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HEREFORDSHIRE.
TO RE SOLD BY AUCTION,
At the Swats hare, In the town of Ross, on Friday, the 19th day
Mayo 9 Four in the Afternoon,
'p HE *MANORS of ROSS BOROUGH and
LOSS FOIL FION, In the county of Hereford, with the
'Folk, Fines, Quitrents, Rights, Royalties, and Appurtenances
thereto in longing.
.tiso a num desirable Farm sod Water Mill, adjoining the
town of Ross, called Cliessmill Farm,
A very ealuabie Stack of Cern Mills, situate in the town,
called Ross TOSSII Mills, with great command of w.ner fur the
NMI%
.1 he Reversion of Rtos Water Works, and other premises,
subject to a [ere for a short terns.
And several pArctis of very rich Meadow Lana, situate In the
! parish of ROVS, and within 4 convenient tllstance of the town.
Funherparticulars will he advertised in future papers; and in
the mean time application may be made (il by letirr.pog•paitl) ro
Wises. Lloyd, Solicitors, Ludlow j or to Mr. Davis, ilorniogs.
Isam,ntsr Warminster, Wilts.

TREATY OF PARIS, BONAPARTE, atc.
The Marquis of WELLESLEY rose, pursuant to
the notice which he had given. Notwithstanding the
great and commanding situation in which the glori-
ous and successful exertions of the Allied Powers had
placed them by those events which led to the Treaty
of Paris, another most important object presented
itself to them, namely, the complete, effectual, and
permanent exclusion from power of that person who
had so largely and so long abused it, and desolated
Europe. His opiuion, which ha had often stated,
sometimes on that and sometimes en the other side
of the House, their Lordships were well apprised of.
It was, that the system adopted and acted upon by
that person should be made use of in application to
ltimSeif ; and though he was the only persoa who
was qualified to ceity it to its extreme 'height, there
was no oue more obviously exposed than himself to
its ultimate effects, if the Poster's opposed to him ju-
diet eisly availed themselves of it. But the Noble
Lord epieisite anti his colleagues appeared to consi-
der that person, rather than his cause and influence,
the main Gbject of their attention. It was naturally
'to be expected th•tt the moment the Allies had got
possession of Ft al14:0, so far as they seemed to be in
pes'ession at the time of the Treaty of Paris, they
would have taken measures effectually to provide
agiinst the return of (hum miscatiels with which Eu-
else had, sn long been oppressed; and in providing
those means he was ready to declare, that this coun-
ty ()tight to take the lead hi concert with her allies.
See hid. in tac:, !)efore taken that db.:knit and ho-
eine- it! 4: loael, and ought nut in the list act to have
-Itriitik from her duty in preserving it. a duty as im-
p milt as her laurels. It was peculiarly incumbent
o.i this country In guard against the return to power
•bt that person woo had reduced the greater pats of
Europe to misery, end this country to difficulties and
piivetioris ; unexampled erivations and difficulties,
indeed, glerious b•yond any prosperity, when corn-
it ire.l who the p =tience and virtuous patriotism with
which they had boen endured. How a defence could
be made out for Miniiters he was at a loss to con-
ceive. Unforeseen circumstances had been namej;
but such an excuse was unwoithy of any men con-
ducting the great anti cf nations. All circatn-
.tances ought to be foreseen and centempleted, at
least as far es probability might lead the way to the
discovery of them. It was the business of Ministers
to look to both side:, and to be prepared for the
event, whether in miscarriage or success. But, un-
happily, Ministers did not contemplate events ; and
consequently a result which the course of a few days
brought forward, and for which they, in concert with
the Allies, ought to have been prepared for and to
have anticipated, affected them with confusion and
istonishmeit. They seemed never to have expected
their success, and to have been paralysed by it. Of
chatfact the Treaty of Paris was a memorable illus-
tration. At the entry of the Allies into Paris a de-
al iration was issued, in whickit was said, that they
w iuld not treat with Bonaparte for peace. The
prarciple of the resolution was, that no security could
be had for the fulfilment of any treaty with a man
who usually observed or kept no faith. But what
security did they obtain or ask afterwards in the
treaty with that very man, when there was nothing
whatever to rely cat. but his own faith ? But Ministers
• wallet jtiritification from the.situation of
parte and of France. Those cifctimstancii'
oughr
.not to have surprised or confounded them,
they ought to have been contemplated previously,
and to have omitted that contemplation betrayed the
grossest ignorance and incapacity. As to the situa-
tion and puwcr of Bonaparte at that time, the Allies
appeared to Live been egregiously deceived. The
great and commanding advantages which the Allies
at that moment possessed were materially brought
about by a false step which Bouvet to bad taken ;
and the fact was, that he became so situated, that he
was by no means qualified to insist on any terms in.
compatible with the general security. But even sup-
posing he had been enabled to protract the contest,
was the rick which could Attend the continuance of
our efforts at all to be compared with the disedvan-
(ages and the improvidence of the treaty which en-
stied ? He was at that period almost surrounded by
140,000 of the allied troops, 30,000 of which were
cavalry. His own force was little mote than twenty
thousand men, or certainly over-rated at thirty thou-
sand. We had besides at that time a glorious and
triamphant army in the Snob of France, command.
ed by a Qeneral, whose least merit was that of his
success, but whose military qualifications were ad-
mitted and admired by all. Never was a General
more adored by the army which he led—no Prince
was ever more adored than ha was by the people in

