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nOUSE O 1 LORDS, tuEsnAy, MAY 23.

[MICE SrXPENCE-TTAT.FPF,NT-ZI".

WAR WiTHTFIEF).RESENTG OVERNMENTOFFItANCE.
The indisposition of the Lord Chstncellor still
.coutintri‘ng, his place was filled on this, as on the
preceding day, by Lord Ellenborough.
Alter the 131113 upon the fable, which were
chiefly of a rivate or local nature, were rtsvec-
tivelv forwarded, tlfe Order for taking the:Prince
Regent's Mes'sage of yesterday, relative to the
above subject being Moved, his Royal Highness's
Message (of which we gave a full and correct re-
port) was read by the Clerk, on which-
- The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose to move a corre-
sponding Address to the Prince Regent on the
occasion. In considering this question, lie said,
be should have t,o call upon their Lordships to
decide upon the awful alternative of Peace or War
a most important question under Any circum-
stances, and, he was not afraid to add, partiett
lady so under the present. He was equally ready
to admit that every just and honourable means
should be taken, at all times, to avoid the extre-
mity of war; but especiallyafter a contest so Lang
protracted as that from which the country had re-
cently disengaged itself, He was well aware, and
felt, that many circumstances appertained to our
present situation which would render even a pa-
cific respite of a few years advantageous and de-
sirable ; but more strongly did be feel, that after
a struggle, with such few intervals of relaxation,
of 23 or 24 years continuance, after a course of
hostilities of the nature and character they had
witnessed in that time, a return of all the rela-
tions which .a state of real and secure peace must
bring with it no:considerations of secondary inte-
rest, no minor-questions, no apprehensions of the
maga dangers should for a moment be placed in
competition 'with the preservation of the blessings
of peace, if- such-were safe and practicable; and
more especially for the object and purpose of see-
ing the COnthient of Europe settled again in a
state of tramoilifty. He thought it right, as in-
troductory to Whaohe hail to submit to their Lord-
ships, to state fairly those- impressions operating
as general principles :upon 'his mind and. feelings.
The question--whicb they would have to consider,
and one xt• hethought' all rational and intel-
ligent men must ask themselves—Can we remain
at peace,--- under the existing circumstances, is
there any moral certainty that we can remain at
peace so as to enjoy its advantages and its bless-
jags ? On this important question., it was their
duty to deliberate without apprehension Mid with-
out,passion. would repeat, the evils of war
ought to be avoided, if we could db so safely and
honourably. On the other band; they should
feel no weak or impolitic desire to stave off the
evil moment. No considerations of ill-judged or
impolitic ceconomy should deter Parliament, or
the co'antry itself, from encountering those diffi-
culties which the present perilous crisis must un-
avoidably induce. The first point to which the
course of events called upon him to direct their
Lordships' attention was this—Have we a just
cause of war or not ? This question may be con-
sidered . in two points of view—as it concerned
the individual now at the head of the Govern-
ment of France ; and, secondly, with a rela-
tiou to' that country itself. If they considered
the question with reference to flue
Ise had not the least doubt of satisfying the
House; generally, that the present state of
things was,. one)bronght on by that individual
himself, and inconsequence of his violation of a
Treaty to which he was a party. He knew it had
been stated, there was a violation of certain
parts of That. Treaty on the side of the other par-
tics, which constituted-some justification for the
conduct of the individual in question. To this
he could only say,. that if the fact were true, is
-Could not, according to any principle of the law
of nations, or the authority of any writer on the
subject, justify his - conduct with 'respect to 'the
Allies, unless he•hati previously asked for redress,'
and that redress, had- been refused or withheld.
But the question which their Lordships would
have to consider, did not rest upon such narrow
grounds. . Not a word of that alleged violation.
had 'been said in any of his Proclamations when
he landed in,France. In these he distinctly stated
he had come back to resume an authority which
had been -taken front hint in a tnoment of difficul-
ty ; and so as to leave no doubt that he always
wished, even -,at the inoment of executing the
Treaty, to resume that authority whenev;,r a fa-
vourable opportunity for his so doing presented
itself. On that Occasion they saw it was not in
consequence of the alleged violation of anyparti-
colar article of the Treaty that he acted, but up-
on a fundamental violation of the 'whole by him-
self. But to look at the question in a larger
point of view—Was there, he would' ask, any
marl who, on referring to the transactions at Pa-
ris in April and May last, did not see that the
. whole foundation- of the contract proceeded on
the consideration that he was to abandon hii
. power ? The fact was, that when the Allied Ar-
mies'entcred Paris; the nation was the only legi-
timate organ that could be found to treat with it;
and on its part; the decfreance, or forfeiture of
the Crown.of France, by Buonaparte, was posi-
tively pronounced'. Under these circumstances,
!treaties were negociated with the Allies, the
very preamble ,to which assumed as their basis,
the forfeiture' of the then Ruler of France. In
Must! :viol) of these points, the Noble Earl re-
ferred to certain parts of the Treaties of the 23(1
• of April and of the 30th of May. The hearings
`of these were, that the peace was 'signed frith
the alien existing Government of France, Otter
the forfeiture of its late Hider), as one capable of
affording a. secure peace; and. farther it was
azreed, that inweadvautageous terms of peace