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ttarsistkkd artily. Mai the Rigid find. t. istledmit
mein In see, that the men of the country were erir exposed
to such diegrates ae daring the but coutraigu ? (Seer?
beer!) did he mesa to say, that flee animals of the
couutry were ever subject to such I idieun? e:uuueilis which
the tunny took pit opportunity to seeff end deride, and
to scuff and decide deservedly. (Hear! hear ! ) The
Hight Hoiniutable Gentleman was wining to aclinow.
ledge the disereees that hail befallen the toiletry,. Le said
that there wag misconduct /1014tenlItle ; if therifere lie ac-
quitted the Ministers who planted, he must lame the
olli-
eers a h., Istriated. But, iu omelet W determine ehtaheror
sot it was rixht to agree its the Amendment, the • House
would der well to consider the situation of the country pre-
vious to the last campaign. The gall:nit General whose me-
mory (lee I:appealed uniotentioaalty), but abase memory was
nevertheless insulted by au litinoiruble %leather, hail fallen
at the battle of Coronae—a battle which, liegeittg pardon of
the Geutleman who spoke hart, he could not help thinking
asslorious at least as that of Talavera (Hear! hear!), attd
fought under fur different ciscuinsteners ; it WAR 116/ fuasit
in a situation which was purposed by tin ea:din:vs of the
Commastibv, hut in a situation to whet, the errors and mis-
conduct of the Guerrero/st had mlociel the army and the
i:iimmuniter. nut what was the state of Europe al the Jilne
The whole of the llritiets troops wire withdrerts hoot Spain.
.Aintria was shoot to make au effort for indepeodence—ae e(-fort which our !initialers must lime known, and ought to
have taken advantage of; thee had to choose between Smile
and AnAtia, end it became them to topsider well in what
1111.1:11CT they would apply the resource's of the tenantry ; they
must here know. that France was in 11111iillIt against Austria;
nay, that she considered Austria the great principle iu the
war *Lich she was waging with the cm tioeut,wlitos the) saw,
that Iliomparte himself had quitted the re unialid of his ar-
my in Spain, sad returned to bin Capital, preparatory. it was
obvious, to ',sating • fth his personal presesoe sit the reduc-
tion at that power. Ministers must hate known. an this; sad
that, not merely mote the same grimed', sail with themes*
sources of Mhos agation that other people were poressed
of, they should have considered maturely how they might
best afford registrars to Aaetria mot Spats at this cri-
tical juncture. Austria was the greatest uslittary power
Eranee had to toeless' with; it was the only power that
had ever wade way steed alpine' the puttee and Coe-
duet of Muir:ate; sad, therefore, if it ens resolved that
any diversion should be made, it ahooM be wade in her fa-
vour. His Majesty's Ministers should have considered bow
to employ the force ut the country ; they stoinhi also cos-
eider who should be tote %tried with oat communal ; sad in
what part its operation would be alteeited with the most
effect. From the maimer, hoots-et% to which they. proceed-
ed, they stem uo ri to di,rilard mach toreiderutioos so theme.
In April, Lord W ellington was sent into Spent; iu Aprif the
war with Austria broke out; wpm the rah of that mouth
the battle If Augsbur;;ll was fought ; if ever say sitoutiou
required wise end comprehensive won, it war tow situation
at that period. What thee was the state attic Ministry at
that period ? In the same April, our Calnuet dlieister applied
for the removal of smaller from the conducting of the war
department, in coserituence of his i tic:speed y—lAtar r hear!)
So that, at that very tnemetit tail et moseseitig confidence
in themselves, hatted of acne; with the; unity which the
critical state defiant rendered necessary, they were chant jog
each other with isceintietence. This was no rely prrialsing
outset Every thin upon tic continent went nu with victory
upon the side of Fraser, except in one instance, till the
bAtie ut 11'ugram, whirls decided the runipletiou if leer saw
bitizus designs with respect to that country. Ali this we.
done without any assistance whatsoever (tout this couutry.
We bad is Spain, at that ininarist, a force of as,trott men,
under the conimmiti of Lord iVelliegton; in Watchmen,
ao,otro ander Lord Chatham.; and its S:cily ti;1101) ; these,
r altogether, oraimuted to above 90.01:0 men, which, when tol-
tied to s,toos or Ganio additional, which it was in the power
of the country to hove raised, would have constituted an
army of tno.uoo wit_ '1 he army from a hirb Ho nor...tie re-
ceived the check, amounted to only 10,e.W.1). ACCI/1441.111U11ie
accusal of the French Emperor hot:self, it was hut iro,tiou ;
so that if proper policy Lad been pursued, and roper
exertions used, we might hive • had a greater and a het-
tie army of British solstices to oplene to Rim, than
the A.stelane had attends autonefillly opposed to him iu
the tootle of detrital_ et mild the Bight lion. Geuthanse,
after all lists, assert that sue bad ma COW& to find fault with
Midi:drat ? The ani udmelit did nut go to criatinote this or
that Minister ; tide General, or that Admiral ; it unly went
to eaeribe a portal mi-comitscl to the eooduct of the filo,
ditioos ; and, opens that general nincouthiet, to call tor an
inquiry. It did nut go to pledge the House to tiny proceed •
fog artiest Sul bfemlwrt win bout previous invest Ivition. rist
the eueirery, ini estigat we wm what it sought, in order that
rigorous proceedings itionid be adopted &genial th se who •
were primed to be guilty. It bed been objected by the lit.
