The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-08 00:00:00

DRUR Y-LANE; THE4TIU

Yesterday a Meeting of, the Snbscrihers took
phee at the Crown. and Anchor Tavern. Mr,
Wit rristlEAD being called to the chairs stated clat
the object of the present assembly was pro forma,
to" confirm the resolutions of the previuuS meet.
ing, appointing as a Sub-COMmittee to maaage
the Theatre'for t 1 next three years, Lords }-1'
and Es-:"Ex, the Honourables CAvEramn
SHAW MI DOUGLAS KINNA 1111:, and Mr. PETER.
MvoRE. Their nartit-s.were scverany pot in 'no•
ruination., and at length elected, as -a Sah-Coia.

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I wittee.
GEORGE kontxs their rose—He said be should ocaapy
their time only a few moments, while he pat a ciaes•.ia to the
new Committee, •which he trusted Would be satisfact,-ily
answered. Report had gone abroad, and at length' fono:1 its
way into the Papers,•that the first act of Cie- new goverisaltmt
was to displace Mr. Aknold awl Mr. Raymond. The.
gentlemun he knew some months ago had resolved to
• the determination of the Chairman, by retiring with him at
the close of his labours. Mr. Itavthond had not adopted a
similar resolution, and he should put it to the good sense of
the Meeting, if a Committee composed of persons who had
every tiii4to learn, could do so unwise, so impolitic, and he
would add,_o unjust an act towards a worthy it:di as
to fill up Iris situation by a person incompetent to Coe:,trical
business.. He could bear testimony to Mt. Itainnood's assi-
duity—to his great exertions, and to his capability, from the
period of the destruction of the -ia.tc Theatre to the present
moment; and as he was sore they could Hot find a person
better calculated to promote their interest,so be was inclined
to believe.. 4he report entirely withon't loundar on. His opi-
ni6n upon the policy of letting. the Theatre, instead of ma-
naging by a Committee, was fully known 5:5 them : as it
however, now too late to adopt it, he would not lower the
concerti by any observations that ought di icouriTe the Com-
mittee in the arduous task they were about to tut:minter ; at
the conclusion of the next season it would be seen who was
right ; arid he would be happy if their good management
should give him the opportunity.of then reading his recanta,-
finer,

The Hon. Mr. KINNAIno began bynbserving he had heard
this report—nay- he had read souse observations from a
" framing Voice" in the itronidg Post, repeating this as-
sertion, and he was happy thus early to assure the Ac:thie,
that.no step whatever had been taken—i hat no successar was'
either appointed or thought of, and as an individual Member
he would add, nu one could entertain a higher sense of Mr.
Raymond's capability to fill the situation than himself. Hp
would, however, give no positive pledge, not haVing taken the
matter at all into con4ideration., The Committee were
nowelected, and they world do the best they could to deserve
the confideeee reposed in them.
Mr. 11711mi:int:an said, lie could not perreit the present
Meeting to separate, without correcting a mistake of Mr.
Kitinai's at the last Assembly. He had led the Proprietary
to believe that the Theatre was so prosperous, that i: had
witnessed three successful-seasons, and the dividend
had already been five and six per, eet. could have Ocen greatly
increased if they had not rather preierrtd 'increasing their
capital. He could assure the Meeting, that no vise was more
anxious than himself to divide a good dividend on qui'aing
their concerns ; but it had been found that Theatrical pro-
perty was not so preGtable as it had been represented. In-
deed, without prodigious exertions,' it must always he a losing:
concern, and be feared at the ensuing Meeting, whets it
was proper to declare a dividend, that the Proprietors might
be dissatisfied with the amount : had he not made this ex-
'planation, be would further add, that he was fully convinced
an :increased price to the Pit was indispensilde to both
Theatres. - ,

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Mr. KINNAIRD said, that though the dividends had been
but small,lit could nut be said that the seasons were unsuc-
cessful, When'large sums had been applied to pay off debts,
and to make up that deficiency of capital under which the
Theatre at first laboured. A fact he. could state was most
creditable to the public taste, which was, that from the cal-
culations he had made, it appeared that no Iris than 70,6001.
Lad hen subscribed ,solely with dramatic views; so that in
undertaking a share in the management of the Theatre, while
every thing was done for the support of the legitinmt e Drama,
he should have the satisfaction of knowing that the dividends
had not been the sole object of the Subscribers. .
" Mr. CAVENDISH BRADSHAW and Mr. PETER MOORE sere-
rally addressed the Proprietary professing their anxiety to de-
serve the confidence reposed in them.
The Thanks of the PrOpiittOrS sere then voted to the
Chuiralau; after which the Meeting broke up.

