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: • of ,„,_ , , • _ RY TH El . Bannister had 111 meet, at the Querie pefRIiIIFIOU of the ty of - complaining against auy ho s til e cond uct pile ' sued to•vardis him, sud of claiming the protection of that country, whose Sovereigu. he represented.— But the persons, whose names are stated in the papers before the House, without the smallest at tempt at concealment, are individuals of high rank, and holding situations of great responsibility, under the Government of their country. When. MUM years since, certain of the King's 'termite were going out of office. I perfectly well recol lect, that, regardless of consequences, careless of the disagreeable situation in which they placed their successors, they laid before Parliament a va riety of- nosifidential communications, which were not intended fur the public eye. I can assure your Lordships, that, on the occasion to which I allude, the propriety of making such a mode of conduct, so repugimat to every principle of good faith and policy, • subject of discussion, in this House, was agitaed. I, my Lords, and I now most sincerely regret it—l did all in my power to dissuade my friends from such.. a ..proeirediog: 'and' I succeeded. I opposed it, out because my opinion on the subrit was theft differ.:nt from that winch I now hula, but 1 feared that ..hes agitation of the question %tonic! draw public at tention more forcibly to the documents. than, per haps, would otherwise be the case. But, my Lords, though the same principle imiy be advanced oa the present occasion ; yet, as that torbearaurr probably would not be atieti.led v•! ii ally good Oh et, it would be no longer prop, r to tolerate it. The butt is at length come, when your Lordshipa must step in and interfere, to prevent a recurrence or sisnihir acts ; to rescue the character of the country from obloquy ; to restore out pnblit faith, pine and unspotted, in the eyes of Eu rope. My Lords. you will God, upon a perusal of the papers now oil the table, that Charges. unsitiniortrd by any evidence whatsoever, are Wade., Out merely against individuals holding official siitiatiosis of consequence, under the Spanish Government, but against the Government itself. —Beniarka, of a tendency the most degrading, are levelled at those who were, at the time the letters were vrtitea, exerting their best abilities to serve their country.—Oise of them is accused of meditating plans of vengeance against the Central Junta, under winch he then held a high • military commission. Whai, any Lords, must the fe, ling of this individual be, *lieu he finds his honour, as a citizen sod a soldier, thus rudely as sailed? With thus officer I sin totally uumicquaint ed—l know nothing of him, except troin the pa persan tour Lordships' table, and from the plinlic prior of the da%. But I suppo•e him to he a noun of honour, and, consequently, to feel like sue— Hoar shall he clear himself Gain t h is attack, thus made upon him in his airwave ? Now Amoy the•iingressiori which the a 'le witions made by a Smith Miuistvr, and rendered public by this House. rosy make on the muds of Ins countrymen,and on the iiihabitinits of Europe ? My Lords, no part of the case I have suited par• takes in the slightest degree of 'nugget...tom ; the correapoinfence, now in my halal. 