The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-01 00:00:00

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Europe from the tyranny of Btionan:l7te ; thd
'great, the dreadful sacrifices made by'tnat
tate, May be regarded as proofs or
'lion to resist, the' tinprindipled nirasitin of 1-%e
enemy to the' last extremity. The -Noble Lad ,
then 'adverted, but slightly, to the (-ituation of
Sicily by the systerh adopted by
ness's bOverninent with respect to that Coint:-.1.
its troops had been rendered more ellica,Aous to its -
defence. At 'a former period . even in the last
SesSicin, the whole etent tfriil4trge seemed rair;s-
ed against -us. in. sbnietofoits most important
quarters the prose ct :iv g' cliartged,'nuct: a
spirit of resistancea.„o-4inst the comman erterni
was-exerting iis,elf witli 'success : to thi4 Most de-
sirable and gratifyingresult, the wArfard'in the,
Peninsula- had greatly contribute:l, and thii was
princlpally'aseribable to the wiSdoui and energy Of
tire 'British-Government. With respect. to the
relative situation in which the aggressive conduct
of the United States o'f America had.placed both
colintries,lie saw equal cause Idt tatisfietiOn ; not
only the military superiority of the British troops
had been established in repeated conflicts, but the
fidelity aid loyalty of a yery.iinPOrfant branCh of
the Empire fully evinced. These considerations
suffered do drawback 'fi•orn - the *partial successes.
of'that enenty, if successes they could he called,
.upon which s'o much stress Was raid by :her. To
the' conduct of that Grovernment ..Iyas to be attri-;
buted the existence' of .thOse
-though injurious to thiS:Ccintitry, wouldbc rinn-
ous_tothe United. States,-4i•After- slightly advitt- •
•ing• to the paragraph 'in fliVitqtil Speech, respect--
„big the -disbarbed districts:;Athe: Noble Earl took
•
-occasion to -panegyriSe- the just and-equal adinini.,
stiation of the British sLaws„ Which afforded pro-
tection.'alike to all classes..of its• subjects.: and_
concluded by moVing an Address -to the Prince
Regent, thanking his Royal llighnessfor his most
gracious communication echoing,_ in' the .
'usual
_tone and termS,-. the prominent reiqKences
therein:

The Address-being•tead; • -
- 'Lord ROLLE rose to -second the motion of its.
adoptiorr, and in his onset observed,. that with re.,
girl to-the first-paragraph of the Royal Speech,
which related to the continuance-of his Majesty's
lamented-indispoSition; mi• one could possibly
feel more real concerti than himself. .It was not
his intention, nor did he'feel. it necessary, after
the able exposition 'their -.rerifilihips had heard; to
.enter .into any detailed' the• important
topics • iti question. :The4lltited • and judicious
conduct of-his Majesty'sriftiVerinnent, .in ciretun-
stances the most trying. and arduous, had: his
warmest approbation,• and called forthat of the
country : nor ,should; he thought; the prudent,
affectionate, and •kind Manner in which his RP-val
flighnesS acted on -a trying and impOrtant occa
sign, go seithout its merited applause rrhe sys;
47 liii,'-'-bltesty'.--Government was
-prOdUctive of Conseonences which, he agreed with
the Noble-Earl in-thinking, would lead to the de-
livery of Europe from the tyrannyond oppression-
,under which it groaned. But, in-this view, he
co:uld not.dv.oid noticing the effectual resistance
which the 'Emperor of_ Russia, so..greatfttP his
own honotir, 'had offered to. -the destructive pro-,
gress of the Nor were his subjects,less
entitled to praise 'for their patriotic efforts in .de-
fence of their loyal Sovereign and national inde-
pendence. lie trusted that the, conduct of his
Majesty's Govenruent, with Tesppet to the ,United
States of AM-erica, would have its due effect; and •
that the maritime rights of „the country,: upon
which somuch„ depended, would be asserted•ond
upheld. -These mere the prominent points to
which the
,Noble.;l49rd-direeted the attention of
the flotise, and•Foncluded by expressing his • cor-,
dial:approbation af.the -Address.
ii`he Marquis WELtzst.i/- profesStd that he
agreed:in,most things in the. Address. lle.thought
eve could_not .have spoken less. of . our achieve-
Mews; nor less.ofthe illustrious General' who had
commanded our brave :armies in the Peninsula ;
•be agreed:also in the confidence 'expressed to be
reposed in the wisdom -of Parliament. .lout it was
the character _of 'wisdom -to look -suecess . and re--,
verse equally,in the face.andcnot judgingmerely
by accidental events, but to-reason a„prieft of the,
probability of obtaining-an object; by the adequacy
of the inetms -to obtain, it.: events, of war
were only to be• estimated:in, proportion to the
practical good resulting from them. Bearing this
principle in mind; lie Would apply it to themode
in which the war had•been conducted in
And here he wished it first to 'be defined., What was
the".ultimate object we had in view in pursuing the
warm that quarter.. Heapprehended -the British
Object of ,brat war ,Was to expel the French' from
the,Peninsula, and drive the invaders beyond the
limits of tliatcountry.';ln-,considering•the state
of Europe and the character'of the great man,. for
.greaOte •certainly was, who
.now wielded: the
milltart force •,of •aimost , the. whole Continent,
it +Os. evident thabhis-object was to subjugate
thew:4(4'e of cEurppe, not .was 4y lik that: any.
chrck,could be put,upon.hitn. by- the mere 'Mill
tarp force•of this country;(ll4-il some nation had
sliewnenergy,in. itself tolrisemnier the pressure
of his tyranny,,and a wish*a*lieate its•inde,
peridenee.,',..Russia had.:shewn:Ahat
•awl
afforded us the :,onportunity of making a
pOwerfal diversion in the Peninsula, whieb..ot, •
ew
cessity obliged the French to withdraw many _of
their troops, which otherwise would have been
sent to the Northern army,—Now let them see
what had been done in. pursuance of that great
object: The General.w,ho commanded, had clone
every thing which his limited means would allow
him to do, but he was forced to give way tosn;•,--
prior numbers and force. .1-le wished to
their Lordships' attention to - that period of the
campaign, little antecedent to the capture. of
Batiajpx: When that city fell, the natural plan