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the fsvour eiol support of Marquis WTl:catty, tied
he gave them joy of their acquisition. Ile did
not mean his gratulation to the Hight Histiourable
titotlestaa opposite (Mr. Caniking,) whore criese:a
this respect, was rather a hard one. If the Hoar,
looked at histruy„ they would bud no record oivuefi
boomers cooferved for ►uch a. rvices. The exploits
of Lord Wellington, in lIITIIIII, were alluded to. He '
did not wish to detract from his false -either
in India or Europe ; but he would not give
up his opinion, that he was Got entitled to the
rewards heaped upon him. He was free to:
acknowledge, that he was a pliant, active, and,
enterprising Officer. In ludia the service was bet-
ter thaii in Europe; cud • Ceneral, at the end
of a isittle there, had more sul 'timbal rewards than
the hard knocks soldiers got in Europe. Let these,
then, be reckoned in compensation of these ber-
%ices ; and, fur those performed is Europe, had not
the red riblmicheen bestowed ? The Manse could
nut lie consulted un the peewees; he could only,
there-foie, lament that it had been given. It was
no grouitil for siding a ff)etihi, ft. As for their Vote
of Thanks, he, for one, thought thrum deserved ; bat
thi► *us no miaow for giving a pension. Did the
Right iliniourable Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) re-
collect the cold way in which.he had moved thetas
rod that he had confined them to the achievements
of the .17th moil .1.8111 of Jo y only. The service
performed on these days cemented thanks, but
what would they give to setereim who bad worn
out their lives in victurits and services, if they
bestowed peerages and peusiont on those only be-
ginning th. ir career ?--t Hear .1 hcar What
could they base, after being distinguished in re-
peated campaigns?—(Hear! hear from ihe
oisttrial ride!/—What had N e bun after the bat-

of what he drew. Lord nrrllii
rln years, was old iu glory
[ into the page of history,
names of Assoye, of Ruh
r Duero, and of Ta/ureia, tlu
reward in the h rs hest
led Britons to Otirtous
ivecatituits,—( Ifear J hear !
(ithtlese4e "loot under:rat
Duisio.'flithe conduct of
that occasion, Smelt wee places
that he mast either li:ht
eyrie disadvantage,' or *
Soul free
Soule was au experienced
latter, Which he nes out
with the loss of all his .k
and a great proportion of
vied the insinuation, that
Wellington's dispatches voa
netted. If, instead of appl
tlemaii. the House eouid apr
assembled in one 1104 if
enemy ; if they could apply
by the valour of the Noble 1.
them that not a cannun, not
that constituted en army, meal
liant achievement. Vet thi
service, a '.i!.re the enemy
that the rotrt!s were covert
exploded ; his mules or
hong tell or sttaghtered; 141
piece.. and his Ulell left to
by an enraged peasantl.
uo flight, with the Hon. Cent
march from Talswera, could %
disastrous and disgraceful.—,
Huh. Gent. asserted that

the of the Nile ?--a battle wli.uli had given us the stowed fur the purpose of gi
French navy, and ultimately the army in Egypt. teary. Tit Oil, he' moat say.
He waso crested a Baron, and had a pension of one of His Majesty', Ministers.
40001. myear. Would they put Lord Wel- Mealier that limy should he be:
liugton's services on a forting with those ?--lt ' Noble Friend (Lard Castlerrai
was not denied, that the lentle of Vinteint gave liUgtVii was bet&OU,Cd because '
Junot the only opportunity lie had of escaping front cud he aught tidy of hits,, r
Portugal—/Nat I. as! from Ministers.) Many Ralph Abercromby, by Lord
things were denies, in that House, which were de- nblillc is en honour to his cow
knowledgtd everywhere efse. They heard many applause of hi. co.temporar
things there repugnant to common sense—/Hear ! in the recollection of a grim
hear ! hear !/—and to eves), principle of govern- these circumstances. he nevi
ment. and to the opinion of the people--(//ear I vote with more pleasure that
hear 1)—In granting these peusions, they ought to give it for • pension of 11,0001
consider economy. Let those who gave the peer- Mr. Lrrelderox spoke at
ages then, bestow the pecuniary teased also. Many praise of the conduct of Lon
were in their power, and places every dry fell vs- quarters of the globe. His at
cant, which might be applied in this way. But the admiration of the tawdry
no ! they fOund other men for their sineeuree.— fame would be established
Good meat were to he had at all tinted for them, every military man, and of
mud the public must ,pay pensions. With respect and France united. lie differed
to what was mid to be the feeling of the country, respecting lidavers, which he
he was not entirely of the opinion of the Right Ho- aeon the eharacteristiev of
namable Gentleman. llf, however, the delusion checked the active ailvaii&
did exist, in a month or six weeks their eyes who, if not beaten, invarial
would be opened, to see the effects of one error% till the rout of their
victories in Spain. The Right Hon. Gentleman plete. Yet, s•otwithstanding
was confident of a majority, and said, they were lington had done, lie could '
afraid to try their strength on the Vote of Thanks. away the public !usury Sr
As Cleinerlior of the Exchequer, a majority was therefure vote against the I
very probable, hut lie would have thought that &Immo concluded with a
past experirece would have taught him net to be liriiielekai and his inducement
too same or certain on those occasions. (lisse.V tug with the Oppositiou.
