The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-19 00:00:00

MONUMENT To CAPT. fIAIWINGE.

Mr. ft. Weil?, in rising to address the Honie en
that subject, moved, that the entry on. the Jouinals
respecting a mOtion to the s ene effect as.t he present
be read,. (Here the Cleric reed from the Journals an
aceOunt of the detiate eettieh ensued upon the motion
for erecting dnionuinent to CaPtain Faulknee, of the
Blanche frigate;. who fell in adion in ike year:
1795: Upott the ground of a claim from general
services the
nniotionn was rejeded ; but upon being
atuendid by stating his seiviceies performed toWeirda
the islande of Martinique and Guadaloope, it was
agreed to.). The Mon. Gentleman said, that on this
occasion he rose to move .a great national honour to
a Oat national'here. He trusted no one would itn-
Pete Whim any atfeclation of doing himself honour by
ceming.forward as he did. With reluctance he un-
dertook
the task, and was only led to do so from the,,
adventitious circumstances of: situation. He felt. it
here necessary to Call the atteution of the House to
the gallate sereicea dl. Ceptain Hardinge. Though
he was but a stripling in years, yet he was a veteran
In achievements. His short career was marked by
the most brilliant exploits, ,and in every- service and
Upon every occasion lie met with merited approba-
tion from his Commaedees. He had served under.
that distinbiihed*Otiicer Sir S.SMith; at the siege
of Acre. Ife next served caPptain ;Allier, and
was reserved by tate for more important services to
his country at the t ime 'that brave Officer was WOWI)
up' le hie vessel. The next situation in whidi C;ipe
tain'Hardingeeweted be found was the command of
a gun-boaeon the coat. of Egypt, and here his pee .
culler merits acquired foe him the reward of resold
medal. After this lte-Was raised to the command of
the Terror boMb, at -the bombarelment• of Gem-
ville, oft the coast of France. To his zeal and obi..
Pity on this occasion Sir. .1 Sziumarez bore the most
ample testimony in the report' which he -made of it.
Tin vesselnin which he served Invite; been `rendered
petit by the damages she reeeived,Captain Hardinge
was neet promoted to the Scorpion sloop of war.
In thieeessel he acquired n considerable fame by Cut-
ting out trent a' port on the coast of Holland the
Atalanta gun-brig, a vessel of far superior force.
This service was the more brilliant as
.it ' was -per-
funned by his boats only. And here it would bean
act oeinjustiee to pass over the Merits of Captain
Perry, who assisted in the enterprize, having put
himself under the command of Captain Harthuge.
The modesty of Captain Hardinge, in his account of
this eransadion, did not form the, least worthytrait
in-it. But his •Commanding Officer (Lord Keith)
did not, howe'Vere. o‘erook the service ,performed,
because it was modestly represented, arid accorditie4
Iy it would be. found that in his dispatch on thae•oc-
he gave scope to the dietateS of hi, fixiingl
in the reprerfeatien which be made of the service
performed:try Captains Hardlnge and PerrY.' There
was another circumstence in nets itilSHBloD.whin lr
the not,. GeUtieril3ll could riot help mentioning, It
men ;bet lJao .Pat'cla civain in*lng-Akktniedtwith

atld vaiouf bis vtssei 10 the last
tvery prefer .of safety which was-tide to
Olin), and. died like a hero- in the diScharge of his
duty Sti\-.11 was.the assimpation of feeling, that
`:galiant Captain Hart-14)0 could never rnenaiiiiiiii7
occurrence witlaont burstaig into tears..., l'he subse-
quent„ and :unfortunately :for his country, tbe, last
serviceperf4rmed by 'this brave Nicer, was when
command' of the San FiOvenzu frigate, lie' was
placed under `the erderspfSir EdWardHew 'in the
Indian seas, for t protealoo of our.counnerce: irl
that quarter. Tilt: enemy dead empl-yed in.those
searfora Ion; time aclass of fobjectutes whose object
was not so nnieli'direeted "to special hestile encoun-
ters with the 7same description of force; as to a ge-
sneral system cif commercial depredatitiii.' Of these
frigatee there vkis one (La Piechoontaiie) mounting
60 guns, and 'furnished with a\ complement- of
.Frenth sailors 3[3\l Lascars, not lesa than 566. She
was, ih fad, the Iterror of those seas. In the mouth
of,ll-rarch, 808,.,the good fortone of" Capt. Hard-
inge brought hiMijiear t lis; vessel, in hil; ship of a
far inferior force, Illotmtio• -no inure than 3tt guns,
'and manned wiih.ito More than 150 men. . '('tie ac-
tion which ensiled i.vaa not one in which either
tory or death xi/as ties consequence via moment; -for
it lasted Ahree'tlay4. On the fii-zt clay. in couse-
quente of her dainai-es, the ship
,under Capt, Hard-
ingeti:Command *itt/ oblit,;ed to fill bick in Order to
reprair.' The Prencti man did. 'fiSine, arid .took
that occasion to ilie"ets OW. other minds th;s cir
onnistarkee may have' of far differently that; it
aid on the mind 'of clipfain Hardinge. After bay-
ing refitted, he proceeiled not out Of the en:my's
coer,:e, but again canto up with arid eiigagcd
The result of this atlion depriVed the service of a
most glilaut and distirl;triebed Officer.- 'lite Hon.
Gentleman could not bile, he said, neglect to pay
she deserved tribute .to.ithe exertions of Lieutenant
Dawson, who seconded ‘vith vigour and effect the
operations of his lamenteii Officer. The Hon. Gen-
. tleman felt, that-the addret;s he
,was now caking was
. direded, to an, assembly ..composed of- those 'who
were acquainted with the acts by which a gratitude
for and admiration of such aces' were to' be created
in posterity..---'rhey were snen who knew hOw, io
appreciate the incentives to, casting off a life tiflux-
urious ease, and ernbracii4; the rugged duties of a
life devoted to thesservice. ' It was well known also'
what feelings were entertainted on this head at pe-.
riods of the remotest antiquity. After having read
the account of this last gallant exploit'perfortned
1-I,3rdioge, as transt»ittutt officially by Sir Ed-
with! P:lew, the Hon. Gentleman ca:led the Wen:.
tier; of the liouse to the request' made by Sir J.,
lvl.iekeniie, a mail who .knew estimate
tree glory end great achieVethelirs, that the hitlithi.
tantS ul ..it et a Illtnallilelll, to the
g Capt. noticed the letter
of General Aida:, 44 Ceylon; which
senke in itie 'sti 111;',1endatory fermi of- the
aervic,s • perfortte,_ ; c laden--tlero: • isltutto tes:
tlyom ,1. ,e highly pleasing to-the .friehtls bf
&I: • . AOtniral •Tyler.:statad
wss i his a monument should •beeretti3d *the' mes'
moly et this distinguithed officer. Alfeat and
commander also -Marl- St. in his
letter .06 this occasion, broke oat into Irma leaptur-
ous expressions -nn the bravery abcrgobdodt '6l, so
young a man. The, Hon, Gentleman felt- it liecvs-
saryi to-state what he did, as Some dissent to his pie-
position may arise. He -trusted, however, that if
any dissent' did sake place, it woUld be only created
by an adherence to the cold forma-of nfike. !t vvatikl
be Seen that Capt.-Faulkner-was rewarded fora sin-
gle 'lt Wit*Mot WS wish by extending the
grant of honours by .any Weans ro cheapen them.
The Hon; Gentle Man eoncluded by moving,•

