The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

THANES OF THE HOUSE,

GPGenii% COTTON and Anson attendin.„7 in their
places, in full uniform, to receive the Thanks of
the llousr, for their distinguished conduct at the
battle of Talavem, the S AAAAA addressed thew
issarly ae tallow s •

" Brigadier-General Sir Charles St tpletou Cot-
ton, and Brigadier-General George Anson, upon
your return from the wars is Spain, whatever may
have hero the variations of opini•m respecting
those wars. and whatever may have heed the alter-
nations of hope and appreheinvott, as to their ter-
miuntion, c•otrrtuinut by the country, nevertheless,
yiueconduct has been such a, to call aloud for unu-
nitrous applause and adiniiaticn. The British canal-
ry, resins/use:l for prowess in war, upon former
occasions, has not 1.41tJ to inert the enemy, flushed
ashy was with bUtet SS and victors• over other notion%
Led by your bawds. it has agar,, proved itself lire-
&beside in arum—Wear! hear )—NV hen the
history of the• isms s shill be ic.id, your names
shall be repeated with raultaton to the lateg pos-
ttsity. and your deeds shall sp;rtar in the list of
th,r• must tiering: achievements. You do not serve
ao uilgrati ful euuntry, but one that, well knows
that msli•ery fame is national power.— ( Hear
hear .1 J—Cumtuaucled by this [louse, I return to
you their unanimous Thanks for your valour
sal toaduct at Talavera. on the 27th and Oath of
July. winch contributed to achieve a viet.ry ro
highly glorious to lira Majesty's at aei."
General COTTON eltpresboi his high sense of the
honour dour bun. The approlsistion of that House
we', by hint aid his fellow-soldiers. considered as
their Iss• hebt reward. As for himsult•. he had only
perfettned his duty undo: that gallant General,
wh ise name was sit honour to the British se: vice :
and swim, he trusted, would shoaly again base
an el.p wtanis y of provis , that, at th- head of
Brit i-h !sour, he would brat twice the number of
rterwit.

General Axsoir •140 ►e:ninn! thanks to the
Hou•c fur the- dotinanishea honour conferred on
bun, and to the Speaker, lot the liAntlatque mau-
lit: t.i Si 11'61 he thldrratect hint.

Il.e Thuuls ot re or‘ler-t1 to he recur& 41 on the

requiritt of Mr WHITBRE 4P. Mr. CILIA
.1 hi.. 'notion on the subji a of 13:1.,1ctr.'
t II I. May. lath Almrch.

ELsIGNATION OF LOUD CHATHAM.

In al...arr to a tv.catinit on this subject, pat by
NI% Wiitraarsn,ti,e CHalscit.hottor the Eat at-
kict a stated, that I.nrd trorleted his
relagniati"n, R. Nlitaier of the OninJuce, to El.s
ve,t, nhy, :ant the Lelia.; and that llis Ma-
ivity had uteo graciouOy pleased to accept of the
Ild

On the motiou of Mr. CALCI4FT, the counter
Narrative of tier Iticliar t Strachao to t'.ut of Lord
C:ar1111U, %%as read by thr Clerk. It a ei.t at great
leng;h into the detail of the r.aral operatlont ou
the Scheldt Expedition, asserted, in d:r,•rt coltra-
diction to Lord Chatham. that tie delay occurred,
on the part of the Navy, iu the exe.. it..cri of that
strriae; and maiutairsed a diier:ace of o;rniou

/rota his Lordship. sawyers! pointsconnectoi with
the conjoint oikeritions
The House then went into • Committee on the
Scheldt Inquiry. end strangerr were excluded.

Sir L. Pepii. Genersl "Don, Captain Paget,
Captain Owen, and Captain Paibley, were the only
witnesses examined. _ _

......
The CHAIRMAN then reported prozrers, and the
Committee is to sit •gain on Mosiday.

Adjourned at ten o'clock.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY, MARcU 9.

