The Sun. — London, England, 1816-02-16 00:00:00

(*4 k i fY IT; ~f. their intentions to sacrifice them—then all Men. v hoi-e• . ininds desetved .any Consideration., were sitocked At the lengths to tyhich the Revolu- H ttoni:,ts Were going, and the opponents of Mini- f,tcrs .were unanimons in their.,exertions to stop •.,. the evil which they all deplored. It was then that I' r.• had come don ii , to the House tvitb i , friends, :and vindicated the course which . 11 ,t thougi:r it his duty to ptir,sa : e ; Ire denied the p.'opriet Y-4.4 Lord Gower's tecal,, or rather he .y.csttotied time necessity of it, hut-be stroxtgliver. , - pi:esNed those feelings of horror and indignation • with which the conduct of the,Revolutionists bart . inspired him. Ide, .on tluit oceasion, argued , • .ti k e,t the reed of our Ambassador, no one litiving been appointed:: in,!his..place as itti, fw cr(!ciit,:d i"klinist:r ttont.; 4.e•ottutry, must prove ftitt)i .to the cause 6f:.:4,11 Itoy4, I. , 'ainily of lit J. , ) - unce.. If we had kept our, Ambassador, he toptended, it wpuld lutveSei o n l in Our power loijiiUerare our. good offices - in.:behalf of the unfortunate Mlna reit , anal have given weight : l'o the.decla;•utirtps of England, which might have. p. -, •tic.(la.strong feeling among the people, and. ,Nvllich . would pi obahly even nay; !tad some effect Ott iliv Convention. , In. this . spirit, Mr. Vox pro , : li , ;,ed that a motion should he made, the object of, .u,;;ic1)„. was to afford the liouse ; au opportunity, of • e44 l ei4ing those teeliugs of judigßation. acid Aut. :ri,•e which : necesswly grew out - . of the ! e.yquts vv,ll idi hAd recently occurrcil. This, it was hop e d, lui.,.;ht operate in tilvour of the Royal Filthily, and (14."tci the persecutors from the consummation of their guilt. 4 mut:4o49r this purpose was Made by Air. rat „pt.( the. econirnenddtiu4 6f .Mr. Fox, 1:1, 1 the eakrespoudenciv which hail taken. place. on : ti... 4., subject of the mai of Lord Corer, Thin gtte all felt as Mr. Fox did, an oppor. of expressing their, sentiments, and that Mght Hon. Gentleman expressed a hope that the chzhare would have a salutary effect ; though he not calculate on its proving the salvation of I`o4 Bourbons, yet he expected it would do some. „errs({. fie, 4owevcr,, Still felt thnt an accredited tigkut flank thie pommy was %vanting• in. lA:ance, give.rorce to, the representations or ,this COOll.- 1 )7, and to throw its whole weight into•the tc;,!;ile with effect.- He should not have ,gone far into the history of these proceedings, but for what occurred on a former night. ; , :Having gone, 1 ; i, fir, it might now. be necessary tor hint to go` still further, to compare eirettnistances of:the in . tcrterence which had been determined on their, Stith those under winch u similar • exertion was callvd for nnty. Those for whom .he now wished . . this count' y to interest itself Were sulfuring pa triots :old i!They• were now oppressed, for laying steuggle(l; against, 414: ;Imola oppres sore,of.their country, ; The King, the Queen, 114 .. the Unyal FanOly of France, though•iu u deplora. lifts sl,ate.!