The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-24 00:00:00

[ IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. AftioAi& HOUSE OF LORDS, Jerre 23. In a ("nominee ..f Privil.trr. pr.seeedong. were law) au the .mgr,. of HriAport aiet steiresier. The Idolater of the S.lory Bill writ' 'llrollfh a C• 414. "Mlle. Sever. 1 1/ , 11 horodoectl atet it was or dered that the Bill %boob' hr printed. TN/OMo TO THE BRITISH aRMY Earl BATILURST not entering the llouse until Ate, commeneed by apologizing for his elosence,— D^obilost Polity Noble Lord was -impatient to dis charge the debt of gratitude imposed upon the crow. `ry brihoee wholiad relieved it from a state of the vnost anxious suapence. However sanguine we might have been as to the ultimate result, reverses might have been experienced, and the early events wi t h such an enemy were of the utmost importatore. The campaign had now been opened by the emoted impe luoeity of Bonaparte, and that impetunsite htul•beeto Arrested and defeated by the Duke of Wellington. The French Leader had not on this occasion to tax the elements, to complain of the inclemency of the season, or to murmur at the rudeness of the climate; he could not attribute his overthrow to the distal's. inn of his troops, to the miscoodoct of his Gene. j rats, or to the submitting of his better judgment to the controul of others; he could now only blame' himself for the malt ; he himself chose his time, his' pipre, cud his adversary, and he was repulsed, de. end routed--his genius shrunk before the as. condenei eef the star of Wellington's glory. It wa s ltnt Istorleary. (or him to trouble the Denise in detail as to oper . atirons, of which every minute particu lar Was flsh stored in the minds of their Lordships, but melding time of the peculiarities of the con geese be would , make one or two observations. It had beeresehl that in the early pert of his career the Duke of Wellington had preferred defensive warfare, and had always waited for Hoe attack of the enemy. This assertion was undoubtedly true, and arose from thidefidency of his physical power, as .sell as from all opinion in the mind of that great General, that it Was the fissions he best understood. in the year 1913, however, )se had acted upon a different plan, as his numerical force was augmented, anti at the battle of Vittoria in particular showed that he was too less acqudinted with the science of attack than of defence. In the last engagement, that from its un , paralleled splendour seemed to cast a shade upon all bifother Achievements, both these modes of warfare were employed -for nine hours the Duke of Wel linkton had accomplished every thing that defence could perform, arid far three hours he had acted with all the energy and vigour of atta( k. With respect to the engagement of the 16th of June, he wished 'o make a few remarks, that full justice might be done to the triumph that then had been obtained. It peered, that during the whole of that day the Pros. suites had valiantly maintained their post, though with considerable loss ; mod the Duke of Wellingtion hearing of the advance of the enemy, immediately 'WI a corps under the orders of General Pict en to essikthem, and the contest was maintained until the CleiO of the day. Vet the enemy was bold enough to Claim a victory, not over the Prussians, het our the English, on that nccesion ; the fact, however, was, that the Prussians did not quit the position they bad taken until tome time after the French had re tiered the struggle, nor did the enemy venture to or. copy it until the ensuing morning. The troops did not quit their ground at Quat re Bras toe , the Middle of that day, and the enemy did not dare to Molest them on retiring. It had been the design of the Duke of Wellington to hate renewed the battle on the next day (the 17th), but the Prussians baling already lost 16.000. Marshal Blucher deemed it den prudent to withdraw to W4irro, and the D (kr if Wellington, in consequence, took op a position it Waterloo. To this ground the British Commander was no stranger, for in the course of the summer, while in Flanders, he had taken a military survey of the country, and it was a singular coincidence, that be had then said, that if it should ewer he his fate to bead