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IItCIIIII.. ,(jA aLacL .416.07 . SS ( g q . , - 0 (i) MAI VILd r • - • i rkt • • • . • ' I 4 I I I IITW Ai T tlii ce .tcsntmi - . - NUMBER 5647 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1823. "The Corse for which HAMPDEN fell in Mt sad SYDNRY died as the Scaffold!" PRICE SEVEN PENCE. Da he rot nr ike ar. L - (1 y- off Farr et O reel• p l . of NM, Jobs *mar rds of 4 e? of Ur itsloc wilt Of Wel" IMPERIAL PARLIAMRNT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Moneir. The Rouse met at eleven o'clock, and heard appeals till one, wile.) it adjeuroed to five o'clock. At five the - Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- Jack. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition from Dudley, in W. rcestershire, against the insolvent Debtors' pet; anal boomer from the manor and burgesses of Bever ley:in Yorkshire. against granting any further Concessions to Roman Catholic.. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from Dr. High' more, complaining of the oppressive exercise of the jurisdic tion elite Ecclesiastical Court; and another from Camber. well, in Surrey, tgainst the insolvent Debtors' Act. VORZION NECIOCIATIONS. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he rose to lay op their Lordships' table the papers relative to the important sego elation in whisk this country had been lately engaged re speedo% Spain is doing so, he felt It seeessary to state the purport of Ike papers, and to wake some observations . on the aoarpopetWied by this Goverament,desies the sego ciatimie for the last nine months, awl on oar praentpoliey. There were two points to which he wished to direct the at tention erase Ilouse—the general progress of the negocia. tion, and the police adopted by this Government. Tile pa pers commenc d with the meeting of the Allied Sovereigns; but he would state some antecedent facts, for the purpose of lasing the House see what was the state of Spier at that period. When the King of Spain returned to his taints's , in the year 16 , 4,theGoeernment which was then established bed been formedoo principles extremeiverrooeous,and washy no means applicable to the circumetances of the country. Oa the King's restoration it became an object of great importance how he should act; add Sir H. Wellesley, the ambassador of this country, then in Spain, acting meter the authority of the Government here, advised the King to accept the Constitution w ith modifications. The King of Spain was anon afterwseds led tri think that the opinion of the peo ple was not favourable to the Coustitution,and echoed to confirm it, but promised that the Cortes should he &s -eem:sled, and distinctly reeoenised the principles of a li- united monarchy. And if the principles of the proelanum than issued on that occasion had been acted on, Spain and. Europe would probably be preserved from the dan ger with which they are at present threatened ; but it 'WM notorious, that notwithstanding the promise contaiu• et in that proclamation, the Cortes were not assembled from 1814 to 1820, which was the main cause that pre - &seed the events of April, 1820, by which the Constitu tion of 1812 was restored. Some of the Powers of Eu rope looked with Anxiety at the change which that event made in the Government of Spain ; but if ever there was a change in the Government of any country that could tacit provoke a Foreign Power's hostility,it was the re.to ration of the Constitution of Spain. It had existed from 1z 6 12 to 1814. during which two years we bad cm tended for it, and all the Powers of Europe were anxious to ou ter into treaties with it ; and those by whom it was re stored bad a right to say, " We leave only brought back that Constitution of which you have already ex pressed your approbation." It must have appeared to every candid man, that though there might be much in the estahl , shment of tint Constitution to 'egret, yet there ...tat nothing either in the Constitution itself, or in the snanner of Its restoration, that con d justly provoke the hostility of foreign powers. The Government of this country took every opportnoity to gege Owes sentiments and feelings to Foreign Powers, and to deprecate iuterfe xence in the internal affairs of other States; and in an swer to a question pat to him by the Noble Lord in that • House on the subject, at the time the event he had men tioned took place, he distinctly stated the opioione enter tained by his Majesty's Government. In a paper ad /dressed by this Government to our Allies io 1321, it was expressly stated, that the policT of this Government was that of non.interfeeenes in the internal concerns of other States,unleas in Case of some very peculiar circumstances, and that there were no such circumstances in the events that bad taken place in Spain. Indeed. it was his (Lord Liverpool's) opinioo, Oat if the right of interference was a general rule, the case of Spain would form an excep tion to it. It was also stated to the French Ambassa dor, to the very last moment of his leaving this country to go to Verona, that with regard both to the policy and the justice of interfering in the affairs of Spain,there was the strongest possible objection. In this state, matters stood previous to the meeting of sovereigns at Verona; and at the time Iris Noble Friend, who was no more, had prepared to go to Verona, it was not