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Important Debate in pe Brltisa Rvlianeas on pe
! .- Bombardment Of Grryso,cn, dc, dc. ..,l.
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.h p,is'nt and Interesting features Of the news b
o nooa.e In the English Parliament on the bonn.
'ardment Of Groy,owp.
- GREAT srrr,x
In the House Of Comrnnns Az. r. ,o.,,
LORD G. HaMIroS rose tn june iVtn-
S he has, taken to obtain conn pe nsat;on
that town was bomharded iIss IN Isss. 9Tsytown when
tons p ,bs, ns ia6s q the q the w9 lsy
vernment Of thu nit scs o ths subject with the 10
~ sisSonnt PAInsfsrostaid he was bound 10 sa o.
very yi.elt and cruel proceeding Il wss h
SS.e., authorlzed By tho government Of the tfni,J
o. w, tnoufh whether they Ineant IT to he carr,
nat with sch severity took place. OF wh.ther A.
2ncer who; he believed, was q distinguished B. NJ
honorable officer in the United sates servicei mn f.
nis hrtf fuctnns, he coufl mot say; but he vss
oand % state that the severity which was .xercsc
rrhct. M no credit on the government which ordered
nut the Question which her MsC~ty's gov rn.nt had
10 e3sidrr was the International law which bore uI-
pieot internationsl law that when on. Qoyernnn,n,
asrntd it TiSht to exercise acts of hostility sxn-i
any part oi the TERRITORY Of another Power the sli
lfrts or citIzens of third Power who might hs.yper
10 be resident in the place attacked hal nc claim
Whatever upon The government which, in the exer.
else n itS natural rights committed those scta bi
hostility. when, for instance il deemed nee ~
rary by to destroy tho town of S.,ls,stopol al.
though there might have been there Germans. Snan
iaris Portuguese Americans none of tho<. parfs,
had any ground whatever upon which To found a,
claim either upon The English or the French govern
| have SUSTAINED. TheSe who went to for-gn conn
Try must shi" by the chances which might het,lI
bs upon theeountry in which they wcre but they
nsd certainly no claim upon the government which
Thought It right To commit the acts of hostility Her
msjesty's government had therefore b,en 6dvf-5
ana he thought rightly. that Brtirh subjects had M
sroun'iH upon which claim could be made upon tn,
government Of the United States for compensation
Tor the injuries which they hSl suffered in that
tack upon Greyton. % ..- .. .... .'. ., ~
Communications had undoubtedly IA ,et,d between
the Britirh ami American governments with view
10 ascertain what the intentions of the American 20
vernment were, snd they found that the American
g"Vernlnent rr.t.Si upon that principle Of iuterns
tional law to which h- {the noble viscount) had sf
vrrttSth"r right, namely. 70 take those measures
anu they determined not to give any COMPENSATION
even to their own citizens liz not aware whe-
thrr any demand had been actually made by thu
subject. of tie other rowers hut It was kuowf thu,
tiiey dld MT me0n to give sny cunfpen&ition to tn,
nrehch uTpsnT, SpsnIsr'r, or persons Of sny otheI
nitinn VINO were settled at Greytown at the time of
The bGmbHrfinent Her Msjesty'r government vet.
lnX. thsrefar, under the advice OF th-s who wery
Cohei-pt 10 give M opinion and acting also nc
corfanCe With their opinion Of INTERN JpaT Law
we're not prepared TO insist upon compun.aton tof
no-' no were unfortunate enough to have suffered
Lord Lov.ryE said this noble viscount might bs
right in ths l-gsl exposition ha had given f this
Greytown case; Iut il was the first time in III, Nit.
fy Of civilization that one nstJn ,hnuI suIenTv st
tack AMI ie~tr,,y tha propart Of mother with q hcl
It Wa st the time in state of profound pears At
the time the attack made ON tho h0ua. III thy
English CONSUL, tn" British fsg II ying and thc
house wss DESTROYED with the perfect knowledge that
Il was under the protection Of that tag Hear hearD
Certainly. the Language ot tle government in Til.
ihh.leI was very different from thst they had held
with References to the Chinese dispute. (Iesr h,ar1
II VIA, however, remarkable circumstance that
WheheyW power with "hich Wa hHpp.ped 10 have
quarrel, wat feeble. the government manifested plen-
IT, OF Intention to vndicste the national honor: hut
Wheh the p'wer was really ono which We respected
r9he now or other very different course adopt
ed. tIiesr)
Dir: kosBrCk could not help remembering the cas-
tlgstion to which he ulected on recent oeca-
sion By the noble lord for limiting that the noble
lords government hal tendency to bully tho weak
and to he subscrvient to the strong But what did
which IA It's very er-nce Disgrace tn the c0un-
try liiear, her} SURELY, il ever there was fla
strong, it was this. (Cheors.l The nohlo Isrd sa,l
that the bombariment wasa cruel proceeding. Ii
tiis American government hut 10 allow our
subjects 10 be illustd because the American govern
had BEEN DONE by cRns 5upRe set
had been done by Brazil, they would have had the
n2nn lSrd rsnpant about the honor OF thr flag OF
England. tCheer51 They would have niuuthinyr
about the British tlsg and about the natiunsi dis
honor from twelve Qclyck in tia day to twelve
o'clock in the night. iCheers) They had heard
great deal about tha of the iorehs the Canton
river, but why did thay hear uothins about tho Br-
tsh flag at treytown! Tho British Consul protested
against tho proceedin9s tho British flag Was DIVING
| but the COnsuls house was bumbaried and he was
Obliged 70 70 cut u The tpwn on account OF the dan
ger to himself and his family. Whit he (Mr Rot.
buck wanted to SEQ the British government not
bullying the weak, but alike to adjust honest and
Mr.. BEsrINcE thought they had heard a very re-
mArkable stafen%nt from the noble lord. Ia trusted
tat the opinion they had heard from the noble lord
IN iaVVr oi nonIntrrvrntion would often roCur to
hhu again. On the question ol international law hr
NSuH ss noa3 en- m IT, pTssnt otfson sth9ash
Deen trsted IN the described and yet that there
SHOULD he lao Leans of demanding rsparstun. (I.ar
hear1 He could not but think that tho line Ut cun
inct winch had OF lste been adopted towards the
american government was much likely 10 lead
10 h'5tllties thsn to avert uiru UIrar htstrl He
believed that the degrslatiuns t Which this country
IN numerous occasions hat submitted were dus to
o.l delithdtnce upon America for the material
"l oil2 oi our prlfcIplr manufactures. Thars
liso king the matter. There Was i, large party IL
that ous. who said to every minister II you gp To
"aI Win America, We will turn you out" The con
roquence was that things would 70 on until M last
the United States would b. guilty of some outrage -,
and they would be forced into that war which tL.y
sought SO much to avert by untimely and inIproper
Slr d. AoRssrs confessed that he had arrived at
the SAME conclusion. He though the Greytoru Lu.i
dltlpnncy. But he complained Of bringing forward
"nbIects Of such Importance in the midst " the es
mates He world therefore Introduce y motion on
the ,uigect. The question vi the bonbardment of
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