an army for the defence of the city of Brussels, Witerlon would be the position that he should think best adapted to the purpose. The event had showed heti well the Duke of Wellington had judged upon the Wier , . It was at Waterloo that the enemy had thniight fit to attack him with all the intrepidity that characterised the nation ; the attack had been re pelled with equatlntrepidity, and sith a firmness and resolution never to be rivalled. In the course of that contest the Duke of Wellington had performed the duties belonging to all ranks ; at one time he was acting as Field-Marshal, directing and guiding the grand operations—now he appeared as a General of Division, or the Commander of a corps, and now he beaded a regiment in a determined and impetuous charge. At the close of the day the Emperor put imself at the head of his Guards, and mode a vigorous stack, which was met by the British Guards, who ("fortunately did net experience that panic which was 'oared against the Duke of %Vellitsgton and Mar ia' Blucher. The British Guards met, overthrew, Ind completely routed the cholvest troops of the one. ty. This defensive resistance continued for nine lowa, when the Duke of Wellington finding that to P o - e lisions *ere real l y to assist him, like a lion ti hung from his den, fell upon the French army, (ere them from their firot,and from their 2d line, and . length neomplished a defeat so perfect as to shatter owl disperse every column. By dispatches which Iris Lordship (Bathurst) had that day received. it tin kered that the effects of this victors' had been 5000 -prisoners brought into 13111“ PIS, 2000 more on the rd, and others whose arrival might he daily expected. The amount of artillery and baggage was already :nova, hut nn intelligence had yet been received if the reselt of the pursuit kept up by the Prussian 'my- It now remained for him to make a few oh irrtiirons upon the melancholy view of the subject, indeed, any view of such a glorious achievement tould be considered melancholy. It was not to be expected that this mighty achievement should be ac complished without severe loss—it was wisely de. creed by Providence that atomised joy or grief should ienced ; every victory had its allay of price that has purchased it, and in this '‘ in a large proportion. Private and in this case almost lest their quality of the losses, and they were not repaired to the service. Among the leers killed was the name of the manly Pirton„ and the firm but amiable The fall of the Duke of Bruin. Pe 1 TR dei tai • ch tr, r 6( ha Ist( an Cal tug Ilri Ti tin se • tit Ira th Pii fel Jodi 1 • ' * I ~.... !ri ll !, , . !, i .„ ,. !I ~ , . 1 , • 4 ), ' 1 i I 1 `I , ?, o'' ' • : t t 111. li '; :' { ; 4 i . 4.. J ..t, is ,s 1 d s • • duties belonging I *Mug as Field-14 grand operations. i Division, or the headed a regimen l• • charge. At the c ifA himself at the het ' attack, which wa I fortunately did nr charged against tl .1 • shal Blucher. 'I and completely rr . Y• any. TM% &fen, hour*, when the the Prussians ar ;' rushing from his diet, them from t at length 'vamp! and disperse ewer Lord,hip Batho kered that the el prisoner% brought IlMd,snri others w The minuet of know°, hut no 4if the result of II sway.. It now re Serridions opOli t if. indeed, ally at \ could be consitlei ex,I 4 PC tP d th a t thi complished withi treed by Provide Pv r be ch. potion regret for the prii invenee it was in peculiar Sorrows from the extent easily to be repo principal, Officer. anrl able General Sic W. Ponsonby 1 • ....~ .; .~ • ; THE STATESMAN. ammiii wick must be Mt with sincere grief. by all w h o k new b rave l y f pog h t f or i t , d e f enc e a n d security—who support may *eaten, it is impossible that [`Cast de his manners or his talents ; spit for a pr op ., „,,i,,,,, • coottibuted to (malt end establish the national glory. so much tioience ill the exultation of my no st heart of Getieral 'Sir, W• Girden, i lie would refe r t o titre 11 , • 4 all history .h a d - sho w n, that when a quail% had 'is to refrain ft om meistioeis.g some f alu i es of this extract of iprieate lett*, at; dressed by.lthe Doke of ; lost its martial spirit, whatever other virtuelt re - g reat battle—Pl, ur, hear !J —The situaliesi of /hi IVellittle ° "' "'III' . Elul ofMletyleen, .ii the Mellott- ' laissed , it soon .becante.a, prey to some lealmws enemy. adverse; yin this dmy give him s m istif.ss 4 ,1, 1 , 1 , 114 ,5 t ch"if eve""( the (I " th of th at Allitto , Orficer.