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JANUALIY 27, 'lBlO.

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acquirements., Was it not just and politic to ehe- - gular
.order,.' and remain two days m the pesition an hostile army was at his back; commanded by the
rish also in. this country the military, spirit; espes 'they took up after the battle. Lord Welington also
." VrenCh-Emperor in person when Lord' Wel- •
dally at a time when the. security. of the, nation- '' then appears to have been wholly destitute of the lington entered- Spain, the. Central or SunreMe.Junta
rmight so depeed =apse its exertions It, 'W'as not :proper • hitelligeoce, respeeling: the., position§ and had been...fore-led and.acknowledged; They it was •
necessary to giveits that exclusive atteritiOn'and 'rt." strength -0( the enemy. For he' Waited till .he found; hosedsupsd might wield.all the resources,and cortimand
gard 'which it now enjoyed in .France. Here there I. another-armyin his- rear, which compelled him to a all royisions of the country. It way noof,.ir
was an happy union between .the military and coin- ' '' preCipitate retrofit, and that twodays after the gaining - Lord Wellington to doubttheir ability or • inclinaiion
'rnerciah. spirit.. HOW/ever discordant they might . ; that Signal victory 'for'which it is now prOpoed to to .ex6Tcise-that power to -any extent. There was
elsewhere be found; they perfealy • harmonised in
.. vote the Thanks_ef that House. • Again he must ask, then onlyViaor's Corps, about 28000 strong, which
this eouroxy,and supplied both the sinews and spill , where then are proofs of that rY anecess ealled a victo, _ thd juntd..Were anxious to oppose. In this service
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of war. - We should therefore orbit no opportunity ' which can fairly claim this the highest. distinction- the wished to have the-co-operation of L9rd
ot. keepingehat spirit alive by every' encouragement. which it is in the power of thet.Housi to best
lingfori.Where then was the discretion he could Use? ..
LORD WELLINGTON:, :that could animate„by every reward that could re- The Noble. ELrel then proceeded •to examine the hespropoal was made to him by the Spanish Go-
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The Earl of LivEitPoot. then moved the Order .
: compence its exertions. He could not. well coh- causes to which the retreat and, subsequent disasters-
_vernmentl.,ancr,..the Spanish General Cossia, and
of ceive on what occasion it had 'ever been more sig-' had-been imputed • The great- muse was the want what would haVe)ustified hitn in declining is ? They ~
teethe Day for a Vote of Thanks to Lord Viitount
nally :displayed, both •by the 'Comniander and the of'proVisions, and the means of tranSport; and -why didnot; as ' s oth i'imy; i n e dc call upon.hina to march
,7 llinton and the gallant al my under his command,
lor rmy then -in the battle of Talavera ; and should did the British army labour upder these wants eor- . to Madrid, or td expel
.. the • Fteoch from .their
e thesegnal service they had performed in the glo-
such a signal'displar of skill, valour, steadiness and •kby dick a British General advance into the heart. of- country,,
but %imply requested hes would- cosope-
ee'mus battle and victory of Talavera. His Lordship
discipline,. besutfered, now to go unaccompanied by Spain; without the conviction anch'seetirity that he rate with thesSpini:Sh Generals, CoeSta and•Venee
trerved, that when be first gave notice of his iuten-
its due and natural distinetion—lie could not well should be 'provided with these- 'essential.,. articles ; gas, in• . drawing NiBor beyond the Tagus, - and'
i'n Of submitting this motion to their Lordships,
stiopase it ; and mirwithstanding the opposition he why s did he not previously send some Officer thus to proteet ' the •sonthern ..proviec.ess ot Spain''
,e had not the least doubt but that it would have
had to dread, he. Should now' confidently hnoVe that into the country in order to ascertains • the state ' He- bad then to look to • a Gineminent fully esta- ..
''let with their unanimous approbatiOn. But from
What gassed- •
100 .e, inthe yesterday, i co
Housele could
i 9 I‘.thre:fi,lianks of that House be given tuLord Viscount •of she Spanish 'army, 'and the means of,the coun-'. blished-to a.COuntry -which wlts-iudged to abound
• %Newry:4on and the aimy Commanded by him at - by to supply him with provisions and the means in provisioriss-46 a 'General-who.enjoyed the conti-
e "ger entertain that hope ; and it was not only upon , ,
the , Talavera, for the gloriou.s'viaory achieved-by them - of-transport ? *Was, not this- an- omission which deuce of ' that Governtrienteand of the country, and
r"blic but private grounds, that he regretted
ose .._ o . ots'the 2r/th' and esth o'cjitly, t 809. . . argued- - Want of foresight and precaution in - a particularly the I6ve and confidence of the army .11,-
rliesition winch be was now too-certain his motion ,„_ ,st .
esti S • -'contendedthat ' .
