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HOUSE ofr ebaisootes.
rooig presented a Petithirf from the blioister.
Churchwardent, and Overseers, of the parish of
Islington, in the county of'Miniesex, respeCiing
certain parochial tegulatidiii—Ordered to lie on the
table.
General doscoyne preiented a Petition from the
poor cnori nl dvhoirs in the gaol of Live' pool,
praying rehof ; which was also ordered to lie on
the table.
Sorac Petitions relatore to private road bills, were
also pees and di.noied of iii the seine manner.
\111.; St VINCENT.
M. .lEFn ERY lose, put want to notice, for the
purpose of mowing, that the nisier of Wednesday
Liar, for printing certain n.a.11 papers, should be
discharged. He opposed the printing uf these pa-
pars, convinced, in his own mind, that they were
merely brought forward by the friends of Earl St.
Vincent, for the purposes of procrastination, and to
cause delay, and throw difficulties in the way of in•
vestigation, upon this subjea. From the numh:fr
and quantity of those papers, a still greater delay
must necessarily follow, in the printing of them ;
however, if the House should not entirely acquiesce
in this part of his motion, it was then his intention
to propose referring the ohnle of them to a seleel
committee, to determine whether all, or any, or
none of them, was necessary to be printed. He
further observed, that the printing of these volu-
minnos papery, many of which were wholly irrele-
vant to the subject matter of charge against the No-
ble Earl, would be attended with a very great and
unnecessary expense. The charges he had to bring
forward against that Noble Earl, related to that
part of his condo& particularly during his Adminis-
tration, while at the head of the board of Admiral-
ty. He was far front bringing forward those
charges, which his considered highly criminal, front
any interested, sinister, or malicious motives; but
he felt it incumbent on him, in discharge of his pub-
lic duty, to bring the conduel of that Noble Earl
under a stria and full investigation before that
Hotrce.
Mr. TIERNEY rose to:. order : 6 thought the
Hon. Member was not warranted in going so much
at length into the subjein of his Motion.
The SPEAKER replied, that the Hon. Member
was perfeelly justifiable in explaining his reasons for
making his Motion.
Mr. Jk:FEERY resumed, and raid, he was not
apt to extend his explanations farther than he
thought might be necessary, to put the House in
possession of the suhjeiff in question ; and, however
the friends of the Noble Earl might wish to pro-
crastinate this investigation, it was his intention to
bring it forward as spc..edily as possible, when he
should lay before the I louse such satiatasnory proofs
of the Noble Earl's misconduet, as would leave
no doubt in their minds; and he then held in his
hand documents sufficient fur that purpose, without
referring to the voluminous papers which had been
called for on the other side ; and, in spite of all the
delay given by the public offices, in furnishing these
papers. the friends of the Noble Earl would not find
themselves able to exculpate him. In conclusion,
he repeated, that his motive for pressing this
Motioo, was not to create any unnecesearydeloy,but,
on the contrary, to expedite the business ; and, he
was confident, if these papers were even to be
printed, the House would never have the patience
so read through such voluminous matter, wholly
irrelevant to the subjea ; he therefore moved, that
the papers be not printed.
Admiral MARKHAM said, he was much sur-
prised when the Hon. Gentleman first brought for-
ward those charges against Earl St. Vincent, to re-
but which, he found it necessary to move for seve-
ral of the papers in question: it was his intention
still to bring forward all other papers for the excul-
pation of that Noble Earl. In all he had hitherto
laid before the House, and all he had called for, he
had the sanetion of the late Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and one paper only was objeeted to, as the
disclosure of it might be of service to the enemies of
this country. No objesion had hitherto been made
to printing these papers, and he thought it extraor-
dinary that an objeCtion should be made at this pe-
riod of time; but he thought it more extraordinary,
that the Hon. Gentleman, who thus brought for-
ward his charges, founded in scurrility and invec-
tive, should endeavour to shut out the real light
from the public. From what had dmpoed from
that Hon. Gentleman, he seemed to say, he had
admitted that tbere were many papers he thought
the Officer would not produce. He denied having
ever said any thing so absurd : he said, one paper
could not then be produced, owing to the nexli.
gence of the Officer, this was the Noon-day-Book,
which had been regularly kept up for a series of
years, and contained an account of every ship build-
ing or repairing. This. with other papers, which
he should hereafter move for, but which could be
got in two days notice at tnOet, were necessary for
the exculpation of the Noble Earl, and he was sin-
cerely anxious, that the whole should be laid fully
before the public ; wishing, at the same time, that
all the scurrility and invealve which had been intro-
duced into those charges, might rebound with
redoubled force on the head of the author of them.
The cause the Noble Admiral had undertaken to de-
fend, he said, was not to be trifled away ; he con-
sidered it a question of great importance to this
country, inasmuch as it involved the Whole naval
concerns of the kingdom, and could not be decided
in a moment ; ha, therefore, not only for ths !Sit tie
Earl's sake, but that of the public at large, thought
it would he highly improper to say any thing more
oa the subjeCt, until all the rapers yet, laid before
the House ; he could not, so conclusion; help ob-
serving, that he considered it a very indecent pro.
eeeding, to bring this question forward at so early
a period of the Session, particularly when a new
Administration was in contemplation ; atter which,
the investigation might take place with fl tech more
propriety.
