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G ta reklrin friim
certain nierchara, oiiieeiof ihti town of Liver-
pravity for a of the Orders in Corincil.
The Hon. Gent-r.ll I7l)•ert,ed tlt:it itAA dtit) to
111°S utioSigned the Petition, to state that the sig-
cornprke the italics of many of ate Most
,i'esPeCtahle merchants of the towrii. that the- num-
°l- of signatut:-!S was g 560- and those were ob-
tti,ained in the space of four days voluntarily. The
,retitioners wisiv d the House would, be pleased to'
institute an inquiry into the subje:A, as the reasons
ssigtied for the Peliision -were the decay of trade in
town, evident front the state of the shipping hi-
llte port. He should abstain fro xi eniering into
the subjeet,- as the Nohle Lord (Stanley) h'ad
Ttlven notice ot-a motion for that purpose to-
raur ro tv

Mr. CtrEEVEY toll( this opportunity of adverting
what he had-tot merlv stated on the subject, with
te'Pect to the decay of. trade in that town. The
Petition now presented wen) into a corroboration of
the stat'ement he then made, notwithstanding the
denial which had been given at the time.
Geteral Tariee-roa, in consequence of what had
fallen trove hi. Hon. Colleague and-the Hon. Gen-
tlewatt, conceited-it necessary to' make'a few obe
servaticibs. With respea to the state of the port of
la; kerpool, he had been the innocent cause of mak-
Rig a communication which was denied by the pe-
titioners. In doing so, he li;rd done no more than
uecarne kis bounden duty isaa Member of Parlia-
lbe"t• .He had 'read a statement of what was im-
riuled to him as fads, which statement had come
.°lll a most respectable,quarter. How far his sen-
finints coincided with that statement it would not
be necessary for him, nor indeed would the House
telPeet him now to declare. But he had most cer-
:inly read it to the House, and upon the Hon. Gen-
(• (Mr.CteeVe)) controverting the statement'
" a subsequent evening, bwi again read it, believ-
tilig the' statement to be true, as speaking the sense
' 'he town, coming from the best quarter. .
8 Mr, MARTIN had no doubt of the accuracy of the
slatettient of the Hon. and Gallant General, from
"ne corroborating circumstances which had come
t
o his knowledge.
• C2n bringing up the Petition,
4% Ross ooserved, that there was one sentence
in
4 lie Petition, which seemed to have been intro-
iit-ked upon. a gross misapprehension of what he
s!ated in respect -to a communication which the
iil'Hration,frorn the manufaaurers of mingham
th'i With his Right Hon. Friende the Chancelle;r of
4,ce Exchequer, at-which he was present. On that
Liras'en he had not used the language imputed to '
aod it happened fortunately for him that the
Ctltber for the county, and three or-four other
et:alien-len, were present at the time, who could
gh'l' for the truth of what he now said, namely,
at he- really believed the statements made by the
efPotation respecting the distresses felt by the town
Ive-utrelingliam to be true ; that those distresses
eihre 'l)a gre it measure owing to the interruption
th, ch had been given to the trade to America ;
butt he deeply and sincerely regretted the cause,
Ifkil:hat he must deny the language imputed to him.
he might appeal to the whole of his public
ec ' '0 -.hew whether he had on that or any other
feasi" betraed an " insensibility to the distresses
bh th,e, P''°Ple." If he had so done at any time, be
should be unworthy of filling a public situation, and
heerefore, whensuch representations were made,
take
thought it due to the country and to himself to
4e the earliest opportunity of denying them. _
ti kr. TIERNEY observed, that the question was
b.r't Whether the expression arose from sensibility,llt Whether it was actually used by the Right
h°n: Gentleman.- If he remembered right, it was
aiat, this country and France were like two persons
juig their heads under water, trying which could
pi:4 Out the longest. The expression might be a
et a'ant one to some pertains, and whether it pro-
foeuded from excessive sensibility or not, it was stilt a
gh kind of argument to hold out to those whose
ti\4(l Were under water.
oil% Ross assured the House that he had no re-
teCtion of 'the expression. It might have been
6ed by ; but lie much doubted whether,any
ee,ntletnan present at the time it was said to have
eeell, used would_assert the fact. But if so, it
not be, c'.arged to nun that he used it front
e, it 0t feeling fur
.tire distresses of the manufac-
QeL"rd STANLEY had understood fromesothe of the
hotrnen present that the expression was Used,
\va not in the light represented. The Petiation
then laid on the table.
Lordl,l G. L. Gowen presented a Petition from the
archants and ManuEiclurers' of Walsail, on the
Same subject, which was laid op the table.- •
MR. ROSE,
lit I‘!r. BROUGHAM rose and stated that he held in
"NI a Petition from certain Inhabitants of the
fel.'" of Liverpool, who did net apply specifically
Ile• repeal of the Orders in Conned, but having
C,:rd of the expression of the •Right Honourable
th-nrietrisn-(1 hose) to which the attenrion of
Pre House had just been called, it had produced .
prd
sensations of a d:IFA-ceit nature from those
fel:(vd by ridicule-and-jocularity. The Petitioners,
1):'-'ng the situation of distress into which they had
aeetil Plunged by the Orders in' Couacil,ehad heard
U astonislunent the terms in w bin. the applica-
re();lMi the Deputation from B•rtninghatie had beep
tr`eived- by the Right lion. Gentleman. It was
11111 e that the Right Hon. Gentleman had disclaimed
imputed to him, and he gave him full
11.'4 for it, for he did not think either in that
Bight lion. Gentlernan'a mind, or in the mind of
of Hon. Fr end, would originate, upon a question
t'elt serious importance, feelings or sentiments
ef
i'vitY- The whole of the manufacturers of Li-
t°tr''l complained of the expression, and they
'tect ttattle words held
.out a most melancholy.
sl'Fres,
It to the tresliog interests of the country, by
eiluttng the door to 3 repeal of the Orders in Court-
tie lite hopes which they at onetime entertained
't the House would go into an inquiry, were
111
111 W ''XtingviShed, from the answer given to the
De,,uties, and they felt that the coun-
Yewas doomed to continue a contest, the issue of-
II 'Ma must depend, as the Right Hon; Gentleman •
t,.11 tr--'"ly slated, on the party which'could endure
Zit vThoeselie loneest. Tile Petitioners were not in-
114,Ced bY the pe,itton to make indecorous attacks ;
10Y aatut toi waral now, with a statement which
-.lll°Pecl would incline the House to take iota; con-•

