The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-13 00:00:00

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The Order of the pay being react.`-for summoning
the House etpon a Motion for the' 'Fl?a4s -Of their
Lordihips to the Officers, Azd..serving itt Egypt,
1.1. 0.8 47; rose to make ins prorrus'eci-
tion 'Loin that occasion., The. prefatory Ote,iva:
tions of his, did- not run to, much length,
but were- heat anct poltvtletil He observed; that the- •
impreisions which-every -Peer pfesent must have re-
ceived "from teatnin. the: -glorious and suCcessful
exploits- of thos,e. Officers .and Soldiers to whom .he
was about to inave the linttour of their Lordships'
Thanks, -he' Was 'certain :were such as to render :it
unnecessary for him io,dwoll at any length upon the
subjth. ' 'He then spOke.in. geoeral• terms of ap-
platise of themeritorions-; brilliant, and essentially
useful services of the .ArtnY.of Egypt, and in some'
respifts, of the Britisli Troops:'and= Naval Forces',
in general, serving in that quarter, who, from the
Battle of the Nile, and'ihe memorable Siege of St:
john.d'Acre, to the fall-of Alexandria,; had exhi.
bited a series of glorious exploits, and services un_
paralleled in the page of History.. Hii lordship
wok occasion to advert to .the circumstance of the
co-operative Force from. India, and praised the fore-
sight and political sagacity of the illustrious Go
vernor-General of India, in detaching that Force,
which, from its meritorious and brilliant service; in'
India, he-had. no dolibt would have'ensured the suc-
cess of the. Expedition to Egypt,.if it had not been
more immediately effected by the gallant Army.,
originally detached to that quarter. , His Lordship
then, after some general terms .of eulogium on the
Officers and the Army of Egypt, moved, " That
the' Thanks of this Hopse be given to the Hob.
Lieutenant-GeneralSir JOHN HELP HuTcnINSON,
K. B. for the ability; zeal,, and perseverance, so
eminently Manifested by him in the CoMmand of
the Army of Egypt, and by whose exec Lions the
honour of the British Name has been so signally up_
held, and by which additional lustre has been shed
on the British,Arms."
On the Question being put, ,

. ,1,0-d4count NELSON rose and addressed 'the
House wher at some length : from the tone and
diredion of his Lordship's voices we were precluded
from hearing so distinetly as we could ,wish ; but
we understood him, among other points to observe,
that the possession of. Egypt had long been regarded
by the French- as an :o~bJett- of the first importance.
The considerable force they sent thither in the fiat
instance, was a proof of it; and the Commander
seemed to think his landing cheaply purchased by.
WitAoss of the Fleet. He observed, that.it was not
-sl4ly the possession of Egypt that was aimed at
by them, but. the establishment of an Empire on a
large scale, and'oo apc anent foundation, in that
quarter. He had had the good fortune to command
a Naval Force, the bravery and exertions of which

)lad..enabltd him to defeat that of the Enemy ; arm,
tiler Officer had the equal gOod fortune, in his COM.
Inziud at Acre, to displa'y the lustre of the British
Arms, and to counteract, .in a considerable degree,
the' eSigns of the -French Commander. With, re_
spelt to what
.might have. been 'the political conse-
quences to this Country, had the Enemy succeeded
in-eSt,ablishing their projeded Empire in that. guar-
- ter; he would not pretend to say ; but he certainly
regarded it as a fortunate event, that the ganantry
and exertions of our Army 'in Egypt had succeeded
in frustrating the designs of ,the. Ehemy in those
parts, as the possession of Egypt was not die only
Obje6.l to be considered,.for the. well-being of our
Possessions in the East was also concerned in .the

evem.—The Noble and.Galiant Viscount thensro.

