The National Register. — London, England, 1815-04-30 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER. Earl GREY observed, that it appeared his intelligence was, cor rect, as the Noble Lord had not denied the existence of such an ar rangement, GENOA. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM submitted to the House, his mo tion on the subject of the transfer of Genoa to the King of Sardine. His Lordship's arguments and reasoning went to establish this gene ral conclusion ; that Lord Win. Bentinck had virtually pledged this country to restore the Genoese their former Government, and that this pledge had been violated by England, contrary to every prin ciple of good faith, policy, and justice. His Lordship concluded by reeding a string of resolutions as to the general facts, and wind ing up with declaring, that Ministers had itithe cession of Genoa, acted not only in apposition to English honour, but to their own promises. East Jivrilonsr said, so far back as 1809, there were parties in Italy anxious to get rid of the French. Some were for a great re public, some for federative governments,. some, and probably the majority, for a king and free constitution. From this diversity of opinion, however, no movement took place, when the most favour atile opportunity presented itself. The language held by this coun try towards parties there, was "Rise first, chew that you have the spirit and the means, we will then help you, though we will not hurry you i/J0 an unprepared conflict." These were also the spirit of Lord Bentinck's instructions. But the Genoese did nothing to ex pel the French from their city ; the capture of it was considered a conquest ? and the Genoese themselves were aware that their re public was not permanentiy re-established. It was so perfectly known that a British officer could make no permanent political ar rangement without a direct instruction, that there was no people in Europe who could be duped by the idea.—The speakers in support of the Marquis of Buckingham's motion, were Earl Stanhope, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lords St. John and Grenville, and Earl IGrey.—Against it, Earls lioringdon, Harrowby, - IVestmoreland, and Liverpool.—Their Lordships divided—Contents, 25 ; Prox;es, 14; M—Non-Content, 6» ; Proxies, 46; 111—Majority against the mo 72.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 96. The Solicitor for the Earl of Roseberry's Bill of Divorce was exa pined at the liar, and gave evidence, that after every possible in quiry, he had reason to believe that the Countess of Roseberry, in company with Sir H. Mildmay, embarked at Newhaven, for France, on the 17th November, and that they were now in Switzerland.—On the motion of the Lord Chancellor it was consequenty ordered, that the service on her Ladyship's solicitor should be deemed a good ser vice. The Bills on the table passed through their respective stages.— Adjourued THURSDAY, APRIL 27, The Marquis WELLFSLEY said he wished for varions reasons to _postpone his motiou relative to Saxony. His Lordship comp!ained of want of good faith on the part of Ministers, in stating to the House pn the 7th of April, (when voting an Address in Reply to the Re gent's Message) that the alternative of war or peace remained, when as it now appeared by the Treaty of Vienna, war had been actually Tesolved ► n ► two days previous. The :mist important interests of Europe were treated in that dvcnmcnt in a manner which appeared pot only incompatible with every principle olsonnd policy- and right reason, but in terms so obscureand unintelligible, that he was utterly linable to comprehend the drift or meaning of it. lie wished Minis ters to explain its meaning, and to state, whether there is any reason to hope that ll►e ciremnstSnce of Buonaparte's retain to supreme authority iu France may lead to a re-consideration by the Allied Powers of the objectionable parts of their previous arrangements in parts of their previous arrangements in the Congress. The Earl of tavERPOOt denied using bad faith on the subject ad verted to by the Noble Marquis ; with respect to the Treaty of Vienna, the whole case, as it stood at present resolved itself into three distinct propositions, viz.:-- 1. That the Government of Buonaparte was au evil which must be gut rid of, 2. Thal it was highly desirable that the legitimate Monarch of 'ranee should be restored. 