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Puit:E SPNIC , - s• PiIRLIAMEATAIIr AROCEEDINGS. • HOUSE OF LORDS, FEI(RUARY IP. t w ines to their Lordships entering upon the Order Of the Dar The F a d nt LIMERICK presented a Petition froth the Free woe: of the county of Limerick, legally convened by the High NI A tering frth, among othet points, the great deterioration Agricultural interests in that quarter, and the deep nd or o sier distress felt in consequence of the great decline of the ..,, e i g on made, p a rticubrly in the butter line. These latter, he ; ea l, were the chief support of the numerous population, he sbadtiered at the consequence of their distresses, by so seer to otiniting out of employ, if something was not done to ol, t heir relief, which was prayed for by the Petition. in the to t wa y. The Petition being read, was ordered to Ile on the Abort explanatory conversation took place, respecting a cer tie pr. of one of the documents communicated to the House wore to a pretence of support to be given to his Most Chris majesty by arms, against ail revolutionary attempts, and e gth the Noble Baron did not conceive to have been sufficiently 0 63ged in any part of the other documents. This fermi °a the Earl of LlVERPOOLvbserving, that no general t *as entered Into previous to the signing of thr chiefly argued upon essential printiples, which, he observed, he did not wish to em'oarrass by too copi ous a reference to detail, touched .upon the most im portant parts of the minor and collateral branches of his subject, with equal ability and effect. Referring to the degree of comMerciatdifficulty which was now felt, he considered them as unavoidable, from the nature of existing circumstances, chiefly,. the rapid transition from a state of war to a state of pr!ace, which was the critical period in which such clifficul.: tics were Most sensibly felt. He instancedone of the most glerioui periods of our history, the peace of 1763, when circumstances were such, that many persons doubted at the time, whether the revenues of the country would be adequate to the interest of the National Debt. Such a period would also, lie noticed,: be the most advantageous for the resumption of cash payments. Time, and-the general course of things, would cause such matters to resume their farmer con dition, and the partial dab-Arkin which commerce should now expect, wOuld soon cease, as new chan nels and opportunitiei for sUccessful tf.tde must ra tionally be expected to present themselves. His Lordship concluded by moving an Address to the Prince Regent, thanking his Royal Highness for his gracious communication of the Treaties, expressive in effect of .their Lordships' approbatiou of the prin cipal Treaty referred to their consideration, applaud ing the wisdom and ' policy of those measures by which the country was placed in its present dignified and prosperous situation, and in a state of peace, founded upon such principles, as would best tend to insure its duration. • • HOUSE OF COMMONS. Oeniiral THORNTON put off, to an undetermined time, the notice Which he had given respecting , he making absentees liable to the Property Tax, and which stool for to-morrow. Mr. BULLER presented a Petition from the Merchants and other persons of Eieter, praying the repeal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Read, and ordered to lie on the Table. • Mr. laytwa, from the Office of Inspector-General of imports and Export', presented accounts of the real or declared rate of , the produce of Iriar and English Manufactures ' from the'lOth October, 1814, to 1815. Order e d to li e on t h e Table. A New Writ was ordered for the Borough of Cuckermouth. In the room of Augustus Foster, Esq. who had accepted the office of Steward of the Children Hundreds. Lord COMP coN obtained leave of absence for Joshua Smith, Fs4. fur a nimnb, on account of the iefrm state of his health. Sir JOHN NEWPO Tr moved for an Account of all of the House, not resdndedi made during the last Session, and to which no return had yet been made, specifyiag their date and renewal, if any had taken place. Ordered. • Sir WM. CURTIS presented a Petitidn front Stage Coach Proprietors. Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. GRENFELL moved for Accounts of the VIM amount of unclaimed Dividends In the hands of the Bank, from the Ist of January, 1815, to the Ist of December of the. same year.