* 7 -astate which ,mightwell.cullforthi sym pithy, were atig, unlike „the. SPanieli 'patriots, Nvi)olly anconne.cted xvtlt this conntly. • Thky, had no - claim 0.0. us froneatiy . bond of union :Which had , suirSisted betweeti treitwt) parties. ...Having..been-', Icij tie 6pi . Nik,rffpreCetleltli; he. would adduce one:, or, two mare, , bear :equally on in hoint, 'tie would. , not, go hack., to the period whop Queen li.lizsbeth interfered hi behollof, the rrotes(ents hi the Low Countries, .our would he dwell oil. the hicvs vviticis Were otter:wards taken an th'e part of this country, to proeurersomeame ion Of the TIIC6Ci#S well as ate, efforts Made, by Olieer.Crontwell in favour of: the persecuted NoLestants, most, be fi'eSh.in, the me-) mory ofthe House; arid tnese, woUld f ibundantly bear Wem i out in aking.the motion whir •••illich he prpposed to conclude, But 'there was, one- better • than all these, which it veas'impoisible to get• to the Addresses. nuonimonsly voitni on the subject at the Foreign Slave Trade . soMe'yeetihisck. . Both Hintseshatt.concurred:in doing this; and, if there was One point inure &li ege itraoanaher: to be: - totichii upon in our .di pl'innatie: trtinsaetions With Spain, it Washer cola -1144 slave trader. It was ktiow,n 'w hut. had been: tare`. atone'. given - to Oliver. Cromwell,. wheirin the. zenith of his prosperity, und ; when- by trig tneaus t he, power of England ad been greatly. increased; orehis Mittister the. Spann!). Minister at the Intlinsit rune, andelaihring for thiceottn try e.pavieipation in the:oolonial tracicYTne so nish courtier OiVrtiaeoecasiott described tlieltiqui.• sition and the , eolonial dratlie Ise. - his itt.aster's.; two eyeei that illegitituate - Mod nateli..(Olieee epitnwelf), ” 1 roust trOublelodr: rooter to put colt his two eyes." lie mentioned thi,,,toshew the soreness of the Spanish tiovertif:. molt on its eoinnial •tratlie being tobeired , upon ; tod, if , there was yet•any thing 'on which he sen sibility was io a tenfold degree greater, it:was on that in which it was most guilty—its,trade in MO-, riga') slaves. It would, be as safe 0 aslo them to liberate a prisoner ru the Inquisition, or to require to work less hardly thotie.employed .in the , mines. as-to, interfere with their African - Slave Trade. To, ask Spain and Portugal to, give up their. share in this, commerce, teas not to Jo more than Spain and Virtugol.would do, if they.were to send over.tn England tonegoeiate a Measure for , the Telief of their suffering brethren, the oppressed Catholics of kel f ord. 'fh Slayi Trade occupied: the sante. pl av e in the politics of 'Spain and Portugal,:othieli the exclusion of Catholics from.a full participatiOn'i in the IL itish Constitution held in) our system.--. Notwithstanding this was known wben the - Ad. dresses' he had mentioned were , prOposid, so 'deo , to:joined were garliament on the subject, shot no. voice had been raised against Ihem,-and - they had been ; carried ,tcp the , foot of tire Throne' ,with the' % ,„4 4 ,i m 6 qs appt , ph:ition of 'both Houses, , 'these • had,,sju(4.l,Nenacted . ttpon he same spirit, as . uppeared . (cook ~the tort eipeodence now ,befor e . , • the (louse. it was .63r those .who.shouliVoltiect to e r en.k. belt the Fitt nis It Pat riotB,' 00 . 11) grenufl 410 Soar 'aprocectling , had. no pre cerfcßtt, uf the interference for the FratiCe in che year , 1792, , and of essLis reipecting the 'Mikan Slave Trade, • to :t Melt ,he had rlirceted their attention, if in tl:e instances the Honsi' had interfered for those to st'hoto . they were Imund by no common tie, save tbat which niiinkind together, surely thete could be no reason for refusing i t w h en i t 4-kinl . eil in favour of the:aufortu tt at e .Bp:t -rial:cis, With .whont a baitbeen ttnited in the Ce-mlicil and the,.fiod,.. It would be for those.who., onpuied the 'notion to ,spew that these ottr alitej waveless eenneeted , with us than - thelloyel telly of France or the African Slaves had been.