Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-17

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both Parliament and The country should
clearly understand the relative situation
in which Ergland stood. with regard To-
Foreign Powers. He therefore begged
leave to ask ne Right Hon GenlierI.u
opposite, whether there was any stpuIa-
| ton in any treaty TO which This country
| was party, by which II was bound. Fl.
Their directly OF indirectly, to guarantee
| the Crown Of France to Louis XVIII or
any OF his successors of the Bourbon .s,,,-
ly ?-(Hea
Mr Canning was sure that the House
would see the difficulty in which h. Was
| placed by the QUESTION Which the noble
lord had just put 10 him. A question of
so grave and important chaIac er reauI.
| red the examination OF many Treaties be-.
fore correct and explicit answer could
be given to IT," Whatever information /,
was TO be supplied to The house upon il.
mus, be rxlracted from that mass OF rea.
ties which were laid on the ,atIe OF The
! House in The session OF 1914, and which
subsequently received the appreciation of
! both houses Of Parliament, Among ;bus.
! treaties, he believed, there was one which
contained stipulation, that in case ii a.
! ny attempt 20 seize The crown OF France
were made by ITS late usurper or agy o.,
! his family. the Allied Powers were To nut
. themselves into action TO resist wh II
their united forces. Clear. hearl He
, likewise believed, that 10 case 0. keyo.
! luiion arising N fr!nce from any otner
cause, and being Erected y any ohrr
persons stipulation iD another OF tie
treaties made II incumbent upon the Al.
lies. or at least upon Prussia, Russia, Aus
trla, and England. which were bound by
separate treaties with each other, TO NEE,
toge her and Ia consult in common what
measures IL might be prudent Tor them 10
take 10 consequence Hear Perhaps,
in the mass OF treaties there might be 9th
er stipulstions relating to this subject;
but AIKEN a. he was thus enexpecledIy,
hp mus; observe, that The stpul4iIoEs 10
which be had just alluded, were the only
supulatIuns which suggested themselves
on the instant 10 his recollection. (Hra.)
Lord J. Russell admitted that, alter the
statement which be Right Hon Gentle
man had ust made, be should not be vs.
lhed IN pressing upon him at that tIme
for further explanation. He must, how.
ever, express hope, that The Right Hon.
Gentleman would duly consider The va
rious treaties 10 which he bad just refer
red, in order thai he nigh. explain TO the
House as soon as possible. the situation
which the country occupied at present in
relation to Foreign Powers
lie said this, becau,e he was sure that the
Right Hon. Gentleman must be aware
that the uoprincipled invasion oil Spain by
France might in short time totally alter
our present situation with the latter Pow
er. Loud cries oi hear from the opposl-
ton benches Besi1es it was incumbent
on the Ministers oil this country, alter ha-
wing expended thousand millions 10
place the Bourbons en- the throne OF
France, in the tond hopes OF obtaining
from them hrmer security tor the con-
tinuance of peace and tranquility in Es-
rope than could be obtained from any 9TH
er tamily-Qoud cheers again from Inc
opposition benches)-it was incumbent,
he repeated, upon them, to clear Them
selves even from the suspicion OF being
bound by any stipulation TO expend even
shilling in future, 10 behalf OF so worth
less and imbecIle family.
WI dSdtlUIIk SoUtCDuCu, lUdt Tie
sent was an inConvenient time 20 enter in
to such an argument. He had understood
The noble lord 10 put question to him up
on matter OF fact and he had given the
noble lord an answer on the point. which.
as tar as his memory served. he believed
10 be correct. Taken as lie was. upon
the sudden. he would not pretend to affirm
that n might not have omitted some mater
ial ,tipulatoDs. The noble lord bad inter.
rugated him as 10 matter OF fact he had
given The noble lord the best aosweI in.
his power, and the return the noble lord
bad made him for it was to found upon II
political argument OF no mean CT trIt'lng
importance He must observe, 'batynung
as he was in his present OfiIce. no conduct
was more calculated 70 discourage him
from answering questions from that (he
opposition) side Of he house--a courtesy
which he wss always DESTROYS Of extend
ing 10 il, than tie condnct which the noble
lord had Just pursued, in founding an argu'
mpni on the answer which he had Just re.
ceived. (Cries Of hear" from the MI.
nisterial benches.
Lord John Russell complained tina: The
Right Hon. gentleman had completely
misunderstood the drift of his last obserya'
tons. He had not founded any aTgu'
ment upon the ans er of The Right Hon.
Gentleman; he bad merely intended 10
forwarn bin Of the line OF Argument when
il was probable would he pursued when
the late negotiation at Verona and else
where should be brought before the con-
sidera'inn of the House.
Sir r. Wilson wished to put the h'gh;;
Hon. gentleman opposite in possession Of
a fac, with which. he believed that 'ew
gentlemen al the present moment weresc-
auain,ed. When The treaty OF Chatl'Ioa
was placed upon the table, be bad put