The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-06-14 00:00:00

•,••••••• V 4 ~_: ~. ; .. ~~ 111 r, SCA RLETT explained, and moved that the House pan to the other Ordure of the Day. The question being put, the Order of the Day was read, anti, on the motion of THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK: Lord BINNING said, that as be had a statement' to make on behalf of an individual who connived his con duct to have been misrepresented in that House, be hop ed the House in its caotiour and intrirtiality, would show Limits Ando** acaosiatie he emb....voutul hrythst Jetts ' tsefore it. It would,he in the reeol lectien of the House that the Noble Lord.(Hemilton), the Member for. the Comity of Lanarh, in his speech, a few, Malts ago, aoltnadrerted on the conduct *Eche Sheriff of that Comity. . Me. cANNINU here innorupted the N0b1e:4,14,0d said be objected tb the statement in which he was about to proceed. He thought in fairness, tint Noble Lord ah.'uhl first give notice to the Hon. Member 'for Labark, of.tbr stitement he intended to make, that he might be the hotter able to reply to if. Mr. BROUGHAM said he quite joined In, opinion with the Right Hon. tient., and for this additional reason, not ably that his Honourable Friend the Member for the county of Lanark, might be made acquainted with the statement to which helves to give an answer, but because if the Noble Lord proceeded now be would feel it his duty to contradict other statements which had been made on that occasion, bat which he would pass over, should the Noble Lord decline persisting. He hoped be would corsent to postpone it to Tries lay, and, perhaps, in the intermediate time, be wotil.l think it the mast prudent (louse to leave the matter o here it was. If so, he pledg ed himself to let his complaint pass by unnoticed. Lord BINNING consented to postpone it to Tues day if that day should suit the Noble Lord's conveni once. Lord A. HAMILTON said a few words which Its could rot heat. • The SPEAKER said that - rdich discussions. though fr. morn(, were.not regular wit lion t notice of motion, and on fuesday it womb! not be more regularthanit was then. Without . a motion such a discussion could not be receiv ed unless by the courtesy of the House. BEER DUTIES BILL. On the Order ortbe Day. being moved tot bringing.tlp time Report on.the Beer Duty Bill, Mr. DENISON said that lie rose on behalf of a rood derable hotly of his eoutititurnts to object to t ens calculated to ruin those who had embarked large ca pitals in the brewing trade. It was said that this. Bill was introduced to prevent frauds on the Revenue, but the brewers would consent to any penalty, however se vere, being imposed, rather than this Bill should pass, -which would completely ruin then,. They Would. pre fer the penalty of transportation or confiscation of- pro perty. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer allowed the b-er to be mode in the present brrwhooses, and did not cooly." the brewers to build new Inedlionsts, not less than 200 yards distant. from the old one', lie was instrnct ed nor to oppose the .Bill. if this clause was not oith eltaan, he hoped that at all events the Right Hon. Gen t! man would postpone it for a 'ear, and agree'to the ap poi vteueot ot.a Limmiittee next Session. As he inferred from the silence of the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, that be, s gici,not assent to his proposition, lie would move as . art•wot dreent, that the Report be received that day three I mottbs: Mt. ItIABEIRLY said that this was a most unjust aoil unfair Blli. Enough bad been already said to cow voice the House thatsbeaubject requited investigation. HOwever, if the Right Hon. Gentleman persevered, he would feel it his. bounden duty next year to move for the repeal of the duties on beer, which were in his opinion partial and unequal, as ,falling heavier upon the lower than the higher orders. Mr. MONICK opposed the Bill on the part of the brew era and the publicans. : The bill was calculated to confer little Went on any class. The intermediate quality pro posed by theetiatwollor will be very little better than ,hit permitted to be. brewed at present. If he would en-. lyidittw fob( barrel* of beer instead of five to the quar tet; it devoid be acceptable to the poor, and would enable tl lateirere to wake beer of the quality which would do Bier credit. , 'The AIiANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the restriction objected to by the Hon. Member for Sur rer, ties in his opinion absolotely necessary to render. the MR eglitual: If this restriction were nut i mpo-ed, the brewers hy - mixipgo the higher and loner quality would then sell the mixture as the higher, and only pay the dettratibe lower: Tints would the people and the . Revenue le defrauded which would entirely defeat tits abject of 0104 Residee the greater number who brewed this beer, the belies it was. likely to be t. but if the brewers acre pei mined Kt make it, it would be only confirming the wonopoly whtelt they now possessed, to the injury of mins. abets.. If he wrre to accede,to , the • tour barrels Instead of five to the quarter, it would mate rially i dim the brewersof porterood prevent, them from any fair competition with the new brewer. He. there fore hoped thelkuse would pass this Rill. Mr. BERNAL said that in his opinion, the mixing of these beers might be prevented, if some more effectual measure than the existing law were adopted. At present it aas required that there should he only a thin parti tion .between the place where both beers were made,. , which rendered it a matter of no difficulty to mix them He was satisfied that the public would have a better bi refuge if the present brewers were allowed to manufac: tore it. The clause amounting to a restriction was mos t , oppressive and ought to be withdrawn. Mr. C. SMITH tnoueit it better that the Bill should be,postponed for another year, that some measure more co ngenial to the - interests of the brewers might be de vised. He contended that this measure sould:not benefit the public. Mr. RICARDO said - that he sgriii sti lei the Hon. !dumber for Rochester, that this Bill w ould be inopera tive, The Chancellor of the Exchequer ought' to make the preamble of the Bill, one for confiscating of the pin petty of the bressers, for it amounted to nothing less in effect. The Right Hon. Gentleman was right in taking caee of the Revenue; but as to the public, let these be left to -themselves, for if they get a bad liquor, they will'be s •:e to go where they will Lind it better. He thought it right that it should he tried for the rake of ex erience for one year. He could not believe that the. House would now sanction it as a permanent measure. Mr. WODEHOUSE expressed his concurrence with ell those who opposed the Bill, as to its inefficiency'. If this inewsure was only. experimental, there was no occasion to Witch sack heavy penalties to its violation. It would be so injurious to the interests of a number placed in par trots& circomstauces, the ts he could not with propriety vole• for it. Mr. MARRYATT said that all the humavenience of the present system would be removed by doing !way, • itti the distinction between the private and the.public brewer. He did not understand Irby a distinction of •t@o yards was selected beyond any other. He thought it, 'lonia be referred fur consideration to a Committee. Mr. HERR! KS said that the Him. Gentleman stomod to forget that this bill had been already a longtime hetet* the House, when he recommended it to the consi; &ration of a Committee. Ilaviog beew to long before. , the House, and undergone so many emendations, he did rotthink much additional information coati be derived from a Committee. He contended that the_ principle of the.Bila was entirely in favour alb, consumer. He for o e would oppose the Bill if the. restriction. clause ivos left out.. The Merquese 11 TWIFIRLD said there Was die*. crepancy between the arguments of the Itlght. Hon. Ben- Masao, the Chancellor etas Exchequer, and the Him liciatlenian.; who had last sat down, upon the subject in gantlets. U. thossibethot so isessure ought to be sane r . tioned.hy the House, wWseut a dee rintermp In his opinion eaten unjust so to bt capriciondy remoned.. Uap queues* of the present $4l would be t i out ofthe•market a better description I be brewed under the new system. erl that the poor would never be content/ stiltli beet/Aid inferior price. He suggested to the Right Hon. Gentle man; the Chancellor of the Exchequer,the expediency of withdrawing the Bill for the present, and bringinglor ward the question ageindu the course of the next Session:, The gallery was then cleared for a division. 1 , • Ares, 32 ;—Noes, 26 , ;—Majority lir favour of the 'Bill; 6. 