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time the penalties bad neither been limited nor moikrated. He was disposed to follow the ex thirple of Parliament on another occasion, in which the circumstances were similar, and when the pro secution had gone on to a great extent, before the sttention of Parliament hid been called .to the subject. The first operation in that case had been to bring- in a Bill to suspend the prosecutions then pending. He had no intention of altering oily part of the Act itself,.. and therefore wished that the proSecutionsinow going on should be sus pended, until the dignitaries of the Chord' should have examined the different cases. When the personi concerned Should have an opportunity of stating their cases fully and clearly to the Dio emu's, they would be able to judge of the nature of each. He therefore intended to propose a Bill to enable the Court to suspend its proceedings till next April, by which time the different returns might be made to the Privy Council, and itiwould then be seen whether there had been any hulls erect exercise of the powers which the law pre scribed. lie moved " for leave to bring in a 13i11 to stay, for a time to be limited, the proceedings In action, tinder the Act of the. 43d 'of the King." The motion was•agreed to without opposition. On the motion of Mr. BANK rs, the second reading of the iielstott Election Bill was post pone&to Monday. -The Offices in Reversion Bill xvas read a se cond time, mid ordered to be committed on Mon= day next. On the motion of Lnrd CASTLEREAGH ) the Muse resolked itself into a • ' COMMITTEE ON THE FaREI6N TREATIEk. , Lord C NST LE 9 EAG , in calling the nits:Litton of 'Parliament to rite eugagemeuts which bad been entered into with Foreign Powers, regretted that it was not in his power to lay before the House, copies of all those engagements which had been formed during the last year. No blame was to be itionited to the Executive Government on this ac count, as the thiog was impossible, on account of the time which must of necessity.elapse in cx-. changing ratifications. At the same time he felt it his duty to state to the House, in its far as pos sible, the nature of those engagements, because be conceived it would not be.satisfactory for Par liament to agree to the provisions of them, with out having a getteral view of the proportion which the advances which they stipulated would bear to %the other parts of the expenditure. It was like wise desirable that Foreign Powers should sec the exertions which this country was willing to make on behalf of its. Allies. There were many demands which it was impossible for this country to grant, on account of its limited resources, and there were others which, fur the same reason, it had been obliged to comply with only in part ;--it was therefore highly "proper that Foreign Powers should see the aggregate of the exertions which ft had made, and thin see, that if their demands had not been fully complied with, it was from want of the ability, and from no other cause than a de.. Sire to distribute the aid which it could afford in such a way as should be thought most useful to the common cause. Ile should call the attention of the House to the application of the means , which had been furnished by Parliament, and bow far these may be adequate to cover the de mands ; as also (in a prospective view of the ex ertion which might be thought necessary) how far ...similar means might be thought proportionate to the tleintsods Of the ensuing year. 'there was 'one branch of the expenditure on which he thought It would be unnecessary to enter at that date ; he meant the means which had been furnished for the glorious services of our army on the Penin sula. He would meri.ly say, that out of what had been of for this ritirpose, considerable aid had been granted to the troops of rortugal and Spain, exclusive of the subsidies granted to those ,Paters. Ile alluded to what had been spared from our military stores. The direct aid to Spain, in money and stores,,was about two millions ; to granting further aid, in the way which he had mentioned, he was persuaded that the House would agree with him in approving of the mea sure, and. would likewise think that it was more advantageous to act ens principles of liberality ra ther than on the narrow grounds of speaific. en gagements. The subsidy to Portugal was two : that to Sicily was .10,000/. To Swe den at the close of the last Session had been grunted 5,400,0001, To this was added the vote .of credit' for five minim's, which was so large that he hoped it, would nearly cover the aid .granted to other powers tiering the present year. `An account of the way in which this aid had been distributed would he laid before Parliament before :the end of the Session. 