The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-30 00:00:00

t n F I VI - •I u nodergooll that by a law of the Cortes n ► modificat. Lion could take place until after a certain time. Were rot the Cortes justified in refusing to allow theetettiod , of a nother Chamber? Then what would be tbe conse quent in case the King was vested Vith the power of ap pointing a Council of State to l-a converted into another Chamber ? Every Member of the Curt'at he tumid ba asade Reassemble- for bin esertoour of. the freedom of his country, and- that when the time for vengeance came. he would. be Seat into a duageou like ifitne oftbe Menthels Ofthelointer Conte,. or sent to the! I tusoisition of Valeecia, or the PrestaTios of Africa, there to languish wit his existence. He bad been a witness of the apprehensions of the French Ministry. He aas sittsfied that hail the whole of the proceetingsatYrrrina. been htid on the table before a war bad been decided on, Frame month have been so cons laced of the impolity of the war. that she would not have ventured to attempt it. hew s to. any negotiations since the Ki n g of -France's spete the Chamber of Deputies, they were worse than nuiratory. — Every . body who was in the capital at the tient, knew that war was irrevocably. filed on. It was absurd to %oppose that laying the papers on the table would have been pkejudiciil to the negotiations ; he thought thecon-. teary. All who were acquainted with OP.Government of France knew that it was the great object of the ruling pkrty there to regain their lost rightih They thought that the army having fought , against Spain, would be ready to fight again under the saute standard; and that they themselves, having honours to bestow, might rely upon the fidelity of the troops to remove the few retreats of liberty that were to be found in France. The ruling party wished to recover their feudal rights—they wished I to restore their property to the entigrants—they wished to get back the tithes. Let the House consider how those institution in France which appeared to give a hope of liberty , were curtailed and perverted. The law of elections, Ad the state of the pers., were examples of this. What must be expected from a system which recog nised such a disgraceful law es that which denounced n onislinirin for an a ttack on those rights whit!) the. King might have in virtue of his successitid to die throne, I and which directed that for inaccurate) , iwit report, or tot an error which could not, have been avoided, an editor was to be Ift:dished. and. bt ease of a repetition of offence, his journal be siispended altogether. Whet) oat can the Trial by Juri abandoned, and the lives and for tunes of citizens placed in the bands of Judges. who n ere constantly acted upon by their hopes and fears— when 'one saw all these thingi, was there not good ground fur believing, that it was the aim of tha d e mi. rant party to restore despotism, and abolish even, the I semblance of liberal institutions?—(HeOr) It was ha- I possible to say what wou ld be the event of the eat% n: theft° the pe .ple of S p ain a pp ear to act on. the system of . making no opposition tO the progress of the French firces. But . whitliee the lavadiug army was successful ot uusiccesaful,. every friend of freedom and human right would hovel* deplore the event ; if successful. then there was as end to the freedom of• Spain; if unsuccess ful, then Weald . they witness the march of ftwishin bands is the assistance of 'fiance, to, accomplish the Sab ine** of that country.... it n 1 this would ifeleedle I . sertOttiZerontive for flifi coantry, and the hare sutra tido of it Ought to Mahe us feel that we mere now to a siftiatian.When we could, more effectually than ever, put it, tint of dtc..power of the Holy Alliance to carry into effect any attack upon our own freedom, which no doubt they would attempt whenever they dare. He should elite fur the Address of nit Honourable Friend (Sir. Tancdonaltly, because be considered that the pert which thil country took in the late negotiations did not tor. respond with the dignity and station of this country ; and because he thought that the liotisters by their tun duct hadpliced us in a state of temporary cessation from bostilitiee, rather than in a state ut durable and perma nent peace.a4Hlear.) Itlr.