-e-e It wonttl he 'recollect e d that in 1809, Adink 2l .' , ikpOdaek, the amulet:it Miid-3tee of Ferdinand - , - bite , really esereil-,iiig . the pOWer ' eoecludeet:e Tic.try efeletliivcritiritry on 1 7eh f aff of Solite 'fhie Treater,!:ireetad:.tngland neV'er . tur ' • i n . Peeeti wiiti'Franee to the snrretider, of the riehts of Fel - dinned, ale] .Spain • engaged' never, to make a peace without the concitrreece of', this country ; or, in any case, to. Com:Amite crane:te agitinst ite.ietcre.sts. Some time bad elapsed with Yaringi : fortmies when.negociations were eittered into'with the SPenish Government byleord ley; here he offered the tribute, of his ad-, miration, of the enlergel, and's - talesman , . like•views—of the cogent reasoning and Tertian eive eloquence which had -distinguished' the Notes,. of that Noble Lord e and. , witichliadrefleete.d , Ao . hutch honour tin lite .prieciples. of the:. liritielt Government.) The great object of. the. tiggoeiae ;ions carried. on by:the/Witt:gm seif Wellesley, had been this—to assemble the Cortes.' _Hie lan-. goage e had heel), "..Call..the e Cortee- e -ehe not ,be satisfied with an iniperfect Representative Body, unknown to the Constitution of Spain, but call the Cortes At once, ,and let them take the whole state of" the country into their ctiesidtiattoir, and effect the 'fiecessarer reform in your spient."--"111 consequence of the great efforts made by the Noble iklar.quisethe Cortes %Nit:l'C called together„ in the curse Ot n fe=et' months, andeelle:gency wits appointed. ..Of the individeals which funned this Regency (all the Members of which were selected, from Our interpesition), two had„.l4e.ly 'omen serif tenced,to punishment by •Ferdniand e aucl mese, be found iu the I.l,lack List of his victims, These s were part of that Regeney win) hen rieeiotained relations of amity With us., who bad glade coni•e. iron cause with us, the interest, of. Span being coosidered the interestor,',England, ;tint the, re sources of England being liberally restated to in order effeethatly- 'to sustain the cause of Spant.;-- 1 The reatAllieoifEeiglantl were the Regeeey and the. Cones ; they had struggled for the liberties of their -.ountry, when they were as igeornit how : Vtirdiitanfl;vitS.etriploYing hiniself, its he believed everyone in that House was careless what might ultimately be his fate. Towards the end of the year '11313, or . theleginning of the year 1811, when the power cif Butmaparte begun to totter all over Europe;.a Treaty •watr e ftegun between hint and. Ferdinand his prisoner. 13y this• Treaty tie boom) himself to lenitive the English army front Spain, on the French army being withdrawn, and, in ft word, co-operated, as much aS WAS it) his power, with Inionaparte, against this country and its allies. Such conti'lenee had Napoleon in Ferdinand, that he immediately suffered his. pri soners to' go at large (seesible, perhaps, that he could not do at worse service to Spain), end what did Ferdinemi do on - this occasion ? .Did he re vokeehe treaty of 'Valency ? No. Did lie has ten-th Madrid ? - No, he freoided turd retired to Valentia, after eefusing to sign the Constitution, Anil to recognise the existing aethorities,- without reetiking Abe treaty 'which he had been induced to sign while in a state of duress. All his thoughts seemed devoted CI) the study of the means. by which hir might °rem - brow the Regency and the Catrtes;which, nitre allies of:Bogle:id, had so effectually laboured for 'lime salyatiim