The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-02-22 00:00:00

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U Mr. LusItINOToN, — I cannot think be necessary for me to trouble the many observations in order to induce to the Resolution which Isbell have propose, in conformity to the gra& his Royal Highness the Priote Ref_ deed, impossible that the House of Commons fail to recollect, or that the nation fail duly to appreciate the various great guished services which have marked rote of thy Lord Wellington, in thecou) campaign in Spaitt .autl PcretapL., Although dilfereitees of 'opinion may spectia the eepediisteyand policy of t Crest Britain itakbeew,- and -is 'now la - Pkninsula, , althengh "different views nut; , enter-) , Weed of the wisdonrOf their effort, lam perniad- I recollect thee.. . e d, Sir, that them differences of opinion, and those , sixty thousand men; whit maintained •tifeir ground diffe re nt views, will form n ' o ground of dissent from for such a considerable period o f time • -whom famine the pre et motion. The question before us is, whe.. ' alone compelled to retreat, and who,lvhen they did then t selected in the first instance by his ' retreat, although they retired in thefacd of a supe- Majesfy, and subsequently confirmed by his Itoyal i riot army, and through an hostile population, lost Highness the Prince itegene t to direct the military ' no single advantage, but maintained themselves ,trn. operations in the Peuins . tea r or has not, con- . broken -and .untouched?, Was there roue' cause of darted himself with such d -• ." zeal, and such triumph on that oecasion i . Arad in the present cam nitro consummate professional abili • ;its White it does in- paign whet had been obittined? agrand ltottrige!--t finite honour to himself, does infinite honour to the i 1k had been iiifermeal ky . ,ruilitaiy mon, that thia, country, whose armies lie was appointed to eititn.. , was a fortress which any artily preponder atin g at the mead. Illear/] Sir, the impreplon of ileil'irouse moment mast inevitably reduce'. that the out -works eta Ibis subject is - evident ; and nuclei suer an ice: were of little avail; and tbatii required a garrison premien, I feel that it would - be a gettelteitettespiaa.,pf 4000 men, , The gaerison which it contained, on their time, to cider into any detail. Of thulthvlN a however, ~whee:rtackedi t eßritish, did_ noe ei riot* achies`einents of the gallant :15iii f which mew, seed 4400 in number. pilule sfeallasstmlteL.hy on` formeeoccastons received the afteinet . and repeitt 2 :l2, ooo troops, and Lorrt.Welifirgtbu himself said,-in ed l ikpeobaillb:4d i trliemeot. Thk - circumstance"; flds dispatches, that the ' which was ii . ot meant MI talIM viiiiiel'Ait iic Regent ,bai,' - for the bud actually to operitt, tad veal tcceeded in Inking twelve months, exercised the Royti Authority, have - the place.--:{Heanibarq n owe cried " Haar, prevented him at an earlier period from adequately hear!" What he WI stated mitchrobew - valour intim marking the it Sense which he i ntertains of the me- , troops , but it weir a. stron root' of this . weakness tits of that di goished General. His Royal High. ,of the place. -Tro lay such stress on a victory like ness, however, has availed himself of the, first oppor- 'that, was to shew the country was in a most &lien tunity of conferring on Lord Wellington the honours and degraded situation. fit another quarter; the which are so justly his due. Our own conviction of French had Achieved considerable advantages. Sect' the merits of Lord Wellington ft Well known. But had conquered Valencia, snit in the course r' the Committee will obserre, that areat Britain does campaign, had sent to France 47;000 prisoners., not stand single iu the opinion which she eutertains eluding 2000 Officers. lintlajos, notwithstant of his deserts. They have been the uniform theme . the evident anxiety 9f the British General to rein of the applause of our Allies, an applause peculiarly ! it, had fallen. in the attempt to succour tit manifested at the close of