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of- Partoigall bad endeavour°, execution of tb repayment by gullibility of th e DR was rather to there was hardli I not take here 01 promise of Olt ' ociations were e with the mon o ;' y British office, iould be permit r tioas and the Inf naly be permitted; s evinced a rou l with respect t$ When D in Pel f ed that he had $ rtugal against bi s of his daught eo rved a strict nell' when Don Pee •• preserved a OA° her, when he de did not pretend Di ;al. We had Pre to Don Pedro or that we were r eve the same oelr ro had found se of the last le tit j antry that he I", pauper against fit le was anxious l°l conciliation or ar to this countri', ;cable adjustme nt " but at length of 6 ' iced to enter Or between the Er l ls Y did not mean 'though if he di dl urprized to hess since been driv es se part of his Ob. 'Jefore occurred $ axone, and not s He appealed t° he was forced t° us children, uncle( ald be conceive]. war against 11 , i : assistance from tw no man who 1151 Government th oll at had ever ac re ' the British sub" indeed ! He ba s / and every injut, ess was obstinate!! tad been found Ile' cures to obtain r e " na at length aecedefi )een acknowledg e ' fight it expedient t° / as his object 04,, ring anything to il' ) and his brother, ,1 to, and the Of f ortain how far t" a present Goverr ews on the sub? ;overnment of IY ° ound by a cony e These things ores present posit), fugal. A n y Pedro's restora tiol manifest breoll at Don Pedro e°, 's .1 a and conquest, hat any ex peslit o :l was to sail front/ t preparations gal/ and the lm0 :0; ire our interest 4 Portugal, blit o r t i Portugal rerno i . on was most pi' J o d :.ordships had he had heard of ,nut any effort n sr It was utterly itil ; feelings of sl,b, British subjects we the Noble g ' impressed with t j ' the French Il i ,' ;al. It was r, from the Or t , I for a moment IF, es the Tenth rele: that time the f-' l 2, to enter the frw,,, ler the walls of P, id been represellfil ,( Hear, hear.) ' Ol ad then wave' eV toise their Lort101; national degradatjti ley would not b s ,o rnpeachment? ! b y tiled upon the 3`l. I papers as he °-,1 extraordinary 0 7 Noble Earl had A 4 long as there r l y and as long a,:' , per that the 4° ;:i when the result actually been 0 the? concealing 4, the last inYAO4:I;O a had taken pli°; o l! These negoeititod ce ; and 00, 0 1 awn to the these neva ° 0 11 was an e , followed in th e t ' e the interest 0 ' sent case than 1 0 r to us than 5,0, ught to have ''' e the public. 1 1 / a might be s till/' . e lugal and Fr,- itore peace het id the satisfacti el l ions in the retrer admitted that wmation, but a t , there was a r ..I tion.—(Hear• I cl, gus, and the ants on their l that a French : di Earl ought, "”," 3e British ships 9 d at the AzorePri ntion to the 1 1 4) 'ortugal. The d i hese treaties, e, 0 1 from the cou rs > l one could , he full force (441 es. Let him NI with of rip lowa to th?_110,1,!, of 1661, i n ‘ lO l / maintain the 111 ugal, and toill ' th ° I even dp , :erects of Eog i reaties betweenfe of Edward tb e r A ,t which wa s fi vhich ;.t g lain in full 1 . 00; the obliga 0:410 lie said that W e „ol wernment of But with 10 0 ,0 t d teen made WI , by its varioUs, law c ould tq v i of their existiriaol sties to be 11,00 for the time , 0 0 out w as retir e ble Earl ile° l l 1 t uove rotneo force of the 'rv' 0 t bound to s B l 3l/° „ 0 0',1 ted ; but suPrjer, still he contetiiso, irtue of the g, to haveo:!..no elite(' this i 1 Pr''T f _ • . 1 101 '001e and a word from the Noble Earl would have : r . Pei?"—(Hear; hear.) But was the cause of Ptirtngal Had the Earl examined it in all its bearings , US to be able to Say whether it was unjust or not? Had be examined into the subject of the complaints of Fran ce, so as to enable him to say whether' they were Well founded or not? A Frenchman residing in Portugal hail been tried in the ordinary way, and by the ordinary tribunal, for a kind of sacrilege too beastly to be men tioned, and complaints had been made for this and some other things, with more or less foundation. He did not mean himself to give any opinion as to,whether the complaints on the part of the French were well founded or • no t. All he meant to say was, that he very much doubted whether the Noble Earl was so well informed on the grounds of the complaints as to be able confidently t ° say that the matter did not admit of netociationa before honilities were commenced. But his accusation against the Noble Earl did not depend on whether the French Co mplaints were we ll or ill f oun d e d. Hi s o bj ect i on to t h e Noble Earl's conduct was that he had refused his media tion between France and Portugal. To that mediation the Government of Portugal had an unquestionable right under the treaties, whether the complaints of France were Well founded or not. He called their Lordships' attention • to the treaty made between this country and Portugal in t he reign of Queen Anne, by the second article of which it was provided that her Majesty and the States-General Would interfere by their good offices to protect the dominion ° f Portugal, as well as her dominions beyond seas, - from W ar on the part of Spain or France, or any other nation. 4 : 11 0 the ground of this treaty alone, Portugal was entitled to the good offices of this country to prevent this extraor • , d a in ,arY aggression, and yet, although the good o ffi ces of " country had been solicited by the Portuguese Govern neat, they h a d b een re f use d. B ut w h y did h e ta lk o f treaties? Even if there had been no treaty; and no so. "citation had been made on the part of the Portuguese %iertiment, itn effort ought to have been made on the Part of this country to prevent the aggression, and it was !',:groki neglect of duty not to have made the attempt; and ,tho forattempt ad bmade, it wou have been success a single wo en ] a from the Govern ld ment of this country a ° " l,l have b een auffielent to prevent this disgraceful gression, Ho had said the other day that, perhaps, it mi ght be m a t ter o f congratu l at i on to t h e N o bl e E ar l t h at '` ls Fren c h f l eet bad enured the Tagus. He did not mean msay that it was so hut this he would say, that, if it bete 50, he did not know what better course the Noble srl could have taken to produce the desired result. 11 ' 4 then it was said that the Portuguese Govern ment had refused all satisfaction. This he (Earl f / 'erdeen) d en i e d . Th ey h a d no t o b s ti na t e ly re a'ed any satisfaction whatever. It was true that the tl tilgues e Governinent had refused to accede at once to 6 ' , list of peremptory demands made by the French vovernment, and these too made not by the French ' t ,° ll .,Thia but through the medium of an agent acting in lu-a(' of a Consul. They had not at once implicitly ac ''n'eseed in the justness of these demands ; but they did ‘. 11" d ery satisfaction. They only required that sonic in a"lgation s h ould prev i ously take place, i n order to ascer tilis hury far the demands were reason dile and it was f anor • POrpos e that they had solicited the interference d ti o f the Br i t i sh Government. To that applica however, the British Government had turned a deaf 41. * He saw by the answer of the Portuguese Govern taent to the F renc h Ad m i ra l th a t th e y h a d yielded the Z i nt as ta the two French subjects, in consequence of the . vi Ce given by the British Cabinet to that effect ; ,but lie inforrned that that advice had been very tardily given be 9lat i t had not been given in time to prevent that matter c tl ' n Z made a p re t ence f or thi s ex p e di t i on , b u t on l y a f ter 'e French fleet had sailed, and when it was too late. He di i?ld not help suspecting that the real object of the expe tht`" was not to procure satisfaction for the whipping of le s or that French subject. Of that there was pretty it, l l. eviden ce . I t was o b v i ous f rom some accounts t h at R APeared in the French newspapers, th a t i n F rance th e cl e Pedition ar was considered as a failtire. It was pretty from the documents in . these journals that the result s,,`" , xpedition bad given but very small satisfaction. It s rather considered as a disappointment, or what the I ,: t : n eli called a coup nianqu.—(Hear, hear, bear.) It di d " m anifest th a t th e present Government of Portugal it s .boy the aff ec tion of the Portuguese nation. It 44,egarded with the greatest affection and confidence Ifie great majority of the people of that country ; and W t 'aPa this was i n no sma ll d ecree ow i ng t o th e treatm e nt Th hieh t hat Government bail received from other nations. y ear present Portuguese Government had existed for three face „ u nder circum s t an c e s of great difficulty, and in the tin: . 