Star.
London, England, 1815-04-08 00:00:00

UNION TANAL.

Mr. Ftntate presented petitions from Greenock and Port.
Glasgow, in favour or the. Union Canal.—Ordered t,, hr r i tt
table. lie then moved the led reading of ti.e Union Canal bill.

Mr. WU. DUSIDAS 11101/111 al an amendment, that the hill be
read this day six months.
Alter a long cciversatton between Sir Alexander Hope. Sir
John Marjoribanks, who vutiported the amendment, and I ord
A. Hamilton, wise defended the Bill, Mr. Finlay replica, and the
House divided. for Its second reading now, bo—Aga.iust it ea.
Majority mutat ills BHI, 33.

1401C11 JURY BILL.
On being re-admitted, we found
Mr. %VII.ISERFORCJI presenting a Petition from the inhabi-
tants of Edinburgh spinet that dame in the Scotch Jury bill,
*bleb required unanhaky in the verdict of a Jury.
After some commotion between Mr. Wm. floods. sod Mr.
Abercrombie, win wished that the people of bcci• isod should
have an opportunity of stating, year by year, u they would have
it In their power to do, the grievances resulting from the preecut
kf4ll, when once enacted, rather than those which were fouteled
on rear. 'Ube Peddler was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. BARHAM gave necks that, on Wedneway neat, be
should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the bltter preventing
British subjects iron entering the seniors of foreign Powers.
ITATI PAPERS.
Lord CASTLERIAOH, pursuant to the order of the House,
protested his Mosta to Last Sodium of the lath Isyrd, tot 4,

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n•I the Tvaty signe at Paris at that period; also. Earl I
Lettre to I •rd Bectinek, with the correspon-
d -tct 11..te-n him (Lord eastlers4h) and that B. Aids Em y.
".1,- AV irrir EaD wished to know' whethet the Noble Lord
hive my -bleed.* to produce a piper which lie intended
h...e movel for yesterday. but had forgotten. pie meatitthe
.r.ttlon homed by the Allies. and signed by thrieniputen-
tie •on the 3,11 of March at 'Vienna. He sh 'aot detain
:•te t hy nitro-iv for it now; but the Nohlt. Lord would
y • ' wh -oh rit was -0 be col. • .1., -ed a 4 authvott.: ?
I err., t' iTt.naliAGH wished the lion. ilrotienip to COR•
s'd e that piper a. authentic. and to aryete on it as such.on foe Its t woule-
.r hero pre +e *tea with the rest had any motirtol

eon he. made.
Mr. tstIIsISONBY thought that although the House eouhl not
elven it should be prevented to-tiight, it toisht peohably sun the
N,,b'el.ord's convenience to lay it before the iton.e en Ithinday.
wi-tel to know Whether are would have any ohj.ctinn to
T....mince a copy of the Declaration hutted by the Allies it the
breaking up of the negoriationa at Chatillon
lain! CAS EAGII would hace no objection, as he did
not think that communication would he prejudicial to the public

*tarot.
PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE.
'Vie Order of the Day for taking the Regent's
Message into consideretion saving bceu toad, as well
as the Message itself, by the Speaker;
lend CAS'ILER EAGH rose. He assured the
House, that at too periad of his political eustence,
he had more deeply felt the impotence of the cons,-
earations to which he bad to call their attention than
at the present moment, when discussing those which
arose out of the momentous events that had taken
place in a neighbouring kingdom, and the councils
which throe events were likely to produce. It had
been his lot, in the course of the late discussions of
the House, to endeavour to direct its attention to
events of a very different nature ; events which had
led to an order of things, by which we might flatter
ourselves the worli would be delivered from a recur-
reitee of the calamities and danger; through which it
had passed, and brought to au orderly state, which,
it not exactly its former political constitution), would
have a tendency to coaduct tai that ancient social and
poslitical statiun, from which it had only been torn by
grate! convulsion. Whatever difference of opinion
might hove existed on Kith sides of the House, with
respect to the arrangements made to form the Body
Po'itic of Fur ,pe, yet all must have evened. that as
the proposed diraosition would present a mass of in-
dependent Pavers, possessing all the charactetistics
of iudependeuce, and capable of Maintaining them.
