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House Of Commons.
been made , is to . be inferred from Ministers having insisted on the surrender of the Netherlands by France . This they have thought proper to term a sine qua non— - while the enemy , profiting by the bad conduct and incapacity of these Ministers ,, urgetheir demands . But when only a very small portion of the enejny ' s territory ivas occupied by the arms of France ; when the security of Holland might have been , in part , guaranteed by your arms ; when your Majesty ' s allies were firm _ n their . union , and apparently sincere in their professions , your Majesty ' s Ministers did not employ themselves for the purpose of procuring peace io Great
Britain , and to Europe ; but on the contrary refused to enter into any negociation with the French Republic ; not for any well-grounded reasons ; not because the Republic was really hostile to all . other nations ; but upon an insulting and arrogant preference to the forms and usages of the ancient courts of Europe , and by attempting to prove that Republican France could not liiahitain the accustomed delations of peace and amitji . , , ... ' Your Majesty ' s . Ministers , having accordingly advised yoiir Majesty in your speeches from the Throneto continue a war ruinous in itselfarid rendered stili
, , liiore so fro hi the most calamitbiis sufferings , in consequence of the defection of the greater part of your allies , ' Your faithful Commons will proceed , therefore , to investigate the causes of that misconduct , on the part of Ministers , which lias involved the nation in these misfortunes . " Mr . Dundas rose with great indignation , and declared , that he never heard from the most envenomed Oppositionist such inflammatory and mischievous topits . For twelve years past the Hon . Gentleman had let slip no opportunity of lugging into
the debate topics of a similar tendency ; but his speech on . this occasion , followed up by his Amendment , was more dangerous than any thing that had falleri fron _ liim during that peribd . The House divided , when there appeared for the amendment , Ayes 37—Noes 212 . The original motion was then put and carried without a division ; Adjourned to the 14 th of February : Tuesday , Feb . 14 . The Sheriff ' s of the City of London brought tip a petition from
the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and Common Council , praying that a Bill may be brought forward to enforce the payment of small debts , and to supply the deficiencies of the Existing laws : This Petition was referred to a Committee . The SHI-rills presented another Petition , cbtnplaing Of the insufficient accommodation in the River Thames for the encreased commerce of the Port of Lon- . don , of the want of space , on the legal quays for the necessary cartage , & c . and of the circuitous navigation round tbe Isle of Dogs . The Petition was accompanied by a plan , to which the Petitioners invited the attention of that Honourable ! House .
Wednesday , 15 . The Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the Wet Docks Bill . Mr . Manning moved , that it be then read a second time , which ' was seconded by Sir Francis Baring . Mr . Alderman Curtis said ; that though the Bill bad been considerably amended from the state in which it first appeared , there were still objections to many parts of it . These however , were not such vis made it necessary for him to oppose the principle of the Bill , for its scctind reading . In the Committee , he would oppose those pans which appeared to him obnoxious . The city admitted the necessity
of decks , add approved the Bill , and it went to the formation of them , but could Hot agree to the erection of warehouses . Mr . Alderman Anderson was sorry that the Committee which was appointed Inst session had not given their opinion upon the merits of the two plans which ivere laid before them . Sir W . Yoiing was happy to find it agreed that something was necessary to be done ; he would iiot decide between the merits of the two plans which had been before the Committee : biit he would express his satisfaction , on perceiving that they were-tiotv likely to be discussed with temper . Sir F : Baring supported the Bill ; which was read a second time , and referred to a Committee ; VOL . VIII . - M ni
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House Of Commons.
been made , is to . be inferred from Ministers having insisted on the surrender of the Netherlands by France . This they have thought proper to term a sine qua non— - while the enemy , profiting by the bad conduct and incapacity of these Ministers ,, urgetheir demands . But when only a very small portion of the enejny ' s territory ivas occupied by the arms of France ; when the security of Holland might have been , in part , guaranteed by your arms ; when your Majesty ' s allies were firm _ n their . union , and apparently sincere in their professions , your Majesty ' s Ministers did not employ themselves for the purpose of procuring peace io Great
Britain , and to Europe ; but on the contrary refused to enter into any negociation with the French Republic ; not for any well-grounded reasons ; not because the Republic was really hostile to all . other nations ; but upon an insulting and arrogant preference to the forms and usages of the ancient courts of Europe , and by attempting to prove that Republican France could not liiahitain the accustomed delations of peace and amitji . , , ... ' Your Majesty ' s . Ministers , having accordingly advised yoiir Majesty in your speeches from the Throneto continue a war ruinous in itselfarid rendered stili
, , liiore so fro hi the most calamitbiis sufferings , in consequence of the defection of the greater part of your allies , ' Your faithful Commons will proceed , therefore , to investigate the causes of that misconduct , on the part of Ministers , which lias involved the nation in these misfortunes . " Mr . Dundas rose with great indignation , and declared , that he never heard from the most envenomed Oppositionist such inflammatory and mischievous topits . For twelve years past the Hon . Gentleman had let slip no opportunity of lugging into
the debate topics of a similar tendency ; but his speech on . this occasion , followed up by his Amendment , was more dangerous than any thing that had falleri fron _ liim during that peribd . The House divided , when there appeared for the amendment , Ayes 37—Noes 212 . The original motion was then put and carried without a division ; Adjourned to the 14 th of February : Tuesday , Feb . 14 . The Sheriff ' s of the City of London brought tip a petition from
the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and Common Council , praying that a Bill may be brought forward to enforce the payment of small debts , and to supply the deficiencies of the Existing laws : This Petition was referred to a Committee . The SHI-rills presented another Petition , cbtnplaing Of the insufficient accommodation in the River Thames for the encreased commerce of the Port of Lon- . don , of the want of space , on the legal quays for the necessary cartage , & c . and of the circuitous navigation round tbe Isle of Dogs . The Petition was accompanied by a plan , to which the Petitioners invited the attention of that Honourable ! House .
Wednesday , 15 . The Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the Wet Docks Bill . Mr . Manning moved , that it be then read a second time , which ' was seconded by Sir Francis Baring . Mr . Alderman Curtis said ; that though the Bill bad been considerably amended from the state in which it first appeared , there were still objections to many parts of it . These however , were not such vis made it necessary for him to oppose the principle of the Bill , for its scctind reading . In the Committee , he would oppose those pans which appeared to him obnoxious . The city admitted the necessity
of decks , add approved the Bill , and it went to the formation of them , but could Hot agree to the erection of warehouses . Mr . Alderman Anderson was sorry that the Committee which was appointed Inst session had not given their opinion upon the merits of the two plans which ivere laid before them . Sir W . Yoiing was happy to find it agreed that something was necessary to be done ; he would iiot decide between the merits of the two plans which had been before the Committee : biit he would express his satisfaction , on perceiving that they were-tiotv likely to be discussed with temper . Sir F : Baring supported the Bill ; which was read a second time , and referred to a Committee ; VOL . VIII . - M ni