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London, England, 1814-05-12 00:00:00

BATTLE OF TOULOUSE.

Memorandum; presented ptirsuant to an AA,
dres.l of the Hotie of Commons, of the 28th of
April; I 8 4

Alf.MOßANnt'n.

Lord CrITLEREAGH 1716itititIS; in a letter dated
Pull, May 5,- that Colour+ Cooke and Colonei
St. Simon, t73...the part of the kiritish and Frene:k
Government, were diapatchH On the night of the
30th of Mare') to Lord Wellington and Alaikal
Souls. They were detained at Blois tot the k'iench
Authorities for four dews ; which was the occa-
sion of their not arriving' before the battle of
Toulouse. The French sent also by BourdeanN
and other great towns ; but the (Mcers in cure.
mind were not disposed to give credence at 6rlt
to the TreWSl...-.4it least to its full extent.
Foreign Office, May 9, 1319. WILLIAM HAMILTON.

IMPLR AL I',l RLIAA4.

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The Innkeepers Bill and Bloxarn's Divorce Bill wetirmii—i
milted. Sqine con‘eratitni took xjace_ip,the Cowniittie;
4D4 e: latter, friiin a stiggilgtron iyfLlViCratAlt at
the.iclause troliiiotin2- the inttl•mayria4c. of llit:
friat oar; ircrtAsotr for- its
sion. The. nropos;tion Was negatived, liolvev'err4er a .19,-
words frou-Ci!le Lord Chancellor.
Dt7KE crr-w-Enticrizt:•• A 1
74,5 Qv-Jar of the Darbeing real, for.. tpkitx
into..F,9nsideration the Message frpin thie,Ptince
1 . .

,;::Thelki2rho'f:tivET,POori said, flint 'in -rising to
213apv,con.Adti;eis.Vhis-Royal.Higlntess, in an-
swer;to-o.2p,:licssaq:,,whieh, had just,been read,
'''catll.tO"rittfetieicipate any objection to it,
-tbrit h4l4lititild Ai ebarged' his duty
(Yirge-litOnriiply-,,taintlle•it,;accompanied,,only by
a few explanations as.to the propositions it .was
intended to subunit to Parlianient. But lie.:fert
tJtflat hellWtild.:titit--.6 justice to his own feelings
the occasion,o.yerWhe not :to trouble thelloifie
with a few olgrviticps..,, I,f they looked back. to
past events, .is i er.orii'etl by history, when the
iiialitrr glory df-'4iiis country was raised to its
hixhcst ,pitch of raw-Wiwi ,there were, he would
venture to,say, no feelings which the contempla-
'tion Of iliat glory could excite in titeil LordNiiips'
.!bosOMs; that would not he excited as warmly in
those of our posterity, when they recurred to the
great events of the present times. it would be in
the recollection of their Lordships, and of every
man in the kingdom, that-not many years bad pass-
ed thc-general.opinion.tharour Mili-
tary character was confined to one element ; nay,
it had been tauntingly silic) by our enemy, thatif
wCwished to,hcquire Military fame;exCept at sea,
V e must lead our land. Some'tliere were
- who supposed that our character had changed alto-
gether ; and some supposed that pinr military re-
nown eve's -not in, our commercial greatness. Re-'
cent events,, however, had greatly changed ours
situktion`.• IVe had sem,' by the perseverance,
and prudence of the illustrious Person at the
head of our Army, by the means he had taken to
givelt energy and efficiency, and under the guid-
aTice of ,the great -Maw whose. services they were
then called upon to reward, achievements per-
formed, which-equalled in renown the actions of
any tormer pi.:riod of our history. in considering,
dm- late triumphs, it was natural to compare our-
present situation with that in which the country
was pla,co thung a memorable era, the War of
tie Succession ; and whether they regarded the
dangers that were then averted, or the renown

`acquired by the. British arms under the Duke
- •of Marlborough, be had no hesitation in affirm-
that the-latter was equalled by the victories
of the Duke of Wellington, and the former sur-
lmied by the situation in which we were recently
placed.- In the War of the Succession, provinces
indeed-were sotuetimes over-run, but not king-
donis: . We had seen almost the whole of Europe
:subverted, reduced to a blank, and scarcely any
country aipon which ''''the eye could rest, except
-France.. The libertiits of Europe were contended
for, during no inconsiderable period, in one cor-
ner,Of it only, and eVen for a time within the lines
of Torres tedras.---=-There was no, comparison,
theretoie,-as to the danger of the country at the
two epochs. If they' looked at the circumstances
.also, the comparison would not be mach" stronger.
The manner in which the Duke of Marlborough
formed, commanded, and kept together the con-
fedtrated Armies, always struck him as one of the
. greatest proofs of his consummate-military skill.—
He, was..indeed, a successful General. It had been
said of him, that lie never fought a battle which he
•did not win, or besieged a place which he did mot
t4e. But it should be remembered,.that he was
opposed to Louis XIV. in the decline of his power,
and to none of his great Marshals,- except Turenne.
The Duke of IVellington, on the contrary, was
opposed to Buonaparte in the vefy plenitude of
his power; and to Armies composed, not of French-'
men only, but of Italians, Swiss, Germans, and al-
most every nation o!• . 'trope, commanded by Mar-
. shalsOlthe highest military renown. Let them,then,
look back and see what he had accomplished in_2l
"years. After having matured his plans, and moved
.forward from the lines of Torres \edras, let them
• .follow him through all the operations that led to
the liberation of Portugal—to the taking up his
positiOn before Ciudad Rodrigo—to the Battles
of Salamanca and Vittoria-, and see him at last
achieve the glory of planting the British Standard
-at Bourd.-aux.. If ever there was a man who de-

