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~ , retl at any time to toistnd.wei'e not infring.eid,
, Y any of the Allies. Buonaparre,
itotaplained that the pecuniaiy part- of then, was
it was said,
20,t observd But he could not complain With any
lastiee, as the money was to be paid annually to
riest.ildta, alid the year had not near elapsed. Be-
there wasmuch mischief to be
-arilv•
itt•l' inn his ,h .• -1./ - h money unnecess
Ivt;. Ling supp.icc Wit apprehended
leas said ii) be raisiht tuen in Corsica..., .1*
,401.1_ Castler6gb) had communicated this to
,:".411syrand, who lutd,'U•titten on the subject to
i."..l,,Government ',.• but the l'reati- was not
.ten lintonaparte and the Ring of France, but
•,,;,-(!tween Buonaparte and the Allies. When a
i • S said Litoanparte was sellin,!: his cannon, he
anade
1- a representation On the sui;ject to the French
ii.c)•iiveral,,, 411. • eat, and represented on his return
;;'"augli Pai,s, how impolitic it would be to hi
ildtaparte any such grountk of complaint..;
;French Government, though they felt that
s'el Lt44l. engaged in a conspiracy to return and re-
lit-th7lite throne, sent a Gentleman to take care.
iPt ii•te"uld suffer no personal want. Ile htm-
telfeirord Castlereagh) 11:411 also given directiollts
-I.c:"te' Castlereagh)
to protect him against in i-
a•i,;--' Privations. But Bitonaparte did not make
;'„e°4lPlaint under the treaty of Fontaiubleaut.
I•'` ht rat nett to re-assume the Government o
il'''anee online broad principle of right. This wi•as
fa•aettwbiell broke ail ties towards him, and there-
that '',e (Lord Castlereagh) could not but.thi It
iii 4 -A
t"ere; WaS 6 sufficient case made, to instil?'
;;;'','3l4i.jesty's Ministers in extenahtg the naval alk_l
Itary establislunents of the country, and in t..a
tg,,,stePs in concert with his Majesty's Allies,
l'), r"lce this cough. and Europe iu security
ert"lst anY occasion which, the altered eircum-
-110,,
Ices or Prance may .give birth to. Indeed,
'ever sanguine he (Lord Castlereagh) Was
"11 the conclusion of peace, 'he "ever was
sor:
itale in his expectations as to think that there
l'ciS,:":3 kt4ger any danger of having any inter.-
11!i-ion to tranquillity,' for he was always of opt.
1u that it was not entirely with the man at the.
I a4,tl Iclt the GoVernment of France, however ths-
'll,;:e(t he may be; but with a nation become in'
jettirit ;tad in habits a military nation, there was a
i `ticul of the relations to be maintained. He,
.I,i,
ever, Would nut hesitate to say, that tile pre_
••eat el el' .
the
rail; of Butmaparfe was the act only of
i
tits, l,!tarY, not of the people of France ; ot.
11u,nsi-t‘.hattild 'lt(tatreYly) ,ofl ""s'i°l2
‘tti:yreoil'-'ll"st.ile notr
' ari)rte(4lciii:)!li°ll:l
I,4t'l"us of its attachment to its legitimate
oi,,erilill lOnarch, though now to their eterna
ttnlitraee theY had deserted him ; and from such a
tecii:l.l.Y, how could even Buonaparte have any
t, mi,,ltY fur a permanent support ? But if title
sic 01 bad suffered itself to be drawn away, ti-
c iterala 4;.ilitary from an 6)1164, humane, and it-
ti:::ei.c.s.l:n.;itecy,-, aad if It should be found necessity)?
wars the war would not be a war for
ty,teilni; or France, but a • war for the general
10.1,."1"1 l''Alrope. The military, that had been
14"41t.liess
tu
all
t'it-e üblivations that should hint:.