-CURWEN considered that after the many years that a• Ministers had been -urged to a pacific system of pulley in that Howse, they had a tight to expect that their Wegoelitionlion this occatiob, which bad terminated withotit involving this country in hostilitiei, would have been looked' on with a favourable eye. For 'his part, he entirely apt:rimed of the line of neutrality in the present circumstances of the country : He could; indeed, have wished for a stronger expression of feeling on the part of this country during - those negotiations. But -he would ask, if even that stronger Pine had been adopted, *cold ft have prevented the war? The Hon. Member fir Westinimiter had said last night that so favour able were his constituents to a a ar, that thee Would ha le e e w illi ng ly continued their privations, in otter to enabl the Government to carry on the war. lie (Mr. Corwin) would undertake to say that his constituents were de cidedly against the war. His opinion was that thlicuitn tty was for peace. No man doubted that France ought to be execrated for her invasion, and there were very few, indeed, who did not wish well to Spats. But if the honour of the country demanded it, hemils vert sure that the Government would be generally supported in undertaking it. Having for an long a period been anxiously en d eavour ing in his place to obtain the Mewith ssio of race for this country, he must return h is thanks to Ministers for having preserved the country from tar.—(Hear.) • • • • Mr. 110KHOUSE old that be.wished to explain that part of his statement Io Which the honourable Member • • who had just "gat deceit' 'Boded. The import of the pas. lige ep ellnded was to Chia: that this count r y , after hay *ntadesuth.a protest tigainst the threatened attack Apon Spain, as befitted her honour and station to make, 4ntling herself ti oder the necessity of going to ear, that then the niakarity - Of his.eonstituents mould be content to indergo.their share of the hardens of war. But even this declaration be qualified by stating that in such a case it should be clearly,understooti that the.war had for its 'Object the preservation of the liberties of ,Zu r ope—that it was, in fa. t, the war of the people of Europe against the Kings of Europe. Mr. ROBERTSON said that be was friendly to peace, but not to ilia: delusive peace which promised to terud nate speedily in war. He had reason to draw the con clusi. n that our voice was nut attended to in the late tie gociations ; we were considered to be ins state of week lies% because we failed' to take the opportunity, when our influence was at its height, of securteg those commercial regulations that would have proved beneficial to the country. (inc negociations were not carried on upon comprehensive system of policy, but rather with a view. to conciliate different persons; we imposed burdens even Ou the people of the country to gain over the rulers of inreign States, and satisfied them, at-not a little expense, of our disposition to remain upon term-sof aunty with them: This conduct -was attributed to our weakness instead of jar want of prudence, and therefore it was Gist our tar Vileitee wits so very little ackomviedged in the late nes i t‘— 'clatiens. Hs dialled to call the attention of the Hotise tot • the conduct of tints- country at the tin:e of the military ' 'eccapittion of Italy. The Marquess of Londonderry stated 'IW Note to the Anitcd yowers,that this country zotilif 'Sewn to that tt.easure. Now , had the Noble p erson • aidestited Orono . tone, had he st .ted not only would We take , no part in that measure, bet that wa muildtake , evety means in Our pcieer to oppose it. the consequence of .. suet a Inanifestatimsofinle "pt-Weed strength would be such that we never would have bad to witheastiseilivasion of Spain. And estotitig to the pioecedings at Verona, he would ask was the Duke of Willhigton, a soldier trout ' . his birth, a British General fit to negotiate with uten who always spoke a language to which their hearts were • s te a tigers. Ile begged to remind the House theatntati Ol cins e n th e Doke of Wellington came .Frauce, hls tepres to the -King of that country seemed to have so* staggered his in his eauucils, that It was forthwith resolved to change THE S' 'line or condent they bed hitherto adopted. ltogtte foristry proceeded in the aline spltit, had we plageg 1,0 !.& tlkiVeybei of Triitoe all that we had doom to restore lite Beier ' hone to the throne of that kingdom—ell that we had done to OveCintatitutiorrat liberty to Spain; and had we followed', uittle review with the simple peremptory question, r. are you for peace or for ear r —had we dement's, he sessooa- 'timed that peace would have been now resting on a sure sad settled forudation. The Ministers, and those who mere opposed to war, had very mock exaggerated l b s ess I pens*, Ifs was of epiaion, thatin order to reader effectual assistance to Spain, it was not necessary for us to send a aingleman to the Continent. The House ovglie to be 'trate; that the expense of the hells of ships was' as heavy to the country, whilst they nerelying in the yatds, asif merited been at sea. The only difference in maintain a ship atsenn would be the necessity of 'implying her with mastasind rigging. W. should remember also, that there scar a Sisk int Fund Olive millions. With the number of ships ale ready prepared for service, and the low priee of tithe differentbe articles necessary for the equipment of vessehr, would in our power, with the aid of , two millions and a half, to send oat *greater fleet than France could command. If. then, we could supply Spain with the necessary munitions of war,lether, people do the rest. It was impossible that Russia unit Prussia.couid send troops to Spain, on account of their want of metuey. He would propose-also, that this country should assist Spain by other means. lie thought that loans might be made to Spain to enable her to carry on the weir. lie would not, however, imitate the conduct of Ministers when they made loans to other Powers—he world require security. The Govetnment of Spain might veer well place in our bands Minorca. and some of the set tlements in Africa, as securities for the repayment of the loans. 