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VICTORY OF NIAID4.

Lord GRE,VVILLE said he rose-for the r;urpOse
of moving the Thanks of the House for the bril-
liant exploit performed 'by Sir John Stuart in Ca•
labria. lle had ever been of opinion, that the high
honotir conferred by a Vote of Thanks of that House
oaght to be reservM 11:r great occitsionF, for deeds
"of valour of a superior description, for a&lions which
tended to throw a lustre around the' British name,
or materially to benefit the interests of the country.
It was because: he held this opi9ion that he thought
the vidtory gained by Sir John' Stuart, in Calabria,
deseryin of the Thanks' of that House. It
was a vititort* wlichthongli it might not hi its con,
-sequences have any material .eff'oc.t 'upon the war, was
yet in itself so brilliant, so highly honourable to the
British arms, and so. well calculated,to show what
could he efK:aed by British troops against a greatly
superior tie:Tither of the Enemy, that he thought the
-General who had achieved it highly deserving of
-the gratitude of his Country. The number of our
troops engaged in the battle of-Maida were less than
6QOO ;• the numbers of the enemy opposed to them.
were certainly more than BOpo '; the number of the
killed, wounded, and prisoners of the Enemy in -:the
action,%ancharising-
.from the oonsequences,of that
enfficrement, amounted to more than the whole
number of the British troops engaged. So brilliant
an exploit -was, he, conceived, fully entitled to an
acknowledgment from that House. Whilst our
Officers and Soldiers were lighting the battles of their
Cduntry bravely and succestillly, it- became their
• Countrymen to perform their part by giving them
the reward of public gratitude. This was more peen-
incumbent on their Lordships as ranking
amongst the higher classes of society, and the ex-
pre3sion of Whose, gratitude, therefore, came with
the more weight, produced a greater effea. The
A&ion for which he was about to move their Lord-
ships' Thanks was one which was advantageous
to rho interests.and conducive to the honour of the
Country, and which served to raise still 'higher the
charaCte.; of' Britain. His Lordship concluded
by-moving a•Vote of Thanks' to Major General Sir
John !Stuart, Brigadier-Generals Cote-and Arland,'
nnd the Officers under the command of Sir John
Stuart, in the action in Calabria, on the 4th of July
last; and alSo an acknowledgineot of the services of
the non-commissioned officers and' soldiers
.eugaged
in that acaion both which motions were agreed to
nem. (Liss.

Adjourned till Wednesday the 31st inSt,

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

MONDAY, DEC. 22.

Mr. PETER MooRR presented a Petition from Mr.
Bowyer, of the Historic Gallery, Pal:-Mall, for leave
to bring in a Bill to enable Mr. Bowyer w draw by a
separate Lottery, in case the next State Lottery
should not contain a sufficient number of tickets for
his purpose.

The Hon. Gentletrian observed that Mr. Bowyer
had concluded to draw his Lottery, and given it out
to the Public, that it should certainly take place by
the State Lottery which wassdrawn in Oaober last,
but unfortunately for Mr. Bowyer, that Lottery con-
taining. only 20,000 tickets, 'he was of course pre-
vented, and which dclav, the Hon: Gentleman
observed, has been attendAl with a considerable loss
to Mr..Bowyer.
Capt.. FIIEEMANTI,E gave notice that on Wednes-
day he would. move. that the Order for-considering.-
the.P4itioh., respeating thi; SaltaSh EletAion shousu
be postponed for a few daps.

