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the LATE DsBATE IN THE l1lsH PAR.
LAMENT.

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Receive International Ceu1eoaaes.
In the House Of Commons - the -th nit
Mr.. Roebuck said he wished u ~ . question
of great importance. Hear, hserl He al
ludsd to the proceedings of an Adniral in the
United States service, with reepect to an Eng
lish merchant ship going from a EngIish port
to neutral port. Hear. hear. He wished
to preface his question with one or two obser
vatiuns.
Mr.. Knightly rose, amid some confusion, to
put it to the speaker, whether the honorable
and learned member was not Infringing the
rules of the Honse. Cries of good ad-
ruption.l
Lord Palmereton interposed. He said, MAY
learned friends question:" lLond laughter.
SPEECH OF MR.. RoxBUcK.
know the noble Lord is an Older man than
am; but still, older as he is, he will not take
me in in that way la laugh wish to
make q few observations before put the
question to the noble Lord. Tho question re-
lates to the conduct of Admiral Wilkes. Sir,
when tho American war broke ont may say
the large majority of the English people felt
. shock of opinion in regard tOthe quarrAl be-
tween the various States of America. Hear,
hear1 may cay for myself that that shock
was Of q verv strong character, for all my
early no lions were that in America great ex-
pertinent was being made in government l
thought they had entered on that experiment
in q way that mankind had never done before,
,.,I <Iot fn.<uuo xynoi1 ppnvo;l IN, <ho;r fouop
for they were worthy ofgoverning themselves.
When the news came, and that great expert
ment was at an end-for it is at an end [hear,
hesrl-my heart failed me, for then l was com
PEELED to acknowledge that men, under the
most favorable circumstances, had pr owed
themselves unworthy Of governing themselves.
That was my feeling at that time, and my feel
ing was in favor of the North. Time went
on, and their whole conduct was such as
proved them not only unit for the government
Of themselves, but unfit for the cOurtesies and
the community Of the civilized world. Oh!
oh ! and cheers Oh! yes sir, l know there
are degenerate EuRlishmen cheersl who take
the part of the North against their own
country, [cheers] and whenever matters come
into collision between America and England,
their voice ia raised Oh the side of America
lCheers ard oh! oh! lean perfectly under
stand-I am very glad to find that what l say
touches the honorable gentleman opposite. It
appears that the question of which l have
given notice creates great sensation among
them Hear, hear Well, sir, the conduct
of the North American dis Unitsd States has
been such as is humiliating to the people of
England. [Cheerel The noble lord has
shown himself hitherto friend Of the honor,
the dignity and the prosperity OF England
He never showed that more than in his con-
duct az the head Of the Administration ia the
circumstances connected with the Trent
(Cheers We have been subject to every
species Of violent language; [cheers; not of
insinuation, but of accusation We were
threatened with war, and King Cotton was to
crush us he has tried his power, and King
Cotton has failed. We resented an act, insO
lent and Overbearing; we called them to &C.
count and they truckled in their answer
[Cheers. Another outrage has taken place,
and by the same man who perpetrated the in
suit offered to our flag in the case of the Trent.
A vessel leaves the English shore; the honora-
bls member for London, opposite. Mr.. Craw-
fore, J., says he has seen her papers, aud they
are perfectly harmless She was bound to
neutral port she was seized by an Amer
can man of war, taken into an American
port, and the expectations of the English
merchant in his honorable trade have been
utterly destroyed by the conduct of the Ameri:
can Government. l say that conduct of
the American Government you ought to resent.
[Cheersl But not only was this dome
There we're persons calling themselves Eng
1ish merchants, who applied to the AmeIi-
can Minister for a permit to allow their
ships to proceed in safety to its dsssiua'
ton. That permit ia granted, and why Z b.
cause that ship carried out arms to the Meri-
cans to be used against our ally, France
lCheers.l Since then, other men calling them
selves English merchants have applied to the
same authority for the Same permit. They
have been refused because they are English
men, and because they are not carrying out
arms to aid the Mexicans in the war, though
they were trading to the same port. Cheers
The permit, l repeat, was refused, and now
must say that Mr.. Adams, the American Minis.
ter, ia the Minister for commerce in England.
Loud cheersl Sir, would put it TO the noble
tord-the man who has hitherto shown himself
alive to the honor and dignity of England-I
would ask him whether the Government Of
which he is the head has come to any detsrmi-
nation in this matter, and If they have, whether
he is able to tell Parliament what that determi-
nation is +? Sir, know the consequences of the
action he may take. IL may lead to acar, and l,
speaking here for the English people, am pre-.
71a,ed for acar =! Loud cheers, and "Ohl onl'
know that language will strike the heart
of the peace party in this country, but it will
also strike the hearts of the insolent people
who govern America and we shall have jus.
tice done to the honor and dignity of England,
dAu VAO NVAM0ASO Va saA0 S~uASAy wan Az
longer be subject to the sneering insclence OF
an upstart race. Cheers. The question l
have to ask the noble Lord is, whether the
Government Of which he is tbs head have
formed any determination with regard to the
cnnduct Of Admiral Wilkes; whether they
have addressed any remonstrance to the Amsri.
can Government, and whether he is prepared
now to state the course the Government have
determined to pursue! Hear, hear
Lord Palmerston said the House would at
once understand, from what had fallen fron
his honorable friend, that tae matter to which
his question referred was of the utmost posi-
BILE Importance. All he could say was, that it
was receiving due consideration from Govern
ment; but he was not prepared a. present to
state at what result Her Maiesty's Govern
ment might arrive.
Mr. G. p. Bentick, at some length, called at
teDtiOn to the correspondence in the Tunes
with respect to the seizure of the Peterhof1,
the conveyance of the mails to Mexico, and
the conduct of the American Minister in grant
ing permits for the conveyance Of arms for the
use of the Mexicans against the French. This
condact ought not to be passed over tacitiy,
but called for q strong expression OF opinion
from Government.
Mr. Il. Crawford said that at the proper time
lie was prepared to go into the case OF the Pc.
terhctf; but after the speech OF the noble Lord
at tho head of the Government, It would be
most improper and dangerous, conslderlng the