'A great part of it had silready been sent to the Continent ; and the remainder would r be required for •the reimburse ment of the different departments which had ,fur nished the military stores sent to the Continent, ivas only an ay. of duty to state, that much merit was due to the persons'occupied its these de ,partmenta * for the activity which _they had dis played; as it was owiog,to their promptitude and atiligence that the exertions of our Allies had been supported. Of the activity which pervaded these departinents, the ilonsa might be able to judge, when he informed theta, that merely in muskets; . fu addition to what %vas furnished to the armies :of Spain and Portugal, and which could not be less than half a tuiltjun, during the last year, Dot less than four hundred thousand stand of arms bad been sent to. the Continent. 'This reflected the highest honour on the-persons concerned in that department ; nor- were the exertions of the o th e r s less vigorous. He should now call the attention of the Committee to the details of the application of those stuns, which had been granted by Parliament. - First, .with regard to Sweden, 'as it naturally was the fortinot to invite :the jattentiou of the House. „The treaty which had received the assent of the House during the last. Eiesajoo, gave to this PoWer one Million, which was to serve till October last, after'which time it wits provided by a clause in the treaty, that the two powers should consult as to the future aid to be afforded. Owiug the state of the campaign, but principally, perhaps, to the state of the wea ther, la: was not in possession of an account of the proceettiogs at the negotiations which might have talent hst•he thotight that lie aright safely state, that the cogagentents with swede were not likely to be different from fliosl of last year. Whatever might have been the difference of opinion as to the policy of the treaty, .at the time whim- it had-been discussed in that House, he thought that aftir the result of the transae tim;S of the last year, I'4rliantent would not re fuse its aSsent to a new engagiment of it similar nature. It was with the utmost pleasure that he stated that Sweden had amply fulfilled • her en gagement as to the number of troops which. she should bring into the field. fiy one of her corps (he alluded to that under Cm Walmoden), ex ploits had been performed not inferior in point of heroism to any of the numerous brilliant tichieveinentsWhirlt had distinguished the canipaign. The force actually brought forward by this Power, was not less than 50,000 men. When the House considered the advantage which had been derived front the services of the Prince Royal ; when it was recollected that at the beginning of the cam paign, he had declared himself ready to turn his back on Holstein and the enemies of Sweden on that side, for the purpose of acting on any plan which might be adopted by the other powers, he himself furnishing three different plans for the campaign. Placed, as he was, in a situation of the utmost difficulty, and called, as he was, to the com mand of an army composed of,troops newly raised, and of differeht nations, troops which, it, the opi nion of the. Ruler of France, were so despicable, that when he found that they only stood in his way, he vaunted that he should soon °Wain pus , session of the capital of Pruisia, this illastriOus person (the Crown Prince), s having collected his. troops before Berlin, not only frustrated the in tentions of the enemy, but by his consummate skill in effecting the passage of the Elbe, with 'the distinguished Blucher, determined the fate of t he campaign ; and caused to the enemy a loss of not less than forty thousand men on the right bank of the Elbe. These were actions' of such importance, that ail: House could not re luse•to testify their admiration and gratitude to him by Nvlions they ul been achieved.