Mr. P. MOORE was of the came opinion with
the Honourable Member who spike last ; but he
thought toe Honourable Gentleman opposite (51r.
Jeffery) had gone much farther, and accused the
House of a dtrelietion of its duty, in Laying that
it would tire the patience of the House to read all
dose papers, and requiring them to rescind their
own orders on these grounds. He therefore was of
opinion, that these papers should be produced and
printed, when he, for one, world peruse them. In
the mean time he recommended it to the Honour.

able Gentleman to make the anemic havvreVe.
Me Ile should eta farther.
ATTOR \EY-GENERAL considered t
very. important, that unanimity in the mode ot
proceeding on a subject of this nature, should be
observed ; and however voluminous the papers
might be, he thought they should be printed, and
the House could rot be justified in precluding the
Noble Earl from prodneing all such papers as he
considered necessary for hit exculpation. On those
grconds, he also recommended the Honourable
Gentleman to withdraw his Motion.
Mr. Scrjeant 1.3E3 I.' thought the blot on
not be withdrawn, Without the Honourable
Gentleman's giving some tegion for bringing it
forward. He appeared not only desirous to seleft
his own evidence. but to name his own time for the
investigation. He furtl.er said, . that the papers
were %Molls irrelevant to the subject; but he would
ask, was the Honourable Gentlerrun to he the sole
lodge upon this bonsiness For, the rturoses of
national justic.', he considered rtiaterill ihat these
papers should be looked into. and shon!it ;07:;,;t&
that the public might know the real Lai of the
ctst.• ; he, therefore, thought i; cs!rernelv fit, that,
dos *Aim should be resisted Tlii. linuourab:o
Gentlernim, he continued, had ith4de his filutrge;
without considering on what folowlation they were
ereded; and from thence it was, lin sought now to
prociastinate the invrrigation, in resisting the
printing of the papers in question. Ire was con:
fident, on the other hind, it was not tile objet of
that House, to procristinate ihis matter, but to 14
it openly befire the public. He thetefore took it
for granted, the Motion would not be pressed to
division.

Sir WILLIAM MILNER shortlt observed,
that the Noble Earl who was the subjeft of debate,
had for his services been favoured with the free-
dom of that City which he had the honour to re-
present (York,) and his constituents would have a
right to complain, if he tacitly submitted to such
a proceeding, as had been proposed by the Honour-
able Gentleman (Mr. Jeff:ly )
Mr. JEFFERY, in explanation, contended
that the whole of the procrastination in this case,
arose on the part of the Noble Earl's f:ieAs, and
pledged himself not only to substantiate the Charges
already preferred, but to !ring tore-aid otter
Charges of misconduS, mismanagement, .ind
gross ntogleS on the part of the Noble Earl, par-
ticularly While he presided over the Board of Al.
miralty ; when, after being three years and a halt in
°dike, he ploposed to alter and chang • tee syestem
he had bzza so long pursuicg : and lie W fur thee
show, that instead of "making any considerable a. -
dition to t.l:e Navy of Great Britain,. hr did
add fifty, ten, or even one ship to the force •n
existence when he first wren into office. He r
procce.ling further in this strain, when the Spzaker
interrupted him, observing that he had tar ex-
ceeded the limits of any ISlction.
Mr. JEFF ERY replied, he only intreated that no
delay might lie imputable to him hereafter.
Sir WILLIAM YOUNG considered th.t t' s
Noble Earl and his friends were certainly tl e
judges of what documents were necessary i the
purposes of his defence. The charadft cf the
Noble Earl was deeply involved in this investigat;en,
and it was but fair, that the man so accused, should
have the means of defending himself.
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that the Honourable
Gentleman (Mr—Jeffery) had said, that their desire ,n
have those papers printed arose solely from a wish on
the part of tile friends of Earl St. Vincent to pro-
crastinate this enquiry into his Lordship's condua.
'fins assertion he declared to be a foul calumny;
but, on the contrary, contended,. that all the delay
which had occurred, originated with the Honour-
able Gentleman himselt, who not only suffered
one year to elapse, bet one year and an halt had
passed after that Noble Earl went out of office.
before any charges whatever were preferred again
him. His Lordship's only wish, and that of his
friends, was, that the business might be laid before
the public, and fully investigated. He could not he:.
however, suspetling, that something underhand
had been doing in this business; he wished to
know by -what means the Honourable Gentleman
had come by his information ? (a loud cry of firer!
Hear Had be gone privately to some of the
Ofßces ? liter Hear ) And, if privately, it was
scandalously and suspiciously done. He was, there-
fore, well aware, that, in some way or other, the
I lonourahle Gentleman became acquainted with the
contents of the papers which were moved for, as
he asserted, for the purpose of procrastination alone;
but Wll.,tever were his abilities in accusation, he we
not also to be a judge of what was the necessary de-
fence. He had also mentioned the conduct of I:,e
Noble Earl, with rcsped to the shipwrights; it WA.
his wish, that his conduit, upon that occasion, should
be perfealy understood ; and he was well convince!,
Earl Se. Vincent cis-aired nothing more, than t:
laic condo!' chordal he sifted to the very bottom
and he was sure the Noble Earl would think
the Honourable Gentleman ; nay, he did the: k
him, in that Noble Earl's name, for leingii
those chargAs forward. But the bargain the Hoc.