.1, eratt:m the.asperate state of their case. The p-ti-
ti?n Set forth the distresses under which they labour
froM\ the Orders in Council t the hopeles?mess of
' their repeal, and, in addition to this g:e,at aggrava-
tion of their rnelancholY prospect, they observe with
pain and sorrocc, that great nunibeis df Persons held
Sinecure places and pensions, arid therefore-pray the
House to take those circumstances into considera-
tion; to contrast their situation with the situation of
thoSe persons who, by holding sinecure places and
pensions, have fattened on the war, and added to
the distress of the people. They,' therefore, trust
that the fiquse would take such steps as shall limit
the profits of their places, or as shall do them away
altogether during the war.- The Hon.-Gectletnan
observed that the various Petitions already presented,
proved the extent and pressure of the ditficultie4
under which the country labours. Some of the
Petitioners attributed the -distresses to the use of
machinery, others to the monopoly of the East
India Company, another class to the Orders in
Council, and the present Petitioners to the abuse
of, sinecures. He trusted that as the subje& was
to he disctissed to-morrow, the axe would he laid
to the root of the evil by abandoning the, Orders in
Council.

Tile CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER expressaci
his.tirprise that the Hon. Gentleman should think, it
necessary to anticipate the debate. which was expea-
ed to-morrow. It certainly was not:a very conve-
Diem way of discussing the subjeEt by taking the
debate on each individual Petition. With respea,
however, to what had. been stated of the language
of his. Right Hon. Friend,• be did not think it just

