The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-21 00:00:00

'MONTREAL, Nov. G.

The American army, at Four.-Corners, wider '
General Uampton, after haVing•so long fixed the
attention t;f our troops,. began at length to move
towards .our lines on the 2l st alt.
.About four
o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, their
advanced guard drove in our. pignets stationed at
Piper's Itoad, about ten leagues above.the Cha-
teangoy Church, Upon Vie receipt of this in-
telligence, Major lienry of the Beatiliarnols Mi-
litia, commanding .at.Euglish river, used every di-
ligence in apprizing Maior-Geueral De Watte-
ville of the approaCh of the. enemy, and ordered
immediately in advance, Captains Levetryne and
ISt:harm!) with their flank companies of the stb
Batt. locorporated Militia, together with about'
-200 of the Beauharunis division. This force ad-
vaneecl about two leaguel that night, mid halted nt
the entrance of it wood through which it would
have been imprudent to pass. • They were joined •
early next morning by Lieut.-Colonel De Sala-
berry with his Voltigeurs. and Capt. Ferguson's
Light Company of the Canadian Regiment-
Lieut.-Colonel De Salaberry moved about at league
up the left bank of the river, to themtiter extre-
mity of the wood, gad a patrolo of the enemy hav-
ing•shewn itself at some distance, he there halted
his little force. The Lieut.-Colonel, whit had
the adVantage of reconnoitring the tvhole•country
above Chateangay, in. his expedition to the Ante,
ri'eart lines a few weeks. before, knew well that
the whole bank of the river could not afford a.
better position.
. The wood abounded with deep ditches or ra-
vin'es ; atid upon four of these he established four
lines of defence,
,the one ofter the other. The •
three first lines were, upon 'ant average, at the
distance of about 200 yards from cacti other;
the fourth line was about half a mile in the rear,
and cotta winded alord
.to the right hank of the
river, which it becghic riiost imporuut to defend
•in order to protect his left flank. Upon each of.
these lines he caused a 'breast-work to he thrown
up, 'extending some distance into the woods, so
as to gt:ard his right. The:lneast.work on the •
first line broke into 'tin obtuse angle on the right
of the road; and. ran 'along the °windings of
the ditch. The whole of
_the firht nay was taken
up in fortifying this 'position, than which none
could be more eligible itr point of strength. It
had also the advantage of Compelling the enemy,
if disposed to attack, to travel over a large extent
of an uninhabited entintry, and to remove at a
large distatfrom his supplies, while our troops
Oitott e 0 4171- y Wail; ttnd were
well supported in ear rear. • • •

The right hank of the river wits covered vial a
thick .wood, and care was also taken to guard
against an attack from that quarter. A strong
guard was placed at the ford,. and a picquet of
sixty of the Beauharnois.Militia:was thrown .in
advance on the other side.

The attention of the Lieut. Colonel was not
confined to the winks above mentioned. In order
.to strengthen his position still snore, he ordered
the next day a party of thirty axe men of the Bean-
harnois division to proceed in advance of the first
line for the purpose of destroying the bridges and
the ahattis, All the bridges ,for the distance of a
league and a half in advance were consequehtly
destroyed, and a fbrmidable ahattis was made about
a mile in front of the first line, e,xteuiling from
the bank of the river to about three or four arpents
.into the wood, where it. was met on the right by
ft swamp, or epinettiers, though which it was next
.
to impossible to pass. .Thus ;were the- four liae
completely protected. It was well known that
the enemy had about ten -pieces of cannon, and it
became impossible for them to cut a road fur their
artillery.
To the strength of the position so chosen and
so' fortified at all points as much as to the heroism
of our little army are we indebted for the splendid
victory that has Imen obtained. The skill 'ahil
talents of a commanding officer sire an doubt. as
conspicuous in the choice of his ground before the
battle, as at the inanagement of his troops in, the
heat of action ; and it is but common justice to
Col. Dc Salaberry
,to •state, 'that to him alone
proisc is (Inc for the " admirable arratigtment
established by IsiM for the defence' of his post."
' After Colonel De. Salaberry had made these
,in-
dicious,arrangements, Major Gen.Watteville visit-
ed his camp, and did him the honour to approve
of every, thing he had done.
Notwithstanding that the abattis had been corn-
piked on the second day, working parties
.were
continually kept there, in order to render it still
.more.formiduble : troops were sent in front to
,protect them, independently of which there was
always a strong piquet in the rear.
On the 26th ult. about ten o clock in the morn-
ing, an advanced corps of the enemy came within
fire of the abatis; Lieutenant Guy of the Volti-
geurs, who was in front with about '2O of his
men, was forced, in after exchanging a few shots,
and found in:itself supported by. Lieutenant John-
son of the same corps, who commanded the piquet
in the rear. The working party retreated, of
course, and.did not resume its labours during the
whole of that day.
The firing brought up- Lieutenant-Colonel De
Salabcrre immediately from the front of the first
'line. lie took, with him three companies : Cap-
tain Ferguson's of•the Caoadian regiment, which
he placed in extended order on the, right, and in •
front of the abettii ; Captain JeaOliapt. Daches.
nay!s, which be ordered to iiectifq' the left, ex-
leinliog at the same time to the river side Ain
,Captain Jueherau DUCIICSIIay'S; which, •vith üb,,t