staves and their relations towards each other, it was
likely that the world would be goa caned by a ba-
lanced system of political equality, instead of being
oppressed by a ntibury authority that would keep
down or etc:tabor up every other. It was inspossiale
n-a to feel that the late vegans in France, if they did
not menace with iunant destenceion die work of the
last twelve years, or take away the reward of all our
exertions and those of the Allier! Powers. world c
ill
their ultimate security into question. It a milk try
Chief, whose only e seetial pretension to the empire
was forward en dr attartaireut of an 'limy, for he
contended that the Revolution had been imputed upon
die people by the army, if tact Chief and a rolirary
aparm were rtoreaablished in France, becate.e the
army found the start: of peace of Europe incompati-
ble with their. intexere, then it only remained at pre-
sent. ur at a mate remote period. either that all the
calamities which die had alteoety experienced should
again fat indicted on Europe. or else that she should
turn barb to that system from which die had emerged,
• arta continue to exist in a military character—{Hoar,
Asar.)-1c that case, we must abstain hum giving
up teuselvee to the natural CUOStittainUS of State%
and revert to measures tuna uncongenial to oar late
tests. He felt all the importance of such considera-
tions, and the iminense and awful nature of the sub-
ject. After an arduous struggle of tiventyataree or'
twentraour years, to paean the idea of war, even
in in west indifferent skape, to the aspect of the
House, valid not Lail to prove most uopleastug ; but
when it was resolved into dies great question, whe-
ther we should have war, or enter into a peace.of
ramie,,;? bee"...le all the morel considerations involved
iu the subject. be conceived that the necessity vif de-
kberatitig was most serious and awful. if he telt the
question was as seal a state. that be could present
views, of it which he ueliered would guide the judg-
went of the ticitiv, he would not safer the Councils
of the State to be precipitated without calling fur and
oinaiiiing the sense of. Parliament. But as the ques-
tem was not yet in that forward state, and he cuald
asoc opal all its considerations, he was disposed to
follow the sugeemion of a Right Hon. Gentleman
opposite. nud to confine hiuvA It comber points. The
aleseoge stated that the late events had taken place
in direct COatrarentiart rot oet.y tne eugigements
fern col at Fontainebleau, lout of these contemplated
fa. the Allies in the ponce et Paris. This in itself
211eCtS at Si, inielicJ d just:id:tide CAW! of Al against
Ira:tee; it Gorer .41Ciat. our Allies, atter eutering
tato every coafiaeretiou ut prudeater, should think
;oat a step proper. Tied it called for measures of
eauliart all agreed; and no man would deny that
ereasuies of vi oar should be taken in concert with
our Albes. 'f •!!! nature of this concert would re.
Mai@ to Jr communicated to Parliament at another
• iveriOd. He Was sure that the auntie would not en.
deavout at present to di aw from Bursters what it
oar, or how far it extended. For if it Was desired
ru peorve entire the autiunity of the House over
the Erecutive Savants of the Crown, %bast the litter
should feel they could not attempt any thiog assent-
Coned by the principles of the Constitutimo, nothing
could be more inconsisthat with the advantage anti
Lei time of the cutlet:ly, than that Parliament should
attempt, on grounJs of imperfect information, to
assume that authority whirr Uelonged to the Crown,
and to judge of mearees which they could only
know perfectly when they had arrived at a certain
stage. The events in hence had created a state in
Europe so menacing to the tranquillity of things as
sealed by the Treaty of Paris, that it was ilapoiabie
the British nation shush! not be found in arms at this
. morneat.. All he would ask of the Nouse would be,
tisat it should be proposed to tii4e the measures neces-
bay to support the Esatutive, reserving to itself the
right of expressing its opittioin afterwards on the na-
one of' the mitastnes themselves. ' GeOer al considera.
taws unatt aeigh to deterini4e isollgther we should en-
gage is a war of vigour, or corirdirde a peace of can.