in any one to create an injurious impres,ion againq
his Right Hon. Friend, by the circulation of lan-.
guage which was stated as having been used in his
(Mr. P.'s) room. If such language really d.id pass,
it was astonishing to him, for, this he could say, that
he never -saW-Gewl,men go' forth from a room ap-
parently more satisfied than the Deputation froM
Birmingham were with the reception they met with.
AS to the expressions said to have been used by his
Right Hon. Friend, he had not the least recolle6tion of
them ; he could not tax his metnorywith them; or
trace them at all to anyauthentic source. ,At the same
:time he did not mean to deny that they were.used,
but he must say that they were not conveyed in a
manner to create an improper feeling in the country,
by tending to exasperate the manufacturers, and pro-
.
ducing thereby incalculable mischief. It ,tas impo-
litic to create in the minds of the unhappy per,ions
who were the objeds of the Petitions, any such sen-
timents toward., the Government. The Hon. Gen-

tletnan had talked of machin:•ry being laid waste,
and of laying the ax.e tO the root of the evil ; ii
was, indeed, laying the axe to the root of the tree

to repeal the orders under the preSent circumstances
of the Continent. The Government looked for-
ward most anxiously to the moment when the trade
could be restored,' and the country relieved from
the pressure• under which it I.lbours But would
sentiments like those remove the pressure ?
did not charge any Gentleman will) such %ie\ts, but
if the charge of insensibility to the distresses of the
people was encouraged, it mi.iht lead to dangerous
consequences. His Right Hon. Friend, so tar front.
want of attention to the represent.4tion, did, in hi..
hesring; stare, that the Petition just rusented by
the Deputation from Bittningharn, disclosed-a_ Par-
ticular case of scrievance and hardship, and, as such,
was entitled to consideration, but._•nosentitnent of

the kind now imputed ever passed to his (Mr. P.)
knowledge, or within his hearing, and no such sen-
timent, he trusted, was erver.airP:d by any Member
of the Government-.

Mr. TIeENEY thought the most corre& way
would be, to avoid misapprehension, for the Right
Honourable Gentleman to state what he really did
say.
Mr. ROSE again repeated, that he had no recol-
lealiOn of the words. -Certain he was, that Oleic
was at the time no feeling in his mind that could
convey disresped to the deputation. Such an im-
putation he must once again utteily deny.
Mr. BROUGIiANI again assured the Right Hon.
Gentleman, that he did not charge the wards as
having been spok-n disrespefully, but they most
certainly affordea to the Petitioners the commentary
which they had put upon them.
Mr. A. BARING tiustea, that one good'wOuld
arise from the Peaitions; namely, an inquiry into the
subj,fa of the Orders in-Council.
Mr. LYTTLETON was not satisfied with the ex-
planation .which the Right Flonpurable Gentleman
had given. He had not said a:iy any thing to re-

move t unpre‘sion which the' figurative expres-
sion conveyed. The view of the policy as, taken
by his Hotiourable Friend was correct, and he truq-
ed the lt,ght Hja. Gentleman would disclaim that
view.

Lord MILTON was of the sime opinion. •
The Pe;ition was then brought up, lead, and
aict on the table.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave lity ice .of motion re-
s;teding the Sttitors in Chancery for Wecip,esby
se'nnight, founded upon what, pil,,sed in the. Cow-
mtttee.
CO •
INTRY TOKENS.

Mr. HUMIS3OY asked whether the Right Ho-
nourable the Chancellorof the Exchequer intended
to propose anyitneasure for reptes,ing the citcula-
lion of Local Tokens, which were now become
too prevalent in the cnuntry ? ,If not, he shonld
bring the subject forward, though he confes.wd
it would be much better in the hands of Go-
vernment.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied,
hit hCinfetided to submit a measure !or checking
.he circolation.

Mr. LYTTL ETON postponed his motion respeaing

e polls taken at elections, till the I 211) of M iy.
On the .1-notion of Mr. BEN NETT, account.; of

the exporis to India, whether gold
.or merchao-
dizer from 1757 to 170, and tbe imports from

them, &c. was ordered to be laid before the
House. .

The report of the Resoltition`s of Supply, with
respect to the Barrack E,tilnate; was postthaued till
-
Thursday.

DE FAULTE RS.