— I-Ordered. Nita Veht lit I", 441 7 . at pp m , ley ati: t,03 to ' vela De Ear! of I.AUDYIDALE shordy adverted to the circuits ...l some of the proxies bring signed with the titles enjoyed i f * subtcribets, other than those by which they sat in that i o n. lle thought this worthy of .consideration and proper to k eatel, with reference to a correct vote of the House. D s Larl of LIVERPOOL thought no decision should be ague to upon the rout. The Journals should previously El to, with a view to precedent, and the usual practice l i ft Hoe. Tne Annual Lana and Malt Duty', and t h e Fad:ever Bills' BHP, were read a second time, and ordered' to •be coninsit.ed to•morrow. - ... . "'V :ha 4, Pttilb Mr. BROGDEN brought up •the Estimates of the charge of the Office of Ordnance to the year 1.413. Mr. WARD gave notice that he thoull move the cur.sidera-, don of those Estimates ott thir day . tiettnight. M-. WAR!) also brought up the Acconnts of the Estahlikh meta of the Regiment of Royal Artillery, and the Corp. of Royal Engineers, in 1791 aid 1792. Ordered to he on toe I able Ihe Reports of the Committee of. Ways and Means and et the Commi tee on the Trade of 'he Cape of Geod Hope, were agreed to, and Bills ordered to he brot c .oq A Petition we. presented Irmo the Borough of Walliteord again.t the Property 1 as. head, and orly;•ed to lie on the I able. 1 he Bank Loao, and the Clergy Residt net. Amendment 11114 were brought in, reed a fir,t time, and ordava fur a *.ccond r.a.•ing to.suorrow. Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice, that tomorrow sennight he should move for leave to hew; in a Bill for more elloctually curing the Ilimrty of the Press. Mr. lIROUG HA 11 did nut suppose there would he any ob jection on the part ot the Gelid men oppoNi c, tnzive aa answ.:r to the following queition • whether It was true the newly ap. 'whited Uerk of the Pit; iu Ireland had already been sworn iu by hi. own tatter? Mr. PEEL was untleroou'l to admit the fact. Lord GRENVILLE said, that in many points of this subject be completely agreed with the Noble Earl. He was clearly of opinion that the return of the Ustoper to France called on Europe to rt new the war. He considered war in such a case as inevitable, and that. it was the duty of this conntry_to prepare for her own defence, and also to form that coalition which could Ain:les:are Europe. But when he targed the necessity o f going to war, he could not have el pected that its termination would have Iv en so sodding mid successful. So far be agreed at ith the N )ble Earl ; and he hoped that the peace would be perma nent ; for if they bi-livved so, they were bound to give tli county all the beneti . s of that peace. He considered with Vie N. ble Earl, the present to be tine legitimate Government of France; not by macy ct tint!), but, as the tern) imported, a Govern uu by Law. lie hest reed not to say, that the Government put down ny the battle of Watt-Anti was an odious mititary despotism, go'verning in violation of all law. He had always considered that nothing but internal ruin, and este' nal aggression, could be die cor.sequences oldie dissemination of revolutiouary principles. The success t f our arm.; had beetotran seendant almost 6:ltrisl our most sanguine hispei; nut, though impressed v.• this sentiment, and willing • to join in congia:nlation so ter, yei he must consida ihat one of the main otj•!cts for which our extltiii. s ..ere prefessedly directed, had not been yet ac!ikvei.f. he wintry bad a c.ss.itioit of arms, a resrite from war, but the blessings of Peace were not yet to be enjoyed, as the country was to be burthened with an immense Military Establishment, Which, in more than one point td view, he considered as objectionable, even with respect to the teal interests of France, and of the Continent, as to the ibtererts of this country. It was objectionable here, nut only in a financial but a ewistitutiosal point of viesr, and this numerous army was still more objectionable, as a portion of it•waslo he paid by a foreign •Power. The Noble Lord concluded by moving an Amendment to the Address, in effect, embodying and condensing • his objections lu the prior - 4.w! Peace establishment , . • Items Moa t! LPV 1 7 , 81 a a Vie, +A:d li Mr. BROUGHAM Witted that :he freliuil tv;tb which t!i•! confirmation of that elf raeraitiary fact could 1.0; fat; to b.: beard would 'hew the Right Hoe. Gentlensan the necessity of a‘lopting WSW sieamtry on air sul‘jrct. • Mr PEF:I. state.: thai the e.ciay in t the measure whir% it %WA In the eontemplatien of Gott titm.tut to tAr on the ct, was occasioned by the necessary itiquirie , into the naturr ut the :gat tees attnchrd to that Alm When 'hat result should be kuuwa, the pleasure world be proceeded 410. Mr. BROUGHAM ovoid now only remark the ettreme ree dit:cot wi b which the Chief Baron had seized the very fiest op portunity of swearing iu b s own son. Mr. LAMB I ON trusted. 