The Sun.
London, England, 1811-04-11 00:00:00

VESSEL PILL.

i-Khe House went into a Committee on the A6l for
remosing.Vessels out of th,:t stream. . • , •
Sir Jon! Newrotur said, he Mt himselPbound in
candour te'acknowledge the disposition manifested
thy the High Hon. Gentleman to afford every pos-
sible relielto the trade of Ireland,
The CriAsKnix.r.on of the ExctOrtatlen expressed
his sense of the neknoodedginern, and assured the
Eon. Baronet that there was no other Iceling.in the
Gtiverntoent, or in the counry towards Ireland,
than one of accommodation, and a wish to place it
on the rioutt'founqo with England, as far as it was
pratticable. He then moved a Resolution, ordering,
'that the Chairthan should be directed to move the
House for leave to bring in a Bill, to repeal so` much
of the Aet for preventing. Masters or vessels from
removing their vessels out of the stream, except to
lawful quays and wharfs, as related to Ireland.
the itesolution was agreed to, the report rece,iv!
ed and leave given to bring in the Bill.
1111 r. Helmet( moved for copies of the cones.
pondenee between the Secretary of State and the
Governor of Jersey, relative to the state of the
coin in thatisland, and for other papers cunnefted
with subjeet of bullion.
The House Went into a Committee on the Cue.
toms AO, and.leat,e ki'Ai given to bring in the
RELIEF TO THE slit. t;ERINc PORTUGUESE.

The House having resoiyed into a Commit-
lee of Supply, and die Me 68380 a the Prince Re-
gent ben% rttld,
The CIiANCELLOit of the Exchtquen spoke
nearly to the tolloWing treef :—Mr.,Loshingtont—
ro rt,io6, to ininttit to the consideration of the CUM-
irliM:e the glacious Arlessai,e of the Prince Regent,
and to c:111 tipoi, them ti) second the views of his
Royal aghtle,6 towards the suffering Portuguese-,-..
viesva wloOt are as congenial with the liberality
and bent licence rat his own thatile as with that of
the Soy I,e represents, suit of the people over,
whom be gOvvit:', I ells sure I have oo difficulties
to antleiptte, no ohstatiles to remove, and no pre-
judices to encounter'; 1 atn awe there is not rt man
in th country, limn the highest to the lowest, who
will not approve in toe proposition 1014 siinanf,
-and willingly Quint. his share towards' the fur-
therance ot:', tnca.,,ore foooded equally 'in in
humanity, and in justice. I cannot cc,ncenie
rnotivt by which one country k.hould be induced to
moist a notlw lit dt,qlc-s, which does not apply to the
c,,se before us; whether we procted
upon the of it narrow policy, or the es.'
titn oe:, t i l ,ionuy, or the more enlarged and
tuvititungn o of mirth duty, the relations,
and the and the spirit of Ponogal, poi
in their t'tion, In whatever it
ris'cowidered, ninst agree, that under the
present ciretreri,t, shoeld be atiordecle—
' 11 we would into the grounds by which such
uneasore iii fi.cirinmended, we should first look to
the wants and merits of the 'country ia whose tier
half we Were i.ipplied to; we would also consider
whether that country had not some claim upon our
interference we woold ask whether those for whom
We felt an affection were likely, to be, gratified by-
thti ad ; 4114 la ttiy, we would decide whether po.
hey? humanity, and mercy, corn:v.l.lod to room incerid
the claim, acid rinengt hen the obligation: I holdin
my hand, Sir, a' letter from tom Wellington to
Lout Liverpol, dated Oct, 2.7, in tke last year, in
whiehthe opinion of that Noble Lord, with regard
to the wantsand the merits of the Portuguese, are
wrongly arid distutZily,delivered.• Mere the Wight
lion. Gentleman proceeded to read the estract„
which reprtiettiell (loathe Indian corn harvvst.being
untottonatay on the- grotind fit time of the itiva.
eon of the conutty, entild not be wit hdraWn,'.ifld
Wasp thtrelOte, aleOrdiL,g It) the- uniform preplice
of the French troops, destroyed. • Atter rclatin.4 the
hardships to which the Porfugocse inhabitants Wbre
exposed,,ib consequence of ons calamity, it recom.
mended them to the notice and humanity of Great
Britain, which bad often' manilivcd neneyol'ence
in tither cases, but, 10Pch, in no. coo, was ever'
called upon by strOnger clairps, whether they
considered the sufferings or the aitaelmicnt and
4clity of the claimants. The extraa concluded with
at ti.!clatarion of his Lortisitip,, that he did trot linow
snide instance, in winch any individual„ evi n ot
the lowest order, had held a colinnrinicati,,,) with
the encnrnv injwinns to his r,,;ourt!ty and his police,
Pod an (..",ii,pemnitin encirty might he obliged
;,-V;!f.o..tie the coontry, wuKid
h. 0., :111 opportunity of exerci,inigorr benevolence to-
waidi tat.; inhabitatits.l Sir, contiouc he, I do