Gentkmao wanted to make, was, that the accuser
should be heard, but the accused should have it
means of vindicating himself. He repeated, that
there was no reason whatever to accuse the Noel.-
Earl and• his frite.td. cif procrastination, who. on the
contrary, courted investigation; and again assert-
eaf, that the charges were a foul calumny against
that Noble Earl, whose enarader would rise supe-
rior to all such arial. iik•na.
Mc...JEFFP.RY then rose, and was going hien a
statement of Cada; when a loud cry of N 0 ! No!
Cba:rl resounded from ad puts of the
House.

The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member,
that he loins confine himself to matter I esplaaa•
Lion n;-Iy.
He was proieeding agail,;n the same way, when
the, cry of No ' At)/ Chou Cbok ! was repeated
with ion!)1.! Irrce.

NVEAKER.. sa'd, he Lad hoists! he had
made himselt undenst.wd, and repeated his Wirer
caution.

Mr..i F. FFER replied, " Then, by way of et-
planation, I did tind•rt3ke this without premed:-
•ation or consultation with any person whatever,
n I neither did I ever see or read one single Jerry'
n either of the offices, hut have had the Wlcte
rt-r infulaution otu of those Aces ; and, 61n•

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11 the circumstances, thought it my duty to set the
aqua y or. toot"
Mr. W AM DICKINSON made a few ob-
!swains ; brr, from the loud cry of No ! Nu !
hair ! Chair! we were not able to coiled any part
if them.
The Motion was then withdrawg, and the Papers
irdered to he primed.
Ca) srtae.NrAL Tetteartei.
Lord C A STLE R.E.IGII presented copies of the
everal Treaties concludal between His M.ij and
he difFeient powers on the Continent. There were
great number of them, eonsi :tine of the treaty
oncluded with Sweden, at Stocknolea on the 3d of
September 1804; that with the Caine Power on the
'29th of August. 1805 ; that with Rua is, at St.
Petersburg, on the loth of 0/tuber, I an;, ; together
with a number of separate, secret, and additional
articles; the correspondence between Lord Leveson
'Gower, tho British Ambassador in Russia, with the
,foreign Ministers ; the accession of the Emperor of
Germany to the Treaty between Great Britain,
,Russia, and Sweden, &c. !cc. the titles of u hich
being read—His Lordship observed, that the House
awn perceive the communication now made to
them was confined to certain Aa‘, and the nagoci-
ations which lea to their conclusions. In the dis-
charge of the duty which now devolved upon him,
he wished to draw their attention, first, to the course
of the proceedieo which he would humbly propose
to them to adopt ; and, secondly, to the nature of
the information which His Majesty's Ministers
thought proper, for the present, to submit to them.
As far as related to himself, he should unqviestion-
ably wish, for his own satisfaCtion and justification,
that every part of the great transaaion which was
soon to come under discussion. was upon the table
of the House, as he was sure that it would be highly
bone:arable to the national charaner ; but, while
Hi. Majeay's Ministers were anxious to do justice to
thenoeives, they held it also to be their duty to take
care that they did not do inks. yto others. All the
treaties it .shish the country was engaged since the
year 1804, embraced some of a nature of much
too delicate a description to be laid befote the pub-
lic at large ; thougb, if any particular Gentle.
man was desirous of information on the sob-
jet, he should be very ha.ipy to afford him
whatever communication he thought necessary.—
This precaution appeared to him the more neces-
sary, as a public disclosure might, under the present
cheats:ounces, be quite incompatible with the safety
of caber states. Upon reflection, be was now sorry
that the general discussion did not rake place at the
time when it we-. originally proposed, upon the
Adaress; because it would then havebeen confined to
the particular point in question, whereas it was tam
in the option of Gentlemen to extend it to a range
infinitely wider. The Ministers then would have
had a land-mark to guide them in the discussion ;
but the melancholy event, which the House seemed
an generally to deplore, prevented that arrange-
ment. Of the mass of materials, he had made that
seleaion. which. to him, appeared most proper :
but, before the di Tuesion, some other Gentlemen
would. of course, hive an opportunity of judging
fur sainatlves, Many of the stipulations entered,
were necessarily dependent upon things of an
eventual and contingent nature, according to the
event of the allied arms, being fortunate or unsttc-
cosslul. He did no:, therefore, feel the necessity of
laying before the House such parts of the ar-
rangement, as,- in consequence of the failure of the
confederacy, had never been ached upon; but confin-
ed himself to- uch, principally, as were aft:illy call-
ed into aflivity.. This last class teuerally included
the military operations ; and the political stipules
clone, being entirely eventual, remained perteatly
ittiatite; and the former, of course, must more
attach to the other powers engaged in }wadi-
' ties, than to the councils of this country. The
main feature, then, of the military part of the trea-
ties. was the amount of the power which was to be
brought against the enemy. In forming and con-
cluding the Treaties, the British Government had a
right to ex pelt that the full amount of the stipulated
force was in the field, and thually engaged against
France. That he conceived to be the principal mi-
litary question. The nest consideration was, to
trace the causes to which the failure of the confe-
deracy was owing. In order to enable gentlemen to
do this, he now laid before them the plan of the
campaign in detail, after which they would have to
compare the force stipulated with that which was
ailed upon. It was almost unnecessary fur him to
add, that the plan of the campaign did not proceed
from this country ; neither did it proceed from Rus-
sia, but originated from the Cabinet of Vienna, as
being the power most immediately concerted in the
emit of-the operations. From the arrangements
eigi eel upon, it would be found, that this country
I:Ad a right to conclude, that, exclusively of any
natary at :ince from Great Britain, of the troops
wf Sweden, of any future assignee from the Court
of Berlin, and the auxiliary farces of the secondary
powers in friendship or alliance with the confe-
deracy, there would have been, be the Ist
saf o:totter. an *alive force of 300,000, in the field,
ready to ad arising France. Aleatia, however.
