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ito,ooo MO to send Oa a -tecviee inipOrtant to its • interests. He could see no reason why, this Let. ter should not be produced ) as the Right Lion. Gea. t}eman himself chose to read it. He could not pretend to say, what might be his motives for doing But as the object of this-Motion was not inquiry into any present transattion, but into what die light }kin. (knife - Mali chi se hiiliself tti . ceittnutnicatO, he could see no objection 'to •its being agreed to.. .He. Wa3_,Stltel that it must come home to the conscience of those Gentlemen who saPported, and placid so much confidence in the late Ministers, but who. must now see that they,haVe been deceived, and who, he hoped, would not now 'allow those who .have de. cetved them togoompunished. lie was afraid, that, the Right Hon., Oentletnan had read this Letter on a former night, iii.order teeshelter himself frorn the charges brought agalose him, behind. the Dl= of" Yciart. In his opinitin, the - flouse owes it to.that illustrious Personage, to the vindication of his Cha ratter, of that of the Officers of the Army, and of the Army at. large, toageee to the Motion as a pre limioary' to Inquiry; He concluded with moving, " That an Humble Address be presented to His 11•Iai tsar?, that he Would be graciously pleased an order a Copy of the_ Letter from His Royal High, tress the Dirge of YORX, the Commander in Chief, dated February 18,. 'Soo, to DuNDAs, then one 'of His Majety's Principal Secretaries of Stare, to be laid before the Mime." , The CILIWCELLO fthe E.:VC:W(2OR. "'Sir, the object ot the Hon: Gentleman's Motion is the produetion of a - Tublic Document, it. might naturally be expelled that one of His Majesty's Confiden. till Servants should - rise immbdiately after' the Hon. Gentleman, in order to state tho'grounds upon which Ministers think it right to assent tu,,or dis sent from, the propotition which has been made: With respeCt to the Declaration which, the Hon. Gentleman states to have been made by His Ma. jeity. s present Ministers, of the principks by which their conduct shoOlil 'be guided, T will not• now, Sir, occupy your time by a repetition of it ; it will be for the House to determine what degree of credit We are entitled to, but I, for one, will never consent to obtaio a' temporary credit, by losing sight of what Ileel to be due to. his Majesty's Service, and to ,the Public Interest The Hon. Gentrenian leis stated, if I understood Win right, as the•grounds upon which he rests hii- Motion,-that in the M'Onth of Feb. aoo, upon an application be. inz made to His Royal . Highoess the DO RE Of YORK, the Commander in Chief, for the , purpose o f providing a large number of Troops for a Foreign Expedition, the - answer of His Royal Highness Was,. that sueh.a number of Troops could not be - furnish. ed in less than- two Monthsi, that period Being re. 'quisite to give the Troops the necessary discipline. The - Hon..sGentleMan then went on to state • that this Army had been employed-in an Expedition in the preceding yearyand he means to State, if I on. derstood him cortatly.. , that Ministers'Wereculpa. ble in having so employed thent,-if What was alledg. ed by the Couorinuder in Chief - was true, which - it undoubtedly was.. Sir, I wish the House to cond. der What were the Cirennistances of the •Expedition to - Holland, which`., took place-I belie cue 'either in August Or - Sepe.and also, the state of affairs at the time when the requisition fur the•TrOops was made. The first Troops whiCh - soiled on the-Expedition to liolland wider Sir Ralro A - a ERCAOMPY, amount. ed tolietween 8 and 99°6 men, thryconsistedofße. gulars, and not ofinendraftedfroin theMiliiia; it was by this force that the Helder was taken. The next ea. barkation that took' place after them, certainly did :consist; in h great degree, of Recruits from the 'Militia, who had volunteered theirservices•in coo. - scsaertee oran'Ati of Parliament, giving