The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-17 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ACT OF ACCESSION OF TILE COURTS OF

AUSTRIA, RUsSiA, AND PRUSSIA, TO THE PROPOSI-
TIONS MADE BY HIS EXCELLENCY LORD visCOUNT
CASTLEREAGH•

" Troyes, Feb. ea, 1814. I " Gentlemen; if it had not been for the cornett:Se
titan excited by that obnoxious, injure lus, and arbi.
" Ilia Excellency Lord Viscount Castlereagh, the'
Principal Secretary of State of his Majesty the King trary measure, the Corn Bill, winch began to evince
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, having itself on the day of my departure from prison
transmitted to the undersigned a pridet of a Conven-
, (which was on the anniversary of my escape from si-
tion, of which the following is the tenor : 4 milar oppression at Malta four years. before), I
should have lost no time in proceeding to the House
" As the negotiations with the enemy may termi-
nate, perhaps, before the internal arrangements be- , of Commons: but conjecturing titer. the -spirit of
tweet' the Allied Powers can be agreed upon, and disturbance might derive some encouragement from
his Britannie Majesty not considering himself in jut- Imy unexpected appearacite at that time, and having
tice called upon to make considerable sacrifices of Ino inclination to protitot4 tumult, I resolved to defer
his conquests from France, for the general goodrof ,my appearance at the House, and, if possible, to
Europe, without at least being certain relatively Ito conceal my departure-from the prison, until the order
those arrangements out the Continent which most rAi. l.of the Metropolis should be restored. I had. hew.
rectly concern his interests and his honour ; their ever, been out but a few days when I received inti-
Imperial and Royal Majesties, in order to give his oration that a Committee of the House of Comm"'
Britannic Majesty a proof of their gratitude for the appointed to enquire into the state of the prison,
persevering and liberal aid which they have received . bed discovered that I was absent. Conceiving • hat
from his said Majesty, during the continuance of the , they would communicate the circumstance, and anx-
war, and considering the demands of his Britannic ions to obviate any false impresskes as to my moe
Majesty as just in themselves and equally conform- fives and intentions, I immediately addres""l tLe
table to the true interests of Europe, agree, following Letter to the Speaker, which I fully ex.
" 1. That the Belgic provinces, as fat as the petted he would have read to the House?
Meuse, situated .between the- ancient frontier of i ts s L..etton, :witch 9, 1815.
France and that river, as well as the country situated 1 44 4 Sltty—l respectfully resqueet that you will
beyond that deer, comprised within a line drawn state to the Honourable the House of Commons, that
from the Meuse to Maestricht by. Aix-le-Chapelle I should immediately and personally cometunicated
and Duren, as far as Cologne on the Rhine, shall to them my departure from the custody of Lord el.
be ceded to the Prince of Orange, as Sovereign of lenhorough, by whom I have been long must unjust.
'the United Netherlands, to be united for ever as an ly detained ; but I judged it better to endeavour to
integral part of Holland. conceal my absence, and to defer my appearance its
" R. That the other territories situated on the .the House until the public agitation excited by the
left bank of the Rhine, if not wholly or in part Corn Bill should' subside. And I hate further to
united to Holland, shall at least be so disposed Of as request that you will also communicate to the House
to provide security and protection for that country that it is my intention on not early day to present my.
and the north of Germany in a military point of view ; self for the purpose of taking my seat, and moving
and that no arrangement shall take place with re- an enquiry into the conduct of Lord Ellenborough.
spect to them without the full and entire consent of —I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
his Britannic Majesty. humble servant,
" 3. That there shall be granted to the King of "4 COCHRANE.'
Sicily, in lieu of the kingdom of Naples, a liberal ' ccGentlemen, if the Right Honourable the Speaker
indemnity in Italy, the relations and positiens of had thought proper to comply with my request ; if
which shall be settled by common assent, and the he had read my Letter to the • House, as lie after.
value of which shall not be below that proportion wards read that which he received from the Marshal