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The Treaty of Paris was a real,. not a personal, THE THEATRE.-11Ess STEPHENS, who jiISIIV
treaty : al.ul, therefore, we admit it's application - ranks among • the most accomplished Singers of
to Vat tel's principle----a real treaty relates directly to' tlic day, whether " foreign or domestic," lat
lire bokof the state, though it's.forin should happen to night had her benefit at Covent-Garden Theatre,
be chan,;_,,ed—Lib. 2. crip 12. seet..lBs.—but when and we were glad to sec, by the Inliacrous an-
the Napoleonites have slifficiently-triumphed, on , dience which attended, so liberal a testimony of
this passage, we i. Is
o
will_ them to read a little 1 public esteem. -On this, occasion a new Opera of
farthcr—" It is inanife;;t that ALt,treaties relating two acts was brOtlgla forward, under the title Of
I.ouleife
.?'.......f0nr:(11
aofs
theG avernment are exceptions to this Telemachus, consisting of music from the Works
7
Treaty of
.Paris was expressly Of itiozAtir, WINTER, and eimAaosA, selected 'by
grounded uPon, and recognifOry of the expulsion Mr. BISHOP. As the story of Telemachus is so
it can be applied only to those well known, it is needless for ns to say, that as a
coit:all3lrgiorsoorp arte,, 3of
tl,eGovernment which perpetuate his vehicle for sonic
,beautiful music, and some excel-
exclusion. Neither can any man be hardy enough' lent singing, it was fully adequate to the intended
to assert, in the very teeth of tire Allies' Doclara- purpose. It SV4S also pleasing on aecount.of some
and the capitulation of, that new scenery painted' fur the occasion, in which
lion before Paris,
city, that France, reserving to herself the right there -was an interesting mixture of th
e pic-
ot* recailing Buonaparte, could have obtained-the turesque, tire romantic, 'anct the terrific. .I\liss.
terms which were granted to his dethronement. STEPHENS exerted herself with great zeal anti
And to this also we may apply the words of Vat- ! effect,. and received an abundant ti ibute, of ap-
tel in the next section, Upon personal treaties:— phase.
" 7'here are terms Which are freely granted' to one i To REMOVE THE SPOTS oloGßEAsureom POINTED
King, and would not be allowea to Iris successor". if ; BooKs.—The spots should he moistened with a,
their, such a distinction is ever necessary, in the i camel-hair pencil,
,dipped in rectified spirits of
case of a regular Sovereign, how much more es- 1 turpentine ; when it is dry, moisten it with a little
sential is it to the case of h rukr, whose aggres- 1 spirits of wine, which will effectually retnove any
sions were the cause of the war, whose ileyosi. stain the turpeutipc may have lett.

IMPtitIAL PARLIAMENT.

iIOtJAE of 'LORDS, Wt Jur.r.

Thy: Royal Assent was given by Von Mission to the Noftherit
:Ligrit,•lionse ISill, the Lottery BBL the Longitude Bill, the
Scotch Mad-house Bill, the Court of Sessions Record Bill; the
dill, the Vice-tbancellnes- Clerks' till, • The
.'Canunis,h,•leis were the Earl of Shaftesbury; .Lord Ellenbo-
TAW), and Lord Redesdale.
The Standing Order, requiringthat those who were inte-
rested in Private Bills should give their consent to them in
the Committee 00 such Bills having been read, it wits order-
ed, on the motiontil the Earl Of DERBY, that it should be
suspended; •Which baring been done, the Earl of Derby sig-
nified his consent in the present stage, which was.accepted as
it resp,cted the Bill at present : but his L9rdsldp was not
permitted to extend tli4t consent to .any alterations which
might be made in the Committee, without being called upon
for a subsequent declaration to that effect. •