'that after what had passed, the Idolise could no longer behtve the nowrioys Gov:rmitrnt rr. sprain economy. He called rpott the country to bear in mind the prultsdons of Al iritrer. and the eettvion of their hypo crisy. With economy en tht-r lip., they had extravagance in their beans. 1 ht.y :4 ii begun by germ : : a vlrd ,, e of rarer:ch. mem which they had cne , !...tellttrately Libtfird. it wa. there fore the nose necessary to watch their proceetlinas, and a‘crrtain j their steers of eau avagance. l'or that purpo:, tie shauld more, that there be I:41 on the table accounts of all Offices, civil and mi litary, atln+•i-:t red under the Crown, opec;fy:vg the salaries ar eniiihittif•tito of the sante, as well as of all other Of,:cs, unt.rr ai.v olttr :tittluori7y 01 , 41 flat of the Crown.—Ordered. Mr. 1 N Kis vinyl:pot d, that. ahhough ihe Army EstinrOes is d twin ordered to' t l•thrtd last Man.lay, they were out let placed In the hands of the Menthes's. , Lord CAS fI.EREAf .11-1 stated, that they were in a course of printing, and in a forward tree, and would probably be dcii e, red in the coarse of the week. Itqls sill t ale ail ?Ant rescue e K 614 ors 1K; a *of ilq, ste is devote uch ea 1NC , 142 TAX. Mr. nittreil reptet.trd to know, whettwe theft arm any no, in the lavtt etrcniatt-tt in the coarse nt mortinig. that it wa, the irventi bbbb of :tic Chancellor ally: 1 , .-cettequer to with ttti.w ins theleotre respecting the reqrwalot Prniteriy Tax. The CHANChLLOw to the stated, that thii we the Gr.tttulr the It trot tad teat-heti Ins caul, and that it was totally witbout foundation. Mr. iiItOUGHANI moved Fir an account of the number of Persons. in the City of I.•, , ißlott, assessed' under the Income Tax, and al4t) tit the Surcharges in Assessments and Appeals, for the three quarters of the y.e.ir ending nit the sth January, 1816. cted w cap! 1 are e *kr iinfal I xi WI :a= The Earl of HA Rltd WBY suppOrted the original Address, and among other printi, a4goed,.th:it the Military Establishment's complained of by dui Noble Lord, were WA the effect of choice, but resulted front the extraor.iiiary sate of things, and in compliance with stipoktions of Treaties. L':rd HOLLAND supported the Amendment and the leadlng cibset vations of his Noble Friend, in A speech of some length, and pointedly observed, that the proposed increase in ihe.Miii:as y Es:ablish : mews, were-for the purpose .1 keeping on the throne Frtnce a family, againu whose power the whole energies a Ghat Britain were formerly and long directed. , late Wall Meta m doe meat Ithel titat l l l4 note el °Wel, 0 lictt itlil rie,to itios. I I , ate But 0 a SI Oil TREATY OF PEACE, &C. The Order upon which their Lordships were sum weed being read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, and in an able v j ar gumentative speech of considerable length, de-I Irered his sentiments on the very important topic's the before the. House. The Noble Earl adverted, ominted and eloquent terms,. to the unexampled id bniliant success through which, almost at it* wry outset, the late - campaign and wertaie were ter minted. So rapid were the consequent successes, in early in July, Paris capitulated to thc two illus trious Commanders of the Allied Armies. Such re sits he was erktitled to argue, formed a strong pre emption of the wisdom and policy of the system and tenses that had been adopted. Fie argued in rawedetail to shew the very different relative situa. Lion in which France stood when the Treaty iii March ISI4 was ezecuted, and that in which intervening circumstances had placed her et the period of t h e Treaty hut year. After vindicating the line of pen ney which. was adopted in the former instance, lie glanced it the causes of the extraordinary success 01 tie progress of Bonaparte, from the time of his lend lag till his complete usurpatien of the Government t Frame. It was solely to be attributed to the con.