sneseaar, of nsFoets - much more • necessary than commanded That armyscoesisted of *48.-5000 tneti,
Id encounter. The example of the battle of Maidd,
essential
Lord Wellington appeated deficient in the courage and enterprie.? But how the British army well eTaipped; and in all eppc-..aranee welidisciplined
had the Vote of Thanks which unanimou•ly followed
essential qualities of a General. -He wanted-can - should -remain so destitute of provisions and the • The General hf thandiny,.w ho had so many pleas in
`, had been uoted- esterda •- and in his opinion, '
ill tion and prudence, and. Shewed himself-
.nlor, than means of transport in Spain, while the enemy•were .roof avonr,- s'olicited the-co-operation oC the British
e"er'e was a tistron yresemblyance between the two . -• • ' the'neeesS' iy in ellieence •In
one
Unprovided.with .., a t • amply supplied with all these. essential requisites, is tpsr. in that' noshed servihe, and for -the lmited ,- •
-as es. The descentgon the coast of Calabria had, two
ote• . , , e the battle of Talavera he fell into the Same errors , a question which has often been' put, but. Never sa- ebjeCt' he .had elrea,ly'. 'stated- I-Tow:could Lard :
sesects m view. The first; to relieve the fortress or.: ~ - • ~
d ' h '' f V -
which he' had also bettaye le .t e battle o ir ; tistactorily explained. - Eveis•in the'town and neigh- W-elliegton ref Tis.., under suctheirenmstaricese unless
7.laida which waS then besieged by the enemy;-the. the. ,
!teeth. . .. • • - micro. He thought tl:ese suirlietit reasons for bourhood of Talavera where the British army could lie `s_opi)Osed the Spanish Government vßis incompe-
I to stimuote and support toe insurreecon ,
*•h• 'I • Thanks of ihe House on find no means of subsiwence, the French
withholding frortibirnta
.o , . . perform -' duty• ) The-countr , though full •
, so abound- tent to its • - 3,
:ch had at the same tithe broke out.--'''arnoilg -
the •he present 'occasion. , ;ed in- them, that when they again took possession .of of res.oto chs arrd provisionsswas incompetent or tm-
inhabitants of the kingdom of NaNpleso 'Stacey -
were Lord GiteSv .
BNOx. was sorry to oppose the ma- lof that iiiace and of the British' risoners who were , h . 1' ' ' Beaides• this motement
i s P v, nun .to supply a,in, • . .
• ere the objects of. that expedition, in- both- of -.
his do .
lion; but 'he felt it deity to so, becalase the left to their mercy; they feund themselveS able fully wOuld.tend.tO secure the safety of Portugal; and hy •
lich it however camcompletely failed; yet; notwith-
Nile. , • information. -had been refused. by wlneh it should ' to-Supply, and actually did'.supply our troops with defendieg Spins), liesat the same time,Protetted Por-
' th oing its notoripus failure and the conSequencees , :vote Is TI k-•tit b t '
be supported. The e - tan a other i• a 7 all the necessaries of which they before sodeploras ttigal. •He then urged every effort that zeaL cou- •'
at ensued, not a- Voice was ratted in t, .tt. souse to
"OPOs 'that
1.1 e the fur reward which the Thanks of tle of .Cortanna; had been- addhced as. a •precederit bly • stood in, need: Was there not here again a want rageespirit arid aEtivity Could call forth, and ho ap- . .
on the p'reient occaSion. PerhaPS on oeither that, : of precaution and foresight in the British General, p3,hh his best; judgment, the means of Which,
General
were moved to confer on the merits of the
nor the vittory of Talavera', ought• the distinCtion or* a culpable •'neglect in- the British Commitsarlat; , ee •A,,-;.mg' in possession, to the objea for which they
-eheral and the army by
.whorn that signal service
now proposed to have, . been sbestOssed ; hut lie did which it wasihe duty of the• General to correct ? it were espeCially interlded ; for he would again oh-
tll brilliant victory were achieved. As in regard to •
not cotheive shat the two
,cases were exa&ly pa- was truly pain‘ful to him to go into the .detail and '. serve, that- Lord -W. entered Spain, in: order 'to •
.1,.1e battle of Maida, so with respect to the victory of battle of COruni,a, was fought from
.* the proof- of 111-these instances of want of true • defend POrtugal: .. In so doing, sif has been saids'he
'alavera, it was his w ish now to coutine himself. rail°. The
necessity, the heats. of :lalavei-a was Matte! of , Generalship, ya. hien has . marked-the' late ebinpaign, :did'nor end . the necessarr precaution. But he
Itt'ictly to that achieve' meat, without atternpaila 'to ,
choice ~ 'The soature oh file result end coeses in Spain. ' 'Of the valour' and the energy, of the 'et;Otild here again ask; Was Lard • Wellington to "se-
-eltmPle with it ail r.' othec ohjeet or oecurreace of:,
theemences of.both, could not therefore be properly , . patience peeler fatigue, and -Abe endurance& every" tope toPPii..e ?ny confidence' in Genral Cuesto, in.
-e cam a- our did he restrict himself Within .
Th.._ p !go •; ,
wase chnapareds, .
... „ -privation displayed by the army, no eedoeitmehoeld the army, he commanded, in, the - Government of
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dud
limits, because .tie not prepared ter (1.-,
Lord MohNTsev, in a. maiden ...speech, which be extravagant.-
,To them it wOuld. be cruel and' Spell); or in the'country -he was sent to assist ?.. The
''hcl the eonduet of the 7-campaign. Fie abstain-.
dispiayed web •• argornent and ingeluity, wa7inly unjust indeed to deny the encolaragement and re- plan of 'co-operatiOn 'Was now.•ettled, and -Lord.:W.
e,.d from miiigling_ wit h other topics beciuSv-ii '
snpported- the-. motion 'for a vote of alri,m.its. in *Wed Which- the Thanks of that House should hold i wai to Move agaimt Victor. in concert With. General
Zs in itself a distinct ,and conspicuouS• object,
no battle was the skill -oust gallantry of. a General out to'them. • But he could not see that the claim. ' mg.:,
eesesfa. it. Was fixed; at the saute time,. that V.ene-s
be because he wa, stviaie that other topics should .
more eminentiy displayed, or. the ,co4age and dis- of fife General to thatsciistincloon, ..olothat occasion, I has §b6i11d,..-ptisly.on .;ovvar,ls Ma;trid; in: order .to
"e_e reserved for future ' discnssion ; a discussien '•
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dine of British. troovs niche. conspicuously evince
:was so obvious. For Lord, Wellington's. cliaraca;r,l ; draw otf, those.C7orpeof the Freneh.,..armv, co:no-rand.
