The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

.TCTLY 3. far he th.night the Noble Lord had deserved it and he wax now ready to declare that in every respect, except as related to Vie article on the Skive Trade, the Noble Lord had proved himself fully worthy of that cindidence. Looking at Ow treaty as a whole, with the exception of the objectionable article alluded to, it had his appr,bation. Lord CA sTT.F.nrAGIi said, he hoped the hi“ u se would believe no thint► could ever efface from kir mind, the cal dour and kindness which had been shewn to him, both when ithsent and p-a sent. H • was happy iind that there was only one point it the treaty which had met with the disapprobation of the House; and with respect to that, he Hat te:ed himself it wont" hereafter he found that he had pursued the Amuse most likely to hriog it to the mast favourable . Refer• ring to the late Negociations at Chatilloo, Lis I ardslup said, he was conscious that if a peace h a d then been made with Burmapatte, it would oat have been crowmial with the mit;ds GI the puni o e . of this e''untrY ; but he saw the necessity of lioll l tl rsa,l :hough niWit in °Maintop it have been ill roceiveia on his irturning horn', he 'lazed on those priu ci;iles which Ituermt ~9d his c: ”Acit%ct. dictated. 1k had concur. ren with the ;able- geheraliv, mot Hari preserved the: negociation with Bunoap r'e after he had g , ilLtri the advantage iii five differe: t vetiona, %%Inch wal cortaiolv a matin , in of t h e greatest 'manly ; ;aid Ih(I, it wia that Cie Alii.sd Powora stiaula•ed with cacti other that in ail , ";t lit` tloey 11 mild t•i• f togethor ; and so well had O.• y it and conPet'e I their mit 'sure-, that in case the war shoi.ld ut rcs-cesaity he otoinuod, 'hey had the certainty of Ir:ing abie field it f:rce amount :it- to 6:Ht 00a men the coaiincll enemy. It was the precipitate but silo. nianne2 ia which the Allies advanced Part , ' that en.•bleil them to ewer it, not it a sate of waif re, but of conaratalatiim, tool %velcome from the people of the metro pahs. It toe Allies had not deceived Buonaparte by 111,1,16 %; sev . era'l corps of both the itrifileti Of Billelit'r and Schwarteeithe7 his rear ti: cover their comiterticirch toward) Paris, by which th y gained fivc marchea of him, but had left him at librity to hung ut, hia t'hule farce to the neighbourhood of that capital, the ta:i.iug (.t Paris mina have been a matter of bloody cot-flict, and there is no saying, whether that magtafi..eot ci:y miidit not have bille t n sacrifice in co n sequence. late alliance soaiiiost France was the Srst tone that Euror had sitter together in cahinet, and had acted with entire cordiality in the pursuit of one common object. After such a war it was impoasib!le that thitY , C .ul'l it I once revert to their former state. No pink iple bad more stnin2ly aconite(' his mind than to give facilities to the commerce of trance, and io male her rather a commercial than exclusively a mili tary inttion. Tobagu had been originally a British settlement, it hail uu that ;scene'' , been retained. With respect to the East Indica, it had I,eun thought m ire for the advantage of both nation,, that the conflict of empire should nut revive, hut ill:A cominercial taci:ities should be af forded to France, mad hence no objection had been made to put the French factories upon the store footing with those of the more favoured nations. The Mauritius had been elaimvd, because it had been usefol to . Fi ance as a mean s o f annaying Britain in time of war, anti the island of Bourbon had been left to her, because it was useful in a commer cial point of view. With regard to Spain, lie hoped that her cause wound nut tie disgraced by any cruel or sanguinary acts.--Many en conies it would b...s inconsistent with his public duty to answer at present ; this only lie could say, that no engagement had been entered into with the Head of the Neapolitan Government. On the Continent a deep Impression had been made with repect to the liberal conduct of Great Britain, and a conviction was felt, that we had been driven into the way from necessity alone. As conquering we had gained the blessings of all, and even of that country which we had compacted.. Mr. W. SMITH rose to (hawk the Noble Lord fur the luminous expo sition he had given of his principle', and thought that, like our great hero IVellington, he had risen in proportion to the difficulties he had to encounter. The confidence the Ilouse had reposed in him had been amply justified ; and their confideuee was increased, and hopes had risen, that even that part of the treaty which lie' disapproved would be brought to a glorious conclusion. Had former negociations been ma. n aged with the same spirit, thousands of lives and millions of debts would have been spared.