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ifi3pet lequireille 'motion tolve sirtiltetv,lvot might be proposed from the emu!sack in the way hittioble Friend statsd. . ,At length the men { on was pat, without being re. duced to writing, ..That thepapers be printed." Ordered. • Lord hfte.oaaVe presented a copy of the Reply • • from Ate Bestetary ofthe Admirelty to Lord Gam bia.. when he moulted to be put upon hi. trial.— Ordered to be lipuitio the table. Tema OF 'WANKS TO LORD GAVOIER. Upon the Order of the Day being read, • . Lord Mutentava rose end addressed the House . at considerable length. He lamented that the UM time he was about to propose, should trot have been • brought forward en a former occasion. lie had pre pared himself to state much to their Lordships on the present question, end such conduct had be cause more panieudarly nes:emery, since he had heard what passed aposs a similar Motion of Thanks for the glottals victory of Talavera. This motion was deferred only from necessity, because he could ia st have ealled none their Lordships for their • votes, when a Noble Lord, in his place, in another house, bead declared, if that rote of thanks were proposed, he should conviikr himself bound its duty to give it his decided opposition. The duty of the Admiralty immediately suggested to them what they owed to the country and the two Hamm of Parham nt ; they deformed the reward of this gallant Commander, till they investigated the /moon of Lord Cochrane's objection. In amt. Lord Gambier hismetf declared, that lie could not rest till every doubt as to his ammeter should be done away by a trial before pro(' asiolial 111101. competent to aetertaine the extent of his me wit. The present appointed were of one opinion as . to the Noble Lord's conduct, except a single mmii • vidual. who lamented to think that he should :pleases* yeutimmits different from those of his fel. 4 leievoffscers. The achievement in Barque Roads • was one of the most empertant which cook! have lees emicated, and might be compared with the renowned bottle of Talavera ; they were parallel •to each other in point of valour and brilliancy.. .hard Cochrane certainly mentioned this subject in its first stage, and he had conversed with his • Lordship on the question, when his suggestions !appeared es ingenious. and his proposal vu impor teat. it was considerisi right to carry the plan into immediate execosticed); and, on the 23th of March. ailluictioas were gill ivi to Lori Gambier to natiLetlie MUSA ¢ and it was abo thought expedient to re escriamend Lord Coeirrase, as an offir•er most c to be employed on that occasion. The service in Basque Roads Was ndt only eminent is itself; but the feelings of the toiletry acre *manly excited upon the occasion, from this cir cumstance. that it was the drat ill which thejire- Alp settles was presennueutly successful. lu 370 a, a single slap bad been destrilyed by fire ship*. and in ifea, another achievement of the ore kind was aecomplished. la both these cases the Commanding Officers had beers rewarded w••h gold chains and homers'. How far superior to 1 these was the action for which lie now called on them for their thanks ?—lii all the history of British Mewl glory, them was none more eminent or splatedids The Noble lord then descended into s insular detail of the action, and paid a trio. )rate of applause to such officers es had diet•it !Dished themselves, or fallen in the sem ice. This too a question in which no party spirit should shogie. Offerers ought to have no party Lint their pantry— the oppositiosi bat opposition to their nesaieav—sSech he trusted would appear from their inainissoita vote this night. Tiise cue was before hem ; the bosoms they hail to' bestow vrere all mowed t and he ventured so presione, that no arty opposition would evince to our enemies, that sere was that within who h would rob the warriors ad heroes of Britain of their due reward's. His red-hip concluded by moving thanks to Lord etc. Lord ilut.taes did not rise to oppose the ite. but he could not be content to suffer this teatiou to passe, without offering some observ tons. 'Without entering into the merits of e actinn its Beequesitoetts, he must censure, in s.t direct terms, eV conduct of the Admiralty. the appointment OT Lord Cochreue, they had ed contrary to the usage of the Navy ; and, how. T signal the achievements of that gallant Officer I beau, no consequence could excuse an inipro. • departure from the general rubs of a service, ere ea touch depended on a just distribution of aces, where merit had ei opportuitny of being aimed with sneers.. lie meld not help also erticht to the laxity with which Perlisinsoit now !NM fit to groat the high honour of votes of thanks. I Noble Lord (Mulgrave) had told them not to iato the nature of the service performed. For Bart. it was only from sifting and examination lithe porta, that he could thiuk their Lordships .e ealse culled on to gore such a vote; and, unless were coavinced of desert. before they bestowed rd, their honours would soon become cheap. Ile d not give personal offence to the Noble Lord by coasetaptible. Bat their rotes of thank* not only to be considered in their own nature ' essential value ; from what be liarl this night t, they most be looked at as paving the way to riming of looney from the public purse. (tide likiestee Message in the House of Commons.) Noble Lord, had it nut been for his known. ad orthodox hatred of Popery, he would hare cted from his conduct o.i this occasion, 11. some tainted with that religion. For he ilanight it by bringing Lord - Gembier to trod, like opish legends, first to make a devil, before be a saint of him. It would be well of the ;um of that Noble Lord to examine hi. gni. anti see that he ens not infected with rely. He was never very much inclined to highly of the abilnies of the Nobs, Lords r in Admiuistnition, or of the talents of ble Lord who pomaded him. to till that par. situation sOvieN' he held. Rut their Mei sel's never mete .strongly displayed then by idling a Noble Admiral upon his trial by a %simnel, on the merely receiving a letter mintier Noble Lord (Co loam) deseriiig examine the log-both. before they moved sf thanks--lt was in vain to say that this dinery proceeding was a mere 'natter of nothing but solid grotinds could I•nce jus wh a measure—The NOW: 1.,.rd h a d said a cal about party oppositani : upo:i this pow& ire wools only ray, disclaiming at the nate time the idea of ben. influenced by party motives on, this or any s;mil'ar occasion, that if party Feelings could be alleged against those who sometimes op posed these votes, the same retrial k went with ten fold force to those who were so anxious on all oc casions to move them. The Noble Lord concluded by acquiescing in the motion, and commenting at some length on the faulty comparison of the action iii Basque Roads, to the battle of Talavera., Viscount Mc Let LLE arraigned the conduct of the Board of Admiralty, in the appointment of Lord Cochrane, in the nay they had appointed him. and in bringing Lord Gambier to a Court-Martial.