• duct of, and impulse of the army. The great bulk of the pepulatien of France, front all he could leant or voider upon the subjec', lie was convinced, were elscidedly in favour of the estehlithinent of tl:c Legi. tante Sovereign and his family on the throne of France. The Treaty previously entered- into by the Allies, before the openiag of the late Campaign, was abiding upon the Xing, of France, as he lees no panyto it ; and though, by a general and equitable arneeement, - they were bound to do all in their 'make the interests of that Mena‘-cli, ) et Lis resto. a was never mat!e a rise qua non. The leading ' ' le of the important Treaty now principally the House, was to inclece the general security Europe, combined with the internal tranquillity France. Without such a leading principle the nce could not be formed, nor the great (abject which they coalesced, t•Geetu ited. The legit,. ete Gevernment i f France had cleires to the con. dim of the Allied- Powers which tile tevolu • ry and ustirpiug Government hied not ; on that , . the variations betweiev die Freely ut 1814 that of last year proceeded. The Ahies had Antics to petf.tm—one with respet t to Europe, the other to thrirtiwn subjects . . Neither of these if in the least be erected witlibut taking decisive to pinery, the internal. tranquillity of France. thii•view,bis Lordship dwelt nit t',.e rvediency the great measure of the militarily occupying some the principal fortressce of France, which was also • tial as a security for the payment of the mode. pecuniary indemnity required from France. This . a preferabl e mo d e to the elect'. ion of territot tai • it, as much nifference might. arise on tie ques. sal whet extent of territory should be taken, and wit should be disposed of; and he argued, that some circumstances an acces:.ion of terrine! ' be a diminution instead cf an accession of gth.to the acquiring SNte. The line of policy ; - by the Allies, was generally on a defensive 'Fie. A vast majority of the peo,ple of France attached to their ancient and legitimate dy i—its opponents were purely of a military cha. and description ; the very circumstance alone of .g 30,000 Officers upon half-pay, must consti. a formidable focus and centre of disaffection net any other Government in that country.— '' Y risible step was adopted in the view to ' 1: 411 and afford opportunity to the legitimate Go. !bent of France, to secure and consoltdate its er in that country, and thereby to afford the most. mil hope and prospect of the continuance of _te. Tee fo rtresses i n m ili tary occupat i on may retained,, eccottlieg to circumstances, !or a period "e ye.lrs, but then they svere not bound to restore . except to the . legitimate Government. The re al el the splendid monuments and specimens of arts, which had been taken away by the French, restoring them to the respective countries, he 'ered ac an act of equal justice and policy, as i • tug them •to remain would,- in a great degree, " al ive and fester the revolutionary and aggressive a IL The ultimate object o f t h a t spirit, which arced its peculiar ch aracter i n 1792. was , he felt ifi was also cunvinced,!e, universal empire, and universal despotism ; fie 4 that the real question II li t Mss between Leeitimate and Devolutionary Go -I"l:l7nts,‘ between Legitimacy with its ancient k ' as i ' kelt eutionary Government with univer '44ltres—(llear, hear).-.—The Noble Uri, who ykl elf US; SIP The E.. r 1 of BLESSING:TON •spoke' shortly in approbation of the measures pursued by his Majes ty's Covetous:Tat and their illiinrious t Allies. The Mar , -,tlis ett LANSDOWNE supported the Amendment. The intended estat:lisliments Were erroneously calle.l salutary preeantions. He 'Must call them expensive and unconstitutional prteantions. The Nt . ,ble Lord spike much against the establish. mcuts of a large standing army in tlits country, a tome which he held to be a! more ohjcctionable, as ' a portion of it was to be paid by France, and as far as they knew, without the consent of 1 1 .arliamunt. Earl DA THURS aigued at some length in sup. port of thu original Address, and vindicated the line of conduct pursued by the Allied Powers. Under the spirit and conoitions of the preceding 'Treaty, the Allies could have negociated with no one but the King of France ; they surely could not have Ire ii•J with the Provisional Govertimeut, or with the ink- Mbliei created by Bonaparte. Lord HOLLAND, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and the Noble Earl, spoke respectively in explanation. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM made several observations in support of the Amendment. 