the last distinguished ope- ' place, 12,000 men had been lost at the battle- 01 ration in which Lord Wellington was engaged • foriAlbuem. [Hear, hear, hear !] lie presumed that when the tidings of that great victory reached the ' his statement was an exaggeration. [Hear, hoar, Spanish Government, they marked their sense of its hear!] At any rate Lord Wellington had been value by a signal and honourable stamp of their high compelled to retreat. And yet of how much greeter approbation. To the merit of this service, indeed, the importance wai Badajoz than Ciudad Rodrigo ! The recent dispatches of theenemy themselves afford ample former only 153 miles from Lisbon, and the access testimony. Those dispatches declare that the occur- to that city easy and unmolested; the latter 320 rence appears incomprehensible. [Heat T] In the fist miles distant from it, and the approach guarded by instance, the French General spoke of the great im- formidable passes. The joy, therefore, manifisted portauee of the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo, and on the reduction of Ciudad Rodrigo, was fOr that boasted of the preparations which he had made to re- purpose of public delusion ; but even had that for lieve it, holding out to his master expectations of the tress been of much greater importance, he thought meat glorious result to the French arms. But when few would contend that its redaction would mate he subsequently learned that this fortrets, which he rially influence the final issue of the , wa r in S p ain. had c alculated that it would take nine or ten days to In the mean while, if the people of England Islam subdue, was reduced in as many minutes, astonish. to pay so dearly for such advantages-asp h* We* merit and dismay s took the place of confidence and termed, the sooner that war was eratelittrbetter.— elation. [Near, hear !) Sjr, lam convinced that ' There was one fact which, in his opinion,'-was de the Committee will unanimously agree with me that chive with respect to the probable terminator of see have but one duty to perform on the present oc. ' the testiest. ' Wlierever the English had .pairetla cation, an:l that is, to adopt the recotomeadation of Spain, the Inquisition was establithed; wherever tie bis Royal Highness the PreNe !Went, with respect, French had power, thit detestable institution existed ' to the proposed grant to the Earl of Wellington.— ,no longer. Was that the kind of liberty which [Hear, hear, hear !] I therefore move, i Englishmen were called upon to maintain with their " That it is the opinion of thb committee that a net money blood and treasure? lie had already described what, ers,oost. be granted ta hie Majefty, tout eight Consolidated Fund, in his opiniou, would be sufficient grounds for re fer the purpose of enabling his Majesty to grant as annuity of a jectiug the motion ; but his strongest and most insu similar mamas to General the tUri of Wellinon, in addition to perable objection remained behind---the state of the 11 44 &Wiser annuities granted to him, and subject to the woe ti- people of England. In his opinion it would be most inkatioes." I indefensible to grant such a suet from the public re- Mr. WITSHED KEENE made a few observations, . venue at a moment when the situation of the Em but in so low a tone of voice as to be scarcely audible ) pire had forced itself on the consideration of Parka , • 's in the gallery ; we, however, understood the Hon. meld; and when Parliament had been able to devise . Gentleman to intimate that, In his opinion, the sum no better means of counteracting the effects of hun- Proposed was Much too small a remunemtient for ' ger and despair, than by increasing the number of ' the services of the Noble and Gallant Eerl. ' Icapital punishments. Far better would the money Mr. FREEMANTLE declared, that he had sel- i which was now moved for be applied in the allevia dom experienced an occasion in which the. discharge tion of those distresses, and he had hoped that be nt' his public duty corresponded) so completely with fore Parliament had consented to