:',°lll which; when it arrived; he ShOuld pot:
ed. In every operation of that mcmorshlt7 day, _ he, the same titne, prole sed to entertein the e
hilt- I ed•by Sebrotiani and ' ..105,2r, --Buotiapar,:'e. Au thno
":, rink. But to the b title aid victory of TalaVara '
these brilliant qualities Were -marked in an oxtraor- est respect and admiration. He was a bold; active, i
i state ofthings,if duly carried into exeention; was -not
"„'c'ne hepow,way anxioui-to solicit the attention ot .
(hoary degree. AMong others he could not but no , and euterprizing officer; andhe must repeat it,' that I
Lord Welling-toh fully ejustified in -,expeaing..stic-
' '''',e House; and he.was confident that when th-y con= _
tiee the intrepidity
_and _perseverance with which it was-paitiful to him io the extreme to oppose Ore, 1 cess ? '.• On _the2.2d isf July lie moved towards Ta-
, 'tiered it in its own and proper light ; when they
rGeneral Hill maintained .hid .position, which he present motion, which. he was only impelled to-doi .lavera;send-on. thes.23d,.‘the•_corps owlet' Vitifor ap-
ecollected the gsneral impression it had made on
th •might- call the key of die whole position Of the by an imperious sense of duty. 1 proached near them. Lorc-e7W. oroposed-to_aitack
1 - had
e country, and the universal erat•iustasin , .
kid wos the intre ,:dit -
Equally :determine ..
.. l Y Lord
•MhysTlo)r said. a fern words in explaeia- . it that morning wand what but a complete vi6lory
ndled through all ranks o' the peopt:. • when they arm -
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and obstinete. defence • made
,by the troopS
.c..m tion: - . , • - could then. have been eSpebed :over die separate'
recalled to mind the striking wanner in Which the
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manded by General Sherbroke. •Were such , Sig- , • 'The MarquisWELLci.,LßY theta rose. if, It was corps of Vitior, sitice -after. he ovas• able to defeat
Rel6rY and example of that memorable atliaa had
Hal instaneeS el military skill and proWes4 to., eo iSoitiful; lie, said, to the Noble Earhto perform a the unitthferces of Sebastani, Joseph, 8,:e.! With
been set forth in the Gt-rie'ral Orders of the army,'
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all this fair proSpea of destroying Victor's corps,
withdoubt, of his
le , the ;advice and iiistruCition,, no . . , .
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without he;: just reward.. , . There might he a public duty on time present occasion, and painful, no
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3,. ' . .
W .
~ pita' failure in the objects of the halite, a:l4, doubt, it was to A mind like that of the' Noble Earl, csiestaofor reasons which never have been exelains
rkatesty's Goverinueut, ii was difficult to conceive.
some melancholy - conserinences insy havel fol- . 20 charancrize.d for liberality of sentiment and ge- ed,- reftied•tb: attack until the following day :. anti
how the influence of s..ch a- gallant exploit should
lowed it .; but, in his mind, it
,was so- ic,,..tin int ! herosity of ' feeling; how - much more painful- the behold' during , that very nighteViettir: nn.de, . his
d'euMl to operate, and bow Any inclination could now
in glory; that the laurels it won es aedowed. situation in which he stood, where heebuld not but escape, and joitied, Sebastiani, Meantinae, Veties
'2• felt to withdraw from it that proud diskinction -
any failure by which iv May hitVe be,, :h atcoln- listen to private feeling-, While he came •for Ward to gai, who W•as'lnstrtided to be at -Oh ~on the
!'e thanks of :hat House, by which alone it could I
h•. . . . .
perform 'a public duty. He had now' to vindicate 22.dereceivedeounterorders from the Central Junta;
e aoecptately res, erded. Indeed, the terms in which Pan"leti'
tii„ Earl qitaY could not but observe that the Noble . the characlxr and conduct of- a rCiatite to near as a • for what re&.ore or with .-what view he •could never
e (Lents of that action were described in the Ge 7,,
Earl Who. intredueed the 111(ktiOn ~c..:l,ed tees much. brother; and of an Offices who had exerted his Ms iirideratikcl ; but the result was, that Venegas, who
ilea'' Orders; and the hig-it satisfaition eiciiKisged.-
disposed tO deal in generaitie,,. hi ta,ked ;11114...11 most Iliagibeili, and his best abiliiieS in the eXecet- • sid§qsite in motion, on, the 2r)d, did :•not . begin to
resheeting the whole conduct of it by his MajeSfY;
,of then ecessity of cherishiee s military spirit, and", •don of the service intrusted to him, and in which, advance. till. the - egthe Could any General wi Is-
-I.l.l)eltred tu him so appropriate-and forcible; that he ,
of keeping it alive by fair eitiaiaraeerneots and diss althongh the' nieapsfailed him in the execution, his stand-such cross .purposes-?—Could any operation,
-)'-tiLl riUt refrain from now referring to it, the more
tinaions. That it was .proper to ise.ep up tlie,mies , zeal and effeltS are. still-attested by the 0 niversal voice .however well. concerted, succeed under • such cons
141testeolh,' to 4 efredl the r colleaiong of theit Lord-
litary spirit) and th.,..t enthuShism by svhich it is , ,oftwo kingdoms,-and the according thanks and- • tradiaory orders- ?- If now its was stated at yoer
:.,M1..:,5. • iiie •Noble Earl then read the passage in the
fed,. he was not dispesed.to deny. .But there was.
ratiou'of the tvjo'couritrieS of Portugal and Spain, in Bar, that under 'ell' these- circumstances, so pro-
`,'',lteral Orders; to which he was more partichlarly
all - ee- • • - no necesSity now to refer to general .epics. .On *torte behalf he has so s'trenurisly exerted himself. raising of !Success; General Cuesta refused she
outng, when he was called to order by
tits present occasiore, it was incumbent on the. Noble lt-an Officer4hose indefatigable aBivity and ardent proposed attack-' on the 23d, and- the Central
- -"' Lord Giay, who rose to remind the Noble Earl
Earl to she that the battle ofTalavera carried with zeal for the pnblic service hue beerte so usefully
Junta countermanded. the -movement of Venesas;
, * that it svas ti-enching on the freedom of debate in
it: all the marks and , featurca of a viCterso and. and glorioSisly displayed 'in different heels and ells which was so essential to the combined operation,
that House to, introduce the name of the Sovereign
that as such it was entitled to the high disiindtioo of .
