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TREATY OF PEACE, &C.
The Order upon which their Lordships were sum-
weed being read,
The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, and in an able
vj argumentative speech of considerable length, de-I
Irered his sentiments on the very important topic's
the before the. House. The Noble Earl adverted,
ominted and eloquent terms,. to the unexampled
id bniliant success through which, almost at it*
wry outset, the late-campaign and wertaie were ter-
minted. So rapid were the consequent successes,
in early in July, Paris capitulated to thc two illus-
trious Commanders of the Allied Armies. Such re-
sits he was erktitled to argue, formed a strong pre-
emption of the wisdom and policy of the system and
tenses that had been adopted. Fie argued in
rawedetail to shew the very different relative situa.
Lion in which France stood when the Treaty iii March
ISI4 was ezecuted, and that in which intervening
circumstances had placed her et the period of the
Treaty hut year. After vindicating the line of pen
ney which. was adopted in the former instance, lie
glanced it the causes of the extraordinary success 01
tie progress of Bonaparte, from the time of his lend-
lag till his complete usurpatien of the Government
t Frame. It was solely to be attributed to the con.•
duct of, and impulse of the army. The great bulk
of the pepulatien of France, front all he could leant
or voider upon the subjec', lie was convinced, were
elscidedly in favour of the estehlithinent of tl:c Legi.
tante Sovereign and his family on the throne of
France. The Treaty previously entered- into by the
Allies, before the openiag of the late Campaign, was
abiding upon the Xing, of France, as he lees no
panyto it ; and though, by a general and equitable
arneeement, -they were bound to do all in their
'make the interests of that Mena‘-cli, ) et Lis resto.
a was never mat!e a rise qua non. The leading
' ' le of the important Treaty now principally
the House, was to inclece the general security
Europe, combined with the internal tranquillity
France. Without such a leading principle the
nce could not be formed, nor the great (abject
which they coalesced, t•Geetu ited. The legit,.
ete Gevernment i f France had cleires to the con.
dim of the Allied- Powers which tile tevolu-
• ry and ustirpiug Government hied not ; on that,
. the variations betweiev die Freely ut 1814
that of last year proceeded. The Ahies had
Antics to petf.tm—one with respet t to Europe,
the other to thrirtiwn subjects.. Neither of these
if in the least be erected witlibut taking decisive
to pinery, the internal. tranquillity of France.
thii•view,bis Lordship dwelt nit t',.e rvediency
the great measure of the militarily occupying some
the principal fortressce of France, which was also
• tial as a security for the payment of the mode.
pecuniary indemnity required from France. This
.a preferable mode to the elect'. ion of territot tai
• it, as much nifference might. arise on tie ques.
sal whet extent of territory should be taken, and
wit should be disposed of; and he argued, that
some circumstances an acces:.ion of terrine!
' be a diminution instead cf an accession of
gth.to the acquiring SNte. The line of policy
; - by the Allies, was generally on a defensive
'Fie. A vast majority of the peo,ple of France
attached to their ancient and legitimate dy-
i—its opponents were purely of a military cha.
and description ; the very circumstance alone of
.g 30,000 Officers upon half-pay, must consti. a formidable focus and centre of disaffection
net any other Government in that country.—
'' Y risible step was adopted in the view to
'1:411 and afford opportunity to the legitimate Go.
!bent of France, to secure and consoltdate its
er in that country, and thereby to afford the most.
mil hope and prospect of the continuance of
_te. Tee fortresses in military occupation may
retained,, eccottlieg to circumstances, !or a period
"e ye.lrs, but then they svere not bound to restore
. except to the. legitimate Government. The re-
al el the splendid monuments and specimens of
arts, which had been taken away by the French,
restoring them to the respective countries, he
'ered ac an act of equal justice and policy, as
i • tug them •to remain would,- in a great degree,
"alive and fester the revolutionary and aggressive
aIL The ultimate object of that spirit, which
arced its peculiar character in 1792. was, he felt
ifi was also cunvinced,!e, universal empire,
and universal despotism ;
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that the real question
II lit Mss between Leeitimate and Devolutionary Go-
-I"l:l7nts,‘ between Legitimacy with its ancient
k ' asi ' kelt eutionary Government with univer-
'44ltres—(llear, hear).-.—The Noble Uri, who

