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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS,
THURSDAY, DEC. 3.

About half-past three o'clock the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack, and se-
veral P,eeus attended in their places.
The D►►ke of BEDFORD, Earl O'NEAL, and Lord
BYRON, took the oaths and their seats.

. _
The. lishop of Oxroycv presented a Petition
-from. the Corporation of the City of Oxford
against
the Catholic Claims. The Reverend Pre-
late . accompanied the presentation with a few
words, but in such a tone as not to
.be distinctly
heard below the Bar.

Mr. LITCHFIELD, from the Privy Council,
Office, presented certain accounts respecting the
issue of specie from the Bank of England, pur-
suant to an order from their Lordships, which
were ordered to lie on the table.
LORD CHANCELLOR read a letter which
he had received from the Han Vice-Admiral
Stopford, on the East India station, acknow-
ledging the receipt of their Lordships' Vote of
Thanks, of last Session, and expressive of his
grateful sense of the honour; and which was or-
dered to he entered on the Journals.'

The House then adjourned for sometime dur,
ing pleasnre.- •
About five O'clock the House resumed, when

Some Official. Documents were laid on the
table by the Earl of Liveipool, by cone and of
his •Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PETITION.
PreviouS to their Lordships entering, upon the
Order of the Day, a short conversation arose be-
tween the Bishop of Bristol and the Earl Of Hard-
wicke, touching this document.
The Bishop of BRISTOL observed, that he nn-
derstOod a Noble Earl had in his place, on a for-
mer evening", declared his opinion, that the late
Petition of the University of Cambridge against
the Catholic Claims, had not been' fairly carried
through, and that due notice had not been given
to the Non-resident Members. On these points
he differed from the Noble Earl, and begged
leave to state, With respect to the notice, that it'
was, on the particular occasion, even prolonged
beyond the usual time, inasmuch as it had been
extended from three to six days, in order that the
Non-resident Members might have s.ufficent time _
and it Was remarkable that the greater part of
the minority against the petition was composed
or Gentlemen who had come from Town. The
Noble Earl had also been pleased to impute mo-
tives to the Addressers, which he (the Rev. Pre-
late) could not think ware entertained by them,
and he repeated his opinion, that Iroin the whole
of what took place., the proceeding could not be
regarded as an unfair one.
The Earl of HARDWICKE, though be believed
the reference' made by the Rev._ Prelate to be
somewhat irregular, begged leave to say a few
words in, consequence of what bad fallen from
Tirst, he must observe, with respect to
what he had said respecting the motives of the
Addressers, that he still remained of the same.
opinion,.and also with respect to those points on
which the sentiments of the Resident Members
ought or ought not to preponderate. With respect
to the point of due notice, he. must observe that,
in his own case, though connected with the Uni-
versity, and residing within ten miles of it, be had
not sufficient notice.

The Bishop of BRISTOL and the Earl of HARD'
WICKE respectively spol:e in explanation..,

I.le Marquis of lIANSDOWNR took the opportu-
nity to observe, that the notice had been conveyed
*to him in such away that he was unable to attend
the meeting, though within a day's journey of the
University; and he was happy to bear, from The
Rev. Prelate at least, that tic> personal motives
were to.be attributed to the Addressers.

Lord HOLLAND. exprcssed. his opinion, that the
lionse was not desirous of prolonging a.eonver-
sation, the whole sense,. Of Which' appeared to him
to be,
,that the. Petition alluded to Was .not the
sense of the whole University, but that of its. re-
sident Members

THANKS 'TO THE MARQUIS. OF WELLINGTON, &c.

The Order of the Day, upon which their• Lor-
d• shir were summoned, being read,
Earl nAI'IMRST rose, . and , said.h is intention was
to move, that the Thanks of that,House should be
voted to the great and excellent Officer who:com-
manded the Allied Troops in Spain ; an expres-
sion of gratitude, which; he thought, was due to
bins for his•conduct through the whole course of
the recent campaign, but more especially for the
signal and glorious Victory at Salamanca. Before
he called their Lordships attention to the leading
particulars of- that memorable action, he would
refer, in justice to the Marquis of Wellington,' to
those particulars of military policy which ap-
peared' to him to , have determined that great
Officer to march into the interior of the Penin-
'sula. What he should say on this bead, would
be from documents already before the . coun-
try.• When Lord Wellington had achieved the
possession of Badajoz, one of his ulterior
objects respected the situation of the enemy
in Andalusia, particularly the principal army
under Soult, as the capture of the enemy's
battering artillery at Ciudad Rodrigo, rendered it
impraCticable to undertake any siege of conse-
quence, or at that season of the year to advance
into Portugal with any considerable force. The
successful prospects which then opened them-
selves, were chiefly awing to the adMirable dis-
play of science and gallantry on the part of Lord
Wellington, Vallich induced the fail of the place
sooner than was expected, and what was rather a
Matter of surprise to him was, that a blockade of
either Ciudad Rodrigo or 'Almeida had not been
attempted, which under the circumstances would
have been attended
,with ill 'consequences. In
this view of the case, it became an immediate ob-
ject of the Noble and gallant Commanderto take
care that those two fortresses should he adequately
provided, the completion .of which work occupied
some time. After glancing at some of the s'ubse--
quent operations, the Noble Secretary adverted to
the beneficial consequences of the system of Lord
Wellington in that part of thecampagn, as he
Was iinpressed with the importance of relieving
Cadiz, and enfranchising tIA kingdom of Andalu-.
sia from the oppression of the French.\ The
Noble Earl said, he was aware that other parts of
Spain were at the time possesSed by the French,
as well as Andalusia, as Castile for instance, but
it was in-a very different way ; they were in pos-
session of the villages in the latter, but; where
points of communication were not established
between, the intercourse ,vas interrupted ; but
with respect to Andalusia, its subjugation
was complete. , Impressed with the, import-
ance of these two great objects, the gallant
Marquis well knew that the defeat of. Mar-
mont would go a great way to achieve them—lt
was also a speedy object to prevent any
_direct
communication between Marmont and the French
troops to the Southward, and in this view the
bridge of Almarez was gained. It was necessary
to call
.their Lordships' attention to the brilliant
and admirable manner in which these essential
service§ were performed by-their illustrious Com-
mander; 'but about the period to which he alluded,
a part of the correspondence of the enemy tell
into his hands : from the perusal and considera-
tion of these, it appeared that there was not an
intended movement on the part of the enemy that
he had not anticipated ; trot an expectation of
their's that he had not frustrated, and not a fear
that he had not realized. In one of the letters it
was expressly said, " He (meaning the British
Commander) must have read our correspondence,
or dived into our hearts, to enable him so to act !"
The Noble Earl then took a view of the opera-
tions of the contending armies immediately pre-
viouS to the battle of Salamanca, and particularly
adverted to the skill and gallantry displayed by Sir
Plaornas Graham, in executing one of the orders
of his illustrious Chief=an achievement which
was performed within sight 'of the hostile armies.
Theobject of gaining that post furnished a strik..-
ing proof of the. uniform unwillingness of our il-
lustrious Commander to commit the general safety
of his armies, or unnecessarily to risk the lives of
his soldiers. His Lordship then noticed the cir-
cumstances of Marmont's receiving reinforcements
from the Northern Army, and panegyrised the!able
retreat of the Billfish Commander, in consequence,
without loss, and in such a way as enabled the al-
lied force in that quarter to form a junction : and
then entered into a detailed view of the glorious
victory of Salamanca, and the operations imme'
diately precedent. The felicitous, the long sought
moment when a fair prospect of success present-
edlitself,was instantaneosulyseized byth e illustrious
Chief, and improved and followed up to a brilliant
result of victory almost unprecedented in the an-
nals of the country. Nothing shewcd more the
vast extent and range of his mind, or its scientific
adroitneSs, than the ability which appeared at the
time of seizing a favourable mannent for disposing
an army for immediate and decisive action, which
but a few minutes before was prepared for retreat !
In this part of his speech, the Noble Earl particu-
larly adverted to the several Officers who had pre-
eminently distinguished themselves on this ever-
memorable occasion ; a day crowued with victory,

rPRICE SIXPENCE-HALFPENNY.

