the resolution which he has himself proposed. That issue is
simply this, whether the mismanagement of the present Ministry
produced the rupture. I listened to his long and able speech
with the greatest attention, and did my best to separate that
part which had any relation to his motion from a great mass of
extraneous matter. If my analysis be correct, the charge which
he brings against the Government consists of four articles.

The first article is, that the Government omitted to alter that
part of the original instructions which directed the
Superintendent to reside at Canton.

The second article is, that the Government omitted to alter that
part of the original instructions which directed the
Superintendent to communicate directly with the representatives
of the Emperor.

The third article is, that the Government omitted to follow the
advice of the Duke of Wellington, who had left at the Foreign
Office a memorandum recommending that a British ship of war
should be stationed in the China sea.

The fourth article is, that the Government omitted to authorise
and empower the Superintendent to put down the contraband trade
carried on by British subjects with China.

Such, Sir, are the counts of this indictment. Of these counts,
the fourth is the only one which will require a lengthened
defence. The first three may be disposed of in very few words.