-
the of France. What then c. told jes ay, at
leech a One and under such circums'ancec, the Vrta-
'des svbieh had been made ? He sh Jul.! not regard
the expressions of the Noble Lord 0, posne; but
'would ask, why the circumi.taeces to welch lie :lad
'alluded were not made better use of than to lea I to
treaties whicb had been followed by such deplbraele
issues! With Paris in the possession of rie allies
with their triumphant and (termite! ming armies, with
Swedete too, in aid of their measures, the first thins
they tFd was to enter into a treaty with that person
whom they had subdued, as if he were- still an inde-
pendent Sovere;gn, with power to ..ecept teethe
their terms—a Treaty, contrary to 't vie yp i of
policy; and chiefly remarkable for its absu' de!. As
to theepersonal treatment of the man to wheal' ale al-
luded, he would be the last pereei to ohject to any
act ofteneneity, but generesity din not amply any
negleitkof due security. He should not even %Abject to
the mkgnieude of the allowance which had been made,
if that could have heel' reconciled to le cessary semi
ilty. ...But no provision, no check whatever had beeii
made'; a guard against_the abuse of tnese very meads
which had been so improvidently and so profusely
put into his hands. He would here allude to an in-
cident not immediately connected with weat he had
jest been observing—he meant the disposal of the
Crown Jewels. The French .document which had
been made public relative to those jewels, desca died
them as belonging to the State of letatice, though a
translation of that Paper rather awkwardly expressed
it, that they were not go be removed from France.—
Certainly the translation appeared unlucky, suave he
believed the jewels had actually been removed out of
France. He could not but express his reprobation
at the large and extravagant concessions which had
been made to Bonaparte and his family—concessions,
which had a tendency to enable that person to pro-
motefand facilitate the means of his return to power.
The Treaty had the unhappy chanter, that it could
neither be fulfilled with safety nor violated without
dishonour. If the terms were complied with, arms
were-put into the hands of the man who would make
the host pernicious use of them, and if the terms
were not fulfilled a stain would be imposed upon the
public faith. As to the manner in which the terms
of the Treaty had been observed, the Nable Lord
had said, that the stipulation was that, as the al-
lowance was yearly, it could not be said to be due
until the year should completely have expired—that,
however, was an evasion which he would by no
means admit, and he was sure the Noble and
Learned Lord on the Woolsack would not ad:nit it.
Th'zergagement was one for which the Government
was resiioesible, and which, like any other security
of Government, might at once or at any time have
been/transferred or sold. But it was said in excuse
tor the non-fulfillment of the Treaty, that Bonaparte
himself had not conformed to the conditions. It so,
why WAS not the tact at once made known at.it openly
~cod npt,n ? he had indeed broken the ft easy,
he tan longer had a right to rest on it, And 'here
would have been an end of it at once. kespectiug
Patina and Placentee never was any engato,ment
Mote disgraceful. Its should no: enter
' but he would affirm, that on every priuciple ut justice
and good taith, th it engagement nitrite lu h ore been
' tuifiiled—but a different principle adopteo, and
those principalities were honied ever to the consoli-
' dated fund of spoliation. For his part he should fleece
subscribe to the doctrine which measured right by
power, and thought that the privilege to Ake:ate or
divide States, was in proportion to the loftineas tit the
title which assumed such right. He was Drought up
in a different school, and so too was the Nobal Lord
oppo.ite, and that Noble Lord, ..s weal as he, reuse
know that the rielvs of any people are p it amonot to
the claims of .iny Prince. 'lb tr,..ler or ear:pa:lnd
Placentia to the house .if Austria w,-.s an injustice to
the family of the Bourbons, and he would repeat,
that in all the arrangements which were to be usade
for the von ity and permanent peace of Lampe, lings
land ought to have taken the lead. Instead of that ,
honourable and equitable distinction' the points to
which Englan J had been led to accede, were the
most exceptionable, and precisely those to %torch
England ought not to have agrard. What were the
great obstacles to security against Botiapat Le's r tern
to power, when Elba was appointed for the plgt:e of
his retreat, it was difficult to guess. 11 Was plain,
however, that that most inipoi rant consi.leration was
wholly omitted, and as to Parma and Placentia,
whether the conditions were fulfilled or broken, the
event omit be equally deplorable. The Nt,ble
in alluding to those events and arrangenamts, had
observed that new convulsions were likely to ensue
in Frtilz*.
_lt was to be considered, that there were
two great p.irt;es there, the Jacobins, professing the
principles of lihaty—and the Constitutionalists, no
severe respecters of monarchy—a third class were the
ptirchasers of the national domains—and the fourth,
the army. It was idle to compare the army in
France with any other military body in existence—
they were so intermixed and connected with every fa-
mily throughout the country, that the army was con-
sidered as essential to the security as wall as to the
safety and existence of the people. What then must
have been the influence of such a man as Bona-
parte over such a • soldiery and such a people f
But Bonaparte was not the first mover in those
events and proceedingi which have replaced him
in power, there were others anxious and active for
that event—(Hear, hear.) It if had been found
impossible to obtain other terms front Bonaparte
than those which afforded such facility to las resum-
ing the power, the greater ought to have been the
care to Watch and guard him. Bitt it was said the
whole fleet of England would have been inadequate
to that purpose, and therefore no care was taken at
all about the matter. He had heard, indeed, of a
sort of understanding with one of the Naval Com-
manders, that Bonaparte was to be watched, but that
understanding seemed not to be itself unch.astood.
The conduct of Ministers; however, w.l pretty much
of a piece, both with respect to the gearautte fur

