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London, England, 1809-04-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIANIE NT.

whit he had held longer than the Noble Lord. :He
was educated in the old Whig prinCipleq, and had as
great a regard to the prerogative of the Crown, and
to the other branches 'of the Constitution, as the
Noble Lord, or any of his ancestors. The motions
were thew put, and agreed to.
IMPORTANT QUESTION'S.

110 LSE OF,PEERS,
THURSDAY, APRIL O.

The further consideration of the case of the Rox-
burgh Peerage, and the second reading of Powlett's
Divorce Rill, were deferred till Tuesday next.
Counsel-were farther heard iti 'the Appeal Cause,
the Parish' of St. Gregory, V. the Minor Canons of
St. Paul's.

Mr-Po:isomer wished to be informed•on aOM • .
in the Spanish Treaty, WhiCh bound his Ma.ieftY.
to aid the Spanish people, and acknowledge no
King of Spain but Ferdinand VII. his legitimate
heirs, or successors' acknowledged by the Spanish
nation. ThiShore two interpretations, and he suPulfl I.
thank- tree Right Hon. Secretery. (Mr. Canning) to
inform there which was the one he applied to it;
evhetherJt Was: to be understood that thiseountry
would acknowledge no Knag in Spain but Ferdinand
VII. and laisiiiirs; 'colt the dynasty of the House •
of Napoleon was established en the Throne with the
consent of the Spanish nation, were we bound by
this Treatfto acknowledge their sovereignty ?
Mr. CANNINC, in answer stated, that the Treaty
bCtre neither of the construeions put upon it by the
Right Hon. Gentleman. The right and obvious in._
terpretation;if ht consulted the spirit and meaning of
the whole document Was,
that his Majesty
himself, while .Spain and Great Britain aeled. their_
parts faithfully in cominon, against the usurpation a
France, to acknowledge' no king Wen s
ch as the Spa
malt people acknowledged, Fdeclrrefed VII. Was the
.e.
now legitimate ' kieg of S but be with his
pain, bound •
Whole (gaily being in the enerny's country, it rittehc
so happen, that hereafter another Sovereigo night
succeed to the Throne, from the failure of the pre-
sent branch of the House of Bourbon. In that
the:
event it was undergrood, that two persons divided, _
()Pinion of thoSpenitth nation. Upon the point of
which was the 'eget successor, the Government of
Iles country might have an opinion;. but nothing
could. be more impolitiethan an attempt to impose
their judgment on the people of another count q. i
It was to avoid the slightest appearance of this, that
the Treaty was framed in the manner it was, and in
the true ' spirit of the British charaaer, to she that
While they ailed together, no King of Spain. would
be received as such ley i Ins countrye unless the, legid. •
macy of hit claims was qualified by the acknows
ledgment of Spanish nation. The other Interne. •
tive put by the Right Hon. Gentleman was obvious..
ly unnecessary ; r for if Spain united with
and acknowledged the House of BuonapartO, o'6
Treaty was consequently null.. .
. -Mr. PONSONISY expressed himself satisfied with I
the answer, though he 'did not thereby mean to
pledge himself to approve of the engagements 14
Idejesty had been advised to enter into.
-;-The -next question he had to ask related to thl
correspondence between SirJ. Moore and Mr. Pere'
. e ,1* abided Tcrifletter ketirby Mr. Frere,
,23d Deco
, .., • , „
ti„ e.:. ,ANERI.CA. " • :.' - desiring, that" before taking a step comemplated Di. 1
.... LOLO . Peeve wialiedl to know from the• Right :--
`rsfolin Moore, the bearer should be examined be
Hon, Secretary whom he saw opposite" (Catinidg)," -fore-a Council of, War. This appeared to hull atl,,
whether he had received any information' res'peif in eetraeralary renuest to he made by' a persoo in 4
in Act passed by the•Americae Cettgress, declaring civil (slowly
to et General commanding an army, !
ktbat .every British Ship which entered' an American, Thi-Righ. Hon. Cetitleman was proceeding to cone
',chiller the 20th of May next, 'Should he ceintis- mein on this, when'
lot in the cited. elle wished alsteto know if due means were Mr.' CANNING spoke to order.—He was 1 . Li, i
taken -to feeder this'atSt as little injurious to Our in- habit of refusing any information which was itee •
..
