The Sun. — London, England, 1823-02-05 00:00:00

rwx.red limn those promulgated at Saybath:and , Tropt au. the GovernmeM was sincere in:its expressed wishes,'itia. the re.. -preaentations made at the Congress of Verona werestated tO be hacked by the people of 'England—he was astonished. that the Ministers had not called Parliament together,. and obtained such a declaration as would have proved. the 'most powerful means of preventing the adoption of those principles which threatened the destruction of order and peace throughout Europe. If, nothwithetauding the Speech of the King of Franca—if, notwithstanding the march of his unlit*,h there ,were still hopes of preserving peace by negociation e did net think the language of the Address sufficiently strong to xiipport-that negociation, and contribute to its successful issue. The Noble Lord then expressed his concurrence in . the views taken by the Marquis of Lansdownl, a tot possible capture of Minorca, and its occupation by Russa, for the purpose of blockading, or supplying the coast of Spain, in case of war.— Considering all the various bearings of the suestion, he looked . to the termination of the contest, supposing it to give success to France, with infinite dismay. Therefore it was that he did not think they ought to rest satisfied with merely remonstrating in the same terms which were used to the Allied Severeigns two years ago. Supposing the present negotiations to end in war, it would be I mpossible to say, that his Majesty's Mi nisters, by interfering in this way, had used their best en. .deavours to prevent war, or that they bad thoroughly done their duty. . Earl DARNLEY' said, that although he might not be per. ferfectly satisfied with the Address, he mild not_ agree to the ,Amendment proposed by his Noble Friend. There was an other topic of the Speech which lie considered of as much im portince as any thing which could come before the attention of .their Lordships, and, which he had himself intended to bring forward at an early period—he meant the state of Ire d tlanod.— From what had been stated , however, he was dispose see if any adequate measures w e re likel y to come from quarters more 'competent than himself to treat the subject according to its paramount importance. lie hail risen chiefly for the pur pose of asking the Noble Lord at what time the measures al. luded to were likely to be pres ented to the House. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that the subject would be brought forward as early as possible. He could not possibly say for a few days at what precise time, owing to the 'absence; 0 some Gentlemen intimately connected with the measures , * be proposed. The /louse then divided, when there appeared-- For the Address . - . For the Amendment' - - Majority in favour of the Address The House then adjourned. 62 -59. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. PRELIMINARY FORMS. 'At three o'clock the House was summoned by -the Dcmey UStiva of the Black Rod to attend at'the Bar of the House of Lords. The SPEAKER, in consequence, accompanied by a consi derable number of Members, proceeded to that House, where the King's Speech was delivered: by the Lords'', Commissioners, for which see the Lords' Debate. WRITS. The SPEAKER having resumed his seat, informed the - Souse, that since the prorogation of the Parliament in August last, he'. had instal his warrants for elective writs to supply ,vacancies in the House, occasioned by the deaths of the Mem bers for The following places :—Sligo, Dublin, Orford, Derby, 'Salop, Ross, Cambridge University, and Wilton. Most of the new Members for these places appeared and - were sworn. Write were ordered for new elections for the undermention ed places, in the room of the following persons, who had . accepted offices under the Crown, and thereby vacated their seats:— For Harwich, in the room of the Right Hon. N. Vaneittart and C. Bathurst—Peterborough, .1. Scarlett, Esq.—Ripon, Right Hon. G. Robinson—Chichester, Right Hon. W. Ilus kisson—St. Germains, Right Hon. C. Arbuthnoe---New Wind sor, Sir Herbert 'Taylor Coleraine, Sir J. Beresford—Liver pool, the Right Hon. George Canning. A new writ was also ordered for Berwick, in the room of :Lord Viscount OssuLeton, who had succeeded his father in the Earldom of Tankerville. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that, accordingg, to „custom, the Clerk had prepared a Bill for preveoting clandes tine Oudeweies. The 11111 was read a first time. IRISH Tl'r II ES. ' Mr. HUME gave notice that, on the 4th of March, he should submit a motion to the House respecting Tithe Property in ,Ireland, with the view.to a Commutation of it. lic vim gave notice that on the litli inst. he should move for certain documents and correspondence which had taken place in •tiotne of tlie public departments relative to the office of Vice. Treesurer in Ireland. CURRENCY. Mr. BENNErf (as we understood), on behalf of theMem tar for Essex (Mr. Western), gave notice, tit at that Honourable 'Member intended to renew his motion of last Session on the subject of the currency. PA RMAAIENTA R Y REFORM. • . Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, that he should, soon after the Recess, renew the Motion he had submitted to . the House last year, respecting a Parliamentary Reform. ASSESSLD TAXES. • Mr. MABERLY got; notice, that on the 18th of March he should move iOr leave to icing it a Bill to repeal the whole rf the Assessed Taxes. His object in doing so would be mere. y to obtain. a repeal of such as could be given up without in . ury to the public service. CATHOLIC QUESTION. Mr. WYNN, in the absence of the Attorney-General for Ireland, gave notice, that on Th u rs da y , . the 20th inst., that • ;Right Hoe. and Learned Gentlemen would bring the Catholic Question under the considefation of the House. Mr. P. MOORE Said, he wished to give notice that it was his intention to endeavour to get the House to adjourn every _. evening at eleven o'clock.--(A Laugh.) • HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH. The SPEAKER informed the House that he had been to 'the House of Peers, and hail heard his 'Majesty's Lords Grim. miesioners deliver in hie Majesty's name, a Speech, of wh i t h, to prevent mistakes, he bed obtained a copy. lie then re ad the Speech. Mr. CHILD said, that; in rising to move en Address of • 'Tbitnke to his Majesty, for his most gracious Speech, he as sured the House that no individual ever before eresented him self on a similar occasion under more embarrass:neat. No per •• son had need of a larger portion of that patience and intim', gence which he observed were always extended to persons si nihirly circurnstanted. Ile must, in the first place, exprese the' ' pleasure he felt that the Speech contained a frenk and satisfac . wry declaration of those principles on which the Government acted at the Congress of Verona, and an admission of the right ' of self-government on the part of all other countries.