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OFFICE OF 011DN..-INCE, October Q 7, 1813.

Tut PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA- I
ORDN4NCE do hereby give Notice,
That Proposals will be received at their Office, in Patti
Nall, on or before Monday, the 29M day of November, from
'such Persons as may be willing to undertake the supply of
the Allowing darticles for service of the Royal Powder Mills
at Ballineollig, in the Kingdom of le eland,
st4ves{ Quebec White Oak, 120,d00 piece, of 1000
Single, 5 ft. 6 inches, f to this thousand. •
The Slaves must be fully seasoned, and if the deliveries
shwa be made of double instead of single Staves, Six llun•
deed and Fifty of the former to a Thousand single Pieces will
be required, and 4.hich- must be delivered at the Ordnance
Stores, in Corh, in the following Proportions, viz.:-
6,000 on or before the Ist Jaututry, ,
5,0u0 Ist April, 1814.
• 5,000 Ist Sept.
500.9 Dec.
Farther Particulars, together with the Terms 'and Condi-
tions of the Contract, may be known at the Secretary's Of/ice,
in Pall-Mall, aforesaid, any day between the hours of Ten
and Four o'clock, when the Proposals must bi delivered,
ed and indorsed, " PLoposals for Quebec Stares," but 110
Pruposal Can be
.admitted after the said 01h November, at
o'Cloch at Noon.of the same Dig, wither will any
Ile? be noticed, restless the Tarty latching it, or an dyad
Tender
lon his behalf, shall attend.
By Order of the Board, •
11. egE,Tr, Secretary.

CLASSICAL TOUR THROLIOII ITALY.
.This Day was published,
Elertotli printed in Two lArge I'olllllles Quarto,
Illustr..t.d with :light, ritqravol Plans of Churche,, prica
Five Caine:is in 'muds,
TOI IL TllllolJed I ITALY, exhibiting a
vi,„ s rv, it stitinetitts Antiquities and itsNlu-
n onions {: part icalarik it i they are objects of eta -:sieal interest
and eltle iyiation ; with, an ..lireuntit el the present :late of its
Cities a and Oa:4401114 obfier 1116011 S on the re-
Cent Spa rations a theYrench. •
1:1 the CHETWODE EUtTAC:E.
Mee. • ltalill diit sac( a, itze genies eins. hxe oppi4la popu-
lot um.. f,! Plitt. Nut. Hist. pt. 2.0.
This *Orli is the result of much reSettrch and observation.
It exhibits comprehensive \.• Jew of Modern Itulf., with its
variel of i► It nett! SCllt!ry, .an ,its numerous works
of Art. 1:3.1te ion of the sett:Aar anti the man of taste
is coniulteti. by a ennit.int reference to 'the writers of Anti.
quity'l• II it confidently presumed, that co:it,' new light,
will be t n;,on the Language, Literature, Polities,. and
Cliaracts Est' the Italians_ • •
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Ist .t the Peace of 1753 the American States
were t ' dared iodependeut, :tad a line, was •duwil
thron •1 . the centre of Ott _Lakes, leaving; them
the 1-4, *item,. Southern, or ‘Vestertt shore; accord-
ing:lf :the direction of thejand or the bunks .of
the .1 kes, thence to 'the Aiississipi, • down that
Ilivet., la the latitude of -15- North; andafrer.vo,lls
in. th4t latitkide, doe West, .to the North Pacific
Ocean. . . .
'2475.r his arranement, made to prevent future
bo, ittry-, dill not conteot the, AmericanS, and Ili of
-visited to have Canada alNo,, their endeavours to
obtaip which leave,liteo happily frustrated lty the •
v dolt, of the Itritish artily, oviisted by theloyal .
inhakitauts of that province. . • • • .. •
•34: 4.414 its on the CoPtinent of Europe have,
since. kotilities with America, taco a most ta-
voulopliji.litro4;.•auiLthil.gigaittic fort:e iif 1?-rOce
will soon be reduced to a pigmy.
4th. It is an axiom, that the privilege of de-
fence reaches to prevent, as well as to repel, an
impending assault; and as America, in her aggres-
: slows, leas experienced -the latter, it is a duty Pil-
-1 posed by experience, as well us the imperious ne-
eessity .of guarding -against similar evils, to pro-
vide a remedy against future hostility with Ante-
! i tea--The means arc in the power .of Great 11.4-