— While he gave his concurrence to the motion, he must say, that in these instances it was iiccompa: Wed by circumstances which he hoped never would occur again. No trial ought to have taken place. where every thing alleged rested on mere whispers and rumours, and there was no accuser. On the 14th of April, the country had but one feeling on this glorious occasion. They felt the utmost exultation and triumph ; not from the extent or value of the conquest; not even from the valour displayed on the occasion ; but from this con sideration, that the system of blockade, which was in general so tedious and unsatisfactory, having now heroine absolutely necessary, it was proved to Our enemies, that they durst not teen leave port, and venture from their docks, but they must be destroyed under their very b atteries, by the gal lantry and fearless intrepidity of British seamen. It was not only in the sending Lord Gambier to a Court-Martial. contrary to all the rules of the ser vice, or customs of the Board, thut the Admiralty were wrong ; they were much to blame for the whi ner in which they sent Lord Cochrane (however meritorious he might be, or had shewn himself) to take the superintendence of the attack. From the moment in which their order on that point reached the Commander, his command was at an end, and if such a precedent was to be followed up, it would lead to the destruction of all the spirit of the navy, and be utterly subversive of that discipline which had conducted it to the pitch of glory it now boasted. The Noble Lord here eulogised, in high twine, the conduct and character of Lord Gambier. As Commander of the Fleet. he and Lord Coch rane had different objects in view. The latter had only glory in contemplation, and the more ships he cooed destroy, the more his fame. The former had no a iportnnity of reaping much fame, but from the preservation of his important charge, the migh.y Hereto of Britain. Yet. under these cir cumstances, and the manner in which Lord Coch rane hod been sent to him, had he evinced a little mind ? No ; the principal contents of his dis patches were the praise of Lord Cochrane.— (heer!j—lt was then the duty of Ministers loog ago to have moved this Vote of Thanks; and such a line of conduct would have been more becoming. than to have been diverted from their purpose by entering into a correspondesce with a Member of the other House, from whom they expected opposition. The Noble Viscount then controverted the opinion of Lord Holland, that the House was lux in their vote of thanks, sod would rather see •a hundred votes omitted, than party spirit mingle in one. After the ordeal the Noble Admiral bad gene throngh, he thought him more than ever entitled to the highest honour they could bestow on him. • The Earl of LiVESPOOL defended the Admiralty ferns the charge of improperly appointing a Court- Martial for the trial of Lord Gambier. This, he contended, was absolutely required of them by the Naval Code (into a description of which he went at some length). which required trial an all occasions, where it could be supposed every thing . possilde was net done by a Commander, to town, melt. sod destroy, the enemy. A charge of this kind was made, in the present instance, not by whispers, not ' on light authority.•-•but by an Officer actively and principally employed oo the service. But the justification of the Aihniralty did nut rest here ; Lord Gambier himself, hearing of these accus ations. demanded a trial, to clear his feint and character. Upon these grounds, while he.thought the Admiralty must be acquitted of censure for bringing the Noble Admiral to a trial, that trial could not, in the slightest degree, depreciate from his services, which were such as well to entitle him to the vote proposed by his Noble Friend. Lord HOLLAND explained. Earl GROIVENom refuted the charges of pa r ty spirit. and entered into a philippic against the Mi nisters for their conduct throughout the affair now wider consideration. lie thought the honours of the (louse were becoming too easy of attainment ; awl, though the present sole might add to that opinion, he would only express his dissent, without telling for a division. Lo;'d Clftxxvit.LE mid, if the question had not been a national one, he would not have encroached on the time of their Lordships. Ile considered it highly criminal in the Lords of the Admiralty, that the thanks had not been before earned into execu tion. He could not view it in the light of a party question, and mast deprecate the weakums of Minister., whieh brought the Noble Admiral to a court-inertial on the siguitiration of a junior officer and a member •f the House of Commons. Ile would not oppose the vote of thanks. It was high time that the cry of party should not be held out by the Noble Secretary (Lord Liverpool) ; for he and his friends had waited the events of the campaigns in Spain and Portugal, without putting the Noble Lords opposite to a blush. When they were told that the army under the great and brave Sir John Moore, had wily 'suffered the loss of 6000 sumo, he nod his Noble colleagues rested satisfied ; but why did they so? It was because they thought more object would have lieen gained. Was the blood and treasure of the country to be lent, and no armsl good proceed from it? Would the people of England he satisfied at such a disposition, when an actual good had bee., obtained ? Were we in a better situation, as related