The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

f:7ir Bulwer because in the Crou`e "wfht:ehutlileibe:tisitrreesell!
am. glad to see, eue,vithstanding the doubtful esPbret
sion s%hich is eitistactorily explainee, ire has not be
attacked by Ministers in the House of Ccenelon6'
he has been personally :attacked and insulted by el
Government of Spain.—(hear.) In a question liksep
present, before we enter into the C 311301
to this memorable transaction, we at 1°1"'
have good grounds—and I maintain we have nese',ene
spective of party—the House of Commons should °they
mine to uphold any English e.limster abroad, wileotir
believe had done his duty.—(hear, hear.) The eos
man in question, who is called before our considFrso
to-night is one who in a discussion, so painful as llrilef
be under any circumstances to his feelings, 2°2%411
as it would be to the passions of many, is one we
not to be afraid to meet an English Parlianente
Right Hon. Gentleman the Master of the Nil" le
quently described his character. I cannot describeboloi
language so finished and glowing; but this 1 elereees
to say, that it has been my fortune to be in el°, roil
one country when that gentleman was engaged
transactions of State, and I believe there is DO
bas 113! dolt
ployed in foreign service by her Majesty who le
better service to the Crown, or who has shown T..°,l°
gacity, more penetration, and, notwithstannwaast•
extraordinary circumstance, I will sal, Ile,
conciliatory temper than that ;patio:oar:co or
man has succeeded more under circurests:soBo
great difficulty, and great political un'eaoflo;
He manifestly succeeded at Consterropsa
and as for 1840, the many events that have e,,l;llede
within the last few months, permit even what is 'OOOO
private Member of Parliament to speak on the, toile;
in a way which otherwise he would not be entieiol94o,
but I say that the conduct of Sir IL Bulwer
and the information he obtained, and 101100'
founded on the best personal knowledge and
extensive acquaintance by a public man--thle
tion he gave was of the most signal service to te, 0100
of England and the fortunes of this country. ;01
aware that the labours of that gentleman Were poisiiti
ge oP
causes which prevented war at that time. I
ment to the Court of Madrid answered the eiee
eminent achievements of 1840. Who Pre° oof
Not the Noble Lord who was most consciee
merits, and most anxious to acknowledge the° Mg,
the archives of the Foreign-office, it was the..,iregetet
his eminent services, that induced Lord Abeiiiee,tcrid
succeeded the Noble Lord, when he entered ee coli""
on Sir H. Bulwer as the man best go et'
both by his natural talents and his re,
perience, to fill the most difficult ibilies-bilcoiloilito
siblo office in the diplomacy of
That alone forms a prima facie case of his eglsa
conduct which the House will not forget; heiue jetilsbe
entering into the peculiar policy of the 14°`: forges,,Soi
far as Sir H. Bulwer is concerned, let us ne"„ed to ire
he acted under Lind Aberdeen, who is sePP-rd 1113 U
ursued a different policy from the Noble Le %Isis',
Right. Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) for thre.oe 0,i%!