fifty or sixty of the J3eAuharnois w:is •
thrown back •en potence on the left side• of the
abattis, so as to flank the advance of the enenev
.against the Beanharnois.Militia on the right bank
of the river. I omitted to mention that about
twenty Indians• were mixed With Captain Fergu-
son's company on the right. The lientenant,co-
lond placed himself in the centre of the front line.
Ile now saw In his • front an enemy with whom,
he had twice endeavoured to come in contact
since the beginning of this-.campaign. The Wog
wlsbed for opportunity was at hand, and the event
shown that-he knew how to improve it. Between
the abattis and the lines were placed Captain
Ecuyer's company of Voltigeurs and Capt. Dc-
hartzch's light comparly of the rith 'Battalion of
Incorporated Militia; having their flank picquets
thrown' out to the right. t7l large body of Indians
under Capt. Lamothe were extended in the road
on the right of Capt. Debartzch. Lieutenant-Co-
lonel M'Donell, of the Glengary Light Infantry,
moved up with part Of his light brigade from the
3d and 4th to the Ist. and 2d lines. All these
Movements were made with uncommon rapidity.
In the mean time, the enemy began to form in
a large plain that endedalmost at a point in front
of the abattis. General nun/11ton commanded in
person the-left Vank of the river ;, he had with
him the 10th, 31st and other regiments, amount-,
Jug to about three thousand or three thousand five
hundred men, with three sonadronS of cavalfry,.
and tour pieces of artillery. The artillery,. how-
ever, was not brought into action. A large force
of the enemy amounting to about fifteen hundred
men, moved down through the woods on the right
bank of the river. It Was composed of.the 4th,
33d, 34th, and the volunteer. and light battalions.
Tlie remainder of the American army formed in the
rear of the force on the left bank.

Soon after the disposition-made by Col.. De Sa-
laberry, as mentioned above, a.strong column of
infantry advanced through the plain in front of
the abattis; and the Colonel perceiving that this co-
lomn had laid itself open to a front and flank fire,
an opportunity for which he had waited some time,
lie. himself' fired the first shot which was seen
to bring down a =trite(' pfEcer. This was
ominous of sneeess. He •.then • ordered, .the
bugle to sound for commence firing. A spi-
rited and well directed fire from the companies- in
front checked for a few minutes the advance .ot
the enemy, they remained motionless far some
rinse-, • and then wheeled. to the left into• line, in
which position they fired sereral vollies. By this
mOvethenChowever, the tire front the left of. the
line was entirely thrown away upon tluit part of
the Woods unoccupied by our troops : but, the fire
from their right was sn.powerfiil, as to force our
Skirmishers to shelter themselves in the front edge
of • the abattis. The comumwook 001,. OA the
begiiiiiinA. of a retreat ; vont mints: mistalsen
they were, for they did not occupy one inch
,of
the abattis.—Huzzas resounded 'from all parts of
their army ; nor were we interior even in this
shouting. warlat;e. Our companies in front cheer-
ed in their turn--,their Inizzas were re-echoed by
those iu their rear, and reiterated by the troops
in the front line. Nothing could be more ani-
nun i ng. Lient.-Coldnel McDOnell,fiorn the first
liner caused the bugles to be sounded in all direc-
tions, so as to induce the' enemy to believe that
we were in tar greater numbers : this ruse de guerre
hail the flesired effect; for we afterwards learned
front the prisoners that they rated. our _ face
at five- ut sik thousand. • After these mutual
checrings, vollies were for some time exchanged
0100th-sides. The enemy did not , once' attempt
to penetrate into the abattis. They however still
kept up their fire, which was well returned., par-
ticelarly,froin the left. After a short time it be-
gan to slacken, as if their attention were directed
to the other side of the river, Here the bugles-
in trout, in consequence of some mancsouvre,:
sounded the advance, find Lieut.-Colonel
desirmis of adding new laurels to those al-
ready won at Ogdensburgh, came up from the first
and seconciline with, I believe, Capt. Levesque's
company and-another.
Towarils the close of the engagement on the
left bank, the enemy, on the right) who had over-
powered the Beaulawnois Militia, opened a heavy:
fire on our left, which was well returned by the
left of Captain .I..Blipt. and the right of Captain'
.lucherau Duchesnay's companies. Lieutenant- .
Colonel.De Salaberry then ordered Lieutenant-.
Colonel M'Donell, who had resumed his slily,'
Lion, to send a company to the other side, of Abe
river, for the purpose of checking the edvance of
the enemy. Captain Daly, who wits selected for
this air *ice, crossed at the ford, :took With him
tip remains oldie Sedentary Militia on the other
side, and moved with rapidity up the river.
Tne-fire.of the enemy having nearly ceased at
the abattis, and Colonel Dv Salaberry seeing the
action about to assume a serions aspect on the
right bank, left his situation in the centre of the
front, and placed himself with the troops throWn
back en potence on the left. Here he ascended a
large stuamp of a tree, and although Much ex
posed to the fire of the enemy, surveyed theirs
coolly with his glass. He then gave his orders
in French to Captain Daly, on the other side,
and ,cautioned him to 'answer in the some lap-
page, that they might not be under4tood by the
enemy. Captain. Daly for some time dro've the
enemy .gallantly before him; but rallying upon
their supports nearly iu a line with the force on •
tee left hank, they waited his approach and receiv-
ed hint with • a heavy fire. He was wounded in
the onset ; but though wounded be still continued%
to posh on With his company, and while in the,act
of encouraging them by exhortation and example,
he received a second wound .and • fell. Captain
luny ere of the Bentsharnois militia was also wound-
eelat the sarnei tinte, but slightly. T I
heir men
now no .longer able to withstand such an over,