thought that the af fairs of Spain would form the most prominent subject of discussion ; but be was prepared to act in the same spi rit in whatever way it should be discussed. Circum stances occurred soon after that made it probable the af fairs of Spain uonld be brought forward by France in a prominent manner : a strong representation was in con. sequeoce made to the Government of France by this country before the commencement of the Congress at Verona;' and the representative of this Government at t beCon giros was instructed to declare,shotild France make a proposal to interfere with Spain, that this Government' considered that any such interference would be both useless and dangerous, and that in no event would this country become a party to it ; and on this principle all the further proceedings of this Government on the subject were carried on. The French Government proposed two ques liens at the Congress of Verona. The first was, whether, in ease France found It necessary to dissolve her relations with Spain, the Allied Powers would do the same? and the secind was, whether, if war should break out between France end 4psin, the Allied Powers would assist France ? The three other Allied Powers answered, that if France broke off her connection with Spain, they would do the same; but the representative of this Government at the congress gave a different answer. He stated that it was the policy of this cowry to abstain from interference with the internal concerns of other countries ; and that this Go ye anent considered, that any amelioration of the state of the people should come from themselves, and not from foreign eountri,s, nor be pressed on than by foreign force.; and that any attempt on the part of the Allies to change the Government of Spain would probably injure the Spanish d Monarch himself, and would certainly expose Islet to danger; that by the attempt they would certainly incur an enormous expense, and would probably experience final disappoint ment. In this the first answer of the representative of the British Government at Verona, he gave a most dis tinct refusal to our becoming a party to any measures of hostility against Spain. It was then _proposed to call on the Spanish Government to s o the King of Spain at liberty, ano In that case the allied Powers would nut in terfere in her internal concerns. The Noble Duke also represeote.l this country, protest-d most soleninly against any interference with the Spanish Government, and ad vised the other Powers, that if they interfered at all, it should he with the external acts of the Government, and not with Its internal regulations, which, be said, coedit not justify interference on the part of the Allies or of France; and at the same time expressed the earnest de. Eire of his Sovereign to err the relations. of good neigh. 'I established between France and Spain. The ci . ted Powers Rest made a declaration, in which they stated three events which might cause theta to attack Spain. The Ist gas an attack on France by Spain; or any set to propagate the principles of. their revolution ; the'2d, the dethronement of the Kiel of Spaiti ; the 3d, a "font to change the *blusters of • Spain. Oa this de , e l loloson bring made, our representatite refused, on the part of ibis couotty, aoitoterfrrence by menace, stating that the only ground that could justify any interference *as, the external question, which might be a Lir subject of mediation. The whole policy of the Alliet as it re garded Spain, was wrong; and mach of it was unjust, but there was no step taken thet shelved a direct inten tion of invading Spain. On the breaking up of the Con gress it was obl•iously the policy of this eduntry to ea drawler, by every hondurable means, to presefve peace; and it was a conscious eetisfaction to this catultry, that an had made an offer of our mediation to Franoc.alihough it had been rejected by her. But though the Government of France did dot accept oar mediation, still the commu nications received from itdid not hold out the in►asion of Spain as an event likely to take place. About the pe riod he had last alluded to ; we were applied to by Spain to use Our amicable interference with France, not by any menace of war, but assuming that even if war between Vendee and Spain shonlit takeylace, that this country. might remain at peace. One object of Spain was to ht the army of observation withdrawn ; and though notlikem had then been said of invasion, yet some event hid tat* place that futoished a plausible pretext for France 'keep tag that tinny oe thefrOntirrsofSpein; but it was elks that an& au artily could not be kept by France without its exciting alarm and dissension-in Spain. France had a right to keep that army on her feontiete; and having adopted the measure, good or bad, it could not be ex pected that she should abandon it, without something being done to account or give a reason for her change of conduct. Nothing on earth could induce the British Government to recommend to the Spanish Goveranient, eves in the most amicable manner, to concede one tittle of their constitution that they_considered material ; but the British Government knew, as all the world did—as every man in Spain must have known, that some changes were necessary. The British Government had to take the danger of Spain into account, and her Weans of resisting the attack that was meditated on her; and though there was no reason to doubt that her means of defence would be finally effectual, yet she was open to invasion, and though she should he ultimately successful, yet her sob cess would be the effect of her suffering. Her provinces would be overrun aid desolated, for such must be the effect of war, whatever proclamations might be irsued to prevent it.