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- y..", es vas,cox cir our army,
in
crossing the Douro, but must he satisfied, that to
our military character every thing was due. It had
been marked by a spirit of enterprize and energy
which had fixed his natne.in.,aoElnaclvancemeot to
" thilitary fame; and would..thi
.bA,,re,n,own in the
.annils of his country. lt nest bedthetgreatest pride
of his life, that be had been epga&eFliin uAke gloriods
and lard-fought battle of Talave`fri,.tipder the great
Commander; whose highest- prld4:anafelicity,must
-be,- that he had the faVonri of his Sovereign,
and the thallit's - and gratitude of an
_apillal?ging
country, -i4-. re-tern for his eminent valour and stir-
-vices
.ulion :various occasions. In addition to, his
(Gen: S.'s) merits, it was not one of the least" that
he had been chosen to assist at the Councils of such a
CoMmander, and subsequently-to carry into ettett
the operations therein decided opon. - The-Speaker
then delivered the .Thanks ef the-,,119 44e,. .;ire,-to the
Hon. and-gallant Men-iber„;,/,Or,Aii.:-distinguished 1
services, "&c. at the battle.bf,,Tal9veraf,„(l,-, •
4r
. ' General Sy.EtV AliT, 'in
.141 r- e4.lre;ied..th.p, high
Sense which he erneitaineAri .bop.‘,):l.cinguislied-ito
hour -Cbriferred upOn -him ;,.mt ihevciur,qiieli had.*
far eXceeded any services lie
IntgliA7l4Fe., done his.,
country. It he experienced. any.regret -upon ,the
present occasion, it was in nntbeing surrounded by
the gallant*Officers whO had beeu with him.in the
battle,-and who were far more; entitled 'to-aptslause
than Ininself.*- The gob.- -General' declared that_he
had. the most ardent zeal for his Majestys service,
which he could not better evince-than followingits
the. bright example Which bad been set:WMl)y the
great and- gallant General WhoseserviCes had render"-
ed him such an ornament, and -who' had carried
such terror by his valour into the-tanks of our foes.
He then expressed his thanks to. the Speaker -for
the kind and handsome terms in which he had oon,
veyed the sentiments of the Muse. He would cou'L
eider this day as.the proudest day,of his life.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR. -Of the • Ex-
Cii Eau ER, the Speech of the Speaker was ordered"to
be inserted in the Journals—nern. con.

indeed
was very happily.expressed, " to econOrniit
by detail and to car. 7 on principle."
t Tier some obserwions from Mr. LEYCESTI/R
ancfMr. FULLER, the-latter Nvi.ilied to withdraw his
motion; but thq Fhinse retUsed to accede to the
Hoti Gentlemat4 wish, and put.a-nigatiVe oii motion. •

:eeeth attention the papers on the table, and he now
'declared, after- -mature deliberation, -that -hes, (Mr.
Pe:reeval), from the most attentive consideration he
bad been able to'.giVe to these papers, was,• in his
opinion, in danger of impeaehment. It was the.
Mote extraordinary, therefore, that ap accused per-
. Son should take upon himself to dictate the names
ANIARI CA..-. ~,. '!.of ' the Committee.—Were ' not Committees,.-
in.
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Mr. WHITBREAD observed that as-there• was no • c4ses -of 'ProaecatiOn-s, • generally, seleded frem p
object Red to the motion „which he, was; about t 4 . ,sens..cif the same way of-thinking- as theprOSe cutorer-
?.
make, he should ‘move an Address., to-1 e'Thir. Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr.
for copies of certain dispateliaa of the74l-ateSfar th 4tevet9 -might Iftoghe but the faa was•so. All that.