—" I As to the eaperliency of the vote which he 'meant to though, its fact, war ens mules a nod in esist, h o s t i. sinner (observed the Dube of Wellington) express propose, be had to state a few facts. lie had the lilies hail hot comme nced on the part of the Allies, , toted the 'egret amid sot row with *Melt I cameo+. honour of Whig one of the trustees appointed to elan, from supplier necessity, acre siviv en t o 7 11 0 ,i. plate the !sissies the country and the servicehnvesus• ' superinteltelmtheAPplization - of-tbe grant which the li. bute their troops, oil, ieferesoce to the means of tnined: none more severe than that of Ggieral Sir berality of Parliament had granted his a provision for ; subsistence. Th e di.,tiog u ished Officer oho corn. W. Gordon. The glory resulting from such actions ' the family of Lord Wellisigion. Last year the sum mantled against the Allies, had consequently Sii np e so dearly bought is no consolation to Me, and I . ello-.! Of bOO,O OOl . was-emoted. •Itti•it was stipulated that portiostity to masuie all his comtinialious, -to slited not . tmagiiie thif . it is any in you : but I trust the- out Of that sum 100,0001. should be applied to the ... all his movements lot his leisure, aii,oisla)trom the result has been s o decisive, that little *MAW will re- • constructive of a suitable - ina'stSioh. But the tr u e- point of concentration and Isis 'milts of ...a r k ;t o insist that our exertions will he rewarded by the at. tees, after the most indefatigable enquiry, found that bend his • xertiims mud tobyiug iii . se .or li or ig teinmesit of our first object ;.--then it is that the glory i this stipulation could toot be coniistently executed— his must gallant and espe,genced.irrikei agaitist Lheitt. of the Winos in which Our friends have (sliest nifty that indeed it would be impossible to construct or parts of our line wbich stemmed to• hint the sreakeat, be some consolation." With regard to the wound. procure an appropriate mansion for the money allot- ''it was to no deficiency of j'essraight on the cancer. until ed groat tt , elle of the oat Sering was In, case of the Earl led to that purpose—that as a monument of national Marshal Blocher and Marshal Wellington. that this of ()abridge, who headed, every charge o f ca val r y taste, and of time honour due to the family of this was to 1w attributed, bemuse if thei h until he was no longer able -to sit his horse, but his great het:o; it would be impracticable to accomplish trated their edsh forces, they t e l i s i e: n si y . .oui ‘ d v h il a b s o e u l t r a ft n :ti d e i : l a or ta v eg e o . Liip (Bathurst) ardently hoped that recover y th e object . N - Noy, he would go farther. Isi t sta part of the Belgic frontier to imiresioso on the pert of was probable. At the bead of the fist a ls o vies the found that if no obligation were imposed upon the small mil of name of that heroic youth, who, ie the field, had ac- trusters to p , rchase or erect a suitable mansion, a ment to the Allied Generals, therefore, Bo spans quired a right to the love and admiration of the proper estate could not be. obtained without sinking Wins advantage in the first brush of the affair. It people of Belgium, and had obtained a better title such a sum as would not leave sufficient revenue for was also matesial to e person in Bonaparte's sites. than the mere formalities of limits , descent. It stow the support of the Duke of Wellington and his fa. tion, while combined movements were made by the remained for him only to•sta:e, that it was his in- mily. Then after such an action as that of the 18th Allied armies its every quarter to' invade Franco, to tention to propose to the House also a vote of /hanks of June—after a victory which combined all the sir.. bring to action one part of that force before it could to Marshal Prince Blucher, and to the army 'seder toes which belonged to his former achievements, be supported by any other. In following up that re. his command, for unquestionably he bore the early which presertteel a display