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of the 'contest this action was
.accompanied with
such circumstances as entitled it to the thanks of
. the house. (clear.!) Ilesairf.‘c in this state of tilt'
contest ;" for there was a time when victory
neemed to he a stranger. to every standard but the
Drench ; but-after the brilliant career of Lord
Wellington, and the 'gigantic cffoltg of our Al-
lies,' tre-tilight afford tor dispense with •votes of
thanks for victories, which at •a former period:we
shthild have been' profit', of courting to.us by the
..encouragement of such'a vote of the house., Not
. that we ought now to. he less grateful 'for victory;
buf thtit we ought to let our. gratitude wait upon
ontjud,gment, and an'Xiouslyselect only, the fittest
occasions for displaying that emotiOnf,pecori-
eluded with moving, " that -the Thanksf of the
House be given to Field-Marshal Atthtir Mar-
quess of Wellington, and the army • t+ler his
con-inland, for the consummate ability, expe-
tienee, Skiff, and valour displayed by them in the
victory of Orthies, term,inating in the signal de-
feat of the enemy, and leading to the occupation
of Tourdeaux."
Earl GaCY.—lie did not rise for the purpose
adding any thing to what had been said by the
• • justified,
Lotd, who was certainly- fully ustified, in
chlliitg for this • expression of their Lordships'
hid h sense of the eminent services of Lord Well-
in.gton,.andthe gallant army under his
it .gave hip the greatest pleasure to hear the
Noble Lord's speech,. not merely on account of
those topics to which .he had adverted, but also on
• account of those from wbicb he had so properly
,abstained. (1-kar.) The Noble Lord had satisfied
every man, that this was,a fit occasion for calling
for their Lordships' - just•.tribute of applause
and gratitude, for this last of a great series
of splendid: successes, which had exidted the
. name,of Lord Wellington, and that.,gallant army
which ,be commanded, to as high z.tpitch .of
renown asever\ had been attained by general
or army •of any 'age or country. Ile said, " this
last of a great series of splendid sucCesses,"--and.
God grant it might be the last ;—that this might
be the last blood shed.for the' accomplishment of
t taie great,. geouine, and only proper object of
victor.-"-peace ;_.that Lord Wellington' might add
to that :rich harvest of glories Which he had al-
wady reaped, that crown of glory,-.—Peace,—a
safe and honourable. peace, to which his exer-
tions, and those of .our t llies, hactso essentially
contributed, peace
.suited to the, just preten-
• sions and•,bonourable of all parties, and
• holding out a well-.l'onricled prospect,Rfbeing bene-
fiejul .ancl•pv,rmanent. That, the c.ocoequences of
• theoccupation of Isoll.ltica.ux tnus,t
.be, attended
_with the' .most desirable effects, no one could
doubt. In. a military point of view,, the advan-

„ •
taws of it: most be inknense, On account of the
suppties-,which it afforded, and for. Other reasons,

•athiell to the ,facility of communication, to Which,
the Noble Lord - alluded. There, were, also,
other views which might be taken of it, froth
which the Noble. Lord bad properly abitainecl;
and all he should now say in regard to that was,
that be would refrain from• uow whaling'
uvon it.. He desired to be understood as giving
no opinion at all on that subject at this time-;
begging leave, however, to reserve to him-
self the liberty and 4ipportunity of giving his
free, entire, and 'unbiassed judgment on the
topic to which he alluded, when•alonOt could be

properly given ; when the whole case should come
before them, with all, its circumstances ; when it
mightte seen what were the cause's, wharthe Hin
en-ce.and means eMployed to prinliThe, the effects
_which he would not now mote directly mention.
Till then he should say nothing on that head;
.and be was glad that the speech of the Noble
LOCI' had relieved 136 entirely frOrn Inyeinbarrass-
.

meut which he might,.anderotlier circumstances,
lave felt in abstaining at this moment from stat-
ing any opinion on the oCcurrences at which the
observation pointed. The tune 'would come when
that topic might With propriety be examined and
discussed, and till then Ire should -abstain from
even asking an explanation (hear) ;" leaving the
.matter, in the mean time-, ,to the responsibi-
lity of •ministersi, and:trusting to that superior
degree of information which belonged to their, si-
tuation.--He knew his duty to his country, and
to the world, too well, to prejudice a question,
on which the happiness-of to great a portion of
mankind might depend. .For the present, then,
with this explanation merely of .t,he.'grot,inds of
that line of conduct which be,4arb;,ndopted, he.
entirely refrained from agitating the subiect. The
Noble Lord was fully justified. in: calling for this
vote of thanks, and:the motion 'bad his entire and
anost.cordial approbation _ _ •

Motions of ThaWks to Lord Wellington, to his Officers, and
the Anity, were then put in the usual fain, and_ carried
tam. dis.