It wee report.d that Portugal was defeasible with nor would be accept of ale.
30,001, men. MOW of them being British.. Would General Cneorueo. in rt
any military man stand up and say, he could de- Me. celeraft, entered into 1
ft ea it with such is force ? The army these was meats to cum. t his assertions,
..,w :i!),uou British, and 40.000 Portugnese; and the Uouro Lord Wellington'
he would say, if the French were in earnest, in able General ; and at Wine
three months. they should have Lord Wellington valour, obtained a splendid
arid Lis army (at least I.e hoped a..) in Britain. had been engaged on the !)uric
—.W.. could nut defeud the country with our dent to every men of mentor
limited means. The Honourable flenticiian never have halted there, ti.
then went into a detailed examination of thr the army of General Bei
battles relight by Lord Wellington, and denied' march by a very circuitous
them, ssparately and individually, the praise of experienced General, mud •
victories. After the battle of Talavera, on the in his army who wooed has
49th July, the General talked of an advance, when lllvt, by the able end macti
it was notorious in the army, that Soult as match. reWthiegton, the eit any sat
ill to join Victor. The claim of victory knee signal defeat, and was comb
twice their . minstrels, omitting altogether the i loss of all his baggage ant
Spanish co-operai Mu, which cost our allies 12tei The Hoe. General also at.
men, might be a .ort uf criental stile, but did not the whole of Lord W:s condo
suit the characteristic of Englishmen. Yet, if the iusputied the biome to the
Noble Lord escaped alive from the scrapes into If the Spanish General had
which he was perpetually getting his army. he would have been beaten too.—
might become • very good officer. and really there be any doubt of this,
deserve these honours, they were now prematurely (contentedly the bravest in the
heaping upon him. IVith respect to the Douro, thousand men. was opposed
there was much to criticise, to lament, and to con- of • fourteen thomaart.--(f
demn. The object in view was defeated by the Lord IVelliegtou, as the idol
rashness of the General. The plan was a good one. he said, was ready to we
—lt was to drive Soult into the toils of the army mended if it was in his me
under Bereriford. This was defeated by the ion- was to be refused the honours
petuositr of Lord Wellington. who attacked the every country in Europe
enemy before the otheraney could come up to inter- trusted to defend ? Were
cept him. From all these consuleratimo. he could nom effects of Talavene—tl
,see no occasion fur so many rewards. What could and the superiority it gave
they have done, had Lord Wellington defeated lie would moat cheerfully see
and taken Smolt and Victor, and driven the enemy lion. Lord Wellinetou, he
to Madrid ? They could have bestowed on I - was not a rich man. soul the
ne more than they now did, when he had failed in incumbraece, unless the
all these undertakiege They might, however, &moven it.
heap honours on honours, and thanks on thanks, ; Mr. BARII‘I4 world not i
hut they would never lie tal,le to persuade the peo- I the• rowed, that uo public
pie that Vimeira or Telmer& were victories, or that 'for any thing but from olli
pensions were deserved,and ought to be given. extrimulutory berate. Thi
Mr. F. Roar !olio ir was sic) less astonished at the result of Lord IVellington'i
opposition to this motion. than at the *node in which corisequeinly be ought tire
it was coudueted. When ho would have thought at the politic expense. 1'
that the impression made tiy the brilliant •pseich of praiseworthy, Mooders ..,
his Noble Friend (Lord Castlereagh) on a former i weakures eased Dryer be ex,
evening—that the illustrations of it, by two gallant I the multiplicity of their expedi
officers, and the manly and disinterested speech of folly.
a Right Hon. Gent. (Mr. Windham) who, ea all ' •1114•11Easeav %peke in at
occasions. proved himself the friend of the British tionapon the passage of the
army, were yet fresh upon the House ;he was, ire. of Tolave.a. Hie regretted'
deed, surprised, that the Hon. Gent. could be so ; sion as much as roe roan,
forward to reiterate the arguments then,* triumph- l was bloat well 1.1.e.1. A..,
anily refuted. (Hear f). There nu no occasion. : the wenioleif folli6g into the
as the two last speakers had done, to draw invidious i was oftim the case, woo an
comparisons; lie wrth! reward Lord Wellinetoii. 1 General Laefeelnee ie.
fur Lord Wellington's 'gnomic merits. (Hear!)— : tatrats of the IN Ale Lo.d.
