The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-09 00:00:00

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ifOUSF; OF PEPAM MOSZDAY, Not. 8.

)ITDICIAL 11PSINES.S-.
Their LOrdshipS,in purSuance of the Standint Order made
I;ow:kisis the close of the last Sio,ion, met at ten (Meek, fur
the parp,,,,e of tranotting the above branch of their husi,es,s,,
-t" the Scot' etuse of Smith, merchant in Leith, and other`,l4
Stewart, and Co. merthants Glasgiisv,
eat appear by Cminsel, and their Lordships 0- •
VCl'Setl the ,itilginclit complaii,ed of. -
the Writ or Error Cast the-lobtibitant's of the West Rid-,
Inv- of the conotv of Yid; v. the King,-Couns'el ,girt' beard at ,
loiiisiderabic length. Their LOrdships' Ilidgineut 'Was ati;
athrmat ion of that of the Court below. •
Cmtusei were then .hearkupon the geots Cause, Colonel •
Ale.Y.auder Nl...Donald, of Lyinrdale, Maigaret 3.1‘1../onald, who
pulperis. Judgment postponed.' ".
Lord VINING tool, the Oaths and his seat.. .• •
i ANC F,LLOR., from the' Woolsnelc, SE. u 4 the
'Answer of his Royal Highness the Prince', Regent to ftpcnAel-
. dress of their Lutdships, presented by the Whole liOusc ,nt
Sat ortiay, expressive of his Royal Highness's satisfaction
the therein contained; and Expressive of hi!,bope,
strider Divine Providence, in -conjunction With his Illusitioini
Allies, and the 'support Of Parlionient, of bringing the ar-
duous contest iu which they were engaged to is safe and lin'.
liourahle.tcrtrtination.
klis Royal Highness's most gracious Answer was ordered to
litiiiserte'd pi) the Journals. Their Lordships then adjourned
doting pleasure.
TREATIES OF ALLIANCE.
- About fire o'clock the House resdmeti• •
The Earl *of LIVERPOOL, by command of the Prince Ile-
. presented •COpies of the Conventions, or Treaties of
Altianee auxd Concert, which be had entered into with Russia'
Prussia, agreeably to that part of his Royal Highness's
Spbtrcli from the Throne. Copies of these documents, his
Lar'itthip obser,ved, as, is usual in case of- papers originally
• cotiniinnicated from Government, were already printed; end-

woikll be ready for deliverYlo-morroW. • •
Lord HOLLAND in:pkired if any of the Treaties now pre-
sentedrelated td the Umperor of Amelia?
The 1,00 of LIVERPOOL, replied in the negative, because
the ratitivations of the Trt'aty of Alliance and Concert, en-
tered into with the .Emperor of Austria (which was suhse-
tloettily made), were not yet etteltamied: It could not, there-
fore, he regularly laid before the noose. IlOwever, as it
wns proposed to. adopt certain proceeilVngs in Parliament, in
reset ence to that Treaty, it would be proper and desirable
t have the nature and import of it before the House; lie
therefore, move. an Addres, to the Prince Regent,
that' tie substance• of the Treaty his Royal High-
ness and the Em!teror of Austria be communicat, 41‘ to the
Honse. The Noble Earl haying so moved, it was ordered

atnottlingly,
FIELD, MARSHAL THE MARQUIS' -OF WI;LLINGTON!