hang men for of the gratification of iris private feeling. The conduct : fences prompted by necessity, it would have at least of the gallant Earl who was the subject of the mo- , enquired into the mode of preventing a recurrence tion hail always been most exemplary ; but, In the of such events. In the present state of the country i present iustenee, he was persuaded that there would therefore, he could by no means agree to the motion; ; not be a dissenting voice in the Committee. The de- ' but if the case was directly the reverse, he should I Bert of Lord Wellington was acknowledged by the ' still object to it. If the hope' which existed with re whole world. It was quite unnecessary to go into a spect to the issue of the contest in the Peninsula were detail of his manifold services. Ile hay been a . sol- as flattering, as in his opinion the despondency was diet trim his earliest youth, and iris country had ever , just—if the achievements dwelt upon , with such es.. derived the greatest benefits from his exertions. In- phasis had been as great as io his opinion they were -4 zealous, I 'W, ' the state of the country was as lieu depressed, and, in his 'opinion, al should oppose tho motion , possessed other funds from which with more peoptletyle derived— _ _ AtstinguisL General inl4ll.4lbollld, therefore, content himself with expressing his most cordial concurrence in the motion. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT sold, that although. he as the last.man who would oppose any proper re muneration to those from whose exertions the coun try had derived benefit, yet that he could not agree to the Motion, on the grounds upon which it was attempted to be supported. He allowed that he, as well as the House at large, was a very incompetent :judge of the merits of a Military Commander, more especially in the comparative igtworanco of the facts under which he necessarily labotited ; bet from all he did know, it appeared to him that 'Losed WellingtOn • had under his command a very large ford. Now be had al*ay s understood that the ;wield a Military Coutmaader consisted in the being able to accomplish a greatohjact , with inadequate tunas.: -in his opi slat, it was impossible to contrive loss done with such ample means than that which Lord Wellington had achieved. .ILaughter, indsrierqf hear, has r lie had. no wish to detract from the' droll-earned putation of any man ; but marts of `disappretation wens an peva of the fallacy of filiWittelle! l6 . 6 1 41 : the Committee recollect theTorcepldlla 7 4 1. 1 had commanded. In the lirg;o o4 4 Foglia 'tower the line, -and SO;tritrVegettl tvgwese troops in British pay, - and said 'to be sir iA-&A 4 • 4t . 4 . ss. . • ..... • .~ - ..~,. soak . Canning,. Jef commerce and minefactures be whit they am y, and too man la ments the depression which they safer more than my. self, is this a period when Englishmen are to be ad. vised—not to purchase military glory, for that is al ready our own—bat to abstien from expressing gra- 1 titude for such services as my Lord Wellington has performed, 'bemuse, forsooth ! there is a class or the community whose distresses we pity—whose dii tresses we woold most willingly relieve—but ,whose .distresses, I believe from my' soul, would be Jai- nitely eggraVated, if, by listening to the suggesflors of the; Hon. Bart. we were ttrionsent to degrade She national • character.—[Rear,' hear !j—The Hen.. Baronet next eonieeded, theft "if thy'grant were made at all, it ought Ittlei elide out of them funds whisk, according tolliti f °eremites/ had abused. Was it so ? Were Chem funds' proper subjects of the jealousy and suspicion of Parliament If se, he, for one, would not agree that out of these fubds such a man as Lord Wellington should. be rewarded : he -for one would not agree that the baseness of the purpose to which (according to the Honourable Baronet) they had hitherto been applied, should be' ennobled by such a -dignified "appropriation•Of them. [Hear, hear, hear !]