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Or key of trryrt .was7oNa former occalllnnate3 bl•
111,tithold) to be in.t the kty of
Egyrt. :0•• thing elle inportnot tn this countr.
wnrn pl,;t:r. I , and no doubt pally, exclainird,
" it kid nut Malta would yno lay you

could tint tel..; an Abeicrombic and his brave rtm-
',anions in arm, to drive the Fiend] from 1:;,. pt i•'
11c anfs‘cred, with as much inflict and as much
tr.•.:mpii, that tri;doribtedly you could. A Rizlit
Nl.niber Ir. ) who ipoke with inch extiaordi-
/1 try power, of eloquence lair mot, had, tartwith-
handing, made a trifling mittake, which in his blaze
of and of figurative defeription was ov:A-
10.•ked at the time, brit which he ihould bug leave
now to c.urcEl ; that was, defcribing the Chief Con-
ful 17::ince, he had laid that I.e wars like a lea of
liquid Me, whi.:ll detlroyed every thing which was I
tmfortunat: cut,tigh to come in contra with it. In
this it appeared to him that the Right Hon. Gentle-
In.:n had, though pet:raps unintenti,.nally, confound-
ed the Revolutionary with the Confillar Attribute.
There was. a mare important point to which he called
the attention of the Houle, tohrch was, that a French
offivial publication (the Monirenr) had arrived this
morning, containing an offer of the Ruffian Govern-
ment to guarantee the independence of the Wand of
Malta. He had no doubt of the truth of this flate-
ment, and he thought that if it were trite, a copy of
fuck document ought to have been laid upon the
tisle of that Horde. A Right Hon. Gentleman op-
)v rite (Mr.fitt) had laid, that there was no fatasfac-
tt ry information obtained by our Government with
se''Ocel :n the million of Colonel Sebafliani to Egypt:l
Mr. PITT here begged the Hon. Member's pardon j
fur endeavouring to let him right. He was confident '
of the fairnefs of the Hon. Member's intentions when
he quoted any obfervation which fell from any other
Member of that Unsafe, and therefore knew that he j
would pardon this interruption. What he had faid
was, tha- the excrtfe which had been offered might I
be admitted as fair, with refpeCl to the publication
of the pamphlet, brat that it could not Rand in era•
fon as a ground of defence for the minion, as Colonel
Sebaftiani's miflinn had commenced before the pub-
lication of Sir Robert Wilfon's Report.
Mr. WH traa FAD refumed. He thanked the Right
Honourable Member for letting him right, and Aim
ed him and the Houfe that it was far from his inten-
tion to quote the words of any Gentleman incorreei-
ly, or to mifinterpret his meaning, however he might
fail of underflanding with that clearnefs which was
weceffary for repetition. He then read a few words
from the papers prefented by Lord Hawke(hury this
day, fitting that the Chief Conful was willing to ad-
mit that Raja, Außria, and Pruffia, fhould guaran
tee the independence of Malta. This was a circum.
fiance which Ire thought important to the decifion of
the queflion now before the Houk, he had therefore
isad thole few words, that Gentlemen might fee how
far the fubjeei might be Rill open to future diletalion.
According to the Ultimatum -of Minders, Malta
was the 1-ale °Neel of difcuffinn, and upon which they
recalled our Ambaffador, and here was an offer to
kede that point. As to the Cifalpine Republic, which
bad been alla.dged by fome as a matter of aptgran-
clixemert on the part of France, that was formally
and ninly recognized by the Treaty of Amiens, i
with Bonaparte at their head. That could not now
be fairly urged as any objets of contention. He apo.
logized for having lb long taken up the attention nt
the Houle, and concluded with giving his moll cordial
fupport to the !notion of his Right Hon. Friend.
Mr. I).ULAs ("Verve& that the !ITN, et before the
Finnic bad been laid to embrace two diffikt points,
rind an amendment had beets moved, pledging the
Poole to a firm and unanimous fupport of the war,
and at the fame time omitting any fentiment which
Conveyed the idea of approbation refpefiing 'he con-
duet of his Majcftv's Government. In his opinion, if
the condutt of Miniiiers was improper, the war mull
confequently be unjuft, and if (midi, it moil there-
fore he mineccliary. On the fubjeft of the conduaft
of Miniffers, he was willing to come to due with there
Donous,able Gentlemen oppofite (Mr. Grey and Mr.