torcl FOLK STQNE gave notice of Lsiniilar Motion*
,
An the same day, reTeatng the Petition complain,
41.4 of an undue Eleaion and return for West-

minster, - -
Lord OSSULSTON appeared et 'the Bar, and pre-
seete,l his Majesty's-Answer to the 4:ddress. It in'
eeoeral expressed his Majesty's confidence in the
„
of his faithinl Commons: It was read in so
line a toneof voice that we could noncatch the par-
tienlar words.
MrelionnenS..E brought
_r p, the Report of tlre
'Committee on the Expiring Latins. :Ordered to lie
on the Table.
VANSITTART moved,. that the part of his Mt-
iesty's Speech adverting to the Supplies should be
This being done, he moved that the House
hhould to-Morrow, resolve itself auto a 7Committee of
fiupply.—Ordered.
Mr. G:ttiNT preseoted the, third Report, of the
Commissioners of Militery Inquiry.—Ordered to lie
• en the teak, and to be printed.
TIIANKs TO TILE. ARMY OF MAMA.
Serretdry WINDHAM-rose, pusuant to no--
tice, to Move the Thanks of the House to ,the'Offi-
"x.!ers and Men of the British Army, who hadso high-
. I..vr distinguished, themselves by the vim oiy over a su-
, perior number of the enemy on the plains. Q. Maida.
'The Motion which he had now tOpropose he had
no .dpubt would meet with, unanireptis corieur-
-• rence. Of course it was unnecessary for him
to say any thing with . view to persuade'persons
to ae;ree to this Motion, _because none could be
Aye; se .tp it. Although this, therefore, must be a
• • faVourite- 'ell that he 'Was entitled to Say upon it was,
te.poirit out to the sober reffeaion-of the House the
' vast 'im-pertance of this eii.qory, under all,the vari-
'ens.aspeds which gave it a claim to rank with the
chief achieverhents on our annals—and which served.
_ ,to bring to our, remembrance: the Viaories "of
Poi'aiers and Cressy, to which in many'rest;ths it
' bore so strong resemblance. This service was
distinguished by peculialt charaders. Ifi the.first
it :9,:jl(?S ns nativnal -glory,. (#ne- of the. Most valuable
poleeessions which, could at present possibly .ac-
. quire. Thorigh other services might be attended
with greater, ithmediate advantages, and contribute
highly lo -t he prosperity of the. Country, yet they
were not of a chata6ter to:Call. for those honours
end distinaions to which - a service of this kind
Ives s 9 eminently. entitled. The great value there-
sure of tliis victory- was, that it ,augmented, in
a. degree not often equalled, the military renown.
eof the Country. How necessary this Was, nnd how
impossible it' was that a great Country, amidst the
•.nne whiCh its prosperity created, ',should: exist
Ivil!rout ii, it was needless for him to say; because
it was a thing of which every one who had .reflected
en thesubjeet must be fully aware. This -military
.renown, was at all tiMes necessary, and certainly
never was it more so than at the present moment.—
All the world was now converted,-as it were, into
one universal Camp, where military views, and mi-
litary services took place .of, every otheieconsider-
etion, where none could be safe without military
renown, and where a'natiOn could .no longer sub-
sist without it. We were come to that state of
society so eloquently described by the Poet, when
the soldiei was abioade and ,when the huebend-
. man could not he secure in ,his labours unless he "had
sarms in his hands to defend. them.. In this-state,
pb people could he safe, unless they were of a war-
like character. To military services, all others were
stil-iordinate, and military glory. was the -most ye-
- of possessions. There was one view in which
this vidory Was peculiarly interesting to us, because,
though we had pot. lost our military character, yet,
tidin.thecireumstances of the wars that had- taken
-place, for some time past, which in a great measure.
cent-pied our, exeinions to the sea, we h-fd not that op-
portunity which We formerly had of shewiug :our
prowvss by land. And on-this account our enemies bad
, wroulght themselves into'an opinion that our mili-
vary iyoqrs, taking the' word military in ,its largest
confined--to the sea, and that we-were
•, fir Itorl k-lbg preportionahly powerful ,by
Noun the tendency-et thevi6tOry. _at Alaida was di-
- 'redly to meet this opinien, and in .this point of view
it was ere incalculable importance.: It served to
prove that tin:lznik it could riot beeexpe6ed- that raw
end undisciplined men should, be equal to- the ve-
terans of France, our disciplined soldiers were more
than a match for them. Yet some had in their-
ccnVersations and publications given encouragement:
to the opinion .9 fithe Enemy._ Ike trusted, however,
that this had not gone far, and he was certain that
it -had mace no impression on the generality of. the
people. Inclearly appeared that wherever they could
' ineet the enemy on equal terms they might promise-,
themselves victory. The enemy boasted of their:
t3kill and discipline ; but in contest of boats and ships
where skill was not of such importance, and where
the battle was, as' it were, man to man, we were
eenstantly successful when fighting on equal terms.
,superiority so far was clearly established,
Ne:-,i/Z,, not a solitary instance of this sort could be
produced in their own -favour on the part of the
.Eneniy. But they had contrived to delude them-
selves into an opinion, that their skill gave them a
supeeio.rity on land. On the present occasion they
tnanifeSted that confidence which was the natural re=
stilt of this opinion; and yet they were attacked in the
pesition which they held;
_and completely, routed.
This victory, filet efore, must be of the greatest use on
the-Continent. The EdeMy had, frequently conquer-
ed by an Opinion of• their invincibility, which they,
had impressed upon themselves and others, And by
this means they bad often- succeeded wfiere 'there
vas no want of courage on , the part of their
,oPpo-
mins! 'Yet this opinion was eountenanced, and
perhaps in some. degree warranted, by their suc-
C.eeses, though these were, no doubt,, in many cases,
paving rather tostheir confidence - in themselves, and
their charaaer with their opponents, than their in-
trinsic superiority. Possunt quici posse videtitur.—
,NOw to. have breke that charm by this victory, 'the
knowledge 'of hick could not be suppressed, not--
ithsrandineihe t.)ower.of the. Enemy over the Cone
tinental was of the most inestimable advan-
.
tage. -But he wished her to guard against the opi-
nion -that such instances were wanting. Our whole ,
history was full of such instances ; but ,this had;
in a great measure, condensed them all, and"
proved; beyond a doubt, that our military renown
-vas in no degree diminished, and that the charac--
ter which we assumed. was not,ihe delusion of time
teunal vanity, but real and substantial. No anion
could ever
,have 'been contrived bett..6r calculated
.o'-e:eablish this truth. In the language of Sir

