The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-26 00:00:00

ADMIRAL DUCK WORTH.

Lord GRENVILLE said, he had requested a
Noble and Learned. Friend to move yesterday that
their Lordships sho4l be.suMnioned for this day,
in' order that he night submit to them a 'Motion for
a Vote of Thanks on account Of our late success in
the West respecting which:he • did. not con-
ceive there .could be any difference. of. opinion.—
It was scarcely necessary indeed to Make any com-
ment upon the subjea, or any preface to his Mo-
tion. A series 'of the most splendid achievements
114, tpa • • - I\lnvy sto the hizhest
point of pre-eminence, wndst they proven the un-
rivalledakill and Valour of our Officers, mid the' ir-
resistible bravery of our Seamen. The Victory re-
cently obtained by Sir J.T. DUckworth in the West
Indies evinced that the gallantry- and skill of our
efficers 'and the bravery .of our Seamen were un-
diminished. A eircunastance had attended. this suc-
cess which very 'seldom happened iu any of our vie-
, torious contests with the Enemy, that we had a tri-
lling superiority of force—but this could not in the
least take away from the brilliancy of the Vilory,
or the merit of those by whom it was achieved.—
Every thing had been done That could he effeaed—
every thing had been done that was admitted of by
the possibility of the case. The Enemy's force con-
sisted of five Ships of the Line—and five Ships 'of
the Line were taken and destroyed. He was. one of
those who thought that the Thanks of the House
ought not to be gi"en except in'those cases where
such a Vote was called for by great and exalted me •
rit; that so high an honour ought only to be granted
where
,it was. eminently deserved, thus rendering
the reward the greateiby the rarity with which it was
conferred. He thought, however, that this was
one of those cases which called upon their Lord-
ships, to.confer that high honour, and that so bril-
liant a Vitiory infidel those who had achieved it to
the Thanks of the Rouse, for the skill and bravery
they had, evinced in thus diminishing the: means of
the Enemy, and addi-ag to the security of the Coun-
try. He CanctiVed it unnecessary- to comment any
further upon the subjea—to enter into any length-
efted detail would, he. thou ht, derogate from ,the
splendour-of- the aellie VOL nen t. His -Lordship con
eluded by 'moving for the Thanks of the House
in the ustial' form, to Vice-,Admiral Sir John '.l'.
Duck ‘yorth ,•K. B. ; the Honourable Rear-Admi-
ral Coc.hrane ; Rear-Admiral 'Louis ; and the Cap-
tains, apd.OFticen; of the Fleet ; and an Acknow-
ledgment of the Services of the S.amen and
„Royal
Marines.

The .beke of NORFOLK said he could not help
taking this opportunity of again calling,their Lord,
ships' attention to the case of Sir Robert Calder.--
1-Ittlio-,kht it lmrd that the services of that gallant
Admiral iu the ,action of the first day, when, with
Ail inferior fbrce, he achieved a victory, should tint
be ackupwledgea by some public mark of apkobation.
The thirteen .gallant Officers who, composed 'the
Court-Martiill, le had. 00 doubt, decided most pro-
perly ; still, however) the merit of the gallant Ad=
.iniral• on the tirst day remained undiminished. He
spoke. on subje6t entirely as a landsman, but it'
-was the opinien of others as. well as himself, that Sir
Robert :'alder was hardly dealt with in riot having
the:merits.of.his first day's rencontre with the Ene-
my-publicly acknowledged. He had not the honour
of being personally acquainted with the gallant Ad-
ukiral, but merely Spoke from the nnpnlse of his
feelings upon *the subjea;and,he bad hoped that the
business would have been taken up by some other
Noble Lord.

The Earl of ROMNEY Was proceeding to speak on
same subject, when he was interrupted \.by
Lord GRENVILI,E, ,wl)o.spoke to Order. He.
pill, it to his. Noble. Friend and 11-Aation, whether-it
,would not be yore aclvist_mbie to al(Q.id any d4cqspian.

upOn 'sub*.itiA vdlich had "rn cosine` ions the.
Motion befthe House. If what had been tp-.
Juded to by the Noble Duke should ever beccale the.
•subjeEt Of a Motion in that House, whit-. 11 he. hoped
Would.not be the case, he should then deliver his
sentiments regularly upon it, but at preseneihe con-
ceived it wodid be irregularly,inp:oduced.
The Earl of ROAINEY assured his Noble Friend.
and Relation, that in addressing the HOuse upon the
subject, he had been solely a6tuated by feelings of
friendship for the gallant Admiral alluded to, which
he trusted would plead his excuse to the House. •
The Motions of Lord "Grenville were agreed to
neat. dis. and the Lord Chancellor diretcled to corn-
niunicate then) to:Yice-Admiral Sir J.T. Duek-
worth.

Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).'

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUVSPAY, MA CIT 25.