bile service.
teresevas possible •
flwer to 'atibids consistent with' the flu
estion, i
MeeSecreesey CANN iNG l'eplied4' that be Icriew no e could not tie h • brat In asking a slu
t(,
aid. t
e, however, on ant-
• f the i
inore e : otentions 01 the Anti:riven Government 'the Ri hII g t on. Gentleman was
called up
,
impor.-
thsu their Act. expressed. He was not atepiainted madvert upon the conduit of a person in an
felt
so
what-me:wires 'ot prevention het been adoeted ; ant situation,' and for whoMhemust own he l
..i.s
but evasgetree, ;frogs the zeal,ephility, and a, evity of much private 'friendship, that be could not hear
1.1.1_
the 7-iVifaets to ribose itrinsoditit:e ,We these things; 'e
coneutt made the Auhieet of discussion, At 6. 17,.
iverelentrusted,. wpuld provideeverr means of warn-. When no answer elld, according. to the rules Of
.
mg British sink off the 'cense Of America, of the the House, be elven to any charge.
Secretary Iva'
danger ihey would incur by entente; the ports of Mr. PoNsONSY said, the Bight Hon. . _
that S.:outlay, arid of providing against every damage right, and s wrong. The'question he wishetl,7
~
he was
d Inta
that [night ensue (teen this Art: . ' ' es.:, was; Who was the person that delivered
.../ . ,
. Mr..Kerte wiled to loerti front Ministers, .if they lefter, and what was the nature of the message he
,had any ilitentiou of - renewing,' in this Session of ,to submit to the Council of War ? ,
& At
Parliament, the , Rills mi impaling' duties on Neutral -r!
...r. ...JOINING Said, be could suit hnswer the _
Vessels; and duties on Colton, I.3erketSet., exported part of this question, because he really did not know(
pit to Iles' system laid clOwit in the Orders in the-name of thrperson ; and as for the st:cOnil pitii.,
Council ; theoriginal Bills expired in the course of he must decline answering it. He hoped this wou!,t'
' the Session. : • • . .
indica for' the present ; and had only to add, that to
.
The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHI,:cIr En • replied, tee examination of the person before the C4ool'o
, sa
that the-Hon. Gentleman knew as much on th; War, he would have had ne authority to give
sublet/ ea lie clad. if lie bad any Bills to propose to opinion, but simply to state as a witness what ll'
the House be would give due notice of his intention. 'knew 61 the state of affair's.
silt HE W DALRYMPLE. p had
Mr. oNSONBY wiShed to know if Ministers ,
..‘ A
Mr. 1 oftta, in persuance of his notice, rose to any intention of suggesting a plan for aciing tif):44 :
move for certain papers' to explain the condua of Sir the Third Report of the Committee of Finance. 1%
H. Dalrymple, Which had been much Maunders did not , w temple';ish to excite hopes in theisa
stood. li&etiter.ed,into a statement of the campaign merely to suggest that the weight of Goventoo
in Portugal,- nand enumerated various occurrences in : Would render any thing of this kind more etiicac°l
the transmission: and receipt of letters and dispatcht'll than the mere exertions of an individual ? • • I
which had stinjeeled the character of that officer to 1 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQURR rep.lle",r
unjust obloquy, and
_caused him to be prejudged by ' thee be was not, prepared to give such an "cweit
the people of his native country. He lamented the •on thin subjeti as the Right Honourable Gentleaelit
'. avidity with which. these censurers were received, _ -Might wish. All he could say at present %vas, that ,
san6tionedhy tt,e precipitancy of the public in pass. I,u 'emotion on the subjeel alluded to was sh°rllY ,1
ing judgment, and tirchlated by a void presa. He I. be sehruieted to•the House by the Han. and Lester,
concluded by moving for a letter front Sir H. Dal- Gentleman who lied given notice to Illslteti°Ltilia
ryniple to Lord Castlereagh, 23d Dec. teos, with ivlaiestya Ministers were not disposed to !axe
le
its -inclosures. Several communications train the matter out of' his hands. After the House had deter '
' Portugoese Conatituted Authorities to the Ambassa. mined on his propositions,
.the intentions Of Allow of
dor here, rind to our Commanders in that country.; might be known ;at present they had no design
0.