—(llear, hear !)—This admission gaVe him, and must have given to all who heard it, no small degree-of gratification. On this as on 'all other ()mashies no effort was omitted to maintain the ho near, and dignity of the coontry, preserving it at the same time from" , embarking in hostilities ; anievene. which no person .dinici say was desirable under present circumstances. Nothing . seeuld be more impolitic than to rush into a fresh war, unless for objects most nearly•affecting their vital interests.—(,llear 1) Deeply however as be should lament the necessity of it after the hurthens they had sustai n e d., be shouldstill more deeply , asplore eitch forbearance, Wit must take plaCe at the exptnce of ' departure from the principles of liberty and justice= It was „eat likely that he should express an, opinion on the merits or demerits of. the Qonstitution. ThaE was a matter fo e rI , t h e ' c onsideration of the Spaniards. theinselveti.s:4Hear !)_—H believed that there e:eisted on the part of that people sufficient pi3vcr to obtain and secure their liberties„, and he hoped they . .s mat 11 do so.—(Clear, hear !)- . —lndeed, he had no dohht they would, Unless' the pressure arising from external circumstances,. from the apprehended attack of Foreign Powers, should lead to the eßtablislun'ent of a military authority; from the necessity cniplacing extraordinary powers in the hands of Government. lie , • wiehe , 4 not to, he iiii.eentierstood in reference to the case of Spain. He did nut deny that circumstances might arise which. would givetoaneighhouring Power a right of interference with the in • tented concerns of another; but it must depend on such a state of things as would put to hazard the existence of that interfering. Power. Iltese cheinnstances he could not perceive, at least with respect to .Austria, Itossla, or. Prussia. Ile had no doubt that the House fully concurred in thoge parts of die Speech tvliicli anaca to this affiiir, and to the, efforts made .by . his • Argiesty'S Government t o p revent the applicatioreof a principle in which no Englisbman Could Concur. He rejoiced, and he; 'knew the House would also rejoice, in the hopes expressed laY lis ne•-itt,ty, that peace might still be preserved iaG rice with out the interference of without the risk a, that Power '4btaining any addition to its possessions in the East. ,They - Would also be reesdy to express their approbation of the measures. ~adopted es obtain hone Spain.an indemnity for the lows rms.' mined by British subjects in the West Indies. He was, hew . ever, S lid that these claims were pressed in such a manner as to shew• Spain that it was not the wish of the Government to add . to her embarrassments, and that those claims were advanced only at the desire of the British subjects who hail been sufferers. - lie rejoiced to - hear that hie Majesty had taken further steps for the su_ppreseion of the abominable traffic in slaves. Though much difficulty loose from the jealousy of other nations, wh to o . suspected they were not scrims in their, desire put an end it, still he hoped the iteps.bad recourse to woad be• productive ~ Of die best effects, and that nothing would be omitted that might .further tend to promote so desirable an object. He might be permitted to congratulate the House on the satisfactory state of . the revenue and expenditure. The reduction in the latter proved the desire that existed of acting, as far as it could be done con sistently with the public service, on economical principles. The amount of taxes repealed sheweel,that the G o vernment were de sirous, as far as lay in their poier, to relieve the agricultural distresses of the country. It would be now premature to dis. Cues the subject of applying pecuniary relief from the revenue* of the country. A surplus ditt exist : but the question washow to apply it with most benefit. lie would allow that the agr hicul tural classes were sti ll suffering , and that severely. They ow ever bore their burthens witti4t degree of patience which entitled them to no small share of indulgence. However, when he called to mind the gloomy boding; of former years with respect to the commercial and manufacturing interests, and saw their pro sperity. and flourishing state- appresent, it would not be coo san guine in him to express a hope that the stile favourable change would, ere long, take place in regard to the other important branch of national industry. When he recollected. the reduc tion made in those taxes that pressed host heavily on agri culture, and the further reduction of which intimation had been given—when he called to mind the fall which took place in the prices of land, and the understanding that land lord and tenant might come to in reference to the - currency — when he observed that great saying arose from paying more at tention to parochial disbursement --he could not but express a confidenthape that the time was not far away when agricultu rists would derive from their capital those fair and remunerat ing profits which it was, he believed, the wish of every Member in that House. The state of Ireland was a subject that re quired the most serious attention. . The disorganization that ex- Wed there was sufficiently apparent from the public Papers. — He trusted, however, that through the seal and ability of the person at the bead of the Well Administration , ' and the exer tions of that House, the state of Ireland would be effectually ;probed to the bottom, and that, ere the close of the present Session, measures would be adopted tending to a gradual ame lioration ; to the conferring of thcse advantages, which, as part Of the empire, she bad a right to expect , and to the removal of all civil and religions feuds.—(Hear, hear!)—He had now, he believed, gone through - all the points touched upon in his Ma esty's Speech. Ile hoped lie might be per mitted to say, that be discharged the duty he had undertaken in no way unbecom ing an independent country Gentleman.—(llear, hear !)