'min} , attempts made to upset it. One attempt to tit h a d b een made by the Marqu i s P a l me ll a, w i t h d ' e eat er mean s , and a greater numerical force, than the cloveernment had to bring against him. But the present IThe shop r nment enj o y e d t h e a ff ec ti ons an d con fi d ence o f t h e 'T s and th e M arqu i s Palmella was compelled to a b an- ' hi ea ms enterprise, openly declaring it was impossible for Th e t 0 succeed, as the whole country was against biro. present King of Portugal had nothing to dread from „)1 internal commotion supported by any considerable' t'e".!l/ among his own subjects—whatever danger he might r In from the darer of the assassin, or from the plats I , lne d against }lim b , some of which had come to his (Lord -verdeen's) knowledge. He might fall under the dagger °E some ruffian, which is quite as likely to be directed .lainst the g ood as the bad. Henry IV., of France, had alien tinder the assassin's dagger, and Lewis Xl. had died : n his bed.—(Hear, hear.) But the present King of Por "'gal had nothing to dr ad from the open hostility of any e OriSiderabl e party among his subjects, and in evidence of this, he might, in addition to the other circumstances lie had mentioned, appeal to the result of the French expedi t,ion.—(Hear, h ear , bear.) He could tell th e N o bl e E ar l , 'owever, that if his object Was to overthrow the Govern 'tient of Portugal, a French fleet in the Tagus would 40 .._t be suffici e nt ; h e must carry hi s complaisance a in further, and allow also a French army to land P ortugal.—(Hear.) The question for the British 'cbvernnaent to ask was not w h at was the moral cha tter_ of the King of Portugal, but only whether lie ti;:.. s eally the Mo narc h o f t h at country ; though, perhaps, b t Noble E ar l m i g h t b r i ng the former forward as another 4tutiful specimen of non-interference.—( Hear, hear.) Of it case with Don Miguel was the same as with the King 01 5 1 ;g French after he had seized the inheritance of his o,iong nephew, in whose favOur Charles X. had abdicated; the instead if instead of the present Duke of Orleans it had been Ivgictiinmaster Egalite who had been chosen King, the policy, s te respect t o t hi s country, woul d b e pretty muc h t h e th e •,„, If th e o bj ect of the No b le Earl was to overt h row 01, 4 " ov ernment of P or t u g a l, let him state so at once,— ha ved "%hear.) lie was afraid that the Noble Earl had al as,' h is better judgme n t t o b e overco m e by the passions 1, wkinrefleeting feeli ngs o f o th ers ; b ut h e was sure that ia te o uld in the cod, discover that it was plunging him aliait,if4ulty and emb arrassmen t. Th e N o ble Lord con- Pat a h 1 1 moving f or t h e production of ca plea of the dis tlolui es fr om our Consul at Azores, and of the representa taie, of the British residents there, complaining of out ptc„ co mmitted on the British flag, and against their • ti l er by the G overnment o f T erce i ra ; a l so f or a copy 'to st : r n umber of vesse l s c h artere d f or t h e conveyance of t ies ; and also for a copy of such information as the the cem 'Went may ;lave received relative to an intention, on i'ort P ti art l of . Terceira, to send an armed force to attack Hear, b ear .) 100 IT, ti ("I ILY . —lf any of your Lordships had come i_nt o r'e'ly u se while th e N o bl e E ar l was speaking, and had that wtard the last three-fourths of his speech', I am sure °Urp r a ", lie cam e to hi s mot i on you wou ld b e no t a l i ttle . ( Ittle ed l4e i d ••••—(A laugh.) Th e N o bl e E a rl, after having in (I• le er . much declamati o n, in muc h c onfident assertion— not a little repetition—in bitter coridemna ifi4i he acts of the present Government of this country, ° u t lieligLa . greeabl e i nter l u d e respect i ng the Frenc h attac k Wa s W!!';!gal, actu a ll y conc l u d e d a ll t h ese mu l t if ar i ous t ke ub • • • poi ;Tipton 7li:ch, if agreed to, will produce no t t l i ti i. th nt e 0 1 inf ormat i on e xcept a; to whqa has been passing rlrak m Azor es.—(Cheers.) A more unprecedepted—l aft) ziti a Y 'ay, a more unfair—proceeding, it has never tt.ltee•.,.Y‘ fortune to have witnessed in this House.— ot a The Noble Eail stated that, as he understood Ave,nle it►• - igf cc •a4tit pe inconvenient to the Government to art, ronatina on the subject of the French attack on th• eat, 1 4t h e )e had abandoned that part of the subject, and w ould confi ne hi mse lf to those parts on whial there t ` .) ' fia q e b. ,"_ o such objection.—(A laugh.) But what has 4‘ ,t l tt e '7 l the e Noble Earl's conduct ?—(flear, hear.) ~"Ythi„, re al object of his motion he has said little—scarcely i: t l± wit r i .owhile the whole of this speech has been taken tt i o ,t 4tpd .bsiervations on that very subject on which th at he thought himself precluded from tho_ory Motion, and which lie has therefore r ots proer to bring forward without even 'Llts ltd4at information . by which alone his argu. da ' c v ,'.''t 's e o e u p.. .supported. The same reasons which tee -y being able to give my consent to the pro oh't a nY papers relative to the passage of the Tagus, 4 t , liat p u o tl ' i _ke toe abstain from entering into discussion ` kta t j pe "'• All that I shall state upon it is that when t t c omes fairly before the House, I think I shall 5 ht 11 - h l Earj Onap tein . t e onour of this country . has not h e en e , — (Cheers)—and that its true interests veruNat has nsutte d.—(Hear,' hear, hear.) The Noble td hiaen upon himself to say that reparation was not Y the aa„,.. mat tOl —.uguese Government to the French, Go , 441 that i) T( , ) " , I will say, that I think (from the infor ' ''ave received) that reparation was refused 'in the form irt*liich the French Government had a right to demand it. The Noble Earl has also supposed that counsel was not given by this country till a very late pe riod. I beg to state that advice was given at the very earliest period.—(Cheers.) I also beg to state that that atlvice was supported by the Sp►nish Government ; hot that it produced no effect in preventing that course which at last brought upon Portugal those evils which the Noble Earl has so feelingly lamented. Toe Noble Ertl has spoken on this occasion in his usual sneering manner of my feeling in favour of the Liberals in the Azores, and of my enmity towards the despots in Portugal. Now, my Lords, I will state fearlessly, and in spite of the censure of the Noble Earl, that I have a predilection in favour of a Government founded on right and justice—(Loud cheers) —and that I have, on the contrary, a strong feeling against a Government founded on usurpation, and supported by cruelty.—(Cheers renewed.) But, at the same time, I trust that this feeling, neither in my own case, or in that of any other Member of his Majesty's Government, will induce us to depart from those principles of political wis dom, which teach us that to interfere with the internal affairs of another country is contrary both to policy and justice. The Noble Earl appears all at once to have be came enamoured of the present Sovereign of Portugal.— (A laugh.) Nor only he, but according to his account, never was there a person so beloved by the whole Portu guese people—never was there a person so generally sup ported by thern.—(Cheers from the Ministerial side, an swered by loud cheers from the Opposition, and re-an swered )?1, ,. laughter from the former.) Certainly when I heard all this account of free and affectionate attachment from the Noble Earl, I was not a little surprised ; for I think that I can remember, during the late Administration, a Mem ber of that very Administration, who stood pretty exactly as high in it as the Noble Earl himself did—( A laugh)—stat ing that he did not scruple to a d roit that Don Miguel was a perfidious person—(Cheers)—that he believed him to be a cruel one, because cruelty was.the companion of cowardice —(Cheers)—that he could not deny that his throne was founded on usurpation, and by a breach of all those pro mises which he had given in this country before he went back to Portugal.—(Loud cheers.) • I must confess, my Lords, that if the Sovereign of that country is deserving of such a description; my prediction . is not in his favour and though it will be my care to do my duty to this ' country and to that, I cannot do it with that enthusias.ic attachment which appears to warro the heart of the Noble Earl—(Laughter and cheers)—whose affection for Don Miguel is so great, that the only man in the whole world to wlsoos he could parallel him is Henri Quatre.—(A laugh.) Oh, happy comparison !