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the payment of the stipend and for the security of
the person of Bonaparte. The French Government
disclaimed the obligation of paying the allowance,
and the English Government did not think themselvet
at all obliged to take any care of Bonaparte. It was
notorious, that long previous to the escape of that
-Terri; A -variety of rumours had been circulated,
anticipating such an event, and it would be strange
indeed if none of these reports had come to the ems
of Ministers, and still more strange it hearing of
them, they had taken no steps in consequence. Con-
sidering-then, as he did, Ihat it was the original duty
of this country to take the lead in all those measures
to which he had referred; considering the gene-
ral conduct of the Ministers as highly reprehensi-
ble, impolitic, and improvident, and that many 'of
their engagements could neither be fulfilled withcut
injury, nor departed from without disgrace, he
thought it his duty to move " That an humble Ad-
dress be presented to his Royal. Highness the Prince
Regent, requesting that he would be •pleased to or-
der that copies or extracts of copies of any instruc-
tions sent by his Majesty's Government to any of
the Naval Commanders relative to the care of Bona.
pane, and also copies or extracts of any communi-
cations which had been made to Ministers relative to
the intention of Bonaparte to escape Item the Isle ot
Elbe, be laid before that House."
Earl LIVERPOOL said, 'the Noble Marquis was
pleased to speak of the Treaty by which Bonaparte
had been put in a condition to escape from the Island
of Elba, provided he chose to violate the 'frosty
which stipulated fur his security, as it that Treaty
bad never been heard of till the present hour ;
whereas it was published in substance long since, and
had doubtless been read by every man of common
sense. He never h id heard any objection to the
Treaty till now, respecting its principle; and even
this had been discussed, article by article, so as to
be a matter of public notoriety.—Nuble Lords would,
however, do wisely to reflect that we were only qua-
lified accessaries to the Treaty. The only true ques-
tion was, whether Bonaparte was to be considered as
a prisoner, or to be entrusted with his liberty ? Had
the Allies considered him as their prisoner, in that
case he was ready to admit that security was the ob.
ject to be looked after. Had the securing of Bona-
parte beenthe leading object, he felt no difficulty in
saying it might have been obtained. But it should
be recollected that this security, such as it was, in-
cluded no common risk; it remained to be nego-
cieted at a time when, however fallen, all his Mar-
shals, with the exception of four, still adhered to
him; when Bonaparte was not merely in possession
of France, but also of the fortified place* in 9er-
many, Holland, and Italy ;•and when a &lee top.
must have ruined us. It was for the Allied Powers
to consider what could be prudently done. TO judge
fairly of the questioa now before them, their Lord-
ships ought to endeavour to piece themselves in the
aituat;on of the Sovereigns who were parties to it.
Whether the person still called the Emperor of France
was stationed at f,lba, or in Germany, or America,
the same facilities of escape must *be afforded ; and
could any man seriously believe, that Bonaparte
would not have escaped from any country v.ieee be
could devise the means ? This country wee not act-
ing in the capacity of gaoler to that iodivauel ; and
it it was so acting, the whole tleee of England could
not have kept him safe. He was aware that many
persons thought the island of Elba was ill chosen, as
placing Bonaparte within sight of
.Italy, the theatre
of his former triumphs, and where he was certain to
meet with support ; yet he could not perceive that
Italy afforded more facilities for escape than aey
other spot. It was therefore ridiculous, it wes pre-
posterous, to state, that any provision, by way of
Treaty, could have prevented his escape from the
isltnd of Elba, supposing that he determined to at-
tempt it. Were their Lordships aware of the fact,
that if the war with America was terminated, we
could have no right to search a r hii.g vessel hi the
Mediterranean ; so that we possessed not the power
to prevent his escape. It was objected to us, net-
wit:mending, that we. had treated with him at ail ;
but Noble Lords did not consider that the question
was different, inasmuch as it referred not to any
Treaty with llurnq.arte himself, but With his Mar-
shals, who still remained attached to hime and who
refused to consent to any Treaty which liad not its
foUndation in good frith towards their Chief, With
the payment of Bonaparte's pension this country had
nothing to do; yet he had no objection w state, that
certain peoperty was assigned fur the purposes of the
Treaty, and farther, that it was intended by the Go-
vernment of France, under all its difficulties, to fulfil
this pledge. Reipecting the arrangements as to
Verma, he should at present say nothing, since a fitter
opportunity for explanation on this subject would
scion offer, when, so far from shrinking from the
duty thus imposed on him, he should be prepared
to justily whatever had been done. The Noble
Martinis would find, whenever that period was
arrived, that he eever had aeviated from the princi-
ples of that illustrious Stetesnran (Mr. Pitt), wh
st was understood lie his model.. He was. in-
terrogated as to ehether hi; Majesty's Government
bad received inforinatiun of the escape of Bonaparte ;
and lie experienced hot the 'rest difficulty in wiping,
Out they knew nothing about ir, till the tact lit:Came
];down to eve; y one. Al arm' was created by shire
though no rational :nen, after the convulsions of the
last 25 years, coeld soddenly expect peace. France
was the seat of discontent ; but wetle lie said this, he
believed that the' Majority of the people of Femur,
excepting the military, were decidedly peace.
Malcontents there doubtlese were hi Fret:Kelt but. the
great body of Gonstitiitionaliets were favourable to
the Bouri,ons, in opposition to a militaiy despotior.
If any blame cowed be imputed to the Allied Powers,
it consisted in their not originally eriking the blow
by *insisting on the detention and restraint of -11.011 A.
. pas te. He should not trouble their Lortfaiips farther
than to remark, that recent events' had served to
Make Noble L ecie wiser than hefere. •
The Marquis of LANSDO'A N& was fearful of
any new hope as to the, wisdom ot the *kosle Earl
and his friends, when he considered the speech just
delivered by the Noble ta' sal. The Nuble Earl had
pompously clew:ll:rated the different garrisens of
teem:tab wh:cO termed the-vieakneu cf BcnoPaite,
who, at the "Treaty of For• itaiiileleau, had no' more
th'an 2t6,004 mien upon eanioahe could. ely. ' 'At this
eptieli. the Allies 144000' iii(antry end 30,600
oae,eie ; iLft sek cititctiuni:s a security against Le.