twin.
sth. As Great Britain basso bravely stood forth
the Champion of &trope ; and other nations,
fired by tier example, are-clashing the galling ty- •
runny of Prance, to which the United States of
America have contributed their support, is not
unreasonable to Appose the Allies of Great Bri-
tain, so glorious a cause, leave her in the
latch, without a permanent seenrity on the side
of America , the enmity of whose Leaders-1d
Great Britain borders on Indian cruelty.
6th. Let the Two Floridas, New (Moths, and
Louisiana, belong to Spain.
7th, T e subjeets_of the United States of 'Ante-
rica shall nothave.the.free navigation of the Mis-
sissipi. to its mouth. .
• Sth. The ports of the Two Floridas and New
Orleans shall be shut against the. Americans, ex-
cept to vessels by stress -of weather•
9th. The boundary line.. between the United
States-of America and the provinces subject to
Great Britain shall in future be a line north anti.
south, from the Falls of Niagara to the north-east
branch of the Allegany,- down that river to where
it takes the !Wile of the Ohio, thence to the Mil.,
kissipi, 'the kit bank of which alone shall be-
long to' the' United States, until it meets with the
Spanish set tletnents. . Great -Britain shall possess
the right back •of the Allegany and Ohio rivers,
until. they fall into the Mississipi. The Americans
shall 'not have any on Lakt.. Ontario, nor
fortifications on its hanks.
10th. All lands possessed by any individuals
heretofore the subjects of the United States, and
by this treaty now bpeonie the subjects .of Great
afritaitt, shall be held during pleasure, as a secu-
rity for allegiance, and all lands henceforth allot-
ted to Settlers, shall he granted on ale principle
of the townships of Canada. Tlie Maritime Rights
of Great Britian ace to be aclino Ibred et by the
United States. •
11th. Unless this Treaty of Peace is made with
the United States of America, tolicu to the
Maritime Rights of Cheat liritaio, because in 300
years, with the present unlim;ted extent of terri-
tory, the subjects of the United States will be-
come so populous, that hey will be able to dic-
tate any -law to Great Britian, •
12th. Whatsoever the President of America
may think -the British Army at this moment
in Spain can aceompliA, exclusive Of the aisiXt-
.:nnee of the Allies of .Great.llrititim any portion
of America eau be conquered by ollr numerous
•British array, and the means of' transport to the
silutcs of America art ready:
Liverpool, Nuretubur, •

• • • MISCELLANEOUS.
• The consideration- of the Feu Brtuidi of the It4imrgh
Cause tieing resumed, in the case-of Bellenden,Kerr
she Duke. ot Roxburgh,.Mr. Clarke was. heard in coni intorno'
and to the end of his argument ; Mr. Leach followed as. second
Counsel for the Appellent. The farther bearing was adjourn-
ed till Friday.
After, the Counsel tool withdrawn,
The LORD CHANCELLOR. complained of the very great
personal inconvenience he suffered, from remaining so long
in theplace where he'sat, while,beariogClunsel .at the liar,
in consequence of the very great draft, or current of air, which
rushed dowit front the top.and other parts of the Hoe and
which was increased by, the attraction, he thought, of the
neighhimring the, He had long suffered, and which nothing
but the important duty he bad to' discharge could Irlee
hi-
dnct•d hint to do; but the injurious effects lie Wel, felt; in 4.
consequence were such, that no earthly consideration should
induce him to sit another day in a similar situation; heves
therefore determined, if the inanvenieoce was not rotated itt.
the interval, to pit upon the Woolsack white the Counsel Were
at the Bar on l iday.
The Annual Accounts respecting the Imports 'and Extiorts
were presented. at the Bar, by a Deputation front the Cem-
, naissioners of the Custom's. and ordered to lie,on the tattle:
Lord HOLLAND presented n Petition front the nelitors in.
the King's Bench lit ison, o a natliremutt tit et, he id, simi-
lar to that which be laid before the House on a re,:eur even-
ing. It was at present ills intention merely to more that-the
document should lie on the table, the more espet•Ltlli :is he
understood from an authority, which it may not he rvgoiarlo
keler to, that it was proposed in another .plAce; if nothing re-
tnetli,il should be speedily dime, to intrutioce it measure gl%ins
the Justices at Quarter.Scssions, n concurrent
with t Conimissionerappointed ender the pre:4,iit Act. He
.'li u,teethat something would soon be dune to vitae •the
didicu;ties complained of; and th it a Noble and Learned
Lou,o nut then in his place, Would also turn his serious atten-
-.thin to The subject.'
The Petition was ordered. to lie on the, table, and shortl3l
after then Lurdpips adjourned till to-murrove.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A new Writ was ordered fur the 13ornitgli of Vuekermoutht
in the room of Lord. L-Arrnxii, Wilo 113t4 atTelaed Of the uthes
of one of the Lordi Coonnisioners of thel're,omq.
On the Motion of Mr. Frrrocant.u, a Committee was Or-
dered fur tip,tnorrua., to consider the Acts relating to Sogur
Drawbaelii in Ireland.
NON-RESIDENT CLERGY. ' •
Mr. BRAG.GE BATH.UUST yose pursuant to
'notice, to call theattention 'of the House to a sub-
ject which called loudly for some remedy
to which lie hoped one Nvould, be applied. About
ten years ago an Act had been pa.ised,.for tic pur-
pose of preveniing the ineonvellicimci Miien arose
troni the non-rcside:.ce of the Clergy and whiLlt
was calculated to prevent noti4esidenee in a ;lum-
ber -of cases.. By adverting to this Bill, it wonicl
be round to be divided into
.twa tl:stinet.
branches :—the Ist was for the parpo'se of seem'-
: ing the yesidence of the •Ckrgymen, allowing
however certain exeinption4', dependant
.on