'The blknisteri seemed to have persuaded the mer cantile and manufacturing interest of the propriety of the course they had adopted. But he was not at all sure that tsar would net be for the benefit 'of those interests. Ile teestaereri thit War earned on Under the limits which be hadbeforetnentioned, would give an excitement to cane. coerce; but saw' the country In general, he did not think thatiewould be affected by the war. The country, ki. its presetsprese c i rcum stances, had every thing to fear—eve wer losing our lest hold on the Continent, and persuaded th sh at fear was air last course; under these circumstances heOuld vote tsr the original Address. Mr.J. WILLIAMS said, that the question toneow , reduced to a very narrow coiupas s . There was fei- titre in this discussion which gave him the liveliest 6a-' tisfactinu—namely, that front the very commencement of this debate a. few nights bark, wben the Right lion. Gentleman, with all the forms of oratory, and *mir of the ceremonies of religion, offered up a Prayer for the success of Spain, down to he latest toonseot there was but one consentient opinion as to the nature, qtuility, and ja:tice of the enterprise of France against the liberties l of Spain. AU who had taken a part in the discussion, I On whatever other points they differed, agreed on - tbis, and universally adopted, with reference to it, that One which befitted an Englishman to use. The general voice exclaimed against it as a violation of all principle as involving every thing that was odious in bad faith, and disgriating in hypocrisy. This being so, he thonght it followed as a matter of course, that squat continct de s,rved to have been deprecated tey all that remonstrance could contey. There re..s no question ire " are yon for peace or war," as some persons seeped to think. Thu was but a diversion from the real.point—it gave the go-by to the important question. The great subject of consideration was, whether or not we had, by the wild nature of our interposition, permitted that t., take place which we have averted by a stronger and firmer tone ; and whether or not our neutrality, as it now stood, was-in effect worth a lialtyear's purchase. If a firmer tone of remonstrauce would have been suceeseful in avert ing the war, Ministers could not now evade the reproach due to their weak and irresolu'e conduct, by turning rowed upon. those who investigated that conduct, and' say, " Are you fur peace or for war ":" The nature of the question being then put into its true light, the neat duty was to sitter into a fair examination slit. And first. be would advert to the manner in which the adverse piic : ties bad respectively treated our attemp's to prove peace. In the despatch of Mr. Calming to the Duke of Welling ton, dated the nth Decembel; 1:• , 20, the Right Hon. Gentleman informed his Grace, that there had been a pro posal on more than one occasion for the interposition of gianil to preserve the peace of nurope: Pointing that something could be done, the Right Hon. Gentleman re commended the offer of the interposition of the good offices of England, and acc ordin g l y as appeared, by the despatch from the Duke of Wellington to Secretary Clueing, dated :7th December, an offer WRS made of the mediation of England to heal the differences between the too par ties; and what was the reception of that note, on the part of the French Governm en tl—why, it was contemptuously rejected.. _'its Duke of Montmorency, la his ly a to the offer of mediation, says , •• Ilia Most Christi rep an Mjesty, who was hound to weig h these considerations maturely, bas therefore thought that he could not accept the media tion that his Britannic :Majesty has been pleased to pro pose to him. Ile sees, however, with pleasure, in his pro position, a new pledge of the concilintny disposition of the English Government; and he thinks that with such 1 feelings, that Government may render essential service to Europe, by offering, in like manner, to the Government of Spain advice, which, by leading them to entertain more calm views, might produce a happy :aliuence oil the internal situation of that country." Thus the Duke of Montmorency, while he rejected the offer of our media tion, recommended us to propose it to the Spaniards, who bad .already expressed their willingness to accept it.