The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-11 00:00:00

• with the Kiev's licence iu theitoyal A •
.A•nerica. while Irma. 50 to 60 wire ing
rmies
s. it hoot Ittehre, 411 d sudor those Shatettairwere gills
rat felony : if any inalieideal proof were Wantiug Heft t • An, ne.ca a dead loiter, 'ft 'ern 'found in this
fsci—the, only on Thursday kW, two H itish
rialtos. licence, iis obi. straits of Ferdieeod.
• nd coinaeguently Moos lay the eziatieg law, is full
suanislo oviform, it the 'Prince itegest's Lees., took
t...i r forestal lea ve.—(oterrs from off odds.)—lle
.q.posed IM Hill, becalm* it was ealeelatod mat only
ca destroy the bees interest of the country, bet to
d. grade is ire she eyes of all FArope.—(Cheers.)
Mr. V. R'OIIIINiON costended, that if the ergo-
e-ents of the 'Non. Gentlemen were welt 'seeded, he
ad mode oat • rase to prime that this country could
nus without dishiest, avoid declariiii war against
spais.—(flcer !)--If there were any feeedatios for
ob• charges addered, and if the gloomy colours is
Is kith the coudect of Spain had bee. palsied were et
all santranted, Greet Britain hod se chiles. left. It
0.,• Ibereffre, of course, the wish of Ministers net to
mere show of neutrality, end their. siecerity
•A, li.,r ',eased by the Royal Proclamation. The
sp•sii, of the Insoettente, not•lthstandieg, had sec-
t erded in enlisting hundreds of men the very Instant
:bey %ear• disbanded from our own regiments ; and
if this G..vainsaient were he act wish any regard to
Enoch faith •n its eagagements, it was bound to adopt
isitue more effecteal measure. le 1794,• treaty pre.,
ihnitar was entered into betatronbetan Great Bri.l
and the United States, and we bad been obliged
In snake representations that the evinditions were net
tnihti.d, and an Act to *adore for three years was
; at the end of that time the same Act was
at the suggestion of Greet Britain ; sad if
II 'i.d not been attended to, a justifiable cause of
...r • oe:d enqoestiossbly have -been afforded.--
'lois might be further illustrated bye reference to the
expedition of Sir Gregor M`Gtegor: he raised his
sloops in this country, be obtained the ships to bens.
I,nrt them iu this country, yet hail so commission
1. net any sovereign authority, sad had set ea* loot
..1 Amend in the citatory I. which he was proceeding.
....at it was siged, that the cause of the Smith Amt.
,‘cans was just, that it was most illy and naturally
c..pular in Grtoi Britain,ind to that support it wield
iniportautly relieve the commercial sod mansfacter-
in,; interests of the kingdom. What State could coo-
-1..1e in es in later., if we held net to the world (bat
tug pecuniary cosisiderationa the most sacred oblige-
c....• were disregnitionl ?—(Cheers.)
Sir JAMES MACINTOSH began by declaring hie
catieurressce iu eh* insention expensed by an Ilea.
1;-•ritleeme (Ma Member for the City of Leaden) es
a former occaeicee, or oppooieg the whole of this Hill,
escept she class* which west to repeal the Ares of
George 11. He was certainly much serprised to
haat the Right lien. Goalless, who had jest spokes
4 pow the subject wish so mush Appose* and clear.
tress, drowse", from the seine premises, so differ's(
eu
infermice to what he himself Mad doe& Neutrality,
he thought, Classified, truly, in a Gevernmeat's ab-
staining from ;going to se* of two belligerent powers
any sedge in/Mace one 'booth's; sad, secondly, le
the impartiality of its laws to both these belligerents.
Much had Wes said shoot the Ails of George 11.,
but if the Right 11... Gentleman bad read thee over
with as moth cars as be (Sir J. Macintosh) bail done,
he would hate fitted that by the 9th George 11. OS.
tors entering into the envies of Spain wens set guilty
of capital felouy : it was serving the King of France,
which was held to be so by that statete.—(flear!)—
The 2910 of the same reign declared private soldiers
so situated guilty of felony ; no penalty was de-
nounced against the Officers. It was well known lel
all these coneermet with the priests history of the
reign of George If., that at no lime were individeade
more affected by laws of this "store, thee derieg the
;aided bouts* 1733 sell 1736, when, from 'Le coma
mon error of mistaking the supepalarity of the Mi.
ulster for the unpopularity et the missing family, the
Jacobites and other disaffected persons were iodated
to ester into foreign services, with the view of
availing themselves of that spirit of dinentent which
they were perpeteally fancying they observed at bowie.
The Right Hen. Geodesists bad adverted with be.
coming spirit to the isterforeace of Nepotism in the
year 1802, In regard to the British Prem. He coo.
carted with him in the iudigaant warmth he bed ma.
inifested open that point, bet it was strange the very
language which was thew used was sow urged in *ap-
ron of ibis Hill.—(Lewd elteeriag.)—What was
done upon that occasion was well knows ; bet
beasts a verdict at Common Law was obtained by
Ilse heed of the French Geeernment, did aey mess
propose that a Bill should be brought is to abolish
the Liberty of thoPresst--(Crks of blear, her !)
Tie Veiled States coseleded a treaty, mad passed an
Act to pet it habituation ; sad why should eel we
do set—Beteess the Comae Law of Hovland was
selleiest, while that of America wee sot; becalms
the pester of melting war we peace orts est vested isl
the Pessidest of the limited States as it was is eer
Kin. Why was Feedisand VII. to be so favoured,
a same es which he should fasten no epithets, be.
nose it could receive no addition from say thin which
ice could say, to those with Weil k was already
loadsd.--[Hear, hear, hear!]—.In the Memoirs of
Sir Ralph Wiese's!, who was Secretary to James 1.,
then wee a lellek in hiss hos Sir Marry Need:
It related to a Hill then lately brosght in, which
made It pees! for a sebject to go abroad into dos
Persia, of a foreign Power, without bevieg first taken
site oath of allegiance (as it had been then socially
fronted): frees this he would jest observe, it was
quite clear that it had saner been cossidered an of-
fence by the Commie Law. le the letter, shish was
Dated Jetty 8, 1816, Sir Harry Neva, 'bathed hare.
closed the Dill, obsesved, " that it wee eirefissal to
then who entered the service of Popish Princes
only ; bet he added, the Lords had spelled the 13111
by looklag its provision seiversal. Upon meetioe.
ing this circumstance to Lord Salisbury, that Nobles
man told him It was of no conseqeesics, seeing bow
easily the masthead might be evaded." Sir 11. Neill
then went ma to say, there was an apprehension of the
interference of Spain; sod in fact, the Lords were an.
tiiited by that Power for leech the same concessions
is the present.—[!leer, hear !]—Hat the ancient
fiends and °unstick's, of Elizabeth, refused to fut.
such a disgraceful and degrading course; end
othing appeared to show that Spain ever thought
•-e had acted contrary to the Law of Naiinnt.—
.!ut instances of s'rvice like 'bat .tempt•ive4 s far