6,4 supports every allegation; and here I beg is read .oine few extracts, which will put the matter in a silt dealer point of view. [His Lordship here read the fallow ing extracts from the papers, comnieoting us he went on.] a Cuesta 1. mediating pans of 'cup geese: agoimet the Central Junta, in consequence presupposed slight. He dreads the Duke of Albu querque, who is eitreiorly popular with the army. and whose reputation he mat endeavoor to sacrifice.' This, any Lords, is written by Mr. Freer, His Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary in Spain, residing at Seville. Upon mere suspicion. lie eddies and blackens the diameter of the General, then commanding the troops of a power, not tnerely in amity with us, but absoluttly embarked in the same cause—and at that moment serving his country in the field. With respect to the latter part of the eel Uwe, the only meaning that tan he attached to it is. that. by the machinations of Cuestas. the character of the Duke of Albuquerque; inisOfficer serving under him, is to he destroyed—which can only be done by de stroying she army. I ettinot express the astonish ment I f at the pro luction of such paper,. thin' compromising the character sod life of an Officer commanding the, armies of an ally. Cuesta, how ever. appear s to hr a , person, of whom, Whether right or wrong, whether with justice or injustice. Ministers stem determined to complain—and why? Becabse they wish to stilt from their own shonldere the disgrace sling from those acts, the result of H( , )USE OP LORDS, FRIDAY, NIA lien .10. .rr mopt renicet lie Ily informed, SATURDAY, March 31, tato, at 41.1, •ill he opened IT:WS 11U I)(; Er ; Actor's Ways and Mesas. Diseriotrnieot, in Three Parts, which song by Mr. BiNNISTER. w RA Ma AY. In (WI ease, Mr. Brungletin w.tll beard fur the Appellant, Mr Rut nee., for the Respondent , and Mr. Adam, in reply. The Lana . • OR then quitted the Woolsack, and, after a few preliminary übservatiuna, moved, " That the J ni; nit at af the Court of SCSIIIIIII be affirmed, without costa." —A :Need In. •nient is entirely new; the prose awl 1, basing been expressly written for Colman, Reynold., elserry, T. Dill others The whole of tbe Eithertain. anal arranged by Mr. Colman. ipslly composted by Mr. Rees e , and Mr. Reeve, jun. Previously In, and the Exhibition, Duels, fur two per- Piaau by Mr. Haydn , ' sod Mr. to the Hall, 41. (Wlerv, at Nevelt &Clock, and the Perfor. Mr. LLSRlarrroa brought up :t Message from the Cum. moos, stating, "Thai, on Monday next, they %toold take in to c onsideration their limiships' Messlice, reloii%e to the .mll4:flier of the Lord A.ls °cat.- of Ne,iilmid, before • Com. iiiiitee of Perm on Mir Corn Visiillery Priilobitiori Bill." Air. STAN LEY, Mr. Lovii, Mr LuNut%ItTOSI,aIII: other Members, brought op ser•crat Bills from the Cuwmuus._. Head a first time. . . 1.A.14 HOC,. t I, ',relented a 'petition aping the Spiro h•m loselpapute bit, %Inch, After a few words halm Lot 4 Et.!ov, w is toldrivri to I,e lard oss the lahic. The Duke ,of Non vOl.ll gave wilier, that lie 'timid, oa Thitriplay swat. Air AN their Lardattipe titivation to :t Hill. then in prove,. iblaingb the HMSO!, for legititaigiing children, the uttpyring of a Inutile, the le aldy of which Lead beer diipeard. the, Thor of th. ro.e.nriwnle Tavern. itifortned that N N IsTER'S f uss \ f n ar tbe First Time) ots How- At I ren, anadlo TarAltib t gyyboyyprie by ob. • ,s will I, plat.: ACME!), :it To. STORROW, Rued iv, April ils• !array. Prayer's will Iselin its she beftwe CieVCIS, awl, is the afteruotta, at iI(JItKO W Anil I. A SERMON rill be preached i; the Cbsrek ar PADDINGTON, by the .cry Rev. GRARARD AN. paws, DD. Dean a Centerhery, owl Rect. , talt he ▪ WeaminNer ; fur the benefit Oldie Mirky Sobsetla of dot Pattsh. NOTIC E is herein that It Bill I+ nnw N &wending in Partisan-at for FOR WING, PAI7ING, aroliiiiirrwitc Improving, crrtli.l streets, clad uttirr public pissapsaad s;arrs, in the Parish of ST. PANCRAS, in the. f ei styd Nal.ltesrx., which arc, or shall b e ma d e o p us goololuogiog to Joseph Lucas, Esq. LIMARUS aoJ LYON, Solicitors, NOTICE TO CRF.DITORS. A LLi'ergonq having rl tutu ~r &minds upon the rA.te and Effeets of ELIZABETH tvHEELEit, ul Hammersmith, in the roanty of Middlesex, widow, , ied, are