—(Lead cheering.):—Although Ilamburgh bad been given up to theamenty fur a time, it was consolation even 'to the inhabitants of that town to find that temporary abandonment had been for the purpose of of their perfect liberation. tlad the Prince Royal; for the purpose of preserving Hamburg!' at the contunnicemant of the, cam paign, spread . out his• forces, perhaps even that object could not have been effected ; Berlin would have been lost. and probably the whole fate of the campaign sacrificed to an tmmilitary attempt. Ile had called the attention of the House to Swe den, in the first place, not because our engagements with that power. were the most' important, but be •cause it was natneally the first to arrest the atten tion. The moat important of our engageMents, whetljer considered et to their extent, or in any other view, were those entered into with Russiaand Prussia ; the effort which had been made to as sist those powers was one of the greatest that this country had ever been called upon to make.--The subsidy which had been granted, in addition to 500,0001. to Russia, was not less than . fire mail lions. The HouSe would be aware, that as remit tances are affected by the rate of exchanges, it would be very advantageous if it could be found possible, by means of a luau or otherwise, to pre vent the necessity of operating with a proportion of the money during the present year, or ts.til peace should take place. As there would be other Opportunities of disclosing this part of the subject, he shouhl not say more upon it at that time, but would call the attention of the House to the dif ference between the original conventions and those that were suppkmentary. When the subject 'had conic to be diaetissed with the armies in the field, the only arrangements that could be attempted Were provisional. The only change that had taken place Was principle, and was this, that there should' be no intermixture. of the credit with that of any of . the other Powers, by time issue of paver or either -wise. This change was important, and be hoped it would meet with the approbation of Parliament. With respect to the policy of the Treaty, the House would see that it haebeen Signed soon after the conclusion of the Armistice; but although it bad not been signed till the amities were in mo tion, the arrangements for it had been made so early as the battle of Littzen. The' ground on which his Majesty's Government had felt theta selves authorized to push their assistance to the other Powers,. so far as five millions, was, that ,they felt that the fate of Europe depended on the vigorous efforts of these nations, and by keeping the armies of the two Powers on the highest'pos sible scale of exertion. If the world had a chance of the restoration of public law and public order, it was by the united exertions and co-operation of the European States ; and the best way of ena bust other Powers to act in concert, was to show them that these two great Powers were furnished with means and the ability of carrying on the war with success. As to the weakness of theAlliedAm my before the Armistice, there was no diffieulty in ac counting for it very satisfactorily. Owing to the rapid strides with which the Allied Armies had spread themselves in their carter of 'conquest, there had not . been sufficient time for the arrival of reinforcements. 111 the transactions which con cerned the two nations, every delicacy on the part of his Imperial Majesty of Russia had been shewn. towards this country. When, through the mediation of Austria, a trial wasmade of the pa cific inclinations of the Ruler of France, -whilst these efforts were making, (and they were Made with the sincere desire of their proving effectual). steps were taken for the vindication of Europe, When it was foreseen that these efforts Would be ineffectual, and that war must ensue, at the opening of the campaign, on the 17th 'of August, Russia had in actual service the full amount of troops which, by the stipulations of the treaty, site was bound to provide. The exertions made by this Power were truly astonishing. The rein forcements stationed on the frontier for its de fence (pursuant to the delaratithi of the Empe ror Alexander, when he carried the war beyond his territories), this army was brought forward to act ofinsively ; and such was the vigour with which the efforts of the Emperor were conduete4 that the army brought forward front the Oder was re plaCed by.another, for the defence of the Russianfrontier. ---(licar, frontier. —(licar, hear .!)