1 The report was then brought up, and upon the motion' that it be now received, The Marquess of TITCHPIELD moved as an amend: went that the Bill be recommitted. A division having-taken place, the numbers were For the original motloo, 36i—Againse it, 201—Ma jority for receiving the report, lit CHIEF. BARON O'GRADY. On our re-admissidn to the Gallery, we found Mr.SCA lILETT ou his legs, arguing against the ex podiency of going into the rescolntioos proposed by Me. S. Rice, respeotiog the conduct of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. He maintained, that at the pre sent advanced period of the Session, it was impossible the House could sit long enough to come to a sati-fae tory conclusion on the subject. He wished that the ques don should be postponed till the commencement of next Session, , when he would give every assistanee in his power in furthering the object of the investigation ; but if it was brought, forward at present he should, from a sense of duty, hold himself bound to oppose it. Mr. S. RICE said that he had en previous occasions ex pressed a 0.4106;11°n either to postpone or bring .forward 1 the question as the justice of the case might require. ' Therefore, if he could not now agree to the proposed delay, ' unless under a partieuler antingeney, he hoped that no im putation of pertinacious obstinacy would attach to him. The patty most interested had deprecated delay, es unjust towards the party against whom the charge was made, con sequently it was from that quarter slope the call for delay ought now to coma. For his own part, lie was entirely antler Or cOittroul of the Hoes*, and if tney now resolved not to Weenie the motion, be would not pledge himself to bring it forward next Session. for he should leave the responsibility with those who were in favour of postpone ment at a time when he was prepared to heir& ou the dis cussion. Mr. SCARLETT thought it only fair towards the Learn ed Judge in question; that the House should not proceed at present, unless they were Strewed to act decisively. It appeared to him that his Honourable Fared bad too much good fee:ing to expect that the request far delay should come from the lioneueable Gentleman alluded to—the son of the Learned Judge. it was not to be presumed, in the delicate situation in which that Gentleman stood. that he Would make any each request. Ile (Mr. Sesrlett) spelled to the son of the Chief Baron to know whether he would object to the postponement, and his answer was, that lie considered himself perfectly neutral with respect to the question. Mr. CANNING admitted that the Hoc Gentleman could not sit silent while called upon to proceed. What he, (Mr. Canning) suggested, was the withdrawal of the call. It was not td be expected that the demand should be made on the part of the son of the Learned Judge, as such au act ;night be liable to be misconstrued. As to the question it self, be had with much difficulty and inconvenience endea voured to possess himself of the principal facts, though he was by no means prepared to say that he was master ul the whole merits of the case. Minh was to be taken on autho- City, and still more on trust. lf, Iwo et er, the.questiost was brought forwarti at present. he should be ready to come to to Individual vote on some of the Resolutions. but he thon e olit be should derive great advantage by having further time for inquiry and consideration. He pledged himself that in the, interval between this and the next Session be should not either directly, or by implicetion, give to any person the Islightest colour of his opinion on the subject. Mr. S. RICE said be could not lightly undertake the responsibility of postponing the question. There had been , out of doors a variety of publications, charging him with a neglect of his duty, and stating that he would net dire to proceed in the business ; it was therefore impossible that be should now consent to the postponement without a distinct pledge, exonerating him from all future respon sibility. Mr. CANNING said be should be always ready to bear testimony to the correct manner in which the lion. Gentle man has acted. 1 Mr. RICE, the Niuth Report of the Commissioners of + Inquiry was entered on. read, and Mr. SCA RLETT moved the postponement of the dis cussion upon it till next Session. On the amendment being put, Mr. HUME said he should divide the House on the atnendtromt, which he considered merely as a motion to get rid of the charge altogether. He, was sorry that the desire to avoid inquiry into the conduct of the Judge ap pellee.' to be the result of a connivance on both sides. of the House, Mr. SCARLETT denied any connivance on his part. Melia& only heard of this question two or three days ago, and then he expressed a wish to be present at the discus, sion, also to make himself acquainted with it, therefore he merely wanted the question to be postponed. If that was a connivance, he pleaded guilty to the charge. His object was not to precipitate any discussion, and therefore wished that the contiiderati on of the subject should be post poned until himself and other Members could make up their