The National Register.
London, England, 1819-06-07 00:00:00

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SPANtati PATRIOr6.--`lr. In:six:sow presented a Petition
farm Merchants, Sliip.oaners, ts.e. of llermondsoy and Hither-
'oche. against the Foreign Enhstment Bead, and erdersd
to !icon the table.
Mr. I'. WILSON presented a Petiiion front Merchants, &c. of
the Port of London, also against the Foreign Enlistment
(Much cheering.)—The Petitioners do:night that the real ob.
jeer* of toe Government would be best promoted, if the Members
lire Government were sincere, by a repeal of i.e laws at pre•
scot in force; and the Hon. Menilrer observed, that such pot.
earaiings ibt• Irma been propose 4 were most impolitic. as the
Patnots of South America looked upon Iltiglarid wrtit the more
fr..ially disposition. At a meenent when l'etitions were beirs
I i.e.:mod from most cf the mantattecturin;.; it is:riets, compla'nrn,.;
of the distres,es of trade. it was had policy to pursue iota:Urea
that might shut aqaistst ws a market as South Ame-
rica. i'elition read, and uniered to lie on ;he table.
Petition,. acre ch.-) presented from Merchants and others of
Newcastle upon Poplar, &c. against. the Foreign Enlist-
ment Bid, as caleninted to be most injurious to our cortuncree.
Petition. read. sad ordered to be printed.
31ARItiatia. acr.--Mr. W. SAMITIE pregented Petitions front
Di ciders, ettrety of one class (Unitarians), eamplaming of the
present Merriage Act. They prayed to he circumstanced as
mac tile Jove i.nd Quakers, concerning the civil and reiigious
ceremony ; or as they were before the passing of the last
Marriage
'fire Vxmiona were font Tent:err:en, Kent. Cliacester. the
Assocestioss in Parliament Court, Norw.ch, —Head and
ordered to lie oa the table.
A similar Petition was presented from the Vid,arian Christians
of' Liverpool, very numerously signal.—Also one from Nest port.
Isle of %Vight ; one tiom a eongregatien in Era :r. &c.-Severai:y
ordered a. Le printed.
AnsourtNstewr OF THE HOI7SE.--I'lle CHANCT:I.LOII of
the EsteilLutrcrt moved, that. tire Mouse on it. rising do
adjourn to Monday next..Ain red to.
I I a ANCE. itESOLUI7oNS.-0.1 the motion of the Chancellor
esf toe Exchequer. the Mouse went into a cot:it:duce on the
Public Income and Expenditure, end the rep et acne Finance
committee was referred to it.
'Eire Cuasccr.t.cnt of the EXCltErarEn :'-en ro.: to submit
to the Clortinittee the financial re-solutions or winch tie had foam
notice last night :-
6' That since tin. termination of the war in ISIS, the property-
tox in Great Briotiti, anti tiOna taxes in Great ilniaat an I
Itehrtel, which yieldea a revenue of epivaids of 1.1,C00,0061. per
amnion, oast expired. to been repealed ur reltie,d.
•• Mu by an act passed in die 36:11 111. c 9N, the nee-
nti-s of Great Britain and Leland acre co..sottaated runt 3.11
@Naomi:try. ;Si'''.
Pleat in the year prrc:!i:;g the safel et,:isolt.inion. tire art
separate- in.a.me of Irend w Ana t' charge of
ti,nt or irelaini was ti,im,vlM, exs•e.tt,cl the whole
net r. vc nat. Ly tins. sum or . ,achi.ove of illy il listat... .
o roar permanent C:rato, 0.1,1 of the I[lin:iron or
tits suitplie:: to betlefrOtql by that p..rt of tlte United l(tmrdorn.
ro provision such Made by l'arliament to supply
this detiewra).
•• l gal I;.e supplies to be voted by Parliament fur tile servic:
of the I;iitted Kingdom for the year ending Apra 5, 13.10, may
bees:rotated at ',0JA1:40064
Tit :t tin a xisting reverie at plicable to these services ear.not.
be v... :•;.d at more thwu 7,004000 t leaving the rein It
• 13,00.1,,,4.14. w be raised by loan, or other eatraortimary

to,ourt ;24.
.6 t:a: the binling fund annually applicable to the nation:.)
ticbt. may I.e ett.ootted at 13,000.000 i. excetiling the above
stim t.:44 to be raise. for the service ul the yvez by I,coo,iiool.