Whitbread). The papers on the table-gave the moll
indubitable proof of Minifiers having frequently made I
applications to the French Government on different
points, but in vain. It was evident then that Mini.
tiers had tried every thing they had any hopes of
fuccefs in, but without limed's, and that after that
they made their application to that Houfe ; indeed
plain reafon and candour would induce us to believe
that thofe who had fo lately made a peace would en-
deavour to keep it, if poffible, for fome length of
time for their own reputation's fake, if they had no
ideas of patriotifm or philanthropy within their breaft,
and, with the want of which, as Gentlemen, and men
of honour, he could not think of accufing them. It
may be laid that he had evinced a with, or art anxiety,
to find Minifters in the right ; but he willed Gentle
men to be affured, and he wilbed the public at large
throughout the country wherever the matter fhould
be fpoktn of, to be affured, that when any queftion
was at Ate between us and a foreign nation, he felt
he had a with, an anxiety fisperior to all others—he
felt a Rrong &fire to find his country in the right.—
It appeared further that Minißers, in their endeavour
to maintain peace, and to jultify themfelves in the
eyes of she world, had made every ceflion but the lall,
and that La he was glad to find, they had not made.
With reference to the ohjeft of Colonel Seballiani's
m:111.,n, it was evident from all the different circum-
fiances and accounts coileftively, to what his views
were ultimately directed. But the bell account of
all was one from an authority we could not quellion
on fuels a point, and that was the account which was
given by Bonaparte laimfelf, and which gave the moll
corres pi Rare of the features of his mind : he laid,
• ra I will not now take Egypt, I will not meddle with
it now," not becaufe of any idea of honour that he
entertained, for he believed he had none ; not for any
idea if ref,-eet to Tr easy ; not for any idea of that
faith v hick lb sold lubfill between rations ; hut lays
II:, (hewing hi. own piatue molt completely drawn,
hccairfe I think I (hall get more by it another way ;
that is, becattfe I expel the decay of the Ottoman
Empire, probably fome partition of their tea ritory,
peth.y,, or lime (-inure arrang,emeid ctirh the Porte.
all•ratiot to the propofal for rh: exchange of TAy
unitiirn he could only Inprofe th tt idea to
ex rl i . limilar to all at sv!,a.-11 had butt fat
flrotinlv a.'a•fy aslod lay:moth:A- Honourable Gentleman
it: lair rte—a principle ,frviiie, r.l plun.
der, and ~fthoa isht r,!)l,try. If we ucrc once to
thi.dt of `;viol tap Malta. tit 111,111,1 'IV, think of
giving up Egypt, we Ibuuld idfo think of giving up

our poffettons in the `aft Tidies, and with thofe Ire
thould think of givirg, up the means of peace and
freedom throughout the world !
General MA IT tits o begged the indidgence of the
Houle for a few iniunte,, while he endeavcsured to
ft.tllow the Hon. Gentleman who (poke lad, and to
oppufe the narrow ground, of policy which diet:teed
any opposition to the unanimity of the Houfe, in fup•
porting with its every nerve the defires of our molt
gracious Sovereign, and relenting the infults which
had in revitedly been offered to him and to our
country. The documents upon their table appeared
to him tocontain futficient,indeed, moll ample grounds
for war; and, lie thould be inclined to think that his
Majelty's Minillers were highly culpable if they had
not brought down fuch Melfage tram his Majesty
as they mid brought. The infult which they had
publifhed againit our Commander in Chief in Egypt
was, through him, an iniult on his Majesty, whom he
reprefented, and, through his Majelty, an intuit on
the people of England, of whom he is the parent and
the head. The reparation, he thought, was worfe
than the injury, as he &fired us to curtail what is the
boaft of Englilhmen, and the bulwark of the fubjefts'
rights—the Liberty of the Preis. When he found
Malta was in the Ultimatum of Miniders, he would
not confider for a moment, whether it was a barren
rock or one of the richelt commercial countries ; it
was fufficient for him that he found it in the Ultima-
tum, and from that, neither menaces nor appre-
beau-to of any probable danger thould force him to
secede. He was determined rather to make any fa•
crifice which his country would call upon him to
make, than give up one iota of what that Ultimatum
contained.
