The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-.-THURSDAY.

The sugar duties' bill, the Western Australia settlements'
bill, and the corn importation (Isle of Man) bill, were each read
a third time and passed.

WAR IN SPAIN.-
The Marquis of tOND4INnKuIIY, after referring to a question
which he had asked Lind Melbourne. as to,whether the English
mercenaries about to embark from the Isle of Dogs for Spam,
would be included in the convention which bad been negoci-
ated by Lord Eliott—ou which occasion he had been assured
tbat they would be included in that treaty—called the attention
of the house to a document which he held in his hand, purport-
ing to be a royal decree of Don Carlbs, and believed to be
authentic. That decree was couched in these terms:—

" I order and decree as follows :
" Article. 1. All strangers, without distinction- of rank or
grade, who shall take up arms against my legitimate rights, or
who shall serve, by any means whatsoever, the rebel army of
the usurpation, shall be deprived of the benefits of existing
laws, nor shall they be considered as included in the ' conven-
tion for the exchange of prisoners,' signed by my arthority by
my commander-in-chief; at Asarta, on the 28th of April last.
2. All strangers above noticed who shall fall into our hands
shalt, after time being given them to perform their religious
duties, be instantly shot."
This was directly. contrary to what the noble viscount had
stated on the occasion, he (Lord Londonderry) alluded to the
persons about to proceed to Spain—he would indulge in no de-•
scription of who or what they were—they ought not to be betrayed-
or deceived ; they ought to know distinctly what they hart to
expect. In the decree, the intention of non Carlos was
clearly stated, and it was diametrically opposite to constructions
put upon the convention by the noble viscount. The noble
Secretary for Foreign Affairs was rather ignorant of the state
of Spanish affairs, or had wilfully and designedly misrepre-
sented what was-ically the fact. He had stated that the cause
of Don Carlos was. confined to two or three provinces in the
north of Spain; but let their lordships look as the facts. When
-Don Carlos landed in Spain, there were not S.tX)O men armed
in his favour; now he had an army of 36,(XX) men armed,
trained and officered. The queen's army of 36,000 had been
foiled and beaten, and 8,00 of that force bad gone over to Don
Carlos. Such was the state of the army in the northern pro-.
winces of Spain. When the Secretary for Foreign Affairs de-
clared that Don Carlos had no chance of succeeding, it was,
in fact, leading the individuals who were about embarking in
this uucalled-for expedition into danger. He hoped that the
wholequesiion relating to this order in council would be taken
vuosktekation at
_an rally peri4id; and Le trusted that the
noble iviseonut Would state when lie could be able to lay before
their loidships the -papers connected with the subject which had
been called for. Without going further into the subject, he
would say that the decree which he had read was directly con-
tradictory of the construction which the noble viscount Iliad put
on the convention. . . .

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'Viscount Miti,nowitga said, he had certainly given it as his
opinion that the persons alluded to were entitled to the benefit
of the convention—that they were included in it. He was still
of the sane opinion. What construction might be put on the
convention by the insurgents of Spain (hear, hear,) he of
course could not know. All he had stated was, that in his opi-
nion those individuals were, under the terms of the convention,
most undoubtedly entitled to the benefit of it. As to the docu-
ment referred to by the noble marquis, that decree was not, in
his opinion, authentic. He could not positively state that such
was the case, but that was his full and entire conviction on the
subject.