Loid HOLLAND moved the postponement of the second
readink of the Dulwich College Bill, without stating any day.
Adjourned., •

HOUSE OF CO?I NI ONS.

Mr. Spicer presented the general Accounts of Chelsea Hos-
pital.
_ _

The Dover
.Castle Debtors Bill went through the Commit-
ter; the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into
farther etimideration on the Gth of April. •

• • Mr. FAWCETT moved for. an. account of all ships Of, the
linef:vither built by contract or its the Royal Dock-yards,
January, I 7!n3, to January, • 16!3; as also for a copy of a
correspinhlinee betwixt the Commissioners of the Navy, and
Certain' private ship-builders, in 1.80.--.Ordcred.
The Itoase weut into a Committee on the Writs of Assist-
ance Bill; RepOlt to-morrow; as &so on the act runitive to
coffee, and to the West India Trade, when leave.was•givin to
bring in Bills tir..coutintie the said Acts.

OU the motion of Mr. LITSHINGTON, it was ordered, that
the House should, to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee,
to take into consideration the Act relatiVe to tilt duty on salt.

THANKS TO TIM MAIIQUESS OF WELLINGTON.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose,
pursuant to notice, to move a Vote of Thanks to
the .Marquess of Wellington. The long series of
gallant achievements performed , try tlw Noble
Marquess, might at first appear to have exhaust-
ed every topic of panegyric, and to have render-
ed it'abwist impossible that-newan4l peculiar fea-
tures should mark any- recent exploit. It might ap-
peal., that he should have to call the attention of the
nouse to cvents siniiiat to those which had accom-
panied the expulsion of the enemy froM Portugal, -
and the liberation ofth c k'eninsularH.l3nt new oppOr-
tunitica for the display of courage,and.Conduct had
been afforded from the varied nature of the e7s.er7..
tions which had been made, andf;otp 'the nature
of the country which kid beenc,recently' the
theatre cif acti,m; From the eyrenneM) moun-
tains to the plains 1)1' Languedoc the country

was extremely diversified'. Part of it on the, !eft:
of the Adour ,was almost impassable ;
..aritL"the
country on the right, ,from its being &viten
and interrupted, 'And abouirding With- -torrents
swollen in the winter, and extremely rapid, pre-
sented the most formidable obstacle's to .an invad-
ing army; 'While it atforded every advantage to an
ari iy that acted on the defensive. -Het* ZUrd
Wellington conceived the plan of extending his
conquests from the 'Pyreunees to the Garonne;
towards the close of winter he began to
•..
move forward. • The country through which he
had tri march was intersected' with narrow vak-
, lies, furnishing the enemy with the most power-
ful means of annoyance (hear, hear), but which
were CoMpletely surmounted by British valour.--•
Here he defeated Marshal Soult, one of the ablest
Generals in the service of the F.anperur of Fiance,
with the iuss of a great part of his army. On
the 23d. the Adour was crossed. under citctw•
stances of petuliar difficulties and danger, arising
chietly front the bar in the river ; all of which,
however, bad been successfelly overcome,• and
the enemy completely repulsed, by the assisfauce
of a recent invention (rockets), which bed ,on
many oceasions'been prodtictive.of signal advant
tape. Nothing could exceed the exertions of the
navy on this occasion; and the passage having
been achieved byour gallant countrymen, a com-
munication was established betwixt both bankS of
the river. • Thisrhowever, was but a wall part of
the plan of the noble commander. After the ene-
my had been dislodged, Sir W. Beresford marched
to Bourdeaux, arid was received withacclamations
of joy. This. was a great and additionalLtrophv to
our army, that while the French had been re-
garded as the most cruel enemies in the countries
which they overran,* the British troops should
have been received in France-at once as .0011-
querors and as liberators. (Loud_ cries of heat',
bear !) Anticipating on'the present occasion an
unanimous vote, he should not trespass further on
the time of the house, but should move, " that
the thanks of the House be given to the Marquess
of Wellington for the additional proof of commit-
mate ability and valour displayed in the battle of
°allies, on the 27th of Febrnary, which had led.
tosuch important results."
Mr. W. KEENE said, °that whoever cbtittilted
the Journals of the 'House as to votes of this na-
ture, would see, that in the case of the great Duke
of Marlborough, a very short space of time hai
elapsed between their votes of thanks to him for
hiS first distinguished successes in his military
career, and their vote of thanks to himi a§ Duke
of Marlborough. He had arrived at that high
rank within the first three years of his career up-
on the Continent Within the same time it would
be found, that Queen Anne had granted him for
his services the manors of Woodstock and Blen-
heim, with a pension of 50001. annually. In all
the succeeding campaigns, additional bailout's and
rewards had been conferred upon He did
not wish to draw any invidious comparison, be-
tween the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Wel-
lington. The Noble Duke had 'certainly per-
formed services to the country which were un-
paralleled in his time, and was deserVing of the
highest praise both as a soldier and a statesman.
He considered, however, that the illustrious com-
mander who was the object of the present motion
did not come behind him either for services per-
formed', or for abilities displayed in difficult
and critical situations. lie confessed that he
felt strong hopes that Ministers• would come
down soon to the Muse with a message for
erecting a monument to perpetuate his memory.
In Ireland a monument had been already sub-
scribed for. As an Irishman, he felt proud that
f"cilt:to:
the illustrious object of his motion' was born in
the same country that be himself came
then related an anecdote of the disinterestedoesS
of hiS Lordship, when, after the battle of
the travelling carriage of Joseph Buonaparte was
taken. In that carriage were found pictures of
inestimable value, by the best Spanish Masters.
When Lord Wellington saw those pietUres, he im-
mediately conceived that they, must have been
taken from the Royal palaces in Spain, and im-
mediately sent notice to Madrid, that 'if they were
ascertained to be taken from the Royal Palaces,
they should be restored.

