The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-04-08 00:00:00

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Having stated these circum stances, he conceived there could be no difference of. opinion respecting the first proposition which he maintained, namely, that looking at the spirit and terms of the treaty, and at all the circumstances with which the transaction was connected, the con dition upon which that treaty had been &cuter! by L ate Allies was the complete and absolute renuncia• I lion of all pretensions to the Crown of France, lint that the step which had been since taken by the.per-., con in question was a clear, distinct, and I. violation of the treaty, and of all the' arrangement,. which had been at that period concluded.. If then. French nation had called upon him to come spiel to France, it would have been a- siolation of the treaty by the nation itself : but the nation had not called' him. He bad arrived in France, and assumed. •the Government ha opposition, as far as was ate present known, to all the authorities recognised in France at the time; and in this respect the present revolution was different from any that had before taken place in that country. ThOugh these hurl been effected partly by means of the military, or by terror of clubs and mobs, yet there had been always a pretence of acting under some public organ—a i.e..' dislatlve Assembly—a Senate, or something of that escription. But here.all was purely and entirely a military act. There was no reference whatever to any legitimate public organ, but a direct assumption of the Government by the military power. He need not, then, he presumed, take up further time in' proving that the condition had been violated on which Bonaparte had obtained liberty and security, and afforded to this country a justifiable cause of war.-- He was aware, however, that when he had establish ed the proposition that a just cause of war existed, he had onlrsettled one part of the question. AO. knew that there was another most important pert of it which would still remain for consideration, namely,: what course, under these circumstances, it would he* most wise and prudent in this country to pursue, It • was impossible to conceal the danger to the peace and tranquillity of this country and of Europe he gene ral, which resulted from the late utifortunateevem It was impossifile tolatget the conduct and charecte) of the individualtbl tY4IPAOIP. I treaties and etigagetn— e a on Spai on Prussia, on Russia, on Austria, and Oti alsnolk ail the Powers of the Continent. All these consi: 'iffilitidifs, together with the impossibility which itact been experienced of maintaining relations of peer with him, must furnish every reflecting mind with in pie reasons for the most serious apprehensions; au these apprehensions must be augmented, too, by t circumstances of his return and accession to power. He came, be said, to restore what he called the glni .ICIIARD THE SECOND. . Kean s Bolingbroke, Mr. Lilistont Quern, Mo. Bartle'. hich. the Nese Furl , . called 'CLOCK. AND A RAINY NIGIIT. ird the Second, with the New Farce. Henry the Fourths Sir John Falstaff, Mr. micarance so this Stage) ; Hotspur, Mr. S. lie:trance in that character). opened as half past eve o'clock, to he- DELSTON F. VOTERS. Lord GRENVILLE mowed that the Petitioners for and against the Ilelstoue Voters' Hill be beard at the bar by their Counsel and witnesses, and also that they be required' to give in a list of their witnesses. After a few words from Lord DE DUNSTA NV I ELE • this was agreed to. DETENTION OF 811I1'S. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished, before the Ortlerof the Day was read, that the Noble Lord opposite (blehrille), or some oikgr of the Prince Relr.nt's Minister., would give some replan .t is on a subject nearly conne c t e d w ith It • 11 alluded to the alleged detention of Fleach ships by our croVt. There were two questions which required a n ans w e r. ri , tsrhether any ships had been so detained P Second, whether. IP I Jr Mad area so detained, the detention was aushorlaed by, Wirtz ment ? • Lord MELVILLE replied, that the detention hat oeisarred iu only one os- two instances; and certainly they biW *rape e authorized by the Gorrrossent.—(Hear, hear REGENT'S MESSAGE AND ADDRESS. The Order of the Day for the consicleratlaskltf the • Prince Regent's Message being read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose. Approslng as he did of the answer given by his Noble Friend '(Melville) to the questions which had been pat to him, he had nothing farther to say upon that sub ject; and he therefore would now proceed to call their Lordships' attention to the Message which he had last night the honour to deliver to their Lord ships from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent : and though he did not anticipate much opposition to the Address which he intended to propose, yet he felt it his duty., considering the nature of the crisis and of the events which bad lately taken place, to make some observations: but a desire always to spare the time of their Lordships as much as petisi ble, and a desire likewise to abstain from all discus sion of topics on which considerable differences of opinion might be entertained, would induce him to keep clear, as far as he could, of every point not necessarily connected with his Motion. lie was not one of those who expected that after the changes which had taken place in France during the last 20 years, and the moral convulsion which had agitated that and other ccuntries of