Earl BATutuasT, pursuant to his notice, rose to
move the Thanks of the Mouse to the above illus.
trions Military Character, and the ()Milers and
Army under his ennimand, serving in the Penin-
sula, The Noble Earl's speedh principally eon-
sil,ted of a detailed view of the.operafirms in Spain,
filen t;ie period of, the brilliant, and decisive vie-
tory at Vittoria, to the establishment of, the Al-
•lied Army on the 'French frontier. lie noticed,
first, the exertions made by the enemy with a view
'td repair their losses and disasters consepient
iipon • hat victory ; aii(l in this view Marshal Souk
• Was invested with' the eery extraordinary powers
of Lieutenant de L',Empereur. OAt that period•tbe
situation of the Allied Armies !,N,aspartieularly ar-
duuus they bad the.dbferent passes of that part-
of the "yrenees to defend against an attacking
and tunuerically.superior torce: The peculiar ntl.-
titre 0f.41i,e ground, and the badness of the roads,
increased these difficulties. The enemy butt the.
lower of directing the whole of 'his force
against any one or two .of these passes, which
atiOrded 1%)1 t10:41 able advantage. lie then
noticed ~the -operations in the valley of Bas-
tio, and at the
.rass of Ronccsyallto ; inAlte lat-
ter of which the enemy Completely
'and on the approach 'of the rssistanee which was
famished from .the British .troops,' be thought
proper entirely to fall back. Lord. I:Vellington
-was at that tithe directing the Operations against
St. Sebastian. The iesPect of the war On:the fron-
tier immediately changed on the coining up of the.
Comniander,in-..:hief,. and Marshal Souk found
the whole of the force apposed to him, in as. high
a state. of preparation .for action as if a mouth's
notice had taken place ; the wholepresented
complete and compact body, and the Allies'soon
he-atne the attacking force, though We passes de-
folded by Summit were highly unfavourable for such
. a line of operation. The Noble SeCretary of State,
in viewing this,part of the operationi, noticed, in'
the most favourable light, the way in which'
the Bart of Dalhousie,' Sir Thomas Pieton, Sir
• Lowry Cole, and the 'other • Offpiers in high
antrprominent commands, had diStinguished them-
,
ielves, The effect of time whole was to throw the
•, 'enemy into a greater degree of confusion than
after the battle of Vittoria, or even of Salamanca.
inworomee of this )voultr be further illus-
trated by the consideration that the nature and
extent of the toke placed under the ciuninand of
Soult was different, and much greater than the
te,erve of the besieged fortresses Would call for.
And the nip,tt,, from which be was driven were of
imicaletilaile importance in the then state of the
•war. Nothing effluvium i material then occur-
red, until the assault of St. Sebastian ;; and with re-
it:relict: to that it would appar, that a signal had
been gi‘en by the enema), of the, moment. of the
us,.4.toit , for 'the ttig on time Castle Was halite('
down a proceeding .whieli was clearly visible
frolll ..tore than one of enenty*,s .potd-
tioart. Accordingly' they determined Co 'attack
our unit ilt t4i itiOnitnt: the against
seb„,itiaa was commenced, The attenyt ypon
the ',ides was prt.:pally resisted by the Spanish
troops : two dill of the British were in retort-
liesi to assist ; but so gallantly. slid time former ac-
quit themsdres, it airs MIOCCeSSary to support
tht.in, aLi d Lord Wellington rather wished the
glory of that, thy to rest wholly with the Spanish
tinops, lie would liere' take the. opportunity of
Observing, that for a length of time, with refer-
ence to the sliyc itiliue turd valour of the Portuguese
troops, anti ti.eir frequent co-operation with the
BrVish, when speaking of the former, be :in a
gret thlree identified them with the: latter. Re-
ran Inv,- agltimi to the operations a;.cminst.,. and fall
of the town and c:w,lk.! of St.Seb4sti3n, the Noble
oa,ervemi, lit:deemed it important to take nO-,
Oct! of :01 infamous publiootion which apOefire.d in
.'ipanish•PAper, which grossly reflected on the
c;onduet and disei;dine'of the Britidi Officers and
troops. This avas a_ production of the partizans
cif France, who, at all times, under the most Spe-:
cions preteeiles, endeavoured to excite !tit extreme,
.katoot,y among the Spanii4ldsotg•ainst foreign
terferenee; and calumniously to undervalue ame
4,:ervrees of either. British or Portugoesc..- 'This