o r all the great qualities solve, he acted with all the derision and energy of firma of the action, and without his assistance the of a General, whether for defensive •or, offensive ; mind in military affairs which distinguished his ctia. Dake•of Wellington could not have made that at- witefire—whether for resistance or atta c k—whether , racier, and as soon as lie had matured his arrange. tack which terminated so gloriously on the 111th of for gallantry, perseverance, or skill—[Hear!] —he : merits he executed this movement with the greatest June. The Prus•ion 'Cerrito, on the 161 h, rnnfortu. would ask, whether, after a victory unparalleled in rapidity. The nature of the force with which he stately had a fall from his horse, which roof asst him history, Parliament could be conceived to do its . auntie his attack is a material coesideritiott in judging to his bell; but when he heard than the Duke of duty, if it merely confined itself to a vote of thanks, !, of the merit of repelling it. It coot tined five corps IVellingto► was attacked, lie headed his troops, and and declined to present'any further evidence of pub. .d'armee, which if that which is opposite to Srras. . led them to the field to revenge the blond spilt by his tic gra/jingle to the valiant leader of such a signal . burgh be excepted, are the only corps of the army on the preys 4444 v slay, when no q u a r ter h a d b e e n v i c t or y, if it re f use d t o ma k e an a d equa t e provision French twiny which have attained their perfect .1104,1 hy the enemy. He concluded by moving for this celebrated conqueror and his family--;strength. These corps were sepportrel by the M 538 the Thallks of the House its she usual form, to Field- - [Bear !]-if it left that family, after all his eminent :of the guard, his cavalry, and au ti:lery, and Marshal the Duke of Wellioginti, K. G. &c. .1 services, in a stare of incapacity to maintain its pro. united under him as their Conmatider, their cost. . The Ma s sluts of LA N 4)0 WN E said, that al. ; per splendour ? ,If : any thing snore time Lord Wel. ! duct upheld the -high name which• the armies of though he conk not hope to add any thing to the • fiegton'S public services were necessary to interest ; France find deserS"edly acquired, end their . Coin.' weight with which the N .hle girl had introduced their Lordships, or to' indoce the House to acquiesce, mender displayed all that •vigour which he has so the Vote of Thanks to the 'satire of the House, yet In the motion he meant to submit, he had to urge the often manifested in exertions of that nature. . The he hoped he should not be deemed presumptuous if . merit of that distinguished individual's personal cha. ' amount of this band oT assailants, so formielahle Irons he stood forward, in the absence of those more qua- ratter. He (Lord L.) had for many years been t its own character and the characterof its Commander . lified, to say a few words upon* question which he both personally and politically connected with Lord could!nutbeleMitilett. / 31,00(1,..pesbillitetil..iesitlilill • could not permit to pass over in silence. He was the Airellingtnn. lie had, therefore, amplexppnrtumity 110,000 men....Peeri IseculeseT-istv -French 'army .1. more induced to say a few words upon the 'object, of witnessing his Grace's disposition,. and he could was carried to the highest pitch of di:ciplitte in Alma because when he had first heard the .Thasiee given, hear nmpalified testimony to his extreme disintereit. :Ilirmer war; it composedas copesed of those who bad 'et. t comspled with the vote by which it wa s to he 161- trines,. [Hear!) He had known him intimately ' turnedto France from Abe promos c 1 Or Uied .. lotted of additional provision, he had Mt Intim re- in hit official communications, and he had found that; Powers and those emeritus, wfie had !derived the bat. -• ; luctince its acceding to st grant that seemed in scone this gall an t warrior, while commanding oti the Pe..LtIPS of the last contest. F . . 4,, hero 4 rite lettirn of 1 degree to be list anticipation of the great tense. nit/saint and even when poor, never received fnr i botimorte-in-F;essee4l-emssmissetaireveeitieSisellis owl* -of 4 guessers to he espersed, the precise sigh t s, of which some years, his ilise official allowance. Yet he never I,elfectly.gpest i .anOnSLAlLpekl. heat/024ft could not then be ascertained. oit 55 ken his (.lord . applied for it. Al th ou gh be mule many application.