—(Laughter and cheers.) To be sure, says the Noble Earl, Don Miguel May be as. sassinated—but so was Henri Quatre ! My Lords, no man can detest assassination more than I do. I never read the assassination of Caesar (however plausible the motives for it may have been) without a feeling of destestation for the act. I should, therefore, lament to see this .fate fall even on that individual himself—nor should I he consoled by any feeling that it was intended as a tribute of justice hear)—nor do I think that it would be at all re conciled to a good heart, because it might be said— " Neene lex requior una Quam necis artifices *ante perire sua." —(Loud cheers.) But though thus far my hatred for assassination would take me in behalf of Don Miguel, I should not on the other hand be disposed, like the Noble Earl, in the event of the affairs of Portugal becoming un settled, to interfere on every occasion in his favour. My interferences in such a case would he regulated by the in terests of this country. But in meddling with this sub ject at the present time, it is not the condition of 'Portti gal alone that ought to demand our attention. Belgium, France, Poland, indeed I may say the whole of Europe is in a critical situation—(Hear, hear)—and yet this is the very time when the Noble Earl is not afraid to scatter his firebrands for the purpose of introducing fresh difficulties with which this country is at the present moment charged. I will not refer to the expressions made use of by the Noble Earl as to the present King of the French sizing the, in heritance of his nephew—(" I did not say 'seize,'" from the Earl of Aherdeen)—nor to the allusion he has thought proper to make to that King's father, though perhaps it is not difficult to understand why that allusion has been made.—(Cheers.) My Lords, I will revert to what is to me a more pleasing topic—that of giving full credit and praise to the Nob'e Earl, and the other Members of the late Administration, fur their prompt, just, and judi cious policy, in recognising that Monarch on whose title the Noble Earl now seems to wish to throw a slur.— (Hear, hear, hear.) And all further I shall say on this part of the subject' is, that the French demanded redress for injuries they said they had sustained, and this, too, at a moment immediately after we ourselves bad de. mended the like redress. I will put it 'to the can dour of the Noble Earl, and ask him whether he thinks that, after what we had done at the Tagus, we could with any face say to the French—No, you shall not use those means which we have Used—you shall not take the' vindication of your ow,, honour upon yourselves, but treat through us, and submit to our judgment as to the satis faction you ought to.reeeive?—(Hear, hear.) Does the Noble Earl believe that we have the right to do this? Does he believe that any independent Power would sub mit to that species of dictation, or that in the 'present state of excitetnent in' France such conduct would not have produced the most disastrous consequences ? (Cheers.) With respect to ulterior proceedings, the French fleet, if it has not already, is on the point - of leav ing the Tagus ; nor had it even any troops on board for the purpose of invasion, the best proof of which is, that no symptoms of rising were evinced in Lisbon, though, I presume, the Noble Earl will not deny that in spite of all the affection and love that the Portuguese have for Don Miguel, there are some in Lisbon who would have been glad to have seized such an opportunity, had it presented itself. Here, my Lords, I shall leave the subject of the French passage of the Tagus, and proceed to the other parts of the Noble Earl's speech. The Noble Earl tills us, with respect to Don Pedro, that the Brazilians were justified in rising against him and driving him out of that country.—(" No, no," from Lord Aberdeen.) No, no! Let us have no cavilling, my Lords ! The Noble 'Earl certainly said that the Brazilians were justified in rising, and that the Emperor bad brought it on himself. So that here we have the Noble Earl justifying revolution in Brazil when it suits his purpose, and at the same time endeavouring to establish the monstrosity of it in Portugal.—( Great cheering.) I beg to ask the Noble Earl, supposing that Don Miguel to be a usurper, whether Don Pedro, with whom he has broken all faith, would not be justified in using every means for the purpose of recovering the possession of Portugal fe • his daughter ?—(Hear.) I state this abstractedly and without reference to this country. But if the Noble Earl means to state that Don Pedro had taken measures which would compromise the neutrality of this country with the knowledge of Government, I beg to give that as sertion the most unqualified and positive contradiction.— (Cheers.) Whence the inference of the Noble Earl is drawn I know not. He has stated that Don Pedro is negociating loans ; but even if it be so, I have yet to learn that it is the duty of Government to interfere to prevent the merchants of this country from advancing their money on what to them may appear suitable security. For my own part I know not what has been done upon this sub ject : but this I will state—that there has been no such overt act on the part of the Emperor of the Braile come to the knowledge of the Government as would justify the Government in taking measures to prevent any threatened breach of neutrality. And now, with respect to the ex pedition from Terceira, for' the purpose of obtaining pos session of other islands of the Azores, but which, the Noble Earl says, was fitted out for the purpose of plunder. I beg to ask the Noble Earl whether he would have had us interfere to prevent that expedition ?_(u Hear," " in British. ships !" from Lord Aberdeen.) My Lords, I will not allude to the scandalous interference some years years ago of the French army with Spain, for the pur pose of dictating to it what scat of King it should have .....-(Cheers)—but I will say, that with respect to the pro ceeding at Terceira, I know of no duty that required us to interfere to prevent the invasion of the ether islands of the Azores. And if it he attempted to throw any doubt upon this, I shall beg leave to allude to the authority of the Noble Earl and his colleagues. I shall beg leave to remind him that after the invasion of Terceira by portu g ul, which invasion was repulsed with considerrlble loss, the Noble Earl himself taught us that the neutrality of this country was not violated; and in doing this I will not advert to what took place after, which I think was a most shameful violation of neutrality, and of those laws by which the intercourse between nations is regulated.—(Hear.) But the Noble Earl said " British ships." It was true that a complaint was made by Mr. Dart, that his ship was seized by the G overnm ent of Terceira for the purpose of conveying troo - ps, and that it wig; after wa r ds !n a t. In con sequence of thi s loss compensation wa s o btained f r o m the Government of Terceira, but was declined by Mr. Dart on the terms proposed. Complaint was then made to this thorities of Terceira offered compensation in two ways— Government ; and the last communication from the an either to repay Mr. Dart for the ship, or that the ship should be taken back by him.and repaired at their expence... I do not mean to say' that this seizure on the part of the Terceiran Government was a justifiable act ; but as there were conflicting statements, orders were sent out to our Consul-General to proceed to Terceira, and take with him an impartial person, to investigate the circumstances of the case and report thereon. The information on this sub- ject was received on the 24th or 25th of May ; the order was sent out on the 31st;- but as no answer has been yet received, I must object to the production of that order, as it can only give a partial view of the subject. With respect to the chartering of ships, the King's Advocate has been consulted on the subject by Mr. Hoppner, and from his opinion it would appear that we .should not be justified in making any additional_ restrictions—that the chartering was . not inconsistent with the law of nations, but that the ships so taken must not expect the support of the Bri. tish Government, as they would-be lawful prizes if taken by the enemy ; this being the state . of the case, I shall also feel it to be my duty to refuse the second set of docu ments moved for by the Noble Earl. The third part of the Noble Earl's motion is for such information as the Government has received as to.the direction of any armed force from the Azores for the purpose of attacking Por. tugal. My. Lords, I am sure that the Noble Earl cannot expect to obtain such information ; and that if he did, the . House would never consent to its production. Nay, I believe that this is the very first time that such infor m ttion has ever been called for ; and, at all events, I have one short and very satisfactory answer to such an appli cation, which is, that whatever extensive means of in f. omation the Noble Earl may have—(A laugh) e --no such information as that described has reached the Government; and that, therefore, the return to this part of the motion, if it should pass, must be nil. —(A laugh.) Having thus gone through the three divisions of the Noble Earl's ,notion, though as to following all the divisions of the Noble Earl's speech it was an absolute impossibility, I shall conclude, my Lords, by. giving my decided negative to the motion now before the House.