notquote these extra Is to the Committee for the
purpose of .chewing the modesty of the ,Noble
Lord, a modesty whiciedisdained the boast of an-
Bing a 'greet army, while he anticipated the
1)10)04 lity or forcing it .to evacuate the country, and
wee satished,to express with moderation what the
event has preyed he loicsaw with much clrarneen,
andplanited with great It is vot, I say, for
purpose; that I quote these extracts •to the
Comnettee, but to prove the deserts and the wants
of tie; people In .whose behalf .I apply ; at'the same.
time it will atliard a astislaCtion to the people of this
country to retlt'6t, that e bile that Noble Lord attd
Gallant General was occupied in -the bitsiness of a
protreeltel warfare, while he was surrotinded with
the'eares and dangers to which his situation exposed
him; and suffering the hardships inseparable, fret)]
a soldier's life, he was at the same tune occupied '
in contemplating the distresses, and. providing fur
the relief of the afibcted. Bet it sechwas the con-
dition Of the Portuguese at a period when this let-
ter was written; if such were their stelleiings, arid,
such their merits, need I inform ' you that . they are
since increased ? The Nobie Lord might Indeed
pity, as ',he did pity thetas, .but he had not such a
perfect experieirci, of their military character, or Of
the zeal with whit!) the e hole poeulation contend-
ed against the common evenly. He might indeed
pity them, but he had not such a' long aid intimate
acquaintance with the extent of their distresses. I
:should think, Sir, that the wish to gratify e•person
who has so distinguished himself, would form no
inconsiderable motive towards the adoption of this`
measure. I should think also, that thtecireurnstance
of its coaling recommended frem the Prince 'Regent,
would form another motive in its favour. ft is na-
tural enough that he, the short period of whose Go.
vettiment has heed marked with such teilliant sue.
asses, Whether we take into our view the enter.
prize at Bandit, or the achievement in the Ballet,
or the conquest ()Ether whice it has been SO
long the object of seecessise 'GOverittneets to re-
three, I mean the lsk ef France. Whether we
consider the aCitioa of General Grahem at Barrosa,
wr laetly the evacuation of Portugal by the Freech,
we behold, as it were, a mass•of successes ; rtod it is
natural that he whose Government has been
tinguishechto such a William character, should writ'
to mark ,the peeled of that Governmenthy outlet of
humanity, But it is not merely the feelingeel
Prince Begetit, it is ore merely the feeling ot. 'Lord
Wellington you will consult, bet it is their feelings
together with those of the whole army. lam -sure
'there is not a Metnhar in the !louse who does. trot
recollect that when the gi.eat hudyee the pew:kerne
was driVen within the British lines, the British (Jr.
fleets made a subset iptioo for their relief ; and •I am
quelie sore dim, ihe Ititprosentsthes of the People
ot England will eot prove triernselees the outy,.kr:
sons tediffereet to their situation. If, seppresemg
the intiuenee of such motives, we look barely to
cur' interest iii this _question, nothitig pan be more
clear than that it is stilt imposed upon es as a
duty. It is importaet that, in that moment ut out
elation'aed triumph, we seould held up a contr`ast
to the world, tee only between our own Om deter
and that of the enemy hitieseif, but between our real
eharader; and i the character which he has so ea.
lutholously*riti,:ot us. I arcs outrillOe here to
his repre,seotaiions of the contempt %sett which lie
says we are treated by the Cootioeot, but to that,
picture which he has drawn of our objects and in-
tentions as compared with his own menet ul awl
terns! government.` The committee will, 1 hope,
perinit me to refer to hts language upon both these .
taoits, that Inlay have an opportunity of ntralear• ,
ing ahem with faets, eitd drawing twin them those
cotselusions which experience Jusefies.—[Here. the
Bight Hon. Gentlemen read several passages kern
the, addresses of Getieral Nlassetta to this Portogeese;
rite chief Pointi of which were that the enny 01 Na—
poleon the Great did not cothe to invade, but to
benefit their country, and ate dater:4ooy towards.
them f#oin England, which risked ootiriug in teetrel
behalf ; that it wait the wish of the Greet Monarch ,
to improve their coedition ; that there was ea, ta7
tality attached. o the Eirglish amps', which. retie ,
dere& Ahem of no use to their ; that .while,•
Flauce only made war upon Suvereily England
sought to destroy merehandize and trade je and
that. our troops had pirsued a system of cumpul-
' slot) and barbarity towards the inhabitants, of
which History furnished no -paralleh:FeeTheltight
Horn Geotleutan then proceeded I.—Fel. the English
part of this character. f rester to the. application of
leetd Wellington it) behalf of those very Portu-
guese whom he is ehareed with oppressing anti ee.
etroyiege and for the French part, l do not see,
howl can better meet it than by Lord Welling-
ton's last dispatch, which exhibits, in repel' co-.
lime, their hollow and insidious prornises. The dia.
patch to which I allude speaks thus, of the retreat
of the French army ..e-" 0), the night . the enemy
withdrew from their position e•end they have since
. burnt ()eery town and eillage througheweich they
have ptissedi, the Ceneent ut 41,:0k..ca was burnt
by order Itone the Frandr head-quarterse The
'Bishop's Mace, and the who!() town of beyria, in
which General ,Drouet had
.had, his head quarters,
• shered.ehe WWI fate;. amid there is nOt an inhabi.
taut of the country of any class or description, Who'
has had any deaheg or etemnimication with the
honeli army, who has not had reason to repeilt of
it, and tie complain of them.- This is the mode in
which the promises been prithrtned, and the
assurances have beet) fulfilled, *lnch were bele oil
in the Proclamation ur the F'reoch Commetider io
Chief ; in which he told the inhabitants of Ponce,
gal, that he was nut come to make war upun them,
but with a powerful army ot 110;000 wee, to drive
the English into tires AM Jr is to be hoped that the
exemple. of What has occurred in this country will
teach the people of this and of ,other oatione what-
yoke they ought to place un such prortesea and as-
. stnatteeti, and that then! is 00 security for rite, or
fur any thiog- whiclereoders life valuable, exceptitig
ill decided resistance to the ehootY," Such is tr.e
light imi which. the Fretich, with ell their atiese, ;in-
, pear to the world; while Engleed, en the whet'
I hand, NiptAlS It) such adcllnhiger OW 'IL rt4llrcS
I'l.ll one notorious act ot c4,utrast to perfect ill,: di,.
tio.,-,tjuo—a;o that aCt we wit accoaullisti h‘ am
vote this tuglit. Whatever' may- be the I esuit et, toe
war in whirit we 'ore engage 4,
iLstitt ut ikt rdieisi