—{Hear) If, therefore, Spam thought that tauy pat of tneir constitution was a proper subject of change, it was thought they might do now what they would have to du hereafter. What was done by this country was not propos. d to Spain as a demand, but as a suggestion; not as any thing a refusal to comply with which might subject her to a penalty, but as what was best for herself. The British Government, in making this suggestion, thought it right to avail itseff of the service which his Noble Friend might render on such an interesting and important occasion. This recommendation was Made antecedently to any di reetmienace on the part of France to invade Spain; fur up to the middle of January the Spanish Government was impressed with the opinion that no invasion of their country would take platy ; and it was but a few days be fore the King of France's speech to Ike Chambers that there- was ground to telleve Spain would be invaded. The King of France's speech, hoverer, made a great al teration, and all hopes of accommodation appeared to he as an end but it would appear by the papers he pre ',weed, that even then France declared herself desirous of amicable arrangement, and professed a readiness to give the passage in the King's speech, that excited great and jest offence, a different interpretation. On the first day of the erasion, he (Lord Liverpool) had stated, that he conceived it would be criminal in the Ministers of this country, as long as any hope remained that mediation might be effectual to prevent hostilities, not to endeavour, by every means in their power, to attain an object so dee Krahle. Front the period of that speech he felt it in consistent with his duty to 'urge any thing beyond what be conceived the strict policy of this country—neutrality. Now be came to the most material part of his statement, and what was most important for the country to decide upon, which was the course pursued by the Isxecutive in this negotiation. He would say now as he had said on a toaster occasion, that the policy of this country was neutrality, and the British Cabinet in every stage of the negotiation had avowed that policy ; and it bad not only avowed it, but it had been acknow ledged and so understood by the Spanish Government. —lt may be now expected of him to state the motives that influenced himself and his colleagues in adhering to neutrality. What -he was convinced must weigh with every wan was, the consideration of the means and con dition of the country to engage in a war. On the first day of the session he had said that if either the honour or the interests of the country would be compromised by remaining at pace, we possessed ample means of carry tag on war ; and be did not say that loosely or unadvised -I ly, it was most desirable to maintain the tranquillity of 'the country. Their Lordships were toeonsider, secondly,l the nature of the contest they would have to embark in. England, if she took part of the struggle between France and Spain, must enter into it as she did in the last war, engaging all her energies in support of it, and putting forth all her resources. And be begged their Lordships to recollect that a war carried on in Spain in four times more expensive than one conitutted in any other country in Paircipe ; and let theni look on whom the battles fell, on whom the sieges fell, on whom the exertionslell, in the late contest, and let them not only look at the risks and consequences, of such a- war, bat to the magnitude and extent of it. On the former occasion,Spain was not the end but the means: The battle of Europe was fought in Spain; it was not for the sake of Spain, bnt for the sake of restoring the balance of power and liberties of Europe, of which she was an integral pin. But Spain was then united. From the Asturias to the furthermusi point of Andalusia the Spaniards were united against their invaders, but now she was a divided country. Civil war was raging in her finest provinces, and the country was contending against the towns ; the fanaticism of li berty raging on the one side, and the fanaticism of bigotry on the other. Whether he looked at the inagni• tade A it, or as the exertions net essary for conducting a war, lie could not advise it. It was said that the ear' was not popular in France. It was not popular with the mercantile or commercial interests:- they elways, as was natural, wished to avoid war. Neither, he beiieved, was it popular with the arms ; because a war car ried on in that country was one in which little honour could be wad. d, whatever the success of it might lie ; but if this country took a part in the contest, he would ask would not the Spanish merge in the English war? as it had been the. as on all form occasions ; so that not only Spanish interests would he involved, not only would Bri tish interests lie involved, but the interests of the couu tnes in Europe. la 1739 this country was forced into n rat with Spain on a q testion of the right of seared) and the conduct at the two tiou-es of Partiament was, most extraordinary on