—lt might be deemed presumption to obtrude himself on the House, and he had now to otfer Ins thanks for the kind indulgence with which he had heen heard. Perhaps the last return he could make for their indulgence was, to assure them, that he could scarcely contemplate any future occasion that could induce him to offer himself again to their attention. The Hon. Gentleman concluded, amidst loud cheers, with moving the Address, which was, as usual, an echo of the Speech, Mr. WILDMAN, iii rising to second the Address, trusted that the House would not deny to him that kind indulgence which he had so frequently seen granted to othersunder similar circumstances ; and which, from the consciousness that he was surrounded by so many Honourable Members much better qua lified than himself, he stood the more in need of. It was, how ever, a great consolation to him, that so many topics of his Majesty's Speech afforded to the country matter for great con gratulation ; and lie trusted there was no part of It areall, calcu lated to cause a division of opinion that night. He hut* eon attend it to be of the highest importance, under the awful circumstances in which Parliament was assembled, that the Address which he had now the honour of seconding should be unanimous. The House would, he was sure, agree with him in a pproving the course adopted by hi s Majesty's Representative., at the Congress of Verona . It was becoming the free country. which he represented to refuse his participation in all interference by Foreign Powers with the internal Government of Spain. The anxiety manifested by his Majesty to prevent that country being again desolated by war, must be shared by every British heart ; and also the fervent hope that the kind officeof mediation vested in his Majesty may secure peace .to Spain as well as the Eastern nations of Europe. He (Mr. Wildman) heartily con gratulated the nowise and the country that the Estimates bad been framed with every attention to economy, and that the total expenditure would be found materially below that of last year ; and more particularly that the revenues had so improved, that, without affecting public credit, a considerable reduction could be made in the burthens of the people. lie was also extremely happy to remark, that the relief sent to Ir eland had produced Nett good effects; and yet more did he rejoice to hear that measures were likely to be taken by which there was the beat hope of melioration to the habits and condition •of the people. The House, he was persuaded, could not hear without great satisfaction that the manufacturing and some of the branches of the commercial interests of' the country were in a progressive state of improvement. Another subject of con gra tulation to the country might be dra wn from the measures added to those already taken, but hitherto he regretted to add only nominally, for {the abolition of the Slave Trade by Foreign Powers. It appeared to hint the imperious duty of this country to enforce, by every means in its power,. the total and absolute ann ihil a tion of this infamous traffic. liaving, upon principles so mach to the creditor this country, sacrificed her own colt.. nies, and reduced them to the very verge of ruin and destruction, it is now time to lay aside our scruples, and, ere it be coo late, enforce the observance of those laws which other nations have assumed the credit of, while they despised and violated them in a tenfold degree of aggravation. In the deep regrets which his Majesty has expressed at the continual depression of the Agri cultural interests, he most sincerely sympathieed, as would those around him ; many of whom were in this respect even greater sufferers than himself. He was persuaded, however, that the bitterest period of that distress had passed ; and that a good and honourable understanding between the landlord and tenant, which shall render leases again valuable, and prevent the pre sent improvident system of the tenants, of adding, by excessive and p rem ature cultivation of wheat , to the very l do evil of super abundance under which they are labouring, wil much to mitigate this cause of the distress, combined with that system of frugality in the tenants which their forefathers practised, with so much credit and comfort to thernselve4 and their families.— To this, however, must be added a better adminisiration of the poor laws—a subject demanding the utmost consideration and wisdom that this House could bestow upon it. He wag deeply concerned that the welfare of the landed interest mainly de pended upon the eonxiderations which lie had taken the liberty of pointing out ; and as we had derived our stability and gran deur as a nation from the prosperity of our landed possessions, it was impossible but that in their ruin every other interest would be involved. lie had, however, the fullest reliance upon the good sense of the people and the wisdom of the Legislature to arrest the course of it. Thu Hon. Gentleman concluded, by again beseeching the indulgence of the house for the imperfect' ' manner in which he had seconded an Address so good in itself, and which had been so ably moved by his lion. Friend. Sir JOSEPH YORKE said, that after the able manner in which the mover and seconder of the Address bad alluded to the various points contained in the most gracious Speech of his Majesty, it would be presumption in hint to offer any further remarks. Ile fully concurred in all that had fallen from them relative to the internal effitirs of the country. The only part of the Speech on which he was disposed to make any remark, was that relative to their foreign policy. On that subject he must raise his voiceeand express his feelings with perhaps somewhat more warmth than hie lion. Friend who moved the Address. lie was happy to perceive, from the language of the Speech, that they were come back to the true and just principles that should regulate the , conduct of this countr y as far as regarded the interhal affairs of other nations. There was no conimu tilcation made from the Throne that day lie beard with more gratification than that in which it was stated, that their repre. sentative at the,Congress of Verona had received directions to' deny, on the part of England, all right of interference with' the internal concerns of Spain.--(hear, hear, hear !)—They should not content themselves merely with the approbation of such sentiments, expressed in a general manner by the House; every Member should, in alphabetical artier, raise his voice loudly, he would not say against the itopelicy of the conduct , pursued towards the Spanish nation, but the absolute disho nesty of it.--(Cheets.)-e-A more outrageous, a more unprin cipled act of violence never was, and never could be committed .against a great and gen4rous nation.—(llear, hear 1)—It was fresh in their 'recollection that this noble people were the very persons who, b their sietance to Buonap—(larte, were the means of restoring th y e B our b o n s to their thronelear !)—the very persons who preserved the throne for Ferdinand, while he was truckling to the'Frenclf at Bayonne.---(Ilene !)