The National Register.
London, England, 1815-05-28 00:00:00

344

ratDAY, MAY 16.
CONAIIrTEE OF qpfP,,r.
Lord Casirrenaaon wis,ed; biol.• .. he submitted his proptgition to
the Committee. to strip the nature end extent of the stipulations -direct
and moll oterai, which the flovernitiept of chi. country had arranged
with h a Nlajegy'l allies. There were other pecuniary arrangements
.
with a .F- State, referred to by a Right [(imputable Gentleman
On the Hie er side, which be should lake the present opportunity of ea-
plaiiiiii, —igending to bring them forward? not then, but at some fu-
ture p-riood of the Session. Hi alluded jo the arrangements for re-
tainine certain colonies, which belonged to Holland and fur which that
pommy was to receive a compensation.' He wished it to be distinctly
understood, hot this sum was to be paid to Holland; neither es a sill;
aide or gratuitous grant. As soon as the conventions for this cession of
the colonies were in a state to be produced, lie should lose m •
u
trine in. lariog them upon the table. It .woold be rememberled by thd
Commit.ei, that these colonies were captured when Holland was under
a different rule* frZon that of the house of Orange ; and, be was surtk
it was not congenial to the mind of the country, or of Parliament, to
retail' upon a hostile wineiple, a -valueble piorttj of an Ally, which
had lung been in relations of friendship and mutual good dfficetWith
England. 1 hese coloniei would prtive to ;tigland an important acqui
salon, as connected with her natural and immediate interests. More
than these wombs ihe property they committed was British, which by
this session would be plhced under the natural protection of the British
Government The ciiuntry was surds• not to take what was so benefi-
cial, wile out a dee compensation.. The transaction was, theyeroye, both:
useful HIM fair. she mini thus provided would amount to one million.:
and a sum n specified which this country was to pay conjointly with
liollang for !lie Russian lean, in that country. Brit the • Committee
would b.- pl. used to observe, tf:ist the interest of tide loan should cease
to be paid as soon as the Netherlands shall he in actual possession
of Frsioce, by which arrangement Russia was thus directly interested in
resisting the desire; of prance upon Belgmin, The King of the ble=
itherland- was moreover to contribute jointly with England out of this
sum r the. erection and repair of the fortifications in Brigitte), which
was highly importent, as being one of the most important barriers
stgaiiist the ambition of France. He should may observe further On
this part of the subject, collaterally ii.troduced, that the ohject of this
arrao,gment was out colonial alograndisernent, but natural. connexion
and cnorenience. He should now prime to that part of the subject
Which was to he submitted for the vote of the Committee. The engage.
meets which the Governmen)l3 this country had t contractewith its
Allies. was subsidy of 6,0 0,0001 to three great powers of the Con-
tinent. wiz Austria, Russia, and Prussia, and to mmititain one hundred
and fifty thousand men, for the common cause, wilt the alternative of
I commutation in money at the rate 01201. a ream for infantry, and 301.
a man for cavalry. He would now state the engagettiema made by
the Allies, and the efforts they had 'actually made. To begie with
.flusoia—That power had 1101 confined her exertions to the stipulations
011ie treaty; his Imperial Majesty had on foot actually double the
number lie was bound to maintain :'pis. 150,000 men in Italy, and
150 o'.o on the other line, bearing upon the seat of action. (Heat;
Hear ! T:.e r Posit is had also largely eiceeded the number
(150,000 men) which the treat' bound them to maintain, and in
this t zees, of force he did not include the troops maintained in the
interior of their respective territories, but those only who were to
act in the field against the munition enemy. The Liaperor of Russia,
with his usual decision, had un foot /50,009 men bearing upon the
Jflhisie, besides Q 5,000 volunteers, not incleded ju the ranks, all
wider the cutumatid of Couot Barclay de 'lolly. His Imperial
illnjesty had, besides dos force, an army of 150,000 men, com-
manded by Count Witgetistein. oti the I)ontier el the Russian Ent-
pite, which his Majesty inforoted the Prince Regent should
proceed again 4 'toe common enemy, if their co-operation
was roiuired by the 'rents. of, she War.—(Hear, heir !)--The third
power, Ptussia, which zu the late wit had attracted by her exertions
the admiration of Earope, wet now prepared to act with six corps,
atnounting 1036,000, of the'fitiest troops. Alley this statement, he
Would ask the Committee, was a subsidy of fiyi millions a primary in-
ducetnent to the Allies for engaging in the war. Was it not c)ear this
mighty force was animated and moved by the motives and interests of
the respective powers.-4Hiea;. hear !)-.-Ple. Rankest here asked
across the table, were these the only powers subsidised 1--He ,(Lord
Castlereagh) would 'tout!), before fie sat down, upon that part of the
subject. Besides the dare* great Poirers, an additional force of 150,000
men by the minor states, including Bavaria, Wirtemberg, Baden, sax•
He•s:., the Hause tomes, and Ilse sin 01l states upon the Rhine.
Bavaria alone produced 60,000 men of the Moat troops in Europe. To
this was to be added 50,000 troops in British pay, and 50,000 main-
tained by his Majesty the King of dyti Netherlands, of whore 3p,000
were already prefaced coact, sod the remainder ig a state of allnumed