The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-21 00:00:00

NOV. 2L was the glorious fruit which proteetled from onr exatieus in %ip pon of the Peninsula. It was that spark which first appear. d in the Peninsula, and which had been nourished .for so many yi ars by this country, that at length burst forth into a flame which haul il. linnin4tcd the whole of Etirope,(Hear, hear.) When we first stared in the present war, we rested on one mighty eolmltn—our navel strength : but now we had, in the progress of this war, erected ti new column of equal istrength, in our military power From . their rival but cementing' energies, equal but 'inseparable glories had been gained. We had now the satisfaction of feeling, that if ever the war shmild be brought to our Own moots, the country, in its military power, possessed the elements and pi inciples of safety fur many ages to come. How different was our situation in this respect at ptescnt front what it was at the commencemeet of this war? In stead of trembling on our own slelres at the threats of invasion from France, our armies had now planted their triumphant stan dards .tn French grump', and on the banks of the Moue 1k knew there was some who condemned tkis advance into France, and con ceived it a rash stip. Without pretending to judge of it on mili tary principle-% he must say, that viewing it politically, he could rater regret the planting the British standards on the soil of France. Ile did nut 'egret that a Portuguese army had now entered the .French frontiers, and had iu their view at Bayonne that flag which it was threatened should be displayed on the towers of Lisbon.' Ile did not regret the circumstance of a Spanish army being now . ene ploycd to.besiege the foul ramparts of that place, where all the pions of the subjugation of Spain were decided upon . and settled, where the glory of their crown was tarnished, and their diadem stolen from the lawful owner, and pocketed by an usurper. He did not regret that, after all . the threats of invasion on • the part of France, with which the sear began, France now found herself itivad ed by a British army. lie did not regret to find that-- Ultra Inachias venisset ad tubes " Dardanus, et vents ingeret'Grsecia lath." He knew there were many who considered such feelings is mere de lusions, but ha should request them in this terse to leave bum his Mu-, stuns, and keep their philosophy to themselves. There was one power in the world . ( America), aside whom he wished for reconeiliati oi as much as any matt. It' that power was now . hcsitatiug at all its its po licy, he should wish her to compare and fairly review the conduct of the two nations, France mid England, in the course of this long war. It' she should look with calmness at the conduceof our enemy, (now that the spell of his invincibility was broken), she would percei ye that' wherever he went, his career was attended by the destruction of ane. cient nations as well as dynasties : that his conduct had been in unifordr: hostility to commerce, to literature, to the Iglu of trade to lionnor, and to allahe feelings and sentiments which ennobled men and nations ; bed that the course of his exertions was in the attempt to roll back the tide of civilization and barbarize all the nations of the world. If, then, dressesuld consider the conduct of Great Britain thrieugh the war, and • edects likely to be produced by it. she would find in the march O . Great Britain the greatest benets springing up to all nations. Where her power went birth in Europe, she %mild nut see the extinction of detristies, or the degradation of ancient nations. On the contrary, she would be found aiding and supporting those which were falling, and raising up One which had fallen. She, would trace the more generous pol;cy of Great Britain in resuscitated Spain, in re-created Portugal, and in the present situation of Germany, which was now a nation us well as a name: If the conduct of Great Britain and France during the present war was thus fairly compared, lie thought it impossible for any meion to doubt or tivlitatt to which of them it would be most honour able to ally themselves, or which of them was to be considered the most disinterested in its objecti, and the must friendly to the general in terests of the world. The hopes of Europa were now placed , on a high situation, and no danger could be apprehended. but in the possibility of the efforts of any of the confederacy being f.und wanting. When we looked at what the enemy was doing, we found him not only • calliag on the people of Fratuce for the means necessary for their °Gal present actor, but tor the means necessary tor the coetinnonce of his usurpations and conquests over mankind. He even laid it down, as one ground, un Which to call forth the resources of France, that he stimuli! be perplexed and 'agitated to be left sitting on a degraded. thr.me, and under a crown void of glory. He had even ventured to. state that, as a motive why thepeople of France should continue to s!,ca their Wood. The I inguage of poetry had been considered the, of nature, The Em " of France Most .probably wns not ,an.mage ~. .preita . . consci , .us, when she delivered the speech of •Bunimparte from the Citone, of the setitinientsof that speech which our great epic poet had put into the mouth of the Grst rebel and usurper. Saran said ) speak. ini of those who suffered from his ambition and his promises, " , Ali, me ! they little know • . . • . " llnwilearly I abide that boast so vaini " " Vilma Allay adore me on the throne of hell." NATIONAL RE TER . 