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-zA .• - • PILICIL SIXPENCE-HAI:PPS torrors of campaigns that i.ever existed, and enter- great. It must have beers very great in transport ed Minutely into the particulars or, assaults, am- to the additional ships of star placed in con buseutles, storiniugs, and other miseries of war, so i r on ;in the great .manger in these ships' much, that it star einiu;ll to de,irive Members, who ant their guns and taking in horse*: were not military men, of their sleep. He hod then pital ship, fitted up rn the prey' a, gone into a disquisition on the fallibility of man ; were; in the commissariat der .6. inns , rating, thereby, the fallibility of Ministers; eapsuditure of ordnance it ism and, he really believed, that g more fallible set than partrarat ;in the new staff ` ate the pre.mit, in war, never existed. 'f be Hon. Ge- creteservice money ; in at aaJ limit then examined the chavicex, and explained bricks, lime, ke.; in c;rie. the probable hardships, of a contest, supposing out of general e' Jr. Ash- 40,000 troops bud been transported in the North of charges; and in OGermany, to act between the Em s s od th e W e s e r. o f recruit i ng "P e " "" But this was not required. for all that Austria itself' soy' rs Griglietti, asked of this country. vies, detachments of cavalry UpOlv Ir. Gus", Mr. and artillery. Frem Germany, the Hon. General tidoe travelled into Spain ; and here he agreed with him, Ar•J•Agliki• that from the season of the year, nothing could have Ik e Is. been done in that quarter. From Spain, he we y, to Italy, and contended, that to this point up F Bill it ,tow dition would hate been too late. He 'Ger ,ill?iG, PAVING, did not think so. As Ministers were a is, an.l other public PA NC.R.V4 i tu the of intorm..tion, su surly us Drceinh shall be wade upon might have had an effective fie esti. iO,OOO men alfealiy to Seedy sod LYON, Sormitun't alone tin' enemy won eultre' oursbery.misare. tifeclunily 10 cu-operiA• Would have the Set , lILIAMENr. Scheldt ; stud an lutist he sent notarial-, 29. 'laced, that mord ea she Appeal respecting the Con* Peerage —A heather bearing us warrie Alt Bills were brought op from the miner of which was the Irish Sugar Jere read a first tinge. ale erre ft/retarded in their reaper APAIGN IN SPAIN. ,LAS ruse, Said paid, the pepsin winch had it the co Spain. Furth,- mime of which ' nipl4 and oti' is toe punt e alma' 1. pal:v 14*. mirrors of campaigns that i.ever existed, and enter 'd Minutely tato the particulars of assaults, am /UW.441,i, storiniugs, and other miseries of war, so ouch, that it was eniiti,;ll to de i irive Member'', who .ere not military men, of their sleep. He hid then (tore into a disquisition on the fallibility of man ; Ilmoratieig, thereby, the fallibility of Mioesters ; end, be really believed, that a more Nibble net than he pre.elit, in war, never existed. 'Flee Hon. Ge moil then examined the chances, and explained he probable hardships, of a contest, supposing 10,000 troops bud been transported in the North of Germany, to act between the Ems and the Weiler. But this was not required, for all that Austria esker, of this country. was, detachments of cavalry rod artillery. Frem Germany, the Hon. General travelled into Spain ; and here he agreed with- him, that from the **mom of the year, nothing could have been done in that quarter. From Spain, he went to Italy, and (-untended, that to this point up Expe dition would have been too late. He (General T.) did not think so. As Ministers were in procession of intorne.tioe, su early as December, IbOd, they might have had so effective form joined to the 40,000 men already in Sicily, oady to act, where alone the enemy win vulnerable, is time soffit-Mut tffecitielly to eu-opere% with Austria. but they Would hare the Scheldt, and nothing but the Scheldt ; sod an Expedition, to write our resources, smolt be sent somewhere. He was firmly con viuced, that, hay ing now overcome all opposition on the Comment, we must expect that the greatest warrior of this or other times would gratify bin rul ing passion, by an immion of this country. It be came us, then, to husband our weans of