tvhelating force, were compelled to fall hark,
which they did •in good order,• till it the com-
mand of Lieutenant Schiller of Captain Daly's,
-company. Shouts of applause tvere again he,ird
from the 'enemy, but their exultation' wt,,:
that moment., for' no sooner did they COMe
opposite the potence, than, by the /triers of Co:.
Lie Salaherry, the troops' in that position 9pened
upon theth across the river, a heavy and 'Well-di-
reefed fire, which suddenly checked their career
rind threw them into the greatest coufmion. Ira
vain did they attempt to stand. • They dispersed
and retreitted' with precipitation. It was then
about half-past two o'clock in the aft ernomi., and'
Gen. Illimptoofiading that his troop:: on the rik;ht
bank of the 'rivet' were not more'saccessful (10 l
those on the left, ordered the latter to retreat, af- •
ter they had remained in action for nearly an lima,
though occasionally galled by long'sticits froth our
skirmishers,who were pefectly seratre in the ahattiS.
---,Our troops continued in their nos'ition, and
though weary with the toils of -victorvl they slept
that night on the ground they-. hail or:.tipied dur-
ing the,day.• At day-break oexr7norniog they.
were reinforced by Capt lIonville:s company of
the Voltigeurs, .Capt. Levesque's grenadier com-
pany of the sth Hatt Incorporated Militia, and
GO of the Beauharnois division, the whole under
the 'command of Lient-Colonel M'Donell, To
this disthignislied ' oflicer Col. De Salaberry en-trusted. the defence of the.abittii. yitplets were
thrown in advance about two miles' farther than
they hitherto had been. The day will; passed in
expectation of -it i'Secood attack ; but no enemy
appeared. 'The piquets were so pnshett that 'about
20 prisoners fell into our bands. ?mu the ri,4ltt bank
of the river. On
.the same Side were•alsO fountl a
large quantity of muskets, drUms, knapsneks,
provisions; . &c. &c.' Every thing indicated the
confusion 'iota which the enemy Intl been thrown
atld with which they had retreated. Upwar: ls of
40 of. their dead.were'bitried by our troops, inde-
pendently of those who were burijd 17y the enemy'.
Among• the latter were two or'three offic..i.rs of .
distinction. TWo horses were found dead on the
ICU bank, and- the .enenry carried Off ;.:1' waggowi
several of their wounded on that •side of the river.
nr lOsa in the action atuoititt,:d to 2 killed, I 6
wounded,. •and 4 omis,ing. ThrPci rank and file (1.-f
Capt. Ferguson's company have :leen reported ua
killed; but. it has been since. ascertained, th.tt
.hurried on by their impetuosity, they MI into the
hands pf theencmy..
On th'e 286 in the .morning Captain DIMOtiIC,
with about l;')0 Indians,' went to reconnoitre the
enemy, who. front the repoyt of Colonel Hughes,
of the Engineers, hod abandoned their cam on
the preceding day. A parry of the 13eaulialuoii
Militia, protected by Copt:lin Debartich, bunted
Atobtrovell the u««-ly- trotted 'briAfges canyon
within of the • enemy, alto hail moved their
camp to about a mile and a half beyond Piper's-
road, that iito.say, about two l!agoes above their
former position: Captain ,Lamothe :proceeded
through the woods With his Indians,' and ~notw-
ithstanding the.inferiority of his force, that zea-
lot's and tietive officer brought the enemy to a par •
rani engageMent, %therein they had one killed and
seven wounded. •

