Star. — London, England, 1809-02-22 00:00:00

Lit Ld . ' cool review of the subject. They knew that that the Expedition to Portugal be disappointed the, report had broadly stated, OW thehvictory of the glst ven.tion. The Noble Lord (Lord Castlerelgit) , was .., 1 .. v.. or defeated,c and they were angry that hopes and expectations of th e nation. This, how-. ought not to lave haenfoilowed up in the manner the carte - Hilt an aceessary to tbrieptOof whitlf*Os gill% 1::e French ; cor e I.vh.id:lotbeen reduced to unconditional submission. ever, was disappro ve d of, and the .whole plan that 'gainer of if would have improved it, for want . of means. to the City of London ; but in that reptocirhis Majesty :: t i, e oili( ors employed agreed, that it was expedient he intended w as ent i re ly d erange d. When he left HE differed with the Honourable General as tta`the confessed, throut thelips of hisSecretaryofState, that . • th e French the Convention they obtained. . 1 E ng l an d h e h a d no r i g h t to suppose t h at h e wou ld b e a d va n tage o f t h e e v ac uation& Portugal by theFrenth. this Convention ad disappointed the just hopes and te gr";' Court of Inquiry,. that-question must be continued in the command of the _after the .. army . f lf .the It was nflither of advantage to Portugal nor Spain, expectationsof thenation. Would the NobleLordnow tooidered as completely settled h on militar y grounds . e n emy had b een pursued . a f ter t h e action o f the 21st, that the French army should be transported in our secede from that opinion which his Mejestf had - bee.s hhhe w ere parts, however, of the time, to e x press 0 f... T a gu s . Thi s opinio n , however, was not adopted, proceed to Spain. iThe time that might be spent in General (Sir A. Wellesley) had said , andhe was nee. ' 1 :2 te . . , iis , ppro h a tion of ; that in particular, in which . though he must say he thought it ought t o h ave h a d f orc in g t h e F renc h to surrender wou ld be 'am_plv re- fectly convinced he had saidrightly,that if his opinion i,:t.ii ( . 11:e o ffi c er who made it assumed to s tipulate f or t h e i we i g h t . He cou ld not conce i ve up or f what principle paired by the other advantages that would result from had been followed, such a convention woUld not hay i;acra tts el our allies. His Lordship justified the ne- • the Court of Inquiry, who approved of every•pro- _ their capture. Why send an army to Portugal at hll, been necessary: He hoped that gellant General would • ~ ,i to procure a qualified surrender of the Rus- ceeding of his from his landing at Mondego e to the' if not to reduce the Ftench to via terms ? The not now vote for approbation of those measures which g h.:A !'''' • - '-- a ) •ehensimi of f a mine i n Li s b on , • en d of t h e b att l e o f t h e 21st, sanctioned the resolution establishing the suPeriorilar of British valour, which maclethateonvention necessary. It was no answer atall in ee ta t , .„ , i 1,1 ..• keeping 1 squadron upon o l tlae inconveaience o f .not to pursue a beaten - enemy. • After the battle of he had ever been -convinced of, notwithstanding the to the charge brought against them, for Ministers to a' - , arsed and dangerous coast , f or the purpose of , the 17th, the enemy ret i red i n good or d er , b ut i n the base and degenerate opinion which had sometimes * say to their opponents—lf we blunder now, you Mune tea • - blecletli!!ar, Ole Tagus. If on the whole of the ar- ',action o f t h e 21st, where they were comp l ete l y b eaten ,- been entertained on that subject, would have heen of deredas much abontrour or five years ago. If thegatne P House wouldthin k e ss ecat. he trusted, that th e had_.