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.. IIIIre 1 " 1111 °.•+. PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 7. The discussion of the petition of the Irish Catholics, which stood far this day, is postponed to this day week. The Irish Hat Duty Repeal Bill, and the Pauper Lunatics Bill, were read a third time and passed Ihe Hat Duty Repeal Bill, and the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, were read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. ROXBURGH PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed till te-marrow, his intended motion on this Cale, and desired that the agents of the different parties interested should appear at timber of the House at two o'clock to-morrow. BERKELEY PEERAGE, The Committee of Privileges met this morning at ten o'clock, and proceeded to the examination of witnesses in this interetting cause. Amongst the number, the Marchioness of Salisbury was ♦xamined, principally as to her knowledge of the period at which the eltlcst son of the late Earl of Berkeley, was first introduced as Lord Dursley. About four o'clock the Committee adjourned till to-morrow, and, on the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, such of the Judges as are in town were to attend. On the re-admission of strangers, immediately after prayer,. the House proceeded to take into consideration the cases of the two witncttts ordered to attend. These two persons, namely, Ellis Taylor Ferree and Nicholas Hicks, appeared at the bar, and the evidence of the former having been read by Mr. Gurney,jun. tke short-hand writer, and also the evidence of Mr. Griffiths, So licitor,of Gloucester,through which the prevaricationof,Parren was proved,Farren aid Hieks w ere ordered to withdraw: the Lord Cha ncellor moved a Resolution, that Parrett had grossly prevaricated in his evidence before the Committee—which was agreed to sem. liar. and Farr en having beers called in, was asked if he wished to say any thing in explanation of his conduct. After hearing what be had to state, he was ordered to withdraw, and the LordChart cellar moved that he be committed to the custody bf the Gentle man Usher of the Black Rod, and that a warrant be issued for sending him to Newgate, both which motions were agreed to real . dial. Hicks, the other witness, was then called in, and his evi dence in chief and on the cross examination ' both together pro ving the prevarication, having been read by Mr. Gurney, he was asked If he had any thing to state in explanation. After hearing what he wished to say, he was ordered to withdraw, and Earl Gray moved Resolutions precisely similar to those moved by the Lord Chancellor in the other case—which were also, after some conversation, agreed to ,can. Os the Motion of the Earl of I.AUDERDAI.E, the evidence giro.by Farren, was ordered to be printed in their Lordships' IX cords, and a similar motion was made by the Earl of RAD biOR, with reference to the case of Hicks. BATTLE OP ALEVERA. The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, and said, that whatever differences of opinion might sometimes occur in questions of this nature, he could anticipate nom on the present occasion. The highest honour that could he paid to the exertions of our navy, were to be found in the thanks of the Parliament, and the approbati n of the Sovereign, which was so felt by them to. whom such approbation was given. He knew also, from former experienceethatjt was a tri bute to departed merit most grateful to the surviving friends and relatives of those who fell in their coun try's service ; a consolation that much alleviated their regret. An attention to this natural feeling was pe culiarly applicable in the present instance, considering the nature of the conflict, the magnitude of the loss, and all the other circumstances of the affair. A pe culiar feature in this action likewise called for parti cular attention. Though the greatest severity of the action fell on the British troops, yet it was a battle in which not only British, but Portuguese and Spaniards shared the dangers and glories of the day. Though the army was thus composed of three nations, yet we had seen a perfect cordiality among the officers, and a similar courage and perseverance in the troops.