Star.
London, England, 1819-06-12 00:00:00

' Mr. BROUGHAM hopodtime world he given to
examine Its coatents, by ordering the Bill to be re-
committed.

Mr. B. BATHURST said, the course now pursued
on bringing up the Report was perfectly consistent
pith former precedents in similar instances.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL assured the House
the alterations had only originated in the corrections
of grammatical errors. There had not been any new
clauses introduced.

Mr. DENMAN said he had, during the progress
of this -Bill, dropped several objections he had in-
tended to make, because he could get no answer.
By a Clause in the Bill he row found it was compe-
tent to the Lord Advocate of Scotland to institute
proceedings in these cases in the Courts of Law in
Dublin, as well as those in Westminster, because the
words of the Bill rendered those officers liable to
prosecution in any place competent to try criminal
offences. Hence they might be tried at Edinburgh,
as well as at either of the two formerly mentioned
places. He now wished to know if any Order in
Council had been issued for preventing the trans-
portation into South America, from this country,
of arms and ammunition ?

Lord CASTLEREAGH admitted there had been
such an Order issued. It extended to the island of
Cuba, which, as it was in the hands of Old Spain,
sheaved tht disposition of the British Government to
maintain a perfect neutrality. Government was also
very careful in granti ig licenses to ships going out
to the West Indies, lest our Colonies should be made
an entrepot for arms and ammunition for the service
of the belligerents.
Mr. BROUGHAM admitted, that Government
might so far think itself bound to issue this Procla-
mation and act upon its restrictions ; but he wished
to know whether his Majesty's Government had acted
so far upon the principle of perfect neutrality as to
issue a similar Proclamation, preventing the export
of arms to the territories of Spain. In one word did
the introduction extend to the port of Cales, for it
was *ell known that at Cales and not kt Cuba, the
Spanish Monarch was preparing an overwhelming
fprce to crush the Independents ; It consisted in part
of thirty-four British vessels chartered to tak out
Spanish troops, warlike stores, &c. to South America.
Whilst suck a decided difference was observable in
the conduct of Government to Spain, and towards
her revolted colonies, it was silly to talk of any ob-
servance in this country of a perfect neutrality.
. .

Lord CASTLEREAGH said, nn such Order in'
Council had been issued. plainly for this reasou, that
it would be unavailable, except the commerce of this
country in the article of arms with all other ports of
Europe were altogether interdicted. Vessels might
ton engage themselves, as the law now stood in the
character of transports for this purpose to the Go-
vernment of Spai:l.
Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH contended, that the
answer of the Noble Lord broadly conveyed an in-
timation to the wo:Id, that our intended time of neu-
trality of conduct would amourt to nothing more or
less than this, that our Government was determined
to permit the introduction of every possible means of
military annoyance into the hands of one of the Bel-
ligerent Parties, whilst it interdicted it in every pos-,
sible way to the other.
After a few words from Mr. MA RnYA TT, Mr. Al-
derni.in WAITSINSAN, and Mr. DENMAN, who e&.
pressed a hope that sufficient time should be given
for a further consideration of the measure,

Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had no objection,
if it was the wish of the House, to postpone the fur-
ther consideration of the Report from Tuesday, the
time first proposed, to Wednesday next.
The Report was then ordered to be taken into fur-
ther consideration on Wednesday, and printed in the
mean time with the Amendments.