did not confram to the plan that was xgrced upon.
The plan, as lia already observed. originated from
Austria ; hot, whether from any chai.g.• ire ace rnili-
tiry (animas, Of her military !smitten:. he ventured
not as decide, Austria failed in her engagement ;
and the Advance of the Austrian troops beyond
the Inn, and the march of lao,ooo men, under
General Mack, to Ulm and its vicinity, he had no
heatatam to pronounce a breach of the plan con-
celied betweer. that Court and Russi.t. lie did not,
he waver, mean to accuse the Austrian Cabinet, as
Ix kn-w not the motives of such ; hut
alas Home would see. from the plan, tliat the Au.i.
Tart were to hive remained, for the peroiee o f
Ps; ming a imiation wish the It maims troops arall the
Inn. As to the Empeair Of Russia, it was hut jut,
lice to him, to say, that i.e straaly ea:amused to the
agreement he Pad entered into. as the Russian army
was at tinssati two days earlier than was stiestiateJ
by the plan. He judged it, therefore. right, tl:at the
Howe should be enabled to judge how fir the plat)
Of the campaign was sated upon, sad whether the
elepliwahl, state to which Austria found herself re-
duced, ante from her own ..aismanagerneta, or that
61.1*r allies ? As to the political part of the ireatieil.
it was ha. wiat to contranaicate as much of it, as was
emesieent with the coafidence which ought to stale-
st* between V!a;,J use Allies. In tar: &uncut ata-

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atinn of himself and his eollhagnes, he was sen,ible
that they wire liable to be Attacked for the share
they had in this great and important trensata ion. Is
a short time it would be open for the I louse and the'
public to examine whether they were well-founded is
their expedetinns ; and it would be for those who
should succeed toem, to consider what was to be
dons' in relation to these transatlions in future.—
A SAllSflattry explenation was certainly due to 'the
country, in ord'r to shew the people what ground
there wrs for expending the sums placed at the
dispose! of the Government. and for entering into
farther engegersients, Which would impose fresh
hutthens on the nation. He by tee means wished,
that, in rh- hairy of a new administration, this
great trenseCtion should be buried in the dark,
but that the public should know whether their for-
mer sere...es hid dame them justice. Deprived as
the pt, s-vrt Ministers were of those great and tran-
scendent talents, which were best cetctileted to sup-
port and justify this weighty transa.f on, he never.
theless felt suilieient confidence in himself, and
those who yet tined with him• to he able to explein
their ciindtt:l to that House, and to the world. As
to the like which Parliament ought to adopt in the
investigation of the subject, he confessed that he felt
some difficillty in making any proposal. His feelings
would lead him to bring it into direft discussion ;
but, at the same time, he should he sorry to do any
thing which might tend to embarrass the new Ad-
ministration, cr bring on an important debate in
the probable absence of several distinguished gen-
tlemen, wei, in consequence of their stew appoint-
ments, would necessarily be removed for a while
from their attendance in that (louse. In this situa-
tion of embarrassment to himself, he should con-
tent himself for the present with moving, " That the
Papets do lie on the table." " WheneVer (said he)
rise question comes to be agitated, it is not probable
that I shall have any discretion to exercise as to the
time of doing so; and all I have to request is, 'that
the gentlemen who are to succeed us, will deal libe-
rally with the informetion already placed in their
hands. I hope to-marrow to bring down some far-
ther cournuntrations, and, in the mean time, shall
be ready to pay attention to any suggestions that
may be offered,"
Mr. FOX said, these Papers were of that sort of
nature, that muss, leader any circumstances, Ise laid
before the Parliament. For his part, he could
form no judgment of the necessity of producing
other Papers, till he had an opportunity of perusing
those now Lod before the House. The ground of
the Amendment proposed to the Address, and al-
luded vs by the Nobt• Lord, was, that when the
country white- ed such unequalled misfortunes, it
was the duty of that House to take care that the
exertions they were called upo:s to make, should be
plac sd in proper hands. With respect to the other
observations of the Noble Lord, he would only say,
that he stispelted whether it were very judicious in
him to enter ono such a detail, till the time came
when Ile would have to make his defence. Who were
to be the successors of the Noble Lord and his col-
leagetes in luffice, he did not pretend even to ewers
/ 1 At& rupressim produeeJ a tees
,r,uftitout the House) ; lie again repeated, 'that he
reallso did eet; but he did know, that some oat
ought to be in office, whenever such a discussion was
brought forward. He wished the Noble Lord
and the House, to understand, that he now gave
no opinion as to the remaining Papers. He lament-
ed, in common with the Noble. Lord, the loss of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, en whose talents he could
so well rely for his justification; but, as the honour
of the person alluded to was connected with the
transaction, since a late event, the affair was on a
very different footing from what it was on the first
day of the session.