, a rso matey ~toils s and see-
and Whom fte - n - t Iwheat d f General '
• Vith a view to influence their decisions. e • coul you expect rom any in such a
the Thanks of that House. He was also ready •to - • .
viceL the distinaidn he has so ofon merited andob- 1 dilemma ? But Measures of a .different complexion
s ' The Earl of. LIITERPoQL defended' himself fromi
atr,ee, that great adVantages often resulted from bold tained,l.vould now he 'aithlield.; hi's mind rhust be des-. i and result Might now, he trusted, be exhected'fi-CM
fuell an irnputation, -by observing, that when he
and hazardonaaritions o but he' could oot adopt Vie
titute indeed of all private -feeling'if it did not poig- the Spanish Government.. It was now ardently to be
leterred to the General Orders on this subject,
expression of the Noble Lord who preceded him, mutt-- e
y sutler op such an occasion—sueh, he was not Wished and hoped, that the action of the Executive
• l'e accolnpartied his reference by the observatieni,
that the.viaory of Talavera, was 'so redundant irt ashamed tocdnfess; was the- state of his mind under Power• would unit•-s and co-operate with the spirit of
nal such mention. of 'the battle of Talavera in-the
e .glory, that its laurels sovershaded every particular in the present cirentii.itarece,s ;•thoogit she hadeibundant i the 'People ;- that, Spain Would a& a part Worthy of
`seueral Orders was with the advice and conchr
which it might have failed. Such praise perhaps consolation in the couvietion,that his Noble relative . -herself, and Worthy of herb eat and generous AEv.
rence of •his Majesty's MinisterS, and that Conies .
to ' might properly belong to such a battle as that of
roan
had done every thing which' coeld be done by any -This perfection in her Government could not be the
cluelltly he acknowledged the responsibility
Agiiicourt. Whatever were the risks it, had run, in the situations in which he had bsen placed.'
u'llielt it might expose them. The passage, -work of a day. Were: we never to employ a single
they were all over-balanced and lost in the signal dc- -He must now beg leave to observe, dint the Noble. i -soldier, or risk a single- exertion in her behalf, 'uned.
• ~..''''wevere an the General Orders, he was, saris- feat and diSpersion of the enemy that folloWed if.-- Earl whO headed the opposition to_ilie present motion t she had arrived-at oh thesperfedion of a free Slate
. lied Was no more 'than an echo of the general
Such were hot the true sof the bold and' rash attempt did riot quire ch•arly understand the prc-e.-re.-is of the Could it be ekpeCted that Spain, emerging'
.froos'
emitiment. with which the whole country was im,
at Talavera ; and hee.must constantly deny at it operations that-had been carried- on in P'ertesoil "And 1 the torpor and servitude in which her fllcilicis ;1,1
PPss,(l upon that extraordinary occasion, and un-. ,
Was stamped with any of the due eharaeleristi sof a -sp-ain. He ,itoult briefly siLee them i—Lerd Wel- i e
der that conviaion he had now referred to it. In nergies bad so long been cramped ; emerging from
great arid decisive victory. The battle Of Ta avera ‘ti
'whatever light the battle, of Talavera was to be ..ngton was direned to proceed to Portugal, e The ancient inveterate 'habit's and ' prejudices Which be- '
and its results were compared with those of the battle North' of Portugal was ' them in p(OseSsion of the nighted -her ,understafirting'; emerging from that
/Mewedewhether as to the comparative numbers en-
of Maida'; and it was asserted that the latter had
- %aged, the gallantry and obatinacy With which it enemy, and he ceM(l, ate he r.rn: t irut.;e disposed to . state of disuition and, disconnection between her difs
failed in both of its 'objects, namely the relief of dvance into the South. The tillq object of his No- ferent provinces, which, hoe•ever'sthey might join •
*as fought, or the decided superiority which was
Mailt, and the encouragement and propagation of le relative was to deliver Portugal :on thia* opera-, in hatred.,endenimosity against the corm
t'l,aintained by the Blitisll. at all the points,.N.ad at non itivtnier,
?II the times they Were attacked; he could net .but the insurreetioo in Calabria-. If that battle could be floe he did not think it necessary -tolt ap-- i weri. yet in some degree at variance with citt.th
~. °!.t Struck with the strong chtima it might boast to said to have failed in its objects, the failure he would peared in. the eyes of, all Portugal, and in the opi- j other, was it reasonable to expea that Spain would
*,sthe highest honours . the country could conies.— conteud .vas yernote;, but the aetien was most deei-
, sive in itS immediate effe6ts. It disconcerted and -
iiion of -his whole army, as'' rapid and ebitiplete an t at once and -on a' sudden . attain- time utmost • •er-
glion as ever had been performed. In the ntean time fectionrof a settled, • enli i dand . '
gatene , ,vigoretts-
ourei --of skill and gallantry. in our Ge-
y such roofsp g ' I
. /metals—such an example of intrepidity and disci-
i the
from its position an hostile force which had Viaor ' was advancing into Portugal, and -Lord }}Government ? He would now return to the battle
been prepared and intefecled for another service'. So -
I Plrue in our troops, should not be, allowed to be ! Wellington prepared to proceed to the South to, M' of Talavera, and the circumstances srrhicli cliarac-
far it May be. said to have eminently succeeded. Of -'oppose 'him; In this proceeding a ' delay' of about -terisel that battle, and he would boldly contend',
1 !Passed over without every ,disetion by which it
1 !'auld be marked, by every recoinpence by winch , the battle of Talavera it cannot, ' howeVer, be said, ten days seemed to occur •; but it WaS only the that in a military point of view; nothing could have
it Could be repaid.. The use and influence of 'such ,
that it succeeded either in immediate or rethotti, ob- consequence of the inevitable neCessily of refitting rbeen more gallant and competent than she repulse
1 /eWards, in honuurable minas, must be ob ions to :pets. elt had been said that it stopped the piogress
.his army after so long andsrapid a
,march. Thetas 4 l which the enemy there sustaine'd, wherever' Ite- di-
*very person. How very eagerly were such on- (4 the eneeny ; but hoWedidthat appear ?-H.Did not of Lord Wellington had been comeared Co shot off rected his attack. He v,vould`not pretend_mitine ly
t the Corninaeder ltimicif acknowledge and complain, General 'Meore, d General whose merits-Cen never 'to argue questions merely military. Bat he Might
•: tortunities seized by the Ruler of France to foster _ -
tsar ft orn want of trie rueena of transport and of pro- be too highly extolled, or histco -bitterly she» ; fairly ask Whether there waa no' skill, no bra-.