defence, and not squander them iu such a manner. He le afed that the Expedition was any diversion in fa• your of Austria; as, before it willed, Ministers knew of the battle of Wagram, and the conclusion of the armistice. Wheuever they were informed that Napoleon had entered into oeirociations, experience ought to have taught them to anticipate the com plete triumph of Frafsce, and prostration of Austria. Such had been the consequeoces to powers who treated with him after the battles of Marengo, Aus terlitz, and the Niemen.. A Noble Lord (Castle reagh) had told them, that the General Officers, with hum Government chose to consult, were not, when they delivered their opinions, in possession of the facts on with Government decided. These olficers .were rash in declaring their opinions without a per feefifeowledge of the grounds on ankh they stood, sad as no dais was given them, he considered the eonsultatios of larovernment to he one of the great egt mockeries and insults ever offered to the reek htly profession. Tue Hon. General opposite (Cranfurd) had commented somewhat too severely on the evidence gives by a worthy Friend of his (Sir W. Erskine), iu whose answers eo much.reen. racy, information, skill, judgment, and intelligence was displie.ed. as to make hint almost believe that the soul of his illustrious tither again lived in him. There was a similariiybetwern the late campsite and that of 17411, for the., we were masters of the muse try, aud ablecompletely to invest the fortified places; while in the lasi, the relief every day to be expect ed from their friends, would induce the besieged to hold out to the last extremity. He them proceeded to remark on the evidence of Geo. Brovinrigg, for a hose professional knowledge he professed so n , ration That General had wen it, as his °pinto'', that the Exped.tion might reach Sautvliet, and land in divismos. ou the ist, id, and 3d. August; and in thirtruu or fourteen days, accomplish all the ob jects in view, and be on their return home. This was a mere visionary opinion of these officers, up ou which Goterinneut was so much buoyed up, as to undertake this impracticable Expedition. where every thing depended on the veal. ride; eici. Such was the anticipation and ptoject of all things smooth and even. He would now take a view of the campaign, and see how different to these pleas ing speculations every thing turned out. After an unaccountable and culpable delay of nineteen days, the army obtained possession of Flushing. With regard to the capture of Walclieren, their operations were as slow and clumsy as any hr had ever had oc casion to contemplate in the whole course of his usi bury o b servation. liestead of proceeding in the way they did. as time was their object. they ought to hate marched down at once a single column of GOOO men. By these means they would have cut off the reinforcement.' thrown into Flushing from the country, prevented inundation, and. if the garrison came out to tight, terminated the affair by defeating them, and entering the town with the fly ing enemy. As for the operations against Antwerp, there appeared some coutradiction between the evi dence of General Browuregg and others, as to the state of its fortifications. General Brownrigg ap peared to hare peel more attention to the suburbs and out-works, than to what to general more occu pied a soldier's attetilint.—.fie height of the ram parts, and depth of the ditch. ler his opinion. re specting a landing at Cadssiid„ he was also at vari ance with other officer•. Having controverted Ge neral Brow nrigg's• opinions, on this point, General Tarleton also argued against the opinions of General Mac Lee], that a boosbardittent of Airtaerp would have had any effect, mid of General Sontag. that it might be easily compelled to surrender ; and con tended, upon the whole, that the f.ll of this place could nut he expected iso emir as Ministers were led to calculate upon. The Noble Lord (Caii. tlereagh) had brought before the House many Ina!uncry of failure, as if all the failures in the world could ever exculpate him from his share of respowalislity upon thus disaritridt• Ex p-ditioo. lie hvd %roue to the Dardanelles, to , Ee% t o, to Buenos Abets, and alien the nitolse fitic.l, ha.l tried the wave., and ate cued to the tie. Art, r rtoir.,%norio4 to rects-e failure, ht ,(1 to, .1 to make tls ni believe that the me oie run no m in, then lifiti,Doc.l.; they lowa j I awl hone alto g-ve rr..tlit to tha,— He • 'MA merino'. • few the ezirmirdi.s.try it ..ins it. •v!..,ch :he expense ;marred toast have beeu very great. It must have been very great in transports; in the additional iiiips of mar placed in commis sion ; in the greet cliangre in these ships. taking out their guns and irking in horses; in the het* pital ship, fitted up rn the peculiar way they were; in the commissariat department; an the expenditure of ordnance in the medical de partment; in the new staff appointments; in se cret-service money ; in materials for building, bricks, lime, &c.; in the flotilla; in the currying out of general ulcers; in the miscellaneous charges ; and in the loss of 7,000 men, the expense of recruiting within, estimated at 401. pee man. in itself would amount to upwards of half a million. Upset; tin these Arta the expense could not Ire taken at lea than 3,000,0001. When oar force ar rived at Baths, then it was that the officers, so um arsine is discovered that the object of the Expedition was impracticable; that Lilco was trot to be taken ; 'that Antwerp was not te be approach ed; and that the shipping, the greet end of their equipment, were moved entirely out of their reach. He would not go into arguments en the unhealthy season selected by Ministers for this Expedition. and creel detention of the teen at Ilifidelieree, etre the ulterior objeets were gtvits 1Ip,• The whole trensaction, foe absurdity of design, end profligacy of expenditure, ansoug all tbe vseilintioes of Mi nisters. stood preeminent for 'folly and ignorance. These climes were proved by the evidence against the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Perceval), and be must therefore giro his vote against the amendment. General CIAUVVIIID explained. it bed never been 'mid that Government kept back information from the Officers they consulted, but that the is.- formation that resolved them wu received after ; that cousultetinn. General 'FAitheeoll explained. Mr. VOW Said, lie would not, nor was he compe tent to follow the I Inn. General through ail his mi litary details and observations, particularly as all hie arguments went against the operations in Will cheren, in approbation of which, a vote of the House had passed. He contended, however, in op position to ths Hon. General, that the Expedition had rimed as a diversion in favour of Austria, and h o d dr a wn troops from the north of Germsuy, which would otherwise have been brought to bear upon the Demibe. The Expedition was pre pared, and iii readiness, before the news of the ar mistice was received; and would the Hon. G. neral and his Friends have, merely on teat account, laid it aside, without Iloilo; any thing? By being sent to the Scheldt, it had dram' General Gwent. with 7000 men, from tile north of Germany ; it lied brought the garraous from Stettin, Cimino. Am sod the whole Westphalian army wits on its march to oppose it. But, even stripping the affair of its merits as a divetiion, after the hopes of *— silting our Allies were over, the British object was worthy of the Expedition, and the taking of Flushing alone, could it have beeu retained, was defies wag of the whale expense. This was not his opinion alone; it was the opinion of men, to whose sense and skill the country would ever bow with deferes.ce, and not expressed pri vately to him, but publicly, to public men. Lord Nelson, when employed against Boulogne. had de clared it to be his o*lion, that the comities' of Flushing was the mart important object this COllO. try could cchieve. In his letter to Lord St. Vise. cent, cn the subject, he stated, that to get to lid voet or Flushing, and destroy the enemy's ship ping, would be the greutrst service that could be rendered to the country. He offered to undertake the tiok, stating, that it would re quire a week's time, and ie or 6000 men. (Hear, hear, Irani the oppeitioa.) This stewed that la mented hein's opinion', thee