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London, England, 1811-04-11 00:00:00

MOWN AWL
Mr. MIME SUMNER moved, that tho 011d111e11111 of
Report of the Committee en Highways should be postpaid eta
the 23d to the 30th instant, which, after a few words fats Ste
JOHN SINCLAIR, was agreed to.

IRISH TYTITICS.
Mr. HENRY PARNEI.L gave notice, that on the 19th lost,
he should submit a motion to the House relative to thooogootioa
of the Tytbes in Ireland.
KING'S HeALTII.
Mr. WHITBREAD asked the Chawcellor of the
Exchequer when he would 14y before the House the
Report of the Queen's Council on the state of his
Majesty's Health ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said to-morrow' (this day.)
mutt COMMERCE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved for a Committee of the whole House to take
into consideration the propriety of repealing an Act
of the 19th'of Georiee the Third, prohibiting the re-
moval of vessels from the middle of the stream, ex-
cept into the legal quays, in so far as regarded Ire:
land—And the Speaker having left the Chair,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT bore testimony to the
readiness with which the Right Honourable Gentle-
man (Mr. Percival) had adopted this measure for
the relief of Ireland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, the Government of this country had the sincerest
desire to remove every difficulty in the way of a free
intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland. He
should therefore move for leave to bring in a Bill to
repeal the Act already mentioned.✓--Leave given.
COIN.
Mr. HORNER moved for a Copy of the Corre-
spondence in 1809, between the Secretary of State
and the Governor of Jersey, respecting the advance
in the value of the Current Coin, and of the opinion
of the Attorney and Solicitor General on that subject.
He also Illoyed for a Copy of a Report in 1798, rela.
tivtto the Deficiencies of the Current Coin from waste.

.Ordered.
SOPPLY.-AJIBISTANCZ TO TAB PORTI:OUNSI4.

Tke House having formed itself into a Committee
of Supply, and the Message from bis Royal Highness
the Prince Regent for assistance to the Portuguese, on
account of the listresses suffered by them from the

French, having been read.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER j
spoke in substance as follows rising to call the I
attention of the House to the gracious Message which
has been now read, and to call upon the House to
second the views and intentions of his Royal Highness,
views not onlyxongenial to his own nature but to the
feelings of the people whom he represents, and whom he
governs, I shall have small occasion to trespass long on
the attention of the House: There is not, lam persua.
ded, one man hi the country, who is not willing to con-
tribute his share to carry into effect this measure, which
is equally recommended byconsiderations of policy and
justice. I can scarcely conceive any motiveto exist for
the assistance of any country, which does noes not exist
on the present occasion. Whether we allow ourselves to
be guided by a narrow policy; whether we judge of rho
measure by the rules of a more enlightened policy; or
whether we consider it in the light of a moral duty; all
these views combine to recommend it to us for our adult'.
tion. If lam asked what are the motives which call
upon us to adopt this measure, I answer, first, the
wants of the Portuguese people, and in the Ed pint.
their merits. I should wish that assistance should ba
given to a people who have a claim on our affections.
and to a people who will be highly gratified by that;
assistance ; and more than all I should wish it, be.
cause I conceive it to be due to our own character.--.
These are motives singly sufficient to influence us, and
when combined, ought surely to render the present
application successful. I have in my hand an extrac;
from a letter from Lord Wellington to Lord Liverpool,
dated the 27th of October last year, immediately aftee
the battle of Bvsaco, which, with the leave of the
House, I shall read, as it throws a particular light on
the subject now under our consideration. [lfere
read the extract, the substance of which was, that un-
fortunately at the time of the French invasion, the har-
vest of Indian corn, on which the inhibitants princi-
pally relied for subsistence, was not carried off the
ground, and was almost totally destroyed ; that when
the French should be obliged to withdraw their army
from the country, the greatest distress would be expe-
rienced by those parts of it through which they should
pass ; that as Great Britain had on former occasions
given assistance to nations in her alliance, and to this
nation in particular, there never was an occasion when,
from the sufferings and the merits of the people, that
assistance was more necessary ; declaring, that he
scarcely knew of one instance where even the lowest
individual had had communication with the enemy
contrary to the duty which he owed to his own Sove-
reign ; and concluding with recommending the Poo
tuguese in a very warm manner to the assistance of
Great Britain, when the retreat of the French army
should render it necessary.] I will not call the at-
tention of the House to the modesty with which the
Noble Lord expresses himself on the subject of the
French retreat, or to the distinctness with which he
had in view that event as it has since happened.—
Here there is no anticipation of brilliant victories, no
boasting of the destruction of the great armies pour-
ed into Portugal, but the contemplation of d'e evx-
cuation of that country by the enemy, in the manner
in which it has actually happened. , However, it was
not with the view:or. illsistrating the merits of the
galla*t gi4ral that I read the extract from his
ktter, but for the sake of adducing his testimony
to the. wants and to the merits of the Portugut,e
people. I cannot help, however, remarking that is
must be a most gratifying circumstance to those who
feel an interest in whatever concerns that Noble Lord,
to learn that in the midst of those great endeavours
which he was then making, in the midst of all the
military arrangements with which Ms time must have
been so much occupied, he could spate time to think,
and to think deeply, of the necessities and the perso,l.ll
accommodation of the inhabitants of the country
which he was so gallantly defending, and that he was
not alone considering their present distresses, but dos
he was looking forward to the day when these dis•
tresses would be augmented. But if that distress was
a cause and motive of claim at that period, what meg
it now be At that time the Noble Lord had ego,
rienced the merits and acknowledged the deserts of
the Portuguese. He had then also seen the distresses
which they had suffered from the French army, the'
country the scene of plunder and devastation;
bid
bi tiO not then excerieeced, as be has recent; y &TA