__ that . , they were thrown into confusion, and they retired in incalculable advantage. If the farce at fi rst sent out of the country was now thrown away, it was no an:_sirer c ,„, : -„ e t hat was pursued furnished all t he . in- , disorder.. It was too hard that the Government was n o t su ffi cient for the reduction o f t h e enem y, w hy to the people of England to say, that formerly other 1 ' 1 that was necessary for com ing to a d ecision ' s h ou ld b e bl ame d f or t h e Conventio n or Armistice. ; not wait till the whole of the force destined for that persons managed it as ill. Let ell that were guilty ehie liiel .i, , si eh ec t, and that the Court-of Inquiry admitted . Neithe r . the equipment in the army, nor any supposed i t obje c t had been assembled ? The f act was , t hi s bu- be on is but let the country demand, that at the • , eh le v..hich the narrow and technical limits of a i deficiency in cavalry, heavy artillery, or provisions, ' siness was managed in the usual manner of the Right preterit and in future, its affairs shall be well ma ..._\ t-- rt ial could not have afforded. If the equip- i was ever taken into consideration by him, or he be. ; Hen. G ent l em an o pp os i te : t h e y must b e d o i ng -some- naged, whatever faults may have been hattedcomm in ;;„,, t of the expedition was maintainable, th e resu lt lieved by any officer who was consulted respecting ' thing, they must support their character for . vi g our, former times. As tothe Court of Inquiry, i • - ~„( , ,, ,.r a tiono was such as a t an y o th er t i me wou ld ' thes e ar r angements. It would not have been possible and thus they posted off to Portugal like an overdrove der ed it, in common with the public, as as Court set o f 1:. ~,i,cl the feelings of the .country. It had ex- to prevent the French army from crossing the Tagus. ox, and bli n dly too , a s th a t an im a l - is su pposed to mo ve. up rather to screen - than to consider of Puniehine•— ehe e- - ',„ h ej -eh(); ne men from Portugal, put the Russian Such was the opinion of the Board of inquiry, and (Aloud lough.) The want of cavalry and equipment Sir A.' Wethellesle ot y her state Generals one had no confidence in of his letters, that Le P , , e : ,,, e , our possession, and released from a tedious the seven General Officers who were examined before had prevented t h e campaign from terminating mus t i perceived h / bleu -bus blockade a British sqnadron of nine it. - Nothing but the immediate pursuit of the enemy gloriously. B ut t h e 'N o ble L or d con tended, t h a t him. This was the fault of Ministers, for him was ' c .1, , line. The r esolution o f t h e ise si bl e L or d o n the 21st, could have prevented it ; but this was valry was not necessary, because victories had been iitto be expected that the necessary confidence should ,illei ••.- heh wer no beneficial .p ur p ose . If the House net a matter of doubt. General Loison had actually obtained w i t h ou t cav alry. He mi g ht a s well say, that • prevail among Generals who did not know each other, v•v- .I v ,,. 13 , are u with him that the first proposition was done so subseque,nt to the battle of Vimiera.— the v i c t or y o f t he Nile, a n d of T r afalgar, had been ob. I aim wno wereheot bound together bY those ties by .., hs e he would hope that they would also con- They could not prevent Junot from doing the same. tabled with o ut cava lry. (A l aug h.) If theexpedition I which men of great, or, nearly equal abilities, are vae „,e. ,•, ye a, am that the second was unjust. His Lord- He would have taken shelter in Elvas and Al- was or i g in a lly i n t e nded f or the T a gus, he would allow I generally linked together. He conceived that Minis- , cur \ hh aeied with moving the previous question ;at meida, from whence they could not have driven that c aval r y was n o t nec essary ; b u t the expedition tors had improperly meddled and interposed their ship ele slaw erne professing that he was not averse to tak- him out before the 'end of November, or begin- landed i n a p art o f P or t u gal w here c a valry wes neces- nonsense about rank and etiquette, between Sir Arthit imo i t ; sense of the House upon either of thequestions. nieg of December, when they would probably be sary. The Noble Lord had 'defended the sending out and what was to have been expected from him. They `si r G. NUGENT supported the original motion. . glad to grant him the same terms he obtained byahe of b a d h orses , on t h e groun d that the lois evoield be the nipped in the bud the blossoms 'of his military glory. The SPEAKER then rose, and said, that the ques- I