of Spaine--;- The Cortes refutied•to ratify the treaty witi diniind had eonelittled wit b Buonapai te, becaa , e was inconsistentwith good faith to Englander's it wenrageinst the 'itiptilatiems of that coneluded with this country by Admiral Aped:lc a in 1800." treaty cif 18:09 than adhered tct , end this it had been the Object of Ferdinand .10 break, and Weed tifdi'isnive ittl the arratigemeets which had served• to knit the two countries together.. Peit . though lie had formed tb:s plan probably by hint self, he rionbl not: ex F eil te it without 'oar once. -What tepresentations were •thade fo by Our' Minister at Velentia he k ne w ne te .at the tinneFerclinand appeared to he conetenaneed by 'in' mi hat • be was (lc► ag,. bet the".Noide Lord mien kinew what he had been authorised to ' Mike. Ile' (Mr. Brotiehain) svottld venture , to say no instructions had' been sent to Abet' excellent person (Sir . ll. Wellesley) to remonstrate apinst hie proceedings. It had 'lied eueliiihstruefieme., we.shOuld not have had the cause we eioevelneva.. for regret. The stigMa•whieb. the last twenty months had Cast on our character must have been in that ciiie avoided. Bet no, at • that time be was ;instanter( by the countenance of the English Goverimient: trs'n marched egeinst the , ' Cortes' were in . English pay, and it the• bead t oL, thevatignaid of Elio's corps marelted. an Eeglisit Oflieer, - General Whittingliane,- Colonel in our "army, .had advanced .tO -Madrid helore•Fertlinand—be surrounded thetown ; dittattil meanwhile advent:et!' in the rear, or behind the rear. —(A langh)—The Cores were SUI . 0»1»1" ed by (3tneral ; the 'proKribed list was then brought forward, and . the Cintes e with two or the Regency, were arrested eand thrown intoAtingeolvi. Thiti was effected by troops in English pay ; but even .here our 00-operation elid not Ode, Pay and clothing - hudeodesequently been: adveneed to the amount of half Chidden of :rein- ney. He' knew ii Right +lon. Gentleinan Opp,- , siteeeadmitting bed said tlie'ticeounts were , r . net eh:Awl:at the time. This : subterfiigewat ad vanced to make it apt there was it halinteti due• to Spain from 'this country. But he would ask, - when we i»atie the Treaty by, which -tide Money was to be'paid;:were there mini conditiOns on the) other sidei • If there were COnditioni, had' these conditions. beeteAdfillett when the Treaty of Vuee leney (which was not revoked) had 'beinton'. Olutled'ageinst us. • Fled we agreed' to :peY our money at all hazard s- Were all treaties recipro .ctill,hutllieiSe.A.vhieli were tollraid Otf. our redun , slant wealth l Were we tit' nth - ranee, 'money to whatever tinnier, ocer, e-ven` though those we,tni4ertook to. siihsidis.e went over to Inform , . ..parts? After what had taken place, not merely : . at Yelency, hit hetwen, Ferdinaed amid our ,Al-. ;lies, the Regency .and :the; Cortes, this country ijght. to .pause hefore it "adrrineell.antither ,Nor Wes it only by money that our ap ,prOhation of the conduct of ~,Verditiantl Intl been inanifested. tieneral,Whiqingliana;aoer What be lied described, wee made a Liehtenent-Gen era l in the Spanish servio:, and. ,thus put above;. all • the , Spahieh gejoy e Cipterals ► and, hisewas- the n , by the' adiite of the. Nohie Lord (Lord Castle.-.. t.eaglf) no doubt, advanced in the English set- He had had the honour to be made an Aid. ! ..:(I . o;=Ciimp to the Prince Regent; and was: thus. 'put over about '-otie ' : lfundred,,anti- forty . Licute-1 Mint-Colonels in :our?lii'lny. ;lite .Servieeri4 Oe.