Mr. GREY said, he rose for the purpose of ask-
ing a question. As the papers were read by the
clerk, he perceived that they consisted of three trea-
ties with Sweden, one with Russia, and the acces-
sion of the Emperor of Germany to the alliance,
together with some correspondence; but he did not
perceive that there was any correspoodence with
the Court of Vienna. What he wished, therefore,
to know, was, whether any such correspondence was
meant to be produced ?
Lord CAS TLEREAGH explained, that there
were on the table three Treaties with Sweden, and
one with Russia, to which Austria acceded by her
Minister, Count Stadion. What related to Rusina
was the main Treaty, and fifteen articles, one of
which was not ratified, and was therefore of no
effeet. Of the fourteen resnairaiOg articles, be bad
seleeed only nine, as the safety of other powers re-
quired that the other articles should be withheld
from the public.
Mr. FOX desired to know, whether there were
any paper relating to the distribution of any British
troops which were to be employed upon the Conti-
nent ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that the corn-
mtinicetion now made consisted of official papers
only ; but, it the Hon. Gentleman wanted aoy other,
he should he beep to receice his commands.
A Member (whose name we could not learn),
asked in what the force consisted, that was agreed
to have been ready in the field?
Lend CAS TLEREAGH replied, that exclusively
of the Swedes, and other auxiliaries, it was to have
consisted of 1110,000 Russians, and 315,000 Aus-
trian tegOlars.tugether with 20,000 Tyrolean mi-
litte, being, only 5,000 short of SOO,OOO troops of
the line. The offitiel notice also of the Austrien
Minister in Lendone stated the cd'e/tive force of that
Power in the field, in June lest, to be 220.000 men,
which, in the ensuing month of July, Was expeded
to be increeed to 320,000 men.
The papers were theft ordered to lie on the Table.
THANKS Fill( THE T.ATM. NAVAL VICIoRIEN
Lord CAS 1. LER LA GH said, that before he
proceeded to the main point of the glorious vinery
of Trafalgar, he should first draw the attentions iif
the House to ill- commence.nent of the naval cam.
peign, by the sailing of the Rochefort squedroit to
the Wert Indies, the achievements of which went
sto faith*, than to give Sir Geo. Prevost an oppie -
testily of showing what British velour could do
against so T.III a superiority of force. On its To-
wn home ir was loitied be theToulon fleet, amount-
ing, in the whole, to 13 sail of the line, and was
Lursued by a grealy inferior fleet, commanded by
ord Nelson ; at the sound of whose name it
precipitately quitted the %Vest Indies, without per-
tuna% ally other exploit lea the itisioificen:

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capture of the Diairiond Rock. ' 11. add- not now
forbear remarking on the gloomy picture whiab
some Gentlemen drew from the state of our mari-
time affairs kt that time, and the boding predic-
tions of the most disastrous consequences, resulting
from the sailing of that fleet, all which predictions
were happily falsified, by the result. In seeking for..
what they thought shelter in their own ports, their-
destrultion was at hand. The Admiralty was no
sooner apprised by Lord ,Nelson of the sailing of ,
'hit squadron from the Weft Indies, and of hi,
intentions to proceed direaly to the Streights, than .
with the greatest promptitude they placed three '
squadrons in daerent points, to intercept it, which
was successfully done by that under Atinsirol
Calder, at Ferrol, where the enemy were defeated
in the engagement of the, 20.d.0f July. After
this, having received other reinforcements, they
proceeded to Cadiz, where they were immediately
blockaded by on English fleet of sufficient Ii toe.
Soon after this, Lord Nelson took the command of
the Reet, then, consisting of 3 ships cf the liue,
when he was fortunately obliged to detach seven of
them up the Mediterranean, fry the purpose of oh-
toining supplies. He called it fortunately, +-realise
it was the knowledge of that detachment which en-
couraged the enemy to come cut, with the intention
of joining the Carthagena smi ofron, which would
augment them to 50 sail of the line, with which
they expected to sail into the Mediterranean, and
disturb the military operations, which it was then
understood, would take place on the part of the
Allies, in the North of Italy. Of the aelion of
Trafalgar, which ensued, he did not know what
part of It he should first seleft. Notes was so great
and complete a itiflory obrairted by the most supe-
rior, over the most inferior Amt. It was indeed of
such a chorafter, and so unparalleled an order, that
naval men could scarcely believe it possible, that
when two fleets were on the sea, s many ships of
one fleet could hare been compelled to stoke, and
he afterwards taken possession of by the other. Ibe
wonders of that achievement, however, did oot end
with that day. Besides the valour, perseverance,
and 'firmness the fleet displayed in its struggle
with a superior fleet, it had the same qualities to
evert in the succeeding days against the elements.
