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ATHENS, CEoaaia : pmiLiansD by ALEXANDER M'DGNNSJJL
BRITISH HOUSE OF COM
MONS.
Tucf’iy, December s, i!u.
ADDRESS.
O ‘. *ht queftion of the bringing
up of (he re- pert of the Addrtfi.
Mr. Chssvey ©bjcdfced to it, till
U rt.hrr rime was given for the con
fidemisn of the fubi ct contained
; n l f , J .
Mr. Freem&ntlt rofe, and went
thro’ all the topics mentioned in the
aidrefs i he particular}'; ii fill *d that
the profpects of the ca-npa gi in
Spain were not fo favorab) sat
the beginning of the lafl fetfion j
and 3 to America, he though.* that
ntiuifters made but a paerj id fi i
fioa of their delay and i activity In
the condufi of the war, bv rite ftare
mem of rheir hopes, that the aban
do'-menc of the orders in council
would lead to a peace.
Mr. Rokiufo* would no f . detain the
route, as ißoft of the ohervations
of the honorable g atlsiia had t>**ra
a fwered laftn’ght. As to Ameri
ca, he fisuft correct an error into
which the hsnorab! gentleman had
fallen, tho* his noble friend had lad
night put the matter in the cktreft
light. It was a cvilakt to fuppfe
that there had been any delay or
t fufpenlfon of the war., in expe&arion
of a pea e. Orders were given to
f+tep the leas of all American vef
tels j there had nothing like a
TfUsati->n q{ tff f rt, thoug.l it wss
im : >ofi?dlc to have at *.?, in all
q aners of the world, a; over
whelming force.— [Hear bear ]
Lord Milten could nut avoid
snaking fome obfervgrions nn that
part ©1 the fpeech which referred to
America. No one could br infen
§} ble how much the profpericy of
this country depended oa the con
nexion with America, and he ranker
La ed that mm diets had unnecefTa
rliv plunged the country in a war
with that nation, In fact, in all me
n< gociatiens with America, it ap
peered to him that was too
ERucfi irritation on both fide*. He
was noc afraid to fay, that he feared
tca r e- f en on the part of the great
perfontge at the head of our gov
ernmc.*t, ‘.here mignt be fomethhg
of an hereditary irritation againft
the American people. If war was
nerctfirrv, he did not approve of
that mitigated warfare ipnken of
la ft night ty ar’gbt honorab e g*n
lb man, but, in the cafe of America,
he ready believed thar there ought
to hive been no warfare at ail.
Mr. Stephen laid, that as aa ho
©rr.btegcntlcma [Mr. Whitbrea*]
had pledged himielf to gve the
houtV a,- £ early opportunity of dlf-
Cuffi g the whole of tns American
queftiov, be fa :uld not trouble the*
h !jjr ar any lrng’h on the fubjeCt.
He couid not avoid, however, when
he heard the noble lord fpeaking of
an heredi *ry irritation againft A me
rit a on the part of the head of our
go vernment, expreffing his opinion,
tear this was a moft unmerited cen
fu;e on that auguft and venerable
perfonag'* who, tor fo many years,
[Lor M koo, acrofs the houfe, told
iiin, it was not to that perfonage he
* Tided ; and Mr. Stephen apolo
gited for having mifuLderiiood
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
u * A " r seals. an 70 ax* fa®, am ki3wlbuox shall bi iweASAig*.”
h ; m ] The words cf the fpeech
were h®we?er, cuw (0 frelh in the
rt> oiic&ion of the houfe, that he
thought they muft evidently fee,
that there was no king of irritation
towards America in it. A* to there
having been equal irritation on b*:h
iii-fi, in the ntgociatioas between
the two governments, that he muft
abfrdutely deny. It hart ytftcrday
been objtdted to Minifters, that
they had not even pubiifhcd any de
claration in anfwer to the American
declaration cf war, He mull for
him.Tif and clere, that he never felt
asy irritation againft America, or
n- fh to preferve peace with her 3
al h; * Hz had felt it h*9 duty for many
ytars, both with his to gue and pen,
to defend what be conceived the
uobounded maritime rights of his
count v, and thnfe inrerrfti on which
he to; fi ‘t*rrtj ihar toe profperity cf
cur c rr?mer<e, and (he ft cner n of
w
our marine, mainlv depend.—
Where was the concilia*ion on the
part of the American government?