Europe, affairs would probably settle in a permanent state of repose and security, without any danger of a revulsion, against which it was wise to guard by prudent measures of precaution ; but he admitted at the same time, that none of them had in contemplation the events which had happened in March last, or that so sudden and entire a change should have been effected in s' short a time without a struggle. In looking at the Treaty of Paiis, to which he must now call their Lordships' a t tett tion . , t liere was one circumstance which eas not fail to strike evarfoweWho considered tint 'ante' and state of things under - which it was eowe4miea he alluded to the remarkable liberality of the cdoduct of the Allies on that occasion. Ile could not look at that circumstance, even now, with regret, because no one could attend to the power, the extent, and the population of France, and not feel that it would have been unwise to have exacted from that people . any thing which could reasonably bumble them in their own estimation. 'lf advantage had been takes. %prowl Prier 9s. 6d.—Pit, Ss. 6d.; Second wer (;allerv, 25.; Sawed Price, IL—Upper Srcimd Price, 6d. AtoyAL, COVRNT•fiAItDEN. present EV EN LNG, April 8, will he pert 'nap.% THE STRANGER. Mr. Young; MinOltleill. To which will be added, ;rand Melo Dramatic Romance, called Z EM RICA ; 'ET-MAKER. AND HIS WIFE. Second Price Ss. 6d.—Pit, Is. 6d. ; Second o'er Gallery, 23. t Second Price, Is.—Upper Se enod Price. 6d. - may he had nightly, on application to Mr. WOMAN, of respectable connection, mow Semi( as an ASSISTANT in a Pastry po.t wild. In C. B. ni 93, Church-street, hr inmr dintely ..iiended to. TEPRR OR. RECORD OF THE BEST dPHLETS OF Till DAY. sesiv. price 64. 61 IPHILETEER, Nine Numbers of already published, contains the fallowing ore at the present time particularly Mem , rial to Losses XVIII. iriard on Bossuparm and the Bourbons. . on the Balance of Popover in Europe. nod &Maly, by Ci , uo9rEor (heats. 'stleyraed on the Commercial lateftoorse of tritoin with Ame►ica. n the U,e and Teudeney of Dr. Gall's Sy.- Cram°logy, as appertaimor to Educa- Mart's Outline of a Plan of Finance. ;10m, 4/11 Mr. Vansiitare , Plan of Firance. Add ou the emote, eial Situation of Great Mallon the Polo ical and Financial Stale of kn. Lefler Mice in Lord Grey. Pampotet• on the Corn La n. • of the Journey and Imprisonment of Pope of Tnevvaini Loutrriore. . Fleie.ier's Celebrated Cause to tke Grabd Wpxford: lhop of Lincoln, Lord Grenville, Bishop MII C. Maki, Mr. Le Alesurier, and others, ;.ttholic Question. milli ml the Slave Trade. _ _ _ opulor Pamphlets on other Subjects of Ge neral Interest. mils find Fenner, Paternoster-row: I,4rdon ; and ull other Booksell rs in town vend Edition of No. 1: is just published. .ER THIRTY THOUSAND POUND ARE YET IN THE WHEEL, Aiid may he Drawn LIE MORNING NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 'hen three Prizes nig receive of the French arms, and this avowed object cou not be regarded without just alarm. But whet ire. the conclusion to which he wished their LordQhi to come upon a view of all these circumstance , , ? Did he desire their Lordships to adopt any nigh I le Is k a No. 2848. e uIt.:ATE i If rll I S pre l Mlle% • KING RI Richard, Mr. After %a pAST TEN O'C m on d ; ,y, Richard We'neslas . 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Members of she London and Edinburgh, present to the Pub %ear+ r xperresoce 411. he Cure of Venoval )•se Dciii:iinss and Deficiencies which riot it or embitter she austrimuniad state. In the . fst m teeeni infection to confirmed isomnito:3 very °Aron speetty, and always sr dubious cases, their long and well•arrangyd them a promptitude of decision that senates ring mei cutiolized out of existence, or hay under:oined, hod the vita; principle destroy insidlaus disease, or a blind and final coma pretenders. sebility, Vascular Relaxation, and Atony of log from excessive indulgence. insalubrious .tary sensuality, their practice givesoew life and system, even in cases u'uch are verging on de mand other derangements of the Urethra they ' and effectual manner. Slight and recent ease' iectiou are cured Its the short period of two Sex h will be camolitary to Itaaw that they 'how Dehititle, which defeat eatieeptlua. &ad of connubial felicity. with Casa oar, delicacy, awl iatialahle se E and Co. may be coovolred every day, 11l fniton•g:l rtt rails the Gantry. rtosing mirwteiy the cow, an d enc i o .in g a rernittot.re for Advice and rented with stutiLtus tittrottwa. •gardru. of the situation in which the Allies then stood to demand any thing which might be dishonourable. for France to grant, the Allies were aware, that by that coarse they would have been sowing the seeds of fu ture wars, that the first opportunity would perhaps be taken to infringe the Treaty, and that its nature might furnish some excuse, though not a just ground for the infraction. It was, therefore, the policy of the Allies to act with a wise liberality. Perhaps there were some concessions with respect to which there might be a doubt whether they were necessary or advisable ; but this, at least. was clear• L-that the character of the Treaty was, under the circum stances, that of an arrangement highly honourable to France. It was a Treaty with which the people of that country had every reason to be satisfied— one which had studiously rendered consistent with every feeling which they could justly entertain as Frenchmen and good subjects. Such being the gene ral nature of that treaty, he was desirous also to call their