• .
The HOuse then proceeded to call over the names
of the delani!ers since the last call of the House.
Several Menibers, who now. appealed in their
paces, were excused.
On the name of, Mr. W. Fi.zgerald being called,'
and not appearing, Mr• 'Wynne moved that he be.
Likell ittto cu3toLly. •

as produced some conversation, in. wh ch Mr,
W. Pole stated,. that the Honourable. Member wfis:
in li-eland, and propoied.ihat he should be exraiirri,
on account of his being detained, perhaps; throrgh
unavoidable causes. In ihig proposiiinn \:;:;as sup-
ported Eir Mr.. 11. 117,1 rd and M. !-ft;cbers!lfl:l o§.
posed' by Mr. J. Ward and Mx. P7;-',. d. On ihe
question being pdt, the lido. Member w is Ordered
into custody.

THANKS TO TtlE EARL OF WELLINGTON.
The QHANCELLOR of the h,:xbriEQ.OErt had risen,
and was about to address the Speaker ; when
Loud MILTON suggested, that Monday was one
of the days on which, according to the regulation
made by the House at the commencement of the
Session; Orders of the Day out,,iht to have the pre-
cedence of Notices.
The SPEAKER observed, that in all cases, Votes
of Thanks preceded evvi other description of busi-
ness ; -and more especially; he was per:uaded, that
on the present occasion, the House would not con-
descend to pay attention to any oiber qttes'itt'l until
they had disposed of the motion, which was on the
point of being submitted tO them. /
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then spoke
to the following effea Sir, frorn the opportunity
which on former occasions I hiwc had of cuUc drib
the sentiments of the House on the conrse of pro--
ceeiing with respo& to o.drinesiionskiradir to that
which lam about to submit to iheir consideration,
I .agree withoyou Sir; that the House will always

he disposed to give to them al undoubted priority.—...
It gratifies me, However, to be.enabled to.assure the
Noble Lord, that in my view of the present subina,

•,
. ,
it will not be necessary for me to &tali) the [louse
at, any considerable length ; anticipating as I do,
the 'mania:oils concutrence of all who hear me,

in the motion with which I shall have the honour to
conclude. (bear, hear,, hear!) Sr, I have SO (rd.,
quently; during the short period of the last eighteen
wombs, had the happiness to submit to this House
a motion similar to the present, that I am justiti:•rh,

from my experience on these Occasions: in confi-
dently expeaing that not, a single dissenting voice
will be raised again•t my present proposition.—We
may (Lifer in opinion,' Sir, on the general Tiestion
of the manner in which the war on the Peninsula has
been condltaed ; we may even dittlir in opinion on
the-prOable effea of the late or of any other sf.ls-n-
-did achieVement of our brave troops—but it is im-
possible that we,shoul,i differ in opinion On the able
conduct of our Gentfral, and.on the gallantry of our
officers and men, with reference to the recent cc-
c,trretice: in which these qualities have been so
successfully and 'so g'oriously exhbiled.= The
HouSe will recoiled that at no great distance of
time antecedent to the late distinguished achieve-
ment, the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo took piace,—
Immediately after that capture, Lord Wellington
meditated the direction of his forces toward,' 'that
fortress, the acquisition of which it is now our ob-
ject to acknowledge. The arrangements for that
purpose were made with great expedition by the
Noble and Gallant Lord during the time that he
kept his head quartets ; and so completely were the
enemy deceived by the celerity and the secrecy of
those arrangements, that they sere evidently unap-
ptised of the intended movement until it was too

late for them to -entertain any hope that they
might be able to collect a force adequate to the
defeat of the objea which the British army had
in view. ,As soon as his preparations were com-
plete, Lord Wellingtot proceeoed to Widaioz.—He
arrived at Elvas on the ilth of Match. On the

61h he invested Radajoz. • On ihe 171 h, he broke
ground, and pushed forward his operations with all