which would have been.reiOcred still more signal
and brilliant, had not night closed upon the exer-
tions of the troops. He felt it unnecessary to ex-
patiate on the reiterated proofs of military ardour
and science so gloriously displayed by the Mar-
quis of Wellington on that great .omlsion. His
fame.in all those accorriplishments, which Consti-
tute a consummate Coimilandtr, was established
long beforethebrilliantachierement of Salamanca. •
Neither did he .vish to atteintA it Those
earned panegyrics would cotne with more force
and effect from those who, Alike himself, were
endowed with elegant and 51assiS: taste, and gifted
with
„the powers of brilliant aniPanitnaf2ed elo- •
(pence, Those were alone competeint to do jus-
tice to the various and incomparable merits or the
great and gallant Officer in question. The Noble
Earl concluded by moving to the following
'effect:—
" That thb Thanks of this House be.gicerito Arthur, Mar-
qquis Wellington, K. B. for the great and unparaaotled
skill, gallantry, and conduct displayed by him in the command
of the Allied "Troop; in Spain, during tin, whsle of the late
campaign, but more especially for the achievement of the
signal end brilliant Victory over the French army under
Marshal Marmont at Salamanca, on the 'lid of July last,
thereby rellecting additional lustre on The British Military
Character."

On the-question being ptit,
The Marquis of LANspowNE observed, it was
great and Sincere pleasure he had heard the
just,• and'eloquent eulogiurns, which the
Noble Earl had from his heart bestowed upon the
illustrious subject of the present !notion, and from
his heart-too, he expressed his sentiment that the
great military fame and character of the Noble and
Gallant. Marquis were not in the least tarnished or
_diminished by the subsequent events. The a: cir-
cumstances made no alteration whatever hi the
question before the House—that qiiestion was
not whether those means affiirded• to the Noble
Marquis were adequate or inadequate ; but whe-
ther the means which that Officer actually possess-
ed, were wisely, and, as far as circumstances
would admit successfully employed •by
These considerations he would not mix with env:
thing then before the House; they• may affor'd
matters of subsequent discussion between Noble
Lords. But this much he may say, that if !toy
Member of that House had a stronger sense of the
difficulties the Noble Marquis lay under, from in-
adequacy of means, and who admired those traits
of patriotism which the Spaniard i had displayed,
under a variety of circumstances, in proportion as
he WaS so impressed; i fens proportionably in-
cumbent on him to give his cordial assent to the
motion, as a tribute of applause toithose great
and splendid talents which had on so many occa-
sions suecessfally surmounted such obstacles. He
would go further and say, that in a review of all
th t7rclt military transactions which 'had distiu-
-guisbed the war in the Peninsula (if he could so
far venture upon a judgment which he felt inade-
quate), if be were to select one point 'preferably
to another, as the object of the highest ad!uira- ,
tion, it would be - those circumstances in which
Lord Wellington **as compelled to retreat before
a superior army. In these circumstances, his great
• mind -shone more eminently conspicuous in avail-
ing himself of the difficult circumstances of the
country for the protection of a retreating army,
and‘for maintaining his communications with his
resources. Such was the retreat by which he,
secured his army within the lines of Torres
Vedras. These operations best shewed the
scope of his military genius ; and such was
the retreat which, under circumstances, had
thrown the Noble Marquis back upon the fron-
tiers of Portugal. There was, however, another
point or consideration connected with the suili-
tary"character of Lord Wellington, to which be
would advert, because it was also connected with
the best interests of the country. It would be
difficult to convey the idea in the shape of a re-
solution. It was known and felt, from the na-
ture of -the war, as connected with the character
of the Commander ; a Kind of Military Scheol
Was forthed--the advantages of which, the coun-
try would, -in the career of the times, have one
day to 'avail itself, perhaps with a reference to its
very existence. Such a school was the inveSt-
Anent and repeated.attacks of the Castle of Burssaasi
in which such a gallant and accomplished Officer
as Major Somers unhappily fell ; an Officer who,
if he had lived, would have added to a name al-
ready illustrious, the honours of military fame
and glory.—Such Officers were formed under the
instructions of Lord Wellington, and animated
by his example. He said this much, because it
was • understood to be the practice of that Illus-
trious Commander, in the intervals between this
more active operations, to afford opportunities to -
those Officers under his orders of acquiring mili-
tary skill and habits. With this, the only other
point he would trouble their Lordships on, was
connected. He meant not to observe upon any
acivice given by. Ministers to the Prince Regent,
• as to the promotion of Lord Wellington after the
battle of Salamanca, but merely wished to say`,
that at the particular time an opinion was forrneal,
of the propriety of conferring a rank and promo-
tion more appropriate and connected with the ser-
vices Krformed by that great Officer—a species of
promotion which, he believed, would have met
the unit'ersal applause of the army and the coun,
try, which would have been enabled to avail it,
selt ,of the services of those gallant Generals,
who otherwise could not -so regularly,,serve, and
at a moment when the Government -of Spain
seemed-to be struck with the propriety of making
a promotion upon such a principle : a proceeding
of the kind to which he alluded, the Noble Mar-
quis was of opinion, would be attended with the
happiest consequences. -
Lord SOMERS said, he was most anxious to add
his tribute of applause to the merits of the great
Officer •in • quesion, which were so ably and so
justly eulogized by t Noble Earl opposite; be