— The enemy's object was one of great importance ; no less than raising the blockade and siege of ladajos ; in which attempt, if successful, he would have com pelled the allies to retreat behind the Guadiana. For this purpose he had collected all his disposable force in the South of Spain, and advanced against the allied army. The details of the business were before their Lordships, who had seen, that early in the day the severity o f the attack fell chiefly on the Spanish forces, whose steady valour, if not crowned with suc cess, chewed a resistance which was a proof of the Innate valour of that gallant nation, and an earnest of still greater exertions. When the height was gained by the French, the efforts of our troops were such in regaining it as to equal the greatest examples ever afforded of martial prowess. They had lately had several opportunities of observing what was the gallant conduct of British troops ; but from all the private letters which had reached this country, the victory then under ,consideration exhibited traits of individual character which were proofs of complete heroism. The corps of British troops, amounting to 8000 men, were determined not to be conquered. The General himself, in his various experience, bad never seen a parallel to their eff .its. It must be most gra tifying to contemplate the excellent conduct of our allies. Every occasion tended still farther to shew the good effects of that discipline which General Sir William Beresford had introduced and carried to so high a pitch among the Portuguese. After the battle of Busaco, it was natural to say, that al though in that strong position the Portuguese did their duty ; yet when they should come to face an enemy in the field, they might not succeed equal to the expecteationsahat many had formed of them. In this case they were peculiarly tried, and there was the authority of tie General, and many Officers, for saying, that they manoeuvred in the face of the ene my's fire in a manner equal to the British troops. There was the same ground of justification in the conduct of the Spanish troops. If, unfortunately, there was any former ground of regret, the occasion bad now otcurred, when Spanish and British troops had uni.ed with the utmost cordiality, and conquered. The enemy had failed in his object; had been re pulsed, and been compelled to retire with severe loss. the judicious arrangements cf our General before the battle took place, the enemy was prevented, in any event, from taking possession of our artillery and`stores. By the result of the fiction we were enable , to recommence our operations. Viewing first number et the troops employed, we had certainly ;aired a severe loss : a loss, under such circism. stances,' seldom surpassed ; but it was consolatory to know they were not lost in a wanton conflict. The conduct of our General had been in perfect confoemity to the in s tructions he had received from Le r d Wellington. While he deplored the loss, feeling as he did, and particularly with regard tq Rogge who had fallen, whom he had the honour py knowing (such as General Houghton) he must pill think and he was sure that their Lordships wonli t that It was most honourable to the arms of the Filled nations, and deserving of the thanks of that Now, It was hit intention, after moving Thanks is 640641 Danford sad timt Amy wader his Pin, es -• ,i 4... e—e l I PARLIAMENTARr PROCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. JUNE i 1111"11111'll jnof the petition of the Irish i i stood far this day, is poAtponed to this day we The Irish Hat Duty Repeal Bill. and the Pa were read a third time and passed. were l he re liat Duty adastc R e second time,esl B an it, and th committed e i f n o 6 r ° t l li ROXBURGH PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed i I intended motion on this case, and desir ,, d tit different parties interested should appear at tit ‘ at two o'clock to-morrow. 1 ! BERKELEY PEERAGE, The Committee of Privileges met this mor and proceeded to the examination of witnesse cause. Amongst the number, the Marchiont examined, principally as to her knowledge of the eldest soil of the late Earl of Berkeley, wa Lord Dursley. i About four o'clock the Committee adjourn and, on the motion of the Earl of LIVLRI Judges as are in town were to attend. On the re-admission of strangers, immedi the House proceeded to take into considei the two witnesses ordered to attend. These t• Ellis Taylor Parra and Nicholas Hicks, apps the evidence ol the former having been read I eke short-hand writer, and also the evidence I licitor,of Gloucester,through which the prevari p ro ved,Farren ad ROL, were ordered to wit hd center moved a Resolution, that Parrett had in his evidence before the Committee—whict liar. and Farr en having beers called in, was NJ • say any thing in explanation of his conduct. be had to state. he was ordered to withdraw, cellar moved that he be committed to the a man Usher of the Black Rod, and that a a sending him to Newsate,both which motion din. Hicks, the other witness, was then a dance in chief and on the cross examination, wing the prevarication, having been read by asked if he had any thing to state in explanal 1 what he wished to say, he was ordered to Grey moved Resolutions precisely similar to Lord Chancellor in the other case—which er conversation, agreed to ,ter. din. . 