the greatest danger of invasion to his native land was from Flashing, and that it would be of no d.fficult conqueet. The same was the opinion of Commoder.. Owen; than whom a [Dore skilful, docerning, and excellent °Seri.. did not grace the British service. (Here the Right lion. Gentleman entered into it handsome eulo glum on the distinguished officer whore name lie had mentioned, and who, from his gallan try, activity anal promptitude, in every emergency, had attracted the peculiar notice and friends:lip of Lord Nelson). Ile entertained similar nienioos as to the importaiire of Flushing; atsd it was from such authorities as these that he (Mr. Itra ) drew his argument, that the conquest of Flushing alone (could it have been retained) was a sufficient ob. jtct to justify the Expedition. By the possession of that port, where stu sail of the l i ne could lie In the basin, fully equipped, ai.d ready to come out with nit east wind, we would avoid the great ex pense of keeping two fleets, on different sta tions, to watch the enemy. It would also have been inoreeffectual than even destroying the enemy's shipping. For, though we destroyed his ships, they could be replaced, while the forests supplied the timber; bur, by possessing Flushing, we wittily an nihilated Antwerp. and all the fleets in the Scheldt. The Right Hou. Gentleman than went hate parts of the evidence, to thew that Sir Richard Steinhart. Captain Cockburn, and others, from 13th August t o 29th October, continued to think Flushing of such importance. that it ought not to be given up. That it ought not to be given up. on account of the security retaining it gave to this country, as well as with an eve to future operations against the rushy on the Coutioent. There was another consultors lion attached to this subject. Even though we wets umilde to have kept possession of Flashing. could we have destroyed toe siavioation of the Scheldt ? Stich a ie-rece would have justified the Expeditioo. —H e 'Mewed. from an extract from a letter of Sir Richard Struchan, that, on 13th August, he Ihad considered that is precticalde. Modelers err , therefore. entitled alas to have thought it attatt.wl.lt. The Hun. Genticmau had aroused tin of h,."; the tp•At fa!hihle Ministers that ever ti a .::.iiiely .Iw, 'ilia s 14,b1 e Lord . (I'or. !rests) had iltszi.i.t-1 this as the snort dieast• nu i of all rap , ilitiOns ; ' e'" vi.:e el our history euu:d Thew that :hate axe.: net.' winp:oyed iu Spain. This, he believed, az, the first instance, in diplomatic correpeiad u.re, is which persons of the dew ription he ale' hided to, had been so compromised... lie thought the matter a most Nernme one; an mach to, that het shoel4l nos gite notice of a motion, which he should submit to their Lordships, to-morrow. respelling propriety of deferring the farther publication and delivery of those papers, until the nature and tendency of their contents were better ascertained. 13 the sheence of the 'ffeble Lbrd . (Weltlndey7 le via= these matters mote particularly. but UV el. elusively, hrinhged, he should riot now enter into "I details, wishina, however, to be informed by me Noble Secretary opposite, (Lord Liverpool), thether mere, and what papers, were intended to be delivered. The Earl of LtaraPoOt. had only to oh serve, that the pope's alluded to by the Noble ;biros lad been divided into two sets, those list belonged 1., the Diplomatic and those which belonged to the Military Department. He believed the Diploma tic Papers were already before the House, as they were in a greater degree of forwardness. The re 'twining Military Papers would soon be ready ; but, iv the absence of his Noble Friend, he should like. wise decline going into any detail on tke subject, while be expre.sed a wish, at the same time, that the prodnction or non-p►oduction of the papert should not be decided by motion, but by an understands in t that no further papers should be delivered until sft.r the discussion, of which lite Noble Baron bad given notice fur to-morrow. In the mean time he should take occasion to communicate with his Nctile Friend (the Marquis Wellesley). Lord GaaavlLLl expressed hie acquiescence in the Noble Earl's proposition, and it was ordered trrt the House be summoned for to-mortow.