'O3lll •He %mild 'relieve the House and the rat
Isom any misconceptions which he knew bad -taken
ki,se; Au inefitsbiou bad ginic abrade which, net
eta nil:lath/4; 0)41 be iellaAtriuntious ; that aCCord.
tai aire state vt things ruouiriehleau, the
"1 meaty coachiskel at diet plece had 40,41 ilapreiely
el#Liard iota: That it was au excess of searoArt

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and a total want of policy that has granted it,
and
that the Allies were responsible to the world tor the
calamities with which it was now threatened in conse-
quence of the falsecottacilswhicligaided their decision.
He apprehended that the greater part of the persons
with whom he had conversed, had been inclined to
throw blame upon those Princes, as having exercitei
their authority improperly in that instance, and to
conceive that Treaty had been concluded gratuitously
on A principle of generosity. in consequence of A hich
it had been so easily abused. 'lnstead of taking ad.
vantage of the apologies supplied him by those who
blamed the treaty, or represented its stipulations as
net having been fulfilled—Bonaparte, in his arro-
gance had again displayed his contempt of all trea-
ties, and roved that the only limits to his invasion
of other countries were to be found in his means and
not his will. He had placed himself boldly, and if
morality were not to be consulted, he would say ho-
nestly, on the only pedestal to which he had any
claim, that of power, and proclaimed himself the le.
gitimate Emperor of the French, as he impiously
said, by the race of God," boasting that this autho-
rity was not unpaired by any previous act ; that, hi
order to spare the effusion of a drop of French Mood,
lie had abdicated with an intention to deceive, a
that he did not return, even in consequence of being
recalled, but in virtue of his full and unimpaired
right. Such was the situation in which he now.,
stood. But this subject had carried him (Lord Cast-
kteagh) out of his petit. The general opinion was,
that the Allies had made a aenereus sacrifice of their
interests at Funtainbleau. Whatever calamities might
prove the result of theii conduct, he should never la-
ment that the principle which accompanied them to
die gates of Path should have !seen that of deference
to the people. He was confident that feeling would
be the last in a British Parliament. Nothing had
been omitted on the part of this country and her Al-
lies, to recognize and act up to all moral principles.
He should not regret if there had been any error that
it should have becalm' the side of national generosity,
and he felt, that if any blame was to be imputed, it
was wholly on the right tide. Conqtiering Europe had
left France not only in ixissession of her old limits, but
aggrandized. None of these heavy contributions. laid
on all countries by the French armies, had been inn-'
posed upon her. In order ko soothe her for the oca
cupatitui of her capital by foreign hosts. all those,
works of art were left her, which might have been
considered as the badges and pledges of her invasion
of other countries. The fact was, that when the
Treaty of Fontainbleau had been signed, the situa-
tion of Napoleon was not such as had been represen-
ted. Protracted waesnight at hest have ended by his
capture, his flight, or his evasion ou: of the country.
When the question came before the Allied Powers,
the papers would shew, and be spoke with the more
confidence, as it was 11040 A his own side, not having
brat a party to thearrangement in its origin, the ch..
cunistances of the use were of such necessity as to
auiiori.se the steps which were taken, and he trusted
the, House would sic both their policy and their pro-
priety. Napoleon then returning towards Paris with
the mass of his army, was still at the head of a vety
considerable number of troops, prepared to act Wat
17 in his support. He had not merely this army, but
there was every reason to presume that all the other
corps in the .different Provinces o( Ft-awe cwt re
equally disposed to act with him. The occupation
of the capital might only have affected a few, and
even the troops which Marshal Marmont had para-
lyseJ for a time, might have resumed the offensive in,
his cause. In fact, the spirit and temper of the whole
French army were such, that the Allies *mid not
decide otherwise than they had done. The idea had
even been taken from the Provisional Government of
France, then acting in favour of the Bourbons. That
G °raiment had recommended the adoption of some
means to terminate the contest without a civil war.—
When he (Lord Castlereagh) arrived, he found the
question decided, in consequence of commuaieaitais
made and assurances given to Boaaparte respecting
the terms of the Treaty. He felt that placing him
who had exercised the sovereign authority in a situa-
tion Irons whence he could overlook France, and ano-
ther country (Italy) which might be supposed to con-
tain many of his partisans, was not unattended with
danger. He there! ire conceived it his duty to oppose
such an arrangement, but was soon convinced of the
difficulty of fiadiug another place which should meet,
with Bonaparte's approbation. For the latter did
not conceive there was any tither situatioo in which
he could cwsider himself in perfect security, and
rtly on his own conduct for its continuance. Oa find-
ing what assurances had been given him, and-consi.