- neral Whittinghain -Its. 1t as igit-110,811 titi~id 4d to wider vahie. sr hey . ":lind nth' been- - confiner t 9 the operations ai — igiarid:--la - hatl - distingaCeil :liilifself in tbe buttles of Barrosa and Bayles), and with patr)Otia . *lvarnitli he heliefed lout to' have nobly: bone his Share in all the Spanish Campaigns. But the. !ai=.Cser,Vice. he performed,; and for:whick it might have appeared ,the reward, lie received. was given, was for maki . ag, himself' the tool and ~. . , the. sattellite of Ferdinand, by:executing his plots aglinst the,liberties of, the Spanish li people_ e doubted not that' Oeneial'Whittingbani l'Wl his instructiontioe what he : had:done,' but he conii4 tiered-iv : to be:bis,inisforttinetliat he had not` c., ceiVea the, rewards (which he Ive:I denr i. Ve9A. , which li . ad . be'cii bestowed Onliiinof tot ea r4e:f.l).i.!- - . riot!. , it "wits a misfortone,not onlyfor him, but for the cbaraCter of the , English (.3014C444ment, that, lie hail,seeineq to be rewarded, not for his exer tions in thebatilis of 'llaylen and 11:trrosa, bnt for his exertions against the Allies of England, ,the Itegency,and the!c;ofteS.; Ile apprehended it was ..strinesestary for, hint to pursue further the, conduct of Ferdinand to prove tits nresent to be • a case which ealled for anr'interfethee, when lie. had cruelly punished those who were, united:with • us ,in war and in coipcil, in, his behali ; ..who had not only nitide this ungrateful return to them, but who had given up the. 'l 4 reat y' which had been.lie-' gociated .iii favour of this country. He wished not to be uattecessarily ,minute :in ; noticing the piiiii,,iiment , : which had taken place. it W:IS, hoWever, right ti) sotto, that - 27 Menibers of tli Cortes, and two of the Regency,. luitt been con.- : 'sigocilloAtingeons,,,,and besides, a great ; varisty i ,of persons, b i private statism, who had, : ,.ttidbeo i themselvett to' the pi tr iO t i e eati.e. These, ar 2 i r remaining 19 or 20 months inconfinemetit with out being- !nought: to trial, Vaf,tlitoutd, AS, if to take r away. that complaint, had ordered .. . to be brotight to trial, an d h c had acordipgly ilgited ki commission fortliat pui•pose . . Three COllliiiiScitillS, One after ;Another, hadireen . signed , by hi's Ca tholic 4aiesty p. by which those persons ii ere t , eut to bellied, not before men selected by the great body of the: people, but before creatf,arkut stlPPclttik to be subservient to his views, an a l by them to be ' ; senteueed t4i poni,iiment, or acquittal, according .. to the nature of their ease, oil littpiiiy. - .lt haill , ' further pleased his A.:at.holic Majesty . to eerie* ! their sentences, and to proclaim to the world, either that these cr eatures were not disposed to be sufficiently 'subservient to his' views; or. that they had .misealcidated the point, at whi,cb....they .. ' concluded hiS.animosity would stop,.hy takjitg the, work Out of their bands. Some of the piothli . ; . „ - • nients Would nevertheletts lstive been:WOE& stif): ficiently , severe in this.:-.country.. Several of .the,, patriots had ,beell svntenced to t‘yr) se, l l , s' iluiiri i sounient, and others were ordered to confineinent NI. a longcr Period.. One per Son, a 'Poor trades 7, man, Who had proV , ed himself friendly 'to Falkland.' on all occasions, and who had been active =in , promoting political discus ,ions on the,puduceof khe Goliernnitit, was sentenced by these Train nails to four yec.rs' iroprisonnient. " What!" said Ferdinand, on seeing this 'sentence, .'