—The next subject on which the Hon. Baronet had indulged the House with his opinion, was the merit of Suchet. The. Hon. Bare. net had placed Suchet in a much higher rank as a General than Lord' Wellington ; and had dwelt with' great complacency on conduct which,. as he said, had extorted the applause and admiration of mankind.-- In answer to all this it would be sufficient for him to say, that Sachet's military skill was not the subject of the present motion. As he was not yet aware that it was the intention of the Hon. Baronet to move an amendment to omit the name of Lord Wellington, and insert that of Sachet [A liugh!], he would abstain from further observation on the subject, assuring the Hon. Baronet, however, that whenever be chose to bring forward such a proposition, be wip prepared to meet him ; and disclaiming all ungemigeus solid- tude to diminish the deserved reputation pen of an enemy. Generally, however, the Hon. Baronet characterised the exertions of the Noble and Gallant Earl, as unworthy of the rewards which a grateful country was anxious to bestow upon him ; and he. partirdtaat , ye described the immediate achievement in whiehikepresent question origintiled, as unimport ant and unavailing. Let the Committee recollect that Lord Wellington was sent eat te save r• r tu g al, at a moment what/lore/wet. was ittextreme danger, and that at the preseht moment there was no questioa With respect to her safety. Let the Committee re. Collect, that when Lord Wellington was seat out to endeavour to save Portugal, he was empowered after that first service to extend his exertions to Spaiu, then in a state approaching to desperation, and that after having performed that first service in Portugal, the Noble and Gallant Lord did , extend, and suc cessfully extend his operations to Spain. To the one country he had given salvation—to the other hope. [Hear, hear, hear!) When such homage had been paid to this distinguished individual by the countries which he had so essentially assisted, was it becoming in his own country to doubt his desert? For his part he could not persuade himself that there was a second man in the House of Commons, who, when he saw that the first act of those prerogatives which had 18111 dormant so long (how properly he would not now argue), was to mark with distinguished honour the indi vidual,' 'whom, by &singular and illustrious coinci dence, it was' the last act of these prerogatives to mark with distinguished honour, would hesitate. to hail with joy the opportunity afforded him of sharing in that general sentiment of applause and gratitude which pervaded the whole community.— [Hear, hear, kear !] The Honourable' , Baronet grudged thi Noble and Gallant FArf the paltry sum 0120001 per annum. Far different was the conduct of the countries who had the most ttninedlite meaiw lof ascertaing his merits. In addition to the title granted him In Portugal* was a revenue of. 50001,.! . a-year. As. Captain-General of §pain, , ,Lerd del lington had a salary offbred to hint of 50001. a.year ;. and as Marshal of Pettit! 70001. a-yea These r. • —..s: At WIIOk services b 4OiMg ' n' eye. *At least, until lb , r is y the n countries I and not even then, would ille i those' services , had . been - performed . . It. wa s P t ' —. a purpose, to draw upon the alreitlY'l, posed to give him two thousand pounds a-year, in exhausted pockets of the people; The object of thtl; his own couutry, and the Honourable Baronet. grant was to confer addi t ional splendour on ' Lent:pitted' eta his lutada.and eyelatsuch a gross violation Wellington. if this splendour Were transparent is iof •publV r ev onoray . 1.-Allay, hear, hear !] • These well as brilliant, what a man of human misery Would :rewaritai: er f offored bre y foreign gratitude, we be discovered behind it ! • I declined b y' the distinguished person on whom they Mr. CANNING declared, that bad he anticipated were beitowed,. 4 oto Was satisfied with. haring ' . any possible difference of opinion on the Motion be ' done his duty. [Year, !year!] The Hon. Baronet,.fore the Committee i it would have been -on the !It seemed. knew the interests of Spain and Portugal amount of theliraitt, which, in compliance with the i better than those countries did themselves.