3d and-4th ;Deeember, lOB, frorne.)lr. Eraltlbe. t • If,wtasvlllitd,byll4 Noble Friend was, .the mere turn
the Secretary of- Siite. (Mr.e.C'arteieg),,..alse' dui- .'ef-thd ;cale just to giNN, out of nine Members
letter of Mr.-Erskine . to'Mr.,.SMith referring to • inajority of soli to iNtriell he (Mr. l'.) conceiied
1
those dispatches, -B,rc.: .: ' '-.l.'' - '
Mr. CANNING secoeded fhe'thofiOn of. The. I-10n,.,-respeet ,to Mr. Batintrst and Mr..Wdberfoice, Alley
Gentlemen.. •He was inclined to. do so furtn vvhat .:were not party men ; he could not wish to exclude
what bad passed in another.place, which led him to- : theme and his Noble Friend had named Mr. Free
infer, that inethe ptod,uetion .of the papers now. - derick. Rebinson to watch the interests of otlice.—
moved fore nothing-irijUrieus to the I:eiblic'servicee: To be sure, as to the appointment of Me., 5.--orke, no
would follow. The_.quetiOn', which would arise,: iiiiiii-Otilid-be more fit for f'. secret committee than
out of the paaerswould•be tounded upon •tlie-agree- ' ,that Hon. Gentleman. He was entitled, therefore,
ment entered ieto with. _the American. GoVertineent to lay in his- claim as far as se, ...?cy went. 'Why the
and Mr. ,Erskine,
.which ag.reetnent.-it • was impos- 'bight' Hob. {gentleman should wish.. the appoint-
sible hi.; - Majesty could saudion.. It was quite a : exit of Mr. Sturges Bourne and Mr: Lep:ester he
distind thing whetlier the British Government - ktiew not; unleas lze thought they had some claitn
should be bound: by its own act ;with the American ' from thp disappointment of their hopes on a former
Government, or whether it should 'be bound by_ an night, and thought-he ight as well tr to
unauthorised a& 'Of its gent. 'he c.orrespondende - e
get they on some Commmittee or oth y hit
hand
er. He would
would clear that fziel: The qiiestion.waknot .Whe., put it the House,. whether the country would
then the, instinCtions given :by the ''GoVernment .to be satisfied with the appointment of a Secret Corn-
Mr. Erskitie'vvere politic or ...wise, but .whether;an mittee constituted as the Right I-lon. Gentleman
accredited agent was justified in -departing fromibis . wished.
instrudions". When -the papers were' before the ' Mr, STEAiatg autstired the Right Mi, Gentle-.
House, it would be shewn where the fault lay, and man;that the reason Which inditced 0 smile on' his
then it would be ascertained in what Inanner'giieli t. countenance, was the singularity of the proposition
departure from positive, inskapetions should be -ante of the Noble.Lor. e H eVr an
madverted upon.. ln.point of tad, the• instructions ius,anee in whichd the'prosecutthe o r inuse use
a- hadknoW been
,
were disobeyed, and if any; additional papers. were at liberty to name a Jury ? When the -Right Hon.
necessary to threw' a 'light Upon/the subjea,, no Gentleman talked of niipeachment, waS it not,
. doubt they' would be granted, if called for: It Was .ting and proper for the House *to see, that at least
expedient' that the'world should see what the aCtual • the Jury were, not .composei of, Gentlemen Who
instt uaions were. ' ••' ..
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. upon all occasions avowed their, hostility:At) INili
. Mr.- WHITBREAD was notrdiSpOsed to have said i -nicters; and their wish to
.get 4-id of them. • If.the-
a word, if the Right Honourable Gentleman had Conimittee, "as r proposed, .was agreed to; then ; the-
-not so very unexpeaedly offered .bin,self to the i. House would give e casting voice against Ministers.- -
.notice of the House, if, hereafter, upon iiivesti- Such a Committee. would, in the„language of a
gation, it should 'appear that - the substance of the writer of the present day (who in conjuring tip'fane
instructions given to - Mr. Erskine was carried into eiful ideas was pretty prOne)e be employed in- dig
eft-Z:0 by that Gentleman, .it would become' the covering ' All is. deluSione ;notight 74. tenth." 'His:
Right Honourable Gentleman to show why .the Hon. and Learned _Friend ' (Sir A. Pigott); than '
'treaty with America had not. been ratified. Willa whom 'a• More honourable man neer-exVede when
resped to certain papers; he hound that one ;nark- hot uodei the-influence of party Spieiteehe hom
ed No. I. had. not been produced, which would hee'recollqted•lformed'a part. Of the minlate..'Adstra-.'