There were many other admirable features in that
transaction, which should never he forgotten ; and
particularly the generous devotion of our gallant
seamen. for the safety of their fellow creatures; a
quality which was once cherished by ancient
France, to alleviate and assuage the miseries
of war : but which it seemed the wish and
study of modern France totally to eradicate
ftom the breast of man. If any thing, more were ne-
cessary in the course of this memorable proceeding.
to gratify the manly feelings of En,lishmen, it was
the manner in which it was followed up by the
gallant Sir Richard Strachan, in taking every thing
which the enemy placed within his grasp. It was
im-
possible to calculate what effea this immortal vic-
tory might, under other circumstances, have pro-
duced upoti the general destinies of man; but the
'signal and important eff.:Et which was most apparent
in it was, Clot it took from the enemy 25 ships of the
I line, 15 French, and 10 Spanish, and that of these, 10
'ships were added to denary of this country. Thus
in one campaign did the en -my lose more than one-
third, and nearly one-half-of the whole naval force
which they had to oppose to us. It was also a proud
consolation, that by the judicious arrangements of
the Admiralty, the operations of the British navy
were not for a moment suspended or interrupted by
the consequence of this battle, as all the crippled
ships were immediately replaced by fresh ones, at
the very moment ready to relieve them ; while all
the vessels engaged in that glorious exploit came
back safe into our ports, without one haring fallen
a viCtim either to the fortune of war, or to the ele-
ments. He would not dwell on the great effect it
must have on the security, in these times, of the Uni-
red kingdoms, as that must be obvious to every man
in the country ; hut it was remarkable, that it took
place on a day, when, in the midst of his Continental
triumphs, the Ruler of France had to feel that there
remained yet in the world, at least one Power ca-
pable of controuling his ambition. That was the
day, when, by the misconduct of others, as much as
by his own military prowess, he achieved a victory
which gave him hopes that he might look with the
greatest confidence to the future destruCtion of this
country ; yet he also got a lesson on the same day,
which proved to him, that his confidence was
vain, and his hopes were frustrated. It hap-
pened in this, as it generally did in all actions of
that kind, that in the midst of its joy, the coun-
try had also a source of deep regret. It then suf-
fered the greastest loss that had ever been sustained ;
and if a man wet e permitted to look into futurity,
it would be difficult to foresee the possibility of such
a loss ever taking place again. The sincerity of ere
public sorrow was testified in the druntemtncei of
the people, weighed down with grief by the severity
of that chastisement; and even on an occasion which
usoolly -exhibited features of pleasantry in this
• country, grief and lamentations were the prevailing
feelings of the people. That great man, however,
had every third in him which could attach a nation
to him. From his very infancy, his was a life of he-
roism. His manners also attached his officers
and his men to him in such a degree, that he led
them on to victory with an ardour that was inc.
sistiliie. In all his actions were displayed the
ardent mind and disposition of a man born to excel
in his profession. Every aCtion of his lite dis-
played some new trait of this professional cliora&er.
The montouvre at Aboukir was in its nature novel ;
at Copenhagen was displayed, perhaps, a dill
wider rang. of talents; and there only remained
the victory of Trafolgar, to surpass even all Lis tor-
noir achievements. But in looking at this irre-
parable loss, the House should also look to such
consolation as it might possibly derive from
it. It often happens, that great wills were the
inhabitants of very impioted bodies. During the
whole of I.nrd Nelsoh's life, while he was
bravely contending against the enemies of hut
counts y. Ise had also to contend with a very
Ale constitution. Performing what he had done,
while he combated with Nature, it would be difficult
to c mselye soh tt he might not have done, if blessed
with a sounder constitution. It would have been
the •c veresi of modifications and misfortunes to
hi a, it 1,;•4 health had not permitted him to lead en
the posses of his country ; butost preens, horev:r
much may lament him, he •oas at )tart cat f

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the reach Of all misfortn-ec. He felt that he -1t00... •
disappoint the Hulse; if he did net state to t.teln
what was designed for his family, by the munifitenee
of the Sovereign ; for as to the Hero himseif, he
was out of the reach of gratitude, but fes flume and
family still remained tube pri.viled for by a grate-
ful country,. Were the proposed. re ward to he com-
pared re the merit of Lard Nelson, no mem:tastiest:lld
be sufficiently great tar it ; hut what Hit Miseity '
proposed, was a prevision for has Lerdship's with'.
correspondent to nor rank ; and the ittenortt intend-
ed Was 2TY3I. a year. Another provision re-
mained to he annexed to hit honours and his
name. I: vas desirable that thete' should he a
sort of national property, invested in land, at-
tached to the title. It was not proposed to nude,
for the possessors of the title, a megniflceet pa-
lace, which would entail upon them a heavy scale
of expense, bet an elegant mansion, such, however.
