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the times, have one day to avail itselt, perhaps with a re!erence to Iu
very existence. such a school was the irive•ament and iepeated
tacks of the Castle of Burgos, in which such a g slant and accom.
plished officer as Major Somers unhappily tell : 4:1 effieer who, if he
had lived, wouid have added to : name, direath' 7!ruatrious, the ho-
nours of military fame and glory. —(Hear, hear !) He meant not to ob-
serve upon any alvice given by Ministers to the i'i Regent, as to
the promotion of Lord Wellington after the hattie of Salamanca, but
merely wished that-a rank. had been given hiflh, which Would have
enabled him to avail himself of the services of those...galla.d GenerAls
hootherwisecould not so regularly serve
Lord Sonatas was most anxious to add his tribute of applawie
to the merits of the great OffLer in question. 'There never war. a
General inure anxious for the preservation of life; but %viten the
services of his King and Country required it, noel' did any one
dis-
play more ardour and gallantry.
he Duke of Ca AR ENC F. expre.scd fiis strong sense of the unpa•
ralellel merits of the Noble and Gallant Marquis, and had no hesita•
tetion in s eying, ham every thing he had read in history, farnisningo
ground tOr his opinion, that considering the very diffinertit CirCUM•
stances in which they were placed, more hid been obtained by the
great Officer in question, than by the renowned Duke of Marlborough!
Hear !) In illustration of this point, his Royal Highness entered
into a short comparative view of the respective history of those rear
periods, and contended it could not be shewn that any difficulty had
been cpposed to the Duke of Marlborough, that the Marquis had not
also to contatel with. The motion had his mos:cordial approbation.
Marquis Were. [seal* should not now intrude on their Lordships
at any length, he should not intrude en them at all, hut from the
natural wish to give the tribute Of a brother's f,elinga to a brother's
praise (Hear.) But if the merits of the great General Co:ld have
higher and more elequent eolveium than that pronounced by Ilu:
Noble Secretare Bathurst; it would b.' that bestowed by a Nidale
Peer ininer•) tear him. Fhere could have been but one (-cling
in the llothe, wheo that feeble: n-lsoi, spoke. His praise of the
British Genciel was most valuable. He spoke like a proriot. He
had sustained a deep and bitter loss, but he had sus:tamed it with the
horlourible and manly feeling of one ‘vho had given up a dear son for
his country. ( 11er-clef. Wellesley paused for a moment and seemed
stronely elncted.) For my part, said I.d. Wellesley, if I were
called on to give iti% impartial testimony of the merits of your General,
I confess, hafere Heaven. I would te.t select his victories, brilliant
as they were-1 we it'd go to the memento ya hen difficulties pressed
and crowded upon hits,—when he had but the choice of extremities,
—when he was overnuog by superior strength. It is
to his retreats
that I woo Id go for the proudest and most undoubted evidence ut his
ability, hear, hear fl The speech of the noble Lord oppoSite (Lord
Bathurst; was sufficient ;it 'its chasteness, tastefulness, a•-d truth
could have a want, it was more than corn peroated by the admirable
speech of the Noble Marquis ',Lula:Lowrie) who had followed Mai ma
the debate.
The vote of thanks was then carried unanimously.
The Duke of NOR FOLK ,:XPECSSCa.it v ish to know whether it was
the intention of Ministers to move any Thanks fur the late transaction
in Canada ?
Lord Liv ER roll. said, that it was in contemplation to move for a
monument to General Brock, who had so gallantly fallen in the sera
vice of his country. Adjourned.

FRIDAY, Dt:CEMBER
THE MARQUIS OF W ELLINGTON.
The Earl of L k.K root. brought down a Message from the Prince
Regent, acquainting the House of his Royal Hignness's intention ht.
ni3king some further prod-ion Itor the Marquis of Wellington, and re-
questing their Lordships to coincide thereon.
The Message being read,
lint Noble Earl next moved, that it be taken into consideration on
Monday next, which was carried unanimously, and the House ad-
journed.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Att i, NO V. 30
At one o'clock the Si. R to4k the Chair, and several Members
Were sworn.
At two o'clock the Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House
to the House of Peers.
The SPEAKER, accompanied by a great number of Members, imme-
diately procc red thither ; a:).1 on their rerun', the usual. business of
Corm was proceeded in. The Clin•destine Outlawry Rill wcs read a
first and .)econd time : the usull Committees were appointed,. and the
Standing Orders read from the Char. '
The SPEAKER then informed the House, that they had been sum-
moned to On. Hou,e. of Peers, for the Ittip)se of hearing the Speech
of the PRINCE REGENT front the T hrm.e, of whi...11 he held it ct'p tit
his hand.—(Vide the Lords' P.eiiutt.)—The Speech h4vm,i; been teal.
from the Chit- ;
Lord C LI vE movel she AddresF.
Mr. HAR r DA v : s .cccildc..l the motion.