have given a different feature to_ the transaction. . tion, would if his (Mr. T.'S) friends ' were out of'
~__The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUEtt-*S per.. poWer share the penalty of the cbnviationefor 'the
fectly convinced that the .papers, wizen produced; removal of Ministers was the penalty. The Hon.:.
would satisfy the House• that neither the letter not:. Gentleman trusted the House -would acccite to the
spirit ofthe-inStructions InKl been obeyed. the, m 0... names proposed by his RightHon.-Friend. Hon.-Friend. ' •
r Lion was then; agreed" to. .. - - - - -, • Mr.. WIN-DRAM observed, that ..the Hon. and
.. - SECRET COMMITTEE: ' - :=-;' . Learned .. Gentleman had' declaimed well, argued
, . Lord PORCRESTES„previoIis to„Moving for -the
.1 Well, and quoted happily ; but his declamation, his
'appointment of a Secret CoMmittee to examine•pa.• i arguments, and his'quotation, were founded on con-.
pers relative to the Waicheren "Expedition; rose to I fusion. He had misunderstood the formzttion of
move for the attendance of Lieutenant-General Sir i the Corinnittee; and confOunded it With institutions
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i Thomas Trigge, K. B. and Sir LUeils,Pepys., lo.be i, of another nature, which had ' nothing to do with
iexamined before. the Committee• of Inquir.i.—Or- , this questien. The motion of his Noble Friend
dered.
.
I was not;',for. the Irnjrannelling of a Jury, it • was
,
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it. Lord Poacuesrea then Observed, that on the. I :for the appointrneot of i. e Who ever
4 i--formereeeening; when he - had given- in the list of .- heard .of. a PrOsecutor tintwas not 4d. impartial
oarnes to form. the Secret•Committve, the name of
.1 person:. it Are .Irig. rlcit-lo I.Z. 5.-,...ia...r....1 ;,... ti,..t
Sir Richard leicKertoe nate been 'objected to,' on ac- il fight.. -progueution-3. would be never, carried on.;
1 count of that Gentleman's incapacity to attend; li,e. 41 therefore; to say tli.c,t the .Noble ':Lor'd and his
1 now bad prepared a list 'of ' tune,-" which he Would-.! friends 'were
:partial, was ' s 3 in nothing. I'lie
state to the House.- e The names 'winch the. Noble J Right • Honourable Gentleman in this case, wish-.
•Lord 'propoedwere—Mr. R. Ryder, Mr:. Bregge 'i. ed, becatiSe_ an Attorney was appeinted
Bathurst, Mr. Fr ederick..Robinsone Achniraf Mark., urinate another- of- his own choosing, who; was to
him,' General Ferguson, Mr... Wilberforce, M. act as the accuser of the other. - He had, objected to
Pager, Sir'John Sebright, and Lord. Porchster,-;-- two or three Gentlemen who were not well disposed
_
Having. read these_ namei, the Noble Lord. then to all the measures of Government, blot what
rea--
Mtivmoved,'- •. . sonable Objection there could be to these Gentlemen
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f` That a Secret Committee
.be apppinted to ex-
,i- who scenetirneo °led With them, Ire did not know..
amine into, and report, ,upon such. secret and:Conk,- .1.. Might they not, if on the Committee, be seized with
deritearinformation as his -Majesty's Ministers had -fea fit of voting for Ministers when in that, situation,
received respecting the laW Eepatie ion to 1.429 Scheldt, as they sometimes -voted on nne'side; and sometimes.
as was consistent • with the security of tile. public I• on the other ?- He thought every thing-necessary to
service."
,the ends of justice would be cibtained beethe Conn-
'Lord G. L. Gowen suggested to the Noble Lord, • mittee of his Nable Friend.