Lordships' attention to the Treaty of Fon tainbleau and to the circumstances under which it was concluded ; and he was the more desirous to do so, because he believed that some misapprehension had prevailed on that subject. The part which this country had taken in that treaty rendered it neces sary to say something on that point. Whatever might have been the•wish of the Government of this country as to the matters which formed the subject of that treaty, there was in truth, no alternative for them. They were obliged to give a qualified assent to it : but in justification of the Sovereigns, the cir cumstances under which that treaty was made ought to be considered in all their bearings. These cir cumstances were very different from what they were supposed by many persons to have been. When lu March-last year the Allies advanced to Paris, a de claration was issued by the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia, that they would not treat with the person then at the head of the French Government. After the attack upon the French troops. near Paris, and the entrance of the Allies IntO that city, a reso lution took place: the Conservative Senate was as sembled, and a Provisional Government appointed to negotiate with the Allies. Under these circum stances it was proposed to grant a place of retreat for the person who was their Ruler of France; and it was represented in support of this proposition, that it atordecl the only means of avoiding a civil war in France; and of bringing over the Marshals, who probably would not accede to the new arrangement unless that point were.secured. At that time the only Marshal who had acceded to the new order of things was Murmoirt. None of the others had then notified their adherence. In addition for this, it ought to be considered, that Bonaparte was at the head of 30,000 men, on whom he could depend— ' that there was au army of 50,000 men in the South under Souit, with respect to which, it might 'rate be said, that th ere was no reason tosuppose ny that it' might not have been depended on. There was, besides, a formidable army in Italy, clearly in Lis favour, and superior to that which was opposed to it. All the fortified places in France, in Italy in Holland, and on th e Rhi ne, were nomina • ll y, at least, under the power of the chief of the army ; how far the existence of the Provisional Government might have severed these from the person ut the head of the military was another question: Whoever at tended to these facts would see that there mere good reasons for the concessions made by the, Allies on that occasion. The probability, no doubt; ares 4 that they could subdue him by force ; but still, under the particular circomatances it was proper in them to consider whether it would not be better to accede to the proposal when that accession would at once secure the great object for which they contended, and secure that object without further effusion of blood, which was always a most material consideration ; and above all, without raising a civil war in France.— Under these circumstances, then, the treaty was made by the Sovereigns. A Noble Friend of his then on the Continent immediately proceeded to Paris on hearing of the events which had put the Allies in possession of it ; and when this part of the treaty was communicated to him, as would appear by some of the papers now produced, he strongly ob jected to it : but he was told, that it had been in sisted on by the Provisional Government as the only means of preventing a civil war,—that the Sovereigns had acted in the manner which appeared' to them on the whole to be most conducive to' the general in terests—that they had pledged their word for the arrangement, and could not recede. His Noble Friend, therefore, did not feel himself justified in refuting to concur with the Allies, and a qualified accession was given to the treaty ;—he said a quali fied accession, because this country had never recog nised the person in question as the Emperor of France. Some particular articles were objected to by his Noble Friend, but it had been consi dered as,, under the circumstances, the most wise and prudent course to give a qualified assent as far as the giving up of Elba to Bonaparte, and the grant of Panne and Placentia to the Emperor of Austria's daughter. He stated these things in order to impress upon their Lordships' minds the peculiar situation in which the Soveregias were at that time placed, and the fact that the treaty was concluded with a person whO' had arms in his hands, and that he had an option whether to secede to it or still eontinue the contest ; and the arrangement having been, made on eve'," priuciplo of honour and good faith, 'the parties were bound to e abide by it. Whether the treaty was WWI or not, after it had been concluded, they were I . bound to respect that treaty. ' It had been asked why had not Bonaparte been closely watched in Elba? The reason was, that Bonaparte was not there as a prisoner. Ile was in a place which had been assigned to him in sovereignty ; so that to have subjected him tnamy restraint in that place would have been a con-1 travention of the treaty. Ile . did not think it neces sary to go into the other particulars of that treaty : but it had been said, that Elba was an improper place for Bonaparte; but in what view was it stated to be improper ? Not as connected with any thing relating to France, but on account of the superior means of escape which it afforded. He did not know i whether it did afford such means in a superior de gree • but if they adverted to