The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-23 00:00:00

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hips. MI !It n. He .11. chi wilt for a more
vtto e i b, fore he at'ernpteil to. propose
the !a: t'.)n of-any rnea%uri- pursuint its prayer,
now content himself simply with moping
tiaai t r Petition do lie o“ the.t4ble.
Tiic Petitionw,is iieCordlogly Jaid on.the table.
tioRTUGAL.

The Order-of-the Day was then moved for taking
-hilo cbnsit lera tie lijs Maiesty's most gracious .11,1 rs.
-sage; respeah tg to be, oo w afforded to Por-
tugal, andthe Message being read by the clerk,
The Marouts-WELLE,,Lky rose to move an Ad-
dress to his Majesty,: assuring . his Majesty of the
cheerflil conturrenee of ,t.h at. House, in. prOmoting
• t,ll.Ohjeas of his'inost -gracious Message. , Lie was
not well aware of any ground upon which any fair
objeEtiou ; could ;be rats d ti, .the, present motion.
It proceeded 'on tile general principle's-of
which had so, long,. and so uniformly guided' the
candUa of tt)is coup tV (I% sugal. ft proceeded
o'n lhe policy Which' induced us to form an alliance
with Spain, and on ihtiplan that had been adopted of
making the defence of PortUgalco-o;erateVith the.
-defeneeof Spain, and further the operations that.
vt.ere intended to benefit the common cause of this
Country and her, Allies. No doubt affairs in .that
country had of late assumed a new aspek, but t,,hat".
had recently occurred could surely be of ho force to
chatigersti. good faith or otter the principles of that
allearice-whic.,, from (:).e.,irly a Period, had esi,ted
and been acted upon to the present honr. In
What had to state to their LOrdsflips,.he should
first refer too-the papers 'on the table, from. which
might be collected the nature. and event of the in•.
tiirget nem recommend,d in`tris-l‘lajesty's most gra.
cious &out thene papers it would appear
th.e at-first ten thousand men ere raised in 114tti:.
gal, 1.0 be commanded by Br tish Officers. Ten
thousand more were subsecne ..ly raised, to he paid
by. this country ; aod in the pr,ittent instance it was
v.. posed to carry that ntunber to the amount ot
36,000 men. This se; vice, under ditferei.t heatiss
'nigh! amount to nearly a and an, great
object ot it' was to Improve t Ite disciciine of the mass
of the POrtognese tore-, and I,repiir it to act its
OttjunittiOtt'wult the tritish troops. Tit. pacers
on the table would minutely etpl,fin the obie-ts of
the present arrangrinent wl'h Portugal, Ansi the ex-
pence with Which it-las likely to be attended It
was true that this arrativineut dal not carry with it
the features and chara::ter ‘f asp citic trevy. The
'aryl% state of cireil :,stances is they might daily
arise was the reign,: tor adopting_ that Mode ot un-
dersiandi;l7* It tenths Ikl4,itlit the full exercise of
bis niserefxri, and did not oinctiestainernment he.
yon:' •he nature • the case, witict wool be 1"611•
late.d by e variable occorrt•nces tlt iiught arise,
-There vv.'s, therefore, no disund eng kg%thent ; no..
thing in the s.ha e of a writen Veal; but the ars
rangetnent stood only u.on the ploin and broad'
ground of the pr to. ple, that t very aid should be
n to Portugal th it could &Tett and, stimulate the
exertions of her owir people in defence of their
country, to make them' fet.l at the 6.-itze-thw that
they must not look to any foreign aibibtAliCe for lhat
defence, bot it.at they Must draw forth their own
rcou,ces, and arouse all their own enemies in the
ma.ntenance of t heir independence, &toil was the
general prtficiple, and the utmost extent of the agree.
mew which' had latteti entered into with Portugal;
and it '.v as no-furtherbinding than our own discretion
shOuld.pres:-.”ibe. • Now if there should be happily
rooni ta observe that, in proportion- to her improved'
trnapline, the exertions of the Portuguese should be-
envie more ',uccessful against_the common enemy ;
if wit h iheir- discipline their courage and persevetence
beame more clispa;ed : if Portugal proved true.to
herself, andsliew. d no disposition 'to conch to" he.
enemy; or to rely f r her deliveranee on a' foreign
aid, should we ti,,t br ;A•op:irtd on the priritiples of
our old alliance with that country to aTord her every
Import that could encourae her ex4tions and up-
hold, her resoitatlon ? Such was in all ti :teethe spirit
of our policy towards that country, however it inight
bo_differeittly ii.terpreted or disavowed by some per-
sons, but it was unnecessary fur him to go into the
history of that policy. Very rxent occurrences
might sudiciently-prove how nece,sary it was held to
continue to a 6,1 upon that-policy. When Huott:.-parte
,first threfitenA the invasi:to of Postugal,,, what was
'the situation of that cou.-try and of Spain ? In Spain
the.po.ter of France was predolll2ll :llt—the Govern-
ment ot •that'country was without systemind with-
out energy—yet ender these en( urn-statice, scliat was
t lie determination of t,, country? Although Portugal
bad no great army, and seemed little prepared or
disposed to Make a v.g,krous res stance t •' the inva.
_der, did we abaudon -;;er ? S irt.iy not! the
i con-
rary, t was. immediately Stgiotied to her that she
should h.tve every aid tr in this country, andac-
, cOrtlingly a perwerfA army was at -litany prepared to
engage in her protest)ioti. Such. was the policy that
th*n giuided the view.: and cort.ttut- u, Statesmen
not less able drill Mr. Fox and Mr. Witidham.r-
Not only. was this aid to be given, but when the
• troops arrivrd, in. Portugal, the Genrral alto com-
rnaAett thin was instructed, ii the
.Goserinnent
of the T.:wintry was found unwilling to ad, to sti-
mulate !tivir exertions, and use every means of ex-
citing and encourzlig their resistarve to the enemy..
No proposal would now he made to ttisist Portugal;
unless upon the sane grounds that the Portegov,e
Must deierni them-elves ; and if they roanfullyaw
fortli their reiouices.; if they make every:effort that
.depends upon thein-fo• their OtArli detente, and in
faithful. co-opaatitri with their aloes, wouid they
then have been toll 'tons. ; wouid British troop's
have liven told to fly ?---sutcly out. Bat,
.as. on that
occasion, we would now advise and i‘xite them to a
trprited resis t ance, arid.s v., our readint's 4 taco-operate
tvith them in-that resistance to the common enemy.,
That advice was then , given; and tins; .conduct
pursued ,most justly 'awl most a.i-ely--our aid
,ss'as not withheld, because the artnik s of
liuona-
prrte were advancing ; anil our troops st ere with-
drawn,- not when the danger increlsed; but only
. when it had cease.d. Such were tilt• principles
upon Which tip. count!) tiieriatted, and that con-
• dua has since been coofi•iiie4 by the approbation ot
your Lordships.. Now what i; the difference be
tween the situation of affairs from what it was at
th it time, which should induce us to vvi ii'‘oldati aid
.-whiCh was then given with such alacrity ? Ttie Noble