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PdA LIAM rivrAity INTELLIGENCS.
HOUSE OF LORDS, MoJDAt, Maacat R .
COLONIAT:SIA4EY.
Tlfe Rishrip bf EXETER preeetwed peitleit ism
bitants of the with of St. Hilary la the Nosty
praying fee the gradual abelitierLar= in the West bedlm.
The Duke of AO MERSET a similar prides hi.
the inhabitant/ of Hollwacb, in county of Liareis. as did
The Bishilp of LICHFIELD from &rue Owe. the names ef
which we could not hear, and
The Marquis of LA NSDOWN, fig a tows is WErabire;
which Were ordered to be Lid on the tate.

WEST INDIEeti•
Earl BATIIIIIIST postponed hismien Medea es thifOde—
nies in the trim Indies until to-aimed Senaight.
SOUTH AMEgICA.
The Maritth of LANSDOWN then it woe his to
an Friday last, hail the Noble Zed hem in hie • th
Inn put some
,leenetheet el Om *di of
rer4t.
had on Thursiev promoted the Nee of the
this mutiny with Spain and pebble America. Ile
ask !brae minden' of the Noble Earl for the gum=
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log infpnnatiou, previous to his itibsuitting the MAW
he hail given notice for efonday, next t hat time
occurred since the Hodge last met, be wee skis se
the answers to two of those qu The lb* mown
ask of the Nobalrelarl was, the OM, eneweill
niece this Ooy Mt la vit whisk gem ' OP
English subjects 'to trade' edieelm. Te dote-
mot was referred to in the lestmem the. fiesethery CNb--
Ali
ning and the Petrie* de P ' es the MC
Mtn he (the Marquis of ) met id
eliongit the papers ladd ore the Be AM
obilms
that treaty was. andphy It Imil ODOM , telliteildi
the next place to 5e informed tender ire' Seth' My•
reldtinur.l"-... r?' of, ran tsetse Ihaighar,=siz itt Az=
had hien transmitted. and ossitefrest/y abradmme edam tine
elapsed tor the Spanah Oovernmeitt to have memened 10
islllllla,
H third quest..m was still thee Important the these w
preceded it, and the Howie was entitled to receive othetheet depth'.
to it. In Mr. Canning's despetdi, already atheiled tet kllee4purt-
ing to the invitation given by Spain to the greet thrtef eami• powers,
to held a conference at Paris on the question of her Soo Ameri-
can colonies, it is stated that " every one of the se in-
'sited has been constantly anti unreservedlr. rnee only a
each step which the British Oovernesent has taken, but of miry
appriai:t.
opinion which it has forged on this subject, and this dispatch
will be communicated to thin all." From this paragraph it was
to be understood that the despatch of the British Government tip
its Ambassador at Madrid, ins communicated to France, Aesttia,
Russia, and Prussia, and he wished to know from she Noble Pai-
d those powers, in return for the opinions of the Gieernment is!
this country thus communicated to them. had tianataided any an-
ewers indicative of their sentiments on th's most it:modem and io'-
teresteig subject ; and, if suet) MIENS bad been rectfiled Botha
or any u then, whether there would be any objection to put the
House in possession of them'?
The Earl of LII'ERPOOL; it reply, observed, that he wottld
endeavour to give to the Noble :lateens every satisfaction In his
power in answering the three quntions . that he bad put to him, in
doing which it would be necessary for him to say a few weeds to
thew how the transactions stood to which the? Noble Lord had re-
ferred. With regard to the Met queetioe be could have no difficulty
in answering it ; for se far as he recollected, there wax no sty:
pulation by treaty &Ilene to the commercial intercourse of British
subjects with the Spanish colonies iii South America; but ever
since IRK when the Marquis of Weltialey wee Arebasseekerre the
Court of Madrid, slid soon after the fist sevenths' of the Spanish
colonies, the commercial intercourse w* established. It woo settled
by the course of eicnes, and every coniMposdence sines betwevfs
the two tionrnments proved the moot perfect adrunsion by the
Spanish Governmen, of that engagement. There was the most
complete undericanditeref a free conainendel intercourse miming
between the subjects of this illovernment end the Spanish colonies,
even when the present Sing of Spain c.th a primmer Ia Frame;
and under all the changes that hail teemether in Spain, Go-
vernment of that country since IBM had wlleith it. In
ing to•the second :tend NAM s, on of the be had so MIL.
cults lir informing him that his Majesty a inner?. hod rendesd•
no answer from those of the King of Spain so elf. Canninets des- •
patch dated the 30th Jan. but they did yust knew that it had been
transmitted to them l_*, Sir Wm. A'Court, to be laid before their
Sovereign..htt so official answer to that &match had as yet or--
rived: With regard to the. third muntieli, that related to the
knowledge the Allied Pawns bad of Aim aistinentr of their 6115-
vernment, he could assure the Noble Marquis that every step OM
colleagues and himself had taken regarding the Swish colonies.
had been communicased to Hs Majesty's allies. Sun the inform--
tion had been fleneteded as • mesa eommuoinlloa, that with,
asked for or vequirstanotheirm This
to afford the ,Noblii-Lesd, and tte ioisai"="sy she :2 oh:
general subieet. The papers were laid on their Lerdeblies' table.
to apprize Parliament rood the country of the whole state of dela
most important question, to thew what his Majesty had done in
it, upon teist principles thee had acted, and how thee tricot to
wt. They thotiplit thenisiises fully entitled, front the die-amen%
they had put into their lemtship's hands, to the confidence of Par-
liament in every transaction of that interesting subject ; not only
as they related to the actual tended:on of this country with memos*
t s the Spanish colonies, but also ofth reference to what all& be
at a future period their relative condition.- If, however, the Math
Marquis was of a different opinion, it wareidte competed
to bring forward any motion on the subeect, end lit
choose that course, he (Lord Liverpool) should ber-emmthed me
deliver his sentiments upon it, and to answer it.
Lord HOLLAND understood from the Noble Mot, thee eon+
munications had been made to the Allied Powers by this Othellee
meat, but they had made no communications es to any prialtheir
they were inclined to enter into with regard to the Spanish cols.
nut, in conformity with the views of his Majesty's Ministers. '
The Eifel of IA VElt POOL replied, that no official cOM1111112iMe•
tion had been received from those powers.
lewd HOLLAND said, the answer of the Noble Earl was sa-
tisfactory to him, for it was ;rut what he expected from these
powers.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that from what bad fallen
from the Noble Earl, he understood that no 'newer had been
received front Spain to Mr. ; 'dining's despatch of the 30th Jen.
The Earl' of LIVERPOOL acid, that the despatch had been
forwarded to Sir W. A'Court, which by him was transmitted to
time Spanish Ministers, to be laid before the King, but no officiel
answer bad been received.

