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CHAIR SI. CABINET VVAREIIOUSE.
J.€I.MES E. KLILB OURJV
Informs the public that he has
now opened a Furniture lVare
Room in the liouseroccupdied by
Mr. C. VVorrell, a cw to S 85151
_- ofthe Bridge, where he will be
' able to furnish all those who may
please to favor him with their
\ custom, every article in his linbe‘,
. at as low prices as they can e
procured either in the city or country. The
following are among the articles on hand :
Side Boards; Bureaus; Dining, Tpa, and
Work-Tables; Stands; Fancy and ‘Windsor.
Chairs; High Post and Field Bed-steads, oi
lain and curl’d-maple, mahogany, &C_. ,
fllso, Lookiiig-Glasses of every description,
some of which are very elegant ; setts ofdoub-
1e gilt, red, and yellow border’d Tea-Boards ;
black do. ; Hearth-Brushes; Dressing-Boxes;
christaline Spit-boxes ; ornamented Bellows ;
bread-boxes &Lc.
N. B. Walnted irnmediately, :1 Journeyman
Cabinet-maker. None btit the first- rate work-
man need apply,
No|‘,\valk,_Apfll 3, 1333. 6
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' "=3 HE subscriber has taken the
stand heretofore occupied by
‘ -1-.'.'{-,. William Keeler, in Stamford,
where the public may be fur-
nished with Hats of every description, on the
most reasonable terms. He offers the cele-
brated Water-proof Hats of the best quality,
and warranted good, of various prices, from 3
to 8 dollars. Also, childen’s fancy Hats and
Felts; a general assortment ofChip and Leg-
horn Hats, and Morocco Caps for Children.
No pains will be spared to satisfy customers.
After the first of May the subscriber’s store
will be kept near the MeetingHouse in Stam-
ford, at which place,‘or at his manufactory at
the place above mentioned, he may be found.
VVood, country produce and furs will be re-
ceived in payment for Hats. Cash paid for
Muskrat skins. JAMES VVAKEL1‘.
Stamford, March 26, 18.9.3. .‘3m5
NEW HAT FACTORY.
MEAD S; ST.*2./'V'LEY,
ESPEC'I‘}‘UL‘LY inform their
friends and the public that
they have taken the house for-
. merly occupied by Mr. Solomon.
Sm'£tIi., about 20 rods south of
the Bridge, where they are manufacturing all
kinds of HATS. The subscribers,from their
experience in their line of business, and the
quality oftheir Hats, and the moderation of
their charges, with their unremitted attention
to all, hope a generous public will impart to
them a share of their custoni—the_v assure
them that nothing shall be wanting on their
part to merit a continuance of their favors.
N.B. VVater Proof I-Iats,from 4 to 9 dollars,
for beauty and durability exceeded by none
in New-York. “food, Grain, &'.c. received
in exchange for Hats. _
Stamford, April 9.1, 1823. 8
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PACKETS,
To sail from E. D. Ho}/t’s Landing: at Nor-
, walk, for Peck-Slip, .N'eio-York.
fl-‘he Norwalk Line of Packets will coiii-
mence their weekly trips on Tuesday the
8th inst. and sail regularly through the season
in the following order: Sloop Citizen, Pen-
noyer, to leave Norwalk for N.York on Tues-
days and return the Saturday following 2--
loop Mechanic, Dasha-in, on Tliursdays,-and
return the Tuesday following: and Sloop Sa-
bina, Brown, on Saturdays, and return the
Thursday following. For freight or passage
apply to the Captains on board, or of the sub-
scribers. E. D. Hora: 9st. SoNs.
Norwalk, April 1st, 189.3. 5
FOR SALE,
VALUABLE Grist-niill, Saw-
mill, Fulling-mill, and Card-
ing Machine, in good repair, and
_ , _, within a few yards ofeach other
on an excellent stream of water, with about
40. acres of Land, on which is a good Dwel-
ling House and other out houses, situated a-
bout 3 1-9.’. miles North ofthe Presbyterian
‘Meeting House at Stamford, and has been
known and occupied as a mill-seat more than
50 years, and is thought to be an excellent sit-
uation for Factories. The property will be sold
together or in separate parts, as may suit pur-
chasers, on moderate terms, and the paymeiits
made easy. For further particulars inquire
of the subscriber, on the premises.
