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THE IVENING STAR.

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aUESDAY, MAY 23, 1815.
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Last night the expected Message from the PRINCE
Rrorwr was hrought down to both Houses of Par-
liament, acci-Inpanied by a copy of the Treaty of
the Allies on the 25th of March, the substance of
his been already laid before our Readers ; a
ropy of the ovegturc received bons 13oNapAurr,,
which, as Lord LivEnt..);l. stated some days since, is
substantially the same' as that published in the French
Papers ; and the Corropoadence on this subject be-
tween Lord CA.STLEREAGII and Lord CLANCARTY,
cur Ambassadcr at Vienna. They will be found in
the proceeding• o•f the Ners. It will be seen from
the discussion that followed that there is no prospect
whatever of avoiding hostilities with France. Lord
Livaaroot, in answer to a question from Lord GREY,
stated, thst though no act of hostility had yet taken
place, the Message was to be regarded as a step to-
wards war ; and Lord CLANCARTY'S said that our
present situ ►tion constituted a state of war, though
hostilities had not actually commenced.

On the subject of the BOURBONS, it was mentioned,
as stated in Lord CASLLEREAUH'S letter, that " it is not
the object of the Allies to dictate any form of Go-
vernment to France ; but they certainly wished for
the restoration of the legitimate Sovereign of that
country, as the best means of seeming a solid and
permanent peace, and that, for the attainment of that
end, the Allies were pledged to co-operate within
certain limits: for they did not intend or desire to in.
terfere with the exercise of the right of the French
nation to choose its own Government; and therefore
they were net bound to Louis XVIII. to press his re-
storation to the throne against the wishes of the French
people."
In the infliction with which Europe is about to he
visited, we have a most striking instance of the effects
which ever follow a disregard of political probity.
The Allies are in a state of hostility with BONAPARTE
and his adherents, " not from choice, but from ne-
ces,iiy, because past experience has shewn, that no
faith has been kept by him, and that no reliance can
be placed on the professions of one who has hitherto
:in longer regarded the name solemn compacts, rhAn
as it may have suited his own convenience to observe
th,,r, whose word, the only assurance he can afford
f;e- his peeceable disposition, is not less in direct op.
lr> Ginn to the terser of his former life, then it is to
the military Position id which he is actually placed."
lies he ever, in any one instance, kept good faith is
114 s he ever hesitated to violate the peace with neigh.
barring Stares ? 0,1 the contrary, has he not, even
; r his late paeific declarations, avowed that his idol
-sees Univa-ral t rtisre?
However snrich the friends of humanity may lament
the miseries with which the world is threatened, we
believe there are but feer who would he willing to
take upon themselves the responsibility that would
attach to such rulers as should give credence to Bs-
NAPARTeS professions of conversion, and, in conse-
quence, expose those whose welfare and safety they
are called to watch over, to the danger of being
again made the victims of his ambition. This is a
proper view to be taken of the question before any
person take upon. himself to judge decidedly what
line of conduct the Allies ought to pursue in the
present conjuncture.
On the necessity of being prepared for any exi-
peecy which the return to power of such a turbu-
Lnt and ambitious man as BoNAPARTE may occasion,
there can be but one opinion among rational men ;
tut on the propriety or prudence of equally attack.
ing France by invasion, there may be, and indeed
there are, a diversity of ppinions. Some think that
the Alliss ought instantly to strike, that the French'
by feeling the magnitude of the evil they have pro-
v ked, by supporting the power of such a miscreant,
nary be brought to seek his expulsion ; that the loyal
may have an opportunity of jo4iing the standard of
their ligititnate Sovereign ; and that -the turbulent
and rebellious may be punished :—others think th.st
probelily the success of the Allies evenW be rendered
more certain by confining their movements merely to
the maietainieg a strong armed force on the French
fret:tier, arse then w. iting the result of the differences
known to exist amneg the French themselves; and they
argue that an attack from without may prove the
means of uniting'the different parties, who, if left to
themselves, would otherwise inevitably cp.sie to blows.
That they would, ere long, have a civil war in
France if net invaded, we caneot doubt, but how
far it might be prudent to w.dt for that result we
cannot decide.
That the Allies have thought it possible that the
French might itiereel Arming themselves seems pro-
bable Iron. the delay that hes taken place in com-
mencing hohtilities ; and if so it is passible they
may, at least, for a time, follow the same system.
—We stated yesterday that in various quarters the
people evinced a spirit of resistance to the decrees
the Usurper. This spirit has broken on: in actual
insurrection in La Vendee. It may be recollected
that we announced not tong ago the sailing of a
cret expedition from Falmout! . ships pro.