Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-12
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Lord Dacre would lay a bill upon The ,ahe supple.
meB,ary 10 that of The Right Rev. PreIat.. He Of set.
ed altogether to III. principle of 1.-THE in the present
state oil society. His bill for general commute
ton instead OF composition for 1.-THE.
The Earl Of Malmesbury suggested the expectancy
Of postponng This bill until the operation of that of the
most Rev Prela,e had been seen lie begged to a.i
bis noble friend il he intended press this m, asure
this Session?
Earl Grey exprs sssd his of the great impor-
tanee OF The subject. IL desirable ,h,, there .houI
be hnal settlement, Of the subject of ulht; and h.
thought the measure of the mos, noble Prma,e good
preparation for this. With respect 10 The time h,
doubted whether either the ono or the other consider
ing the difficulty the cotnplexi,y of The subject
could DO expected 10 pass hi, session. He thought
The beat course would be 10 defer the whole of tn, bs
unhi next Session. 10 afford time Tor ampls copsdcr,-
hon The object OF one OF the bills presented by the
mos' Reverend P.imate was most important. Ii was
10 prevent PIufaties, abuse which hal been much
complained Of He cong raulated the house and III.
country That the measures had originated where ihey
ought 10 origina,e-with the heads Of the Church.
anu ne was sure tina, the hou'e would with bin
In expressing his sense Of Obligation TO tho most Rev
Lord Dlcre must be guided by crcum,i,nces a, 10
tho que lon Of pressing his bill THE session. or pos,
poning its consideration at any future tine.
FOREIGN POLICY.
Ihe Earl OF aberdeen Paij, il perfectly natural
when great and imporan changes in our n.umticn.
were proposed, ADD the pubis MAD was excited bv
the prospects oil these charges in very unusual de.
gree, that the priority should be yielded 10 question, OF
domestic interest. But yet there were mauy points
connected with the state OF cur foreign relations so
interesting to the welfare ard honor OF the country
mat they could not, without great ELECTION of duy
or tho part OF their lofd,hips be- wholly Locked
Their iordships must have Observed that his Ma
jesiys Ministers did speak with any d, gree Of M
hdsnee as to the possibility Of preserving peace Coup-
lpg their confident expectation tina, peace would be
preserved with circumsance' of which the existence
was notorious he could no, but feel some alarm for
the honor oil The country The last government pos.
sessed indeed. one nsaculable Advantage in ths con
hdenee which all foreign powers felt and justly fell,
In The character Of the noble duke who was al H..
head. BY mean: OF this cor hdenee the noble duke
conferred advantages upon the Country so great a.
to be only Inferior to those which be had won for
In the hsld lCheer'.J The FIRST topic 10 wbisb he
would call ihe attention OF their lordshps was The ne
gouaon relating to the affairs Of Belgium Ii VA,
chmera to aPprehended shat any Of the States Of Eu
rope had meGi.aed hostile proceedings against that
country. No doubt the continued agreement Of the
powers in Congress afforded the best hope. of peace
or at leasi 10 removing OF the probable causes of
war, so long it lasted. His MajsIty's Ministers had
explained their principles in reference 10 Belgium.
Ihey were the principles OF non nt, rveDtion 10 the
internal affairs OF that country, determination ra-
ples OF public lew. No state had ever the
project OF interfering ia the internal affairs Of another
without alleging the ground the preexi Of some dam
ger to ITSELF Powers dosirous OF interfering had al
ways done jusi what the COME ence OF London had
done they had constituted themselves tho sole judges
OF the kind and degree Of danger be spprehended,
and OF the extent CT Interference which they might
allow ,hemseves without violating the law Of nations
The truth was, that the principle of interven-
zion was very elastic principle. He would ak wha;
would have become OF this principle, had Belgium con
stiiuted herself Republic lie would ask whether
France, the power which moro loudly than any other
asserted the principle OF non had not pro-
hbi'ed The Belgian people from eiesiing their We.
reign member OF the B1naparte family He wouly
further ak, wbsber, when they had In fact elected
Sove egn they had not been called upon and compell-
ed TO reject him upon the pretenee that his patton
OF the Throne, was inimca TO the interests Of the pre-
sent French Government? He did not aude 10 the re
tranSacons, 10 order TO cast blame on the Government
Of France, but for the purpose Of showing that the
principle OF non.ntervenon was extremely elastic
he nnTfa had hVaN l.i
ton between Holland and Belgium, which we're DE-
clared to be 6xed and rsVocabe, and were propo,ed
to the parties Tor their VI condond acceptance. Toe
ns OF tue Netherlands anxious preserve the peace
OF Europe aud relying upon the good filth Of the edi-
Ealing powers, Internationally pied those articles
but the Belgian Congress, nstea d Of accepting had
returned them to the msditatns powers, with eyery
circumstance OF coniumeIy and insult Now, he
he would observe, that the King OF the Meth erands
who was no party to the articles of separation hal ac-
copied them Internationally, AID that 1t then became
the duty OF the powers to protec, him. O0e Of the
ifrevocable articles had adv been revoked in con.
sequence OF the refusal OF Of the parties to
to IL day was fixed upon, which The Ministers
OF the powers were directed to Withdraw themselve
from Brussels, the terms imposed by tie med a,ors
not aceeeded TO. Then letter YVES written son.
tanning threats which thought likely TO bring the
negotiation 10 satisfactory result Now il appeared
10 him that in all these transactions tho interests of the
King OF the Meth erlands not az thew should Ia
been, kept in view.
II the throne of Belgium should be occupied by ,
Pfinee who must always be connected with Fog and
our position with respect 10 Holland, and the hazard
war. This wa'a msiier very grave eon,ide alton
No power was more entitled TO tbs sympahy of tb
country ihon Holland. We might there behold !
people free people, coming forward 10 make willin
sasuhces aud raying around the inonarch in a man.
ner whish deserved the sympathy and admiration o
She government and people Of this country The tram,
asuon IN Portugal appeared 10 him 10 bs most un.a
and dsingenuCus; was said that series of iniuris
and insults had been committed for which no rspsra
ton could be obtained. IL might be suppo,ed from
this that The injuries and insults British snbsc
been committed by the Government of Ppr,ng,I an,
oil reparaion had been Refused Now the injuries an,
insults rad not been committed by Tho govstnm,nI n
Delayed Yexaiious delays had taken place no doub,
N person was more ready to admit this than him,eil
but they arose not from the unwilliDgDos Of tbs Pr
tuguese government to make repsraon, but its ina
biy. lie was no apoogsi for the Pince who ruls
syst PoriUgaj he might deserve all that had been sal
OF hin; ut " he deserved more than all lbe absur
eSaRgeralonS even Of his enemies this was nothing
the purpose What tho government Of this counr
had 10 consider, was merely tbs probable stability
his throne leaving all the rest 10 the Portuguese peopl
themseIves.
The throns Of Don Miguel had been established r,
three years aud he believed that prince had "a lit1
Hswas alta loss TO know what could prevent thsn
from recognising government established for IbTe
years, and possessing the aHeeions and obedienes
ibe great majority OF ihs people. Then Why rot rene,
Telalion' The interruption Of which Injurious
the Interests OF tho country Then what, no bsRge
70 ask the noble Earl Tho actual relation OF Pot
tngsl and France Wac there war between foem
They heard Of deDuDeatioDs and ornaments, but the