-- After the rejection of this offer, Monsieur Chatesubrisud replies in rather an epigrammatic sentence, that it would be impossible to accept the mediation of England; when no specific question of interest could be discussed, and again recommended us to use our influence with Spain; so that although France previously solicited our good offices, I when they were offered by the Buke of Wellington, on the 'suggestion of Mr. Canning, she turns round and rscom- I fiends him to go to Madrid, where they were ready to re ceive our interposition, and thus we find at no great dis- I lance of time, upon the h int of the French Minister, a cir- I cumstance which could not escape the House. an iuter•me inorandum, or renter a letter missing, was sent to Spain upon the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington. He would ask if there was not something extravagant in this conduct; was it not new that when one party, and that not the offending party, was ready and willing to • receive cur mediation at rthe very time an army was on her frontiers and her lode. pendence menaced—was it not new, that instead of reading a lecture of forbearance to the aggressor, they adopted a tone of forbearance to the oppressed; sad instead of pointing out the injustice and wantonness of those who were about to be guilty of spoliation, they called upon those who had not yet forfeited their independence, or. their resigoatiou to undergo whatever might be necessary to secure it, to mike some modifications in their Constitution, and upon this special mission Lord Fitzroy Somerset was sent to Madrid, Whom a despatch accompanied, in which were these remarkable and lameotable words—" Thus then those Spaniards who really desire the peace and welfare of their country, must look to an alteration of their Con stitution, which shall have fur its object to give the King the power of executing Ills office. I confess Ido net see any objection in this alteration, taller in the antecedent conduct of the King, or in the apprehension thit Mai. tholic Majesty still abash the power confided in him"— What ! did his tirace set ',Thing objectionable in Coale: terference which Mr. Canning , in hiseicapat'cli of the t 4th ', of Jan. to Sir Charles Stuart, condemned? Wes thoitti Own nothing objection title in this language of the Duke' of Wellington to the Spaniaids ? Was there nothing in -tit previous conduct of the King to kneel the confi deuce of the Spanish nation in him ? Dist bittiraci he.• lieve there was nothing adverse to implicit confidence be Ing placed in a hlutarob, who, in 812, cast assay-his I cpeeili id a hauble, anti condemned mew to puniahment, I let Whom lie wets unworthy; and who, after abandoning lallbfountry And his crown, o hen again restored to it, Banished into trackless deserts, or 'contagned to a linera j og s.death in dungeons, these verranen whose mai!, guilt Sari the-diegratte and dishonour of restoeheg him to iris liseonc, The Honourable Member, alter making- noise • , allosionac i te dot-omen% to %hoer. the weaks" thh poli as. cy d ise Mestere. challenged any 'Honourible ,sfDerilleinalit- who might follow hits, to-point Out a sia• gle instance during these negociations in which Mi ters permed that conrse wilieh•was con:Anted with the atigi4ty of the nation. They had , a% tilebt to complain that the universal feeling of 'England was not consulted during the whole correspondente'. That was reserved till after the fact when the pipers were laid on the table, and it was necessary fur Ministers to joatify their con duct to the people. of England, 'Fite question was 11%.l snow whether we' skottia go to war `e'r'r ro remain at petite, but whether Ministers, by delaying to apply pper language to the conduct of France, have followed that course which the honour, 4be interest, and the dignity of the country. required. Who cah fay, if the twat. sliould last twelve months, that tee shall not be a party in it ? Or who tan a nswer that the object of the French,. in this unjust , wer, is not aggraudisetnent ? Who can answer, if the work of reformatitprehould go on slowly, or. &there should be a lack of argument among those accomplished disputants from the banks of the Wolga and the walls of China, that they marnot bate recourse to Russian bayonet. ? How then would this COMM"? Stand? Could we tamely endure that Russians aht old invade Spain? While free inatitu lions wereput down, could England look on with indif ference at such atrocity? If, on the other hand, Prance should he sucnessful in her iniquitous career, who could s,y that the war would terminate in Spain? What was there in the territorial demarcation of Spain and Portu gal, if the former elloold be overrun, to prevent Portugal, our Ally, from sharing the same fate: And then he would. ask, will it be in the power of England to continue at peare, or maintain the honour and &guile of Ow Crown without going to ear? If the Duke of Wel lington had used different language from that iA his in stem Gotta ; if he had used * lirwer and a bottles tone, he bad no doubt that the taisolt would have been different. If "after the offer of our mediation hail been contumeliously rejected by France, and it had still pernyereil, what if some such language as this been used by the Duke of Wellington c—" Our advice was given which yon de spised, our mediation was offe • red which you rej after tide, yoo still persevere in this attocions en'erprier, may you nut e acetate on Ene land as an enemy ? I ones , detetided Spain, and drove from her roil the veteran le gions of Napoleon, nml I *bell not now fear your boy antly."