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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



of Buonaparte after his flight from 

 Russia, a notification of the terms 

 on which alone he would listen to 

 peace, among which was that his 

 dynasty must reign in Spain. As 

 a case prima Jacie he had no right 

 to say that we were indisposed to 

 a peace on terms consistent with 

 our independence and honour. As 

 to the cases of Finland and Po- 

 land, how was it that they never 

 heard from the hon. member that 

 France was also bound to divest 

 herself of her aggrandizements ? 



After Mr. Ahercromhy had spok- 

 en in defence of the sentiments 

 and propositions of his hon. friend 

 (Mr. W.) ; and Mr. Marryat had 

 made some observations on the 

 impossibility that this country could 

 treat with France while she made 

 the treaty of Utrecht the basis of 

 our maritime rights ; the resolu- 

 tion for a vote of credit was 

 agreed to. 



Mr. Whithread then rose, and 

 having protested against some of 

 the inferences drawn by the noble 

 lord from his speech, moved an 

 humble address to the Prince Re- 

 gent, expressing the confidence of 

 the House, that while they voted 

 a sum of unexampled magnitude 

 to be placed at the discretion of 

 his Royal Highness, he would not 

 fail to use his utmost exertions in 

 procuring to the country a peace 

 founded upon a secure, honour- 

 able, and permanent basis. 



The address was negatived with- 

 out a division. 



. On July 22nd, the House of Lords 

 having assembled, the Prince Re- 

 gent entered in state, and being 

 seated on the throne, the Speaker 

 of the House of Commons, hold- 

 ing in his hand the vote of credit 



bill, made an address to his royal 

 highness, recapitulating the va- 

 rious transactions of the year, and 

 the chief public proceedings in 

 parliament, v»ith a pointed and re- 

 markable reference to the rejection 

 of the Catholic claims. Hee State 

 Papers. 



The Prince Regent then closed 

 the session with a speech to the 

 following purport. He began witii 

 alluding to the successes of the 

 marquis of Wellington in Spain, 

 in particular at the battle of Vit- 

 toria, affording the best prospect 

 of delivering the Peninsula from 

 the tyranny of France, and justi- 

 fying the wisdom of parliament in 

 persevering with steadiness in the 

 contest. He then touched upon 

 the failure of the French ruler in 

 his designs against Russia, and the 

 events which had since taken 

 place in Germany, and mentioned 

 the cordial union subsisting be- 

 tween himself and the courts of 

 Petersburgh, Berlin, and Stock- 

 holm, and his trust that with the 

 aids so liberally granted, he should 

 be enabled to render this union 

 effectual for the accomplishment 

 of its great purposes. He lamented 

 the continuance of the war with 

 the United States of America, and 

 asserted his unabated desire of re- 

 establishing friendly relations be- 

 tween the two countries, but said 

 that he could not consent to pur- 

 chase peace by a sacrifice of the 

 maritime rights of the British em 

 pire. His Royal Highness the: 

 expressed his satisfaction with th 

 measures adopted for the redempi 

 tion of the national debt, and ti 

 provision made for the prosecutioi 

 of the war with the least practica; 

 hie addition to the public burdens] 