Was also happy at the oppqrtunity of adding the
avowal of his own personal obligations, and hiS
gratitude to that excellent Commander ; who,
•
notwithstanding, 'it would naturally be expected
the great portion of" his thoughts must be occu-
pied by the suggestion and execution of his admi--
,
cable plans, always found means to bestow an
adequate portion of his attention to the personal
comforts of those under his command. And
though a dear relative of his had fallen in a re-
cent action, so_ worn out Was he by
,his profes,,,
sionahlatigues, that had he not received sortie
peculiar attentioNirom the quarter to which he
alluded, ..:he Would have been cut short some-little
'tune :before he had so fallen. But he had the
consolation that his son had fallen in the perform-
tuFee of his. duty. 'There never waS a General ,
more anxious" for the preservation of life ; but
when the services of bis King and_ Country re-
quired it, never did aoy One display •more ardour
and. gallantry. • These', observations . seemed to
arise to him out of tly, Motion before their Lord;
cordially joined in the various pane-
, gyrics which 119-4,heen. made on just transcendent
merit, and he had to thank the Noble, Martinis
who .spoke last,. for the very handsome Manner
in which be had mentioned the relative alluded to.
The Duke of ..I.'LatiENCE expressed his strong'
sense 'of the unparalleled Merits of the Noble and
Gallant Marquis, -and had no hesitation in, say-
• ing, fromevery thing he had read in,history, fur-
nishing ground for his opinion, that, considering
the ,very different circumstances in which they
' were placed, More had been obtained by the great
Ofiicerin question than by the renowned Duke of
Marlborough. In illustration of thi.4 point, his
Royal Highness entered into a ,short comparative
view of the respective history. of those periods,
and contended it could not .be shown that any
difficulty had been opposed to the Duke of Marl=
borough, that the Marquis of Wellington had not
also to- contend with. The present was, he
thought,. an extraordinary era, and produced
some Of, the most able and scientific Generals,
among
.Whom the Noble and Gallant Marquis
-shone eminently conspicuous. He could say nci
thing, after the eloquent eulogiums of the two
Nbble.Lords•Thyla spoke first but the motion
bad his'inost cordial approbation.
The Marquis- IVELLESLFIY begged leaVe to say a
veryiew-Wards an the present occasion. IleCer--
talnly rase to tvffer the additional attach/neut. of a'
br9ther'Sfeelings:;.. The E-arl opposite, had
he WOuld eather leave it to the tastc• and
elsatlitence:ot-•oth4 pCrsons to •do jnstice to the
Merils'of,Lorti Weliington-; bra he must say,...that
thg,very Mothent of OW declaration, he had
discharged that gratefurduty in,a'Wav most ho-,
nOtrable• to himself; •the Country, and to Md:
.
Noble Person wlid.was the oikieet,ofit...He hail no
apology, to oiler for. his ril.in-;•,:for- he 'believed that,
alli• on this opeaSfOir, were .impressed With newly",
the Sant,eseittimenisi' tp ewer
hate, was theTreg;'ret,ro'r iivhai'll;nl. been lost;'
that'toss also-,had,'l'ken_inctiiiect by oixi who had
joined. the lesti,atony of a father. to the.:'pateinal
tenderness evinc'ed .bArsthe•Gener'al in.qiiestion to'
• the flower of ;the liti'tish army Upon'thcsiib
stahce of the
,motioit no one could enterfaM but
the: Itiost f.irourablc sentiment!' But ipon tlic
point stated ,by tlie l'oble'Earl, that- it was not
for tlie' most brilliant parts of that Officer's con-
, thief he deServed'the highest praise, he most cor
d;aly agreed with him.. For his' part, he would
explicitly declare his opinion, that
.the event.
which that very day was brought to their Lord-
ships' .peculiar knowledge, reflected as much ho-
nour on the character of the Noble Perstin in
question, as any'circuinstance from the very corn-
mencemeat of his military career to the.present
pel.iod. Nay, if he were to select one part of the
whole, preferably to, another, it would be that

very part of his conduct which related to the (in
sonic circumstances unfortunate) accounts fe-

ceived that very day. He felt that every thin::?;
proper to be said upon the interesting topic of
the motion bad been advanced by the Noble Earl.
cpposite.
The question was then, put, and agreed to by
their Lordships, nem,. dis. •
The Vice-Chancellor's Appointment [3lll 'was
read a secondetime, and ordered to be, committed
for Monday.
Lord HOLLAND said, that a Bill of such im-
portance should not be hurried through the
House. It was his intention to mom on'Alondav •

for sonic documents that would give further info,
illation upon die subject.
, .
.Lord ItEDESDALE said, lie. would.oppose'any
motion that could retard.the as the' admini-

stration of justice was guttering .conshicrable
conveniencethronghthiwant of such an assistant.
The Duke of Nolirom: expressed a wish to
know whether it was' the intention of Ministers

to move any Thanks for tilt! late transactions -in

Canada

• -
Lard.i_dyr,Obot, said, tat. it was in.cOntern-
plation to move for 'a monument 'th.Gen. Brock,
:who: had so gallahtly.falleii-in the service of his

country.

At even o'Clock the House adjourned until
ahis day. .

HOUSE OF -COMMONS,

TITURS‘DAY; DECE:,.TBEit 3

The SPEAKER informed the House that the
dress•voted in answer to the:Speeeh of the Prince
`iiegent had been presei*d. on Wednesday,; and
read to the House thef;most gracious AnsWer of
the Princenegent on iceiving the Address.
Mr. LOCKHART gave notice, that on,Tuesday
next he would', move for }eve to bring in a Bill,
to prevent the trustees of parish property granting
long altdimprovident leases.. •

WILBE,iIVOiIOE gave notice of a motion for
igonday,, for the production of certain papers re
lative to the Slave Trade.

A Message was received from the Lords, re-
questing that this House would communicate to
them sth Report of the Select Committee, on the
affairs of the East India Company.
On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, .it was ordered
- that a printed-copy of the said report he comma-
nicated to their Lordships ; and the Messengers
'.were called in, and informed of the same.
TWo Petitions were presented* from John Her-
- bert Brown, and otherS,2 and feoni'john Allen; of
• 'Bath; aril. WU iaui Grieves, of Thnbury Von,