seeded to 'comment on certain operations of the
Forces in that quarter, which he praised in appro-
priate terms. Recurring to the designs and pro-
ceedings of the French with respect to Egypt, he
instanced some particulaes, which clearly indicated
their intention to found a permanent, •and, most
probably, independent system of Government in
that Country ; and principally referred to the insti-
tution of the College, in which an equal number of
French and Native yduths were to be educated in
genuine French principles. With respea to the
efforts against them; the Noble Viscount seemed. to
say, that all the force which the Turks could bring
against the French, would be inadequate to dislodge
.them : to the exertions and gallantry of our brave
Countrymen were they indebted for that desirable
'event. He then adverted to some derails of the
operations of the Army, of- which he spoke in the
highest terms of praise ; and concluded by express-
ing his most cordial assent to the Noble Lord's
Motion. • •

Lord PELVAI observed, that he would beg.
'leave to arrest their Lordships' attention for a mo-
ment, whilst he expressed what he in a peculiar man-
ner 'felt on the subjeet of their Lordships present
Thanks, for it had so htpened that most of the
Officers who had distinguished themselves in Egypt,
had served in Leland during the very critical period
in which he had held a responsible situation in that
Country:—Both as a public and a private man his
gratitude was due to those-Oilicers.-1.-He had known
them welli so it was no 'matter Of. surprize
.to him
that.the spirit, military skill, and humanity that had
been displayed at the capture of Wexford, should
have inspired. the. Soldier) on landing at Aboukir
with a. confidence in Central MoORE, that had
enabled them to take by storm the strongest point in.
the French position ; or •that the cOrreaness and
systematic precision which charaeterised the
'Quarter-Master General's departMent in Ireland,
should foundin,General CitADOCk's manceuvie-
ing.of his Brigade on-the 13th-of • March.-----neither
-could it be unexpedetYby him, that wisdom in the
•Fiehl-ind in -the Col-ha should have directed .the
important transactions in Egypt, whilst he .reeollea_
ed that the Commander of that Arm jr had been the
bosom friend of Sir RALPH Al? ERCROMBY. . • •

Thr.DUICE of CLARECIi expressea leis, cor-
dial concerence with the Motion, and spoke in

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He- -a-Vett-e-Tro Snit Ite-inatz °MCI d -11,j1 I
night, in,some detail, on this subjea;4!nd expressed
his wish 'that the approbation of their Lordships
could ha4e beel thus expressed .previous io the dis-
tussidli of tht:Trgliniinaries- of Peace?...

The Question was then put upon the Motion for •
the Thank-3 to Sii J. H. IrrcurNsoN, 'Which was
-agreed ter - -
Lonf B A RT' then moved .the Thanks of die
House to, M.ajorentral EKE Coors, J. FRAN-
CIS. CRADDOCK,' the Hon: J. TAMES DLOW, and
tte other Gene ral. andjield Officers serving in the
Artny.of Egyp.st—lfor.a detailed account of which,
as well: as the subsequent Motions. for Thanks, see
cioi.lttptirts of the proceedings of the House of Corn.
nionS.P—His Lordship prefaced this Motion by a
Nety few general observations on the meritorious
and giliant-condua of. the Officers in question, and
shortly observed, that what had fallen -from his
NV ble FriendlLord PELHAM) had, in some degree,
anticipated what he had proposed to observe with
respect to theseOfficerS, and that part of the Army
which had-served in Ireland, and in *praise of which
he- most cordially expressed his concurrence with
-his Noble Friend.
The Question being put, the Motion passed in
• the same Manner as the 'former.
The 'usual. subordinate Motions Were then made
for the Thanks of the. House to the remaining Qffi_
cers, and also- to the non-commissioned Officers and
Privates serving in the Army of Egypt, and passed
likewise in the same manner..—As also those tbr the

request to Sir JOHN liguir HuTcHiNsoN to COM.
tnuniCate-the Thanks of their Lordships so voted,
to the Army under his Command, and the Order
for the Lotto CHANCELLOR to forward the same in
tlig usual. manner.