I) and g!*mlemen forget the taunted
manner in which they received Mr.
E fk nc*s prepofal for acccimaioda
tion ? or the manner in which they
hsd tent Mr. Jack fen out of the
country ?—Even when the
concrffinn was made teft year which
the gentlemyn cn the other flic had
thought wculd hcai all—-w tn the
orders in council vrrre rrncaied, the
intelligent e of the ddp fition in this
country to repeal th* fc orders, was
met br rhe Atneritar g *verpmertt
bv an intemperate mci&ge to the
1g fi iu r c, la trg down ail the prin
ciples of the Duke of S Ifaao’s let
ter, and e en “- fift t*g that the A
meru an fi g f-i u:d make free
gv>ods. Now, he w©uid ask the
debit: lord, viss he prepared to give
up v/hat we coiifidcr our iisant£ii
rights—the r gne of blockading our
er.em/s port'<, and the nght ol tak
ing Brinlli framen out of American
vtfT.ls ? If he was prepared t
make thofe coact ffiuns which the
American government infilled on,
how was that government to have
been conciliated ? Mr. Stephea
excluded by defending at tome
length, the principles upon whe h he
had always fuppor :cd the orders in
council.
Lnd CaJUtreapb laid fh uld
for the pref. nt forbear fr<m afi dif
cuffi in, a dhe rofe to defend min
iftcr* from the iupp-Tuon that rhey
bad a: any r im given *n opinion,
that America had a r ght to a parti
cular revocation of the orders ia
council with refpe& to her o* ac
count of the French document which
pretended t© be a revocation of the
Berlin & M Jar. decrees with rcfptd
to America.
Mr. Canning was not at all defi
rows to prulo; g the debate, but felt
it his duty to fet himleif right againft
fame tnifconftru£fcioas of the lanti
rarr.ts he had delivered on the pre
ctdirg right. His obj flion to the
manner of carrying on h ft lilies a
gainft America, was not in reality
to tne peculiarity of forms, but to
the want of a confiderable portion
of cur nival and military ftrength
on the coaft f America, which
m.ght be enabled to ctfcd real fer-
vices, Ar hermetically feal her ports.
I; Head of difpatchirg a for r <*t (hat
defeription, Sir J hn Warren’s
fquadron had been actuallv m id * up
in the 3:it (h harD.>rs thvre ; aid
the only fervice perform -d by tne
fiiips under his ccmmsnd, was the
conveying of a flig of truce to the
executive government ef A-ncri a.
When he had u r €d the ph-afe that
our cefßmerce was <wept fiem ha
ffas by the Americans, he evident
ly could be only unduftood as
oseanirg that when tht relative
istaas of the two countries were
cc/mparcd, the captures made by the
Americans were much fuperior to
our s, is we had one thoufand fii ps
of nar, and they had cr.ly ten to
contend with 6* vaft a fuperiority
oa eur part* H would not de sin
th* houfe in refuting -he fallaci us
ellimatc of the prolperity of our
commerce, from the Return* made
of the exports of the port of Ln
don 3 but he fiv uhi pnfift m rr
peatirg what he had maintained
mghr, that when America charged
this country in a f >r*ml derfarau
with the commifii >n of ?&s deg*ad
irg ro its chara&cr a-:d the
Engl’fh government ought moft
dec d-dlv to have refvsied fuch
clu of which it was altogether
incapable, by ‘fTiiug a declaration
no iefi formal and authentic, Mr.
Canning after animadverting on the
impolicy *f ©ur csnduS: with ref
ped t© America, in admictiTg the
fiftin j* dr ret of repeal nn tne pact
of France, and that America r.ad
the right of frpara tag herfeif from
2!] I'aaoriJ, concludrQ with r< q nil
ing the noble lord to irT -rtu tiim,
what was the precife Le of our re
lations with Amerca, and whether
we arc at war nr in arg JcLL m 5 or
whether our fiat* was that of half
wtr 6>i - half negociatioa, *ntl wh ; rh
half W2L likely to preponderatt ( as
he thought, end he wnh per
ft-u fi ceritv, tnat a fitua'ion .1 un
•crtair.ty wats worfc than even that
of & certa nty of greater cvjjs,
Lord Cujblert mainra ned it
fom* leng h, that the orders tn
council, grou idrd es they were ia
the law f ••ations, had been ;n n j in
(lance departed from, in fwor ofth
probable luccfls of any negociaitoas
with America. The r*ght hon.