served some signal proof of gratitude from the
_ _

;STation, and the marked favoni:, of his Sovereign,
Itltat man was the Duke of Wellington7—(Hear,
hear, hear !).—lt was not in his power to do Jus-
tice to his great -merits ; yet could not abstain
• from offering the few observations with which he
eilliViztittiVinnlsltiNfor4j6 nVical, rea
state the nature of the proposition which-it was
is ended to __submit to Parliament, which would
be moved .in another place., and would come regu-
larly betme their Lordships in the shape of a Bill.
It was intended, in addition.to the Parliamentary-
(irants-already bestowed on the Duke of Wel-
lington, to make a further grant of Ten Thousand
Pounds. a-year, secured
_upon the Consolidated
Fund. This annuity
_would be attached to the
Dukedom.; but as it might be desirable that it
should be .laid out in the purchase of some consi-
derable landed property, a provision would- be in-
troduced; giving an authority to the Lords Com-
Missioners of his ..111ajesty's Treasury to advance a
not exceeding 300,0001. to .the Duke of
Wellington, for the purchase of any estate he'
rriht think proper. In proportion as this
300,0001. tvere advanced, or ally portion of it; an
'equal portion of the annuity Would be snbtracted;
so,thar.,• if the whole amount were paid by the
'Lords. Commissioners, the pension would be then
'Cancelled. It was thought better to entrust this
to th:, Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
tlian to any Commissioners apnointed by Act of
Parliament, as little advantage had been found to
re ulr from the appointment of Commissioners,
both in the case of Lord Nelson, and the former
4,lant of 100,0001. to the Duke of Wellington.—
This 10,0001. a-,year, in addition to the 40001. a-
year,already granted byl'arliament upon the Con-
solidated Fund,. and the 100,0001. would make the
whole :amount of Parliae.entary allowances i)e-

stowed upon the Dalie of ,Willington about
17,0001. per minion. His i.urdship then concluded
with iiibviii the Address.
. Earl of DARNLEY observed, that by the few
:words he should say he meant not to interrupt .the
'unanimous vote to whica the House was abort to
prdceed. Without wishilg to enter ibto any eont-.,
-partitive view of the merts oPthe-great Doke of
.Marlhorougb, whom lie regivrded as one of. the
greatest military and political characters thatiever
existed,'be Would express his aiiiiioba.tion of the
proposed' arrangement, as. one likely to tuct! the
uishes of the country, and to be ,satisfactiny to
-the illustrious-object. of it. Still he would re-
cothmend-some more substantial and lasting ruo-
nument of the public gratitude,' and 'one eaten-
lated-fdilinstrate the memory of those who so
gloriously., fell in the battles of their country;
and the Noble Lord seemed to think, that grants
so conferred should not be calcnlated so ninch
tar the gratification or advantage of •the
as. tOr the,manifestation of public gratitude.
Lord DARNLEY said, he cordially concurred in
what had:been proposed by the Noble Lord, ,but
wished that sonic more substantial and lasting
memorial had 'been suggested, .by proposing to
erect a mansion for the Duke of Wellington.

Lord :STANHOPE expressed his approbation of
the measure,. and alluded to the.unjust laws on our
Stati►tc Books against the,Catholics, a great por-
tion of whom composed the Duke (if-Wieilingtou's
Army, and contributed by thdir valour to gain his
Victories.

Lord LAUDERDALE wished that the annuity bad
been made chargeable upon the Sinking Fund,.in-
stead of the Coniolidated Fund, not only be-
cause he feared that the latter Was alrealy charged
beyond what- it could well bear,' but because he
thought it would -more distinctly mark the -emi-
nent services of the Dtke of Wellington, to make
his pension pay;ble out or the
_Siiiking Fund, it
being the only charge upon it.
The Duke of NORFOLK said, -that he felt more
proini of having a person like tite Duke of Wel-
lington standing in the same lank. with himself,
than if he. claimed that rank only from hereditary
dezicent. It added more.dignity_and grace to the
Peerage. With respect to the grant, he cordially
concurred in it, and would not have been sorry
had it been larger. He wished the estate might
be perpetually entailed upon the title, and incase
of failure in heirs male, that it should revert to
the Crown. _
The Address was then carried nernine dis-
sentiente.