requested to send the partici' lars thereof to my order to their adiostineat , soil all Persons in the said Estate, are desired to pa, the sem. forth :VH.l.l4ll SEARI.E, Solicitor to the Ailiumistrator, Temple-lair. PMENIX PER SONS re/rose litturance Pagneriate .fall due el LADY •DAY, are regneeed In take Notice, that Need Remy* are NOV rend', nt the (Wren is Lombard-street, Cliarlax-moss and truth the ,rural of the Company the Cattelq. lasaraaera a %merit-a, the Kist and iVe.t Indies, awd n• die Costliest of Lairopr, we elreted rpms fenaa currenrns 4et taoh th.ir Athatimat goats nicht and day, at the several famine latex.talusepas to 4te Coleman) _ " JONFF. Fre ?URChwee 11611 hp made by tbi. Offire for 1,1:rwl of iroiremor upon sons. or '1 len.. Hood' ttttt 1.14 or moolirils • IM Tnes.lns nrst will be psolsissiseel. A VINDWATIi )N of Ow I'InVII.F.GFS of ibe HI/LSI:of 1i W the Address str ERAN('IS IA It DE11", Mut. By HENRY juts. Esq. flaroisier-al Law. Lowilon : hinted for W (t ate ninl 5.11., law linokarl. Liewula's.lens y and to he had ot 01l lkn. F 1 1111.: A ItTERIN Ur W. No. v. a ta palditthed Tills DAY, wire So aisil contains irs brat 'p.m the billowing interesting publications .- 1. Lord Grenville sod Du Dinacilan, or the Claim, of ths csiliollcs.-11. Sir W. Dr 11041111.114 and Mr Vi Her adanensia —III. Wallace ; or, The Eiglit of ralkirk —slV. Cudanor--Voyaire data la Pei et. V. Sir Brook% Buothby's Fables. and Netters —VI. Sir Fright D'lvernois um the eon• intents! illoclaile.-411. Dentrceastenisz—Vol•ll.* • is ""- rherrlie Jr la Prrolise —VIII Sidney %lit h's S. inborn lis.l'ors th.. Archbishop of Volk —1 X. 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UNITED COPANY of MIECANTS LAND, trailing to the M EART INDIES, R do l R e , eby pint Ned iro—• ENG- It That a GENERAL COURT of the said Compeay will held, at their house, in Leadenhall-sireet, oe %'ED. ‘I -`DAY, the loth of April seat, frog, Elem. genetic is • turn:min until Sil in the Evessin, to ballot on the fol. sepiestimi,• al this Court approve the unanimous' Resident** of •if Directors of the lust list, wherein they Nate have every reason to Irbil. that all the per. were on boo e d th e s hi p Lord P:elson, at the time hare pea - sated, and that the urea.. and rives,- relating to her loss are obeli% until... a; and, there. it their is en impos•shi:it sr 44 inquiring ••tistartor sly Itall of the said ship; and that this I oriel are folly that the ship was stored in a sal:Resew manner, at ,r.sr her •o• age, and that, consequently, oio Whom to the (mot re ; and that, (sons the enprrirtire and the l'unhisander and officers, it is reasonably to be that no blunt attaches to them ;" r to determine by such ballot, whether three parte the Proprietors present at sorb Gen, rat Court, ih the Court q( Directors in their abusn inerst soiled n. W11.1.1A51 IKA‘ISAY, 'RE-GROUND jENCETWiIiVaIEAT LAR AND GENERA!. 111RK WORK MANI:VAC ‘IIAik CAT() and CON, f(f), Finl horst .ppraite St. Aii.lres'e Church, recommend the dc making alterations tu their Phoisure- Parka, or Plantisisisus, to do them the 'winnow of their Sceptered IRON esti WIRE FEN( - EC, orb ore invisible at a short distance, and proof 4 tnnt ginell, keep barer and rstirloor• nut of Omits- G'ser swarm; elan their sreir.in•roirill Portsahie prefevoldie to wine., f or disenbility and appear- Witty a WIRE MEAT s.trils, that admit • kevp Get dies nod all tither inserts, sn which sosilresseil meet may be kept ton r the time as in any—Wire Work ter Libaudes, Larders, Piles. sod dairy wieder,. . . ...- ....--.• -. 