The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-10 00:00:00

LORD GAMBIER.
ril•xcw.ort "

_ .4 Load en• ICI intim idea Admiral Rams GSM'
bier of the &Make meet to bins by their Lnidehips, yester-
day • iodide( which, h • lowetibipn en the part of eke House,
passed a encemisne wpm the life and ICI Vil CI of the
Nehle die at, and concluded by testifying his personal
teepee!
Lord GAIIMPR expressed hie Alth sense of the honour
motioned upon hins, bat acknowledged cuss nut able to
describe the gratitude he hit upon this, eccasina.
PORTI GAL.
The Duke of Nod:rota wished to taquire, if any T.
more than the one with whit h the lion-e Rif already
der; iodated, had brew mattered tato by His :11nyc>ty's Govern-
ment; and If any brfestiest were eatertaiisei to Si ad more
fortes I. the defence of that part of the Peninsula!
Id arquir Watt's:axe replied ha rebid answer the
lotiseittir7 of the Nellie Duke, that so 'Katy of the so.
tan elleied to had been caterer/ into; but, with respect le
the oder 'pastime, dr Noble Doke. anu.t eitettbe Iii:11 if he
did net &wetly answer, aotil he was hater acquaint. J with
t the ressulasef such issgairy, and be us, sorry to erten' this
answer, from his personal respect of the Noble Duke, hat
this camideralion be mast sacrifice to a sense of public
duty.
Mt Duke of Noisseme then .we notice, be Mould
raise se antsy My of %Hope this question under the minx-
dentists of the Haas, which he winds' more partreelarly
'opiate osk
MS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.
After the Order of the Day had been mad.
The Earl of Livearoot shortly aOttressed the
Boise, upon the meritorious services of Lerd
Viscount Wellington and coscleded by moviug.—
as That an humble Address be prevented to His
Majesty, thanking, Sm. and assuring His Majesty
that the !louse concurred with every thing contain-
ed in hi, most gracious message."
Earl Goers ow this. as nu the former occasion,
when thanks were voted. wished it to be understood
that the motion did not meet with his approbatiosa
But se the bill from the other House vronld pro.
bshly appear before their Lordships. he should
tike that opportunity of restating and supporting
those spumous which he had stroody expressed, and
which remained in hismind incontrovertible.
The Duke of Nicratotc was surprised that Mi-
nisters should term the battle of Talavera • deci-
sive victory ; sad from the term tieing used in the
Message, he was afraid His Majestyad been usa
informed of the rest state of tient,.

The motion was akreed to without &division.
NATAL It VISION.
Viscount MaLvi e.t.a roar, and its a speech of
considerable length. (which we are prbilittled from
sinus for want of roorri,) entered into a histtooryry
wf tee origin of the Commisionen of Naval
The repo'rts upon their Lordships
table were voluminous; and yet. front some
cc/wit happened, that the whole had riot beet' pre-
sented. These reports. from time to time were made
foe the purpose of introducing improvements tato
the civil department of our navy. Bat bring wade
experimentally, it was necessary that some regula-
tion of the *bole should he adopted; fur, front the
differrot modes which had been resorted to, it ap-
peared that the mean:re' adopted in the dock-
yards, were widely opposite to those in the victual-
ling yards. tt. commented at peat length oo the
bate with shorti these report* poised from the
Commitalottera to the Admiralty Board, and from
theoce to the Conned. Terwards the conclusion.
he recaramended the propriety of the substatiLe of

these Reports beiiig under the directing of nig
111ajeat%, who, by bis Council, might have every
futons of completing, for the prosperity of ihe navy,
irhal;harl.bren so wisely bvgun. fie paiWeri Guilty
corisphosests upon 4he chordeter cid ability of
those who haul been appointed Coluutiaasoueis,
aad mowed • ss That therr be laid before that Houses
an account of all steps taken by ilia Nlajotty, to
forward the object of the second and other Re-
ports; fcc."

