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IM. PERIAL PARLIAMENT. 11017 SE OF LORDS, WentiesnAy, MARCH 19. Witue ,, es were examined on Bayley's Divorce ; and, on the motion of Lord Rolle, the evi• deoet• was ordered to be printed, and taken into fin t her consideration cm Tuesday next. The Silk Bounty Bill, and the Marine Officers' Indemnity Bill, were read a third time, ,and passed, The Mutiny Bill was read second time, and or dered to be committed tomorrow.--.adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr, Hoax tssoN brought in the New. Street Bill, which Was read a first, and ordered to be read a yecond time on Friday next. Mr. LUSOINGTON presented all aCCOOIIt Of the -duties on rice imported for the year ending the Ist January, 1817 ; and remarked, that as some misapprehension had gone abroad with respect to the continuance of the suspension of those duties, it might be proper to state, that the suspension, OS applied to America, would cease on the sth of Awl. 1818, and, as applied to the East Nines, at the end of the year 1818. The Naval Stores 11111 was read a third time, and passed. On the motion of Sir M. w. Runts: . returns were ordered of the number of Pursers in the royal Navy, on, !be list lu July, 1814, and of those subsequently.rerpoied. DfKTNSON movc(l for leave to bring in a No to crot.ole J flees Of the Peace to ascertain settle table& of the fees and other allowances of the Clerks of the Peace in their revective corm.* ii!ti, In aniwer to an obiervatinn front dig op. I) , .si-e hide of the House, the Hon. Ale,'.)e.r that his object ut prt.st:trt was merely to bete the 13,1; teed a first time, and to defer the s cowl realitig till after the holitlays.—The bill teas then brought in, and read a first time. LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN SCOTLAND. , Lord BINNING rose, putsnant to his notice, to mo,eitor leave to bring in a Bill td provide for the onre and proper treatment of Lunatics and Idiots in Scotlisnd. He observed, that this Bill Was fotn , tled on the .Reports.:of the :committees of the House appointed. to inquire into the state of Private Madhouses. As soon athe was acquainted t\vith de•dreadfol abuses which existed in Bags hod, and which were so folly developed by those Reports, he was• anxious that .a gimilar inquiry bhould•he made its Scotland. With that view, he caused circular letters and queries to be sent to Slierifts . and others in different parts of Scotland. `.i'he answers to these qperies convinced him of the weesity of introducing a Bill which should ex (cid to Neotland the beneficial enactments of the Bill which hail-been passed, through the efforts of his Hight lion. Friend (Mr. Rose), but which, extended only to Logland. 114 object was to iiivile Scotland into six districts, in each of which should be erected, and that the lunatics .ls carte ot the counties included in these districts sisoishl he scot to the asylum, tinder the direction Nla,:.istrates in each county. lle elso.pro. poNA that Coaimissioners should be appointed t o in, oage.the dhision of the country into these dis trirts, and the other details at the measure.. Ac cordi •g to his Olin, the e,Npence WHS to be borne liv melt county in proportion to its population ; iih,esstnetit to be made by .the Commissioners ot Supply ( - Avec!) county, and . to he levied, one 'half trutn the proprietor, and the other half from the occupier of the land. • Re also intended to in sert a dupe to regulate the, treatment oferiminal Jimmies. Ile ex pressed lihnseif much indebted to the Shetitßof the ditferebt en r e ties in Scotland 14,e the infortnatiou .aotl taeilities which they had ntrordcd him. The -Noble Lord, concluded by moving for leave to bring in time Bill. • The Motion was agoed to, and the kill ordered to be brought in at:cot dinghy, - • Th e .E xe b etw er Omits 13i11 went through.a Committee ot the whole, liOnse.—Report. to ;norm VV. WINDOW-TAX Mu,. GClierd GASCOYNE inquire it bnL'hebalf of his conbibueut3, illti) the Ilikture and objects of this' . . . • . The CIIANCIM,LOR of the EX,CHECIII RR expressed Ilk hope that the Bill might he printed before I:4sta. • Ile perceived that it had created. * .great and. unnecessary anxiety ,lnsuine.classe, id the community, who had supposed that its object was to extend, tvhilst it was in tact 'CO curtail, the ap. p!ic,tt,inis of the Inc: by which the tax was impos ed. It was introduced in consequence of deci shth of the Judges, that, by the construction of the present act, such , houses asitad formerly been dwelling-houses, although now applied to other piirpoeg, Wel'C liable to the, aeses ? meni. The principle °lithe new Bill„was to declare, that this. .coustruction should prevail no longer. WEI,CII JUI)GES. Air; PoNsoxny' give notice, the 9n the 211 Apvil next, be should move for leave to.briu,,i , It Bill to extend the proyisiom 'of the Act of A l i ne , ittcapacitriting certain Of!kers to sit in that 1100se. to eyery'person holdiug the situation of tt Wciele itokte. illtatiGtlAM presenter . , 'n petition t t rftm sh e pal llt of Paul; t;ovi.lit-g:trilen, suggesting se. , %prat iiiiitlifo!ationii of th S ivhi. ltdoks BM, and in • aN i nv le r; tvit to rke (..orontittee o.tt that t ,ohjcet.