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did deny the right of the noble lord to pu the cues
tion but he must, on the other hand exercise his dis
erection to answering it not. The noble lord must
not consider himself the sole arbier of the will
the Houe, or the depository OF its dignity.
Lord Beaumont made some remarks on the conduct
OF Lord Stanley and imputed f we heard him correct
y some want OF courtesy to his lordshp in having in
terupted him when he was about to address their ford
ships The that the question was under the con-
sheraton OF the Government ought have satisfied the
noble lord and any other answer under existing cir
cumstances, would have been indscreet
Lord Brougham condoed with his noble friend I,ord
Stanley0 who ought to be suffering acutely under the
rebuke which he had received but who appeared to
be estimating it, she should have done at its proper
value, il he might Judge from the Smiles which were
playing on his countenance. He was not aware that
there anything like duty incumbent either on the
House collectively or on noble peers individually 10 stop
inquiry merely because the Minister gave an answer
with which another peer thought that the House should
be satisfied. The answer which had been given them
that evening by those who were supposed TO be in the
amounted ths-that there was no secret to tell
What Ministers had told them this evening was nothing
more than this: " We have no certain knowledge on
The question: 1t was, however, very serious question.
The law was clear that these pirates There
should be no delicacy about treating them pirates,
though they 5000 or 5000 in number They should
be treated as Raah Brooke had treated the pirates
whom he met in the indian Some of his friends
thought that those parties had been treated harshy
but he did not go along with them The men were
pirates, and proved to be and, in his opinion Raal
Brooke had treated them they deserved be treated
The Earl OF Aberdeen-There one consideration
which made the question put by his noble friend to the
noble President of the Council quite and neces-
sary. During the period in which this expedition was
assembling and arming itself we not maintaining
very friendly relations with the Government of Spain
His noble friend had therefore, right ask whether
regard to British interests had led take steps
to cooperate with the Governments ofhe United ates
and OF Spain to put down those pirates7 If our ali
enatlon OF feeling from Spain had made us lukewarm
with respect to interfering with that expedition great
culpabllty would rest on the heads Of Her Maestys
Government.
Earl Grey-Those who had heard the speech of his
noble friend and colleague must be aware that he had
condemned this expedition in terms quite strong as
those employed by the noble and learned lord opposite.
lie had described as piratca expedition OF the very
worst character. 1t was thing call the Gov
eminent to make statement of that description, and
another to call upon it to explain the of the in
sructions which were sent to the Comnander-n-C Chief
of naval forces in the West Iudies. To answer
such question would be not only inconvenient but
detrimental to the public service 1t not until fur
the information received from that quarter of the
globe that Her Maestys Ministers would be justified in
answering that question. No doubted our right to
check piratical expedition but it very difficult
to deermlne to what extent we prepared and
titled to go.
Here the conversation terminated
In the House OF Commons, questions were asked O
Lord Pamerston, who gave brief answer, which
showed, however, that he much better informed
upon the real facts of the than were the noble peers
of the upper house.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, June T. 1850
Mr. Israeli wished to ask the noble lord, the Sec
rotary OF State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Ma
jestys government had received any information reIa
tive to the invasion of Cuba by bucaneering expedi-
ton from the United States2 Also, whether they re-
ceived, previous to the sailing of that expedition any
intimation OF the probability OF such an enterprise,
from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, or any
other of the agents ofths country! And if So wheth-
er they have felt their duty to communicate the re-
suit OF such intiInaton to the Court of Madrid
Viscount Palmerston said it was we'll kno vn, some
considerable time ago, that expedition under
stood to be preparing in the United States for the pur
pose OF making descent on Caba and it also
well known that the Government of the United States
issued proclamation against such expedition, and
took such measures put end to the enterprise for
time Her Maestys government had received de-
spatch few days ago. from representative at Wash
ngton, stating that information had reached Washing
ton, that suddenly without the knowledge of the Co.
vernmen OF the United States, an expedition had sail
ed from the Southern part of the States to make an at
tack Cuba The first detachment supposed to consist
OF two thousand men, sailed far as his memory sery-
ed about the sixth OF last month and it was said that
a further detachment, supposed amount to four or
five thousand men, followed some days afterwards
The President of the United States on the receipt of
this intelligence, Immediately despatched naval force
IN search OF the expedition to intercept it, and for the
purpose OF taking such measures might be fitting I'M
der the circumstances to carry into effect the friendly
intentions of the United States towards Spain. As this
information only reached her Majesty's Government
lew days ago. OF course communication could have
been made to the Court OF Madrid but he Lord Pal
merston) had the Spanish Minister, who reached
London yesterday, and had conveyed to him the in
| formation which the government had received.