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p 4 4>.. the like penalty, as is herein beforementioned in the case of other persons refusing or neglecting to make their returns, or to take the befolimuntioned oaths. . . IN--Audit Is hereby further ordered, That the said protector of slaves shall record and enrol in books, to be by him kept for that purpose, the whole of the returns so to be made to him, and shall keep and preserve in his office the originals of the said returns and affedavits; and for the better and more convenient keeping of the said records, it is further ordered, that the said protector and guar dian of slaves shall keep a distinct book for each quarter of the said Island, and shall therein transcribe each of the said teturns in alpha betical order, according to the name by which such plantation is described in every such return, and shall also make and keep full and exact indexes of such hocks. 21. And it is hereby ordered, That upon the prosecution of any person being the owner, proprietor, or manager of any plantation. for inflicting,or causiug ur procuring to be inflicted on any slave or slave), any punishment hereby declared illegal, if the slave so al leged to have been illegally punished shall be produced in open Court, and if the marks or traces of recent flogging or laceration *!call appear on the person of such slave, and if such slave shall in open Court declare such traces to be the consequences of any such unlawful punishment or correction, and being duly examined by the said Court, shall make a particular, consistent, and probable staterneia of all the ciicuntstances attendant on such unlawful pu nishment, then and in every such case, although such slave should not be a competent witness within the provisions of this present' order, the owner, proprietor, manager or other person, having the charge of such slave, shall be bound to prove; either that the punish ment, of which the mat kit or traces maybe so apparent, was not in flicted by him or by his procurement, or with his knowledge or consent, or that such punis h ment was a lawful punishment, within the meaning of this Order, and was inflicted in the presence of 'one such witness of free condition as is required by this present Order, and in default of such proof, such owner, proprietor, manager, or other person, as aforesaid, shall be convicted, and adindged to be guilty of the offence imputed to him ; and it is furater ordered, that every such prosecution as aforesaid, shall be conducted by the protector and guardian of slaves, and that it shall not be lawful for him to discontinue any such prosecution, except by virtue of an order in writing, to be fur that purpose issued t.lider his hand and seal by the Goiernor or acting Governor tor the time being of the said Island. 2.2. And It is further ordered, That any persons being in a state of slavery who may be desirous to intermarry, shall, at their election, apply either to the protector and guardian of slaves, or to the Com m indant of the quarter in which the woman may reside, fur a mar riage license, and as an authority to hint to grant the same, shall produce the consent, in writing, of their owner or owners, manager or managers, to the celebration thert:of; but in case the owner or manager of both, or either of the said slaves, shall refute to consent to any such marriage, or to give such written permission for the celebration thereof as aforesaid, then, and in every such case, the said Protector and' Guardian of slaves, or Commandant, as the ease may be, shall there." on issue a summons under his hand and seal, requiring the owner or manager of such slaves, or the persons or person under whose direction such slaves may be, to appear be fore him, by themselves or their agents, at some convenient time apd place, to be for that purpose appointed, such time being not more than fourteen days distant front the time when such applica tion as aforesaid shall be received by such protector and guardian of slaves, or commandant as aforesaid. And if such owner or manager, or other person as aforesaid. being duly cited, shall fail to appear before the said protector of slaves, or commandant, or appearing, shall fail to lay before him good and sufficient proof that such pro gosed marriage would be injurious to the well bring of the said slavei, then and in every such case the said protector and guardian of ;laves, or commandant, shall, without fee or reward, issue a li cense under his band and seal, thereby authorising any Clergyman of the Established Church of England and Ireland, or any Minister of the Kirk of Scotland, or any Priest or Curate professing the Ro man Catholic religion, or any Public Teacher of religion within the said island, carrying on there no other profession, business, or occupation of profit, to solemnise the marriagb of the said slaves. And it shall and May be lawful for any such Clergyman, Minister, Priest,Cur.te, or Religious Teacher, upon receiving any such license, - to solemnise any such marriage as aforesaid, and the same, when so solemnised, shall to all intents and purposes be binding, valid, and effectual in the law ; and any person by whom any suck mar riage may be so solemnized, by virtue of any such license, shall, within fourteen days next after the solemnization thereof, under a penalty of not more than twenty pounds, and not less than five pounds sterling, transmit to the said protector of slaves, a certificate of the solemnization of such marriage; and the said protector and guardian of slaves shall register in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, every marriage which may be so solemnized, with the date thereof, and the names, descriptions, and places of abode of the parties contracting, and of the person solemnising every such , marriage. I'rovided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to render any marriage be tween persons in a state of slavery valid or effectual, which would be illegal or void, if such persons were of free condition. (To be continued.) , PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 18. This morn* the Loan Dicrtrre sat for the furtherance of Ap peals at ten o'clock.