Mr. ELLIOTT fupported the Addrefs,and dwelt with
particular energy on the ambition of the Firlt Conful,
which, he ohferved, had proceeded with accumulated
velocity from the figping of the treaty of Amiens to
the prefent moment. The principal point appeared
to him to be Malta, although there were a variety of
other acts of aggreffion on the part of France. There
mig''t be fome al,draa its the way of appointing a
Maltefe superior, but there could be no obltacle to the
leaving the Ifland independent of French authority;
and any with ctprelfed to that effect he confideted
ought, at all events, to be remonllrated against in
the fit inflame ; and, if it were Willed on, thould
be *elided with all the ftrength, with all the courage.
and refources of Engliihmen. The integrity If the
Torkifft Empire the Prints Conful had guaranteed,
and yet that fame Prime Conful had not only been le
r. try within his mind, but openly and avowedly me
diming the deltrudion and partition of that Empire
which he has to guaranteed ta preferve or to refpeet.
After feveral other obfervations on the conduet of
Bonaparte fence the time of figning the Treaty ef
Amiens, particularly his military commercial agents,'
the Hon. Member concluded with exprelling not on
ly his defire, but his firm belief that linglithmen
would unite with manly and becoming fpiri., to op-
pofe the encroachments and the iodides of filch tower-
ing ambition.
Serjeant BEST vindicated the condo& of Minillers
from the conclufion of the Treaty of Peace down to
the period when the accumulated infults of die
French Government towards this country compelled',
them to withdraw our Ambaffador from Paris.
' Mr. CANNING was adonithed that any d albs could
remain in the mind of any mail as to the jullice of
' our quarrel, after perofing the mafs of evidence con-
tained in the papers on the table. He then touched
isponthe molt prominent points ofthecorrelpondence,
to prove that the aggreflion was clearly on the fide of
France. He made the fame referve of opinion as
to the conduCt of Muniltry, as had been made by Mr.
Elliott.
Lord Havelessuey offered a few obfervations by
way of explanation of a laut. With refpeet to the
guarantee of Ruffia for Malta, it was the opinion of
his Majelty's Government, that even if that Power
had accepted the offer to garrifon the island, no &Oi-
ta/lion could be derived from it.
Mr. Fox (poke to the following pnrpott :—After
the very long difcoffion which this fobjea has under
gone—after the very able manner in which it has
been treated by Gentlemen on both fides—after the
very full and comprehenfive way in which my Ho.
nourable Friend, by whom the Amendment was pro-
poled,invelligated all its details, I thould be unwilling
to trefpafs on the attention of the Houfe if I did not
feel it my abfolute duty to the People of England to
make even this attempt, whatever fuccefs I may be
likely to have, to urge the Houfe to interpofe its
counfels and influence to preferve the country from
that calamity which, if it can be avoided, it isin the
highett degree deferable, with a view to efcape the
certain and admit mifery which mutt refult from it.
In the firft inflance 1 mutt obferve upon the opinion
advanced by an Honourable Friend of mine (Mr. T.
Grenville), whom, whatever may be the difference
of our fentiments upon political topics, I hope I may
Rill call my friend ; and among thofe differences I
am to clefs that to which I am about to refer, even
though it happens to be thpported by the Right Hon.
Gentleman who Las fpoken left. The lentiment I
mean is thie, that the propriety of acceding to the
motion for the Addrefs in anfwer to his Majeßy's
Meiage, is quite a diftiat qusfti in from the confe-
deration of the coracle& of his !staidly's Miniflers,
and that the two queftions ought to be feparately in-
veßigated ; but 1 contend that they are in their na.
tore mfeparable; that the dittinetion which my Hon.
Friend would require is utterly impracticable, that
they arc jointly implicated ; for it appears to me
impoifible to enter into the examination of the policy
of the war without alto taking into view the proceed.