Convention of Cintra. He wished theeßritish army lighter-if they should be sacri:-iced. The earne argue He wished that the Noble Lord would look for prece th„ h „ s , w hether the Convention of Cintra had dis- to proceed, as speedily as possible, to Spain, because meat wou ld a pply w i t h equ al j us tice t o every article - dents rather to France than to Austria. He should ra -3.l,oaaed the hopes and expectations of the country he kaew that the Spanish armies would not pull toge. of use i n lif e , a nd o n e mi g ht s ay, l e t me have a bad ther study the stepson the conqueror than of the con ' • , Ge er no.. thee till so supported. The idea that the French ar- coat, a hadhorseeor bad any thing, because I ehalllose ' quered. Bonapar ways fosteredandencouragedmi heleral TA RLETON com plained, t h a t t he N o bl e my might afterwards proceed against Spain Was not the less, if it be destroyed (A latilh.) The succession litary merit, and would never haveallowed such a Ge- La .d w ho spoke last had argued on almost every sub- 'sufficient to deter them e from that object. What they o f G e n era l s h a d b ee n a t ten ded w ith the most inju- neral as Sir A. Wellesleyto be superseded in the man ie.:: except the point in ques tion. Th e N o bl e L or d gave u p i n streng t thy would . . gam by union. -A rious consequences ; they seemed to- rise out of the ' ner he had been superseded. He could not allow the " . :•al that night mounted hi s R os i nantes , i n suc h . a Treat d ea l h a d b een sa id r e s pect ing the advantage of sea, coming . in, like persons at the end of a play, reasoning of the gallant General (for whose merits he T anner, that he believed t he H ous e wou ld not b e o bli g in g a n army, such as Junot's, to lay down their from l parts of the world, one from Ephesus, ano- had the sincerest T agus .g the allowing 57rry if they carried him away altogether. The arms. But no such object had been pointed out s in ih er f ro m Si on an d A nt io c h.—(4 l a u g h.) They had the French to cross the He was convinced H„ nour able General then proceeded to state, that in their instructions. It was the duty of every Com- i t now f rom t h e hi g h es t aut h o rity in t he State, that it would have conduced much more to the interest of i E , „ p i n ion, Junot, from the m i s e ra ble s i tuat ion i n man di ng Offi c er to oblige the enemy to lay down tile Convention had disapPointed the- hopes and ex- Spain, and the honour of this country, that in the t ei c o he was placed, completely beaten by the British their arms, and n 9 instructions were necessary for that ' p ec t a ti o n s o f t he na ti on , Did Ministers think di ff er- month of December, the French should be forced to :he y, an d that, too, in a country which was totally purpose. But the question was, whether to prosecute en tly o f i t f rom w h a t t h e y did on the first intelligence i become o n agersi of war at Elvas, than that such a ~-. , -„,.-..1 1 to him, would never have ventured to re- that object they ought to give up other material points. ; b e i ng rece i ve d w h en they cause d -the guns to be I Convent as made should be signed. He did a „, e t hrough Spain, in the face of a victorious army, in time and circumstances, and to abandon the advan- . fi re d ? --h We re t h e y at l eng th o bli g ed t o yield to fhe not like to hear the Noble Lord talk about the mill he t h r ough a country still more hostile to the French tages they had gained. It would not be as honours- ' os en s e o f t h e p u blihe a f ter a ll the hisses and ca t-calls, tary policy of Mr. Pitt, as he thought the sound was l ien Portugal. It had also been said, that one-great ble to the British arms, if after pursuing the enemy .and cries of " off ! off !" ." no more ! no more l" ominous. His military policy produced, in its resuks, c c - -c eF our be i ng obliaed to allow Junot to depart into . Alantejo, and-the consequent loss of time and ; and to admit that the whole piece was execrable a series of misfortunes, and the loss of Europe. bon: i'artugal, was the total want of battering . ean. blood, the same, or nearly as good teems were to be stu ff .