Earl GROSVENOR wisbed to ask the Noble Earl what force
or menace by the other power would be considered by this go-
vernment as a sufficient cause for its recognition of the Spanish
colonies, and whether they would reengnise them on • threat held
out or not, until actual forte had hews mottled against them.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, if meninx, with an intent to
carry it into execution by an oven an, WAN held aut that would
constitute an interference that would induce this government to re-
cognise the Spanish colonies.
AUSTItIAN JOAN BILL.
The Earl of SHAFTESIIVRY moved the Si reading of the
Austrian Loan Gin.

Lord 1101.1. A across the table, said that he bad a few ob-
servations to make, more on the wording than the principle of the
Bill, but he was not then prepared.
The Earl of SHAFTESIWRI" asked the Noble Lord if he
would wish to have the second reading postponed till to-morrow.
Lord HOLLA NI) replied, that he did not wish that delay. if it
was then uneerstood that hit might rescrve his observations foryNi
committal of the BBL

The Bill was read a second thee.
IRISH CIWRCH-RATRS BILL, &e.
Mr. BRO(*DEN, and several other Members of the Commons.,
brought ttp the Irish ('hutch Rate. and the Annual Indemnity
Bills, which, on the motion of the Lan of SuArrEssunw, wen
each read a lint time.
Adjourned.