ings of the Adminiftration which produced it.—
Againft this as a general principle I mutt enter my
protaft, hut the application of it in this inßance is
particularly inadmidible, bccaufe, upon the doctrines
laid down by the advocates of the addrcfs themfelves,
the necellity of the war mutt depend upon its *plaice,
and that jußice cannot Curdy be determined but by
a reference to the conduct of thole who were con-
cerned in the neguclation which has terminated in
war. The degree of infult or injury alledged to have
been offered to this country by the French Govern-
ment can only be decided by a confideration of all
the attendant cireumitances, whether any applica-
tion for redrefs had been made, the time and manner
of making it, and whether proper redtels has been
refilled In looking at thofe points, which arc necef-
farily conneeted with the difcnflion of an Addrefs
which goes to pl-sdye the Country to war, I would
ail. of Gattlemeet, how they cot o contrive to overlook

the condo& of Milliners, or to 'keep it out of this
night's debate ? If they, will take the trouble of look-
ing a little at the Addrefs, it mull be obvious, I
think, that they cannot, continently, perfitt in this
opinion ; for the Addrefs, in explicit terms, allures
his Majetly, that the Houfe is fully convinced of his
tincere and uniform efforts to preferve the Peace.—
Boit taking the Metrage as the words of Minifters, I
would :A my Honourable Friend and the Right
Honourable Gentleman under the gallery, are they
really difpnfed to thank Minifters for their efforts to
preferve peace—they who have generally condemned
thole efforts ? and on the other hand. are they ready
to declare, that the efforts of Milliners to preferve
peace have really been uniform ? If they do not think
fo, they cannot in conftttency vote for the Addrefs.
If they do, I am not inclined to go along with them.
The Amendment comes more immediately within
what I take to be the right conception of the fubjeft.
To that Amendment, indeed, my Honourable Friend
(Yates no objeai'n. With not one word of it, he
fays, would he difagree, but that he willies for unani-
mity, and therefore would not oppofe the original
Addrefs. Now, if that original addrefs contains nate-
monis diredtly adverfe to the many Gentlemen with
whom I have the honour to aft, if not one fentiment
in the amendment would be difagrecable to my Hon.
Friend, or thole conneeted with him ; and if, as the
noble Lord who propofed the addrefs laid, Minifters
do not with to obtain any declaration of approval
from the Houfe upon their conduit, it (hikes me very
clearly that the molt effeEtual way of fecuring una-
nimity would be to vote for the amendment. The
Right Hon. Gentleman under the gallery is defirous
to avoid any allufions to Minifters upon this day.—
This is rather a fingular decition ; btu no doubt he
don't mean long to perfift in this kind of abflinence,
probably not longer than till to-morrow, when, as a
motion for papers is to be brought forward, the
Right Hon. Gentleman will, in all likelihood, reform
his operations againft Minifters, and to be lure he will
have his ufual affittants. The Milliners will not, I
fancy, enjoy a very long refpite ; but I am really
iiirprifed at the indulgence they have experienced in
the courfe of this debate. I have been fo much out
of political life that I am not very competent to judge
of the private intrigues which may now prevail ; but
it feems to me very odd that Gentlemen fhould have
taken this fudden refolutiott ; fo perhaps it may be in
refiteet to the pretence of an able and Olive Member
who has been fo long unable t attend this Honfe
(Mr. Pitt), and who is now in his place ; perhaps it
proceeds ft om the profound deference they entertain
for this dittingoithedorator; perhaps theyhaveagreed
awning tliemfelvcs in tilde terms, " we (hall let Mi-
niners Mime to-day ; we (hall abftain from their dif-
putes, as he is here, but he will be away to-morrow,
and we than have at them." (a loud laugh.) But whe-
tiltt this he the underltanding of thole Gentlemen,
and whether it be really the refult of the concert and
the motives I have defcribed, I hope the Houfe will
fa n have the means of judging by really hearing the
opinions ot the Right Hon. Gentleman I have alluded
to as to the fyllean which Milliners have purfued.—
I troll that fome opportunity will offer of knowing
:he real tentiments of that Right Hon. Gentleman
upon this fubjett, that they will he declared openly
and fully ; but whatever that Right +lon. Gentle•
man's opinion may be, I regret that the fufpenfe
which teems to prevail refpeaing it Ihould have pro-
duced inch ltrange effeas here to-day. I profcfs my-
fell a warm friend to the freedom of detrate ; and
though I feel as much pleafure in hearing the Right
Hon. Gentleman as any man in this Houle, becaufe
I really admire his eloquence, yet I am not fo fond
of it to with him often here, if his pretence is fo much
to interfei c with the freedom ordifeunion ; for I thould
be lorry to wiutefs fuch filence on the part of Come
of the ableft men in this Houle, who have not in the
courfe of this debate made one remark on the admi-
ni Illation of public affairs; though upon almoft every