the rapidity which the utmost exertions 'of the offi-
cers and soldiers of his brave army enabled him to'
do. The House are in possession of the details im-
mediatelysubsequent, from the pen of the Noble
and gallant .officer himself; and I at sure that any
attempt of miiie to re-state, them, will but tend to
weaken the effect %Inch they are- calculated to pro-
duce. It appears, however, that the fire from the
second Rarallel opened on the a lst of garch; and
that practicable breaches having been effected in two
of she hastions of the fortress, on the.6th,.at
Lord Wellington gave .orders- to proceed to the.
storm. The plan on that occasion was, th
General Melon should art .ck-the Castle by escalade
with the third 'division-that Major Wilson, v.ith a
guard Irbm the 'fourth divi.ion, should attack. the
ravelin of Sr. Roque; and that the Honourable Ma-
jor-General Wyllie at the head of the fourth divi-
sion, and the liot.t division under Lieuienant-Co-
looel Barnard, should attack the brJach-s ,in the
bastions: 'Lieuteilani:Genet-al Leith, .with. the left
brigade of the division under Major-General Wal-
ker, was to make a false attack upoti two of the
out-works. This fei-gocd attack was not expeCted
to take effect, but directions Were given to Rim
it into a real attack, if circumstances should.
prove favourable. At ten o'clock ai night, the,
attack commenced. The exertions of the troops
on tit it occasion were never exceeded---(Hoer
They had to contend against an able Geoeral,•
,who
Commanded the powerful. garrison ton exhausted
by the casualties arid privations of a long s ego, but
capable of (Waking 'a determined resi.taoct: to then

assadAnts, and prepared by every oreans to to
resi•tanee the bt-.1 chance .of success, The con-

flict, cont►nued fir above two horns, during which
perii,d the enemy resisted with a gallantry wh,Z2ti it
is due to them to say was as glorious as that of their
assailants. It is undoubtedly true that the Ms iilanis
were expOsld to infinitely greater dlnger ; but we

owe it to the enemy to acknowledge toat they de-
fended thet»selsr,:s with the utmost spilt( apd deter-
mination, and in such a manner as to pi-wince". no
inconsiderable effect. While this dreadful confi t:t
was going on,in the breaches, General Pition suc-

ceeded in his escalade, and established himself in
the. Ca:Ale. Major Wilson c irried the ravelin 'of St.
Roque: 1,44j0r General Leith pushed forwardMt7
jor General Walker's.brigade, which colivertin4 ihe
feigned into a real attack, and aided by the 38th
Regiment, and the 15ih Poriu4uese RegimeGt,
toiced the barrier on the road of Ohcenca, and et-

caladed the blstion of St. Vicente. 0, ttoot,s be
ing thu; estatoikbed in thy castle, which commands

all the works of the tnwn, and the 4th IV4t divkion
being formed aglin fgr the attack of the tie edits,
all,resistance ceased, and at day-ligh next inorn,ng
an unconditional u !'re oder look 1.1,)ce. Sr, in c,tll-.

ing the attention of the House to these tit:Lint az.iti
disi ingui,hed exploits, it is impossible tor .me not to
advert to the.loss \vitich-ont br ive ar:py sustained...—
The House nt,.!st be aware, bo.A•eVer, that in tlu

attack by storm at such a fortress as Baciajoz, the

, .
, kss must necessarily be severe. The Fionsa must
; alrSe be a' are how important it was to loie rd 614
in the achievement. of the objel.
.1.! we considertye advance of SOtalt; with a view to:loeuip: the
relief of. Hadajoz; We may easily conceftp, that ha;,l
the tisault been del4yed, in Order to renter the
breacheS more praMicA e, a much lwaVier Ids:i
I
might have been Sustained by the\ douhie effort Clint
-'wOuld then' haVe been necessary to repel the ad-.
winch-It army on the one hand, andtd reduce the
forress on the other. Sir, I stall forbear frOro
dwelling, with partictklr distinction, on the names -
ot any of the gallant officers who acquitted thern-
selVes so nobly in this. brilliant affair, because they
-ate so ntimerous, the instances of . he:roic !all'antry
were-so genoral (as indeed the liSt of casualties hut
too sufficiently- testifies), that it would he in brain
for me to attempt to do justice to all, and f am nn..
willing, by omitting any, to elinose myself tothe
charge Of invidiousness. I conce ve that ,he House_
moat be fully impressed with the importance of this
operation. What the ultimate result may be it is
inTOssibje accurately to predial ; but ti.ere is every
rr••ason to believe that the British movement towards
B tdajbz, attrading the notice of Marshal Soult, pv,6
to the Spaniards in the South of Spain the means of
approaching Seville, and there can be little doubt
but to this circumstance, General Ballastetos is -in-
debted for the opportunity of marching into Seville,
in consequence of the &stUu e state of defence into
which it necessarily fell ' I re eat, Sir, that it- is
impossible to anticipate the.conseque• cis of all these
proceedings, but I feel justiti'e I in auguring most
favourably from them, and in cherishing the -Or:e-
-t-mon that they will be produtlivv in the South of
Spain of events in the higheo dey-re alhvielous to
the common cause. The House and the cotiAry -
Will, I trust, find some c,tristilation for the s.. Vere
loss•which this gloriwus acquisition h.,s occasioned,
in the important eff-,:.6l which it is cakulAted to pro-
duce on the character and pro') tble renal, of the
avoul contest in which we are engaged. It is but
just that we should express the grati7ral which we
feel to those to whom. such great national ach:antagei
had been obtained ; and I therefore move, bir,
in the firSt instance;
a-
" That the Thanks of this House he given to
General the Eall of 'Wellington, for the gre t 2,hi-
lity and, military skill manifested by him at the
recent siege of Badjoz, by which that impor-
tant fortress was wrested froth the possession cf
the enemy." ,-