Ile military spirit, and to distinguish its; brightsre
`Urges c)n s for his army, he' ceuld not -iursile or coroinne
rats by every possible honour and ieward. His vi' , Y, .. . 1 . . lored But tl . I .. . i
p . . se wo cases .are different trent -the ,very, no glory in the mode by witch th.tt 're-
i a • , to autiov toe enemy, who, it is knosvn, maintained circumstances in which Spain was placed it the time -pulse -was effected—a repulse
merit had s
hixiety•sand attention to reward inilitsry ! . • c i p
their p S:U00 ser two elys after the battle, Without they occurred.. When Gen. Moore entersd 81,ain, the'! himself has acknowleged to be one of the clee.eest
I° exalted in France the milinary profesiion, that
aver
y other, when compared with jt, Sunk ittiOOb-
fturity
I , .
forgotten or despised, Hence, no tloubt, ~,,r_
„ •C:pellt:ll,..ittg any fresh Molestation fi om our victos ' Government of the rountry Was:didded .aillong diff,..! I wounds that had yet been inflieled on hi's nJuli-
iteis artily. i s, . -..
- In the --live d sittutc situation did our rent authorities. There was no head which they iaty character ? Now as' to the cons
•tr o s retrial.) afterss well as' before the victorlooked to or acknowledged;. .eqrtences of
se i .19 p., i y, , ,no power to contsoul that battle—he would only ask,Were they such
lat -..
txcellence which his Generals attained In their __and, , •
G
v• '; r,r- lnecneni . vt'a islovvol to retire i the most re- -o- 'dire t , e
- 4'4 theexploits by which .they siva-lied ?heir ~. ),. . .A. . , . • ,
. et lel neral resources of the dounry; while 1 disparage the merits displayed on the occasion ? -Was
. Li •1, . ip-i..
.; -- - . • • t..,.1 ,_-) 4:_.:.,, v. i ..-i: .!, '
- ... L. .•1.4•4
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS. •
FRIDAY, JAN. 26. •
The 'Bishop of KILLALOE took the oaths and his.
lea%
i•The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, that it be 167.
, ~7,r,rtd to a Committee to inquire into the heit means
; ventilating the House. The- Committee
11Pointed and ordered .to sit on Monday at one
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i

uartle,itselt essential t ) the. obje&s of the
„pie!, ? Unless that blow had been struck against
eould It not have been itnpoassible to pre-,
.t t the enemy from overroiming, the: South of
• I kin, or lei tkine an erortion into Portugal The
Prevention . of these operations on 'the .part, cf., the
`tremy were surely essential to the objets, of the
Expedition.. It savek the 'Seuili of Spain Aroto
solute destruetion, while .tt afforded time to 'Portugal
to organize her army, and 'strengthen her military
eositions. By taking up the position which -Lord*
W.: after wards 'occupied, he placed himself inn pos-
tore Miele he could draw provisions. from the adja-,
cent country, while at the saute time bealrew near-,
et to her own magazines. What was the result
Until then the French arrnies were actively me—
n icing the South of Spain and Portugal. Since that
t ey have been compelled to suepend their opera-
otts on these points, Upon the topic.- Of military
discreton, he should not enter into any criticale.lis-
rinisnion. ,He would not, however, hesitate to 4f-.
lire), that in turtherate a of the-objed en which he
was etnployeo, [,©rd W. made a judicious oppilea-
tem of his weir a, and drew trom:,tlte.n every ad-
vantage of is latch they seetned-so,susceptitle..,;Front"
the leisure afAd,pportunity he has afforded Portugal,
of improving: the slate of tier army,. it has already
been brought to a perfeetioo which will enable it vi-
gorowly, and he hoped, effeeteally to co-operate,
%lilt a British force. He would not say, that Lord
W. had placed that country in: a COtnelete state of
security ; but this he alightsafely assert, that it was
now in a better state of security than it has yet been
since it had to contend against the invasion from
France. No*, attetthii view-of the question, and af-
ter this- simple enumeration of *what Lord W. bad
performed fur the safety both of Spain and Portugal,
it wes not, from partiality,- but justice,' that he de-
dated that; in' his.mind,, Lord Wellington was fair-
ly entitledlo all t•be honours be has already acquired,
nod to the high tlistinction which his Majesty. has •
been graciously-pit:l4d to bestow upop Ins personal
services and that he has as just a claim to the re-.
veird which-the pretent Motion is intended to grant,
a: any Noble Lord who has ever been honoured by
a similar distinction, or-even as any Noble Lord can
have to the hereditary title which he now enjoys. •
Lord HARROW BY supported the Motionitia,short
Speech, and 'explained in respect to some passage's in
the debate of the preceding evening.