minds upon it. Oa looking over the Report of the Committee, he did not see any thing to warrant him in concluding that the Judge bad acted from corrupt motives. If the House should resolve to adopt the Resolutions, an impeachment must follow, and that would require nume rous forms, which could not be gone through in the present Session. Mr. HUME declared that he made no personal allusion to the Learned Gentleman. Mr. HUTCHINSON said he was convinced that the House was not in a state• to enter into the proposed in quiry in the present Session. Mr. WYNN slid be tray perfectly prepared to enter into the discussion of the question proposed by the Hon. Member for Limerick; but when he saw so small an at tendance of Members, he though it would be better to put it off to the next Session. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, that after the evidence that had been given before the Conindttee, it would be incone sistent with the character and dignity of the Clause to postpone a question which involved in it the character. of a man •bolding the high situation of a Judge; and, it was a duty which the House owed to the Judge him self; to came to speedy a decision on the charger made against him, Colonel BARRY said,thatifltethonght there was any •uncertaioty ant° this business coining forward next Sets sion, he aould move for entering into the discussion inn . otediately. But he thought it would he highly inconse oient to bring it on this Session. Sir J. N EW FORT said he wished to ask these Gentle men who wanted to put off this question to another Ses sion on accoent of not having sufficient information,• why they had not read the documents that had.heen be fore the House during the spec! of IS months. The Honer owed it to she due administration of justice in ; Ireland, to take care that these charges should not be de. 'eyed, and that it should be ascertaieed ,as speedil y a s possible whether the individual in question was bud' lliia time to.contiaue in the exerciae of his WO j u d ic i a l Wisdom. mi. S. RICE said be had ,repeetedly pressed this ios quire t. and ben* all fetidly met by motions for..de lay., If -the , queetioo w now pot oil, lie alipeld.oot, pl e dge hiuseel to . bring it forward next Session, e.Mivesib a charge, wpm thattpreforged , .apiaa svloillipia THE STATESM AN • Lter Hill, would the Ho trialtiet for a single day ?- 0. illefiN ET was cone tlt result of a connivam botb.sii Mr. PEEL expressed his astonisiteartanimao....— 'Gent/multi - Wm had 'been absent dunng the whole of iKa night: red who, only. just ecatne. down at eleven o'clock, shceild, after thin grossly neglecting-his-deny, ' get tip maVe so injnat a chime against the Members lon both. sides of the House.-0-lear4 %Yas it fair or that duty,ahot ln illdlekon. lie a lasa me fOirwardis,with•chartghesel inerely od conjecture? Mr. BROIGHAM said he had the misfortune not to have heard the debate, anti he therefore took to himself a por ion of the charge of gross dereliction of duty, whirls the Right Hon. Gentleman bail littog out against all those who were similarly situated: Labouring, how ever, as he did tinder such an intpOtation, he was called up to protect, as well against the positions of the Right Hon. Gentleman as the tone• in Which they were deli* vered. Ile denied that any Member had not a right to speak upon any sulject, for he 0 , 114 not separate the right of voting from that of delivering opinions. Ile had understood such to be the custom of this Homer hitherto. ' lie rejoiced, however, to hear new and differ ent &Alines broached for the tint time, but he hoped they would be porstsed consistently.—(Cheers )1 110 hoped that such scenes would not be again witnessed, which this House had been but too touch accustomed to. —Night after night, at a certain hour, the benches were seen deserted," the green and brown colours of the seats only prevailed ; hut Gentlemen were sure to be in at the division. • This " gross dereliction of duty" was dis- Iplayed regularly every night from seven o'clock to ten. le (Mr. B.) as a reformer; thanked the Right Hon. Gent.: for the tirade which he bad pronounced.against Gen tlemen votingon questions which they had not heard dis cussed, though be could not help being a little surprised at the high tone in which it was pronounced, tit any man bnt in the Right Hon. Gent, a glaring departure front that suavity by which he. had bean hitherto distinguish ed —((bear.) But the fact was, that the Right lion Gentleman had obtained an advantage, as lie supposed, for once in his life, over his (Mr- B.) Hon. Friend (Mr. Bennett), and he therefore chuckled twee it.