tit the return of ' Members for Wey
mouth and Bath. The Petitions were severally
ordered to be taken into consideration on Tues-
day, the 9th and Thursday, the 11th of February.
THANKS TO LORD WELLINGTON, Sze. - •
Lord CASTLERE,A6II rase; pursuant to the notice
be bad given on a for Mer day, -;t6.call the atten-:
tfon-, of the House to -the services iendered to
their country by that gallant -01ficer, General the
Marquis of 'Wellington, and the brave Army tin-
der ,his command. in Spain, and particularly to
those'hyo.vhich they had signalized' themselves in
the glorious and am- memorable battle of Sala-
manca. lie was sure he should forget his duty iv
that illustrious Oftieer and his ArMy, if omi •this
oteasion he were to introduce into the discussion
any matter that might cause a controversial feel-
ing rupeetiag the Policy of the war in 'the Pe-
ninsula, anti more especially if he were to offer
any thing respecting .the conduct of his Majesty's
Ministers in connection with the subject of, the
motion he •was. about to submit to the Hohsee-a-
Any charges' that might be preferred- against
them they 'would be happy to meet on a future
day. On this they hoped it would not be necesL.
nary, as it was their wish to bring forward no-
thing that might divide the feelings of the House
and the public, and abstract them from that sub-
ject, on which all delighted to dwell with admira-
tion and, gratitude. AC the same time, however;
while he wished to guard against the introduc-
tion of any matter on which a difference of opi-
nion might exist, lie thought it would not he just
to the army, and more :particularly, he thought it
would not Lae just to the Marquis of Wellington,
if he were to confine himself to the feelings .ex-
cited by that great transaction, considered as an
ingulated affair, proud as it was in itself, and
great and glorious as it was, amyl a more glorious
action had never adorned theaumals of this or any
other great military power: for he was proud to
say, this country -had. become a great mi!itery,
power, though formerly looked' to prineipally
as a naval power by the other nations of Eta-;
rope. But still he contended, it wotild he
to let down and
,undervalue the victory of
-Salamanca, if it were to be brought
,before time
house unconnected with otherconsiderationsaa:a
wasmOt a victory which.had been thrown in
the way of Lord Wellingtona.Whici he had been
able to accomplish, a:id gloriously accomplish, on
,the- instant; but it. was . a transaction ;which
wound up a inilitary..object the result of long pre-
paration and Of foresight, in which the application
of just priuciples.wns so interwoven with various
cirehmstancesathat he.should fail in his duty to the.
Army, and to the Marquis of Wellington,- if •he
.were not shortly and generally to describe the eauses
`Which bad led-to the v.ictory of Salamanca, and .its
consequent advantages. The House wmild recol-
leet,.Jhat at the close- of the former, and at
!the cortunehcement of the present' camraign, Lord
Wellhigton, -after dispossessing Massena of Portu-
gal, had made himself • master ofaAlmeida, but.
Ciadad. 'Rodrigo: Lour Batlajoz were :still. in the:
hands of th-d'enemy. Both armies bad retiredinto
xv(iltei- quarter's; but stieh- vigorous preparations
for renewing hostilities were made by the Mar,
finis of Wellington so early as January, (a period
at :which;- even in that clime, armies have seldom
beah -oCetipled in preparing to take the field) that
in that month he wits e'nabled to• lay siege totiu-•
dad Rodrigo. Nothing higher to the praise.of the
Margimis of Wellington . could be said, than that
lie had completed his -preparations, for this. ope-
ration with such activity and secrecy, thache was
enabled to reduce this fortress (which was one of
a moat respectable description) before Marshal
Marinont was. able to call iris troops from their
winter cantonments, and advance further than
Salamanca. Lord Wellington haying, got pos-
session of Ciudad Rodrigo,. meditated an advance'
on Badajos, and his-arraagements consequent on
this design-Were made with so much secrecy, that
Marshal .Marmont believed • the English army
to be still at- Ciudad Rodrigo,.when seven of
eight divisions had arrived at Batlajos. He at-
tacked this fortress, which was greater and of
move importance than that of Ciudad Rodrigo,
early. in the month of March, and carried on the
works with such vigour and alacrity, that the
French armies of the North and of Portugal, un-
der Souk and Marmont, were unable to relieve it,
anti= it was even confess.ed.by Soult, in explaining
to the War Mioister of 1-i'rance, thef causes of the
loss of Badajos. It was admitted in his:dispatches,
which . were- intereeptc.;, that Lord Wellington
had taken Badajos in the face of two armies, each
of:which in strength was equal to his own. It
was stated by Soult, that the army under Lord
Wellington was not superior to that under his com-
mand, north that commanded by Marmnont; but he
stated the difticalty of. assembling troops to be, so
great, and the rapidity of Lord Wellington's move-
ment to be sOextzaortfinary (an admission most ho-
t:ma:able to -time gallant Marquis', more particu-
larly as it-came froth an' enemy)a his Operatiou
carried on w•ith such calCrity, the siege pressed
With such vigour, and time assault made with such
gallantry, as to exceed all his calculations : -so
that he had onlr reached Millen with his army,,
on his way to relieve the fortress; when he. re-
ceived intell4aeace that-it had fallen. These ser-
vices then,. it would be seen, Lord Wellina.:ton
had accomplished under cieumstances of great-dif-
fieulty. I.le had taken two important i'ortreaSes,-.
in time preience of two armies, each of which was
equal in numbers to his own, and in such h way
as to extort from the.Freneh Commanders a-eon-
fession, that all their preparations were render e&
useless, and all their- efforts fdiled.'' Lind Wel-
lington having done these services., which of
themselves would have appeared 'most sith:ndid in
the career of an individual less illustrious than
bintselfa and completed that task which had been.
the glorious object of a former campaign, and ex-•
pellet' the enemy from the country-of an ally.alaa
ways wound up in the interest- and affections of.
En;,s;lancl--7Porthgal. After this it Was' for him td
direct his force so aalo effect what he might'
be
capable
of doing, for the interest of Spain, with
a.view• to repel the invasiing army. -Lord Wel-
lington had now 'to coutpai'e his army with that
of the enemy, and to deliberate on what would
be time probable result olthe campaign.
.Thongh
the army under him was certainly-hoth reSlTheia-
ble. and important, yet when-he coampared it with
the means of time enemy, a iTeryigrave, prospeet
appeared before him, and he 'certainly could not

flattef 'himself with a result liLe that which had
crowneThhis measures. The French armies were
so 'strong, though the successes of Lord Wel-
lington had eaused their strength to be frequent-
ly underrated in this country, and indeed by
the world at large ; ithat the% gallant Atlantis
(int' not expect to he enabled to drive them Out
.of: Spain, but he felt that he might-force them
to abandon the milit;iry oH they had -at that
time—thatgrasp of the country, on which alone
the French must ground-their hopes ot'ultimate
success. These; unless they could retain these
now, he...would venture to say they werefarther off
the consummation of their hopes, than at any pe-
riod of the four years during which the war had
been Continued in the Peninsula. He would re-
peat it', unless the moralsubjagntion of the people
could be effected, and the. military possession of
the country seemed, the French were further from
the end they had in view than at any period of the
four years. The Noble Lord.did not look at. that
time to the complete expulsion of the enemy, and
he 'stated in his communications with his Govern-
ment, he '(Lord Castlereagh) did not speak lot
what he might have :vribctu to individuals; but to
those under whom he served, the language of Lord
'Wellington was this :—" If I can reduce the two
fortresses (Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz), and
place Portugal under their protection, my next
operation shall be directed to tlie South of
Spain, to deprive the enemy of the resources they
poS!!ess in Seville ; or if 'oblige them to collect an
army to defend them, I shall -then Compel them to
raise the siege of Cadiz. If from Badajoz I can
advance into Andalusia, this will he my object."
When Lord. Wellington- had , reduced Badajoz; in
consequence certainly, of the. delay to revictn'al:
Ciudad Rodrigo, he was obliged to march topro-
tect that fortress, -to secure that interesting froiF-
tier of Portugal. The Noble Loftl afterwards stated,
that he did not altogether regret that circumstances
had caused him to direct an operation in the North
instead of the South, as he bad intended.;. and
he hoped, as he found himself at the head of an
army to inch he could look with confidence for
Success in an action with Alarmont, he aniOlt in
that quarter, more particularly if Castile were
thrown open, be able to. do that which would de-
liver Andalusia more completely than if, as he had
first intended, after the capture of Badajo2, he
had 'advanced against the French in-Andalusia.—
l'ic'ELord C.)-beggedthe House to bear this in
Mind, Lord Wellington did make a-. 1 irruption
into Castile.' He drove the 'French froth Sala-
manca, and advanced upon the line of the Douro.
Though at the, elmmencement of these opera-
tions, his army vi'a'S melt that he could court a
general action with Alarinont, when he arrived
upon the line of the Douro, this was no longer.
the 'case. The French, as was their practice,-
there-sacrificed all the hold-they had of the coun-
try, bywithdraw'ng their troops from the several
fortresses they had previously occupied, to make
head against Lord Wdlitigton. 'Before the battle
of Salainanca,Marmont was reinforced from Leon
:and Estramadura, from the army of Caffarelli, and
'from the army of Attdrid. From that moment Lord
'ellington
.said, ''am not prepared to risk a
general- battle, unless I find that- upon military.
grounds I engage-you with a prospect of success."
This-Lord Wellington laid down as the princi-
ple on which. he would act—a principle in:
every way correct,- and consistent with his ge-
nius-. It was ,not for us to court general engage-,
int,mts in the abstract. The French might wish
to do So bat. Loaf Wellington felt, that while
he remained in Spain with such an army, the
country never could be conquered ; and it
his object to make the French abandon all but