naparte, the .root or tilt rail. As to Elba, wr might
to have obtained a plat, of security ; we should have
acceded to territory, we should have been *laded
.with money, and never have given up the question of
security. The situation of Elba just enabled him to
contemrlate at leisure the 'theatre of his first con-
' quests, and at any time to avail himself of his Italian
popularity. But we might have provided a fleet
sufficient to watch the Emperor of Elba, yet no such
fleet was provided, no precaution taken. Bonaparte
had, indeed, felt his ground ; be charged the viola.
tion of the Treaty on the Allies,.by his Proclamation
of the Bth of March last, and asserted that his pen.
sion was withheld from him, that no indemnities
were given to his wife and child, and that assassins
were sent to penetrate the bosom of his retreat. With
regard to the security of Europe, as connected with
Bonaparte, it appeated to him that no just precaution
has been taken ; and on these grounds he should sup.
port the motion.
Earl BATHURST was surprised to find Noble
Lords now beginning to censure a Treaty, the in-
fraction of which only had opened their eyes, though
it had positively been before them for several months.
Misrepresentations were abroad on the subject of the
Treaty of Fontainblcau. It was erroneous to say that
Bonaparte was then in our power ; after the battle of
Paris, he retained a considerable force ; and if treaty
had been refused, and the Allies obliged to retreat,
with a country rising upon them at every step, and
all this had occurred in consequence of a refusal to
negotiate on our part, what would Noble Lords op-
posite have then said as to the propriety of standing
out for the security they now found it convenient to
insist on ? It was not the army of Souk, nor of any
single French Marshal, with which we had to con-
tend, it was the army of France that opposed us; and
even the division of Marmont would not come in, ex-
cept on an understanding to secure the safety of Bo-
naparte. With respect to the stipulated payment to
Bonaparte, as this country was never a party to it,
he should consider it out of the question, The escape
of Bonaparte ought as much to have been guarded
against by our Allies as by us ; he was accustomed
to cruize, and who was to discoier for what end ? In
point of fact, however, no kind of preparation was
necessary, nor was any preparation made by him ;
he seized three merchantmen, which happened to
touch at Elba, and embarked his troops.. Govern-
ment was charged with being well apprised of all
this, by one Mr. Playfair, who stated he had great
secrets to communicate; yet, after an interview, it
was scarcely to be astertamed what that Gentleman
aimed at, and whether he might not happen to prove
a friend of Bonaparte I He wanted a passport for
France on some errand or other, and this was the
utmost to be collected from him. He believed that
Government had acted %vial due circumspection in