them 'per. - mission so to do, Which Ad, the Honse will recol. left, passed at a very advaoced period 'of the Sezzion. I do believe, that, upon this occasion, the objett Of Government, and the expectations of .toe 'People, were - founded upon' what " was generally believed to be the disposition of 'the People of Holland ; and that, When 'the Second embarkation took. place, 'it t as expected they would'. have to eo.operate with, ,tnii to reedie.co-operation•from'the - People of, that Cbuntry. if tharexpedatioe had turned Out to be kiell rounded, there is 'no doubt but that the'Army' eieas in a state of sufficient ilkipline for that put. l ose. have never yet heard it ass e rte d, -' t h at at. the time that expedation cvas - formed,, there were very good grounds for 'entertaining Our lopes were certaidly disappointed, but if the House will 'consider for a moment the sea. son of the year, the state of the weather, the condition of\ the roads in. that 'Country, and the un. Voidable deieLy which took place in the disembarka tion Of our Troops,. it will not be -m a t t e r o f sur ,prihe.that those expedations, Which there was every reason to entertain at first, Were afterwards disap pointed, 'and that we did not meet with the co operation for which We had looked. "But -inde pendently of this, it appears that . Governmenthad no alternative 'but that of abandoning the 'whole of the Expedition, unless they ailed in•the Manlier which theysdid. In order to procure a sufficient Military Foree,. it Was necessary to use the means which were adopted, and aForee was:provided .suffi.: dent for the objea for which it was intended, - viz. that of 'co-opetaong with, and receiving'eo.operet_ tion from the Petiple of Holland. The House will recollea that the Troops returned, 'from that Expe . - dition ire the latter end'Of - 'the year ) I believe about the end of November ; the winter was unusually severe, and some unavoidable ci rcumstances attend ing the embarkation of the'llomps at thelielder; produced very great iticonVenierree to - the ArMy.— The stores belonging to one Regiment in particular„ (I mention this cireamstance because it happens to come within 'my own knowledge), the 'stores and clothing belonging tt) the Ninth Regiment' were n o t in their possession till'three months 'after Oheie landing at Yarmouth., On -the Ath of Febru ar y His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief wrote • letter to Secretary' for the War Departnient,. stating that it would require two months in order tai prepare the Army for Foreign Service. Rut 'the Gentleman states that the-then Secretary for; tie War Department, represented the Tumpi which embarked for I [,)hand as being in a perfea state . of diieipline. I do not recalled hearing that Right Hoff. Gentleman: make use of any such assertion i • I did hear him state that the Force which r-tiliarketl- under the itartit 4 diatc command of Sir RALrli atettotattY,' was in a complete state - , but, not the whole Ath pTh . :f. eKouse wilt - remember that after the return 0 the_ Troops from HoNatal, 'the Army received a eofisidellble accession of men front the Militia, in consetplettee of a•seelmd Lill %t•biclt passed for allowing them to volunteer from the Mili tia • i witich Bill passed, I believe, in the month of Oc.. .tober. conseelikence of this , new aectwion to the .2ktiny was, that there were a much greater number• of p ersons :requiring. to:.be disciplined. But, Sir, ti it; in the Month of January 1800, an Aft was rased it, -the . Parliament of lieland, allowing men to volunteer from the Irish. Militia into the Regulars, in consequ'enee of which the Army was very considerably inereaSed,_ but there was, at the same time, a very great addition to that description of Fort*, which composed the second einbarkation in the 'Month of August, and to them the Com mander in Chief's Letter alluded. There is another - circumstance, which I must beg leave to state, be cause it has been *taloned to me by several all cers, and that is, that after the return of the Troops from the Helder, it was found convenient to intintlace several improvements in the Military dig. cipline. It Was found necessary that in each Regi_. 