Lord GanNvILLS reminded' the House, that he,
had out objected on a former lily to a Vote of Thanks
tothe brave' men atid.otlicers who had ti;ught the
battles of thei, country, 'et he did feel, however
Ministers had found the present motion convenient,.
th,it the House could' not look at the campaign in
avid pass the present vote under the contract-
ed view of valour and ill skill evinced at the battle
of Talave a. More citcutnetatices connected with
that catnfa'gn were to be considered before the
House carnelo A Vote of Thal** for what his I.erd-
slf? termed a fatal and calamitous Eat/edition. The
House could not enter into the question .without
additional information. It was. necesaaryooX 0121 y
to state- the skill and energy _which 144- been.diii•
played at the tpattle of Talavera, hm, to describe the
antecedent evenourith truth and accuracy. Twenty-
four 'bout s mitiOt suffice to try the.merits of soldiers
who bad borne fatigue and all the privations attached
to Military men; butthe merits of; General could not
be meastokd within -apt narww portion of time.
His Lordship „wet revved to say. that _the general
objects of the simpaigta were audicient 10 call on
the House for inquiry. At tire same time lu•Lor&
ship did not feel a conviction that it was necessary ,
to cast a censure on the conduct of the General who
had fought the battle of Talavera, because the or-
'dos under which !hat General bat acted were not
before the House. He was willing to believe, that
If the Spanish armies had been influenced by the spi-
rit and discipline which had distinguished the British
troops, much might have been effected. The Co-
operation of the Spanish forces had been the depen-
dence of IVlmistvrs. The success of the troops in
Spain, and the safety of Portugal, had restei on this
co-operation, but where had co-operation been
found ? A plan was formed, said the Noble Lord,
to cut off a detachment of the French force, in co-
operation with General Cuesta, and when the at-
tempt was to have been made, it was frustrated by
the refusal of General Cuesta to juin in the atta.:k.
General Venegas had not refused to co-operate, hot
he received orders from-his Government, which had
prevented him from acting in concert with the Bri-
tish. He called on•the Heuseto consider what Mi-
nisters had been dOingin Spain, during two years,
with Brits!, artniee, submitting to the co-operation
of..Spsnish GeteTals. • Under all the circumstances
of the campaign, Ais, Lordship contended: that
the, motion. ould not pass, unle:ls the House
vva: prepared to return a Vote of Thanks for
the whole campaign. That the British force
rTA 'a superior force lateeglit by tho.• cot-
my, no man would dispute ; yet it was also`
disptuabile, that the result -of that battle compelled
the Eeirieli troops to fall back,- while the enemy ad-
eanced to takevos.sezeion of many advantages. His
Lordship concluded an eloquent Speech,. hy-depre-
ev.ting I lie opinien which had been advanced in the
ceurse of the dt.bate, namely that coolness, energy,
and valour; ` were;sullicient tp constitute an able ,
General. It had bett a recommendation in_ the
el,arader of.a greet mars (Marshal "furettne) that Jae
eas avaricious of the blood of his
,soldiers. This
teal a reeoeeeeedatioe which every Genseal ought
to posse's, and has Lordship eepiesseil a hope,
tine 'it might prose a rtcutumendation to Muli-
s ers.

Earl GREY rose eNpre•Ss his concurrence iii the
\Tot., of Thinks to all the (Aiken and Trot*
had tough( at TalaVtl'a; Lor4bip. ob-
however painful it might be, a sense of
d y compellcd bin) to retnse that Vote to Lard
. .

. .
he M otion was then put and carried withotit a
division: --Tile Huse adjourned to Monday.

ir4o/LSE, OF CO/1,4101V5,
YRIDAY, JAN. 20.
On the Motion of Mr. Rose, Copies • were or-
dcr•ti to be laid before the. House, of the Me-
LU .vials presented to the Lords Commissioners of
(h 2 rrspe&ing the arr:hlteOural . and
;.;:,er improvements about the Houses of .Parka.
-

OA the rnoliln of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.-
It-citlEtt, it Was or►iered that the Chapf of the

House do preach a Sermon before the House, in 'he
Church of Ste Margaret, ;'4'V"esminster, on Tues-
day next, the 30th ii,st, being the Anniversary of
King Charles's' Martyrdom.
On .tice motion of Mr. GEM:3n JOHSTONE, en
Account was ordered to be laid before the House,
of the number of Bills and Promissory Notes re-
issued, distinguishing the Rates of. the _Duties upon
them, from sth January 1798,-to the latest period
to which the same could be made oft. • •

Sir J. NEWPORT brought in a Bill to preulent the
Einbezzicruent of the Public Money by Colire-
-tors,• Receivers,. Etc: Read a first time, ordered to
be printed, 4nd to be read a second dine on Wed-
nesday next.

Geetietnan to postpone his motion to a future day.e
As to the sentence of the Court Martial, he did. -not-
conceive, that, 'unaccompanied by .the minutes Of
evidence, it would be sufficient for the House.
