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ty of -complaining against auy hostile conduct pile-
' sued to•vardis him, sud of claiming the protection
of that country, whose Sovereigu. he represented.—
But the persons, whose names are stated in the
papers before the House, without the smallest at-
tempt at concealment, are individuals of high
rank, and holding situations of great responsibility,
under the Government of their country. When.
MUM years since, certain of the King's 'termite
were going out of office. I perfectly well recol-
lect, that, regardless of consequences, careless of
the disagreeable situation in which they placed
their successors, they laid before Parliament a va-
riety of- nosifidential communications, which were
not intended fur the public eye. I can assure your
Lordships, that, on the occasion to which I allude,
the propriety of making such a mode of conduct,
so repugimat to every principle of good faith and
policy, • subject of discussion, in this House,
was agitaed. I, my Lords, and I now most
sincerely regret it—l did all in my power to
dissuade my friends from such.. a ..proeirediog:
'and' I succeeded. I opposed it, out because
my opinion on the subrit was theft differ.:nt
from that winch I now hula, but 1 feared that ..hes
agitation of the question %tonic! draw public at-
tention more forcibly to the documents. than, per-
haps, would otherwise be the case. But, my Lords,
though the same principle imiy be advanced oa the
present occasion ; yet, as that torbearaurr probably
would not be atieti.led v•! ii ally good Oh et, it
would be no longer prop, r to tolerate it. The
butt is at length come, when your Lordshipa must
step in and interfere, to prevent a recurrence
or sisnihir acts ; to rescue the character of the
country from obloquy ; to restore out pnblit
faith, pine and unspotted, in the eyes of Eu-
rope. My Lords. you will God, upon a
perusal of the papers now oil the table, that
Charges. unsitiniortrd by any evidence whatsoever,
are Wade., Out merely against individuals holding
official siitiatiosis of consequence, under the Spanish
Government, but against the Government itself.
—Beniarka, of a tendency the most degrading,
are levelled at those who were, at the time the
letters were vrtitea, exerting their best abilities
to serve their country.—Oise of them is accused
of meditating plans of vengeance against the
Central Junta, under winch he then held a high
• military commission. Whai, any Lords, must
the fe, ling of this individual be, *lieu he finds his
honour, as a citizen sod a soldier, thus rudely as-
sailed? With thus officer I sin totally uumicquaint-
ed—l know nothing of him, except troin the pa-
persan tour Lordships' table, and from the plinlic
prior of the da%. But I suppo•e him to he a noun
of honour, and, consequently, to feel like sue—
Hoar shall he clear himself Gain this attack,
thus made upon him in his airwave ? Now
Amoy the•iingressiori which the a 'le-
witions made by a Smith Miuistvr, and rendered
public by this House. rosy make on the muds of
Ins countrymen,and on the iiihabitinits of Europe ?
My Lords, no part of the case I have suited par•
takes in the slightest degree of 'nugget...tom ;the
correapoinfence, now in my halal. 6,4 supports
every allegation; and here I beg is read .oine few
extracts, which will put the matter in a silt dealer
point of view. [His Lordship here read the fallow-
ing extracts from the papers, comnieoting us he
went on.] a Cuesta 1. mediating pans of 'cup-
geese: agoimet the Central Junta, in consequence
presupposed slight. He dreads the Duke of Albu-
querque, who is eitreiorly popular with the army.
and whose reputation he mat endeavoor to sacrifice.'
This, any Lords, is written by Mr. Freer, His Ma-
jesty's Plenipotentiary in Spain, residing at Seville.
Upon mere suspicion. lie eddies and blackens the
diameter of the General, then commanding the
troops of a power, not tnerely in amity with us, but
absoluttly embarked in the same cause—and at that
moment serving his country in the field. With
respect to the latter part of the eel Uwe, the only
meaning that tan he attached to it is. that. by the
machinations of Cuestas. the character of the Duke
of Albuquerque; inisOfficer serving under him, is
to he destroyed—which can only be done by de-
stroying she army. I ettinot express the astonish-
ment I f at the pro luction of such paper,. thin'
compromising the character sod life of an Officer
commanding the, armies of an ally. Cuesta, how-
ever. appears to hr a, person, of whom, Whether
right or wrong, whether with justice or injustice.
Ministers stem determined to complain—and why?
Becabse they wish to stilt from their own shonldere
the disgrace sling from those acts, the result of

