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London, England, 1812-12-06 00:00:00

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sant.:Krounds as tit, Nonie . he mode which
Mtni,ters had alooted, bolt t Penntsttla ani w:th our Northern
Earls B vrituiv,T•and Mrtvtt.t.a defended the cont'atct of Admi,iir-
tratimi : alter which the Andress ryas agreed to without a division,
sad the House then

TUESDAY. .DF.CEMIIER. I.
At two o'clock the Hcnt e !net. for the purpose of presenting the
Addre.is mewed lat night, in .ins.ver to .the. Regent's Speech.•
'Hie Duke of GLoucEstut and Lord GaEN v i.ty. presented Pen-
Cambriog: and Oxf)rd against the. Cato!)lie Emancip.i.
tion, declaring at the same time that they did :his merely from duly,
wiihout pledging themselves in any way to supp. rt the object et
Petitions ;on the contrary, to opote thzni.—Adjourned till
'1 a u rAay.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3.
CAMBRIDGE ANTI-CATIIOLIe ADDRESS.

Same conv:riation took plice be,ween the Bishop of BRISTOL,
1-I,kaoi.vickE, and Marquis LANSDOWNE, the former maintain-
i;.l, and the two later denying, that proper notice had been given cf
the Anti-Catholic Address.
THIN TO LORD WELLING
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the Order of the D' ay was then read, for offering the Thanks sit
the House to General the Marquis of Wellington, for the victory of
Saiaelanca.
Arm uR ST gave a minute narrative of the campaign. On the
17iii r,t Itine Lord Wellington had entered Salamatica : and it was
a`laut that time that the correspondence between the two French Mar-
sh.ils fell into our hands, which related to the operations of Lord Wel-
-1 von front the commeneemant of his march into Spain : and if the
great successes of his Lordship were required to be stated in the
siraegest possiba manner, they could not be better done than by lay-
ing these letters before the House. From these it would appear, that
there wis not any movement of the enemy which Lord "e'Vc::ington
did not anticipate, no expectation which he did not frustrate, and co
fear which he did not realize ; insomuch that one of tilt French Nlar-
inals declared, that Lord Wellington must either read their co res_
patience, or dive into their hearts.—(Hear, hear !) 1-laving received
reinforcements, Lord Wellington was able to cross OW Douro, and,
having selected Tordesillas, was attacked on the riext day by the
whale army of Marmont, from which he retreated without loss. The
two armies continued for two days in sight of each ether, watching,
and anxious for an engagement. The critical moment at length ar-
eyed :—" Now 1 have it,'' cried Lord Viaillineton ; and the sante
army who were before in.a disposition for retreat, were now in all
array fOr battle, as if they had been so from the very dawn cf day
Thc division was under the command of Major-General Pak •nhain,
--a very young nun to undertake so great a task ; but he proved mu
that occasion, that ire united ta the enterpriziog sprit of youth, the
nisdm and experience of maturer years. He was well supported by
the cavalry ; but it was not till th 6th and 7th divisions came to our
assistance, that a decided advantage was obtained over the enemy :
and the cavalry under the command of Sir Stapleton Cotton decided
the fOrtune of the day, which was uncertain till they burst upon the
twenty, and carried every thing before them.—;Hear, hear !,) I' is
Lordship then pronounced an eulogy upon General Lc Marchant, who
fell in the battle, and left a family of orphans looking up to their
country for support. His Lordship left it for others to descant upon
the 1110-it Noble General's heroism, judgment, forecast, skill—all of
Which were disp:ayed at the victory of Salamanca, awl which had not
slept since. if he forebore from panegyrizing all these qualities as
they merited, it was not from a want of teeling them, but from a con-
sciousness of his own inadequacy to do them justice. He therefore
left the task to others better qualified than himself, and concluded by
moving, " That the Thanks of the House be presented to General
the Marquis of Wellington, for his many and great services ; more
Particularly for the great and decisive victory of the 22.2 of July last,
Whereby the siege of Cadiz was raised, and the Andalusian:; were
rescued from the hands of the enemy."
The Marquis of I. A NSHOWN V., from his heart, expressed his senti-
ment that the great military fame of the Noble awl Gallant Marquis
"is not in the leant tarnished by the subsequent events. These cir-
cumstances made no alteration whatever in tine question bet Ore the
Muse ; that question was not .vhethcr the means all'irded to (Ire
Noble Marquis were adequate or inadequate, but whether those
Which he actually possessed, were wisely, and, as tar as circum-
stances would admit, successfully emplOyed by hint. In a review of
all the great military transactions which had distinguishe the war
in the Peninsula,. if he were to select one point preferably to another,
as the object of the highest admiration, it would be those circum-
Vareces in which Lord Wellington was compelled to retreat before a
superior army.-- (Hear, hear !) In these circumstances, his great
'tend shone more eminently conspicuous in availing himself of the
difficult circumstances of the country for the protection of a retreat-
IN army, and for maintaining his communications with his resources.
was known and felt, trout the nature of the war as connected with
e character of the Cominaoder ,• a kind of Military School wa,
formed—the advantazes of which the caun!ry would, ie the career of