rent circumstances, wilich were enumernicti in it
variety of subdivisions. lu those clues in Which
exemptions were ndniitted, it NVaS enaCted,
License for the 'purpose should .be obtained front
.thettishop of the Olocde i butt foe the iteglect
of residence without such license, certain peo,l-
ties were imposed. The other brim eh ofthe'llill
enacted, that regular returns should be made' init.
by the different Bishops, contatiriiiu a statement of
the number of persons who 'availed themseives of
the privilege of non-rusidence, and spetifying the
grounds of exemptions. It was also provided, that
those who were non-residents shoe ht send a lint tri-
cation to the Bishop of their Diocese : and those who
neglected to do so, were subjected to the penalties of
non-residence. It, was now his duty' to state, that
these two clauses in the Act alluded to, had heen
made the vomit! of what be could call nothing
less than as persecution, as fictions had been com-
menced against a number of persons for the reco'-
very of the penalties of Innl-reSidel6e, merely be-
cause, owing to certain circumstances, notification
had not been sent to their Bkhops. lie' Was sorry
to be Obliged to say, that ell these actions had
been raised at the instance of one individual; and
it' the design of that person succeeded, the aniount
of the penalties for these omissions would not h
less than SU,OOO/. The ciremnstances which in-
duced the individual whom he had alluded to, to
commence these actions, were as follow
person had been Registrar of the Diocese of Lou-
don, and aftejavards of thatof Ely, and while in
that office, had obtained the means not, only of
becoming informer ugaiisst all those who had
• Omitted to send notifications, but Also of prevent'-
ilia the prosecutiiin of those who might have ac-
wally transgressed the provisions of the Act, be:.
cause this individual must have hecwuue acquainted
with the ordinary deceit of all the cases. -There
Were maey eases in which Clergy neit having
called on this individual, for the purpose of 9(16 •
lying, and tint finding hint at home, had thus tieen
included amongst those guilty of omission.. Att
soon as this individeal teas relnoVej I'l'ooll'll3
situation, he turned round, at,d, provided with
such a mass of knowledge, seemed to say,—
" As' I am now done with .the Bishops, I shalt'
begin with the Clergy."—lle, (Mr. B.)
.had been
given to understand that great doubts had beet'
tertained, whether; under the ,coustructiim of this ,
Act, it teas possible that these actions could he in-
stituted. Persons who held more than one L i lag,'
nod who had resided the proper time on oh, of
those livings, were supposed not to .he liable to
the es
Theme ,afi,sfo isiootni:erecs cyem
pie'e : s
ottiltal i;yrs
( use-
painted with their Bishop, who had ii unease
from him, exemptiog them from the necessity of
residence on one of •their livings, the sitic“loil
of
which might be unhealthy : it; short, all the case's
in which it might be thought proper to ‘allaw ex-
emptions. These have eithied a homhtr of otitis.
siOnC The case was one of considerable difficulty.
lie did not mew) to prevent the proper and health-
ful exercise of the Act, liar to propase any thing
which might protect those who hrid,really and de-
• servedly incurred the penalties, however severe
but he Malted the House to bear in nom( that the
had,coutinuesi ten yeur4i, and that during that