gi'Otieman had him, what was
the adlual ftate of relations between
th>s er-untry and America ? He
htfitated not to *nfwr thv right
hocorabie gentleman, that they
were placed in a ftats of war, never
relaxed but when cor.fiftar.t. With
relped to the propoficion to wh*< h
he alluded laft n:ght, as being ft i!
pending, he could uy no more than
he had already laid 3 it was not de
termined, and therefore it would not
be proper to produce a*y docu
ments relative to it. Th prop fi
tioß had gone to a greater ler.g h
than minifters had a right to expert 3
and when an anfwer favorable t r
unfavorable arrived he would imme
diately lay it befare the houfe.
Mr. Whitbread a iked a q irftim
—•the noble lord her! laid; that >f a
favorable cr unfavorable anfwcr
ftiould be received from America,
he ’.rould immediately ay n before
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, Ul3.
the hafe. ITow l*pg did he mean
to wait f*r tha aidwer.
Lord CaJlUreagb aniwered, that
whenrver information fr -m A bni
rl Warren arrived, that any or no
coenmunicat sn !ud been made to
hiei oa the lubjcift, iie would im
mediately lay it be fire t lu, houlc.
L®ns>; n, D cember 9.
A treaty of peace has been con
cluded at Stockholm oetwten Swe
den and ht R-gencv of Spain, act
ing on the part of Ferd*nanti 7th 4
This ofcourfe, is an acknowledge
ment bv Sweden of that Prince at
the legal pefLULr cf the Spanifti
M jnarvhy.
The Times, a L nd*n paper, of
the ift n't. fays, te Lavender, one
cf the B fW.ftrcet effi ers, has feia
er), it Spithead, a vrifel with a con
fidr.rable qushtity of arms on board,
fh ppe-j at tnr p-.rt of London, and
intendsd for America. I: is added,
th;r leveui of the prifenera concern
ed in the tranfitdtior., are in cufto-
The fame paper ©f the 8 h u!t.
mentions the arrival of the
Pa krt fri m Cad*z, with informa
tion that Am. Cochran had laded
fro:n Cad 2 fur America
A Udiouucr privateer was feen cft
the L'xard a th? \ h ulc. fuppolcd
to be aa American.
fVilna y December 2.
An arrival from (he hrad-qoar
ters a ft rif*w, gvs the rtfulc of
th fe move menu, which wa;
ai!to | >ncid m having r ken place mi
the Duna and Bory/lines. L is nt>v
very • l<*r whai w rr the difpofi
ti’ons anade bv thr Rnfijans, in enter
tv ftop rhe march of the grand ar
ra‘, from reaching rs winter quar
ters. — The plan was prohiundly
conceivrd, bur the cxrtu in of ic
v¥as not q ute lo afv, v ga:.- ft one of
th-g r ca <ft captain the w *rl.i ever
prciiiuced, and :hr fi ft of armh s.
Tne Prince of Schwartzenburg
was ©n the So h of November at
Sivnifi, diiint from B,.r.in w
leagues—ihe emperor arrived mi
the ay th ef November at the laft:
oamed place.
I is now certain that all nr corn*
munications are well eflaoii(hd.
Paris, December I C.
Letters from Warfaw, VVftofi a 4
Polrn, fay, that the divifioas of Do*
rette, and L : ilcs. the Na
polltandivifion, the guards of Fuf
rany and Turin, the battalions cl Ut
bnperial have reached tns
NT men. This mafs <&f f>rce?a
---m tioi to 1 ad,ooo men, and w;il
cauf the RoiiLas to pi ute. Tne
union of the ad, 9"! aad to;A
corps, the Sax -r.s, aad Asflnsns,
will prefent m imti-fi :g force, a.ul
moke* the giana fup* nor to
whar it was a, the beg Um-g >.(
campaign. In front and rear
of M .ku.v Riiftiar.s have ma ’c
the •“ouatry a defer j Cin thf v roc a
maintain themTlvr? on this fi te nr
Du’ a and the Snryfttnes? T -• s
a q left on whica at thii time prs
- ittcif.
(N*. *4.0.