--Ile was glad to hear the resolution expressed in the Speech, of preserving the peace of this country, and that every effort had been tried on the part of the Government to avert a war between France and Spain. However its might be their interest and their wish to pre serve this country from engaging in hostilities, 6611 if war were once declared, if blood were once shed, if cannon were once heard from the Bidassoa, it would be impossible for them to re main neutral: It must, no doubt, under present circumstances, be the wish of every person who knew the interest* of the coon.' try to remain at peace ; but vitriolic' as their relations were with the different parts of Europe and the world, extended as their coinnterce was, interested as they must be in the progress of rational freedom, he would ask any person . who possessed the generous and noble feelings of an Engliithinan, whose heart must palpitate for the success of a rising people, whether,if war once commenced, it would be possible for this country to remain neutral ? A paternal Government would no doubt make every exertion to preserve peace ; but he believed that neither in that House nor out - of doors, could it he popular that his Majesty, should remain strictly neutral. Mr. BROUGHAM joined with the Gallant Officer who had just Ist (Wain; in the expression of Ids sentiments; senti ments which did him honour .no less as a Legislator than as a gallant Officer. • lie (Mr. B.) took this first opportunity of ex pressing his unqualified abhorrence of the principles upon which this threatened war was founded, and Ins detestation of their practice; his bitter contempt, if he might so speak, and his disgust of the most hypocritical language in which those principles had been promulged.—(Loud Cheers.)—He should ilischarge the duty of candour which he owed to the Hon. • Gentlemen who had moved and seconded the Address, if he did not state' is gratification at the appearance, that what ever might be their divisions in that House among themselves, yet, upon this subject, they would be unanimous. He thought the views which had been taken by Government of this ques tion were sound and liberal.—(Hear, hear, hear!) --He was not sure that they could have gone farther than they had, until they had made the necessary communication to Parliament. He was sure h ow ever, that the feeling which had already been displayed in that House, would cause an unive rsal feelin g of exultation through Spain, comfort aid encouragement to all free States, and confusion and dismay to the Allies, who had caused that feeling. The principles in q uestion included a mockery of humanity and religton ; and in support of such principles were their avomveriabout to ann their barbarous, or at best half civi lized hordes.. Tins was to be done, too, at the instigation of an handful of men, small, he hoped, in point of influence, contemp tible, w i t hout question, on the score of talents , and character who had surrounded the person of ourally and neighbour , and had set on foot this projected invasion for the basest and most selfish views. In proportion as these would be discouraged, would others be encouraged by the proceedings in that House. Having said thus much, he teared he could not disguise the fact that the country had arrived at that crisis, and was in that emergency which its affairs never even had approached since the R e volution. He alluded, of course, to its internal situa tion, and the distress which prevailed in the most important of its interests. Be the result what it might, he trusted we should steer clear of the difficulties which threatened us, and be enabled to avoid them ; but be must indeed be a bold man who could take upon himself to say that we should have that good fortune. This consideration of our own state reminded him of the necessity of his making a declaration of his opinions upon acts which had recently taken place, and upon which his opinions should be stated at once, that he might not be justly accused of inconsistency. A sound Statesman adapted his conduct to changes of time and circumstance, and thus preserved rather than endangered ,his consistency. He thought that the distress which was so much complained of last year had been only partially relieved by the measures , which had been adopted. last Session : he meant the re duction. ,W certain taxes. This again brought hint to a notice of the County Meetings 'which had taken place, and the proceedings at which had, given umbrage to so many. Those who blamed what bad taken place it the Meetings in ques tion, ought to recollect, thit every degree of Indulgence should be shewn towards the errors of those who were suf fering. Some there were who had an undoubted right to express disapprobation at the conduct which had been pur sued at those ibleetings, but some there were, too, who had no such right. 'Dose, for instance, and he was among them, who had opposed the measures - of Government in 1011, had a right to complain ofthe proposition to break faith with the public creditor. Theloudest outcry was made by the friends of .Mi nisters as to tie Norfolk Petition ; and yet one of the prop°. sitions orthat Petition ' was the same in point of principle as that which in 1811, was pueinto the shape of a Dili, brought , into that Home by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and carried by the influence of Government. This wits actually a law to centred the right of landlords to distrain for rent. "He repeated that they ought not to judge too censoriously of those who we suffering under great distress. At some of the places whereat meetings had been held, the most partial and narrow viewshati been taken as to the proper remedy ; and these views were generally directed to local interests and local relief. In one part of the country a reduction of the hop duty was suggested ; and in another the taking off of the duty Upon slate.- - -(A laugh.):-To btu sure these propositions were almost ludcrous; but they :thawed that the distress was nearly universal; and that the remedy was not to be taken merely upon the suggestion of the sufferers themselves. There was, undoubteely, one general relief, to which all classes in common were entitled e. he meant reduction of taxation, and an arrangement of the Sinking Fund, so that it should not con tinue what it really was--a delusion. In the wayof reduction, however, looking to our foreign affairs, he could not consent to the minket reduction 'of our navel force. Let abusesein the naval department be correctOd ; but he would by all means say, - 4 Do not let us diminish nue strength." This, however, did not apply to any other bninch of the ihthlic service. The army might be reduced, because we could am send it abroad. But he lecommended eco nomy and retrenchment generally, because be really did contemplate the probability of our being engaged in hostilities at some time or other in the course of the threatened war. No one who understood or regarded the ancient policy of the country, but must say that if this ill-Sated expedition miliould be carried into effect, England would in all probability, sooner or latter, be engaged in it. Indeed lie was glad that Minis t ers ha d not g one so far us to promise a strict neutrality under, every possible circumstance. To do that would be to give a species of permission to clic at tack upon Spain. There was not a man in this country who would not cheerfully give Ministers support in such a case as , the present. Ile even trusted it would appear that Ministers had declared, that in certain events we, should assist the Spas niards.—.(Cheers.)