That sentence pronounced Lord Gainleier not guilty,
but it did nut follow !hit the Minetes of Evidence.
might notsliew that bis Lordship was dot-entitled-
to the approbation of. Parliament.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exeheouna said, ehit.-
if the Noble Lord would postpone his motion until
Monday, and that the House should then think that
the Minutes of the Trial ought to be produced, he
would 'postpone his motion for 'Thanks. If the
(louse should. deterniine that the sentence alone
shouldthe
be laid on table,he would take care that
PRIVATE BILLS. I
! it should be immediately forthcoming. •
The CHANCELLOR of the ExetifeaUEß POSe.i in COI R. ' Lord Cocoa I\t; aequieeced in this arrangement.'
sequence of the notice which he had given, to pro- Ou the produdien of these documents, he would.
pose to the House elimitation to the period for re- ' pledge himself to prove, that—.
ceiv_ing petitions for Private Bills, and for the various ! The SPEAKER again interrupted the Noble Vord,
Stages ef Private Bills when introduced. The expe- observing diet he undersiood it to be the sense 'of 'the
deuce which for some years the House had enjoyed House, that the, Noble Lord should not, at present
Of the adventage of such litnitaticn, rendered it tin. enter into any details, but should confine himself'
necessary for Mtn so say any thing on that part of simply to a notice. •
the slibjeet. He should confine himself therefore ! . Lord COCHRANE accordingly gave notice, that on
it, au explanation of the difference between tbe pro- : Moeday he wo-uld move for the production of the
make, whieh he was about to ake, and those minutes of the Court Martial on Lot d Galtibier.
which on former occasions he had submitted to the. . LICENSES FROM THE BOARD OF TRADE.
House. At the commencement of the last Session On the motion of the Cnexceeeoa of the. Ex-
he had proposed the eth of May as the limit for the
CHEQUER', the House -went inte the consideration
ultimate stage of a Private Bill, i. eethe reception of ,of the Speech of the Lords Commissioners. •
the Repert.. It was his intention now to propose E-
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , wawa," a
Fite 7th of May as that limit,
being a diflereuceof
.. 'ee ;(Atthes. of the House " that a supply. be granted
Only one day in, thelintit of. The the ultimate step. 1• NI to ~jesty."
w
alteration that he had in vie was to diminish the ' 11r. R EEvEY wished to make•some observations
period hitherto allowed•for the reception of Petitions 'I NJ C
on that Dart of the Speech which related to
for. Private Bills, in order to extend the subsequent : Supply. part -- the
stages of those Bills, and thus to give the adverse ,
After an observation from the SPEAKER with re-
parties to those Bills a more ample opportunity of spect to the irregularity of any discussion ott a ge-
exatnining and opposing their provisions. He should neral motion torgranting a supply to his Mai -sty,
therefore propoge three.Resplutions; viz :
Mr. CrieEVeY proce.a.eled. He. requested the
That the /loose .would not receive any Pa-
ert 'period
induleence of the House for a sle , , while he
titions for Private Bills after Friday the 9th of Fe- proposed some questions to the Gentlernei opposite.
bruary next. , . 'Eh . first passagei of ti re :}leech on which re ' • x
That the House would not receive any Private :- k e tat in -
ions to itenark,e an nat in which
Bills after Monday the leth of March next.
gralulatecigti the flourishing state of the revenues, ;.a
That the House would not receive .any
ports of Private Bills after. Monday Re', slate which was ascribed to the system of licenses,
the 7th '43i May. t lIA vdtieli no instrument in the heeds olGoverntnetet
next. . ,
- - ' Wald in his opinion be mere destructive to the gene-
Yt woeld be ebserved,• that the period for the re- . -
rat interests. It was well known also that foreige
ception of Private
.Bulls would by these Resolutions; t products were obtained, not by the exchange for
be extended a fortnight, and the period for receiving #them of home commodities, of Private Bills a week beyond the corresa . es, but by the exportation
of-bullion ; an exportation so considerable as to
pendent, periods of the antecedent year. ,
occasion the most alarming deficiency in the general
Mr. ROSE expressed his apprehension, that the circulation of specie. 'rile profit on the exporta-
term proposed by his Right Hon. Friend for the re- lion of goldamounteel to 32 per cent. The House
ception ofPetitions for Private Bills, would in some must. perceive that this system would lead to the
cases be insufficient..
depreciation of paper, and ultimately to national
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, ruin, was this system to becontincied. Au Hen.
that it was desirable to establish as a.general princi- Bart, had last
-night adverted to the omission in the
plc, that the petitions should be presented, within_. Speech of all mention of India ; an omission as sur-
the period which he had. mentioned. In cases of • •
prising to him as it was to that Hon. Bart. That
peculiar diffictilty, the House would, of course, immense member of the Empire, which produced a
listen to circumstances. that might be alleged for an,
revenue of 15 millions, had not been heard of in
extension of that period and determine accordingly.
that 'House these four years. He understood, how-
The Resolutions were then agreed to and ordered
tube printed. .. - ever, that it was in the contemplation of the Come
REVERSION,I3I,..L. . pony to apply to Parliament, during the present
Mr. Beexes, finding that there were two other Session for a loan of two millions. Was thaterese?
subjetaa of,importance to be discuSsed by the Hotiso' He had also heard that it Was iii contemphitien to
that evening, withdrew his notice of a motion fir prep/else the renewal of the Company's Charter.
leave to bring in a Bill to rendek the Reversion Bill Indeed, if that proposition Were not madetinting the
oflaat Session perpetual, in order to fix it for another Pfe'cnt S''''sitln' mould 134 vnivrallY
abandoned, as by 'the Afi notice must be giveti of
the Chattel:-
day-..a delay to which he was the more strongly in-
such an intention on the pall of the Dtteaura by
duced, from understanding that it was, a proposition
March next. He Wished for informatiou 'on this
which unfortunately was likely to produce debate.
subieel, which was of the utmost importance, espc-
As, however, the subjea was one of much urgency
(for the existing Bill would expire in six weeks af- cially when it was considered that the Directors at-
ter the commencement of the Session) he should tributed all their misfortunes to Lord Wellesley,
not defer his motion longer than Monday next. who was now a principal Member of the Cabinet:
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, Mr. Ross, in reply to the questions Of the Hon.