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JUNE .7.

absolutely necessary that thcre should be 'a elm surpltni of the
income ne the country beyond the expenditure of not less than
x,orsylug.

'cult wiei a view to the attainment of this important objects
it is expedient now to increase the income of the country by the
'lmposition of tax. to the amount of 3.1)00,taol. per timutn.'
The re,olutions Ite.vit:4 been laid on the to
Mr. GRES:Ft:Lt. said. he naderstood that to ~tiorrow had been
fixed 04 by the itt4lit lien. Gott. for meeting the contractors fur
the loan. Th,e re,olittiona sr:re to b.. dia:t.e.,ed int Monday next.
and he took it for granted that the Ili 4lit lion. (*Se:it.. would not
commit himself in any way in the mean time. either rrsile,t..ing
the application of the -xliking fund or the amount of the loan. bu•
would reserve himself on these points till after the discussion of
the subject on Monday. lie hoped that till then nothing would
take place between the Right lion. Gent., and the txmtraetnrs
f'or the loan, that might fetter the haute in disc:feting the subject;
and h: trusted particularly that the It i„tht lion. (Sent. wont.: Lot
bind himself as to time application of the sinking fund.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exerts:etyma replitsl, that it was
his intention the In in-contmetors should have :all knowledge
that whatever was done would he subject to the coatroul of
parliament.
C.tltl.lstE WFte an. --M r. (7 It tV St !I wiTheil to learn front
the Noble Lord (Ca .threaglit whether any step had been taken
towards relieving the extent.ive distres. that was no* expetienc:d
at eirlitle.

LOUD CAMTI.EREAGII replied. that the Petition had beat
presented to the Prince it,-;:ctit, by whom it had been forwarded
ti the Pinot Lord of toe Trea•ory t ao,l that ho (Lard C.) had
not hall any communication, as to the reAdt.
F0131:11(iN l NLISTiii NT Attorney-General
moved the order of the day for the second reading of thi, Bill.
Sir Itoomur \fuses said Ir., woad' not trouble the houses
with any quotations from l'ufilmtlonff or (Junius. in
order to
show w!•at the law of nations W 3 upon this subject. He would
only soe, that it haul ever been TOCOgsnied as the law. that every
neutral power should stilKsr it subjecis to engage with the bell'.
gercou. In 1736 we had Bust:inn corps, and also Ilessions, !fano-
vetians, and others in oar service, without in the least embroiling
those states in war. The Swiss were notoriously stipendiary
troops at the command of contenolitis powers; yet Switzerland
had never on that account been involved in war. But America
Was now referred to as our authotity in this case. lie cherished it
locculiar partiality and attachment for America; he considered
America as a vat and impregnable citadel of freedom, which
threw wile open its gates for the reception end protection of the
oppressed. But frecdoon ahtl justice Should go together. lie was
not so blinded by his love of America as not to see that she aspired
too much after her own aggrandizement. She had at first croons.
raged the South Americans ; the two finest f:igalirs that could be
seen at sea had been fitted out in her ports for their service; she
had sent commissioners. if not to negotiate a treat., at hest to
spit e hope and energy ; a7e had established a strotiLs fore:: in l'an-
ho, the province next to Mexico. Spain seeing all these ,ymptoors
of co-operation with the colonies, saki, •• and o e w ill give
you the Floridas." The Floric'ns were, in fact, surretrierect to
America. He would not pretend to be a prophet. especially ia
times like the part, but the result of all those pmcee6ngv night
be easilytoresr:n. Anifteit2 having poured her population into
the Floridan, having occupied the ports adjacent to the West In-
dies. would next clumand Cuba. Six would without much ddfi-
amity obtain Cuba. Having thus extended her power to Mexico,
and established her COnalitlTC from the Atlantic to the Pacitia
ocean, she would laugh at England for her slur ohcity • id ftqui•
eacence. But what tight had Spain to make this demand upon
us ? thear.) She was preparing an expedition against her colo-
nies at the port of Cadiz, the same port f. ora which an expedition
bad sailed against this country. of which specimens might be seen
in the Tower of London. Did this moonlit,. a claim upon our
co operation ?(a laugh.) Yet we were called upon to pass a law
which, at the same time that it would retard our cowir.erce,
would place thooisands of our fellow-subjects. wherever they
touched their natite land, at the mercy of any mercers try and
wicked Informer, who could arrest as criminals, and send diem
to gaol as malefacors. It surely would be enough to refer throe
who might be disposed to enlist in the service of the South Ame-
ricans to the ordinance made by Ferdinand, in Madoid, a few
months eon devoting all who should engage in this service to the
most Ignominious death. But must it father be erected by a
British parliament. that our-fellow aunt: rat, who may reach their
native shores, diail spend their lives in British gaol+ ? lie would
trouble the house with no further observations, but lie moved,
is 4 an amendment, that this bill be teed a second dose this day
six months.

