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years ofunsucceesfol warfare, were now opening, on the conritry. Vfe'Were now, he said, about to reap the rich hartist;Of national prosperity which we bad sown al)d unfit 'With so much toil, assiduity, and patience : the ports of the Continent were about to be . thrown open to our commercial enterprite, and, all those amiable relations between us and the inhabi tants renewed Which were so condticive' to the wel fare of either party. Them! never, perhaps, was a season so meet fir grataalften,,_ wherever we turn our eyes British valour was 'eonspicuous, and the 4ritish flag ttjiMtpbant • in such a survey our eye n ould be chiefly directed to the ver-memorable con it which - Intel been carried on and was still carrying. • o n in the Peninsula ;: it was there the unsheathed brand of England had, indeed, thinned the ranks of .4gre4eill3Y,Arid carried terror to the verge of.hia inikcius. Amidst so many and so fertife themes of 4 14 and there was nnifoatinetely one suh .yeet calculated: to draw forth feeliegs of a very diffe rent nature,* dark spot in a prospect of no ordinary khoteh !Pete gf gin PP the Pr, and in tifxuptipg a cianeord of sweet seunds—he alluded to tie lamented indisptioo of his Majesty. Ample ground : l6i 'sorroVihadied was it that he could not participate in the Whistphi of his people, he who had, during so long and so eventful a period, directed the helot of the state,guiding with a .watchful eye and masterly hand the energies of hiX pri c ain. hear.) But it was the nature of sublunary felicity to be commonly imperfect, and perhaps it was a salutary dispensation of PitOTIDINCE that k shonkl be so, the constitution of the human mind perhaps required that prosperity should not be unalloyed. But, how little reason had we tei repine when we contrasted our pre. senetftiiktion With the fallen 'state of our implacable enemy ! How was his phoned pride trampled in the etust ? • Where was now the mighty host.be bad brought into the fielcpee the ccennwneemeot of the present campaign, by the aid of,rhich he expected to wash out the disgrace he hittl'lnstained iit thate: in the blood oithenationi that had inflicied'it ?. That host was prostrate, he trusted never again to rise to the work of blood and devastation. If he .. were to abstain from commentigg in detail an the , great events which were every day crowding on each &her, it was obViout that ie was not because the . **write - was . infertile, the difficulty Was in its eapions:l ness—he could not hope to do it' justice within the limits he had prescribed to himself. He would not trespass on the patience of their Lordships; by tracing the astonishing tide of success which had tten ded the aims of the allied nations atom the bloody • field of Vittoria to 'the recent stupendous achievements Which had tuelled the power of our enemy, and given security to the nations. It would be loqg before the Wasted strength of France would agate germinate, • bud very long before the growth of her power would ' he 'setfiCientlt aigdions to, enable her to sustain the waste of another Campaign beyond the boundaries of her own -territory. Thus had we to look fetWe.ril to a fain reward for our perseverance, and the slimy privations we. had long endurei in the coarse of the arduous struggleWe had never thought of exchanging tit submission. Oar awns,• and those of out everywhere victorious, wereaecuring for us the bles sings of a secure peace; and the victories of our allies, as well as our own, it was a proud and grateful consideration, were the result, in a great measure, of the Wisdom and firmness of British Counsels.— ..—When we contrasted. those Counsels with such as might have been supposed to actuate the French Go vernment, how much were such feelings enhanced ? Bloody, atrocious, framed to enslave and oppress the Isuman race, the vigour of the latter would have no effect but to blazon' the infamy of those from whose minds they emanated, while the former constituted a monument of patient and temperate but robust and unyielding energy which iveuld fill the brightest page of British history, and long command the gratitude and veneration of a delivered world. To the coun sels iSt. Britain—to the example. of Britain, the 'la ' bons' of the Continent owed it, that , rising now in their might they were shaking off the yoke by which . they had been so long galled, and which some time since there was but too much reason to apprehend ;wasiorced on them for a very long period. In Spain, where the influence of those counsels and that ex ample was chiefly felt, fortune had just deserted the standard of the enemy, and not a little was it owing to the incomparable skill, the