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

TITE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lord CA B'll EllklaGH said, 0 was impossible, lie conceived, for an) man to concur in the address, who had n-t made up his mind on the question, whether our security was to he looked to hi immediate war, or its an armed state of nominal peace, and who wow not prepared to approve that 1111 l umal peace, which must be attended with an expendi ture nearly as great as war. The return of Bonaparte to France, in defiance of ad engagements, was an insult as well us an injury to all par ties, and exceeded whatever was dune by preceding governments of Frau e, however base and degraded. This man glorified himsclion the The 'lion. member had never thought per preinnon of his bad faith. Poetimparte's character a matter Of great Impurtauce ;. but take his pre- Yiou•corattiet, and couple it with the present circumstances, and a cons• vete case was made out against ally reliance epees him, and which re duces di • question re merely that of power. We were fully emitted to pm. that he would only preserve pence till the :.cession suited Lilo t slime to violate it, alien we had with other nations reduced our expenses, while lie continued his labours to augment his military force. IVere it stirirosed that this new crinsteution would he any sutliciebt cootronl, how rea:ist constitutions had France already received in the course of a hew' Year It cons:itittio•;s on paper could control Boonaparte, he would •s b e the rot itioff , itsive person alive. The party in with whom he at presetit eminected himself Old not entertain seetlflitlli a in general i common with him, and lie vie% ed Mem only as instruments by w loch be cuelit reassemble li.s formerly vu furious hunds,who were still thirsting fur pimpler and sp harem. Did arty body tliii.k that when he again gut at the head of 410,000 crolet he would find any objection or ditli Cully to disposing of his previa counsellers. whether Futiclee or Idieierine Butampar le, it they epposed his views ?_ What di+ lie say to Monsieur Laing, who was at the head of some asseiel,ly or other ? Ile told him a ter tits return truto Russia. that they talked ahem what they did net understand, that they might go about their business; that he was born for his situ -lion, and that the wishes of the French had made hint their Emperor. What grounds were th•re tar trusting to, his keeping the peace that were consistent wilt) the tiews and cap-mations of the perjured French army ? present siniatiou might be called a re-electioll ; but it was the effort of a large, cutruoted army, tired of peace, dissatisfied with halt-pay, uneasy under the benevolent at d pacific sway of I,tois the XVI; lilt, which was honouredby the respect of the other nations. The prospects of the soldiery were to revel again in the plunder of (Abe! countries, and to gain military promotion through war: thi•v thought only of rising above their reap. ctive grades. Indeed, it he did not shape his conduct according to their views of promotion and pillage, he was likely to meet the contempt of the army, and to become odious to them. If, howevt r, the French people were so infatuated as to lend themselves to the views of Buonoparte, and become a party to so gross a breach and fraud. then, he must say, it was an unfortunate case ; but it France were so dead to proper feelings, the war must be with Fr ince, and it would be for Europe to contend for its own liberty and safety. He could conceive that France, worn out with revolmiens, ruight prefer submission to an usurper, rather than make a moral effort in her otvn behalf, arid that when he had restored his army she would still submit ; but Europe was not to suffer France to choose her own field of action. Austria, Prussia, and all Germane, &c. were not to be expos( d again to plunder and devastation. It was right in such an event to make the seat of war hi France herself. The French army was tot to find the world a sacrifice to their profts and professional advancement. If they thought •it their right to disturb Europe, she ought to teach those who were so fond of war, that they were nut to have it exactly as they w ished it, but as Europe should choose it. It was unjust to suppose that the Allied Powers wanted war. When he was t•ha ged with hip mission to France, whatever danger might be ap prem.:At-if Irons the cegocirtions, lie felt it. a they that all conditions should be bona fide maintained. The negotiations in France pro seeded on the principles of the declaration at Frankfort ; and it was an ogled to spew, that it there was bad faith the fault would lie with France. It the French now suhniitted to litsunaparte, it. was cm from their own N •iieral desire, but from the desire end power of the soldiery. It by no means followed that the A' lies were to treat with him now, men ly he se Ise they had treated with him before his act of abdication. A treaty its ght have been concluded with him between Chatillon end Paris; but he withdrew his own proposition • «hide three days, on the et ent of the very fir I slight seceess which he experienced. The Allies made no proposition mine favourable than the treaty of Paris. I was said that Duonaparte offered more favourable terms,-which were retased. That was not the ease. Though his minister proposed such terms, be withdrew them, Whatever terms had Litok4de, we could have admitt e d lioneparte's ambassador at the was as to the set letiterst of liairope, A great urivaionge was gained by Fretice,andcr the change