Else ATTO Y-GEN F.R A L avid. that there was so spe-
c lie fan,/ to prevent individuals from enlisting, or to take
tiny steps till they were gone, and the art a a committed
Withal' Ike alas a hick nits& Wrap' enlistment a felony,
or an act like tar one now propowd, for making it a mink-
flea or, there was no spec ilk abase of preventing foreign
enlistment. The gentlemen opposite s.emed to admit that
the right Non founded nn nnnnnon law. lle wished then
to ask in:e rpiesti 0000 If foreign enlistment, at one's oast
'dram' e are. contrary to law, as by um prevent it I Wby
not, by the in, dam of an act of liar hainent prevent a hat
was contrary to law 1 That question h.• %jibed in trek
Why sarsuld the In.urAeills hr in i better state durst re cog-
nized Plates. Did the gallant General contend that they
Lad a right which no recognized state hid till this period.—
Surely they (meld to hr in the same state as recognized states
du this res,sect. Thinking, then, :is head, that the bill is
only absolutely jast„ hut posdively necessary, he mild again
repeal, that tt.e Doti*. in enacting it would du nothing mac e
than iv hadjat ice. and its own hiAli character, demanded
tont it should perrOilli.
Mr. l••. I)onicii.vii said, he did not expert that his '.'ilajes-
ty's ministers a Meld have seceded Dien the pit sent maniac
from any re;tard to its iiiipolicy or Minibus. I nteequel.ces,
but he (lid hope that the opposition of the rata,. 6. would tint
hart• been without It'. eller'. In the cmile" "f the thrtath
Astir, irans against tile oppressions of Spain, th. re was more
English feeling engaged, and more British interests involved,
than ill any 4alies contest tail had for ri long Dice °reared.
(Hear.) TI. 6 On tug punt only to the nature of the ty.
rattly aghast aline they struggled, the rights which they
trove to estabitsh, and the comnittcsal altantages which
their liberty would enable them to extend to us, hilt to a re-
collection of nut Swint- ititere oni se ith Them. We could
not forget that air litst invited them t r thin • off the yoke
ahien..ur glivernnient was have trying to reimpose, and Dam
the birth of their independence took place under the pro.
tectimi of England. (Hear.) We had been at (toiled of en-
couraging a apird of freedum when it suited our vials, and
of repressing it %NMI the noble loud (fnialereagli) com-
menced his siegociations, mind f 'nod that his pqlicy ins longer
required itt tmistatiet. The charge had been in
the conduct of this government Ina urd. South Anie. sea, but
he trusted the legidaluse could not perm.. it to he realized
in the polii yof the nation We bud futused an suture!
with Spain without stipulating for a change in .mor laws.
Let Spain have the foltilitorid of her hood free from the
Ruble lord, and let English ft cling and English betoista bit