The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-26 00:00:00

of the condua. of tiose who had ettiployeA thAt ttr-
rny,itt a manner the most reprehensible and absurd.
Fortune, who lead been so prodigal of her bounty to-
wards this ceontry, had never offered tier a fairer
opportunity of exerting her military power so much
forlier inierest'and her glory, as was afforded by the
late occurrences in Spain. In Spain was the b:ittle
of England, as well as of Spain,. to be fought: The
prondeSt portion of the British Army was sent to
_tight it. The army fought us might havie been ex-
peaed from its known intreeidity.aod dtscipline ; but
ail its efforts were frustrated by the ignorattee or
,incapacity` of those who 'had the direction of our
public .atfairs . In their hands nothing prospered ;
the strength as well as the.glory of the nation was
on the decline; in short, we were a sinking coun-.
try. Thus much he must say at the Present mos
went in vindication of the army, and in reprehension
of, the conduct of those to whose mistnanagemeht,.itit
sufferings end its failures were alone impinable; The
blood and the treasure of .the Empire were laished
only to purchase disgrace, and accelerate our reiii
au enormilus ex;enditure anvil and money had been,
incurred, to produce no other effeet than that of
uniting the whole. Continent against England. We
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must now desert Spain ai we have deserted Sn. wede,',
and where then would, there be an Ally for England.
This misconduct of Ministers he could not forbear
animadverting upon on the present occasion;---it was
the cause of ad the sufferings and all the disappoint-
ments of ourarmies ; and it he leftithein uncensored,
lie should eel that he deserted the cause of his brave
cotitotoions in arms.
Lord Stottotrut concurred in the sentiments of
lafs Nible icnd, as tat as the at toy and its itrunot tat
"eider were coucernifd. had ever been his opi-
nioo, that under 'whatever circumstances , they came
into contact, a British was always superior to a
Vrench army. But shortly ago they attacked, with.'
every advantage on their side, the British troops in
Portugal. Not withstanding those advantages, they
were signally defeutvd. On the recent and lamen-
table occasion, they had still in a more marked man-
ner, every athantage on their side; yet still their
defeat was not le.sti complete. To the' British.
army , therefore, in every esSential quality of
an army, the superiority reMained undisputed. It
the objects they wert.i. sent on had not been Accom-
' plished, the faith was not with theta. His heart
bled when he recolleded the hardships; the fatigues,
the privations of every sort to which they had been
reduced, during the'enparallelled march ofseventeen
days, at the close of which they performed such
in ()digit's of valour. But in proportion as he- cern-
' mended and admired their gallant and Meritorious
conduct, in the same proportion must be condemn
the condud of those by whose errors, or misappre-
bensipus the army had been condenined. to such
necessary and tupivailing 'sufferings. The re4ponsi-
bility„which Ministers had incutred in this reaped.
was most awful, and .np.tsk furnisi: the subject of
future diseussion. Surely , our gallant arwy .must
have Wen left to suffer in vain;
.without some ex-
planation being aftbided of the cause that luvolVed:
them in such tryingtoils, to such unavailing calami-
ties. , alt. should touch further at present on this.
topic, but with that reservation in his mind, he would
bow give his most cordial concurrence to the
tio&of his Noble Friend. ‘.
Lord MULGltAvktielk,ei'td .tt most feeling enco:,
mines on the merits of Sir S. Moore, and expressed
his astonishment that the Noble Lords oppoisit‘ to
hint could hut' mingled with such a subjecit as that •
before them, dkuu.:stuns altogether uncennated with
it, which at
_nest might well be deferied to a to7o
ture occastoti. ,For What he. to say no the
virtues 01, the: and on the exploits of
the army commanded by him, he willingly, referred
the liouse to the dispateh 01 Gen. ilope,Than which
'..nothttig could .be Mote honourable to the Multi or
bean ot matt.
Lord ERSKIN“ took pridelor himself in rcrit:Eting
on the lohg catalogue of herbes who adorned the
Country to which he had.ltHlPOnour Co belting. The
flames. of Moore, Hope, 14'ergeson, 6ce.-wore
be added to it. r For more than lOU years had his
„countrymen been contributing thus ;J,lorion4ty to the
power and the gory of the 'BritLlt tanpire. &it'd
what avail wOuid now be their labours, if they were
to be !xeried under no better au►;pices than those of
Snell Men as the present Ministers.. They had al-.
rtuidy turned all 'Europe againitt their cenntry—t ley
would i+oon kirce America absu to be, our comfy--
yet,, when he constdercd. the discipline and the cou-
rage of the British troops, his alarins was.somewliat
composed. l'inf
.last proof of. their gallaotry and
perseverance he felt to be souse' kurity to the coun-
try be lived in. rrtileCted on the merits
of the British, he tilt the -cash in his poeker grow
harder and heavier. There cold be no risk it ,ithle
men concluded 'the rigivital at'f airs.

Lord'UttENvit.t.c could nut give a silent vote oit
each an occasion, , There wassno rt-tgrct 100 kteti tor
the loss of such a man Sjr John I(, )ore. No praise
adequate to the skill and Qontaturicy Otspiayed by hint
it) his recent cooduCt... No commendation too high
for thu valour and virtues 60 eminently evinced
by the -army under Ins command, dorlog the un-
paralielled d eanger4 which they havad to. eitconoter. It was impost:4)lo for him. to su.
parato the cuittetitplattotr their sureerings front the
congideratioo of .11.)Q, tinclitiutt now before the

)iot.me. 'rhe greater wcre thr),:e sufileribgs, the greater
tbti praise 4.)t thwe Gerierals by witorn the 'Army yrae.
extticdted !row Elir.qt. The greater. idol> the rebpott-

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ul those who ignorautiy yr impiovidently
expused them to such ulialled for hardships,
the greater part of, the army biLl indeed escaped ;
but 'tints Ihc, lung of all their foirikes, RPM of their
artillery, flinch of their ba,,:-'.L.f:;yt.: '‘.l'oey are.. lett cies-.
tiiote of almost every 011141 requisite to an
'Vet tl;ese ateutuaiated cliatifitiO have all been.
4.:urred to 00. purpOse, or only to sii,Y,italize the dis•
„appointment ut the country. it was too truly said
'by. his Noble Friend- (Lard iNloira), that We are a
milking country. Let uslook only to the short pe-
'fled Oh three years, anq obser re what we have lost. •
During that short into cokrotry has been de-
prived of the: two ablest SPicstllCll, to whom she
looked, with confidence and pride. in that short
tittle she lost an Admiral, whose genius, skill,
Am! courage carried the 'British Navy's fame to a
, pre-eminence to. which, it hiss never before pre-
Lutra..d 'to aspire. To those severe losses slur i 1413

Low to add that of. Sir JOhn 11100 re, nil of whom
ate, the mote deeply ,to be deplored, as they Ml
in' the fell vigour ut their middy, in the ripe ma-
turity of tutir talents rind their virtues. When thus