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been a grave Taquiry I admit; how .far it hal
proved sattsfactiny IJo not say.-1 merely notice
-the result. It places yon in this difficult situa-
tion t, Tha King, disapproves, and the
.Board of
foci*? approeat,s. The inference is, that the'
!dime attaches to she Ministers. Viewed. this
way, there is 'no smotraliction iii the ease. If it
shall appear, e. I iur informed, that the expedition'
was deficieut iu artillery, and that the Coluntis-
lutist was defecti4, iu this cast the Commanders
are free front 414.44 Board hate raid am.
thing of Minister:l,lor of the naval part of into
expedition, a,iJ I tiara they did right. Ido not
Sistrimaate that the Admiral is not a. free from guilt
Os the Commanders. 1 only mean that-obese two
subjeets, lint being waived by the Iloard, are, of
course, still open iweiiry. These things, how-
ever, 1 liatier oily to Mien that we claim not to he
pedged to tlic.o. A:qe-oliation, %nitwit Military,
cOarcyS no iitrowis ; cett,utv, ittptiry,
ititlies tot disgrace. I...rty; .i. this ...ILA, I shall
met sap, a tee w•rds respecting America. It has
been btoll.ll that the embargo 'el of tine to England ;
and lest season all cooed mot upon the subject was
Jacolimiion. We have eow the memos to
mseertaiii whether it was nut maniacal by the Or-
ders in Cinitivil. In one point vet:minty it clearly
is owing to them messier'. In July last the Ameri-
can Minister mid, If you irvsuitri your Orders in
Countul, we shall take off the embargo as against
England, and Witham it against ifaisce." Let the
etia!Ar 40 tliva have originated us it niay,its coutinto
ales- ran only lie •oo Mg to the (iders 111 Couiwil.
Toe fi ;ding of cumin) is to ;wilier% e WWe with
:t merit:* ; tea" ~iy sincere Opinion is, that Slmistets
wen to (bite A merits to ex-trench:ea ;—that their
iihjeet is univernal navigatiou end c ))) ) mercy. and
that in the ardour tortheir pursuit of this object, they
nut hit', error. It is a solecism to sii;ipose that
cum tierce. con 1•N1,11 0116'4,4 it Ipr mutual.—lf their
cohjact ISt con' eclat commerce, it is prepcoterous to
suppose it ea t he attaimal by emenlig the sea with
our ships. whale' we have net a friendly port to put
into. 1 rep, at, that %intern' have thought it the
interest IP‘t. the ccnintry to proemd to extremities
with America, and 1 ttliok toi, because if they did
not nwaii it, they .alialil wit have NA. so many op-
portunities of couciliation nail reeonci:cailect. The
advocates, however, for strong measures' against
America, have taken a new groniel. It was
mah coutemled, that she had atquieseett iq the
Decrees of France, and that our Order. in Coun-
cil were therefore j
ustifiable; but in a recent note
from the British Slipister 111 l nig.) itie
that when one belligerent cesannita an aggression is p-
•on a neutral, another belligereut may do the /1.111.11%
t—Cheri are other points in this Speech with mm hick
lam not satisfied. let t express satisfactioe at
engagenteuts which, it Wive. I IIS Mait'Sty has
contracted, and which I did not know hail any ex-
istence. tVith reapeet to the isegociution, I :mist
'Hy, that the King's declaration is at veriame with
the Stretch. fur the Speech says. His Alak-ty re-
• Nivel to commence it, because lie was required to
abandon the amuse of Spain,' whereas the Licehara-
non proposed the basis of the Cui passirhuis. Non,
am coarh:ced that the piwposition, • how( ver 104:
neged,•conl.l not have led to peace ; lust still 1 think
the most sattArtory answer !would have •tien, to
say, that while Spain was in its present state of
uncertainty, it was mipossihle to comet to a pacific
result. I admit that the character of our army
and navy than at any former period. This
sentiment cannot he expressed in ton strong terms,
but the pride of that sentiment is embittered by
the consideration of the ptobablc result of
tie war'. We have no couselation but in the
valour and skill of our Moira and their COM-
maunder, awl it is melancholy to getiert that they
are placed iii a hopeless contest, it which success
cannot he the reward of valour, and safety is the
most lyrilliant victory they can acoieve. All these
subjects are of overbearing and commanding im-
portance, it-coming fall inquiry and investigation ;
but, nonce all, the subject that presses most upon
the attention of the Roust:Ai the measure of said-
io.; more troops to Spain. If that system be per
in. the destruction of this niunarcliy is intr."-
table. Your miry alone cannot defend you. You
mast have also a brave, skillful, and well-officered
army, and this you commit to hazard by the sys-
tem proposed by Ministers. if you lose it you
lose one arm of your defence and the means of
safety, and the enemy will be Iwo' you before-you
are aware of vonr danger."
The P.m.! of LIVF.KPOOL assured the Hawse that
the 'speech had been worded with a view to avoid
all ground of olik" eti.. It was not Meant by the
Address to pledge the Ileum to an 'approval of the
conduct of the war ia Spain. The pledge only
went to this, that as long as Spain was true to
.her-
self, His Majesty would give her his ene.getic sup--
port. Tins was the whole extent of the un4ertakilig,
and the House, in voting fur the Address, did not
pledge itself to anv specifie plan. Neither was it in-
tended to pledge ate House to any specifreugage-
masts with the King of Simi's, ignorant sic they
must be of their nature. All meant was to uspreas
sati.fitetion, that engagements had been entered
into, for if it was right to embark in the sacred
manse of Spain, it would contradict it ....were the
House to express now a contrary opiniast. It was
a narrow policy to measure things by the power of
Bonaparte, and be thrown into despondency by a
frati disasters. The history of the world shelved,
that where a country had to r °Mad for its nide-
pendenee against so vast a Power, a single cam-
ping% or cane year of war. could not he expected
to end the struggle. Such a contest has often re-
quired a longtime. of years, attended with dis.e.ters.
but whets the people hate persevered, they have Li wally
triumphed. After the strmigan.l nniversal e;cPression
orthdeentitnents of the Spanish people, and the ad-
vanteges which we have obtained, it would be 'snail-
!animals to leave them now to themselves, aid say
that we will risk nothing. Ile regarded it as a sa-
end cause, tad one that affords the best chance
for the deliverance rut Europe; and, itwe are to he
iiiloaneed by a selfish conseleration, the hest that
Coald arise for our own safety and 'o corny ; it
COlll.ll home to our most immediate laud clearest irs
tercets, and surely it would ant be Said, that in
touch a cause something should not be risked for a'
generons illy. But in going thus far. the House
dal not pledge itself to any specific measure. The
Noble Lord who spoke last !referee/ a maritime or
roast expedition, but he might to have recollected.
that there was no point of tile coast of Spain, in poe-