The National Register.
London, England, 1815-04-16 00:00:00

WF DN ES DAY.

The Margnia of lVetems!.ev, loir'snant to notice given, made a
ounion relative to the eseape c,f Buonaparie from Elba. The Noble
margins, in Invite; before their Lordships the grounds of his 'notion,
s.:itl, it were to he wiseed that the work so gloriously begun and
emaied on had been completed in a mato.er equally noble and glo-
-1,,m„ bs the eflectual and permanent exclusion from power of the
person ho had so long been the instilment of such extensive de-
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1.01:01011 in Europe As to the character of the person to whom he
he hail always staled en:e uniform unvaricd opinion on that
pint ; mat lie was a man who, of all others that had ever appeared
inning the period of the French Revolution, or in the would, was
the main-springy nt his own system, who Corned the ereatest part of
that ss dem, awl was in sonic respects nest qualified to bring it into
action; but at the same time one who, of all othei s, from certain
poiati in his character, was most likely to endanger it and expose
it to destrnetion, whenever the proper concert of the European
powers should enilde them to take advantage of his errors. But
why') he stated that, he might also have said that are was likewise
the fittest instrument in the world to cause the resurrection of
rlitr system, and to revive all those mischiefs and calamities to
Europe with which it had before been attended. These must-
hie been not only his sentiments, but those Of Ministers ; and
it was hence natural to be expected, that to provide a perma-
bent and complete security auainst this person's return to power
would have been an object of the last importance. Instead of
that, althongli the Allies had repeatedly declared Bonaparte a man
mini maim no peace could be made, one who disregarded all trea•
1", and IV" 6011114-1 by no pi iuciple, they made a treaty the feint-
datiou and seru>vty of which alone rested an the faith of this very
per-on himself. England had taken the lead in the glorious struggle,
Set the Treaty of rontainidean, on which rested the secure enjoy-
meat of the traits of our exertions, was made without our
ides-, and he had nothing to do but to accede to it. He considered
this circumstance most disgraceful to Ministers and to the country.
His Lordship then animadverted on the arrangements of the treat).
itself, %bide he said, smoothed his wav to the Crown of France ;
he censured that part which gave rip Parma to the younger Boona,
parte, as culinary to the principles on which he had entered into the
war. There was a heir to the ginehy of Parma, who had as good a
right to his dominions, as any of the restored Sovereigns; but for his
own part, he could never recognise the right which. had grown up
with our statesmen of the day, the right of doing injustice to the
weak. To revert to Bnonaparie, and the great question of his se-
Rarity—all considerations sunk before them all. His Lordship con-
cluded an able speech by moving for papers to bring the subject
more clearly before the House.
The Earl olLtvenenot. vindicated Ministers against the attacks
of the Noble Marquis; lie said that the real question was, n he-
ftier blame. waa iminitable to the Allies in nut insisting upon the
persermal restraint of Buonaparte ; he maintained that it would not
have been possible to effect this, as he still his(' armies under his
conalmuld, arid the Marshals lied stipulated fox preserving his liberty.
At Elba lie was an independent Sovereign, and it was impossible to
prevent his escape thence, or from any other place that might'llave
been selected.
sifter a long debate, in which the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord'
Glenville, the Marquis of Itnekiugham, and Lord Grey, supported
the motion with great ability, mid the Earls Bathurst, Aberdeen, ,1
6)1.1 Melville, ably opposed it-The House divided
C•intent,‘:l—Nou-Coutents, &J-Majority 32 against the motion.
A,ljourucd.

TIITIRSDAY, APRIL 13.
OVERTVIUS FROM BUONAPARTr.

The Doke of No nror..tc enquired. whether a propu•itinn bad not been
tende to Mini&ters by the Kesent. Government 01 France ?
The Earl of Li vaitroot. replied, that certainly n proposition had
b ,to received. awl which had .been transmitted to 'Vistula, but no
sh•wer had been returned to Prance.
M "(I'Lis .of 13 veto No.tiAzi fixed is motion, OA the subject of
6411,4.110 r l'uesdiy se'nniglc.