Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-16
soUru Amsa,cA AND GRErcr.

s5oUru AMERICA AND GREECE.
On moving the bringing mp he address
Mr.. Hobhouse said, that he by no mepn-
intended to question the propriety of The ad
dress respecting internal affairs, but there wa,
one point on which he was anxious Ia ha,r
some explanation from the Secretary. He
had paid every attention To- What fell from the
hon. Secretary. All Europe was attentive Ia
every syllable which fell from his mouth. He
had said that il would he want Of fairness ~
this country To attemptto prevent the king Of
Spain from recovering his Colonies IT the
king of Spain possessed resources-If his king
dom, his treasures, his crown were his ;
there might he some reason in this, but when
there were 10000 French soldiers in Spain,
would the Ion. Secretary say that this coun-
try would suffer an attempt Ia be made Ia re-
cover the Colonies In Spain thus subjugated
by France? (Hrar, hear.l He wished also
70 be told how long the French troaps were to
he kept in Spain. He would also ask the
Colonial Secretary for an explanation of an
extraordinary Proclamation by Sir Thomas
Maitland, placing two Of the Innan Islands
under quarantine for thirty days, and his state
rnent that the war was Z" unfortunate" and
thar the Greeks, fighting for liberty, were
guilty of the greatest atrucitIcs.-N Now the
Turks were the perpetrators of the atrocities.
} He had information from Ilhca, which gave
!, the true account of the transaction alluded TO.
1t was known that the Tnrks had taken Greek
sailors from ships on the shores of those Isl
I ands and beheaded them without any remark
Jy Sir II. Maitland. Why was the war un.
Eortt.uate2 Had net the Greeks a right to be
free
MIR. Canning said that the hon. gentleman
had con founded a statement of principles with
declaration nf facts. He had only said in re-
ference 60 the speech of the President, that "a
mother country had right la recover her CO.
lpnies and that no other country had right
to interfere. He repeated that if Spain should
make the attempt, we would not interfere !;
but he denied that any foreign power had Il
hight Ia interfere on one side or the other
.Crics of hear, hear.)
With respect to the second question, he
woAd saw that he still believed that there was
nointen,ion on the part of France to occupy
Spain. The time far Withdrawing the troops
had nIt been fixed, nor could The day be now
named. --Of the aggression by France he
thought precisely as he had stated last year but
if the aggression he separated from the con
duet Of the French army in Spain, nothing
could be more moderate and judicious than
their conduct in circumstances Of the great
est difficulty. Respecting the Proclamation
of Sir T. Maitland, he had TO state that "a
squadron Of Greeks had pursued small
squadron of Turks, and ct $50 men killed 90,
in one of the islands which he had fenced with
neutrality. IL such situation il was mpos
sible for Str Il. Maitland not Ia have interfer-
ed.
Mr. HuH,e could assure the hon Secretary
that he had Information which showed that
the atrocities were committed by the Turks.
while the Creeks only were held out by Sir
Thomas Maitland as guilty of atrocities.
Sir II. Lethbridge made few observations,
and was followed by Mr.. w. Smith.
The Report fthe Address was then brought
up and read. Ordered tn hr presented.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. I3.
REcIPRncITY OF DUTIES ACT.
On the motion of Mr.. Huskisson the House
resolved itself into committee To consider
this Act, with view To amend il.
Mr. Ruskisson stated that provisir was
made by the Act of last year, tn enable his
Majesty with the consent of his Council, to re-
ciprocate any advantages that other countries
trading to his Maesty's territories were dis
posed la q i've this country. Also his Majesty
had power 10 tx duty on al. goods import
ed ia foreign ships. rs If such goods were i'm
ported in national vessels. 1t was however,
necessary, siuce the United States of America
continued 90 levy certain dnties on British ves-
sells trading between the West India Colonies
and the United States. to put connterv aiiing
dates the ships of the United States trad
ing to this country, equal to ninety-four cents
per ton. and on ships of America trading Ia
our COLONIES, sixty cents per ton. The object
was 10 cnunitryail the foreign duties on Bfi-
fish Slipping. Other countries correspondent
with the spir: shown by Ibis country, and they
did actuilly lessen the duties on our shipping
entering their ports. The duty on the ship
ping Uf these countries was accordingly lessen
I'd mere. America refused to do this. An at
tempt, however, was ~ present making at a
negotiation on this point, and he hoped il
would br successful The Il ight Hon Gen
tleman, after few more observations moved
resolutions To the effect tina: il was the o.
pinion of tie Committee, that his Majesty be
authorized with the consent of his Privy Coun-
ell. to lay certain couniervang duties on the
ships of foreign nations entering the ports o
his Malesty's dOminions, That Ills Majesty
sc. may authorize the entry of foreign YES.
sells into the ports Of his NIaiesty's dominions
on the payment Ola certain duty correspond.
ing with the duty payable by British ships OF
entering the ports of such countries to which
such ships belonged. That his Majesty, &c
be authorized to lay upon all American ships
entering the ports of his MIajesty's dominions
such duties as were levied on British vessel.
entering the ports Of the United States of a.
merica.
Mr.. Robertson could not suffer this subject
TO be Dismissed without entering his protest
against the principles upon which it was
founded. He now regretted the loss of an
Hon. Member, who was no more-he meant
the Hon. Member for Sandwich Mr. Marry
atD-who would have brought all his talent
and commercial experience 10 bear down up
on this question. II was with an humble avn
bition Of perpetnatng the sound principles
upon which that Hon. Member acted, that he
now rose To state bis concurrence in those
DrincjDPs upnn the present Orcasion In ar