` only four yeat.,i' imprisonment for a wretch ,who h:.(1 imlind on ptilitieS."—:(A ' r l'c ial s g -c l i i ied . t i Fi t ° i' i spea k • in n ) ni t cilia i telv undertOok to'revi*e this - sentence, r and,. taking:u moreetilargedand legi k timute view of the subject, he immediately struck out, the first assigned doom of ibis turfprtunate 'man, typo was 'a cripple, Witb his 4411 band, and • sentenced hint to he banged--,(ticar,hear I) 'Elie pt, l plic however—hernetint the.t,clitti o( lattritl, • with whom FerdinantrWas piTtilar---(a "mournful' proof of the aisertioti that that country' fares 'ill where .the Moriaretiliad the mob for -hit .itily), even theSF, 1111 ,Maiesty's owiipshble, husl i rescued . this poor man front death, and the punishment. h:nl in consequen& been sOtnntitied for iliptiiiin went for ten years. .:141iltile,. splitkin,,, , 7 -of the , ertodty of Ole punishoteilts ittflicted,, liettliohtlit • it ini,glit he proper to mention th e natile Of the virtuous, the poriOtic'il rguellas,‘Vhoe f a te cou ld ' -not bietnit ein plated I•>flit4iitivialiti antNntlignation:o I Arguelles, tlie mpst enlight,Mcd,, AIM, most do. , ~,, , • (went or the p ariots, whose eloquen ce h a d a l ways iken - devoted to the right cause, who had alWays 4',aised his voice iu praise tinilleity; inlavour of the,' alliince, with this cottntry; sgainst_theJtiquisi-; ti oo , and against the AfricanS'l,JVC 'Prudes _Ai,. cgurilas was comic:me:trio' serve as a oopoino salt • diet in the garrison of. Ceuta*, and haffUten:sent to a pestilential dungeon ou the coast ,a(,!Afrittaii_ within sight of a fartrest:belanging to this coml.. try—that.of - ,Gibralter,, It,was.now for the House w . ' to deternyhie, whether this w a s a case hich7italled ' ' for their' interference. He had shown that this country, 'hail interfered, tinter Ant: of iiihnbir in , ' other cases ; at thi s moment-an army. was main ' tabled •in , trance for, the,express porpoise of in. terf'ering in ,the concerns of that country,'as they had it tinder the hand of the Noble L4rif dpposite' (Lord Castlereagh)... `phis interference was mast ' extensive, and the , wiholerFteikelil Y4)licellright be ' shill, to be tinder, the confront of the De4.e.of Web!- lington. 'lt was then • for the'Hotlietts Say, While tliii line of colulita Was purslaedoin one-cilia:4er; ' whether we , oughtnot, to tisepur.weightland in» finence to , relieve those who,,by acting .in con ' cert with this.'country, inabeentir6u l ;ht into tlii, tress glsewhere ftwitiegood filth Which 'they lied' 'observed with , ns; iTillAte had - .4learakwhat distinc tion was drawn between tb.ctwO pees, ye could not guess 'what answer could hi - given - to:this ap peal ' hut' the . one 'lie tleSii4d. The., Regency bavinglbeen named , brils, and brought into the situation in which it now statiN .;'partly - through this country, had a jitztreeltailiiiihOelLenateide interference'. He shotild'i tt y . no' Oirposed to'tibit.motion„ whet statement cou ld b e lie wislmci not to risk a-termination of the:state of amity (such as it i s ) now ex i st i ng b etween his etoritt•ry and' Bpitin;' by. thregtening the 'Spanish Aletterch With- vengeance ; bite he % 'B4 I ap• , preherlaionsAo be so far e x c i te d , t h at h e ` should vt lei - hi t be led' to Consult .priftleneetof- which he did not beliive Ferdinand tObe. , destitutei on, the -came t 4 h e' e. biTerf!ttlitedO'f ..titillg'inisiagnitt-t:,f4',etiglraenindinidieedd . i p lo ra tv p7 o 'r it t o o ti , scattered the whole resources df his '4:mpire.,;-. , ow ske had trainpled on Old Spairkterstif, Ga which, thank Gott, we htul still one foot Safely planted, in sight of the prison of the virtuous Ar 4 .guelles. If these considerations were-brought home to Ferdinand,- he might cease to be imper 4 ti loos to reason-le might learn what one of the ~ancient Spaniards had ventured to tell his master —that he had but two enemies, the one was the whole world, an d the otLer his own Ministers -4 (Hear, hear !)