difcuflion heretofore, whether of a motion for papers,
or a thort adjournment, or any other quellion, they
never fuffered thole who had the management of thee
affairs to efcape without Rime animadverfion. But to
return to the confideration of the jtiftice of the war, I
fay again, that on the queftion as to juftice, it is ma-
terial to examine all the alleged circumftances of pro-
vocation ; the time and manner in which reparation
was alked for itifult, and fatisfaaion for injury ; and
the confequences of filch applications. If this be ad-
mitted as neceffary, and I think it cannot be denied
that a review of the conduft of Knitters is inevi-
table in the courfe of fuch an examination ; and the
neceflity of the examination is obvious, before the
Houfe can come to a decifion upon the queftion now
before us. Many general principles have been hated
in the courfe of this debate, as to the proper grounds
of war, from the greaten number of which I differ;
and many general principles upon this fubjeft have
been attributed to me, than which nothing can be
farther from my mind ; but I have no hefitation in
laying down a pofition which is fanairmed by all the
reading I have had upon the fubjeet, that infults,
diftinguithed from :Aetnal injuries, could not form the
grounds of war ; it is the refufal to grant a proper
reparation for infult that conftitutes the injury.—
When filch reparation is refilled, there can he no
doubt of the julliee of feeking for it by force ; but in
judging of the policy of reforting to loch force, the
mode of remonftrance and the reply mull be taken
into account. Applying this principle to the cafe
before the Houfe, how can a difeullion of the con-
duet of Mininers be avoided ? but in reference to
the &eneral principle, the difference bstween infults
and injuries offered to States, is this, that in the one
cafe the demand of reparation fhould be uniformly
made, and in the other, in every instance except
where the delay of alking redrefs might deprive a
Power of redrelfing Well. With refpea to the con-
duift of France referred to in his Majesty's Declara-
tion, I contend that every ad of Frame relpeding
other countries fence the Treaty of Amiens cannot he
fairly adduced, with regard to this country, as a jun
ground of war. I do not mean to lay that we would
not be juftified in refining any fpiiit of aggrandif--
ment which threatened to endanger the security of
other (Wes; the laws of nations and felt defence
would call for loch refinance, and the dignity and
confeqnence of this country would warrant an inter.
ference in favour of any nate which might be oppreff-
ed by an ambitious neighbour. Indeed, the juice and
interells of the country mould urge us to give our
proteaion to the fmaller powers ; hut the attempt at
interference or proteetion &mild be regulated by the
profpc6t of iamb we fhould cot commit ourtelves

incathionfly, for we might thus degrade ourfelves and
injure the party we meant to ferve. This obfervation
is particularly applicable in conlidering the conduct
of Miniilers with refpea to France, and the conduct
of France with refpea to Come f the powers on

the Continent. And I think it necefrAry here to re-

mark, in reply to the Noble Lord who opened this
debate laft night, that any a& of aggreflion by
France, againit any continental power, neceffarily
implied malevolence towards this country. This is
a doEtrine which never was Willed on before refpecl-
ing the conduct of any European power—it was not
hinted at when the partition of Poland took place; it
was not then raid that any of the partitioning powers
were hoffile to Great Britain, though their proceed-
ings tended materially to alter the Rate of the Con-
tinent, and though the a6l itfelf was fo flagrantly un-
jut& as fully to warrant the interference of England.
could file interfere with effeet. Had France and

England then joined their power and influence to pre-
vent that iniquitous partition, no man could condemn
that proceeding, or fay it was not good ground of
war. They could very well have Paid to the powers of
Ruffia, Auflria, and Prullia,"yon are going to com.
mit an aft of grofs injußice which will endanger the
fair balance of power in Europe, and ellablillt a very
dangerous precedent ;" but England and France dill
not interpofe on that occafion, not merely becatafe it
would not have been juftiSable, but becaufe it would
not have been expedient. Similarconfiderationslhoulil
now have weight 'with this country. It is abliwel to
(late it as a general proprifitice, that we Stead regard
the infringements of France upon neighbouring
powers in the light in which tome Gentlemen have
looked at them. If you do, France, in reply to you,
may very well refer you to the cireuxedtanoe I have
alluded to refpetting Poland. However Goulette*
may agree as to the condo& of France'fince the treaty
of Amiens, I maintain that, upon the principles
which induced us to agree to that treaty, we may
Rill continue to fupport it. We did not approve of
that treaty, becaufe the (*titration of the Continent
was fatisfaaory, not from any reliance epos the
)uftice, and Rill lefs upon the moderation of she
'French Government ; but that under all the ch.