th.t occasion. They came to $ unanimous vote that no peace should be made with Spain, until she hop allowed the right of reach. lent the French subsequently took a part in it ; the'Spanish merged into the erencit war, And the too Houses of Parliament must inconsistently lust sight of the object e a which they went to war, and did not hoist upon it iii ti n t subtikluent negocialions for peace; But it as said that if this country had menaced France she would Mire desisted from the unprincipled aggression upon Spain. Bat then the question would come to the same pognt. Would it have been becoming in this country to have menaced, if she had not intruded to go to war ? lie maintained that no country, possessing any sense of dignity or any feeling of honour, would hare acted such a part. But the advocates for war had said that Eng laed Might be ultimately forced into thscontest, becadse Fiance might succeed in her attack 'pun Spain, and Mistily overrun Portugal, our ancient ►lly. But he be lieved the object that France bad in vim , was impracti cable. It was impossible for France is succeed unless she had the support of the great 111811$ of the . people of Spain; and if she had that, and 'weeded to conse- . --- tr . ence, why was this Country to interere ? The first operationsof the French aright be successful; but their difficulties would probably begin at Ise moment that they were proceeding in consequence of those tempo rut), anceesses, lateen the mass of the Spanish people I.l.lsith them, whirls be tig;icved teas not the ease, enissor et %lir feelings to weeds the invaders were materially changed which circumstance would afford the strongest prudeutial motives for not interfering. If the majority of the Spanish nation was in favour of the new .constitution it would be enabled to right itself; but if the minority only was In its favour, it would he rashness to take a part with It. If this country wished to evade the war in which France, most un fortunately for herself and Europe, had engaged, he could see no reason why she should Dot do so consistently with her honour. Rut he would not say that it might ot be ne cessary at • future period to interpose; and it would be open to those who might then direct the councils of the country, and to Parliament to take such steps as might be uecesssry for her honour and safety; but until they were prepared to throw sway the scabbard, the neutrality of England ought to be hoio.Nt and effectuat. No country had more right to complain of fake neutrality than Great Bri tain, because no couruff had suffored more from it. He wished this country to ue able to hold the proud langgage, of being " ready to do unto others as she.would they should do unto her." His I.oniship apologised for the length of time he had occupied the attention of the House, rind should now move that the pepere be laid on the tole, and the wish of his colleagues. and himself was, that they might undergo the most minute inspection of the House; when he trusted it would be found that they had done their duty to France, to Spain, and to Europe. Earl GREY, in rising on the present occasion, found himself is the embarrassing situation of either suffering the statement of the Noble Earl to go forth to the pub lic unanswered, or having the disadvantage of going to the discussion without understanding it heyond thLop portunity afforded to him by the-Noble Earl's speech.-- But he tek it was impossible to snow it to pass without dissenting from the general tenor of that statement; be cause the Noble Earl and his colleagues, by . his own sheaving, had failed in averting a war as alarmingly dan gerous as any that had ever preceded it. He had 'failed, because he had not puisued that wise policy of our an cestors, aid in consequence an attack had been made OR a gallant and high-minded people, struggling for their li berties (as tbe Noble Earl had characterised It ;) as on. . jest as it was unwise and impolitic ; and in its possible results dangerous to the country- that made it ; but, as he had not stated, subverting the policy of this country and against ttie intimate el this country. This was the true character of that war which had broken out in defi ance of the urgent representations of the King's minis ters; and at a time when the country was told that she stood higher than ever in the opinion of foreign Powerr. If that was really the case, a very different policy ought to have been followed, and a different result might ra tionally have been expected. Had Ministers spoken out boldly and decisively; and declared their resolution to maintain the integrity ot Spain, the country would not have to deplore the uncertainty and embarrassment un der which she was now placed. Spain would have been securing her independence, and would have coreected the defects of her constitution of which the Noble Earl had complained so much. There wax not in the house a parson more scrupulously desirous of peace, upon gene ral principles, than himself; it was the interest of coun tries at all times ; no country at any time required repose and tranquillity more than England at the present. — IBut the balance of dangers between peaceand war ought to be weighed. It was impossible for him now to follow the l Noble Earl through the various topics of his speech.