The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Last week a Circular was issued from the War
Office, signed " PAI-MERSTON," to Officers com-
manding Regiments of Cavalry, notifying to them,:
that it having appeared to his Royal Highness the
PRINCE REGENT that the price of Forage having
materially diminished since the additional alio wance
of 6d. per mile for every 18 miles was granted to-
dealers furnishing recruit horses to the Cavalry,
his Royal Highness has in consequence thereof,
thought fit to order that the said additional allow-
ance shall forthwith cease.

Major-Generar COLKLUIIOVNGRANT has taken
the command 'of the Brigade at Dublin, vacated
by Lord AYLMER.
The 4th Dragoons have been ordered from
Dublin to the interior of that country.

`!'he second• battalion of the 83d regiment is ar-
rived at Dublin'from Kilkenny, and relieved the
59th fool, which regiment has gone
,to Newry to
embark for Dover.

The 14th Light Dragoons, 28th, 52d, .71st,
79th, and 91st regiments, under the command of
General JouNsToN, embariied at Cove, expected
to sail on Thursday for their destination.
Vessels are taken up by the Transport Board? to
proceed to, Ostend, for the purpose of ,either
bringing from Belgium the second battalion regi
ments of infantry to be incorporated with the first,
or for the immediate conveyance of the brigade of
Guards to England.
A transport, conveying the baggage, mess
plate, &c. of the 9►h Light Dragoons, foundered
near Holyhead. Fortnnately the whole: of the
crew were saved.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENDS, &c.

William Sangster, wright, Old Mcldrum, to be examined in
the Leigh Tolhdoth, Aberdeen, Ist and 15th MaFCh, at 12.
John Stronach, merchant, Keith, to be examined in the
Laigh To'booth, Aberdeen, 7th and 21st March. at 12. '
Creditors of John Stewart, coal, lime, and iron-stone mer-
chant, ]3ankeir, meet in the Prince of \Vales tavern, Glat.,-
gow, 9th March, at 12.
Creditors of John Daw, cattle-dealer, Meikle Obney, meet in
Cameron's inn, Dunkeld, 7th March, at 12.
Creditors of the Rey. Jas. Hall, Rose-street, Edinburgh, meet
hi the trustee's office there, 24th March, at 1.
Creditors. of William Ross, late merchant and cattle-dealer,
Stranraer, meet in the George inn there, 10th March.
Creditors of that Company trading from Glasgow to Trinidad
and Curacoa, under the firm ut Hercules, Scott, and Ct..
in Glasgow, &e. will receive a dividend from Archibald Bu•
chanan, merchant, Glasgow, 16th March.
Creditors of Thomas M`Chlery, Losset, and Robert M'Chiery,
Glengayer, will receive a dividend at the office of the Bfi.,
tish Liueu Company, Strauraer, 27th March.

NIPERIA L ARLIAMENt

NtAßctr

the 'Civil Accounts Bill, ana Annual Indemnity Bill,
..vere 'read A third time, and pa,tsed.
The Earl of Limerick presented a Petition from the County
of Limericii, on the su'oject of to Slave-Trade. Laid on tlie
table.

Lord Shaftsbnry presented a Petithvi against any alteration
'la the Corm Laws. Laid on the taUle.--Adjourned.

HOUSE (ma' COMMONS.

SILVER•CUIatENCY.

Mr. GRENPELL begged leave to ask the Chan-
Tel!or of the ,Exchequer; whether it was the in-
tention of Government to make any alteration in
the Silver Coinage of the Kingdom ? It was at
vre.lent in a most disgraceful state, especially in
'shillings- and sixpences. He was informed also,
that there had been very large.importations of the
depreciated silver currency of France, so that the
town was In a manner inundated- with -it. He
thought something should be done on ;this head
on behalf of the public. The Copper Coinage had
been brought to a•great degree of perfeetion, and
might very easily be extended to a considerable de-
gree. •