—( Loud laughing.)—Thefact was, that there had Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, in explanation, ree i: , . our army : but the Honourable General said, granted to the enemy. It it was not disgraceful to been a total want 'of foresight on the part of Minis- said, he had formerly expressed that the reports of his i - ,1 ••:!..) a case it would have been an easy matter to have allowed the F r ench to evacuate Cairo and Alex- •ters, or of arty general plan : they never knew what disapprobation of the Convention had been published 1,:ly: I..nded ten or twelve large cannon from one of andrie in Egypt, the Convention for the evacuation !todo : they sent troops before they knew where they without his knowiedge or consent. e 7, ,!1:1)s, and with t h os e f ew , in his op i n i on , F ort S t . o f P ortu g a l could not be disgraceful. He allowed : would be received, and that was the real cause of all Mr. WELLESLEY POLE declared that he gave '.:..in must have been taken in sieteen or eighteen that the circanetances of the two cases were different that was complained of. But the greatest source of no sanction - to the reports that were ai first epread elf I' . \ .t th:: most'. Much had also been said about es was AO-) the state of Europo, though lie contended !regret was the opportunity that had been lost of mak- 1 Sir A Wellesley's disapprobation of the Convention. e. heee si,,n of force which Junot would have re- that the result in both was equally free from disgrace., ing an impression, by the reduction of Junoes army, He neither caused or authorized the insertion of any t. .1 itcm the landing of the Russian sailors : but ' Th ere was one other topic whice he had to ton ul 3 - ; upon the French and Spaniards, of the superiority paragraphs in newpapers to that effect. He thotight ti - . ;Incurable General thought, had that been the on, namely, the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, iof British valour. We had undoubtedly obtained a it necessary for him to say so much, as, he was dee cl e CI.: British sailors were full as good as Russian, a Court which he was convinced no O ffi cer would I v i c to r y, and asserted that stmeriority ; bntehe French only.relation of Sir Arthur's then in town. ri...11..1.• not land part of them also. In short, the wish to be held upon him. It had been stated that i would not fail to quote the Convention against us.— Mr. HUTCHINSON alluded to an observation 1 .- ..•.:)..i.,,,b1e General thought ate possessed every ad- the Court of Inquiry had been. resorted to in copse-l'aey w o uld ask what have you gained r Have you made on the othei. side of the House, namely, that the expedition to Portugal had been conducted . on terms ve - -e.:: the inhabitants of the country were our queue of the friendship of his Noble Filend towards v brought home the game ? What have you bagged ? a• ' ' —Tenet's army had been obliged to occupy an him. It was rather hard upod him to be suhjected :(A l ou d l aug h !) H av e y ou . a un ot a nd hi s army p r i. similar to the expedition to e on t , under Sir Ralph Abercrombie. The Honourable Member denied that ,' .I:ie.: ,euation, which in the face of a victoriousj to such a reflection. If be were to have gone to trial j soners ? on. the cOetrary, arc they not fighting against e• o- rs:•: , .t always of necessity be a bad one ; yet with for all for which he was responsible from his landing l yo u an d yoU r Al l i es ? Upon t h e w h o le, lie c ontended there existed the least similarity in the conduct of the ,- I hoh ,•::•clini\tances in our fitvour, had the hopes at Moralego Bay to his departure from Portugal, he ; t hat hi s ,Majesty , s Mi n i s t er s, from their want o f dill- officers appointed to command those eepeditions. i.. ee- 0-,untry been completely frustrated by the was convinced he muet have been acquitted. As far I Bence, from their total want of plan, and the lilied Mr. Secretary CANNING confessed, that he dise pproved of the Convention in many points, but yet he . i:,l Convention of Cintra ; a Convention which: as he was concerned, the Court of Inquiry wis ea in- i inconsiderate Way in which