The National Register. — London, England, 1815-05-28 00:00:00

3t Boonaparte had put himsellout of the pale of the law. How could the Noble Lord reconcile this with the idea of a derlaratirn of war made nu common occasions? This declaration,und the other acts of the Allies, had given a character to the war unknown on any similar occasion. Boontsparte ultimately might he triumphant, and we nindit hereafter be reduced to the humiliating and disgrace• $.-cesaity of treating wills a may la Isom we had thus proscribed ; and mess what terms conkl be expected from him.—With respect to the sermities which might have beets had from France, he should have thought the restoring her to her original Midis, and entering i n t o a d e fi n itive alliance, similar to that of the Treaty of Chaumont, mo w h ave main yogi serntits for peace even with Bnonaparte. Lord Grey then adverted to the reports of extensive insurrection in France, which he considered extremely doubtful; even if it were true t 11.4 3 lin's of the nation were inimical to Buonaparte, the best way was to leave it to nourish and increase of itself, and not create any external object to draw the attention of time people froni their internal diseords.—The army of Puonaparte had been immetssely strengthened by the return of prisoners from all countries, while on the other hand many of those powers which had signed the declara tion would be able to do nothing, namely, Spain, Portugal, and Sweden. The rest of the Allies would only move by subsidies from this coinatry. All, indeed, would be ready enosigli to share in those gnl•len eggs which the great Goose of Europe had so long been in the habit of producing, but which, he feared, she would not be able to prrelnce much longer. Was Lord Wellington now as powerthl as he was Wien at the head of 60,000 veteran Biitish troops at Bayonne? He wonid not have 114 co about as the Athenians did, enquiring what was the health of Philip, and rest satisfied; no, he would have it. prepared for any event ; hut he could not agree to our rushing unnecessarily into war, The Noble Lord concluded by snowing an amendment to the Address, assuring his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that they cordially agree to support thlin, in conjunction with Isis Allies, in any measures likely to secure iudependence of Europe; but that they did not think it justifi- Inhle to enter into a war against any person the French nation fight think proper to place at the head of its Government. • G Earl BaTttuttsT replied at some length to the speech of Earl trey ; in the coarse of Isis arguments he observed the Noble Earl Fad made a statement of the comparative force of the Allies and of Prance, which was entirely fallaci..ns. With respect to Russia, e rus•ia, and Aoltria, the forces they were now marching forward, /weeded those they had employed last year, and that exclusive of the t roop in Italy. many of which, from the conise of events, would ale disposeable for the attack npiin France. The Noble Earl had laso omitted in his statement the force of the King of the Nether- Canis, which slid not exist in the last campaign, and he had altoge er underrated the whole forre. Lord GnFrivit.LE soid, he understood Ministers to have advised Lis Royal flightless the Prince Regent to place this country in a state of war, and now in the coll , titutional way they Caine to the House and asked whether their Lordships would give or withhold that approbation aryl support which was necessary to give effect to tie measnres adopted ; and for his part he felt that he should not, and that Parliament would not, be doing its duty, unless they gave evert sappro t in their power to the Government in the war which tw;:s just entered upon---(henr, hear, hear ! from Ministers.)—The Niiblr Baron pronounced an eulogy on Earl Grey, and lamented that he telt a necessity to differ with him ; hut if his opinions were erroneous, they were at least formed with integrity, and not with out the ~, r eatest diligence and care. The first question was, whether there Wag a just cause of war? for if, as was said by Burke in those volumes of wisdom which afforded matter applica ble to almost all eases. becattse they contained true aril solid prin ciples ; if the cause of the war was u n just, it would render it more I'm initial& than any evils which it was meant to avert. Now as to the right of interfering with other Governments, as an abstract principle, he appreltened there rould be no difference of opinion. If any people were living in a state of nature, supposing any penple ever to have been found in such a state—standing alone nneomoected tith society_their right to ohoose their Government would beabsolute and indubitable ; but when once nations become homul togeiner,the right of ehon-ing a Government must be exercised in reference to others of the union, and when any thing was found dangerous in a Govern. mint, tin' other powers connected with it in society, had a right to defend them-elves against it, and that right was as sacred as that vhieff the ..thee. possessed. There was no period or conntry which slid not abound with instances of the exercise nit