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HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
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CHA Po Xx. 
State of the Codlitina.—Mbtion in the House of Commons for augmenting the 
Number of Seamen and Marines.—Army Estimates. —The Conduft and the 
Result of the present War.—Loan of Four Millions to the Emperor.—Dis- 
cussions on Continental Allianoes.—Statement of the Farce, requisite for the 
Service of 1795.—New Taxes. 
N the mean time, daily intelli- 
gence was arriving of the rapid 
and irresistible progress of the French 
in Holland, which might now be 
considered as totally lost to the con- 
federacy. The inhabitants of the 
Seven United Provinces were never, 
jndeed, sincerely cordial in the cause 
of the coalition, looking upon them- 
selves as sacrificed to the interests 
of the house of Orange, by whose 
influence and authority the people 
complained, they had been forced 
into the present war. 
Inordertosupply, if possible, the 
place of so considerable a member 
of the coalition, no other method 
appeared than that of increasing the 
force to be employed against the 
French, by numbers proportionable 
to those which were furnished by 
the Dutch, previously to their re- 
France. To this pur- 
pose, ministers found it necessary 
to prepare, by times, the funds 
that would be requisite to keep 
the coalition together; and to 
prevent the whole weight of 
th: vi€torious enemy from falling 
upon Britain, without alliances to 
divert it. 
The opinion of the British pub. 
lic, at this junéture, was, that, being 
jnyolved in a ruinous war, it was 
indispensable to exert. the full 
strength of the national resources, 
in omer to extricate the kingdom 
from the dangers that threatened 
it. Discussions on its justice and 
necessity, as well as on its judicious 
or imprudent management, should 
be referred to a future opportunity ; 
and all the vigour and abilities of 
the different parties, that had di. 
vided the nation, ought. to unite, 
on this pressing occasion, for its 
defence, against the formidable ene- 
my that now threatened it witha 
destruction which would become 
unavoidable, without a sincere and 
spirited union at home. This alone 
could save the country ; no depend. 
ence ought, in prudence, to be 
placed upon foreign assistance; our 
allies wanted either power or in- 
clination to make sufficient efforts 
to resist France. The truth was, 
that they relied upon Britain much 
more than Britain could rely upon 
them; nor waseven their good will 
to this country unquestionable. Its 
superior state of prosperity, and the 
perpetual obligation to have, reo 
course to its finances, were circum. 
stances highly offensive to their 
pride, and excited their envy much 
more than they conciliated their gra- 
titude and attachment, ‘The in- 
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