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SATURDAY, March 31, tato, at
41.1, •ill he opened
IT:WS 11U I)(; Er ;
Actor's Ways and Mesas.
Diseriotrnieot, in Three Parts, which
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Mr Rut nee., for the Respondent , and Mr. Adam, in reply.
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after a few preliminary übservatiuna, moved, " That the
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others The whole of tbe Eithertain.
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Mr. Reeve, jun. Previously In, and
the Exhibition, Duels, fur two per-
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to the Hall, 41. (Wlerv,
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moos, stating, "Thai, on Monday next, they %toold take in-
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.mll4:flier of the Lord A.ls °cat.- of Ne,iilmid, before • Com.
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Members, brought op ser•crat Bills from the Cuwmuus._.
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G'ser swarm; elan their sreir.in•roirill Portsahie
prefevoldie to wine., for disenbility and appear-
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any—Wire Work ter Libaudes, Larders, Piles.
sod dairy wieder,.

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1 ignorance and incap-drolity, which hate bees pee-
-1 forsised on the Spanish Peninsula. Again, Mr.
Frere write., with his accustomed flippancy-
-1 ' Venegito is a 111411 of no ahilitieft—lt is conceded
to as by all Europe, that we have hat two Gems.
; rals in Spain, capable of commanding even small
hanliei of, men, iti a military manner—Blake and
Alburpteique. The Junta are jealous of the lat.
i ler, tiu account. I suppme, of his birth end for•
: tune." Here, my Lords, is a passage, worthy of
• your most serious Mien:nisi. This 1i,., been writ-
-1 ten by 11r. Fiere. at Seville. surrounded by that
army, of whose leaders he speaks in such dia.
grucefnl terms; (hem'! hear!) in the midst of
I that army, whom it was the object of runny of Mr.
Frere's dispatches to depict as capable of op;.. -
Ising the whole power of France, hut which appears,
by this communication, to hare 1/4•Pll torn and M-
aided by internal dissensions. The Central Jim ~
j tips, are stated to have b-en jealous of A. 1-
qo •-.la •., and the reason as.igned is not a lii; e
mutiny your Lordships' attention—that jealousy i•
etatedi to have hems o....casioned by hut high birth
snit f alum% (Hear ! (tear !) Now. my Loris,
this country ode-laced her treasure nod liar buoys
in support of the Spanish c one, is being cluarly
connect it with the general cause of civil society;
and in defence of that legitimate rank, those
regoilar gradations. norestiry to the well-b-iiitt of
society. and which th.• enavolsions of Eorope hare
so greatly disturbed; but dare credit Mr. Fr. re, the
Central Junt %which should skittish those pt iut tides

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as emanating from the Government which they re-
present, by a strange kind of fatuity, has become
mimic:al to them.— ( Hear, hear./—Bin a 11.1 t L have
hitherto poilit,gl out, is not to be compared with
that to whiifi I shall now beg to draw your Lord-
ship,' attention. if we examine the Records of'
Parliament, from the rarlierd period, to the present
day, we shall not hod a parallel. Hitherto, my
Lords. I have read extracts fioin letters, written by
Mr. Frere, and the production of which, UR con-
taiiitng statements and names, uilt for the pub-
II": rye. I must, at once, regret and condemn. But
here is a private confidential communication,
written as from one friend to another, which, having
found its way into the hands of Mr. Frere, h.., in
corroboration of the statements contained iii his
dispatch, has transmitted it—and it now, in vio-
lation of every priuciple of honour, appears um
your Lordships table. The letter to which I al-
hide, it addressed by the Duke of Albuquerque
to a friend; and, a ith the customary openness of

