quity in
the court of chancery to the same extent as the chancellors had been
accustomed to determine; and his decrees were to be of equal validity,
only they were to be subject to the revision of the lord chancellor, and
not to be enrolled until signed by him.

DEBATES ON THE TREATY WITH SWEDEN.

On the 11th of June a treaty with Sweden was laid before parliament,
which excited strong animadversion. By the solicitations of the Emperor
of Russia the king and crown-prince had been induced to enter into the
confederacy against France; and it was resolved, that, as the Danes had
been subservient to French interests, they should be deprived of Norway
for the gratification of the Swedes. To this stipulation the British
court had acceded for two reasons:--first, that by the occupation of
Norway the Swedes would be better enabled to secure their independence;
and, secondly, because it was desirable that a country which abounded
with naval stores should be possessed by a power friendly to England.
The Swedes, also, were to receive a subsidy of one million from the
English treasury; and the island of Guadaloupe was to be ceded to
its monarch, on condition of his opening a depot for British goods at
Gottenburg and other ports, in defiance of the continental system. Lord
Holland deprecated the transfer of Norway; denounced the cession of
Guadaloupe; and opposed the subsidy as inconsistent with the financial
difficulties under which the country was labouring. The treaty was
disgraceful, he said, both to Russia and Great Britain; and he expressed
his disgust at the gross inconsistency of the two courts, which had so
loudly exclaimed against Napoleon's encroachments. Earl Grey was equally
severe in his censures; but Lord Holland's proposal to suspend the
execution of the treaty was rejected. In the commons a similar
debate took place; Mr. Ponsonby taking the lead as the opposer of
the agreement; but a proposal to the same effect as that made by Lord
Holland was rejected, and the prince regent was subsequently gratified
with a compliant address.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

The session closed on the 22nd of July with a speech from the throne, in
which the prince regent expressed satisfaction at the favourable state
of affairs on the continent, regret at the continuance of the war
with the United States, and his approval of the arrangements for the
government of British India. He concluded by expressing his resolution