it promises from every. calculation. we can at pres‘ent
make) it turns out to,be a retreat without retort), or
whether, as some have' professed to believe,. the
enormous power of Bumiaparte May again supply
his troops," and enable them to retrace their Steps ;
whatever be the:event, this measere must be bene-
ficial, by instancing the a- vantage of 13-itish con -
neCtion, as compared with French assistance. The
truth established by this measure may operate not
merely in the, Peninsula, but throughout Europe,
,and the world; it may not merely produce the effect
of confirming ;one PoWer, but of anini.oing all
Powers, to resist the despotism of-the French Ruler;
and it most have OW.: effed of proving low talsely
England has been calumniated, and .how truth
there is in svery thing coining from the same source,
by which her character was traduced. If in addl.
lion to the reaions I have already mentioned, we
consider the gratitude we owe to that superintend.'
ing Providence who is the giver of all Vietory, I
think we may not be guilty of presumption, ire sop-
posing. that this act May be acceptable in his sight,
and that, pleased with our .offering;, he may con-
tinue JO bestiow upon us the blessings and successes
we. have experienced. :1 should th ek, Sir, 'that
any ohe of the grounds I have stated,. would be kit-
ficieut to prevail neon the Committee to-Come to
that vote which it is my duty to propose. But when
all ate combined, and I am enabled to call tot a de-
:cision upon their united force, I believe that the
difficulty will he rather-to. resist a tcou-entlinstastie
cempliance, than to procure a reasonable one; and
that we shall find it a harder task to do enough, that;
we should to do too much for them, in justiee to
our own situation. I am desirous •to grant them
assistance, according to what was said- in another-
place, not less than Is necessary ; buts at the same
time I ant desirous that we should shew them we
feel the value of what we grant, nun offer it, not
as t her boon of superfluity, boi.as the cootinoutteit ul
necessity to suffering. Under these cireuttrstantes,
and from other considerations. which,,l. need not stop:
to detail, I trust the Committee wilt think me justi-
fied in hMiting the vote to 100,'(1(101, which I shall
move as a t;raet to. the Prince 'Regent, to enable
Royal, Highness to afford such relief to the
Pin gigues() sufferers as their situation may, requite.
PONSoNIiY than and spoke- nearly as
follows

St rising to s!..cocd this measure, I beg leave
to exprtss my concuirence in . the: sentitotios tkll-
- by the Hight FlOnourable Genthmian, and to
the vote proposed. It is a tticasui.e not lest► due to
the spirit, of Krtugai, than to the magnanitnily and
geneiosity ol Great ;it itt conbistetit with
our interest as it is 'toatsrial to our honour. The
only regret with which ii-.is accompanied, on my
raft,' proceeds Odin the relleAton, that the vast etc...
p nthture of this country should render it necessary
to limit time vote to so small a sum.

The Reso'oleo wa, there, agreed to unanimously,
and the Report ordered to be received to•inorrow.
The Report on the ll stillery Bill was received,
and the Bill ordered to be read a third Unlit. to-
uioriow.

Tho CO'Aticzt.Loit of the Excncouca moved for
an Adorts4 to the Prince Rege pray tlg that he
wonat order to ba laid hetore the liouse a Cupy of
the 1..uti41 from Lord Wellingtoii 1 Litierkuoi,
dated Oziober 27, 181 u.!---ligtvect to. .
The Dar Stea;iug, Bill sA.s read a third time mad

rr brought in the Naval Assyltan
Connuiss;otters' Bib, which was read a first
'Adjuurned lU CO-IIIOIIOW.