The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-03

.yElsfif naala he applied With fnc; Aridsets as
to preclude any exchange FOR a'teaionahe COM
penlaton. His Lordthip then touched upon
the obligations of this ceuntrv to fnh the f,ipu-
atoms entered into with ovr Continental Allies :;
and inferred thar we were bound not to make
peace without the content of the Emperor OF
Ru6ia for If the Cor,inent was TO be faved,
II was By connecting the intereGs Of this coun-
try with thofe of that empire. But heGdes
Rufa, G.. .. had other allies. For Sweden and
Potugai we rad nothing 10 ak but the fate OF
actual pcifeiiion but The King of Naples and
Elecor Of Hanover tad much to expect from
our interference. With reipe6 TO the former,
his Lo-dship was of opinion that we ought to
make very great facri6ces TO eficG. the recovery
OF his pohetiions for it was evident that no
thing we had to offer could be a fufficient in
ducemeut to France TO abandon her ao smii,on
of Napies.-The queftion reipeang Sicily was,
however, very different, and our hononr was
pledged 10 tecure that illind, though France
might make tuVh compenfttions to the King or
Naples as might he equivalent TO the turiender
of Sicily. Adverting TO the territory of oar
ally the Elector of Hanover On which light hi,
M jehy is conFdsred) he observed that 1t was
made A confederation, that that country lhould
be reitorej, without az compensation being
made to France, ard no heii.aton was ihown
by the enemy to this !eUand. The queG,on
reipeft'ng that Electorate had, therefore, no.
thing 10 do with the rup;u:e Of the ~ Gocia,ion
The Object of Fl - t uniformly fceuned 20 he.
10 iepjrate us from our allies; tut 6ndiug Us
IN that refpett nhrxib's, the French Govern
nlent fucceeded III indu -iHg the Hufiian On ,rs
d'Affaires to hsn frpsrate treaiY, Win, treaty
they conhdered COAL % great victory. aud
thus afforded clear proof of the Importance
of our policy. As foon as the French Nero
c'ators fuipeGted that this treaty would no, BE
ratified, they told our Mnifer that they conf
dered Q. d. entitled 10 better terms than before
but fill IT was propofed that this country fh0u "a
give up Sicily, and all tine conditions OF, red
were preciiely III oppofitun 30 what Rufia in
hted On. The terms prop"ie ~ France, left
US poiicTion OF Malta, India, and the Cane.
or none of which France could ever hope TO de-
Prive us, and of Tobago, which was not worth
| mentioning, and for this we were called upon
! to reitort every other conquef we had made.
from the enemy and his allies TO cede Sicily.
and confirm the French in the polieiiian of Dai
| malta thereby leaving Aultra to be overawsd
| by France. He concluded with obfervire tina,
| 1t was evident the negotiation was ar an end
the moment the French Emperor left P,rie
and that even if peace has been made, the Ger
| man confederation would endanger its ext
tence; for that monnrous affociation contained
~ tieir the germs OF perpetual war. After the
efforts we had made to reitore peace the coun
try and Europe had right 20 fome declaration
on The part Of that Houfe refpetting the neeo-
| Cation. He would propofe it in the form of
an Addrefs to his Maielty.-His Iordfhip then
read the Addrefs which was in the uCuaI ffvle
on fuch occailons--" Thanking his Maiefy for
MS communication, acknowledging that he had
uied every effort to obtain peace confident with
| the honour OF the country and fidelity to his
allies, and that the disappointment of his ex.
pectdlions was foley To be attributed TO the ~.
| traVapJnf DF I he
Lord Hawkeibury exprened his perfect con.
ourTence With Miniiters in all theft points which
had cauied the rupture Of the negotiation but
! he was driiatjsfied with the ambiguity which
perv9ded the documents that ambiguity was.
that his Majeity's Declaration Rat d the . ifis of
me treaty to be the ufi psTdeti5, whereas no
thing of thekind appears throughout the pa
Pers. He made ieveral obferva,ions TO thew
that this ought to be the BATS of all treaties q,
peace but that every thing on the alhi. p ,.,,t
ought 10 be committed TO paper. Het ben took
a view o{ the relative fituaton of the two conn
tries At the peace of 1901 and at prcient and
| ihewed that our commerce could receive little
| injury from the meaiurcs Of the enemy. He
gave fatement of the exports and import of
this country IN the year 1898 and that OF sos,
by which itatement II appeared that the latter
| year conhderabIy exceeded the year 1898, in
| the increate of our commercial advqntages
His Lordihip faid, that he was perfectly f1tis-
fed that MnIfters had acted rightly in breaking
of the negotiation rather than give up Sicily,
and in not dvulging what they would have
thought a reafonable exchange or equivalent for
Naples. He was fure the people of this cnun-
try would now chserfully contribute to the com
mon caufe, and would place confidence in the
Government, in proportion to the confidence
they receive from them.
Lord SIdmouth went at fome length into an
examination OF the papers to thew that there
was no caufe ofcomplast aganf MinRers, and
exPrelitd his perfect reliance on the fupport of
the nation Lord Grofvenor followed to the
fame efect, and gave Minifters credit for the
bef intentions-Lord Eldon faid, he ONLY re-
GREETED that the negotiation had been 70 long
Procratiinated ; though he thought our Nego-
ciators were juffied by the great refponhbility
which attached to them-After 4 reply from
Lord Grenville, the Addreis was carried mem.
dis.
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