— They must be discussed after examination of the papers ; but we were now in a situation to know that no offence and no aggression had been committed on the part of Spain ; hitt as the Noble Earl admitted, France had un justly engaged in a war against her. if the country was not in a situation that the Noble Earl was prepared to say, that in no case could war be entered upOn, the pre sent was a period in which every prineiple of honour and safety demanded of them to embark in war. It would be much more convenient to enter upon the discussion when their Lordships had prepared themseves for it, by having read the papers on the table; and he then hoped some one more competent than himself would call their Lord ships' attention to thew; for he considered the conduct of the Government, according to the Noble Earl's state ment, had been dattgerous and injurious to the interests of the country. Further papers would probably be re quired, the asking for which would produce discussion on some other occasion which would occur' to bring the subject before the House. It would he necessary that the question should come heforetheir Lordships in setae shape, for he was sorry that he could not now say that the essential interests of the country had nut been upheld as was emphatically required. Lord KING next addressed their Lordships, but in a tone so low, that the noise in the House prevented his voice from being distinctly heard below the Bar. We understood his Lordship to observe, that the whole course ot the negotiation was just such as might hays been anticipated; it displayed throughout that weannese and indecision of character which were to be expected i flout his Majesty's Ministers (hear !) ; and the result of all this was, that the policy of England was to be a strict. neutrality ! The . Noble Earl opposite had told their Lordships, that, up to the very last filament, he did not believe that it was the determivation of France to make war upon Spain. This was in his (Lord King's) view of the case rather curious. He had once heard ot a man who declared, that he had found it impossible to stultify himself. lint the Noble Earl opposite appeared to have felt so notch difficulty, as he had publicly avowed that lie had been able to iltivify himself, Vim (Lord King) intlit Le allowed luaus. such an expression. We understood his Lordship to ado, !hat be would reserve his further ob servations for a future opportunity. Their Lordships then a Ijourned at half-put Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF CO MOONS, MOND►Y. Various papers were laid on the table respecting the late scarcjiy in Ire,and. Mr. A. ELI.IS presented a petition from the nobility, gentry, and freeholders of the county of Kilkenny, praying for a commutation of tittles, and a reduction of tue number of t , ish Bictop4.—Ordereil to lie on the table. Mr. It.I3U.INRR presented a petition from the inhabit ■nts of Cratio against the duty ou coals.—Ordered to lie oe the table, • Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition from the inhabit- ants of Little Wotton against the Insolvent Debtors'Act.— Ordered to lie on the table. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from L3OO killable ants of South Melton against the - duty on coals. The lion. Member presented three other petitions of a similar purport. '—Ordered to lie on the table. A petition was preseuteud by a Member. whose name we euld not disthumish, from the couoty of Inverness, com plaining of agricultural distress, and preying for relief.— Ordered to lie on the table. Sir U. BURGH presented. petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Carlow, Complaining of the salaries paid to the county oticers.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord STANLEY presented a petition (ruin the in' ahit ants of Chorley against the license system.—Ordered to tie on the table. Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from the Dean. Archdeacon, and Prehendary of Chichester, agaiust any far ther concession being made to the Roman Catholics.—Or dered to lie on the lah;e: Colonel BAGWELL praiented a petitiod from the corn mends' etteochttfon ofCiunthel; praying for a total repent of the tax on leather.—:Drdered to lie on the tab!e. Sir C. f.ONG presented a petition from the Dean and Clergy of the Chapel of St. George. Win ior, against tt,e claims of the dolma' Catholics. —Ordered toile on the table. Mr:DAWSON ;noted tbit an address be presented to his . . . . Majesty; praying for a copy of the ninth report of thecae, - table associations of England and Wales.—Ordered. A Member, whose name we could not learn, presented petitionl from the Protestants in the aarious whites of the county of Fermanagh, against the Catho:ic Orde:e to lie on the table. T1T155. Mri Howe presented a petition from fir C. Wolseley, Bart., of Staffordshire, complaining of the tithe systetc. The petitioner stated that the rectorof his parish raised Ws tithes threefold, in fourteen tears; titAt the petitioner could not make any composition with him, that his fa, I was principally under dairy, and the clergyman mould not take the tenth portion of the milk, but required the milk of the tenth day, a demand which was peculiarly. oppressive to the petitioner. The petition further stated, that the agri culture of France was much improved by the alteration of the tithe system since the revolution t and it prayetltbat t`.e agriculturist of this country should he pot on the same foot ing as the agriculturist