The HOU. Geotlcenan had said, that many seine. ; iodia,.,l It. ',mama -.awe chi
menu* were uttered iu that House reptignsio to the ; sad, au arm., died attiorg•
feelings of the People—He believed 111:1/ was nary, : but rkillt slid diriiplii•c, i
more fully exemplified than in tl.at Hoe. Gentle- i retied • serving the 'thseritell;
mae'ssperch. (Cteersfererthe Ministerial (Senate!) • burl Wet ;nose; he A eiti•
—He bad also said that these rewards ought only rich; he bad atoms best
to he bestowed on veterans. The arguments be men that ever existed. mid
then used led to a conclusion directly the reverse matters was, (if he • well

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!hes pie rttsgvetai,,i or ia. vote.
of applvi.44 to the lion. Gen 'ectit
,id apply. to the li,itl4l FM, *
1. i.e ill
ly ;if they could apply tii t,, 'ithu
I Apply to the people lotpitm,,r rt)
Noble Lord ; they wiiiikl A vs&
nun, not ill carringe, nom,' e rte,
nu), escaped from this bra ,thee
Vet this mist denied to be 4 1.11..
manly fled with ~o much Ins, Ali
, covered with his rmt,printu parr!
les, soil braids of harden.a
teed; his carnages broken la mod
left le be cruelly soassaetai race;
hatitry. This was ao ief,Kt a se
[-lon. Gentleman, vihu, la it:, Act
11. could discover armrest mot ouu
,eeful.—(decor ! hear //,-The Op
I that theee rewinds were bit• PNw
se of gratifyilig Marquis Wm. ...I1
lust say, that if there maul hot)
'Ministers, more anxious Mita toad
null be bestowed, it was ha our
d Castlereagh). Lord Net. ,tea
I because he debarred home, sot
him„ as was finely said of S* try,
. by Lord Ilntchinsou, .. fin a, ti
a his country.--it sill Weep the linuc
emporarivs, and be enaltalisid it tl
'a grateful posterity." Uhdtr been
he never iii Ins life could aura the I
ore than he would, this ',iglu, was i
if t,OOOl. to Lord Wellington, rube
poke at considerable length 111 Litt,
I. of Lord Wellington, in Loth iota
e. llis achievements charnel treat
he country ; and his military boot'
dished by the united rudest( from
and of the amain of Euglaid snit
Ile differed from Mr. Cain* was
which he considered so paw berg
isticu of a victory, as haring lobs
ailvaitie of a superior them!, Hoe
invariably pursued their sac nit
of their opPonents we. coo- be i
hManding all that Lord Web sot
e could not consent to voting had
ratley in Ulllll way. and must it tl
At the grant. The HMI. Grw bra,
with a profession of his party roe
nducemento for genera/1y rot- pro
non. Ile sought fee no place, of,
. of 011 e. ale
ID. in reply to the speech of um
red into cum). military state. Ina
assertions, and to slew fist at say
eilinaton hair pros eal hansell aa Tit
at Talavera, by his skill 5,,,i ca
,plendid victory. Unless Soult mu
n the Douro, it must be el,. ui,,.
r common sense, that he would de,
herr, tilt he was entangled by c...
erg Beresdurd. which had is br,
curious route. Sault Ism in so
il, mid there was not a coeporil chi
ted hime acted so wratebeilii. ho.
id masterly 0111110PUVfe of Lad k
my suffered as much as bra Po
'au compelled to fit, with the Le
;sge and 5000 of his n:en.— l"
alto at some length driendect i.,
W:s conduct at Tidavera, and itr,
to the tuiscoriduet of Owns— e",-1
dal had executed his port, Suit Pt
aten ton.—(A laugh .V.—Coliq bei
t of this, when a British arm), s"
vest iu the world,) of eigbiteu "t
is pp
it fi0.......04;deart
.o French
.v....a
liecul.vf:wl,de
IL*:
lay riteto
worship,idol o f
him
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and
h I,e,
rh., sera
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his own country alone that he •1
hr honours lavished on him bi At
Europe which he had been eu- 31,
Were it merely from the g'i- Ito.
errs--the spirt!, the confide'', i, Pot,:t,
it gave to every British soldier,
rfully give his vote tier the il'A• its
item, be believed, fmm eec,"tr ij
awl the Patter would he as P'
a the pension was grouted to . tip
i
ild not concur is the vote, oti gir
i public money should be Kiwi tin
rom which the public rescued ea,
t, This he denied to be the lie
ington'a it ern paigos or rictorte
hi not in be Twieuoned tor thew a*
use. If Lola ' Irelitngtou ass la
teem wire tenant Mr. aid 111.0 tel
et be excnorel; *lto theist/Ith l'l
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wit aapeditsons, to eacure ilusr
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tlce in strong Wrms of approhl"
ie of the 1)ouro, and the band
egnotteeit oar los. lIIPOit the 'woo
y man, hut still he thought it 111
I. As to the circumstance ,(
into the hoods of the enemy, 11
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