The CI-T.VACgt.toR of the ExCHEtiVER said, the
que3tiou of the silver currency was of much More
importance than it was generally thought to be,
and Government had discovered that there was no
tv.ay in which it could be carried on for the ad-
toottage of the public so fairly., as by tokens issu-
ed by the'l3aok, which had been confined to three'
shillings and eighteen-penny ?pieces.: but as to
shillings and sixpences, that Hart of the coinage
trust remain as it was till the, circulation of gold,
could be restored. As to the depreciated 'silver
coin of other
,countries, it was impo'ssible to pre-
vent its cowing into this, and only reginre4 care
on the part •ot. these .who took it. The eopper.
coinage was unquestionably in a very perfect statc.
Ile should al‘ays be happy to give every atten-
tion to the hints of the Gentleman on
subject, but could not for the present perceive any.
immediate alteration that could be wade for the
better.

7mr. GIZENFEI,L gave notice, that unless some-
thing should very speedily be brought hirward on
this subject by the Right lion. Gentleman, he
should feel it'll's ,duty to bring forward such a
proposition as he thought was necessary for the
public good.
The Pauper Linatic Bill was read .a 2d time.
Ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The. I-106se went into'a Commitree on the Irish
Exese Bill—the report.to-!norrQw.
General GAscoYNE- begged leave to aNI.; the
Ri,:4ht Lion. Gentleman when it was intended that
the Corn Bill shbuld be read a recond tine ?

llie
CHANCEI.LoR of the ExcHEaucti said, it
scetned to he the general understanding last night
tLAiI it was to be read a second time on Friday
next.

. .
.Mr. 13.tn1zsto. said. he was no party to such an
nadcrstanding an 4 therefore felt it his duty to
ditclairn it.

BILT:.

Mr..llomNsoN. hrong-ht in a Bill for altering
and 'amending the law now in force for regulating
the importationm,of Corn. The Bill was read a
first time,, and erdertA to he printed. The second
reading was move.; for Friday.
Mr. Alderman ATXINS wished to ask the Right
I-ion. Gentleman who had brought in the Pill, if
in the'present state of public feeling.on this sub-
jeer, it might not. be wise to nr.tke.-some altera:
tions: in the price propqsert to'he maje the impor-
tation priGe, in order to • conciliate the people.
He was of opinion, it would he. well to take the
middle course, and bvaintning a price something
lower than tie 80s. be (Mr. Robinson) Would
meet the v, of that portion of the pnlilic
which entered into the feelings 14 the landholders
in some degree, lie %would thus give satisfac-
tiOn to the country, do honour to himself, and
s'ecu're-general tranquillity.
Mr. ilontxsos said, in the,prcscnt stage of the
Thy, uo vracticid alteratiOn could be made. lie
bad named that price which bad appeared to him
must lik eb; to answer the purpose which thev had in
'Nothing-had occurred to convince him that
805, wa,, an improper priCe, and therefore he had no
.fteration to propo,,e. 'li last Speaker had said, ,
by taking a middle course,' he would raise his own'
(chat-act...T. lie did not consider his credit-at 'stake.
1-I.lt;Etillin-fohned a painful duty in bringing the
business turward. Any Gentleman could propose
a:iy alte?'atio:n of the prieelhe had named, and it
v-as for the House•to determine which proposi-
tion should be adopted.
Mr. Alderinan Ai KtNs said, 'there had appeared
on the precedinf!: evening. a feeling in the House
vpurablel to,7Gs.. bring named as the protecting
priee. 1114 such a proposition been submitted to
the House then, he thought it very likely to have
been .hgreed to. He thought it might be well. to
makc-that the price at which Corn might he im-
ported, or to make 725. the pricc; with a ditt:Y
attaching- to the-foreign Corn brought' into the
country.