,41-I,ilite.trtettlitinlivi:gs ttltiit. "ree 1 aftei?ii: iesd%fn7e l'
society. I 1
ot
or
re -thuc."e'l IT
ha'i ' reason to.
believe, a sin-
6topfapbleeacoe.
111 e. -• ' Hl'
-'1 "active feel' r on the Part of
P("Ple Of Pri 114- ' Mo-
narch . a
(I . nee towards their legitimate
their ; Lott:1„:,!-:s XVIII. he was sure, would be
tee,,),111-, ifiheir wishes were only what was to
inff htielt.ll e' in!. tlei tell,
litlf the only calculation now- was,
ilt;-•'' sYsteni of Europe could be preserved,
IN/at-:o111-,tarY tneitas and resources of that great
th„ li'vere sUffered to-be co great
if war
tte
al! d be found necessary on that ground, it tvonld
eam sea,'„' ill vindication of a legitimate principle
At' ni,lst \d firm and against the people of France.
lia,;:eseut be did not w'ishto anticipate the -ques-
t._
ei Whether war should be necessary or not, as
41e:seetil(1 IlOr bring the whole circtunstances of the
4_, "niter consideration ; and he thought lie eon'
tiotintaeitli himself !Hove consistently, more constitu
lie a ally, and, as he supposed, would moreaneet
st4hlP.Probation of Gentlemen opposite, hT.,ab
f,,,„l„!tg' from any such line of conduct. I hey
co`ti to wait to see what is the disposition of thei
nn willlent before they could he perfectly decide
.
say
wr co.urse to pursue. Ile did not mean .to
t.:o6t• 'at oil
to be the determination of the
ite "icor, or that it ought to adopt war ; but
ti would
!(1,1-e I,,oliii say, that as- this country had saved
184.,- .", and broogitt it from a tremendous
'a °F2O Years, she our, not to be Wanting
icat'l.iliTu-operationt to repel utda.vful aggrcs-
(4't• -.‘e w(iiiitl also say, that no exertion of the
• ..1,„....
it would be what it oughtHe to be,if not made
did not mean to
4tc,, Pt') goad the Continent into a war incoo-
AN't; to
its own views, or without its • consi-
klitt,l° of its . own interests ; hut he thought
ktkt,la Buonaparte 'gad brought affairs into
kepin,S that there was no safety forit but in
(kiitillot; aye,Weans in a formidable attitude. He
'14•13-1-.1 titilik thete was any rational hope Of the
t"pe.' gs.uf peace, tranquillity, or security
11 ,ur f ,. le Lon tar' tilts
for Eu-
country, but in keeping together
ittit ifcrieration that s I 'wilily existed at pre-
l. ' ;Lit w • ' l'•° '`,• ' - create on,
' CO. . as not for tons Country to ,
~,I‘kitt vtittneut a fictitious spirit of warp but to see
,71jeessic`vls itt.s real spin il, and to keep it alive to the
'''''' ' t" "thrdi• a• • ~. • t the seeds of future
'l,' zation and destruction. While it was
t.,N lily
by
.. ,
ll's' ' 4tuving to this country that at the en-
. 1.1, .'") Of stic-1 a it ' he was
,a Ped, ill I I
i torlg anc, arduous, war, S
I) i al-e'l an exalted situation as to be looked
N. 6, y t;, the ~,
1 ,4;tir,
iit,
,', ‘..natwent as an example of fidelity,
ii'litr,t, " Perseverance, and with an exteut of
'lll •I till)Prececleafecl, Though established with
IP'utilit''' ''"(I co- dial sentiweiits Of all• Einropc in
Nt • Jatillll • .. :
1, nirit., i , it ‘‘ as. us (tiny, not Only for its own
tntid oat for the
cootit„.ll safety; of all the
nit ,t, L
,-,
j 1.41,1 `lttp.combined 1-',•,, all the fair anti 110-
.4
.'e me., , • .