-- .2 11ii, - , petition, Wati ()Meted to lie Mt Sir C. NION6K for an At!cniint of the 110)(1.1M fit tile .liCit'Sieti . 1%1Xv5 im,:li . t.111,11(1 for the VetirK 1815 ,t:) , 1 18! G, Which :4'4s ortlet(4l. Ni l -. Bp NNW' ';'• MoVed Itir it !teturn (0 . the (event oppi)i,uottniis ‘vitii thebtes ot tio to I CSpee, ;i1)(1 the s3l>itiCS 1)1 ()flirt' urih ltt tr("" tb iteilf by .1. (;. I:4g:under Nl,•kjesty's present governinimt. The-CitAtleng.t.tta of the F',..tiAtt -, :i4u.r.n, after a few oh,4_'t vitt ions not audible in t Cotllery, agreed to the titcSTiott,' SPAIN ,ANIYSOUTit A Ni .1,%1r; I:n°(4;limal, to rOSC to mo v e It 1)1 ()due! ittll rt.rtslin papers cfm nee,eil y bef ttirn P ttu;,n.l Ile WAS ill tile dark 1 . 4 Lte the nititsre of the facts, he might have oc'easiOn to request some informs. tiou.from the other side of the House to guide his motion.. Ail that lie at present knew, .was, that about seven or eight months ago an expedi dim, partly by hind and partly by sea, was fitted out at Rio Janeiro, which, when fully equipped,. proceeded towards the Spanish settlement of Monte Video, in the neighbourhood of which the naval' and military part of the expedition 'tailed, and proceeded to hostile nroveinents ageiost that settlement. These movements ended in the Por tuguese force taking up a strong position in the neighbourhood of Monte Video,. and by the latest accounts front that 'quarter it ••appeared-r not, indeed, that this force had taken possessiOn of that fortress, for in that he hoped they would nut succeed, but that Monte Video was in a state ofsiege ur blockude. The purpose for which that armament had been fitted out was, no doubt, to take possession of that seftlement ; and, if this was true, one or two considerations .must arise. Viewing Moie Video as a Spanish settle ment, how happened it that hostilities were going on between these Powers in that quarter alone ? But viewing it as a settlement not in the possession of Spain, but one to which the Government of that kingdom laid claim, if it was considered as one of those which the Noble Lord, in au official docu ment, had, in his opinion, very improperly called the revolted colonies . , but which oaa r lit more cor• reedy to be called the independent part of South America, that part id it which was engaged in a struggle for its success, io which almost every one in Europe put up prayers ; in this view he was equally at a loss to account for the proceedings to which he alluded, for it was strange that an expedi -11011 5110111(1 be fitted out against it without the con current:oot! he Spanish Government; If, on the of her band, there was any Treaty by which that.Setilemeot was ceded, was it not extraordinary, in the first place, that the House had not heard any thing of such a Treaty ; toul,; lit the second place, was it not evident that such a 'I reaty must have been executed with the connivance of OW agents there. Marshal Bereiford, one of the mo s t distinguished ornaments of our military profession, was, as it appeared, also Commander-io•Chiet of the whole Portuguese Forces at the very time when this ex pedition was fitted. If, therefore (as one stantid suppose must have been the case), Lord 4eres fOrd knew of any such Treaty, it was very strange that the House should now be with. out information on the subject. The House had some right to know, even if a Conven tion had beets made to cede that, settlement, whether there was any equivalent to' Spain. It was said that the equivalent was the abstinence on the part of Portugal to.claim the restoration of Olivenza, which it had been settled at the Con gress should be restored. It had been surmised that Olivenza was to remain to Spain, while Por tugal was to have Monte Video in lett of ,it. If this country was a party to the treaty of Vienna, by which the restoration of Olivenza was and if another Treaty %vas made elsewhere' relating to that place, it was a necessary conse.; (pence, that whatever was done in contravention to the Treaty to which we were parties, should be stated. The principal reason why he brought ' forward this motion was to give our Government an opportunity of explaining the conduct of our ageuts (civil or military), Fit this transaction; and be was sure that nothing would be more satis factory to the House and to the country, thou to find that the proceeding in question, on the pert of Pot ingot, wits in no way sanctioned by the Bri tish Government. He then moved that there be laid before the House a Copy of any Treaty be. tweets Portugal and Spain, relative to the resto ration of Olivenza, and of , any curt espondence relative. to any such Treaty. Lord CASTLEREAGII said he did not think that the hlon. Gentleman meant to press his motion, for it it should be agreed to, the