the ground on which they stwid, till he. found
them in .such a situation as would enable hint to
turn it to their discomfiture and defeat. Upon
these principles L.e. acted up to the battle
of Salamanca, and when the French crossed
the Douro, . (an opportunity of which Lord Wel-
lington could not deuriVe them from beino• in
• possession of the fords and hddges, Sc) that it was
imp)ssible for him,. with an inferior army, to
make the Douro a Inilitary pc-,*itioti,), thou re,
treated, lilt his retreat. Was -rn'ade.9n. this pipe,
ple—" you give me an advantage I will attack
you, hut otherwise I will not put to risk the cause
of the Peninsula, which. may ultimately triumph
without such a sacrifice." The battle of Salzman-
, ca was fought in consequence ut this &fel-mina-
, tion. This battle .which was not only the subjbfct
of admiration in this country, but in all -the
countries Of Europe, he thought it had betmfairly
stated,. ofall the battles fought in Spain; or indeed
in any other country, was that which was least to.
be ascribed to military chance, rather than to good
generalship and just calculation. It. was one, the
armies engaged in which met but the hour before
they engaged, and deCiited the struggle by force of
arms unaided by policy; but it was a battle fought
between two great avulses (for they both were
great) nearly equal,in numbers, though a superi-
ority was on Yhe'side-of the enemy, _after_looking
at each. other, and not only looking at each
other, taut manoeuvring. in each Others presence
from the 16th July to. the 22d of that month, the
day on which the glorious and ever memorable
battle of .!ittlinnancit was fought. Without going
into the detail, which he thought unnec.essarv, as
every Englishinan was familiar with it, having
read the. Gazette with the highest interest nod de-
light over and over again; he would say this was
a victory gained .after makeuvres the most com-
plicated, where two annies were long in sigljtof
each other, each Observing 'what the other. did,
and trying, by every effort of military skill, to take
advantage of any errors that might occur. The
greatness of LqrdWellington's mind was the ad
thiration of Europe. In him was seen a General
not tenacious of what might be said by. his ene-
mies, not putting to risk.his army.to maintain a
particular position, but saying to himself, and to
Govern uncut, '' I will even do that which must
at all times be painful to. a Commander, I will re 7
treat before the enemy. I will even. retreat to
Ciudad _Rodrigo, rather than, give any advantage
'to the enemy ; but if, in the course of my retreat,
1 can take any Opportunity of attacking him with
a prospect of success—if his weakness, or vary ad=
dress, should enable me to take any advantage Of
wiihout committing my own ..army, withotit
committing my country, and above all without
conunittin6 o. that great interest entrusted to my
care, then will -I avenge the crimes by which

France has disaractal herself ; and at:aeltlag, the
enemy with that spirit and firmness which b.elong
to my•nature, make him feel what my ecuatryineit
Ara capable of effecting in such a cruse." Such
was the language of Lord Wellington, and the
-proud and ever ntemOrable victory of Sallarnanca
'grew out Of this resolution. The loss of the
French army in the fight, and through the souse-
quendes which naturally resulted from it, and
could not be estimated at' less than 20,000 men.
He contended, that from the' plan of campaign, as
originally conceived by Lard Wellington; which
did not aspirteto_efieat the expulsion of the ene-
; his expalsian,• Ott military principles, was not
to he expected, even froth a victory 'glorious as
that of Salamanca. 'The object of Lord Welling,
ton's operations in the NOrth was to force the
enemy to quit his hold of the country in tbeSoutha,
and_ to. do that which the French officers were
instructed never .to do, if it could possibly be
av'oided—raise the siege, of• Cadiz, The French
Government, was afraid of the moral .effeets
their raising the siege of Caailz,• and hence' these
orders; as they believed thet while they appeared
in strength before Cadiz, the world would give
them credit for being Strong in Spain. He put, it
to the Hciuseethen, if the operations of Lord W. -
hadenot eompelled the 'enemy to dhandon the siege
of Cadiz, the whole of -.Aricialusia, and left them •
without any force toethe westa(,'ard of •Alicant.-a-
What was the situation of Spain at present? Lord,'
'ellington had said, that but for one unfortuttato,
circumstance, the success( of the
.campaign would-
have been certain. Success, would. have been
certain, had not the French collected the _
of their disposable force, aniounting to not less
than from seventy to eighty thousand men-
upon the 'formes, and compelled Lord Wellingaon
prudentially to make a retreat, a retreat which
was More likely the prelude to a victory then a
_proof of disaster. '[be enemy had only. been ei;a-
bled to compel him- to retreat by an -abdication of,
every' military principle which had regulated their
cotafuct before. if MadridAl been a position of
military importance, which it was not,' the -case
would have been materially different from What it
at present appeared. Lord W. had not taken pesa
session of •it as a military position; nor hod he-
advanced upon it fbr the vain glory of taking the
enemy's capital—he went there on this prinefa'e
elee--he knew that unless advancing; he threW at
large force on the flank of Soult, he could not•
make that General do what was really the obieet
of Lord Wellington's opevations—raise the siege of
Cadiz, while Andalusia aad the southern provinces
of Spain were delivered froM the enemy. What fog
was the. result of these operations ? It Was now
seen that the French could not retain Madrid.
They were obliged to evacuate it in their:turn as
Well as us, and were now only in possessimi of the
ground on which they stood, and as far as ever
front effecting the military or moral subjugation .7
of the cantina. But if they were to measure the
influence of the victory of Salamanca,only bywhat
it had produced in Spain, he would say,
m theires-
tintate of its value would be roost unfair, most'un-
wise, most 'untrue, in the circumstance e; in 'which.
Europe was at present placed. Did the House imaa. •
aline that that spirit of resistance Which grew nut
of that House, or rather out of that people they
represented in that House, for be sbordd like- to,
know what Ministers could have retained their
situations in this country, who at such a period
had turned their backs on the exertions .of Spain,.
did they think that that spirit had nothing to do
with that which had recently manifested itself in
another part of the world ? Even the retreat 'of •
Lord Wellington to Torres Vedras had been of
service to that power which now, awakened to a
sense of its own strength, had resiSted
tised the power of France, and front which sc
much might be-hoped for Europe,' With Russia,
the hopes excited-by her resistance didetot gaud
beginning at the extremity, it was hoped its in-
fluence would extetid further into Eueope,---t'S
those powers which npw, indeed; apntea-re4 tc.
form apart of the strength of
,Ft aneta• but which
iw fact;
'were onla• unnaturally' connected with here
he meant the whole power of Gertimuy. '
the House knoiv that.the character. of •the great,
battle of Boeoclino, • for •it • was a great battle,
was ,partly caused by Lord 'Wellington ? a bat-
tle ;renter than that of Evian, greater than that
of Aspern, and that in which the 'power of Frecete
Lad received one of the severest. checks it_ lisd
ever received. In that great battle,' in which N.
or 50,000. men laid down their Aires-, 'it was, cot a
soling to knoW that Prince litituSdff had if in
his power, on the morning of that. day, to ani-
mate his troops by telling them-ot the glory Latiued -
by the English at Saltimanea.HDid not the House
feel that it must be most animating to the Bus-
sian army to- know that the Marquis of Welling-
ton had at Salamanca completely 'routed tLe
French army'?, To be told, that if they stood to
the enemy like Englishmen, they would achieve;
as' great a triumph, and as great a triumph they',
Aid. achieve ; for, though .from varinus eircinn- .
stances it was fthind itnpossthle to follow tp• that
victory, still it was a victory', than which,. a
prouder, triumph-never was obtained by the farces
of any country. In that action, that distinguish-
ed General, Prince Bagration, whose loss we bad '•
since to deplore, with 30,000 men, repelled the
whole military power of 'France directed to once
point. It was not only at Borodino that Lord
-Wellington had served the cause of Russia by the
influence of his octions; Russia had been assist-
ed
by his councils. The prilicipleon which Rus-
sia
,bad acted on the opening of the campaign was '
that vehich was recommended by the Marquis Of
Wellington. He had said, if Rusaia adopted that
system she was safe. It was on: that principle
that he had formerly defetided Pnrtugal a so that
Russia might be supposed to have derived equal
benefit from his councils and example. At the
moment the French .had. taken lalOseowa, it was
some consolation to know thaiLord Wellingtons had
taken Madrid ;' and, What was more, that he had
forced them, to gi .ve op that Witida. for more than
'taller years, they had. anxiously. 'carried on—the
siege of Cadiz. It was immediately subsequentto
their receiving intelligence of this, that Murat met
with that defeat which sealed-the necessity of Bud-
riaparte's.retreat from MoscoW. The effects; then;
of the battle
_of Salamanca were to be raced not
only in pain, but in Russia, and not only in Ras-
slit,- but' through all the world, its ramifi.eations
were felt to excite those who suffered ,uutier the