':-, ,

John -Stuart, valuable both On a:.OmA of its own
eloquence, and on krecount of his 'accurate' acquaint.-
ance with the:liras,'
," it seemed as if the prowess of
the two Nations had been brought 'to trial before the
Ifa society, of philosophers had.. set Ahern- •
selves to 'contrive a rrie hod of trying the prowess of
the t\vo Nations, they:could not have planned a more
proper one. It was worthy of remark, that in the first
'part of the action,` the two bodies Were directly
brought together with the bayonet, which is a case
which seldom happened, thotigh often spoken of, and
which 'peculiarly served to mark theeharaCter of the
two Nations. The affair came to that exao point
where the resolution of the two bodies could be fair-
ly tried. The resolution_ of our troopS held out, and
that of the Enemy failed-=-a cOMplete proof of which'
was, that hardly a man of our army was wounded
with the bayonet. Indeed, the detail of this'
would display merits of all sorts, arid prOve no4less
'honourable to the skill of the Officers; than to the
valour of • the men. Having detained the House so
long, he would only in addition me?..!ion some' dr..'
cumstances which were not generally known, as they
Were not .ascertained till some time after the bat-
tle. The fad Was, that the viabry "was more de-
I• cisive than was at first imagined ; for though Sir
John Stuart stated. his own troops'at -belo+,v .5000,
and those of,. the Enetny at 7000 ; the faci was,
that the force Of the Enemy was not under 8000,
•
and" this was ascertained 'by 'a list found in
_the
pockets of one of, the slain: As tcithe loss, the slain,
which he stated at 700; were not less than 1300 ;
1,500 wereiaken prisoners and a considera,ble -number
-'surrendered, so th.it our army digpOsed„ iu. .one way
or another, of not less 'than a body of the enemy
equal their own numbers. It was also ascertained,
that the enemy's army, including those in the neigh-.
-bourhOod, amounted altogether to 13,000 men. 'He
'l,kou'lii:only repeat, that'this victory was of infinitely
greater consequence than, One from which more im-
mediateadvantages might have been derived, asit
-restored that half of our military renown which had
been Called in. question.' Ire whO contributed to the
military glory of his 'Country, did a service beyond-
- all others. He concluded by moving - •
Ist, • That the Thanks of this House be given to
Major-General Sir .John Stuart, f6r the eminent
ability and intrepidity which he:displayed in the
Battle on 'the Plains of I\4llda; against a superior
Force,w hichended in tine signal defeat of,the Enemy.
.2d; Than the Thanks of this House be given to
Brigadier-General Laurie Cole, and Brigadier-Gene-
ral Ackland, and the other Offieers of. the Army
under Sir John Stuart; for having so higilly con-
tributed to the Viaory on the Plains of Maida.
3d, That the Thanks of this HOuSe,he given to'
-the Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the
Arm/ under Sir John - Stuart, for their: valour and
gallantry 'displayed in theJiattle of Kilda, and that
Sir John. Stuart be requeked- to coninihnicate the
'same to the Troops. • •