of gevernmeut, iii she safety of admitting her minister to rote,lresa. The allies did make taerifices for a general peace. Whether its adversity or In prosperity ) tuorlarirte ucver ue g yected un: step to APRIL SO. aridity his viees of ambition no step was ever left by hies to - seek altar something unposeessed ; nothing with him was evet kited except a coo. scant attempt at aggrandisement. Unless his very nature, was changed, the same things must happen. He would only change his means, in or. der to recover what he had lust. But Huoneparte's character was peel]. liar to himself ; and he knew circumstances of his cundect marked by systematical bad faith, and of which lie had sufficient evidence. lie had an intercepted instruction frotu Bnonaparte to his minister, which was to have been destroyed in certain cases, which from accident it was nut so done. It disclosed a system of perfidy unparalleled in the transac tions of the civilized world. It was dated March the 19th, when the discussions were net closed, end when he was undertaking a hossrdoes military opt: ration, arid which might be fatal to him, when he moved from Arcis sur.Aube. Buonapette. thought his success probleitiatical, and gave new instructions in favoer of concessions. The instructioes were in the form of a secret letter, signed by the Duke of Bassani), ad. dressed to Caulincouit. There had been many instances et breaches oi ;,egociations, but generally some defet.ce was set up for them with re• spect to instructions. The minister of nthintip lite was desired to conclude a treaty, hut to keep back certaiii parts as hint! as lie e•aild, the execution of them beieg to be dela, en, notwitl standing tly ra/A4- cations, so that nn advitittage might be alters. !S take,, of therm This was a tii-ctinistince contrary to all experience lee such matters. There wits expressed • deliberate intention to tee ity utio ulotlatently to refuse compliance with the t ity : and wh•At were those points oil which this had faith was to time ? Wity, they were wino Buiiiwoetta called the three great keys of the Fie. cn empire ; and which soffit:is roily skewed what his objects were. the that of these keys alas Ant• were, which might be called 11:e key of Divisor! i the secouit key was hitter; which w .s in tact the key of Germ:try.; and the third key, which was to he kept back even aver ratilieation. was Alessatieria, which was so fact uot the r.ey of France, but the key of Italy. What better proofs could be :Oven of the nature of the nom ? It was clear lie would break the treaty as soma as it suited him Was it, their, wino. portent whether this man was replaced in power or nut ? In power, lie would probably sour ) pour a military dolor, over the world.--•• Those who had concluded the peace must be quite as sincerely die. posed to preserve it as the Hon. Nleniber. By passing mach ad ad. dress, Fiance could only be deluded into the notion of ao impression on the people of Eastland dilieseut from that of the eantioeut. With respect to the pecuniary support of on allies, a distinct proposition at no very distant day would be submitted on that subject, whirls would not be found such as to Rive an undue facility to war through our means. He trusted he should soon satisfy the 'sense, that the proposition was studiously calculated not to produce those effects %thick some might apprehend. Great Britain would not give assist ance to favour the motives of war, but would act so as to leave the snliject to the proper feeling of the danger and necessity by the other nations of the continent. Lord ALTHORPS having; said a few words, Mr. Poresounv condemned the language of Lord C. ; maintained that no such feeling actuated the French people, contended that such sentiments were enough to create war, and strongly supported the motion. as more necessary than t ver. Mr. W. ELL.lnir and Mr. WILBNIUURCE deprecated war without the strongest grounds, yet admitted that no safe peace could be made with Bnonaparte. Mr. TIERNEY contended, that war would be the ruin of England, as the Allies could not move a step without our money; and what was the condition of our finances! Mr. W. Pots wished to acquaint the house with a single fact. He happened to be with the Duke of Wellington when lie received the English papers containing the speech of the Hun. Gentleman who - brought forward this motion, in which he expressed his opinion that the declaration of the 13th Mardi, which was signed by the Duke of Wellington, was an invitation or excitement to the assas• sination of Buonaparte, and he never saw any person so much ape. prised anti horrified at the idea that such a construction could be put upon it, His Grier declared he could not lease supposed such a sentiment would have entered into die mind of any human below of the present day, and be was much more snrpri,tel it mild bass emanated front the mind of a British senator. Mr. Ciordon and Mr. Coke supported the motion. Mr. Witursit eau began his reply with o'xpressing his entire satir. fiction, that the Right Hon, Gentleman (Mr. W, Pole) had men, tioned the conversation of the Duke of. Wellington on his opinion of the declaration of the Isth of March, which was "cued by his illusti ions relative ; yet, notwithstanding the surprise eaprossed by that Noble Dike, who, he had no alotilit signed the paper inf. a ma, meat of inadvertency, tie (Mr. IV.) xtill remained of the same ol'i* niun respecting the meaning of the declaration, and notwithstanding the 4itelaieter of Use Noble Mkt_ it wo.t on teord eft ate terhi • 11.... I