—Tbe more the conduct of the Allies was contemplated, themore untenable was every one of their hollow pretences. He must say that even with all possible respect for the illustrious authors of the documents which had been put forth respecting.the state of Spain, he did not believe any thing so monstrous. or so preposterous was to be found among all the-State Papers of Eeirope, They had departed from their former principles. His Prussian Majesty had accused the Cortes of having destroyed that titular authority which was the very menu of Monarchy. His,Russian Ma jesty had declared that " the reason of Europe and the ex perience of ages stamped with disapprobation a state of things which was destructive of all order." That is to say, the rea son of his Imperial Majesty, and his own experience of ten years • for the Spanish Constitution of which he now coin plaine'd, was the very one he hail adopted in 11312; and it had not been altered one iota since. That Constitution his Imperal Majesty had described, not merely as good or excel. lent, for that, from his Majesty might be no sort of praise, but he had applied to it the peculiar 'approving epithet of " legiti mate."---(A laugh.)—And he aplied this epithet not only to the Cortes themselves, but asp lie (Mr. 13.) had before ob served, 'to . the Constitution which they had decreed..--(hear I) —That Constitution was still the seine, even to rigorous pre cision. It was not changed : and he trusted in GOD, the Spaniards would never consent to change it with bayonets at their breasts.—(Cheers.)—lt might be faulty in some respects; but, it' it were as bad as possible, he trusted the great, noble, and high-minded people of Spain would not regard the inso lent menace which was now held over them.—(Cheers.)—lle would not go through the full detail of' the papers issued by these Allied Sovereigns: but lie knew not any thing which could possibly be so unjust as their treatment of Spain at their —Congress they called it. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of the year 11110, provided the cases in which, and in which alone, any special Congress should be held on European affairs. It was in language similar to those master.pieces of hypocrisy, the proclamations of Catharine of Russia—the great pant dotter. The Treaty in question professed to have in view the " Calm" of Europe. It was that sort of Calm which was occasioned by the breath of despotism : It professed its resolve never to depart, in the slightest degree, from the " strict Law of Nations." Its chief abject WAS the " re pose of the world." It was, in fact, half-sennon. It proposed the promotion of " morality and religion. "---( Laughter.)—This reminded him of the conduct of one of the Aristocratrixes of Russia, who sent her barbarous hordes to massacre sonar , thou sands of mounted men, women, and children ' ordered a Te Dams to be sung for the triumph, and then issued a proclama tion stating that " the Empress desired the Poles to consider her as feeling the tenderatolicitude of a mother wishing foe the happiness of all her children."---(Hear, hear 1)—To return, however, from this digression. He really should like to hear the atipment of some German Statesman in support of' this seine Treaty of Aix-hi-Chapelle. - As he before oliservede.i.t. laid down the cases in which Special 'Congresses should he assembled. It went on to say that no Special Congreea shetuld he assembled respecting the effeirs of any State not a party . to the. Alliance except in consequence of a formal invitation from the State in questitin for that purpose. Haw, then, did they reconcile this Decleration, not with the calling of Spain before them, but with proceeding to interfere with the affairs of Spain who was no part to the alliance, and who, one might sa f e ly sa y, had not formally invited their Ma jesties to take her affairs into their good keeping ?—(A laugh.) :low could they reconcile their Declaration with their endea vour to put down the independence of Spain, and violate the i ntegr i ty of h er terr i tor y ?—(hear, hear () He really hoped the House would consider the consequence of such an assem blage of Princes with such a pityeical force at their command, who interposed their authority and their criticism over time (to. vernment of pacific States. There was not one topic which could be drawn front the Spanish Constitution that had not been actually taken to pieces by these armed Legislators.— They interfered about the Spanish Colonies ; nay they com plained of the inefficiency of the Spanish Ministry.—(A laugh. )-.-They meddled with the Spanish finances—talked about " ruinous loans," " c ontributions," taxes of course—(Laugh tural distress:" in good set phrase, complained that ter.)—antl„ no doubt, if their attention had been directed to wards thi s country , t h e y , would have talked about " the Spanish Spanish King's Guards had Ewen assassinated within the and they, very precincts of his Palace. The history of the latter eircum. stance was shortly this. The Constitution, including the Cor tes, was estaldished by law, anti there was an insurrectionary, a rebellious attempt madel.o destroy the Cortes and subvert the Constitution, and those who attempted that destruction and that subversion' were killed in dint attempt. Yet had this Emperor the audacity to accuse the Spaniards of assassi nating the King's G uar ds within the precincts of his palace. With just as much reason might they accuse of assassina tion, an English Ministry who should order soldiers to fire upon those who a l ight attempt to assassinate the King of England. Their Majesties proceeded to speak of '; disor ganised philosophy."--(A laugh.)—lt would really be dis gusting as well as useless, to go through all theirpapers.— Ile knew not which to admire most—the inconsistency of some of the Sovereigns, or the peculiar conduct of Russia, a power but half European, an immense colossal mass of phy sical power with oriental principles, which had used many words to wrap up ideas not very clear, but 'which, when really understood, appeared • to speak bht one language, and that was,. ".We have hundreds of thou s an ds of armed mercena ries and we will not reason where we mean to insult."— (Cheers.)—The gallant Spaniards, in answer, spoke a short, an expressive, a manly language. 4 ‘ We," said they, " will not reason with those who would enslave us ; no matter to us whe ther they be Goths, Huns, or Unities." They indeed sheeted a courage, in fine contrast to the crafty Bohemian and savage Tartar. If the Tyrants who infested the world should proceed In their course, there was not one true-born Englishman or true Frenchman who would not in heart be an ally of the Spaniard& —( Loud cheers.)—lle particularly admired the conduct of Spain in answer to this odious and invidious interference. — Every sentence addressed to the Spaniards conveyed some in. sult ; and the object of the whole was evidently to divide them, and array them against each other. Under such circum stances he should not have been much surprised if their answer had conveyed some allusions to the Allied Powers themselves. His Prussian Majesty for instance, who appeared- to be so nice a critic in Constitutions, and bad expressed his anxiety for Spanish happiness, might have been reminded of his pro mise to give his own subjects a Constitution.