.
Lord NlVitin4WS: said, he icatcely knew what
sort of reply to make to the observations of the
Noble Viscount. He alswepoke at great length on
, the origin and conduct of the Coruniimiosers of In-
quiry. There was not any thing to complain of as
the -Reports now stood, though hr was not chow,.
thee desirous that they shoutd.bove beau laid be-
fore the House at this particular .tune. Eh de.
fended his own conduct at the head of the Admi-
ralty, neither was there such precipitation in passing
these Reports, as the Nahle Viscount meistioriol ;
for they had not been acted upon try the Admiralty
Board, without the information of oue of the Coin.
inissioners, Admiral Duiniett, a mail of awirendleled
talents for investigating, this stibject. The Noble
Viscount need nut have burn, d Iu town fur fare of
the destruction of the British Navy. There was
one Report, the Bth, which regarded Noriliftert ;
this, he slemlil, at present, oppose being pro-
duced ; because it could be daligerou• to permit
that the contents should transpire to the ene-
my, mod ar to nnather Report, sot then na the
Table, Mot se to supplying timber for the nary,
not only now. but always, wheti,er in or out. of
office, lied at any distant thee, he wadJ, ter the
purpose of opposing irs production, harry u:eto
town, even trout Scotland, us the Noble Viscount
had done en the present occasion. lie had no he-
sitation in declaring such had been the prosperity
of the British navy, in spite of abu-e., that if the
whole of those Reports of the. Commis,iime-s of
N*ssL Rev.siori, alOough he highly valued then,,
were torn to pieces, or burnt, and lo to the COJII•
try ; still there would be no elm mity fur the
Noble Viscnunt to hive frightened his imagination
with phantoms, and to Moe set off post Irons Scot-
land, a. he understood he lied done, let, by
the want of his suggestions, oar naval prosperity
should be completely ruined.
Lord NI etviLet trusted, thut lie never would
bring a motion before that Home which could not
be usdersto id by every Noble Lord. He wta con.
tident he could not be misunderstood. He did trot
accuse the Noble Lord (Mulgravr) of rashness, but
he thought that he might have been more candid.
He would assert, if the Reports were acted upon, in
less thou teelve mouths, what he complained of
would be removed. There was not a word which
fell from hi. lips which justified the assertion of the
Noble Wel. As to him (Lund Melville-) secluding
himself. however iblousaiit his rein irk nigh t be,
he assured him that he was not idle in his seclusion;
fir by could aroure hint that lie had reed the sib
aid 9th Report. with attention. while in that sit-
elnsinn, and had merle threw coinmeets. which M.
duecil hint to briuug forward the prestut motion.—
Ile would uso assure him, that no power should
4Serltrlit hind from asiug his own discretion.
Lord MULGRAVE spoke 4 foe words in explana-
nos,. and troneluded try moving the previous ques-
non. as the Reports ware already on the table.
A comersution then took ritice bete eeo the Earl
of If teeerout. and Lord flouter:D.

The Luna CH MreLLOßM;loloTinion that the
motion was net intelligible; although he had read
it over ioveral times, yet he was not able to an.
derstund it; wider these considelatious, he would
vote fur tl.e pri vious question.
I ord 11:1,vit.i.s: said, that, although the opiiiieti
of the whole House might be against him, yet he
would per.evere, slid carry into eaceation, the mo-
tion he had that 111.ght brought forward.
The Loan Cita icat.t.ua put the previous ques-
tion, which was curried in the affirmative.

Their Lord.lipo adjourned at nine o'clock. to
Monday.

HOUSE• OF COMMONS.

A pea= from the India House permeated se aosettet of
the debts of the Nabob of the Carustie ; and Mr. Heise,
from the Bent, presented en accolut of the sums expended
by the Cosmaiwioners fee the reduction of the !teamed
Debt leetiear, both of which papers sore Mid en the table.
Sir C. Pout presented a Petition against the delays in
Adrairlity Gusts, with respect to the pn)ruent of prize.
133011ey, which was received, nod ordered to he ou the table.