'mem there should be a Company of Rifle Men, and during fife Months of February and March, the men were trained, for that purpose, and I have been in formed a great deal of pradice was requisite.. _lt, has also been stated ro.me, that it 'was found expe dient that a number of Regiments should be :rained to aft 'together 'as light Corps; this was ,an objea to which great importance was attached, and which also required considerable time. I have now, now, Sir, stated to the House,- that the Army mean the part of it which formed the second embark ation) which went •to Holland, was not 'considered as being likely to be employed so much in separate Military operations, as in ca-operating with t he Dutch ; and I have stated, that the Army to which His Royal Highness's Letter of the zath February • alluded, was not the 'same Army that embarked 'for Holland, but consisted in a great degree, of men who, from the circumstances I have stated, required a considerable time for the purptise of being exer cised. But it will be necessary to bear in 'mind, that the Service to which the Troops were destin ed, which were reenired -in the'anotith of•Febru- Dry, was extremely different from that which it was expeCied those sent to Holland would have to per form. The Troops which Went to Holland in the month of August, were, as I have already stated, destined for the double purpose of Military exer.-* lion and of cOoperating with the people of that Country. Those whO composed the second einb.irka don for Holland, were nridhubtedly in the contem plation of Ministers destined fcir:the latter ehjeCt. F om the season of 'the year in which the Expedition took place, there certainly was no reason to expo& that the Campaign would las t'for any considerable length of time. taut what was the nature of the service for Which the TroOps; required in the nionth of Feb. were destined ? They, were' to sere in a dishnt part of Europe against the best Troops of France, and probably during a long Coinpaign. IYpOn these „trouods' it does not appear to me that the Hon. tientlenian has laid any. Parliamentary 'ground - for 'the produaion of the Letter wilier he require, be:. ewe he has, in no degreC, ,proved that any blaitie attaehed'to His Majesty's then Ministers, because the Army was not in a. state for immediate service, particularly at the time they were required, because it will he recolletted; that few instances *have oc. curred 'in Which an Army was ever required for service, at an earlier period than that at which His Royal Highness stared the 'lraqis would be in readiness. It is not for. me to' state, Sir; that the Letter in question dOes contain other parts which may be.hriproper to' he' Made public. But; mit it to the House, whether they will not suppose it probable, 'that' there may be some passages in it of a nature to render it ititproper to be prountlgated, unless. strong grounds indeed were laid for its. pro dtAion. It is not my intention to 'trouble' the House any longer : haVing stated that-in my opinion the Hon. Gentleman his not laid any Parliamentary' grounds which ought to induce the. HoUse't6 grant the Leiter, I shall 'therefore *ire my'vOte against its produetiOn. Mr. UNITE RE W with , *that:oi Rt. Hon. Gen-; treiwn . hati by no_means convineed'hins thit -nb:Par liamentary ground had been laid for the , produdion .of this Letter; upon a motion ur;on_ the State of che r Nation, the Right Hon. Secretary CNlr..DOttu i sl produced a part of this Letter as a ju.aification of his condu4, If the -Right Hon. Gentleman had a right to produce this Letter for the purpose of de fence, the House 'in his'Opinio n h ac i a right to have. if before thein, in order 'that a Motion of Censure .might be grounded upon it--HfieCtikeiVed the'more authorized to use this argument, becauSe his Honourahlelrriend hail pledged him-self-that if the Letter was produced he would-mai:eh the founla. two Of 4 serious `charge. 