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

344 ratDAY, MAY 16. CONAIIrTEE OF qpfP,,r. Lord Casirrenaaon wis,ed; biol.• .. he submitted his proptgition to the Committee. to strip the nature end extent of the stipulations - direct and moll oterai, which the flovernitiept of chi. country had arranged with h a Nlajegy'l allies. There were other pecuniary arrangements . with a .F - State, referred to by a Right [(imputable Gentlema n On the Hie er side, which be should lake the present opportunity of ea plaiiiiii, —igending to bring them forward ? not then, but at some fu ture p-riood of the Session. Hi alluded jo the arrangements for re tainine certain colonies, which belonged to Holland and fur which that pommy was to receive a compensation.' He wished it to be distinctly understood, hot this sum was to be paid to Holland; neither es a sill; aide or gratuitous grant. As soon as the conventions for this cession of the colonies were in a state to be produced, lie should lose m • u trine in . lariog them upon the table. It .woold be rememberled by thd Commit.ei, that these colonies were captured when Holland was under a different rule* frZon that of the house of Orange ; and, be was surtk it was not congenial to the mind of the country, or of Parliament, to retail' upon a hostile wineiple, a - valueble piorttj of an Ally, which had lung been in relations of friendship and mutual good dfficetWith England. 1 hese coloniei would prtive to ;tigland an important acqui salon, as connected with her natural and immediate interests. More than these wombs ihe property they committed was British, which by this ses s ion wou ld be plhced under the natural prot e cti o n o f the British Government The ciiuntry was surds• not to take what was so benefi cial, wile out a dee compensation.. The transaction was, theyeroye, both : useful HIM fair. she mini thus provided would amount to one million.: and a sum n specified which this country was to pay conjointly with liollang for !lie Russian lean, in that country. Brit the • Committee would b.- pl. used to observe, tf:ist the interest of tide loan should cease to be paid as soon as the Netherlands shall he in actual possession of Frsioce, by which arrangement Russia was thus directly interested in resisting the desire; of prance upon Belgmin, The King of the ble= itherland- was moreover to contribute jointly with England out of this sum r the. erection and repair of the fortifications in Brigitte), which was highly importent, as being one of the most important barriers stgaiiist the ambition of France. He should may observe further On this part of the subject, collaterally ii.troduced, that the ohject of this arrao,gment was out colonial alograndisernent, but natural. connexion and cnorenience. He should now prime to that part of the subject Which was to he submitted for the vote of the Committee. The engage. meets which the Governmen)l3 this country had t contractewith its Allies. was subsidy of 6,0 0,00 0 1 to t h ree great powers of the Con tinent. wiz Austria, Russia, and Prussia, and to mmititain one hundred and fifty thousand men, for the common cause, wilt the alternative of I commutation in money at the rate 01201. a ream for infantry, and 301. a man for cavalry. He would now state the engagettiema made by the Allies, and the efforts they had 'actually made. To begie with .flusoia—That power had 1101 confined her exe rtions to the stipulations 011ie treaty; hi s I m p eria l M a j esty had on foot actually double the number lie was bound to maintain :'pis. 150,000 men in Italy, and 150 o'.o on the other line, bearing upon the seat of action. (Heat; Hear ! T:.e r Posit is had also largely eiceeded the number (150,000 men) which the treat' bound them to maintain, and in this t zees, of force he did not include the troops maintained in the interior of their respective territories, but those only who were to act in the field against the munition enemy. The Liaperor of Russia, with his usual decision, had un foot /50,009 men bearing upon the Jflhisie, b e sides Q 5,000 volunteers, not incleded ju the ranks, all wider the cutumatid of Couot Barclay de 'lolly. His Imperial illnjesty had, besides dos force, an army of 150,000 men, com manded by Count Witgetistein. oti the I)ontier el the Russian Ent pite, which his Majesty inforoted the Prince Regent should proceed again 4 'toe common enemy, if their co-operation was roiuired by the 'rents. of, she War.—(Hear, heir !)--The third power, Ptussia, which zu the late wit had attracted by her exertions the admiration of Earope, wet now prepared to act w i t h s i x corps , atnounting 1 0 36,000, of the'fitiest troops. Alley this statement, he Would ask the Committee, was a subsidy of fiyi millions a primary in ducetnent to the Allies for engaging in the war. Was it not c)ear this mighty force was animated and moved by the motives and interests of the respective powers.-4Hiea;. hear !)-.-Ple. Rankest here asked across the table, were these the only powers subsidised 1--He ,(Lord Castlereagh) would 'tout!), before fie sat down, upon that part of the subject. Besides the dare* great Poirers, an additional force of 150,000 men by the minor states, including Bavaria, Wirtemberg, Baden, sax• He•s:., the Hause tomes, and Ilse sin 01l states upon the Rhine. Bavaria alone produced 60,000 men of the Moat troops in Europe. To this was to be added 50,000 troops in British pay, and 50,000 main tained by his Majesty the King of dyti Netherlands, of whore 3p,000 were already prefaced coact, sod the remainder ig a state of allnumed . MAY preparation. The Committee would thus perceive that the Allies took the field with as force of OKIP indljon ere rat thousand mew, besides the Ruaaian army op the fro ntiersrif this' s.t pire.