unwearied perseverance, and the daring enterprise of the exalted individual who was now guiding her energies, that he who some time since was filling his harbours with ships, and his ships with troops, and threatening to cover our fields with his thousands and tens of dsousanils, was now finking beneath the pressure of accumulating armies, and trembling at the prospect of his own ter-, ritories being speedily violated by •the footsteps of hostile cohorts. Feeling how many persons there were present much better qualified than himself to raise the voice of gratulation and send forth the glad tidings that had reached us to - the world with appro priate emphasis, he should no longer trespass on the patience of the House, but conclude with seconding the Address that had been moved byhis Noble Friend - . The Marquis W,ELLESLEY said, 'he should be forgetful of every public and political printiplehe had held in the course ot his life, every sentiment he had tier cherished, every motion he had ever urged, as fit to influence the deliberations of the Government, if he did not now express *his cordial approbation of the Speech which had been delivered from the Throne, if he did not assent to its several parts with the utmost enthusiasm—an enthusiasm, which the tone and spirit that , pervaded it all throughout, were well „calculated to ipspire. Much, indeed, did he , sympathise with the sorrow expressed in it, for the • malady of a Monarch who had been the object of his people's love and veneration, whose private vir tues were not less remarkable than those which dis: tinguished his public conduct, who was the tenderest, the best of fathers, whose calamity was the subject of permanent and unfeigned' sorrow to his offspring and his subjects—sorrow which could not be dispelled, though it was mitigated by the consideration of how worthily his place*as filled.—(Hear, hear.)—Before he sat down he wished to observe how little: the pre sent agreeable state ot our affairs in the Peninsula was to be considered as the result of fortuetous cir cumstances, it was the result of a prudent, vigorous, systematic course of measures, carried into execution by him whose mind had planned them, with that consistency, celerity and. perseverance by which his character was in se eminent a degree distinguished. I Indeed in every point,ih vobich our orms and those of our , counsel,/ perseverance in efort, as producing^ the pleasing. had thwarted the designs 0f... many a meditated blow -and nations to marshal the means lon that Wist*tta plumy lila aciple, which he would Mat sfy perpetual peace, that was cal visionary men ; but it was tbe make peace secarel it was , found refuge frees the vio heer.)-11e-ifid sot wish efficiency of the barrier we detail of what - particular lIININIOUNE rent afforded a bright, and lengths, operative i for the attainment of peace : such; :ample. He could not better, , more forcibly Tx press been touched on in the bred!, and,, all thee we had doe, than by resseinOkrig theositord.• in his opinion, bad been most properly abstained from;' ships of the swords of his illustrious friend (Ms Pitt). hut, this much he would sty, and if he were not to —That great Statesman had said that Britain would, say lt,'he trusted that it could be collectedfrom the ' save herself by her own energies, an d ether nations general tomer of his public life, that when measures by her example. If the comprehensive and exalted were proposed they should have his cordial assent, if mind from which this prediction had emanated, ctiuld consistent wrath the safety and welfare of the country. 'be now sensible of its • glorious accomplishment, as. Difficulties, no 4904 were in the way of peace, but surediy a degree of satisfaction would be imbibed none that could not, he trusted, be surmounted-- difficult to be conceived be, the most ardent sad sus- Thenecessity of uaaaituityand cordial support. when ceptible. In the fortunate circumstanees in which that unanimity existed, could not be too frequently wi were now placed, we were likely to be ma. 