Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-14

s.,,a inf. and that IN failure Thereon
4 =. NV wiIlfosss;t all ske half pay That may
!. doe to them.
y The bill pafsd ia the Hocfe OF Com
-, for preventing vexatious arreas, has
s.,n exrended TO this country, on thealo-
.;,o Of Mr.. Fitzgerald, VINO Propoisd a
s , 10 that effect, which was unani'
rouay agreed TO by the Honse.
n an interefing debate in the Houie
.fI.0rds, on the a3d init. il was agreed,
- ,se motion of Lord Pelham, 70 pfeient
1 a. aadfefs thanking bis majeay for the
.omrauoicaiion Of the papers; approving
RE fsish with which The Brisilh govern.
rent bad proceeded IN the fslhllment OF
re condition Of the treaty Of Amiens;
srorobatiug the violation Of that treaty
4 y Ersnce as injurious 10 this country,
5ua;ua, infringing che mot GacFed obliga-
! lions, and hottie 10 The general liberty
oF Easops and concluding with aiiur-
apces 20 his majety Of the mott jealous
fupoort Of the houfe, in fuch naeaiures as
h. fhould ahlak neceGary TO vindicate she
liberties Of bis people and the honor OF
the crown. =
Lord King moved an amendment, to
omit thofe expeditions in the aadrefs which
e warmly imps.ed to France the guilt Of
me iptrstsion Of the treaty and 90 pro-
nile the fipport Of this hoafe to his majsl-.
rvs meafufes, in terms which itiIl mime
late tho propriety Of no, huiting the door
againa fpeedy reconciliasion. The
amendment was loft r4z toto.
A iimilar addrefs was moved by lord
Hawkeibury 10 the houfe Of commons en-
the fame day. The crowd thar attended
may be judged from the following ex-
tfatf.
/" Choaked up 10 the narrow paiages,
many were nearly fufocased or ifiangled.
taofs whoefcaped with the lois of their.
hats, flloes, coats, or any part Of their
dreis, thought shemielves fortunate; Tome
were nearly fqaeezea to death and few
elcaped without injury. The reporters
were wholly excluded, and thus, we tear,
has this great and important debate been
loft for ever to tbe world. That lois is
the more 30 be lamsnted as the preient cir
cumaances ofthe country, as we'll as The
cousie Of the negotiation with France, un-
derwcnt mott ample and satisfactory
dacuilion from Mr.. PITT, IA Speech, which
lated about an hour and an half, and IS
admitted by perfons of all parties, to have
exhibited one Of the grea,at efforts OF the
human mind, ever wilnehsd within the
walls Of the Senate. At thecloie OF bis
ipeecb, the hou[e gave vent to their feel
ings, and loud and repeated ihouss ot.ap
plauic continued fos loms time after he iai
down.
The line Mr.. Pitt took was thar o.
proving, ina variety of infances, that
from the Eg1ing ofthe treaty Of Ameins Is
the prefent time, bottle mind had beer
hewn BY Fsance 10 this eountry--tha tn
government these had manifeited one con
tinued fyGen Of inGdlt towards US, and
The papers preienied 10 parliament fully
quilted the war. He fpoke entirely
upon the poin, of the caufe between The
two countries, car-fully avoiding layine
any thirg as TO the conduit ofhis majefy's
|minifers, which he coefidered as inbject
ofeparate inquiry He faid we ought to
conGder rhe quefion at preient, as not
whether we had grounds TO 60 TO war
iooner, bur whether we had now proper
grounds for fuch mcclure of this. he
thought the, could be no doubt. En- ad
Ssrring to the feveral topics produced il
the iaid papers laid before the houfe, he
aated many facts whichhighly aggravated
the inialts of France TO this country.
He seated that the commercial COM
missioners correspond with their govern
ment in cyphers, and that ON this and other
accounts they were to be considered as
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