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tieranted- to but 700, and when General S tuxt
:sei ea the 911) of August, the whole of the'ciivall
ry did not exceed 1500. In 1807, when.
ere thought of making any impression on the'
CucciHeiu with a' British force, the Noble Lord,
proud of stetting to the House tbaeffe:is of his.aaivi-
t ty thiring the short time he had been in achankirii-
Atm, asserted that he had raised 400() cavalry, and
while no particular call was made lot them abroad,.
atmised himself ~at itoine, defying the world with
his new rained r4OOO cavalry. Where were .these'
when the :late • reptisitiolis were made,? He was
much tist.hslted at the words of Sit• Arther Welles- •
ley, when lie:asserted that as it was.uncertain 'where
they might be emptoyeil, good horses were not ne••,
cessary tu draw..the ry, eze. This was she first
ease of the kind that had ever fallen within his knot:v..:
ktige, %vim/tool he list heara of tiiilitaty operations;
being perturmod where horses and artillery were, not'l
necessary ; but never,„knew that in any case it
would be. te'cessary to. have toad horses. ft should
almost seem, toe Ministers, consider it necessary
'w,hen an army has something to do, to retard its'
opernions h) equipping it in such 4 nti%erahle !ma-
iler as to render it inetti,;ient iu seine essential pciinr.
The NOble laird 'now proceeded to state the diud. ,
Vant'4es hint resulted from ;,t deficiency in the ar-
, tiller y,; which was by no mearci proporlionate,to f he
force employed. He would next si:dethe'unbecorni.
• ing erhnidiance of.Mieisters With:respect to indulging
the wislie- of the Esetirial Con, ention, a§ !ia
most desirable pout' of debarkation, which they
thot.'ight ft olio!. be in Gallicia. It was apparent. by
the country what the consequence of our lauding in
Portugal has been. Three dayei offer -the galliont
General (Sir Arthur Wellesley) had effected lap&
iin in that country, our ht p s we're cheered by the
vi?..tory of Biolleia. And it the public confidence
were placed on a Cothrnander 'who had so far con-
dueted 'nutters with credit to himself' and honour to
the artris of his Country, Wherewas. the necessity or
settiog•anether General over him ? And not only
one COMmander wit s sent to supersede him, hut six
successive ones. He wonlffnoW, from the diseaiches
before the House: SIR w to a certainty that Sit Hew.
• D'All*Vmple•was riot entrusted whit any corninunica..
dions' on the ultimate object of the expeditiuu. The.
Noble Lord i.eposite (Lord 'Castleretigh) may per-
ceive the b,fitiefits -which •we derived Lout the ehauge
a Sir Arthur 'Weilesley for Sir H.ilurrard, and of
the l mei. for Sir. Hew•Dalrythple If the NOble
Lard had acted in This manner in order to, preserVe
harmony bet ween them,' he' would ceitainV
little merit to hitos‘At from the arrangement. By
altering the pet :archers. h ..• pride. iroptove-
[tient in the instruments. II haritiony had. existed '
between the ConunanderS, it could ut r be certainly
attribtacd to the method which Minute:', hadlidopt-
ed: I.le could net help remaiking the dist resslng
t naticui of a gallant officer,' whose,. loss Atte counttt;t
had now to Seplotie, hi being recallcid froo). the
dish expedition only to feel th•t'' infetiority of Second-
ary coinniand in that of Portugal. • lie rionhtd not
(:u • such was the established sharatler •the
mented Sir John Moore, as to remove any dotibt on
the matter), but thatsupder his condto, we should
ex,perienced a result to the carol) not to
censured bum He would ask it tins were
not the language of Ministers on the occasion-.
" You, Sir A. ‘Vellesley,• are. to be, superseded to-
day by Sir [I. Batraid, and he in his turn by. Sir.
Hew paiei topic io.,muirow !" After some other
observations to the same. effeet, 'the Nob!e Lord pro-
ceette;l to an accusation (11 Mioisters,in eel j iub s tub
toe lunch coofidence for seitclies in tries way of provee
sloe from the ititorior whereat:it +N as will
known (kit that (Napery wutint •duall,; tht!‘ sopport
01 itself, fro:ti its own resources', for seven moth :is in
the year. There was a sc lEcity of bread iti the country',
and the cattle forslaughter was by no mi:ans sufficient.
Thotigh the ...Noble Lou t oppo-w may' bo-ist of Its
economy ; yet, wheit. ,it comes; to the proof, tie
makes rete of it, as 'St hers do of their ikealth,, Merely
for display. lie.had heard that plaosoply was a'
good horse in the stable, but would never do on the
road. In like manner, it may be said, by revers-
ing the adage, that the Noble Lord's economy was
very well oti the road, biff would not answer at all:
in the stable. The Noble Lord, in a sarcastic man-
ner, alluded to the dolay of transports necessary for
the einnat kat ion of teivairy, as an eltridation of this
ecnnomy. ilea Went into a state-
meet of the relative affairs, ot Spain at the period in
which the engaged in the liberatiOn• of Portugal.
All thina's,. k represented, were highly favourable
to our co•opt!rat in the former country, after the
defeat of Depoot, the retreat Of Bessieres and .h.seph '
kluunaparie. He again reveited, with ho iuconsi-
Oerable acrimony, to the eiretuostalice of unneces.
sAry superscdunce in the command .of the expetti-
. ;ion ; and 'dwelt .ery 'forcibly on the irregula-
rity of the instructions given by Monsters. He then
went into a detail ofeircienstAnces from Sr Arthur
Wellesley's i.inditig at Mond, Bay, through the
victories of P‘olicia and Vanier a, to diet disgraca-.
tut Convention on I,vh'icli the present'comptainr is
instituted. Sir FL Burtaid (says the Noble Lord)
immediately after tt.e. Litter victory', lands and as-
Wines the comitvsn'l but Sir liew Dalry.nple is
shortly atter sew Item Gibraltar to disposseis hit°,
Mind the Sue of bit' Harry'sets to rise no more.
yhe Nebie Lent rt.',ptest'.nted Sir Hew Dalrymple as
entrusted !,),, GovernMent, smiler with thedefi-
m{ide he waS to pursue, or the definite objed to
be attained; and outwit hstanding such eonmunica-
tiori writlil.P.-10, that lie Was ibtested with total
respousibilny. He &mud tint' ferbear from repro-
bating the otigetiei-otis conduet pf. rvlinisters on this
occasion, I jrC could impute no impropriety to
• Si- Hew Dalrymple ill •llowing up matters tu he did,
Ile spoke of the representation made
.by Sir A,•Wel-
lesley to Sir H. Bonner :I, with respect to the' slate of
the teginitetts'at the 'tine.' the latter Officer assumed
the. Coffilti,l!)(l. Sir Asilitir stated that they Were all
perfect health, het su want of, cavalry., amid this.
latter co,,i,terathai it Sir 88. i 3 errant to fotego
tee pureeit of the eiieloy. The !elute deficiency with
the ath.tnion'ill one of artillery was lepres'eoted tO Sir
I kW D.:ley rupie on a shridaf oee.hion by Sir H. Bur-
ram, lei no place was the necessity or a SUtheiatt'
train iriiher,), evinced ipore 11/41 I.ol7C.,,VcdratSji
cotilltry would Ir uit rendeme,l it tat'
no; oiled„ and advantage. Ail this deli-
;jet lee ri•erc4retatie tt of one
6; y..., t..) others. bit H. DArymple was,
i I mite iight of ii principal in
opposite he (Lord H.

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