SHADRACH SELLECK.
Stamford, April 16, 18923. - 7
FOR SALE,
VALUABLE Mill with two run
of Stories, and machines for
making Flour: Also, convenieii-
-. ces to grind for custom: also, a
Dwelling House and Barn adjoining, with a-
bout 1-92 acre of Land. It is situated about
1 1-2! miles from Norwalk Bridge, on the
Danbury turnpike, and on Norwalk River, a
never failing stream. It is an excellent stand
foraFactory. Said Mill is the same lately
owned by Nathan Beers,late ofNc.rwall—: dec’d. _
Payments will be made ens) :":»r the pur-
chaser. Inquire ofN.vi'11AN PFTI .:;, of Nor-
walk, or HENRY BEERS, <ifNI.'w:.,
New-Town, 6 May, 182°. it
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THE OLD STORE,
BUT JVEW GOODS.
E B. BENNETT has lately replenished
' his Stock with a general assortiiieut of
Goods in his line, consisting of Dry-Goods,
Groceries, Crockery, Hard and Hollow- Ware,
which are offered for Cash or Country Pro-
duce, on as reasonable terms as may be ob-
tained of his *** or other neighbors.
The following articles couiprise a part :
Blue, black, iiiixt and drab Cloths
do do do Cassiineres Angola do
Satinetts Corded Velvets Bl’k Boiiibaziiie
Red, white, and yellow Flaiiiiel
Black Circassian, some very fine
Plain and twil’d black Boriibazettes
Blue and yellow Nankeens Domestic Cot-
ton Stripe Domestic 8!. IniportedGingliani
Caroline and lniitatioii Plaids
Cotton Checks and Ticking
Black and green French Grapes
Black and coloured ' Canton do
Black Siiichews Dark and light Calicoes
Mersailles and other Vestings Bobinet Lace
Green and white Florence Irish Linens '
Linen Canihrics, some very fine
Plaid and figured silk Shawls
White and colored Casliiiiere do
Furiiiture Calicoes Bl’k & col’d Cambrics
Domestic Shirtings and Slicetings
4-4 and 6-4 Cambric and Book Muslin
Plain and fig’d Jackonet Muslin Mull do
Plain and fig’tl Leno Jubilee Cords
Inserting Trimmings VVhite 8:. fig’d Cravats
Black Canton Hlidkfs. Silkbr. cotton flag do
Caroline and other Ginghams '
Men’s Beaver, and Ladies’ kid $2. silk Gloves
Vllorsted and Cotton Hosiery Long Lawn
Brown Platillas Cotton and silk Umbrellas
Black 55:. fig’d Rattinett Dark cotton Shawls
Cambric and common Diinity
Sewing and floss Cotton Pins and Needles
Extra Coat and Vest Buttons
Shell and Horn Combs
Cotton Balls, Ribbons, &t.c. 81c.
fllso, a general assortment of Croceries,
Crockery, Hard and Hollow-IVare.
MORE NEW GOODS.
THE subscriber has lately returned from
New York and replenished his stock in
trade,so that he offers for sale a handsome as-
sortinent of Dry- Goods, Hard-ware, Crockery,
S‘ Glass-ware : The following articles coin-
prize a part :—
DRY-GO0DS—Drab and blue Cloths;
Coronation Cassiinere; Sattinet ; Flaniiels ;
Bombazettes ; best Beaver Gloves ; Cotton
Umbrellas ; Suspenders ; Ginghams ; Cali-
coes; Cambrick and Book Muslins, wide and
narrow tape, 81.0.