—(Loud cheers. ) The Duke of WELLINGTON thought that the cen sure of the Noble Earl on his Noble Fr i end for having' entered into a history of Portuguese affairs, was mis placed ; because it was absolutely necessary fur the pur. pose of showing his reasons for making the motion with which he concluded. His Noble Friend had stated, and he thought rightly, that the French invasion of Portugal had some ulterior object ; that that was so, was in his opinion clearly made out by the document from Paris which his Noble Friend had quoted, and which emanated from one of those gentlemen of the Press, who, he was afraid, had too much to say to the Governments of both eountries.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) In that docu ment it was positively stated that the French Admiral had directions to inquire whether there was any prospect of exciting a revolution in Portugal.—(Hear, hear.) He, however, found that there was no such prospect, and bad, therefore, desisted from that discretionary power which had been given to him. He (the Duke of Wellington) would, however, do, the Government the justice to, say, that he believed that they bad endeavoured to prevent that species of interference. He also believed that they had. tried to prevent the demand of the possession of Fort St. Julien—(Hear, hear)—and yet they were told by the Noble Earl that they must not advert to these things, though the whole question was one of revolution and pos vession.—(Hear, hear.) He (the Duke of Wellington) recollected the debate to which the Noble Earl had alluded, and he did not deny that the words attributed to his Noble Friend had been used by him. But what he wanted to know was, whether they were to sacrifice Portugal be cause it happened that his Noble Friend had, in a former debate, disapproved of . the conduct of the King of -Por tugal on a former occasion. In this country,. and as long as the Emperor of Brazil remained in this country, he could never regard him otherwise than as an in dividual. He would of course reg ard him as a member of a distingUished family—as one wh o bad held a high situa tion, hitt still as an individual who had no more right than any, other to violate the laws of this country. He was no more at liberty than was any one else to occupy, himself, while in this country, with the planning expeditions to the Azores,' or from one island to another. He did not mean to insinuate that the King's Ministers were any parties to this; but yet, front the speeches, which some at d.fferent times had delivered in that House, he could not but suspect them, or at least say that they gave grounds for a suspicion, that they might have mixed themselves up With such proceedings. Whether they had done so or not, of this at least he felt perfectly assured, that it would ill become the Ministers of King William IV., a Monarch bred up in the Navy, to advise their Royal Master to make Use of any ships but his own for warlike purposes. If it unhappily became necessarygir our Gracious Sovereign to adopt any hostile proceedings, it would be most unfaithful indeed to recommend him to carry them on in any mean, shuffling manner through the agency of the ships or the arms of individual • subjects. It was therefore that his Noble Friend and the Noble ,toids at that side of. the House had a right to inquire What : course had been taken in reference to the transactions in the Western Islands? Whit had been 'done to . prevent the invasion of St. qeorge's Island ? and what had been done respecting the seizures effected under the directions of tip Re e gene, of Terceira? ss .and further, had they demanded compensation ' for the injury done to the property; of British subjects ?—(Hear, hear.) Had they de-1 mended and obtained that compensation in the same manner as in the case of the Portuguese Government in Lisbon? It was of course no part of the duty or the business of this country to interfere between one branch of the House of Braganzs and another; but surely we were hound by treaties to prevent any further invasion of the rights and independence of that part of the Portuguese territory to which he alluded—namely, Terceira. Noble Lords must be well aware, that not a single ship came from the south or from the west which did not pass those islands; was it, then to be sanctioned by the Government of this country, that a piratical power should be established in a quarter so important to the commerce of this part of the world ? He hesitated not to say, that if they allowed the present occupation of those places to continue, they must be prepared to employ British force, for nothing less than British force would suffice to take possession of those islands. His Noble Friend did not by any means desire to obtain at the hands of the King's Ministers any secret information ; but what he did seek was, the official infor tnation that had reached them respecting the seizure of the vessels referred to at the Azores for the purpose of inva sion. On the whole, he thought that it was the duty of the King's Ministers to take care to prevent the kingdom of Portugal from falling into the hands of those who were the moat inclined to advance that influence really adverse, arid to prevent revolutionary movements there, if possible, otherwise we should be 'unable to avail ourselves of those resources which that country could supply during the crisis which is now banging over us. Lotd HOLLAND said, that during the speech of the Noble Earl who had opened the present discussion, he had felt the utmost difficulty in connecting the topics which he introduced with the subject .tnatter of the motion; and though many of them were luminously and powerfully stated by the Noble Earl, yet he could not but feel that in their introduction there was something improper, un fair, and almost unparliamentary. lie confessed he did feel the utmost surprise at hearing the Noble Lord adopt ing as a reason for urging the present motion upon the acceptance of the House, that a French Newspaper had affirmed that the Government and the people of France entertained ulterior views upon Portugal; but finding that the people of this country were indisposed to second or sanction such views, they were altered, if not totally abandoned; thus he founded his motion upon what ap peared in one part of the Newspapers, and though he ad. verted to that in another part of the same Paper, y e t he seemed to overlook the force of the contradietion. A writer in a French Journal stated that his nation and Government were supposed to have ulteripr ob. jects with respect to France; but on account of what occurred here, these vanished into nothing ; and then the Noble Lord came down to that Houk, and gravely spoke of the speculations of a French Journalist, as documents having almost the weight of official documents. Really ;he demand made on the pre sent occision, was one which, in all his experience, he bad never seen paralleled—demands of such a nature hid never been made by him, or any Noble Lord when at the ether side of the Home. From such motions they ba t s always most carefully abstained ; they never called for that which ought to be secret information, still less did they ever make a motion fouptled upon suspicion. What a novel ground it was for a motion, to say to the King's Government, that we suspect you intend to do so and so, and there titre we call for information, But the Noble Puke said, that was not the sole ground upon which he supported the motion. The mover dwelt upon the duty of Mini sters not to go to war, otherwise than in an open, manly, 1 and straightforward way ; but if they had no right to in terfere as they had done with respect to the proceedings at Lisbon, why did not the Noble Duke come forward at that time and arraign them ? If he had, there would be no difficulty in that case with respect to papers. Instead of doing that, however, the Noble Puke stood forward to sup port the present miserable motion, though he really did not seem to do so from anything like conviction operating upon his own mind ; but rather as .a piece of gallantry to sup port his Noble Friend, Pe fully agreed with the Noble Lords who had Preceded hint, that the Azores were a matter of great importance to this country on account of the vessels which touched there ; but it was on the other side contended that they ought to be considered