they conducted this can:- a --;IO.: ly disgtoted Spain, and covered England justice, and he hoped it would be the last inquiry of paign, stood condemned before their country. did not see the necessityof adopting the resolution pro v:•': era e. lie' then 4)lained Ministers for super- that description, that would ever be summoned in The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER \ posed. He objected to the Convention, as not having Se Arden- 'Wellesley by appOinting Sir Hew I this country. If he had been aihare of the letter of e ons idered the p ro position o hthe Noble Lord not o nly been concluded in conjunction with our allies t he Portuguese), whose interests were most materially l'oaernp!-: to the command, merely because he had his Noble Friend, direcLing his superior Officers to at. i untenable in itself, but not maintainable at all, upon concerned. He objected strongly to the article by !,,,- ...i.f by t h e Noble Lord (Castlereagh) to have tend to his advice, he s h ou ld have felt uncomfortable. the arguments of the Right Honourable Gentleniat. which: the British General engaged that Spain should eee she use f u l a t Gibraltar. Had Ministers allowed I But, from the moment they landed, nay even before The Right Honourable Gentleman hed said, that, ii 4 i giie up Frenchmen in a civil capacity, in exchange 5..7 eera;ur to have continued in the command, they rthey had landed, lie perceived that he had not their his opinion, if the gallant General near him had c0n ;,..,r.:1,1 t . ..:,nt hare trode in the steps of the immortal confidence. Though he differed from them, he had itinned in the command, the ( campaign would have f p o r r is t o h n e er S s p o a f n w isl a i r. sol H di e er o s b ls ec io te m d t t o he ne F g r o e c n i c ft h tio td fo m r a th de e rotection and security of those. Portuguese who were th . t..orn, when he promoted the ever to-be lamen'ted yet done every thing in his power whilst in Portugal, terminated as gloriously as ny that had ever t a k en Wolfe, to a similar command. The Honourable as he had before done on other occasions, to forward place.' As to the stipercession of the Officers in the P the p ted to many points, and indeed to almost the artisans of France. But notwithstanding that he G , n A-al then paid a high compliment to S ir Arthur . the Officer under whom he served. There was a difei command, it was to have been expected that common h ..:11Leleies courage and talents ; but b lamed Minis.- i ference between a Civil and a Military Officer ; the 1 prudence would have suggested to th o se who sue. objec -whole of the treaty, yet he should not vote for a rest)- .:, for having placed that General in a situation 1 Civil Officer, if dissatisfied, may resign, but the Mi- . ceeded to tale - , the advice of his . Hon. Friend. The : his spirit and ambition would naturally spur litary Officer was liouosi to obey. , - campaign had not terminated according to the Right aea to give the enemy battle, when he daily ex-. General TA RucroN explained. \ ' Hon. Gentleman's opinion, sh gloriously as if would if lotion which he knew was brought forward for no other object but to ground a vote of censure, which W IND IiAM said, the Honourable General , the plans of his gallant and Hon. Friend had been acted iee.of his superiors in command to arrive. He con- Mi. ,he coul d approve of. c;.11,2d by sa vi ng , h e co uld not, in conscience, refrain had most clearly, forcibly, fairly, 'and mhnfully de- I upon. But instead of blaming those who had over- Lord PERC Y dissented from the proposition of esra supporting the motion. dared his sentiments, as well with respect to the per• ! gu led these plans, the Right Honourable Gentleman ' his Noble Friend, with regard to the conduct of Mi. e's h RTHrt R wELLESI,F.Y observed there sons connected with him in the campaign in Pertu- I turned round and fixed. all hi; blame upon his Ma- . nisters upon this transaction. That blame did attach .