On the 30th an Indian 'scouting party, under
Captain Ducharme, brought intelligence that the
enemy had on the 29th abandoned'their ramp skt
Piper's-road, in the greatest confusion; 'and, weit,
on the high road to Font. Corners. •

Here ended Gen. Haloptors's expedition to
Lower Canada.

I have been thui minute in deSetibing the teene
of action and the position and inunagement of qhe
troops engaged, without taspassing on the p;n*--
ence of the reader. Upon such a subject, the
eager expectation of a Canadian public will
rally look with anxiety for.erery species of infer-
Illation, and in,such an honourable, contest there.
can berm circumstance, however trivial, without
its interest.

From every information that could be collected
/min th'e prisoners,, it appears dun the intention
of the enemy :was to push on by Chnteaugay river
to the banks of the banks of the St. ttrwre:,c.e.;-
there to vrait the Co=operation of General.Wlikia,.
son, who. was to have taken Kingston u his way
down.

Rusticus expectat duet defluat

It has alsO been ascertained froin the ptlso-sere,
that the force of the enemy anloooted to 7t.C.11
infantry, 400 cavalry and ten Or twelve tiieces
cannon.

To the distant or the prejudiced reader, ;t
perhaps appear incredible that the whole foree
engaged on our side, (VI not exceed ti-ce bon-
'tired men ; but such is the fart, anti it tari d,
without fear of contradiction, The re;u3;uder oz.
our troops were in the rrlerve of the uro un.t.
the few in the,l.“ And "ti line.
It would no doubt have been the height of r:i..11-
nessa.ndindiScretion for this handful of now, wearied
and fatigued with the labours of the day, to hove
ventured sue inch beyond the nhattk, in pursuit of
such immense numbers, prompted by such a large
body of .vavulry ; but it it be nut indel::aie to p.,;
the (lite' show, Why were .not•the troops in reserve
btlow the cutup brought, up 'th.annoy ihe en(
in their retreat, and cut off their. titraggliag
foree

. It is highly gratifying to add, that the 300 men
engaol; together with their brave eonitnander,
.were all CAriadians,-witli" the .exception of tlo,t,
gallant Captain Pergnson, three of his company.
and three officers belonging to other enrps. Let
this be told wherever mention is made of the battle
of Chateatigay, and prcinfliceuntst iliac Ito
and the intirmars;Of malevolence will be kindled
into confusion.

To the othc(!rs nn4i tr(lolvi coogoil on this im e.
morable day, the highest vreti:t is certainly

IMP EItIA L . PA It,LIXIIENT.

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• 8.111111 #4 ST.
DECLARATION OP THE AttiftA POWERS. .
tord iiot.tostln edverteit to a, paper published
iii this country, which was.stated to be a Deela-
,
ration of the Allied POwers ; and expressed a wish
to put a question to the 51inistee respecting it, as
he might not hasle the opportunity filter this night
of soon seeing him again. .Ife first Wished to
know whether the Paper in Anestion or *as
not authentic ? !Lit wets authentic, tli
•
i;dvernnient of Otis country, was a party to ir.••-t.
The declaration contained ,these words The
first use which their Imperial and Itoyalliajes.:
ties have made of victory, has been to o:icr peace
to his Majesty the Emperor of the lie
need not read the rest of the wise and magitani-
. mous language of that declaratfon.,,, But *umber
question arose out of the words which he had
read, whether or no the offer bad been rejected,
or %.Itetiter a negociation was actually going on
Lord LIVERPOOL replied, that the paper was, he
believed, authentic; this was the answer to the
fir4t. question. To the second, he answered, that
the declaration was framed and issued at Frank-
fort without any prevtOui communication, as to
this penicilli. act, whit the Government of this
country. lint at the same time he thought it right
to observe, that the other allied powers were fully
in possession of the general sentiments of the
tish Government on this subject. As to the other
question of the Noble Lord, relative to an offer of
pence, and the, rejection of it, or any thing relative
to negociation, whether going on or not, he felt
it his duty to übstain from giving any answer
whatever.
Lord DARNLEY was stated in the declara-
tion, that the offer had been made. The question
was merely, whether it had been rejected ?
Lord Ltvenroc t. declined givin any answer.
.Lord Hou.ANo.—fife understood the answer to
be, that We were not parties to this particular de.
duration, but that the sentiments of this Govern-
nient were well known to those who framed the
dechration, Was lie to conclude front this, that
the British Government approved the sentiments
contained in that declaration ? and then another
question arose out °Ether, whether it wag not meant
to
,he conveyed by the terms of this declaration,
that th'e offer bad been rejected?
Lord LivtutPoot, repeated his former answer,
and could give no other
ADJOURNNONT. •