eletiug the advautages and policy of terminating ale
war a:::!cably, C istlereaghj had felt it his,
duty t : .:ereaire his uppositlon. The question had not
Leen decideei the fact of Napoleon being in the
power of the Atiies, but in a situation which, as-
sisted by all the corps ut the army, and some insur-
rection in the provinces, he might have prolonged the
co:Aest fur a ccusiderable time. With respect to his
situation at Elisa, he owned, that whatever he might
• originally have aliougheof it, the arrangements being
made, he was of aipinion that it ought to be kept as
iaithlt.dy as any other treaty. It never formed any
part of the convention of Fontainbleau, that Napo.'
lean should be considered a prisoner at Elba. andl
that it he should leave it, the Allies should have a
right to seize and arrest him. It was not to be made
a tower for his captivity. It was never iatended that
he should have no freedoms on or round that island.
Such a construction was totally unfounded, and if
such stipulations had been introduced into the treaty,
he bad no doubt but they would now be brought for-
ward to justify the present events, in the same man-
liter as some insinuations had already been thrown
out respecting the alleged non-fulfilment of some ar.
ticks of the Convention. The next question was,
whether any precaut:uns, not infringing the treaty,
had been omitted to prevent the occurrence of the
preaeut calamity Government had never undertaken
or contemplated any police or espionage in or out of
die island of Elba to prevent Bonapatte from leaving
its Ames. With respect to any police out of the
Wand, one of the reasons why it was not attempted
was, that not only in their judgment but in that of
prefessiottal persona, it was absolutely and physically
impossible that it should be tarried into execution.—
The circumvallatioo of even such a place as Elba,
was beyond the powerof the whole British.navy.—
The weadser might at any, time break the line, and
open a way for &gbh Bat even had the whole Bri-
dalf navy bleu sbers; they Odd ask ban wet with-

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out breaking the Treaty. It might be said that such
a Treaty should not have been concluded, or that
Bonaparte's situation ouiht to have been mere redu-
ced, both in point of revenue and freedom. Flowerer
this might be, az Treaty kft him to his own posses.
sions, to govein them in supreme authority as he
thought proper. It assigned to him, not voiced a
formidable navy, hot a corvette, to protect his com-
munications with all the posts of the Mediterranean,
i
fort was not uncommon to see his flag
on the waves,
end no critiz:rs of any nation had a right to violate
his colours. Though an island, Elba was nut a de-
serted place. It had a very considerable commerce
with all the Mediterranean ports. It was not by the
force or his armament, or of the Imperial Guar& that
he was conveyed to Antibes, uhere he was chased on
his way by a British vessel, which could not overtake
him. If Bonaparte had come in any disguise, un-
connected with a political enterprise, and had landed
in any part of Europe, he must and would have
been treated as any oilier individual. On the
!part of the French Government he could say,
that they had never undertaken to exercise any po-
Ike in the island of Elba. It was certainly desirable
to know what was passing in that island, and as 1,
there was no regular Iltitish resident there, Colonel'
Campbell had been allowed to remain either at Elba
or Leghorn, after he had fulfilled the whole of his
duty, which consisted in conveying Boaaaparte to his
residence. He never was to exercise an police what-
ever over that individual, and it he had been, he
could not have effected it, as in a short time his con-
duct gave offence, and lie received strong hints that
his absence would be agreeable. He twat: those hints,
but even had he remained on shore, he c0n!..1 not
have even attempted to prevent his escape. LI:
would have been treatedin the same Manner as Mr.
Ritchie, acting as British Consul at Elba, which con-.
