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crisis in the politics of Europe, had been becoming and befit-
ting the occasion.—(Hear, hear !)=-He &site •on the part of
his Majesty's Government, no other ground to stand upon
than that which his Honourable and Learned Friend ha lard
down : be desired no other test of reference for the guidanee of
their policy at this crisis, than those principles of the British
constitution to which his Hon. and Learned Fried had alluded,
as recognizing and sanctioning the sacred iridenendence Of rat-
tions.—( fond cries of " lieAr!")-e-He desired to be judged by
the earnest desire they had evinced to fulfil and' preserve; the
faith of subsisting treaties, positive or conditional and in ad..
dition to those tests which his lion. and Learned Friend had
laid down, he desired also to be judged by the fixed doire of
maintaining and never losing 'sight of the interest and bonettr,
and station of the British nation in the eyes of the' world.—
(Cheers.)-11aving made these general allusions to his Hon.
and Learned Friend's preliminary observations, he should now
apply himself to his specific question—a qUestion which it was
quite competent for his Hon. and Learned Friend to put, and
which he was prepared to answer In that spirit and candour
which governed his lion. and Learned Yriend's eonduc'e . He
should deceive his Hon: and Learned Friend and the House
were he now to state that he clung to any rational hope of
-averting a war between France and Spain : indeed, it Was in:
cumbent upon him to admit that the hope of averting this cae
lainity, which his Majesty's Government bad previonsly che-
rished, was, if not totally extinguished, at least Very rentote,
and receding fast from their view. Under these cituutnStimpes,
lie had come down prepared, if his Hon. arid Learned 'Flinn'
itad noteput this question, to intimate, that 'on as early aday
nc hi' admitted, it *aehie
tion to place upon the table of the House the re:ers which re.
lated to the sithject ; and on the first convenient day miPcr the
recess, to take the opportunity of any motion of mere form,
and without presuming to 'commit the' in any. opinion
upon the conduct of his Majesty"s Government, both in:mai:A
in the other House of Parliament, to state generally the prin-
ciples upon which they had acted in the present crisis; of course
taking care to allow the fulleSt information, before Parliament
were called upon to express any opinion upon their policy.
Being called upon in thi's rninner, he was bound to add, -that
however they might he'dispesed to despond upon the present
state of things between France and Spain, 'there %las no
dull-
culty in declaring, that at present there existed -no specific
ground which could involve this country in' war at this mo-
ment.---(Cheers.)
Mr. BUXTON expressed great satisfaction at the treaty
between this country and the Netherlands respecting the slave-
trade, •

MONUMENT TO EARL ST. VINCENT.
Lord ALTHORP, Seeing a Right Hon. Gent. in his place,
wished to know if it was the intention of his Majosty's Govern-
ment to propose the erection of a inonument to record the na-
tional gratitude to the •late Earl St. Vincent—(hear !)---a name
which must be considered as that of the' gyOtest, the very
greatest, naval commander who had ever been in the Ilritith
aervice.l--( Hear, bear !)-:-The memories of Lord Duncan, laird
Howe, 1,61-4 Nelson, and other great Admirals, had been sf.,
commemorated, and he hoped the same tribbte was intemic:d
for Earl St. Vincent.--(Hear !)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQT.TER replied, that
he had the singular pleasure of informing the Noble Lord, that
the very first moment he had heard of the death of the great man
to whom his th question rrrid, the necessity of this tribute
had struck his mind. He had ne hesitation n saying, that
there could be no di i
fficulty on the part of his Majesty's
Ministera in evincing the utmost readiness, and even forward-
'less, to join in such an addresS. And, indeed, in respect to
authority for the erection of a monument to the memory of this
distinguished individual, it would be entirely in conformity t
what led been tiOne by Parliament in the several onseS of .14, rd
Rodney, Lord Howe; Lord Nelson, and Lord Calingwoad.--
On looking to these precedents, he (the Chancellor 61 the Ex-
chequer) had found to his great surprise, and he must add :with
some degree of shame 'and regret, that in reSpect of the brave
Lord Duncan no such motion had ever been made in that
House. Be felt, therefore, that he should rather do honour
than offer wrong to Lard St. Vincent, if, in the proposition in
question, he should couple his name with the name of one of
his gallant associates in arms and renown ; and thus render a
tardy justice to the merits of a commander, whose services the
country were bound to recognize by erecting some memorial
to his honour.—(Cheers.)

FOREIGN 'ENLISTMENT BILL.
Sir ROBERT WILSON wished to ask a Noble Lord near
him; whether lie intended to persevere in bringing forward. a
motion (of which the Noble Land had some tune back given
notice) for the repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Bill? and if
so, at what precise period it was likely to coins on
Loul ALTIIOIir assured his lion. and gallant .Friend that
be did propose to bring forward the motion h question at the
earliest day possible, roost likely in the beginning of May.--
(The Noble Lord, in a subsequent part of the evening, an-
nounced his intention of doing so on the 14th of April.)
BRITISH CONSULS.
Mr. HUME was desirous to know when a Right Honour
able Gentleman would be prep red to lay before the INDIC' a
plan respecting the revision of our Consulates abroad ?
111 r: HUSkisSON admit:cd the enteetite iinpor.anca of the
subject ; and said that the slant period for which be had mvu-
pied his present office, his attention had been repeatedly cant d
to this subject. To regulate the salaries, and reyis, the whole
syStem respecting the appointments and the et*ntiol of our fa..
reign Consuls, was no easy matter; and he was persuaded that
the Hon. Gentleman must be sensible that sufficient time had
not yet been afforded him
,(Mr: HuSkisson) for the purpose.
Sir JAMES AVIACKiNTOSH, in presenting a petition
from Mr. Hugh Campbell, stated that the petitioner iillsTed
that the compliance of the House with his prayer was essential
to his interests in an action which was, now going on in one
of the Courts of 'Westminster. The petition was brought up
and resth• It set forth that Mr. Campbell hal brought a a tit
against' tlw Earl
,or Belfast, in which, in order to substantiate
his cluThi against the said Earl, the evidence of two Members
of tie Honourable House, astutely, the Right Hon. Mr. Se-
dretary reel and Dr. Phillienore, was most essential ; turd the
petitioner therefore prayed that the House would be pleased
to direct their attendance at W.sitininster for the Mirpcse
of giving evidence in the said suit.--r Ordered to be laid on
the table.

Mr. DENISON presented a petition from the inhabiter; a
of Chertsey and Eghain, in the County of Surrey, mains' the
Insolvent Debtors' .Aet.
MONCE brought up a petition from the vicinity of
'fouling, to the same etTeet.
A message from the announcedtheir Lordship w atnt.
to several Oafs.