Sir FREDERICK FLOOD.—As an Irishman, and
a Representative of that Country which gloried
in the proud birth of the illustrious individual who
was the object of the Vote of Thanks now 'pro.;
posed, he would not be doing justice to those who.
sent him to that House if he contented himself
with a silent vote on the present occasion. " And,
Sir," said the Hon. Baronet, " if I had a voice,
(the increased loudness of his tone removed all
dubiety on' this subject, and excited a general
laugh) which I could extend even. beyond the
doors of this House, I would exert okay' nerve on
such a' glorious occasion, though it might end in
a nervous fever."---(Laugh.), The country tahich
bad given birth to this great Herb, had also:given
birth to a number
.of other illri trious , characters
could bOast of the blood of a Beresford, of
the brother
,Of our Noble Ambassador,' of a Pon-
sonify, and ola Cole. That was a country' *which'
could provide such a nUmber of herbes. It had
been often said. in England, that Ireland Was a
clog to her, but instead 'of a clog, it was the best
feather in her cap; for it not only produced the
best soldiers, but the hest Captains, at the head of
whom was the illustrious object' of the present
Vote of Thanks. • When he looked 'infound him,

lie saw many Members on both si4es of the
House, in the first confidential Offices, of State—
laugh)—he should have said, that those who

held them were on theone side, and these who

did not bold them were on the other. When he
looked into the other House of rarliennent, he

saw the same thing.: Was not that a
.country of
which a wan ought to be 'proud ? and 'a country to
court a connection with ? It -did not only send
them men, but it sent them also
.grain, cattle,
butter, and beef.• This was indt.e4 it_ country for

one. to be proud of, and the people of it ought to

be fostered. Governthent ought to extend the arm

of its prhtection to the natives of such a country.
'1 here never was a period in history where the
achievements ,recorded exweeded 0.4 e benefits which
this ctmntry had derived from that -great wan,
Lord Wellnigton.T;llk of an Alexander, a

Calsar, and a 1-1-annibal—(laugh)--,ean those history. .

bOoks boast of any General wlto did any thing to be
compared with the object of this vote of tliAnks ?

Ili lla<l c,aid last Session, that in the same mannetbt
1-11nlieini-hciuse had heel, erected for the
ofrilarlburong,h; there shonld
the Mironet .:besitetcd spine tiine)
lingtonhouse built for
(Laugh.)—lreland' had alryarly ,contribtited
teen thousand poinuls for the erection of a testi—
monial Of the •merit of that great man ; but there
Oouldsalso-,
aye, not onlyinireland, but in Scotland also,..and
in Wales.
••:
Lord liiinKwAt,i. ished. to --contribute. his Mite
of admirution for the zeal. and ability which at-
tended the splendid achievements of the Gallant
General tviso•Was the -object of this motion. .He'
could not. avciid 'expressing his feelings, becacec
he 'was convinced, that however highly the Noble
Lord might value the thanks of that House, still:
that he would feel it a-much-bighr gratification,
it, by proper .exertions at home, he Migfiilbe
enabled ;to realize,the bright prospects, which,
front his successes, had begun to beam uppu
France.

The original Motion was then carried nem. eon.
- The Thanks of the 1-louse, was then voted to'
the General and. other Officers of his Army; and
the approbation of the. Howe was declared of the
conduct of the Non-commissioned Pfficers and
Privates. ,