cumftances it was clefirable, though it gave to she
country but an imperfe& fecurity, which is as much
as in the prelent condition of man in fociety, amid
the relative Rate of nations, can be rationally looked
for. It would be abfurd and causing:at to cal.
culate upon more. If all nations were to be.aypoe-
henfive unlefs they Were perfealy items (allow net
to be met with) • if they were to feel almeefetees
in danger, unlefs ;bey enjoyed WAWA& thaarityt
and were to go to war en &arch of it—Woa of
the intervals of peace which occurred, the lad eau=
tury would have pretested one continued fame if
war. I maintain that the affertion is quitellpsait
terous,that by the principle of the Treaty of
we relinquiflied the right ofinterfering in the affairs
of the Continent, whether for Holland, Switzerland.
Turkey, Naples, or any other country, or that it by
any means precluded us from allies spots thatfylleas
which becomes a great noise, so Mai she work awl
to fuccour the ditlreffed wherever ore could; but I

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trul that our means of affißance wRI always be con-
ii,lered in the Slit julienne. Among the JJlealged
aggredions of France Come (bets has been laid epos
the condtua ptwfued with refpe& to the iadensaities
in Germany ; but I fee nothing in skit point whirls
(hould excite indignation. after the principle Of the
indemnities was once eflabliched, and whew the man-
ner in which that principle has been always saga
upon is taken into confideration. The principle of
' compenfation was fettled at the Treaty of Luneville
by two perfons, neither of whom would grant any
compenfation from its own territory. and therefor*
they determined. according to former prailices. to
have rccourfe to the German States. Confiderable

delay took place in the execution of this arrangementa
and, in order to put an end to litigation, France and
Ruffia combined their influence. But it is complain.
ed that Auttria was a lofer by this arranges ent,sal
was it not to be expelled; that, defeated as the was
in the laft war, the muff. according to the common
courfe of events, be a loin. ? If, however. there was
any thing culpable in the conclufion of the indemni-
ties, Ruffia participated in the blame fully as snub
as France, and yet no complaint was made d that
Power ; if it was evaded from motives of policy.
the fame policy Lhould diffuade Gentlemen from
condemning an a& of the French Government,
which was guaranteed by the Government. An-
other point to which Gentlemen have allude&
is, the alledged annexation of Piedmont to Imam
but this is quite a groundlefs charge. for the fa& in,
that Piedmont formed a province of Prance before
the conclofion of the Treaty of Amiens; the only
difference 6nce is this, that that diftria. from being
called the a7th Military Divillon. is now termed the
Department of the Po--mere change of words.
Whether Piedmont ought to belong to France is a
queftion into which I theft not now enter; bet cer-
tainly it is not at all warrantable is the advocates off
the Addrefs to refer to a State exiling previous to
the peace. The charge again& the French Gown.
merit, with refped to Switzerland. is one in ash Ida I
readily concur; that is a very culpable Baines, bat
by no means a good ground of war. The Fres&
1 were no doubt bound by a Coleman treaty, and by the
principles of juftice. to withdraw their troops from
Ithat country, and to refped its independence; hat.
during their dominion in their country, they had
conftruded a milt:rabic Government, not lefs revolt-.
ing to the habits, than odious to the feeliagkof the
people ; and the moment the French troopi*ae re-
moved, the people in an infurredion founded cm der
faire R, moil j ii ft, and honourable grounds. overturned
this unpopular fy Item. Then the French Government
thought proper to interfere, and bad es the Govern-
m‘it which the people had overthrown cantata,
w ..s, the manner of that interference was ibl woe*.
I'he termination, however. has been the tailgates's
of A I) nem of Government more congenial with dot
popular Intiments, andsontaining in it those evident
Iym ritnm s of freedom, for it appeared that the repk
have eledcd to ch.: higheft offices fame of dare porn
of s who WePe molt active in refifting the original inter-
ference of l ranee, and in procuring the futsverfsonoftbe
Government which the French had firll appointed.--
But howe4er violent or unjuft the interference in the
i affairs of Switzerland may be regarded. will any man
I ffi ea
'Ay that it was An aggreon on Great Britain or.
dozs any man ferioutly think that the Firer Conful. It
Ifending his troops into that country, meant to impreft
Europe with nett idea of bit arerface to Lositad—or