• The Hoe. gracious message of the Prince Regent, it wet prO- ; Baronet contended that the one had purchased her 1 posed to make to the Noble and Gallant girl irk, :attrition, and the other her' hopes, at too dear a was the just object of his Royal Highness% ' &view: rateL4e wag apirrikeusive that our Allies were run and rectonmendation. In this view of the subject, • ning riot with joy % and was solicitous to correct had' the i seggestion of an Hon. Gent. (Mr. W. )(Mai) . their exuberant feeling, ,and to show them that they to increase:Jbe grant, been reduced to a formal pro -` , had not the just grounds for exultation,, of which. p os iti v e,• hp-should certainly have voted for it s had they fondly imagined themselves to be pdssessed.- 1 he not been withheld b_y the wish that such -ii . AIWA- ' Ile (Mr . . C.) allowed that the present was not a fi t Idon sheirldisisia the Boum with unanimity. • Bat , opportunity for considering the Spanish questioti.—j i wally for the - ' of dissent which the Bon. Ba- I But, guarding himself from being sappoo , to-gr'ousadj Rion& hid _._ be cosies'', _ the. • ,- which he ' ' ' I . • .ABlOO4lO. - :Bear, hoar! he Tietetstfnqr.Lh4 , nt . l ,. mSllon. 1 of jadainvtuar we taw of a,/ aitiot of Inflittkit,Oe. tt it'd-mint 1 orawinipo(sibitair; am luau,. b+ ne af y. s ffithwi to, look at what iris; to Osaisidet the former and the Peninsula—to recollect the • . • *kith The I Persuaded that it would be 'difficult to find its pa.- --' in military history, outrunning as it did, not the sober expectations of those who were ds to its successful termination than the fears. a 'provident enemy. With respect to the cause Spain, of that cause he (Mr. Canning) did by means despair. (Hear, hear!] .On the con. he thought there were some recent circum 4y, avaci.,Mui.e particylarly the renovation and invigoration of tjte Spanish Govrernment—Which out a brighter hope than any , which could hi have been cherished, which called upon the ish Government net to contract, bat to ex. their operatipni, and whi c h not merely jos_ them for .the exertions. which they had hi. made., but. reflected •en . their efforts the ;hest commendation. --[Jeer, hear, heat !] lie repeated . his wish; that the mom to be granted t o th e Noble findrAlbutt . Eati was 'Urger. ,It was fa r f rom 1 t being adequate to the extent of his services, more ' especially when it wassnasidered how much he had had in hit ptisverOttid how much he had .rejected ; ' but being anxious - 10 aveid.any thing like dissent on such a questies4 he would not press the adoption of a larger sum. lie was sure , however, th a t t h e Committee would cbee filly add unanimously join ' I with his . Rtiy'sl ilightiest the 'Regent in the noblest exercise of the'Regal-Preitigatives, by evincing the graitude of "the tenni"' 4wa 'airtifigaishod• intli • vidual who had rendered Ma s4f wastrdelto the pre. . sent age, and an eitt e'ttr Posterliy. ' [Hear t kear! ] . ' SiltsltAl4bffi a . : s od: mt. CANNiNG severally. et&ined; •' - ! =!:- ".7. 4 .- -.. ..... ~. A t i-U.& 16 mere/ l ey .snadeta:firevatietta low. rt tis o probation of the vote, sielge ."-ant'wdlas tinguisbectabliitiettandirentices.. '• .: ' ~ Mr. BatRfSPOW observed, that the skill and abilities of the Nohleßerl were too Well known to the country to need hit • yric•; but. he ceuldoot avoid stating, from the bf a near connect ! tion of hit own, who had wltnessed the diitinguished conduct of the Noble. Earl,ibat he wilts eminently ! qualified to carry into effect any-service to which he might be appointed. - . Earl TEMPLE-was not disposed bo.concur in any of the sentiments which the.l4o. Beronettehind him I had promulgated. Whatever, difference upon party Principles. there might be between' Gentlemen on side of the Haase, with thei eigCtitslien of the lien. liaronet; mil must agreams to ,the: • dmittent ser. Vices of the .Earl of Wellington. [Heatfylular,hear!) • The present question, in hiS opinion,bitd nothing•to do with the policy of the ear in. the, Peninsula.