,
,:::' 1 I'l ._•',:.";''' ~!Is power-th.e present confetti--
I'l'4" 't
1)"te Lovd concluded by moving the
q„ ,s, 1%., . ..
vssa, itielt was, as usual, au echo of the
i.,•,;(‘.
l'il 1 l''' Iters
t:' 14) ~. "T't•r•r'said, that it was impossible for
11, ute /.'e t in favour of the Address, w:titont
iittlt,t.
.• . / I ,d had
ol'"ed. i. giotunls than- the Noh e
..a.l •
''Pt' "t• R f t!(' A dareS iild OiliV exprcssed that
4 ot tt, L. --og ovaire . I
l.'
II
?'-'
a 'urn '- . in tne in'trt of the Conn-
,,,t'tc,sc - be talten twaware,•,, I.e would not think
Plit„,:4rY to -disseat. Bat it it . was to T 110;1''uti) the ,CituntrY again into war, to place
:.t t di5t,14,1(1).".s 0:-1 the thrUne' of France, lie Wodild
It 42se lei' duty if he did not proteit against
.1
3-1 I that Butumvarte had ettkyrgel

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France in conitavention to the Treaty condoled
with, him ; but if. in that Treaty there was
mention of. his not_ entering Frnate, he could net
see ,the contravention. Re was old enough tff remember when the former war for plociog the
Bosarbons on the throne of France, 'was under=
taken, and the effect of that war was to give
to that man, who was now the obiect of their
apprehension, such power as made him too strong
for all Europe, till he dissipated and lost it in
the plains of Russia. But there was no ground
for any hope that that man would lose his
power by such means again. The considera-
don now is, as that man, Buonaparte is on the
throne again, whether it is for this nation to wage
another 20 years war to place the Bourbons on
the throne again. He was far from' wishing
to criticise the conduct of the-Bourbons, or to be
too severe on any one in misfortune; but he could
not help saying, that the conduct of the Boarbons
had not been such as tb please the French. The
Noble Lord had said, that this Government was
not blameable for not keeping ilium:Tarte under
greater restraint. He agreed with the Noble
Lord, that this Government was not blameable
on this point. But by thought this Government
would be blameable, if they attempted to impose
a Governor on an independent nation against its
will. Was it not Wain that Buonaparte was the_
Ruler of the French people's choice ? %Vim ever
heard of a single man invading a nation of thirty I
millions of inhabitants, and gaining the sore-reignty of that nation against its will ?. The fact !
was, that the nation wished for him, and had in
a great degree wished for him, from their dislike
of the Government which he superseded. There
was not a man in France who did not see a new
artier of things rising under the, Bourbons, and
who dhl not fear that property was insecure.—
The Government of Louis did not observe the
promises of his brother. The conduct of the'Cvn-
gress had turned the feeling of all Europe ; atid.
now Buonaparte, it was to be feared, had ally in
his favour. If the war was to be for the preserva-
tion of this Country, he would not object ; but
if it was to place a-family on the throne of a na-
tion in spite of that nation, lit; did not think that
any claim required it. This country had doue
enough for the Bourbons. They had cost this
country 800 millions of money. The Noble Lord
hittl art iced on principles on .which Mr. Pitt him-
self had not ventured to go. The country was
tricked into the war of 1793. At first it was for
one pretence, and then for another, -but it Was al=
ways a war of Monarchs against the people. It
was against that sort of war he wished to protest,
When the Noble Lord said that there
was no
confidence to be placed in the. present Ruler of
France, he (Sir Francis) could not help adverting
to the conduct of the Congress. How dal they
divide and slice States at their will ? But - let the -
conCtict of the King and of Buonaparte about
the Slave Trade be looked to. The abolition,
which the King, whip was said to be so well
beloved, could not bring about in five years, Buo-
naparte, who was said to be so detested, effected
by one, stroke of his pen. -Buonaparte Was said to
be a-hypocrite in this and in his other actions since
liic return ; but if he was, it was to be devoutly
wished that he would always continue such a hypo-
crite, find that, this and all the other Governments
of Europe would imitate such hypocrisy as his.—
While he shewed no other indiCations of a wish
for war, peace should not very readily be aban-
doned. A celebrated man of antiquity said, " ini-
quissi;nam pacent jusiissimo bello onlifero." Per-
haps this was going too far, but at least very few
would, say that' the converse was going too far,
justissimam- pacem iriiqui alma bello aulefero."---7
He (Sir F.) could not help considering, that if
there were no other grounds made out for war
than were contained in the Noble Lord's speech,
it would be abandoning the:sushi/tam paten for the
iniquissimo bello. It was said' that Buonaparte was
supported only by the military ; hot what was the
ground of thinking so ? Could it be believed, that
asitgle luau kanding in a nation of thirty.millions
of inhabitants, with a Government in active orga-
nization, and armed with a great civil and mili-
tary
.power against bins, • could proceed fur 500
miles to the capital of the country, and assume'
the Government, against the eonsent of the peo-
ple ? In ail that length of way there was not a
single, individual -to lilt his hand against him.