—(Hear, bear!) — His Austrian Majesty might have been recommended to be just to King George, before be was generous . to King Ferdi. nand; to pay the debt, principal and interest, which he had so long owed to the English Government.--(Hear, hear 1) — Or they might have told him to turn his eyes to his own dungeons in the Milanese e in which he hid immured men, wo men, an even children, without any charge being made against them:—(Cheers.)::.:-As for the Emperor Alexander, he in parti cular it was that complained of the frightful sight of blood being seen to flow teithin a Royal palace. Now, how blame less soever might be his Majesty and his agents, certain it was that he was descended from fathers and mothers who had lost even their wives and their sons by violent deaths in their Royal palaces ; and certain it was that the survivors always hap pened to reap the benefit of these Royal violent deaths; and yet, what was most extraordinary, it never happened that the perpetrators of these murders were brought to justice...., (Cheering.)—Had he (Mr. B.) been the adviser of his Im perial Majesty, he would have besought him to think three or four times before he touched upon such a subject. Touch ed upon it, however, he had ; anti had in the perfection of his , rhetoric, made It the very top of his climax. It was well for them to talk of Napoleon, that great and resplendent character, as an usurper. .'their mouths were -stopped from calling him an usurper. It was this country and the gal lant Spaniards only that had a right to use that language.— ( Hear, hear !)—With regard to the King of Prussia, no sooner was he enabled to stand upon his legs as a man from the as tounding succession of reverses under which he had succumbed, than he bravely followed the fortunes of his conqueror- e no sooner was be so far recovered as to have the freedom of inn. thin, than he applied himself to kiss the usurping blood-stained hands of his master, whom tie now came forward to calumniate. —(Ilm, hear!)—Then, as to Russia, she had been satisfied to pick up the crumbs of his insatiate ambition after being well beaten. This, to be sure, was a standing principle of Cahnuck policye-wherever there was something to do, there was this all. Power—in Asia, in Europe, or in America was equally indifibrent ; anti lately they had seen advanced a claim for sea territory, in default of any other.—(Hear, and a laugh.)— In ;pursuance of this principle, merely to preserve it in unbroken Chastity, the Imperial Court had condescended to accept in con sideration of its interference a morsel of territory, with nothing but a few thousand. Ccrfs to maintain upon it.—(A laugh:)— Next was . Austria,—that magnanimous Prince, who, after ex hausting the efforts of his ambition in opposing, betraying, and truckling to the power of Napoleon the usurper, ended by claim ing the honour of his hand for his only daughter. After the fall of Napoleon, who fell by his own ambition and the rigour of a northern winter, united to the perseverance and gallantry of the English forces, without which nothing could bare wrought his downfal,—these men, who were the first to imitate the worst features of his policy—who had engaged to put down" that power whom they had first invited and afterwards dethroned, now came forward to calumniate him. He was glad thus to find that the Spaniards had only those against them wbo pos sessed no weight front character. It gave him great pain, however, to be oblige d to include in the number a Sovereign of a different description from those whom be had tlesl unatcd, —he meant the illustrioes'Sovereign on the throne of France, who for a moment, for he would assume it was only momen. tray, had been induced to yield obedience to the dictates of a party who had got the power of advising hint. But he would assume that it was only a passing aberration from sounder principles, proceeding from the influence of men who would be speedily ejected from those places which they were unwor. thy to occupy, to make room for a return to snore liberal principles. The King of France had gone beyond the prin. espies of his associates, in advancing one of the most monstrous doctrines, that from tyrants alone can a people hold a consti tution.—(Hear, hear I)—That accomplished Prince could not but know that this was a doctrine contrary to the opinion of the wisest of men. Ile trusted he should be forgiven if he re minded that Personage who, for his exalted state, was, he be. lieved, a scholar of no ordinary pretensions, of a principle of an opposite nature, laid down by a high authority of antiquity. " non in ulla elMtate, nisi in qua ssintma protestas populis tenet Own donticilluntlibertas babel." He would recommend to his Most Christian Majesty the adoption 'of this sentiment, which flowed from one of the most honourable sources of ancient literature. If, however, guided by different views, the King of France should be so blind as to prevail on the modern Scyttuans to cross the Rhine, judgment would be gone out against him and his family. To call the Spanish cause an insurrection was most false, and to make that the pretence of interference was to embark in a course having palpable falsehood for its basis.— But the fact was, that it was not against freedom in any equivocal or objectionable form that the Holy League di. rested its efihrts. It was. Freedom, as such, that they were against.—(Hear, hear 1)—It was against Freedom wheresoever found,' by whatsoever means obtained, by whatsoever men brought about, by whatsoever checks secured, that the tyrants warred. All the monuments raised to it=-- all the miracles it performed, they hated from their souls; for they felt their own tenure to be insecure whilst a shaft remained in the quiver of the spirit of Liberty. Therefore, it was that, so long as Eng. land possessed her present Constitution, even with all its abuses, of which no man was snore aware, and none more anxious to see remedied than lie was, w should be objects of. hatred to the tyrants of the Continent. Those Army-Critics were not limited in their views of interference and dictation. Could they believe, for instance, that if there was any neighbouring territory peculiarly convenient to one of these great Critics, even though it might be under the hands of the Grand Seignor, it would be of any avail to send Ambassadors to say that in their Constitution they bad got the " conservative prin iple," or that they never had such a thing an a " dream of fallacious liberty."—(A laugh.)--All such representations would be thrown away upon the free people of Verona—some littleavenue would he pierced through ; and if they could not find nn opening, they would make one. 