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• • HOUSE OF PEERS,
. THURSDAY, APRIL
..he 'Committee of Privileges it was determined
'7 ,•':)r Cecil Bisshopp had made goad his claim to
h-ony ht. Louth.
,„rd Viscount- Notthlabd took the oaths and his
seat.
• Mr. Hoe noUSE,' Sir J. HIPPESLEY CORE, and se-.,
Terh? other Members of the House of Commons,
h--0-I,„ht up the'lrish 'Affidavit Commissioners
the Irish Infirmaries Bill, .the • Irish Loan Bill,: the
Nhval Asylum Bill, the custom Fees Bill, and two
Private Bills; %Odell were read a first time.
The Irish Malt and Spirit Bill, -the Irish Fees
Commissioners Bill, the Fullers. Earth Bill,- and the
Sicilian Prize-Money Bill, were.read a third time
anti. passed. •
The Irish Servants Wages, and the Irish Stamp
Duties Bill, passed through Committees, and'were
reported. .
CAPTURE OF I‘..4Ol\lTE VIDEO. •
:Lord HA I VXESB. RY rose, pursuant to notice,
to move the Thanks of the House to Brigadier-Ge-
neral Sir S. Auchnnity, for the Capture of• Monte
Video.—On some former,occasioes, he said, doubts
had been' entertained by the House, whether the
Thanks of the House ought to be given 'in rases
.where important.. -captures were made with little or
no resistance on 'the th:rt or the. Enemy. in the
present case,' however, in_ whatever point of view
the achieVement was considered, . there could' be
no possible doubt, in his opinion, that it ought to be.
rewarded with theThanks'olthe Honse. The Thanks
of:that Hottae constituted au highly valuable and
greatly valued reward, which encouraged the living,
and afforded the greatest consolation to the relations
of those who fell.: The brave exertions of the British
Troops,:aticl the skill and valour of•thes Ofticxs.rs, dis-
played in the Capture of Monte Video, eminently
deserved, in his opinion, thatresvard. The particu-
lars of Luis- capture
.had already been published.-7-
It appeared from this account that two a&ions,
had been fought; in which the British Troops bad
Been vitterious, and that subsequently Monte Video
was carried by assault, after encountering and
overcoming the hrreatest difficulties, with a, spirit
and, a bravery deserving of the highest praise.---
This acaic was of the greatest
im-
portance not only from the impression which -the
bravery:of our troops must make upon the enemy in
that quahier ofthe globe, but. also from the
.impres-
sion which must be. made upon the people of the
country, by the moderation and forbearance, the good
order and discipline,, displayed by our troops, aft fr
the Conspiest was completed, and this,-, too, Under
circtuusarices which (if .any circumstances could
josthy it) would have justified a contrary tondua,
namely, tile carrying the place by assault. His Lord-
ship concluded by moving the Thank's-of-the libtise
to. Brigadier-General Sir aau;uei Auchrouty, to -Bri-
thadier-General the Hon. William Lumley, and the
other Officers under the command of Sir Samuel,
and an acknowiedgmeht 'of the services pt. the
Non-Commissioned Officers. and Soldiers. ' -
The Earl of GALLOWAY thought it necessary
to call the attention of the House to one or two
points conneaed with this subjeCi.- -The 'brave
achievement which' the Thanks of the House were
called for, deserved, in his opinion, the highest praise,
and he rejoiced to hear the Noble Secretary of State
come forward in, the way.he had, to move for those
Thanks.- He lamented that.upon a former:occasion
the Thanks of the /louse had bken: withheld in an
instance, .he-alluded_to the-Capture of the Cape of
Good Hope, where; in: his opinion, they were
highly merited.. Another point he wished to advert
to was, the statement, made in one of the dispatches,-
that the stock of powder would not have:lasted for
above two days more. _How happened it that in an
Expedition sent out to etietiso important a purpose,
there should have:been such a. deficiency of stores ?
Lord GRENVILLE did not-wish to debate the
,
sub.;ea adverted to by the Noble Earl Alpoh a•ques-
• tion .which had his most cordialsoncurrence. With
yespeft, however, to the capture:of .the Cape, his
.opinion, at.the time, and still wasohat in cases where
no resistance was made to the British troops, there
wasmo reason !Or calling for the ThantS of-Parlia-
ment, a reward which- ought to be considered of the
greatest value, but which would become of little va-
lue if it was to be considered on every occasion as
an appendage to a conquest made by our troops,
however slight the resistance on the part of the
enemy. This reward, he contended, ought to be
reserved- for those cases where, froM the resistance
experienced; it -was 'seen what materials our men
were made of, and where, in. proportion to the
the conquest became. the more glorious. M
to the other point 'alluded to by the Noble Earl, he
should ,merely say, that •it was competent for any.
Noble Lord to move aningniryrespetaittg.t4e stores
sent out with the Expedition, in which case it must
be with what views and exPeelatious the
Expedition was sent out, and= what were, the circum-
stances- anti the inferi-nation received Which led4to
those views and eApettaticns. 'He should .merely
now say, •that the present case was one, which, in
his •opitnen, was highly deserving the Thanks of
that 'House.
• The Earl 'of GALLOWAY, in explanation, said,
that he cniiy Mentioned the circumstances of the
deficiency of' powder, to throw additional lustre upon
the viEtory obtained. '-
Lord ROLLAND thought the Noble Earl, in'
throwing additional lustre upon the Captors of Monte
Video, endeavoured by a side wind to feilea upon
other individuals. He therefore thought his Noble
Friend ;perfe,Cl.ly .right in .the• -observation lie had
made, whir was necessary to set off ats net of justice
-against this- aCt of generosity ofthe Noble Earl. •
The Motions were :?greed to non. diss.
• Lo?-ti rose to move the Thanks of
the 'Howie to Rear-Admital Stirling. However
there might' be_wanting, in this instance, front the
nature of the service, those traits of brillianCy Which
So constantly accompanied the exertions of our Na-
vy ; yet, lie , trusted,. that the skill; diplayed, the
cordial co-operation, and the ingenious activity' which
had been eviriced
.t.ty our Squadron, and by which
the operations of' the troops before Monte Video
were so materially assisted; would be deemed fully
d,,hrvinv the Thanks of the House. He would -say

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