—" Discow o. Campbell" was, first called on, iliWitieh Mr. FuLLawrow was heard for the appellant, and Mr. AuBYettallar and Mr. Joou A. Murotay fur the respondent, and tlr.'WEitapt in reply ; when the latest judgment in the Court of Session was confirmed by their Lordships. In the appeal of " Richardson and others e. the Countess Dow ager of Haddisigton and her husband," Mr. SoaprrELL and Mr. Mga.ast were heard for the appellants, and 'Mr. ABFICROMRY and Mr. Po:JAl:row in part for the .respondents ; after which the fur ther-hearing was postponed till to-morrow morning at ten. About ten minutes to four o'clpek the Loan Darner retired, and •t a quarter past four the Loan eIIASCIILLOS took the Woolsack. Mr. Sispronc, from the Commissioners of Dover Harbour, deli vered an Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Harbour Tonnage and Duties for the last year. Earl SPENCER presented three Petitions from different places io Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, praying for the com plete abolition of Slavery. The Noble Earl expressed his entire cOneturence in the prayer of the Petitioners, and hoped that the recommendations of his Majesty's Government on this subject to the Colopial Legislatures would be treated with the same temper as they appeared to have experienced from both Houses of Parlia ment. He should not have done justice to his feelings if he had shot taken this opportunity of noticing the praiseworthy conduct of as Majesty's Government, whose endeavours he hoped would be attended with the most beneficial effects. The Earl GROSV ENOR thought their Lordships were ra ther in the dark with respect to an important point, he meant the total abolition of slavery. It was said that great facilities would e afforded fur that object. But, at present, he knew not what those facilities were to be, and trusted that some general description would be given to the House. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, in reply, said that with reference to the total extinction of slavery, he conceived that the best mea sures to be pursued were the general melioration of the state of slaves, and, above all, tae al;trusiun of religious education. He had no hope of obtaining the extinction of slavery in any other way than by the moral improvement of slaves. AlLlioration must be gradual, by teaching the slave the value cf industry, in enabling him to ac. quire that property by which he might purchase his own freedom and procure the same benefit to his wife, and even to his own chil dren. When these measures had been fairly tried and were found inadequate, it would remain for Parliament to adopt some other means. But he must repeat it, that he relied much less upon the efforts of Parliament than upon the dittu , ion of education and the production of moral worth. All must be done through the slave himself; let him do what he could, and hold out to every man that by his own conduct he might acquire his freedom, and raise him aelf in the social system. The Earl GROSVENOR, upon the motion for going into a Committee upon the Army Mutiny Bill, ruse. and expressed his wish that the puni•hment of flogging might be abolished in the army. He was aware in saying this that the practice had by de grees diminished, and that it; some regiments it was not used at all; but was desirable to assimilate the practice of the Navy to that of the Army, where no man could be punished but by the sentence of i Court Martial. It might out, perhaps, be prudent altogether to put an end to it, but he wished somethiug to be dour.—The above Bill theft passed through the Committee, and was reported without ry amendments, to the House. • Uport the motion of the Earl of Soarstsatrav, their Lordships thelVwCot into Committees upon the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Four per Cetits. Bill, and the County Jails 13111, which were reported Whhistit any adiendments. l'he Earl of SHA FTESBURY bid upon the table the First Repetrt of the Commissioners fur inquiring into the Fn.e.ti:e of the Llfw - COurta in Scotland with regard to Appeals. - The' Earl of LIVERPOOL, said that their Lordships must b e swan e'o( the irupeiEtance of the document now laid upon the table. 'it"Sreaslo truth one of vastireat importance, as resulting from a Chrdtntstion - composed of the abhor men in both countries, and likely to lead, hi Waked, to some permanent system. Be should therefore at early day take an opPqrtioity to +propose ti at ti Retort .should Ise referred to a C.imsuttee of liken. Lordshigli, to see whai Bills-Might in consequence be brought in. The. Sugar-Bdunties Mond thielrefsind Court of Exchequer Bill were read respectively a second time. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reference to an Appeal Cause, moved that the hearing which stood for Friday should be adjourned to Monday neat, on the alleged ground that on Friday the Counsel were obliged to attend In the Vice-Chancellor's Court. He wished to remind their Lordships, while conceding this point, that it was an absolute rule of that House for COunsel to attend there its the first instance, as the highest Court of Judicature. Mr. MILLING, from the Millbank Penitentiary, delivered the Re port of the Superintending Committee on the state of that prison. —Adjourned till tomorrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. TREMA YNE presented a Petition from Bodmins praying .for the Abolition of Negro Slavery.