grant of France to rite to res:stance. Oiie ex:
Iraordinary and ithost important result Was seen
.PreecliOg. from the battle of Salamanca, in the
ii.
C. dnqtreSt it,gave L pHjd
Old Wellington over Sn hie'-
self'; w.r
; for ould peat it to the House, with their
r"),\viedge ;2f,the pride of the Spaniatis,, their dis
f toguishetl pri:le, their -honourable pride, and', in
Illifetny instances, their 'useful pride, Plc he did not
en"; but that their' pride oppOsetla more effectual
"or to foreign conquest than almoSt any other nation
could oppose to it—l. Ptit- it, then ~to the House,
. Wil-t Must be the effect of Lord IN ellington'sex-
Ploits on the'Spaitish mind, What the ascendancy
of character which be bacfgaioeflovhen the united
Voice of the 'ivlibleYnation, gave him the coin-
inana of their `';'''lwle military means ! If a Kt./of
' site
weniting of the universality of this feeling in
re Spanish people ; if h proof were wanting that
i'lollotir'las •not:conferred.:on hi-M:merely'by the,
raajbity'of the Spanish 0)111161S;. the Corte:S, or
tll6:4egency., this could-bring it to abetter test;
thatavas furnished by the cone:net .oi' that unfor-.
trutate officer General' naillisteros, to whostedis-'
°betlience of the orders : be received the retreat
Was-iri no small degree attributable. 'What.howei'-
• er was the result of- this test %,--It _appeared ine
liii:,casee thtit Sofarfro'm finditig any support in
the population -.of the' country;.or: m the etiiny:-
whicbhre cononan'ded, which was ~ve-,r attached '
to him, and Which he had ofteriTca,i-O. vietoev;The
found no. one torstandby him. Even that Firti
tila'r4ditilo-On of baariny, 'Vale' .had till ' then:
consilieretl its fame as' bonirdiriin him, did ' nut.'
furnish a man to stand by hint On the principles lie
avowed respecting the intinint Of L,.irdiVel-'
liogion.-7 He, was -made:a,ptiSoner by his own s4l-.•
diets; and deliV.ered up in obeilience, to the Ortlers.:
leCeied from :Cadiz. . This. '"Was a cciriqu6t osier.
national 'feeling rilbSt gliViOnifo Lord Wellington:
and he trusted he 'Would now:Make the-Spaniards •
kir-fender all their preiodiceS. this Was a fribrilph
for. ihe gallant MarqUis greater than had ever been
'°btained by any other. Man. The general con-
(litet of 'Spain was a villa -on- whicliefOtne.contro-
. . .
• vers y -might arise, and therefore it Nas.plie which
lie:wished to reserve for another thiy.": He hoped,
liotVever, the-- FlotiSe would not feel disposed to
decide at once against theta. There might be
lunch, to regret, much to complain of—not as to
-any disposition to cross our interests, but on ac-
count of their reluCtance to put it in our power to'
do them as Much service as we'might. Still, how-
ever, - hen.. it was recollected what. was the,
situation in• -Which she had been :. placed,, be-
' traYed. by her Government, and surprised by
!_ an enemy, at a time when she was, without
an army, without magazines, without Officers,
or any: thing on which to begin a determin-
edresiSleince; Collected
,against the breaking out
' of the Ware 'as, in :Russia. 'Under all these dif-
fictaties, 'however, her spirit had so :.f.ar.borne
her successfully -through -the contest ; and tali- ,
' lug: the question': , not as it stood: between us
aii(C th„in,:• but as it; stood between them and
rrance,..and seeing that the ,chances Were more.
against lheenerny now, than at any period of the
Ling contestin which:she has been engaged, be
liiiped the'llouse would look at her difficulties as
eTe elf as her defalcations.. If he had not been able
tc-).eqtial: Ouiewishes, 'she had more titan equalled
'tut- hopes: -Ifshe had-not been able to bring large
regular armies into the .field; her irregular forces .
hadyisenin such strength, that at one time they
actually kg completely divided the French temples
front, each other, that each was ignorant of the
vea'Y in which the other was, occupied. Spain had
laboured under greater.d'.ffienitces than, any other
c2tintry, arid had dOP:e' inOre. With.* '"resp&rl `to
the asehsfance -given her by England,' thoUgh•lie
WOuld'belq..Nititer;eliallengeeany man to• show. that
Ministers 101 l wlth'lleld frOill her any assist'ancethey
liar. it -in.-their pnvetirqo giv:c ; _he 'did 4ot:wish:to
Piing artSpointinto distusesion. We had assisted
her as promptly as we could,; with all
.we col id ,
spare from onrstqees; and when it rues-ceaSidered
that -his forli time Was all the means:Of .4.oist.,
wince she bad'lni"Vorli upOn ;,,•ivl!elf;': too, 'it war
rieolleetWthiit• 'all :her *resources from -Sonth
America'" Wiiidlitiad alWays: supported bet
_were.
'6d off fOr:a.tonsiderabre period, t'l;e :wonder.s,o.
that slie lrad ildne so iiitich,- rt'itherstlitid' that' shr
baddOne W6-mo-re. • All-the elainithat he meant .to
iii'eferthis iii-:;litwirsthis, that the services cif Lord
;Wellington, 'and the battle of Salamanca, Avere
trot to be 'tonsidere d. Merely tis'itnpOrteait its them-
Selves-, but as' prodtiCtive- of -gfeat -military -con.,.
. sequenees in. Spain, • and'.: great Moral couse-
g: herices; throughout Europe. With respect to
the originar plaii. of the eampaign, on the prin-
ciples of which be acted, he (Lord Castlereagh)
begged to say that Lord Wellington had not only
accomplished all he expected: but more than all
he •pact hoped to peeform, and retired to the fron-
tier, liaing raised the siege of Cadiz, and tritun-
Thant over danger, and having gained.. immortal
gl6ry. If they watched his advance and'retreat,
it would be found that :IQ 'disasters had occurred to'
damp our satisfaction. We heard Of no rear-guards
sUrprised, and' gulls taken, exCept two
lor three in:
one place; which did not belong to his equipment,
hind which he could have carried off with little trou-
ble, had he thought it worth' whije to. encumber
himself with them. He sustained no loss„but what
might be expected in the ordinary coursed service
Our credit and our hopes were, lever higher in Spain
than at the present time ;'.and if we could not now
drive the, enerity, aer the Pyrenees, it Was evident
the enemycould not conquer Spain, and Tight be
said to have little more hold of thecoun try than they
-ivonld have,- if, baring heen forced to rceross the
Pyrenees, they were accumulating strength, and
waiting:an ' opportunity 'to return. He would
,now _conclude,: hoping.? that though he had gone
:at grater lengthinto the subject than he thought
of doing, that he had-not wearied the patience of
the Houseethat, he had not introduced any ques-
tionef_rnilitary policy that , would -a-veake a' eon-
troverslal feeling, and above all, that he had not
iliieared , desirous of screening Ministers front
censure under.the - great and illusitiOuS ,name of
.the,Margitis of Wellington. Any charges
,as to.
'theemeans theY-11.a d -atfOrdezi, or ought .to have
i:ftiii'ded Lord-Wellington, they were anxious to
'meet on a future day.. They had no wish to hang
:4.methe necle. of'Lard Wellesley—(here- a Ge' neral
_burst of "laUgh.4,,r,ot the Noble Lord's mentioning
the name or :Wellesley u it cad- of irellingo:7o-41e
elrepeated, they. had no ;visli to hang '6li "the,:ti.e\ek
1%'''..0 or Lord Wellington, but were content to stand or