Lord LtvEaroot,, itt rising to'rnove a longer
adjournment than ordinary, was desirous of stat.
ing briefly the reasons 'on wl'ich- the 1,101 inn was
founded. It. was known to their Lordships, that
.Parliament had met at a period' unusually early ;
that it therefore hart sat, ansi would, on the whole,
Bit as many or more days than usual ; and that it
had done much more ptiblie and private business
than was usual at >ro el.irly a period. This was
bite reason for 'a longer. atijonrnment 'than usual.
Another reason vitas, a shorter adjoin Amen? %mild
nor serve in the, least to. facilitate the oltjeet of
public business, or to tender the period of prom.
}ration more early. Without saying what further
.peenniaryurrangements,were to be made, or wile-
•ther any further arrangements would be neces.
sary, yet if any such should .he found necessary,
it would he inconvenient that ,they should take
place before the month of May. An adjourn.
ment, therefore, only till the middle of January, •
or till time beginning.of 'February, would makeono
difference as to the duration of the Session. As
to the private judicial business, thellouse, as
he had already sratz,d, would, upon the whole, sit
as malty days as usual,.. 5.:0 that nr?. extraordinary
inconvenience need be apprehended on that score.
He concluded by moving, that the House adjourn
till the Ist of March.

• Lord DAHNLEY.—When he heard that such a
long,adjournment as this was iu contettipt7on,. he
had attended in his place to oppose it. The ar-
ginuent•of the Nohle Lord, Win: mulertood hint
rightly, went to this, that because Parliament had
got throtigh the routine busimieis, therefore it might
adjourn as he proposed. Ile had, on a former
()erasion, brOught forward a strong case against
'',Miui,ters, on the. subject of the war in America,
;rnii that case was still unanswered, and many
a;.4!...ravatiorys• had taken place since that pe-
riod; It Parti;fmnent had hitherto forborne to
take any •tic4tiO.: of that snbjeet In the present
Session, did'it-ftditiw, that that forbearance was
always'to continue ? lie:did not pledge himself
nglin .10 bring the subject befOre Parliament ;
but it the neteSsit y should arise for doing so, it
,e wdd he iinpossible by this means to thy so before
the venial equindx. Such questions as his Noble
Trim(' thypilt;"iiiight be more imperiously
called for before the l'sl JirMarch: and alto whether
the title of Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands, as-
slimed by the PritiA, of Orange, had been so as-
FlllllCd with theknowledge, and by the authority,
of this country; arid whether such a measure
mirk not have it. tendency to .overturn alt that we
Litt! been doing ? All torso matters might be .soon
time proper subjects of inquiry.; His .I..ordship then
expressed his surprise that nobody had thought of
calling the attention of Government to the sub-
ject of the importation of foreign corn. The late
abmulance had occasioned a low price, bat. the
interests of the British farmer ought to be protect-
ed. ! For these and ,other reasons, he move,sl an
iiiiwnd.n)eut to the motion, to erase the Words
" first of March," and substitute " first of Fe-
bruary." •

Lord' HOLLAND supported the amendment bO-
- it. proposed to adopt the usual and wise
courie, Nid the one best adapted to the circuit*•
itance,. tbc timeS. Lie had, put a i iestion on
the subject Of negociatlon antid-the Noble Lord
refused to answer, or to any whether the over-
ture for peace bad been rejected, or whether it
was likely to lead ~to a tiegociation for peace. Far
was it from him to Wile the answer given to this
question,, because he was well aware; thkt the
executive might possibly iniva reasous-for 'refusing
to answer the questionS, -*bleb it tili;;ht not be
fit to cor.uzunicate. But the -declaration of

