The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-01 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF yonK.

Lord SUFFOLK .rose to advert to reports which :,
Lad hing and widely gone abrOad to prejudice the
charaaer of the COMmander in Chief of the Army
of this country.. • The origin and. circulation of these
repUms were too notorious to allow him to let them
pass•tiunbticed.andmneenitired. Never was the
cipline and appointment of theißritish Army brokht
to st.i.•lc perfection, as since .the time it has been un- -
der the direction and the abspiCes of his Royal High-
ness- the Dnke of, York: Many were the instancies
Which it was in ,his power to adduce' of the ludo. 7.
try, the resolution, and the zeal, which had an
occasions, with which he was acquainted,. beet; dis.
pktyed by his Royal ,Highness for the .4-nprovemem
of the Only,- and for all the'ineans by.which that
improvement might be extkiCiedand enforced. The
'Noble Eall, arn6ogr.others, irnitancud own 'llegi-
tw,,t, Itt tkkich, entice hit Royal adtuini7.
stratton of out' military affitirs, the most beneficial
imprOvemenii had been. introduced. A. Lieut.
of that Regiment had been removed, and 'placed on
half-pay, Who Was wholly
•tiny anty to which reponsibility attached. ',Aniong
the endleAs insyners he might' advance h favour o 1
his !opiuitin, of the rigid and disinterested 'exercise of
the power vested- in the Commander in Chief, he
enigfit observe' Irani his own, knowledge that the
Lieut.: Colonel •of hi* own Iti-ghnent had been re-
movetion 'account of incapacity, although that Lieub
wafijthe son of a man who had. deserved well
of his country, and which nothing but a severe and
conscientious sense of duty would have justified any
men in removing. He might likewise instance: the
the establishownt of the Miiit,ary College, which
was thi suggestion and the accomplishment of his
Royal Highness r heCointuandt,r in Chief, and from
which the British Army I•inci already,: derived the
most. essentud! fruits. In short, of the various'
proven:lents introduced into the army by his Royal
the Duke of York, the examples were in-
&lie, and in every respect 'gave his Royal
nefei a lair And strong claim to' the gratitude of the
COUrftry.

THE SpANisti,TREATY.
The Doke' ot. Nottvut.K rose to observe, that had.
any of his Majonty's Ministers appeared in their
piao-s, he wAatid have taken 'the liberty of putting a
question to them, viz. What was this reason why,
alter the promise in his isrlajesty's Speech, no docu-
ments had been laid on the table respeCting the an..
I.R.,Lructo Treaty with Spain. He wished to know if
any circanustancelt h.ad arisen to prevent the laying of
that Treaty before the House; or whether it was
expected soon to appear, pursuant to the promise
keld out in the Speech. tie wished his desire in this
rest It fright be cothmunicated to some of his Ma-
jvsty's Mitniiers, If he did not see any of theta in
their placer to-clorrow, he shOuld make a motion to
the etfect of what he had • observed ; but if any of
them chose to attend to his question,. 1)e should de-
sist from any motion.

The .LORU CiIANC4LOII obElved, that a coin-
mtittication would certai►tly be aide to hib Majesty's
Ministers on the subject of the Noble Duke's roes-
tiOns, and that he had ,►o reason to Lloubt but that
saliSta6tory attention would be paid to it.
,Adjourned till to-morrow.