of France. The lien. Metnher read the following letter from the pet itioner,:--“I am it. pos session of a dairy farm, For four months In the spring of every year, i. e. while my grass is growing: my cows a-a depastured In another parish,. and agistiment-tithe paid for them. No sooner Is my hay to a fit state to be put auto the rick, than my vicar lays his hand upon ont:-tenth of it. My cows now return home; hut instead of setting the after- grass against the spring pasture, which 1 am obliged to par ehase elsewhere, according to Mr. Bearblock l am obhged to'p•y my vicar It. Ills. 9d. per heed for tnis As soon as winter sets in, I begin to pl-s the nine-tenths of my bay which remain, through the stomach of my cows. What is the consequence ? Why, as soon as they hese con verted it into milk, the vicar comes forward again, and tears a second-tenth of it away. Bre long my cows calve, and . furlhwith my vicar comes and bears sway a third-tenth of my hay and grass, under the modification of cal% ts. And, to crown the whole, when my sows farrow, after having been fed with the self-same hay, under the form oral's-milk and whey, he comes and tears away a tenth 0: der the form of tithe-pig. Now mark! my swallows, had they not keen trained up'in the spring, would have produced no bay. All therefore that 1 pay his neighbour for tithe of spring feed, is an excess above what my vicar (met to consider the product of my fields. But lie will out con sider it such. Let us are, then, what he actually takes from me. The siring feed of my C3WS is certainly wroth as much as the atter-grass. This Mr. Bearbloci values at 1/. 104. 9d. per head. The spring feed and the au tumn feed, taken together, nill therefore amount to 3'. Is. lid. per bead. We hare then, in tithe of my fiello, flay, one-tenth ; milk, one-tenth ; calves, one-tent b ; pigs, one-tenth •, and 31. Is. per head for the grass of cows.— We, therefore, do not assert too much when we say, that tithe engulphs one half the produce of a dairy ! And where is the man who is prepared to say that the statute; of the land ever contemplated oppression like this:"— The Hon. Member cornmentetton the imporance of the matter contained in this petition, and .did not know how tke House could be better employed than its discus-ins such subjects.—Ordered to lie on the table. Colonel BARRY presented a Petition from James Porbes,a clerk in a merchant's olfii.* io Dublin, complain ing that be had been arrested on the charge of havin.; conspired toe irate the Lord Lieutenant of Irelsno, whicb was utterly groundless; and further complaining of several statements made by the Attorney-General •'f Ireland, especially where the Hight Honourable Gentle man stated that he,ahandiined the charge, not because lie thought it was ill founded, but out of lenity towards this Petitioner, which statement had a tendency to injure Ve titionet on his trial. Ordeted to lie on the table. THE GENERAL TURNPIKE. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Swearing Act Amendment Bill passed throng-Is a Committee. On the motion of Doctor LUSIIiNGTON, the Fir gery Bill was ordered to be read a second time thi.s a," six months. The Apprentices' Bill was read a second time, and or dered to he_committed. NAVAL AND MILITARY PRNSIONS' BILL. In answer to a question of Mr. GRENFELL, The CHANCELLOR of the ENCiltigliElt said, that he would bring on the discussion un this night, if should admit. The Union Duties' Bill went through a Committee. THE xaciocrArloss.—FOitlX6X POLICY. Mr. Secretary CANNING being called upon by Ore Speaker, said he had Papers which,by the command of 11;s Majesty:he had to lay on the table of the House. The Papers were then laid on the table. Mr. Secretary CANNING spoke to the fol!owing ef fect :—ln moving that the Titles of these Pqrts, which I by the command of his Maj sty have had to pre.ent tea the House be read. I shall take advantare.by permi %sin of the Goose, of the opportunity which that f.rtual no tion affords to me, to redeem a ple , lgs which I gave as the Goose some weeks ago, and t state succinctly the course of polity pursued by his l'ilaj-sty's Goverunumla and the principles which have guided it to the import ,qt awl complicated negotiations which it had lately talent to it. 1.. t to conduct. I feel that in doing so, I hate is awfolly important a duty It perform as ever fell ou the servant of a great Monarch, and on the sery sot of a free people ; as I have to account for the !louse fur Gs* man ner in which the houo , r of the Crown has been support ed, an.l the interests of the r ountry consult-6d, in a crisis of unexampled difficulty—a crisis, the consequenc.e of which were as vet not ascertain...l. I state this la-1 vie cum•tance as o importance, because if the event 6.f the war w, re certain 'if were knoun which of the evil son seqeences which it threatened would be realised; might shape my explanations and defence to that issue ; but I feel. In the state of the worl I, the unexampled di - fieulty of my situation more strongly, because I sin I o•ru.l to justify the conduct of the British Gtverronentas agai at all itnaginahre consequences, and al apticipieed qamitint. teeming with so many dangers, there .15 but one ioescidastiesa which could sustain any moo osask.r its dttficesi r a; "it 16;,- thit'Of Isaiiiii purstied one intelligihle object, of having acted on one set of invariable