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. FREEMA NTLE presented a similar Petition from Buck- Inghanishire.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BLACKBURN presented a Petition front the Merchants and Manufacturers of Russendale, in Lancashire, against the Ex portation of Long Wool.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CUR WEN presented a Petition from Cumberland, praying for the Abolition of Negro Slavery.—Ordered to he on the table. Colonel PALMER presented a Petition from St. Peter and Paul, of Bath, praying for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes. He read most of the Petition.--Ordered to be printed. Mr. 111 A BERLY gave notice that, on the 9th of May, he would move fur the repeal of the whole of the Assessed Taxes. Mr. S. RICE, in presenting a Petition against the repeal of the Linen Bounties, expressed a hope that those Bounties would not be repealed without the amplest consideration, and the fullest conviction of its justice; it would materially affect the rising trade of two Provinces. Colonel FRENCH also stated, that the consequences of repeal ing those bounties, even in the limited degree; would be ruinous. To repeal them, novr that they had been enacted, would be to lose one of the must powerful means of tranqpillizing Ireland. - The Petition was from the Chamber of Commerce, Limerick, and it having been read, Sir H. PA lINELL stated, that he felt compelled to differ in opinion from his Hon. Friends. He deemed that the linen trade of Ireland was so completely established, that the change would not affect it in the least. _ _ Sir J. NEWPORT trusted that the matter would be calmly and dispassionately discussed previously to the duties being repealed. Sir R. FERGUSON observed, that the alterations had the ap probation of the Linen Manufactory of Scotland. Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, that he had that morning for warded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a Memorial from the Grand Jury of the County which he represented, against the repeat of the bounties. Where the linen trade had been established, ewe daily in the West of Ireland, it was not merely of local value, but was useful towards the general improvement of Ireland. He was for a gradual repeal of the bounties, if any repeal were attempted; he would' not contend that the bounties ought to be continued for an unlimited period. . .• Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said that the alarm in Ireland was great, occasioned by the proposed, repeal of the bounties. Mr. MABERLY said, that when the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer talked of repealing bounties, be ought also to repeal the duties on the raw material—( I-lear, bear).—The discussion ought not to be brought forward in this incidental way, and if the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not promote a discussion, he would, by moving the repeal of all the duties—( Hear, hear.)—The proposed repeal was ill-advised and unconsidered.—The Petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Shoemakers of Liver pool, praying for a Repeal of the Combination Laws.—Referred to the Committee on the Laws. A Petition was presented against the Hides and Skins Bill. )Ir. HUME complained of the manner in which this Bill was conducted. He should certainly oppose it if he knew when it would come before the House, as it was quite full of absurdities and contradictions. He wished to knew when the proposer of the Bill intended to move for a Committee upon it, because, as it was a Private Bill, the House might perhaps be tan by surprise? The SPEAKER said the Honourable Member need be under no apprehension in that respect, as he considered this Bill to be such a Bill as entitled Members to the usual notice upon public Bills. Mr. G. BENNET trusted the House would reject the Bil— -1 Ordered to lie on the table. ~` . 4 , .7;4, - a,!; . . 'IMPRESSMENT. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from an individual , named Butler, respecting the present practice of Im pressment. The Petitioner had been for many years a Master in the Navy ; and had therefore considerable ex perience on the subject.. One of the principal difficul ties attending the manning of the Navy was, he con ceived, the unlimited length of service. The nest was the irregular state of discipline on board the ships; in some of which the number of lashes varied for the same offence. The third difficulty was in the disgust felt by seamen at being commanded by Midshipmen boys. This, however, he believed had now been altered. The fourth difficulty he felt was, the low rate of pay. He (Mr. Hume) thought the remarks of the Petitioner were well worth attention, particularly as this was a fa vourable time for giving them consideration. Mr. SYKES spoke in favour of the Petition, and thanked the Honourable Member for Aberdeen for having introduced the sub ject to the House. Sir It. WILSON spoke to the respectability of the Petitioner.