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as we at last happily were, that the folic intere,ls of
•!I greet lustiolls was It) oleo, ar 014141 y es possible,
the shim ouse between each other, thus procuring
'lternately those productions of their respective
", which alone constituted the material. of
which e tttttttt social wealth end prosperity were cote-
initiated —a maxim which this enlightened eousitey
bat hut very recently adopted in its comitirrend
creed is to its intercourse with deo tort of its du.
tensor Is wills whose prosperity. its own must ever he
identified. He alluded to Inland.--/ (/ear, hear.)
• —The principle was altogether false, and he hoped,
for the ware of sit partiei, the practice *Mil& bi
soon as possible elnisidoned.
Ale. LETTELTON expressed his satisfaction in
Iseariug from the Noble Lord en expose of rent'.
inept• so sound end generous in thenteelsee, •1141 so
satisfactory to that flume and the mercantile mid
inesoufaetniiitg 'miners of this country. lie could
congisoulate the House, from his own knowledge,
that the ',unmans of his flonourrble Friend at
the heed of the Board of Trade were in
unison with those of the Noble Lord. viol
hoped such sentiments would contiiiise to be acted
on, and produce correrpouding s (frets ms the
curnmeice asset weskit of this country. His noels-
tiou limit beers to loess his objectitnis to the Spanish
tariff principally as it affected, by suddenly iu-
'leased rates of duty, the importation of iron.
Mr. Roamer+ observed, that the prohibition of
eolbm oas not absolute, but the st tt poly of pur-
-1 hose was vested is the Philippine Company. Al-
though other articles had beets prohibited, 'wither
terrine', goods nor iron were among rise number; but
they erre certainly subjected to extraordillnn• high
duties, which might have nearly the effect of a pm-
Ale ITTTFLTON explained.
Doctor Pitietasioae...." By • late Treaty,
claimants, upon a seritersce of restitution in our
Courts, wete to recover 41 COllOlll ►urn fur each slave
tumid on board ships brought in fur adjudication to
the Admiralty Courts. Now, it would be desirable
to know whether the claimant. in such m true,
should be entitled to snake the demands of the
Spanish or British Government."
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought that there could be
aro stronger claim in equity upon the Spassirli Go-
vernment than a claimant's being its possession of a
sentence of restitution in a Prize Court.
Lord ALTUORP considered the country in too
diet:eased a state to afford so large a subsidy to
Spain merely to do an act of humanity. Besides,
our owu charitable intention would most likely be
doubled by other countries, who would naturally
suppose we proposed to ourselves some advantage
fruits the arrangement which 114E1 cat this country
so large a sum.
Mr. WILBERFORCE—Leaving out altogether
the question of humanity, the mode stoi► proposed
was must efficacious fur all the purposes of the
Treaty, as well se the surest and cheapest way of
ensuring to this country the supplying of the na-
tive Africans with those productions of Europe for
which they had already imbibed so strong a relish,
and were daily becoming inure attached. The rut,.
ply of ass extent of coast, from the River Senegal
to the Line, of •2,500 milts in length, and the lutes tor
trade arising out of thin supply on the coast, must be
an object of great importance with this country.
Mr. CALCRAFT admitted that leo great points
bad Imes) gained by the Treaty—the right of search,
mad the abolition of the slave trade to a certain ex-
sent. Yet by the Treaty it would appear as if the
King of Spins was only to receive the sum of
2Ou,doul. and the renaming 200,000/. war to be
appropriated to snaking good the losses incurred by
captures under particular circumstances, and ethers
cutisrEpient upon the abolition of the •lave trade.
Was st to be unileistood, then, that these claimants
were to lie referred to the Spaniels Government ?
It was to he apprehended that these legal claimants
would Ire left in a very awkward situation if they
were all, British a 4 well us others, to be referred to
the Spatii4s i■uvetnmeltt.
Lord CASTLEREAGH Staled, that in this case they
had °lily followed the precedeut of the Treaty with
Portugal relative to the same subject. Spain, there-
fore. would be the party to whom the claimants
under the Treaty should apply.
Mr. J. P. GIANT—" There are persons yet to
claim upon tine fund, ►ome of when have • judg-
ineist to plead, and we owe it to ourselves to see
these parties paid."
Mr. W. SMITH contended, that France was
equally interested in the measure as • political and
mercantile arraugemern.
sir ROBERT HELIOS feared the King of Spain
would be rumbled to levy war with his revolted Co.
lollies with redoubled energy. in consequence of
this grout, directly to the prejudice of the mercan-
tile interests of this country.— ( I kar.)
Tito Resolution was their agreed to, and the
Douse rests ttt i t ig, the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived ie.-morrow.
SPIES AND INFORMERS.

Nlr. FAZAILLILY begged the indulgence of the
Iloopr, while he entered into a statement of Irani.
actions to which he felt it impossible not to draw
tt.e attention of the House, inadequate as lie con-
es iced I self to tl►e task. Various circutristatices
Lad teal:►tared on the occasion of the late trial,,
which had corroborated the suspic ttttt s so generally
totettained, that Government hail employed 'Jer-
son* in the disturbed counties to develope the eon-
risinictes there stated to have existence, who had ex-
ceeded their instrisetions, and added furl to flame.
It %%a., tollitferent to Mtn if Oliver or any other par-
ties a ere branded with the opprobrium of having
rst•itei their lellow.soillects to twis of open rebel-
hots. Thew cot cumstances, coupled with tlw last
Report of the Sectel Cuutt►tittee of fait year, called
loudly tor satisfactory explanation from the Eve-
use Gaversonent, why they hail nut taken any
m►easulea to bring these utleuder. themselves to iris•
Lice, when they had already taken ,o touch tusisss
in bilug i went meat to trial. 'l'hr points of the
late Act far the Siosiwnsion of the Habeas Corpus
Act, had out been sparingly exvicised. The gaols
throughout that part of tl►e country were billed with
pi ra,/1111 accused ul treiDOO, unit the provinces
nt.uu.etl by the extramdistary rheum-bitter of
per-
rot.. ttrsiggeil ft gaol to gaol, laden with irons,
m II noisily blsot np roosts all tboa,lllle intercourse
Hats tile.r birissfi, by the most atlntrary exercise of
1111t11,111 teur.)—
The %%11..1.! t• lout of Government atm u tissue of
amsea the w. skit tool the most arbitrary.
\\ hen these seventse► had concluded, the Goretti-