1 ignorance and incap-drolity, which hate b ees pee -1 forsised on the Spanish Peninsula. Again, Mr. Fr e re write., with his accustomed flippancy -1 ' Venegito is a 111411 of no ahiliti eft —lt i s conce d e d to as by all Europ e , that we have hat two Ge m s. ; rals in Spain, capable of commanding even small hanliei of, men, iti a military manner—Blake and Alburpteique. The Junta are jealous of the lat. i ler, tiu account. I suppme, of his birth end for• : tune." Here, my Lords, is a passage, worthy of • your most serious Mien:nisi. This 1i,., been writ -1 ten by 11r. Fiere. at Seville. surrounded by that army, of whose leaders he speaks in such dia. grucefnl terms; (hem'! hear!) in the midst of I that army, whom it was the object of runny of Mr. Frere's dispatches to depict as capable of op;.. - Ising the whole power of France, hut which appears, by this communication, to hare 1 / 4 •Pll torn and M aided by internal dissensions. The Central Jim ~ j tips, are stated to have b-en jealous of A. 1- q o •-. l a •., and the reason as.igned is not a lii; e mutiny your Lordships' attention—that jealousy i• etatedi to have hems o....casioned by hut high birth snit f alum% (Hear ! (tear !) Now. my Loris, this country ode -laced her treasure nod liar buoys in support of the Spanish c one, is being cluarly connect it with the general cause of civil society; and in defence of that legitimate rank, those regoilar gradations. norestiry to the well-b-iiitt of society. and which th.• enavolsions of Eorope hare so greatly disturbed; but dare credit Mr. Fr. re, the Central Junt %which should skittish those pt iut tides 4.f . . .: ' 1 41,111... • , . t. : • . ~. 7 4,- . ._ ..,_ i ..., OW .. . • IliS, . OAP -; ..• 1; /4" , . t . • Al , ,, ' • t , 4 t • L l e ~. ritttob , . „. . - " . ; 1 1 rte o. • , SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1810. . PRICE SIXPENCE-HALFPENNY. t.; :e • j ' `"' moour of Pe tifi I louse, Frogrooee,)- as emanating from the Government which they re present, by a strange kind of fatuity, has become mimic:al to them.— ( Hear, hear./—Bin a 11.1 t L have hitherto poilit , gl out, is not to be compared with that to whiifi I shall now beg to draw your Lord ship,' attention. if we examine the Records of' Parliament, from the rarlierd period, to the present day, we shall not hod a parallel. Hitherto, my Lords. I have read extracts fioin letters, written by Mr. Frere, and the production of which, UR con taiiitng statements and names, uilt for the pub- II": rye. I must, at once, regret and condemn. But here is a private confidential communication, written as from one friend to another, which, having found its way into the hands of Mr. Frere, h.., in corroboration of the statements contained iii his dispatch, has transmitted it—and it now, in vio lation of every priuciple of honour, appears um your Lordships table. The letter to which I al hide, it addressed by the Duke of Albuquerque to a friend; and, a ith the customary openness of ••-•. :5 C• 011•4811. CO I ff• mans remarks on the state of affairs in the Pepin.. buts. lie i•ustes. that General Wellesley is well pleased with his conduct ; that the army, officers and privates, are greatly dissatisfied with Genera Cuestb—:hut the staff are anxious for his (Al buquerque's) apponitrueut to the auk,' coal natiod—sint that application had been made to au individual, possessing great influence, to pros ure the removal of 1.. twists, sod the ap pointment either of Venegas. Blake, or him self.' My Lords, this communication is of a most unprincipled nature. I care not, in fact, whether the matter contained in the letter, was or was not of a description to winch importance could be attached. No, my Lords, it was a private, a confidential communication, and, therefore, on every principle of justice and of honour, should have been considered sacred. In what a situation does this disclosure place the two officers concern ed, Cueata end Albuquerque ? Who can divnie the consequences which may enue? It is not a little' aston:shing, that the