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portion. Private and peculiar sorrows in this case almost lost thole
quality from the extent of the losses, and they were not easily to be
repaired to the service. Among the principal officers killed was the
name of the manly and able General Piston, and the firm but amiable
Sir W. Ponsonby. The fall of the Dul:e of Brunswick must be felt
with sincere grief, by all who knew his manners or his talents ; and
for a proper estimate of General Sir W. Gordon, he would refer to the
extract Olal private letter, addressed by the Duke of Wellington to
the Earl of Aberdeen, on the melancholy event of the death of that
gallant officer. " I cannot cbserved the Duke of Wellington) ex-
press to you the regret and sorrow with which I contemplate the
losses the country and the service have sustained ; none in-re sever
than that of Genet,' Sir Wm. Gordon. The glery resulting from
such actions, so dearly 17ouiht, is no consolation to me, and 1 cannot
imagine that it is ally to you ; but, I trust, the result • has been so
decisive, that little doubt will remain that our exertiens will be re-
warded by the attainment of our first object ;—then it is that the glory
of the actions in which our friends have fallen may be some cont.ola-
tint]." With regard to the wounded, one of the most serious was tlae
case of the Earl of Uxbridge, who headed every charge of cava:ry
until be was no longer able to sit his horse, but his Lordship 'Ba-
thurst) ardently hoped that recovery rsas probable. At the head of
the list also was the name of that heroic youth, who, in the field,
had acquired a right to the love and admiration of the people of Bel.
g'um, and had obtained a better title than the mere formalities of fa-
mily descent. It now remained for him only to state that it was his
intention to propose to the House also a vote of thanks to Marshal
Prince Blucher, and to the army under his command, for, um-Inez:7
tionably, he bore the early brunt of the action, and without his al.-
sisrance the Duke of Wellington could not have made that atta..k
which terminated so gloriously on. the 18th of June. 7he Prussian
yeteran, on the 16th, unfortunately had a fall trout his horse, which
confined him to his bed ; but w;len he heard that the Duke of Wel-
lington was attacked, he headed his troops, and led them to the field
to revenge the blood spilt by his army on the previous day, when no
quarter had been allowed by the enemy. lie cßoncluded by moving
the thanks of the House, in the usual form, to hield Marshal the
Duke of Wellington, K. G. &c.

The Marquis of Lt.N4rowNL, in a linc culo,c:iuin en the gallant
Dukes gave his entire and warmest support to th: motion, which Was
carried ucminc contradicente.

Lail BA Titoitsr then moved the Thanks of the House to the Print e
of Orange, Baron /then, Gcncral Darneh, Lord E. Somerset, and seve-
ral other Officer:, of distinction, which was carried, as well 'as the for-
mer Resolution.

His Lordship also moved a Resolution of Thanks to Marshal Pri:.l•e
Blucher, to the Prussian army, and to the troups of the Allies
the orders of the Duke of Wellington. Jt was agreed to.