4th, That the Sneaker do transmit the 'I banks to
Sir John StuaTt, mut the Officers under his com-
mand.

lieutenant-General Sir JOHN DOYLE rose to'
Second the Motion, and, spoke as"follows
'Speaker—ln rising to address you, for the first time;
I feel, Sir, how much shall
,stand in need of your
countenance, and the kind, indulgenee of the I-louse;
but I trust that themotives which induce me to trou-
ble-you, while,they plead rnybxeuse, may obtain for
me a-patient hearing, ,- and I shall endeavour to mark
my sense of that indulgence by trespassing upon it
but for a 'few moments.--Sir, having witnessed
upon:Maw. trying occasions that - zeal,
skill, and courage, in this instance 'again. So bril-
liantly displayed, by the gallant Officer and his brave_
• Companions, I cannot reconcile it to my feelings to
confine myself to a cool and passive assept. I should'
not, 'Sir, trust 'the cause of those valiant men to so
weak an advocate as myself, did I not know that
they will find a ready and warm advocate in the
breast of every man Illave the honour to address..-=.
The Thanks of P.trliatneut were never better de-
served, nor would they be any where rribre highly
prized ; and I ft-el that the Motion is not more just-
ly appliedk than it is happily timed—for as the crisis
• is fast approaching when the Country will expea
every man should dO 'his duty; what a nobleincite-
ment will it 'be for Men, not barely, btit -enthu-
siastically to do their duty, when their. exertions
are rewarded by the gratitude of theif Country.L.
-f It is upholding and encouraging that high. sense of
hOnour, so conspicuous in' the fleets and' armies of
Great Britain, that the Country will find its best
security—and' it is. because' the measures of the
Right Hon; Mover are built upon this foundation, •I
that they not only meet my approbation—but, as a
demand my grateful acknoWledgmenti.
Mr. JOHNSTO:VE would not add any thing to
what had beensaid by the Right Hon. Secretary re-
speCling the importance Of the victory, of Maida,.
nor was it necessary, as that had been so. yell de=
scribed. He always-considered hint as anxious to
promote the glory of the-..Atmy,•and was. peenliarly
happy when he had been appointed to his present.
situation. But he thought that the sense sort oldis,f
tinetions ought to be conferred on the ArMy •as on
I the Navy. In the Navy, the superior Offieers, af- .
ter a brilliant viaory,-were always honoured with
some marks of distinction, and the bientenants were t
almost always 'promoted. He knew that this WaS
-not the common prat tice in the Army, and that it
Might not be the Right Hon. Secretary's fault, but
the present crisis required extraordinary measures; .
There was no doubt that the honours of Knighthood
and others contributed in no slight degree to kindle,
the- spirit and emulation of the Navy. These.ho-
flours were not to be despised.
• Mr. WINDHAM replied, that soniething orthe.
nature of that to which the-Hon; defitleinan alluded:
had been already done. But the circumstances of.
the Army and Navy were so essentially different,/
that the two service Could snot, in respea of ho-
nours, be exactly assimilated.
The Motions Were then agreed to ne.in. c.wz:

From the FRENCI-1 P:zlPEli.s'.