to Spain, than we were before a man was •eist ? lie wished nut to dwell on the battle of Talavera, where they had been also told there was not a lose of upwards of 6,000 men. But could he, its that House, giro his silent vote on such • question, w hen the dependence. the retirees of the country, were so much misap plied ? it had been the custom of their ancestors only to give a vote of thanks to those commanders whose schievemente put beyond all doubt their title to the honour. WWI far from wishing it to ler understood that the present thanks sere lightly given ; but he went, ;r they were to be frustrated by the opinion of a junior Officer, they were not worth obtaining; and if the present Ministers perse vered in such a system, all emulation, both in army end navy, must be lost. Ile was of opinion there was only cne mode of measuring the thanks that ought to he given, which was, that which concurred with the public feehog. They were the true crite rion to judge by. Did not the only argument that arose ou the question, spring from that kind of im becility or weakness, which preponderates in the conduct of His Majesty's y Ministers ? Like a robin, of a cold day, who seeks shelter, and perches on the hand of his enemy, man ; so with Ministers. they brought a Noble Lord to trial, to cover their de linquency, in sending out the Captain of a frigate with nearly the equal rights of the Commander of the Channel Fleet ; so, in imitation of the simple robin, when severely pressed, they perched on a Court-Martial, the result of which reflected honour ou the accused. He deprecated that part of the con duct of the Court-Martial, which went to question inferior officers as to the general propriety of the conduct of the Commander-imChief. If Lord Gambier did deserve the high reward of their thanks, how could Ministers reconcile to themselves the injustice of which they had been guilty, io the ap pointment of a Court-Martial ? The Admiralty, in his opinion, could not be too kghly censored, for being the cause of lessening the honour which Lord Gonsbkr must otherwise have received. The Earl of Bucxt IiGHAMSBIIte regretted much that Government had departed from the usual course upon such occasions ; it was always customary, on hearing of ally great victory, to rote the thanks, upon which principle Lord Gambier should have been thanked iu the first instance. He admitted that the service was important, and was persuaded that the public thought more highly of Lord Gam bier, since the Court-Martial, than before it ; he, for his part, would gise the thanks to the Noble Lord for having destroyed the enemy's ships ; and also for having withstood that advice ethich was calculated to hurry him into a course of conduct, the consequence of which most have been greater loos to the fleet which he commanded. The LORD CsAticst.toa thought that party should not interfere in questions of this nature. it the thanks of Parliament were merited, they ought not to be given under circumstances which went to lessen their value, nor should any other question be agitated upon such occasions, sot connected with the point at issue. A Noble Viscount had censured the appointment of Lord Cochrane, though he had often said before, that that was not the place to chi cane the propriety of such appointments. He en tered into a justification of the. Government in granting the Court-martial. which, especially as Lord Gambier himself had applied for it, he consi dered it was right to appoint; nor could be see, if it was right to vote for the thanks before the Court-Martial, that it could be wrong to vote for them after. The question of the Court-Martial affected the Government alone, and was in no way connected with the merits or demerits of his Lord ship. Lord Viscount SIDNORTI agreed. that as the result of the Court-Martial was an honourable acquittal, there was nothing in it that should influ ence them to withhold the thanks. The Earl of DARMLZT did not wish to detract from the merit. of Lord Gambier. but he could not consider the action of such importance as to call for the thanks °fiche Howie. He ridiculed the ides of comparing it with the victory of Talavera. and thought that their honours should be reserved for other occasions. Their Lordships adjourned at eleven &clock. the public service, from Austria to this Germ ment, upon the subject of co-operation. Hr , sure that the House must see th e necessity . 0 1 - 4 infoicuation, before it could determine up m the propriety or impropriety of the iliepossl Majesty's Ministers had utade of th e f orce , oftt . i country. lie was preparialto admit, that Altar, i had nut expressed a wish n favour of thee:red,. tion to the Scheldt, but being desirous tint * House should be in possession of every d em went which could inform it upon the 8 „ r jest of military assistance, he was des ire , that what might, in the first instance, make against inns, should be produced. Aunt'', did wish, that an attempt should b e ma d e in tee.' Cher place ; but he was coulident th a t h e „„ t4, prove such an attempt as she desired iniponag, and such an attempt as had been made, the i e . t calculated to all the purpose! in view. Mr. l's.iiciEr•t. had no objection to the motio n at the tense time, his would only pledge liimeth e , far as wax consistent with the public service. Mr. WHITBRRAD expressed mach gratibeeti ee at the open and manly conduct which the Nola, Lord professed to follow. He was „ glad t o see 0, Noble Lord the situation in which he s ix , placed, the public being likely to obtain more l , formation than if he was others/Ise situated. lk was pure that the House would . support th e N s e i l e Lord to the utmost extent alias applicavons. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the Hon. Gentle. man was quite mistaken, it' be thought that lee s a willing to pocure more information new, th ee lie had been in His Majesty's Councils. Ho se ,„ anxious he might be, to either case, to defe n d self, he should always be restrained from any siyit cation which might he inconsistent with the peti te service. Mr. Wurrantso assured the Net,le Lord, ihmi he did net tommte too great a williuurss to hum. communicate upon the prevent OCCdSIOII. He 0 4 1 intended to insinuate, that, while in His Majesty, Councils, he had kept back iuforniation, would have been of use to have given. The motion was agreed to. Mi. TIERNLY having noosed the Order or tt Day for going iuto Committee upon the Exit, lion to the Scheldt, strangers were ordered withdraw. THE BRITISH PRES LONDON, FRIDAY, Fi !MARY 9. After the exclusion of strangers from the Hoag of Commons. lust night. Sir THONaII TRIGlir, Sr Roses Gssaez, General Caimans. CoL Goo •otr, and Sir Howe Porous. were examined,. We understand, that Adjutant-General CALVE/ in the course of his evidence s stated, that it his opioion. before the Expedition sailed. it unlit not be able to effect more than the reduction el Walehereo. including Flushing ; and that Howe POPHAM approved of the meaner is the transports were equipped. The Hems ad jammed at two o'clock. to this day—whew tit Committee will be resumed. The minutes of the evidence, given at the Be of the Home of Commons, in the two fint days, the loquiry into the Walcheren Expedition, hoc been printed and delivered to the member.. Rv insert, this day, as much of them as our will admit. The very fir3t column will she, or imperfection of the mude in which the inquiry conducted. Not one word of the Debate, ur the grand constitutional question, affection I t inquisitorial power of the House, in conse4 yen of the objection taken to the evidence I If DAVID DultnAl. as a Privy Councillor. a. xi, ul such, bound to secrecy, appears in the p not minutes. ' Lord Marrs Lex, lost night. in the Ho: se Lords, entered the lists against Minister% A3l parties must allow that his Lordship possesses grad talents mid ez i persence, and is really a 111 as business. We have received Dutch Privets to the 3 bid they throw no new ligut upon the med kited changes in Holland. They contain, howeve t sc• counts from Spain to the middle of January. from which it appears that- King Jusstu and M' shall SOU LT were proceeding from Madrid to the southern provinces. Dispatches have liven received at the Adm . silt!, from Lord Cor.t.txsiwooo, in the klediterr 10,01. contain, we understand. the particular e xnJ result rh of the stuck made on a French convoy, about the middle of December, in the gulph of Lyon, to stated by us on the oth alt. On Thursday last, about three in the oftreeNi. an extraordinary fine vessel was launched at \Ewe. haven, from the building-yard of Mew& W-S t ' tt and Co. She is called. the Earl of Lonida€ ; 103 tons, register measurement; of greater. bur. den than any other towel ever built here; ward for 24 guns ; intended. for the West-India node; and is the property of Messrs. Stitt. flair" ° " i 'l and Ca. Iler head (one of the Comet) is executed. The ornacoequil work on tie eten, preteens the Lowthers' anus, in the centre. e't the stun of the ccnusty of WestatotlBol On side, and thrum of the county of Cumberload• the other. She Made a more. beautiful laraceim the presence of a great number of spectator& Wednesday, in the Court of Common Ed"' W. Mr.actia. a printer, brae teat hi. action ales' Mr. Ciatforeiss, a bookseller and printer, la r. tereinster-roer r t o recover a sma ll su m for prsntir Loou half-sheets of The Agriculture! Itlef:sti le h '' The debt was admitted ; but a question *rote. ther the Defendant had. a right to claim tc2 sow:. credit, l'eeertling to the : custom of the trek? ;: did net appear that any agreement had herr , for credit, sad the J. try found • ocelot P!sintiff. • • ' 1. . erns/motion tope smitten, lent trrieA he woola only say, disclaiming at the see time given; but he mtant, ;r they were to be frustrated the public services from Austria t o t hi s c __ am tbe*oolsock in the way hittedhle the idea of bens. nifluenced by party motives on , by the opinion of a junior O ffi cer, they were not meat, upon the subject of co- o p erat i on. t r_o , * . , _ • this or any rmnil'ar occasioa„ that if party feelings worth obtaining; aud if the present Ministers peter- sure that the House must see the iwee „i„.'" ol 7 4 1 he cnekan w i g*, without being re- • could be alleged against thine who sometimes op- vered in such a system, all emulation, both in army info' into ion, before it could determine ' "tl'i stal . . Ling, e That *papers be printed." posed these votes, the same reumuk went with ten- and navy, must be lost, Ile Wile of opinion there propriety or impropriety of the dieposal w a h e i m eh g t4e ral • fold force to those who were so anxious on all oc- was only one mode of measuring the dimes that Alajesty's Ministers had mute of th e f orces of tt.. the sluts presented a copy of the Reply casiona to move them. The Noble Lord concluded ought to be given, which was, that which concurred country. lie was prepared to admit, t h at A , S t . pm o(ithe Admlrslty to Lurd Gam- by acquiescing in the motion, and commenting at with the public feeling. They were the true trite- had nut expressed a *WI in favour of t h e „-,:* t a n respaested to be put upon lila trial.— some length on the faulty comparison of the action Lion to judge by. Did not the only argument that tion to the Scheldt, but being desirous that T i t . liped.sto the table. hi Basque Roads, to the battle of Talavera. arose ou the question, spring from that kind of ini. House should be in possession of every e it t l . tee F TWANK3 TO LORD CiAMIIIER. Viscount MLI.VILLE arraigned the conduct of the becility or weakness, which preponderates in the anent which could inform it upon the 1 4 Ba Sider of the Day being real. Board of Admiralty, in the appointment of Lord conduct of His Majoity's t lelinitters ? Like a robin, ject of military suistance, he was d m -- iou igi *RATS Me and addressed the House Cochrane, in the war they had appointed him, and of a cold day, who seeks shelter, and perches on the that what might, in the first instance, ap. w , l . Cb ,e length. He lamented that the um- .in bringing Lord Gambier to a Court-Martial.