considerable interval; and I have DO heSit4l P,lO,
ing, although I have not what the Botastr.°llol°,o
called the inspiration of Lord Aberdeen; there :ilia
thority of as great a nature, and I say that dria
of the Right Hon. Gentleman when at 1,.. ems Po
Lord Aberdeen, would at least prove that or
o
id
anxious to be a party to a factious polieliep td,
could only attain to office or maintain bins Per
by pandering to the prurient feelings of the ed tbe
Under Lord Aberdeen, Sir H. Balwer obeles
structions, and developed and performed
that tact, that delicateness, and force e. tetel",*
which were intrusted to him both by the " el
present Secretary of State for e; dm
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I feel it my duty to express use,
arne st opinion upon this subject, becatl6lo4 el et
decision the House may come to 'z'n nalar:ssso
occasion, whatever opinion may be most Pereee
as majorities are concerned in this Houseicerthe 01,00
called foreign policy and councils, it i 9 °` a silo: ore
importance that we should show to llr(letlf,Aeribil,
party quarrels do not prevent us from Per„e
i sd
ciating the conduct of public men. llicisuelteiis;
let us conceive what must be the position ei ad,e;er
enduring such an outrage, arriving in Ei_eg„lng rectiloll4,
ionnfoghpiinsnbfEci
oerylevac.ncodt niiiiettiarory;
ny
oeafnbfitiisor tssnetiragvnhidet
e,
bsay,n,i)thri
o:,f.lt,stpwaylitsvsi
to say, think what must be the ((lenge e hie' 0'
0 ,
dual ; but that may be too sentimentee the; 11
h
must be the interests of these Ministers; uernecl°-
suffer at this period, when the world is gevece !sod O,
bto
opinions—when it is the opinion of the Pevnglan
moral conduct and great public spirit of f toss 10
isptauebirlsiificcael power—think ten r
nnecessarymuch,
howh tw your system yhnitifien:lioneolei
eottito
much cost, and which, depend urn ,it'peoc,eoe,
army than troops or police to maintolhe loot% le;
that opinion must have suffered when see: 0 teirds'
committed on such a man—when such e Wee- r
elapsed since his arrival in this countreagioo bit°
ce‘aiontltuneindni
ntukrptytti shouldioaswn made
tathbdseet
behaviourhi
in
vpsei
opinion
manneri
on expressed
nnfutthf
nektvehem.
gai
or::
et ecePtioiefit
11,.;
°to
ie
est
constitutional by a Member of the OPP, foi rotee,
House, in a Committee of Supply, to briII:JOGS/015
great public grievance (and lamat a loSsenat el
what is a public grievance, if this isreigteflidge,f,
grievance). It is an insult to your Sere— 0 Zeree'oi
to yourselves, and an insult to the patio'', steeeoete
ask you, how that opinion, on which 10%; ii!te 0,1;
must suffer, when we are forced to cab e-6 sze)..
the Parliament of England to this circutOsont tl01:01
coolly told by the head of the Goverentef or 0,1,11°,
tiations are going on. Going on for evitents_e!ustsri
fresh insults? Who is left that rep
06"-oll* 0
matter can be explained? The more 1011,ib iob•S!'•
more certain you are of receiving frile-e feetefelPef
form that opinion from the documents re-eeoio' trie
obligingly placed before us. Sir IL 13u`nwfi" 0113,
dispatch, and makes certain friendly reat"„e: 'Peep '0;
Spanish Government. This is a great offeth....-"diopsiitivo
Minister of Foreign Affairs retorts ie "wee „eetei
tinguished by some acerbity, not loon 4)
ability. The representative of the moil dfs')°,7to
another place, takes the earliest opPer":l(lle'eiecj
the conduct taken by Sir 11. Bulwer'Oe
That is the whole cause of the miserahle plf
gd 1111;e
afterwards occurred.---(Hear, hear) , pn,erier
regret that a Nobleman so distinguished esi;od pfd
bdowne,is
lightenedt
nnnsovineiemwipnsnetlnhittaietf
political
lr
he
athisaffka lvcssiui,opwilneddagti‘ebi ,0
osibul.rgoecepoo,
coo I lie',
to If
have been the means of inflicting such e, pees red,
British Minister. But suppose it had Inn 11 seine
President of the Council. Had it "nit tics
Minister, had he been in a position a"-°to
and who might have been suppose,. peel d Mood'
influenced with respect to the Noble ed fiderorf.
