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the promise Which fttotrity afferded us. The chantes. kites, reentered from the WA-mune ot ti)e tiros/
of our fatture were few, the proofi of our success tiwt. it rate the fitili•st con6denee, that the late fiiloree
rifest; and h was now, not only our own interest, would not he }'pit hy ;he 'conviercial interest of
or the interest of nth- :rllies, but the interet tit Einhepe, keel me. Let the Br;tish merchant le•ira to bra
nay, of the evorld itself, for ahlich we Were contending. the celarnities wiiieli pressed upon him, when ho
No doubt Perliettieut would cmiside•t
?sell bound by I saw how mud, move heavily they .pressed upon
every tie to suppert such a wintest. 'He now cline So the enemy ;---when he saw the restrictioneson corn.:
,the lest le:tone of"the speech -- the reoneptioe of tee meree iitnileting not intik an ill -si ill, bit a resin.
sceptre by hi, Majesty, under the ce:e of Preeineocei tetice,•whiCh in no long time high; force the sholi-
Such a Cahrrilty as had hcfall_ti the Sovereign proved ; tion of the inti•commercial decree!. •He (Mr., W.)
at lean owe thing which must h e Aweraig and crietio- } would now tee• hide s he was sensible of the kie.dness
Lion yto his heart ; he mearit, the tiiiel ditty and ne. and attention with which the If use had inditird him
triolistti of his Heir Apparent. Perhaps at that vets la whet he h.d to Say. and wo ild not trespass on then
moment hit p 'rental mind w.ts receiving from his sin father. He wergild only sav, th ,t the ch trecter of himself the enidirmation of his affection lan affectieu the Prince Regent, the ch hooter • f the times, and the
which contributed to the hepelitess of the one, and spirit of tile Ii ewe. cetinterienced him, in ceiling for
tonstioned the glory of the other. It would be also en iinanimeus Vote in favour of the address, which he
his enviable lot to learn the sincere ardour of every had the litatoite Of secendine.
other branch of his family ; :red orbited to that, every .On the queirinn being put,
proof of the devotion and esteem of his larger family, Mr. PON4ONBY rose Hecnngretulated theGen-
the - tlesnen wh hid moved and s •conded the address, on
The Honourable Gentlerreau then concluded by the very creditable manner in which they had virile
moving an Address, which was, as usual, an echo to forward to tee House. It was not his (Mr. P.'s) int:a.
the Speech.
thin to animadvert on tiny thieg th it hid fallen fr.,rtt
Mr. RICHARD WELLE•ItEIt agreed most them. There were some of their stetemt Ina in which
filly with the Hon. Member who had gorie before he cordielly coincided. In every thing that was sei4 him, in the sincere and ardent prayer for the perfect of his Royal Highness, of hie fitneshfor the Govern.. ,
restoration of his Majesty, There was, however, in talent, and _fits personal merits, he (Mr. p0n...4m0y)
the conduct of the Prince of Wales, an omen the 'mist would most hilly agree. He agreed with whet. was 1
favourable of his capability to discnarge every duty said, of the dirty of that Howie to five the fullest and
of the arduous trust which had devolved on him, most efficient support to the Government et tree R,.,. 1
This omen 'was to be collecttei from his repestecl de- gent He (Mt. P.) would feohne, give his hest as.
clarati,ms that he would leppott the rights of the sistenee to every nieasere brought forward by the
Throne, and the interests of the people Such decla- Regent's advisers, to whteh he could conscientiously
rations reflected the highest honour on his Royal give his support ; whereby could ni)t, he would refuse;
Highness; and in saying so, he was sere this expres- it with pain. On the present occaslonehe had no idea i
sion of his individual feeliiig was but the echo of the of making any formal opposition to the address lit public teice--(Thee, hear.) With respect to the one thing, he would agree to adopt notymerely the
war in which we were engaged, although perhaps a sentiments of the address, but the words of the moves
difference of opinion might have existed as to the and seconder. He rejoiced that it was intended to ;ty
policy of its commencement, still Ilene could arise as conciliation with America. As to that part of it
which
to the Propriety of its continuance. That war oh the respected Spain and Portugal, he wodld say a few
parr of our enemy commenced tsbt for any particulat words, bin it was only that he might not be misunder,
or circumscribed object, not for any political or ter- stood in voting for The Address. He would wish to be
ritoriat acquisition, but for the avow I i purpose of looked on, as giving it his entire approbation in all its
uprooting our establishrnents-r—not for the impoves parts. He wished to keep himself at liberty for the
rishment of our allies, or the destruction of our corn:, discussion of those subjects at another period of the
merce, but the total and indiscriminate subversion of session, when he could come 'to thein with better op-
those free institutions on which our present prosperity portunities, and particularly when he had the means
and ultimate permanency was founded. It was at of coming to them with fuller information. He would
those foundations of liberty which he aimed those make do further objection to the Address, Which ap.