fall '6,..i their tiWn incritli_te ',heti moved—, -,
. = +hat the i'hduki of this House be given to Generatthe
Marquis cf WeDing-Lau, 6r the..naoy aud great sexy;ces which
be has rendered to ttli:, Couniry, and to his fylajesty' Allie,,
•during the last 'tan:Nig:l; and ow*, tQ:I-ticalszrly '..':q: 04- ,
liens and decisive Victory obtained ut :-.':•:-::-; :, ' y the
Allied Artiiv on tir: ,:.2d of July last; ~,.-,-,-,:y ;,'.4scil
r° cc \Vas sensibly diiainished, the sieg,:. ol ~....J:. ,•..] ~:. and
the southern provinces of Spain "delivered from the boudg of
5 the etiony:'
On the question being put; .
i
, . . . .
Sir F. BURRDTT professed himself..to'be in-
competent to follow the details of military opera-
tions, so as to he able to Offer'an ()Pinion upon •
• them ; but the Noble Lord diad entered into' a va.
riety of other matter, and called on tile Tlouse to
sanction by their vote the whole conaatz of the
Government with regard to, ' the' campaign in"
Spain.--(4 erif cf " Ni, no .1" and Lord fastlereagh
said; across the table, .he had part.icalarly pia! fi (A
it, that .canstruction,— (Sir Francis cootitiocd,
, and confessed he Was not always able to fdllow
and understand the Noble Lord, whose triipes and
• figures and words did not-- convey -.very aiistinct
ideas to his nnind;-and iherefore. he trusted he
Would be excused if,he-somewhat misapprehended
his meaning. It wt is not his intention or Wish to•
detract front the .praiSe bestowed 'upon ir and me,-:
cited by the brave ,c3eneral, and .the.arin,ies, he
cornmeal:led in the Peninsula ; but when he betted
.those achievements .bossed. of as superior to all-
the victories' of forme' tirnes-:, he 'could- not help _
thinking the- sentiment overstrained and unjust.
-To- ' la '. - S la.nae-.1 glorious as it • was, to
con 1-.., a a a.,.- ,
Bletiheim; Where )0;000 men, with their (.4eneral,
Marshal Tallard, were taken 'pris'oners,- rind .seve-
: fat brittalionS driven into the ithine, appeared_ to
hiin to he 'of -this desc.riptioa, and of a piece :yith.
''all those other hasty, comparisons, by which the
battles in Spain Were lik.efied to those which an-
tler Marlhorou.h had- etre-wed the "fate of-Europe:
. ~, La .i,
lie for one was-not inclined-to sanction this sile-•
cies of delusion ;if lie bad, he would have been
content to give a silent.. vote on this occasion', as
:be had no intentiOn' of' oppnsing the-motion. But
when he considered that these boasts were made -
to inditee:the -country to plungedeepee into rind-.
ous Wars, When he saw thein conductal under the
Same MiniSters, and that denominatedisuccess
which he tailed 'defeat (for never till that night
did he know that it was not the intention of Go-
vernment to drive the French out of Spainorhere
we were expending eleven millicais a year, or a rail-,
tion a month, for no other purpose but to raise
the siege of Cadiz), it was inaposible. for him to
refriin froln expressing bis opinion. , But what
rested mist on his mind was', thataifeerall the fa-
yourable circumstances. `,:hat had occurredin Spain ;
after the enemy was Qrigaged,- as they were told, l'
. in an exhausting axial ruinous contest in Russia—
after all, this; exhaustion, and af:er , the' brilliant-.
victory of Salaraanca, such were his efforts, and
, such the we&aneSs of OM' Ruler;, or such - the
disabilities nt the country, that ;we could not fol-
low up even victory till this exhausted enemy
gathered strength to (Nile ns- back -again-. ' 'The
captu:e of two fortresses was not enough to make,
him think so. favourably ol' the campaign as the,
Noble ' Lord had chine: ' The Noble .Lord too had
omitted to inentlon the Most important feature in
lin it, the" failure' before Bargos. ' if they, as be.
was hielined,to .t 10; took . this, repri2sentairiiis of.
MiniSters as correct, and believed that.-Lord-.
Wel
lington had done all that was possible. ; why.then
they came' to this conelusiOn; either that he'll:id.
not the means requisite, or that . wth these
means he completely failed to _accomplish his
object. There must, therefore, be blame and
defects someWbere, 'Whicli,. deserved- - inotitrY
thatlhey might discover how-it happpeued, that-
with •all the means at their disposal ; . with the
favourable ju;:cuire of at ~and, with a splen-
did victory, they -had "f'a'iled to reap tyhe fruits
..
- of it, and':the results were- more.. disastrous than
.tereat, under the. Ministers of . the enemy. This
view, brought them to the short proposition,
either that Lord Wellington' was not entitled to
praise, 'or Ministers -were liable to . blame. He
(AAA: licit .gointo the Schemes of deldsion: whir,h
had .c fisted for the- last,l9..years, 16 of them un-
dev, his,own 'observation, and 'to cvb icli the Noble
Liird's speech formed -a' sequel----'paaegyrieS' to en-
gagc them farther in exPenee and war, He was
'however unwilling to dissent 'front the rote of this'
night, •particularly as other opportunities would-
be afforded for canvassing the campaign ; yet he
thought-.that inquiry would be better before they:
wereealled on toconic to such vote... The Noble
Lord had. also travelled in Russia, and found much
consolation in-the campaiicn fought in that corm,
try,. and his trimaph seemed tO.- be 'participated by
others. For his part be could see' or) cause for
triumph in destruction and burning of 30,000
people, nor any reason for exultation because the •
enemy was defeated in his plan-of obtaining .win-
ter quarters' in idoscow. He could not agree in
speaking of the magnanimity of Alexander, for
. sacrificing his, subjects, whom he, ought to pro-
tect, and destroying,his capital. Would anyone
_say, that if the Emperor' of France extricated his
army, arid renewed the contest in the Spring, that
it Was poSsible for Russia to continue ber"-resist7
ance ? Could they afford also to barn Peters-.
burgh ?ff Kutauso -acknowledged that he did not
followpup the- battle of Borodino, lest it alight
cause the risk of Moscow to the flames. L•-yet Mos-
cow was consumed.'' The Noble Lord and Others,
might view these acts as magnanimous if they
pleased, bale could not so smother the feelings,
of humanity as to consider the Emperor Alexander`
entitled to that epithet fiif burning and destroying-
his country . to save himself, without sharing-in
the dangers, while the French Emperor.encoan-,
teredwith his aviny all the peril and fatigues of
the war. In his view.of the question, all our ef-
forts had completely failed; and as for ,the cOn-
qaest of the moi-iil feelings of the Spaniards,
spoken of by the Noble Lord, was it to befound,
in the support we bad' given the Inquisition, or
our treating as traitors persons who bad attached
themselves to the new GOVerninent ? This last
act, of-which we had been guilty,.was' unlust arid
unjustifiable.. The-Spaniards had been deserted
by their old 6overrunent; anti every
.man had as
good a right,rO:side the One 'way-as the other, in
the Consequent struggle for 'power. Our treating
those wineyoined the Frentil as traitors, nat only
exposed:our"partisana:ter the same fate, but •wi,,s,
he'..6.6iftendea the essence .bf despotism of mind,
and the total abaredonment of all humanity and 1
....,