—lf no other good effect was prWs,.-. 'ditced by it, the agitation of the; subject in this House Would at least remind the present p ee nrier of s thv-§Panlslt.Throrsei that there was one p in the' ►thrill where the truth Army yet be freely spoken,ishere voices are : raised against tyranny' and usitrpation, in behalf of the oPpressed againiti the oppressor, The Honourable Gentleman that concluded by movingL- - • " au Idrilitle ALfaress he-presentetHehiiißoYal MP" - nets the Prince Rigent, intreating Royal Highness totals - • * • • hit groCivos eonitderatiOn the sufferings of the Monitore of thii latt , StiabOr Rigetcy 'and-isortss ; itnd re pitieoling/G -his Royal iiighnefis, 'that Alm relations no‘Of:stibaisdng Wide 'his Molt Cattiondldaimity; afforded a most farpnrahlp oppor• tinny for ittailiusiniuqth sittEtss •ifi-behalfof -these radiv i l dnals." - Lord the 'Wbole 'course . 4 1, „his , Parliamentary 'experience; lie*fieverirecolleAl eel to hove met'-with any thing that surprised hid 4 more than the-nature of the- motion with• whiehr r.th'effon. Alember hadconcluded his speech. Th• lion. Gentleman although he had-entered so much . at larke into the dootrine of interference, although ' he had saitisci.niucllo provethatinterference alight be effectual, yet-iolis.inotiowthere was not oaf 11 l 'wortt - of intreety t(s. his .Royal, Highness th° Prince Regent to act on the principles laid cin r ` vri .; thesneechy—there was no pr a y e r for intqle" teitee• It was certainly Most eitraottlinary • the' Hon. Gentleniareutertaitiing the sentiments. lt*icis he hid • 1 t i t spoken 6 * incise( s lave ' strongly in . fai - onr int'etfereitee, Willidut tak ing the trontyle•to' malie any inquiry whether or Pon the British Government brad interfered, --- o r, being aware that they' had interfered in some endeavoured to spew, that 4 the Vinci. intettorenee 'which - he ttotinneil Li a' cc! • was, .better Alit* what bad been adoPtcl• could ,not consid# the ; peecit of the .kiono9r" tiLit able Oentleman us, Catc.ulamtl to.lay down any rium' cil) l .s.dri.the subject which it would be wise to practise, with a tiew to the interests of either. conniry. 'lle had indeed he .144 sinnetinies ;•-that in the penfession to `whiehihe .hurt. auk learned Gentlentantelonged,fr was .riot uncon l4 mon, in the defence of a client, to sacritiee bi' 'tereSislor the sake Of ruaking a display e , f talent. Certainly in the present ease ' `-erith - a slew 10,00 ,4 ineerests-miti f those dividuals on whose unic r , ; ',4 °mate -situation- the, question.arose, nothing c0u'r,,..1 'be -snore unadvisable- than any interfercuce nriireil,les which the Honourable Gehtletrian the klOnottrable . ti~Jitlcmltl :i.: -Of -any thing short -of interfereoee:4 byfortte - rtf-aems - , th ere rieeer was A speech. mot '; 's •ea [enlaced to defeat the .end.ptopt)Setf; o Parliament kee the utter ifier.pediency of the nieam sitres which it.recommentled. : Without. ng .fouridir himself on any .ocattrate information, the Guitlernon had made impiontiona against the Ver'i tormge on the 'Throne of Spain, and, so h s atutirtjr;' cite this.ooCasion n reasoned invective for, the serted , onew-hielt he had on .n foirriter:Oetailoti.eattdv plciyeti, he had endeavoured to prove; that e 40 0 ,.., - kind of ,Spain. was actiug,on a course of aiiitrca , hostility-towards this •country 7 ,that be,was.a.vP°. - luntary party to the Treaty of Valency, against Great' 13ritain and tier aßies- 7 -that he - had returpl, ed to Spain with tbe:sectlectpurpose Cain that Treaty into eieeutiOn arid that be was 00 . 