The Bills to authorize the Issue of Ten and a
Half arid One and a Rllf Million of Exchequer.
Bills, were read a third time, and passed.
1' The Order forthe Committal of the Bank Char-
tor Bill was discharged on the Motion of Mr. VAN-
,SiTTART, Who stated,, that before •the House went ,
into the Committee he wished to have laid on the
Table an Account of the circumstances .cenneaed
with the Loan of Three Millions duo by Govern-
ment to the Bank, arid lent • under the Aca of the
39th and 40th of Ills Majesty, together with the
Interest accruing on said Loan.- This Paper was
ordered, and produced accordingly.4--Ordered to-lie
•
orj
the Table, F
Mr.VAssirrAivr presented, pursuant to order,
Return of the Amount of the Punded and Unfund-
ed Debt—of the Permanent Revenueand of the.
Interest due on Exchequer 13111 s to•be paid off.—Or-
dered to lie on the Table, and to be printed.
Mr, VAN'SITTART gave notice that he would to-,
morrow, in the Committee of Supply, 'submit a
Motion with. respect to the Interest npon the Debt
due by the Nation to the Bank. And he also gave
notice of his intention, in consequence of the ab-
sence of his Right Hon. _Friend the Chancellor- of
the El:chequer for Ireland,- to move to-morrow for,
the. issue of some Treasury Bills for the' service of
that Country:
The Right Hen. Gentleman upon tlis occasion
made some remarks, hut in so lOW a tone that we
could not collet his meaning. .
The House in Committee went through the Cui-
toros Expiring Laws' Bill, and the RCport -vas, or-
dered-to be 'IJ rought up to-morrow.
A new Writ was ordered for the Borough of Rye,
in room of Thomas' Davis Lamb, Esq. who has ac-
cepted the Office of Steward of the Chiltern Hun-
dreds.

The SI,CRBTARY at WAa presented. a Refurn of
the Casualties, &c. in the Military Department; and
also of the total Number of Men at pre!-:ent serving
in Great Irritain and Ireland.---Ordeved to lia on
the Table.
Mr. ,HAWTHORN'S brougla up the RepOrt of the
Committee 6f Supply. The Resolutions were read,
agreed-to, and Bills ordered accordingly. , •
The }louse resolved into d Committee on the Ex.
piringsEicise Laws'. Bill. -
Fisulikif.s.

V.,INSITT.4IRT stated, that he should pro-
pose the Continuance of the Law with respe& to
-the Bounties f6r the Encourmrement of British Fish-_
cries for one yerlr only. In the interim he propoSed,
as the present system was radically bad, to bring for-
ward‘ some general measure on the subject.
M. G. ROSE offered his services to assist in de-
vising the general measure alluded to by the Right
.Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. The sub-
jea to which that measure referred was, in his opi-
nion," of:very great importance, and had therefore
occupied a considerable degree of his attention while
in an official situation. The /Jesuit of his inquiry,
upon which it was his purpose to ground a. specific
proposition; he would be happy to communicate to
those who had the proposed measure in contempla.
tion.

Mr. VA NS/TTARt expressed his wish to receive
the communication of his Right Ho.l. Friend, if he
might be allowed so to call him:
The House resumed, and the Report was ordered
to be brought up to-morrow.

SIR JOHN DUCKWORTH.

.
Mr. GREY rose, he said, to perform the most
grateful duty that had thllen to his lot ; and in the
performance of that- duty he telt confident that he
might anticipate the unanimous concurrence of the.
House in the proposition which he was about to
submit ; lie was sure that no man, could suppose
that he went too far in stating that.he 'was merely
proposing to discharge the debt of national g-rati-
tude.Speaking of Sir John Duckwortl.'slory,
although it was obtained by a superior force, still it
must 'be admitted, in whatever view it might he
considered, that it was fully entitled 10 the Thanks
of 'the-Country, and to hold a distinguished rank in.
our /Naval Annals. The promptitude with which.
that gallant Officer left his station off Cadiz when
apprised of the sailing of the. Enemy's Fleet-=—the.
position that he chose :for the purpose of intercept-
ing them, and the manner in which he chaced some
part of them' in the month of December, although
his ardent hope of overtaking' them was not gra-
tified—the arrangethents which 'he made for cori-
dueling- his Fleet, and for dispatching intelligence
to the several quarters towards which the Enemy's r.
Fleet was likely to have gone—the resolution which
he took, and the eagerness which he manifested to
encounter the Enemy even at.the time when, ac-
cording to every report, His force. was much superior
to our's—the skill and valour which he displayed in
the conduta of the engagement, and the effeas the
result is calculated to produce—all combine to' sup=
port the claims, of Sir John Duckworth to the thanks -
and to ihe praise of his Country. .Por the particu-
lars of the attack he Would refer to this distinguished
Officer's own relation. A Squadron of the Enenly's'
force had, it appeared, contrived to escape the ac-i
tiVe pursuit' of Sirj. Duckworth. It saved itself
from destrutaion by flight. But that Squadron,. he
had no doubt, was only reserved to form another
triumph for our navy. Of that Squadron with
which Sir John Duckworth engaged, every. Vessel
was captured or destroyed, with the exception af
those only which escaped- by flight;; and it was but
justice to the :C•hiriiaer of our Enemies to say, that,
'they .fought with a dcgr:c of resolution and courage