LOCAL MILITIA BILL.
On the motion fox.readiug the Local Militia Bill a third
time,
Lord ST. JOHN expressed his doubts whether. the Bill was
nut calculated-to excite disgust in .the Officers of the Local
sliliiia: who, in accepting Commissions, in_ that service, .did.
not contemplate a removal from their own Counties.;
Lord ROLLE observed, that in the regiment rtf, Local Mi-
litia which he had the honour to command, nothing of• that
kind occurred when they were last year marched ton consi-
derable distance frem the place at which they were embodied.
Viscount SIDNIOUTH gave perfect credit to the motives
by which the Noble Lord, who had expressed his 'doubts on
the tendency of the Bill, was actuated. Ile did nut think,
however, that it was open to the objections urged against it.
•The reason> which had induced his Majesty's Ministers to
bt ing forward this Bill, was the wish-not to have recourse,. if
possible, to the ballot for the regular Militia ; • but to raise as
many as possible by beat of drum (which. plan was proceed-
ing with the greatest success;, and to call. in the Measure be,
fore their Lordships in aid of any deficiency that -might ulti-
mately exist.
Atter a few further observations from Lord St. John and
Lord Rolle, the Bill was read a third time.
The Irish Insolvent. Debtors' Bill, the Irish Militia Embo-
dying Bill, the Irish Inland Navigation Bill,.anti the Irish
Assaults Bill, were read a third time. . . . .
The Irish.. Stamp Duty Repeal Bill, the Arliite Herring
Fishery Bill, the Caledonian Asylum Bill, and Lord Stanley's
Estate Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted. _ _ .

The African Trade Bill, the Colonial Timber Importation
Bill, and the Clergy Re3idence Bill, went through Cumrait-
tces.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER communicated to the House, that the Royal
Assent had been given by Commission, to several Public and
Private Acts.—[See Lords.)
A Petition WitS presented from the Ship-builders of Ips-
wich, against the East-India Shipping Bill.—Read, and or-
dered to lie on the table..
INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S BILL.

Mr. 'LOCKHART, in the absence of Mr. Sedeant Best,
postponed the second reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill
to this day three months.
The Irish Newspaper Stamp Bill, the Irish Law Stamp
Bill, and the Irish Exchange Stamp Bill, were read a third
time and passed.
WILBERFORCE gave notice, that em Tuesday next he
shuold muie for leave to bring in a Bill fur the better preven-
tion of the illicit and clandestine Importation of Slaves into
the West inches. . .

The New Post-Ofnec Bin went through a Committee.—Re-
port brought up,- read, and ordered tol}c,taken into further
consideration on Monday next.

On the motion of .Sir ti. an account was order-
ed ,f the 615 persons of colour in Dominica stated to have
been restored; specifying tiarnes, ages, &c.

rdA.STER OF THE ILOLL IN IRELAND.

On the second reading of the IriSh Master of the Rolls Bill,
Mr. HORNER repeated his objection to equalizing- the'in-
come of that ()dicer in England and Ireland, as in the latter
ruttni ry his duties were so naneh less.

Mr. PEELE defended the Bill, and proposed an instruction
to the Cointeittee to regulate the offices of the Six Clerks in
Ireland, which had hitherto been saleable.
Sic .S ItOMILLY doubted the legality of such sales. These
places were formerly sold in Enghind, but had nut-been so
since Laird Kenyon's holding the Rolls. Sale of such offices
ought not to he looked at as a legitimate source of profit, fur
which compensation should be made. The frequent additions
to Judges' salaries were ohjectiosab)e, as it made them mote
dependent. on the. Crown, with whom such additions .ori-

~;i~ia±rd

Mr. PEELE e:zplainetl. • The sale of the Offices recog-
vise(' by an Act of Parliament.
Sir F. FLOOD was in favour of the Bill.
tierjenot ON!-;LOIV felt many objeCtions to it.
tiir J. NE WPORI' said a few words.