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'SINECURE PLACES. .gS. •., ~ •- that it would be but an act of justice to the Noble ,i . Mr, BURTON thought Gentlemen hadebista.ken-
. ._:..,.fjorci (Lord Castlereagh) not to deprive blal of the 'i the 'constitution of the Committee; it • was not a
• Mr: ..Fteetie rase, in 'cOnsiquence •of 'rf notice',. advantage which ire.Woo,ld deriv.e if on the Co 1 jury,bot a; commissiun;delegated by the House, ib
whicleke had given, iii move an instreetion to the- mittee, and therefore he ,would: propose- that's he l examine what ducuMentS were . necessary for the;
conitplico- to inquire hd,c, 'what places it may, be Noble Lard should attend Ole Committee, but not '
,ingoiry. .- ', • •' ' : . . .
exptoit.m.ro rbolisir...- ' Die flcrnouraOfeGentlethaii. :be allowed to vote. . ... ~ e ... - Mr. Hormonsre thought the question was in a
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narrow -compasS.
.It was whether a Committee
adverted. t© certittnpaiaftretihs.in'thelll ed RePOit off Lord Putteue4rea obserY6,l, that not wishing' to ±
the COU:rnittee,. wherein they had .stated:certain laa unfairly by the Noble Lord,. he ha named an I- should be formed when the names were proposd.
}traces which. were held•at an • en'orinoniexpenee lb. Hoe. Gentleman (Mr. Frederick Robinson), why I, to the vote, then would have beerethe time to ohe
; ject. 'When the; Right Hon. gentleman compared
the country. In this .iepott they lidd'fict specified a, as the Noble Lord's Under Secretary, .to be on the . ,
be"ziolibtied as Committee.
: ... ; .. , ~i- the Committee to a Jury, he had forgot thedutieS of
the partienterplecegwhieh 011,,,,tictp
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tuntecessary, Hu ; wished they tadffeliiii out }gin- - ~The SPaAKE4 .conceived it was rather a novel a Jury; the Committee were merely the CollectorS-
li and manfully, beCause they 7tivW...eppointed for mode of-proceeding for. Gentlemen to attend Secret iof information whieh, it was theirduty to report to..
that vxpress-purposF. He had norlikieh to take the I -Cornmittees unless the actually *ere appointed. I,.the Iltluse, upon which the House would judge.---,
Inntier:up, for it
.wps:their duty, and if odium was •' Members by the House. • ' -i., When Gentlemen talked of a balance of interests;
he was at a - loss to know what. was meant; if -the
biaSsedl)y-
-to be eaet'upbnl'any, Why let it fill on them and nor l'he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was now I
On an rmdividual HTe never had the vanity, even 1 eor,:eied in the opinion
.which he had entertained. CoLmo.nriditit,eoeßsctirliEcsiTlyE'diticidtphieei4itlluatty.hie
Masse
in his youtlge-r days, ~of- bringing in bills—Noe no, lon e former night, that the Noble Lord-would not 1'
not he; -thank God Z: aid for, this good reason he 1,13 e-supported in ;he na7ues w4ch he now proposed. -party in formingehe'Cominittee. • With respect to 7:w h a t the; Ron. and Learned Gentleman had said
wanted no plaCc.- He was always well provided-for, 1. He did not think that the Notr:e Lord had treated
and therefore i'Ottlid-rf.qt favours from any Fitly.— 'either him or his colleagues with fairness in .propos.,' about- sharing the peealty on- conviction,. did the
If th 6, Holt• Ce;)tkniall (Mr. Baulies)• would ;Ander- i ing a committee of the kind. Out of the nine, pee, s Hon. Gentlenian•cdean to apply; that
.oOsrmiloiLt.o
.wislto- bedn the. OM-'
take to intreduee the subject iitto-his:Bill why he 1 suns proposed atefirst, five of them. were of the pater!. either his lion. Friend 'or 11411 Self; vvii.o-tiewi had
'could nut meddle with it, . but if it was- not ',at all times disposed to consider the'aets of Adrninis.:. i been if) poWe'r ?' e
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done, lie situuld takeit.up. The Hon. Gentleman I tration as wrong ones; and.only one of the Other .1 .IN.Ir.'YORKE had not any
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then moved an,l,ustruction to the Committee to the four, an Hon. Admiral (S rR, Bickerton) conned-- i mittee. He denied that he had vote against In-
effed before stated. . .