Pants, Dfx. 9.--The imperial Decree upon the
Blockade of the aritish. Islands has already received
its execution .in I-Tolland and throughout' all the
"Countrie; of :the North• occupied by •the French
troops : and the 4--ood of many centuries and of
many nations, will,s6oo cause the alarms of a few
moments, and,the 'losses of a few • individuals, to be
forgotten. This measure, so violent in appearance,'
is a henefit'for futuve generations, if it brings all na-
tions to acknowledge among themselves a maritime
code Conformable to that spirit of the. Right of Na-
tions which humanity has caused to be.adopted in
Continental Wars.—Argus.
It may be recolle9ed that the late Negotiations
between France and England were brought ,on by a
letter which Mr. Fox addressed.tothe Prince of BE-
NEVENTO, to inform him that a person, calling him-
self a Frenchman, had communicated to hitri a pro-
jest of at) attempt against the life of the Emperor;
projeCt which this pergon had the foolish hope of
• making Mr. Fox participate in. This man, upon
being driven out -of England,. landed at Hamburgh,
where he was immediately arrested.; and upon be-
ing brought to Paris, he confessed his crime. • The
Emperor, however, on being informed of it, would'
see, nothing in so mad a-projeCt but a -proof of in-
sanity. In consequence the Prisoner was con=
'veyed to'-Bicetre, where he is now in confineMent.
He is described- to be a man rather advanced-in
years, and totally void of education.,-(Joartifil de
4'Empire.)
ROTTERDAM, DEC..I3-.---Two Russian Deputies
are stated, in a letter from Bamberg, dated' De-
cember 9, to have arrived at the head-qnafters of
the French Emperor, whose mission is said to be of
a pacific nature. •
A letter from Trieste, dated NOV. 15, says, " The
French troops are 'on their return from Italy to
all the fOrmer country, the two Cala-
brias, and Fort Scilia, being now completely in
possession of the'French : besides this, the presence
of- the troops in Dalmatia is of more consequence,
eight thousand Russians, fiom Corfu, having landed
at Marasco. General MARMONT'S head-quarters are
at Spalatra."

'•lt is said that the• Russian -Ambassador at Con-.
stantitiople has regained his ascendancy over the
Porte; and brought it to conditions highly un-
worthy of its dignity and the preent relations in
which it stands with France. i• Should the Porte
not rescind its acts' "in this respe&, it was thought'
the French Ambassador would 'quit Constantinople,
itnd leave the Grand Signior to his merited fate for
the present.. •

It is reported that'Austria has consented to cede
to Bavaria, Saltzburgh, Bergtolsgaden, and the In-
viatel—as also its share of 'Poland-, int case that
kingdom should ,be 'restored,; for which she is
to be indemnified with her •ancient- possession of
Silesia.

It seems to be certain that the Queen of Prussia,
and theotherbranches of the Royal Family, have
taken up their residence at St. Petetsburgh.'
The arsenals of the Eleator of. Hesse•Cassel, at
Cassel, H 311311, and Zeigenhain, 'were so richly pro-
vided with every necessary, that no .l6s than two
thousand waggons' were required to. carry 'off their
_ •
contents.

The Russian troops
_destined try meet' .the Grand
French Army, are cornputed at 70,107 men, in-
fantry, a►icd 15;960 cavalry, having vt,ith4thern 9023
draught• horses : they march in-four columns but
on the 22d of November had not, at any:point, passO
the Vistula, except-at. Warsaw,, which was their
point of junetion.

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