MISTORY OF EUROPE. 
Sor no more confidence, than was ab- 
solutely necessary for every govern- 
ment. The address contained the 
system which his majesty’s minis~ 
ters had adopted, namely, to de- 
fend our own empire against all en- 
croachment, and look with vigil- 
ance to the state of the continent. 
The adoption of such a system made 
it absolutely necessary to increase 
our establishments. 
Sir Francis Burdett denied that 
Mr. Pitt’s return to office was the 
wish of any considerable part of 
the people, and severely condemn- 
ed, not only the late administration, 
but the abuses in the system of go- 
yernment as it now stood: such as 
the pension list, barracks, and soli- 
tary imprisonment. He thought 
the best way of uniting the people 
in defence of the country was, by giv- 
ing them a more equal parliamen- 
tary representation, and a greater 
interest In its defence. 
Mr. Hawkins Browne and Mr. 
Calcraft, spoke in support of the 
resolution, and expressed confidence 
in his majesty’s ministers. 
Dr. Lawrence was of opinion, 
that the national honor had been 
impaired by the misconduct of his 
majesty’s ministers, on several oc- 
easions; he particularly instanced 
the dereliction of the interests of 
the prince of Orange, which had 
been formally promised, at the time 
of signing the treaty, to be attended 
to; 2dly, the conduct of the French 
government in imprisoning, and af- 
terwards arbitrarily sending out of 
the country a British officer, cap- 
tuin D’Auvergne; and lastiy, the 
readiness with which our govern- 
ment ordered the prosecution of 
Peltier tora libel on the first consul; 
while the Moniteur was daily slan- 
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dering his majesty, the ministers, 
and the parliament. 
The chancellor of the exchequer 
defended the conduct of his majes« 
ty’s ministers in those instances ; im 
the case of captain D’Auvergne, as, 
soon as the British minister in Paris 
heard of his imprisonment, he made 
a demand of his release, which was 
immediately obtained. 
Mr. Fox said, if the case of cap- 
tain D’Auvergne had been exactly 
what was stated by Dr. Lawrence; 
if the national honor was reall 
wounded in the person of a British 
officer; this would be, in his opi- 
nion,a much more justifiable ground 
of war, than the conduct of France 
with respect to the German empire 
or Switzerland. Strongly as he 
was disposed to peace, still he 
should always prefer war to insult 
or infamy. He did not think the 
present was a time for renewing 
continental connexions. It would 
be rather ungenerous to expose 
Austria to such danger; and as for 
the great power of France, he 
thought there was no use in con- 
stantly complaining, unless we could 
point out some remedy. 
Mr.Windham could not see, why 
Mr. Fox would suppose the na- 
tional honor could be a’ground of 
var, if he saw nothing of national 
dishonor in the case of the prince 
of Orange and captain D’ Auvergne. 
He agreed with what had followed 
in the last debate from Mr. Sheri- 
dan, that a country which had been 
so long great, had no retreat in 
littleness. 
Lord Castlereagh endeavoured to 
prove that Mr. Windham. over-rated 
the danger of the country, as much 
as Mr. Fox had under-rated it. 
The. 
