The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-25 00:00:00

adVert itoment. for ;the sale of an office under Govern-
ment, lie natJ answered it to the persons who kept
this office, and was then in treaty for it. He was
sent to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who had in-
struetions to furyrish any sum of money necessary
for a deposit, find to proceed in the business till the
rirties wert; entrapped beyond the possibility of es-
c +ping-11m inw. The business w. as in thia_sta.te.al4llo
time the Hon. Gentlernarr had brought forward his
charges, and he thought4l. imprudent to appear as
If at all acquainted with- the- subjed. Att indid-
Tent was now filed against Messrs. Pqllen and Hay-
lock, and tt Lady of the. name of Harvey,es well as
against the Banker whn received theileposit. From
what he had said, it wonlsl be. seen fhat (lov,ern-
ment had determined to inquire into, and j)eect
against these abuss a considerable liolv.hoiiire the
Hon. Gentleman brnught the sub itel of inquiry. be-
fore the House. •

Mr. COMM Oiled to know the name of the
The CITANCELL9R of the EXCHEQUI4I4, said he
could not recode4LA it, and would not venture to
mention a natue in 14.00 ch he might be wrong. It
was however in the iuttiOlment.
Mr. figstossoN cilia it .was \\ration ; and Mr.W.
Smith observed,' that ttceiving a deposit was uo
ciffenee or crime.
The Report of the Cnnunittep on thn
8.4 wlla ,knste,44 of agreeing to the
tineadtatitq, on aewunt of the other o,l4tnness
be-
Dope
,the the farther cousj-ratiou of the
*uble.:6l was postponed till Monday. The cornter. 4dl
lotpireis on the 2:ith.

CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN.

Mr. Porisomay-be,,,,an by stating, that be rose to
the attentiooof the, Hon% to art loquity of as
great magnitude:and imporanCe as eye Qccupio
their attention, Had u. not pr,:viously given notice
the.investigation be, wished intuit to enter irn 0, kite
&Wolper i:i which be now expressed, bhp*, must
;leave iofornied them, 44411440 to the 'iatt;' 0041Ptaig.9.:
in Spain..—a campaign, the issue of which waSSo
let:cm and so melanchely„ that a full inquiry iuto all
theeircumstanees hOthonght indispensably tiecesary.
When the insurrection first broke. out in Spain, when
the resistance of_ the spanish Patriots wakilttit knower
in England, the most careful deliberation, the most
.
energetic, exertion, aott the most attxiou~
were expeated from °those who possessed tits Mar
jesty's confidence at that momentous crisis. Every
gflort made by .the various Powers:of Europe. to
check the progress of French aggrandisement prior
to I hat period, had proved
.nugatory and unavail-
ing. Every coalition. formed fir the purpose of re.-
pressing ins hinovations, through want
,of wisdom,
or through Ott of energy had piled. ;
servelbilktte4levate that Power ;its. exertions were,
intended to. humble. The only nation, that dared
to• hid defiance to the anus of France, was En -
land; Aostli;i, her once powerful antagooist, preci-
pitated into a fatal coniliet, in opposition to the sett-
eft her...wisest 'Counsellors, was ruined in
the third. ill-concerted coalition. Prussia, was coin-
?Hely subjogated by her victorious arms, while'
,ifttssia, intimidated by the prowess of her armies or
induced by other considerations toahandon thecause
of Europe, seemed afraid to oppose th,t yiews of the
Ruler yf France, or:. willing to flintier them, in the
hope of being admitted to. *inure his eongnesto and
participate in his plunder. 'The world was 1110 di-
•F;(igtd, as it were..hetwe4n England and France,
town it spirit of resistance to, her measures, sudden
as unexpected, manifested itself in a country which
had long heel) cyasidtored The firmest of her tlllies ;
the ivio.n kaihruiliii,vo,of her dependents; she applied
to this country for assistance before the close of the
last. Sotsions of ;ParNment., Ministers
.laid no in-
formation beforn this House at that time; they
pierely stated, that Spain had risen to thwart the
views of Buonaparte, that another
,straggie (or the
erhaocionion of l~ ;}trope might yet tam place, and
shortly ,after l'atbarnent adjourned,. But previous to
the close Of the Sessions, all it wasjn their power to
do to accelerate the views of IVliinsters, in the hope
of enabling them etfeCtnally to assist the cause of
SP44I, had been done; every guinea they asked,
every. man they required, was wanted ; .unanimous
in thfir opinions, but one voice was heard ; .they
were actuated in their decisions but by one motive.
IsTcver did any in any country, enter into
a contest undertow e auspicious circumstances—with
:More flattertik; preaages.of
,oltimaio success. A ge-.
perons nation, to alleviate the sufferings and
41i3re the struggles of anothetokingdotn, anxious to
burst the shackles of French tyranny, were pro-
fuse in their Sacrifices.
.One wish pervaded the
kingdoca--7-une ardent wish to aid the cause of Spain.
Standing on the eminence on which Ministers stand,
from whence they could see further than others into •
fide atthirs id. the Continent, they should have well
inferned themselves of the intemal state of Spain,
before
,they advanced either men or moneyto assist ••
thep in the contest. i'lleirfirst measure should have
been, to have sent men to that country capable of
making a wpm', to which, without Ih:tog:criminal-
.lyererinhArs., they might have yielded . implicit
lief. They shooldhate sent man well versed boil)
in civil and military atfairs, at once capable of lead-
jog their armies andassisting their cot-106(.4s ; it was
the it duty to Irate sent such lovnitmv (surely the
t;otttitry can boast
.such), and thus have. taken the
most prudent measuies ro avail theinselvei of that
wpot,innidy to strip. FrtiOce of its pa (ion s, and
resybre Etim 91,v,t0. a state Oti triikty II Ity did nut
1.,h to speak disreapoinily of those persons sent
by, t. on that nnporniot inis,ton ;
Chine' much of them, but lie did not believe they
were greatly distinguished by superior They
were young, and unesperietced, and conaequently
'Ol gitalthed to atford proper infermation -on those
points they were: OtXtrnio64lllo, to decide, upon.
Had Ministers been folly conscious (ditto high de-
.gree of responsibility which attached itself to them,
t hey would not have been remiss :in this particular.
To form a Proper judguieni- Of the state :of Spain,
of greiit abilities, and possessed of no
incon•6d,..ttaniushare of experience. However pow-
eitul our navy may be, however formidable our :limy
is, when opi)osed to any thing like an equal num-
her of the enemy; no one could be so infatuated as. to
cur military power, mudded, stitficientfo
vau-
(ptiisl► the at of Buonaparte: It was therefore in
a high degree eSsent w
ial that e should have ample
infiwinaiton Of 0(.! ititeTtiAl State of time country,
rlitiiwttis ShoUld have sent mett well ErqlOtiLql to
1)4r,.4 I),C (tat:Milt .hoist's of Society iiere:aireer.
ed • it was 11(it tstalliCiVilt to know that bete and there •