4.410 he rejoiced at the restoration of the Bourbon Family, he lamented that the opportunity had not beet, taken to diminish the power of France, which it was well known, that country was always disposed to direct against the independence and repose of Europe. The Marquis of ORMOND supported the Addle*. Their Lordships then divided, when thete apptar cd—For the original Address (including proxies), 104—For the Amendment (ditto), 40—Maj , lity for Ministers, 64. Adjourned at Half-put Two o'CLck. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER thought it an objection that the motion did not distin guish the different shapes of the Property Tax.-2- hIfY4I of the Appeals rcr 1815 were itot yet decided, and therefore could not be returned. Those up to the sth of April, lest, however, might be produced, but perhaps would not answer the object of the Ho nourable -Gentleman. Mr. BROUGHAM was aware that these difficul ties existed, and had framed ha motion accordingly. He only wished to know how many appeals had been successful or had tailed. Those that were not yet decided would of course not be returned. He had 30 couched his motion as to render compliance with his nest easy. .He had not confined it to persons to the Property Tax for commercial income, all descriptions of revenue. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that he had applied it to the Income Tax solely, while he seemed to with to znibrace the Pro perty Tax. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he meantthe union of those two taxes. He had chosen the name as more descriptive of the . whole, as it was, in fact, a tax upon income, and not a property tax. The motion was bgreed to. TREATIES. Lord CASTLEREAGH rose. If the informa tion which his Royal - Highness had been pleased to lay before the House, and the Peace itself, had been less wound‘up with ocher great occurrences, be, should have wished to leave to some other Member the task Di calling the attention of Parliament to the sub ject. But lie thought it the best way he could dis charge his'public duty to tike that task upon himself, and to submit to the Hilts?, the course of examina tion of the subject most calculated to enable them to -pronounce their judgment upon it. There were many points of view under which it *night be co:l%i -tiered ; avid it. would be unsatistactory for tha House to give an opinion without first receiving from the responsible and acting Ministers in the transaction an account of the motives that had influenced their con duct. He Should request the indulgence of llonour ableMemberso whilst he should undertake, in the . - shortest time possible, to develo ps trensections- 7-e imporrata and so complicated. It lie should sintit ittee facts, he hoped he should be pertnUted to flt•rect own errors, and to add any explaaatioe which ne e : • be necessary. Having stated this, he slieold in the outset express his wish to narrow as much es possible the vote which he sh mid thin! it his ditty to call upon the Horse to :adopt on this occasion. An Hen. and Learned Gentleman bed, on a ((meter oppor tunity, requested to be infnrmed on wh it view of the question he should take the sense of Patna-tent. He had then said that it was his intention to inciede in Lis vote the arrangement at Vienna, but thistly the course of measure' which had let to Lie prise. i cution of the war,• and the negeciations ot Pet is.— But thmagli the proceetiligs at Vienna were inclosed within the scope of the present vote; it would nothe in such a manner as to prechideeany Gentleman in future from sep +rating them, it he should wish to bring them before the consider 'nen of this Home. If thagetfuntly had never incurred the mishit tone 4 b r i ne intelved in a sutisequeni . wl . e:ilttrthe Treaty of Paris, he should not have proposed a vote en the arrangements of the Congress of Vietina, hecense Government having suhatitted to Parliament the Preliminary Treaty, of which those arrangements were only the execution, it would not have been usual to take their oisieinn a Seco n d rime. lu teol, the Preliminaries siened by Lord Hawke bury and Mr. Otto were sithiLeted to the emir eel of the House. The M eeptis of C enwellis was tii m sent to cnnclnde the Treete, sehiah, when ratified, was laid before both Routes, with a diciaration that it was not the intentien c)! GOVerhIllel!! tee take-upon thcmselvee the task of ,tilling the ate/lei:in of p ai ii i . ment to that:Treaty, as it was only in execution of the prermiraries seht:h had been alrea.4 aperoved. He only stated" this to shew, that the cot , rse which he adopted WaS a matter of choice, not of netessity. He wished it to be clearly understood, that the at. tengeneent at Vienna was taken in execution of the Treaty of Paris, and ahat even after the present vote it would rest with every Feather, who should nut be satisfied with its nature, to call the attention of the He use to it. In doing so himself, be .did not Mean to pledge any Member to give aey more o( leis tip. probation to the Treaty of Vienna, than he had done before, When he had upproced that-of Paris. In the same manner, when the Treaty of the 25 h of March had been entered into, to repel the aegtession of 80. nap irte, and maintain the stipulations aif the Treaty of P e rris, Gentlemen, by supporting the war, •had not bound themselves to snppurt the arrangements of Congress, but'remained at bberty to impugn them, by moving an Address for that purpose. I hits, he now neaill begged it to be uedetetood, that na Mem ber seenld be precluded, by his . present rote, from dircussine the question ar Any time, but should con. elder the arrangement at Vienna merely as tae p o int from which they took their depot tune. The House should feel that it Was hedispensode to found the transaction oa some basis, as it had been done in f ir. met.' times, at the peeica of Weetphalie, that of Utrecht, and that of Aix-la-Chapelle. In the largest sense of the word, he left Gentleftien free on the question of the Congress. Those who thought as well of it as he did, could not take a better basis, and • thote whose opinion WAS most unfavourable would nut have advised. Ministers to re.nrgociate that Cenp,rese. Nothing, lowever, .now done, would excluir a f u ture considet.itiun .of it. The pint so" which he lOW Weabed to direct the 'attenti o n of the House, before he entered telion de: ;moot tautesegne ciations of Paris, was she comae of pelities *bo a had guided the Ceuncils of this country, on a railie tary and financial principle. It was only on the di plomatic branch of that political course *diet sums difference of opinion could prevail, because the glory which :.ad attended the other was gratefully.sren and .elt by ail. The t refitment owed some explana tion to Parliament respecting the system by ai:ich they had acted, under the circumstances diet b e d pressed upon then. From the nature of the War , the character of the enemy we had to encounter, and the support which he would receive in France, they felt, that it was a war in which all restrictive effot is shOuld be unwise, as well as any attempt at economy, . and that the contest must be arduous and protracted. It was, therefore, the more incumbent upon them, to make their arrangements on the largest and most effective scale. It was a war in which both Europe and the country i coeld not afford to fail. It was. theretore, the anxious endeavour of Government to form a Confederacy, the most extensive, not telly with respect to the number of Powers engaged, but with regard to the nature and 'efteacy of their etf•rts. After the liberality displayed by Perlienient, theGe, vernment would not have done its duty, had it not, thrown the utmost vigour into all its proceedings. The House would see, by the great mass of treaties on their table, what mutinous accessions to the eon• federacy had taken place, since the Treaty ot the 2.5 th of March. With the exceetien of Sweden, and not throueli a want of disposition on her part, but (A a principle of economy, which made it be cm*. • dered unnecessary to bons her to the held when her arms were employed is another quarter, there was not a single Power in the East of Europe, which was no engaged againit Trance. On the other side, e ith the excepriOn of Spain, ssbich was not prepared for the contest, there was not any Powe r not rea dy to march. An Honourable Member had on a for mer eccasion noticed die, absence of her name from the Treaty of ihe 25th of March. brain had cer. tainly objected to sign a Treaty in which she should not appear as one ot the principal Powers; but she had promised to act in the cause as if she had been a party to' that Misty. Upon the whole, efforts so I united and complete, had never been witnessed. As to the amount and application of our subsidy, Go. vernment had pursued'acoorse calculated essentially to contribute to the consolidation of the league of Europe against France. The total of the sum vexed for subsidies was 5a,000,000. But since that vote, e stipulation has: mesa entered into by the country t o • 1 41*U burtn