'Fite great Autocrat would find a Way to Constantinople, and a nearer approach to Minorca, in order to be a little more within reach of the " Western States," as lie had peculiarly denominated them and having done so', much for the good of mankind, he might be prevailed on to consent to his old principle of in demnification, by accepting an accession of territory. It, was, then,• incumbent on all free States, mutually to assist each other against the league of despots wlso, were bent upon the destroction of the spirit of liberty which animated them. Ile considered that vve were hound net only by the principles of freedom, but were committed by defensive trea ties, to aid the cause of the Spaniards; for where, he would, ask, was the natural defence of Portugal, but in the Pyretteee ? jTe would not say—send an army to watch the French; if they should be so rash as to enter Spain. But. he would say, that they ought to contemplate the possibility of a naval arnanient. Above all, he would say, repeal the Foreign Enlistment Bill. —(Continued cheers.).—lse did not wish to go back for object s of vituperation ; be wished particularly at the pr e sent m oment to abstain from all discordant topics. Ills hate he would me dially join all In bestoiving on those foreigners who would disturb the harmony of the world. Ills commendations he s t pt fo apte r e:a ti cl i te e s wt w luh el ter f b ar eesw e ten o ca f on tl ual t da is l, would preserve for that honest Servant of the Crown, who, in the . present intereeting, as it was momentous crisis, should whatadv se wloe shots tl aw a ti t ui t es d nt: no an.: t dan s u . if ib e o r f:r i ee t the promotion of liberty. He hoped that henceforward we s all, that we should abstain from quarrelling with them. Ha hoped O wa t at i f d rbe e l es ce e to be broken but when it must ; and that we should never be afraid of the issue when waged upon principles consonant with the honour of the Crown, the independenCe of the country, and the most solemn principles of justice and liberty necessary to the welfare of nations.—(Continued cheering.} Sir F. BURI)ETT rose for the purpose of rendering his great acknOwledgements to the Honourable an d Lea rn ed tl Gentleman who had just down , his sat for exertions t h at evening, in ti speech as able as he ever had delivered in that House, or as any Hon. Member had true interests of this ever heard, declaring the country anti of Europe, anti which if followed, would enable Ministers to hold with the principles honour and a course consistent safety. He hoped the y would not shrink f tom any risk attendant on the course re commended by the llon. and Learned Gentleman. For his own part, he should say, p utt i ng as id e the question of Agri cultural Distress, and allconnected with it, let them their Nino:bate attention the bestow on question Involving the great principles of Eleopeat liberty. With 'retard fo Wroth and -. Learned Frieni, he must repeat that he admired' the force of , reasoning he lad that evening displayed, a s well as the wis dom. which dictated, tbe patrietism which animated his sentiments. And he .would make bold to say. ' that there - was no Etignsh heart but must feel the gratitude ho endeavoured to express towards him. '-=:tli car , hear, hear !} 7 -, He could no: sit down without noticing the good reeling en' principle of the discourse in which the Address had been not- Posed ; and he had no doubt that they would concur not only in an unanimous vote to his 'Majesty; but that his Majesty "l' see that all he had to do for them was to support the true dig nity of his Crown. Under these circumstances, whatever ee em Y they might have to deal with, would , se e the novelty of an united Parliament and an united people.--(Cheers.) Mr. Secretary PEEL expressed satisfac tion at the outset which the debate had taken, us it enceuraged the hope sh at they should be enabled to come to an unanimous tette of thane to his Majesty for the most geacious Speech Which he had been pleased to addres to both Houses of Parliament. The b een net in which the Address now before them hsel been intt e l :d o ced oly t i o us ti t r i e n it ed no t tLc e e obpyinhiiosnllwoir.tiochurabbeleblarideptid robeliounidy t h o i r i m in e, t of the talents of that lion. Gentleman, and the testimo nial • s °tine plause which it had called forth from all sides, in honour uftinhe ability eritlowhich he had Performed his task on presentine.bu ) te,,: self to the Rouse for the firer time on such an occe s ion, vo .. he trusted, induce him often to take a part in their debet..hh tisfied. as he was, that doing so, hie efforts would d a bs fad gain credit for himself while they tended to the advant 4e° tt let country. The same circumstance which led hiin to c%Pe c e d an unanimous vote would become so on this Occasion, re ster 0 him from entering at length into the discussion 0 .... ,, i f th e ed t h P i t e. which had been adverted to by those who had Ples? - re et The The Honourable and Learned Gentleman and 'H e —. ele ronet had con fi ned for the most part their observationste particular topic. He thought he ehould best coneult tn_g; neral feeling of the Ilouse by postponing what he had 0 / 6 %0 on the various subjects touched upon in the SP ee erat in that period arrived when they ~ c ould be separate's' u ov e forward. Ile understood that in voting fir this addrers.n , i Ol . would pledge himself to any paiticular opinion, or tte: o de self down to any given line of conduct hereafter. It'lese leave every one open and unfettered to pursue that fret" which a sense of duty might d w i hee:tae: t iiiwoecot e teb . bnnelwetvdir st oasilytineut, i yi i lwt o ed)coint u ooli g iti l i t :i r_ e a, l_l , e b e l slib e : b a gt t.. l o,: t i the necessity of troubling the House at any gre it o ff e ea on the present occasion, as observations lied bt e ,, l be on questions of the most vital importance, it wo u sn agi ee abandonment of duty on his part, it he were not t t it goo. notice of what had been said. The greater part °I" !iy ef Gentleman's Speech was directed not to ameod the p 0„, „ ..„ this country. but to correct and reprove that of iv itl a to With respect to the course whit:it ilia country 'IA ta wbet it relation to the a ff airs of Spain, a tope would cow! ~ „pen would be fully examined, and he WAS not too sognl e `,,, eli he anticipated the explanations which his 3lnSesti n tie nisters would be prepared to offer would prove pniectl a t id factory to the House. The rule which his itlatestY ' ti. ; je ep down for the regulation of his conduct with reseed 4 t ot f that set steadily e ad i c h e z iwlbi maintained.ee where Foreign acted o States Tpohno si en t i ve l : wore principles,est. years concerned,l 7i4tiB Z., te t -p t . o , 1 1 1 :. principles then asserted had been constantly a dhere ~ 0 ,1 to acknowledge the sovereignty of ev ery h it e ld e :l )l e cnedlrerM4 and to admit in the fullest manner the right of tle . elni to judge for itself Of those reforms or modititatiort. toe time might render necessary. Whatever coorg Ib tl Y e i sir pursue in the regulation of their internal concern a lei the sole judges of the policy on which they acted' ° & pette the exercise of this right, appeared to hint t o tb , cent try y ic so h w de as tat a w lio it l i lz st T ib h v e er a s c it ti T oo of s toliesittautieezenclence of eielill ti ti u sn al; a : et were i interference, tie danger. capable of being seen and comprehended by o e time when interfekence should take place, the PA Tt Y el . coor! wised must act for itself, leaving it for other s must be the chief judge. The State whose safety ' O l OO tO , ,t d s , thi what course they would pursue. For SP2int S ° J et e int i country was concerned, he knew of nothing in loPt e t firs t tutions which, on the part of England could so"; / lot 14 ' oosenuctilgyhrtiltti;oboblfeeoatitosietrorsbe.ngi!erhefearanged werhiltich t w ir en :,.,4,lelail rence. 