
hroug:ir forward folely as a quellion referring to the
King's liberality. The Kinq thought that the whole
amount ought to be granted. Such a reenmmenda•
tion from his Majelly would be a fufficient record ut
the rAa. - - - -

The report was then read. and the refolutions
agreed to.

Mr. DENT gove notice that h Ewald, ow Maeda y ferialght,
move for leave to bring in a 140 to monad sod ohne aM Loyalty
Liao Aft kit rondo, eighteen Wiliam by way Cl annWay. He
et die faint to precasted • Potation hoot the Salty Growers, is
the County of Cornwall, prayer( a winks of the Cu, Lain,
which was ordered to Is es the üble.•••Tin Hoak din adperogil
di nudity mat.