',tined three considerable harbours. Ni, sooner 'Ned
Napoleon begun his preparations than 'Jo Repdarmes were ordered to watch that gentleman, i
did not quit him till the embarkation had sailed.—
The same would have happened to Colonel Camp-
bell. It was an extraordinary circumstance, though
not an incredible one, that even General Bertrand,
who was considered as NapoLon's confidant, did tint
know Iris master was going, until the orders tar shut-
ting the ports arrived, about five (o'clock in the after-
noon of the 26th rebtuary. In due: hours they hid
all en:harked, and at night the expedition had
No preparation had Leen wade beyond the ordinary
repair,; of the corvette recognized by the Convention.
With respect to the odder vesseis, ti.ere was no pre-
vious preparation. They happerad to be in the port
for commercial purposes, and had been zeize.l. One
of them was a trench merchantman hut just arrived,
which also shared the snf..- fate. If there were any
reason to suppose that or left t`:.: Vitt: any si-
ratter ittreetions, it was the duty of the 'a• •I officer
Ito give him chace acrd to stop him, as it. •::•••,:d be
Considered a breach of the Treaty ; but if the:. •
no reason to suppose any such intention,.no"no lesza-
tion was to be offered to him. 'nor.: was thereiOre
a great deal of misunderstanding with regard to the
treatment which it was supposed ought to be adopt-
cot too-Ards him, unless he was so fully under the con-
triml of the Allied Powers, .is that he could be con-
signed to wfu otevei restraint et confinement they 11..ti10l
choose. Butt he never was in such a state as to b: sub-
ject to any police %mutations from this comury or
any of the Allied Powers. If, moreover, thk coun-
try were in actual rossession of the krat, it watad"
hardly be possible to preveroc his leaving it. 'I here
was nothing in the beginning to excite to suspicion on
the part of Colonel Campbell; and [attest), B
parte had involved luitrodt so much to has toyerial
,cafe, that there was great difficulty in obtaining ac-
cess to him. There were no risks gratuitoosly in-
curred by the Treaty of Fontainblean. The articles
were made such as circumstances required u:ieni to
be. But those articles he (Lord Castlereagh) should
be prepared at any time to contend, were nut ia-
fringed by any of the Allies. loonaparte, it was:aid,
complained that the pecuniary part of tlenn was 'lot
observed: bet he could not complain v.:do airy jus-
tice, as the money was to he paid annually io Wm;
and the year had not nearly elapsed. B:stdcs, thole
was much mischief to be apprehended front Iris being
srpplied with money unnecessarily. He was said to
be raising men in C asicut.. He (Lord Castlereagh)
had communicated tlis to Tatleyrand, who had writ-
ten on the subject to his Government : but the treaty
was not between Bonaparte and the King of France,
but between Bonaparte and the Allies. When it
was said Bonaparte was selling his cannon, be made
a representation on the subject to the French Govern-
ment, and represented, on his return through Paris,
how impolitic it would be to give Bonaparte any
such grounds of complaint. Tire French Govern-
mentohough they felt that he was engaged 'or a con.
spiracy to return and resume the throne, sent a gen_
ueman to take care that he should suffer no personal
want. He himself (Lord Castlereagh) had also
against i nbaduni vi iidiceuoranelitpulprairiiiainvta ttuitiontirdesea.
et
thl.hergooa
vpeadirt
ftlenriuutill
given directions to Colonel Campbell to protect bun
'Treatyid
notot nFbniarlaeliakcuee,,
on the broad principle of right. Tbis was
act which broke all ties towards hint, and there-
fore he (Lord Castlereagh) could not but t len e
was a sufficient case made to justify his 111...Foy's
IMislitnmeisterntss in
nf
extendingcountry,
dleinnlavianl
taking; steps
con.
military
estals-
ni:nlajsecestiyir'ist
curtad
iVno dhn a with
nEtefuvareosrpadei his
ras Allies, to place tIIIS
security against ay roeasion
the altered circumstances of France may give birth to.