Mr. LocptAtt-r stated.it to be- the opinion in
most country towns, tlnit some alteration ,in
the earn Laws was
,necessary. He defended
the Bill.
Lord LAScELLES bad 'voted on the preceding
night for 80s. as-the protecting price, but he had
only voted for-this in opposition to the 72,. which
had 13:..en proposed. He stated this, that his con-
dtret-ntight not he considered inconsistent if he
voted fair any price between them that Wright be
proposed in tile progress of the Bill.
Sir It. PErt.P. said the speech of the Hon. Al-
derman-(r'lrijns) had made a great impression on
his mind, In had seasons he thonght it might he
tall to.give bounties to encourage the importa-
tion of Corn, if a foreign supply was found ne,
ccsswiT.. . _

Mr:Aldeurn;in C. Smt oppoeci the Bill.

General GAscoiGNE hoped Goverinfient would
alter the Bill, so as to conciiiate the people.. If
it was attempted to pass it as it now stood, he
vas sure their table would he covered with peti,
tions against it trout every part of the kingdom.
FINLAY felt disposed to concur in the sug-
gestions of the Ilon. Alderman.

Mr. BARING said it was Fero,' well known to
-Ministers that a strong feeling a7,,ninst this mea-
sure existed in the country. in some parts of

JLtan'casl 're it appearetl tsti
height.—"tbe general initiation would not he
laved by hurrying this measure throngh the House.
He thought it would be but decent to give time
for petitiOns to he presented for and: agaiott
TVs was a sufficient argument for not Foreeding
to the second reading on Friday. Ile moved, as
an amendment, that the Bill should be read a:se-
cond time on Friday se'nnigth.
Mr. P. Mooai: spoke against the Bill, as one
Willett went to lay a Tax 'upon one set of subjects
for the benefit of another.
Sirj. SES3RIGIIT asserted, the en"cet of ,the Bill
would be to keep the average price of Corn low,
in proportion as it made the protecting price high.
Mr. GRENFELl.supported the Bill.
Mr. MARRyATT hoped the protecting price
would be lowered. Such an alteration in the Bill
would have abetter effect if it were made by Go-
vernment than if it were brought about by an
Amendment, moved by some Member who was
not connected with them. On an assurance that
such a change would be made in the measure, he
would support the second reading on Friday, but
if this were not given, he should vote for the
Amendmtut.
Mr. CALvERT declared those he represented
were unanimously against the measure, and stat-
ed it to be his intention to take the sense of the
House on the question now under consideration..
Sir .GiuIERT HEATtiCoTT, without pledging
himself as to the course he might oftimattly take
with respect to the Bill, was resolved in the pre
sent instance to vote for the aniendment of the
03.1)0 inconvenience could result
front a week's delay.
Mr. J. P. GRANT thought the subject had been
saflicivtirlY discnssed, that more time was not ne-
cessary to enable Gentlemen to decide on the met)-
sure submitted to their consitiorathm; •and Was
einsfident Gat, in the end, the people themselves
tonic be' convinced that the Government who
brotight it forward. and the Gentlemen who sup-
ported it, had; in doing so, done their duty to_ their
country.
Atter a few words in explanation, from Sir Gil-
bert Hootheott, Mr. J. P. Grout, Mr. Alderman
Smith, and Mr. Aldermati Atkins.
Sir J. iEwetnias ol.posed the amendment.
Mr, Cst.ceArr spoke in favour of postponing-
the second reading till Friday scnnight. He con-
tvntled that half the representatives of the people
hod not yet voted oft this important .quesrion.—
Many ~.vho had attended the debates, had 'left the
'ffoUse without voting, not having vet made up
their iuinds.. Under these circumstances, it was
Wit reasonable that the second reading should be
postponed till Friday se'nnight ; this was in fact
necossary to give the country time to petition
against it. He laniented that the Hon. gentle-
men; on whose bench he now so seldom anpear-
cd, but with whom he had formerly had the ho-
nour and (happiness to vole, were so changed as
they now Appeared to he. A something seemed
to have come over them; and to have obscured
their sight on this occasion, for which he could
not account, but which he could not but deeply
regret, as it preFluded him front acting with than.
lie strenuously opposed the Bill, and urged,the
proptiety of supporting the Alnendment.
Mr. WurrititErso was in favour of the Amend..
Meta, but surprised at the language which lie had
heard from the Hon. Gentleman who haul just
sat down ; he rose to exempt himself from the
sWeePing condemnation which .he had passed ou
him (Mr. Whitbread) and his t'riends, awl to tell
him (Mr. Caleraft), that though -he might be
changed, be (Air. Whitbread) and bis l iends were
not., The 1-font. Gentleman (Mr. Calcraft), had
paid them 'a great compliment, by speoking'so
well of those happy days in which he had hail the
good fortune to vote with them, which he Seemed
to rententher wittti so much satisfaction ; bat he
gave himself a hit of a wipe in doing this when
lie seemed to announce an intention to do so no
more. When the question was, whether the se-
cond reading should take place On Friday or Fri-
day se'unight In a matter of such inontetit he
should vote for its being fixed for Friday se'n-
night. Though he had nut taken a very. promi-
nent part in these debates, he had opposed the
measure in contemplation AS far as he could by the
declaration of his sentiments.