this principle. rvetr'Prance herself recognised' the principle in the peace she con chided: If this principle wire.nnW denied, all the proceedings up to thfssmoment wonlilbe proved to have proceeded upon wrong grotklidlt ; but uuw the principle' was teu tiuzes more strung upon ri' e ll France, who had honed' herself by a treaty in addition to the ori ginal right ; and no one would (Icily that .France contd dispose .of her right. The abdication of Mwonaparte was not new techenised by . France, and the question was not whether we had a cause of war, lint whether we had not a right to compel her to fultil her treaties ? On this point he would rest the question of right. The treaty wish France excluded Buonaparte, and the moment it was violated there was a just cause of war with France: The Noble Baron further illustrated this position in a variety of ways, and having designated Caulainconrt's proposal for peace as the most insulting document ever published, he said there was one cause to prevent negociatimi, which was, that from violating all treaties, tuoneparte was unable to give any security for peace by negociation. nuonaparte's beau t (continued the Noble Baron) may be changed, but in a case where the existence of my country is at stake, I will not look at possibili ties, but at what is probable ; and where is the probability, that such is the fact with respect to him. The very plot and contriv. ance of his return to France prove that such a presumption would be unwarranted. It is difficult to ascertain the proportions availing sentiment in a nation, but we know enough to prove that Bilona ' parte is not at the head of the French people by the suffrages of the • people of France ; he ham been placed upon the throne by a mere • military authority, and without any other intervention. All the Recoiling I have heard, and all the information from every Retiree ' which I have obtained, completely justify this conclusion, and prove that during the reign of Louis XVIII. discontent was the feeling of the French army, because their country was at peace, and they had no pretext or opportunity to pursue their wanted system of rapine or spoliation. The very reason why they wished to depose their King was, because he wished to preserve peace. He was the victim of peace and good Wile— (Hear, hear)—He suffered not for any designs against the liberties of the people, but because he was • the friend of social and political order. Those who have an of in making out a case against him, have not been able to publish one fact to answer their purpose. Look into all the publications upon the subject, and though you may fluid sweeping allegations, you wilt not meet with a solitary fact in support of them. No. Ile was exiled because he was the friend of peace, and Bwmaparte has re. gained the throne by the same means which at first pla•!ed Inns there. Dependance is placed upon the power of the Republicans over thionaparte ; but it'the Republicans have the power of fetter ing Bnottaparte, Bnonaparte has the remedy in his own hands, and he will use it, by placing himself at the head of his army, where he will smile at the wishes or councils of a Jacobin Cabinet.—(llear, hear !)—The amendment assumes, without proof, that Buonaparte is ready at this time to conclude a peace upon such terms as ought to satisfy this country. The overture that he made soon after he got to Paris, contained no mention of terms, and that sent by hies • to Vienna merely embraced an offer to adopt the Treaty of Pai is. But that treaty left unsettled almost every important point.• I consider, indeed, that it is a : great misfortune, that the Allies did not, in the moment of success, lay down the grand basal of a per. manent arrangement for France. You have no security that lino. naparte will agree to the only terms upon which you can hold peace with France, and you %soul(' only be opening the flood-gates of a discussion of which you would not see the end.—l sin glad that a Noble Relation of mine took the opportunity of eliciting an expla nation, that the Address of this night will not at all commit your Lordships to an approval of the proceedings of Congress. I know not what has been done there, and therefore it would be premature to pretend to an opinion upon it, awl especially premature to give it an implied sanction." The Noble !Until was proceeding to recas pitulate the points of his speech, when lie maeitested symptoms of indisposition, and was ender the necessity of abruptly drawing to a close.—Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided-- - For the Amendment, Contents •• • • •t 4 Against it, Non-Contents -•~--113 Adjourned at half-plat twelve o'clock. wtnivrsDAY, M&Y t 4. The Militia Laws Amendment Bill was read a third time Ana passed ) and various other 13ills advanced in progress.—Adjourned. THVISDBV, MAY The Royal Assent was given by commis ion to the Militia Act% Amendment, and a variety of other Rills. The No,cheily Divf•lxo Bill bring committed, the I%lartini4 of LANSUOWNE proposed cer tain el.ines amendment', the object of which was to seem e t the Countess of Rost:berry the iutettil of her lortutte during he°