Star.
London, England, 1823-03-27 00:00:00

FRANCE AND SPAIN.

Mr. Secretary CANNING said that some few days
ago he had expressed hie desire that the course of
policy pursued by the Government of this country,
with respect to the differences between France and
Spain, :should be laid. before the 'louse. at the most
convenient opportunity, and he naw rose for the pur-
pose of giving notice, that on Monday, the 14th of
April (the first open day he could find,) he should
move that. an humble Address be presented to his
Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased
to order Conies to, e laid before the House of all Ne-
gociations between this and other Countries, relative
to the pending hostilities between France and Spaia.
He wished to take this opportunity of tepeating the
answer which he bad given last night to a question
put by a Noble Lord opposite (Lord John Russell),
tor, on a more accurate examination of the Treaties
which had been alluded to, he had found that the
answer he had given was perfectly correct, namely,
that no obligation existed between this country and
France, other than the stipulations contlinedia the
Treaty at the end of the late war, which• viailliets to
the inspection of every man in the conntry. This
Treaty contained two stipelationi: the first that we
should resist the occupation of the Throniof France
by any member of the Bonaparte family, which it-
would be seen was rather a negative than a positive
condition; the rlext,that in case of a revolutionary
movement in France, the Allied Powers were bound
to consult; upon the result of whose deliberation- it
would be i m possible to pronounce an opinion--(Hear).
Sir 'R. WILSON.--I wish to ask the Right Hon.
Secretary to what treaty it is he alludes ?
Mr. CA-NNING.—I allude to the Treaty of Paris,
signed in 'November, 1815. • _ __ _ _ •

WARRE.—I wish to ask the Right Hon. Se-
cretary a question, and I can assure him that in doing
so, I have n 6 wish to provoke a discussion. There
wet e various Treaties signed in November, 1815, and
may Tbe alleired cu-aialc-if anything occurred at /Va-
il-Chapelle in .1818, to alter the position in which
the country stood in 1815 ? • I understand that the
negociations of that period consist of protocols,
avowals, and declarations of the opinions of our-,
Iselves and our allies, confirmatory of the engage.•
ments entered into in 1815 ; and I now wish to know
whether anything did occur in 1818 beyond a con-
•firmation of the stipulations of 1815 ?
• Mr. CANNING.-1 have no hesitation to declare,
that the relations of this country depend upon the
Treaty of -1815. What I have stated now, I stated
yesterday ; and my only reason for now repeating
the statement is this, that I car now pronounce an
opinion with certainty ; whereas yesterday I was
cumpeiled to speak with that degree of hesitation
which a man must naturally' feel when he tam his
memory—(Hear, sear).

-ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord A. HAMILTON, understanding that it was.
the intention of the Right Honourable Gentleman to
move the adjournment of the House to-morrow to
that day fortnight, rose to give notice that he should
certainly oppose so long an adjournment. He had
some observations to taakerelative to the department
with which the Right Honourable Gentleman was
connected ; and as he should on that ground oppose
so long an adjournment, he thought it necessary to
give notice of his intention, that he might not be sup-
posed desirous of taking advantage of his nbeente.
Mr. Secretary CANIVI'N.G thanked the 150b1F Lert
for his courtesy, and Would return it, by ii.t7groilag
him, with equal frankness, that he Ishouldkeetainly
move. the adjOitrnirtent of the House tninorwaw U.
that day fortnight. 'The Noble Lord rould, TIT course,
exercise his own discretion as to any course he might
think fit to puriue.

r It. WTI:MIR withdrew 'his motion Teiative to the •etnao.
cipAtion of the negfoes in the British Ctivuies.
COTTON MANUFACTORIES.

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A I.lEtelllEß•elyrrssed his anxiety. to Ittittwlront the -Dig&
Honourable Secretary for the Home. Deparnnent, whether It
were in his euntemrdation to introduce a •relative to oar
cotton manufactories ?
Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that as the Honourable lilfrisber
had given notice of his intention to introdute•sOme Meature, he
wi•shed-to state that there was no iniprinsion- upon his minttb
dissuade him. •

SCOTCH JURISDICTIONS.
Lord A. HAMILTON moved for leave to bring in a sin far!
abolishing Inferior CommLoary Courts in Scotland.
The LOILI3•ADVOCATIi. said, he had bet Sossion•giVen no-,
the of his fattatihm to prepare a Dall on the subject, anddle,
meant to fulfil Ids promise.
Leave vraiamored, and Lord A. liamu.roat and tr. J. WAD..
oosaLti Wire appointed to prepare it.
DURGICS.
Lord:A. HAMILTON regretted' that be had a
matter of 'so much importance to submit testa thin as
Hoarse as wat then assembled; as that iststmetlarthe
-Royal llitalrhs.. in 'Scotland, WNW? involved • the in..
terehti .500)P90 liersoni in that pint if elie y.
The case he' ad now to 'bring .bete4 the House was
thatollAvfeettess, wherein Y, three persons. were.,
elected by' their brothers in office, wilt) had so light'
to act as Counseßois,-and- their eleition Was,
by process of law in the Court of Session, And thb,
Court and its ...kedges appointed Managers for
Borough ; -Ivey in three years
_after, the -revs), Mr;
its warrant, put the same individuals into office.—
What be complained of was, that no s9otler does