11 On the Motion of the Earl of I.AUDERI givapby Farren, was ordered to be printed ' /Records, and a similar motion was made by ''' NOS, w ithi reference to the ease of Hicks. BATTLE oli' ALBL'ERA The Earl of LIVERPOOL ros whatever differences of opinion r occur in questions of this nature, he none on the present occasion. The 1• that could he paid to the exertions o to be found in the thanks of the Pai approbati n of the Sovereign, wine them to. whom such approbation knew also, from former experience,.t bute to departed merit most gratefu friends and relatives of . those who try's service; a consolation that mu( regret. An attention to this natures ` 1 etiliarly applicable in the present insi the nature of the conflict, the magn and all the other circumstances of t culler feature in this action likewis , cular attention. Though the greats action fell on the British troops, yet which not only British, but Portugu shared the dangers and glories of tl the army was thus composed of thr had seen a perfect cordiality among i a similar courage and perseverance The enemy's object was one of grey less than raising the blockade and : I in which attempt, if successful, he ' pelted the allies to retreat behind tl this purpose he had collected all h ii the South of Spain, and advancec army. The details of the business ° Lordships, who had seen, that ea severity of the attack fell chiefly forces, whose steady valour, if not cess, shewed a resistance which v innate valour of that gallant nail of still greater exertions. Whet gained by the French, the efforts I such in regaining it as to equal the ever afforded of martial prowess. had several opportunities of obser gallant conduct of British troops ; private letters which had reacher victory then under ; consideration individual character which were 1 heroism. The corps of British trc 8000 men, were determined not to I General himself, in his various ez; ken a parallel to their eff ,rts. It tifying to contemplate the creak( allies. Every occasion tended st the good effects of that disciplir Sir William Beresford had intro, to so high a pitch among the F the battle of Busacia, it was natui though in that strong position tl their duty ; yet when they shoulc enemy in the field, they might not ~, the expectvionsethat many had fa f this case they were peculiarly tr the authority of the General, and saying, that they manoeuvred in t my's fire in a manner equal to There was the same ground of conduct of the Spanish troops. there was any former ground of r bad now occurred; when Spanish had uni!ed with the utmost cordial The enemy had failed in his ol pulsed, and been compelled to red Ily the judicious arrangements cf 1 the battle took place, the enemy any event, from taking possessic , ) and stouts. By the result of tl 4 enabled to recommence our ope 04 number pi the troops employe pilfered a severe loss : a loss, ii .. stances,' seldom surpassed ; but ~.1 to know they were not lost in , e The conduct of our General h: . corifovmhy to the ilitructions he Lord Wellington. While he feeling as he did, and partici to 'ow whn had fallen, whom 1 • of knowing (such a; General H • still think and he was sure tt , . wouli t the; It was most honourabl We nations, A nd deserving of leNth, It was hit intention, aft GeOaral ikre§ford Awl ;h. AI , Viand, to move a sirnaer titittatt to the Portuguese i furrith the Wives of Soldiers going abroad with the means of ire: and Spanish Annie'. He concluded be moving l' ull 'A hog". A Message from the Ler& acquainted the House, that tbeb. Thinks to General Boresford, and the British Troops I Lorastea, cad agreed to several Bills without any Amendment, under his command. i and to the Kent Road Bill, apd others, with Amentintents, to The Earl of ABERDEEN toss and seconded the which they desired the concurrence of the Commons. `motion. After expressing his sleep sense of the me- BATTLE OF a LBLiERA. Irits of this battle, and his general agreement with The CHANCELLOR of • the EXCHEQUER what had fallen from the Noble Earl, he mentioned , rose, pursuant to notice, to move the Thanks of the !some degree of surprise that no similar notice had House to Marshal Beresford, a duty which he felt ` 'been taken of the great merits of Lord Wellington, pleasure in performing ; however, in doing so he !in the battle of Fuentes de Honor ; an action which should bring under the consideration of the House I his Lordship conceived, fully entitled him to a vote , that glorious victrry which had lately been atchieved of thanks from that House ; which was distinguished by General Beresford. It must be grateful to him by a most masterly manoeuvre, and which the thanks , self and to the House to think, that whatever wish of the House recently voted to his Lordship was no 1 they might have to heap applause and glory on any !reason, in his mind, for preventing. 