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of distinguishing himself, was i,t his (Mr
bread's) opinion so much to be envied as was that
now afforded him, returned as he was, a Commoner,
to take his seat amongst his fellow CAmmoners, of
giving an expl !nation of his conduct, and clearing it
from those misrepresentations, if such they were,
which had gone abroad respecting him. —He (Mr.
Whitbread) sincerely wished the Noble Lett] might
he able so to explain himself and his conduct, as that
he might retire from the House with the same marks
ot unanimous approbation With which he had been re-
ceived on a former occesien. It mieht here been tx-
pected, however, that when the hreht! Lord went to ti:e
Continent a tecend time, that he would net have re-
turned without completing the great wort: en thick
he had been sere ; and that he weirld have cnte'ed
the House with a Ticaty in his hind ready pi epa!erl,
to give to the Him a and to the country that erhla-
nation which all were so anxiously loekieg for. The
Noble Lord might certainly have been prepare:l fer
such a commemeation. Fle had no lack of Minhtere
or Co:lntel at the Congress. He v th,le, as it
might be sale, in the inhidle if his family ; eli!ct it
was rather a slur on these persons, a d she gnat
lens they possessed, that as soon as the Noble heed
quitted Vienna he was ohliged cell the Deice ~f
Wellington froei Paris to sopely hi, place, and c m-
plete the work which he h.id begee. Thh. preceed-
ing was singitlar. The Duke of Wellington had
been sent to Paris, and it it was neciesery he sheuld
be sent there, it was neccss try he slumhi have tend-
tinued there, and not have been called away te re-
place the Noble Lord at Congress ; though, perhaps,
it was fortunate that the Noble Duke was absent,
under the existing circumstances in France. But not
to look at the present situation of Continental affeirs,
but to consider what it was when the Noble Lord left
Vienna, it was indeed singular that he should have
been called away ; and it might have been supposed,
that now he was returned, be would hive been anxious
to display all he had done—to spew that he had well •
performed his task—and that net only in words, but
in deeds, he had sought the liberation of 'Europe.—
(Heer.)—The Noble Lord had chosen to leave it to
him an individual to call on him for explanation, and
to state to him what had been done in his absence.
The charges which had been made against the Noble
Lord in his absence had been deschbed by his col-
leagues as personal ; that they were so he (Mr.
Whitbread) denied. The Noble Lord had Cqlli•
plained of so many questions h tying been put 'luring
his absence, and whilst negociations were going ot. ;
did the Noble Lord forget the continence seinen hid
been placed in him during his turner absence in
Paris ? No questions were wen put ; on the contrary,
adjournment after adjournment had been agreed to
until the Noble Lord returned. There, however,
nothing had taken place which called for questions
—bin not so here. On the present occesion state-
ments had appeared; armies had been marching;
people had seta the partition of Europe; it might
almost be called the regeneration of Europe, and
that without waiting the termination ot the delibera-
tions of the Congress. Lately, instead of cries of
exultation, nothing had reached us but exclaim aliens
of despair ; and, under these cheumstences, notwith-
standing the Noble Lord's absence, he, for one, had
thought it his duty to ask questions and to seek infor-
mation. Perhaps the Noble Lord's colleagues might
have complained of his not leiving furnished them
with better materials ter answerieg the vestioes
which had been put to them. Perhcps they might
have informed him that bey had repe:irtdly said, in
reply to thesquestions which had been hut to them,
that they had stated the Noble L 'rd week:, on his
return, explain every thing te the Ilteihe ; and data'
for them and himself a well-earned triumph. The
House had frequently been told this ; they had also
been told, that 'on the hi-Ask Lo:d's return all the
Papers relative to Genoa and Poland would be pro-
duced ; this a Right Hon. Friend of the Noble Lerd's
had promised ; but that promise it WAS afterwards
found convenient to retract. The Right Honourable
Gentleman was informed he had gone toe far;
and on a subsequent occeson, he begged the House
to forget all he had said on the occasion. There was
no wish however on his (Mr. Whitbread's) part to
oelige that Right Hon. Gentleman to retire from
his official situation, although he had tailed to redeem
his pledge; nor had a single question been put ler
the purpose of embarrassing Ad menstretien ; who, •
when the Noble Lord was absent, appeased tot pee-
sess no arms with which to entet into the combat. Ho
and those who acted with him had pout certain gins.
tions, because they saw a system about to be adepted
which gave dissatisfaction to all the Continent, and
was in fact the system of him whom the thief ts of
the Allies had removed ; and it was for the purpose
of enter;:;}; a protest against such a system tat tries-
Lions hid been put. The Noble Lord had s aid, the
great Powers or the Continent had been celuirseiated
in the assertions which had gone abroad. He (Mr.
Whitbread) had papers which he wished to subeiit
to the coeseteration of the House, on ehhif he h
ad
emaded his assertions. Ir these papers were not, u•
theistic, then Congress had been calttor.i.ord ; bet if
they were authentic, then the Ailed Pewers ot the
Noble Lord had not been eelumnieted, and the
heehtions which had been put were jestiiiable. The
Noble Lord would not deny th it the Ailed Sove-
reigns had advancedinto Fiance—he would not deny
the declarations of their Generals, whilst acivaocing,
that they did not come for conquest, either there or
elsewhere ; but that having reduced Fiance to her
old limits, they would then give peace to the world.
The NotithLuici would net deny the declaration of
Frankfort, and other declarations of a sunder nature
—what position could be conceived so grand as that
ot the allied Sovereigns on Mont M.rrtrc,
mar Paris;
if they had died there, they would lc eve died hn the
summit of glery. But, hom what had since tressed
it appeared, that they had forgo:ten all their tot mec
declarations, and had immediately proceeded to
tread in the steps of him they had overthrown; and
since that tare nothing but the pilfering, paultry,

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