Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-02-04

conliy, that the hopes ct a fucceisful in.
.saiion OF England are greatly diminihed,
l'y the late damp thrown upon the build
Ing of gun5oats, and that the expectation
Of reaching Ireland is renewed by the I'M
.coElmoa attention which is beloved up
on the feet. Admiral CornwaII:s now
olockades Bret with hyperion fierce, and
the encmy'S neet cannot venture out i'll
; 1ac- his; but ipecu!ating upon the prof
.S,ect Of his being forced OF By ftrels of
!, weather, circumilance extremely proba-
..b!c, they defer their attempt at invaIion
Aslit thai, opportunity. Supporting, howev-
Ger, our iicet to be blown OF, the danger
Us not 70 great as may be imagined, and
ssthe enemy are expolcd to eminent hazards.
When the Brett feet elcsped. upon the la!f
attempt upon Ireland, weknowth they were
above a. fortnight off the coat, and had
anchored above ieven days in Bantry
Bay, w;,'.out an opportunity OF land
ing their men. he chances which were
then in our favor we may expect now, and
as their efcape wcul! be aimoit in!tantly
known, it may be fairly argued that we
1hould come up to them before delcent
could be made on any part of the Irilh
coa.t for there is this disadvantage at
tending fhips of war laden with trooos,
that they require great time to land them
in common BOATS, and mutt conlult wind
and tides adiaiculty which was meant
ITO be obyiared in the. inva(ion Of gunboats
which might pu(h to land directly, and
dilcharge their cargoes without delay.
.Altogether, nothing can ;be more bar
rem than the in,elligenc. of1he week. The
meeting of Parliament promilel iome var
-iety to the topics Of the day; but as vet,
has produced none. In word the quef-
ton Of invafion is exactly ia the fame
plight in which il was two months ago.
Yeferday, after the King had delivered
his ipeech; the Marquis of Sligo, in the
houie of lords, i'll a very neat lpeech, in
which he enlarged on the fubjeets men
toned in the fpeech, moved an addrefs
in anlwer. The earl OF Limerick, fecond-
ed the motion !. in the courle of his re-
marks he faid, 6 to that part of the fpeech
in which his n,ajety exdrelied determ;-
nation 10 l5are ia COMMON TIE dangers Of bis
people, ihould the enemy elude the vigilance
of his fleets and effect landing iii any
force, he expreGed his frmelt reliance,
that there was no heart 70 cold in the en-
pire that mutt not feel new fenfatons of
fervour in his attachment to his loyercign
from iuch declaration. In fuch an e.
vent his majeay would find himielf fur
rounded by an impenetrable phalanx Of
his faithful people. He would fee them
ruth with inyincible force to cruth the in
.vading depot, iurrounded by bordes of
his fanguinary merccnaries, nained with
the blood and gorgel with the fpoils of
Europe. Such day would terminate
in the defruaicn Of that DEPOT; the tai
iifman ofFrench tyranny would be broken
the hopes Of Europe once more revive,
and thar happy equilibrium Of national
rights be rcforcd, which only could exit
in the jua balance of power between ma
tions." The addrels paled unanimously.
Mr.. Fox, notwithstanding his intention not to
eppoie the adtfeis, alluded to the tilence Of the
fpeech on the s-sdiasion Of Ru5Ta. Mr.. Addington,
pnequivocally declared, that the mediation Of the
Emperor was accepted by the government, but
that all hope OF an'accomodation had vanihed.-
He added, that th. prediction Of the fubjca was
only preeluie! by temporary circumfances.
Antcffc !,