••-•.:5C• 011•4811. CO I ff•
mans remarks on the state of affairs in the Pepin..
buts. lie i•ustes. that General Wellesley is well
pleased with his conduct ; that the army, officers
and privates, are greatly dissatisfied with Genera
Cuestb—:hut the staff are anxious for his (Al-
buquerque's) apponitrueut to the auk,' coal-
natiod—sint that application had been made
to au individual, possessing great influence, to
pros ure the removal of 1.. twists, sod the ap-
pointment either of Venegas. Blake, or him-
self.' My Lords, this communication is of a
most unprincipled nature. I care not, in fact,
whether the matter contained in the letter, was or
was not of a description to winch importance could
be attached. No, my Lords, it was a private, a
confidential communication, and, therefore, on
every principle of justice and of honour, should
have been considered sacred. In what a situation
does this disclosure place the two officers concern-
ed, Cueata end Albuquerque ? Who can divnie the
consequences which may enue? It is not a little'
aston:shing, that the Duke or Albuquerque; lamer
private letter is thus made public; was the General
to whose praise Mr. Fevre had spoken most highly,
and, I believe, was in his confidence; he, therefore.
hail a right to expect treatment consonant at least
with common decency. Perhaps. we ought not to
blame Mr. Frere for having made these commune.
cations ; I will not notice the superciliousness with
which he treats oil those of whom he has occasion
to sneak ; it is the dory of those filling such tato*.
lions, to throw as nimbi light as possible on the
'sirens of the country in which they are regident.
N,,! it is the Ministry of the country, weak
and inequable. woose guilty negligelice de-
serves the severest reprehension. I hope you
1..44.4hips will see. the prom:oaf or- • irsterfeswea
i no, that the characters of individuals may not
bottler from the aspersions thrown upon them
by the carelessness of Ministers in producing the •
papers before this House." The Noble Lord pro-
ceeded to state the reflections cast upnu private in.
dividuals, as absurd, as others were at nous to indi-
vidual interest. It was intimated by Mr. Frere
that Cevallos was a man untit to be employed in
his eapacity.as Minister ; that he was so dull and
stupid, the Government here could not drive into
his unfit rstanding. their views of policy relative to
Spam. Perhaps that was the case. but the reflec-
ton did not affect the character of Cevallos. The
event of the campaign fully illustrated the fallacious
system they had pursued in the peninsula. It was
extraordinary, but at the same time consistent, for
the Noble Lords opposite to suppress every lofor-
motion. whether relating to the character of indi-
viduals. or the proceedings of Government, pro-
vided it would screen themselves from the just
indiguatino of Pariiarneut. But when their vain
and shallow hopes were not affected, and evidence
was called for which did not affect themselves, with
a disgricaul Larelessuesa, they committed to the
inspection of Parliament, what would find its way to
the enemy, sod afterwards prove ruinous to the
lives and interests of these undortunate individuals.
He could not hut deprecate this conduct, lot al-
ready on the table were papers containing accounts
of transactions in Spain, and the names of the in.
dividmala who had acted in different copaestes, •
whir,, issines he would not mention, as the most
fatal consequences might Jesuit from their being
published to the world. Stich had been the mis.
emadoct of His Msjesty's Ministers in this produc-
tion orpiment. that he trusted their Lordship. would
interfere, and prevent the injurious results which
wnal I arise, if the other wawa, yet to be produced.
were laid the table with the same esdpahle distr.
Bard to the feelings of honour and common fidelity.
He should conclude by moving—
" That
arell laitheivileatreo irshelectsmtupabeignriin"Suriuti%byand°ridhetair sofunthiahte
table, not )et printed, he reftired to • Secret Committee,
for the purpose of extracting such pans as in their judgmest
might to' necessary for isithienation, in order that the same
deg, afterwards he laid is the usual way before their Lord-

. .
ALirquirt profe•-ed his readiness to
•-• with the Noble Unroll, that there war a sa-
cied duty, which ne alifi hi. mlllit:OgUrS were bound
to discharge. fir furthei agre.d with the Noble
Baron, that when they produced papers for ihe
information of Parliaineut, they ought to produce
them with every c.m,oleration for the fidelity sub.
sistilig betw,en Gen eroineuts, sod for the safety of
1)6% ate sedivirlitals. But the Noble Lords opposite
113110 ahmi., that the duty thus sacred, was NW.
rounded with =rent difficulty a lien it came to be
disels trod. lie •a. extremely amhOtis that none
of that etrelestiews so injurious to the interests Ohl,
ar it E;1.1 been 1.. d, to the livts of individuals,
should or ;mooted to bun. But it wa., on the
other hand, of rust moment to Great Blitain, that
• foil end ultra expo...ban should be wade of all
the 0111 PCS and suitors of tit—, rat„,„„,,..., a hut h
had happeiied in the priiinsii!a. Ibe it ~hould
be sitief.etorily sisven.thst the whole of theeon.
duct panned by His Majesty's Ministers in their
tat a.ures, had been f...t the uif,tty, ft eedont, and hap.

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