'or too strongly impressed on the public mind. Such wiled to moderation, and to moderatioa sinsloubtesity ft . Printipte theoldbe the soul Omsk alliance , the pole mire ought never to be averse, but while he admitted VA yfits.dr cones*. lf,, unhappily, symptoms of ills this generally, he mast observe, that to point out any union should appear, we hid one count to "wine, course of moderate measures lich should be adopted, littlidis belt tq ifflel with titbE cat the disagreeing par would be in his opinion the height of presumption, ties, OW act as Madiautrn. ". ffp had one thing toadd and to adopt them the height at im prude nce and on this • et: Among the mations which had fallen &le o folly. They would be suggested and with.' ander the • wer of Francs, these was one to which we out the knowledge of any grounds upon which they should, in is opinion, look told* particular anxiety; should be so. The Speech ex pre ssed all that could he meant Holland. Between' her and this country a 'be prudently expressed, and a due regard was mini. sort of fraternal bond had long subsisted ; of all be hated throughout for the prosperity and glory of the Demo; which had attempted to stem the torrent of nation. ' French conquest, she was the mile one which cools, The Duke of SMUT( AiiM felt much gratified be said properly to have fellen a sacrifice to her ad -I.cultaSpeech, particularly , aileelkog grounded on berme* to Great Britain. We had, indeed, acted es tames which tended to shear the mighty be. if we felt the justice of warmly espousing her cause. nefits arising from unanimity, the necessity of which We had made ever y exertion to defend her, but an he had ' so - frequently inculcated. To the -various Overwhelming combination of circumstances ren- Sovereigns of the continental States, who had so el.. dered our drill is abortive, and she yielded to stern Jne feetuairy combined to bring about the present multi- colic'''. It had been well said in 'the course of the cious state of affairs, too much gratitude could clot debate, that this was nut the time to canvas the terms be felt. When'all were so well entitled to praise, it Of peace, but still he would not consider • himself as would perhaps he invidiOus to single out any.indivi- having discharged his duty if he did not state it as dual, yet were *dioverthrow of Vandamose, and the his fixed opinion, that in any treaty we should make general promptilede with which the Swedith force we should consider with an eye of particular favour, was always brought forward,. circumstances of such a nation which had made greater sacrifices than any prominent effect in promoting a Wirottrable issue of ether to her attachment to us, if we did-not earnestly the campaign, that it would seem impossible no; to endeavour that Holland should be re-established as 'no tree with particular epprobaiion the Princes to an independent republic. The opinions he had now Whose zeal they were attribatahle. They bad int- delivered he did not wish to be considered as the re parted the spirit which warmed their own bosom*, suit of the grateful intelligence which had lately ar and an ardent thirst kr glory and independence was rived. Certainly that intelligence had given fresh diffused throughout the. combined host of Northern vigour to the hopes he had before conceived, that Europe. . the moment was fast approaching when we were to Lord CR.P4V.ILLE completely and cordially reap the benefits which our toils and str u ggleshad concurred with die Speech, the tone and language of so well purchased ; but those who had watched the it had his entire approbation •, never were sentiment; growth of his opinions, those with whom he had con delivered better attired to the occasion ; never was versed on the subject of 'the great confederacy that .language better chosen to convey them. He was al- he trusted was working the deliverance of Eurtme. !Ns raw happy to pay his humble tribute of well- would vouch for him, that long before the inteUi- P merited appl ause, and never was he more happy in genre of yesterday he was prepared to say, that the p a ying - it non thepresent occasion, when the re- Allied Powersshould have all the support that the re lit/It-of the efforts which *Mended it was so favoura- sources of this country enabled her to afford them-es fele to the happiness of mankind. Since the great i prepared to exhort the Government to administer confederacy that after the Revolution threatened the ! .that support, not only While the confederacy was . dismemberment of France, had been dissolved, tha t prosperous, but if any turn of fortune should seem subtle nation, aware of the danger to which she had I, likely to thwart their efforts, so long as imanimity I been exposed, pursued one line of conduct such as was in their counsels—and now he would say, that' was best calculated to obviate it in future, and lay her ' if yet such a reverse, of which there was happily *no enemies at her feet. Separation and disunion were I likelihood, should take plate, this advice he would ' her object. She resolved that Powers which had one be found'ready to offer. •N 9 reverse should damp an common interest should hive contact only on a few ardour, for this country there was no peace, no se discordant points, for well she knew that union was curity,. but in the peace and security of Europe, and the grand bulwark of independence