The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-05 00:00:00

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Wlieri this.subje& was • brought before Parliament
on e. recent oceasioes by an Hon. Friend of his
(Mr. Sheiidan), hulled declared his opipion of the
i Moroerietv and inexpediency` of • agitating it, be-
cause at that period the discussion might have pre-
maturely committed the whole Spanish nation,.with
respett to/France. But now the casewas materially
altered ; the Spanish nation was. conniiiit-Vd'With
France ; arid Coey were engaged in one of the molt
arduonS aid henourable strugglei in which a coun-
tii...*was ever involved, and he prayed God to send
them success. Under theSe• circumstances he ebid
sn'ink u, would have been well if an opportunity had,
yti afforded to manifest to the brave Spaniards,
through the legitimate organ of the British people,
the -sympathetic.feeling which existed in the hearts
of that people in favour of their cause. At least it
was tobeexpeCted that a Message from his,Majesty
.Woeld ha Ve been brought down for a Vote of Credit,
to citable Government more effe&ually to' aid and
sssist the Pattiots of-Spain. 'He was sure that minis
a Message -would have met the unanimous concur-.
jenice Of Parliarnent, and he was also sure that that
concurrence would have been echoed through the
Country. He would not go the length on this sub-
ject to whiish his feelings prompted him, as he might
be liable to misrepresentation.; but he could not re-
train trout repeating; that from the bottom of his
soul he wished success to the .patriotic 'efforts of
the Spanish Nation f.r the recovery of their liberty
ind independence, and he felt 'satisfied that in this
wish he should be joined by • the House and` the
whole Country.
Lori CAsTLEREAGH replied, that although on a
- former night when this subje& was before the
House, he had felt it his painful duty to express his
disapproliition of the tone and manner in which the
Honourable Gentleman had on' that occasion thought
proper to mention ciicumstances, the recapitulation,
of which could have .only an evil tendency, yet it
now gave bins great pleasure to undertake the grate-
ful task of expressing his complete coincidence in
the feelings manifested by the Honourable Gentle-
man, with respedt to the issue of the glorious strug-
gle in which the Spanish. Nation was engaged.--
With respect :o the animadversion in which the Ho-
nourable Gentleman had indulged on his Majesty's
Ministers, tor not having called for an expression of
the sense of Pailiament on the sub .1, he could only
nay, that there did not appear to them io be any tie-
. ressity 'for such, a proceeding. The Honourable
Gentleman hau travelled out of Parljamentary usage
to .declare his surprise t nat no farther-vote of credit
had been asked for. The reason was simplyethat
owing to ilieSliberal provision which had been made
• by Parliauent tor the service of the.Couritry, GO-
vernaint svere not without• the means of ,granting
to St ain, under the present critical and interesting
circumst hires, the aid which their duty to the pub- ,
lie demanded should be peremptorily afforded. No
exertion is Lend be wanting on their part to make the
resources which they had in their. power to apply
effeclOal in the attainment cdthe great ottjea, which
wa as desiroble by them as by their Sovereign, by
the Parliament, and by the people_at large. Of the
mode. in which they should acquit themselves of
this solemn obligation, the House at a future
,period would have. an -opportunity of deliberately
indjn.
Isir. WHITBREAD,. in explanation,- observed, that.
the turn Which the Noble Lord had chosen to give to
--what he had snn on a recent evening, could arise
only from a feeling or political aeimoSity. He had,
• cri that evenin,-;, disapproved, of the motion of his
• Honourable Friend. -hi that 'disapprobation ire was
• supported by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, al-
though the two Secretaries of .State seemed not to
• think that the, agitation of the subjeel, at that
period, would have an evil tendency,
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained.
• Mr. NV ieBERFoRcE felt sentiments on this subjeta
very similar to those which the Hon, Gentleman
who,• had just spoken had given birth. Heswaa con-
Cerned that no communication had been made to
Pi,uliatnent by %Odell an opportunity might have
been Abided of manifesting the feeling of the Na-
tion to give every assistance in their power to the
Spanish Nation ; to chew how deeply they sympa-
-1 thised in the sufferings which Spain had endured ;
and to prove how is armly they wished her success
• in the. magnanimous struggle in,'which she had so
nobly •engaeed. He was anxious that Spain should
be convinced that the measures which we might
take to second her eflorts, were' not the resint of
• cent deliberation, but thet they proceeded
from more generous motives : that they proceeded'
from a warm and heartfelt .sympathy in her cause.
But, aboveall, he was anxious that it should not be
supeosed by the Spaniards, because there had re-
war between the. two Countries,,
cehtly existed a -
that any hostile disposition still lurked in the breasts
of Britons, or that ese. were disposed to avail our-
selves of their efihrts,merely for purposes of our own
interest, To the confirmation of such a disavowal
on our part, he confessed' that he thought an unani-
mous vote of the House of Commons would mate-
have contributed. But it was a consolatory
nenennes, thel the 'feeling in favntu of Spain was so
general, that it was text to impossible it could be
• mistaken. It was so notorious that every Briton
joined in enthusiastic prayer for 'their success in the
ntis slori contest into which they'
had entered, that • '
-the 'iletoriety itself almost superseded the necessity
of ac formal annunciation of the sentiments