The National Register.
London, England, 1809-02-19 00:00:00

CAVALRY SENT TO SP4IN, &C.

Earl DARN LEY moved fur Returns of the Cavalry sent to
Spain and Portugal. His Lordship said the object of t.is motion
was, to discover whether Ministers had sent a proper proportion
of cavalry on the late service in Spain and Portugal. Nolue
Earl concluded by moving, first, Inc Returns of Cavalry in
England, Ireland, and Scotland ; secondly, for iteturns of the
Cavalry sent to Sir A. Welle-dey at Vimiera, and Sir J. Moore,
previous to the junction of the two armies; thirdly, for Copies
of the communications from the Juntas of• Spain.
The Earl of Ltv ER POO t, conceived that the motion ought to
be more evtensive, therefore moved amendment, to include
returns of all cavalry sent to Portugal Spain, to the end of
I titH. The motion, with the amendment, was carried. The
Noble Earl then stated, that the instructions transmitted to the
Otlicers employed in the Expedition to Spain, &c. should be laid
before tile Iluuse.—Adjourned.

Frir;try,

ORDERS IS COUNCIL.

Lord GRENVILLE rose to make his promised motion. It
would, be said, be in their Lordships recollection, that in con-
sequence of the sentiments felt and expressed by every clas of
merchants and manufacturers in this kilidaMl, he had, on a former
occasion, distinctly ..,o1 fully stated his opinions and his argu-
ments upon the question, which this night his duty galled upon
him again to bring before their Lordships-1 question involving
not merely the commercial and fiaancial interests, but the politi-
cal and moral justice, nay, in its ultimate effects, the safety, per-
haps the existence of the Empire. From the authentic and
printed documents upon their' Lordships' table, he would make
it manifest to every Noble Lord who heard him, that, so far
from unfairness, or partiality, exhibited on the part of America
against this country, and in favour of France, nothing could pos-
sibly be more fair or impartial, excep:, imleed, w hat his Lord-
ship maintained was truly the case, a partiality, and a very im-
portant one, in favour of this country.
Here his Lordship read the instructions sent by the American
Government to Mr. Armstrong in Paris, :LA to Mr. Pinckney in
London, whereby it appeared that the proposal to this Govern-
ment was that, on the part of America, the Embargo should he
suspended, provided we would reseiud the Orders in Council;
and this being agreed upon, it was added, that she) mid France
refuse to cancel her decrees, she must necessarily draw upon
herself the hostility of America. The same proposition, and
in the same terms, was made to the Government of France; so
that here was a fair opportunity of not only conciliating the
American States, and restoring the good understanding, and the
solid advantages from it resulting to both countries, but a strong
probability was afforded of a cordial and ;:etive co-operation, by
a powerful Ally, in prosecuting war agaitist the common enemy.
flis Lordship reprobated, in very strong terms, the conduct of
Ministers, which appeared to have been suggested by no motive
of wisdom, justice, or policy, but to grow oat of a principle of
petty and despicable pride. From the Papers on the table, he
deduced a deplorable falling oil' in the anuoint of Imports and
Exports from and to the American States last year. With re-
spect to that most important article corn, it was well known to
their Lordships and to the world, that this country did not pro-
duce a quantity of it at all adequate to its own consumption; and
now that we were deprived of all our former sources of supply
from the Northern ports of Europe, it became peculiarly ne-
cessary to obtain it through America. But. if Minis:ers, as
seemed to he their object, were determined to force that country
into war with us, what might be the consequence, in this point of
view, it would well becoole their Lordships seriously to consider.
Lord BA rnuRST expressed a readiness to begin A negotiation
with America, as soon as that country would oder ti:rms which
it was consonant r.ith the dignity of Great Britain to accept.
It had been stated by the Noble Mover, that the intention of
the duties imposed by the Orders in C.:ancil on foreign trade,
was to increase the public 1....-satie of the S: .:e. But he (l.; tared,
that their chief end was to distress th.s, foe,
.to deprive him, and
the nations that groaoi'd 1),..•.,'ath his despotism,vnidttsbmy tbe iriv
, of tslins)eiiis
commo-
dities which they had so 1..:!g eilsiO eel; a
which must be intolerahle, to force them to cry ai otid for peace.
The Noble Lord was much in the a'l'ong, if he fancied that our
manufactures had suffered so much ; he Avonld find, on the con-
trary, that in ISOtr there was an iecrease, in t'•-. exports of our ma-
i
nufaetmed.pods, of five hundred thousand pounds. Lord Bathurst
then pointer' out several large tracts of uncultivated ground in
Ireland, where it would he easy to wow flax, as soon as the seed
- could be obtained from Lower Canada; which, on account of

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