and freedom. It that could be attained only .by reducing France . was unnecessary to remind their Lordships of the fatal within her just limits. We had, in the laudable ate success of her .endeavoors'; wherever they, were di- tempt, endured and sacrificed much ; perhaps we rected, havoc and spoliation ensued: If her ambition had still to enddre, still to sacrifice, but the burden coveted, her ardour attacked, and her acts succeeded; would be rendered light and the loss trivial, by the but at length the secret of successful opposition was bright hope which had grown in our bosoms, that discovered—it was now perceived by the States of the long-protracted contest was, at length, to be, Europe, that England was not waging war for the brought to a favourable issue. maintenance of a maritime superiority (Hear, hear), The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose to express the but for the maintenance of their independence and of . great satisfaction he felt at the language that night her own. That to which we had long looked was ; uttered by the Noble Lords who had spoken before at length 'accomplished, and accomplished by the I him. If any thing could operate to increase the means through which only it was long manifest it : Olt'asure and to augment the value of the eventi could be accomplished—by combined resistance— ; which had recently occurred, it would be the len ((fear, hear.)—Joint measures had been resorted to' gunge to which he alluded. It would operate to for a common object, and France was likely to be the greatest advantage, not only in England, but in brought within, such limits as were consistent with the the Peninsula, on the Continent,'and throughout Eli= safety of the neighbouring- States. With respect to rope. All would see and all wound know how to es the means by which this great object was to be ac. Ornate the value of that consent and unanimity which complished, there hail been many different opinions, prevailed with us at home, and which was in such but there had been• never any difference with, respect %complete unison with our external politics. He had lis to the desirable nature of the object itself; by all, tend with peculiar gratification to what had been ex the happy moment when it should be attained was pressed by his Noble Friend (the Marquis Wellesley) looked for with equal ardour. He was well aware and by the Noble Baron (Lord Grenville), and from that our Allies, that our enemies, would - look with the speech which their Lordships had that night heard anxiety to the language w hi c b would be held in the; from the Noble Earl near him (Earl of Clare), he British Parliament on the present occasion, and there. anticipated no ordinary accession of talents and do. fore he held it to be the duty, not only of men occu. , quence to that House. In all the sentiments and do ming prominent stations in the Government, but of servations which had been delivered by those Noble every man accustomed to take part in Parliamentary : Lords, he heartily and thoroughly concurred. But Debates, to come forward and state his sentiments. he was desirous to snake a few observations upon It would distinctly appear, that on questions when what he had heard from the Noble Baron (Grew. the interestrof the •nation and of Europe were die- ville). Most completely did he coincide with the tinctly perceived, no personal - predilection. no party sentiments and opinions of that Noble Lord respect feeling, had any influence ; but that men of all par- ing the balance of power, a system which alone could tics and all views were unanimous--that the opinion form the basis of a secure and lasting peace. The and the feeling of the British People was one and de. destruction or the derangement of that security it was terminate. (Hear.) —So long as the Princes of En.; which during the last twenty years had crushed rope were combined for the purpose of maintainieg and disconcerted the various combinations which their independence, no partial or narrow views coda had been formed to resist the enemy. The great be entertained with respect to the struggle in this truth was, a new light had broken out upon the' country i to support them with her utmost energy Continent, and a new principle of national indepen was the duty, as it was the inclination, of Great Bri- dente had sprung up in the Peninsula, and had diffu tain, and concerned her interest as it concerned, her red itself throughout Europe. The events of 1808 ex honour. At the same time, undoubtedly, no man hibited a fortunate and glorious display of that new. wound express himself adverse to the restoration of , spirit, and the war became characterised, not as a peace—peace, the dearest blessing which a