'lf this was .•not a 113ar lianientary ground for the produdion. of a paper, he could notilnagiiie what was. .The case was simply, this, one Servant of the Public defended himself against a,charge by readieg an Extra& of a Letter,' and. when that Letter was called fOr, another Set_' Vant of the. Public objeOed to its produftion, con. tending' that no Parliatnentary grounds - had beeti' laid for its produClion. The Right Hon.. 'Gentle: man who had just sat down, had nbt' stated that the Letter Cotitained'expressidnsaahich rendered it unfit 'for the public eye; he had merely stated, that it was posSible it Might contain - sentiments of that descrip.. Lion: But even if it did contain sentiments of that descritition, was it not the - fault of the Right Hon'. Gentleman who first quoted it ; but having pro. diked a part of itOttott'untionbtedly the Houk had a , fight to-'see the whole 'of it, in order to dcterniinr fairly whether the cOndte of theitight Hon. Gen tlernan was proper or not. The light Hon. Gen. tlemad who spoke last had .stated One•of thezrounds upon which his Hon. Friend rested his Motion, but he had nut stat e d then-kali. The*Right 'Hon. g en.. ticumn said, that the 'objeel' 'ofAtis Eno. Friend . was, to chew Oat the 'Army which had ben tent to Holland was not in a fit condition to he sent upoe tjtat Expedition . ; that certainly was one .of the rounds which his • Hoe. If had advanced, but st was' not the only one, 'Another ground charge was, that' out of 30 0,0 0 0 men which we had at that tiine,,there could not be found ao,ooo fit foran peditiOn which was then in cOntonplation. The Rt. I-Jun. Centlentan had gone into a tong detail of the eirraitganCes a tteuiling'the Expedition to the 1 1 .!:!..r, bUt did 'not, recoltea . that the .then .Ceretary for the War - Department, had stated that the I.`roops employed upon that Expedition were in a state..of perfat discipline. He Was not. sure of the'eipret sions -which the Right Hon, Secretary had used, but he .coUid.perfeetly well remember,. -that when it was 'ea :Iv A' --7 7 7."' -ftrr• urg , that the rmy Was not in a prof. mte the serviee upoir4hich ihey were employed, that he, in reply, contended, thatjow-as completely fi t 'for it. , • But while tht Right 'ffon. extending= his 7 proteciion io His -MAjetty's' 'lat'e 'Minister!, hi had laid another part of their condua 'open to censure-4; :lite Right Hon, Gentleinln had stated, that when the late Ministers undertook - the . Expedition to Holland, they -did it under a persuit- , sion that they. should meet' with great cool,•eratiori in that Country, but that in that expedation they. had been disapPainted. But surely, rf this was:.the case, the late Ministers were highly_ culpable foihaf 'ingvundertaken such an Expedition, upon such imper feet information,,and_for sending out an Army which was acknowledged to be only lit to ad in co-opera, tion with the inhabitants of that Country. He was sure that no man who had seen the mannecin which the Drafts frOm the Militia was Concluded, could help larneniing that so many brave and gallant-- Men had been exposed in such a manner. • The theti, from the peculiar circumstances of the case, were in . a state of constant inebriety ; the country was kept in a state of confusion ; the men were sent in wag kons and carts to .the place of embarkatio n , w ith out nowing or being known to their Officers, and many of them in such a state of drunkenness, that they 'did not know the Regiment to which they belonged. They came in by tens and twenties to the place of their embarkation, in a manner that appeared to , , him highly disgraceful, and it certainly must 'be a: matter of regret, that an Army ,hnuld be sent out . in such a situation. 