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• " That an hutnble Addre43, be presented to his 'Majesty,
praying that he would be:graciously pleased to Oiredt that
monument be erected in-the-Cathedral CbUtch or St. aul,
London; to the itinhOry of Capt. (..;cti. NidiOlas
of the Spin fiorent.o tfig3te, a a reward nt the Sservice:i
per/tinned by hint i,i the c.,ittiSeot u short but pliant lite,
and particularly. tot; the•pruteaton lac :IMMO to thc Indt tit
.trade; in successive actions with a vcssel foice, in
the mcnith tftB.;
mons will make good the utipeitco attenuant on the

Mr. WLNDUUAas said, .that some other criterion of
honour should be produc'ed beside the rule proposed
by, the Han; Gentlentan,:if our, that ;distinction
" which formed the ettarafferistic of honour would be
'lust, and the incentives tea general emulation would
be destroyed. We should consider merit .as eonnefaed
with success, and not only so, butins carrying with
it it feeling of, interest in the community-. Merit
may. be 'timid in an equal degree where a reward
for it would never be thought of. A coxswain of a
boat may display as signal proofs of zeal and. ability
in his way as the esptain of sa large vessel. The
House,should te4e care how far they thought it 'pro=
dent to ettend their feelings on these subje4s, and
bow they would in ti militate against their own
intentibut 'Upon these grounds, and not the want
of a proper feeling, he started the doubts/which he
conceived it was `lass duty to express. •
LOnt CASTI-littakOW said, that on occasions such
4s,tifpreannt, it had been the invariable graCtiee of
lkirliament. to votalh-thatiks to those who
guished therniiclves in the sere ices. There was .1
class of anions which he said was not at all interior.
in importance. to those of s 2 general nat.tu lie toesnt
actions between individual. vessels. 'There was no

species of merit greater than that of individuals, on
such occasiOns. In the present instance, death en-
sued to the individualokbut it was death .entinetted
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with vitiory, and met by the opposition of an infe-
rior to a superior force.,, ,The principle 01 the pre-
sent- motion he, should consider not ouly as hilt but
extremely advantageous to thUinterests of the rfai.y;
Had it not been brought forward by his Hunoura-
'bits Priend, lie would himself most eagerly have un-r
dertaken it. •

Mr.WtLaaatkittca gave his support to the motion,
Mr. V. AD'AM SpOke. ill NlVotif of the Hon, (hp.
Lleman's proposition. ,
Mr. maßaiirr said, that he should vote aGsinst
the motion.- - .
Mr. C. vNNE, after Smite. remarks on the in.
scriptions to be met with on the mottutirent erected
at Ale national expence, said, that in movitig as he
would for the previous questions if the House should
a:lerwards see the propriety sit the measure, Ile trust.
Captain Flardioge, would not be excluded from
be4)014 by even a-dissenting voice. lhe Hon.
Gellitelll.lll coueludtd by moving tho previoils goes-
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ZII,LONO aaid,r.it was. thtintegition f tire Corn.
ru'rtteer appakra!ed Jur tioit,putpuse provido appro.
vriAte iritcriptiorola, tits: P woo' umcnts erttaed

Meritoriouq o:Ticors, not, btlt
ihat a Nohion'anattio would be a suiiicioat. m-
scriplion on the tonil) of, that ryro.
C'Tetitlemat) I,4llyourtirred with the proposition of
ins—linoti.J."';'?,es.ll,- • _

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The Motion-wag gnppotted...farther by Mi. Cur-
wen, .Mr. W. SMith, Admiral .Mad:hani,- Sir C.
Pole, and -Mr. Whitbfemd.-

si th enrwn.tbeing negatived witilmit divi-

The, main quegtion tvas then put, and carried, int
the affirmative nem. co::. •
The Addresi was accordingly ordered: to be, pre,
sented-,to his Majesty by certain Mt:tubers dr the
Privy Council. _