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cleavourink to rob him Of the laurels Which so
onsly decked his`brow. If these were persons wilt)
thought to please the Noble Lord by the course they.
had taken, he trusted they would be conviAced of
their mistake by what they had heard this night.—;,
He wished to turn the attention of the country to

the empliatie language.of the Noble Lord. It was
!their duty, both in and out of that House to tak3
• care, that while they erected a monument to a most
liftirrii:Sher Taal Viaull7they• '7(11 d t neglect t he-
pre:servation of .his. fame, Which was ilium durable
than marble, and more:permaneht than brass. He did

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not mean to cay that death ought to canonize er•
rocs, or. the' §raveshelter misconduct, but alter.liib
splendid course, and perishing in' the- last glorious
attempt to add to the lame-of his country, it was not
too much to expect that the voice of censure shoula
be suspended till his fellow-soldiers had an oppor
tunity of doing justice to the clete.il, aS'juqice bad
been done to the general principle which actuated hiti •
concludt: •

The question was now,put by the Speaker, and
cat ried unaninunsly. . .
Lord.CAsTr..cacncit then moved the Thanks of
the House to 'Lient'enant-Generals• Sir D.
Hope, INl‘Kenzie, FrAzer, Lord W. Bentinck,
Paget, and Major-Geliei.;.tkl3ercOOrd, Coote, Man.;
nitighatu, Hill, Wad, Leh h, i. Etne„ Disney, and
Slade, which was also carried unanimowly.
Thanks was then' vo',ed to,. the Officers, Nott.
commissioned 'Officers, soldiers, for the bra-

very and resolutiutr di:played by them, at the battle

of Corunna.

'Lord CASTLEREAGH, observed,. that as a great pgt
Of the success attending the,ernbarkation of the
troops was owing to the exertions of the Navy,
which had contributed so much to the safe, return of
our gallant soldiers to their native land,•he hoped the,
.House would_ agree with him in a Vote of Thanks
for thi* service, a Vote of Thanks to Admiral Dd.
Center and' Sir S. Hood,. with the Officers and
Men under their command, which was accordingly
agreed to.
THANKS To. THE CONQUERORS OF VIMIERA.

Lord. 'CASTLertESGH rose in pursuance of
mitibe he had giVen to call upon the House to confer
an honour so well merited, as their_ thanks to those
gallant soldiers who had so eminently displayed the '
superiority of the British 'arms- in the battle of Vim'
Whatevedifference of opinion might exist_
as to the termination 'of the' earn plig u in Portugal; if
',reference was had, to the conduct of the'army whittle
'adively employed, 'it would be acknowledged, that,
no military career-Was 'ever' run which carried the
glory of Britzin to ahighr 'pitch, or was, hailed with
so universal/a burst of national applause. He
happy to separaie this short but memorable caul-
paign, from tlia subsequent Consequences, as what-
ever might he the 'opinion as to what foundation tk,
laid for higher claiMs titan were insisted on, !bete
could be no difference of tit:nth-tient on its "intrill°ll
worth and glorious llitlttlfecWhieb excited so genera
a burst of gratitude and acclamation. It was not to
be estimated its effed, which was certainly 000
Of the most uncertain proofs of merit. It was to be
viewed and estimated` on' own groanci„ and then.
it
.would be seen that not even our retnote:t annals!
where so many a noble exploik was 1-:corded, could
boast of a more decisive or glorious viler;,'. vi-n
had edited another laurel to, the wreath on at
Egypt nod iNjeida ; and thoup,l) she preserst.,4,4,l4,
have Wien short of the result expeded rum it, yet
in a military .point otytew it wO3 'excelled in' I;lint
by none. From these aions we might see, that
upon every occasion where 13ritish soldiers met the
enemy on any thing like an equality:of terms, they
+were certiiio c,f I; idory,and of maintaining the prot4
pro-eminence . of :Humus in the field; against 110
most, experienced and best troops in the world. Th's.,
superiority ficki7ed 'fro'M Our free Constitution,. whio ,
implanted in the MindS of every subjed that initial*
entlinsiasticycourage, which rendered the ineiperi"
ern:ed. superior to the most skilful or our enennei•
They prOv.:d, thilt meet Where we' wietild, lodt:r
advantages Of disadvantages, whether hi infintry, '°
artillery,. as .was shown at Vimiera,. or in cavalry/ sg
the late caropaign. in Spain most dyeidecar
'the Ilriti;ili soldier ebtild maintain the 'same iitiperia-
rity over, our loos as.the,lititish sailor did, slid 110#
the only dilfctimee consisted its the Qll
l4l,)!icil ilia: former were frOM the nature 'of our sato'
tier) employed. 1 t was a fallacious mode. of region-'
lug, to embider Britain as capable of acting a in loci-
pal Military part:oo the Continent her share en'sbt
necessarily, be Stihrdinate and
.auxiliary, but theo
events she wed, that it ihe.canse of the ,Aorld. restel
. -on the 'British aitit, it would reseue thY world final
the tyrant, under whose. sway it now groaned. fill'
did not wish to enter :into 3 pair ictilar and,citcuat",
sr,ankial'det:iii of the Cattipaigo in PortugHt, hitt
w
,ouldho 0444.00 c c:ill the: atterrtikin of th°
House to the splendid adion performed a 'the 17th,
abide 11100'0- lityi 6.f iti eharaaer, and not erpo
iiiks,:g.)itistit;''.4rtyyyieldikslory to 'the battle of Vt.
merit itself. The 'enttny were driye'R from wale:
the strongest poiitionS that a body troops co,liu
occupy,' and ¶1 e',lrnest giveti.of what was 4;1
wards reali;edin the immortal battlei of the-li4'
He tt..;..:'w as not frtirtt,:oo.,!ortiai tt?c,i
togs to wards.t intilkst rirUS Getirat a
on these occasions 11141 lie srke, for r*nuch as, tt
'estetifitted.and admired Lim, it W:IS iun}po t' 4h
!lance, lit
.4/onours' (If an titfrotttv bit *(ll.ild fur ever:rets'ir••;o
mustart, 7,•115F'11(1- n 1
1.1"40.11; 11111(,t111'1'.Y!
,trOops,of. PosiesSioti Pt; u t 444'
eVety thiug necesrary for the maintenance, of 14141,3(
. .f,i
911,ii4t;s they etWiyed, with hod l: of tW1111::::
werardhly provid,A with .tir could be SI •
short trine, :aria so 6rni-,;etelv ttf -o.,crihrotv (beak
thtt !die fourth or tht:ir force was cle•;.h.(;‘,;_ycl; at“.l
t I 044.':ci of
'wry tile); could` only r.°ll'
the Odd. If such distinguished' Testi! s welt;
eel without COM rY, wI t t light.p not he expect 'eti,rl;
a British force, completely appointed. 'Therob
Lord' wished to be perk by understeod, in the 1",4);
tion he should-have to Submit, not' to inteita
slightest diSreSped to,wattls Sir 11. terrouil•
one was less disposed than himself, to hr rt (Ito
Toga of that Officer, than .whomOie did not 1)60'
there was a more VaHant or- 'one of -1 wore c,"O-
- ••
-141.0 d swat, the British Einpire. pri;of 01.
generous and manly feeling bad hem Oren,
refusal to. take any share in a .transaellen w•htt'ut
redoonded so nitieh to . the glory of Sir
ViclieloY. It 'never had entered into hais)r.7-,
When applying to his Majesty to signify his '116) :f•