- s: two q . Ae stions before the House ; the propriety gal, as with regard to his own conduct. So far as ; jesty's Mieisters, for the want of cavalry, which was .to it, he was hourflly sensible from a review of the eel im iee a ce o f t h e E x p e dition, and the result of the related to the conduct he had pursued and held, he ! not necessary for that cause which the Right.Honour- papers on able, and from the fullest consider-a -h ;Ary o p erat ions. F og die laver, only the Officers I was happy to agree with him. He concurred not I able Gentleman had not allowed would have tern:het- . tion he could give to the subject, his mind w as no t he , lhied were responsible. In any expedition, it was only in those points, whose success attested his abo-1 t e d' g foriously. That was the logic which the Right • satisfied that that blame Was attributable to his Ma ,- ..sAry ts) obtain the t o be and co-operation ; lity, though not perhaps T had but in those . Hon. Genticnian employed to persuade the House to ! jesty's Ministers. eh inh a bitants, and to be guided by their wishes. i ny, which his suggestions been unhappily over : adopt the propositions of the Noble Lord. He did ; Mr. BRAGGE BATHURST spoke against the I Un 1:;s a re ival at Corinna, though his instructions I ruled. . There was something in the General's views, not object to. the first of these propositions, but be - , C onvention, ::nd referring to the mode of appointing ee e proceed to the Tagus, he offered to the Junta I not only in the beetle o f the (then u the manner in : cause it was . to lead to another, which he was. pre- a Commander for each ot the expeditions to the North i. : .ad his armv, and he was told that the greatest I which he proposed to follow up, that mar ked i pare d to res i s t. Tile Chancellor of the Exchequer' of Europe, before such expeditionssalled expressed his , :-.:(::. he could render them, would be to expel the I a character of skill and lacjudgmet, which could not then went into a defence of the measures of Go- regret that a similar mode had been resorte,d to on the :,,: d i :n Portugal. Thc Honourable Gentleman 1 fail to strike even a p er son no t q eainted with the ver nment, and contrasted some of theM with the occasion which gave rise to this debate. ]...- read t letter l ' lbril Sir Thomas b u t Dyr, recommen. ! military science just as an observer may notice a , measures of than late Administration. It ' was Mr. YORKE defended the Convention. - Indeed '..::.:,,: it t,, hi m to l an d near Gijon ; uhe did not i character of good pl a y in t he ma nagement of a game i agreed on all ds, that assistance should have after all the General Officers had expressed their ap :: r.,i,1-, 1 - 1 1 1 : s as su f f i cient to induce him to deviate ;of drafts or chess, w hich a lways leids to success, as i_ been afforded in the peninsula, but 'though the Gen , prbbation of it, he could not see upon whit ground :II L., instructions. He was assured by the Junta I contradistinguished to that epecies of play which uni- tlemen opposite blamed the eSpedition to Portugal, he could disapprove of it.. C "ica, that means would be taken to drive the i forthly tends to the opposite result. But though the hthey had not, since they had been beaten out of the General FERGUSSON was aware that many • ...:11 c: urn St. Ander° ; but they thought the ex. statement of the Honourable and gallant General was : campaign in the Pyrenees, pointed out where the suc- General O ffi cers of great eminence had approved of 1 : -.-. ~ i: th e F ren ch: from Portugal so mud: more satisfactory and proper with respect to himself, it was '. cours should have been sent. The .Right Honour- this Convention. He was not of rankto be consulted *:.Z., t hat t hey even detached '2OOO men from not equally so with res pect t o h is Majesty's Ministers. Gentleman then entered into a justification of the upon it ; but if he had been so consulted, he bad no : : :-.:, .;- . 5 of t h e ar my that had been defeated at What was a v i n di c ation o f hi s c h arac ter was' a con- determination to rescue Portugal from the tyranny hesitation in saying, that it should have tht his de ; - !A -co, to co-operate with the army destined for demnation of theirs. -It was the glory of an officer i of the French, and contluded with a defence of the cided negative. 