H.dRI)-WARE--Japan’dCandlestickswith
extinguishers; Bellows ; Butts and Screws ;
pocket and fine tooth Combs ; Jack Knives ;
Pen do. Shoe brushes ; shoe rasps; piiicliers ;
heel ball; sand-stones; awls and awl-liafts;
wrought and cut nails ; bed-cords ; powder and
shot ; 7 by 9 and 8 by l0 glass, Needles by the
hundred, cheap.
GROCER1ES——St. Croix,New-England
and Jamaica Rum; Holland and Pierpoiit
Gin ; Cogniac Brandy; Cnrrantand Madei-
ra W'ine ; Molasses; white and brown Hava-
na Sugar of the first quality ; Alspice, Pep-
per, Nutmcgs, Coffee, Hyson, Hysoii-skin,
Old Hyson, and Souchong Teas; blown Salt;
Soap, Candles, Smoking and Plug Tobac-
co, &c. &c.
.éllso—A handsome assortment of GL./flSS-
WARE and CROCIfEIi’.Y.
*,,,* Persons wishing any ofthe above arti-
clcs will do well to call and judge for them-
selves. JOHN BUIUIALL.
Norivalk, April 1, 189.3.
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &.c.
TIIE subscribers have just received from
New-York, a handsome assortment of
Groceries, Crockery, Hardware and Fruit,
which they will sell as cheap as the cheapest.
The followina articles comprise a part oftheir
assortment: D
GROCERIES—Cogniac and common
Brandy, Jamaica, St. Croix, and N, E. Ruin,
Holland and Pierpont (rm, Madeira, Port,
Lisbon, Malaga, Currant and (iherry Wines,
Cordials ofall kinds, Ale and Porter, Molas-
ses, (none superior,) Loaf Lump and brown
Sugar, Box and Keg Raisins, imported Cur-
rants, Mace, Citron and Cloves, Carroway
seed, VVheat, Rye and Buckwheat Flour, Old
hyson, Young hyson, hyson skin and son-
chong Tea,Alspice,Pepper,.Giiiger,Nutmegs
':l1UdLClllnan(1iOI(l;, grougd NlCqu?Al‘l£;gu2l»§l;(.)()d,
o. oawoo o ee opperas iiui ine-
gar and Whiskey, V’Vinter and sumnier Oil,
Codfish, Mackeral, pork and beefHaiIis, soap
and Candles, blown Salt, Rice,(..heese,crack-
ers, Mustard, Indigo, Onions, and a general
assortment of West India.Fi_'uit, 3/c. _
CROCKERY—Cons1sl'i'ng; Q] [(I.b‘€I‘p00l,
enamellcd, and cream colored II are asfallows:
Dining Plates, Twifllcrs, Muffins, Tea setts
and Teas, Coffee pots and Coffees, 4, 9. and 1
qt. and pint and 1-2 pint pitchers, qu_art, pint
and 1-9. pint bowls, sugar bares, pcppers,iIius-
tards, bakers,Cliambers,Ewers basins, SLO. &r.c.
fllso-Blue and green-edged ware.
GL./1SS- IV./9I{E—Quart and pint Decan-
ters, double flint ground bo.ttom_ Tumblers,
common do. Wine Glasses of all kinds and si-
zes, I‘/Iustzirds, salts, quart, pint, and 1-9. pint
Bottles, Vinegars, &tc.
H./9RDW.6lRE-—Pewter facits, block tin
and iron table and tea Spoons, slate and slate
pencils, sni.ifi"ers,. wood, saw apd rattail files,
giinblets, sad irons and stands,japaned lamps,
candlcsticks, trunk, chest, cupboard, and pad
locks, hinges butts and rews, skates, pen and
pocket knives, knives ~ and forks, scissors,
shears, ra7l.)ors, sqovel anld topgs, SlE(()i((‘.jll( logkls,
curry-coni s Splt ers, tea Iett es,gri cs, e --
lows nails, llld, 8d, and 4d cut nails, powder
anl shot, Weavers’ brushes, &.c.
BARTRADI &L STREET.
COTTON YARN.
' constant supply ofCotton Yarn, of the
- best quality, from No. 5 to 12, for sale by
May 1. WILLIAM J. STREET.