noble principles, which enabled the Powers of the peared to him so framed as to take away' all offen.
Hanseatic League to cope with any Power in Eu- wee topics. The mover and seconder had with great
rope, and the absence of which levelled then, it to a propriety avoided all that might produce altercation
province of France— (Them, /ware hear.) We had in the debate, and he would not excite it now. He
nothing to expect either fienourable or permanent I only wished that liis general opinion should not be
in peace, until we reduced the strength of an !emisidered as precluding him from any future opi. I
enemy who was impeihof by such a motive.-- i &on on an particular point which might be brought
The reverses of the Spanish war had' not relaxed the ! into discussion—(Hoer.)
Spanish spirit. When the French army overrun An- j Sir FR ANCIS BURDETT shortly said that it was
dalusia up to the gates of Cadiz, and when the most not his intention to take up the time of die House; but
sanguine admirers of Spanish heroism despaired of : there were one or two topics on which heteould slightly
the contest, it was suddenly revived- The Duke o( i touch hehire lie sat down. He seas ready to giee the
Albuquerque saved:Cadiz, and the French were ree Prince Regent credit for the best intentions, but it was
• pulsed. Bonaparte had tried all the expedients of his' to he lamented that he was placed in such a situation
policy with the Spaniards; gentleness and severity 'as his present one. At the end of three months deswere used in their turn, and equally without effect- ! bate and discussion, the country was left withotit the
Every attempt to crush the pubitc spirit had been Constitution of England. .He (Sir Francis Burnett) 1
unavailing. The Spanish flying parties, which were i could have wished, that the Prince It id refined his
at first punished as robbers, were at length acktinsto . resent situation. His net meeting the House on
ledged as regular sindiers of a power at. war. Whet) this day, was a proof of his dissatisactien. After
they were t. km prisoners, they unitorroly deserve! to ' raising one plientom, we had raised another, and
' the standard of their country. Next, let the eye be ! celled it A Regent ; we had made a Olrernor, with-
ttlowd Pt) the effect of British assistance. The Cortes I out entrusting to him the power of Government. Ile
.had been assembled. The Spaniards were about to ! (Sir Francis Burdett) must further observe on a prat,.
possess a Constitution according to law. 'The ; tree which had crept in oniy within these few years,
great Council of the Nation were assembled with the 1 and that was, not acquainting the Members of the
stational confidence. It was of the most signal Im- House with the substence of the Speech, before they
porteece to have the public spirit thus embodied into were called on for their votes upon it. As t:.e prat.
a constititionel form. The Cortes had never uttered tice was now, they were called on suddenly to give
a wcrd of submission. They reminded us of that an- their votes on the whole mass of the Address, contain. s•
cient Roman Senate who sat in the calmness and ma- , log, as it did, topics of the most various and highest
jesty of national deliberation, while an enemy was importance. No good reason could be assigned for .'
under their walls. By British assistance the great this deviation titan the ancient mode. It was not '
meritime provinces of Merck and Gallicia were treed his (Sir Preecis Bordett's) intention to proceed
from the enemy, and cherishing their force for fu- at that menient, under such circumstances, to cdnsi.
ture efforts. The interior of Spain was foil of par. der the Address. He would move for an adjourn- .
tizsn troops, who sometimes pushed their incursions ment until to-morrow, for the express purpose of tale. h
to the gates of the Capital. What_ was the pro. ing time to consider the subject. He a (mid not, '
greys of the French arms in Portugal, after the however, ress the motion, if it did not meet the ap.
nigh sounding proclamations of the French Court, probation of the 'louse. Tee not meetiag the Regent
and of the Generals on the frontiers ? What were to-day, was to him (Sir Francis Burdett) an evident
those promises ? The expulsien of the British from proof of his dissatisfaction with the Ministry who had
the Peninsula, and the utter reduction of Spain and been forced upon him. The Regent would not ate.