— Adjourned. were slot wail founded. He 'meld not go hack td the great failure of Prince Eugene end the Dub/ of Savoy ; but take • short retrospect, frees they end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frog/ thence prove, that other Ministers had beat se. fallible, and other expeditions equally unnietaisfull The Right Hoipurable Gentkman then entered into en accouut of all the unfortunate Expedite*/ in which this country has been engaged for the last century. He detailed the unsuccessful operations against Rochefort, in 1727—the attack on Betgeo a op-Zoom, in 1747—the Expedition, in 17/o—Lord Anson's and Howe's, to the Bay of Biscay. in 17.11 —the miacamage at Cherburg in the same year-34 the attempt on Martinque, the same •yea--General Itiogaley and Admiral Kepprl's Espediuon is 1760—sod coschstled this part of his ancient his.' tory, with the siege of Belleisle. in 1781. Within turned to mere modern times, and hinted at the Dardanelles, Egypt, sad other miscerritges of the last Administrate's. He did not state these things in order to them any erasure on any Administrat thin, but to disprove whet ha been deserted; and to shim that if nothing wee even to be undeetaked bat with an abs. lute *Minty of Ammo, nothing worthy a nation would t‘fir be dose. Thit the object of the late Expedition was great and ins. portant. he conceited could not be denied, after - the °pitiless of Lord Nelson, Sir IL Streefion, and Commodore Owen, were known. With regard to the expense, the Hooey reble General had esti mated it very high, and had favoured them with the distinct heeds of charge. It was true these were all already enumerated iu the documents as their table. and he believed no Minister don/ • ever instruct a clerk to slier the amount, and make it lower then it was. These papers stated it at eOO,OOOl. which must therefore be received as the true amount. nets ithstanding the conjectures of the Hon. Genets!. Thus, moldering the Baps. dation, as calcul ate& to attain a great nattosal objtet i , he would vote for the aissadnitut. Lord FSANCIA Osseous/ in a west speedy expressed his reluctance to offer hay "observation' which ehould frescos. also the time of the House was such was the aspartamee of the crease inquiry, that be would not give a odes vote on the • question. Whew be atkutively examined the evidence sitibmitted to their consideretioa, he could ant but conclude, that tbeinfunsation ulna which Ministers resolved to undertake the Elope. dikes. did sot warrant the enterprise. The inksd of former expeditioas ' particularly that to Hollsod. in 1799. ought to h ave taught them to entertain a doubt, whether so important en Expednies as that to the Scheldt. would be attended with success. The Noble Lord {Castlereagh,) had stated the tecoussy which attended the waden. tame, mod estimated it at what might be eon.. eiders' coniparativele a small espesse. Bat the Noble Lord would 'do well to coneider that the money expended in that fruitless Expedition was • lest to the eorasitry • sad that *key sisitiseg was tom front the hard - ea rned saving* of frugality. It had been stated, that Antaerp might hive roeen taken by a cusp-de-weds, or mere particular'c explained, by assault; but the opinion of those - officers, who had been 'stained. did sot sanetien any . stn. guide expectation. It never could deserve his sp. probation, undertaken without competent know ledge, an d carried into execution with a profusiou of expense. tad a sacrifice of so many valuable lives. It was not hi. intention to enter minutely into all parts of the evidence which tended to prove the expedition was improvidently undertaken, bat he• could not but mention the waste of our brave eel. diem, from destructive disease. and at that subject it would be found there was blame to be incepted. because due care was hot, is the , brat inotante,taken to resort to medical advice. lie bed only to add, the expedition was, in Ins opinion. undertaken un-- wisely; for the situation of the Island of Watt:here& and that of Antwerp, were notes:di as to stiengthe; any calculation upon success. Lord Gamest Quite' ete observed, the subject. now under the di.cussion of that House, was par ticularly important in itself. He was such sae. prised whet, be had beard the Noble Lord .