Mr. CALCRAFT said the Hon. Gentleman had
redeemed himself by his declaration, and he wished
each of his Friends wmild do the Same. •
The 11014 S e divided, when the ()timbers were,—
For the Amendment , 30 •
.• Against it. • 109 .••
Majori:v in favour of the Original Motion
. • fur the second reading on Friday - -79
On reentering the Gallery, we foam! Mr.
BARING. pn his legs, asking the Chancellor of the
Exchequer a question, ‘vhicli in consequence.of.
the noise made by the strangers, returning to their
sears, could not be distinctly heard. We. under-
stood him to ask on the authority of letters, the
accuracy,of which he could not doubt, if a mil-
lion of 'dollars which had been advanced by the.
English Government. to effect the deliverance of
Sp;tin, had -.not been. seized by the_Spanish Go-
vernment,.taken from the British Consul at Cadiz,
and still.deudned ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted
some difficulties might exist, though not exactly
of the nature supposed, which (he was understood.
to add) were in a course of ;Adjustment.
Mr. BENNETT enquired if the Chancellor of the
Exchequer Was prepared to give any account of
the sinus of money received by Mr. Henry Wel-
lesley, and flue to England o❑ account of the
troops last sent our.
The ettANcit.Lott of the EXCHEQUER said, no
information had been received on this subject
since the former inquiry had been made..

• SIR JAMES. DUFF.
Mr. WniTsticAD.—ln the course of last Session,
owing to. some information %Odell had appeared
in a Newspaper, he had mentioned to the House
a transactiou which was supposed to be of such a
nature that it could not have taken place. In-
gaily, however, was made, and the result was,
nut only that the report was true, but that the
case mentioned was marked with many aggrtvat-
jug. circumstances. 4-le afterwards took the
berry of asking, whether bi 3 Majesty's Consul at
Cadiz had endeavoured to obstruct the escape 'Of
some Spanish subjects from their infernal Govern-
ment ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer at •th,it
time spoke in the tom of a man who disavowed