as a whole ; and he would reply to that—so ought Portugal to be con sidered us a whole in connection with them. There was no denying for a moment that they were of great importance for ships to touch at ; but who could show that any thin had been done which tended to establish .a piratical power, as bad been asserted, at the Azores ? Had, not, in , ' fact, the whole conduct of his Majesty's Government struck away the ground from any such suspicion. For his own individual part, he desired rather to refrain from than to indulge in the use of such language, as cruel, cowardly, menstrous, applied to persons either in very high stations, or much depressed by misfortune ; he should, therefore, neither follow the example of, nor reply to the philippic uttered by the Noble Lord. In his opinion that House had nothing to do with the personal character of the Members of the House of Braganca, and he never said otherwise when at the opposite side of the House ; and -if, inadvertently, he could haVe so spoken, he should then most readily retract any such expres sion ; but then they were told that Don Pedro must not be allowed in any respect to compromise -the peace of this country. Did any rational being suppose that the present motion • would tend to prevent his doing Si'? What had the proceedings of the Regency at Ter ceira to do with the proceedings of Don Pedro in this country?—(Cheers.) It hail been said that the Regency at Terceira was a piratical Government ; but if this Go vernment acknowledged Donna Maria, as she had been acknowledged at this Court, in terms rather stronger than he should have used—he alluded to its being stated in an official document, that by the law of nature she was en titled to the throne of Portugal.—(The Earl of Aberdeen said " No!") He would find it in a despatch addressed to the Marquis Barbacena, and dated the 13th of March. (Soule conversation passed between his Lordship, the E trl of Aberdeen, and other Noble Lords.) Well, it was stated that she was entitled to the Throne of Portugal ac cording to the order of nature; and by the same Noble Lords who hail used such language, they were called upon to recollect the treaties which had been entered into be tween this country and. Portugal. Yes, he would bear .them in mind, and he would ask upon whom they were binding?—binding, as respected Terceira, as well as Por tugal itself. The Noble Lord might, as he then did, take up his pen, full of a triumphal answer, which would ler that the people of Portugal had declared for Don Miguel.—(A laugh.) Yes, Don Miguel had introduced a sweeping Reform into Portugal : he got rid of his G itton and his Old Sarum, and the people of Portugal had de clared for Don Miguel. But he would tell the Noble Earl that such a species of reply is not that which-should be given. in a British House of Legislation; and especi ally it formed no fit subject of .debate in times like the present—times in which lie would take the liberty to say that the allusions made to the French Revolution and to that of Portugal had been, most inopportune and inju dicious. What was the confiscation of property—what the imprisonments, executions, and exiles which the French suffered as comp tred with those inflicted upon the Portuguese, when the difference of extent of soil and amount of population were taken into the account? Let the House only reflect upon how the matters stood. He would once more repeat, that no person could be more averse than he was to anything like personal discussions ; but the British Government, as matters at present stood, had to choose between two Powers—one of whom the Crown of Great Britain had acknowledged, with the other it had held no diplomatic relations for more than three years. If they had to choose, they surely acted most wisely in giving a preference to that which could afford them a just cause for-war, should they be driven to that extreme necessity. It was well known to every Noble Lord who heard him that the present ruler had broken his most solemn pledges ; that be was quod dicere nolo ; and that the British Government, in promoting his views, would be guilty of-the grossest inconsistency. At the same time he (Lord H.) saw as plainly as a n y m a n c ould the intere s t which this country had in its connection with Portugal. However, if he were to do that to which he had a strong objection, namely, come down to that House and give expression to his suspieiuns—but if lie were to do so, he should say that he felt a.strong suspicion that there was no power so hostile to the real interests of Great Britain as that 'party, in the House and out of it, which supported the authority of Don Miguel.—(Cheers.) In his apprehension, one of the duties which this Govern ment had to discharge was to prevent the dismemberment of Portugal—especially to prevent its dismemberment through the invasion of a foreign power. The Noble Lord then adverted to the case of the vessel called the Coquette, and defended the conduct of the Regency of Terceira on that point, stating that they expressed the most perfect readiness to make compensation to her owners. The pre sent motion was one demanding information upon a sub ject, the correspondence relative to which was incomplete; it was still under consideration; and yet the Noble Lord preferred it to one in which he might have the fullest and most complete information.—(Cheers.) Lord ELLENBOROUGH hoped, that in the nego ciations which might be carried on upon the matters in dispute, care would be- takep to do nothing which would tend to letting France obtain the same position . in respect of Portugal, which( this_coOtry had so long occupied *ad` that we should, on nu occasion or account, truckle to those who would deprive us' of our most faithful and an ,ctent ally. • The Earl of ABERDEEN briefly replied, observing that the French fleet now in the Tagus had given a new character to the present discussion. Tile question was then put, and negatived without a division. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know from the Noble Earl opposite, if the Protocol which had been laid upon the table of the House, relative to the af fairs of Belgium, was or was not to be considered a com plete document ? Earl GREY was understood to say, that the Protocol, as printed, was a perfect document. There had been a mistake made by the clerks, between the draught and the Protocol, which was cancelled, and the document laid on the table of the House; but the latter was complete. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know if there had been any other than verbal communications from the French Ambassador, on the subject to whit& he had just alluded ? Earl GREY said there had been none but verbal com munications. _ ;: l i ock ei:r — Lordships adjourned at a Quarter past Eight FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, St. James's Palace, August 3, 1831. This day his Highness the Prince of Lieven, Ambassador Ex traordinary a nd Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of all th e Russian, had an audience of his 'Majesty to deliver a letter from his Sovereign ; And Monsieur Van de Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Belgians, had his first private audience of his Majesty to deliver his credentials : To which audiences tllev were respeetively introduced by Lord Viscount Palinerston, his Majesty!s Principal Secretary of State for porpigr , Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knight, Plaster of the Ceremonies. i%lonsieur Van de Weyer, Envoy ExtraordMarY Queen's House, St. James's Palace, August 3. alld ifiat:ter t'elal'lcnipotentiary from the King of the *lgjans, had his first private ~'o rvhic4 he Was fo ll n uee d rf'cl u l :t ba e jy d es b tte y Sir Robert Chester, Knight calenntol°d Earl Howe, her Majesty's o f the Ceremonies. St. James's Palace, August a The King was thisday pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon George Hamilton, Es q ., Kni g h t Commander 0.