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London, England, 1813-06-20 00:00:00

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Lord CASTE in LA G!I SAO, hi July last—His Lordship then moved
---‘ That the House do resolve into a Committee of Supply. and that
the rreaty. with Sw -.deo be referred to the said Committee."
MI :Pima son BT stated that it was iiis intention to move an Address
to the Prince Regent with a view to mpend the execntiou of the
Trel.ty. This was the first instance in the history of our country of
any valnahle possession belonging to the Crown havilig been ceded
by Treaty before the mine was submitted to thi consideration of
Parliament. The first thing to- be considered wet that which was
declared in the Treaty between Russia and Swede:: to be the ob-
ject of it. There the Contracting Powers profelsed that it was for
the porpoiie of seenrieg their States and possessions against the coin-
mon enemy that they entered into this Treaty. lii the last war be-
t Neel% Russia and France, certain uegociations sabsisted between •
Ru-sia and Sweden, but soon after the peace of Tilsit, the former
attacked tiie latter country, awl got the dominion of Finland, a pro-
vince that had been long sought after by Russia, aud w Idyll she
would oot now give up. Bat as soon as the Fauperiir of Russia
found that he was likely to be engaged in a new war with France,
he sought the assistance of Sweden, not by giving up the conquest
he had formerly made, but by trans erring to Sweden part 01 the
dominions of another Power. At the time of that Convention, he
believed Lord Cathcart was present at Abo. The two Contracting
;Potties in the Treaty said they were unwilling (What tenderness!) to .
make an enemy of Denmark ; yet these deliverers of Europe te:reed
to wrest from an unotfending nation a great part of its dominions :
for which they said they would4nake an indemnity l some part of
Gerniauy. !fere then was the Monarch who *tiled' hilmself the
A/pew:tor, acting in direceopposition to that name, by -gi. mg, up do-
Minions- in Germany siot belon;fing to him ; and that the Ministers
of Great ittritaiu,shotild aanctiOn such a Treaty as this, exceeded
any thing' recorded in the history of this country. And in this .
abontinaoleissid iniquitous stipulation, they insultingly said, every
'thing should be done cousisteocavith the liberty and happiness of
the people of • Nor Way. -31 oval an,ittoeions•act, which appeared
in every respect tconaterpart of the partition of Poland, which had
laid the foundation of all the injustice and calamity that had shuns
spread over Europe. After this conduct; he 'hoped he should no
longer hear our Ministers talc about the laws or Tight. of nations.
lie wished the House to rend what the profestyl object of the
Treaty was. It purported to be, to esta!dislilThe peace of lbe
North! 'l'o bring about a peace, by tau act which wrei- making a
new anda lasting war iu the North of Europe!.--Never was there
sneh bare-faced hypocril. By the stipulation there svies no cladoe
left, eseept that of Norway going to Sweden ; and there was no
discretion left to the King of Denmark, out that of his resigning a
large body of his affectionate subjects attached for centime?. to his
Crown, or resisting force by force. As to the principle of this
i'Treaty— the tine antt legitimate Mower of the partition of P f oland
, —he could not conceive what profit or advantage Flatland was to
I reap from it. She was to have the co-operation of Sweden; but
then she had, in opposition to that, lost the co-operation ee'Denmarti.
lint then it mieht he said. that being at wet with Dcriniark, we had
a right to ileac conquests there. Was it likely that slim war could
Hot be put an end to? The Ii gitimate object of every war was,
peace : and was a peace with Deemirk unattainable? A wise Mi-
-1 nister won't, have endeavoured to unite all the P,wers of the North
in i one common confederacy. The fact was, that by our conduct
o e were buying a diversion in the North of Europe in favour of
Iran ..e; and at the same 'time we bought oat tile stipulation, that
Saeden Haruki not employ her force attains t Norway. Our Minis-
ters purchased the co-operation. of S yeden, which consisted in this,
that the Swedes were idle spectators of the great battles in Gent-
malty, and of the Armistice: The price NVC AVVe was a within: of
motley, and a completed iSlaMit Which, pending tile war wi to France,
we had no right to give np. The., with reseeet to the right of
entreput in certain parts 41i SWetiell, he did net see any advantage
arising from it ; for, oi time of peo.:e, it was useless : awl, in-war, it
was %tomtit:e, evecially if the Coote,e., tat System should prevail.
lie would next ask, it. France derive I no advantage from this
Treaty ? Was it no
.institleatlon fur Fr.rwc, that Vie sante vio;enee
ecemnitted by her ag.ät,:s: other nations was imitnted by Zeg!andf
:After this Treaty, heiw could cur chare,•ter in Eurepe stand lig,lier
than the character of Franca.? He me:nut:Mud it would stand wore;
beemee, in one (ITC Colliltry, it was iu OA power ef toe nation itself.
independent of the. Government, to redeem its- character, whirls
could not be done in France. lie could not help reeetieeting the
hoiws that had been held out, sonic time ago, about a holy ;11.•W
tine in Germany—ahout stirring iii, end assisting tla. Honoree
Now what protection, and whit Lemptatieu scat: there held M..
the.-C people? The temptation was, to do :in act ot robbery, by
posing to give up a part of Germany to petunia k ; and the pro

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