as may be considered a national nbjeh, which would
reeeire the susi of .100;0001. to'be placed, for those
purposes, at the disposition of the Speakers of the
two Houses of Pariiament, associated with
other eminent persons. as are best qualified for*
purpose. It was, he sa:d, impossihle for hint
convey an adequate idea of whet hi conceived re
the achievement of Trafalgar ; but, great as the' •
loss of that here was, his example would furnish
a model for succeeding officers; would shew -what • "
a great man may accomplish ; and may stiggest. if
possible, even adertiortel exertions. lie then Wild—
several handsome cnmpliments to the merit of
Leeds Collingwood, Northesk, and the other Of-
ficers ; observing, in toe words of the former, •
that " there never was a day on which every
men more completely did his duty." He had
only tut-titer to add, that it was intended to
.dole the same rewards to the seamen for
the ships of the enemy destroyed, as if they had
succeeded in bringing thtar safely ioto port. ' He
then moved, .4 that an humble Address Le present-
ed to His Majesty, praying that he would be gra-
ciously pleased to direct, that a monument be .
an the cathedral church of Si, Pitil, to the * •
more of Lord Viscount Nelson, who fell glori
in the moment of a complete and decisive vi
obtained by his skill and enterprise, over :he
bitted fleets of France and Spain, of Cape Treat.
gar, on the 21st of October, 1303."
Mr. BAKER rose, and observed, that from t
mode of wording the M scion then in the Speaker's
hand, he thought a sufficient description was not
given of the nature and circumstances of the aloe. •
tires ; e !rich certainly, as it deserves particul-
thanks for its superior magnitute and importance
deserved at the sense time, as particular and
mite a designation of its prominent features. Het
begged to know, therefore, why it was couched IV
such general terms ? i
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that it had heeled
very much the wish of His Majesty's Ministers, Wei
pay every degree of honour and tespen to t
Noble Lord, and the officeis and men under
command, by every means that it was in the pow
' of wards to convey ; but on consulting preyed
on the Journals of that Home, they found that otter
and all were conveyed in the same general terms.
They tr4d therefore nreehiely' follmied the prece-
dents, and thought doing so, the safest and
best way, and most likely to avoid creating any
differences amongst that excellent body of men.
Amongst whom unanimity was so desirable, M
making arty distinefien of one from anrther,
teary to the time! mode in which the Thanks
the House had been hitherto conveyed. • s
The resolutions were then read, and agreed
NM. sus. •
The same Thank‘ were voted, sem. ern. to
Earl '.f N rhesk, third in command, Ike.
'the next resolutions were, that tn'e House .
highly approve and acknowledge the tondun aid
behaviour of the -Seamen and Marines in the said
anion. That the Speaker do' lignifylbd-said
lotions to Lord Collingwood; and that his Lordth
be desired to ecimmearrate the same to the Officere
and Men serving under him ; 'which were all sett*.
rally agreed to, new con.
His Lordship then Moved similar Resolistions,
favour of Sir Richard Strachan, Bart. and the Offi-
cers and Men under his command, for their gallant
condo& in an engagement wit's, and vifory over,
the French fle-t, on the 4e.h of November last, r.
which were severally agreed to, new, roe And that
the Speaker do signify the same to Sir Rich
Strachan I and Sir Richard be desired to Comm
cote the same to the Officers and Men serving under .'
him. The Resolutions having been thus unani-
mously agreed to—
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Mt. FOX rose and said, he did not mean, in
few words he was about to address to the House,
to convey any comments on the speech of the Noble
Land, nor to interrupt the harmony with which the
whole had passed the House. it had been his wish
not to have said a word more than to give his hearty
concurrence to the several Motions. He could not. '
however, avoid intimating to the Noble Lord.
when on any future occasion be had to ask for the
Thanks of the House to any naval transanion, that
he would confine himself to that alone, and not take
that opportunity of pronouncing a paregyrie• on the
Admiralty, when the traesanions of the fleet were
only in question. He could not, however, but ob-
serve,
that among all those honours which had been
bestowed in contemience of that vi Cory, Lord North-
esk had received none.
Lord CASTLEREAGH denied that he had any '
intention of making any thing like a panegyric on •
the Admiralty ; but he thought any Gentlemen I
might menti in the Admiralty, when speaking on.a
snbjell so nearly centialed with it as the Navy.—
Mad he wiehed to say any 'thing of the Noble
Lerd, who so ably presides, at the pre'ent moment.
ov.sr that BORT d, he would have made it the sabjeft
of a separate discussion, on some future day.—
He had not. till very lately, known that Noble
Lord; but having, since his appointment :o that
high office, had occasion to witness his unrenjuing i
exertions to promote and forward the interests of
that eepartmeut, he thought he might vary fair y
pay so trifling a tribute of applause ti. him, an 1 he
would venture to say, that it that Noble Lord were
Iron to leave that depai (WM. his successor WUVI4
fins'. in the rolei sod regulations he bad establish M.
a moonosent of his Mellon>, es well as of his skill
and ability in his profession, whether it be applied
to the furtherance of the exertions of the Cr, mmis.
stoner, t.if is. cal 'motif y, or of the other great board

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to which he h ad forfierly been so useful a member
(the Navy B 111 d). With respi.a to what had been
said by the lion. Gmtleman' of no honours having
been conferred on Lord Northesk, though His
Majesty had not been advised to bestow any pecu-
niary reward on that gallant Officer, he had signified
his gracious intention of conferring on him a mark
of honour which had always been ele.:med appro-
priate to such an occasion, which was to invest him
with a red ribband, and create him a Knight of the
Bath.
