Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-03
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MAY IS.
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SUBSIDY To ItIE QUEEN CT
PORTUGAL.
The Hou{c on the motion Of Lore
4awkelbuyy rclolycd into committee
fupp'y.
His mai=l'y' m.ilage relative to the fao-
tidy being esd,
Lord Hawke5urv roie TO make the no
ton Of which he bad gwen notice On a
.ormeT day, he conii rot expect the una
oimous Concurrence of t..,e touia in thar
notion, vel after he hid made the fhcrI
latement With which he meant 70 preface
t, he hoped that he oppoiition 70 it woa&
he confined to a very few. Whatever
difference there nav BE- IN TIE opinions
which. 6 nsle,nen ente,,aio refasstjng fer
uer hniijies wh!ch have been granted u.
The ouf Of tbs w2r, their policy and
cxpet,e cy, dat which he inceoded nov
nye tor, he hoYed to make it ap, ear,
refs q very different ground from them.
Re die not mean to enter at large into d
difcIapn of the queltion of the general ex-
nedleny Of {uolldies, n7r to take up .he
Tine o TIE houIe in itsting his opinions on
thar lDjeet. Their po.icy matt depend
upon circumstances win oh cannot apply &c
every ;aie, and he believed that there was
o gentleman prepared to contend, either
hat thy are univeIiaiiy wrong, or that
hey ar universally right. 10 thefe, /:
there b; any who til k that they are ami
verfally wrong, he would remark, that the
only war in which this country has beer
q century back, in which 1t
has failed 10 attempting any Brilh Oh
je;t, was aio the only cne IN wh.,h IT had
10 Continental ailies--he referred to the
Am rlcan war. AS to the w.tiom OF
former fubGdies granted during this war,
whatever may have been the reiult, he was
prepared to contend, tha, they originated
IN an enlarged and liberal fyitem OF poll
". He had iaid, however, that the fac
Idly which he was now to move, rets on
,ery i ftrent grounds from them: and he
bought that thote gentlemen who could
lot approve Of tuh!idles granted Tor car
'ying on ofcnhve war, tuch as were rhoie
granted az different times 10 Auitria, thoit
granted to Rutlia and Pru.ti2, might YET
pprove OF granting one 70 power which
las been for more than a Cen my In con-
tant trieniihi p with this country, to an
I'D and !aithIIi ally, Whole territory is
to be over-run by the common
nemy, and who is thus endangered from
he invetera1e { iTit CT eanlty which that
nemy has always manitcited towards this
The only objection which he could con-
GIVE to be made to granting this fubt!dy,
vas, that it may be better, under all cir
:umltances OF the cafe, that that power
hould endeavour 10 procure peace, tho
he terms ihou.d not be 70 favorable either
o iticlt, Or to me irterett OF this country,
IS could be desired, thar to encourage II
~ fubEdy to rna:ntain conteii, the
liue of which mutt BE doubtful, and which
nuit ril. even its exiitence as fate
But when the condnct OF France TO Ma
,les, and other fates which have acceded
10 fuch terms of peace as tae has herieii
dictated, is recollette3, he would ak, it
ONE doubt might not be entertained of
he propriety OF Portugal, by following
ilnilar line of condust with them, expof-
ng herieli to Emilar ufagc' Shouid ii be
thought wife and expedIest for her 10 make
,eace,, the granting her tbs iubhdy is
not intended to bind her TO carry OH the
war. This couatry has generopiiy libe-
rated her from her engagements which
might have operated as ooitacles to her
THIS courte of policy bu, nil
the fuoGdy would enable her to negotiate
q pon more reipettaoIe footing, and tend
70 iecuIe to her better terms. Whether,
war or peace may be :hoaght
her BET policy, fubfdy would be OF ef-
-ential bensf, to her. 1t has been fa,d
thar the iun pro,oled to be. granted,