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The E.. r 1 of BLESSING:TON •spoke' shortly in
approbation of the measures pursued by his Majes
ty's Covetous:Tat and their illiinrioustAllies.
The Mar,-,tlis ett LANSDOWNE supported the
Amendment. The intended estat:lisliments Were
erroneously calle.l salutary preeantions. He 'Must
call them expensive and unconstitutional prteantions.
The Nt.,ble Lord spike much against the establish.
mcuts of a large standing army in tlits country, a
tome which he held to be a! more ohjcctionable, as '
a portion of it was to be paid by France, and as far
as they knew, without the consent of 11.arliamunt.
Earl DA THURS aigued at some length in sup.
port of thu original Address, and vindicated the line
of conduct pursued by the Allied Powers. Under the
spirit and conoitions of the preceding 'Treaty, the
Allies could have negociated with no one but the
King of France ; they surely could not have Ire ii•J
with the Provisional Govertimeut, or with the ink-
Mbliei created by Bonaparte.
Lord HOLLAND, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and
the Noble Earl, spoke respectively in explanation.
The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM made several
observations in support of the Amendment. 4.410
he rejoiced at the restoration of the Bourbon Family,
he lamented that the opportunity had not beet, taken
to diminish the power of France, which it was well
known, that country was always disposed to direct
against the independence and repose of Europe.
The Marquis of ORMOND supported the Addle*.
Their Lordships then divided, when thete apptar-
cd—For the original Address (including proxies),
104—For the Amendment (ditto), 40—Maj,lity for
Ministers, 64.

Adjourned at Half-put Two o'CLck.

The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
thought it an objection that the motion did not distin-
guish the different shapes of the Property Tax.-2-
hIfY4I of the Appeals rcr 1815 were itot yet decided,
and therefore could not be returned. Those up to
the sth of April, lest, however, might be produced,
but perhaps would not answer the object of the Ho-
nourable -Gentleman.
Mr. BROUGHAM was aware that these difficul-
ties existed, and had framed ha motion accordingly.
He only wished to know how many appeals had been
successful or had tailed. Those that were not yet
decided would of course not be returned. He had
30 couched his motion as to render compliance with
his nest easy. .He had not confined it to persons
to the Property Tax for commercial income,
all descriptions of revenue.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed, that he had applied it to the Income Tax
solely, while he seemed to with to znibrace the Pro-
perty Tax.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he meantthe union
of those two taxes. He had chosen the name as
more descriptive of the. whole, as it was, in fact, a
tax upon income, and not a property tax.
The motion was bgreed to.
TREATIES.

Lord CASTLEREAGH rose. If the informa-
tion which his Royal-Highness had been pleased to
lay before the House, and the Peace itself, had been
less wound‘up with ocher great occurrences, be,
should have wished to leave to some other Member the
task Di calling the attention of Parliament to the sub-
ject. But lie thought it the best way he could dis-
charge his'public duty to tike that task upon himself,
and to submit to the Hilts?, the course of examina-
tion of the subject most calculated to enable them to
-pronounce their judgment upon it. There were
many points of view under which it *night be co:l%i-
-tiered ; avid it. would be unsatistactory for tha House
to give an opinion without first receiving from the
responsible and acting Ministers in the transaction an
account of the motives that had influenced their con-
duct. He Should request the indulgence of llonour-
ableMemberso whilst he should undertake, in the