N ORWAL-K, CONN.
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FOREIGN ARTICLES.
Proclamatvion. of the Duke dwngouleme to the
Spaniards.
“ The King of-France, in recalling his am-
bassador from Madrid, had hoped that the
Spanish Governinent, warned of ‘its dangers’,
would have reuirned to more moderate senti-
ments, and would cease to be deafto the couii-
sels ofbenevolence and reason. Two months
and a half have elapsed, and his Majesty has
waited, in vain, for the establisliment,in Spain
ofan order of things compatible with the safe-
ty ofthe neighboring states.
The French Government has supported two
whole years, with uiiexampled patience, the
most unmerited provocations. The revolution-
ary faction, which lias destroyed in your coiin-
try the royal authority, which holds your king
captive, which demands his forfeiture, which
inenaces his life and that of his family, has
carried beyond your frontiers its guilty efforts.
It has tried every means to corrupt the army
of his Most Christian Majesty, and to excite
troubles in France, in the same manner as it
had succeeded by the contagion ofits doctrines
and its example, to produce the insurrection,
ofNaplcs andI’iedniont. Deceived in its hopes,
it has invited traitors, condemned by our tribu-
nals, to consummate, under the protection of
triumphant rebellioii,the plots formed by them
against their country.
It is time to put an end to the anarchy
which tears Spain in pieces, which deprives
her of the power of giving peace to her colo-
nies, which separates her from Europe, which
has interrupted all her relations with the au-
gust Sovereigns whom the same intentions
and the same wishes unite with his MostCliris-
tian Majesty, and which compromise the re-
pose and the interests ofFrance.
Spaniards ! France is not at war with your
country: sprung from the same blood with
your kings, Ican only desire your indepen-
-deuce, your happiness and your glory. lam
about to cross the Pyrenees at the head ofa
hundred t.honsand Frenchnien, but it is to sup-
port the Spauiards who are the friends of or-
der and the laws; to aid them to liberate their
captive king; to raise again the altar and the
throne; to rescue the priesthood froiu prescrip-
tion, men of property from spoliatioii, and
the whole nation from the domination ofa few
ambitious persons,\vlio, in proclaiining liberty,
prepare only the slavery and ruin of Spain.
Spaniards l Every thing will be done for you
and with you ; the French are and will only
be your auxiliaries. Your standard alone shall
wave on your cities. The provinces travers-
ed by our soldiers shall be administered, in
the name of Ferdinand, by Spanish aiitliori-
ties. The most severe discipline shall be ob-
served. IVhatever is required for the service
of the army shall be paid for with the in0st:e-
ligious exactness. VVe pretend not to impose
laws on you, or to occupy your country. VVe
wish notliiiig but your deliverance; when we
shall have obtained it, we shall return to our
country, happy in having preserved a gener-
ous people from the calamities generated by
a revolution, and which experience has taught
us but too well to appreciate.”
Proclanialion of the provisional junta of the
Spa-Irish. government to the Spairisli nation :
“ Generous Spaniards !-—After three years
of public calamity, brought on our coniitry by
the rebellion of some guilty sons, the day of
peace at length rises for you,_ and with it the
happy influeiice oforder and justice.
Europe, atlected by your uiisfortunes, and
fatigued by the cries ofseditioii, calls with all
its prayers for the terminatioii ofyour calami-
ties: and a generous descendant ofSt. Louis
is crossing ydur frontiers at the head ofa faith-
ful and glorious army, to assist your efforts,
and accomplish your wishes.
Spaniards, there are no longer those lios-
tile standards which formerly threatened your
liberty: it is the bannerrof peace, borne by
valiant warriors. This banner is destined to
heal the wounds which anarchy has made, to
cover with its protecting shield those brave
men who aie about to restore the throne and
the altar, and to deliver our unhappy king
and his august family from the captivity in
which they are held by a handful ofrebcllious
subjects.