A .
the Allies, ,att allusion bad been Matle to an offer
of peace ; .and if the Noble Lord knew that the
offer had been rejeetea, so far from moving en
adjoortiment, the Noble Lord ought to bare come
down to loarliaresot with to message (supposing
We were parties to the offer) to call upon the na-
tion to .wpport Ministers in. the vigorous prosecu-
tion tif the war, still rendered- necessary ,by the
exorbitant_ pretensions of the enemy,* In any view
(iflhe_case, it wits desirable that an adjorwirment of
extraordinary length should 'tot take .plate: 'rite
greatest eonfidenee had been reposetl its theAtini.
sters by:Parliatnenti eerier the pal Gelder circuit'.
s tances of the preseintitues. lunneefoitttdaiitlies,ltatfl
been agreed to without opposition. The cOrtstitu-
tiointl princiPle of tile had•been broken in
tipoit,—confidenee had been shoe!" in every way,
in %elle had been done, and what had nut been
'done; and was it then gracious to 'Parliament
now to tern round and say, ‘.4 von have done our,
job—you have granted us all'the money we avant
ee:thOut Opposition, and now we call upon you to
agree to this long adjonrnwent, so that you may
bear this responsibility, and not we, -the Minis.
ters." This was no very becoming conduct to
ParliatOeUt ; hut .he'begged not to be understood
as blaming what Parliament had done. He had
approved of it by his It might, perhaps,
be of no great value tol Ministry, that any parti-
cular individual should approve of their conduct ;
but if, as his Noble Friend near him (Lord King)
bad contended in his publication, rarity* consti-
tuted value, iris approbatioir of them must be va-
luable, for it certainly had been rare. Ile did Rot
believe that any man rejoiced *more at the events
that bag lately taken placie than he did. He
hail been brought up in school of pelitics,
where he had learnsd • to 'regard with horror,
disgust, and iudignation, every, encroachment
made on the intlepeudenre of nations, •or .the'
liberties of mankind. If he rejoiced at the
retreat of the Duke of Brunswick, and the victory
ofJemappe ; and he confessed he had sincerely
rejoiced at thent ; he rejoiced much more at the
victhries of Bayles and Leipsic, assisted as he
nations who achieved them were, by the council
and. resources of Great Britain. These successes:
had been justly attributed to a change in the cha-.
racter of the war. It .vas now it war carried on
by tin; whole people of differeut nations, sting.
glint; for their liberties and independence. 'Spain
had afforded a grand example to the rest of Hu*-
rope it had shewn what might be done when the
character of war was changed, and when the po-
pulation of at country eras ronS-ed to jiiiierVe their
freedom. By sonic' accident for other, a very
atrocious caluniny had been circulated .on the
.Continent, in regard to the .charactor of this
country, with reitcrence to • the granting of
Subsid es. That it was- a calumny there could
be no doubt; because no Goeernineut in this
country could have thought of squandering money,
merely for the purpose of evading exertions by
means of our troops. lint a very general belief
din prevail, that the Government of this country
was eager to keep others fighting-, and advancing
them money for that purpose, merely with a view
to avoid artyvvertions by meutraof our own troops
and the manner in which the subsidies bad b.:eft
lavished, gave great encouragement to such an
idea. Our exertions ht 'Spain haul put nil cud to
that delusion, and gave new effect even to our
subsidies. All ibis afforded a most instructive,
lesson, as to the advantages of Moderation ; and_
if the Allies would avoid the disasters to which
the violent/ and intemperate conduct of the
French Ruler bad exposed him, they ought
always to be. careful to adhere to the wise
system of moderation:44le was not desirous at
this moment of chortling long upnn the particulars
of the transactions which had lately passed, but his
partiality, to Spain had led him to touch spot' some'
of them, and that partiality was strongly fortified
within these last few weeks by n.Yerving, that in.
Spain, they were disposed rather to widen than to
narrow the basis of tlteir Government. This .re-
mark had been suggested to him by what had
happeord in Holland. Ile understfted that- Mi..
• sisters had nothing to do with the event to which
he alluded. They felt, by leaving a :built in the
credentials of Lord Clam:arty; that they had no
business to interfere. lie could not help think-
ing, however, that' true policy required that the
foundation 'on which the Government rested
ought to have been widened 'rather than nar-
rowed. When he said that he approved the mo-
deratiots of the language employed by Ministers,
be spoke only. of the language in the speech from
the 'Throne,; and he trusted that language would
be heard,' and have its doe effect • in. time quarter
where it was ' desirable drat it Otottld faro
'duce corresponding moderation. He ivas clearly
convinced, that with a view to the preser-
vation of the balance of power, a pence which
left 'France a considerable addition of terri-
tory to her former possessions, but at the same
time kept up the spirit of union in' the present
Confederacy, was better than .a.peate-whietOvith-
out this latter advantage, should deprive Prance
of a great portion of her former territory. He,
therefore, strongly recomMended moderation, and
the preservation and eneourgement of this spirit
of independence and union among the Allied
Powers.--An adjournment; for so long;tt time was
extremely unusual. The Noble Lord had indeed
truly told the House, that all the Members ought
to attend their duty ; and this would be the case,
should their Lordships be summoned to 'meet at
JOhri o' Grint's House: The proposed length of
'adjournment had already 'given. rise to much spe-
culation in the country, and OW hardly he ex-
petted to escape notice, when such notice bad
beers taken Of the adjournMea Of die Legislature
'of France. The inconveniencies With respect both
to public' and 'private business,. arising front the
length of the adjournment, would he multifarious,
ShOuld More men be Wanted,At ;nigh t.he tti
cessary to alter the law respecting the militia, The
Noble Lord (Liverpool) had stated as one of the rea,
Sons for this Measttrei that the rad/meta had
•already dispatched as !Mich of the -public business
aa.had been usually gone through by the Ist of
March. In this argument, he could not discern
the candour Which usually characterised the rea-
soning of that Noble Lord, and whiCh he himself
had been always ready to allow, even when he
tittestioned its validity. On, the subject of 'peace,,
some wertrdisposedlo regard the veil- term. as air
abomination ;. but by peace, he meant notbing