Portugal. What was the history ? In July, Marshal pear in pt:hlic with them. He would not be seen by
fvffassena crossed the Coa ;in danu try he was 50 miles the House in company with them, Like the lull.
from Lisbon. The march through Portugal, which crous scene in the 01.1 where Falstaff musters his re.
was to have merely paraded the Imperial Eaeles cruits, and finds upon inspecting them, that they
through the country, took up from July to Octoher• are such ragentuflins, such a pitiful scarecrow set,
A month was then lingered away nefoi•e the British that he could never march through Coventry at the
liner. Did the enemy then advance to Lisbon ? No!' head of them.—(/4.ton laughing.) Sr Francis Bur-
their march was a midnight retreat, closely followed deft then said, that he was called on for 1-1;, vote with-
ue by our army : their retreat was to a fortified po- out being given time for consideration. He then
sitinn, where, he (Mr. Wellesley) might, say, they concl'ided by moving that the house should be ad.
were blocked tip by the Pertuguesr mid British troops journed till to-morrow.
dating the last two months. He (Mr. tVellesley) • Mr. LAMBE agreed with the mover and secon.
would not attempt to dwell upon the merits of that I der of the address, that there were many points in it
ohiccr, whom as an officer and a relative he was bound on which the House might he called on for an una'
to venerate ; hut it would be admitted, that he had at mous vote ; but there were also some on which most
least conducted the compaign without dishonour to mature consideration would be proper and necessary.
the British arms. He had defended a small country, From the manner in which the speech had been
and little abundant in resoarces, for a longer time brought before them, no time was allowed fer extt.
than had teen eliotreir fer the subversion of the gieat mining its topic:, and he could not give the only vote
Continentel Govt tenients. There was another view he ever wished to give, a coescientions vole, on such
hi which the wee in the Peninsula ought to be taken. short contidcrition. As to the Nth% concerning Si.
The safety of the Peninsula was good for England. oily and Porto ;al, lie lied no hesitation in saying, that
The balance of power was new,pertetps,unatteinable; it was on the part of the French the most lagging
but it was highly important for us to have, doer 41 war which they had carried on since 1905, diet ter-
Frar.cc, a great Power, strongly hostile to her ; and
rible year, when despair first seized upon Europe.--
by principle, and by ancient prejudice, strongly lean-
Their late progress bad been slow, but what was the ...-
ing to Engiand.. He (Mr. Wellesley) would not add f reason ? In the first four years after that time, they
any thing to what had be n said by his Hon. Friend had subverted the tour great empires of the Coinia
(Mr. Milnes) on the subject of Sicily. As to Ame. I fleet. It was this that made their coaquests now few
rico there was every proof of the disposition of Eng- and slew. Ile (Mr. Lanibe) hoped that, as now
Wild to adjust tin: existing differences in the 'post there was no great foreign caharrew, :wide no expbcta.
friendly manner; but it was to be cautiousiy pressed d non of any great domestic one, the House would
that the maritime greatness of England should not be I make use of the time which hacibeen granted to them,
rmade the price of the adjustment. If there was no- for attending to the internal state of the country, and
thing in the aspect of our foreign affairs to excite des- mere pahticularly for ecouemising the public expendi.
jsondency or despair, there was not more in our 'do. ture. Ile further hoped, that the papers relating to
mestic situation. .1f there had beets some failures public monies would be laid upon the table at the
in Mercantile speculations, these were scarcely more purliest prriod,•And•in the fullest manner possible, this
fhiti were 'incidental to the spirit and enterprise of the Reptesentetives of the peopte might be enabled
British> commerce; and when the House would re- to seem al:d akaseisse the espenilitere of the people's
collect tits heavy salaruntics of 17W and 17/07, Attd money.
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