gheer,mfoigrhotnaet,":ofurtodmnottheregret, drat'
all
prest.llt situ",
those who had acted together in the public cause,
could only be now accused of an excess of deference
to the feelings of the French people, aAn • d
sire of conciliation. If they had area guilty of error,
it was on the tide of national generosity, and that was
an emor which he conceived a British Parliament
would not lightly condemn. He conceived, that the
French, as well as every other nation, was eatilied to
expecthoiid
j vaolguenntearroiluyspflraecae themselvestment foonr
inus,such unlessa
Slitia-
they
s
tion that we could not be generous to them, without
being unjust to ourselves. France could not now suP-
Pete, that the nations of Europe had any deliberate
wish either to injure her, or to do any ungracious
act, revolting to her feelings. She was allowed to
preserve her ancient limits, and her boundaries were
is NM points extended. Whatever might have
been the rights which the war had sg.ieen the Allies,

no gtievous military toctsibution Was impnred 17.1
France. Evers th.c; had been &vie to c,,.„„,
liate the French n tot ia ;: and in order to . ~tii
their feelings whic.:l must have been co ,j,,1
by the presence of in how.:le army, they were •%- I
' sittrered to retain dto e monuments of the arri, r:•,, I
were the signs of their former triumphs, and 1::,.,.1
they had obtained from the plunder of other cisi4..
tries. At th.f. tinie, however, that the •Preity of
Fontainbleatt was executed, he was by n . .n,..,m;
prepared to say, that the protract; itt of the ,„..„
would have pot us in possession ot the p ri,,,n ,i
Bonaparte. Ile might have protract 41 the au et
the south for, per:laps, a coesideiable time, ..nd ~.e
might ultimately have escaped out of •hecooi,,,,y_
As to the priociph.: of that treaty. h,• yeas not palm.
fatly resoomilde, as it had been agree! to b: tort SI.,
Came t,. 1.14.1%. The F.rriperor of Rusts coct-is,l
that, toad r all the citelliiht inces of the ear..., sod t
treaty was ad.' % ttilt:. It ...as ti• ret,ire tint to sr, rt.
s'afered a; merely r...a act tot gerverns.ty, h it as An 41
iif policy also. Th.. fact was, that wile •IS map.,
I
fedi, tied into the ntighboarh od of Paris, .i. ar., .4
the head of a Ciplibißrable ti .!y of te,..,i,s that wore
then di.pos•.:.•l to stand b. him. it Vr 4% also in ee
co:itemphti iiiii of the F. tii•ortfor of Rm—ts, that 74 ci c
the war should he protracted, the other bo,liesot the
French army that were in *Abel- parts of us, v.r....,0,
territorr would also submit to hit dir.ctio,m. •r „
was even no absolute assot .nci• that the trx.y c.:
mops whieh Nl•arshal Nlatarto t hait pa-allmf, w,,tii;
contimat, t..l):lili to their new engagement.. 'llter,
seas tri ri:a•• II 1") ..n1 p se that a h• ttcr arran7entra.
could. a,. VII :t tone, have b•en mule ; awl the Ai
owl...you:la sefn..ll yeas oti le, hod the pet!ect ..i.ri:i
escciice of the pint/is:taut govfootntt.t which e:4, pi,.
established in Fraitce ; and in their opinian, thit, 'nth;
of ttling it • was tar better thin taking the chance
t*. tracting the war. By a the tone he •riv.d ,
le
this question was, in fact, &titled. Ile s a
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se great datii,...er and inconvenieece of placing cud:
nun in Elba. in the immediate iteiyheieithie,j ot ;,,
enrenee emehe, and of another comitry, titrt n.:g:
be bnppnted to entente in similar feelings towards oil.,
Ile accordiagly felt it lois they to oppose the arraee
ment, in the nest instance. Upon further examin.,:sa
o! the 6:abject, he was, however, aware of tee ilta •
culty of tiading any other place for an its)loste ti
him. valitch he would have accepted of; and ar.,
other place could be found wohicis was not new .