After some further observations from Mr..J. P—GRANT,
irlm contended that it was a new prineiplego put the salaries
of.ludges in Ireland on the same footing as those of English
Judges, and from Sir .lottN STUART and Mr. SHAW in support
of ti.e.motion, t he- Res,lution WaS carried in the affirmative.

Mr. HORNER tit:night it. his duty to state, that the sale of
any offie:,, snppoing such sale to have taken place •by the
Master of the lions in Ireland, or any other judicial Officer
had a negative on the election to such office, %%at io law
a high misdemeationr. •

PEELE explained.
Ga1....1 NWICI-1 HOSPITAL.

'Sir CHARLES MONCK. moved, pursuant to a notice list
bad given, for an accQunt of the expenses incurred in the
inamyeuient of tire-estates belonging to Greenwich Hospital,
in the County of Northumberland, during the years 1811, l'd,
13. 14, inensi ye.

Mr. CROKElt.agreed with the Hon. Baronet, that the ex-
penditure had been larger than upon many other estates of
the same extent, bnt be •believed the system, of management
bad 'also been much superior. The rental had beep raised
.within a few years, and since .inclosnres had becorne so fee-
quent,•from tS,onol. to 40,0001. per annum. There were no.
bad debts or runaway tenants, nor did the receivers pocket
any tbiug•by the expenseS laid ont, which .belonged entirely
to the di,i,eretion of the Thrillers. He had no objection to the
production of the. account in .question, but he did not see
how'this alone wonid serve the purpose of the Honourable
Mover, or spew whether or not the'expeuse bad been profita-
ble employed.
Sir M. W, RIDLEY commended the management of the'
estates referre,l to, and was happy for see that the inquiry
teas not refused. Ile understood that there were, however,
two rycivers at 1,5001. per annum each, and other agents
who had large alt:wances. Some of those agents he thought
uone„essary and that. one receiver would be sufficient.

said .there were two receivers, but they re-
criked no fixed salary whatever. They were remunerated by
a commis ion of five per cent. on all moncy'and rents they re-
ceived, and were intended to act as a control on each other.

Me. BARING thought it would create a sating of one half
to sell the property, and invest the putehase-inoney in the
fondS;

Mr. C. LONG said a few Words.

Accounts were then ordered of the gross rental, with its
t.l"fferent branches of .nett produce arising from' all farms,
h Otis s, woods, &c. belonging to (..reenwi.:ll Hospital; in the.
County of Northumberland, together with the names and
salaries of the agents employed.
Mr. PEEL!-: o;)taincit lea re. to bring in a Bill to regulate the
01lice of .kl-ter of the it.olis in Ireland.
Mr. BENNET gave notice, that in the ComMittee on the
Militia Hill,, he should submit two clauses fur limiting the
Bower of the Crown in the infliction of corporal punishments,
and the dismissal of Officers without Courts Martial.
• COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND ,MEANS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a very low
tolW of voice, propo,ed some Resolutions on the new Schedule.
.tl4 to !he Stamps-on the law papers used in the proceedings
of the inferior Coats of Scotland, they lrid been carefully re-
vised,- dual he did n t believe they,would• be considered ex-

eessive. •
A resolution he then propoiedVai agreed to.
74-,;;vor Drim.s.---NEWsPAI4:RS:
The llouse haviug resolved itself into a Com-
mittee of W:itvs.and Means,
The..Cti,‘NoELLog of the EXCHEQUER rose to
propose•the Schedule of Stamp ,Duties of which
he band given noijec. lie observed, that the suljects•
whi.enrhe additional Stamp Duties were to lie
imposed, were- Ltiv Duties and Newspapers. 'The
first ut t lit,e subjects, the taxation of law proceed-
‘v,is•one whieb too much attention could
it o he I)et.tved.-, lie had submitted the irresent
seacdnie to ever:ii
-cry experienced persons in
the profession of the lair, and since the schedule