1 particular General, it was not one ar two Comman- The Earl of LIVERPOOL explained, that the ders that were deserving of such distinction ; but that thanks had been given to Lord Wellington for the I whenever the British army met the enemy in any part 'general system of the campaign. There would be iof the woild, the meeting always ended in glory to no doubt of the disposition of Government to thank' them, and in defeat to the enemy. This was the third Lord Wellington for his achievements; of which he was . ; instance in which he had had occasion to bring before certain, that noble commander was perfectly acquaint - I the House the gallant exploits of the British armies ; led. No thanks voted to General Beresford could inter.! and it must be evident to all who heard him, that his fere with the honour so justly due to Lord Wellington. I Majesty's Ministers were not desirous of bringing for- The Earl of MOIRA expressed his sincere and ' ward any military exertions of equivocal merit, or hearty concurrence in thetestimony to the valour, skill, any on which a difference of opinion was likely to I and perseverance displayed by General Sir W. Beres- ! take place, with any view of courting applause for (ford and his army. Their thanks he should have con- I the wisdom of the Councils they might have given. sidered most worthily earned had the battle been i•But he must say, that there had lately occurred more merely a grand assertion of the valour and dignity of ' instances of successful valour, than in any former pe the British name and character. On the general sub.! riod of our history ; and so far from too much praise ject of the thanks of Parliament, of which he thought i being bestowed on our Comman ders, one would ra the value could not be kept up then suppose that the House had not been liberal too high, he observed, that it had of late come too much into practice to aura .enough in bestowing that just tribute of its attention. excise too great a latitude. There was a danger 4 Had Ministers felt any desire to drag exploits of lesser this, because Ministers might make use ef them to importance before the consideration of Parliament, gain Parliamentary approbation of expeditions of their they might be justified in noticing the capture of own which were rash and improvident, though the tanda, which was a most distinguished and even a officers employed displayed all those merits, which, romantic atchievement. They would also have as far as they were concerned, deserved a grateful re- brought under the notice of Parliament the capture turn. In the present - instance, however, there were of the Mauritius, an event so highly useful to our in: no grounds of this nature on which suspicion might Wrests in the East, that it was destroying the last wea rest. It was another victory, which :.hewed to the i pon by which the enemy was able to annoy us in that world that the gallant officers and soldiers of our army l quarter of the world. There was room even afforded were the worthy comrades of those who, on every to criticise the abstinenciof the House in not voting sea, had proclaimed our naval glories. He was happy Thanks for the glorious battle fought near Almeida. to see that cordiality, as well as steady bravery, in During the whole of this campaign, the enemy hardly the Spaniards—which cordiality, from some causes afforded any thing but the materials by which we dis or other, had, unfortunately, not been displayed on played our valour and glory. He should now briefly any former occasion. He trusted it would lead to state the nature and the circumstances of those trans farther proofs of its efficacy ; and that the excellent actions , in which Ge nera l Be re s fo r d was engaged..... opportunities it must afford would not be lost, now While he was carrying on the siege of Badajoz, he that the war was, in fact, beginning daily to assume heard that Marshal Soult had collected a great force a more important appearance. It was with regret he and was coming to attack him. As soon as the Ge alluded to our not having taken more effectual steps neral heard this intelligence, he came to a decision at an earlier period, to conciliate the Spanish mind, and which evinced the correctness of his judgment, and to infuse into it a greater degree of confidence in us. his great military skill. He considered that the siege The Earl of ROSSLYN mentioned his own for- he had been carrying on was a minor ob j ect; and he mer experience of Portugal, and praised highly the determined that the one should be abandoned, in or merits of General Beresford in the disciplining of the der that he might be enabled to direct the whole of troops of that country. his force against the meditated attack. He therefore, The Earl of HARROWBY highly panegyrized without a moment's loss of time, collected the whole the merits both of Lord Wellington and General Be- of his own troops, and got those of Generals Blake resford. and Castanos to join him. With this army, he pre- The question was then put