'But when the Rt; lion. Gen tleman contended that the late Ministers wore not to blame, it should be reollekted that we had.a force of .zoo,ooo. men, arid that the whole of . the Draft which was required.. was. not, thove 20,000 IT!en, so that there would remain i86;boo ;- but, even supposing that our ,force had :been over-rated, there wouJd. at all events remain 2-50,000. The. late NlThistets. always professed: themselves ready to meet any charge that was • brought forward, but when the . .day.: of discussion-. caMe, the Right Hors. QentlemanalMost cOnstantly - produced her of Documents, which, however, ,he would not lay beforethe House,' and they were called upon to' depend upon the credit 'of the, person accused. It was, by no .means astonishing: to. him _that•llii M. jesty's late Ministers . peisisted -in the same condUcl which they, hind alWay4.,adopted, but he confessed he was rather sin:prized coheir fhepresent Minisre'rs maintain the same dOdrines. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who had access to this Taper,: bad not., gone the length stating. that any part, of it was unfit for the poblie eye . ; he had Only said that it might possibly contain some pa:sage* . of that de-. scription; and Ihese were the grounds upon, which lie opposed the Motion. In his Right Hon. Hon. Gentleman !rand not stated one reason why the Lc . ttef should not be produced, and therefore sliouta 't•lVe 11'6 vote for flu. Mtltion, • Tbr CIIANCELLOR of the E..7-Cl-figI.TER rose merely to statee - One fad, 'which ,in..rhe Months of January and Febihary, near, 86c0 men had been tent to-Ireland. . A ;lir, PITT--«-Sir, I rise - "to say but a few words upon *hat has fallen from.. the. Gentlernen_on the - other,sidedf the House, and therefore•shalLtrespass . but very shOTO'upon the time - of the Hoose. In moving - for :this paper, the Hon. Gentienfan has i a id , what he c o nceives •ro . be Parliamentary grour.is for hi s mot i on , Viz. thafif 'th4 Litter is produced, he will inake it a matter of.eharge.against his Ma jest's late Ministers. It has happened to me, .Sir,., to . hear a great many , of the.;e declaratitivs ;AO pledges, but in this particular case I must -beg leave to state, that` there _can exist , no •difticultY If jehe I Hon. Gentleman ‘vas really . seri , AlS iii,hisintfititioli of Making it a ground, i)f,-accalltion:': -Thetelmay certaiiify be a differetiee of opinion,as to the pro priety of bringing Taward this Letter, :bur as to the effeit rvllk,'ll they•think they can derive from its prodalion, I meals that . 01.Obtaininglhe means of s,upporting ncettsittiOns ligainst the' late.. Ministers, the Hon. gentlemen sliall certiliolv meet with no obstacle. We will furnish them at. least with two witnesses, who will prove the : whole of the fact which they say they want • to•e44l:iih-,-That part Of His Ropl-Highneses Le ter which has been quoted, states-Jim; in thc. m9rith of February 18-00, the force which was required could not be detached for two months. • •I'llislis .all which the Honourable Gentleman krit4s . s Of the Letter, and he pledges , hiaiself, upon . this . -fild being e,tablished, he will tiring'rdrwaitthis charge. I'he c)ther , part of the Lettdecinnor form any part of . the 1 foundation of his charge, beeinse :he certainly env mot- pledge' himself to- -rinin4 ar•accusation upon tilat Which :he does not:know ; at lerht if he itc.cs,-it must be A-most -singular- charge indeed, - The -case then stands thas : the Hon. Gentlean.says, that if he can substantiate - the tact tutted in - that part •of theletter which , he..has heard, he will' snake .it a subjt.t.l of charge against the, MAO. la te ;Minis,t - drs; N9w,'Sir,' though it may not,.be iNper,' for obvidut reasons, tO produce the Letter; .ye,t . We are ready to . 'admit the fact which he wants to have substansi a t ea ;' and I do,noW for myself, as I belier . e?l May 1 for My Right Hon. Friend, •adrat that 'fact. ~ Let tis*tioethen, Sir, haveanyinote of this , kind of , it:ti ta g , and of niakinglond threats of . charges ..