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London, England, 1819-05-14 00:00:00

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who stated, that if slittsi itticte, tii Ministers, it
watie. IssitAloksying this measure. .11441/11
' essence offseigrality mg, to put both theltlklligerente
on a perfect equalipq On e cause of itill_rrel t'e-
tween Spain, and her Coloilleu he was Unit Opolied
to enter. It could's= be discussed with eq,. tene
vial consequences In that House. He was inclin%4
support the Bill, save that porta it whit ride t e
commission of the ofeacie a second time a capital ft.
lony.--(No, aft a capit.affelorly,erom the ATTORSTT
I.9ENERAIL.)—?Itat repetition of the offence, after hot

And imprisonment was not likely to occur.
Colone% DAVIES said ,he was coaeluctellhai
Honourable Priends•who spoke from that,side of the
l-louce against the measure, expressed the Seatimeilts
and oprnto*s of nini-tenths of the people. of the
United 'Kingdom —.(Hear, hear.)—Were we, lhossi
boast it was to value freedom, and whose duty it wit
to extend its influence in every part of the globe, now
to sacrifice our character by restraining the efforts a
thoic Patriots in rescuing themselves from a bondage;
imposed on them for centuries ?,, If the real abject
was neutrality, let the restrictions as they affected
Spaii; he repealed altogether, and let it be open to
the people to give their services to which party they
pleased. The public feeling on the question would
then be manifest. It was not his intentioq, in that
stage of the measure, to argue it on the natnre of our
external and internal policy, hi) fie could. not 'iselp
ohserving, that at a morOnt when the gal/awn&
diets who had fought the bat/14'10f Li1e.494147
in a great proportion, paupers, sukt.heir narithet, and
when British Officers were anhisting on a miseralge
pittante, it was most extsaordinary they should. be
forbidden from following their own .4lispositioti 'to
espouse the cause of liberty..and Indepeasionce ist
another hemisphere, under .the penalty and disgrale
of transportatipn for seven years—(llear.);•
Sir J. NEW.PORT.siaid; the Noble ford (Castle•
reagh) had stated,That•the 'Government of.this cowl-
, try had postponed ,the proposed measure until the
mediation between Spain And the South American
Provinces had terminated.,. In that.assuraoce tie did