This eminent service which our allies are.
rendering us acquires a new lustre from the
disinterestedness and generosity which govern
it: your Government attests, on its honor and
truth, that no sentiment. of ambition or inter-
est mixes with this noble resolution ; the com-
mon danger arising from the niischiefs with
which the revolution threatens Europe, has
given to political virtue its ancient lustre and
cliivalrous character; it is consoling to human-
ity to see the resolutions of Cabinets, and the
councils of kings, offer sublime and repeated
examples oftliat policy, which has not for its
object increase ofterritory or interested trea-
ties, but the consolidation of the principles of
justice and of the foundations ofsociety threat-
ened with universal dissolution.
Spaniards-—Europe renders justice to your
loyalty. It knows that it is one of the virtues
which most ennoble your character, it is far
from confounding your generous sentiments
with those attributed to you by the friends of
Revolution, in order to cover with the name
of the general opinion ofthe nation, the exces-
ses and crimes ofa faction.
The moment is come, when free from the
oppression which weighed upon you, you are
able to show to Europe, how just and ineritcd
was the opinion which she had formed ofyour
sentiments ;‘ let us not leave to our armies,
and to those of our allies, the glory of our dc-
|iverance—-the whole nation is interested in
sharing in the great success-—hut never let the
energetic expressions of its will be sullied by
any one ofthose excesses at which honor and
generosity revolt.
Spaniards !——Your Provisional Government
declares, that it does not recognise, and that it
considers as never having existed, the political
and administrative acts of the Governinent e-
rected by rebellion, and that it establishes
therefore, provisionally, that ad ministration of
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1893.
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the State which existed before the violence’ of
anarchy in 1820.
The edifice of anarchy thus destroyed, and
the king, our master, restored to liberty, then
the institutions may be established, which cir-
ciimstances advise and require, and which his
Majesty may deign to grant.
The Provisional Junta of the Government
of the Spanish nation recognises only in the
king the origin and seat of the Sovereign Au-
thority, and, as a necessary consequence, does
not admit in the political system any modifi-
cation which is not made directly by the king,
by the advice of those wise Inen whom he may
be pleased to consult. —
Spaniards, the experiment which you have
made ought to awaken all your vigilance, and
to put you on your guard against the insidious
and deceitful suggestions of Revolution.
Our king, always disposed to secure the
happiness of his people, will find, no doubt, in
our ancient laws, in our usages and customs,
wise provisions, which, combined with our
character, and in harmony with our manners
and our wants, will fix, in a stable and advan-
tageous manner, our future destiny.
Spaniards !—lt is for you the glory is reserv-
ed of exterminating the revolutionary Hydra,
which, repulsed froui all the States ofEurope,
has come in seeking an asylum to strike our
native land with sterility and calamity. Let
the most perfect harmony be the device ofour
noble cause ; let there be only one will where
there is only one wish and one interest——the
safety of religion,of our king,and our country.’
LONDON, April 511.
It is well known that Spain is amply provi-
ded with corps of irregular infantry and par-
tisans. lVhat she most requires is a regular
army. The auxilz'ar_i/ _/brce to be employed
in the cause ofSpanish freedom and indepen-
dence, is to be raised here, as far as it is prac-
ticable, from veteran disbanded soldiers. It
will amount to about 10,000 men, including
a proportion of cavalry and artillery, and will
be formed into regularly disciplined battalions
coinmanded by ofticers of experience. It will
thus be in a condition to act on a preconcei't-
ed and fixed plan ofoperations. It will serve,
at the same time, as a rallying corps or point
d’appui, for the Guerillas and irregular infan-
try of the neighboring provinces; who will,
by this means, he inspired with confidence,
coiiceiitrated at a given point, and enabled to
act on an extended and vigorous scale of de-
fensive warfnre. Even should a great partof
the Peninsular territory be over-run by the
invaders, this small band oflierocs, by a se-
lectioii ofjudicious positions, may prolong and
renew the contest, by affording time for the
re-orgaiiizmion and junction of the dispersed
Spanish corps, and for the revival of confi-
dence. It will be employed in a part of the
Peninsula favorable to a system of defensive
warfare.