—Coatentiesi Catilimez 'taloa, et won peseistaeseetot illus.—lf such language were then used, it would have placed the country on the hi t ches• pinnacle of independ ence and glory. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. —When in an earlier stage of these proceedings, ass Hon. mad ',earned Meunier stated that in the course of these nego ciations his Majesty's Government acted under an awful responsihility, he aptly described the situation in which they were placed, because it was impossible for us, tan" the country hail recently escaped front a war, unparal leled in duration and e xtent, to contemplate e renewal of it without feelings of the deepest anxiety. When we saw that renewed, it *mad be renewed upon principl-s affecing the ri4hts of nations and the Lbertiee of the p eo ple ; when we saw that it would be a war affecting the relations *idyl we held mast dear and valuable to us. —and when, above all, we taw that if renewed, it would affect that country with which we were bound in the reictest alliance, and that monarch, in restoring what*, to his throne, ee spent our must valuable treasure and our beat bloo d. In that view, in a question affecting li berty itself, anti affectiog that country with which tics' were so closely united. Ministers were acting under a greater and more awful reaponsibihty than had ever fallen upon any British statesman. lie could not con ceal it front himself, and the course of the debate showed how lunch the feelings of the uatiou wree excited on the resent question ; and if war it amaened to attit the policy of this countrv, it was clear that it would not be difficult mescitt the enthusiasm of the pe, , ple and carry on a war npou the peinciple of resisting' those who would interfere' in the interne regulations of unotfending nations—bat it was becalm he knew bow consonant rich a feeliogwas to Englishmen—that. it was precisely our duty to act• cautiously in the course which we were to pursue—it was because he must feel that the war, if renewed, would be infinitely prejudicial, not only to the interests of Europe, banning interested bad beeg Ennla n said by d. He the Hon.nand maintaied, notwith what Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, that peace orwar was the real question. Let their conduct be tried, and in re ference to this preliminary qualification—(Hear, hen.) —and then it would he better seen if the t a` urse we have taken to prevent that g reat calamity--gr calamity, he conceived he was justified in calling it, from the conse ' quences it threatened. It would then, he repeated, be seen if the course Ministers.had taken in the present case Was such a one as British Ministers ought to base pur sued. Whether we looked to the nature of our alliance with the nati , ns of the Continent, or whether we looked at the state of Europe generally, or the state of England particularly, there were abundant considerations to lead us to the conclusion, that if ever a duty was inculcated upon a British Minister, it was, that he was bound to make every effort to Maintain the peace of Europe, and above all, not to lose sight that it was necessary for the essential interests of this country not to hazard a war. With respect to Spain, whatever might be our sympathy for the calamities - it was about to suffer, or whatever night be our abhorrence of those who would inflict them, for the purpose of forcing an independent nation to alter its institutions --whatever, he said, were our feelings upon that subject, if we went to war we should be com pelled, in the present divided state of Spain, to take part I with one portion of the population against the other. He knew that the lion. Member for Westminster, (Mr. Hub- {louse) treated this matter with indifference; however, he admitted Spain was divided into parties, but that property and intelligence were on oneside, while the monks aod an Ignorant peasantry were embarked on the other. This *as, perhaps, true; but with respect to that part of the population whom the Hon. Member called the ignorant peasantry, it should he recollected that their ignorance was their misfortune and not their fault ; and that if they had combined against "their own interest's.— (Cheers) 'Yes I know not with what Confidence I could address a British House of Commons if I did not admit that a free Constitution would be a blessing to Spain.—(Cheers.)