this case.
Lard GRENVILLE.—After all our sacrifices,
alter an expenditure that still weighed us down, and
a profusion of blood poured out like water, after so•
many- hopes alike desultory and delusive, England
had a right to ask, Europe had a right to ask, what
was the beneficial result ? In this new crisis of our
fate, we had not (Goo forbid ! that we should be)
been dt jected and dismayed ; omitting our duties be-
cause disanpointed in our hopes. Having cEscharged
our duty by strengthening the arm of the Executive,
in ar. Address to the Throne, it now became us,
taking a retrospect of the past and anxiously looking
to the future, to know whether our dangers might
not have been averted, and peace as prudently pre-
served. After the reverses which Bonaparte suffered
in Russia, after his subsequent defeats in Germany
and France, there was every reason to expect that a
permanent security would have been attained for
Europe. tie had no hesitation in saying, that if the
terms of the Treaty of Chatillon were such as he
heard, and they had been agreed to by that country,
lie should have given them his decided opposition
whenever they were brought down to that Honse
.(or
hs approval, because he did not think they would
have given the security which the successes of the
Allies warranted them in expecting. Security result-
ing. from the exclusion of Bonaparte from France,
Was the security required by the successes of the
Allies, •inci if that security was not obtained, if Bona-
parte was not secured, the Allies failed in their efforts.
—After the security was supposed to be obtained,
we found this man re-assuming the Government of
Feance, with all the same means which once made
hint the scourge and terror of Europe. Therefore,
hi contended, that all the promised security was done
away, and that nothing was obtained. According
to the description now given by the Noble Lord, it
would appear as if Bonaparte was in a most fermi-
dable position at Fontainbleau—in a position to dic-
tate peace to the Allies. It might with much more
propii.ty be said, that Souk
in and Suchet were for-
midabie the South of France, where they were
defeated. The army of Italy, the garrison of Hato.
burgh, and other places, were mentioned as reasans
to slim that Bonaparte was in .a forMidable state,
whereas, these very garrisons constituted hii weak.
ness. Could Bonaparte, with about 20 or 30.000
men, be formidable to an army of 250,000 belong.:
inn; to all the Powers who Were engaged in 014 great
cause ? Was there any man who would say, that
the arrangement of Fontainbleau was acquiesced in,
because when it- was conimunicated to our Govern.
ment, it was too lat.,- to be altered ? Then, in order
to make an excuse for their negligence, the Ministers
now gave Bonaparte a greater advantage than he
himst-it thought he possessed. He was allowed to
have his liberty and an independent Sovereignty.
This was the manner in which he was now repro-
seined by Noble Lords; and this was made the ex.
coo. for their negligclic. He fully admitted that
tile 'Treaty would bear midi an interpretation ; and
, it was the proof that could be given the
folly and absurdity of this Treaty. He did imagine
that the Treaty would be accounted fOr on the ground
Chet sonic secret article had been agreed on, by which
i i.s conserve:nos might be prevented. It had been
i4id, Oat ivhen the Treaty was concluded, our Mini-
ver hastened to Paris to prevent its being carried into
effect. What was the inference from this, but that
tribseictioniof the most milm&itoai fhipoitance took
plaie wiibout the co•erration of England, which was
wiipoied to have so iAlge a share in' what Was called
.the deliver,nce of Europe—that the hii nisei Minister
was tot itt hii pctstand that he was not even con.
siihei lan• u ar:angeinent ir. snch magnitude ? Our
GOveinnient then Was not a patty to' the Treaty of
FontainMean. We bad a right; and we owed it to