(Cestke reugh) in attempting to defend the policy of the Ex pedition. resort to a comparison between the Ex pedition to Antwerp, and that to Rochfurt, planned by Lord Chatham. From what had been maid spas the subject, be would read a short extract from narrative. published by the authority of the Earl of Chatham. The Noble Lord here read seams passages from the publication, wherein it appeorod , that itochfort was represent ed at that bate to be in • defenceless state ; so much so, that it would have been most ensemble, if any Minirter had in. giected to attend to the representation. The meet able Officers had been consulted, end gave their de. coded opinion is favou roft be Expedition. The N obk Lord contrasted this part of the case with the op poiete facts attendant upon the Espeditioo to 11.• Scheldt. The latter hod certainly been undereikeu. sot only without sufficient lamination, licit even in contradiction to the general opinion of thine Offi cers who bad been consulted ou the occasion. Ent Lewd Chatham directed his incline, not only to tint harbour sod sliest% but to the French force lik.iy to he employed aeain.t the omit 'taking. Thin fore. in the matinee of the Rochfurt Eapedition, there was on endeavnur simmer.; to obtrun the hest and moat linos and ..ct inconformity to CUCII inlorroation; which sr ..tJ ❑ .t ncrin't a comp*. riso flat. ‘7 . , th toe d...m tr..i . in the u eldl n ie for tret te ; ap;.artitt. if the) ex..npArd the ,li-tructlons by 1,-rd Coath.on. rt Is to tilt John 111 so. ori.l veil '•• r .!u!m'i itevort. with respect to y• it L•.•:-.kneed:. 1 "yr.. tole. it. oust be admitted. tNe a. ,0; ro.t ilold.rrgulding the pulse ; ,•I re , l to; betides, the Parbanseat rd ~..!;Il nut rise there was sly reamers to insii!we an loquire into the causes nail fatten. of Lord Cl.iharn a Pagerdition. which preyed they ante , t , 02 .,..1 au moulies ma that evrt.t, different ROUSE OF COMMONS. --- A Person from the Rialteitater Office presented an ike ',suet of all the sums used from theatre, paranoia to Ad ' - vat from the Bosse of Commioss. Ordered to he o• the 10)4. Mr. Weaaeoe moved, "That the House would take ' iro mesediteuttort the Message from the Lord*, for the at , ".•iiiite alb, Lord Ailiorste of lieotlaud, before • CJIIII. 16 .tt , .. 1, Peen, us the Cora Distillery Prohibition MlL' a:"rd dial it be takes into cvosirlerat ion ois Monday scat. Ike sir Drawback Rill was read a third time and lewd. %r FItAIICIIII Restore? gave notice, that he would, cm N'sday, ishesit a osuctui respertioe Captain Lake. 11r Collor gave notice, shut he would submit • manse watm e to the Address of the City of Landow, ou Monday. I '-ie Home went into a Committee ou the Nlatt Act. Ilr. F.: ik moved several Resolutions, which were *gourd to, 0 ! the Reptrit ordered to be received tomorrow. the Committee sepia the Privately Stealing Dill was post l'"'" `I to Wediresday nest, aid the Committee upon the Le l- .le' Lswi Rill was postptend to this day se'nsieht. Lot CASTLVILBI•OII, for die purpose 44 iltuitratine a i , e put of th e evi d ence of tSeiseral Brovininge, moved, un there he laid bi fine the blouse the letter of Sir %V it. I.,ri !racism t o th e Qum ter • M ester-G enera l, d ate d t h e lot h ' . 4 51.55, mil, including his It eriot." ~, k ( IT lam, Utalterratiflos (11 , 13 Collter2i TA R LItTON and 4, t it.CIi•VT, oho had no o:•jertion to and. production of 1 lir kir., the ni:atiou was net.. • • J to l ir•rOrrra troughs in a Hilt for auseadiii; the law re. `:"liii.t kik inuniituturies in lirland Read a fist, and "" . ;'-. , - 1 Li la reed a set insl dive to-110,1frOlf 711 E %CH h. 41 il . I.X I' F. DI TION. (1t 6, liiiilet ut the Iso% , t r I A nig Into furti•r e... .%e!erattli t i t:ii . p Ili %. Wilt co.,,lu c t of ti.e F.,q)e -..11•••,.1 to the S., 1,0.4. 1, . io: c'..." l * 4 . - .•e-.1 TA Itt.t:TO• •••Itere I into a reptv to th i :we-, i1e;:vr..,..t1 ol 4 I moor night to General - r , ' , f . ed. That lion. I.;:ntral had ti , ltntked the