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London, England, 1816-02-28 00:00:00

was, that the enontry was unable to defray the o
pense of supporting it. The fact was, that the coon,
try could not pay the taxes, as appeared from the pe•
titian' nu the tahleoand, therefore, if it were attemp
ted to enforce their payment, the utmost variety of
oppression and distress must ensue, end the final re-
sult would be national bankruptcy. If. indeed. after
the country had been so distressed and drained by the
seer, the ernposed establishment were persisted in, and
a new war should occur, he was quite as ignorant, as
he presumed the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself`,
how it could be possible to raise QUO millions.to de-
fray the expense of it file two or three campaigns.
Ile firmly believed, that the most sanguine man in
the country could not calculate. upon our capacity to
do so. As to the question of the Noble Lord. whether
we should have any connection with the Continent.
he had on hesitation in answering in the affirmative;
but then be would be an advocate for that sort of
connection which our ancestors maintained at the
Revolution ; namely, a connection calculated to pre-
serve our own liberty, and to promote the,happiness
of other nations. On no occasion, however, would
he plead for ant alliance with foreign depots, tend
,ing. to endanger our libertiesot home, or to prevent
other people from making any effort to assert their
rights. Against such an alliance he, as a friend to
the principles of general justice and the British Con-
stitution, should be ever forward to protest, and
therefore he deprecated the character of our present
connection with the Continental Powers. But it op-
peered that since the battle of Waterloo the objects
of our Government had undergone a great change.
The restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of
Branco, without any regard to the wishes of the
People, was, it now turned out, the object of the
war, although that object was, at the outset, din
tinitly disavowed, especially by the Noble Seer&
ury for Foreign Affairs, who was the most con-
spicuous advocate for the new morality, which
was to be supported by the alliance of despots, who
pleaded so earnestly for that system, which, to use
the .4 mere jargon of modern philosophy," for such
was the language applied by the Noble Lord too. the
Sovereignty of the People," which was in lett the
only legitimate source of Government, and the main
foundation of a free State, as all great Statesmen
maintained. who held that all power was derived im-
mediately or ultimately from the people, as our own'
Revolution demonstrated. The phrase then of the
Noble Lord, the mere, jargon of modern philoso-
phy," was much more properly applicable to the
Noble Lord's favourite doctrine with regard to thati
legitimate right of Kings, of which Lord Wellington
was, it seemed, the Chief Constoble, and the Noble
Lord himsalf the Gentleman Uslor.—(4laaab, and
hear, hear).-13ut sell the Noble Lord could occa-
sionally relax in his adherence to this doctrine when
it suited his views. For instance, he could dispense'
with it when he wished to depress the King of Saxony.l
While he strenuously nayiutained it in favour of the
beloved Ferdinand—.when he desired to preserve an
alliance with Despots and their odious institutions--
(Hear, hear).. -Yet be would ask what advantage this
country derived Irons toot alliance ? What had these
Despots done for us ? They ha't done truly what the
Noble Lord desired, bi cause they accepted our money
to fight for their own defence.--because they had con
tended against their own enemy at our expense--
and who could doubt that such Sovereigns would
accept British money to turnish any one of their sua.
jests with arms, accou:remento and pay ?—(liear,
hear.)—Such, indeed, had been the di.position twin-
era towards us by our magnanimous and most ropa-
cions Allies—(a laugh. sad hear, hrar)—by the pecu-
liar favourites of the Noble Lord. These Allies had,
in fact, according to the papers before the Houle.,
been supplied from the purse of England with del 1.
2s. per man, whether absent or present, lost, or
found, dead or alive.--(.1 laugh, aid ilea", Isear.)—
Nay, those Allies bad i.e., supplied With our money
to defray the expo's: of their armies, not only on
their march to meet their enemy, but on their return
home, while they were favoured with the first fruits
of the contributions levied in France. Such was the
liberality of the Noble Lord, and such the manner in
which his Allies accepted Ins bounty. Bat the libe-
rality cf the ;Chic Loot vont farther. For none of
tbose Allies were ever called upon to return any part
of the loans they had obtained from this country.—
Nay, not a hint was thrown out upon the subject.
It seemed, on the Noble Lord's view, that this nation,
of shopkeepers should not attempt to dun its magnifi-
cent Allies—that everoshopk.epers upon the verge of
bankruptcy should not presume to apply for the pay-
ment of old debts. Such was the Noble Lord's course
of policy to cement the grand alliance. Yet these seeds
ddissention were sawn among the Allies, and were
too likely to explode The private character of those
Allies would be a topic not unworthy consideration.—
Perhaps, indeed, he should rather say their political
tharacter ; for the private. character of the Emperor
Alexander, when in this country, was such as to pro-
cure him the esteem and admiration of eveay one.
The some Alexander, however, :wale upon an altar
or tomb at Berlin, and invoked the manes of the
Great Frederick, to witness his oath of eternal en-
linty against all the enemies. of his successor. The,
next time the successor of the Great Frederick hard
of his Imperial Majesty, it was as an enemy, who did
not hesitate to accept a portion of his domipions as
an indemnification for his hostility. After that, he
leagued himself with Prussia against Austria, and
very kindly consented to accept also a portion of her
territory to augment his own. Soon after, he farmed
Another alliance with his old friends, or enemies, for
he did not know which to call them, England, Aus-
tti is and Prussia, against France, and in that ailiauce
.he had, to be sure, been uncommonly steady, for it
had already lasted two years. How much longer it
would continue, he would not venture to predict. He
had received. indeed, a pretty good price for his co-
operation, in the possession of Pulead, that most infa-
mous and dishonourable price. The ambition of
the Emperor Alexander he believed to be little infe-
rior tnotrat of his namesake : and he would ask, there.
it was likely he would remain at peace
fore, how long
without wanting more kingdoms to conquer ?
Mr. PEELS contended, that it be bad to address
a Hooke composed of Irish Members, lie could easily
chew that the Civil Power in Ireland was at present
inadequate to the maintenance of tranquillity there,
and toot 25,000 men were absolutely necesorry for
that repose. But as an Honourable and Learned
Geed...man (Brougham) said last night, that Eng.
land was nut Germany ; ab let Gentlemen remember