—(kind cheers.) And it was reinarkabW, too, that the Rt. Hon. Gent. was cheered loudly by his friends about him— those friends who were in general so mite, bon upon this occasion so sonorous and inusiral.—(blear, bear.) The flight Hon. Gentleman, however, had got within his ad versary's lire, without replying to his argument. lie, again, however, thanked him for the" advice which he had given, and be hoped the practice of this House in that respect in fntnre wtottld be mended. For the busi ness of this Ilonse was met to be carried on in a way of which the public had but little idet. At a certain hour in the evemng—sov seven o'clock. if an angel was to set ' upon the bench's, he could not keep the Members there, i and he (M r. 11.) believed that no other question whatever, but one relating to the Royal Family, could then keep theta there. It mattered not hew important or interest ing the question was, the desertion was general, and at' this usfortnnate bout the evacuation was complete, the seats were suffered to repose without any ineumbranre, and the pnblicquestioas were left to shift for themselves. (Laughing.) But what did the Right lion. Gentleman think of " pairing off ?"—(Hear ) Where twoqientlo -11110 regularly entered into a mutual contract to vote in certain ways without hearing a word upon the subject,. on one side or the other ?—(Cbeera) Sir FRANCIS OMMANEIf here observed, that he' hail more titan once paired off with the Ilan. and Learn ed Gentleman Itions..ll.—(Loud cheers and laughter from . the Ministerial Benches.) tpu' 'Add Mr. BROUGHANI ndmitteil that he hod paired °kind ll• was early in the evening.—(Cominued cheers.)—He then al luded to the little attention which was given to the greatest questions, and stated that in ISIS, when lie made a most im portant motion respecting the Orders in Council, there woro not sixty Members in the. Mouse, and the cos• sequent examieations which took place at the bar were often made /Alien there were not five Members - present. lie then went on to contend, that although his lion. Friend was not present, yet be {mew the part which Ministers were .gri ing to take, and he was warranted in reprehending it. lie (Mr. B.) now colled.upon the Right lion. Gentlemen to deny that they had meant to support the postponement. (Jo an swer was given.) Here then was ignorance still prevailing on the subject. Ministers would not say whether or not they meant to oppose the measure, but like Mnliontet's coffin they were suspended between two opinions.—(Laughing ) Ills lion. Friend, therefore, it seemed, had lost nothing by being absent. lie was now ignorant oo the subject, but if he had been present his ignorance would be still more assinine.— (Laughing.) The .honourable Member concluded by ex pressing a hope that in future no Member would give a stile who had net been present at the discussion upon every subject. Mr. PEEL. in explanation, said that as a party accused, some allowance:should be made for the warmth of his feelings iu repelling a charge which turned oet to be entirely groundless --[ti ear.) Mr. BENNET said, that although he was not present, yet he had read every thing on this subject with attention: lie was not yet convinced that a compromise and connivance did not exist upon this subject on the part of Government. Sir F. OMMANEY and Mr. BROUGHAM explained. ' The Gallery was them cleared for a division, but no di vision took place, as the amemdmeet was withdraws by consent. _ . . Upon our return to the gallery, we found the Speaker pet ting the question for the House going immediately into the Committee. A conversation took place between Dr. LUSHINGTOR, Mr. CIOULBURN, Mr. M. A. TsyLott. Mr. ARERCROMER, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. and Mr. HERE, as to the injustice of entering upon an accusation at a time that It could not be fully gone into and answered, which ended by fix ng' Tuesday next for the Committee, with an ender guiding that all other business was to giveplaee to this. Mr. PEEL suggested that the House shouldsit at half-past three on Tuesday, end,that. this Committee should be the first busincav taken. Mr. S. RICE said beshould begin the busines& at the ear ''peat hour that the House permitted him. The Committee was then fixed for Tuesday next at ball past three o'clock. The Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. EASE' INDIA HOUSE. A Special..Geneval_Coart of. Proprietors of East Indi stock. .was yesterday held at the Company's House in Lea denhall-street. The Cuatassms (W. Wigram4- Esq.) moved, " That the Court do confirm the Resdlution of the General Court. of Tuesday last, relative to the Pensions to be granted to the Judges of the Courts in Indiaton retirement; and also. crsnting a Pension of I.ODUl.per• annum to the Recorder of l'rinee cf Wales's Island.. as a Retiring Pension,. wium.he ' shall have Lied the situation for 10 years. • , The Drewry CnAtaxts (William Astell, Esq.) IleC)nded lhe•motion, which war agreed tn. • The CIIAIRNIAII ,text moved the confirmation of the Rsi volution of the Generals Conn; of Tuesday last, .by which the Bishop of i'atcntta and his Archdeacons are to receive their Retiring , Precious after. a service of ten years.