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4' 1S 'ltt'Scitightl- et redress by a regular pro-
.. litit'ttle 'warrant of the Crown comes
*aid iandeai ialLthilt lag he4n dune beforeu-t-
Shicp. the Phit,' tltiky 'warrants from the Cro*vn
STcre.granted, ' crout of these tweuty-fonr.were bry
operi poll of thi Electors of the I3urgh.—To sbew
the .shartiekil idif in which the Marti itrates of Scotch
Brieghi dealt :w, the- inhabitartis;.he instiheed these
of the Burgh of Aberdeen, who stated the debts of
tile town to beonly 6,0001. when they knew them to,
be 130,0007 ''the very same Magistrates, on going
otri:01 (Ace, 'allowed, that such was the gross delu-;
sion of Burgh management, that no man could lendl
bisisself to it, with credit to himself. He thought he
ha,d.stated enough to shew what the state of the
Scotch' turgh's was. The case of Edinburgh was as
bad as that of Aberdeen or Inverness. It was. go-
pverned by SO or 92 self-elected Magistrates; and
about three or four years ago there was a faulty elee-
tion, which the inhabitants endeavoured 61 law to set
aside, and it cost•them about 9,000/. but though they
were successful, the Crown Warrant undid il\ all.
Every chicanery and delay of law'sdas put in exe.cn-
tion by the Magistrates,who he believed knew them-
selves to be in the wrong. Edinburgh gave up dile,
matter in despair, and the Magistrates paid thel
other parry 1,100/. and all proceedings ceased.—
The system was one of gross fraud and -iniqoity.:
The Learned Lord had spoken of the respectability,
of the Magistrates, end he did not deny it, . in their
private characters ; but the same had been said of
she Visiting Magistrates of Ilchester gaol. Two
brothers had been committed to the gaol of Inver,
ness, and applied to be released upon giving up their.
property. They were then asked to pay 6/. for fees,
and SOL for stamps, though they had sworn that
they were unable to support themselves in prison.
The men were subsequently discharged by Lord
Gillies, and the Magistrates had to pay $2!. which
they slid out of the funds of the Burgli.--( Hear ! )
If the present mode of proceeding was pursued by
the Crown, it was impossible tint any redress could
be obtained. The Noble Lord coricluded by moving
a humble . Address to the Crown for a copy of any
warrant, in 1822, authorising the election of Magis-
tratesfor the Burgh of Inverness, in the room of
those semoved by the sentence of a Court of Law.
The LORD ADVOCATE stated, that the warrant
in questiorP4had been granted by the advice of the
Privy Nancitcand the Crown had exercised a sound
discretion. . ThO case alluded to 'by the Noble Lord
was this:-two brothers, of the name of Young, had
been committed to gaoL 'By the law of Scotland, the
creditorswere bound to support the prisoners; and by
order of the. Magistrates those men had been sup-
ported for a considerable time. The gaoler had a.
right to gaol-fees in Scotland as well as in England,
and might detain prisoners on that account if lie,
chose to support them its lithos,. The learned .Lorirk
went into a detail,nf the 'circumstances of the Scottish;
Boroughs ; and observed, . that
the principle in favour oldie time's)in 41! contesteckcases2
was admitted ..
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• Lord A. HAMILTON (aeroulthetable) denied tbel
i ccuracy of the learned Lord's statement. ..
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The LORD ADVOCATE replied, that he ‘pas
ready to support, by documents, the accuracy of the
statement he had made, 4nd co#cluditd by statirmthitt
the effect of the prefietA trigaikteti t*Vttld b*,
to oncottrage annual pOll-OlactlansoWiltilikiiiild+eep-
the Borough in perpetual agitailoim:-.(Etter, hear).
After a few observation:Trims Mr..G.Coarirm, Mr.
HUME, Mr. W.. GOROON, Mr. Psix., Mr: FORBES,
Sir R. FancusoN, and Mi..*.Sstiiii;. Lord A. HA-
MILTON replied: the House then divided,' when the
numbers were—