* of his military genius; silt ) nil the a ct i fY of his ad. ship reflected upon till tire cif curnstatices of this great for the benefit of others, he never made any . for flint.' risers, had been exert ised sin netumniete4O the utmost • esprit, nut the est 'millinery contliirrori 'ls of fact, that self. (Mar 0 Aft er fa r ther enforcing the justice ;Alm pOwer Which *was lit be. dire4e4 fe this effort give it sus j,n ti „vs.sisce istheretit ie i , sslf, independent trlti policy of the menses, ' with e view to govtifyithe . which . it was detergdned .to Ilvattt The object of of any other sietitam ) or volitivel results—that it *si4 tlings of Parliament and the . Publie, the ,Noiskt,,Sonaparte was an •atiack', w o o l s t c h n e n rt nec e i t ed ! of i r E v is lintl as :, a scene us %lido' the great riv a l go 'titles of the toe . : rd eotieluilr4 with moving a Resolution, in per- • 'wherk.the. Ptussiest i Tticce nations w ere sought forward, where the genius end ( suitors of the Prince Regent's Message, that the under the Duke of. We•lin i ltott i and he .hoped to energy of then r..cpet five Chiefs, mini of all ranks _Home would concur In granting such additio4ll pro.. strike a blows whiCh atus!lil 1w iftterstiod with advati-1 from the highest 0!iic , ..1 to the meanest soldier, otiett vision to Field-Marshal the Duke of Welling t on, as •to which if.hehad yritit44,l„be hack frieilluscora. . h rong i m m 1.. logistic ...al in the geolLest; Ifirestreemottglit •usktme he 'nee - iv:A:try to afford a farther proof Of the bite:it truces of the Allies he could slot nave hoped to .. _: tie event heft 110.14 los low, deelsise, mid ',Outwit*, opinion entertained by Parliament of his fransrind.- have aitaliiiii . WT l ll3i's oveietebniitg - Torce be it. .. nod that it rims inl v O•tylille, therefore, to 0)01111 from tent services, and of the gratitude of the British na. : tacked.flie.larefteimerniebefroe the Titerwitraimireettr, -... endeavouring to make a record of the result, if pos. % /ion. • ' especially that of Geo. B.slmssg, reels' joist thole coat. sii,ll., as permanent and imperishable me the glory Ike. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the Andes, and notwithstanding the in. tepidity of tiro : quired, hp (alt roe culvert that the ierstimmii which was, House adjourned till Monday. . Prussian troops under such a Comnoeseler as that ex. to succeed that of 'minks to the Duke of Wellitiglii . perienced °dicer Marshal- Blocher , -E lleac, leant si, . -- . mv as necessary awl peeper. Beistg convinced that tile HOU S E OF COMMONS . —he to some extent succeeded in hi. , A r-t movements in bring i„ n Bli to amend on the 15th and 16/h. He drove •in the adva n ced events sir 11115 guess rl .) o mmeld eotetol their inguessee i sir. C. LONG mused f ,,, lea „, beyond the armies of our ow ut limos. and beyond the the Lows relative to time Distribution . f Army Prise Nt-nev, pus's, and Marshal Blucher was Willed in prodeoco fate of the countries subdued, auft that this victor y w th li e ir p h i t e u t b7 r 7a l d r i b t irs. C;;;l d .r• if i e N• l,l u l l :l l li ii r r t„ ' e Y A‘ r .:l 2 ‘.er 'i ri:: to retire towards the rear, and the Duke of Welling. and record would remain natiossal property an d a so.,triu,iou, ' il l it rem.me misvelsmiesed Lir months after sheahlie ton lit consequence was also obliged to retire from • part of the national history, perhaps more thee swy erbeati.emeht a ei, tr ib usm „ , s t oo l,' b e immediate'', pa id i n to the positions which part of his army bad occupied.—. i t h im . ,., i i r i t t i;r o ila mi s o l i tt d o::d ha bvir 0 diaribitted t.. she etftionuos :IS other of its former splendid triumphs, which *lire the titles and chatters of its fame, it was impostiMe the prewar .pietn. which rra. w es e t r a e ta l ith e rrh y c a m * ? nji m i s v a e r . e !s i ft I:b er F O r n ei t tc hi r e ass d li ) nt ' di h re:• e e v tl e a r' ga t is i t 4 st th 'il e "i P e ru fo ss r i c e e ns o , f two the not to concur tint only in the vote just offered, hut is i f i ,:i c ,,, l e i l i l w u t i ii i ,pa . . , 0 1 .... i, d ..1 s it;. , ,.. * .., , ol l ;ll l . 