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not concur with the Noble Lords He wu rather dis-
posed to believe, that' Ministers had waited until they
found that the negociations of Spain with the United
States of America had ended in a cession of territory
to the fatten He should not go at leogth into the
subject then, but feeling as he did, that it was a most
important question—a question on which. the opinion
of the country was more decidedly made up- thief
perhaps Oh •any other political topic, he shotild give
it his opposition in every stageof its progrees—(hkar).
Sir W. DE CRESNGNY believed the =terra of
the country was never more concerned than .in the
issue of the South ,American cause; any measure
likely to operate against its success was most, injudi-
cious ; and from information he spoke when he stated
that an armament was now preparing to sail hoin
!Spain against Monte Video. The nature of our corn-
mercial connexion in that quarter of the world was
too important to be overlooked, or hazarded by any
injudicious interference.
Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) nbierved, that he cen.
tainlrshould vote for the Bill of the Honourable arta
Learned Attorney-General; and he should do so even
were he in the habit of offering up his earnest prayers
day by day and.night by night for the succe‘Lorthe
South 'Americans, and the emancipasiOn df,thut con-
tinent from the thraldom of Spaim.- .But:witativer
his opinion as an individual ,iJEl)'4s # //ltmbete
Parliament; he was,houudlo,uior-,tlie que.stion as
it affected the polity and ' interests !of .tbisl•country,
That policy was on•-a:1 sides admitted. to4w-letitra-
lity. To' empower tile-Crwon preserve that nett:.
trality, tbe.Legislatiiri Pipit : inecsissart
meops- .4s one.:4 'these-neieih. fl•S'an.b. ilfWnio he'
(Mr. Martin) supported; the tirooo.(ll!—(Alcce,i.)..
—To the Learned and` ,Hiinour4lii-,Gesplempn who
spoke from the 'Other side'. (Six .TameslficLiatpsh)
and to every obserratiopef,44,l4,(Mr..Martin),lis.
tend with profound! rispect ~ Ate Ataxpd, tliat atitete
alrelml.7 existed it!lisqr Ras k.,4 ~a4Failf3/Ps 46 4'essint, id
pellbes. from :engaging in pg, aerVice of the /South
Ainergins.trithtint the present measure.; that they
Mitre subject to be treated as rebels, and.eould not
be chtinied as pristmersorwar..„Anpzvizzgeiten,ahat
such jesakiez. attachp,4,-to .sgli a. cos. 11114: net
Wit. ott.the..pcinciples o jitipistsuti,ltiOtind id
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1 ~ and to restrain •die :Object' of the King
from precipitating iltOlse*Otatcs sitt*cats Of Agri',
' where they ,were deirived.of the twdiftarr••:righu of
'.war ?a—(Herr, heir)4.4 we, Is . principle. paoirhich
the House frequently legislated—it did so. Sllfil it
endeavoured to restrainviaxisling;
„it intesterCd with
:-..n0 liberty of the individual, but the liberty s& . ruin-
ing!himself. , ~ ~ ~ ,-.
Ile Gallog was cleared for-sk.divitionisiluat oirne
look place,. and leasie.waslivewto. braug,ln*Aill.
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fiouse„keeoPred itsif iui9 Giv J` it re-
Itirised the- examination of witnesses on ;he Penni! 41tii Ltilh
"Xm..aliford was callcd in and eiaatitad. " '"''
"Sir C.BUBRBLL atitstf, :davit would lie;il higltissath•of
privilege lot' *violas ta. remain in-the Otalfersdiehaptist exi-
misatioikof.othar witatstcs. •
"Itne, aniwet tit a visa* to ttaitsefteA;tild, nss tie had
'riot beets.% the Gait* during the examination of pay tither
witness.—lle adthltted, that if the Bribery Oath had 'tined put
at the poll, die Vectors would late withdrawn and mkt voted.
Some of the lelectots,,:pyrlups an, would not have amid with-
out the promise of a breakfast ; which meant Xl4. On gse aSth
of May, a Meeting *as held, at Which Witnesi Waslahlialt ind
the eiblect of tie Meet/iv was to know the aenelif thißlekprs,
if another Candidate should oppose ,Mr. Swann. • Undeittlood,
that at a Meeting, in which Mr.. Day was the.Cl4oit *as
stet, d from tie Chair, that the price oda bteahfsetireptki• In fu-
ture he £2l.
The next witness rxamined wai Mt.' Geld, d solicitor, of St.
&min's; anti his examination %Imre to pease the samr facts that
his,l transFiro on the previous exanduation. , 7
JUhtl St.:lVt•nh Wall next examined to,the soine.ricti as the for-
mer witnesses.—Nei/er to hit knowledge' knew any person
receive a farthing for his vote.
The Chitrid* then reported progresk and obtained leave to
sit again tn-morrow.
. The -Barnstaple Bribery Bill went throllet a Committee..—Re-
port Monday neat.
The Soots Desuetude Bill was read 'a second time:—To he
ccaunittell on Malay nett.-21tIjouined at One d'ClOish.

Sn.a Tann T- *total value of Silk goods el-
potled front .(3 Britain in the year 1817, was
El IRON. 7r...7 l,BlB, it rose to £2114840 15s. SI
11,fickirnount of ..;
rains paid on those of British ma-
niffictureltasjit 1817 s .0003. Ws. 7d.; in ISIS,
:1/4,517; 4s. 4.111. liktrquantity of raw and-thrown
Sittlimporied was, in 1817; ).117,693i1b5.; official
vttlue-g698,254 4s. Sd. In ISIS, 2;101i61141bs. ; 06-
ilia; value £1,256,790:195. Ot. the preceding quanti-
ties therg were again exported,in, 1817, 9406311,5. ;
official value ...C.M,P9.5. In 18181 1-15,0271b5i 'official
i 144111* EFSE)*6O. 10f. 4.1