For the Motion
Against it

51
49
-18

Majority
teilLre NOSUMENTS.
On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER, the Houtncresolved itself into a Committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
if, during the latter yearibf the war, there were fewer
occasions on which the House was balled to acknow-
ledge the merits of our Naval Commanders, it was
not because there wets fess energy or vigour displayed
in the service, but that in the earlier part of the con-
test the naval power of the enemy was nearly anni-
hilated, and nothing was left for them to do ; but if,
in the time of peace, great men should die, it would
be our duty not to suffer them, covered with years
and glory, to sink silently into the tomb, forgetting,
because a few years had elapsed, the great services
they had performed for their country. Lord St. Via-
cent, then Sir J. Jervis, in 1792, took the command
of the Mediterranean fleet, and assumed the per-
,formance of .an important and dangerous service.—
In 1795 the FrenCh sent a large fleet to sea. In 1796
Bonaparte, by his extraordinary military successes,
had driven Austria out of Italy ; and it became ne-
cessary that Sir John Jevis should quit the Mediter-
ranean and go to Lisbon to refit, and it was not till
1797 that he was in a situation to do what he so
:ahitiously desired—namely, to seek the enemy. He
left Lisbon in the early part of 1797, and had soon
after the good fortune to meet the Spanish fleet off
cape St.'Vincent—he.had but fifteen sail of the line,
the enemy twenty-seven, but be did not hesitate a
moment to attack them; he did so, and obtained a
most signal eictOry---Ae great 'advantages resulting
from Which we could scarcely appreciate at this dis-
tance of time. He would pass over the rest of his,
naval career and content' himielf with paying that
tribute to his memorr in which he believed every'
one would agree, namely, that he was one of the
reatest Capmins this country bad ever produced.--
With respect ti, Lord Duncan, be was at a loss,to
conceive how it happened that his death had remained
II so long Unnoticed. He was, at the timed the_lnntin .
1 in the-ieet, engaged watching the Dutch fleet °Other
Tesel ; and though_ left With . wily two • 4e. jo
managed, that the enemy sttpposed the • .."
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were still there. He remained, after his. fled ie.;
trah4.
ed him, watching the enemy off Campeidiern
:-.-E
e Right Hon: qentlemanthen entered into a Afta
tor;hit circumstances pending. the battle of Catnpbn-
' Ors. when,..ont of eighteen of thcenency's ships,, he'
captiged.itiiie.. Moeuaeluded by mowing an humb .
44diesste.hia Artajesty,: ealiag that he would e..,
*rafjoftsJy. itajtaitifts direct that aPpkilk.blontune t
Gni* pi ibe:line lord.lt.-.Vincent.altti
ifi* la 4.olo:l4oso44l.kilietr*-01F et. 4 awe. illiplid=.
L: .4.1.,- ef c..904kb.....„., ..., L. zbe .most;:
rrzlf Lord. t vi ncent us.. rk-sailor and commander. He'
r had terve& undechno,:stnd beta the witness of his

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great abilities and courage. lia-bad the beast of a
lion and the feelings of a 171211.1-Ie knew one instance,
in which surronlicred by mutiny, and with men. ready
to, and intending to, murder him, be went, knOwing
the same, on a most dangerous service which he ac-
complished, and Own lunged up the rascals who had
rnutinied.—(./>earvheesl—rit, pas .41 his school tl3at
the. beA offiCers,of,the ktrpti.sb liwty mere educmed.
Sir dEOH.G;qQCKftgIi.I4 also bore testimony
to the molts of Lord4tp.iciuc
• The-Resolution was thin/agree/Loki* was a ‘i-
milar one, for a monuthent to. Lord Duncan.
The :Hon se. resumed, and
..the
..liofwart; was ordered
to be received to-morrow.

NATAL AND /11114 KARY PENRIONS.
TheCH ANCELLOR of theEXCHEQUER moved
the second Teading of Abe Naval and. Military Pen-
sions Bill.

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After a few words from Mr. Mom and Mr. lissniss, the
SU was read a second time; and committed for tomorrow.
NISCELLA NZOOS.
The noose then went into a 'Committee oii the Ships Re
gistrar A crq.

Mr. HUSK ISSONI moved a Resolution, that the Chairman-
be instructed to ack leavelo bring is a Bill to consolidate and
explain these Acts.
After a few words from Dr. LunnNovost, the motion was
'!geed to.— Report io-nnsriow.
Sir G. COCK L3URN said, he was anxious now to inform the
House thin ad vices had this' day been received that .three of the
captured Pirates had been executed,- two remained under se-3-
tence„opeind baen.pardoned, and another bad prove 4 ansdai.
Mr. litiML wished to.know if any recent depredations
titan place?
gie.G. COCKIPARX said, none. This men were part of sbe
number be stated to Mire -heels taken by his Majesty's slips of war.
The othet Orders'slieeedisposed df,•and the House adjourned
at One o'Clock.