--(Hear, hear !) l'he Address was then put, and carried unanimous'iy. THURgMY, JUNE 30. Mr. Mrt.r E Ctateti to the House the wish of the Corn Committee, that Gent!emen who had presented petiticns oso thii subject wonld inform the viiiions petitioners, that they were teach to hear evi dence in snpport of the allegations contained in such petitions. The CHANCELLOR ct' the ExtuF.Quett, in reply to some observa tions of Lord A. Hamilton, stated it to be his intention to submit a propo‘ition to the House, to continue the restriction on cad, payments . 141 Mardi next, in order to see e ff ect might in the time be pro- Mimed on the Exchange. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 423 _ - Sonic tiuther conversation rook place with se4pect to the uoild ings for fetes in the Parks.—Col. Congreve stated the whole ex pellee attending them would not be inure than 13,0001. A petition was presiented from Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, confi..e4 in the 1,60 Bench Prison, for a libel on Mr. Fitzgerald, complain. lug of being treated by Jones the Marshal, with unusual and unceeeL sary rigonr.--Ttie petition was laid on the table. The House being resolved into a Comm'itte'e on the Spirits Liter comm. Bill, counsel eras heard on behalf of the ScJts and F.n.lli•ll distillers; alter which, Mr. Vansittart moved a clause to enaer, that Scotch an.i British spiiits might be manufactured for (Animation dusty-tree, and that a drawback should be allowed on the stock now in hand.-1 1 w clause wa4 added, and the report ordered to be eel% ed Tuesday next.—Adjourned. rnIDAy, J! 1. A IstOe before five o'clock the Sr , Esitisß resumed the Chair, and in. forificti the House that th House had wai:ed us. 14 RUP I i ' 1111 " 3 %salt the Addr..-ss, to which his Royal Highness had I.ieen pieased to retorts the following, most ttractous uoswer :-- " Gentlemen, I thank you fs r this dutiful and loyal Addre-:, and for y..tir coograoil dioys on the conclttOon of peat:: Aly asstistact orl on this linpfty occasion is fzreatly augmented ny the knowledg:e that . those glotious eTcnts, which have thus terminated i!. toe hlcastro; of pec..2e, tire mainly attributable, -unds.r Providence, t) the valour of my troops. and the firmness with which Parliament lots Sceunded their et forts. You may rdy 41.1 ity utmost exertions to promote your wialles with respect to the abolition of the Slave 'fratle." UIE DUKE OF WELLINGPIN. At about a quarter before five o'cl9ck, the ‘PLAK I it Irvine dressed bi his official robe, bud the House b.:Mg crowded with Members, so:ne oP them in naval and military unitirrurs, and a great bomber in t);e Court dresses in winch they bad attemied the Speaker to Carlton llotise, I.oici Cis] r on ruse to state, that in n consequece of the intr m::tion of the House, his Grace the Duke of Welliugton was in attend ance.—( IL•or, hl ur, Iwas !) The SPF a•"is it the pleasure of the House that his Grace be called ?" A loud and universal '' Aye !" The litlzzas in the lobby announced his Gr:lce's approach. On his entrau,•e, dressed in his I'u•ld-11:u•-h,tl's t wil'ortu, pransely decorat;• , t litaty Oiders, and bo,viiig repeatedly and restwetfuly to tit , • !louse, ull the Dleutbets, uncovered, rose, and enthusiastically cheered hi D. The SpEAKErt,— . ‘ My Lord, the House has ordered a chair to Le placed for you to rep )se on." The Duke seated himself in the chair, which was placed n few feet within the and put hi, hat on. The Menthe's of the House then 'eating themselves, his Grace instantly rose, took off his hat, and au dressed th,! Speaker to the following " Mr. SeF..t K E -I was anxious to be permitted to atteud this House, in order to return my thanks in person for the honour done rue in de puting a Committee of the House to congratulate me on my return to this country ; after the 'louse had animated my exertions by their ap plause on every Occasion that appeared to them to nwrit their approba tion ; and after they had recently been so liberal in the Bill by which they followed up the gracious favour of his Royal I-lighuess the Vrince Regent in conferring upon me the noblest gift a subject has ever re ceived. " I hope I shall not be thought presumptuous if I take this opportu nity of expressing my admiration of the great efforts made by this House, arid by the country, at a moment of unexampled pressure 011 , 1 difiicu!ty, in order to support, on a great scale, those operations by which the contest in which we were engaend has been brought to fortunate a conclusion. By the wise policy of Parliament, Coveln •o moot were enabled to give the necessary support to the operathais c..r rted on under my direction. The. coutfidence reposed in sue by his Aia jesty'it Ministers and by the Commander in Chief, the grittivers I ;v""" conferred on me by his Roy tl Highness the Mince Recent, ard the ',- fiance I had on the support of my ga ll an t f r i c , ;( l„ t h e G en eral 01licct-. and the bravery of the officers and troops of the army, cnc,orageJ it , • to carry on the operations in which I 'Aas engaged in cud' a manlier aA to draw from this House those repeated marks of th eir approbtition( which 1 now return them my sincere thanks. .Sir, it is imposs• me t) express the gratitude which I feel. I can only a,nire the ,h'e ,~~~ II~~u•~ , I