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• 111PBRUL PARLIAMENT.
.-411.1010417 WILDS, TuvaseAT,

irojTvlaf Do rweeedlass is the Consistory Came, la the
Am* wiWaihnley, were prcsenteal at star Bar,
s itherveards ordered to he laid on the table.
iii Tint Uri at Aeleaterd brought a Message from Hie Mir
iiielg haaseeres to tits Address. Ordered to be laid usi the
table, sad afterwards printed.
STATE OF THE HOVSE OF LORDS.
The Earl of Li VaILPOOL gave notice, that to-morrow be
Amid move for as inquiry Tutu the state of the Cense of
Lords. •It was remarkable, that, iii the other House, where
• greater commune attended, the climate was eousiderabiy
poser than where their Lordships were mumbled. He
abottld move fur the inquiry, for the porpus, ..f rem, dieing
whether mans might not ha used fur ventilating the
building.
LORD VISCOUNT WELLINGTON.
Earl GREY rose, to consequence of notice given
by the Noble Lord opposite (Liverpool), of a mo-
tion
for a rugs of thauks to Lord Wellington, for
the victory obtained by his valour and bravery, at
Talavera. Without anticipating the line of conduct
which he should adopt, when that question came
to be considered ; he conceived nn reasonable olg-
jeetioo could be wade to the several motions for
papers be was about to propose. During a former
seght's discussion, it had beea generally asserted by
Noble Lords opposite that no inetructiona were
given to that Noble General, which could either
. esetntin or impel him to march into the interior of
• the Peninsula ; but that he Was left, on that sub-
ko, eatirey to his own discretion. He should,'
.therefore.umee, first, for .4 a espy of all instructions
, Oyu to L.rd Wellington, respecting his conduct
!at Portugal and Spain." Secondly, for 4i a copy
• of all letters written to Ministers, by General Lord
Wellington, dried Plasencia. and before his march
.to Talavera ;" for by them he shoukl know how it
occurred. that the British army should have been
marched forward, end obliged to fight a battler
without the proper co-operation of the Spaniards.
:He should also 41IrOVO for 4, a copy of a letter from
Lord Wellington. dated August I," because this
information would tend to shew the state of the
,army after the battle, and wh-ther it could proper-
ly be estimated as • victory." Lastly, he would
move for "s copies of letters written to Lord 11•el-
*nits% from the Spanish Government, and our
flifttister at Seville." He considered all this infor-
rusties necessary, before their Lordships shoal& he
called open to vote their thanks. He had no
doubt of the indoor •of British troops, wherever
employed; but this was a subject connected with
'the general campaign; and on that account the
Visse aught to have complete knowledge on the
• *kelp Were therpeoneuuced their opinion.
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_The LA of Livsnroot said, if the ogotion, of
objets be had given notice, hod gone to embrace
the whole ques.ton of the campaign, then such igi-
jorisiation might have hewn required. Gut 1w
eriehed to be understood, that he merely meant to
move fur a vote of thanks to the Noble Lord cud,
shit army under his cousin...O. for the valour mud
bravery they displayed at floe battle of Talavera ;
therefore. Ise considered it a subject by. itself, and
• with the rowel commie. which
mould still wwwsesalr
maio open fur their Lordships' in-
glary. On hose grounds. he. did not see the lit-
f"lsett• em iety of laying such papers hrfore I
the Hossie. materior to the nil:on for a vote of
an thks neither was it coneiste with former pi-e-
-ngages*. '
' The Martinis of Ttocustss ntliutained there was
so shooing! meeessity for the prosluctina of tissue-
end other papers. before he mold acquiesce in a
motion of -thinks: Haw were we to account for
the General and his army being brought into such
tainted**, As% after what was tensed • victory,
be was compelled to fly. leaving his wounded and
' sick to tbe mercy of the enemy ? lie considered
this intended rote of thinks to the army, es a side-
wise/ tributes of piano to the Monsters, for their
share of ennetuct in the campaige.
• Lord Easily* urged the necessity of every in-
formation on the subject. •
Tim Berl of Ilsasowsw appealed to the con-
fide of die Haase. when • vote of thanks wits
Moved for to our army. after the renowned battle
of Maiiie,.when no information, as to the manner
le which the campaign had been conducted, use
thought necessary.
The Earl of LiI3OUIDALE maintained, that this
was • question in which was involved the subject of
the campaign; and the Noble Lords themselves
bed, by their conduct this day, in refusing informa-
tion. rendered that victory questionable.
Earl Gaoseetroa. on the same side, vindicated
the propriety of the Noble Earl's (Grey) nontion.
Niggeougia Stowourn observed, that ite did not
thick it necessary that information, with respect to
the gonersl conduct of • campaign, was reqinvite,
where • vote-of • thanks was merely proposed to a
Getters! and his army for en isolated transacting).
in the ease of the butte of Corunna, no each its-
formetion was called for, and yet ne one more than
himself condensued the conduct of thrt campaito.
The conseqneticea of both were the amine—•n broth
British valour was displayed. and one as well us the
otter terminated iu retreat.
Earl GRIM replied to the arguments end ob-
jections offered by Noble Lords oppoet,, mud could
not consider this suliject isolated from th.it of the
campaign. In the case of Sir Jul,. Ilignrv, the
faults and blumiers were all the Nhai.ters'; the
merit nod glory were his alone. • He stated, in the
way of hypothesis. that an army in ght lie bionght
into anal • situation, that a battle !weans.. i lie vi t-
elslw, and great velour west he clisnhieed ; but, in-
ured of thanks, the Geigeral might he siii•ject to
jou reprehension. It would lie tor the li,iii•es to
ce.grarl.r Ise had doe satisfaction of doing his ggui), if
tint ioformation was denied.
The motion were then put, and aegatived with-
out • division.