return to it :nest he in the negative, because he (Lord C.) was not in possession of any such Treaty. He had no dif ficulty iii stating that the British Government was no party, direct or indirect, tti the course of po licy initiated by Spain towards her colonies. Tire conduct which this country followed, With re ferenee to these dispute's, was udliering to a sys: tem of strict neutrality, and not (that which th e Hun. Gentleman seemed to recommend) to assist the colonies agaiiist the native country, which Would be in direct contravention to the Treaties between Great Britain and Spain. When Marshal leresfurd was employed in the service of another. plower, so long, as he was not recalled from that service by this country, the capacity- in which he acted as in,, the service of that power must not be co n fused with his character pf a Uri tish subject. His condomt must be considered as directed by the Portuguese Goy eminent, in whose service he %YRS now timing. There were many other British otlicets its the service of Portugal, whose situation was quite analogous to that of Marshal Beresford. The Crown undoubtedly. might When it pleased recal all those of its sub jects in any foreign service. But as Mai slial resford was now situated, it would be supposing him guilty of an absolute breach of artist to tis• some that he communicated to this country the Councils of the GoVernment hi whose service lie was employed. Having already slid, the the re turn to this motion, if it were agreed to, must be in the negative, be must at the same time deny that it was competeilt for Go‘ , erument to laybefore the Parliament any treaty between other Powers of which y it might have a knowledge. Yet he might tit ate generally, that there was nothing which could indicate the existence of • such a Treaty as that which the Ilon. Gentlethim alluded to. Beyond thii, he must declitie entering into tiny discussion upon the present question. The House nibst be aware that the events in the River. Mite, as they might involve interest of the most in - wit-tont no. tore, aff!cting the European dominions of Portu gal, !molt , he rous4tered not utti mere Soutir Antes , ilea° 'question, but as an European question.' He, theroore tlid not think that lie was at libeity to cuter into any farther statement 61 the facts, oven if they tniglit he in his possession. He had dis closed the ntiin fact, that Great Britain was no party in tiny shape to the intentions (warts of the C:iown or Portugal in the ttansactiott in question. lfe wnnld repeat, that he had no 'rett.:;on to sup. .pose that there vvas'arry sock 'treaty in existence' as that allotted to isy the Mut, Gins Ittn'a'n. Mr. iteoennan explained, that he did not speak with reference to the proceedings of the Court at Lisbon, hut of the Court at ltio Janeiro. Lord CASTLERRAGH desired to be understhoil as saying, that passing events gave a negative to the supposition of the Hun. Gentleman as to the exist ence of any such Treaty. Mr. BitouonAm.—There was just one ;Molt more as to which be begged some information from the Noble Lord. lt.was said that nothing, was done by the British Government to give room for the supposition that it espoused the one cause more than the otherthat the system acted. on was one of perfect neutrality ; that Marshal Beresford's acts are merely those of an Officer. in the service of Portugal, and do. not in any way commit. the British GovetW , ment that not only Marshal Beresford but many other British Officers in the Portuguese service . 1 are in the same situation. So far it was all very wall. But if any number of our Offieers or men should engage on the side of the eclonies, was it to be understood front the Noble Lord, that no umbrage would be taken, but that the scales of neutrality would be equally and scrupulously poised. beween the two powers. lie _would ask whether it had not been prohibited by.the British ,Govern-, meat to afford any assistance to the Insurgents, by furnishing them with arms / He would ask whe ther the transportation of arms front Trinidad to , the Spanish Main had not been prohibited under the severest penalties—under pain of confiscation, fine, and imprisonment/ Lord CASTLRREAGII.---The liOnourable Gentle-• man seemed to argue the question as if British Officers were noir serving against the Colonies. This was not the fact. He did not believe that there was a single British Officer in the Portuguese army who was not now hr Porw,al with the ex ception of Marshal Beresford, As the other case put by the Hon. rietolynyin, he felt that we were acting a part strictly neutral. At the same time, it was to be considered that, on the one k side, there were ties of alliance with our Govern ment ; while, on the other side, t here were none ; therefore ht. could not allow flee lion. Gentleman to curry his parraliel so far as to pass over such..'ii : consideration. As to Trinidad, certainly, if steps were Ilken to supply one of the parties carrying on hostilties• with arms, to be.' used expressly for , the annoyance of the other party, that would be a breach of neutrality. lie could not be expect-' ell to,itatany. thing-that would look like counte-' wincing British Officers to serve on the side of the insurgents, when there were'none such serv-'. ing against them. Mr. BHOUGHAM.