and carried. ferred the position of Albuera to any other. So little The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved the thanks time had lie for collecting the whole of these forces, to the Portuguese army. Carried. that the Spanish troops did not arrive until late in His Lordship next proposed a similar motion re- the morning previous to the day when the battle specting the Spaniards, on which took place. On that very day, the 16th, the French Lord HOLLAND rose, and regretted that any forces made their appearance. Here the Right Hon. Gentleman recapitulated the particulars of the battle, circumstances, such as the observations respecting Lord Wellington, should be introduced into a discus. as related in General Beresford's letter; and noticed it as a material circumstance, that the Spaniards be sion on a motion of thanks to a particular officer and hayed so bravely as to return and fight the enemy, army. He had not had time to search the precedents respecting the mode pursued by Parliament towards after being di iven from the hill on the right of our Prince Eugene and Prince Ferdinand, but thought army ; and he hoped that the signal manner in which that some better mode might be devised for rendering General Houghton met his glorious fate on that day their tribute of approbation to General Blake and his would be duly noticed by the House—( Hear, hear.) ...-He believed there were few instances of a more army, than by communicating it through an officer in another service. On the general question of thanks dreadful carnage of the enemy, or of more successful no doubt could arise. I valour being displayed on the part of our soldiers, The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he was desirous than that which took place at the point to the right of attending to the Noble Lord's suggestion, but cir. lof our line. This glorious victory was likely to be cumstances had occurred' in another place (the vote , productive of the most beneficial result to the general in the Commons) which would make it inconvenient. 'cause we were engaged in. The enemy might, for a In the case of Prince Ferdinand, the Commons ex- , time, have an opportunity of imposing on a part of pressed their approbation by a communication through i the world ; but the delusion could not long be kept I their Speaker. He should, however, take care of the I u P • Here the Chancellor of the Exchequer noticed mode in which the present vote was communicated, I Vie gallant conduct of Ensigns Thomas and Welch, and should also provide that a proper notice of it . the former of whom refilled to surrender his colours should be given in the proper quarter. I but with his life—and the latter, on being mortally This motion also was carried, new. dir.—Adjourned.. wounded, took his colours and concealed them in his _ I bosom. These colours were now in the possession of HOUSE. OF COMMONS. / the enemy, who might, if they chose, display them, s Mr. W. BOOTLE moved for the appointment of a Commit- ' and pretend that they were a mark of victory on their tee to take into consideration and examine the state of the Parish part ; but the circumstances connected with them re ;Apprentices sent out of the metropolis, and report their opinion • I dounded more - than any other could do to the glory to the House. Sir S. ROMILLY seconded the motion, and dwelt on the lof cur army. Although the great press of the battle : hardships to which young persons were subject, in consequence was on the right of our line, it was not to be supposed lof being sent away trent their parents, and put to hard labour in that there was the least relaxation of ardour in the manufactories. - other parts of our army. In every quarterour troops Sir R. PEELE cap d his astonishment that the Learned Gentleman, with all Ids experience, should talk of the hardships were engaged, and gaining successes. He hardly of sending children away from their parents who bad no parents conceived it necessary to notice the circumstance of at all, or were a burthen on the parishes. General Beresford being attacked by a Polish lancer, Mr. w. GOOCH and Mr. GIDDY thought there was no who, in a fit of madness, left his party, and rashly ground for condemning the practice of sending out apprentices, who could not be beuereßsnosed of than they were. - . rushed against him, arid whose life the Geaeral wish- Mr. M. A- TAYLOR said, it was• a common practice midi •• ed to save, threw him from his horse, after which he to take apprentices for the sake of emolument, sud then was killed, while still persevering in his attempt to =them, so that they became nuisances to society. ' kill General Beresford. He could not help viewing The motion was, after a reply from Mr.W. Bootle, agreed to ; and a Select Committee was appointed. this victory and that of Almeida, as the results of des- Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from