Duke or Albuquerque; lame r private letter is thus made public; was the General to whose praise Mr. Fevre had spoken most highly, and, I believe, was in his confidence; he, therefore. hail a right to expect treatment consonant at least with common decency. Perhaps. we ought not to blame Mr. Frere for having made these commune. cations ; I will not notice the superciliousness with which he treats oil those of whom he has occasion to sneak ; it is the dory of those filling such tato*. lions, to throw as nimbi light as possible on the 'sirens of the country in which they are regident. N,,! it is the Ministry of the country, weak and inequable. woose guilty negligelice de serves the severest reprehension. I hope you 1..44.4hips will see . the prom:oaf or- • irsterfeswe a i no, that the characters of individuals may not bottler from the aspersions thrown upon them by the carelessness of Ministers in producing the • papers before this House." The Noble Lord pro ceeded to state the reflections cast upnu private in. dividuals, as absurd, as others were at nous to indi vidual interest. It was intimated by Mr. Frere that Cevallos was a man untit to be employed in his eapacity.as Minister ; that he was so dull and stupid, the Government here could not drive into his unfit rstanding. their views of policy relative to Spam. Perhaps that was the case. but the reflec ton did not affect the character of Cevallos. The event of the campaign fully illustrated the fallacious system they had pursued in the peninsula. It was extraordinary, but at the same time consistent, for the Noble Lords opposite to suppress every lofor motion. whether relating to the character of indi viduals. or the proceedings of Government, pro vided it would screen themselves from the just indiguatino of Pariiarneut. But when their vain and shallow hopes were not affected, and evidence was called for which did not affect themselves, with a disgricaul Larelessuesa, they committed to the inspection of Parliament, what would find its way to the enemy, sod afterwards prove ruinous to the lives and interests of these undortunate individuals. He could not hut deprecate this conduct, lot al ready on the table were papers containing accounts of transactions in Spain, and the names of the in. dividmala who had acted in different copaestes, • whir,, issines he would not mention, as the most fatal consequences might Jesuit from their being published to the world. Stich had been the mis. emadoct of His Msjesty's Ministers in this produc tion orpiment. that he trusted their Lordship. would interfere, and prevent the injurious results which wnal I arise, if the other wawa, yet to be produced. were laid the table with the same esdpahle distr. Bard to the feelings of honour and common fidelity. He should conclude by moving— " Tha t a re ll laitheivileatreo irs he le c t sm tu pa be ign r i i n " S u riuti % by and °r i d h e tai r s of un th i a h t e table, not )et printed, he reftired to • Secret Committee, for the purpose of extracting such pans as in their judgmest might to' necessary for isithienation, in order that the same deg, afterwards he laid is the usual way before their Lord- . . ALirquirt profe•-ed his readiness to •-• with the Noble Unroll, that there war a sa cied duty, which ne alifi hi. mlllit:OgUrS were bound to discharge. fir furthei agre.d with the Noble Baron, that when they produced papers for ihe information of Parliaineut, they ought to produce them with every c.m , oleration for the fidelity sub. sistilig betw,en Gen eroineuts, sod for the safety of 1)6% ate sedivirlitals. But the Noble Lords opposite 113110 ahmi., that the duty thus sacred, was NW. rounded with =rent difficulty a lien it came to be disels trod. lie •a. extremely amhOtis that none of that etrelestiews so injurious to the interests