22) ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
common effort against the power 
of Napoleon Buonaparte; but is 
not to be understood as binding 
his Britannic Majesty to prosecute 
the war with a view of imposing 
upon France any particular go- 
vernment. 
On May 23, being the day for 
taking into consideration the mes- 
sage of the Prince Regent, the 
Earl of Liverpool rose in the 
House of Lords, and said, that 
the question he was about to sub- 
mit to their lordships. being that 
of peace or war, it was unnecessary 
for him to use words to convince 
them that the subject was the most 
momentous that could be brought 
for their determination. Of his 
lordship’s succeeding speech, and 
of those which followed on each 
side, events have taken offso much 
of the interest, that a very concise 
notice ofthem will suffice. Lord 
L. began, with shewing in what 
manner Buonaparte had funda- 
mentally violated his treaty with 
the allies, soas to render the war 
with him a just one. He 
ceeded to consider whether it was 
necessary on our part, and refer- 
ring to that person’s past conduct, 
he asked, if any thing had since 
occurred which could induce a 
reasonable expectation that any 
change had taken place in his 
disposition? To the. argument, 
that a limited government being 
now established in France, we 
might look to that government 
for the security of peace; he re- 
plied, that its stability under a 
Ruler, who must always depend 
upon’ the sword for his own secu- 
rity, could by no means be cal- 
culated upon. He then dwelt 
uponthe peculiar advantage of any 
attempt to overthrow this dange- 
pro- 
rous power, whilst the confede- 
racy of allies was subsisting in 
entire unanimity, and were fully 
prepared to act in concert. To 
the objection that might be raised 
against the war on account of the 
offer made by the allies of con- 
cluding a peace with Buonaparte 
at Chatillon, it was replied, - that 
he was then the undisputed So- 
vereign of France, and was in 
possession of many of theprincipal 
military holds in Europe. After 
auguring fairly of the conclusion 
of the contest, his lordship closed 
with moving for an address in 
correspondence with the Regent’s 
message. . 
Of .the copious and argumen- 
tative speech of Lord Grey in re- 
ply, no adequate idea could be 
given in a few words; and the pre- 
dictive part hasbeen so decisively 
refuted by the event that its au- 
thority in apolitical view probably 
does not at present stand high, Its 
substance wasa directattack as well 
on the justice, as the necessity and 
expediency of a war; and it con- 
cluded with a proposed amend- 
ment of the address, of which the 
following were the principal points: 
To assure his Royal Highness of 
their desire to assist him in ful- 
filling such treaties with foreign 
powers as may have been entered 
into for the protection of their 
respective rights against foreign 
aggression; but to declare, that 
they donot think themselves jus- 
tified in approving the engage- 
ments which his Royal Highness 
appears to have contracted for 
maintaining the stipulations of the 
congress of Vienna, of which they 
are as yet wholly uniuformed. To 
state, that approving as they do 
of a defensive system for preserv- 