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shortest time possible, to develops trensections- 7-e
imporrata and so complicated. It lie should sintit ittee
facts, he hoped he should be pertnUted to flt•rect
own errors, and to add any explaaatioe which nee: •
be necessary. Having stated this, he slieold in the
outset express his wish to narrow as much es possible
the vote which he sh mid thin! it his ditty to call
upon the Horse to :adopt on this occasion. An Hen.
and Learned Gentleman bed, on a ((meter oppor-
tunity, requested to be infnrmed on wh it view of
the question he should take the sense of Patna-tent.
He had then said that it was his intention to inciede
in Lis vote the arrangement at Vienna, but thistly
the course of measure' which had let to Lie prise.
icution of the war,• and the negeciations ot Pet is.—
But thmagli the proceetiligs at Vienna were inclosed
within the scope of the present vote; it would nothe
in such a manner as to prechideeany Gentleman in
future from sep +rating them, it he should wish to
bring them before the consider 'nen of this Home.
If thagetfuntly had never incurred the mishit tone 4
brine intelved in a sutisequeni.wl.e:ilttrthe Treaty
of Paris, he should not have proposed a vote en the
arrangements of the Congress of Vietina, hecense
Government having suhatitted to Parliament the
Preliminary Treaty, of which those arrangements
were only the execution, it would not have been
usual to take their oisieinn a Second rime. lu teol,
the Preliminaries siened by Lord Hawke bury and
Mr. Otto were sithiLeted to the emir eel of the
House. The M eeptis of C enwellis was tii m sent
to cnnclnde the Treete, sehiah, when ratified, was
laid before both Routes, with a diciaration that it
was not the intentien c)! GOVerhIllel!! tee take-upon
thcmselvee the task of ,tilling the ate/lei:in of paiiii.
ment to that:Treaty, as it was only in execution of
the prermiraries seht:h had been alrea.4 aperoved.
He only stated" this to shew, that the cot,rse which
he adopted WaS a matter of choice, not of netessity.
He wished it to be clearly understood, that the at.
tengeneent at Vienna was taken in execution of the
Treaty of Paris, and ahat even after the present vote
it would rest with every Feather, who should nut be
satisfied with its nature, to call the attention of the
He use to it. In doing so himself, be
.did not Mean
to pledge any Member to give aey more o( leis tip.
probation to the Treaty of Vienna, than he had done
before, When he had upproced that-of Paris. In the
same manner, when the Treaty of the 25 h of March
had been entered into, to repel the aegtession of 80.
nap irte, and maintain the stipulations aif the Treaty
of Perris, Gentlemen, by supporting the war, •had
not bound themselves to snppurt the arrangements of
Congress, but'remained at bberty to impugn them,
by moving an Address for that purpose. I hits, he
now neaill begged it to be uedetetood, that na Mem-
ber seenld be precluded, by his. present rote, from
dircussine the question ar Any time, but should con.
elder the arrangement at Vienna merely as tae point
from which they took their depot tune. The House
should feel that it Was hedispensode to found the
transaction oa some basis, as it had been done in f ir.
met.' times, at the peeica of Weetphalie, that of
Utrecht, and that of Aix-la-Chapelle. In the largest
sense of the word, he left Gentleftien free on the
question of the Congress. Those who thought as
well of it as he did, could not take a better basis,
and • thote whose opinion WAS most unfavourable
would nut have advised. Ministers to re.nrgociate that
Cenp,rese. Nothing, lowever,
.now done, would
excluir a future considet.itiun .of it. The pint so"
which he lOW Weabed to direct the 'attention of the
House, before he entered telion de: ;moot tautesegne
ciations of Paris, was she comae of pelities *boa
had guided the Ceuncils of this country, on a railie
tary and financial principle. It was only on the di-
plomatic branch of that political course *diet sums
difference of opinion could prevail, because the glory
which :.ad attended the other was gratefully.sren and
.elt by ail. The t refitment owed some explana-
tion to Parliament respecting the system by ai:ich
they had acted, under the circumstances diet bed
pressed upon then. From the nature of the War,
the character of the enemy we had to encounter, and
the support which he would receive in France, they
felt, that it was a war in which all restrictive effot is
shOuld be unwise, as well as any attempt at economy, .
and that the contest must be arduous and protracted.
It was, therefore, the more incumbent upon them,
to make their arrangements on the largest and most
effective scale. It was a war in which both Europe
and the countryicoeld not afford to fail. It was.
theretore, the anxious endeavour of Government to
form a Confederacy, the most extensive, not telly
with respect to the number of Powers engaged, but
with regard to the nature and 'efteacy of their etf•rts.
After the liberality displayed by Perlienient, theGe,
vernment would not have done its duty, had it not,
thrown the utmost vigour into all its proceedings.
The House would see, by the great mass of treaties
on their table, what mutinous accessions to the eon•
federacy had taken place, since the Treaty ot the
2.5 th of March. With the exceetien of Sweden, and
not throueli a want of disposition on her part, but
(A a principle of economy, which made it be cm*. •
dered unnecessary to bons her to the held when her
arms were employed is another quarter, there was
not a single Power in the East of Europe, which
was no engaged againit Trance. On the other side,
e ith the excepriOn of Spain, ssbich was not prepared
for the contest, there was not any Power not ready
to march. An Honourable Member had on a for-
mer eccasion noticed die, absence of her name from
the Treaty of ihe 25th of March. brain had cer.
tainly objected to sign a Treaty in which she should
not appear as one ot the principal Powers; but she
had promised to act in the cause as if she had been a
party to' that Misty. Upon the whole, efforts so
I united and complete, had never been witnessed. As
to the amount and application of our subsidy, Go.
vernment had pursued'acoorse calculated essentially
to contribute to the consolidation of the league of
Europe against France. The total of the sum vexed
for subsidies was 5a,000,000. But since that vote,
e stipulation has: mesa entered into by the country to •