-- Whatever might be the distresses of the people of this country in consequence of the ~ stagnation. of -trade, sure he was that they would.bemtill • mere depressed if the house were to refuse „VP/fit* tikbliattlit Earl. If -- of the to the skid have been inclined Sir CIIRALFS BtfitliBELWeitlit Wet-hinterisen, bat for the observations of the Iferu:ithiainet ; at the same time he . was aware that theseoboroations had been most ahlyknd sucelsfullyanswered by the Right Hon. Gentleman. 'The Ilon. Baronet-had-Stated the comparative merits of 9uchet and the Earl of Wel lington ; that comparison was not to be-endured: — What had been the conduct of suchet ? At Tarra gona there were bFtweett 7 and 800 mew, wassail, and children, tranbonly put to .twoi:d bhp his or ders.-41/ear' heat !]- Witt the condect of the Earl of Wellington in the late &rives ear. vice ? Not- a single life was lost in the city, with the exception of those , on flit ,ramparts. 100 had not dragged forth the defenceless to be ittboramsly,'ltuteh. tired and murdered—Vi.ear,..hbor !]—l(e had spared ! 'their lives after 'the 'conquest, and one thousand seven . hundiea prisoners were marched eat of the place. The comparison of the merit of the two Com manders . wei so strikingly -wrong,. that he .c.4,4l.not avoid. the exPressioaof his feeling in ctotsinott with other Geitiems to.diametrically opposite to there of l b . Ittrzt.:,4lainnat, and tq. glve his testitnoisy iu lave - au:et .IbeiNottle eVe thiinglit. Nutt' he should 11l deiterve the snpptixt qf lliia.tggtl Sasaeg„fthe,.webt. &own -amom them wisimeillhayhwit marked the sensew hich -be entertained eilyi _a4llk• ea aillatjait fßee aufwed)44/14 :) • -eloW 1 W:M1 '4194111 1 1 4 41111 / 11" 7 1 lie H it i t t : ronet. • 7 .0 4 jar The House azesamet4.ead.oo-reporrwitaareiraek• 'be re&ived BfAjAß4AiNEßAiiiitetliiiir CR4IIII I IIII,D, The , CRANCEM.OIt Or the U141E40 48 . moved " Aniulinbteltddipi.to the Prince Regent, humbly praying that lie would be graciously pleased to give directions for the erection of a monument, iu ,the Cathedral Church of St. :Paul, to the memory Of Major-General RObert Craufttrd, who died of the wounds which, be received on the 19th• January; When leading on 'the fight divison of the army to the at .tack of Ciudattitoilrigo, which fortress was so glo riously wrested'. from the enemy." Thy Right Hew Gentleman observed, that after the discussion which had just taken plate ,when the ./tbore enin'tatel with" those feekngi lite esniiient services of the Noble Earl .had aroused, It would be a pleasing‘ though melancholy 6A to do justice to ;tlse.character of Mijor-General Robert CrouTurd, into, at the head of the storming-party -which be led to the at tack of Ciudad Rodrigo, received a wrote. wound,' vhich ultimately der red him of life, and left • that' • ,; • t • 1 1 , go-1, variably•persevering and zealous, 1..0rd, Wellington unimportant—if the state never allowed personal convenience or advantage to rishiog as it was depressed, tehtpt him from the lino of h public - duty. When most hopeless,, still he s to ight iaa necessary, he. Bravely fought ; but he , while Government possess neter petoitted. ony • artful or affected demonstra- the-grant sight with awl non of the enemj tb.in . du him to. Ise his ari9y ;„fund.s.f.romwhipb pensions in t` - Of ivliT 1L Id unfit to meet this u blic e could nob eloarly.anticipate. It was useless, how.. funds were exhausted, an ti ever, to Maio on thsv - morift of this distinguished consent for such a purpose . t . • .. 4.: ,''" . - ... 4- f';'t • - ,:'-' 4l" , , ' If , . .•':• • . .. those ielittis _when that euttienv 4tefie : • - • . - . . . . . -- ___ •hAI I * 64;; • •; 1 1 1114113- • *• jt and 'I - " " .. s • . to direct the energies •of tht British *wee t hink that it will in discip li ne, making in t e . w o e ., . ..., ,27. ;,....,..,.. ti „,. . Committee with the line. To these were afterwards ~ • • y , . . . •Iyigulshid . Cotemander, Lord Wellington, rallel ii them to consent more regular Portuguese troops W Br' 1.. • ~, ri s image r Ityplattse frtends It a te "te w yt o i u on m s O i l s a p •p ai .. . y , ..., o . rira ude lled d._ ta t len lic ts ar a: hea d it 1, . . e the honour to ing above• 110,000 troops of ' the li ne. , ~, L . , •• • . , i ....) ., wt. nu paying him that ions Message bob. shawl . *lt / 1 0 1 * 4 4t 41 / 4 P, . 