Ltd been before Produce,l, there were many at=
terations mdde in it which would render it leit
Objectionable. One alteration was, that the in-
Creased duties %Vert: not Made progretsive on the
siie of the iustrimient Stamped, Intl that a certain
increase of duty on such proCeetling should take
• place., An objection also blen started against
the schedule, which was•that the increase of the
duties would have an equal effect upon the pro:.
ceedings in-small courts. "chit also had been re-
medied by a diminished scale of:duties applied to
the small courts. Though, the tares on law pro-
ceedings were on general grounds Objectionable,
• yet when it was considered how small a proportion
of the expellees in a lawsuit consisted of la v
the objections %you'd not appear so great ,as at first
might be iinagined. In a suit in -wiiich the solici-
tor's bill was 401. the amount of the old law du.
ties, together wieh the new, was,4os. Iu ati
other, in which the expellee •was 35/. the stamp
duties were 31. -There was Hot, therefore, the
same objection to these duties which at first sight
seemed to attach to them. As to the duties on
'Newspapers, the- first idea 'which he had was, to
iay an additional tax:of Id. on each paper, hut as
it was represented that this tax would have the
onost disadvantageous effect upon the circulation
of theliapers, 'lie bad imagined the increase of
the duty on advertise:net:is in proportion to their
length, tint though thisseemed a fair proposition,
it,Was strongly Sobjected to by the Editors- of the.
Newspapers, and an additional stamp ditty of one
bulfpenny on 'each paper, and Gil. on each adver--
tisement, wAs preferred by the majority of the
persons •occupied in this li.te. To protect the'
public from an increase of the price of thepapers
beyond the amount or the tax, an additional chs-
count' would be allowed' to those who only in-
Creased the price of their paper front six-pence
halfpenny to seven-pence, which discoing would
not he allowed to those who increased the price
to a greater sum. Although the proprietors of
the London Papers -were not eqoally willing to
coincide in the arrangement which he had made, -
he was convinced that no duty would be more
cheerfully paid by the public than an increase of
one halfpenny on the price of a Newspaper. The
sale of sthese publications depending almost wholly
on the situation of public affairs, .and as at the
present time,- and probably for some years to
come, a laudable curiosity would lie directed to
the events which were paSsing, and whioi -ex:
ceeded in importance any which for ages before
had occurred, the additional price of one half-
.pemiy on the publications through which the pnb-
lic derived their inforniation would not be grudged
•by the purchasers.
- Sir Joittc NEWPORT felt a radical objection to
the system of progressive taxation upon the means
of diffusing information tivoughout the country.
It was an extraordinary kind of consolation to
inform the House, that the state of public affairs
might continue for some years as it had unfortu-
nately been 'for so- long a period. How. was it
that the public curiosity was so strongly excited ?
It was by the increase of public calamity. It
was- by the •natural anxiety of every person to
know what new burdens were likely to fall upon
them. This. natural anxiety for kforuiatiou on
subjects of such importance, ought not to he con-
sidered as- mere curiosity, upon which it, would
be fair to lay an additional tax. It appeared to
him, that the more important were the events
communicated by the press, the more necessary
it was that they should be generally known, and
the more unfair it would. be to tax the diffusion
of that knowledge. So far from thinking that it
would be a tax cheerfully paid, he did not thitsk
that there was any, which, for the amount of it,
%void(' go so far to sour people's minds. The tax
already imposed on the sources of information
had very much dimini.bed their circulation. in
America, these-sources of public inforinatioh were
more numerous than its this country. He really
thought that taxation on Nosspapers was over-
done already. If he happened to have the duty .
which now 'devolved upon the Right Hon_.(3entle-
-11131), Of finding new taxes,. the very last thing
which lie would think of laying an additional tai
on, Were those sources of public information, A
Chancellor of the Excheqoer might also see other
reasons for not persisting in such a tax. Ile might
perhaps see sonic of his future statements, it not
nasrepresented, at least coloured in such a man- j
tier as he would not wish to see. '