which his Sicilian Majesty hes a rig'e to, from the of the 'Celle' 11""b, "16.4" t. say atTreh•44loo;
scale of his losses compared with those of other Sete-
the scandalous reports which appeared in the hire.
reigns, having a right to indemnities, and according
ling Journals, attributing my conduct to criminal or
to the means which the Allied Powers may reserve contemptible motile, could not have been invented or
.
for satisfying those claims. propagated.
"4. That the vessels of war found in any of the 1 4' I did not go to !he House of Commons to corn.
ports which, by virtue of the conclusion of peace, plain about losses or sufferings; about fine or im-
prisonmeitt ; or of property to the amount of ten
shall be ceded to the Allies, shall be regarded and
limes the fine, of which I have been cheated by this
treated as the remains of the means and implements '
malicious prosecution. I did not go to the House to
of war, and shall not be replaced at the disposition
of France. complain of the mockery of having been heard in my
" And his Imperial and Apostolic Majesty, (his
defence, and answered by a reference to that deci-
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and sion from which that defence was an appeal. I did
n
his Majesty the King of Prussia) having agreed toot go there to complain of those who expellad me
the demands of his Britannic Majesty contained in the from my profession : for if I could have stooped to
four preceding articles, the undersigned Minister of the enemies of my country at home, I might still
State, of Conferences, and of Foreign Affairs, (the un. have been instrumental in humbling its enemies
abroad. I did not go to the House to complain
dersigned Secretary of State, and the undersigned
gcnerally, of the advisers of the Crown ; but I went
Chancellor of State,).is charged and authorised, in
there to complain of the conduct of him, who has in.
the name and on the part of his august Master, to
deed the right of recommending to mercy, hut whose
guarantee its acceptance and execution by the present
privilege as a Privy Councillor of advising the con-
act, till the Convention proposed and acceded to can
be clothed in the usual forms.
&illation of his own condemnationss is spurious and
" In virtue of which the undersigned has affixed unconstitutional."
[His Lordship here states some curious particulars
to the present act his signature and the seal of hid
regarding certain endeavours which he says were
arms. Done at Troyes, the 15th of February;'
1814. made when it was discovered that he was at large to
" The PRINCE METTERNICH." I intimidate and lure him back to the custody of the
1 Marshal ; and he goes the length of asserting, that
The Messenger lately sent by BONAPARTE with an assurances were given him that the doors of
Overture to our Government, aware that if he landed the prison should be kept open to him for admis.
at Dover lie should be detained there, Came over to' sion at any hour of the night, and that he
the English coast in a French boat, late in the even- should he received with secrecy{ courtsey,
ing, and landed at Kingsdown, between Deal and Bind in;lentnity! After animadvertiog on " that
Dover, whence he walked to Deal,..directed by a lad , breach of Parliamentary privilege" n hick admitted
he accidentlly fell in with, hired a post.chaisepand the intrusion of tipstatf,, ite. into the House of
proceeded to London, without reporting himself, or : C
_ommoee to seize the person of an individual elected
being reported, to any Civil or Military Authority to serveas ',Member of that House, and after en.
whatever. 1 deatrritorto septum for this •at ing of its Guam-
The Augustan Review, or Monthly Journal of. rity on, „tied of the House, his Lordship proceeds
Literature, &c. will be published by LAW and t thus : .'e
WHITAKER, on the Ist of May, price 31. It will i, ," ,tlemen, it is my Intention, if I survive that
be distinguishable from other works of a similar de. i combat with. oppression in which I am euesager*ele •
1 scription by being more miscellaneous; and by con.lhiy before you a detail
of the motions erbiAls gr.44ifig:
taming, besides the usual Analysis of Books and es-
ous times I have evade in the ('louse of Cemtnote. ;
timate of the merits of Authors, a General View of i and the proofs in.tna.posvp,..i.m of est ,blishing the
reality of those frauds and abuses which it was the
Public Affairs, with a Register and short account of '
I Intentions, Discoveries, and Improvements in Arts object of those motions to redre,e. ia the mean
and. Scioces. time I submit to you, whether my first motion for a

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