The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-11
IlrPERr4L PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 81.
Defence OF THE NATION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 81.
Defence OF THE NATION.
MIR. Pitt deferred till Tuefday, lis motion on
the defence of the nation.
Mr.. Carr rofe to af5 the Right Hon. Gen.
tlemaH (tbe chancellor CT the Exchcquer> whe-
ther, as his prornfed rnosiou respecting the de-
fence of the country was deferred till TuefdGY,
upon which day an order food for COMMITTEES
to confidor ftveral Petitions relative TO the Iriih
Linen trade, il was the Right Hon. Gentleusn's
intention that his motion ihould precede that
order This queftion he was induced to put,
from confederation of the folicitude eatertain-
ed upon the linen bufinsfs by va:t end refpec-
table number of perfons in that country TO
which he belonged, and hecaut., if the Right
Hon. Gentleman meant to fJibr1it his motion, If
NUT, from is hyperion importance, claim The
prscedency, and The confederation OF the in=a
Queiticn mutt neceGarily be poltponed.-Being
on his legs, the Hon. Member iaid he could rot
refrain from obferving upon the conduG Of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, with Teipect to his 70
ioug proiniied plan of proviiion for the national
defence-a plan which above month fince the
Right Hon. Gentleman himfelf told the HauE.
that not one moment fhoUid De loi in bringing
it forward, and yet it feemed that it was fill un-
prepared, nor was the Il .u1e 2iiurGd that II
would De ready even by Tueiday.
The late administration, which he reioico,, /.
the recollection ofhaving Imported, were of;en
charged with tardinefS and heG ator, and par.
ticularly by that Right Hon. Gentleman, who
in this infance was guilty of the fault which .e
bad imputed to his ecefors-dclay, indeci-,'
iion, want of energy ard promptitude, appear
cd upon this occaion to be peculiarly applica-
bic to himfelf Thofe remarks he coud not for
bear TO make but his object in riiing was to
obtain an anfwer 10 the quefion he had menti-
oned in the outfet.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer felt that it
would not be confident with the Order of the
Roufe to enter at preient into the anmadverfi-
ons upon his conduit, which the Hon. Gentle
man had coupled with his queRion. Indeed he
doubted that he lhoud not apologize to TIE
aon. Gentleman for even anfwering his own
qnefton, rs that did not az al fsem to be bis OBJ
jeGt for riing. With regard 60 that uueiion,
however, he Ihould Gay, that il was his anxious
and earnct win TO bring forward the fubiett to
which it referred, rs foon as Poiijbie. II there
fOrethe Committee mentioned by the Hon. Cen
tcman, which food for Tuefday, was one up-
on which diverhty Of opinion exifed, ard
debate was likely 70 arife, he fhould certainly
feel it his duty to pTopoie the pohponenent Of
the Order TO another day.
The other Orders were difpofed OF, and Inc
Hou!e adjourned till to-monow,
Evfra9 ofa 1riUatc letter. from Parii.
&C DO not imagine that the Addreiles Of the
Protects express the opinions ofthe apartments
and ofthe people, more than the addrones of
the Generals the fentimen,s of the Officers 6,
of the folders concerning the hereditary .:af2e--
rial Dignity in the Bonaparte family. No, The
former as the latter, have either been ex.ortsd
or brought from individuals, whof1 ambition or
cupidity will write any thing, or fubfcribe any
thing; and who have formerly addrehcd Ro-
befpierre as they now do BoHap2re and as
they will do hereafter Louis XVIII. a,old he
be refCred to power. The MATS ofthe French
Nation is tired Of the War, and di!l:ufed ,Yith
the Revolution /; but, At the fane time, as total
~ Indifferent about Bonapsrte, as about NO.
reau, or any other great nea who have fgnrsd
in the evoludor.--Thoueh they want fpirit or
patfiotifn TO alert their rights, and 10 puoliili
their opinions, they have ferfe enough 10 fer
Information srCugh 10 Judge, and exoerience g
hough to kDo~, that the return Of order and Of
tranquility depends entirely upon the return of
the Bouibons and that neither Scnatu5 Cor
flltss, DEGREES of the Tribuuates, or commands
ed Addrefes, can eniure the rank of Buuaparies
any longer than during NapOieGn's life and
that thOie very periOnsi who have now been the
FRI TO proclaim the Hereditary Sovereignty in
his family, will then come forward as the hrf
preteuders to his dignity, to the excluG1n Of Tia
relatives, perlons foreigners ~ France, ard who
have performed nothing TO be tolerated, ard iei1
| 10 be elevated for.
8" Here exits 4 flttion which Eorapate c7lj1
! hc faction Of Generals, of which hidItaa and
Macdonald ere regarded as chiefs, hut 90 which
neither Eourc3n, 81. Cyr, Rerfhier, nos even
Murat age frauFcrs. The latter, though rc'at-
! d to tie Bouapsrtcs, detras, rs cordially, -.
! ieph, .ucicn, and Louis Donapar;r, a. Mafena
| himieif; but policy c1ufcs hin to teep upca
good terms with Napoleon, who, in his tura
frrc his. -yffttout confidence and p.,.f,ioy. by.
rom recelity only, cot knowing really 20 whom
oths rWerie TO ;ru6 the important place Of Co
;yerIlDT II Paris. This fatton OF Generals is &c