Lord MILTON Was anxious that..the interruption
whiCh had been given to the Right Hun. Gentle-
man shoold not be .nisconstrued into at,y hostility to
the motion. On the contrary it met with his be4rty
concurrence. His object had been to, ask an, Hon.
Gentleman what course hie meant to pursue with
r,.sp.eLl to a motion of which he had given notice
for that evening; and he, acknowledged that he
should have been more regular had he done so be-
fore the Right Hon. Gentleman rose to makel►is
present proposition.

General TARLETON seconded the motion of-tho_
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had little to add
io what had been said by the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, except to ob3erve that the troops who had in-
vested Badajoz lahoufed ucder difficulties which the
Right Hon. G,:ntleman had om tied to state. DIE:
weather' had bten \most unpropitious ; and for seven
clays the British sulliers woiked up to their knees in
water. Their perseverance, however, was urre-
milted. Their brilliant achievement d;cl the highest
honour to the British my,--an honour in which-he
and all who wore his Majesty's. unifUrm, shared ;
and he was persuaded, that no other si.ildiers in the
universe would have c.,ptuied such a sirourg lortieis
in so thort a period.

( Colonel DiLLON concurred in charaEierizing the
e% ploit as one a the most brilliant that had ever
been achieved ; and divelt wrongly on the impor-
tance of having drawn theoenerny out of Sevi.le,
Which kid been their grand dep6t in the South ut"
Spain.

Sir J. S. Yoaxc did not thitik that the Thanks
of Parliament were a sufficient remuneration for
sych services. In his ()pilau the 'louse should:
declare that Lord Wellington otfght to have a, Mar-
altars Staff, and to be pliced.on the list of Princes.
General MAT-rucw coincided in gvery word of
praise 'which had. beet: uttered by the Right Hon...
G-ntleman v‘ ho. pieceiled fiim ; and expressed Ii
obiiga:ion to the Speaker for being allowed to make
a few observrions on the .present a.per.
mission which he was not so, fort tin tie as to obtain
a recent discessiOn.—(ll'e presume till g4i7,
loot General alluded to the de6ate on the Cutitafic
Claims.)—Ele completely agreed will] the gallant -
Admit& Opposite, (bat he ow, ion (1,(1 not go bar
enough. The, Right 'Hon. Gentlem itt's prai-es fell
, sho-rt.of the. Noble Eirl'a merit.s. Indeed, no en.
cnmitiin could do justice to the rziq!...its of that con-
sumrnate and distinguished aficer and the br,..,re
ariny under his-cm:lm ind: The serf ices of Lord ,
We' ingto were' knoW n- in evt:i pair, of the wolf!.
He had never. bc,:en defeaied.- S,),_lie had _
hint to M selbnrough-, andd-other great G.ruetal. ; b'at
he (General M..) ilywglit that he- snrpa•sed -11;ent
So much fir the. lead..r, and' sorely ties er
leader a more brave anTha bevel- disciplihed army.
The army had indeed deserved well of their enuotry„
and ought- to be mag-hificei.tly rewarded. Th,7•ir
gallant kittneral .-was their-friend and father. ic
was ithilizeri by them. There was not a stl:ditl• 1V1",) -
would not sacrifice his existence to eostfr, the ,afey
of one w belie lite w:ts co:ushierc,l by all ai necess iry
to Hie prosperity and: securtiy thex natite
His opinion was, that thisillhittinas Chief sh,,t.dd
pl4ifed in As high, a rank •as it was possible to pia: e
•
bin), and that the House ought ittnethat.ly to.
mike to- him a grant to -tehat which they
made. to. the family of Lord Nelson. - Throng:A that
grant he whole Navy was honotired ; and' tho A, my,
would have a right to e..mplai.i it their great Seri ices
di.i lint esperi,nce tin 'eitp,al reword in the. pets"l of
their, illustrious -Commander. He had- 15:.0wn that
Noble Lord 20 years-. They were then in , the-
same -regiment, and iron: that•period evetv act of
his life had shed .additioeal lustre on his name and
c.inntry. When for a time he quitted milifa,y
suits, and lx.-earne Chitin Secretary ft.r Ireland; Hi
made himsellbeloved even by thOse who werd hos,
tile to his politics. When he quitted hi; office 'o
commence the glorious career that lid had
he carried ,A,:oh him no pension or sioccure place.
The whole. tc.tini of his lute had he,rn one scene of
honour and d sintereStedn-eSs:' It would be easy tv
final a eniel SLcretary, of a scry opposite charadet,