2 i l i v iedfat t e d i i i rs . t e e n tes4, fii h il i d a a hr s acirmisit divisions were appointed to attack the army under that which was to %tiefeeli, tint a monument might 1w est., s. , has suudx • so. had eine:mei ) act rind to teat use alt the Duke of Wellington, atid a small pat of that erected as durable as human powers and means could rscinli,irmet. app 1 army bore the shock of those two divisions during make it to arrotop i its to remote posterity, that glory: , 1 1 1, 11 ,. ` i tg i i i n.:n.,,n, ~i' Hospitalßill was read a second agar ; and the whole of the 16th. 'The gallant resistance of which our armies Under 'the Duke of Wellittgloo had ordered In b . e eianossitell on Nland..v. . i that small body gave the Duke of Welliegtoos an op. secured to Great Britain. The joy which so decisive; The Arm, Arruouts bin ores ikrouth a Committee ; the litr6l. teP S;r. ( III S 4I3I:TOSI weed, that the Speaker di; tutee his a wl ortunity of taking up, nn the 17th, that lo,jtja o widelyw a victory widely ended, must Mille all o whe previously decided oo as the best. A t the . feeling of regret at particular losses, to which the warrant so the Cl e a t ., of the croon for a new writ, for the close of that day (the 17th) Bonaparte had an - far pocoeeded as to hare thrown the Prussians into the- Noble 1 4 , 4 ,1 hail to feelingly allededv-.-Quot tlitylte . r c i i i r "i r ' of e lii:soi!er for the h.tvia of Peuaeuke, in . the rough , dee aired rnierere nee plaagi fat est. Orderrit. m. I)-ear ; and on the morning of the littli, he collected Earl BATIIUIt:T then moved the Thanks of the The [Awl Ore Bill, nad she Iri-h Spirit intercourse Bill, :fill his forces against the British, with the exception House to the Prince of °retire, Baron Alien, Ge- we i a r r. re Vlla n tillt e sni • ITi l i t ss 'e ss en fil i t " „ ed r t e n dis S c i ele "Y dinies nn io f use division whom he appointed 'to watch the nerd Barnes % Lorti - E, Somerset, and sever/Walter British Wool, objets wo. g rersd a first time; ordered to be read Prussians, from which tronp:, for a time at least, he Officers of dOsisiction,'Nehich was carried, as well aserena 11155 e on Mond.v. , expected iso formidable attack. ft is to be observed, The (new Laud,' Hilt went through a Committer ; th e. Re- , ._ . lime former wise former Resolution. that ' on lime day', Bonaparte left two eerie. to p e r t s• he fee. !vett no Mooday. Ills Lordship also mowed a Resnlution of Thanks Lord PALM EltsTosi piescoded Estiniases of she Sums re-1 watch the British, while he thought one sufficient to ' tr i ed „ o r r g aiserodied Militia, which was o eterred to a cum. i to Marshal Prince Blucher, to the Prassitio mob watch the Prussians. I should here remit k, that and to the troop, of the Allies under the orders si: the Duke of Wellington. lIPTin• lei !t i li i ir ‘ i . tr.' ,Ra,tplation and the Hol.hea.l ern e s Bill .from the dispatches of the Duke of Wellingtoi:, width . . erne isomer Commotees.—The Reports to he received ea were distinguished by noshing more than their innate . , It *as agreed la. . Steedes. modesty—:M her !I—it w o od not he dimcover. The I.i.h Dioillery Bill was . read a second time.—To be The Order of the Day for consideaing the AtilaMl immunised o' mender , . , ed, had not other sources of information been epee to Regent's Message being read, . . The trots Tow:crag Bill was read n third time aid enrced. ; us, that lie was opsosed• in person to the greatest The Karl of LIVERPOOL rose, and observilt THANKi TO THE DUKE OF WELLINriTON. , Captain in the world,.e . scept the leader of the British that heaisought it vonevressary long to occupy thelire Lord CASTLE4tEAGII.—I rise, Sir, to call the army. —[fluor, heir:l.