the circumstance, that in w hatever situation he was placed, he must, sc cording to the treaty, be at liberty, they would see ? ' that in whatever place he was put, he might have escaped from it. As,j,o the means of guarding the island, he believed that every naval person was con vinced that the whole British navy would not be sufficient to blockade Elba so as to prevent the escape of an individutti. who chose to leave it. That object had not, however, been neglected ; and an under- ! standing had existed between the officer on that sta..! tion, and his Noble Friend, as to the circumstances , under which measures of prevention might be taken, ' without the violation of the treaty. The officer had been accidentally absent at the time, but still em-' ployed in his duties ; and even if he had not been so employed, a temporary absence would have signified nothing; for suppose he had been on the island at the time of the escape, it would have made no differ ence. Bonaparte had the command of the military and police of the island, and would, as he in fact had done, in one or two instances, have placed the offi cer under restraint till his purpose was accomplished. He had laid an embargo on all the vessels for'a day or two before, and had placed two persons under re.. straint, till he had carried his scheme into esecutior. It was impossible that the escape of an individual who had the command of the military and civil powers in the island, Could, under these circum stances, have been prevented. He thought it neces sary, also, to say a few words as to the supposed , breach of the treaty by the King of France. He po sitively denied that there was any breach whatever by the French Government. An arrangement had been made with a view to the liquidation of the debt created by that treaty, though there had been corn plaiots that Bonaparte himself had, in some minor circumstances, violated it. But on looking at the treaty, it would be seen that, according to the literal terms'of it, • there was no violation whatever by the King of France. The payment was to be annual, and until the year had elapsed, there was no literal breach of the treaty. But suppose it had bon yin. lated, the proper course was to have called upon the Allies to see it fulfilled, and it was not until redress was refused that he could be justified in acting as tie , had done. But he need not go further into that, as ' Bonaparte's own proclamations afforded flue best' answer to any argument of this kind. Bonaparte ; did not come into France on the ground that the I hasty measures? Certainly not ; but to keep whole of these circumstances and the situation which the country stood before their eyes, nod consider that they had only one of alternatives armedtwo, defence or active war. But tne tin alternatives, however, of armed defence or active war, he did iv at present call upon their Lordships to decide [lles hear !], and he did not iequest any decisions up, the question, for this reason, that the subject volved Many circumstances and considerations n. now before them ; that it was a question which con, cerned not merely this country but Europe in get ral ; that it was not only a British but an Europea, question, and that almost every thing must depen , on the concert between this country and its Alli He should feel, therefore, that he should act imps petty, if he were to ask at present for any oth, opinion than the i onswer to the Message necessari required. But whatever might he the views of d , ferent persOns on this subject, there was one poi on which, he presumed, all were now egreed,-41 the best and the only means of establishing the gen, ral security was a grin resolution to promote most intimate connection between this coutitry its Allies. This was.a principle upon-whicti. the Go, vernment was resolved to act, and he was misfit there would he every disposition on the part of t, Allies to regulate their proceedings in the mann, best calculated to promote the security and best ii terests of all. But whatever might be his judgment as to what was most fitting to be done, there was or point on which he had no hesitation in exp'resih a clear and decided opinion ; and that was, that them ought to be no disposition manifested by the Govern. ment of this country to drive the Allies into IF adoption of a more extensive policy and course . , action than they saw consistent with their own vie , and security. Under these circumstances, then, al with these qualifications, he, trusted their Lordshil would agree to the Address which 'be was about propose. When they considered that the only alter natives now left to this country were, armed defer or active war, and that the resolution of the Alli was not as yet fully known, he hoped they %nip hare no hesitation in declaring their approbation the precautionary measures erliich bad been roloPtost. In the mean time there was full reason tolielievettit every disposition existed among all Mit differetsi branches ef the alliance to act in concejt , and ' view the subject In the way which would benioit con. docive to the interests of this country, as well as t! general interests of Europe. Lord GRENVILLE, fully ekreeing es be ld . the cautious language and general ohjectsor the • 4 - t and • ene- .• rent. • -• • .• -• octet • ) ; 11 - 4 1 uin l 4" grout,• 1 Thai:• •eace SM. and , • the lorY OU WWI h I t . )S 2- or the O r. * r Fr in to PS— ives, not 'ear, port in- nut eon- . • !SIP. peau ;,end lies. pro- (her Irily dif. 'oif,t 'that ene. • i! the end. 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