Hon.(kistliterig that the Arneudrotet repreeruted the late
Expedition as only a repetition of firmer errors. Would
any our in the Halite say, that it was not • repetition of
struts, sod a repetition not merely of remote, but a recent
sod apparent trims? Would any otie iu the House say that
It was not' He we. sure that no one out of the House would.
( A pplasses.) When Sir Joins Moore was in Spain, the
Spanish armies were greater than at the time of the last Ex-
pedition, sod yet, with all their co-operation, our troops were
obliged to retreat, and ate the cumin:. With such a
war ii ii rbefare our eyes, to send Reuther army, not more
extearive than the former, was, not only • repetition of error,
but a recent repetition, by nieu wlruww no experience could
enlighten or make wise.—(titer! hear !)—The Hight
llotteuroble Gentleman had objected to some gem ral
words in the anieudment ; did he mean to deny that calan i •
tire and disputers were brought spree the moistly be the
misconduct of Mangle*. ? Did he believe that there was any
imenunilust iu the Expedition to Watchmen ? Did lie think
that any Esti( dition sent out after the battle of %Vagrant
would hare induced the french Emperor to relax its
his demands u; *motels, ur to recall so individual of
ids army beyond the Pyrenees?—;Cris if hear! hear ! )
Surely *hunters had not only proved themselves guilty of
an error, but of. system against all experience and common
sense, from which to, benefit could be derived, mid whirl
was calculated to expose as to the imputation of erring only
upon selfish principles, with a view to sumo little tatty inhe-
re t of our own. Did he think that the silmisaion of aech
truths as these famished no gross& fur the words of the
Amendment? The Ittght How Gents:tom had said, tl:nt he
could not agree to such masts without much inquiry—what
inquiry was ucceseary ?—was it 'wormery to inquite wise-
titer ttelriteren wan alinteamne ?—was it net-emery to inqiiire
whither the act of sending es Exp.-Mhos toe p!aer 'war
our own coast, and so welt Moms to the mercantile part of
the nation, with a total ignmaime of this mean• of its ite-
*nee, amid the 'mime of its climate, was injudiciuue,
liable, soil absurd' was it necessary to ash, these ham ires.
or were thew nut facts 'efficiently miablieleed ? nut who
was dee/cacti to the command of lee expedition? Au ofhter
who bad gluwn old in the service, who's.' known to
military hope, sod ercistmoned to victory No; it was
an onauepicious Gentrel, who was once !re-
fire obliged to us site a eitnation is the Admiralty, un-
der the Aiiitimistration of his uwa brother (Hew! hear!)
Was Not .II this known, or should they apply themselves to
incilelse it It was rat ious thing to observe, that Lordehat-
balm it honed hom Wolirlirren on the itimis of September, to
priwlaim the impracticability of the objects of the expedi-
tion; and yet so soon after as Ilse loth, he tossed an order
for all the officers forthwith to PIM their respective regi-
ments in It.3t roosstry; is was lout %seri' the tad of Ineestiber
that it wee hwally evecommi. %Vidal OAS the firitsh army
doing all that tire? Why was it kept so loag in that un-
holesouse climate, to perish by disease? Wevenur troops too
WI was Mei tidy, or did we resolve to sacrifice so many of
our twit nub bravest soldiers, lest Hie hlajesty's Ministers
thonld be iitiolpsted, lest they shall be visited with that
(hectare iu (shirk their imbecility exposed them? Wu this
the trantat which our brave troops were to receive after the
bettleof Tnlavera No one thought more of their evader'
mein that,.mouton lIIRn he did, e hntercv he might nook of
that of thew Leader. sari ly it wag Not too mite to
say, that glom Cl/COUSPinli. CR trolled for • rmentio in.
quiry into the causes of our disorient and calamities
—He was sore that there was mot as educated or ra-
tional man In the rinittry who dud not dont so, sari
expect it train that Flootolibar.. hear ...).1.1117 were all
aware hoe p• one people were of late to speak of that Hoax,
is it as an indepeodetit rapier ist thee of the people ;law
ready they wire (p. rimps amt iwitl ,tut reason) to regard it as
liable to corrupt sethatture tether than to Ma direction of pal,.
etc venue. If such 1111111 the case, tyen, bow raw wag &mild