How could the approbation of the people be more
unequivocally shetvn But, however it was with
him and that people, this country had nothing to
apprehend from them, and therefore ought not
to iffierfere with then:. But, if he understood
the Noble Lord rightly, it was because of the
great collection of power against France, that the
present opportunity was not to be lost. He could
riot agree to the address, because it was a Covert-
way of engaging the country, to It'ar, by putting
her in a state of war, and lie therefore would vote
against putting-the-country in that state.
Mr. PONSONBY said, be would support the Ad-
dress, beeause he differed front the Honourable
Baronet's interpretation of it, since the Address
did not bind him. down to the question of war.
The plain sense of time Message was, that France
was no longer in the situation Of the Treaty of
Paris, which was made with Louis XVIII. giving
to France larger benefits than would have been
granted to Buonaparte. !knee therefore France
having now accepted of Boonapaite, she was ex-.
actly in the predicament she stood it, before the
Treaty of Paris. This was his view of the ques-
tion ; • and his .opinion was, that this coon-
try should at all times stand in a situation to
conunand alfc respect of Earope.—( flear !)--•
While he advnitted this, still he objected to the
Noble Lord's motion, of Parliament not, taking
the least pncliminary step, as he understood it,
-before measures were resolved-on by the Ministers
'of the Crown ; a practice that would prevent all
chance for after inquiry, by foregoing it in the
first instance. IVith this understanding of the
subject, lie should most cordially vote for the
Address.

.\lr.
AD said, if he. could entertain the
sanie narrow views of the Message as his Right
lion. Friend, or perceive in it any of the amhi-
guitv which it assumed in theapprehension of the
lion. Baronet near him, he should fvel Content
to acquiesce in the __Lf.A I
ress that (vas proposed to
the Throne. But when .he perceived that nothing.
but a flimsy veil was attempted to he thrown over
the descgus and prcceithig.< gat the IT:(ec;ative 607

vertinient,of this country,, and also that the
doter of his non. and Right Hon, Friends around
iwas to be ensnared. If they chose to be et-14
snared, he'could not refrain from protesting againSt
the line of conditet which the Noble Lord wished
them to, adopt. He could not conceal.frdtit
hiiii-
self, he would ,not consent to conceal from the
House and the country, the designs that we were
invited to embark in,. and the charactvr of. that
note of preparation which 140 W so.tinded. on all
sides. He teas certainly most unwilling to un-
dertake,. what 'was extremely problernatical
best, another ernsade againFt ;France in -behalf of
the Bourbons,' Who were indebted for, their Aran-
sient gleam of triumph to therasimmiss and mad-
ness of the individual that now. occupied the
Throne of France. Endeavouring to pacify the
French, it was taken for granted that the condi-
tions- of the'Treaty of -Pat•is were better than any
which the Allies would have conceded to Napo-
leon. But what would the Noble Lord say to the
Declaration ofFrsufkfort,which held out tnFrance,
under'that same Ruler, the promise of a greater
territory than ever she had possessed under the
Bourbons ? What would the_ Noble Lord farther
say to the Negocitations Carried on by himself at
Chatillon,carried,on with Buonaparte or his Minis-
ters, and which backed the Declaration as to tern's?