dithoncinta%le ; 4r.d that brace tiltLtbd dishonottr-
able that should hot give entire security to our
allit~s; aad ,sooni!: than that security should hot
he aforded. be-would look bankruptcy• ittclt in
the Nee. lie .‘ Lord [Tolland) would approVe of
no peace that should not secure the independence
and Consolidate the strength Of the Allied Powers
tind would approve Of no v,ll- whose object might
be to bring other States inttrthe circle Of hostility.
the motion of the Noble Lard be adopted,
he hoped, when the llonse ROM met, Altt;-
jeAy's would either
,move an addre-is cl
congratulation 'to the Prince Regent, on account
of the return of the blessings of pett'ee,- or came
&twin to. that House *Rh doctiments, to prove
irresistibly, that the continumice of the calamities
of war wits solely to be aseribed to the übstitutcy
uml insatiable ambition of the enemy.
The question WILS then • put, and thi amend+ r
anent being negatived without a tlii•isionolie
glint' motion was carried, and the House adjourn-
ed to the tst.or Alarch.

of Cnitunona Wete tileteik btiii;
nest.and,vote the taxes ; but that, that Ilthise
one of the highest branches' of the Ctjustitutitil:
which I left it iiot Id the i;at, When
htitil the counsel and tvitdoin of Parliatilerit sere
.neeesiary. 'Die Counsels of that Ilbuse Wet' grot
aids tot the Crown, Mid were most.initidt sit and
necessary in thisstiost ittiptirtant Rate d: affdri.,
Their duty was to assist- the CiOwti i ) the attar
arduous Matters ; and yet they, were rio‘t• edited
upon to abandon then' :fitnct bins .at a
when the !Oak affairs litilt heedme m inipt-
tant and sirkluotii. It was Impossible fd • h 11`1
to
anticipate what, circumstances thigh( thin f. 4.0
earliet meeting than wai.propnsed. IVe 1104', •
in a great crisis for Europe, and event' of tile.
seats
eer
aec
tat
set
(totsiticati.ietrlytieru:dtslitty,sitt76tiiieactrttrirditi,r,etii ttaturenti?,4: be eN;
Constituted Oil different prineirtdi:sy,
ferent eystern. -Daring the
act;ve and decisive operations of the confederacy;
f. -
,relies;t•d front tl►e c(mtroni, of the two lIOU is "E
eat. The Noble Lord could hardly projore
,thuseitlter House of Parliament mitild
With any pending' negoeiation. ht.
indiscreetly
motion should, therefore, be opposed, the
principles of the constitution. It Wag an OW'.
upon it, as an inconvenient form of 6overniecrit,
or at least as inconvenient at all times trbeli
Crown was in a great eonfederacy %vial F"rel•gl-
Powers, engaged in great active operations: SO,
otfri4a: rent
ranting this
tl e
measure, general ct o‘i%n.als) I epNrie,
precise)
et iity. )11:11.e.1 'till a
,(151fnit.',rt..,
snore• l l tphiellottbsjite)ciet,of vigilantly observing tLC inter-1
Europe that called tor a short adjournment ;
tVQ h 1 I'ui'e beat
• t• olsnetroyr.
e hurt!' ":1: Hwt:iticsle'
Ge ;erre islitnin;:u
e. 40 its
citt•ti(4llS. But what wits ti)C fact " •
eSisteate.
anion to
he
Ettg4ind,—certninly during: the list
half Ce''
fsession of
ury, had there been Pn
r‘l7lllseistsbie'''iril
Minisparties,B: h.CariSIIP) ei(alei Beg:
ters, by both Houses of Par;ialaelit 0. „i •
every titan in the country ? After till the s'il:l;ea
that had been given, the subsidies tin.t „jot
he freely admitted, the seeoi.g
voted, the acts- respetlijig the
be did hot tiame, but . he, vo
nfidence placed', in the halalsa(;),
PPied to have gone still f,irther,---30:)10':
,
not by a majority only, butt by thoe,
who were in the habit generally of •
Ministers,—he itint think that eircuiestaaoes t‘on...