3. That ► however, was by no means sine qua non, and that the Allied Powers disclaimed any intention of imposing a Government pt► France. These were the basis of the Treaty ; but as it was impossible to foresee what may happen, his Majesty's Government would not fet- ter their deterininatimis by pledging themselves to any particular course of condoei. These propositions he described as emlati4l4Pg the f►riucielgi cm winch thef oimer war was conductede APRIL 30. Earl GREY deprecated them in strong terms, as leading to a w of vengeance ; and maintained, that if the principle was acted on ►n the late war, it wag never avowed before. The Marquis of WELLE.4EY disclaimed having ever acted on such a principle, and pledged himself, when the question came before the House, to chew that it was never adopted by the Government of this country. After a few words from Earl DARNLEY, who declared he Should not have voted for the Address of the 7th of April, had he been aware of the existence of a treaty which pledged this country and our Allies to all offensive war against France, the House adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 28. No business of importance this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, APRIL 24. Mr. Whitbread moved an Address to the Prince Regent, praying him to lay before the House the substance of the Treaty of Vienna. —Lord Castlereagh assented to the motion, after protesting against its being drawn into a precedent for the future. The Property Tax Bill was read a second time ; to be committed Friday, and read a third time Monday, when the House is to be called over to insure a full attendance. The Alien Bill was committed after a short discussion, in the course of which Mr. H. Addington stated, that more than 1600 foreigners had arrived in this country since the return of Boonaparte, many of whom were no doubt emissaries of the Usurper ; indeed, some of then had been sent hither for the express purpose of purchasing arms for the enemy. The House went into a Committee of Supply on the Navy Esti mates, and several miscellaneous services, when Sir G. %VarreNder proposed an addition of 12,000 seamen for the service of the year. He congrandated the House on the present state of the navy, which admitted of a large fleet being sent out with the greatest dispatch. A number of sums were voted, among which were the •nm of :AWOL for the relief of the French emigrants who had not been able to re turn home, and who had performed inaportant services to the coun try.—Adjourneds TUESDAY, APRIL 25. Lord CASTlErteArin presented the substance of the treaty, signed at Vienna, the 15th of March, and a memorandum thereon, dated the 23th of April last. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know whether, according to the treaty, any peace whatever could be made with Napoleon ' Buonaparte ? Lord CASTLEREAGH answered, that the object was to destroy the power of Buonaparte, but the treaty was only binding on the allies so long as they chose to make it so. Of course they might agree to treat of peace. if they should hereafter think it prudent to do so. Mr. WurtrnaEAD was not sati•tied with this answer, and gave notice of a motion on the subject of peace or war for Friday. Mr. PONSONBY having put a question relative to the treaty. Lord CAETLEREAGII objected to this system of asking questions which was nothing more nor less than an attewpr to inform Parliament, by anticipation of the views and proceedings of the executive govern ment, which was unconstitutional. . _ _ Sir C. BunstELL rose, in pursuance of his notice, to move an Address to the Regent, upon the subject of certain fees received by the servants 'of the Household from individuals attending Court. The existence of this system was a stigma upon the national character, and foreigners went away with the conviction that every thine was to be done liy money in this country, without which they could not procure even a sight of the Sovereign. A number of Officers about the court gave large sums fur their situations, and having only a nominal salary, of course they were obliged to derive their profits Iron► the visitors of the Court. The mode which he should recommend to the House, would be, to purchase the life annuities of those who had bought places, at a proper valuation, and then to grant them a liberal salary for the per formance of their d uties. He concluded with a motion for an Address to the Regent on the subject, which was agreed to. • Mr. BaNISES, after entering into a review of the finances of Ireland, mid the r'lative expenditure of the two countries since the Union, from the first moment of the laying on the Property Tax in this country, he was snuck with the injustice of exempting Ireland horn its opera tion. Taxation ought to fall equally o'er the entire empire, and he must raise his voice against ;the injustice of having the rich of Great Britain subject to such a H eavy tax, while the rich of another part of the empire were -eifetupt. He contended the tax would prove mrst advantageous to Ireland, and that although her revenue had increased, yet the increase was not so great as the exigency of the times made fiFFessarys lie 901640 14 moying 4 general Resolution, " that fP/ Pr' -