We understand that a Committee ofTrus-
tees and Directors of the first distinction and
respectability, is forming to superintend the
Fund to be raised for the purpose of carrying
this most important measure into execution.
We are persuaded that it is only necessary to
alford the British people an opportunity of
contributing effectual assistance to Spain, and
they will come for ward in the cause with
heart and liaii(l.—-Morn. Clironicle.
Live:-pool,.flpri'l 17.—So great has been the
demand for seamen at this port, that their wa-
ges li:ive advanced to 41. 10s. per month.
The press of business,of late, at our cnstoni
house has been iiiiiisiiolly heavy. The ex-
port to all parts of the world have,_l_)een great-
er than at alinost any former season. During
the quarter ending the 5th instant, there have
been exported 11 1-9. millions of square yds.
ofprinted calico, and the amount of the de-
bentures payable thereon, (including other
excise goods exported within the same period)
exceeds 1613,0001.
Itappears to be the opinion that no eflicient
resistance was expected between Bayonne
and Madrid. At the latter place a Regency
was to be established, to act in the name of
Ferdinand, supported by the French arIris.—
The Allies, it is said, will accredit their ain-
bassadors to this Regency.
The French have erected a new line of tel-
egraphs from the Pyrenees, to intersect the
old line from Touloii to Paris. News can be
received at Paris in 3 minutes from Calais, a
distance of 150 miles, and from Bayonne,425
miles,in 16 min. 36 see. by this means.
SXCILY.-—A. couiniercial friendjust arrived
from Sicily, informs us that the state ofthiiigs
in that island is still considered as very preca-
rious by the intelligent foreign residents. The
people seem to be meditating a new attempt at
a revolution. It is said that they have stores
ofarms and ammunition secretly prepareIl,and
that they are only waiting for a favorable mo-
ment to rise against the foreign troops still
keptamong them by the king of Naples, and
to establish a government oftheir own. He
states that while lying in the harbor frequent
solicitations were made by Sicilians for sup-
plies of gunpowder, and that there were vari-
ous indications of a dissatisfied spirit. Many
of the higher orders of the inhabitants express
much dissatisfaction with the present state of
things; and individuals among the clergy in
private utter sentiments decidedly in favor of
in lependence and libcr'.y.—1)ui. .9111).
Personal altercation between JlIr.Brougham,
and Mr. Caimting.--Tlie Catholic question
was brought up in the House of Commons,A-
pril 16, but would not be agitated again this
session. In the course of a discussion that
took place, Mr. Brougham expressed his ad-
miration ofthe manly conduct of Mr. Peel;
had the Right Hon. Gent. (t\Ir.Canning) act-
ed so at that critical moment, when the point
was whether he should go to India, into lion-
orable exile, or take oflice in England, and
not submit to his sentence of transportation,
but be condemned to hard labour in his own
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country-—-doomed to -the disquiet ofa divide
council—si'tting with his enemies, and pitie
by his friends—with his hands chained and ti‘
ed down on all those lines of operation whic
his own sentiments and wishes would liav
led him to '.idopt—at that critical moment,
when his fate had depended upon Lord Chan
cellor Eldon, and his sentiment's upon the
Catholic cause—if at that critical moInent,he
who had said on the last night that he would
not truckle to a noble Lord (Lord Folkestone)
but who had exhibited a specimen, the most
incredible specimen of monstrous truckling
for the purpose of obtaining oflice, which the
whole histoy of political tergiversat-ion could
furnisli—
Mr. Canning-—‘I rise to say thatitis false.’
The Speaker, after a perfect silence during
some seconds, hoped the Right I-Ion. Gentle-
men would retract the expression he had used.
. Mr. Canning was very sorry to have used
any word which was a violation of the deco-
rum of the House; but no consideration on
earth should induce him to retract the senti-
ment. The Speaker asked the House wheth
er he should not call on the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman to recal the words which he ought not
to have used. (hear, hear.)
Mr. Canning, in a low tone, said he was
sorry that he had said any thing offensive to
the House: but he could say no more.