---Atter effecting the deli verance of his own dominions, this •Itigh-minifed Monarch bad advanced into the territories of other ..nations for the purpose of effecting their rescue.; and so cordial were hisentleavours that wit only did 'he bring forward his own troop', but lie incorpo rated them with those of When. thiso • vereign had thought itexpedient to Ctillse-his,ae tierals'and troops to act in subordination to time Commanders of other nations, he could not have evinced greater wisdom. There was a Russian army and Generals tinder Prince Schartzenherg, two under General .Blucher, and another under the Prince Royal ; nil this shelved. a determi nation of affecting that which he had So gloriously undertaken. With respect to Prussia, it was true indeed that in as far as Concerned the 'masher of . her troops, her army was of a lower character # but the proportion which had been assigned to 'Prussia was comparatively as great us that of Russia, and Was quite as great as What that Power bad been, thought capable of sustaining. It was one of the most extraordinary traits of the war, and one from which its success might be 'augured, 'that the efforts of that country, which was sup posed to be most depressed and exhausted, have been such as to place that country in a situation certainly not inferior to the proudest which she had ever occupied under the greatest of her Mo narchs. The actual military force of Prussia in cluding garrisons, was two hundred thousand men. 1p noticing the 'stupendous exertions of this regenerated nation, it would be an act of injustice not to mention the name of him by whom the army, the kingdom, had been or ganised—he meant Gen. Scharnhorsts who bad fallen in the battle of Lutzen. This gallant and skilful Officer had been succeeded by one of not less ability, General Nechnar. He -*mild stilts. to the Committee a circumstance, which would show that the, period of the armistice had not been passed in inactivity... During that time Ge neral Nechnar raised 70 battalions, 50 of which had fought under Blucher in the battles of Silesia. It was not too much to say, that never at any period had there been such an army in the ser vice of Prussia tis that which had been led to. battle during the list campaign. HoW those troops had fought against the best legions of France, sonic! not be out of the recollection of the House. In the present war, which was carried ou for the purpose of procuring the blessings of a per manent and honourable peace, that -Power which was supposed to have been pressed down the lowest, was the one which had made the most vigorous exertions. He .hoped that Parlia ment would agree with him in thinking, that the crisis was one which justified his Majesty's Mi nisters in making the, most powerful exertions, and in pushing their aisistante to the utmost pos sible point. What he had stated with regard to Russia - fund Prussia would prepare the Iloqse for appteciating the high importanee'of having -the forces of Austria added to the confederacy. The assistance granted to the Allied Powers hind land limits front the degree of our resources .engaged in other quarters. But even that .circunstance had yielded additional benefits to their cause. It had enabled us to obtain .those decisive advan tages in the Peninsula which had contributed to dispose Austria to adopt a different line of policy, and to cease 'to remain auxiliary to France. ' Yet greatas was the object of securing the co-opera tion of that Power, in a war carried on for the li beration of Europe, nothing haul decided tier to break her intimate connection with the 'enemy,-no 'advantages offered, •or interested views, but her finding him after due trial totally indisposed to ac cede to any Lair and equitable serums and to con sent .to .a peace consistent with time welfare and independence of Europe. It was this sole convic tion, .and not the allurement of any power, which had induced Austria to embark in the presentiwar. She was most eager in her wish for a general pa cification. In.the.Most perfect spirit of sincerity did she 'exert her influence to restore tranquility to Europe. 'Her accession to the common cause was . therefore almost entirely occasioned by the insatiable ambition of the enemy ; by, the spirit toms he betrayed of persevering obstinacy in his plops of conquest, anti by bis unceasing efforts to retain 'Europe by. the fOrce of arms in. that 'state of abject subjugation to Altielis - eccess had enabled hint to redece it. Much al s o was , no d ou bt d i f e to'the candour and moderation displayed•by the Allied 'POwers, and to the deference whiCh they had paid to the wishes• maid views - of Austria,• enabling her 'to tey the - effica'ey of the method which sba considered - likely to ,pacify the world, but reserving ,to themselves the right of rejecting , any' terms' inconsistent with the grand and- beneficent