-- i Whatever be the conduct of England to Spain, it was err ' tainly no reluctance to join'in the cause of liberty. Good GOD ! COOlOl an Englishman show any reluctance to sup- I port liberty-liberty which had taken such firm root in his owntoil, and shot forth so many advantages! But if the ignorant peasantry had combined against their own interests, still they joined a party against whom we should act if we took a part in the war; aod there was no stronger argument against a war than the esivence of a civil war in Spain, and the necessity of our joining one party to involve the other in destruction, that alone ought to be sufficient to dire' us from engaging in it.— `lt More or lees than to take upon us to determine between two contending parties, urging one to the destruction of the other. He did nut pretend to say that he cosh' look abroad at the state of Europe with satisfaction. He thought a state of things bad re suited from the late twenty-five years' war from Which we ought to keep aloof. It was not now as before, a 'tattiest shoat some trivial State; it was a contest Isetiveit power and revolution, which, as the friends of liberty, *e must lament for the t*ke of liberty itself. 'We could 'hot tanbark on the sidn . of power against freethim, but ere should also take care nut to support the cause of tetrolution acaltislall existing establishments. The state • things en the Continent ought to make is nitiVons ere we take any Steps in the present straggle •be tifeett •Franeetinitlipain."' If we looked to tinaitnisitior *fink Weltood, there was ;so tadiOttilibi''ltuakt *-. :--~ I s wit admit that peace was our best policy ; an I yet nn one would pretend..to say that all the • sactifiees which ' • we made in the last war rendered us in.:ail:dile of going to war if necessity required it; but every out who va ' luta the interests of the country must admit that it bad i nerd of repose, and that it ought not to he plunged lee to another without an overwhelming lir ceisi ty —a wee. In which he defied the ingenttity of man to see the ter mination. The Hon. Nleettser for lVestinitisier hut In-. deed told theta, that, the was would he lo it soon. aid trivial; that it would be only necessary to send out a leer to crush the navy of Erttive ; but who could ray ii the Dame once broke out when i: could he extingitisteedd (Hear, hear). 'f he lion. Member was in tl.e habit of ehargiog Ministers with delo.ling the people by holding out Woe hopes, but if we tenharlsed in the *war on hie principle, with only a Navy, while we kept do xa our 10i. litary I. - :ce, wo should indeed be guilty of &Nines, be cause, whatever desire we might have tic.ray oil 0/ewer un.tbat pviociple, what security we wield give that it roaldeontione to he carriedon with essli•t!e chore. I (then there was soot -thing in the equation of Spain, aid some thing in the nitration of England to ads p' es to keep *or relation with our Allies, and to look on at the events on the t'oitinent without taking a p•rt in theii, it could out be deeded that our hest policy it i the present occasiou was to avoid thefatal extremity of a war. lie terated, that they were to look at the conduct of Alieieters to fan sees out that principle. and if it could he eleven that the warm its re alt would be indifferent to.ns, or that any substantial advantage would he eler;ved from it, then 44 would admit that the Hon. aleadifr was riglat anal Mi nisters wrong. But if peace oats Gur police, it waa in reference to that our conduct shualel he juilereel. • itio alojesty's Goventtoent had been :vv.-4y celled, to or e . count. not for having plunKrd the ,4%;intry into war, or , mint sued peace, hut because they ...ul not prevenicet two Powers from going to war, who. stood peculiarly . eireitimataneed.witli taco o her. It had OS) been said coat cur negotiations were deteUtive, hecouse wet did nat bold. that high and dignified toms of remoostrotose which; sonic theaght necessary, •l: eon the euhjece of remota strenee, however, there might he v trious opinions.— Some might conceive that reunt-iteeapee • engin to, I. -, in the tone and temper of the Noble Member foer S - lishary (Iseril Fulkeston-), and other's might think • titat it 'ought to be framed 10 the mote dignlimi lan page of the lion. Member who moved hi t s Ati , ifto.• , It. was very easy, to exhaust the Yoe:44aq oreit4teratio, againet'Sovereigus with whom we were not at war„ hot. he would contend that icicle a practice wet 1... h 1y- rite, - hensibk. At the mom 'time Le would not.. he 'map. stood as wishing to restrain Boat. Members from freele expressing their opiitioas in that Haste on 0116E4 Ilk% sad poblic measures.—(Hear, hear). It wae, haweeet. Impossible for any person to use yttuperative licetiag without raising feelinge of irritatioc. If his akajesty Government had not acted with more prudepre , tha;:e would have given a, toys of reproach to their n -gocia lions, which of ell things ought to be avoided, as alwaya. tending to weaken oar good understaading with o h-r Powers. it ought nut to lie forgotten' that. there was such a thing as national wide, and theref or too langnatte ought to be ineiltaiivards Poreigii Power: that was likely to irrita e ; and it *ought sena to- he considered, that if irritation diet take piece, we had it not in yer power to contemn it. if our object was to induce other Goverestwots to abainlon any nalticnig Hoe of policy, be would ask was any mode more eleCtatai than rational persuasion ?