ed with then Government ;, the. oilier three- were ! gully. • He had voted for -the Ainendment,. because
" • The CIIANCELLOR of the.Eiomiu.sit objeded to Gentlemen who, to say the least of- them, were not he wished that the. PaPets should be on • the, table.;
themo:jou The: House had already apponnud the 1 attached to the measures of Government. 'With re- ; end. ',flying seen the Papers, he row thought inquiry
'conematee•With I powers Burin the last • Session ; "sped to the' ConiMittee, he certainly should wish toT'• necessary. '
•
they had.repeir;to-rthe result of their labours,' and to :I mix in that Committee 2aome.Gantlemen who were . .51r..41..MONTAQUE_ expressed similar -reasons for
what extent ifferegulations, whit respect to places,• l' generally :in the practice of delivering their senii-" 1 the vote -he had given.' He deprecated the idea.. .of
ought to' be .4iiiljed. •An Hon. and .I.earned Geik- I merits, as representatives Of. the peopleeas the dele- 1 party motives. Did the Hon. Gentleman ,oppositee
elem.,,n had given. notice of some resa;lntians: upon I gated authority of the House.. l'he Right Hoti:t mean to say that the Committee Were to rsacke
itte-the ~n
which. would precludefehe'neeeisity of Gentleman,. therefore, would., ,recommeod•-• Mi.,:i7 papers ott, which to ground - accusation, for-thata
lion: Gjiitlemm's Motiqn. .6.kixi ''''; -.-- i Sturges. BOurne and Mr.Yorkeae-Members-cf that- ' seethed:their determined object wheq. they called for
Mr.. BANKES,ttitsted the I-fotise 39aliktiilir g!.cpti,..* 1 Cointnittee. In addition to General Itergusob;Aie'e a Committee formed of the names the Noble 'Lord .
fldence in
...their COMlDiftee, ancr'illati fetter them would propose General ,Crawfutd, .and in additiou hia given in. He hoped the Iloite, .h.Owever,.would..
with any petticular instruttions.,. WitiX.regieet to' t to Adnitral Markhatn; be:;, would propose. Captain '. not agree with Them.. ••
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the ac:o6liou of particular offices fer abolislag,..wiry, '! Berea-ord. -"If. it was intended.. to propose that .:,tife ' Mr. D. BROWN never 'held' a place, and .did not,
each' p.-istiular otlice might make 4'ca•se' of itself, j Members. should be . extended. beeyond rime,' he 1 ' Ndte againstinqlliry. ' He: had voted against enter-
hutc tine Committee could not, make any precise i-7 ' should then prii.pose.ktr„.:Leycesw, , .-Hepropdsed-.' kniAtoa2preciPitate inqn,ity,,,,inquiry. without,- hav-
port 'nod. they- were
~lo posseoon of. tl!e docu-:,-1 the,. of 'those he..had just ineatiatrettOtrafts''.':iiiig "(tie 'documents ..lo judge; by ; .and, he had 'rid
pornminents. -4,7,, tedst essential duty which either ;tie. I Rrineiple, tta! it .would.-7-k-trecttssary to-Cetnfront
,• doubt tha't many-Members on that • night voted
thetnittee. Ur. the'',.‘louie could have imposed :on: .'Otitn' 'With gentlemen of-opposite opiniona.eeho,: Against the- previous questien, who did so from a
, Was the ehtablisliment of a principle on -.whiO! -Werehoitileeta the -Government. • '-'.,,. -e• mkiiiiie of apprhension lest if they did, the• con,
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to ad"; this. _was.net'done in:the COtilmittee,.
,The - •Mte..TreatNo was surprised that:the Right Hon. ' trarye- they should have been set ilewn as enemies',
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wend mode to be adopted in order id tfl-"eCt th,e.o.b„.. 1 Gentlerriae,orte of the eccused, should object te4o. to inquiry •
Jee,f 'dei.ifed..w;ftel according to :Mr. 13 arit;..., IRild4 $2111,e.' h• */ Llama proper.geed by iii,a.Nce. bleek.)iend. He itad•read • Toe etteNcEt I. 0. aof the Fxcfreseerea prepOsed,
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EXPEDITION TO THE SCHEIeDT. -
On the motion of Lord Viscount CASTLEREA6H,
a return of the casualties (to the latest period, dis-
tinguishing the proportion of corps) in the Island
of Walcheren, to the return of the Army to England,
was ordered to'be laj.l before the House; also the
expenses attending the Expedition.
