The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-19 00:00:00

THANKS TO THE ARMY IN EGYPT.

The Order of the Day relative to this subjea,being read,
LOrd HOB>IRT, pursuant to the notice be had given; rose
to bring forward the neceisary Motions. —lle observed; that
froin his etfidial situation, the task fell to him, of moving
for the Honour of their Lordships' Thanks to those gallant
()Meth and SOldiers who had' recently so eminently distin-
guishedthemselves in Egypt. TO expatiate upon their m 0...
rits would, he conceived, be"a presumption in him : he was
aware,- that no panegyric which he could bestow, :could
enhance their merits in , the estimation .'cif their Lordships
these, he thought,lvere..best`.elpressed in tbeimodeste-and
sensible recitals. of those who transmitted the official-accounts
of the operations' of the Army to this Country. Their
Lordships might haVe heard many diets rent accounts respeel.
ing, these, but he could assure them,. from every thing he
had been able to colledl, that a greater degree of valour,
zeal, and patriotism, were never • manifested on any. other
occasion; the difficulties I.vhiJi these gallant Troops had to
encounter, and the modes adopted-ot suirnotinting th6m,
must have made aniridelible impression on their Lordships'
minds, and :lest he should diminish, instead df adding to
these iinpressions, he .411901 observe no ftfrthir on , that
head.--. His Lordship then adverted' to the itiii6h lani'dnied
fate of the gallant and meritorious Ansa cßODittiY. He,
wished, he sited, he could place at the head of -the list of
names, rie should have.tozoto that of Sir Rnt.rri Aare.
crtomay,' Whose courage and conclud so often manifested on
fOrmer occasions, was equalled by that' intrepidity and coed-.
ness which lie exhibited on the membrable day in which be
loft hislife in the service of his Country.—To endeavOur to
impiess thase conSidetations on their tordshipS' minds, must
.te superfluous. , His Own sense 'of -thn could not be better
cxpressed thin by the feeling and appropriate language in
which the gallant Officer who succeeded to the command,
lamented his cleat!,:—" Were it permitted for a Soldier ro
"' regret any one Who has fallen in-the service of his Coun •
" try, I might be excused fur lamenting turn more than any
" other person ; but it is
,sorne consolation to those who
" tenderly loved 'him, that as his life vitas-honourable, so
" was his death glorious. memory will be *recorded in
" the annals of his Country, will be sacred to citify British
" Soldier, and embalmed in the recolledtion ofa grateful Pos.
" terity I"—His Lordship then Mcried; " Thatthe Thanks
of the House be given to 11.1ajor General the Honourable Joiix
HELY liu r c tit Nsiik,lictajors General EYRE Coora, JOTIN
MOOR E, the Earl of CAV AN, &C. &C. let their spirited!
and heroic exertions, when, in spite of local difficulties, and
the desperate attack ofa powerful and well prenared Army,
on the 21$t of March, i ot, the British Arm obtained a
brilliant Victory, ire."

[For a detailed Report of the remaining Votes of Thanks
see the Proceedings of the liouse of,Commonsd

Tte Earl of MOIRA said, that what he had repeatedly
told their Lordships was now• exemplifrA,
,namely, that
whenever his Brother Soldiers had a fair opportunity pi slicw_
ing it, they would manifest a degree of ardour, disciplii e,
andhravcry equal to that hitherto so often shown in the
course of this War, by the Navy. The Motion for Thanks,l
of course had his•most cordial concurrence, and 'he wished:
to add his warmest testimony. to the praise so deservedly;
showered by the _Noble Lord on' those Officers who com-1
inanded the gallant Army in ,tinestion. He :felt .it his!
derv, however painful it may be to offer any thing that!
.411 t possibly interrupt the unanimity of the House on;
such, an ocesswn, to &pave, . that the number of British!.
lives lost in Egypt was a consideration of the most pain-
ful kind, and the more so, when they coniciered, that it
was to be' attributed to the miscondud of the late
sters t hut, for which it.certainly,woilld have been unneccs.
sary. . His lordship then.adverted to the .unfavourableness
or the (lima') of Egypt for a British Army, and the great
difficulties which they had to surmount, anpartietilarly to
the atledged lad, that the pOssessioh of Egypt by the Ene- •
my, was the principal eimutrisuincc which stood in the way
of a Pacification, :and concluded with expressing his wiali,
that the miscondud which wrought "such deArudive conse-
quences may not be ?:434(.1 over in silence.