— The Petition was ordered to be printed. SILK TRAM Mr. BARING presented a Petition from the London Committee of the Silk Trade against the proposed alter ations of the Duties . on Silk. They were still of opinion that the alterations of the duties would be the ruin of their trade ; and with that destruction the ruin of very many thousands of journeymen. They therefore prayed to be heard by Counsel at the Bar, and that to refuse them to be so heard would be gross injustice. Their case had not yet been fnlly and fairly stated to the House, and to refuse them being heard by Counselwould be acting with more levity than the House evinced re garding a common Turnpike Bill—(Hear). The House might say they would not hear the Petitioners at all, but it would be an ungracious as well as an unjust decision. Mr. ELLICE did not oppose the prayer of the Peti tion; he thought the subject could not be too often dis cussed; but the Trade of Coventry was satisfied with the Chancellor of the Exchequer's arrangements. Sir J. MACK INTOSH said, he could not entertain the opinion that the Government had been too hasty in pro moting free principles of trade ; he approved of the changes which had been slowly promoted. He could not approve of the desire to promote free principles, and resist the instance of effecting such change when it was , proffered. He was pleased with the change, and he thought that they could not too soon carry it into effect. He trusted that the Government would act ie,olutely, and would not Yield—(Hear, hear). Mr. TIERNEY said he spas obliged to say a few words. His Honourable and Learned Friend (Sir J. Mackintosh) would promote free trade and shut out free discussion (Hear). Nobody was to say any thing against what the Ministers thoughtthe best mode of carrying their plans. ' He thought the country was greatly indebted to the Member for Taunton (Mr. 80. ring) fur the course he had pursued ; he, however; had come to the House to support the Bill ; but in what si tuation did lie find himself? He thought the Chancel lor of the Exchequer had come to terms with the trade, and now it was discovered that such was not the fact— (Hear, hear). lie was a friend to the principles of free trade—at the same time he felt himself bound to hear, from those who were to be affected by the proceeding, what they had to say against it. It was said that the prohibitions were to be removed in two years and ahalf —he did not believe that such would be the case. As, to their resolves, last Session two or three thousand per sons bowed them into the lobby ; but the House would not listen to them. They went to the Lords, and found a more conciliatory spirit ; and the ►heasure was not a tythe part of the interest of this. One word, however, would not have been heard from him, if he thought the prohibitions were likely to be removed ; but he trusted that the Hothe would allow the Petitioners to be heard by their Counsel. -'Y • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was grateful for any compliments paid to his plans, hut he could not receive them at - the expense of the Noble Lord (Bexley) who preceded him in his office. He had frequently been complimented on this point, a...! placed in an embarrassing situation, for he assured tire H..use there was not a sounder friend of the principles of free trade than that Noble Lord. Such was the fact/ As to the present case, he feared if we were to wait till all parties were agreed, that we should have to wait till Domesday—(A laugh). But he could not agree that they ought not to he heard by Counsel, if they strewed that there were points w hich they wished to press. He had heard varrim of all sides on this subject; and it would be to deceive the trade, to say that he thought anything they could urge m as likely to affect his opinion. He thought that the employment of Counsel would be a useless expense—but that would be for the consideras tion of the parties. If the Member for Taunton (Mr. Baring) moved that Counsel be heard, he should not bpposc such motion, considering that they had a right so to be heard—( /fear, hear). Mr. WHITMORE was of opinion that Government had adopted the best course they possibly could with re spect to the difficult question which they had to deal with. Mr. HUME hoped that the Government would per severe in carrying the measures which they had pro posed into effect. He was sorry to understand that a very feverish state of feelit had prevailed in the City during the whole of this day, in consequence of a ru mour that one of the Lords of the Treasury had, in an interview which had taken place between him and some persons connected . with the silk trade, intimated that the measures which had been proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman opp.osite would undergo some change. Mr. HUSKISSON said it was not the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to make any changes in their plans. Lord A. HAMILTON trusted that the arrangement about drawbacks would be further considered. Mr. BARING said, that the Petition proceeded from the Committee of the Trade, who had had a public . meeting on the subject. The proposed system, to be good for anything, ought to be perfect and consistent in all its parts. The proposed -system was not such. They might say what they pleased about free trade— lint while the loaf in another country was half the price of what it was in this, their efforts, if carried into effect, would be ruinous to thousands—(Hear.) The free trade must be extended to food alto: the Corn Bill was still to be continued. The trade in silk had been bribed by the drawbaLks. 11e was glad that the House had been rescued from the disgrace of refuting to hear the trade in London through their Counsel. The Petition was then read, and Counsel was ordered to be heard when the Bilf would be in Committee, to-day. SPAIN. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to bring forward his Motion relative to the evacuation of Spain by the French troops. The Noble Lord said that Ms object in the pre sent Motion was not to bring any charge against Minis ters for the line of policy they had pursued since the cotnmenceme.nt of the last Session with respect to Spain. It was his opinion, however, that if they had acted dif ferently at the time the Congress of Verona was held, ' the war Might have been prevented. What he wished to discuss at present was not the late war, which was now merely matter of history,- but the policy his Ma jesty's Ministers meant to pursue with respect to the oc cupation of Spain by French troops. In the former war with France the great object was to prevent that coun, try from occupying the Peninsula. Now that French' troops were in possession of Badajoz, St. Sebastiarri-Ca diz, and all those places which had been won by British valour, and at the expense of British blood, he could not believe that the question was not one of great inte rest to the Crown, to the Parliament, and to the people of this country. The consequence of their successes. against the Ruler of France was the peace of-181+, not perfected till 1818, and resting on principles quitemew to this country. The principles—on which she formerly acted he could not better describe than in the words of Addison-- " "Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending State; To threaten bold pre.uniptuous Kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbour's prayer!" The effect of acting on these principles for a time was, that nations were encouraged to make some of-., forts towards the attainment of freedom. But 1s the struggle the best men disappeared; and not having met with any encouragement from England, instead of heaping blessings on her, those who hoped for her encouragement and were disappoinled, only prayed that some great calamity might overtake her. The union of the great Powers of Europe, in one assembly, pro duced two important consequences. The first was, that such a union was peculiarly liable • to abuse, and the second that abuses would be much more difficult of correction. In 1820, the Allied Monarchs issued a De claration, which was declared by Lord Londonderry to be contrary tq the fundamental laws of this country.-- In the very first circular that proceeded from them, al lusion was made to Spain. A year and a half back, Ministers had no idea of any intention to attack that country; but while the British Government was thus asleep at its post, the Allies were pursuing their course steadily: When the French troops entered Spain, it was for the express purpose of introducing a less democra tical form of .government, but still a government con sistent with the principles of freedom and the wishes of the people. With respect to those who conducted the Spanish revolutio9, there were only two ways in which they could be successful—either by conciliating all,in terests, as happened in the revolution of 1688, or by acting as the Jacobins of France did in their late revo lution. The consequence was, that when the French entered Madrid, they found two great parties ready to join them ; the one consisting of those who were op posed to the Liberals in favour of a modification of the Constitution, and the other of those who were in favour of a restoration of the absolute Monarchy—those who !fad robbed on the highways, and those who were afraid that the Constitutional Government would in time de prive there of those means of suprrt which they had hitherto derived from the bounty of others—the rabble, who were fed by the Monks. And what had been the conduct of the French sublequently to their obtaining the entire possession of the country ? Had they given the people a free Constitution ? Had they given them those improved institutions which they had promised, and which they said could only properly emanate from the hands of the Kiag ? Not one of those things had they done. The language of the Duke d'Aligouleme, in the. Proclamation which he Iddli:ssed to the people of Spain on entering that country, 'Wks, ihattey " aia nht-tuw tend either to itnpose laws, or Oa occupfthe country ; they desired only the deliverance of Spain; and when they should have obtained that, they should return to their country happy in having preserved a generous people from the disasters which a revolution engene dered, and which experience enabled them too well to comprehend." Such were the professions of the Doe d'Angou!eme, in the name of the French Government, before he set foot in Spline For the sake of the peace and happiness of that country—for the sake of the in. dependence of other nations.-.it would have been bett er if the Duke d'Angouleme had not been sent to Sp a i n at all ; hut for the sake of his own character and that of the French Government, as well as for that of the restored Government of Spain, and for the sake of those who had been induced to throw themselves under his protection, he should not have been left so -weakfit supported as to be unable to tetvent the violation of all the pledges he had given, and the hopes he had held oet. The situation of Spain was now much worse than beke e the ancient despotism was destroyed, because thesemen might keep their opinions unknown, and might cultia vate the sciences and liberal arts in quiet, and without molestation; but during the short reign of the Conti. tution the opinions and pursuits of all became known, and those whose sentiments were not conformable to the spirit of absolute monarchy, and who were more en lightened in their views than the supporters of des. potism, became exposed to insatiable vengeance and re= lentless persecution, from the besotted ignorance and in tolerant bigotry of the latter on the resteration of the old order of things. The-NotSle Lord then proceeded to argue that the political situation of Spain was at all times an important object of consideration