743 But the persoual glory. as it was called, of Boomaparte, said t he Maintenance of his osurpitions, formed the pokey on which it waa . thought fit to call on France to make her. sacrifices of treaseee and of blood Great Britain ought to•cunduct herself as the provident guar dian of the liberty of Europe, and the disinterested spectattess of this blessiegs she had been, under providence, the instrument of no. iturivg. Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE disapproved of subsidising Foreicn Princes, since it was proved that the Continent had never made itch exertions as during - the last two years, when she was withimt the aid of- this country.— He cautioned the Home and Country against having too high expectations, and alluded to a proclamation lately iptied by Louis XVIII. to the French PeOple, deprecated its politic:ditto at the present moment. If peace were to rest on the question of the restoration of the Bourbons, it would be impossible to tbresee the period of its return. Mr. WitiTllll EAD supported Lord Castlereagh's propositiol3s, in the conviction, and upon the clear understanding, that all the etiOrts of the lilies and of Ministers tended to procure a safe and honour able peace, consistent, at the sonic time, with the liononr of France. On those terms he was willing that England should coottilmte to winds the common cause, all the men and all the money she could possibly spare. Lord Castlereagh's Resolutions were then put and carried. • Mr. BATHURST brought up his Bill for snspemlino the prasecn lions against certain clerical persons; it was read a first, and ur dered to be read a second time to-morrow.—Adituuncii. T/11111SDAN, NOV. 18. On the third reading of the Militia Volunteering Bill, Mr. WIIITIIRFAD ruse to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, with regard to an amendment in the preamble of this Bill. He could not, he said.tralculate upon being able to pursnade the Noble Lord (castlereaglsl,4 assent to. or the House . to adopt, the amendment which he had to submit, het vet he thought it 'proper to put on record the grounds upon which he was induced to give his support to Ministers at this important crisis, namely, from a strong wish and confident expectation that the exertions which they had made, and which they were about to make, would tend to the attainment of the blessings of peace. He was not insensible to the burdens the Country had to bear, nor to many parts of the , onshiea of Mini.aers, which might at .imotheit time call far animad-, .Version ; as, however. he sincerely wished to su pp or t' Ministe r s ill their present measures, he would not encumber. them with odes* (ions of that sort, at a time when all their energies should be direct ed to secure au honourable and a lasting peace. lie concluded by moving,a4 an amendment in the preamble of the Bill, the insertion of the following words : " • For the purpose of bringing the war to a speedy and happy termination, and obtaining the blessings of peace, with reciprocity, security, and honour to all the belligerent potters. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, in opposing this amendment, he did it not in opposition to the Hon. Gentleman, but under a persuasian that he should be guilty 'of a dereliction of his duty, if he consented to an amendment which went to impute to former Administrations that they had not also pursued the line of peace. He trusted that' neither the House nor the errantry would be letl into a persuasion that peace was entirely in the hands of the Minister , . They knew the formidable enemy that we' were now contending, with in war ; and they should also consider the formidable enemy with whom a negotiation for peace must be conducted. The sort of peace which was now to be desired, was not only an hononrable peace, but a peace that would hold out some reasonable prospect of lasting re pose to this country. and to Europe. The conntry could not with for such a peace as would in its effects disarm them, and leave them at the mercy of their enemy to renew his - attiicks upon tiiem when ever be should judge it to be a more convenient season. We should not disguise either from ourselves, 01. the country, that there might be dangers in peace as well as dangers in war. He coincided in the spirit and the language of the manifesto of the Emperor of Aus tria, who " thought it•better to incur all the risks and datiger6 of immediate war, than to live in daily dread of those attacks which might he prepared against his dominions, tinting n state of things 'to which the name of peace might be given.'' Ho honed that neither the Hiuse nor the country; would be misled by the Diana of peace without tie substance. Mr. W. SMITH "said a few words in favour of the motion; _and Mr. WHITBREAD, in explanation, observed , that his onl y wish wr to obtain in the words of his amendment, peace oir tprins elprocity, honour, and security ; he never had contend( d foi other conditions. The question was then pia. awl Mr. %Void' A1)11'01:flea was negatived. Certain verbal amendineuts we' • ....t . sn was o A or l'e• nr any :bread s :re pr- IN 401