Ohl, ar it E;1.1 been 1.. d, to the livts of individuals, should or ;mooted to bun. But it wa., on th e other hand, of rust moment to Great Blitain, that • foil end ultra expo...ban should be wade of all the 0111 PCS and suitors of tit—, r at „,„„,,..., a h ut h had happeiied in the priiinsii!a. Ibe it ~ hould b e sitief.etorily sisven.thst the whole of theeon. duct panned by His Majesty' s Ministers in their tat a.ures, had been f...t the uif , tty, f t eedont, and hap. ROHRER 2242. PATRONISED it 10fore whom Mr. Bennis - the Ihverioement, at II And permis.ion rE PULILIC art that this present SA the FREEMASO BAN NS' H A NISTI Os, An Aetna s Mirreltaiteous Di,' w in he .poki n and au The short Dieertiscnie , r ,r, which compose it, I the occasion, by Messrs Cu des C. Dibia, jun. and oth meat Millets revised an d T i e am p are priocips nll be secompamad by m, kisees the Parts of, the Fnucus,us the Grand Piss u„,,, pm —Admittance The Door, to be open al ma i beer at Eight. Tickets to be had at the Tb s . pabbc B ump. sill bt oprucd , ,gait t, et the 1.004 "I m o af , eloa RiplA Ha TN(I I Weer% (limpet, T pa, by the Rev. Mr. Nis soi smg st quarter befors a quarter bettor t lure &elm CliatHOW I A CERMON rill IP et PADDINGTON, by t KEWS, D. D. Dean a wominaer ; fur Heish. NOTICE is betel) depending in Portia veletherwisc Improving, Parses sad p;ares, in the foamy of Middlesex, oh geolielsiaging to Joseph NOTICE 1 Ait. Persons have the Etiote and El l iot We of Hammersmith, in deceased, are requested to I Office, in order to their detscil to the said Estate, sob. PMENIX PERSONS whose at I.ADY• DAY, o Need Rerays are inns, pea, ad Chaise-moss nod Lit M the Coeralrfi. Imaramere ss .America, de Castilian of Lampe, tat wen their -mend eiti, Midianite, is vigil nag ilatuvus lelusemis to 4, NoCherge sal he iniiirlisnr spun Stuns of . 11 AVINDWATI4 re, the HOUSE of IA 0% else FRANCIS BUR DI Hy HENRY 11ADOltt Imam: hinted for %I bre, Portiseal-streiry bat the Itooksellere. PINUP. QUA !VITA 1 u paldistied THIS Orbs upon ittn tollowsntt i tAird Grenville sod I caitiollcs—ll. Sir W. Dr Waitrons —III. Wallace Cudasnw—Voyage &HS 11 Fable sail dimes —VI. I for I'orn:u. .• That tM Cart rr that they WI w, wilarr lu.s, 1 rela te r , 'hat It tat, the hat ettwital t 4. 4, ..11114( h '+ .ittar4 I I,lhg in onter I 4me II 6 ". car *RI P LE . 4 - 411( brit. A ToNY I%lll\l Zell, kotiktv 1;.1 s tmg wfgh, „ r !It i:111.E. atm ne nth, . - CO?CONFI D ENTIA L DIPLOMATIC CORR UPON. HENCE. Lord t;RENVII.LE—" My Lords, I rive to address your Lordships. on the subject to winch I adverted yesterday, under a feeliag of etnbarrassinent, greater, I rein justly affirm, than I have ever expe rienced on any former occasion. ll' tiny Noble Lord will poiut out to toe any mode in e Inch I eau littnia the object I have in view, and, at the saute time, steer clear of those circumstance* it, which that emharresstnent originates, I shun 611. know. ledge myself its the greatest degree indebted to him. In the course of tne observations I shall address to your Lordships, I fear that I must advert to occurencet, which, for the honour of the counter, and for the preservation of our nati onal character in the eyes of the world, I could wish buried m oblivion. Would to heaven it could be so—bat the evil is now done, and cennot be re called. My Lords, there have beco laid sin the elide of this House, by command of His Majesty. ill conformity with your Lordships' Adders@ fur that porpoise, a series of papers relative to the af faiA of Span), which have been transmitted by Ilia Majesty's Plenipotentiary residing in that tenantry. Parra these pipers, in; Lords, are of* description the most reprehensible that ever appeared on your Lorilsbips' table. That these papers, proceedlfig 1r1,11.1 your Lordships' press, will ultimately get into general circulation, I need not inform von. If that circulation were confined to the bo laries of this kingdom. although I should still deprecate the production of such papers, yet, the subject of my regret would he greatly oarrowed. (!, -old these paper« lie restricto ii to your Lordia,tps' reel sal, I should feel no apps. heasioit of danger from their having been laid before you, tJsofll;b...ihe erimiuel negligence of His Majesty's Ministers would still deserve the severest reprobation.