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 rbe 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
others 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),
shaving 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 also was, no doubt dife
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 worlds
_provided it could
he made consistently with the interests of all
nations, in consequentcie:o os
o e vi theiswith
1.111,1111 cs (.ef) nrt tewh e exert
ecrasilat our as
the ttliittintd (o)i.
di of
it
wa>s impossible
resent to
cnssion, as no
But froth avhatt 1111::\fl tar:
ieti fallen sense
ief:rmber, he felt itireieltilbette:hfesearslneatrf));t:.l,lslilsico:i.
o had then
ini
it: tsi
supposed
toi nt
that
importantt
ep ►Cott -
e !st
aq Pttelpive system of pacification, on a fixed and
acknowledged basis,. had been offered to, and,,
refused by France. It was then
a question
whether, after all the advantages, gained by'the
Allies, that.
glisome 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
fPriloenoat:ait:llette:itttrs'itviCin ,which t [IY
Muse it
[night be compelled
that althoti4li the'i
had acceded to ar proposal '
whieh they then con-
sidered fully adequate to 'the necessities of the.
-.ssautitsestorhymito-ettilltaritigte interests of Eu-
croaspee,,eyttedt
toubitiotts spireitd. atilmeoi-rn*7l'
pinion,
which tended to pbsecate- the
atuatdd. corxeirutAetilli'auns,
war_ for objects .not immediately,coPneerned 'with
the welfare 'of Europe. He felt himself, there-
fore, obliged to Auteslliat .no such: proposition
it).lyo ilea.
sister
ivae.reit
ittfltacerntilptet
was ever. made, by England,. or ,the. Allies, to
o
his
toniWdaes
1;17: 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

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aids rit her ow*, OR whicie :fie thought' do.
M
Allies might be induced to make peace, and of ati
offer to exert her influence with them tor Om
)
purpose, on the basis which she alone had sop
tested, but which was sanctioned, neither by
the approval 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 basis entirely her own.
no general and fixed system. of pacificatiou, hot S
r,isp basis Invying been eejected by Franc, WO die
ground 00 which Austria brol,e her alliatice witti
e enemy and espoused the allied Call Se. Neitl
th ar
Englund }liar the Allies were, therefore r, bound
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°ll
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'er
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/1111",
any particular sanction }'roan the Allies, bltj
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, or 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 quarter, and iutniiiil
diately after a battle, which he 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 ottlYl4.ii,'
mate object of all . wars, u peace consisteolts
the general interest. He rejoiced to sal(' 0'314
had used the same language at . a mofficitt 'jog.
difficulties and dangers pressed hard upon l'il
`lbey had used it (when refitsing the &it Austr‘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 Plittil.'t
ill,
at mice to the possibility of our treltlO)vo
France terms i
111 Ministers then chised their ansaxr.tteo,%
Aistrian proposal, conveyed under such Crow
not stances, by expressing their williogess to , I
chul •lir "' .
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' oel a'e
his Lordship continued, was for peace joat'ti*
true and just end of suecess 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'':,.!ta 14
of Austria, yet afterwards it was arrePo.bos
them ; and in the month of A tteost Wl' „nit
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 Cj j I 014
mediation of Austria. This too was done 'll,,tt o'al
battle
of Vittoria, so that success,coOld a"t ~itiati..
to have created in us an inultie spirit, ditn"ie 1 0
It was done because Austria bad then a5'1111,1.,.i'd
more independea posture. • She no louge' 'O, 00
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; DO
he Lid so far relaxed his claims ass :to Matte -4„livro
an object of discussion. His Lordship 016'1ot
.hoped that 'the House would see Mittistc'l ,e
neglected no opportunity of endeavouriog I" it,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 and 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' mi,
stead of tanking their dissatisfaction prove 3;',t3,1,i,,- 0
tional impediment to the progress of his Boa,' 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,li 0
millions would be necessary, two milli"' °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 Subsidy rece::..to
by Austria, as 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 rtallee l'''
her services to the common cause,- was "(It C ,
flea
•1► 100 inIC
siderable, we had supplied her wit i ' foie
stand of arms, besides other military sunts;-:, no,.
arrangements with prusshi and Russia
!vent.,
~.
.0 or.lantooy
require reviewing mitil the helo"n old ~,,, re
It could not be expected that he auu '',l
Ct that tt
"W urn the subject;
lead the Voitse or the country tu eqe
be lest coos,'
provision for the next .year shoolil . , ~ 1
1101 e 0; tie
derable than for the present. The w . tot.
nt on'
Subsidies required to enable i....!' Prese • cbe
1 I thereto
to he elfeetaolly carricd on, wo"-` . •
h:rivever,
10,400,0001. ..„000;09
For Spain ................. , ... . . .. lig .000,00
For Portugli ............. •••. • ' • • '4,0,41
Fur Sicily ................. ,-•— • g.00,,,°"'„
For Russia and Prussia ........... ' , g -MAO v
I'4 future Appl cation ...• • • .... . 100;co.
Fitz Auotsia . ......... k. "
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