20] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



powers of Europe had instructetl 

 their ministers at the court of 

 Spain to interfere, to as great ex- 

 tent as was consistent with pro- 

 priety, in behalf of the unfortunate 

 indinduals, were the House now 

 to lend itself to such a purpose as 

 that intended by the hon. gentle- 

 man, it would only prevent a 

 chance of success. 



Such was the substance of a 

 speech, curious as displaying the 

 feelings of the ininistiy with re- 

 spect to the present political state 

 of Spain ; to which may be added, 

 as matter of obser\ation, some re- 

 marks from that side reprobating 

 the language which was here so 

 freely employed in degradation 

 and abuse of King Ferdinand. 

 The hon. mover in his reply was 

 ready to admit that he was taken 

 by surprise by tlie noble lord's 

 declaration of the government's 

 interference in favour of the per- 

 sons in question ; but as no effects 

 had appeared, he might be ex- 

 cused in supposing that nothing 

 had been done. The conclusion 

 of the debate was a division, in 

 which the Ayes were 42 ; Noes 

 123 : Majority against the motion 

 SI. 



On the 19th of February the 

 Earl of Liverpool moved the House 

 of Lords on the subject of an ad- 

 dress upon the treaties with fo- 

 reign powers which had been 

 laid before parliament. The cha- 

 racter of the debate on this occa- 

 sion being essentially a political 

 discussion relative to the merits 

 of nxeasures already brought into 

 effect, a very concise summaiy of 

 the arguments employed is all 

 that our report of parliamentai-y 

 . transactions can require. 



The noble mover, after a pie- 



liminary view of the state of things 

 which terminated in the victory ©f 

 Waterloo, and its consequences, 

 remarked, that there having been 

 no specific engagement with the 

 King of France, upon his being 

 restored by the arms of the allies, 

 they were bound, by their duty to 

 their own subjects, to accompany 

 that restoration with such condi- 

 tions as would afford sufficient 

 security for the peace of Europe. 

 The arrangement adopted for this 

 purpose was founded on three 

 principles: 1. the militaiy occu- 

 pation of part of France by the 

 allied troops for a limited num- 

 ber of years : 2. the pecuniary 

 compensation which the allies 

 were entitled to exact from the 

 French government : 3. a terri- 

 toiial arrangement. Of the par- 

 ticulars under these thjee heads 

 his lordship then g&xe a general 

 \iew, with the reasons for each, 

 accompanied by arguments to 

 justify that interference in the in- 

 ternal affairs of France which they 

 implied. He then took into con- 

 sideration another anangement 

 to which the papers on the table 

 related, that respecting the Ionian 

 islands ; and said that it was in 

 compliance with the general views 

 of the allies and of Europe, that the 

 British government had taken 

 these islands under its protection. 

 He concluded with moving an 

 address to the Prince Regent, the 

 tenor of which was expressing an 

 entire satisfaction with the policy 

 adopted by his Royal Highness 

 and his allies in the recent peace, 

 and approbation of the principles 

 of justice and moderation dis- 

 played in the councils of his 

 Royal Highness, with an assui- 

 ance of the support of the House 



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