ilar ewe aignity, not to have maid asaTnot
meat of such magnitude to be compassed without
concurrence t and Aven afterwards, measures might
have been adopted by tir to prevent those dreadful
evils which since took place. Bonaparte's retreat to
Elba might have been accompanied by such stiputa.
dons and restrictions as should prevent his escape
from Elba. It was said, that he was a Sovereign
Prince, and ought not to be restrained.; yet directions
were said to have been given to our Admiral to inter-
cepth
responsibilityismoos andofurinsnolthvaintg tAd:iwralorlwdoaugaldinreisnt
all the
war. The Admiral had no-written instructions, and
upon him was shifted the responsibility which ought
nweaysertowldbe, ltho nagt ttoh
ias girnedaept Naval
tO ffisocera House
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havebFrriag a navy
France.
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more allowed
Elba
glaring a
an4l-
mnaengliognenweehoofse Ministers
exclusion
thfroaln thFirsaverrnce.
the peace and security of the world depended, was
thus furnished with the means of doing the very
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For all these reasons he would support the motion.
Lord MELVILLE observed, that there was no
stipulation that Bonaparte should be confined or re-
strained in his personal liberty in the Isle of Elba.—
Noble Lords argued as if Bonaparte was actually a
prisoner, and should be confined at Form Ferrajo ;
whereas no such thing was the case, and if such a
thing had been attempted, it would have been con-
trary to the stipulations of the Treaty of Fontaill-
bleau. After he had been acknowledged Sovereign
of Elba, it was impossible to restrain him, or prevent
him from mating use of his vessel, or from sailing
round his island, Suppose he had been sailing about
for his amusement, would it have been fit for onr
Admiral to go and seize him ? Nothing would have
been more unwarrantable than to have givenine bzsteruec-
lions to guard him in the island- It would have
impossible to define beforehand all the items of the
Treaty, and it would have been most unjust to throw
on an Admiral the responsibility of guarding Bona-
parte in that island. The brig might hate sailed
about any where, and it would even have been un-
warrantable to stop or detain that vessel. The Treaty
would have authorises' the Officers to have prevented
his escape, if it appeared to them that such a thing
was intended; and it was on that principle the instruc-
tion alluded to was given; but they had no right to
exercise a perpetual vigilance and restraint.
The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM declared, that
nothing could excuse the culpable and disgraceful'
negligence of Government in the whole of this trans.)
action. Their blindness in agreeing to a Treaty
which they themseives acknowledged to be incom-
patible with its object, and with the safety of Europe,
exposed them to the condemnation of all mankind.
It was not the conduct of the Allies, but of the Mi.
nisters the House was now trying. He'asked, why
should the Government of England suffer a Treaty
to be acted upon to which they were not a party
The pret&oled object of it was to secure the peace of
Europe, and on what ground could they justify a
conduct which completely frustrated this great ob-
ject I The disturber of Europe was placed in a si-
tuation in which he could, without difficulty, resume
his former plans. He recollected the praises confer-
red on the Minister last year, and that he had even
written over the door of his house—" the reward of
perseverance." Every body now saw how his perse-
verance was rewarded. In the lame defence made
by the Noble Lord who spoke last, he stitcd that no
instructions had been given to the Admiral, but that
there was an understanding that he was to act on his
own responsibility. Nothing could be more shuffling
or disgraceful than this conduct; and on this ground
he would support the motion then before the House.
Lord ABERDEEN sfid, a general idea had pre-
vailed among the Allies, that it by any extraordinary
concurrence the army under Bonaparte had been cut
off and himself destroyed,
.it might produce such an
irritation among the whole of the French troops, as
must have bad a most unfavourable effect on the
campaign. Besides, as the great wish of the Allies
was to restore the B.iurbons to the Throne of France,
they conceived it would be useful and even necessary
to have an army in that country favourably disposed
and in a good humour to receive them. A Noble
Lord had made some severe remarks on the circum-
stance of our Plenipotentiary having been absent at
the time when the Treaty of Fontaitibleau was agreed
to, and declared that our country was degraded in
consequence of the Alin having agreed to that act
without our concurrence. Now the fact was, that the
absence of the British Minister at the time had been
occasioned by the events of the war; which obliged him
to be separated at that particular time from the Allies.
When Lord Castlereagh came to Paris, he found the
Freaty had been made, and that the Emperor of
Russia had pledged his word to the fulfilment of it ;
and, under these circumstances, what could our Mi-
nister do He certainly did all in his power to pre-
vent its fulfilment. The object of the Allies was to
remove Bonaparte from his Government, and not to
Person- Before the hitter object
could be effected, the French armies must have been
in a very different situation from what they were in
lcpiedidreena6dsnfo fegwn de
moment.theras,
might that the e r
fore
havet h e
ot ir
en arisen e became,
t tifraom been thei pres-
sing,fdoeul
nady
at the flute. • For his own part he had no intention to
panegyriser
the Treatyidoc
ttrianognadtafotirhnebtlhereeau ; it was a
gsason why it
wi mere
e rsr
aectoocstnhihbc;ltui without
t iweosat.
necessary to conclude the Treaty as speedily as pos-
sible ; but he could maws the house, that no notion
whatever was entertained of a Secret Treaty.
Lord GREY, so far from thinking Bonaparte was
in a worse situation at present than he was in before
he left France, quoted the authority of Marshal Marl
most, who stated that he now bad 300,000 soldiers
more than he had at the Treaty of Fontainbleau.—
The Noble Earl (Aberdeen) had said he would not
panegy rise the Treaty, but justified it as. aisilfffEr of 1
necessity. Was it a matter of necessity to conclude I
that Treaty at 'a time when the allied forces had all
the means of destroying Bonaparte's army ? And
he would much rather have attempted that thin to
try the experiment of putting the army tit goi:cl
mour, in order to receive Louis XVIII. it was now
admitted, that the Island of Elba was not a secure
place for Bonip irte, and it was said that no Power
could watch the island. But'wai that a r:ason %Qs
,y
• I