to the shine dangars, he withdrew his opposities.--
-It was by no means certain, that the result (4 yr •
tracting the a..r would be to put the Allies in peat -
shin of the person of Bonapatte. The great pee
Wit, then was, that when he himself had, by his.,
diction, dissolved the relations between himself At.:
his army. and that when that army and die vatic
had sweats to support the Kiag, that it e 11.‘
been no longer possible for Lim to t!istttili t:
settlerneiit of France or the recce of Europe. T,
• ,nuation was not decide!,. oor could it be decided
t. seesposition that Botoaparte was AbSolatelf iu t:
powte • ' The Allies. He certaialy was is a situ tee
to have j.rotracted the war tier same time latest.,
The arras -er-!evot having exert once agreed to, it r.
certainly 11.4 that a ought to be canat t it
exectit:on with as moth Übe: ality and good
tiny other tteaty. Any body that would tail
trouble ot reading tt.e treaty would see, Oa•
by no means expressed, neither was it at ..1.1 iirAt
that Bonaparte was to be considared cs a ptisuroe
' the Isle f Elba. Certainly. it nny nt ti. "et;
Powers toad met him oat cot the isiame in a sotteno
that left no ikubt of his hostile ionto:tiont,
might hare detaioaed La We 161.fild U. .:14!)
le Was, Ilawcver, in perfect freedom. He
ie the neighbourlioed el it, as long toile e:
not seek to break vie treaty that had ev:i
chided w;th him. it was, therefore. q :le a
take to consider his set:item as if he had I .tt in
tower or is prison, gnat dud by the tr . psef tht. Ala!
He had now no lu %OA:ion in ansaeting the q •e4lo
put to him on ei former regla ; acd he shoult,
press!! thane. that Itos GOrvi'llirrn.9ll nevet did a
dettake, coetemplate, the teal:astir:tent al et
police tot enntrnad hint in the. isle of Lb.', Mr
naval pchce arote.d .t tue complete
ask of the ishitel Elea, •o as. to ;gaunt tto-f
Witty of his escaping ft am *amid ba hey-nel .
power of the whole navy of Britate. The cotta:
to blockade him in his island would have been Ail
fraction Of the Treaty with him, which would usoß
give him some tight to consider its obligations
longer hiiidite; upon him. He could have done
mere than I.vai done ley Mr. Grattan, jun. who coo
municated the intellii.,encce as soon as passible to la
horn. The fact Was. that no great preparaceas an
necessary for the embiukation of so small a tome
accompatiied Bonaparte on his et.teditton. A
hums was quite sufficient for the purpose. Those s.
accompanied bins were principally emhatkei elven
that canoe to Ellia 1 r commercial purposes. A cot
view nay 41 hleckaale of tie island avoid' have he
impt Ct. C 4 .01 The French Government, bower
partly appreliellSiVe of hi. designs. heed ,ipprepeto
two frigates to cruise from Leghorn to Corsica, .‘
to pay particular attention to
_what passed ta
neighbourhood of Etna. Admiral Hailoweli
also communicated to Government. that it
should meet Bonaparte on the seas he would
bold of him. lie had, no doubt. informed
offsets of his intention, as it Amos that a
tish frigate did *tinnily chase tuts expedition.
tiirotiVn As
tli, toot 4nizy
uCihto suppose. that the danger ate
c.al
which has lately taken piece,
etaittotuusiy incurred by tae exce,sve
the Ailles, or by the retnissciess of this Goveneuv.
None of the foreigners. or of the Englishmen who
sited the Isle of Etba, ever n 'messed any reParal
which could induce them to suppose that lean''
medic tied any escape from the island. The Fri:
wens wete, in tact, so sudden, that General 13erli
himself. who must he supposed to be the most in
centidence, did not know it the dty before. A:
Colonel Campbell, he latterly expel:cartel the greg
ditliculoy in getting cotes; to him. 13 ioaearte
tt7elyturli i
riltil i
end...endweohrinr::alf so 'much with ail die
itte o
occasionsehat Colonel Cil'.atiLotietlinr e°oltilYdigiPet;fierc;:
him. As to the money part et the arraogtmo
always appeared, to hOo, that it would be prep
with great misdeal, of a could be alleged, that
was any breach of the Treaty
in this resptct
allies certainly considered that there hasbreaches of the Treaty on his part. both utt..et
ber of guards which he kept up. And in his maw

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