--(Hear, linilf !)—ifhia Committee would also perceive that the columniation was most :threw Mims' in a financial point of view to this titulary. Suppose the Bri tish force to be 40,000 mep: the consmatatian for the remainder would be about 1,500 ? 0001. which was to be distributed mama the minir powers on the same scale as the subsidy of five milhosis to the great powers l that is at the rate of about ttl. 2s. each mall. He reek. owed Hanover (in answer to a question across the table) a ong the minor states that were to furnish 150,000 men. Vas 1$ saving to this cowry, in pans& et .finauce, however uncongenial t• her feelings of military to contempt' lot pi. or 301 a man, the main. tainiog of infentry and cavalry, which usually crest the nation betwe en 701. mid 801. a man. The Noble Lord nest observed how small the present suosidy was, compared to a foram subsidy. at the rate of 4111, a man to Sweslen,and the subsidy to Prussia in 1794, at the rate 4301. a man. Another material different: between this and termer subsidies was, that on fprerer occasions the subsidy was usually paid fur an earlier period of three or lour months, as a provision for the equipment and ;muting in motion of the troops; now the allied troops were actually equippet and in motion. A Right Hon. Genileinee on the other aide of the House, had on a former sight, censored the commencement of the subsidy so early as April; but it must be recollected how great tile distance from Russia to the Rhine, and that it was not to be expected that the Russian troops were so connoted as to be capable of being moved at once. He would assure the Committee that hie fuiped.l s. jesty had no sooner been informed of the landing of Buonapi.rte thine he sent orders for the !parch of his troops, which orders were obey e 0 vita) all possible diligence; and he ' had the satisfaction to state to the Committee that these armies' veer:. now, closely approaching the field of action.—:-4 Herr, hear l)--He should dontlede this part of the subject with observing that the Allies, for their own interests in the common cause, would be amend to apply those subsidies ie the most careful and efficient manlier It was , impossible for human reason to pronounce whet might be the issue, but he saw nothing bat eneouragensent in this vast Array of phyncat and moral force in support of the common cause. Bet what was the mgte of the Allies and of the enemy in relation to that in which they stood last year to each other ? France, it was true, bad got back her psi. sonars, and her garrison troops, in 'the interval of peace; but the Allies had far exceeded this acquisition of the enemy, by the change of their military position. France had delivered up at least fifty-six strong places, all garrisoned by troops, ne doubt rot actively engaged, but which required in general double th it number from the Allies to masque them. He would isistauce Dantaic. Dresden, the fortresses in Italy, on the Rhine. The troops that were detached to nrasq.ie. would now be prepared to march as part of the main armies into the heart of 'France, a proportion infinitely augmented. BO a still greater advan tage, was the solid and combined system of operations whist. would be carried on upon a basis. strictly in their possession. There were threts'or fonr . of the strongest places in Europe to which they might retire withoot loss, if seriously checked in France, viz. Luxembourg, Marne., &c, with the benefit of a repaired barrier on the Belgian frontier, which the infatuation of a Prince bad suffered to be de stroyed. The Allies had the great fortresses of ftergen-op-Zoom, Ant werp, Breda, and Meestricht, and a system of internal defence apd regulation for the general peace and independence of Europe. The 'fate of battles depended,upon the God ‘.farmies, and it would be pre. semption to predict what his will might be ; but with such resources, with half France and all the rest of Europe arrayed &Isnot the etienry, was there not the fairest prospect of speedy and complete success. The Noble Lord concluded with Alloying that a sum not exceeding .5,000,0001. be granted for the performance of his Majesty's sugar. melds to Austria, Russia and Prussia. Mr. WHITSRIAD asked whether Denmark and Sweden had s 4 coded to the great European alljapce. Lord CA srLiazActi said both powers signed the declaration of thlt 13th March, apd had since made th ;pat unqualified declarationi or Zeal for the comm on cause. He had no more of the politics of Sweden thanitehad of thoge of any other Court, but it was iinotheg question whether al. 'present shecould he subsidised at such a rate*, from her local situation, would enable her to move her armies into tbg South of Europe. Mr. Baneas, in voting for the address of yesterday, did not pledg4 himself ih support of the propOsed subsidy. He vas hostile in-prin. ciple to Subsidies. More than 2gt millions had been expended in st il sidies for the last three years, and the charge of 46 mliOns for su iw dies since the, year lipS, was considerably underrated: 'lt was fair that England Should wry her •wit share, but 'nue)t hot td go beyond it, though were )ter means equally gre:.t as the, had Bern at forkeee periods, it might be Waltrantable to do to: Tice revenue had been in. creasedlor the last titer yearly, of not !!'n _ - proportion to the yerpli. tore; the increase Anvils bon nine ndiont, and slip • • t • t If I . T - RE NATIONAL REGISTER.