Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-23

uuiy conned--parteularly the speech oi Lofu JOHN
RUSSELL, with its manly Christian tolerance and
genuine political liberalism. The enranchisement
of the Jews might have been deferred for much
longer period, but for The marriage with daughter
of Israel of the Lord Chancellor LYNDHURsT, who
moved the bill in the House of Lords. The de-
bate of the 18th, on the Chinese prize-money, is
not little entertaining and curious. You will see
how candid the honest tar, Sir CHARLES NAPIER,
was about the impulses of British tars
g Il might sound very well for the Chancellor of the Elk
chequer talk about British fighting for honor and
glory and for the love OF beating the enemies of Britain but
he (Sr g. Napie said that the British knew nothing
about honor glory. He to fight for such thing
honor glory He went to fight for his pzemoney, which
what he understood Loud cries of No. no. from Sir
Robert Peel and all the members the Ministerial benches
Sir Charles Napier begged that he would be interrupted
by cries of No. no. Let honorable members hear him, and
they would find that he stating the simple truth lie
peated that the British did so TO fight for his prize
money! and they told that he merely fought for the
sake Of fighting Why, what would take them to fight
cept their prize-money They had other inducemen
They did get much wages in the Queens service as
they could get in the merchant service
The following remarks of Mr.. Ii. BERKELEY are
not SO strictly historical
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had spoken in welde
served of the gaanty of the British seanen but was
absurd talk of their fighting merely for glory and Tor the
love of hard knocks If the British sought nothing
but the glory of the British flag and name and desired war
merely the sake OF hard knocks how did happen that
of them had entered foreign service How had II oc-
Cured that SO large number less than 80 900 British
seamen, to be found in the service OF America Who
had taken the Argus Who had taken the HacedOaa and
the numbers of other British gates and vessels OF war II
British fought for nothing but glory, was reasonable
suppose that they would have gone to the
N.Y. and fought against their country and captured their
ry's ships =
We NAV presume that the annexed statement of
Lord PALMERsToN is entirely authentic, and il is
doubtless worthy of being recorded
ssrhe right honorable baronet said his Lord Palmerston
instructions had been to abstain from nctng the caamtes
Of upon the Chinese population Certainly the ultimate
object of this country peace and friendship with
China and his instructions had been 10 do nothing in the
Of the that should unnecessarily hostile feel
ngs But the right honorable baronet mistaken if he
supposed that he CLord Pamerston had ordered the
nanders to abstain from taking the unks On the contrary,
their capture Of the methods Of repsa which, the
outset the war; had been ordered mode OF upon
China That order executed because the Admiral
found that the unks that, if he took them
he would not know how to dispose of them But if
had been otherwise and if the Government from policy had
ordered the commanders to abstain from such captures still
that would be why the troops and navy should
ceve less than they otherwise would have done The right
honorable barone said the to be obtained from China
to be appropriated in threefold That true
But his Lord Palmerstons) original instructions authorized
Plenipoeniary to demand from China sufficient
the OPIUM the claims Of the Hong merchants and the
expenses of the whatever the amount of those might
be- He (.ord Palmerston) Sir H. Pottnger
the morning of his DEPARTURE and Sir Henry observed that
might be advantageous if he authorized ask for
round once instead Of making the demand which had
been specified in the Instructions He ord Pamerston)
cordngy authorized him to demand round sum, and asked
Sir Henry how much he thought he would be able get
laugh Sir Henry said the Emperor was rich old gem
eman, laugh and he could get from him 95 600 00O
Well, he Lord Palmerson) authorized Sir Henry demand
that sum, which thought at that time would all
demands But turned out that the hoscs did
had been expected the time of Sir Henys de-
paue The expenses in consequence increased and
when Sir Henry did obtain the 95 OOO very that
| sum, IL fell short of the expenses"
Seven millions were finally received by the Bri-
fish Treasury. On the 18th, Lord PALMERsToN
argued in way that appears to quite victorious,
SPANS demand on the British Cabinet for the adj
rnirsivn of her Colonial sugars, as those of Vane-
zuela and the United States had been privileged.
He most ably canvassed and unfolded the diploma
tic sophIstry and inconsistency of Lord ABERDEEN
| reply TO the Duke of SoToMAYER. The Earl OF
| CLARENDON did the same in the House of Lords,
and with more personal authority, as he (the Early
so long occupied the post of ambassador at Madrid
While Lord ABERDEEN undertakes to enforce trea-
ties by direct British Legislation and other agency
with Brazil, he employs special pleading with Spain
to relieve England from the obligation of treaties
of which the original force and intent were admitted
in the House of Commons, by Mr. GLADSTONE
pleading for the Cabinet:
Although he disputed the noble lords construction Of the
treaties he granted this much In the first place. according
to the and practice Of trade which subsisted two hun
ded years ago, he admitted that the intended
attain purpose analogous to that commended for and
urged upon the House by the noble lord Loud Opposition
cheers He repeated that he free confess that such
the intent of the treaties in question that say
they intended 10 obtain for the subjects of Spain the
of carrying their with England the
greatest advantage and general that end would by the
operation OF the treaties, have been obtained Hear hear
But the form of these treaties clearly nappcabe ex-
ng circumstances and the construction for which the noble
lord contended variance with multitude of positive
enactments."
Lord PALMERsToN, i'll reference TO the sugar po-
Icy OF the Cabinet and the Spanish claim, which
followed that of the United States, described the
answer thus
"Her Majestys Government in despair of seeing their
whole torn tatter rag by rag determined
find pretence other for refusing this claim Accord
ingy, not the Foreign Ohce-for acquit the noble lord
the head OF the Foreign Office Of having invented the
which was sent in reply differ from that noble lord in
some points Of foreign policy, but respect him individually
too highly believe that he could have invented the argu
nens in the note TO which he has put his hand and only
regret that the easy habits of admission which find fault
with III his transactions with foreign Powers should have led
him IN this to put his 10 arguments which his
better judgment repudate. Hear.l Accordingly
say, from her Majesty Government there
jecng the demand of the Duke de Sotonayer think that
full Of alaces-I will cupable faIIaces be-
cause, that aacies should he cupabe, the arguments
which they rest should be plain and easy be understood
whereas defy any comprehend the drift and scope
and meaning Of the arguments in this note without reading
and again three four times with the utmost nte
sity of attention Hear hear. have myself done So and
having thus arrived what consider be understanding
Of the document prepared to state that only full
Of fallaccs but that is curious very curious very
narkabe illustration Of what has been called by some eue