The Earl of CHATHAM yesterday resigned his
office of Master-General of the Ordnance, in which,
we understand, he will be succeeded by Lord Mot-
t:RAM and Lord CASTLEREAGH. it is said, with
equal confidence, is to he the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, in the room of Lord MUM:MATE. This
arrangement appears, at tirst,blush, most extraordin-
iffy, if not incredible; that a man, who had been con-
demned by his colleagues as utterly incapable, and
the execution of whose sentence was only respited
until he bad brought the melancholy and unfor-
tunate Expedition to the Scheldt to a conclusion,
should be thus placed at the head of our navy, our
other great bul cork and defence, by the very men by
whom he was tried and condemned, is, undoubtedly,
au act of extreme inconsistency. Upon closer is-
spection, it will be found, however, to egree with the
little petty intrigue, the narrow and selfish views,
and the weakness and imbecility of the present Mini-
sters. Until Lord CMATHASI'S Narrative made its
appearance, there seemed no disposition in either
House of Parliament, and very I atilt on t of doors, in
inculpate him. The great weight of the charge of
the disasters of our army in Walcheren, and the
failure of the expedition, were thrown upon Lord
Carneftitacti, but his own imprudence haring
rendered Lord CnATuctes removal necessity, Mr.
PERCEVAL mar hope that the public will accept him
as a sufficient sacrifice and atonement for the sins of
his colleagues. He also bars the door completely
against his rival, Mr. CANNING, and frustrates all
his hopes of his return to office ; fur Lord Came-
'Mann and that Gentlemen can neter sit in the
same Cabinet, and Mr. PERCEYAL knows, from
experience, that Mr. Ca mite, if In place, would
not be content to act a subordinate part, but would
aspire to be Premier. The friends of Lord Mrs,.
♦ILLE and Mr. CANIII/I0 MT! crying out for the re.
turn of these men to office; and Mr. Penctv.ct. well
knows, that with them he could net long maintain
his present elevation. If then he his restored Lord
CASTLEREAGH in office, we may rest assured that
he enjoys the advesitage of sectiriny, his own pipe-
riurity, by keeping out Mr Cennsno.

The Gleaner hired ketch, Lieut. Gases. is ar-
rived at Plymouth, from Constantinople. She
touched at Gibraltar on the 44th, and Cadis on the
Stith last, ham both of which the h-is brought dis-
patches fur Government. At these respective dates
all was bustle and activity at Cleve several places:
at the former expecting, and at the latter defend-
ing, an attack.—rut before any material operation
can take place against either, the French have to
rebuild all their batteries which were directed
against them, our troops and seamen having blown
them all op,on learniotillte approach of the enemy.
We have five sail of the line at Cadiz, and some
frigates; all the Spaniards are moved from the
inner harbour, down abreast of the town. and a
strong fortification is thrown across the htliinus ;
which must be carried before the town itself
may be attacked, for our troops are in posses-
sion of the whole island of Leon, every inch of
which is to be defended to the last.

We yesterday stated our reasons for concluding
that the Archduchess MARIA LOUISA of Austria is
to he the bride of BONAPARTE. Puiis papers have
been ieceired to the 28th last, and Dutch to the 4th
ire.tant, which r. move till doubt from the subj-ct.—
lltaturza, the Iltrnes-rtox of the mod, rir A 1.10f-
•NDEll, left Paris on the 25th for Vicri:nr, from
whence he will set Out or the 1 it:. of Mardi
on his return with the Bride. Ile is to led with
powers from all the Princes of the Confedera-
tion of the Rhine. to render her stritaL'e honours
on her passage through their territor;es. lie 1:114idso
brought with him magnificent prevent., inchidi•4,
BORAPARTlellpOttratt.fur theAlcliduchi • s; 6,,br10t
tvestry for the Eurperor. Exclusive of u
did suite which orcompoMea Mat lure, the P..ide
will be met at lirsunau by a sp'.en,lh! precession
from Paris. M. Ilaccr, Ph),ician in Ordinary lodic
Emperor, terriers' notice from the Gra:::1 Ma-shal
of the Palace, to set stir for that pnrpn•i• on the he
instant, in ooe of His 1111'6111AI. MAJCirt'S c-r-
-riages. Atnaogst the persons also appcinted to
form part of the proLossion. are M. or BEALSSET,
Prefect of the Palace; M. de Stvssr . Master of
the Ceremonies; and four Chamberlains. M. M. or
EICARS, Dr BAILOI.I.E. IYALIII:SSON. and IYAN.
GOSSE. The Chevalier of Honour, Senator BEAT:-
lIARNOIS ; the Grand Equerry, Prince A LDOIRANI-
orat-Ront. urn ; and the Bishop or Mrre, are
also gone to Brannan.
It is understood that the days of rest which Tin-
per.at highness the Pr:trees, MASIA
pave at Carkruhe, and Witi•troo, will he
car i•:cratcd to fetes givcn in honour of her Ly