The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-30 00:00:00

avoids war of the worst character. France in possession of
Spate ancttßeetugel, WOuld'erierease the influence of Despots in
holy allianee, who. wouldebe most anxious to surround and sub-
due bin, island. France had no rightto keep an army on the .1
frontier to menace Spain, and the:English 31inieter should
have been tee last to „testify the existence of such en army
Engitcricl; however; appeareneto have no voice upon the sub-
ject.• The great Lorci•Chatham once said, a sword elaould not
he drawn in Europe witlicsitelie knowledge of England. The
Missistere' eflhe present- day did not wisheeediave any con-
tnntl Oget a State in the very act of etaployitee,hostile forces
es strike -ineldiously •at her heat and dearest, interests. War
Was 'unqueNtionalaly an evil of ,the greatest magnitude; but
there wee such a thingess national honour, :which ought to
he held at all eeents. ' He considered• national honour to be
Bactificed by the couree puesued, by Ministers. Never before,
sincelneland was Engiand, would this country have tamely
looked on whilst France over-ran Spain. But the High Ho.
nourable Gentleman had said a maritime war would make the
wet popular in Prance. This was now to his ears ; for he
had the authority of many of the great commercial interests
in France, ceps-Deed in their petitions, for supposiug the cone
traeye as he was led to believe that the apprehension of the
evils which would result front a maritime war, made the present
contest unpopular, its they looked to its bringing on eventually
a naval contest. He did not consider that a was' now declared.
by this country-would be a war against France. It would' be
a war merely with the Bourbene, who tyrannised over France.
To shrink from such a centest was, in his opinion, dishonoucable
and cowardly, and could not but tend to the injury of the
Country. Such was not the policy which had been pursued in
fornler times: 'lle remembered the words which had been used
by'one great man in praise of another great mats. They came
to ibis, that Lord Chadians so governed the country, that
while with one hand he wielded the Sovereignty of England,
with the other he struck down the Bourbons of France.—
Change the
position; and te
.firbela narrator, as the present
Government, with one hand, kept down the democracy of
England, while the other sustained the Bourbons in France.
The course taken by this conuntry in the late negociations,
Ought to have been wholly different. England ought to
have said to the Bourbons-.-" You know we are your
friends—you know how much we have done for you. We wish
,YOl4 well, and are anxious to see you remain where you era;
but if you persevere. in actions like these, England must of
necessity become your adversary:" This was the language,
which, m his judgment, ought to have been held. A strong line
of conduct could as well be taken with the snoviter motto,
as in any other way, and had this been. done, he was satisfied
that the
Peace of Europe might have been preserved. ,Nothing
could have been more unfortunate—no failure could have
• been more complete than that of the English ,Ministers in the
tilted by En
late negotiation. He contended that Spain bad beets unfairly
gland, and far from thinking the honour, and -
dignity of this country had been properly upheld, he was-of
oPinion that the part we had taken was dishonoareble to our
national character, and he anticipated it would after all plunge
the country in a war under
wee unfavourable circumstances
t hen those tinder which we should have entiercel inter the contest.
if we bad at once made common cause with Spain.
Me• C. W. Wrerfe, Mr. Wi r OT and Mr. P. M 005.:,,
mce amidst loud cries of ~'Quesiimon, question,"' frOm all parts
of the House. In the midst of the tumult an Adjournment
'sees moved, we believe, by Mr. WYsex. The proposal for en
iitijourtment eras vehemently opposed.
INIr. C. W. WYNN said,
as there seemed no prospect of
Tinging the debate to a close that night, he thought st advisable
that the House should then adjourn.
Great opposition was made to the adjournment, and the '
cries of " No, no "e-..“ Withdrawee_, tea on".---" Order,"
. ace became louder than ever.
Mr- BROUGHAM declared he was sure the House would:
notasuppose that lie was so silly as to rite to. oppose a motion
fist), dpurning the debate, because however Well-founded his
"too !")
iizi,t,ion might be' he knew it was sure to fall.—(Cries of
pie'ce 'of
tem-th advice,
He begged, therefore, to give the House a
the result of no short experience in such mo-
w, et they should rest content with briefly protesting
werer.,ast It as he did.—(Cries of ‘‘ No Goon!" If more
must attempted they would ultimately be foiled, and they
come to the 'debate to-morrow, fatigued, perhaps, wiels
two hum' discussion on the question of adjournment, yid
thtirrneetioe four dsvisions. He could wish when it mum to.bis
le
erne.) offer his htunble opinion on the subject. Ile was. ex-
:Tatisaelyd averse to another adjournment—( Loud cheering).-but
thou ht t. hat they must yield to the motion in the. cud,, he
ey Itir. might as well dotes at once.
`I • NV eNN would be content thar;the debate should
y.son if it could be brought
to a conclusion that night; but as
jou
rnWa n s not to be looked ear, it was better that they should ad—
mr.lilt than continue the debate till a late hour.
be UGH AM did not object to the proposition that, it
would better to adjourn
then it' they could not get through
the debate that night, rather than go on to a later hoer. He
begged for God's
sake not to be understood as wishing the de-
bate to go on till a later hour than
to adjourn the discussion.
Aftt
a short pause, during which the cries of " Go on, go
were loud,
the motion for adjourning the debate wasp
withdrawn, on the understanding that it should go on to its
conclusion.
C. WYNN wished, as briefly as be could, to state hie
;`4"01; for preferring the amended Address—The Right lion.
'lnlet/tan proceeded to address the House for some minutes,
lout the cries of "Adjourn," " Withdraw," and "Go on,"
were so exceedingly loud, that nothing beside. could- be (lisle
tinetlY heard. "
•%. BROUGHAM said, as he had been some measure the
came of the motion for an Adjournment• of the Debate being
(4"awn, he would now, as circumstances were different
rote what they were before, be rea to act a different part
atal if that motion were renewed it should have his feeble sup!.
Port.
otif thin
Mr. LITTLETON thought it would not become the dignity
House sunder on with a debate of such importance at
eleitt„holtr, and such unfavourable circumstances. On
":""t grounds therefore he moved that the debate should be
vourned,
Marl
The Members instantly rose and began to retire. Some re-
, was made from the Opposition side of the House which
eta not be heard in the Gallery.
aetr. LITTLETON appealed to the candour of the House if
veeetendttet deserved to be the subject of a suggestion like that
',vitt' it had been. thrown out. If he had proposed that the
eleillsel should adjourn he had instantly corrected himself, and
olds
.roefeel that he was in error.
h. *DONALD explaed.
Tee, `lneation Nyati then nut and carried.
other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the
!louse eleljoured at lIALF-PAST ONE.