purposes for which they were carrying. on. the contest. This . country was equally disposed to, allow .Austria to. try what she regarded as a fair opportunity of giving peace to the world s _provided it could he made consistently with the interests of all nations, in consequen t c i e :o o s o e vi theis with 1 .1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 cs (. e f ) n r t t e w h e exert ecrasilat our as the t t l i i tt in t d ( o ) i . di of it wa>s impossible resent to cnssion, as no But froth avhatt 1 11 1: :\ f l t ar : ieti fallen sense ief:rmber, he felt itireieltilbette:hfesearslneatrf));t:.l,lslilsico:i. o had then i n i i t: tsi supposed t o i nt that important t e p ► C ott - e !s t aq Pttelpive system of pacification, on a fixed and acknowledged basis,. had been offered to, and , , refused by France. It was then a questi on whether, after all the advantages, gained by'the Allies, t hat . gli some un the same basis; should be :wade in ?,In the .present absence-oaf infnr motion hefore the House, such No inquiry placed Ministers in an f P r i l o e n o a t: a i t: l l e t t e: i t t trs'i t v i Ci n ,which t [IY Muse it [night be compelled that althoti4li the'i had acceded to ar proposal ' whieh they t he n con sidered f u ll y a d equate to 'the necessities of the. - . s s a u t i t s e s tor h y mi to - e tt i l l t ari ti gt e interests o f Eu croaspee,,eyttedt toubitio tts spi r e it d . a til m e o i-r n* 7 l ' pinion, which tend e d to pbsecat e - th e a tu a t d d . c o r x e ir ut A et i l li 'a u n s, war_ for objects .not immediately,coPneerned 'with the welfare 'of Europe. He felt himself, there fore, obliged to Auteslliat .no such: proposition i t ) .l y o ile a . s is t e r ivae.reit ittfltacerntilptet was ever. made, by England,. or ,the. Allies, to o his t oni W d a e s 1; 1 7: cal; attempt All be tween France and the. Allies. frustrated by the evasions of the. °twiny which he would not stop to describe, consisted merely of a 4tuteuleat wade by 4astria In France, of 4,00, kr th e it aids rit her ow*, OR whicie :fie thought' do. M Allies might be induced t o make peace, and of ati offer t o ex ert her influence with them tor Om ) purpose, on the basis which she alone had sop tested, but which was sanctioned, neither by the a pproval of the Allies nor by that of ng• land. It was, therefore, no other mu our part, sole pro Mal of A ust ria on a b asis entirely her own. no general and fixed system. of pacificatiou, hot S r,is p basis Invying been eejected by Franc, WO die ground 00 which Austria brol,e her alliatice witti e enemy and espoused the allie d Call Se. Neitl th ar Englund }liar the Allies were, therefore r , boun d itsd 1.1 ',- what Austria had done ; but that ower 1 Win equally free. The terms which it offefeil France were for her acceptance at the moment the tender was ril:tde, and she was informed, that the less , accepted, then they Would no lovrre main the same, In her last official deciarkftion VI the French Pleoipotentiaries, Austria had espta ed her determination to that effect. She I ° l l ed, that unless the terms she ed to, she would march her armies to coneut that peace which negotiations had been tinaysiiif to produce ; and that in future all conditions wilt her must be discussed in conjunction tvitlitl Allies. The latter not having propOied any WI. Which they had pledged themselves. to realitc,lt proposed were aro was impossible to expect that any bounden O' e r sity existed on 'the part of any of the _gaged in the present contest to adhere to the tool which the enemy had chosen to reject,. when 54 ; gested under different circumstances, and tvil/ 11 11 ", any particular sanction }'roan the Allies, bl t j Austrian Government. On the whole; he trni.. l " Parliament would see the propriety.ofjil! the subject in the hands of his "Alajestys r,,, powers ~,I): .yernment, who alone bore its responsibility. II had displayed no mark in their conduct, ,to v sentiment was expressed in•the Regent's t'rec„,;', that could create in the mind of the lion. :llglurof their being who bad started the inquiry, or in the tritwA any person io the community., a suppositio their duty to obtain that which alone was ac,7,, luasposed towards peace, o r re 0 ,,,'",. able—it:safe and honourable peace. The lamitoF, used by his Royal Highness, after an uninterol'e' ted series of triumphs in every q uarter, and iutniiiil diately after a battle, which h e trusted "0,, prove decisive of the fate of the Coin hient, shit ed, he hoped, no