Moisten should hate taken no precautions whatever!.
Was it to be supposed that he would not some time
or other take the most favourable opportunity of
suing to France or to Italy ?—and *Ny were nor
-proper measures taken to prevent this danger?—
Ministers took no steps, they seemed wholly incliffw
rent to public danger, and the House must see how
far such men were qualified so conduct the affairs of
this country. Under all the circumstances he cm
ceived it impossible that the House could refuse .
assent to the motion.
The Earl of BUCKINGIISHIRE conceived
to have been more the interest and duty of the lth!
Government of France to have prevented Bonaparte',
escape, than the duty of Enp,land, and France h:,d
a Beet fully competent to do sq. Ad.feitir gtott e
situation of Bonaparte, previous to the '1 feat) 0
Font ainbleau, he said it WAS by a very miaow chance
indeed that he had brought himself into such a
tuation as disabled him from preventing the march
of the Allies to Paris. His object was to cut them
off from their own counts Tht: Treaty w.is more
to be considered as a military convention, than in
any other light; and Lard Castlereagh felt, from the
representations of Taileyrand, that the best tl.in4
he could do was to . ccele to it. It bad been sail
that all the blood and treasure of this country Lad
ben spent in van!. Let tle;f: who tiazarded Judi
an opit.luii, liok ba..k to our efforts in Spain, and the
&feels which those efforts had had upon the conduct
of the Allies.
The Earl of ROSSLYN wss clearly of opinion,
that a much less force civil that which we had
in the Mediterranean would have have bees std.
dent to prevent the great danger in question ; it
could not have restrained the individual from fining
away in a haat or vessel; but if proper vigilance had
been used, no military armament Could have salad
from the island. On this ground he thought tht
conduct of Government highly negligent and culpable,
and he shod support 1;4 hic•tion,
Their L.lrdships then d7v;e.-. 1 - .7-Contents, 21—
Nur.•Contents, 53—MAjority,'32.
The House adjourned at Half-past Elevca.
*tOt'SE OF COMMONS.

Sir J. MONTGOMERY presented a Petition front She Towr
of Peebles, against the Scotch Jury Bill in its present form.—
Urdere4 to lie on the table.
Mr.ROB(N'iON moved, that the Haute should, on to-morrow,
resolve itself i;4:0 a Committee on the SoutberoVilude Fuller)
Mr. Wow, front the Custom-House, brought up an Account
of all the Couon imported and exported to and from Great Bri
le the year Int 1.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND moved for has'
to bring Ina Gill for the better Regulating the Judicial Record.
of the Courts of Session In Scotland; also fc.r leave to loin:: It.
a Bill to Regulate Madhouses In Scotland; and icr leave to lain,
in a Bill to abolish inferior Commissary Courts in Scotland:—
Leave being given, he brought In the several Bills, whith were
read a first time,.4l ordered to be read it maxi unto.
day
_neat.
Mt. IUtOODEN brought up the Report of the Irish Sugm
Drawback Bill, which was received, and the Bill ordered to
read a third time to-morrow.
On the motion of Mr. V. FITZGERALD, the House weir
into ; Comtuittee on the Acts relating to Prize Ships, w'sen
was resolved, that Goods taken in Ptise ships may be tai.,-'. t-
Ports in Ireland, and warehoused there.—Report to-rnurrow.
The County Rate Bill was recommitte4, when several Rea
lotions were agreed to, the Report was then received, and cl-
dered to be taken into consideration on Monday neat.
The Highway Amendment Bill was read a second time, sal
ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday'next.
Mr. NEWMAN moved, that there be laid before the Hom
du Amount of Exemptions grmited to Foreigners ur.Jer tr
Property Tax Act, on funded and other Property, In use yea •
1513,1614, and 11115...-Ordered-
Mr. WALLACE brought up a Bill to hnpower the Governs.
of Ili.ita to alter, extend, mid dintir.lsh, the limits of the tom o'
Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, and to remove all pent ni n•
being britisla subjects, if necessary, which was read a first rim
and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next.
The Greenland Fishery Bill went through a lommittee, obi
several Renditions were agreed to.—Report to-morrow.
SCOTCH JURY BILL.
On the motion that the House resolve itself into 4
Committee on the Scotch Jury Bill,
Sir S. ROMILLY rose—He said he did not meet
to oppose the Bill ; it was one pregnant with the mo
important advantages to the c,.,intry for which .
was intended ; but he wished to make some obser‘
tions, and to give some information to the House c.
the imperfect manner in which justice was admini
tered in that country. According to the present sy
tem of trying matters of tact in Scotland, the fac
were ascertained with much more difficulty, and t!
expence of trial was much wester than by 'frill t
Jury ; for the evidence was taken by one set ot me:
and decided on by another, who had no opportunit
of knowing the manner in which witnesses gave the
testimony. To this circumstance was to be attribute
the frequent appeals which were made to the Heu:
of Lords ; and to his knowledge several importat
causes which depended on matter-of-fact evident
were carried on for ten or twelve years, which, by t!
Trial by Jury, would have been decided in less th 3
a month, He knew that the present Bill would t
of the utmost advantage to Scotland, and be hop:
it would also extend to England—he alluded to t!-.-
great protraction of causes in Ecclesiastical Court
and he hoped that no person would vote for this 13
who would not feel it hicumbent on him to exto
some of its advantages to this country in the Co,
to which he alluded. Many persons who washed •
vote tor this Bill, thought that its great advantage
Scotland would be the unanimity of the Jury
did not think this would be its great advantage. 1
the first establishment of Juries, two things 1":
sought for which he did nut 'think were alway,
tamable, namely, that every Juior should come"
tionslY give his opinion on the facts before him,
that they should all be unanimous ; lie would
entreat the House to consider the parts of the Ii
which needed amendment, and that they would m4l
some clause by which the necessity of having the .1x
unanimous may be clone away, as having it °Caen"
would be productive of many personal inc3ms.
niencies to Jurors.
Mr. WM. DUNDAS defended the Bill and t,
object of it ; at the same time, he said, he wol"
pay the greatest respect to the conscientielis win+
ot the people of Scotland ; he would agree that
the Jury could not come to an unanimous verdict
twelve bouts, they should be dismissed from givin
a verdict.
The House then went into a Committee, and
several Resolutions and Amendments were arce.
tc, together with a clause introduced by Mr.
ns<, by which it was enacted, a. That if the Jto
did not come to an unanimous verdict in twel'
hours, they should then be discharged and a iv
trial had."...—k;epeitt to.morTow.—A djout tied .