such prnecedingt With itiml4ynation pater",
however; had been since /,icydnucd, and ther- did
appear to-be. some cordeolietion of the ot-gilial
statement Of the Right Non. Oentlerimn. The
Chancellor of the EX elieener had reeominended
some specific motion 'on the snimiect ; a reCorn--
medationwhich at first he was tint disposed to
attend to, becatr,e hr conceived that there cook be
no person who would presume to palliate the con-
duct which he represented, and because Lord Bath -
nrst had himself condemned the transacthm. But as
the matter had turned out, he was not disinclined.
to adopt the suggestion of the Chancellor of theEx-
cimetpier ; for he hoped that his motion would af-
ford aid opportimity of contradicting the opinion,
that England supported the tyranny of Spain.
Such a contradiction was not unnecessary, as it,
was well known that General \Vhittinghatn, an
Officer bearing an English commission, and who
had been instrumental in the &fence of Spain
against its enemies, was the man who had been
employed to command the force which overthrew
the Cortes, and enabled Ferdinand to commit the
most signal,acts of. ingratitude. It was saitl and
thought in Old Spain, that the army could not
have advanced to Madrid without the aid of Eng-
lish gold, and. a sum, of 52,6721. was repOrted
to have been furnished to General Whittingham
to place Ferdinand ou the Woody throne on
which he now sat, and from which in all proba-
bility he must soon be hai led. When the Spanish
people SaW this, and even more, that the per-
sons who endeavanred to escape to Gibraltar had
been delivered ult to their op:,ressors, it was im-
possible for 'them not to think that England sane-
tioned, the proceelings of their Government, and
took part with Ferdinand and the Inquisition.—
(Hear, hear !) ii• Smith Ain-erica, that territory
where En! end•had so- often interfered with pro-
mises of siimport, the So Me ophlionl could not but
prevail. • It was completely felt, that the expedi-
tion :it Uadiz could not be fitted oot except at the
immediate. ex pence of England. The connivance
of the British Government was' still more appa-
rentio the surrender of those four persons, who
had been called state prisoners, and who having
fled-to Gibraltar, were given up and sent to Ceuta,
where they were now lingering in imprisonment.
At le:meth, though only ott. this very day, the pa-
pers relative to this transaction had been publish-
ed. Among these appeared a document, of which
no previous mention had ever heel' wade, though
he sinposed it eium.i.:d now he relied upon as a sort
of jostifiratioin it was a Copy of a Convention
made in 1795 between General Ilitinsford a-nd.the
Spanish Commander Lomas, as to the surrender of
deserters, Exc. together with die Dike of Portland's
ans Wel' and approbation of this agreement. Now it
*Tras remarkable that Lord Bathurst in his letter to
General Smith had proceeded oil different grounds,
and had not made the slightest mentiou of this
convention, bat at once expressed his disappro-
bation of time fact, and• his utimvillingness to be-
lieve it. Indeed he thought that General SMith
'would never be able to discharge from his mind
the dreadfully. painful recollection that he had
been the i:s or consigning an honourable per-
son to the dangeon or the galleys,•and hail been
the means of destroying the general notion, that
the English territory was a pence of refuge for till
who could put their foot upon it. Gen. Smith,
however, had sent a letter, in which lie defended
his condoet by a detail of circumstances there
given. This detail he (Mr. W.) was sorry to say
that he hod been instructed to declare was not
correct. And the person who authorised him to
make this statement was ready, (if die twins of
the House could have permitted it), to verify his
narrating-c-Ticeilmilm. The Spanish Consul would-not
take on himself the reipousibility of custody, and
the indi.6dnals were sent beyond the lines', and de-
livered up to-the-Spanish Commandant, who t reated,
them with a sympathy which was a eontrasetowLitt
they had experienced inOibraltar; but it was dan-
,,etous ":ar him to do much for them, and he colt-
:,
ducted diem to C,atliz, where they were treated
With intomianity. .As to General CampbelleaSe,
lie Was informed, that he had received, an
caYi,ort respecting fotir -persons, who were idt;...
mately•sent back: The application was in Ja-
nnary, 1814, on a charge of high erimes and mi,;,-
deineanoitrs: 'Some tneechants requested the ad-
mission of these foam- pers'ons' into the•garrison :
but Genet al Campbell refused, saying, the Medi-
terranean was open for escape. However, they
went to Alg-esiras,,where they. were arrested. As
to the present cae, M. Cabrera was accused of
egniting disloyalty, but he had a passport frOnm
Valdez and Sir.!. Duff,:and he afterl.v.mirmis escaped
to England. Lle apprehended evOi here, ree'-nima-
dons on the part imf tire Spanish Cnvernment : he,
knew Pizigblanch and.anuther Juni:been ileiicered.

over to a savage •lnpisition, and a wore savage
GoVernment ; he- feared he *as not safe even,here,
and to our disr,redit fled to France. He seezurd
to feel, that •with -the terrors rif the Alien Office,:
he was not saftr here than at Air. IV.
then read Cabrera,7s passport of the 14th 'of May;,
IRI4, signed Sir Jamrs Duff. The actual Go.,