worthy' to be opposed to aßritish "fleet' Ent Sir
John DuckviortlY supported the char.tti:r -of our
Navy, and the d'efeat of the Enemy NyaS the natural
consequence. The' of acts of such a Vidoryiat the
present crisis must be obvious to every man capable
of appreciatingits value. It was in' every point of
view a
,most important event, whether considered
With- regard to our national character or
.commercial,
interests ; whether with regard to the vigorous pro-
secution of the War, or the establishment of security
in Peace.. In, whatever way the event Was ex-
amihed it would appear, that under the aid of that,
Providence which governs the destinies Of the
World,' this great Man •had achieved a most Ma-
terial benefit for his Country ; and the mark of
Royal approbation which ought to attach to his me-
rits would not, he was certain, be, withheld. The
Right flon. Gentleman, after apologizing to the
House for having so long trespassed on its attention
in the expression of his private feelings of regard
and reseed for the distinguished individual who was
the subjed -of his Motion, concluded with moving
the Thanks of the House to Vice-Admiral 'Sir. john
Thomas Duckworth, K. B. for his valour and ability,
&c.: on the 6th of February last.
This Motion was carried unanimOusly; as was a
Motion of Thanks to Admirals Cochrane and Louis,
and the Captains and' Otcers. of the Fleet. Also
a Motion acknowledging and approving the good
behaviour of the Seamen and Marines, and dired-
ing the same to be signified to them by their respec-
ti‘,e Ott cers
It was ordered that the- SP'
EAIER should comniu,'
nicatt; those Resolutions to Sir John Duckworth.
Before this Order was made, Mr. ROSE took oc-,
casion to remark, that the :Captures made in this
justly distinguished•Vidory.formed a total of 100,
Sail of the. Line taken from the Enemy, 'and added-,
to our own Force, during the AdministrdtiOn of that
;rent tun ,who was now' no more, anct, who.' had
SO Jong concluded the athirs of this COuntry. .

• -
--Ml7. WHITBREAD reported, that lie had pre-
sented in .the House of Lords the Replication -of
the Commons to. the Answer delivered in by Lord
Melville to the last Article of Impeachment.
Ordered;on the Motiob of Mr. WHITBREAD; that
an Address should be presented to His Majesty,
praying- to: ii Copy of the Second Report of the
Commissioners for revising the Civil Affairs oldie
Navy. • .
A Message from .the Lords stated, that .their
Lordshipslad appointed Tuesday, the 2gth of April,
for the Trial of Lord Viscount Melville, at the Bar
Of their own House, and that arrangements would_be
made at the said Bar for the convenience of tht?, .Ma-
pagers of the Impeachment, &c. -
On the Motion of Mr. WitrrnaEAlS it was or-
dered, that Managers shoUld be appointed—and that
those Managers should consist-of the Committee ap
pointed to prepare ,the Articles of.lmpeachment.
Also, that Joseph Kaye and John Winter, Esqrs,'
should be appointed Solicitors for the conchia of the.
Impeachment.

Mr., Winn:MEAD postponed till to-morrow his
notice. of a Motion for the attendance of a Com-
niittee of the whole House upon the Trial of
..Lord
Melville, in order to convenience a Right Hon.
Genileman who was particularly interested in this
question, imd who could nut uLtimcl.ou this day.

Mr. FOX called the ,attention of the House to
the delay which had taken place in the arrivol.of
the Return for the last EleiEtion at Waterford. Had
this Return, he observed, been forwarded to Dublin
in due time, it-must have reached that House before
now:. This delay was rather extraordinary, and,
there were strong surmises that it was Dot at all acci-,
dental. At present, however,he did not mean to do
more than to move that the Deputy Clerk of the
Crown should be called to the Bar, and asked whe-
ther he had receive; the last
,Return for Waterford ?
If lie should answer, in tho negative; the Right Hon.
Gentleman gave notice that he should feel it his
ditty- to move, on Thursday, in order to come -at the
, cause of such irregularity, -that the. Sheriff of Water-
kid' should attend at the Bar.-
,

ACcording to. orcter, the Deputy Clerk attended
forthi.vith 'at.the Bar ;
.and to a question -from the
whefferhe- had received the-last Return
for Waterford..?---AnS.wered jn.the negative.
Mr. Fox' accordingly gave -his notice.. for
ThArsday. .

Mr. FILTDDLESTONF postpOped, till Friday, the
Motion for Papers relatice to the Nabob of,Oude,
of which he had given notice for this day.