—(lie ir, tame ) The lid- nourable,alember for Westodoettr said tact tie Inman menu of the Continent wooed them .elves to revolu tion all over Europe. Pirellubhouse here nbserved that " freedom" was the word he bad ined.l If they appoe-ep freedom an the ground of self-def.we, it teas a i unwise and ignoble feeling, but if lir y were advent to it on &nee ot h e r accouor, it was Ow data. or the House t _. apply thad made of reasoning which teas likely to be, moat et, feetasl towards making them change their policy. •That was not to be done by invectives, but by showiog their that there was more danger in repressing the princi ples of freedom, than •in suffering them to. Make their way, as he (the Chtacellor of the Exchequer) believe I they most in the course of events, and the Increased in telligence of the human mind. (ehiers.) After having seentall the Powers of Europe united with the rarity against as- Hear, hear, from the Oppetaion Beeches) -Lite stated cothing that was not the fact—we at last saw them joined with us against the enemy. We cyttaioly ought nut to have declined their co-operation, utterly be cause we disapproved of the system of despotism in their respective States. The result was, that an alliance en a close nature had been funned between them and us.-- That alliance had been rendered necese.ery by the mire of uncertainty in which Europe watt pl iced at Ills close of the war. It was impossiele to suppose that every thing could have quietly settled amp et once, tLerit4se the Powers of Europe agreed to nialutein ap alliance 'among themselves, and, as an Honourable Friend or, his had said oa a former occasioa. it woald.have been unwise in us "to cut the • conneetton." Ours ought still to.: e, as it hitherto his been, the language ot p b ersuasion 1~ flier than of menace. Beat in saying this, did he inean to say that we were not to make :ow reuionstraner , or that the Powers of Europe' should be suffered to believe that the maintenance of the principles thee professed was part of our compact with them? No such thing.---, , And here looking to the document of 1920, the ]loose woul•I find it couched not in violent but temperate lan guage ; and above all, they . would see in it a teriking in stance of the principles Which. the distinguished indivi dual by whom it was awn up bad always acted•npon. It was there stated, %bo dr otie alliance so tar as regarded Great Britain, precluded nothing but tern oriel aggran diseinent ; -and that in no other respect did she feel her self bound to interfere. Such was the syeteso acted upon 6 : . ,- an individual who had been chargsd with having leagued himself with the despots qf Europe. Ile (the .Chanllor of the Exclieqnd i nt i mately ntio wuld sa of hiatotoel be bad k n own him long a mately, y that.oevee bad there been any • Statesman whose character was more misrepresented. It bad fallen to his lot to conduct. slip .affairs of the country un der circumst e nees of grist a- . culty and danger, and lie (the Chan• ellor•ot the Exch.-- I.oer) had had various opportunities of seeing how hy VT equanimity of his temper, lie appeased • hostile deetioes and reconciled adverse passions. lc was only nicestary ter him to call upon Uentlenteo to look at two sentences in the document, for an unequivocal denial of any Goiania tion on the part of the licitish Government for the abo minable purpose of overthrowing the liberties of tun kirol.—(Cheers.)—Tbe paper itself was never meant to be' put torch, being intended solely for the prrueal of those Powerson whoenit was designed to have an etfert. He would maintain that in this demonic-at there was a manly and vigoions protest against the principle ou which the attack on Spain was founded. The Circular after the Congress of Gaybach, in IS3I, was equally et plicit on the subject. . That Circular Was said by eke Hon. inember•tor Knareaborough, to be a commentary On atheliplumatic proceedings. The r-ferenue made to those documents- fifths Doke of Wellington at herons. was very py,sperly net in irritating, but in temperate lan. %nage. He would not aow gn into detail on the pars the.iial been lold before the House. It was tery rail for lion. Members to say that his Majesty's Shooters ought to have.purneed one course rather than mr.ber.-- One lion. bletabor had said that ire had not gone far enough in one negooiatioas at Verona, whereas She Hue. Member fur Westminster said that we had cam plenty succeeded three, and that the Gentlemen from the basis .if the. Hon and theTanais, had joerneyed to the lute ell mate of Italy for 'nothing, as they mutt ret urn home atom olthout weer. He (the -Chancellor of the nn einc•- k . ty believed Bait We di d succeed at Verona, o' '~x~ .~( . - - ~_ . " li iihim tic