nation ; war between Governments, but between the people could desire from her Rulers—peace, which 44 pro- , and their invaaers • and from all that he had heard, bably been long wished for by all parties--peace ,' from all that he ha d: read or contemplated in the his which even in France was wished for by, all but one : tory of national struggles, the event to be naturally individual ; ,but if we were to have peace, we must looked, for was such as had recently taken place:— have its real blessings—the substance, not the alsz- I That noble spirit had so prevailed, that States dow ; for long had the nations of Europe been de- the roost weak among .the Allies became soon for ceived by hollow traces, which had uo effect but to midable by its influence. The state of Portugal supple the means of fresh aggression. But the nice' could never be forgotten, particularly with a view to merit was now come, when Parliament was again. to ' her military establishment before she adopted and hear the expression which once was used to convey ! acted upon the resolution of establishing military dis the notion of peace secused :at was an old-fashioned, cipline. The Spanish armies too, under every difi but a grateful 'expressions -rile BALANCE oe. Dowel'. cuhy and disadvantage, reanimated by that noble (Hear, hear, hear.) He reroood, shanks to Pawyr. ardour, had exhibited the most splendid examples of o Dme thit he had ; been suffered to live long glum!) diecipline, 'valour,' and heroism, and, excited the es to see his country sensible that the o nly legitimae seem and admiration of mankind. The spirit of na object of her foreign policy was a Balance vi Power, dotal independence was still cherished in tbe Penis-' Veh Wass . siploptd - to act upon th it Allies, • .• • A *At. was the principle tort, ,might be c .. ' - *livable of preserving perpe result; our perm' • . tile.litionary notion of visioi the,enemy, had sac y - *.ciple molt likely to to is afforded time t. o • at in which the weak fen XIS of resistance. while . e knee of the strong. (Hear, e often opposed to the tor- to enter into any detail of d at lengtk, operative ex- .Mighrbe adopted for the a er or more foro6ly cxpress measures hatruot been toucl Min, when little hope elided of its fievailing stately ; hut, cherished by the blood and tnergtes or Great Britain, and guided by that illustriotts C om . mender who kids their common fate, they had be: come ulthisately successful. Those Mete facts and glories not only known'at home and in the Peninsula, but felt and acknowledged on the Continent. The spirit generated in the-Peninsula tinseled in time to the North of Europe, and the most formidable mili- tary power that had ever been.broutbt into the field was destroyed and annihilated in Russia. Many eir• cumstances concurred to check or distract that gene rous spirit in Germany. Not thit Germarft 'could ever be sopposed to want spirit, discipline or valour.. but circumstances certainly there were which prerini ted those native qualities from operating to the adz vantage of Germany and of Europe. But how nof,li hid Prussia.emerged from those difficulties! and hovi gloti ma and astonishing had been tier recent eget: tions?—With respect to the measures to be pui,ued by the Allies, that was not the time for entering into the consideration of them ; but ithateitre they shotfid be, they *mild be the result of the most intim ate , complete, and cordial' understanding among them, wcold be improper there to detail the meaaares ; but he could.wath gladness affirm that the C tat Powers were very well apprised of the vie* of the British Government, and approved if thent•— Upon that principle of confidence and ecc l / 4 h4144160. mot the cause of the Allied Powers reined }f, if wpjpoited to the zeal, enterprize, diseipline.•nal va. lour r iarthe combined armies, the manner in which the bold measure of crossing the Seale waiilsoliCeined and executed. and the. virtue and efficacy of di t e principle would be manifest. He was unwilling to enter into detail. The principle of the Allied Powers was founded in national independence. In that prin. triple, and in the necessity of maintaining it, they Were all firmly agreed, and at the same time con. Lwinced, that by perseverance only it could be main. tamed. In that persnaiion not only Great Britain, but all Europe, was fixed ; and it was manifest, that instead of relaxing, or not continuing the vigour of their joint efforts, those efforts ought rather to be augmented. The great end and object among them all was peace—a general peace, consistent with jus tice and moderation justice, equal and impartial— extending to all parties, even to the enemy. It did not enter into the thoughts of . his Majesty's Govern- ment, impressed as they were with that principle of equal•justice, to propose any terms eves to France, :which they, in a similar situation, would not think it to agree to. The safety and independence of Europedoper being the object of all the Allies, nothing would be required of any party, or of the enemy, but a security for the maintenance of that independence. —Lipari the foundation of those principles, he relied with confidence upon the support of Parliament and of the country, and, with that, and the blessing of GOD—in the canse e of Europe, of national indepen dence, and of humanity, he trusted for a successful issue of the contest in whick we had been an long and so arduouslyansaged. • The question was-then put, led 4111 MOMS was agreed to without dissent. - • , THANKS TO MID WELLIKOTair Earl BATIMILIT,Rave nonce, this, ihr=volt. be should %stove the Th anks of the Howe So die "Wei. Batton augl the Army under bis eounotanii thikiribltheered that the Lords be susitnamed tbr oecagoo. ‘ 7.1 7t Their Lordships then adjourned. to Samtber, as we understood, the Adduces wilt be meet up t re aerie. HOUSE OP cdminTes. At two e'clock,thelligneets sea dittlitr and on his re. torn from the House of RAMC -. in,Sinialt lialtiC. 1106 exe formably to the provisions of so ealika atk of hie present 4;,. •Majesty t be.had. Mete the lastAwee * of Pedfallbilokisened bk Writ for the Election of aow - - Wye foe thematic? of Dutbarn, le the room of Sit H. Vane , tippet, deemed. • Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON moved that the Speaker shoed issue a new Wrk for the Electioa of a Mambas for RAW*, is the room of the'Right Hoe., Frei*. Robinson, who had accepted the °ace of Joint Paymastermf the'Artny. Mr. ABERCROMBIE moved a New Alit for the likwoogi of Woodatock, in the room of Lieutenant-beneral Mormon, who Mace his elced.m had accepted the 0 4 the' Chilies Hundreds. .. The SPEAKER stated, that according to the usual custom the Clerk had prepares i Bill for the prevention of Clandestine Own lawries, which, qa his motion, was then iatroduad; and read a first and second time. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. The SPEAKER, after stating that he' had been into the House of Peers, where he had heard a moat gracious Speech from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, of which heoto prevent mistakes, had ob. tautest a copy, proceeded to read it to the House.-,-- , ( See the Report IY . the Lords Proem/it:gr.) Earl COM PTON. then rose to move an Addresi to his Royal Highness.. The auspicioas circumstances under which he bad taken, to propose to the House the motion with which , he would have the honour to conclude, were not only gratifying to him in every other respect, but rendered his task on this occasion comparatively light. The-only topic, indeed, in the Speech which they had heard that could excite a me lancholy sentiment or damp the general spirit of ex ultation, was the continuance of his Majesty's infir mity.—(Hear, hear !)—With the exception of that concern which filled the minds of every class of his subjects at the protracted duration of his sufferings, every other reference furnished fresh grounds for animation at the present and confidence for the future. The brilliant series of achievements unifounly sus cessful, excepting the attack on Dresden, which hat marked the progress of the Allies in the North of Europe since the expiration of the armistice, kad not only 'abstracted from the enemy's force above 10(1,000' , men, and had entirely changed the character of the war, but the results to which it probably would lead. In the course of last year, allied with Bonaparte,' Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria, formed their letOors• bits) the Ruasian empire ; now ranged under II:e same' banners, and combating for the same cause, Framer bad to contend against their united strength in cW.- .Nances of increasing defection and multiplied disas. - tars. tlid the armies now commanded by Bonaparte consist of experienced soldiers, accustomed to thi 'field of victory, the vetetani of Austerlitz and knee • No, these had perished, bad been already devoted ' upon the altar of his insatiable ambition. When thee. 'modern Attila reflected that the troops to whom he was now Obliged to commit his safety and his empire consisted of the victims of his despotism, dragged in 'Chains frowtheir irieuds and country, he would pro ' bable be sensible of the uncertainty of his situation, And the insecurity of the support on which he had hitherto depeodel ' Non talieuzilio; nee defensosibus isis, Teu 3 Plis ciet — . — The restate of the Lys battle taken in conivaction with I .; 4 I I 3 P Nu Si ta.