'When he said this, he did not mean t° 911 ,isli 09 ou S tts.clpwh3th p lupees: ti glistti s r : lpette, s siw ) aig • y s iisoeeni, t wr en tiocel i was one of perfection. lie c" l ` b O . ,Spain modify her Constitution in various resil ee ! su he believed it would be the interest of Spain Iti.; i t irAs e ,'` tlon s s i n her .tot 4d s t linai: icits:tiotei,racinSionnoePpriourealnglia'ightitaaE're contemplated o a u l ea l s rot, farther l e ituo ll : ruy n rr n ea P saeu i d . ,: }e b q,yrc i sesi b en e te e t aetec e Y trtw. b nea i :en :liill t.h :ply e e f,l n c r ,:i ti ha k'il" rl' i'll'echileilifil;' state, that in that which was set forth in the nile of his 'Majesty's conduct, made it w oohlwrf:ru i onigi u neegiina d et hi:r c t owcdasa. er it: i lde s ten h stli ge t po h waf e nrawas d:t. l hope iyuten;:fa t i h tiEt a ic ohi t tnier p guol e a l be maintained ;' and peace 'was' requir t ch intolligiotel,latt;ott:iluiivt,i;oo,ool/ that the peace would continue ; but it' ii served for Europe, every man w ou l d rid s be averted. swtr: E cti v o e to n enn i t n niolin tl ge t i.d e lt French Kin's et:h d table," were the words there used. Ile wool" rotsi a _ t t" et " I generally received. lie Felted upon then] ne t t ' e ive . hastily the terms of a vague translatinn, wit,,a,,70. no the bene fi t of a more liberal construction. J fie "e l , _ 10 ; caukl deny that the Monarch ought to h e ; -- st r a t io nothing in the affairs of Spain that could fel , "" n tl i oll s ii interference with its internal policy on the rr t , - , Cell' f l Power. Whatever were the decisions of area; to I° 4 l ' Polvers, this country had been no party nt id' position for interfering directly -or iudirectlY,, bins,..., He was confident that the House would t' the I'''' going further into the details, both on account et Lied eLI of his Right Honourable Friend, who Pt e ',l l 'he 7 0 Foreign. Office (Mr. Cauning), and because_,,,, 3 ; being g la tarta p:: y i lwe r , d : i ed : ct th uhh sa l ai e lelt ai a tnl t cli ahl ia le fr e e tw a h re cco leir n ile c e n e w l s p il i s w is h n. h reY m m e h en nt Ir t a u 'g o n f c f r o b th e r an t a n u l t rje n e r tl at etl ea el .°f Y t f°l)l;7?tr ii - it e$11161 ` "1 :11 France and Spain, to the last hour of his - it taro' repent uttering one single word that might hav e , limo e bjch ti . roe fl i It was his conviction that the general interest of 1 1 / 00 ,V:1 1 ,t, that peace should be maintained. —[The Righ t 'dos letr t eo proceeded to explain more at large his vicw_ t s ° l e s ea iiA iey here, as in several other parts of his snece' l l the t'n''' te aheretofore°lbetter l s n n d t teen n to take Awake to its l ee interests, England was 111' dos` tie "O with jealous and alarm the nosperity 1' (' We bed. ed : eon e n , and were convinced, that if they tioor' s " It. (irk would be no sufferer from that eineuristanee'.of .1.", i - 1.4 core desire of England to preient the rePol belt 0 1 being disturbed, and she 'therefore mar e woe' tilt character of mediator between the tw°!:', - ,Artie s : l ,o ° b i t or (r e l ic e gt i a t in li de r t { e l l i; e } n al c : d arr ill * i v 3 ;: i f i l ct -r s tv i be il contending, but b e t ween the two angre n ntiv,,ino, duty of those entrusted with the atal u r ri o ily,' ell affairs was to prevent, if possible, the beg : ed l 'ile ' b t war. The ;, eaene n G en tl e men liad ~c9),1 ; ,,,,,° ' IV`e - iell! much severity on the conduct of the 11.1"`Tee trod to Secretary Peel) reserved to himself to b e e b e en% b, this subject on a future occasion, he,tff„,i,,,Pot o' against the continents which 'the Learnot t ete sere on the personal character or - some or th4.. ,, ociel ti t t ti' Alliance. Ile thought it Might hnve till" l's 4tl ' i ro since the per i od when th t • l'ich rho t he L ot oce ac ...1 1 4, . ~,I, 011 man had sarcasticall y . described, ocet a ' , hilt CY. '" alluded to bad been united with this eitintil liic h t bef,eiti danger. He might remember the cifort' t 1,, to lt ° s 0, for the deliverance of Eunepee no r alight ''" el P' , ,;l l ' that that individual Who b a d been rocn_ A ti eri o ur; 1/1 resplendent character (he confesSed lte 7,, a rt its`' Iluonaparte so characterieed), had be ol.? ; ockt united efihrtee Good hod'' when the t'ic! r . l .,,e trs,"' t hiP l o of Spain—when he Was speekiog or 14 F,,' - ',,dhle l°- ste r d condemning foreign interference, ? ,, ns " r the c d 3 o t g et the atrocious duplicity which tiaa mar k e d ,n , . 01 10 I nn who had now been describea as a great . e a: c heese / I ), ter. Not one of the crimes with which i t ri d eot 0 ,,,` ) . 1 , ,ef A iv Sovereigns (whether jpstly or not. he : I {, t pot htoor , quire) could he pointed out, which litis. ol „ t etu h ,o v with i justice against that individual. 1 ' i w i t h t' u nte, r e mightderea I tt li i n cwes:--faiptieyrielltdisorugsedin:gtterfientseti'll,:i3,aitsfill'' ii lith o persevering hatred of Eugland, v:hich ,n 4 , 10. t he,i Spain : this was not so. Ile w ig 4_1, 4 ; 1 ,1,10g t i lileol : d g ° resa wnfi a ti t i 'Ve T ro i n u' a ilttldrnbedee(nl ewiltihconliillocirel:Tte4le thbelip deman, that besidei the question tom slate s i e ve , c one the Italian States—the ehofifion of the . 4 , bit" h „ t." O differenci between Turkey and _ l s s .,e j es e r t p , r t ee 44 attention. With respect to the proec'r'wes no her hai: far as Spain wawa ncerned, Englant_i t eat .1 . 1 , two For Russia, it proer to remark , biai ~, 0 1 , duct towards Turkey had proved s h ir r T ip Op those speculations, with' resPeet t° The 4 I +. a tito 4 Learned Gentleman had indulged. forhesrAv'seeild Russia towards Turkey evinced g reat .ito stri t il ik 1 .41 to avoid extremities. 'With respect to wh ich; IV ed without diiguite, the ' only Sir in taking' Possession 'of the Italia° niaw,"; h er , " a to n howe v ,g er ' the F. 0.110,000 for s ll s t e cron e Persev , etto hncl 10 1 . 1 0 Of I it impost, Pi l o Altai Vita 1 1 1, be pretsellP" ed br0..,„ y llfOr' unposed. 0 , of it could 11 e seri Inuit 1 tliot t with cop ote c p o t ritier, v ight 041 ttrF l ' Spe 6l "wg _,hat $;