I6i] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



satioiis rather than debates ; some 

 account of which, however, may 

 justly be expected in the history 

 of the year, as being, of itself, a 

 matter well worthy of record. 



On July 28th, Lord Lonsdale 

 rose in the House of Lords, to 

 move an address to the Prince Re- 

 gent, thanking him for the com- 

 munication of the treaty of peace 

 with France, and assuring his 

 Royal Highness of the approba- 

 tion with which the treaty was 

 regarded by their lordships, as safe 

 and honourable to all. His lord- 

 ship then lightly touched upon the 

 principal circumstances of the 

 treaty, and concluded with mov- 

 ing the address. He was seconded 

 by Lord de Dunstanville in a simi- 

 lar recapitulation. 



Lord Grenvilte said, that if he 

 found any difficulty in cordially 

 concurring in the address which 

 had been moved, it arose from 

 the article concerning the slave 

 trade ; but as he had already ex- 

 pressed in that house his senti- 

 ments on this point, he would 

 not disturb the unanimity which 

 he wished to appear in approba- 

 tion of the treaty. He then took 

 a general view of the political 

 state in which Europe was left by 

 it, and particularly rejoiced at 

 the recognition by his Majesty's 

 government of the principle of 

 restoration, instead of that of parti- 

 tion, which had led to so many 

 evils. His lordship concluded 

 with hoping that the military esta- 

 blishment would now be reduced 

 to what it was before the com- 

 mencement of the war in 1791. 



The Earl of Liverpool said, he 

 should trouble their lordships only 

 with a few words on the general 

 principle and stipulations of the 

 treaty. In the ne^ociation it was 



necessary to adopt one of two 

 principles ; either a general con- 

 gress must be resorted to, or a 

 treaty must be made between the 

 allies and France. As great delay 

 must have arisen from tlie former 

 plan, and the principal and im- 

 mediate object was settling the 

 boundaries and claims of France, 

 which it was necessary to do while 

 the allied armies remained in that 

 country, the latter had been pre- 

 ferred, leaving the more compli- 

 cated interests to be settled at a 

 future congress. The next point 

 to which he would advert was 

 the principle by which the allies 

 had been guided in the negocia- 

 tion, which was, that no peace 

 with France could be secure or 

 lasting which did not leave the 

 honour and independence of the 

 country inviolate. With the con- 

 quests she had made, and the 

 military spirit she had imbibed, 

 it was not to be wondered at that 

 she had required and obtained 

 something beyond her ancient 

 territory. His lordship then enu- 

 merated the cessions which had 

 been made to France, and the ac- 

 quisitions which we had retained, 

 and gave the reasons for both. He 

 lastly considered that part of the 

 address which declared that we 

 bad attained the great objects of 

 the war. What were those ob- ' 

 jects? In 1793 we had entered 

 into the war to defend Holland 

 from the invasion of the French.' 

 That ally was now restored to in-' 

 dependence under the house of' 

 Orange. During the whole course 

 of the war the balance of Europe ' 

 was the wished-for end of our 

 exertions : it was now secured by • 

 the reduction of the power of 

 France within reasonable limits, > 

 The restoration of the Bourbons 