mark' of intoxication proj.7o, by success, and no indication that ielstit, would forget their duty of securing the ottlY l4 .i i ,' mate object of all . wars, u peace consisteolts the general interest. He rejoiced to sal(' 0 ' 31 4 had used the same language at . a moffi citt 'jog. difficulties and dangers pressed hard upon l' il `lbey had used it (when refitsing the &it A ustr ‘o. mediation) through Austria to France. F" r '0 bad encouraged her to send a stria was then auxiliary to France, an!' stler et enemy with the offer to hit Majesty's Governincar, : v with the artful cunning and tricking.ia whilria,;. top frequently indulged, bad issued a torn ,e° °:et, ra!ion, stating that his dynastY should eeverc.:o reign in Spain, thus giving to Ausnia the nPl' is •mice.of countenancing this claim, tuld P litti l.' t ill, at mice to the possibility of our treltlO)vo France terms i 1 1 1 Ministers then chised their ansaxr.tteo,% Aistrian proposal, conveyed under such Crow not stances, by expressing their williogess to , I chul •l ir "' . L a peace (.) )principles ~,, n ~, ill • • justice. without any ilispositioa to revirde , !it with 4 readiness to co -riper:lff Ail wo'i mesonre, energy nconsistent with her eat !.!Gar ',Sr in all the of of our AlliO' o el a' e his Lordship continued, wa s for peace j oat'ti* true and just end of su e ces s could only o', kip , le factory peace. This 'principle had inoo3 0,01: mated the conduct of his Majesty's Otly:l'failei' Although they had at first refused the I'':,. ! t a 14 of Austria, yet afterwards it was arrePo.bos them ; and in the month of A tteost W l ' „ n it the evasions of We enemy rendered the', (gun , It Prague nugatory, the Emperor' of l'Lt tit' in possession' of England's consent to de C j j I 014 mediation of Austria. This too was done ' ll ,, tt o 'al battle of Vittoria, so that success,coOld a" t ~i ti ati.. to have created in us an inultie spirit, ditn" ie 1 0 It was done because Austria bad then a 5 ' 1111 , 1 . ,.i ' d more independea posture. • She no loug e ' ' O , 0 0 As the auxiliary bf France,• but appeal' - .0 •aeMed mediator. • it was ,done, 'too, hecatoao change bad taken place in the enemy's t9 . ite ; D O he Lid so far relaxed his claims ass : to Matt e -4 „li v ro an object of discussion. His Lordship 016'1ot .hoped that 'the House would see Mittis tc ' l ,e neglected no opportunity of endeavouriog I" i t ,4 taro peace on fair and cquitable•terms. li" t ; I 0 ,. thought it their duty to discourage all. idle' t!'' c . iii .. signs. Togo to Congress without it clear an d t 00 blisbed basis, would have been to do nothing, 1"`0111 kill every hope of peace, to delude mankitni, 11..0 'to strengthen the enemy, and give encourago To, to his subjects to support him in the colte' t ' m i, stead of tanking their dissatisfaction prove 3 ;', t3 , 1 ,i,, - 0 tional impediment to the progress of his B oa , ' oi views. His Lordship had already stated the c1ier.,..., for the suiidies for Spain, Sicily, and PottaPlqe, He had observed that - a farther provision et I , l i 0 millions would be necessary, two mill i "' ° a half to be paid to Russia and Prussia, awl thet,l, two millions and a half to remain for .5 .licatioa. The account of the Sub sid y rece::..to by Austria, a s spesif4 by the Treaty; was,. 1 7, ,i one million, and this ex-tended Onto the 1i!) , ; , ,, March nem. Should the sear be prorcaolo,'H, youth that period, another money settleinent 11,. that Power would be necessary. In •addittut (i, _inpo or 'that sum, which, considering _the i rtal lee l '' ' her services to the common cause,- was " (It C , flea •1 ► 100 i nIC siderable, we had supplied her wit i ' foie stand of arms, besides other military sunts;-:, no ,. arrangements w i t h prusshi an d Russia !vent., ~. .0 or.lantooy require reviewing mitil the helo" n old ~,,, re It could not be exp ected that he auu '',l Ct that tt "W urn the subject; lead the Voitse or the country tu eq e be lest coos,' provision for the next .year shoolil . , ~ 1 1101 e 0; tie derable than for the present. The w . t ot . nt on' Subsidies required to e nable i....!' Pr ese • c be 1 I thereto to he elfeetaolly carricd on, wo" - ` . • h:rivever , 10,400,0001. ..„000;09 For Spain ................. , ... . . .. li g . 000,0 0 For Portugli ............. •••. • ' • • '4, 0 , 41 Fur Sicily ................. ,-•— • g.00, ,,° "'„ For Russia and Prussia ........... ' , g - MAO v I'4 future Appl cation ...• • • .... . 100; co. 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