— head of his enemy, man ;so with Ministets. they make against him, should be produced. A u ; s s° e out to propose, should oot have been While he gave his concurrence to the motion, he brought a Noble Lord to trial, to cover their de- did wish, that an attempt should be mad e i i; , 44. ' ird on a former occasion. lie had pre- must say, that in these instances it was niccompa- linquency. in sending out the Captain of a frigate they place ; but he was coufideat that h e „ill, the fto state much to their Lurelahips on tiled by circuinstences which he hoped never would with nearly the equal rights of the Commander of prove such an attempt as she desired 4, 4 , 0141116 1 auestim, end such conduct had Ise- occur again. No trial ought to have taken place. the Channel Fleet ; um, in imitation of the simple and such an attempt as had been made, th e 6 ,, Cu • sanicuisrly nes:emery. since he had where every thing alleged rested on mere whispers robin. when severely pressed, they perched on a calculated to all the purposes in view. le used epee a similar Motion of Thanks and rumours, and there was no accuser. On the Court-Martial, the result of which reflected honour Mr. Pe.iii.ev•L had no objection to the niec e , fit as victory of Talavera. This m•ti o 14th of April, the country had but one feeling ou the accused. He deprecateri that part of the con- 4 at the same time, lie would only pledge known, Ad, Wily from necessity, because he could on this glorious occasion. They felt the utmost duct of the Court-Martial, which went to question far as wax consistent with the public service. lb. led upon their Lordiships for their exultation and triumph ; not from the extent or inferior officers as to the general _propriety of the Mr. WHITBRRAD expressed much g rat ib eatial i Noble Lo r d, i n bi ll place, in a noth e r value of the conquest, not even from the valour conduct of the Commander-in- C hief. If Lord at the open mid manly conduct which th e N oh• I A declared, if that vote of thanks displayed on the occasion ; but from this con- Gambier did deserve the high rewarder their thanks, Lord professed to follow. He was glad to we t i • i id, he should consiiler himself bound sideration, that the system of blockade, which was how could Ministers reconcile to themselves the Noble Lord in the situation in which he ars ii ., Ste give it his decided opposition. ',Ube in general so tedious and unsatisfactory, having injustice of which they had been guilty, io the up- placed, the public being likely to obtain more l ,. I Admiralty immediately suggested to now heroine absolutely necessary, it was proved to ponstment of a Court-Martial ? The Admiralty. in formation than if he was otherwise situated.ley owed to the country and the two our mien:line that they durst not even leave port, his opinion, could not be too kghly censored, for was sure that the !louse would support th e N o t k* Ps i l abate, tit; they deformed the reward and venture from their docks but they must be being the cause of lessening the honour which Lord Lord to the utmost extent colitis applic a p o ,,,,. So at Contrnendee till they investigated destroyed under their very b utteries, by the gal- Gansbmr must otherwise have received. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the lion. Girds. V . , f Lord Cochrane's objection . In 'entry and fearless intrepidity of British seamen. It The Earl of BucritumeAmaimiz regret t e d muc h man wet quite mistaken, it' be thought th at lie se, ''''.,, Gambier himself declared, that lie was not only in the sending Lord Gambier to a that G overnmen t l ie d d epa rted from the usual course willing to pocure more information now, th is - ''" it tin every doubt as to his character Court-Martial. contrary to all the inks of the ser- upon such occasions ;it wise always customary, on his had been in His Majesty's Councils. RQW MT IC ie away by a trial before prof. mimed vice, or customs of the Board, that the Admiralty hearing of ally great victory, to vote the thanks, anxious he might be, iu either case. to defend h as . 1 int to attertaine the extent of his me- were wrong ; they were much to blame for the radii- upon which principle Lord Gambier should have self, he should always be restrained from any sea. 1 ens appointed were of one ornion as ner in which th e y sent Lord Cochrane (however been thanked iu the first instance. He admitted cation which might be inconsistent with the psi ,f r t ' Lord's conduct, except a single indi- meritorious he might be, or had shewn himself) to that the service was important. and was persuaded service , an lamented to think that he should hike the superintendence of the attack. From the that the public thought more highly of Lord Gam- Mr. Wnersatao assured the Ncble L or d. the 1 mats different from those of his fel. moment in which their order on that point reached bier, since the Court-Martial, than before it ; he, he did not impute too great a williiineess to him la It. The aehievement in Barque Roads the Commander, his command was at an end, and for his part, would giie the thanks to the N o bl e communicate upon the present OCCdSIOII. H e o yl y P. the most important which could hare if such a precedent was to be followed up, it would Lord for having destroyed the enemy's ships ; and intended to insinuate, that, while in His Mejests• Y d d, and might be compared with the lead to the destruction of all the spirit of the also for having withstood that advice which was Councils, he had kept back iuforniation, whaliit SG tale 'ef Taleveri ; they were parallel navy, and be utterly subversive of that discipline calculated to hurry him into a course of conduct, would have been of use to have given. he ein point of valour and brilliancy.. which had conducted it to the pitch of glory it now the consequence of which mint have been greater The motion was agreed to. I inc certainly mentioned this subject boasted. The Noble Lord here eulogised. in high lees to the fleet which he commanded. MI. Tit:MILT having moved the Order of t 0 1 tap, and he had conversed with his Orme, the conduct and character of Lord Gambier. The Loan CeericEttoa thought that party Day for going into Committee upon the FAat . 