• thi Hon. Gentleman "may bringlorward. his charge any day he •pleases.-:-AVe are ready to- meet hiltiWtt are willing 40:_adthit the lad upon which - he 's ap' lc will, found 4,4 l ;Ateusatitm, but we deny, the infer!. elite which :he ..prOptsses to. draw Trani it. " The Quesrion then , ""resolves itself • into tins, there "being a doubt •whet o ltt:r it Would •itot . .be'prodoCtive' of .great inconvenience to produce _this- Letter, no ground ,ivhafei t ier •being laid lor , its-prodne lion, • except that it was to be . the vround.work .. of a 'charge 'against .His Majesty's late Ministers, uild'A:..e, admitting the only` ifs in ,that Letter, 'of whith they, have 'any kaoWledge—The tihegioi), I 'say, is this, ‘vhether we shall, incur the inconveni., enee of producing this 'After, when the Hon..Gen tiernan will have every possible edvantage by our s 1 , aitmitting the o.dy to his knowiecite e the Letter contains, or whether we shall rail upon' . the G,enttemen (having. obtained the admission of the faft), in proceed with Ills charge ? 'Lee me thee ask Gentlemen, upon what ground they can persist in ceiling for` this P per, when every purpose that con be answered by 'its production, care be obtained without it—(Some Gentlemth in the o p. periet i erie l lOiyfetfee4Aregme4ewek — 4 04eeeLej . men would give me an. answer : it is inunaterial, . whether 4 , t ke e e . &rave (n e e ludicrou s o n e ; 'r hey . - have net; F cOntentf; Sir;' htiti •any l'arliamentaiy, grounds' for tlie'produtliOn - of this Paper,,They 'have stated no grounds that can .be maintained' by • , .64. reasoning, but they hare afforded a strong proof, tthink, that they 'have taken i: up .upon grounds that were 'not likely fora moment; to impose upon the Public, having beet, - in thefirst place, I dare say, 1 .. 'Completely . impoied upon themselves. It i, stated, !that there -were not 20i000 immediatelk' ready for a 'service; 'which ;night them for eight Or. ten months, and Gentlemen urge, that: • this , is a' proof of one of tw o thineeseither that the Troops which were ;sent to Hollimd, were not in a proper ettedition to •be sent on thy Eipedi tion, Or that, after 'they returned; :Ministers were 'culpable for not having a larger disPosilhle feree.--:- . Now, Sir, with respect} to' the last part of ;thi s - charge; :I. will di sm i ss i t i n a 'f ew words M y . •• Right 'Hon. Friend stated, and I believe grated truly; "that there were 306,000 Men ie arms cable.to the defence of:. thelslation ; Amt. I thaw.r . think, that before a 'candid' man would attempt to - • censure 'Ministers; 'before a 'prudent men .wtitilti pledge himself' to bring a charge against them,' he would endeavour to ascertain something More than - ' the bare fad of the number of Men in Arms--There are, one -or two points,. of tvhielt I think the'Hott e . Gentlemen should have endeavouredto infOreitheth.; se lv es . In the first place, they might have taken . the trouble of ascertainin g , how mans , Of the s e Me n Were necessarily employed out of the Cuuntrv, bee': cause they could not be supposed to be in a state to be immediately sent upon. a Foreign Expedition. po i nt , w hich I should have-th ough t se r n a i thc o. 7 t h , the'next j i litee, they might h ave i nquired:into • e ta , How many of these 30 0e0 00 Me n . ereild: be, c fr o om nt ' r t 3 h , c ,? na ß t tl e t re tii; of se their l s s, serv ice, Hon. G en tl emen have 'either contrived ,to fierget, or thoughtlt • venient treoverlook ;' , .for in this gentritt statettierit I . o f j 06 ,000 Men, they have inclnded the '4l'W of he 'forts I have stated—they:ninveig .all the Volunteers and ,Yeomanry or . the 'Country; ' 'bath Cavalry and Infantry-ee te d tw equal . propriety, • have encludet/: the' whole • Of : • - the.Population of the KingdOm.. it n w e eed, e at , ee , been but proper, -Sir, I- think, for:gentlemen to have" toquired.'in 7 the, first pike, star •wa s . the Amount . of ilie regul4r -Attu. ;. and-, then '; to have n;certarnett •honar many of them were necessary , for the. tkfonee• of G rear Ifettain-Jihowerrentic weepteeessary to mile with the Force.servinginlrelande:- haw many were necessary. „ for - ,fie Service c*ying•ti`n '--how many ..w.Crd -.required . fp: rte. :Girl - LOP& Of ter,. M inoreee ior e fhos,e of ' t h e 'W es; tlnti4s, and eheivhe're. Therefore, when e;.o : entlOanectithiti• for Ward with a general Charge I think he d o e s noreetitle that there ;tat; ARt 0, 2,c200 mei; fi t 101- Service; under these eircumeteneei (or . his-stateineets: Bet Gl i t l t ni let s t e t l ei f t i ' t ..l o vi l y n ;e h ss c. u r n e i ci td it . ,throughput the whole course., of th e aegument, that_ • th . c. Artily to :Which the Letter alludes, was the same Army that,was seintie,FlollanLaeid then they, :infer that that Army could,'po t "hav e b een in alit.' . • . . to .be 'sen t to Holland., - NOW Sir l Maintain' and I appeal to` 'any or Tielleerehitt- - -supposieg e t he-Force t 40-Holland was the - one alludell fiti - ari:Flii . ; Royal Highness's Letter; nn Supposing that that Army, wheneit Vas sent upon thee .Kepeditiort, had been' in it s rite of • the ‘. ~ g teatest,,perfediae, Which it &as not, enise r .op e i et ; that ArinOtad met with the,Setsicc w,414, ,Ap 004 9t eaa i t did meet 'With,• than I will. tnalritein, . HTari'ttnirl ter nttfe, Arney„eopld not, have bee n •to s tate for .Servic e oh ihe''2Bth Fele:cheery. A. have obieelf,e4 that GentlemH! are \Acyk' .7 ,fferi4 :coalpariog the Army 01 tle! lfretich -ehin , of. this COUntry, and I ;member, that Geetl e e e ;nee .commented. with great pleasantry npoe the • greacesiertiofts of the ilrtnye:if -'tut the House will retolle,i, that soate'nwans nave beet . - employed in France co give energy their c'xere tionse which. would-be highly eensered.if they wor e used in this - Country, tied' which are never praised but when theY are' eniplteredin France in 1 mari ner the mist likely - to injure the interests a . this Country With all these charges, however, Sit e I 'c4nrmt but recollet diet' this ".rmy of Reserve, - the Army . of 'Reserve .of tins went hero,. Who: is '''the 'constant objeet adelatioe, was pot. - fit - la condition to co:newt:see its oP"'a tions _ 'till a tater period, than-that before whitf l it . .was stared tie: Letter in 'question, out Oce% evpuld , catty-:: But, Sir,' eateitlonen 114VC cote. Itantly . considered t hii L et t er A s a ll u di ng t o the • sent to 'Hollnatl, 'and 'Oen if - it -•did, •heve . ehewn that they totiltPoot hive been fit fbr Service - In:elle month of Februats, ; lett my Itig-hr Hon. Friend (the CHANCFLI.OR ile! Ex Eou has proved},from incontroverti!);e tacis, .that it woe of a force, almost entirely elifferoot of which his }royal -of -from ... Regiments ; second,' the f F n i r i !e litl s e Ct s tt Ik'ni.. The ru j idw as trot composed.part 'undoubtedly was. The Expedition was sent for . . diversion- tie l i h le en P i n orgre c a ' t 'b i f :ip ae o c r n ta nl tt i c li e is i b o iri t g his ti e lf o ec u ' n b t l rY i T s site a,l tirs . l , 1 7 1. : . t e s : i sq i c o o a n n (i nt ‘ i v it a l s a , te i t o he cir te: :e n t ia , to a alga t e v-our our Al?i'e•:;• aOd. the last ;vas, a inS p fi m f v t e h r e fti l l )aff.:h Marine; the •means to int a:icier:l Ally,f 71- re, e eet. ro the first .0i cheat;, Alley !about,: . N e ith e r- I • . rt.-N(111e .:}latilsdy c, fr o m .the nepres 'l s i l l o is n ' u C t ) kl u e n r tr ;:il ' i r.t ere : . it • ;the second ur me t we . leere coMpletely . ' its t l o o s u t r at ,,A e ; a S IIIO3C- 1111t101(1)Mily ene rter - i V u o our .f \V I t 1 fu l te- Odoce- a - great effect in:'t r• , of et•jea which 'net's to.fee obtitht", fhtn con to' the lia,zard w;r:inckluleue 401 - IT Pr u e nte t° tri . j a h n e , l 4 l . s a t n; Pi sit e r2 ! ,;% l: lJee iri. ve wesies mow A et,„ sider the geat end glelioee'et h if we had leclined iucurring art y tl9itte for tee