Lend ATULGRAPE replied /o the. Noble tart at some
lengt4, in a speech equally fratight with argument, anima-
tions' and eloquence.—[To this, as well as to the subsequent
Debate, we regret that out_very contra4ed Paths preclude
us from 'icing that justice we could wish, and precrtide
from stating any -other than a very general outline.l-,-His
Lordship expressed his regret that the harmony of theliouse
on such an-occasion should be interrupt:xi bribe introduition
of any irre:evant matter. He then; after expressing higeon-
eurrehce in w:tat had fallen from the Noble Earl, and his
Noble Friend, respecting the very meritorious conduet of the
Army in question, which he described as having transcended
all ettlogium,-entered.into-s detail-exposition ofsomt alb
principal operation, of the Army, which he praised, either
wittr respect to•the-coisiudlof the Leaders, or the valour dis-
th layed by the Troops, on.e various occasions, as exceeding
kilt 'thing that 'took placeirt the prelerdWar.
Lord Hos u,:r then moved .in the usual way, the Thanks
a the House to,fhe Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers,
Which, toget'hur• wit h the foregoing Thanks to the Oak:err:
commanding the same, were voted
His Lordship then proposed-the Thanks, of the House, ta
Admiral Lord K IT )1 , to whose conduitthe Noble. Lord
paid some handsome compliments, as well, s to Itear-Adini-
ral.Sir It. Bic En T ON, ,who was included in the Motion.

The DiliT'of CLARENCE wished to know, if it was in-
tended-tOmove the 'Thanks of the House -to -Sir Sinr►EY.
3!di if it on the present eccasion ?
Lord HOBART seemed to answer in the negative : it was
a paha that required signe eonsiderition. Ther::. were many
Offieers; in -both' linr.s of service. of higher rank than the gal-
lant Officer alluded to by the Royal'Unke, for whose tran-
se:mutant professional merits no one ex)chl entertain a more
profound respeci ; but thgre was a dcgtee of delicacy and dif-
ficulty on such occasions, oft insurmountable; and upon
the whole, in the present instance,' it was not considered is
necessary to propose any. spcciflc Vote 'of Thanks to the
Otliccr in question. •

A conversation of some length here ensued, and ofa rather
&suitor) and irregulr.: nature, principally twitvcen His Royal
Hi),;;ltiL:)s and Lordckloaa ictLantkin winch,lords DARN LEY,
ot INGDON, AUCK I. A XJ4..1.'4114/1 Y, Av E, the
of Si:.. V INNEN ri RA,DioR, WESTMORLAND, and
7%; fl, R A touk a part. It 'v. 05seryal 11,y the Royal, Duke,
'nu was several times on '?is kgs, in the Coitrs.e ot the con-
i,:-:sation, that the case of Sr Sums:Ex
.SulrB was similar
to that ot Col. S Tzl.v AR T, v. ho receivedtip: Thanks of their
Lordships at the same, rime_witli the Nival.Officers for the
late Victory at Co.penhagen. .
The Earl cfST. filiV4s4Wrstated, that Sir SIDNEY SMITH
was not the :'first-Officer in point of rani: employed in the
service adverted to by His Royal Highness Captain Coe
R.tNE Senier 0 titetr.• •

The DUKE cf C LAREZtiCE then observed, that Captain
,CoeitaiNa;:sliould:Of• eburse.bc included in the Vote of•
Thanks ; and immediately , framed • a Motion for thanking
these two Offices; for their cendua while on shore.
Lcri77lo.BAßTobserved, that such aline of pros eeding,,if
adopted, intist on, such an ot'casiortas. the present, be pro-
duaive of very unpleasant feelings to some Officers. There
were many Colonels in the Arr.r.. -who were not specifically
thanked : did-he purpoSe to -thank all these 0 fllcers,ol,supe-
nor rank who had signalized themselves in Egypt,' the List
woithi be very long indeed.e
The Earl of MOIRA swined to think that the distinguished
cotidn4 -of Sir Siausv Surt u entitled hlinto a Special Vote
of Thinks, and he reprobated the idea that any of the Mili-
tary Officers would harbour jealous or, injurious sentiments
on v.:eh an occasion.