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that he did not, in
the papers' which had been laid on the table, dis-
cover the cot respondence which had taken place be-
tween the aominandef in Chief and- the Secretary
of State, with respect to some part of the Medical-
Dcpartment. - •
The, CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied,
that it was preparing to be laid-on the table.
Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, that be should,
on Thursday, move an Address. -for certain-parts of 1
the communication (such as might, be deemed proper. 1
to diSclose) from Austria to 'this country upon the,
subject. , •

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STANDING ORDER.
Mr.. SHMIMAN rose, and. intimated that-it had
been .his intention to make a motion •respeeting the
' enforcing the Standing Order of the.Houie„, but it
having been ..uggested-td.hitn_that any endeavour. to
preve4t ole continuitfice of.the Standing Order yi.it.ll
respect to the exclusion of Strangers, .without.pre-
'ions notice.of such, intention. would-be n,eless; he
shonld gite noticeol a motion. on the -subjed tor
to; morrow, and that was all he' would say at
present.
On the motion of Mr.,CROKiR, certainletters
were ordered to be laid before the HOuSe wlich had I
rs cd between Sir R. Strachan and Lord Gardner. 1
These Letters- were afterwards laid on the table: , 1
Mr..: ,\7•lii;rpttEAn. gave -.notice, that he' would
to-niurrow. mote, for .retutns of the • contingeni
expk:nct:s of the StaMp Office for the last three.
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Ilie -ntz9rt. of . the Commits-ee.-;of Wa'ys qnd
u.as brqught,in, and .tho Re4eltitions p.sreed
• lidier,7%

•
Thc -Conlinittee op the E:lft4izt4iikniI till WaS
postponed till
.ThuisEhly. - • .::1 --r. • -- 4
l'tie IlevcFsion Pill ti•as.readla•secol4-t.iilie,
,and
cornmittect.tor tolmorrow. --- -' '''''''

that' Mr. W' Kherforce's name be inserted in the list
of the Committee, in the room of Lord Porebestere:
The natere'of that Committee had been mistaken.
TheMenabets of. it were not to adjudge .any ques-
tion ; it, was ti!eir exclusive duty to, receive. such
secret information as his Majesty's Ministers should
think necessary, in,order to explain the policy which
led-toir t,iie.:Expeditim in-rtlettroliid -report it • to
the House. This I,vasehe only duty which they had
to discharge. . '''.
Mr. RAtereps said it was an unusual thing for any
Member to propose a Committee to that lIPuSe
without 'naming himself as the Chairman. -
The SPEAKER observed, that it was quitea ratt-
ier of option with any Merbber to word his motion
as he thought proper, and that •he (the Speaker)
would put thernotioreas it was given to him.
Lord PCRCHESTER withdrew his original motion.
The Sp-RAKER theft put the question on. the Com-
mittee, which was carried without a division.
Lord PORCHESTER then moved, that the follow
ing Members be appointed to compOse:thlt Com-
mittee :- .. . • ...
Lord Porchester, Admiral Nbrkliath, . •
Right liOn. B. Bathurst, General Ferguson,
Mr: F. Robinson, • mr. wilbereece.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, -.that:
since the Noble Lord had already named five, which
was more than an equal balance, he would move,
that Mi., Sturges Bounce's name be inserted instead
of that of ewe of.the Members set down.- ' ' , • The House was cleared 'ter adivision, but the
Chancellor Of the EAcheqeer„we understand, after-
watdsacceded trithelpropoiedbppointment.
A division then took place on.ilie names of Mr.-
Yorke arid 'Sir John Sebright, when there appeared,'
—For Mr. Yorke 10
is ... ,'• • • • Sir Min Seurrigot „ , . 123
. The rernaiuing 'Members "proposed by the Chan- ;.
cellor of the Exchequer were then agreed to, when
the Committee stoodos fdllows i---. -Lord Porehester • I Mr. Wilberforce
Rt. lion. B. Bathurst Captain.
r o Ikrestord
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' Mr: F. Robinaon M Yrke.