1 the question, when his suggestions As Commander of the Fleet. he and Lord Coch- should not interfere in questions of this nature. If tion to the Scheldt, strangers were ordered 4 ingenious. and his repeal so impor- nine had different o bjects iu view. The latter had the thanks of Parliament were merited, they ought withdraw. tits ionsideeird right to carry the plan Into only glory in contemplation, and the more ships he not t o b e g i ven un d er c i rcums t ances which went to iteration . ; and, on the 25th of March, coatsdestroy, the more his fame. The former l essen their value, nor should any other questiou be -- -2 THE BRITISH PRESS ll i re glAii to LOrd Gambier to makethe had no • a mortenity of reoping much fame, but agit a t e d u p on suc h occasions, not connected with i t we , o h o th oug ht e x p e di en t t o re- frees the preservation of his important charge, the the point at issue. A Noble Viscount had censured - - —-- -- I ed Coeirrase, es an ousel most coin- niigh.y Si leets of Britain. Yet. under these cir- the appointment of Lord Cochrane. though he had LONDON le At a employed on that occasion. The cunistances, and the manner in which Lord Coch- ofte n sa id b e f ore , th a t th a t was no t th e p l ace to di g . , FRIDAY, FiBRUART V. I 42,14,, Roads i ns wit only em i nent ► ramie bed Beth sent to him. had he evinced a little cuss the propriety of such appointments.- He en- Ye —...w w ... t the feelings of , the tomitry ensue mind ?No ; the priimipal contents of his dis. treed into a justification of' the. Government in After the exclusion of straagers from the Roan a 2 ted epee the occasion, from thi s cir- patches were the praise of Lord Cochrane.— granting the Court-martial, which, especially as hit h was t h e f i rst t o w h ic h the/ire- (hear !j—lt was then the duty of Ministers long Lord Gambier himself had applied for it, he coati- of Commons. lust night. Sir THOMAS Tarter, Se Itt was pre-eniiiieutly successful. in ago to have moved this Vote of Thanks; and such d ere d it was right to appoint; nor could be see, if RUPERT Geonet, General Caevert, Col. Goss ' l ' ;le slop bad been deatfityed by fire- • line of conduct would have been more becoming. it was right to vote for the thanks before the woo, and Sir Hone Poenen. were examined... t 174 e, another achievement of the than to have been diverted from their purpose by Court-Martial, that it could be wrong to vote for We understand, that Adjutant-General CALM? is aecomplished. lit bath these cases entering into a correspoodeace with a Member them after. The question of the Court-Martial • e in the course of his evidence, stated, that it P Ain Officers had bees rewarded er'on of the other House, from whom they expected a ffect e d th e Government alone, and was in no way a and homers'. How far superior to opposition. T Noble he Noe Viscount then coutroverted connec t e d w i t h t h e merits or demerits of his Lord- his opinion , before the Expedition °ailed, it em il ie option for which lie now called on the opinion of Lord Holland, that the House was ship. not be able to effect more than the reduction if I r thanks ?—lii all the history of British lax in their Cute of thanks, end wield rather see •a Lord Viscount Summate= agreed. that as the Waleherea, including Flushing ; and that Sit e t h ese was none m ore ennm en t or hundred votes omitted, than party spirit mingle in result of the Court-Martial was au honourable et - a •• 'he Noble Lord then descended into one. After the ordeal the Noble Admiral bad gene acquittal, th er e w a s no thi ng i n it th a t s h ou ld i n n s - Hone Poen AM approved of the insane ia detail of the action, and paid a tr).. through, he thought him more than ever entitled to ence them to withhold the thanks. the transports were equipped. The Hesse aim I dame to such officers cs had (befit- the highest honour they could bestow on him. • The Earl of DARIILZT did not wish to detract journed at two o'clock , to this day—whet the II 'selves, or fallen in the 'osier. This The Earl of Li VI:SPOOF. defended the Admiralty from the merits of Lord Gambier. but he could Committee will be resumed. lion in which no party spirit should from the charge of improperly appointing a Court- not consider the action of such importance as to -oesemom—. M livers ought to have no party bat their Martial for the trial of Lord Gambier. This, he call for the thanks °tithe Home. He ridiculed the The minutes of the evidence. given at the Be oppesitiou bat opposition to their contended, was absolutely required of them by the idea of comparing it with the victory of Talavera, of the House of Commons, in the two first dams ach he trusted would appear from their Naval Code (into • description of which he went at an d th oug h t th a t their honours should be reserved II the Inquiry into the Walcheren Expedition , hare ore this night. Tlw coot ems before some length). which required trial on all occasions, for other occasions. b orrows th e y h a d to' bestow wer e where it could be suppo s ed every thing possible Their Lordships adjourned at eleven Oclock. bent printed and delivered to the members. Wt and he ventured to errsiiine, that no win net done by • Commander, to linen, sink. sod — we e-- insert, this day, as much of them as our Weis C nen would evince to our enemies, that destroy, the enemy. A charge of this kind was HOCSE OF COMMONS. will admit. The very first column will she e the a it within ale. h would rob the warriors made, in the present instance, not by whispers, not ___ tar lis h e es sneeze took the Chair at . three o'clock this day, imPerfectioo of the mode in which the iml u i r l f Britain of their due reward's. His on light authority—but by an Officer actively and wi Peditift the Private Mistaillvi mocha conducted . Not one word of the Debate, u es r ',eluded by moving thanks to Lord principally employed ou the service. But the which W ' ' " as rl =acted in the count af the day . Th e p.thfie e. Justification of the Aihnirelty did nut rest here ; business secceeding. the grand constitutional question, affectite i r LLIIIIIS did not rise to oppose the Lord Gainbier himself, hearing of these access A Petition was presented,signed by_inamberofaserehsata, inquisitorial power of the House. in conies see ~. could not be co n t e nt to suff e r this anon., demanded a trial , to clear his fame and fur dee purpose of vitabitavinX • Marine Iswillasve COM- o f t he 1..