Perhaps the Noble Lord then held out a treaty of
precaution, like the Message he brought, only to
pounce upon France at discretion, and when op,-,
portunity might offer—(No, no? front the -111i-
nisterial side). -Well, tie must suppose that he had
fallen into an error for this time,though consideri-ng
his opponents, it was not an extraordinary one,
since, incomprehensible to themselves, they were
likely enough to be misconceived of by biro. Buo-
naparte was not always so remote from these who
railed most against 'him ; lie, for instance, bad
.ended with a ball at Elba, as the IN'oble Lord had
before set bins the example by concluding with a
ball at Vienna. Still the complaint of•Buonaparie
was serious in one point, namely, the stipulation
for money, the infraction of which .condition was
supposed to be justified by the plea of the year nor ,
being out. 'What a pettifogging subterfuge was
this.? Another sort Of pretence was, that %Omen
Buonaparte did apply fOr money, an Officer was
sent over to hint, instead of money, who reported
that he was recruiting in Elba, and was employed
in collecting a force that might threaten France
%vitt! invasion. Well ! spies were 'most liberally.
paid for their good intelligence; the Noble Lord
was •himself at Vienna, surrounded with old and
sage diploinatists,,and yet, though apprised of the
fact of Buonaparte being in the habit of collecting
troops at Elba, be is permitted to decamp %villa
those few troops, land in• France, and there re,-
gain • the Throne, Diplomatic wiseacres ! Now
that " the cat was out of the bag," the Noble
Lord knew what every body else knew ; he could
admonish us how Buonaparte might hisve been
kept at Elba ; or, rather, how he might he kept,
if he would only just- sutler us to get hint back
there. Buonaparte was represented as not being
supported by the people of France, yet had he •
made . his way, frain North to South, ‘vithout
a single aria being lifted against him; ;and
now the only question was, whether we' could
overthrow tlre recreation of ,a monarchy which
was beneficially designed for the French 'Po-
pie :—Let us look, lot example, at the'. Slave
Trade, and we should discover, that what Louis
the Desired could not do towards its abolition,
with all the fervour of the Noble Lord to boot,
we should find this was accomplished by BE:olla-
parte with a stroke Gf his pen. Whatever was the
character of the chosen littler of France, (and,
without at all intending to hurt their feelings, he
conceived the interest of die Bourbons to be
extinct in France, and that their misfortunes,
more than ever, coupled with their virtues, had a
claim upon all generous minds), still he conjured
-his own friends not to be misled by the cautious
wording of the Address now proposed to them,
on condition of iriformatinn to be given thena.,,
If
any kind of information was imparted, it would
come upon them like a thunder-clap ; they would
find themselves involved in•a• new war before they
had pledged themselves to support it, while they
Ivosifil be re litteled of their consent by their vote
of this nil;l7t, considering the late Declaration
of the Al'lied Powers as nothing less than an in-.
vitation to every man to assasinate. Buonaparte, a
measure whicir he would defy the casuistry -of
the Chaucellor of the Exchequer to defend,. he
would, nevertheless, hope, that as Buonaparte
had, promised to keep the pence, and not pass
hi 3 boundaries unless attacked, so time Chris-
tian feelings of ,the Noble Land and his col-
-leagut.s wonld not pertnit them to plunge this
country into a state of useless and boneless hosti-
lity by aggression. But he was apprehensive,
that the concert talked of in the Message was no
longer wanted ; for either the Duke of Wellington,
Lord Cathcart, and Lord Stewart, deserved to be
impeached, or else the Noble Lord opposite had in-
structed them to make war against France. Ei,ery
thing was owing to the escape of Buonapartc,•and
his escape was owing to the understood sort of in-
structions which permitted him to be stopped at sea
only in-case of his proceeding to do mischief. All
this was exactly fur want of another understand-
ing—one understanding in the. Cabinet, wiliest),
though afraid to Commit itself, committed all also..