-Ws mighty. opposing forte teat' of the Hour. upo n the subject of the treetioe :littelition of the (louse to a proposition, which to made unceasing titticks, but the undoubted resistance which he was about to submit, especially affee tle:tesery heart must he gratify ing,, as the best mode of of mu troops defeated eve . , effort brought against eloquent speeches of his Noble Friend, mead' ilie;.cotereying those sentiments which we must all feel them. It frimrrotsible to /ileac of these• troops in Noble Marquis on the other side, with regard to the rtowtrds our gr , at Commander, in the manner the terms suificies t ay high, for than sio.spociest at wattial merits of the greet Commander, and the illustriewit i Anaist honourable to him and to ourselves. It has aCitNiCe, or indisiduat heroism, which could . silent a A rm y to whom the country owed such a splendid,, reo to my Lit, Neer it, on many occasions , to propose the field of battle, w a s w o wi n g ther e . Eer !lit would t t lumph. He doubted whether it watt in the power i hanks of the House to the illumrious object of my he invirlioas to speak in praise "-of &pylon ri, where o f w o rds to add to the eulogy which the Howse had' , present Motion, but numerous and very glorious as the - whole was almost unequalled insert/aril. But it heard, but he felt that it war not in his power to of. those pest feats of Generalship were 'chid' called Is to be recollected, that great' ail the 'merit of the fer any thing which would slot serve rather to for those rotes, it was sin disparagement to their es-. whole army nos, it was, with the.. esreption of the weaken the effect of that eulogy. He was, however, ' ailed merit t o s ay s that the Duke of Wellington has British, a green army. None of thew' had ass opportu. call e d up o n to propose a measure calculated farther , not before performed—neither would .circumstances nity to see service , with the excepti o n of our regi to commemorate the glory of the Duke of Welling. ! have peribitted him to oviform, any deed equal to meats; and this comparatively young -army was op. ton, by e r ecting to himself and his family a living: his present services—[Dear, hear n—in that great posed to the most experienced aims. in the world.--. ' monument of nationel gratitude. Their Lordships 1 battle which if i s difficult to consider withosrt giving Drulucting the 25,000 men who. under the command w ou ld consider the nature of our Constitution, and It the pre-eminence, not only over the former efforts bf Prince Frederick sit Orange, West Flanders, and what was one of the principal objects of that breech of our 05 , 14 countrymen, but perhaps of any nation Many other detachmonts, the whole army under the .of the Constitution which they composed. That ob. in the world. Its political and moral influence on command of the Duke of Wellitogioss wit not 64.00 j e ct evidently was to transmit to posterity an lieredi- 1 the present war cannot now be calculated, but it men. As this was the event of his foie', it would tary distiostion of the talents and virtue of the' teems with the brightest prospects for the future, and not have been coosistent with the prudence which country ; and he would ask whether a case had ever' gives the best assurance of a happy issue in the just was iningled its such happy proportions ii, the chg.. occurred in which any individual was more eminently !contest in which we are engaged. Of this battle it racier, with the energy of the Dike of Wellington* entitled to have his merits so recorded ? [Hear!]— is impossible to sp.ak without depreciating it, if we eithout further support 16 hare begun offeriSive Orm A stronger claim to national gratitude could indeed I do not consider the tharactei.of the ditficulties with retiring. For this support we are indebted to tits not be adduced. It was, its fact, due in justice, not which our troops and their crest Captain had to con. illustrious troop: of the King of Prussia. At Ike. may to chi; illustrious individual himself, but to the tend; and though I might best consult . my own repo. moment when, from the advance of these brace me", nation, to roofer upon him the highest honour. For tation by abstaining from ,any remarks,- and recom. our great Commasider saw that he should be able to it was ohyinasly the hest policy of the nation tusbow mend to the reeli n g and endeistandbricof every Mem- push his'virtory, or-to secure his army from the ef'• . that it was utter wautiug in gratitude to those who bar the close of this peat tgais whom toz.otSetorts to facts of failure, be pushed forward with vigo , v.+ 4 • ~ :.. - • . . • 1; i ~ r 1 t I 1 f D of G of hs so, so •b 1 0 a p pr u I cl , t