• • It any. Ordered to lie os the table. - p al m, without offering some observ. character. Upon these grounds, while bethought P Me. Jciraissuu brought u p certaia=reintive to the Dam DUNDAI. as a Privy Councillor. a• hl," shout entering into the merits of the Admiralty twist be acquitted of censure for E xpe di t i on to the Scliekh, which were to be referred Besquetiteatts. he must censure, in bringing the Noble Admiral to a trial, that trial to the sores committee. such, booed to secrecy, appears in the pno terms, tl4 conduct of the Admiralty. could not, in the sli g htest degree, depreciate from Sir Jarars SHAW presented a Petition for leave to bring Minutes. in a Bill l 0 enable peruses is &seem two linadted thousand piatment o Lord Cochrane , they had his services, which were such as well to entitle him -.rm.—. ry to the usage of the Nary ; and, how- to the vote proposed hy, his Noble Friend. pounds, for the purpose of electing a motional Theatre.— Lord MI:MLLE. lest night, in the 110: wee Granted. l Lords, entered the lists against Min i sters. . AR Ise achievements of that gallant Officer Lord HOLLAND explained. Mr. 13T110 presented a Petition from the Freeholders of s consequence could excuse an inipro . Larl Genies!" int refuted the charges of party Middlesex, praying for Parliamentary Refor m , r ebid, w as parties must allow that his Lordship possesses great 4 re f rom t h e getter's l r o ue o f a serv i ce , sp irit. and entered into a philippic against the 31i- ordered to lie on the table. talents and experience, and is really ani Ail of 1. ich depended on a just distribution of musters for their conduct throughout the affair now tw il l' Bill!" a sad nme""") Peewit"' • Pedal. from the °mimes' b • niasts ges& te merit had an opportuituy of being nailer consideration. lie thou g ht th e ho no urs of o er pheive.uree,,,, of Dsblio, far the improvement of usa ••••••••••••••co A emcees. He could not help also the ( louse were becoming too sissy of attainment ; The Rome went mks Column** en the Malt Duty Bill. We bare received Dutch Papers to the 3 1 lint D the laxity with which Parlisimost nner and, though the pro-sent mote might add to that deed/MEW Resolutions WAVE %Ma to, and the Repent UP- bat s. • root the high honsearof votes ofthanke opinion. he would only express his dissent, without to . be received to-morrow. Lord (Mulgrave) had told them not to calling for a division. they throw no new ligut upon the mod Ka' ted Mr. to AAAA on moved fur leave to bring in a Bill fur vest- changes in Holland. They contain, howeve f, se- . . .I , ing in this Majesty (erode parts of Wieldier Forest. After nature of the service performed. For Lord GRENVILLE rend, if the question had not some f ea a b i ,,, eat , r e . e . rk e e . Dow ' , mom ,' the G. var. counts from Spain to the middle of January. from was only from sifting and examination been a national one, he would oot litre encroached si ,leave was granted. rte that he could think their Lordships on the time of their Lordships. Ile considered it On the 11 " 1 • 41 1 4 Mr. BA Nies, the Bill foe perpetaatill • which it appears that' King Juseru and Mae I I idled en to give such a vote; and, unless highly cnminal in the Lards of the Admiralty, that the Reversion Act was read a third time, anal paned ; • hal Sou Lt were proceeding from Madrid southern provinces. Mr. B•Nens ordered to carry it to the Loris fur their eye- winced of desert. before tey bestowed the thanks had not been before carried into elect,- currence. . honours would soon become cheap. Ile Lion. He could not view it in the light of a party Mr. Lt. SIIINGTON beought up the Report of the cam- Dispatches have been received at the Arlin's:ale it re venereal offence to the. Noble Lord by question, and mast deprecate the seedcases, of miller of Supply. the Itesolatious of which were arced 10. from Lord Coeetsaiwooo, in the klediterr•eae p emptible. But their voles of thank* Hinman, which brought the Noble Admiral to a Min' Posenviii reed fur reveals papers bestow Mr. They contain, we uuderstand. the particular r .inil it yto be considered in their own nature court-martial on the siguifiration of • junior officer 24i'rituy.c'umialf• Mn . Lnkitie, Me. Pinckney, and Mr. result of the attack made en a French convoy, about 1.• seem, with WOW exceptions, which were eiswearred i s by 4 1551 value ; from what be had this night and a member of the House of Commons. lie Mr. s the middle of Deuember, in the gulph of Lyon , * I:lllT•lltr•D.—Griinted. most be looked at as paving the way to would not oppose the vote of thanks. It waehigh time On the motion of Si, John Nevrretir, the Home re- stated by us on the 9th alt. of money from the public purse. (fide that the cry of party should not be held out by the wired itself into • committee us the Embezzlement Bill, On Thursdity last, about three in the ate:oven t 's Massage in the House V(Comasonsi) Noble Secretary (Lord Liverpool) ; for he and his wise. some ansendoteuta, suggested by Sir Joon Newtons, an extraordinary fine vessel was launched at Nihon _ Lord, hod it not beta for his known, friends had waited the events of the campaigns in were ag ree d ha w, after stew t o i t:e c riratio: from tr. Ros t t haven, from the building-yard of Mem tattle use rs. W. Silo Pp redo% hatred of Popery, he would' have Spain and Poitugal, without putting the Noble it s . pori , which ... dee m ,„ be taken tig..,th:7 oe . and Co. She is called. the Earl of Losuddr; ' * WS his conduct o.ithienrcasion, as some- Lords apposite to a plu s h. When they were suds-ratios pa Wednesday seat. The Amend ment was or- 503 tons, register measurement ; of frolic! b ut' ti with that religion. For Ise il.might it told that the army under the great and brave deed to be 'Mauled. t den ror : 4 ha gli n n a s ns ; • inging Lent 'thinbier to het, like Sir John Meese, had only *offered the loss of 6000 MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY. intend ed othr a igends, first to make a devil, before he Him a, he and hi. Noble colleagues rested satisfied ; Mr. I'cacev•t. presented a message from His and is the property of Messrs . Stitt. Ila ir " ° " st of him. It would be well of the but why did tIICV an llt was because they thought Alajests, stating, that Ills Majesty being desirous and Co. Her head (one of the Caesars) is oiettelif n I that Noble Lord to examine hi. some object would have been gained. %Vas theblood to confer the most signal mark of his favour