• the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Whitehall, August 4. Seal, for granting the dignity of a B arone t o f t h g The King has been pleased to direct letters p a tent t o b e p asse d Great• Britain and ;relaild to 01 . Honoura bl e John Key, of ThOrribury, t!g bounty Of thou. cester. and of the' county of Surrey, Lord 31, 13 , 0 r of thct Oty of London, and the h e i rs ma l e o f his body law. filly begotten. under r the cif ze daotio of Crown-Office, August 5: MEMBER RETURNED TO BERME IN THIS PRESENT AIitLiAMENT. BOROUGH OF WEYMOUTH ANcl 1141,C0N1 11E R rGls—Char es Baring Fall, PAq. in the romn of Iticharst VVeyland,'Es9, io wa s elected a Burg ess for the said borougb mid also a Knight of t he Shire for the comity of Diford, and bath made his clWim to serve for the said . CountY of Clicfdrd. . Whttelytll, .'29. crite Loisl Chancqur has appointed Thomas Te_ale Inkersley, o the ostnand . ebunty of the town of Nottingham, Gent to be a vaster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Ci.'unty of Sussex. B. Clegg, Esq,, G. St. V. T. N. Murray, Esq 2 to be Deputy Lieutenant; Aug' 2. Commissions by the Lord lieutenant of the County of Nor thumberland. Sir E. Blacitett Bart., J. M. nsley, Bosanquet, Esq., J. Ilodgson, Esq., 'J. B. Coulson the tig eryou V.sq.,, Wood, Esq ,to be Deputy Lieutenants, July 23. • Commission the. Lord Lieutenait of tfiu•' Pouoty Palatine of Cllek‘e.r. Ay. Tolaikinson, Esq, 'W. Turner, Esq., J. H. Leigh, Esq., be Deputy. Lieutenants, July 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby. J. H. Harper, Esq., and H. Brooke, Esq., to C. H. Crewe, Gent., to be Cornet, vice F. Br:A.liaw; resigned, July 30 . Troop of Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry. FRANCIS )3,A BANKRUPTS. ~,, - 4. - ,LIST, Leock'sfieldS; Walworth, timber-mer chant, to surrender August 0, 19; and - Sept. 16, at ten, 4 (ht. Court ,of Commissioners. Sh.ackell, Tokenhouse,, ard: ' SAMUEL 'HOFFMAN NOCKELTS,. Minemg.line, wine merchant, August 12, 19, at tii - ehic , , and Sept. 16, at one, at the Court of C;,:iltnissionersl. 'fowne, Broad-street-buildings. MARGARET BRISTOW and JOHN BRISTOW, Ratcliff highway, Middlesex, fire-engine-maker, August 12, 19, and Mo seprr t. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Willey and is, Bank-c h ambers, Lothbury. - JOHN WA LLACE, Belfast, Ireland, merchant, August 24, 26, and Sept. 16, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Makin son JOHN CHAPMAN, ' froWbritlge;' Wiltshire, victualler. August i 7, 18, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Three Tuns lan, London . ; Hadfield, Manchester. e, Lincoln's Inn; Bush, Trowbridge. l,row an b dS ig a e n . der n s e ,: :pie, DAVID SHARP, Mahlon, Essex, cattle-dealer, Aug. 12, at one, 1 9, at eleven, and Sent. 16, at twelve, at the Court Of Con missiopers. Pattison Witham', Essex; BrookSbank and Fern, (fray ': ,- Inn-square, l'onifo i i. ' mom AS FALL; L e yb Urn, Yorkshire, bookseller, August •24, 25, and September 16, at th e King's Head Inn, Riehniond, Yorkshire. Blakelock arid Fiddey, Fleet.street, London ; son, Richmond, Yorkshire. JOHN HAWKES, Pall-mall, silk-mercer, Aug. 9, at half-past one, 16, and Sept. 16, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Rogers, Manchester-buildings, Westminster. XCHARLES THOMAS DUNLEVIE, Liverpool, broker, August 24, 25, and Septemb2r 16, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Lowe, Chancery-lane, London ; Lowe, Li verpool DIVIDENDS. J. and C. Staniforth and J. W. Gosling, Old Broad.street, mer chant, August 26, at three, at the Court of Commissioners-- J. C. Francis, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, clothier, Aug. 16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Newbould jun., Sheffield, merchant, Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Commisioners— R. M. Frisby, Mark-lane, wine -merchant, Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Cominissionrs—D. Eckenstein, Billiter-street, merchant; Aug. 26, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—E. Allpress, Watling-street, stationer, Aug. 211, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Wilson, Mincing-lane, sugar broker, Aug. 3.1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Griffin, Belvidere-warf, Belvidere-road, La m b e th , t i mber-mer. chant, Aug. 30, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—S. Gar. rett, Langley-street, Long-acre, currier, Aug. 30, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Baugh, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, victualler, Sept. 10, at twelve, at the George Inn, Andover—J. Cash, Liverpool, tailor, Sept. 7, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—T. Kelly, Liverpool, grocer, Aug. 29, at • twelve, at at the office of Messrs. Parkinson and Culcheth, Liver and B. Willoughby, Birmingham, brass ring-manu frturers, Aug. 27, at twelve, A Dee's Royal Hotel Birmingham— W. Tennant, Liverpool, tailor, August 29, at two, at Mr. Gandy's office, Liverpool—J. Kerby, Leicester, and J. R. Kerby, Gold smith-street, Wood-street, Cheapside, hosiers, August 30, at twelve, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Leicester—T. Crumpton, Shrewsbury, cordwainer, August 50, at twelve, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury—H. M. Palmer, Shrewsbury, grocer, August 30, at twelve, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury—J. Pearse, Chulmleigh, Devonshire, linen-draper, Sept. I, attwelve, at the Globe Tavern, Exeter—T. Harper, Ystradgunlais, Brecknockshire, dealer, August 30, at one, at the Mackworth Arms Inn, Swansea. CERTIFICATES--AucusT 26. J. Beauchamp, Holborn, silversmith—J. Dewey, Barton St. Mary, Gloucestershire, builder—R. Parkinson, Mineswould, Lei cestershire, lace-manufacturer—W. Tapley, Cateaton-street, warehouseman—J. C Robertson, Fleet-street, bookseller—J. Paris, Kay-street, Clerkenwell, horse-dealer—J. Williams, Step ney, victualler—A. Tallent, Hoxne, Suffolk, lin en .d raper —W. Yewens; Copthall-court, mine-agent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Falwaser and W. A. Falwaser, Fenchurch-srreet, grocers— J. Duneau and C Duneau, Ferry.street, Lambeth, water-filter manufacturers—F. Burton and R. Mitchell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, coal-miners—J. Meek and T. T. Hartley, Manchester, printers— W. Conway, A. Conway, G. Conway, J. Conway, B. Conway, W. Daniell, E. Daniell, and A. Lewis, Panteague, Monmouth shire, tin-plate-manufacturers—R. Moore and NV. Moore, Maid. stone, Kent, iron-founders—W. Best and H. Smithera, Bright. helmstone, wine-merchants—NV. Chalk and J. G. Chalk, Bark ing, Essex, farmers—J. Weeks and R. Borrow, Liniehott,e. raw. hide merchants—E.B. Dorrell, H. Kirkpatrick. and A. Patter ,ou, Downlands, Devtmshire, schoolmasters' (so far at regards the said E. R. Dorrell)—J. Truscott and G. Earle, Stamford-place, York-road, Lambeth, builders—J. Balls and NV. C. Worthington, Lowestoft, Suffolk, surgeons —W. Cannings and J. Cannings, Rath, cabinet-makers--11. Borrows, B. Molineaux, and T. Hind ley,-Warrington, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers—C. B. and R. Webb, Margaret-street, Cavendish .square, cabinet-makers—C. 0. Sanders and F. Palmer, Arundel-street, Strand, attornies—T. Hodgson and J. Green, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, ehymists—J. Galbraith, jun. and W. Drynau, Glasgow, silk mercers—J. Kelk and %V. Taylor, Nottingham, lace.manufac. turers—W. Black, G. W. Black, and T. Black, Garlegie, Aber deenshire, manufacturers (so far as regards W. Black), GATESHEAD. RITY 'T OF GATESHEAD. Rumbold, Russell, Lord J. Russell, J. Ruthven, E. S. Sandford, E. A; Scott, Sir E. D. Sebright, Sir John Sheil, R. L. Sinclair, G. Skipwitli, Sir G. Slaney, R. A. Smith, J A. Smith, J. Smith, R. V. Smith, M. T. Spencer, Capt. Stanhope, Capt. It. Stanley, J. Stanley, E. G. S. Stanley, Lord Stephenson, H. T. Stewart, P. M. Stewart, Sir M. S. Strickland, G. Strutt, E, Stuart, Lord P. J. H. Talbot, C. R. Tavistock, Marquis Tennyson, C. Thicknesse, R. Thompson, W. Thomson, C. P. Throckmorton, R. ,Tomes, J. Torrens, Colonel TOwnshend, Lord C. Trail, G. Trotibridge Sir E. F x iles C. K. reit, C. bridge, Earl of Venables W. Vere, J. J. H. Vernon, Q, J. Vernon, Q. Vincent, Sir F. Waithman, It. Walker, C. Warburton, a. \Lim; J. A. Waterpark, Lord Wason, W. R. Watson, Hon. R. Webb, Colonel E. Western, C. C, Westenri , „ Hon. R. Woyiand, - Major It. Whitmore, W. W. Wilbraham, G. Wilks, J. Williams, W. A. Williatr.s, Sir J. H. Williamson, Sir 11. Wood, M. Wood, J. Wood, (.. WI - 10140n, W. B. Wrottesley, Sir J. B. Wyse, T. TELLER. Duncannon. Vise. PAIRED OFF pi FAMB. Amon, Hon. G. Atherley, A. Belgrave, Viscount Blount, E. Blunt, Sir C. Byng,' Geoxie Calve4l, C. Cavendish, Lord G. Coke, T. W. titia,;; Fazakerley, J. Ht Ferguson, S.'it , Foiff, H. Podion, R.__ Grosvenor, Hon. R. Heathcote, Sir G. Hill, Lord Arthur Hume, Joseol Jephso.l3 C. D. 0. Kirig, Hum S. Lambert, J. S. Lopez, Sir R. F. Lushington, Dr. Moberly, J. Macau rle. B. Mi t isgrave, Sir R. Muffins, F. Newport, Sir ,1 It R. Oxmantown, Lord Palmer, General Ramsbottom, J. Russell Lord W. Smith, Hon. R. Smith, G. Stev.vt, E. Stuart, Lord D. C. Tutton, H. Whitbread, W. H. White, S. White, cf.lcsliet H. LIST OF THE .31.A.T1 WHO VOTED FOR THE ENFRANCIIISEME' Acheson, Lord Adeane, H. J. Adam, Admiral C. Agnew, Sir A. Althorn, Viscount Anson, Sir G. Astley, Sir J. D. Baillie, J. E. Bainbridge, E. T. Barham, J. Baring, F. T. Barnett, C. J. Bayntun, S. A. Belfast, Earl of Benett, John Bentinck, Lord G. Berkeley, Captain Biddulph, 11. M. Blackney, W. Blake, Sir F. Blamire, W. Bodkin, J. J. Bouverie, D. P. Bouverie, P. P. Boyle, J. Brabazon, Lord Brayen, T. Briscoe, J. I. Brougham, James Brougham, W. Browne, J. Browne, D. •Brownlow, C. Buck, L. W. Rulkeley,Sir R.ll. W. Buller, J. W. B itu ul iw w e e r r : EE. H. L L. Burdett, Sir F. Burke, Sir J. Burrell, Sir C. M. Barton, B. Buxton, T. F. • Byng, G. S. Calcraft, G. H. Calvert, Nicholson Calley, T. Callaghan, D. • Carter, J. B. Campbell, W. F.• Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, H. F. C. Cavendish, W. Chaytor, W. H. Chapman, M. L. Chichester, A. Chichester, J. B. P. Clifford, Sir A. Clive, E. B. Colborne, N. W. R. Coote, Sir C. H. Copeland, Alderman, Cradock, S. Cramptm, P. C. Creevey, T. Currie, J, Curteis, T. B. Davies, Dawson, A. Denison, J. E. Denison, W, J, Denman, Sir Thos. Dixon, J. Doyle, Sir M. K. C. Duncombe, T. S. Dundas, C. Dundas, T. Dundas, Sir H. L. astllopo, J. Ebrington, Lord Ellice, E. Ellis, W. Etwall, R. Evans, Col. Evans, W, pram, W. Ewart, W. Fergusson, R. Ferguson,Sir R. C. Fergusson, R. C. Fitzgibbon, R. H. Fitway, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lieut.-Col. Foley, T. H. Folkes, Sir W. J. Fox, Lieut.-Col. French, A. Gisl?orll4 T. Gordan, B. Graham, SirJ. R. G. Grant, Right Hon. C. Grant, Right Hon. R. Grattan, James Greene T. a. Guise, Sir W. 13 Gundy, R. H. Halse, J. Harty . , gir R. Handley, W. F. Harvey, D. \V. Heathcote, G. J. Heneage, G. F. Heyv,ood, B. Hill, Lord G. A. HOPhp if. S . C . - Hodges, T. L. Hodgson, John Horne, Sir W. Hort, Sir W. Hoskins, K. Howard, R. Howard, Hon. W. Howard,. P. H. Howard, H. Howick, Lord Hudson, T. Hughes, W. H. Hughes, J. Hughes, W. L. Hunt, H. Hutchinson, J. H. Ingilby, Sir W. James, W. JelllTy, Rt. Hon. F. Jerningham, H.V. S. Johnstone, SirJ. V. Johnston, A. Johnston, J. Johnstone, J. J. H. Kennedy, T. F. Kemp, T. R. Killeen, Lord King E. B. Knight, H. G. Knight, R. Lamb, Hon. G. Langston, J. H. Langton, Col. G, Lawley, v. Leader, N. P. Lee, J. L. I.,efevre, C. S. Lemon, Sir C.. Lennard, T. B. Lennox, Lord W. teßilox, Lord J. G. Lennox, Lord A. Lester, B. L Littleton, E. J. Lloyd, Sir E. P. - Loch, J. Loch, J, Lumley, T. S. M4berl W. L Mackenzie, J. A. S. MiNantara, W, N. Macdonald, Sir J. Mangles, J. Marjoribanks, S. Marryatt, J. Marshall, W. Martin, John Haute, Hon. vv. Mayhaw, W. M. Mildmay, I'. St. John Milton Viscount , Mills Joh n Moreton, H. Morpethi Viscount mostyn, E. M. L. Newark, Lord Noel, Sir CT. North, F, Norton, C. F. Nugent, Lord O'Connell, D. O'Connell, M. O'Connor, Don O'Ferrall, R. M. O'Grady, S. Officv C Osborne, Lord F. Ossory, Earl of Owen, Sir J. - Paget, Sir C. Paget, T. Palmerston ' Vise. Palmer, C. F. Parnell,, Sir H. Payne, Sir P. Pendarves, E.•W. Penlease, J. p, Porhyn; E. errin, L. Petit, L. H. Petre, Hon. E. Philipps, Sir R. B. Phillipps, C. It. PAhill„ F. __ Ponsoriby, Hon. W. Ponsonby, Hon. G. Portman, E. B. Powell, W. r. Pmytz wr, 4. , W. SS. .ice, Sir IL Protherge, F. Itams‘lcn, J. C. Rice, T. S. Bickford, W. Rider, T. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robarts, A. W Robinson !,i3v. G. 0. K. Hooper, J. B. 'toss', 'H. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yviterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar market has cotAnued dull all the week, yet the purchases reported are Ousiderable ; they are estimated at 2,800 hhds. and tres . • ? t h ere, is no change in the prices. The liars been much heaviness, the quotations gene market this aftqation is more firm. In the Refined matte% there lower than this day week ; at that rei m 4 4 ,4imil itune considerable busitieSs has been done. The lAitAtllie t riptions continue to be taken off by the g,rocep mt i i kleltersi - and the same prices arc oh tainedi the . 110 : . *;,ols, entitled to the same bounty as douhle restllrM ecaittime neglected, but there is scarcely any Altviotion r. 4 . 11 14 Ali ed. to Is. in prices. In Crashed there is hardly any thing dpArti - ; this after noon. The market has a firmer appe arance . EAST . INDIA SUGARS.—The sa; . tately have been incon siderable, the prices steady. ",",,,is" day at public sale 3,132 bags Mauritius Sugar sold, \titir brie less, the low qualities Is. 16 k glier, and fr-3514rsq fAr ekPorration only sold at 15s. a 225 ; rOitprlN -. STIGARS.—The report of the ii c 1.4 War crop in tba : Havaiinah has attracted some atter:l4°p, and rer,ecr the in quiries for Havannah Sugar, b,..t. there aie.feWACtua salty 3 some purchases of low to gf i t 1 yellOW - 2VCa'24.1, 4 Urewn 20s. a 31s. There are no sales tg' ardi'Stig# reported. CG4F.I.FEE.--TheMiblES4es this week have been limited : the Kice.a* dr all '4 4 scripti(rty, tir British Plantation under mid. are .1.,. , 5. h':l.s. 10aq:r t . the iiiie has sold at rather higher rates. This day 4 public gale 1,253 bags Brazil sold 435. 6d. a 465., abe,4,43 is lower than on Tuesday last • 200 bags St. Doming?, were taken in at 455. 6d. ; 519 bags East India, chiety. damaged good .green Sumatra sold at 34.35. ; 417 bales . N,'oeila sold 2s. higher ; 50 casks 131 barrels British PlavlA;ion - sold at previous prices. RUM, BRAI,7,DY;"And HOLLANDS.—There is some im provPancnt bbth in the demand and in the prim of Arum; there tiiii 4 Pbtnen many inquirers and buyers of parc4, of under proof at Is. sd; several sales of Jamaipa arc, aiSet reported at rather higher prices. In Brandy or 0-eneVaiiiere is no alteration. HEMP, rI,4X, s i nti TAL.LOW.—The Tallow market was tise i 14i0,41r0 (4:higher. Hemp and Flax are still at iminal rather brisk yesterday en account Of the warlike intelligence; • a . - -- 00.tatiuns, IRISH PROVISIONS.—For Butter of even ~ 4seription there good co4,;;;ltion sell freely, and for which an ;0Ae;:l for. Bladder Lard in - fair demand, yet is more inquiry, and higher prices (I:,4„,,,Anded. Bacon is held eef or Pork, but from thevrese% warlike ap with more confidence, the deliwries km the wharfs continue short supply on hand, a,n, kirtprovement in the ari l ,: 4,i , iti r at f rir,e e ki ii . ,eute:cp.e .t ei l sisui a ::,o n : : .: ri s iki; dicnßa; for. • (W.—There are very hzw purchases reportei; the mar ket continues very cl4-.41. • Hops aceotintS from th e H op Di s t r i cts are flivourable ; V i la market is (lull.' The duty is 145,0001. and 130,000 i. COTTON.--Tlie Cotton market is tirrn. Purchases this week, 120 Bengal, ordinary yo. ; good 4k,d. ; 40) Surat, or dinary 4d., good fair Vid.; (30, ! : lowed; ordinary 54 d., good WO. To-day nearly 2,000 Surats were oftl , red to public sale, the whole of which found ready buyers at 4d. for ordinary to bd. for good, being.the previous rates; some Egyptians were also offered, but a few only sold at ditty paid, the remainder being held Tot that price, SPIRIT OF TTTE PUBLIC, JOURNALS. We publish, this morning, under head of our Expre s ft oin Paris, intelligence of such a nature, that we ne -d it point out its momentous importance, and cannot tr. s: nu selves with any opinion on its unexplained chara:o r. W e sli dl require more light than the. throws o n the afftir, to understand the breathless haste with which Leopold demanded succours from France, and the extra°, di ary promp.itude with which France has answered his appeal " to maintain the neutrality of Belgium and the peace of Europe!" But we forbear at present. The state of the French Chamber,—of the French :Ministry, —of the French Court,—evinces a singular balance of part'es,—a singular degree of uncertainty and confusion. The Ministerial candidate for the Presidency was elected by an absolute majority of only one, and the Opposition con di late failed by th e hiss of five votes. After the election of the President, the Chamber proceeded to the nomination of its Vice-Presidents, of whom there are four. The first of these, M. Dupont (de l'Eure) obtained more votes, by one, th in the President himself, although of the party op posed to him; and M. Berenger, it second candidate, was elected by a number, one below the President, though of the same politics. On the first day, none of the others c iold unite the absolute majority of the votes of the Chamber. On the second day, two candidates, of opi nions entirely different from those of M. Dupont, the Vice- President, and those of M. Lafitte, the unsuccessful corn rtitor for the Presidency, were elected by a small ma j .rity over rivals belonging to M. Dupont's party. Thi majority in all these cases embraced oily about one-half of Vie Members present in the Chamber_being, in the case of the President, 181 out of a meeting of 358 ; in the case of the first Vice-President, 182 out of 344 ; in that of the second Vice-President, 179 out of 334 ; iu that of t' e third (M. Dupin), 175 out of 343 ; and in that of the fourth (M. Delessert), 197 out of 339. Some of these votes may have been given on purely personal grounds, and therefore cannot be taken into account in