The Speaker called on the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to say, whether he had acted
properly or not.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, it
was impossible not to admit that the language
ofhis Right Hon. Friend was disorderly ; but
he would call on the learned gentleman to con-
sider the severe reproach to his Rt. H. friend,
not merely as a minister of the Crown, butas
an individual. After some observations from
other Members, Mr. Bankes moved that Mr.
Canning and Mr. Brougham be taken into the
custody of the Scrjeant at Arms, and held un-
til the House could be satisfied that no other
steps would be taken by them on account of
what had passed. The discussion continu-
ed some time : at length, Sir Robert Wil-
son having suggested that Mr. Broughain’s
attack was made entirely in a political feeling
and not with a personal one, Mr. Canning
irninediately rose and accepted this mode of
explanation, and the unfortunate misunder-
standing termiiiated, Mr. Banks withdrawing
his motion.
In a debate in the House of Lords, April
17th, on the negociations which had been at-
teuipted on the continent, Lord Liverpool ex-
pressed a conviction that the French govern-
ment regretted the course which was made ne-
cessary to pursue since the delivery of the
King’s War Speech. He was pursiiaded that
if the government could have found any pre-
tence, by which they could have eaten their
own words, peace would have been preserved.
In answer to a question of Lord Holland,
whether Governinent were in possession of
communications oflicial or unoflicial, of what
was known to many individuals, charging
France with having fomented discord and di-
visions in Spain, by money or otherwise, Lord
Liverpool said, he did not mean to deny that
money had been employed by France in the
manner stated, and that Government were in
possession of information respecting it.
In the debate on the proposition for repeal-
ing the foreign enlistment bill, Mr. Canning
called upon the House to adoptthe same course
which they had recoiiiin ,ded to neutral pow-
ers upon former occasio If, said he,I wish-
ed to seek a guide in a systeiii of neutrality, I
should take that laid_gown by America, in the
days of the Presidency of Washington, and
the Secretaryship ofJeffersoii. In 1793, com-
plaints were made to the American Govern-
ment, that French ships were allowed to fit
out and arm in American ports, for the pur-
pose of attacking British vessels, in direct op-
position to the laws of neutrality. Immediate-
ly upon this representation, the American
Government held, that such a fitting out was
contrary to the laws of neutrality, and orders
were issued prohibiting the arming of any
French vessels in American ports. At N .York
a French vessel fitting out was seized, deliv-
ered over to the tribunals, and condemned.
Upon that occasion the American Govern-
ment held that such a fitting out of French
ships in American ports, for the purpose of
cruising against English vessels, was ‘ incom-
patible with the sovereignty of the U. States,
and tended to interrupt the peace and good
understanding which subsisted between that
country and Great Britain. Here, I contend,
is the principle of neutrality upon which we
ought to act. It was upon this principle that
the bill in question was enacted. I do not
now pretend to argue in favor of a system of
neutrality, but it being declared that we intend
to reinaiu neutral, I call upon you to abide by
that declaration, so long as it shall remain
unaltered. No matter what ulterior course
we may be inclined to adopt ; no matter
whether, at some ulterior period, the honor
and interests of the country may force us into
a war; still, while we declare ourselves neu-
tral, we are bound to avoid passing the strict
line of demarcation. \Vhen war does come,
if come it must, let us enter into it with all.
the spirit and energy which becomes us as
great and independent nation ; ifit does come
let it be in resistance of some injury attempt-
ed, or in seeking satisfaction for some violat-
ed treaty, biit in God’s name let it not arise
out of a pettifogging attempt to cruise or fight
for gain. (Cheers) Let us not,-at all events,
be sneaked into a war. I say once again, let
us abide strictly by our neutrality, as long as
we mean to adhere to it, and by so doing we
shall, in the event of any necessity for aban-
doning that system, be the better able to en-
ter, with elfect, upon any other course which
the policy of the country may require.
The Opposition Meuibers in the House 0
Commons pretty freely express their opinion
of the concliict ofMinisters in the negqciatioii
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