Justi'r:e. Where, then, were the •proof3O-f Moral
cominest ? nOAs, iilany. Spaniards End fallen in
I the battles We had fought ? He felt as rally as
any tliap that our soldieirS had suppart(d (they
could not exceed)`tlie ancient' lane of'lli•itons.-
itt Ivhere Wc.re •they_jOined- by: pat riotic grctrl.
,niards ? Lora Wellington tool.; a very different
vii•t,- of this Matter froin thatof 4.116:
iis,-that the niustdopeinl on oPrselve3.-
I°.,?eitlicr did h tell us ;that any rCI;(7Se was olving-
tO the conduct' of 'tl44d persthi ligarrist'whorni the
pt.)!p. I.g? rdhadbrOtight,a charo;o.----(A'O., no !)
He :had misionferStoolf
ii ad no,. dependqn Ce; however, on the -
y;ho, LOr(1 Wellington.
Woe. "Izi.-1.5•7 brYorf: the- {..LIZ.
Malt success we hail
met on the Penitisula, ifat, bis justify .•
a favani•able.opinion oZ„1:41•,i tlloagh be
,would not oppose flit..
V. FLooo•,(in a maiden %l'''2A) obsevved,
that the proposition was for a- Note of Thanks to
that transcendant General Lord Virelli•a,f_toil, and
his 'gallant. Aeiiw, for_ tke vietOr'Y of 22d 3.-11•1,
against whicll could not, be a di,sentient
_voice in the llouse or Cjoi•tr,:. Tlii.victoiry was
fora-tiled on the. great-6;1; over -Ope Of'
the. best Offieers in ti••• _French serviee,, and in
every way desi'ved the highest liondurs. lEie was
not comtietent to decide on theb, n'i,erlts of the
campidgn; hut he felt hiniself ,competent to de.:
vide on the 'merits. of Lord Wellington.. (flear.)
Uponlik judgment and valour. he placed the most
implicit confidence, whether he deemed it expe—
dient to go forward ornackward-67 laugh.) He
professedThimsell hostile io the idea of proposing
peace 'at thiS time, :and warmly recommended con--
ciliation ,arid union at home. If they were united,
they Would be able to drive the scourge of man-
kind '(he was
,going to say) to the devil,! (a-ge-
-laugh.) but if they were divided, they could,
expect .nathh'ig but disaster. The Hon. Gentle-
man:Concluded -a very droll speech by thanking '
the i-louse fo;.-. their attention to him, and promis•-•
ing to
..talit :another 'opportunity ...of again ad-
2dressini7 them. (A laugh.) He ..avowed himself
totally indcPendent, and attaclietko•no party,• •
A Gentleman, whose urnue .we could notlearn,
e4ressed his •opinion that a further pecuniary
grant should be, wade to Lore!
Lord,CAsTie.EttEAottsaid,ibe believetl he, should
.1
shortly he'charged s•Vith a:edininunication to-Par--
litunent 771 that..,point.• • •
:Mr. PoNso-Nr.v thought Lord Wellington and
This artni filli'yentitleilT to Ole Itotii3rol-sted--,--but.
the Noble Lord had gone into many. poirit;s,„not
-connected with the, subject. Fie' rose merely fO..
;except hirnsdf from..ogreeing.t.n many slings tb,t,q:
had been, stated; oti,riit. Co he oxen f6l
future disenssion:. • . . • - •

Tne . irst,fte.ioiutiou was*-Allen vat. -carried
nemine contradicente, as arid. -.Votes of
Thanks 'to S, t ton :and the 'othet -General
°dicers, and O'fic:trs of the Allied 41. my
.; to the
Noo-conimissioned Oiiicei.s and lieu ; and i`O the
Purtuguese:Officers:and Soldiurs. •