9 °14 . , " j p..- a rii, ,4 f! Gent. It is, i tit* 1 1 'vt° ' it l e s . hite‘o l *the s t r : -... ; i , ' l ip , E s su _ I - T v these 'e'er •...• • o . • • hogs of the Hon. Bart:eviit••in 'Persia& ti o me Commons slim, nat large slitoultl bira ded*, . 1 esti - militia corisistil4 of *4 i I l', tng Esillisliinen not to reward one who had contri- trdr y, great anal distin.l amity. ._ . i mpost •srf irst•-wiliveftlligetllhAlMAtlatlf to 41IiiingfiroOiliid - li - ihe'hot. -stances readier-464 et.' l the brilliant ca- 1 above ` 3OO, loon. it nu)* also he eh L itoOf of Oro • , Eropi t r s ri ....,,/,trar, hear.]—The re-itivii course of the lair the armed pothilitiin t el-Peilitegel- imeolstedk tii [Hen. Rift. had tett.' ff into his speech several to- held of [gear., 150,000.110 , 11 er sur-h circumstances, .iniiiiri4h !Plc., eu which,. although Ito (Ma% -CA) - oW4bei •that *tato • t with re- I such i T 6 VA . Ilinnika;lio was really at a loss !they were but, remotely convected with the question • British lay eatsi i . ...d w ellm %vita t; to conceive L . Wellibtton could)ustly he the House w o u ld perhaps permit isho to . touch. li e tette( tli w mating lathe ' entitled to tba., praikt I,o4wcd upon him by the would begin with the altltsion 'of *he Ilon. l Bart. to tilled t s M a y _he enter. 'Right Itoriolirffhte tedteetithe.. Egd*the Committee the distreises or the manufacturers. "Good. God!" therto ".•• I am bersnadi recollect the c ot:wee Into Pertugal of Massena with exclaimed Mr. Canhing, " let the ilateef commerce highest _ . . . • d •.......! .:_.....1"...A ...../ ....a....r.-i......".... -.L.:4 A. 1............, ......t AL... a.. I. A.... 4, Earl. ff the Hon. rbaronet wanted further Se Hannay of the merits of the Noble Earl, he wetikltreke hint to the opinions of the com Mon enemy, who evinced theirintrprise awl woistler a that the strong- tions and out-works of. Iludod'Hodrigo should ,have been . takeialo.so skort-a lime. So muels•zasstemisbed were tbdf;dhok one of -their greatest .Generitla, had said, " totally iucomprehensible.'%«-Cilear, /tear !)—ightit watals,sofficient answer to the Hon. HaroneL z ilorlhiment shfuld-act to the Noble Larl under the on of its ewe kelingc,-muld those feelings woold Induce a degree of zeal it Om Noble Earl, which Ibliltuie era _ fight . give him addibersol claims on their gratittide. With respect to the aim, he confessed, that a larger stue ; had been proposed, he should hare been inclined to,vote for that sum. n. vv., • V r!le rs I If. II T __ "ssed•that hews wholly :the. rota which, he should give ow thatconsideratioo,' which ultimately deprived him of lite, did not s !.„ lon. Bart. to littrapeale i aeltier. Ifen" l —lie """ 'he nb r'lt Reviler', be permitted to my, thit the last cenntry to lament the loss of a most able, skilful, a vtaatichui ins. thlll con. ever lowimi l jeLeantseranerit, woaid have a. moral , the merit of..his services,. wail(' be by the erectly . . kilitary Sicilia's& bAt itteffe Ala t tl; . critical t must of . itt to 'his dielool 4" therefore j" a . y -c!. prevent =meta I of.fite Noble and Gallant Earl, what- uud galisut .011iicesi The. only means of recogniting rilewerer lielerellillkel. ' , pgrie ally . Byronghout the ttnansuia„ lanced, itc, ~ 43remg... . . 'tin ball!,Pill, _V' 140 . 1 rt., I!iY '' 4 dazzling Consequence* which the Lord o,4llsllBERRAGlfregeettedritis.alisence ..d.n. a"" 'I " illeeeeldeva of ' ieviellaf &rival General . Might otherwise occasion . ing the ditcussioilion the late rte, which preclu~' the eclair* yeeluNpi.'of It was en . ereat happy and atispleious„' and he was. him from addiag hi 4 tribute of. epplause .W the vh 3- . . , ti , • ' the in- 'i ~, .1 • 1 li i ._