—As to Marshal . Beresford, Yt might be true, ° that lie was not serving againit the insurgents ; but wits it tine that that Officer' had been engaged in superintending the embarka tion and organization of the force which proceed-• ed against Monte Video Mr:LAMS said, that there seemed to be a strange anomaly in the situation of Lut , l It Was true, that l i e was an Officer , service of the King of Portugal, but at tier ~ aule time be was ill a British Officer, and would not those pro ceedings in which he acted be considered as sAlle . - tioned by the 'British Government ? Lord t.:AsTLauFAGU.—The principle per. reedy recooiscd by all the Etil()),.tin rowers, that the subject of one Crown might. be employed in the service of another, 'so long as he was not tecalied. Mr. LAMB.--"'ls it wise to act on such a prin. ciple in this case ?" Mr. PONSONBY rose, in the first place, to ask a question. He had heard that in the American Congress, a 13111 was in progress through the House of Representatives, the object of which was to vest a power in the President of the United States as to the arming of ships and allowing to sail where they pleased, it being understood with a view to allow them to proceed to the assistance of the Spanish Colonies in South America. In the accounts of the debates which bad taken place on this 13111, he saw that one Member, in tilt course of his speech, mentioned, that the Spanish Ambassador had interfered to prevent the pro gress of the Bill, and that the representations and remonstrances of that Ambassador had been se conded by the English Minister in the United States, Ile therefore wished to know whether there was, in fact, any foundation as to any in ferret ence in that case on the part of the Bricfsb Ambassador to the United States. _ - Lord CASTLiREAGIT:-.NNS far as Ile knew, be had reason to think that the measures of the American Government were taken solely on their own view as to what they thought the best line of policy in such a case, and uninfluenced by the interference of any other Power. Mr. PoNsouny said, he mast allow that the Noble Lord hail managed to elude his question. He now wished to call the attention of the House to a Treaty which had been concluded between his Majesty and' King' Ferdinand VII. some time since. In the first part of the Treatyto which he allnded, it was stipulated thiii if Spain should suc ceed in recovering 'her South Ainericim-Coionits, that no nation was to have any advantage over Great Britain in the commercial intercourse with these colonies. To this Tr eaty there were appended 3 additional articles, and it was to the third of these that he now solicited the attentionoof the House. The Noble Lord had just stated'that our . situation with relation to the contest between Spain and her Colonies was a situation of strict neutrality. this neutrality was strict he . would not complain. He would not by any means say that the British Government oughtoflicially to interfere But the House had a right to demand that tire neutrality should be strict—that no countenance should be afforded to Old Spain as against the colonies ; and if, there has been any such countenanceefforded. it Must be a _breach, of duty, Yet in this Treaty he found these words, . 1 His Britannic Majesty being anxious that the !roubles and 4i4turbances in Smith America should cease, and that the subjects of these provinces should return to their allegiance, will prevent the giv ing of Fl6lls, to the insurgents." W ' hat right, fad Spain t o ask for more than .neutrality ? anti. wbiki folly (meaning no disrespect by the word)-r what . folly was in the Government to ,rnake such A stipulation, which we as much es saying p rat S pa i n would be assistedin every way except by open force This Treaty was 'signed by Sir Henry %Vcllesley, on the part of the British Clove! 'anent, in 1814, lie therci,:re gave notice that, on the 2 3 d of A p ril, be f r nab! ta ortr ' l 1 coley of the instructions to Sir fleury.Wtllols tinder which he thought himself autliarneduel that treaty. Lord CASTLEREAGH ObSert'Cd, that it Os° , extraordinary that .the Right Flon. tlialle°., had not sooner brought his view of this cl uab ' l before the House, considering that the which lie referreAl bad been laid on the tallig cAn kietttvioiiiiiinlir'elearLl4y.ite,o,oso.etit‘tir_iviihsitetialei‘r,Csstrte'plost.:loyrtetairs ag 0 . The true Inesniog°flli, btrality, certainly, was not to assist elate:Pl' y force or by furnishings rms. Mr. robasoNny, „id •perfectly mil li , twas ~ oAd the Treaty was laid on the Table of the to the the 16th of March, 1315; but it that he (Mr. P.) never heard of it till'fil lust.. 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