The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-07 00:00:00

"9 On the same grounds that ambassadors
to Portugal might they be refused to Algiers.
sufficient to show that a party was the constituted
Of a nation to entitle that nation to call upon
country to enter into and maintain treaties with
31,r. Fox had said that Bonaparte was an usurper ;
Peel) would respond, was Cromwell, but
net meet the maxim in the law of nations, by
tiers were actuated. Mr. Fox on the wile oc-
atl alluded to the allegation that Bonaparte had
wiill4°ath,b and he said that such a subject was one
'eh the people over whom the c.rty ruled was
!ild it was not fur another nation to inquire into
grievance. He (Sir R. Peel) would entreat the
aPPIy these principles to the present question,
tni strange the choice of the peope of Pr-
ght b., yet still if the determination ,of
WhPeople, or such portion as might be
ole, was in favour of Dan Miguel for
it Was at variance with a'l those principles
`u recognise his authority, or to establish rela-
l'it• If the House, therefore, would fairly
)e question of neutrality, it must wave that
character. If, then, it was admitted that the
of the individual could not affect the
that individual by an independent people, the
-came—had his Majesty's Government
i main-
Itrality in the present instance? Trua t was,
Declarations of the Ministers of the Crown and
the throne had announced that neutrality
existing contest was to be the rule ; but was
eunsistent with neutrality to permit British
ilrect hostile expeditions against a power with
-uuntry was in amity ? The Noble Lord, the
for Devonshire, had alluded to the instance of
Wilson but the present interference was not
individuals, but of numbers. The Noble

referred to the speech delivered by Sir James
upon a question somewhat similar to the
°lt if he understood the bearing of that speech

authority would be hut of little effect with
,the question at issue ; for it appeared to him
dinles Ma' into main argument was that
lit ought not to shrink from enforcing
law of the state, but, at the stme time,