ings not so humble as no doubt influences 0000 0
downe, the circumstance might have bltbeilt 10
the result would not have been so nel'°7--e:e io 'ere
have witnessed a public man, second to
,0 i 0 ;sae
none in public character, come forezar'e
eminent as the House of Lords, and degas.sooo
voi
hesitated at terwards to accomplish conduct of a British Minister, who should ;sre°
to ieiest:es
icb
persons who dared to hint dislike before , ontraedeelpo
we now have discussed? We are told itelbief. ne ehee
of the Noble Lord that did all this MO rd e'd,
Noble Lord mean it? Did the Noble
.Deted titesesildip
he was writing? Was he, in such agliteeeerYlitesles
with every capital in excitement, anu eopt of
so`'
revolt, he forgot to mention in the
the
00.,
dispatch was to be shown. Here is thB dispel IP fiVe
Noble Lord, to which I will advert fel- leirclAo I
Noble 'a ""
It was not the dispatch of the „mister 01:01,
did this; it was the speech of a el'"" wrist ht sober{
plish the foul
iss aye
poi 0
place.have b
eAe
ni
easilydi B pat ehes,
arranged. for theyA ailitioroo.l
been removed diplomatist of
perfect temper, for his great characteris t 5,
cannot be taken from Sir 11. Bulwer, here is ' Ito
Lord Lansdowne had not been made. Ji-33fitrebisil' 0.5
patch, so characterised, of the 16th o'loo%, }Cfe 1I
headed " Confidential." It is not very ,„ of the
elaborate :—" The recent fall of the of hleeeeree
and ot his whole family, and the exenie,„d Oeffertigd
ters, ought to teach the Spanish Court to g°oo
how great is the danger of an atten3Pe feePeell
country in a manner at variance with tu ile'epeel
opinions of the nation ; and the catastreP the docwo
happened in France must serve to o°4'o ea b 1
large and well disciplined army becomes orsee see' /
defence for the Crown, when the:courseintioeo,ooo' p
Crown is at variance with the general 7; 0 0' 0000#
country." It is like reading a passage.eie°olooe_ Vest
(A laugh.) Nothing can be more rute_ elee 110;4
man of such experience as the Noble re°'"i'a
ways had the good fortune of bile fret; of
of Commons, which prevents Peer lett° ,he
stilted, should write it. The.,arpooee,
an excellent letter for its e whe 40 10
letter was written for a count*? iesteepelloi
like grand sentences.—(Much laughterinee Pro CIA
patch been in the same style, it mlght y0rdi..4,001
this disagreeable occurrence. The Nobleh coil mod
to the dramatic, but the style is big be; r,PO
laugh.) It is utterly impossible that ttlfae eeic 110,
the 16th of March could have been meant 00010
than Sotomayor or General Narvaes heeltiallf
not',
confidential dispatch, and it was confiae° 000 joc],'o,
nicated. Sir H. Bulwer was twenty (111?0,tinghoo:Y
was told to seize an occasion of corn 1 hoof
tents, especially to the Queen-Mother, 5 kno tiler
fidence, from what I have observed al; durin
H. Bulwer, that the talent he exhibiteu 0 0,00/
twenty days in finding and availing hire;eolf Leated
tunities was most distinguished. He Pr
sine
thie's
attso deabefer f.)
nicaied in French, not being able to
style of the Noble Lord. The Queen, es, boat' tree
an especial ear to his implied Ineneeeenoogb del qs
ened by phraseology, until he repeated taretitf.seee.
that he was in earnest. He had bee ding hors,
sinuating to the Queen-Mother, and utleeteollsbll7 4
produced no effect, they thought theytrbeeeir eyertA,
Noble Lord wrote in this way—
Gived
co this ellores9
can—do every thing you can CO pro repose not rof
last the English Envoy, finding theY__e conslecieeil
was obligoeecoince frecoore'
dente to
courseteohi his in insinuations, ieo
he was authorised to make this repry
rsattroa,
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.
s to take t
eleus....oo.oVOistrid
he had gone home after all this. coo__
se es/ _eteo,e
ten a formal letter—the undersigned h rir_oee
ore eltee' `alp Int
see if the letter would have m
a, ce ,10,0
tion. It was still Sir 11. Bulwer Klee
would useY
d failed he /jo As
sentations, and if they ha
inform the Duke of Sotcrnayor that Ile
„Po tieteen
rivctQ
discretion, and shown the lettfr.e.t. n_nl goo fleife:
the exhibition of conduct, 041
great jospei_e b 00.401;
pursued by a man, who to boviodeede,
responsible to his Government forn_ ne;
happy talent for his profession, should
I"V° iodlr `3°
t hethsci Pi. t r°01)00
and it was to be regretted fedi. is vO 100040
it. I say that
enough to show a t
tisfaction for an English Envoy at in the House of Lords, that the earl er fgl
re
who is employed in a difficult transaeciv',