248 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



■with subsidies for our allies, who 

 might, nevertheless, from motives 

 of conveni.nc}', be extremely apt 

 to abnndon the con*"ederacVj 



The Earl of Mansfield maintain- 

 ed, on the other side, the nee^ we 

 stood ir, of allies, to accomplish the 

 obj'.cts which tVe int-rf-st of this 

 country evidently required The 

 mnss of the Frcnjch, though siknt 

 through fear," hearfiiy desirtd the 

 return of monarch v ; and if duly 

 support,' d, could more elT<=-ctually 

 restore it- by their own exertions, 

 than by the intervention of a fo- 

 reign force. 



The exprtsRivcncss of the trea- 

 ties was severely condemned by 

 ths Marquis of Lansdowne. It- was 

 surprizing, he said, that a people 

 circumstanced like that of Great 

 Eritain, could so f^adily b ■ recon- 

 ciled to sacrifice so much of th, ir 

 substance for the persecution of a 

 quarrel in w hich such numbers of 

 them must nee :ss;irily perish. Ti e 

 principle of trustinn; to the attach- 

 ment and fid. lity ot the people in 

 their defence, was manilesrly re- 

 probated by ihe coa'e.sced princes.' 

 The King of Prussia had strongly 

 objected ro il from the danger, lest, 

 when in arm^ they might indulge 

 the more freedom ;n political ideas, 

 and imbibe some of those adopied 

 by the French. This was a proof 

 how cou-cinus those princes viere 

 of the hard usage experienced by 

 their sr-bject^s, and how lif.le they 

 merited their affection. Was the 

 grandeur of such princ s deserving 

 of the efforts of this country to 

 support it ? and could its preserva- 

 tion rewound to the- benefit or ho- 

 nour of the British nation ? 



Lord Stanhope, cue oi the most 

 strenuous oppoyers of a war which 

 lie deemed entirely minislpriai, on 



the 25th of March, made a mo- 

 tion in the Upper Hou'e against 

 any further interference in the do- 

 mestic coricerns of France. He 

 severely reprehended Lord Mans- 

 fie'd's opinion, that no exi>ence 

 ought to be spared b) '. is country 

 to procure as extensive iU) insurrec- ^^ 

 tion against the present aovernment'^'flM 

 of France as money coultl effect in " 

 that country. He condemned it as' 

 .contrary hot' to religions ar.d po- 

 ll lie-al principles, and particularly to 

 tha' system of civilized society 

 which had so much contributed to 

 sofien the ferocious naiure of war. 

 He expalialed largely on the con- 

 scqueiicrs of such an opinion, ard , 

 on its tendency to kinule inren al ^ 

 flames of discord in all counlricj. 

 He reminded the House of the suf- 

 ferings to which the continuation 

 of the warmus_t necessarily subject 

 the people of this country, and of 

 the irjuriesilready sustaineddurlng ■ 

 the shore space it had lasted. Ihe 

 speech and motion of Lord Stan- 

 hope were vthemenlly censured by 

 Lord Mansfield and Lord Gren- 

 ■ville, who moved that, in order lo 

 prevent the resolution priiposcd by 

 Lord Stanhope from appearing on 

 tlie j()Urnals of the Kou.se, it should 

 be expunged, • ' " 



'J he Lord Ch.mcellor seconde<l 

 Lord Grenville, by refas'ng to rcf.J 

 th preamble to the i&i>lution ; 

 V. hich was iH-a,ativ; d, antl the m.ei- 

 tion fore: pun<;i!' '>i ■ (rried. 



This method <> ting a dis- 



agreeable r sohiiic:; r;'.,m b.ng re- 

 corded, gave gre-Jt ot^cncc to uppp* 

 sition, and to olli'. rs, who, though 

 disapi>roving iii' Lord Stanhope's 

 (pillion, thciigb.t him entitl»tl to 

 insist on its ins nion in lli ji ■■.,!- 

 nalscf the Hous.n 



LordLjiud rdale denied thcright 



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