estimating the strength of parties; but as the names thus brought ;forward generally represent systems, the almost qual division of the votes on the Presidency may be consi.. dered as an indication of the equality of adierse opinions in the Chambers. In the Government we find the same' antagonist forces, and the same equality of strength in each. M. Casimir Perier, M. Sebastiani, and Baron Louis, insist on resigning office, while Marshal Swat and Admiral de ttigny express a desire to retain their places. In this state of things, the King, uncertain how to act, or what impulse to obey, offers one day to tae a friend of his late Prime Minister to form his new Cabinet, and the next lavishes all his caresses on M. Lafitte, his rival. Thus it would be difficult to say what view the Chamber may take of any question, or what sort of Mi nistry can maintain its ground, so as to give the benefit of , a settled system to France and security to Europe. In this state of t hings, it could only be pusillanimity, weak ness, or an indifference to his duties still more objec tionable, which could lead M. Casimir Perier to make a precipitate retreat. He should Lave remained at his post to support his system and to counsel his Sovereign, till he received a warning from the division on the address, or the rejection of some of his measures, that he could not gain the confidence of the Chamber. The discussion on the address will take place in extraordinary circumstances, said the address itself will have neither object or result. The policy of the Government, if attacked in the debate, must be defended by those who have no longer any official interest in its honour, and the Deputies will reply to a speech, the authors of which are no longer present round the throne to receive their congratulations, or to tremble at their censures. We have not as yet heard of any de finitive arrangement of the new Ministry. Since this was written, we hive received an express (alluded to in a preceding article), which announcer' that M. Perier con tinues Minister, and pretty intelligibly points cut the cause ! Times, Lord Aberdeen made last night a long and tedious speech on the affairs of Portugal, in moving for papers connected with the outrages at the Azores, committed on the British flag by the Government of Terceira. Lord Aberdeen is new all for Don Miguel, and of course Don Pedro is no favourite with him. The people of England care very little either fur Don Miguel or Don Pedro, though they may be objects of tender regard on the Stock Exchange. The expulsion of Don Pedro seems to have afforded much gratification to the brother of the descendant of the Kings of Spotland. " Don Pedro," said his Lordship, " had been driven from his throne with an unanimity on the part of :his subject s , o f w hi c h there had hardly before ever been an example.. He was deprived of his throne, and not a single hand was held up in his defence. He ap , Pealed to the troops, but they refused to obey, and he was forced to abandon his throne, his country, and his children, under circumstances the must painful tbat could be conceived," Who would have expected a year ago language like this from ill* worshipper of Prince Metter nich ! Had Don Pedro been then driven from his. throne, we should have bad many a long-spin sentence, on the danger to which all thrones were exposed froin the spread of revolutionary doctrines, and the revolt of the army would have been deemed the blackest part of the whole, as setting a most dangerous example to the armies of other countries. It is now, it seems, high dcctrine to approve of armies deserting Emperors ; but we remember the time when the desertion of armies was not so much in vogue. The Duke of Wellington, well cased as his con. science is, could hardly bear this approbation bestowed by his late colleague, on the desertion of Sovereigns by their armies, without having something like qualms as to his share in the execution, or murder (for it has been called both), of Marshal Ney. The gist of his Lordship's long speech wns an imputation on the Ministry, that they were abettiag the attempt which Don Pedro is now meditating against Portugal. Lord Grey, however strong his feeling against a Government founded on injustice, and supported by cruelty, trusted that that feeling, 44 neither in his own case nor in that of any -other Itlember of his Majesty's Government, would induce them to depart from those prin ciples of political wisdom which taught them that to in terfere with the affairs of another country was contrary both to policy and justice." His Lordship ridiculed very sue cessful/y the affection taken up by Lord Aberdeen for Don Miguel. "The Noble Earl," said his Lordship, " appears all at once to have become enainoured of the present Sovereign of Portugal.— (A laugh.) Nor only he, but acco r di ng to h is account never was thczv a person so beloved by the whole Portuguese people— never was there a person so generally supported by them.— I (Cheers from the Ministerial side, answered by loud cheers from the Opposition, and re -answered by laughter from the former.) Certainly when I heard all this account of free and affectionate attachment ftom the Noble Earl, I was not a little surprised; for I think that I can remember, during the late Administration, a Member of that very Admlotstration, who stood pretty exactly as high in it as the N.,..b/e Earl himself did--(A laugh)—statiog that he did not scruple to admit that Don Miguel was a perlidi- MIS person,-..c!heets). - --that he believed him to be a cruel one, becaiim oruelty was the companion of cowardice--(Cheers) the he could not deny that his throne was founded on usurpa tion, and by a breach of :OA those promises which he bad given in this country before he wont back to Portugal.—(Lond cheers.) t must confess, my, ts:irds, that if the Sovereign of that country is deserving a sue)) a description, my predilection is not in hi,: favour; and though it will be iny care to do my dttt. to this country and to that, I caniii4 do it with that enthusiastic at tachment whirls appears, to warm the heart of the Noble --(Laughter and Phee4s)—whose affietio4 fur Don Miguel is so great, that the. ohtly man in the whole world to whom he mulct Parallel Wm is Henri Quatre."--(A lough.) If Don Miguel is regardod «with the greatest affection and confidence by the majority of the people of Portugal," as Lord Aberdew says he is, why then Don Pedro will have tho greater difficulty in ousting him, and the harder the bargain the Jews will delve with him. God forbid that the people of this country should quarrel with the Portuguese respuctiug their taste in Kings. What is the object of these kng spee4es on a subject which no sensible pers a m thinks worth the least regard'; If the Duke .tf Wellington be candid, he will ow n , We think, that if, as he says, " the Csenttenaeti of the Press have tan much to do with the Qoveruintlas of both England and France," they have also ra,ot a little to do with his Noble Friend and himself; for we will answer for it, had it not been for the gratification to tn. afforded to them by their speeches in the newspapers, the debate on this motion would not have ocoupie4l five minutes.—.2liont. Chronicle. - - Lord Altharp did well when lie hinted the other day, in secret conclave, that " the man who spoke upon the 11.11 was no friend to it." Qh no, we never mention it," said one Minister ; " brevi:a esse laboro," said another; " ex nihilofit" },Bi ng the general sentiment of the majority. The opinion so expressed by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was singularly confirmed by the speech of Mr. Hobheu , e. In his enumeration of secure and conservative principles he laid roach stress upon that one especially which slionid defend us from the encroachments of the House of Lords, by a nice definition of its peculiar ''unctions. We are to have under this Bill a series of representatives so acute, hvical, and temperate, that they may safely posseaa both the right and the power to regulate the House of Lords at will, and as circum stances may require, set aside its privileges with equal propriety and advantage. In his eagerness to main tain the excellency of such a Reform the Hon. Member omitted to show What utility Would then be left to the aristocratic estate, and that he himself was no satop'e of •he genus of the new representative compound. This , peech of Mr. Hohhou s e ( e vid e ntly intended in support may be justly considered as an effort talent, but we must likewise view it as the link of con_ section between the style of the old Parliamentary elo.. of the second r e ading) quence and that of the new. It had much of the classical which for two centuries h ave graced t h e debates, and given both facility and pleasure tek taste and information EMI ~: ,_