certain Malt Die- perate attempts on the part of the enemy to retrieve tillers against the Spirit Drawback Bill, as a measure tending to their cause and their character ; and the failures they give the Irish Distiller a superior advantage over them. Ordered had experienced must so lower their character, as to to lie on the table. `titsp of all those who were defending On the motion of Sir C. POLE, an order was made for laying raise the s before the House certain documents relative to Naval Prizes. themselves against the injustice and oppression of Mr. SHAW LE FEVRE moved for a Committee to consider such an enemy. It might indeed be said that the loss the Standing Orders of the House, as to Notices and Forms of of men was no object to France—that their place , Applications relative to Private Bills.—Agreed to. would speedily be supplied by more troops—and than Mr. M. A. TAYLOR moved, that the Comilittee on the Chancery Delays might have leave to sit notwithstanding any the Allies would ultimately be obliged to give way adjournment of 1h: Howe. . to superior numbers. He did not agree in any such opi 'i he ArtORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that he would nions as these. He believed it was not so easy a mat to-morrow move ter leave to ,being. in a Bill to imiennaify the ter as some imagined, for 'the Frenoh Emperor to re ' Trustees of General Delancey. The Trish Elec.:ion Bill was read a third time and passed. cruit his armies in the Peninsula ; and particularly so Mr. ROSE moved for the Report made by hlin on the subject when it was considered that he was very soon likely of the Prize Coprt.—Agreed to. . to have employment for vast numbers of troops in Some paper+ relative to the removal of Mr. Petrie from the another quarter of Europe. And let him send ever Madras Council were moved for and granted. so many troops into the Peninsula, the Allied Forces Mr. WALLAcz g ave notice that he would mr.ve for some other papers or the seine subjtct. . would be in a much better state of preparation to meet In a COmmlttee of Surlily 11e0,(e0 was voted for augment- them than they had been at any former period of the ing the Livings of the Poorer Clergy.—.Clo6o for the Veterinary war.—He concluded with moving, That the Thanks Qi i sllege, &c. Mr. W. Safi CH said, that a fend might be formed from d i e of the House be . given to Lieutenant-General Sir higher livings to augment the lower, The R eso l ut i ons were then agreed tq.—Report on Monday. . William CAI r Ileiesford, Knight ef the Bath, for the distinguished ability and valour dinlayed by him at Mr. Secretary RYDER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to the battle of Albuera. enable the Cornisk_Miners to extend then seryices as a Military ' Ltrouble ore CASI'LEREAGH said he had to corps to Irelaod. — Leave riven. 1..0td PALMFitfiTONZ obtained leave to tring in a 131ri to the House with a very few remarks oa this object. Every man must rejoice, after the career of Marsha/ *restore! in Portugal, tkat his efforts were rewarded by having created an army that was the admiratio n of the world, and gained so signal a victory with the same army. Lord Wellington had made his posi tions on the frontiers of Portugal so judiciously, that he could send a force to meet any attack, either at Almeida or Badajoe. General Beresford had it in his power to retreat to the Guadiana, if he chose; but he took the more manly and wise -determination of meeting the enemy, whom he defeated, after a con test as glorious as any in the military annals of the country. The trophy of that glorious day was cow in our hands. The British army were left in posses. sion or the field of battle, a4tl the enemy made a precipitate retreat. As to the loss we suffered, lie was confident that the country would be consoled under it, when it was considered how glorious the re• suit was. Although the sacrifices were great, yet the loss of the British was never so small In prove.- tion to the important successes that were gained. Zia General was more sparing of the lives of his soldier; than Lord Wellington. The loss of the British was not one-fourth so great as the loss of those againsz. whom they were contending. It was clearly proved that the French were expelled front Portugal, cot merely in consequence of deprivations, but from the superior valour of their opponents. He, therefore, considered that the two last great contens, that of Fuentes d'Honor and Albuera, had given to the Bri tish army every character of strength and glory that could be wished. It was also a most f4voup4hle cir. eumstance to reflect on , that the Spaa iards behaved so gallantly in the late contest; which conduct, he hoped, would serve as a lesson to the-whole Spanish nation. He never despaired of the cause of Spain, and his hopes were greater now than ever they had been. Ever