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v*l. y.) 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.