Vernor of' Cadiz under the Cortes- gave-passports
before-Villa Vicencio's_ kin.; vai to- Pisighlauch and
' Cabrera; signed by Sir J. Duti:and Arch-
dekin. Because a political change took -p.ace,
and they did not wait for the perseedion of Fer—f
dinand, they were designated as improper persons
by Sir J. Duff, Who wrote to Genual Smith to
violate his owrc word and the national faith, 011(1
to give them up; -The- accusations- appeared per-
fectly groundless, P.tigblanch heid 'been an on-
known man in political life. Ile vas professor
of Hebrew at a Spanish UniverF-ity, ti) which he
had retired at one time, bat left it to esMpe.the
horrors of the imptisition. lle had published a
work, called " The Inquisition I inmasked." Were
these the, reasons on which Sir J. Dna' thought
passports should be violated, an:l the individuals
given up.% Puighlhnch and Correa were Etna in
chains to Cadiz, and wet,: imprisoned among a num-
ber of others, huddled togei her in a heaslv rooni.
Villa Vicencin exercised iris power with a brutal
fury. After seventy_days they-were removed and
paraded in chains to another prison, and brought
to trial. The only charge against ?nig-blanch
wits his hook. tie- applied to Sir J. Dull to save
him from the Inquisition. His remonstrance to
the Secretary of State, he believed did not reach its
destination. Notwithstanding the Alien Act, he
Oir. W.) trusted that the free debates of that
hiouse would avert the necessity of any stranzera