upon executed. The ornatneetad work on the " frln ' rC P, i Li r ever the built ‘res t hAr n e , 4 a pi t rcorc.rded aid ere that he woe not infected with and treasure of the country to be lost, and no Lieutenant-Centered Lord Viscount Se'ellingtou, ',remota the Lowther,' emus, in the erntr e • v ',: ti He was never very much inclined t o actual good proceed from it ? W ou ld th e p eo pl e far th e va l our an d s kill w hi c h h e di splaye d i n the the mute of the county of Viestmorleuue on " * •of the abilities of the Nub's Lords of England he satisfied at such a di s position, when battle of Talavera, recommended to his faithful side, and tittle of the county of Curnhalead. * f i Admiuistrotion, or of the talent, of on actual good had bee's obtained ? Were we in a Commons to consider of providing for hint and the other. She elide • need. beautiful lara ch, I. orit who perceded him, to till that par. better situating, sr related to Spain. than we hi two succesvoes, all annuity of two thousand the presence of a great number of sp ectators. „„. i .iun witieN' be held. Rut their igloo were before a man was sod? lie wished uut to pounds a par.—Referred to the Committee of Wednesday. in the Court of Common P2lo l ° " a lever cumn eiszongly displayed then by dwell on the bottle of Talavera, where they had Supply. Mr.actea, a printer, brae light hie d a Noble Admiral upon his trial by a been also told there WAS not a lost, of upwards of Mr. MONET thought that upon such a subject Mr. blattemta, a books/ Iler and Printe r ' l ' • al, on the merely IN-riving a letter 6,000 men. But could he, in that I louse, give hie the House should have as long a notice as possible. terimster-row. to recover a small sum for rind; t re Noble Lord (Cm foram) demi-lug silent vote OD such •quest ion, when the dependence. After a few observations from the CuaeciiLLoll 1,000 half-sheets of 77nt Agricalfertsol°Virilaeh il actionsll o , b p " nine the log-bo.mk, before they moved the sources of the country, were so much inisap. of the Ems:nem:en, it was agreed that it should The debt was admitted ; but squeal" I r°4° ' 1, is i t 2 jo rifl• anhs—lt ass iii vain to say that this phed ?It had been the custom of their ance s tor, be diecusned oil Friday next. they the Defendant had a right to claim , ii s i 7 proceeding was a inert matter of only to give a vote of thanks um thole commanders 'Lord Castteacaun moved for an Address to credit, according to the: cu , tous of th e , l k t ' ! II log but bOti4/ ground' could I.:lye jus- who.e achievements pot beyond all doubt their Ili' Mikity, praying, that he w o uld order to be did not appear that air y agreement ha°_,."`,-(,:r.is' t i measure—The N.M.. Lord had said • title to the honour. !' was far from wishing it to laud before the Rowe, copies of each cousmniiica- for credit, sod the J. try found • """ e. .-1 I bout party oppoition : utioa this posse Lw nuderstood that the present thanks sere lightly lions as could he laid tefoie it, consistently with Valeta!: HOIYSE OF COMSIONS. Tim &Mazur& took the Chair at three o'clock this day, for the purpose of expediting the private business, mach of which was transacted in the course of the day. The politic busboys. secceeding. . . A Petition was presented, signed by emulsifier ofiserehsats, fur t►e purpose of establishing a Marius lessrance Coss puny. Ordered to lie os the table. Mr. J l:xrineole brought up irertaht papers relative to the F.xpedition to the Scheldt, w►teb wets ordered to be referred to !be Secret Committee. Sir lasirs ilitaw presented a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill to enable penolia is burrow two bandied thousand pounds, fur the purpose of cretin a bath/nal Theatre.— Granted. Mr. tnio presented a Petition from tke Freeholders of Middlesex, praying for Parliamentary Reform, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Brassroao presented a Pelitlive from the Corpora tion sod iohvbisaide of MIAs, fee the improvement of Rtepbee'viGreeli. The Rouse west into Committee ow the Malt Duty Bill. The seven/ Resolutions were wined to, sod the Report w it:led to be received to-morrow. Mr. WIN A neon moved for leave to bring in a Bill fur reel ing in ilia Majesty (erode parts of Windsor Forest. After some few oboes satiated front floe. Doll os, and 84G. V• Si , leave was granted. On the motion of Mr. BA a tgothe Bill foe perpetaatimg the Reversion Act was read a third time, and passed; and Mr. Ba a Kr/ ordered to carry it to the Lords fur their we currence. Mr. Lt SUINGTON brought up the Report of the Com mittee of hupply, the ltesulutious of which were agreed tu. M►; Paacatal. moved fur certain papers baleen Mr. Secretory Casuist, Mr. Enkiter, Mr. Piecitsey, and Mr. barna, with sumo eurptioar, which were esecirrred is by WlllT•litt•D.—Gresfrd. - - - - , On the ominous of Sir John Newetiale, the House re solved itself into a Committee um the Embezzlement Bill, when some ausenduseuts, suggested by Sir Jona Newtons, were agreed to, after a few otmersatiuus from Mr. Rosy. The House having relearned, the Chair-maw brought up the Report, which was ordered to be taken imto farther row siderattou ero Wedaesday nest. The Amendment •as or dered to be permuted. MESSAGE MOM 1115 MAJESTY. Mr. hEact.V•L presented • messaße from His Alajest), stating, that his Majesty being desirous to confer the most signal mark of his favour upou Lieutenant-Graered Lord Viscount IVellingtou, for the valour and skill which he displayed in the battle of Talavera, recommended to his faithful Commons to consider of providing for him and his two successors, au annuity of two thousand pounds a year.—Referred to the Committee of Supply. Mr. TtEusew thought that upon such a subject the House should have as long s notice as possible. After a few observations from the Citasestins of the Elfulimat:Ett, it was agreed that it should Lie discussed mu Friday next. 'Lord CastLEaSIUM moved fo► an Address to His Mitjesty, praying, that he would order to be laid before the Rowe. copii-s of such communica tions as could be laid hifoie it, consistently with Tester JOITY, P no At lel the apart St. Jowl Istiou wM i t . they 41 two o'clo. Balt-roar ate?' ( Chamber nonour. 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