• Upon the mere remonstrance of Spain,
"Mr souse of legislation. It was, in fact,
against enacting new laws at the dictation of
.r. He would, however, contrast with that
delivered on the same occasion by the
(Mr R. Grant), who laid it down as an
individuals to carry on war after the State to
belonged had declared its neutrality. How,
Id ask, could those who declared the hostile
. out for the service of Don Pedro to he
°f neutrality, reconcile that opinion with the
Yanced by the Judge Advocate? That Right
In laid down this irrefutable position—that
• nation knowingly permitted the levying
the service of one or two belligerents in a
_ by which levying the fortune of the war
ig on was materially influenced, then the
Which permitted such a course of ptoceed-
ling from the character of a neutral, and
of an enemy, and an enemy of the worst
not a direct one.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
Lord had also referred to the conduct
Mr. Canning with respect to the contest
= Greeks and the Turks. He had stated
Canning forbore to interfere to prevent
of individuals during that contest.
Cul Mr. Canning's opinion with respect to a
L'4gs, when the subject of a State demeaned
1 a manner different from the line of policy
the Sovereign? When on that occlsion corn.
blade, what course did Mr. Canning pursue,
't Principles did he act ? The proclamation
in King in Council, dated the 4th of October,
allfficiently show. That document, in the
declared the neutrality of his Majesty ; then
to state that the acts committed by certain of
' Were calculated to bring in question the sin-
tell
to Governmet—(Hear, hear)—and finally
Cd
respect hen rights of the belligerents. The 4
.._lai down in that proclamation were in the
i 7ceotdance with the opinions of the Judge•Advo.
*lv 101 l he bad before referred, But what was the
1411 Policy now pursued ? His Majesty's Govern-
4. deelared neutral, and yet the enterprises of in-
iiilo°4lculated to bring that neutrality in question,
.
,:ed at and allowed. He could not but lament
14'03 doctrines avowed, for could the same prin-
h lipplied to France or the United States ?—or
OP only applying them to Portugal because
the
a weak state? (Hear, hear.) Let them
he ease of an insurrection in La Vendee, and
I. the Tenth living in the palace of Holyrood,
''' have been permitted to make levies of men
(totintry, and send them forth under the com-
i ritish commissioned officers, for the purpose of
it'hit the authority of Louis Philip in France ?
ttti Government, after complaint made of the un-
natUre of the acts, have ordered the release of
lit 's and refused to hear additional evidence of the
littlf the transuNion when it was offered ? It
lt, impossible to act upon such principles. Above
14'd not certainly be allowed that British commis-
aittters should employ their skill and bravery in
killitof foreign States, and the Government must
c," to recall them. Allusion had in the course
fate been made to Sir J. Campbell, and it had
bidet an insidious cotnpirison had been instituted
4.41 in and Admiral Sartorius. For his part he bad
ot.:and, indeed, wished them both to be recalled
t, ienee in Portugal were contrary to the inte-
thß!4inf. His objection was not, however, so much
:individual instances, as against the system of
it„it expeditions such as bad been known
Vitiouth and Spithead. Proceedings of that
Bete ',Most sure to involve the country in a
I,4°lt' came to consider the propositions sub-
AN, the House by the Gallant Member.
th: °f those propositions he could have no
11/41Jectinii, because it merely stated the regret
1/41,4 at the continuance of hostilities. in Porto-
tkiZt could not extend the same feeling to the
kir stated the conviction of the House in the jo-
.isP Pursued by his Majesty's Government with
• Ittoital. Why ? Because he deprecated the
illtilue disapproved of the policy. He would go
41s,'Sy that I e believed those hostilities would
, "eurred but for that policy. The second
111,1°4 a complete non•sequitur from the first,
t, "lich he could by no means agree. He could
littt'itking that while his Majtsty's Government
ilisposition to observe neutrality themselves,
t iCtreraely anxious that other States should
i6b He bad read a correspondence inserted in
i lstr9 Gazette between the government of this
I'4lo at of Spain, in which the latter was inter-
Ittnterfering in any manner in the Portuguese
h
i th *as laid down as a principle in that corres-
,4tilat the independence of Portugal would be a
olltitittailitt meaning if her Sovereign were to be im-
I' the declared will of the people, but by
~,: of foreigners. Now, he contended, that
N:mg the breach of fidelity committed by
lik,'. there was proof sufficient of his
1 *.ooWer by the will of the people. This,
41 the only question to consider—did the
ilttitortegal, or did they not, approve of Don
tt). It Sovereign? What were the fists? The
vlin the country had been for several months in
114°f Don Pedro. Had any of the constituted
0.4,1 any ordeNt of the State—had, in short,
go People declared yet in his favour? Neither

°Pportunity were wanting for such a dis-
.4l6;_e was, !lro in fact, supported alone by the
Nir'l '
to him from England and France.—
th: What, then, under these circumstances,
:tt,le°nsequence of his success? Should that
likotlToent indeed, it might be said that the inde-
-I,titit rtugal had become a mere phrase; for he
On the throne, not by the consent or sup-
4°, Ple, but by the bayonets of foreigners.—
t 41,,, the aid he derived from our forts and
iti:ttiplthdrawn from him, and he would be imam-
sictiiti to leave the country. The best feeling.,
1:4 honour of the Portuguese, revolted at the
Okill44e his rule over them by foreign aid;
rapt proved successful, indignation would,
ey be universally felt throughout. the
tee t,:i It his Majesty's Ministers, in their
kthtinre the peace of Europe, had thought fit
/t,"I the internal affairs of Greece and of Hol-
itttl4o, what right had they to interdict Spain
k,ittllckt in those of Portugal, especially since they
fOthghmaintained a like neutrality ? How
t4f ct had not Spain so to interfere upon the
'l,7ll,lervention avowed by his Majesty's Minis-
'lll, 14116 more danrous to
heave Spin the con-
Nities in Portugal! Why, ould ask,
'tjuilvall not Don Miguel recognised two years
hilto4;?I'llole people of Portugal were sati•fied
,kettt' What the vote of the House might be
lA,- question he did not know. For himself;
114‘riti7A° did of the policy pursued by the Go
14ktlitittil'elPect to Portugal, deeming it both unjust
1P44;ll, Z"id" People and dangerous to this country ;
414 -fes, that the success of the favoured
taught with still more danger and ink's-

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