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mittee, “and Sir William Elliot moved, 
‘that rjo,coo men be ‘cranted for the fea- 
fervice for three months, commencing on 
‘thegd of January, 1802, and ending dn 
“the 3d-of April; ‘in which number was 
included 30,000 marines. That 740,000). 
be granted for vitualling the fame, at the 
gate ‘of 11. 18s. per man per month, for 
the fame period. That 721,500. 
granted for wages for the fame -at 
rate of rl. 17s. per nian’ per month; 
the fame period. That 240,604]. be 
pranted for the ordinaries of the navy for 
the fame period. That 97,5001. be grant- 
ed for the ordinaries of the fervice for the 
fame period, at the fate of 5]. per month 
per man. That 1,180,000]. be granted 
tor the fame pericd, for wear and tear, at 
the rate of 3]. per month per man.”— 
Agreed to. The Chairman then afked 
Jeave report progrefs and fit again.— 
Acreed to. 
-~ Sir William Hartop brought up the Re- 
port of the Commitee on the Addrefs. 
“Mr. Windham faid, he had not depart- 
ed from thofe opinions which it was well 
known he held in oppofition to the treaty : 
allhe heard on the f{ttbje& only tended to 
voot them more fironsly in his mind. The 
refult ofthe debate ot laf night was, that 
we “were inv the ‘power of France ; ‘that 
‘ France had the power, but we hoped not 
the will, to crufh us ; that we were in the 
paw of the lion, but he not being hungry, 
did not tear us to pieces, and we were 
happy to fee him turn about and lie down. 
This was the real ftate of the cafe, and he 
was forry to find it fo. , 
Doétor Lawrence faid; he had enter- 
tained a hope that the dangers of the peace’ 
would be farther removed from us; but 
this hope vanifned when he faw the Mar- 
quis Cornwallis fent, bound hand and 
foot, to Amiens. He would not'hefitate 
to affert, that no treaty had ever beep 
tnade that was not infinitely preferavle to 
thofe articles in quefticn. "The Chancel- 
for of the Exchequer, the Secretary at 
, ear, and fevera]l ether members {poke in 
firong terms of approbation of the peace. 
‘After’ which the report was agreed to 
without a divifion. 
Both Houfes, on the 6th of November, 
went in ftate'to St. femes’s, and prefented 
_ Addreffes onthe preliminaries of peace, to 
_ Awhich his “Majefty returned gracious an- 
fwers. Tbe Houfe of Lords adjourned 
till Fuefday; the Houfe of Commons to 
‘Monday. itiiig 
On the roth of November Lord Hobait, 
after a fpeech highly complimentary to 
General Hutchinionand his army, moved 
State of Public Affairs in November, 1801. 
‘maintain. 
‘Convention were loofely and vaguely 
the Convention. 
[-Dec.’t, 
s¢ That the Thanks of the Houfe be given 
to Lieutenant Genera] Sir John Hely 
Hutchinfon, K. B. for his eminent fervices 
in’ Egypt.” . 
Lord Nelfon; Lord Pelham, and the 
Duke of Clarence, fucceffively {poke in 
favour of the motion, delivering the 
higheft eulogiums on General Hutchinfon 
‘and his troops. The motion was then 
put and carried unanimoufly. 
‘The important debate which occupied 
the attention of .the.Houfe on the 13th of 
November was upon the fubjeét of the 
Northern Convention. Like the prelimi- 
naries with France, it is-a ¢ompromife 
with which evéry one may be pleafed, 
but ef which no man can be proud. A 
war with the Northern Powers is itfelf an 
evil of fuch extreme magnitude, and fe 
truly to be deprecated, and more efpe- 
cially if brought upon ourfelves by a too 
rigid adherence to demands, in themfelves 
quefltionable, if not in feveral inftances 
impolitic and unjuit, that any Convention 
which prevents fuch a. calamity muft be_ 
‘heartily approved by every friend to the 
peace and happinefs of mankind. By this 
Convention we have fecured’ enough for. 
every proper purpofe of marine advantage » 
and dignity, but it has by no means fe- 
cured to this nation al] the haughty and 
pre-eminent terms which were at firft con- 
tended fer, and is obvioufly formed upon 
the bafis of the treaty of the Armed Neu- 
trality, which was drawn up in exprefs 
oppofition to the interefts of this country. 
In the courfe of the debate Lord Gren-— 
ville éxpreffed his difapprobation of fome 
of the leading articles of the Convention, 
which he contended were injurious to the - 
maritime and commercial interefts of this 
country, inafmuch as we had renounced 
‘feveral important points, which he afferted,,. 
by the law of nations, we had a right te. 
Some of the ftipulations in the 
worded, fo as to require explanation or 
amendment. This he hoped Minifters 
would do, now that the communication 
with all the parts of thé Continent was 
completely open. The Lord Chancellor, 
Lord Holland, Lord Mulgrave, and Lord 
‘Nelfon, all fpoke in favour of the Ad- 
drefs, and the queftion was carried with- 
out a divifion. 
‘In the Houfe of Commons Lord Tem- 
ple withed to know, whether the Courts 
of Denmark and Sweden had agreed to 
Lord Hawkeibury re~ 
plied, that he had a communication with 
‘the Ambafladors of thofe Courts, who 
affured him, that their refpective Sovereigns 
et a were 