whose whole life had been one scene of intei=ested-
fiess ; who had never acted but with a selfish view.;
whose sole objects—
Mr. R. WARD spoke to order. He did -not see
how the conduct of any Irish Chief Secretary bore
upon the present question.
General MATTusw abstained from making any
further observation 4, but repeated his concurrence
in the opinion expressed be the gallant Admiral, of
the inadequacy of the Present proposition.
Mr. NV: KEENE spoke for some time, but in so
low a tone of voice, that we were only able to.col-
lett that he was a warm supporter of the motion.
The motion was then agreed to nem con.\
The CHANCELLoR of the EXCHEQUER next.
moved the Thanks of the Howe to Lieutenant Ge-
nerals Sir W. Beresford, Leith, Parton, Stuart ;
Major-Generals Colville, Bowes, Keitipt, Walker ;
Brigldier-Generals Many, Power (with the Portu-
guese brigade), &c. &c. for their distinguished
exertious to siege at Bacl.ijoz.
Mr. HERBERT commended in high terms the con-
duci of the Portusuese. .
The mutton was thAa agreed to nem. con. -
The CHANCEL:Loft of the txctiEst..uEß proposed
• to move the Thanks of the House to the Officers of
Engineers and Artillery, and to the Officers of the
Poi tuguese Artillery, for the professional ability, va-
lour, and indefatigable zeal which they had mani-
fested at the siege of Bidajoz. •
Mr. WY:iNE did not rise by any means to inter-
rupt the unanimity of the proceedings before the
House, but to complain of the delay which had taken
Place in the publication of the names of the Officers
who had been killed and wounded. He did not
mean to say that this delay was unprecedented. He
Tecollected, that although the dispatches announcing
the victory off Trafalgar arrived. in London at eight,
in the evening, the Gazette was not published in suf-
ficient time to be sent into the country by the next
post. He had he‘.:rd it asserted that the publication
of an
.Extrantdinary Gaz,,tte was frequently delayed
in order to prevent it from getting into the Evening
' Papers, %slid' would hurt the sale of the Gazette
itself. He.suggested the possibility of printing in
the first instant e the list of killed and wounded, in
order' that those who had friends or relations en-
gaged in the action.Ungh.t be able to satisfy their
anxiety.
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that,he should al-
ways fed it to be his ciuty.to prove :t delay as much
as possible; but the HAL Gentleman must recol-
lea the importance of accuracy in the lists of killed
and wounded. _

.Mr, GI LE3 said, that he bad seen the last Ex-
traordlnai y Gazette in thit Public Offices: at half-past
two, • and that the Public could with great d:fficulty

get it by s::ven. .
Colonel WARD stated, that a cotrct list of the
Officers killed and wounded had !been, made out
ton; before the publication of the Gazette. He
hart himst'll read it at twelve o'clock on Thursday

ni;2.lit, and it was left in an office to which the Pub-
lishers of the Newspapers might, if they pleased,

h.►te access.
After a fox words from Sir W. WYNNE and
General TARLETON, .the motion was agreed to
non. con
"11)..!

CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in mov-
ing, " That the House do highly acknowledge and
approve the ,distinguished- bravery and zeal want-
tested by the Non cointnissionecl Officers and Pri,
vales .at the siege of Badajoz," observed a peculiar
circumstance connected with the capture of Ciudad
Rodrigo and Badaj6z. This was the humanity
%hewn by our troops as testified in the,, small nutn-
ber of tile garrison that we'e killed, and the great
'lumber taken prisoner*. •Noi'withstanding'the de-
termined resistance of the garrison of Badajoz, it
appeared that the Briiish soldiery,when triumphant,
atistained from any sanguin;try revenge, for of 5000
men above 4000 were Inkm prisoners.
Mr. C. WI:. NNE-joined the Right Hon; Gentle-
man in his approbation of this generous forbearance
on the part of the British army, and ar his suggestion
the word " humanity" was.inserted in the motion
is one of the qualities which the House " did high,.
ly approve."
The motion was then agreed to nem. con.
On the motion of the CHANCELL.R.Ot the-Ex-
CHEQUER, the Si eaker %as direettd to-communi-
cate tleis.e several votes to General the Earl
.of Wel-
lington.

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mine the documents in his office, in order to decide
upon his claims, or, consult Mr. RYLAND, the Secre-
tary of Sir JAMES CRAIG, who is now in,London.
A Letter from Mr. PEEL, -written by desire of the
Earl of LIVERPOOL to Mr. llEtsrav, dated,bArning--
street, Jan. es, 18 11. He says, " his Lordship has
direeled me to acquaint you that he has referred to
the coftespondence in this office, of the year 1 ROB,
and finds two. letters. from Sir JAMES CRAIG, dared'
the 10th of April, and sth of May, transmitting the
correspondence that has passed during your resi-
dence in the Northern States of America, and ex-
pressing his confidence in your ability and judgment,
but LordiLtvaaPool. has not discoVered any wish on
the part of Sir JAMES CRAIG, that your claims for
compensation should be referred to this country ;
.nor, indeed, is allusion -made to any kind of al-range-
meat or agreement that had been made by that
officer with you.
" Under these circumstances, and had not Sir
JAMES CRAIG, determined-on his immediate return
to England, it wouli have- been Lord LIVERPOOL'S
wish to have referred your memorial to him, as
being better enabled to appreciate the ability
and success with which vou- executed a mis.
sion undertaken at his desire.. Lord LIVERPOOL
will, however, transmit it to Sir JAMES CRAIG'S suc-
cessor in the Government."

Next follows a Letter from. Lord LzvErtrooL to
Sir G. PREVOT; enclosing ,Mr. PE,EL's _LiAter to
Mr. HUNRY, beßring testimony to his ability, and
expressing a conviction that the pt.:Mlle service
would be Unefited by his being actively employed.

Then follciws another Memorial to Lord LIVER-
PdOL, from Mr:, HENRY., dated from' Leicester
square, Jan. 23, 181 I. It is to the same effect as the
previous Metnotial (No. 6.) he says, that " the in-
folmation transmitted by him to Sir 3. CRAIG, and
by Sir JAMES. to Lord' CASTLEREAGH, met with
his Lordship's approbation:" He alludes to the
mission undertaken by Sir JAMES desire, and
adds, t bat he spent five months in the alive and zea-
lous discharge-of the duties conneEted with.it. (An
erasure hereof 20 or 25 lines) which deterred the
general government from the purpose already men-
tioned, and from a coalition with France, while the
information which he transmitted to S;r J,Canto pro-
b •31y saved the'troubla and cxpeuce of arming the
Canadian militia. All this the, undersigned per-
formed- without ever sliming his coninission or ap-
pearing as an authorised agent—fro,u a thorough con-
viction that a discovery of his mission would furnish
the French party with the means of destroying the
influence of the adhering to Great Britain in every
quarter of America, and to enable the general go-
vernment to-go Co war upon popular and tenable
ground.

Then follow some letters from Mr. RYLAND to
Mr.HENRY, dated Quebec, May, 1809, requesting
I,)im to return to Quebec, Mr. ERSKINCS arrange-
ment having rendered his mission no longer ne-
cessary.