— "Agreed to. The 1:11.11ax ex then laid before the Court a Copy of the Rest India Thule Rill, now in progress through the House of Commons, aud.mneed,,'.' That . the Goan approve of the said Rill." ' _ • Mr. R. J ACKSON anggested•ths propriety of adjourning mho, Aiseusehon HU tios Gametal Court oa. Wedsesday meat, which wait sgrged to, • The CNAIRMAN next laid before the Court the Ea s t ladle Mutiny Rill, and a motion wiesegvesei4n. " That this GSM [r., ,not.ohjeot.'to thirsald HilL"--Afijoarast. • .. . . ! 9111 STANCE TO SPAIN. OROCEEDINGS Br THE PUBLIC MEETING 'AT THE LONDON TAVERN, CONTINUED PROM OUR PANE t t TEE lERDAYI M Sir JAES lACINTOSII on standing forward was re. crierd with considerable applause. Much as he was in., terested on the present occasion— Lem!p as he felt thet wrongs initteted •be the ' VS upon fri Urnilrgraff. alists of Earope—he could not enter upon his present task without considerable hesitation..—Hannver safe st Mivertiment might fanry itself—horn powerful soevrr it Wight imagine itself In the strength of an artued•farre— lie would sa!, and loudly and emphatically say. that whether a tioverament Itctively oppressed its own rople or connived at the oppression of another it _.overttutrtit Oyer !loather people s it behoved it well to guard against theorerwheLuing influence and omnipotence of a nation aroused to a due sense of the wrongs .it had endured to the privileges to which it was by nature entitled an I qualified. The eloquent Knight then took a most noos an.l general view of the various acts of despo'ic powe►, as opposed to the rights of man, and the privi leges of freenwn.—((.and cries of " Adjourn to the Es. change," here interrupted Vie spesker. The stairca s es and front of the Tavern were thronged.) After waiting some time for the restoration of silent Sir *lasses proceeded. The result of pzst :tamp a should teach the reigning Powers of the present ds f how they followed in the beaten tracks of those who h.& preceded them. Ile would illustrate the present case by a homely position. if a gang of robliers infested ei neighbourhood. those who had not suffered had goal reason to anticipate such a tlrcnmstanr': if this gang , avowed their tontine% and cutrtended for its proprietv upon assumed principles of right, would not a great cause of fear exist? And if a nriglihoor would allow this gang to "assemble in his house for the purpose of f . cilitating titer operations upon tho.e who resided near him, would he not justify the appell Ilion not merely a silly man or a boohy—but a dastardly coward, who etas u unable to defend littoself as unwilling to maker a sacrifice in order to rescue the safety of his friends? lie would leave those wfia heard him to apply this simile—it was apposite—it was true. He swou' e d not deface the speech of their noble Chairman, by allnilinx to the military consideration oh the solijco. Ilia ship. although a soldier, was a staunch friend of consii— tutional liberty: be had evinced his Mlitary ability And his sioind judgment in 180 S, by his discovery of the real and extensive resources of oppressed Spain; and his opinion at the tiresent mamont was therefore of the greater iniportanee, as his former anticithitioui bo'cit borne out bt• the rrsulr.—(l;reat applause.) —I t was not cause a nation sustainrd adefeat, that it could not Gain I.l.otory. History proved that ni my of the grvatest batt!es hatibeeit pveceded hy a long series of ill success in the party which was eventually triumphant. The Hon. Knt. then. in a aly t e the most 'ominous and elognent, apealed to the hearts of the 'tritons who heard him, wnether tketinal success of the Spaniards world not derive an additional glory front its previous misfortunes. The ditli.ml.y the present struggle should not he concealed ; it was in. deed one of the utmost difficulty it should nit re espoused by the slave of success or the followers of fn:- tune.—(Cheers.)