— But, my Lords, these documents, which have re f...tied an official stamp. by being laid before the Witish Parliament. wail, moot s,suredly, he dis seminated over the Cositmeat —Pryers, which corn promiee, out merely the public chasaeter, hut, my I,.aels, the very lives tir individuelr. Through my whole !Public life, I have ever 'Will it as a political insairn. that the questinus of imitate! policy. me wed In the Coontils of stales. in amity anti us, should never be Inside the subject of Pee liamentary diareission. or of publie conversation. But, my Lords, this principle applies with tenfold fOrte, alien the iutestine feuds, and jralousles, end, dis cenitentsa of a foreign state, are, through it diplo matic isierlium, made known to the Government of a country, together with the nom a of those from whom that information hiss been originally derived. flow, my Lords. I should lie glad to know, came this mass of papers on your Lordships' table? It is true, soy Noble Friend, near me, (the Marquis of Lansrlown) moved for the pro nation of certain correspondence. But I have too high an idea of my Noble Friend's good penes, I estimate too highly the qualities of his head and heart, to permit my self for a moment to imagine. that his motion was salt wrwded, as to authorise the production of these pipet. In motions of this kind. it has been always customary to cull for copies, or extracts of emotes,' tines giving, not merely an opportunity of selection, but tacitly calling for the exercise of a discrimimoing power. And, in this war. the me- Lion of my Noble Friend was worded. bat Minis ters, with a most unheard-of negligence. have placed on the table, a Leidy of papers, many of them Keg- , nant with the moat mischievous results. I remit. leer, my Lords, that, when 1 myself was, er qfleie. occupied in preparing certain papers to he hurl be fore Parliament, relative to a negocittinn with the enemy, the names of the Ministers employed by the enemy in that business, were, in many MiltanCe4, carefully concealed. Our Eawuy transmitted the circumstances which occurred at his several lona- IfieWi with those emanated to meet him. with such oloservations as stiggssted themselves; but, lest the safety of any •f these individuals should hr endan gered by any freedom of remark lie might have in dulged in. the name of the person making such remarks was uniformly omitted. This line of con duct was thew punned even towards the Ministers of an enemy ; and, I am positive, that publicly to dis close the names of individnals of high rank in a government in a state of alliance with us; publicly to diadem than, as connected with circumstances of the most delicate nature, never entered the minds of any Ministers. save those who. unfortunately far the country, have. at present, the direction of its af fairs. My Lords. I well remenalaer the sensation with which, at a former period, • British politic resident in Spain, observed, in parliarusuitery pa yers, transmitted to him from this country. het his 'lame was mentioned. as Intense given information or the state of naval rquipmait is the 'Spanish ports. There was here, certainly, mach eiiiise of complaint; it was a negligenee high culpable. But the intim:flu d vig.4r wised was Britisl;t subject, sad, as such, hail the opportnni- ~=. i. ;~