since the French got into Spain, they could not avail themselves of any Spanish interest— they could not raise a single Spanish regiment, war get any footing in the country beyond the ground they stood upon. We should not then reproach the Spanish nation for adhering tu systems of their own. Their reluctance to be moved and led on by foreigners was a circumstance favourable to that character which determined them to resist the enemy in their own country. He hoped, therefore, no invidious compa risons would be drawn between that nation and Por. toga]. They were both resolutely bent on persever. ing in this great contest, the result of which was not in human wisdom to foresee ; and which ought never to be abandoned on the part of Great Britain, but ought to be persevered in till brought to a glorious termination. Feeling as be now did, he most gladly I seconded the motion of Thanks. General TA RLETON said the British troops never behaved more bravely than those did who fought on the bill upon the right of the army on the 16th. And he most cordially agreed in the motion of Thanks. Sir H. MONTGOMERY said, he could not hope to be able to add any thing to the eloquent statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord, as to the valuable success of the General and his army 1 but he could not help offering, in a few words, his tria bute of applause, and a proud feeling of being thecoun. tryman of that gallant officer, and of Generals Cole and Hamilton, - who performed conspicuous parts on that glorious day ; he must also express a hope, that he should never again Ileac it asserted in thet•House that .! Ireland was a bprthen to Ibis country." The Right Hon. Gentleman bad twieemenuoned in this place, in terms of high praise, the conduct of the troops engaged in another part of the world, in the capture of the islands of Arnbsyna and Banda ; the Right Hon. Gentleman was right in doing so; for a more gallant atchicvement was never submitted to the House, and he begged it to be remembered that the land forces employed on those occasions were part of that army which had recently been driven into a state of mutiny; and he trusted, that when this subject came before the House, this atchievement would re commend their case to the serious attention of Par. liament. General MATHEWS said, the gallant General Beresford began his career SO years ago as a L'eute. nant, in America. He distinguished himself at Thus lon, at the taking of Corsica. He likewise served in India, and in Ireland against the rebels. He after. wards commanded at the Cape of Good Hope, ana at the taking of Buenos Ayres • he also served most ably in Spain, under Sir-John Moore. Now he wished to state, that General Beresford had lost all the mo ney he earned during his life, by a late failure inDub• lin, on the part of a relation of his ; the coosequence was, that he was now in indigent circumstances, and he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would bear this circumstance in his mind. The motion was then ageed to arm. con. Similar Thanks were then voted to the British Ge neral Officers, British and Portuguese Commasioned Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, who served under General Beresford on the 16:!) ca May last, for their distinguished bravery on that day. SPANISH ARMY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, . there was no precedent fur the motion he was going to make, but he trusted the peculiar circum stances of the late victory would induce the House to accede to it. Although no authentic returns of the Spanish loss at the battle of Albuera had been received, yet when he considered that the result de pended, in a great degree, on the co-operation of our allies, he should submit the following motion :- 41 That this House does acknowledge the distii.gaish ed valour displayed by the Spanish troops, under the command of General Blake, at the glorious baffle of Albuera." Mr. WHITBREAD gave his entire concu7rer , :e to the present motion, but would not allow it to be come a precedent for thanking allies hereafter. The question was then carried arm. eon. and the Speaker was requested to communicate the several votes of Thanks to the Commanding Officers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, is That an humble Address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he would be graciously pleased to cause a pull moral. went to be erected in the cathedrnl church of Sc. Paul to the memory of the late Major-Central Hog iiton,lA ho so gloriously fell in the glorious battle of Albuera." Mr. ROSE, jun. stated, that he eould bear testi. mony to the military ardour which had always ani mated that gallant Officer, He also knew that he had a warm friendship for. and a high opinion of the military talents of Lord Wellingret),. whom he had inzowa in his early years, and always admired, The 1114 F .1*