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London, England, 1814-05-30 00:00:00


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PAttla, MAY 2%
As soon as we coin-obtain any particulars
the stipulations of Our pending Treaty of rung
shall hasten to communicateithent to oar readers. We
were assumed yesterday, that we should not only reco-
ver Our colonies, and all our ancient soil, but that
there would be ceded to us, besides, for our conveni-
ence, seireral portions of territory beyond our ancient
limits. These are certainly not the conditions which
e:te were in the habit of commanding under the Fe-
ceding Government. War was not then confined to
'a state of hostility—its effects were extended to a pee
riod of peace. Neither was is peace _that we were
destined to enjoy, if that Government had continued-
The Allied Powers had already demanded (and the
condition was accepted), the restitution of all the sums
which had been imposed upon foreign nations; and
which, according to the different estimates delivered,
amounted to 18tX) millions of francs. They likewise
demanded all the monuments. of the arts which had
been carriedaway ; and, as a pledge for the due per-
formance of our stipulations, the.occupation of three
of nor principal garrisons. It is certainly a desirable
object, in the deplorable situation into which we have
been thrown, to be able to recover our colonies, and'
all that belonged to ancient:France. Those who thay
be disposed to lament,,-that they do not recognise in
the new treaty the glory of the treaties of Luneville,
of Vienna, and Presburg, ought to consider, that thn.,
primary object of a treaty of peace is to obtain peace.
What formerly passed by this name was really hose
tility ; it consisted of violent stipulations, which weak-
ness apcepted from exhaustion, and in which both par-
ties speculated upon the speedy resumption of hosti-
lities. l'he vanquished was occupied from the com-
mencement of the truce in repairing his losses, and
the conqueror in extending and securing his conquests.
Those who were then in a situation of marking the
progress of the negotiations, could not fail to observe
the indifference with which they were followed up.
While the negociations at Amiens were depending
the First Consul made an attempt opestiseir..Tint
event; which in other times. arnonkl•lfave:thoantnnlk
EUrope into janspe,‘ Wifigaegte abject Of note
on the part of the ment. The same
• • athy which the.contraeting parties discovered in
-. ring the conditions of peace, they urged in the.,
-sequel as arguments in extenuation or in institicaiiona
of the infractions of them. Great Britain charged us;
with fitting out expeditions-in our ports, where •
were no armaments. During that period of convul-
sion, both manitestries and treaties were become,
objects of such indifference, that no one paid the least
attention to them. It was the general opinion that
there wls in fact no peace, though some were pleased
to apply this term to a few moments of .trge and
relaxation.—Jorrnal des Debuts, Alai 25:
. • , MAY Be. '
. In speaking yesterday of the peace, and of what
may be supposed to be its conditions, we had not for.
grater: that we were reproached by another journal
for ascribing too little importance up wh.a have been
considered as the Natural limit: of France. We are fat
from denying that a certain boundarx% well defined
by rivers, seas, and mountains, may be considered es
an advantage, .and therefore the object of reasonable
wishes: but surely this is not an advantage to over.
-balance every other consideration. Let us suppose,
for instance, that Belgium is again to revert to Aus-
tria ; that the three Electorates are to belong to their
ancittit Sovtreigns ; we ask, whether, because 'these'
countries are included within a certain boundary pre-
sented by the idea of natural limits, it is incumbent
on France to exert all her strength to tear them from
their legitimate possessors, and thus do violence
to the habits of a .people, our neighbours by post.
tion, but'really separated by manners, laws, interests,
and language ? We w( uld ask, whether, atter haring
at one period effected this violent union, and lost.these
provinces at another by a reverse of fortuusk their•
covery is still inegesienalp.alisannid ? IThidonsmarnif
I,Fcanae.;..diraispavatssonatiostelust-reatebluersba-isivets
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oftsithich4beittscoassen turns. We remain of opinion
that tile law of nations is not to be learned from gee.
graphical maps; but in the eiisting state of manner*,
laws, interests, and' also in the corer of circumstotina
combined with antecedeneconventious. Ws ;ire Akio
to recover our" colonies. Is this no advantage ? And
*hat means had we to compel their restorationt-:.
W.:at had we to offer England in corqpetration? In
return for these legitimatetasssession, AiiimPortant
to our commerceandallr.interests.rnly v reckon
ourselves sufficiently fortunate in tra2ing'only to cede
some unimportant tellitoriiswhicli the revolutiouil
waded, which it afterwArds fast, and which we have;
not at this moment any tior of recovering ?. Surety
these are inn thritory, constil stions, but sub:aantial,'
Ad:hoped-tor advantages.—.Juurnal dci Debit& • ):
MAY S 7.
The hopes of the speedy restoration of colonies
have insfilvd our merchants with the most liv.erfpre.
'We ace assured! that Cayenne and French. puiana
swill be -restored to us. The Deserts Of •Ifftattriri,
which 41* Reaoltisinn- em51440,-44113
.situ:, mil in future be. visited by buntline and fien :
-cent navigators only. It was yesterday added, thif.
St. Domingo, the rtstiturfon of which would have a p:'
peared so dangerous' at other times, is net. only not
lost to us, btkt is to be` restored with unexpected
vantages. .Petion, it appears, is willing to abdicate'
in favour of the legitimate Sovereign of the mother'
country. Our old Colonial System is, in shottotbout.
to be're.established.


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. In the eyes of those who loot for the interests of a
-countsy in geographical allocations only, we know
that these considerations will not have their proper
;weight. We shall content ourselves with asking the
following questions t—Do they wish that France,
'Ortonld be without Colonies Do they wish that we
'should have no Navy and no Commerce I—We ad-
mit that France has great advantages in being situa-
ted as sho is, between the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the
two was. Do our opponents understand the nature
of theseadvantages Do they think that they con-
sist entirely in the precise an 4. immutable nature of
these limits ? We can easily ptove that. their axp-
meats are untenable.
• MENTZ, MAY 17.
This city has sufferefi excessively. Its environs,
formerly like a garden, are become a desatt. What
the labouts of many years had embellished at great
expense, has been capriciously and unnecestatily laid
waste in a Moment. Since the horrible retreat we have
lost 71201, than a tenth of our population by death.