Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN.
RBITISH PARLIAMENT.
louise OF LORDS, "a.

The Marquis of Lsnsdo~ne put to
| the Earl of Liverpool as minister, the
question whether the prospects OF peace
in the west Of Europe continued to ex.
ist in the same degree as at the COM
mence ment Of the session, and whether
any expectation at al was entertained
by the governmen, that conflict could
be avoided.
The Earl Of Liverpool rsplied by de.
prsca,lng any premature enquiry as to
whether matters had OF had not yet
come to that pass, which made the
preservation of peace Absolutely 'npos"
sble. He rther stated, however, that
other and especial circumstances had
very recently occurred, which mace
him still more strennously oppose any
discussion of the existing relations be-
tween France and Spain.
The marquis followed up his inquiry
by asking whether the British govern
ment remained uD.hackled az to the
part it might take in the event OF war,
to which the earl replied by a general
affirmative.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FEBRUARY &c.
MI. Brougham, seeing the Right
Hon. the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
in his place, begged to be permitted to
put ques ion to him. The accounts
late,y received 10 E gland IA DEBATE
n ooe of he Frcnch Legislative Cham-
oers, had excited universal attention,
in consequence Of speech, which it
secured had been delivered thee by
member of the French Ministry.
The object of his present inquiry was
to ascertain the accuracy eff statemen'
made in the speech OF that Minister,
whom it was unnecessary to name, and
whom he might be permitted to dis
trust. The speech, he alluded to con-
tanned two statements respecting the
policy Of England; the first would
have i, appear that England had, on
one occasion approved OF the prin
ciple of aggression On she part OF
France; the second, and that to which
ne wished particularly to call the at
tention of the Right Hon. Gentleman,
was passage in noteEof the Duke OF
Wellington to the Congress at Verona.
in which he expressed the opinion OF
this government hat the measures OF
precaution adopted on the Spanish
frontier were not Objectionable. The
one was innoxious, the other was con-
trary to the sentiments contained In
his Majesty's speech, and to the feeling
unanimously expressed by botn houses
of Parlia ent. He hoped to tinc, a.
he was prepared to be'iev', that the
more harmless Of these statements was
that justified by act.-He wished to
know, whe,her that statement contain
ed the whole truth, or whether only
parts of The communication had been
picked out by the French Minister,
the sense Of which wouo be modified
by the accompanying documents
Mr. Secretary Canning.-The &C
count received of the speech of the
French minis: Q n the Moniteur, the
oifici4l paper of France is correct so
far as know. BIT unques ionably the
passages taken from the notes Of this
government, had been torn from We
nv long no Q. in which the sense of
them was greatly qualified. Thai this
might be, gentlemen can easily con-
ceive. For instance. If it should be
d., Jared that precautionary measures
against SPAN under saeh and such
circumstances, W suld be right; but on
the contrary, if matters we're so and 80
ne case would be wholly different
such sta ements would lsve a very diff.
ferent signifca'ion from that which
would belong to it if it stood alone.
The extracts, contained in the speech
which has been mentioned. are correct
ly given but in the course of long
argument, every gentleman accustom
ed to write or to speak, must know
that an admission is sometimes made
for the purpose of contrasting or con.
,radicting it with another.
Mr., Brougham remarked nothing
could be more candid than the conduct
Of the righthon. gentleman. The state.
ment of one thing standing alone, might
bear very different construction If
the context were not suppressed. He
would put it ia the h honorable gentleman
whether, if persons connected with the
..The following are extracts from NJ. De
Chateaubriand's specific whic h MIR Brough-
ham alluded:
" In an official note ofhis Grace the Duke
of Wellington, presented to the congress Of
Verona, this passage is found: 9. In consid-
ering that civil war Is kindled along the
whole extent o the two kingdoms; that active
arr,ies onerata on all The nnnts OF this frontier