and certain eorrespondenee among our General Uth- , bringing forward sly plait Ma as had been ellucidn
.. :
cent alter the battle of Vitniera, &c. as far as they Mr. WHITBREAD wiahedio knoe if the lessen
might not be-detrimental to.thtt 'public service. ger who delivered Mr. Freres letter to Sit'. J. u
Lord CArreirseieit had some objedione to the was a Frenchman 'or an Englishman ? i ' ;
production of Papers GOB motion even so guarded.—_ Mr. CANNING declined answering the ques""v ....
Sir Hew •Dalryrnple • might have used these papers ' Mr. Wurranein wished to know it there wal0„;‘)
on his defence betore the Court of Inquiry, it be had intention, on the part of his Majesty's ~Viinisterib.,,t e
so chosen I but he had tut 'evened, h:rnself of the remove Mr. Frere from his situation as stintetseetu
offer made to him to that eilleSt. He differed from his to Spain ?
Right Hon. !emend,dio the first paper had had the - Mr. C o nal. cl ,I* dii Vering.' '' - 1
effeel of prejudicing she pnblie mind—and noticed, jee eseA"IN - -at", we-it a° ' i might he.re,
_, I;!
r. ‘, HlTaltaAn Wen &Pe. that le 110 .11 ' 41
that every part 'of 'the ease w bet 1' .z.. 4,1 .,:.
igi , Gm ea Majesty , after submit to the House a motion for the reti' et: ,
when he delivered his opinion op the ittbjed of the ! of that Gentleman.
Convention, in a letter sent $0 Sir Hew Dab I '
--He considered the papers, therefore, as unneees- Ite
... I] ' ~,4 „,i,1„1,„,,5,„„;,,i1 ,3eper,„, se :vat e .
sary, and could not edvise his l‘lajest ' l i'' e ers c4)-slet/ with 'lie '''. r--- `. ,- f the Stlfr ':
- Y to, comp y Mr. CANNING replied, that c‘lPit-'4 ° elle k
With the motion.
lidate ,
, . -• . 1 stance of all the letters necessary to elus i
general TAIMATON spoke
ill term, of severe re- '
Campaign, in Spurn were before 1110'14°4'e'. „ 'hat
prehension of the Convention of Cintra. I
t had the i Mr. CANNING. then, advert* to a clues" este
worst -effect oft the peninsula of Spain, 'and s in- I :.
Cting an ir .
vas , hal ti.en asked a few nights agcerespe bee
glorious
in every respect to the British arms , aso
iin the Treaty with Spain, dated 21st Mere) , .40 t
• Lord OSSEJLSTOiIE Said it /OW words it . , thst ,
Iso low a : for the further elucidation of that aubleet, . etas
totes 'we eti4l(l not r• ' • • 1101)
. bather Ins (Tinton • anti after a . note li. k It' i Spanifill A'
„few remarks from Mr. Calvert, '' s wetc.. passed eetween t lefeegieeee
Id be laid before thti r'''' . ,
Mr. IreitltU remarketi in warm terms ' and
himself
should
T on what had Agreed to. on
'fallen froth Lord Ossnletone. .
Gentleman ,0
he,Noble Lord had In reply to en &nervation A- •ni. a
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~ ecoore
~
no. right to make the assiimpoee he had' nof Sir J. 'l'• tia
which was not 'autlinrised by- any ..,. ,
.. made, the floor relative to the production .
i'Gr 19' declared imetc,
ro'ke's) ;ended, iince he brie par.t In nis (Mr. last letter, after it had been
L.' a seat in that Hoese, - so, i
,
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The Malta Priie Bin wVas read a third tinie,-inA
the other Bills on the table wete forwarded in their
respeotive stages.,
The LORD tHANCELLOR, in the absence of the
Earl oftiVerpeol, presented an account of the nuint•
her •of 'Recruits 'enlisted into certain Regithents
turned train Spain and Portugal:—=Ordered to la on
the table.-r-.Adjourned.t ill to-morrow!,