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FAZNCH PAPaI.

Ihmasomisii
PARIS, APRIL b.

Row ACID TO ANIAINIADOILIe AYR/, AND
OMR MONTS OP PRANCE ABROAD.

41 Pam, MARCII 30, NIL
a Sia_The wishes of the French nation never
,ased to Teca the Sovereign of its choice, the only
rinee who can guarantee to it the conservation of
s liberty and independence. The Emperor appeared,
id the Royal government no longer exists. At the
Or of the universal movement which carried both
le people and the army towards their legitimate
-fonarch, the family of the Bourbons perceived that
Jere remained no other course for them but to take
.filte in a foreign country. They have quitted the
rench soil without a single musket having been fired
drop of Mood shed in their defence. The mili.
,ry household which accompanied them has col:
,:teJ At Bethune, where it declared its submission to
le oi del sof the Emperor. It has given-up its horses
Arms : more than half of it,lias entered our ranks;
to rest, few in number, ate retiring to their homes,
irpy to find an asylum in the generosity of his
rial lkfAjesty.
The most profound tranquillity reigns through.
at the whole extent of the empire. Every where
ie same cry is heard ; never did a nation present the
lectacle of more complete unanimity in the expres.
on of its happiness and joy. This great change has
:en only the work of a few days. It is *the finest
iumph of the confidence of a monarch i‘the love
F his people; it is at the same time the most extra.
7d:rMrY art of the will of a nation which knows its
ghts and its true duties.
The functions entrusted to you by the royal v.
'rnment have terminated; and I am about to take,
ithout delay, the orders of his Majesty the Emperor,
ader to Accredit a new legation.
ss You must immediately, Sir, assume the tri.
,inured cockade, and cause it to be taken by the

renchmen who are About you.
" It, At the moment of quitting the Court where
• reside, you have occasion to see the Minister tor
i Are•gn Mfairi, you will inform him that the Ern-
„nor iilS nothing more At heart than the maintenance
(.race; that his Majesty has renounced the plans
greatness which he might have anteriorly formed ;
!at that the system of his cabinet, as well as the
itole of the direction of affairs in France, is upon a
iiaily different principle.
•• 1 cannot doubt, Sir, that you will consider it as
. duty to make known to the Frenchmen about you,
le new situation of France, and that in which, at-
-)rding to our laws, they find themselves placed.
(Signed) " CAULINCOUAT, Duke of Vicenza."

The Moniteur also contains a report ;IT=
.urt, relative to the Swiss regiments in the service
d France. It states, that at the moment of the Em-
;aor's remit' to Paris, the officers of these regiments,
nought it their duty to apply for orders to the Swiss
:krt. fhe Diet returned for answer. that it required
teen to return to- their country. Caulincourt coat.
'ins of the whole proceeding as an irregular act. in-
msietent with the capitulations of 1802 sad 1812.
.hick had not been abrogated by any succeeding sti-
By these capitulations, Caulincourt con-
fzels that tht Swiss regiments could only have been
•called by a formal application to the French Go-
vernment, stating.that Switzerland was in d.nger of
irrasion. Or at any rate, it is added, if the Diet
c'ok this resolution from motives of prudence, and to
;tard against events, the same measure should have
een extended to all countries which have Swiss
'mop, in their pay.
Then follows a decree, dated the 2d of April, dis-
4nciiiig all the Swiss regiments in the service of
farce, and ordering the Minister at War to take
cleat tie of their arms, magazines, stores, &c. for the
oter,sts of the Treasury. By another article, the
3siss officers and soldiers who had formerly served
ladtr BoaAparte, are permitted to volunteer into a re-
iiimmt to be created and organized for that purpose.

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