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should terminate, and some of the ynost abandoned of
c'hiracters who were now engaged in the army and
navy, should be turned loose on society? These crimes
were the result of the distresses brought on the coon-
try by the present system of taxation, and the hordes
of tax-gatherers with which the country was over-
! run ; 'and these distresses could only be removed by
restoring our commerce to the same state in which it
formeXly stood. These circumstances induced him
tb give-hix fullest assent to the Address proposed by
bis Honourable Friend.
. The Address being read by the SPEAKER,
Lord JOCELYN—"--In rising, Mr. Speaker, to
_move an Amendment to the A ddress proposed by the
Hon. Baronet, to his Royal. Highness the Prince Re-
gent, in answer to his most gracious Speech,
have to differ from the Hon. Baronet in every point
of view, lamenting, at the same time, that it has
fallen to the lot of a perion so incapable either of
doing sufficient justice to the sentiments of his Royal
Highness, or of dwelling sufficiently strong upon
those particular points to which his Royal Highness
has referred us. I, however, shall throw myself upon
the kind indulgence of the House, trusting that' I may
• receive from them now that: me forbearanCe f have
More than once before so gratefully experienced, ho-
- ping that it will condole with me on that subject, in
particular, which the* Hon. Baronet had omitted to
mention, na:nely, the state of his Majesty's health.
The House must most sincerely condole in common
with his Royal Highness and the country, Ist the-ca-
lamitous state in which his Majesty still:reMains, we
must lament it the more, as every, day's experience
gives us additional reason to despair of his -Ultimate
recovery s but, if "
so humble an individual es myself
' dare;offer coniolation to the wounded feelings-Of the
.}fruse, itron So melancholy a subject, it would be
by'referring them to a grateful remembrance of those
refl 'Aittrs---to a grateful recollection of dui: attachment
Ise the Constitution he so eminently possessed, and
4hich the'House will agreewith me is no less conipi-
4iPlurin the conduct of his R9yal Representativ,e..
. 'Ore the House will most heartily concur in the
•sinxitio—s wishes of his Royal Highness, by making
• arrangements for the ease and comfort of bis Me-
. ksty's 'per Len, as may be most suitable to his high and
fr 'Via/led reek, so that if it should please Peo.yiDENCE
'to restore him again to the prayers of his people, he
may find himself, non waking from his trance, sur-
, Thema& not by Ihe glare' of pomp; but by that so-
: leirrispiendnor.so due to his royal person, in what-
„ .eicr inpatient', or undei whatever circumstances it
they have it_ ased PitovineNci to place him ; for our.
.271xyais solicitude,,for l• Us comforts is but a debt we
largely ewe for tin se years aore and anxiety helms,
phised in watching over the best interests of his lieu-
- sfhe time now draws near when the restrictions
iehthe -Legislettipi thpuglit lit to place on .the
pp' vier of the Regent are about to expire, and however
rditfer from the Right Hon. Gentleman on the re-.
wrictive clauses in a& Regency Bill, I have some sa-
tfifiction in thinking that.they have given the coon-
try an 'orpertunitx of proving that his
Royal' Hi h-
r'est; ultIA ngh placed the most difficult situation,
Over f r one morneot lost sight of the advantages of
. the country, iever had belt one object in view, the
11:ippinees and the welfare °this people. But in calling
the'auention of the douse to our affairs `in
Pe-
ninsula, no man, of whatever pitrty lie relay be; ekt
venture to withdraw his praise and admiration at the
persevering bravery of our army it, Portugal entitber
can any man, iat this time of day, deny that
praise so jitsti7 due to the merits of my illustrious
Countrym'ao, Lord Wellington, who, at the head
of that army, has proved to Europe and to the world
-that the ambitious views cifrionaparte maybe checked,
Ind that the independence Of a brave nation is still to
be preserved by British example and•byl3ritish valour.
In turning to the rest of the Penhistsla, and considering
the situation of Spain, sae certainly have to lament,
that her struggles for freedom and independence have
riot been attended with 'equal. success, as the efforts
of Portugal—but-it is a sincere satisfaction to think
bustler ardour is not damped, as by accounts re-
ceived frocn eatalonia 'and other provinces, there is
eery reason to believe there still exists in the country
a Most decided hatred and determined animosity to
their' Frefich -oppressori. But,"Sir, it Must be so,
for 'the French have kindled a flame *Spain which
they never can .extinguish—they have raised up`;
ipint against themselves whiCh they never can sub-
due—and, whatever may be the opinion of -Hon.
Members with regard to the policy of the Spanish
cause ; 'whatever Lay be the general sentiment on'the
subject, it aloays Must be a prOud sensation to the
hearts of the British people that gpalti, goaded by
insult. assailed by treachery, and almost overcome
• • .41 Oyer; found in the arms of the British nation, a
pion for her freed nit, am avenger' for her insults,
triode an advocate for' her cause. Her armies, it is
ttue;have been repulsed, and still ;pay be again over 7
&Mel* the better disCiPliped troops of France; her
Odour may Tar, i moment lie appalled by the
"toriel of her enemies; but I trust there cannot" be
found any ran able to persuitcle the &kith gattono
that the -Spanish people,' formed ih the sense n'tould,
arid sprung from the same stock as ihpieheroes
who Wed at Saragossa and Gerona can be traitors to
that sacred cause of and independence,' which
they have so glivtirsibly embraced. but, Sir, we Should
recollect, that kis not the zt,nse' of Spain and Portu.•
gal alone ire are lighting in' the I'eninsula, but the
cause of Eitgland ton. • It is not a War Merely for the
proiecrirn ut the freedom •of the Portuguese; but it it
also a contest for the preserfatina of the liberties of
Etglishmen.' 'kw:A the opinibn of manyof our mdst
enlightened Statesmen, that the battler of England
should be fought on a distant land; nor-will you eier
sufficiently know the policy of that'sentiment, tillsyou
have ten the honors of. a contest at home, In Ireland,
4nfoettiaatrly, w e have klt tbein : we veal: from ex-
perience, and our opinion is positive. The next eh'•
cunistant e s li eh claims the attentiim of the Houseeito
with regard to the late gallant atchievement in India;
we cannot but give-every praise to the Governor-Ge-
neral, Lord Mint°, for having so ably planned that
evoition, which has been so -gallantly executed by
'Sir 'Samuel Auchmuty, and the army under his corn-
gnand„. lam aware there may be a oiffeiense of opi-
nion, as to the advantages likely to arise from th s
capture to Great Britain, but I should Oonceive there
.can be no difference of opinion in thinking, that the
French Nation should not be the possesscrs of
-Java. It is a proud feeling to us all, that, notwith-
etanding the wrecks of ancient governments and
ancieut systems, by which we are urronnded-T-not-

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