befence was the system to be pursued-by us, and
not offence. It had been observed, by Air. Sheri-
dan, that one bag of the National Debt was
incurred by curbing the ambition of the House
of. Bourbon,. and the Ether half by attempts to re-
store that House. But the Noble Lord seemed
to believe that now indeed was the Tor
strike, Did the 'Noble Lord really think that the
Saxons would again uni;e with Prut•Sia ?i-hat ttaly
woold concur with Austria ? that Naples was in •
temper with Cis ? Supposing bet ter things, that
whop armies invaded France, abil. that..linonn-
parte was slain,•the people of France, disliking the
I;oarbons, Would elect anodic!. head, and I.llg.land
be left in the lurchoo ;Mike peace with mute -new
conqueror. Ht.-. would 'ask whether if, at any,
former period of the,p,,wer,of Napoleon Boona- •
parte, .we con hl have confined him kin the
;nits v.'hich be oows he will keep, we would
not lii; re made.pcace with him % iewks itit.e there
Will no disinterested man in the, coutit: y wh9-.
wonlif net have subscribed to such .conditions.—.
if, however, France steps bitvond these limits,
then bccomes the agsrc,,,ssori but she 00gbt1.14-0 be

• itill site bins forfeitsherclaim peace'
eft alone
He would therefore iniplare the GoYernmenti iti
tt•ell as all his awn HOnourible ri:nntils, to reflect
that if the Addi•esS is Supperted at it now stands;
the MinitterS would be implicitly sanctioned
in • entering Uptni an aggreSsiVe war.--qlear,
hear !)—Much had been., daid by certain writers
for the diurnal press of this Metropolis, in
favbtir of such a war; it had Fong been their
practice to run dawn Iltinuaparte; but these per.
' Sons must not carry their sentiments Lou far ; at
any rate much stress ought not to be laid do wliat
is said by them. He shoild, for his own part;
enter his decided protest against what is, Said by;
them, as well as' against the.doetrines of the Noble
Lord; and lie should feel that he shotild nut (la
his duty, if he did not vote against the Addrest
generally. He, however, won't! 'agree to supportsupportas much of it as went to authorise provisions for-
defence against aggression, which he shotild WiSli •
to be wade to the ftilidt extent, till we could SC4
that the danger was w:er ; but do not put in the.
bands of the Executive Power the me'ans of mak•••
ing war. With this view he liould.propose as an
amendment, after the expression. of concurrence
in the sentiments of the Message, " At the same
time earnestly to implore his Royal Highness to -:
exert every endeavour to preserve the blessings of
peace, so long as it could be Maintained with safety
to his , Majesty's clown and dominions, and 304
cavity to l(is Allies." •
, .
2lr. F. 'DOUGLAS spoke in favour of the,AddresS,
Wild witlonuelt Warinti: ttrZCd the pun-Cy 'Of going
to. war..

Sir J. NEWPORT .supt)orted the Address.
Mr. GRoKER, spoke merely as to a matter of
fact. An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) had
stated, that a- French ship had been 14014.* into
port by an English cruiser under- circtinistancys
which shoved that she had'heen taken either' fin,"
der an ambiguous order, or sonic Secret under-
standing with the captain of the ship. --He. couhl
take upon him to assure the House that such stone-
went was wholly and entirely without foumlation
and that there- tAiiNieen no order to any •61-fieer to
to interfere ,vith the tri-coloured flag of France
any more than with the white flag.
Mr. BaNl:i..s suppOried the Addre•tt, ilimigh he
thought the Country ought to be very canticiiis
to any increase of burden on, its finances:,
Lord ALTHORPE and'Mr. Alisao:tomtits were
for ihe-amendluent, , -
Mr. W. ELLIOTT Said; the Address only claim-
ed the attention of the House to those. measures
of precaution which in concert with our Allies
might be deemed necessary for the security of
Europe ; and as such it had hit support.