itetiee to trance fbr sRf.tr. Ie eensh e"
Sir JAme, tuspicibns 'of Correatespecting
his libel, or the kaoWledee of the libeHet6'
on the allied ti'ouips at St. BchgstiaiA. Lorry
!lever wrote : lie had beet) - Captain in
re
Spanish :service; and performed eminent seri:
viees under gtoll and had ex hadlted
Patrinniny, and was Weninded in hi; texeitions tcT
free Spain, and restore ail very F e
erdland;atid 11e
had two sons in Frenchpr,Son, one ut the'
with eleven wounds, and the other w
Seeing the suspending calamities, he addresse,
temperate letter to Ferdinand, begging him to re,:
fleet, that despotic potter was not. the toad t,
happiness. For that ,erime he was tried and senC;
tented to ten years ill the galleys at Ceuta, whe',,
he now remains. Who would change Corr;:'",
rot for that of General Smith ? It was ten
more enviable—Correa's.chains might be brnkes;
Smith's never ! He then read Lord Bathurst'
letter enquiring concerning Sir 3. Deff.s cenPet"
The answer was, that no alien was aliowed
come here without the Ambassador's passport,
in his absence, Sir James Duff's ; also an enclosnr.ce
;I
of a letter front Mr. Addington saying, that
appeared right the,t those who wished to en'.
bark for England, should apply for passpOrt3s
and if any thing objectionable appeared, it /night
be expedient to refuse them,. Armed as the
t.
Act was, to the disgrace of the Statute 130"'
was it to extend its repulsive hand beyond the
and to prevent even an arrival ? But were the sr;?'
porters of the Cortes to be so treated ? I'hos°
Members of the Cortes, who were a short torte
back received everywhere with acclathation, Were,
now liable to.the inlults of every petty Clerk 't
Officer. He (Mr..W.) had beet? told that eve"--
the Portuguese were not permitted-to remain !,ere
unless M. de Souza, the Atobassad.or; sined'tbev
rissports ; .and that one Porttiguese, of high Cis
lit, had been actually sent away. A Portuguese,
of the tune of Correia, established here, had beet)
sent away, as he understood, because the Ambits'
sadur refused his signature. He was.sent to Lis"
bon, whence he went to the Brazils, where he
was acquitted, and hoa.eured with rewards fro"
the 'Prince Regent. Thereby the conduct of the'
Ambassador, and of the Minister of this country,
who prostituted an odious law, was conifer/wed'
If fairly contradicted, he would willingly
draw all he bad stated; and he 'trusted that
Right Horn. Gentleman opposite would emieavoor
.
to save his own Suit, and that of his Noble
lative, by • a clear statement and jastilicatjq9
on these subjects. lie next animadverted on the
kind of. delight and petty. malignity showu
Mr. Sttdinan, who stated that in less than to.°
hours Puighlanch and the other were arrested;
requesting persons to be appointed to receive
them, or the Governor of the gArrisoll
pet them forthwith.- He seemed fitted for an
strurnent or familiar of the Inquisition : he 104 rt
only to pass tire lines front Gibraltar into Srliel;
He thought the House could not separate withol
expressing its feelings on trausactions of so toLL
a deseripeiou, and concluded by , moving an
dress of the House to the Prince Regent, thaukiorle,
Iris Royal Highness for the communications
the correspondence Of Earl
.Bathurst, Gen. Swit.it-
and Sir James Duff, and the papers relative tk, tJ'e:
same ; expressing its disapprobation of the toe"'
action, as injurious to du: public, honour, ;
trary to the established hospitality to foreie'Ve',"
and the character of our Officers, ;old siginn'll
cruel to the individuals ; earnestly desiring hs
Royal Highness's reprobation to be conveyed
the strongest terms, and the adoption ref teetv
siires to prevent the reentrcuce of similar CO'
duct ; bet above all, his Royal Highness's ended'
yours to obtain the liberation of the parti4s•
The Hon.. Mr. BATHU it ST Said, the Hon? Gell :
tleman (Mr. Whitbread) had taken very a 0c414-i
gerated view of the subject. Sir J. Did 44'
merely endorsed a passport of General. Valdei;
trill having learnt from the new Governor of Ca,
'lie the character of the individuals to whom
had granted the -passp6rt; he had written, to
Dural :•_inith to inform our of the character of these
persons. %General Smith having succeeded d'°-•
command at Gibraltar, a few weeks beloce: he re'
ceived the two letters from Sir J. Duff and the
Governor of Cadiz, coosolted tine former practice;
Of the garrison, and found it was the regular ern
tons deliver tip. fugitives, in consequence of 'l,
agreement entered into, long ago, with the
Governinent. Don A. Pui • •
)ianc ,
be bad asserted, have received a permit t 0.11,0 e
but the regular course was, that he should
presented himself before the Town Major, and
not doing so, he had not observed the sr:1101'1
1f
order.. He hoped the House would judge ct!°...
On the: subject Sir James Duff was, a Man of eiLe
years of age ; be had been 40 years Consul at L'f,e
diz,--and had been an enthusiastic admirer of
patriotic cause; and he (Mr. B.) could not
pose that he had become a toot of arhitrarY
sernment. Though both he and General
had acted beyond the bo' tiMiS ofpropriety: df
-
thought it did not call for the severe censine•-4
the noose ; especially es, froM the letter
Bathurst, .it
_appeared, that the same 4tets
not again he heard of. .
' Gentleman (we understand Mr. GoanoN) de
fended the conduct of Sir J.. Did, who had itiere
informed General Smith of• facts necessary Tie"
hint, tf) know, without giving an °pillion as to te,
course he should pursue. He allowed that OLlio
rat Sinitic had gone a little too far, tho4n
tine
conduct was .-palliated by the agreement with
Spanish Government, and. the manner in
Correa and Puighlanch had entered the garri3.,
Mr. Davis defended General Whittinghain.tr;st
tine imputations whicsecurer)to have been
on hint, and stated that this Officer eeceiv.iLthlics
order to march to Madrid from General 11Topl,
superior in command, coutitersigned by the 1;1:;1
in whose nature he held his commission. fie."/ for
W. had. received his honours and eynnit'n, era:
eminent services at Balen, and tlje
He wes so placed that no British Officer blot,
Spanish service could have acted otherwise`
be had done.
'tfll
Mr., Gout-flume thought that it was foreh,
this questioo to enter into the merits or oc;',be ,
of the present Spanish Government, or (): the
Cortes. It was unnecessary, to travel tact ttti;et
subject itself, in orderlto form an (minion schelocl'
the persons now accused w ItT
were guilty or ot gt rc•
Of the charges brought against them'