The DUKE sf CLARENCE observed, that both the Offi-
cers hemeant to thank were Land as welt as Sea O tlicen;, the
one was a Colonel since 1784, the other since' 186.
The LORD CHANCELLOR professed the highest resped
for the chintder of Sir Saw; VT- Ss :-t of wtwm . he 4ad
such a fa-votir.ible opinion as to believe, that the non-acqui-
escence of "the House in the proposed Motion would not in,
the leis: hurt his -feelings, when -the general interest of the
Service- was likely to bc-lenctited by . such a proceeding...-
After score explanatoryconversation between some of the
'Noble Lords abov::-mentioned, resped'aig the former conditel
of the House on timilar.dceasions. the Dux: of CLAxaarot
agreedefor the present, to withdraw his Nfotion.
The Question on the several Motions,. for the Thanks to
Lotd 14a tT H &C - was then- put and carried MN!. Liter. and
the Loan CH A NCE L LOA was ordered in the usual way to
communicate the said Votes to the respedive Commanders.
On the Motion of Lord Ho'Ati r, the consideration of
His NlajeStrs.late Nlessace was deterred till Wednesday.
The-Insolvent Debtors 13.111 was again referred :o a Corn-'
mince rof• the 'whole House, in which it received a few
- slight Amendments,, on the suggestion of the LORD Cl 4 AN.
ertsiati.:aticr. which the House resumed, and after dis.
posing of sum; privatz &Luc/wind tilt tv-morrow.

TN USE OF COMMONS,
MONDAy,, MAY
.18.

kMessage from.the Lords intimated
.their Lord-
ships' consent to the Militia Clothing Bill, the
Clergy Horse Duty Ex.emption Bill, the Bank
Note Forgery Bill, and several =private Bills.
Sh- BURbErr presented a Petition
fr'orri a y oung man, a Prisoner for Debt, in the Four
COurts, 1/larshalsea, Dublin, stating his circum-
StaTtMj• setting. forth, that though they were of
peculiar hardship, he
_would 'et,,nor be included
under. the' provision's of,qhe Bill 'for the Relief of
Insolvent Debtors, now before Parliament, and
pral/filif'that.,when. that Bill-shall come before the
House, it may take his case into consideration.—lt
wa,s, Prdered to lie -oil the Table.
• .
"Thew w,as laid. bti..fore,tl4. House an account of
of Exports from: and Imports into the
Kingdoni of Great Britain during the last year ;
which was ordered to lic on the Table.

-The SPEAKER Lforniell the.,ltouse that. he had
received a. Letter from Sir
.Fly pig PARK Zit; in an.
mei to his etsmmunicatiot to him of the Yore of
Ti*iks of the "Hous'e,-v:hich, with re of
the pledsu.
the House e-‘ronlcLnow read._ .
He read it accordingly, and it was in the usual
forni,:e':4;ressive of the high sense he-entertained of
the Ildilour•Which had been-coderreti on hit, -now
that heahas become an old rrirf, and been employed
above fifty years in the §-erYiee of his country=,
and stating that • he :had: communicated the other
Votes to the Officers, Scc. undei '.and
thanking the. Sr FAxEß•for the, handsome manner in
which he had' communicated tn 'him the Vote of the
Hotise. • •

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose
merely to state to the House,. that as from an inad-
vertence of an Hon. Friend of hiss due rotice had
not been given on Friday last,nihat it, was his
intention to move' for the additional • Ways. and
Mean; for the year, on this day:, he Would 'defer
I,ringing that subj a forward till Wedoesday, on
which day, he wished the House to Understand that
ha would king it, forward.