The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.ARLTAN.ENT.

HOT SE CIF PEERS,

MARCH
.3.

Counsel wer6 iinalty ..hard in the 4pperd Roche v.
',Varga, and, judgment ivas deterred till Monthly

nex:.

NORTUGA L.

'The Earl ,of BUCKINGHAMSIME TOse,jll,ll!Sinat
to tt roetice.he had given an Wednesday last, to sub-
mit' a m °deo to their Lordships; with a hich,-,10 his
Was closely onne6ted the existeoce of oar
former relations with Portugal, ancr. 'the. iniportance.
of :he friendly • corregpondence and cc in-
tercourse which had tb ltng subsisted bet wee!) the
two cormtsie.•s: These, it *as his anxious' wish,
ShoUld be maintained in their fullest extenre and
tbeir most cordial execution. • Ciretimstancei had,
however arisen, ,during the late campaign iii,. Pertu;
gal, of a nature to disturb. the good understandieg
,that had so long prevailed between the two
tries, and to alienate the affeetions of a peOple, with
‘vhoiti it had alWays•been our best policy, as well as
our trtie interest, to contiade in the striOest, bonds
of amity. With a ‘'iew to; inquire into, and aseer-
taM-the points upon which he feared some misun-
derstandieg had taken place,: between .certain des-
oripttons of the Portuguese people and the
,British
,Commanders, during the late 'Campaign la' Portugal,
the objeti of the motion with which he should have
the honeur to conclude was, " That there be laid
before the: House a note or letter, with in s, elosuie
addressed .to- L'Ord Castlereagh, by. the 11,1in'tster
from Poi tugal in this country," and whieh note ex-
piained the complaints of the Vertugbese people
with regard to the measures of the Armistice and,
Convention, and the part taken by the British Go-
vernment in the formation of the Regency establish-
ed 4Porttigai at that perio4 While he alluded to
these transaction& as- matter of regret, he wds'per-
,fealy really. to give every credit to IA inisteei toothe
• ardour of •,,e-perosity anct alacrity or to-operation
which they had matliteined towards Spain . and ?or-
tugal, under -the struggle they had to encounter.
His veal appreheosine was, that his Majesty's Mi-
nisters were now only flunking of adopting time
policy which they ought to have pursued six.
months ago, when the British troops.were in Por-
tugal. Nothing shOuld 'be omitted to prevent any
• misunderstanditig fro,M arisieg between the two
coontrieS; on the coutrary, every thing shOuld be
done t 1 explain away any differences that may have.
arisen, and to dr,ve closer' the' ties of amity which
have so long united ,the two kingdoms. He could
not, in every way, but consider the document he.
..had to mad tar as highly. necessarylo the right an-
derstandin,g, Of the •ditteretices that might have taken
place between the two countries, and as essential to-
the -more< general disoussion of the British transac-
tions in the Peninsula, which was soon expe6ted to
take place in that House. Under that, impression,.
he 'felt it his duty to call for the produCtion of the
doenmeet •he had alluded to and he should now
conclude with moving an address to his 'Majesty -to
that effect.

' The Eal of I.tvrrapont felt ev,ry wish to put the
House iti possetsion,of every document that could
throw light
,on the transmtit,its of the Blitigh army,
and of its Cornmandergin Spain and Poring:l .
Majesty'a m 'Jinn aovernent desired nothing more to
aflt,rci the i 6;rination in their powerrespear
ing the ,coticiki Of the late campaign in Spain and
Portugal, and they , woulJ, therefore,' most readily
pro.;i:ce every document that could, without any
"material public inconvenience, •tend,to a 831.1.Slaa0fy
ezplanatiuri 6(evei v tlimgconitefted,with
portant cventa. It was tine thilt Lord Castleteagh
bad received a Communication,frem tile. Portugoese
17.)t, kowever, the regular form of..a
corninunicatio:t train his Court that “ cerlaitrdegrcte
of 'ilissati,f3i.•tion had hcell rdt.imd expres.,wdby sono.;
descriptions of the 0
Purtuggese people, at 0 231110'111a.
tiolli of the Armistice and Convention, agreed to with
the common enemy by theßrhiili COmmanders.—:
He wn ready to admit, :that disapprobation to that
effeCt had been so express/A, ;.ind all explanation of
it might hereafter fully take Place, without the pro-
`ltatint of the drkument tuoved for _by the Noble
Earl. :That document,liacl been Called for by the
Court .of Inquiry, instituted to inquire into the
,causes,'Scc. Of the Armistice and Convent idti 3. but it
was refutted on the ground of the request of the-Por-
tuguese Minister,' that it might not be made public.
With regard to the importance of the connection .be.
tween this country,. end Portugal,• no own could feel
more deejily impressed. with it. than he did ;, .and no
man could be more disposed. than he was to. main-
tain it by every exertion and by every sacrifice.—
He did not however conceive t hat . tbe matter alluded
to by tie Noble 'art's motion could well bear- on
the point to which the discussions of that House were
s'idon to be direded. When that point, the condua
'of his Maje Sty's Ministers respeeling Spaiu'and
.Caine to be investigateJ, there ‘ve,t no infor—
mation or explanation that he would be desirous to
wit,lthqld. The .-docurncat called for by the. Noble
he dici tiotA:onsider As ileessarily connetted
With themtittc,r of that Jiii.i.;Lission-, he should
foie he muter the necessity of.giving his negative., to
the Noble Earl's aiotipn, should tie 'Mach
LLi, Jr plux4ed to see ilia motion witlidiaWn, if he
cool previtil cm the Noble Earl to dose.' ' • ,

Lord Sip:100111 laid much stress on'the impor-
tance of our c.:ontie6tion with Portugal ; and was
.p,r,eive that hio 'Noble Friend 141..
verpool) 'continued in the:trim,: in that re-
tipt,tc,t; which he' wall recolleded that he had for
picky held. He was; very ~."to actitiiettce
thEt:sraggestion of his Noble Friti.d-to withdraw
motion, hut-he-could no.t agree with him, that it dia,
wit Lear on the geneial tinew ion .which,waa soon ex-
perter I ,t 4. 00l 'Tie admission, of
iris tiYt~t,,'e Friept4, that a. certain degree of disapiiro-
baroh,liad hen expressed hy the 4)ortuguese at the
term of the Couv;:ntion, tis not sullident.
document which provctl it, should b before the
th4i -31Orie to which. thc•ir Lordships 's
could rainy rerci- :o in the 'Course of debate.,
4,ord Livglipobl., said,„ that next
tr the fier.tiblic of Holland in its former' conditibn,
11,1 onsidered Our conneetion with Portugal, ail the
moat iclportant to be (nly cultivated and maintain-
ed; .a.ncl be thought, that upon this printipfli
ije,ty'a Goerninont.won4l:4o found to aEt..
4044.vn was for the produelion of the do-
4;utilLnr, 'as the only thine;hat could shew to whpt