in the policy of this country, and that the knowledge of that ciictrm stance had orerated with France and the Holy Alliance, who, in their determination to restore the ancient des potism. in 'the government of 'that count)', were Ie• tuated in no slight degree by their desire to keep down the influence of this country in continental pi litics. It was well known that the Holy Allies were extremely jealous of everything connected with freedom of opinio n . & strong instance of that jealousy was exhihited in the ' application to the Authorities of Switzerland for thee*. pulsion.from their territory of certain persons who had sought • refuge there, and were provided with regular .passports—a circumstance unknown in the history of .the public law . of Europe. If they interfered ir. that way with Switzerland, what prevented them from a si. milar interference with this country but a fear of the power of public opinion ? That fear WAS not confined to the opinions expressed on the liberal side of that House; not, for instance, to the doctrines and- opinions of the Honourable Memlier for Westminster, but it ex tended also to the other side of that House; for the Ho. nourable Member for Yorkshire (Mr. Stuart Wortley), and the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department (Mr. Peel), ere considered by them as dangerous as the most violent of their opponents on the popular side. One of the grounds of war alleged by France against the Constitutional Government was, that it had attacked the French Government through the English newspapers. If that were so, it afforded a much stronger groundlor a war against England, for allowing ssich attacks to be made. It was obvious to him that it was the intention of the Holy Alliance to extend their' policy , to the Con tinent of South America. They would not send thither an armed force, as they had done to Spain, because they knew that that would place them at once in opposition to the United States of America and to Great Britain ; but they sent their emissaries and agents to foment dis putes and disagreements, in hopes that, when' worn out with internal dissensions, those States may be in duced to cheose for their form of Government .ttiat species of Monarchy which they are desirous of seein; universally established: The Right Honourable Gen tleman (Mr: Canning) had said on a former occasion, that while any attempt was carrying on by Spain 'to reduce the Provinces of South America to their former subjection to the Mother Country, it would not be honourable for this country to interfere in the contest. He (Lord John Russell) undoubtelly would not deny the right of Spain to persevere in such a contest, nor would he advocate the interference of this country white Spain should have the means of prolongieg it sui jun:. But he could not assent to the right of Spain being made the pretext for an attempt to concise.- those pro vinces for the purpose of establishing t' ere some prin ciple of Monarchy which the Holy Allies might have chosen to have set up as a model of the Government to be adopted by them. And he would contend that this country had a right to say to F. ante, that as long as her troops held possession of Spain, any attempt to subdue the South American provinces by the 4astssit forces would be regarded by this country in the same light as an attempt by the troops of France herself; for it mutt be obvious that in any such attempt, while Spain was in the occupation of French troops, the use of her name and the cover of her right could be nothing more than a false pretence to conceal thedeigns and attempts of France and her Allies ; designs alike hostile to the interests of this country, to the general cause of freedom in Europe, and to the independence of civi lised nations, and of the world at - large; desipss which . had for their object the complete subjugation of the people to their despotic principles of Government, aid the degradation of the human species to that level which should limit them to the exercise of those faculties which they possessed in coin men with the brute crea tion. He conchgled by moving— " That an bumble Address be presented to his liejoety, praying thatbe will be graciously pleased to'direct that there be laid betel's this House copies, or extracts, of any communications which may ' have been bad with the Government of France respecting the eva cuation of Spain by the French troops." Sir R. WILSON begged to make a few observations on this very important subject—a subject not only em bracing our foreign policy, but one atlect og directly the interests of ten millions of people, and, collaterally, of millions of the Portuguese, whosefate. and fortunes would be influenced by cur decisions. He agreed with' much of what, fell from the Noble Lord, and he hoed they would be al.Sle to extract such opinions from Ml' nisters as would be useful to Spain and to hutpanity.-• Every one must agree With the Noble Lord as to the barbarity of the unprovoked aggression upon Spain, an aggressicrn which even success (generally covering the delinquency of such attempts) only added to the enor• mity of the attack. The military occupation of Spain, combined with the influence of Russia, was highly dangerous to the honour and security of this country. It was a public scandal which ought no longer to be permitted. He had heard that the Gcvernment of this country agreed to be the arbitrators-of the differences between Spain and South America, and that London was to be the seat of. a sort of Congress ,for the pew ties of South America and Spain, in order to come to some final settlement of the questions between thorn." 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