The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-17 00:00:00

TIMBER TRADE.

The Marquis of LANsaid, that, as the.l
. SD .
.OW
present day would iu all Probability he the last,
for some time, upon which private petitions could
be received, he should take the ',opportunity of
presenting a petition from certain merchants en-
gaged in the. imber Trade, regarding the' bnpor,
ta.tion of foreign timber. The Petitioners, who
stated that they had no „less than 2,000,0001. of
capital engaged in that trade, were.of opinion.

, .

[PRICE SEVENPENCE.

•
that as great an approximation as possible' should
be made to a full-freedom of trade.

The petition vas then read, and was after-
wards referred toAhe Committee now sittingnpOn
foreign trade.

ELATIONS BETWEEN THIS GOVERNMENT AND
SPAIN.

Lord HOLLAND.--Though -was.aware,:that
after the present evening:no other 'subject but
that for which they were then assembled could .
easily engross their attention, yet there was one
subject of such paramount importance that he
could not refrain. from giving notice to a Noble
Lord opposite that he should put certain
questions to him upon it, on an early oc-
casion, for.-the mere purpose of obtaining infor-
!nation for himself. He should not dist day
specify the nature of the questions which he
was going to ask ; but should confine-himself to-
stating that they referred to the relations. now-
existing_between'Ru-ssia and England on the one -
hand, and between.liussia, England, and Spain,
on. The other. His reason for wishing to have tut
answer to the questions which he should put
arose out of the note. which had been issued by
the Russian Cabinet;.and time questions themselveS
related to facts contained in that note, and also to
the nature of Iheassurances which had been made
to Spain in consequence of it. He was unwilling to
take the Noble. Lord oppOsite by surprise, and he,
therefore thought it only fair to.tell him that he -
should call upon him to disclaim the principles-
'contained in that note, as they were calculated -
to involve Europe in endless. War, and to endan-
-ger the peace and happiness of future generations.
It .would give him considerable pleasure 'to hear
the Noble Lord disavow those principles at pre-
sent'; but if he (Lord Liverpool) did not think -
himself at liberty -to do §of he trusted that he •
• would not complain of being taken by- surprise
when he- (Lord Holland) brought the subject
more -formally before the• House. ' . .
Lord LIVERPOOL said, that the present was
not a proper occasion for giving the explanation
which the 'Noble Lord desired : when. the .Noble
Lord put the questions in a regular form; 'he
should be happy .to give him the explanation
which he requested. -He ,could only state At-pre--
sent that there was not any thing in the relation
between England and Spain that was likely to,
lead to the renewal of hostilities.
THE LATE DUCHESS 'OF YORK.
The-Duke of WELLINGTON read the Answer,
of his Royal Highness the Duke of York to the.;
Address of • Condolence voted to him by they
House.; which, after a few words from the Duke-,
of MONTROSE, was laid on the table, and ordered.,
-to be printed..

MEETING OF TIE HOUSE: . .
Lord LIVERPOOL moved that the House should.
assemble to-morrow morning at ten.
'Ordered.