peculiarly utifevourable to a measnre which 11',ci
demned on generd principles. He had ttilo:l7cl
warm a part as avty 'Member, the generi.dc:.
'against the,,common mall in favour of
.I,iireY.,
effort ofeVery nation. for the ereovery-of 3
pendenee.. lie, for one, had neverentertam f.
ew°
,lc sl
doubt: that as soon ad it general Stutter
ffe
tieboert%hi.elea r
national imnt(tri:esprteciet:old‘et•einri
ce,rat,o.;l;nkt‘sva,oi. maintain,
bce,unor
iti):.)
)1it):1;
bled) ; eircem ,t,tI,CCS nrlt
Por6IIIICIWS being• aSCeill . • 3 nal'
• li pith
affecting his bpitiions only, but tlnisy If..person
leff;nl-r: irmbl °lfian°:)%l)ll:;r'i. et
ill, 111111
jeCcr
and
clf
;iierrt for
1 and character , 1 tic
er:e
1:lt:
llio se of 011
ge. Before the Noble Loth?
eiyee'rs woe' given, what was the alj
of til~
transekitiOns ? We hat! read, thus it)7.lll:ecel
Nsfeliiber there Was an insurrection at An
dam, and that on. the I Grit certain 'C'enth,laio,
funning the 11ior•i
ciseioontl. I
OGr
irlge reit. in eriiititi.l,'
1
inviting the
cordingly left this country, and it wits brat"rlj,
suppose, under all the eirctimst'inees,cousultrarit
the English Ministers; Who, on the other
must be supposed, endeavoured to aseertais
the intentions of the Prince were, ;titer cite re= 1"4,,,
tion that had been passed. But the nest
ter the Prince's arrival in Rolland, be accePt`be
against•his own jitdgment, as, he, stated,
called a higher title than hiS• anceitori ha 7;)",i;,-,,,,
.flt)Te Woolf) it
ttt nannt :)4Crleg tee natural for is
ir'ellti"ti 11:e t''it,c'.`• '0;
With which the subversion had been ellecteo
unc:ent nti renowned repliblie, our long 111!•*', ".1"'„:
erstitutiOn eta) hy the treaty,,; ','
et constituthin Was" 'at once Srilit erte"
is face private.gentlemen,. amid popular,
ti( and in the rest:ore 'of a foreigo farce;
or:1-..-.1 the Hollanders deeM us sincere, if
hnaodani;latri(nleoandseuccialiraatsiouti:jeitcitt'?hellpartestehieiceN(lll%)ll':':i
meat, and of Europe, to whielillegave
tied -he knew nothing; of any 'into ent•ot.;:,`'
substitute a new govertinomt, Bound t"
unlimited credit to the Noble Lord, lie ".I'S ::rll
lleved from one great difficulty,—tbat of it fore,',
"`
4
interference in the affairs of Holland,
he thought of the internal change, lie Pr-
chultid Moth saying more by, this tieelaratit"s
!'
which was to convince us, mid, Europe,
that t 1.7 change WaS spontatieons anti "1:
P:verSal ; a matter passing in a neighbouring fric"(id
1y country, in whieh had no leire. Ide', shod •
. ;
'press the guarantee of 713. It miitht 1) be
'/ptilstion
,Lf public law, whether, if u Stit,c'ttere(„x.,
reseited (rout the grasp of u con(ineror,
ties between her and friendly a,sisting pnwer:
tee
nhouttr(ensiirv(ett.itiHe:tsolteitinflirillitilni idnrketvlit,ieyalid; and thereo
action was the act of the people otl?lfaljoritl3bnisdt:B°l:ltl'c,
'Government could not be jtistified ill preventiillg
lle Wanted to see all Govcrnnients arnentle`'', `,l,c
none of them subverted, He then iinotea
opinions of Sir IV. TeMple, King IVilliam the JI I ,
-able to
and the Crown Prince of- Sweden,.as fity°H;
the Old form of Government in 1-1011alt";"iii,
forbid, that any words sbouid fro"i
q<irrtp, or cool in aitY degree, the Otaciut'''i told'
rani( zeal with which the Dutch shoidd 'lilt
h'e 'Animated aainst the foreign inetoY (f
g
Govern
"Worst arrangetut3nt of a domes-- uolog
'rolftzt be no exeitte for not vilforollttlY 110,'
oppressor, At the same time',

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