• -Sir M.-RIDLEY opposed that part of the Re-
sOlution that went to increase the price of the
Newspapers, although' he did not hnd so much
fault with the increased duty on Advertisements.
He did not conceive that the additional sixpence
'on the Advertisements would be so injurious to
the Newspaper EditorS. He understood that they
had among them a very proper rule, that all Ad-
vertisements should be inserted in- their regular
rotation ; but he also understood, that an indivi-
dual, by paying more than the usual price of the
Advertisement, could have it insetted before its'
turn. He then stated to 'the House the great
price at which manYof the Editors charged some
kinds- of Advertisements. He himself, previous-.
to an election,
,had directed his bookseller in
London to put an Advertisement twice in two
Morning and two Evening Papers, and the charge
was ,not less than 561. He therefore thought it
was possihie that- the Adscriisements might bear
an additional duty of sixpence.
Sir C. MoticK. opposed the Tax. on Newspa-
pers, and thought there could not be a time more
ill chosen to den'y the public information on the
state of public events in Ivhich they were so deeply
interested.
The Resolution • imporlng 3s. (id. en (4-cry Ad-
vertisement -was agreed to,-and the House remit-
' ed ; and the Report was ordered to be received to-
-1
morrow.

The CHANCELLOR of. the ExcHEQ.tiER said, Ile
should bring for ward the remainder of the Sche-
chile onTriday.

•
Mr. LUSIIINUTON brought up an Account of the Exche-
qaer Bills ontstanditig and unprovided for in the year 1814.'
Ordered to be printed.
The Irish Licenses, the•lrish Tanners, and Irish Malt Bills,
were respectively committed, and the .reports were ordered to
b,e received to-morrow.—Adjourned.

There is an error in the statothent of yesterday.
that a dreadful fire had broken out at-Saddler's-
hall. The fact is, the fire iiroke out at the house
of a Wholesale liner draper adjoining the hall.—
The hall escaped with a slight damage.

iiitAkPoitt i'Aritii:

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',.!COTE. IIi::LIN'EfiED 'TO VIE 1;1Er Vl' THE MINISTERS OF Tile

FOUR WAS REAL IN TIIE SITTING uF

THE 12TH.

" From the moment that litiOnaparte returned
to France, all Switierlatid resolved by fin inini-
Mous and -energetic determination to take up arms
to defend its frontiers°, and to keep off those dis
orders of all kinds with which Europe iS menaced
by the return:of this Ustirpttr.
" This measure, which ft/4 ilisplayed the
energy of the Diet, and the wisdom of its deli-
berations, was perfectly in harmony with, the
Sentiments. of all Europe, whiCh openly df,4dand-
ed the conduct of a people, who, though the
nearest to the danger, was seen to pronounce,
without hesitation, on the events of which France
is.the theatre, and boldly profess se7timents so
honourable, by repelling the proposals made by•
the pretended Government of that country to all
the States,
,and which were every where•rejected
with indignation. _ _ _ _ _ .

" In this unexpected and unparalleled crisis, the
Helvetic Confederation, guided by its ancient in-
tegrity, .has joined of itself the system of Europe,
and embraced the cause of social order, and of
the safety of nations. It has felt the conviction
that so long as the volcano, rekindled -in France,
should threaten to influence and' convulse the
world, the inestimable advantages which the High
Allied. Powers take a pleasure in seeing enjoyed
by Switzelland, its welfare, its independence, its
neutrality, would be alw'ays exposed to the en-
croachments of that illegal a:,.1 destroying power
which no moral restraint is able to check.