1- -.: 'Ci% .: e Wh e n l i e took the command of the Ex- to acquire success under disadvantages. Though ! Court of Inquiry, upon the pound that no other mode Mr. WARD supported the motion for tl2e.previous HENRY PETTY ably replied to the several .. -'• ' • • di d not expect that he would -Ministers were clear of the Convention, they w ere res. ': of investigation or trial could have been resorted to, que L s o ti r o d n ii . •• .:•- ee certainly speakers on the other side. th anctThengOth-Leinaceeqll,olirttaolf pro.the :• -: t:- , ::ic,:unter so great a force as the French ponsib l e for the circumstances which led to it,without injustice to some or all of the officers who L. ..,a .. ae:;;;:st him. The i n f o rmation of the Admi- want of c ivalry, and the injudicious supercession of .; might be subjected to it. Mr. WNDHA, in explanation, said, that he Exchequer, he said. he observed, 12 . cl pursued a corse I - .!I . ;:....Tatrus represented that the enemy had not the Commanding O ffi cers. If the Honourable Gene- I ~ ' . - .•:c .. e - )r.)0 men at Li s bon. He justified himself from ral had continued in the command, he had no doubt i never had intended ] to have.established military posts of reasoning, which, not;ei. ae ieleetation of rashness thrown out against him that he would have completed the wock he had so : from Chili to Beenos Ares. The only posts he ever nounced by the Court of Incitik7, had for its obect • • h: , ,t. s nea k er , i n h av i ng f ou ght the actions of gloriously begun ; that no Convention would have ; thought of, were posts for letters and cGmlnunication. to transfer from _Ministers to the G enera l Officers 1: i : - t: IT - 1(1 t ( ) 1st of August. He would rather fol. [ taken place, and a most decisive triumph' would have . 1 Mr. WHITBREAD said, that notwithstandioh . the whole of the blame attributed• to the measure ali disg: l -a le cef Ge ul nCeroiall .l ---: ~ ;.-1,- H onoura ble G en e r al's example in the fi eld, I been obtained, enhancing the glory - of the c ountry. i the very lucid speech, as it was called, which he had under discussion; and this uced e . : -,'..., it; ; ,..leice i n the Senate. 'The force under . This was what connected Ministers with the Conven- , beard from the Noble Lord (Castlereagh), and the Officers concerned had unanimously declared, that lt uip u m po en n t th df e i.. c..A - nri - -iild he considered as much superior to don, which, though they had not made, had yet , very ingenious. speech of the longs( Hon. and Learned - the necessity which -prchd . out Th of e t.t 4 e obi in e ad Lo eq r u d ate ds : e q z:e enemy could bring' against him ; and so made that which made it. The country had univer.l Gentleman ('Mr . Pereeval), ll thought the they form i h d 'a a d ,. c ....rat •.•. - a. , , h e on t hi s po in t , that he intended the sally decided that the result of the campaign in Por,i i opposed a very feeble defence indeed to v th e e n t n pedi aro tio se n (- .:.• ~f G ener . l l A c kl an d s h ou ld be employed in the tugal had disappointed the M inister and expectations - or; ble attack which had been made by the. Noble Lorde statement of Sir A. Wellesley, that he had a politi. :•-• cf Peniche. If the plan of operations he had the nation. He contended thats were blamable and his Right Hoh. Friend (Mr. W indham . ) Go , cal view in agreeing to the Convention, namely, that • qi.....ate dde,rent ' ...n die hh , 2r ,y of recommending to Si r 1-1,. Burrard for resorting to the Court . of Inquiry, where the parties vernment had one literary and military champion of dispatching a British army into -Spain,- in order to . . m followed, he would not this night have had - could not either be acquitted or convicted tin .the event (Mr. Canning), who had not as . yet Come forward,' collect and - rally the scattered forces of the Patriots, -- % csitification o f hear i ng from the Noble Lord of innocence or guilt. The Board of InqUiry.in , their but he understood that he was enemy to the con? so the; the Gault 06cer bad, a view . )st • ii Ilt • gI;C rule .an- i t ~1' ' 1 , . t :. NI 1 t 1 . t I 11 'l , ' i ' I i ' -1 ' ' A r" • 1 , 4 . 1 t i % 1 . : i k .0 V