4, - . proceeding In the accomplishment of sign, This' was the, ground _on which 'at , : Honourable :Nl..utiber called upon the Mouse 1.0 , 7! iPterfere—,-(1-Ieiii,..hear, 'hear 1)--.But the 1-10000 wouhffeel, that.-ite ., crder to mitke interfereore tiPettil, .it Was n , ot, - the propel' . way to he' tnstt' liing•atul degrading, the person of the ,7 s§pauish Monarth:r.(Hear, hear`?).-11 the ' itouratili'4ootieteart - ;thanght it was' the duty cite this 1-Innse.to.embroil ; the. country: in any ii-A4` ;:pute as to:•thenivrits- or 'demerits cif the 'Mem ifi foreigo'.„:eountries, be irtititoi he would meet Wit.ll* few this country to rout'" * tenante tokb anopiniutt.. NVith a view tothehene - !, fit of those i7ictj>iirltsal in S pain, Whose suffelingli lie was sore eieri All:other of the House a greed its deploring, the..course which the Honourable • grtglernan. had oho), was the last to be expect's.' e,d.frOm 4:,1110' 4(biAt .uattletstatortog. l Bctiire pre ~ re:tenting to cOnsitler •.the partiCulars - of the' hat!, ev.tits in. Spain, he felt it ileceSSLity tti - tnake some geudral allaerptt toils nit the qttehtion of inteifer- Alice. In 'Lis opinion, there was nothing . tha t Could More 'esaciitially contribute to the welfare and : ueneral. 'itnelioration of Europe, . and to 446- Orokteisive improvement'-of 'the human mind, thti". free Parlianienfary discussions on the ' Measures of ' policy connected with the Ida' . tlons of different littropeanStates, to each ()the,: and th is conotry. ilot he could by no means agr"' tjrttlt the.l3riti3l, Parliament `CiStild uhogate to its ;self the right of sitting sin judgment itpun cotinuer - or other Soyo.eigott, it) titie)tioll . 3 tu- - might niisebetweenton li and their • people. . 'l' P l5 • did' not apply to the Slave Trade, or any othqe) -„ * . r. ; 00111,,meastirefn which all the Powers of Enrol"' :haa €4111111101) interest ; but to questions to the adminiSt.ration , Of - .power between . 1 " GOrvernments and the .stilijects . of 'other mttion...gc.. If parliament were to !peddle in such sitattel s = wonkti.drogaitt frowthat high character whirl it ought to maintain in the_eyes „of would' rose its tespeet iind dignity by ttavelanigt out of its course for such p urposes. lie won now,say a -few w'i),rils as to the particular pregrH . dents which had beets referred to by- the 1 - 1 0 . 7- :. Gentleman. It was. necessary for him to af ,6 n_ i . the liatise..that it he thisuilit that any obser%B. tints which: ie was about to maiie.woOld detrottfl.,, hi e o l in h e th l a e s c t I p m e r i ti s e n t r e l r t n o 1; 1 - I t a h k e' e c i o t i: n t The o ctet which. this,- country bud amoug foreign ofi t ' a t _. s waft due to the freedom of thonght - ',tindtorrq. t i :r e l. weof understanding hy which it was But: were apt,. perhaps, .Oftert.io 0-1717,1100 tee 6 5 1. limits of duty, by following the impulse - O feeling. 'Speakinfr on this as.wroPO°°./ 4 7, - I ,l l3 : i int disguise his, ovstiv7hOoest .fecli.ng, if._ he. 14 'tate that the moral feelings of the couutrY ``~ it