United by the same wish, of annihilating this
Power, the. Sovereigns assembled at the Conte's
of Vienna have proclaimed their principles in the
Treaty of the 25th .of March, as well as the en-
gagements they contracted to maintain them.
" All the other States of Europe lia,e been in-
vited to accede to it, and they have readily an-
s‘vured this invitation. Thus the moment has
arrived when the august .Sovercigns, whose or-
ders the Undersigned are counnissioned to exe-
cute here, expect that the Diet, on the receipt -of
the present official communications, will, by a fot •
mai and authentic declaration, adopt the same
principles, and in concert ‘vith the Undersigned,
resolve on the measures which may become ne-
cessary to oppose the common danger:
But at the same time that the Powers expect
without any doubt, that Switzerland, agreed with
them on the Principal object, will make no
difli-
catty in declaring that it is armed to attain it,
am! that it•has placed itself in the same• line of
they.are very far front proposing to it to
display any other force than such as, is propor-
tioned to the resources and the usages of its peo-
ple. They respect the militaty system of a na-
tion Ivhich, remote from all ambition, puts forces
on foot only to defend its liberty and. its indepen-
dence; they know the value which Switzerland
attaches to the principle of neutrality ; not
to .intringe upon it, but solely to accelerate
.the
period when this principle may be applied in. MI
advantageous and permanent manner, that they
propose to the Conlederation to assume an cner.-
getic attitude, and adopt vigorous measures com-
mensurate to the extraordinary citcumstatices of
the times, but without forming a precedent for
the future.

" it is conformably with these principles that
the undersigned have .received from their respec-
tive Courts, the necesSary instructions to regu-
late by a Convention which cannot but be agree-
able to Switzerland, the footing upon which its
adhesion, is to subsist to the sailrei\i valise which it
has ,already embraced. They have, therefore,
the honouCto in.vite the Diet, without delay, to
-name Plenipotentiarier. to cuter into, a negoeia-
tion with them upon tits subject.
" ['ire Allied Monarchs impose upon themselves
the greatest sacrifices ; nevtrthelcss they require
from Switzerland only those, from %yak', it can-
not possibly withdraw itself, in .a crisis in which
its dearest interests are at stake 1 ati,d to alleviate
the burden of putting on foot the 'forces neces-
sary for the vigorous defence of their frontiers, as
well as to insure its success, they propie to keep
at the disposal of Switzerland' all the ktsistatice
which tile general operations of the war shall per-
mit them to dedicate to this object.
" The Monarchs desire in this manner among
this nation (the object of their particular regard
and c'steem), those sentiments of 'attachment,
confidence, and gratitude to tvhich tiity believe
thcins'elves so justly entitled, sentiarcuts which
they would have at heart still to increase and
strengthen at the time of a' general Peace, by
paying particular attention to the interests and
the safety of Switzerland.
" The undersigned renew to his Excellency the
President, and to Messrs. the Deputies to the
Diet, the assurance of their distinguished consi-
deration.
Zurich, May v, 1815.

4, STRATFORD CANNING,
'4 KRUDENER,
" SCH RA UT,
" CHAMBRI E."

ANSWER OF THE DIET.

" At the moment when a new convulsion shewed
itself in France,' Switzerland, struck with the dangers of its
situation, took with vigour and celerity the measures of safety
which the importance of. the .circuinstances required. The
Diet has made known by a proclamation, the object of these
armaments; it has avoided all connecting) with the man who
has taken the reins .of the Freneh Government, and has re-
fused to recbgni'se him.

4. The Ministers of the Allied Powers justly infer from this
conduct, that Switzerland, united in interest and intentions
with the other States, must oppose with all its might a Power
which threatens the peace, the tranquillity, the independence,
and the rights of all nations. Such are, in fact, the Resolu-
tions of the Diet. -
."rhe relations which it maintains with the high Allied
'%and even with the alone, leave no doubt respecting
disposition!:,3)'-ersi m
or its designs: it will abide by them with that •
ble features in the miss character.
fidelity which- have been at all times hououra-
conStancy and
" Twenty-two little Republics, united among themselves
for their security and"- the assertion c.f their independence,
must seek their national strength in the principle of their
Confederation. This is what is prescribed by the nature of
things, by the geographical situation, the constitution and
the character of the Swiss people.
'4' A consequence of this principle is its neutrality recog-
nised in its favour, as the basis of its future relations With
all States. It equally results from this principle, that in the
great contest. which is on the eve of commencing, the part of
Switzerland umst naturally consist in thejigorous,defence of
its frontiers. By remaining on this line, it does not estrange:
itself from-Liu cause of the. other Powers; on the contrary,

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