Mr. FOX said, that any one who heard the
speech of the Noble Lord, just now delivered,
would supposo that lie had said something disre-
speetful of the First Lord of the Admit alty, whereas,
he begged the House to recoiled, that he had never
once mentioned his name ; lie had only observed,
that in asking a vote of thanks to the fleet, in which
the fleet only was concerned, there was no occasion
to sake the Admiralty a sharer in the praise due to
the viaory. He was glad to hear, that a mark
of honour had been bestowed on Lord Northesk,
but could not help saying, that it had been very
tardily brought forward.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said. the reason of its
not being fixed sooner was, the doubt and difficulty
which he had before mentioned, as to the due ap.
portionment of rewards, where so many were re-
quired, in order to do justice as nearly as possible
to all ; and, latterly, the delay,hail been increased
by the severe indisposition of that high personage
at the bead of His Majesty's councils, whose recent
death we had all in much reason to lament.
Mr. GREY said, that he must agree with his
Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Fox). that the Noble
Lord's speech certainly did contain a very laboured
panegyric in praise of the Admiralty ; he had also
exrended his observations to former transactions, and
aile.led to gloomy predictions, which Gentlemen,
on that side of the I louse, had drawn on these occa-
sions. Toe Noble Lord had, he believed, applied
these observations, in allusion to what had formerly
fallen from bins ; arid, in so doing, he had not only
adverted to these gloomy predictions, as he called
them, but had also grossly misrepresented them.
lie denied that he ever did make gloomy predic-
tions; be had only enumerated the various squad-
rons the enemy had at that time at sea ; and when
it was denied that they bad escaped from this, or
that pest, he only said, that whether they came
t wnn tte-East or from the West, from the North or
from the South, they were at sea, and we had not
eveaslions to send after them. With regard to
L rid Northesk, the red ribbon was certainly a
very st,spropriate honour for such an occasion ;
lost why had the mention of it been so very
lung delayed? Ile tr.ought His blajt•siy's i-
n:seers had been vet y dilatory in doing that
which they saw was necessary, and which roir,ht
iiive be-n done at the same time ; for the red rib-
band vacant by the death of the I hero, who that day
commandesl, might certainly have been sent out by
the same vessel as carried the Peerage to Lord
Collingwood.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the Hon.
-'4 Gentleman did not make a reasonable comparison ;
the honour of the Peerage was conferred in a mo-
ment. and was easily determined on as proper tor
the first its command under the Noble Lord, who
• bad, so unfortunately for the country, fallen in the
confiret. It was not so easy to determine on what
i c *old be bestowed on those in subordinate corn-
Minds. Whatever the Hon. Gentleman might
think, he could assure the House, that the delay
, of conferring this honour on Lord Nortbesk,
k had latterly, in particular, teen increased by
•" the indisposition of the great personage be had al-
luded to. It was in contemplation to confer some
particular mark of honour, of a must delicate Ta.
tire, which was not positively iced on, and the in-
greasing of his disorderhad not onlydelayed,but
k aside t' e
;nemmatter
tl aitaoo btllad said of theWithger' rePe‘lto
the Hon.enemy's
s, it was now well known to every one, that we
squadrons to send out after them, and that they
OfMned and drove them out of the West Indies,
and chased them into their very ports.
k General GROSVENOR said, that after the very
r impressive manner in which the Noble Lard had
• brought this subject !wrote the House, be would not
hare said a word on the subject. but he was sorry to
Sod that there wis a gallant Officer, who bore a
distinguished part in that glorious victory, of
( wham no particular , mention had been made,
nor any honour conferred. He alluded, he said,
to Admiral Harvey, who had long been a
/Ambit of that House
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the report of
the Committee of Supply, which was read a first
and second time ; the resolniions agreed to, and
r Bills ordered to be brought its thereun.—Adjourned.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
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Copies of the Treaties alluded to in His MAJES-
T Y'S Speech sveie yesterday laid before both Houses
of Parliament. Viscous-A CASTLE/ZACK, on pre-
senting them in the Commons, laid the whole blame
of the unfortunate issue of the war upon Austria.
The plan of the war, he said, originated with that
Power, as being more immediately interested, and
furnishing the largest contribution of force. Ac-
cording to this plan, this couatry had a right to con-
clude, that, exclusively of ary militaty assistance
from Great Britain, of the troops of Sweden, of any
future assistance from the Court of Berlin, and the
, auxiliary forces of the secondary powers in friendship
or alliance with the confederacy, there would have
been, by the Ist of October, an alive force of
5q0,004, in rl e field, ready to ad against France ;
isisd the A,wr; ins we:: to have remained upon the
Inn, for the pl.:, ,se of there forming a junftion with
Or RUSSIAIS. l'he Emperor of Rossi A had conformed
with the ;lan; the Russian armyhasiag reached Bran-
nan two days earlier than the stipulated time; but the
Austrians, is violation of the plan, advanced beyond