—it 'was a cause which did not retti. hypocritical profession, or that support which only sill. .t itself to victory. It was only worthy of bring sustained. by those whose breast was warmed with tie trio: and genuine love. To those the present cause of Spain must appear as glorious as that of A th-ns in 116 strogglt a for freedom. As to the rebel regencies, the bigutted of those half fools and half knaves, the degraded Spanish grandees, they were not original—similar tricks bad been resorted to at the invasion of Napoleon, and, they were not now move likely to succeed in imposing epos the credulity of Europe, touch less on that of this free country. Never was there a Inure questionable rea son urged as justifying an invasion than that nave ad vanced—the internal dissensions of the country invaded& For his part,. he thought that the strongest possible rea son why they should the rusher claim their compassins ate assistance, than their despotic invasion and oppr•s sion. After delivering a speech of considerable length, which was frequently interrupted by the cheers of the audience, he concluded by proposing the first resolution! 1. That every nation possesses the right of choosing the laws and institutions by which they shall be govern ed, anti that to admit an interference with this right to . any degree or on any pretext, is to forfeit all claim to the blessings and dignity of independence. JOSEPH MARRYAT, Esq. M. P. with pleasure seconded the motion which had been proposed by the eloquent Knight who bad preceded Mm; it advanced a principle . which could not be denied by any freeman wbo valtted the liberty he enjoyed. If the present war should be of . loug continuance, he could not think that the Govern ment of this country could avoid being engaged in the contest ; in which case, it might depend upon the unani mous support of the best energies of the people of Great Britain. • The resolation was then put, and carried onanimonsly- • General Lord hTNEDOCII cau s e forward with pleasure to propose the motion he held in his hand ; unaccustomed as he was to public speaking, he should not have done so, but for the zealous interest he felt in the success of the gallant and oppressed people of Spain.—(Loud and con tinued cheering.) 2. That the heroism and perseverance with which the spanisli people commenced and accomplished their suc cessful struggle against the usurpation of the former Ruler of France mainly contributed to the triumphant issue of the late war, and entitled them to the everlast ing gratitude of those nations who had previously con tended, in vain, for the same cause. Mr. BROUGHAM. on presenting himself to the Meeting was received with great applause. The modesty of the Noble and Gallant General oho had j est addressed them, bad prevented his telling the Meeting that he greatly shared the glory of the former deliverance of Spain from despotic tyranny. Would to God he and their Gallant Chairman were there now to second, with heart and band, the cause they had so ably advocated with their tongues: He wag less accustomed to meet the people on occasions like the present than those in the House of Commons, , With whom he waged a war very similar in its principles to that of the Spaniards against the power of Franc?, for the protettion •of the people against the encroach ments of power. Yet, even there, none had hared to come forward in defence of the unprincipled invasive of Fiance; and if any half dozen had dared to say it was just, they had breathed their vile sentiments in corners and in lurking boles with their fellow•reptilese--the toad, the rat, and use spider. Let the Bourbons now set their 'foot on British ground ; would nbt the people show their obedience to the orders of headquarters, and evince their strict neutrality? Aye: not a hand would he 'raised against them—not a voice would express ire de testation of their impious conduct—hut they would feels - lf.they-had tbe feelings of men, the strong curse of si lence and contempt. When they were here they were unfortunate,. and ,they elicited fitun British feeling de compassion and assistante to which their misfortunes titled them; bat now, after the disgusting, bigotted.uue just,. ongrked,. and irreligious line& upon all that was most dear So Freemen—new, in'lS•23, if they dared venenre-ew 4iritislrgroun4, they would learn how tox , - • Violate the rights of nations, and hew to avoid the ext ctations of a free people.—(Great applause.)-4 1 w Learned tlehtlemen coseladed by seconding the pro- posed Resolution. . , A. Bkilasesi, Esq. M.F.Vould not detain the petting. ,after the very eloquent gentleman they had Learn, longer than was barely necessary toelprees his strong feeling of the infamy 'of French aggressitv, and the claims of the 116.