Mr. Tie-mg-rev said;,:the Message, it wa-§ (6.16,
only called On the house to-place the country, iti
point of military ['litters, in such a state a,s might
be necessary ro, secure:the tranquillity of Enropei
but the speech of the Noble Lord gave re:Ason, tO
suppose that our Allies
-were inclined to a state of
war, and it they entered on that war for the pus
pose of dethroning Buonaparte, the idea would
appal his very heart. He had heard, also, that
notwithstanding the apparent moderation of the
Message, subsidies to our several Allies had al-
ready been settled and agreed on. This might
be false ; btit if true, the amendment of his lion,
Friend seemed to him to be most desirable, as it
threw. on Ministers .a greater degree of responsi-..
bility. He had no 'wish to embarrass Ministers,'
but as the Words of the amendment were very
moderate, and did not weaken the Address, he
should vote for the amendment. •
Mr. C. GRA:4'r,, inan,able speech, contended for
the motion.
Mr. W. Smirn supported the Amendment.
'Mr. li.oaiNsov spoke in favour of the Address.
Mr. PLUNKET expressed his cordial and unqua-
lified support to the Address, and affirmed, that •
there appeared nothing in the Noble Lord's speech
which indicated that he had any Wish or inter-.
lion to 'dope the-House. For his own part
should be very sorry to be the dupe of Ministers„
but he should be much more so-to be duped by the
present Ruler of France. If war must be the
consequence...he had, no. doubt but we bad a
timate and jastifiable cause for it, but that qu'es-
tion was reserved for a future day. -
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied -at considerable
length,' contending principally in. repfy to Mr.
Whitbread, that it did not follow- because this
country had treated with Buonaparte at Chatillon,
that it trust be prepared to treat wi;,ll him under
existing circumstances. He begged leave to- state,
that though the Allies did treat with hint at Cha,
tillon, they did not consider theniselves called up-
on to accept of his proposals, when they were•
likely to enter Paris. At that time, be diSpatched
a Messenger to the Emperor of Russia, to state
that he was ready to make peace ; but the •
answer was, that the time was gone 6y, and that
the eery circumstance of his having offered terms
and withdrawn them, was a sufficient reason for
not renewing the negociatiOn. As to the
t ion of the Stave uk, it was a mere veil to cover
his- ambitions purposes. The Hon. Gentleman •
had theelt notch upon it, but it was not quite so
great a favour, as Buonaparte had always been
the most declared enemy to the abolition, nor was
lie now. to be confided 'in. He trusted that the -
House would not rely on the truth or sincerity of •
that luau who had violated the most solemn trea-
ties and engagements. The Hon. Gentleman had
referred to the declaration of the Allied Powers
at Vienna. He was perfectly prepared to approve
of that declaration, -and of the conduct of those
who had signed it on the part of this country,
'as, a declaration leveled against Buonapartet who
imenacea.the trauluillity of Europe. It was neces-
sary that Napoleon should lie held-up as an object of. -
terror; and the Hon. Gentleman-would allow him
to SW,, that,,sentiments had been pronounced in
that.fionse, much wore likely to draw down as, •
sassinatiou and destroy' tion on Sovereigns in al- .
fiance with this cOnntry, than the measures re-
dm:mended to he adopted towards Buonaparte by
that papser-.--( Hear, :hear !)- .We -had a fall, silt-, -
ficicia, arid nun-at' jusii:rication, 'of commencing
war against Napole,...n, if we considered it was.
wise and to p-ursue it. The Government
w0r..1.;-•act in concert with' the Allies, and his Ma-
Ministers were entitled to claims that their
responsibility should not be broken in upon by they
truisms of the Hon. Gentleman,
Mr. Po N.3riNbY would troubll the House with . a
rcri f,:., words. It was certainly always extreioely,