Admiral Markham • . Right Hon. Rd. Ryder. „ •
General Ferguson
On, our being re=admitted, we found the Chan-.
cellor44,thefFetchequer speaking ,to a point of order.
The 'Sew* then put the quegtiOn, that an
huilible -Address be presented to hirs Majesty, re, '
questing.copieS. of all the instructions given to Lord;
Cbaeliam and. Sir R. Strachan, relative to the Expe-
dition
io,the,Scheldt, which was carried 'in.the efe
firmative:
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Lord PORCHESTER cloeinedThesp instruaions too
Scanty. • HetherefOre moved, that not only ail the
histruelions, but also all the papers relating to any 'cOrrespondence between his
-Majesty's Ministers
and
,the o.fficere employed in the Expedition to the
'Schelihrbd laid on the table. ' /
The CHANCELLOR of -the Excnenuea did not
believe:there were any papers of consequence rela-
tive to the Expedition that were not already on the
table, except such as were reserved for the inspeetion
of the Secret Committee._,
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The SPEAKER then put the question, that Mr.
Bathurst's Dispatch of 'the lath September be laid
oh the table.--Ordered.
Mr. CROKER said, that there wasa letter from the -
Commander in Chief of the Expedition (Lord Chet,
ham) dated the 14th September, which , was not
before the House, 'and which would be laid before . ..,..., the Secret Committee, and that it would be. very deqirebto it'ehould'bo 4ticptiVWy considered.
... .
The House then resolved itself. into a Critinnitiee
of Inquiry to.presecute the examination into the cir-
cumstances . ...,
of the Expedition to the Scheldt; when.
on the motion of:Mr. I'prk for' the' enforcement •
of .the Standing Order, We .were Obliged to with-
draw. • r
[Stringers were not .agsuridain admitted ; but e Une
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I. derstand Sir David Dundaet went a exarni-' s.,
netionin r egardto the state of the army 'pre lonviog suet
to iti.,-, •
sailing, .and,the nature of the preparetions for fitting'
it gut. ..,..§lijetwase-Pepys v asafterwards examined.
We understaailie, principal point of his examina-
tion was, that-the time of ins being congulted, with'
leci he -ePßfiate -Of Walcheren, was the 1 oth
of Septernbere-eildjourned at One o'clock.] -
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We-are liapi* to state that, the officiaLaccount
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Was be at the Admiraly ofthe capture of
thie g-tzcgtradaloupe, -ot which we gave
so-inteie"Sting
at yesterday. In addition to the
there were four corvettes destroyed.
.T 66 otheTitw'O frigates ate in the neighbourhood of
•
i.;uadaletipe, and are closely looked after by our
. •
blockading stßidron.
The otteial account will appear in the Gazette of

:his evening.

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A Copy of the Regulations agreed to by, the Su-
preme Junta of Spain, for the election of the Cortes,
has reached this Country. The number pf Deputies
' to be chosen amounts to CoB, and there
.are to be
68 Supplementary Msrubers.to supply vacancies. !
Thece are reports of a very •favourable nature re;-..
spealn 4, th 1 . ocaridou s. of the Spanish' Army of La.: -
Itiltnchi atgainst, te„u.Prench under Vic.roa.. . 'We,
. .. Cllg - •
.hoWevet, entiel4in considerable doubts upon the
soja4l, for tl29ygh we love always been sanguine -
in our P.Maiiii-ns of the ultimate success of tire
- .
iitniar yet we do not think them yet' equal.' to -,s-
the,Rkerich, in a general. action, in Point of disci. - 3
piffle and macs.
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Ytlii! night a debate; took place in the Ho e_ of
'cdirimons:upo9.lbe appointrbent of a .Secret Coin:-
niktie to examine such parts of the evidence re=
'pe's!Fting the Wiliche;en Expedition .as were of a
'nature not fit to be laid 'publicly before the House,
A dii,isiOrk-rwhictplace on the- proposition of. Mr.
Yait.KE ly.jiierAihria•ELOß Of the • EX:C 1-lERnE II
'illidlif,,b/r JOHN SEBRIGHT by. Lord PORCHESTEIi• ;
the Majority in favour of Air. YORKE was 68.
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