Star.
London, England, 1803-07-01 00:00:00

ri4x.l.l4lMZivf4itr PRuCANDIftGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30.
Cow re were finally heard relative to the Scotch Appeal. M.Lests
Behune, and others, namely, Melba ADAM Lod GRANT on
pri,ul the Refpondenu. aud Mr A for the Ap-
*ant Missily, ,Afmr which their Lordibips adjourned the far-
eonaderadob of the cafe till to-morrow.
The various Bilts before the Houk were forwarded in their re-
iec7tive Rage,. Some private bufinefa was thcu difpofed of and
c lloufe adjournalvtill to-morrow.

HOUSE. OF COMMONS.
Mr. TiItINLY took the oaths and Lit feat for the Borou:11 of
authveeric.
The Report of the Committee on t►e Report of tae Highland
survey was brought up. The Reba,lotion for granting ao,ocoL for
rtomoting an IMand Navigation from the Eaftem to the Weilern
w.a read and agreed to.
Thetercoteh Militia Fatnilies was read a third time, and
paffed.
The Eaft India Doc► Bill was ordered to be re-committed to-
morrow.
The Report on the Bill for the Improvement of the Port of Lon-
eon, was taken into further confide:ratio*, and the Rrf.lutions
agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on.hlonday.
Mr. Rose moved for leave to bring law sin to enablt Benefit'
Societies enrolled under the 3311 of the King. to cornet and amend
certain errors in the Rules of the Paid Societies. Granted.
He alb pave notice, that he thould to-morrow move that the
Overfeen of the different Paribas of the City and Liberties of Welt-
mintier. Mould lay before the Houle an account of the numb., of
Poor relieved in their refpeclise Parilbea, and of the money iffutd
for that purpefe during the lift year.
The Irtfh Militia Pay Bill was committed, and the Report or-
dered to Ix received to-morrow.
The Report of the Committee on the lrifh Salpetre Duty Aas
was brought up and agreed to.
The irifh Revenue Regulation Bill was ordered to be committed
on Monday.
Mr. CURRY PRO notice. that he would to-morrow move for
leave to bring in a Bill for the further regulation of the Diltillerics
Ireland.
The SrcazTAßv AT WAR moved for leave to bring in a Mil for
tithoridng the bilktu g of Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry. de-.
MI of being trained together; for fubjeaing the Sajeants d
rs of fuch Corps to Military Difeiplinc, and for the further
of Volunteer Corps.—Granted..
AUK Y OF

The Seca sraitr at WAR moved the Order of the
ay, for the third reading of the Engfills Additional
orce Bill, which being read,
Mr. JOHNSTONE role, and Paid that no man was
snore ready than he was to make the greatelt facri aces
or the defenr- of the Country ; but as a confider-
ble variance t'.f opinion had arifen on the fubjea, and
any refpeetable Members had fpoken againft the
mime, he begged to be heard, till he gave his
afons why he differed from them. In his opinion,
o exertions, however great, or facrifices however im-
tent, that wecan potfiblymake,couldin any degree
ad us to a better Peace than that we had already
ade, and have In fpeedily parted with. He would,
e laid, proceed fhortly to confider what were the
intentionsof Minifiers in making Peace,and whatmuft
have been their objeas in entering into the war. The
lagguage of Minifters had been, that the independence
of the Dutch, and the rights of the Swifs, had been
the grand incentives, and that we are at war, becaufe
we cannot be at peace. He denied this to be the
fain; and in order to fupport his argument, he began
by adverting to the proceedings of Minifters on the
report of Colonel Sebaftiani, and their declaration on
the 9th of April, that Malta mull be retained. The
ground of war, at Rated by Minifters, wai, that the
enemy would not/iften to any other alternative, than
Malta or War. He denied the truth of this. The
Government of France, he laid, had declared its
treadinefs to accede to ,any thing which thould put
Malta into any other hands than thole of England.
On the 9th of May they offered to give it to Ruflla,
Auftria, or Pruffia; and Lord Whitworth wrote word
that they would give Malta to Ruffle. This had been
tefnled, becaufe it was not an equivalent adequate
to his Majefty's pretensions. He would afk Mini-
tiers. if Malta bad been committed fubftantially to
Aida, and we had, in confequence thereof, pro-
cured the French troops to be aaually withdrawn
from Holland. for two or three years, was there not
the greaten poffible chance, that. in the courfe of
that period, the national fpirit of the Dutch might
return, and that they would have deviled the means
to prevent the French troops from entering that coon
try again, and thereby fecure their future indepen-
dence ? He conceived there was no real difference,
whether Malta was in poffeflian of this country, or of
Raffia. The Emperor of Ruffia had (hewn a great
&fire to interfere in the affairs of Italy, by the inte-
reft he hid taken in the fate of the Kings of Sardinia
and Naples; and fuppofing Malta to have been com-
mitted to him, under in full underftanding that he
was bound by every tie of honour which is binding
on the heads of nations, would not that have been a
fufficient guarantee to us? If Ruffla can for a mo-
ment be lufpetted of playing falfe, then France has
a much caller, and fifer means of annoying us in our
Indian poffetfions,than through the mc hum of Malta ;
. for by the partition of Turkey with. Raffia, France
might have a pofition on the Gulph of Pertia, by
means of which fire would become more formidable
to ui on that account, than by the poffellion of Malta.
He ridiculed the idea of France injuring us ix India,
on account of the expence, as the mull fend all her
means of attack and defence from home ; while we
had an army of soo,ooo men ready on the (pot, well
provided in every refpth, to dctend our poifellions
• and interests there. He anted, what was likely to
refalt from the war? We have teen the courfe France
will purfue s the will endeavour to !hut us out from
- the Continent ; the will occupy Portugal, and draw
up an army on the oppofite !hares, to make us be-
r lieve the will invade us. That Rte will ever do fn in
this country with any effea, he did not believe ; but
we ought ferioufly to look at the lunation of Ireland.
When we confidered that we loft the affettions of
I one part of that country, without having conciliated
the other, we ought to dread the idea of the enemy
making good a landing of any confiderable force
there. He then anted, what were our means of an-
noying France? All Gentlemen, laid he, agree that
a mere defensive war mull be ruinous to this country.
What means we have to annoy France affentively the
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Windham) has not told
I us. But a Noble Lord (Temple) who feemed Rill
more famttsine, pointed out three modes: i ft. A
combination of the Continental Powers; 3d. a dirett
i attack by this country upon France ; and 3411 y, the
Mutt •f a declaration againtl the French Govern-
. sent. He would take the liberty of making a very
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few obfervations upon thefe three hopeful projeas.--
• fis to the aril, the only Powers on tho-Cotitii.cnt by
which a confederacy could be formed. were Auftiia.
bane, and RulLs. With regard to Aunriz, nothing
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