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indeed, eri.ben therovision•s of that Treaty were
discussed in Parliament, no pait of it was more
anxiously looked to than this cession of Goada-
loupe, as -likely to crub irrass this comoryiit any
imate tlee'ociat hors for a• general peace ; and
when, thcrefore, ScNe:len consented, for an ride-
quate Compensation, to forego her claims upon
that Island
.in favour of France, who ought-to
posAess Guadaloupe after the loss of St. Domingo,
aod whose power-1n the West Indies we had al-
ways thought intimately connected with the ge-
' octal commercial interests of Eniope, a great re-
lief was of to the negociatioos which ter-
mniated.in the Peace of Paris. With regard to
the second branch of the charge, he tneOnt- that
which related to the fortificettious in the Nether-
, lands, nod respecting which he should not have any
proposition to submit to Parliameut during the
present SeSsibn, he had no jiesitation in St at tug
it as his 0ot:don, that indepe:ldently of al corn-
peusation, he considered it as most wise, io an
economical point of view, and still more in a po,
!Neal and military one, for this:country to lend
itself to Holland, for the vii pose of concurring
with her in, establishing a Ike of fortifications
along the frontiers of the Netherlands. The wily
portion of the cogagement which he considered,as a
direct and positive charge on the country, was the
Loan which had been contracted iu Liolland by
Russia, and a part of which this country hail taken
upon itself: With regard to the iniortre and origin
of this Loan, he was not prepared to say tvhether
the.aneedote which. an Honourable Gentleman had
related respecting it; on a former night, was cor-
rect or not, hut whatever might have been its
origin, could have no influence upon the pro-
priety or impropriety of, the measure he intended
to -propose : the debt was i,i existence, and the
question was, whether, on ,any ground of po-
hey, .we ought to participate in removing the
charge from Holland, provided she gave as a
reasonable compensation. He world first in-
form the House upon what ground the charge
' had arisen. It was found absolutely indispens-
able, titer. the advance of the Allied Armies to the
Rhine, to 'unite all• the efforts of the inferior
Powers of Europe in support -of the emomous
weight of the war; and tin arrangement was ac-
cordioglyanade when the Allies were at Frankfort,
by tvhich all the minor powers, amounting at that
.lute to 22., entered into an understanding iry which
they agreed to furnish a certain (pool of men,
and in addition to that military force, they also
agreed, with a view to support the general ex-
pences of the war, to eonoibute a certain sum of
money equal to a year's clear revenue each of his
OWII dominions. Ile mentioned that to shew-
itpon what gr&ind the claim was made upon Hol-
land ; and it it was a just measure with respect to
the other PowerS, which no one could douht, it
• was still more just and reasonable with respect to
Holland ; for, withoutgreat exertions on their
part, it tvOs, impossible that her territories, then
subject to France, could raise the quota of men
which was required. Holland, therefore, neces-
sarily.contributed less towards the exigencies of the.
campaign ; she had fewer troops in the field and
sustained. a smaller expellee ; besides that she was
unable to do any thing at the commencement of
operations. It -was th'ouglit reasonable, however,
that she -should hear her proportion as soon as
circumstances placed her iii a condition to take a
part in the general undertaking; and even, per-
haps, something more than was borne by the other
powers, on account of the advanced period of the
contest ac which she was enabled to act in concert
with the Allies. The reason why the charge had been
effected in favour of Russia, was front certain claims
which Russia had on. the other Allies, and which
had been conceded by that country. The charge,
however, was thrown upon-the ,King of the Ne-
therlands only so long as die kept possession (Si
those countries ; and by that arrangement, the
Emperor ofitussia had a sort of interest in main-
taining the integrity of those possessions, which
he (Lord C.) considered a point of considerable
importance in the existing political relations Of
Europe.. Upon the whole, he hoped the House
would feel that the charge, so far as it -affected
Holland, was fair in principle, and that the share
we took in it was a desirable course to pursue, as
diminishing the pressure of that., charge upon
Holland, and as enabling its -to claim. from
her such a cession of her Colonies as we could
not oltherwise have done. Those Colonies were
of great, importance, whether we considered
them it) reference to the
-Toast Indies, or to
those on the coast of Smith
.America, trout
whence our manufactories could be supplied with
cotton. There was another point of view also,
in which they should- not be forgotten. It was
but justice to the King of the Netherlands to state,
that he had taken deeisive means for aboli,hing
the Slave Trade before those arrangements were
entered into; but now that those colonies were
under the dominion of Great _Britain, there would
exist facilities for completing that object which
could not have been found had they ry eerted into
possession of Holland.-, With
,-respect to the
charge thus created in lieu. or the colonies, it
would not be necessary-to incur any expellee
during the present year. The first expellee would
not take place till the middle of 1816, and it would
not-exceed 136;0001. per annum, until the whole
was paid off. It was a charge, also, that depend-
ed 'altogether upon the continuance of the Nether-
lands it) the House of Orange : if, unfortunately,
those territories should again be subjected to
France, it would immediately cease. The Noble
Lord then concluded_ by moving, that it was the
opinion of that Committee, that a provision shotild.
be made out -of the Consolidated Fund, for the
payment of the interest, on a capital slim a' 25
of a loan •
millions of Dutch florins, being part
made in Holland, for the service of It •
ussia.
Mr. WHITBREAD adverted to the n
which the Loan had been originally negotiated,
and the injury which the private, individuals with
whom it was negociated, most have sustained from
the non-performance of its conditions on the part
of Russia.

Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the anperor of
Russia had always attached the greatest impor-
tance to that Loan, and was most anxious that it
should continue to be paid.; hut while Holland
was in possession of France, his imperial Majesty
(lid not think that a time to swell the profits of
Fiance, by remitting.value to Holland. '

Mr. TI ER NE Y said, the Papers- on the Table