'that there were already two notices on the Order' Gentleman rezeeeting the-Trade Licenses, observed,
Book for Monday, bath of which would probably thee they were. adopted to oppose the' oppressive
excite discussion. He wished therefore flee 1);•s . Measures of a ):arson at the head of the Government
of France. The HOD. Gentleman had asserted that
Right Hon. Friend would fix on some subsequent
day. With reseed to any supposed 'urgency in the we had no commercee and that we paid for every
measure, it could scarcely be imagined to whatever thing in bullion. ' This was a complete mis-state-
period the motion might be delayed ; even -;ere it meat. The fact was, that the exportation of home
posterior to the expiration- of the exMing Bill, that- : manufactures was greater by millions than during
his Majesty's Ministers would' take aey step'by ' any former year. He. admitted, however, that the
which the:principle of that Bill might he violated. : state of exchange- was agaiost us ; -but if tie were
to e enter into any exphieation on this subject, it
He should oppose the Bill to be proposed by -his
Right -Hon. Friend, because he wished only to sOs. would necessarily lead him into more extensive de-
pend the power which that Bill Would go to abolish. ! tails than it weeedvisible to -offer to the House on
If his Right Hon. Friend bad no objection, he would the present occasion'. When the "House should go
reeommend Wednesday as- the day on Whiclehe ' into a Committee on the subject, he pledged him-
might bring forward his-proposition. t self to prove the ac..unicy of his statements". The
Mr. Beexes acceded, and ' INtednesday was ac-
Hon. Gentleman talked of abuses in the distribution
'of Licenses. He eould only say, ehat he had never
cordingly fixed.for his motion.
heard'f a -le ity abuses, and that the utmost nine had
LORD•CAMBIER.
. Lord COCHRANE said, that understanding it-was been taken to prevent theirooecurreuce.
- .
the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to propose ± The Cnexceeeoe of the EXCHEQUER, in addi-
no Moriday next-the Thanks of that House 'to Lord lion to what had beau said by his Right Hon. Friend
Gambier, he felt it his diity,to move "for tile previous on the subject of-.licenses, stated the qeestion to
produelion of. the Minutes of the -Court- Martial ' be, whether in' the present circumstances of the
which bad been herd on that Noble Lord; and he 4 - world, it was,- or Was not, expedient to meet by
pledgscl himself to prove from those Minutes, not that .system the inhotiveniencee which the system of
ouly that . , - the- enemy occasionki-. If the Hon. Gentleman
TheSPEAKtall int,!trupted the Noble Lord. ' If - would bring this sub;eet fairly before the House, he
the Noble Lord were going to give it notice of a I would lied it diffieult to prove the negative of this
Metion,...it .was iiregular, to enter info any detail; eti'estiote The trade of Grelt
,Britain, during the
If, however it was his intention to submit a Moller) List year, was unexampled, not only in the history
to the I-louse. at 'that time, it would be for the Mof this country, but in - the history of the world.
House to detertnine whether or not they would ', He would repent what lie had 'stated on Tuesday
maintain the usage ivlech had prevailed .of giving night, namely, diet the exeorts, exclusive of bullion,
! exceeciyd by sevenmillions the most prosperous an-
previetts notice :of such an intention.
' Mr. Poiesosee observed, that he certainly un- tecedent year of -peace; and by ten millions the
derstood that the Noble Lord meant to make an ' most prosperous antecedent )e it of war. The
immediate motion. - The ordinary usage of giving :Honettrable Gentleman would have therefore to
i
notice was not applicable in, the present case ; for prove, that a system tender which the trade of
as the Thanks were to be moved on Monday, and
.! Great Britain lied increased to a fifth more than
as the House was not accustomed to sit on Saturday. 1 the balk to which it had ever heretofore -arrived,
the Noble Lord had no other opportunity of making : was ii system which Parliament ought to be called
his motion than the present, .
upon immediate!) to teimina a. With rived
s: The Crieclew& of the EXCHRQU )iR declared, } to the abuses hinted at by the Hoti. Gentleman
that if the motion of the Noble Lord related to the I in the granting of licenses, he wished ' that he
produaion of the sentence only of the Court Ailar- I had commUnieated his knowledge of those abuses to
dal on Lord Gambier, lie had no objection whatever ! the Board whence the licenses proceeded, persuaded
to it ; but if it extended to the Minutes of that ' as the Hon. Gentleman must be (as he did not ima-
Court Martial, he was decidedly of opinion, that a gine that lie itnputed to the Board a connivance in
preposition to reconsider the trial of an Officer in a ' those abuses) that such itifirrnatiou wuuld have beep
case of life and death, was of too much importance i received with grateful acknowledgment. With ra-
to IV acceded to without, at least, due time for-con- ' .spect to
a what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman,
..
sideration. . i as to any- intention of proposing pecOniarYhassist-
Mr, MINIM remarked, that the Noble Lord had 1 unce to the East India Company, this was not tha
taken the earliest opportunity that presented itself I period for. offering ,any opinion on that sUbjetl.
to hire to make.this motion, after having Wen ap- ! On the result of the labours of the Committed on
,prised, that it was the intention of the... Right Hue. ' East India Attairs, which he supposed would be
t •

r,a-eivol, the House would judge of the proprie
of afrorit;gor withholding such assistancee'
With f;:-Oeet to the •Gharter, the Hon.tentletnafs
knew that ally proposition on that subject must
originate too with Government but with the tot
India equirany themselves..
iMr.'FIERNEY asserted that-the great •cause ofthl
apparent increase of trade during the last_year, Nalg'
the capricious restrictions which prevented the met'.
chants from importing and exporting -at pleasure,
and the revulsion which a-esulted from the prior
';stoppage Of. the ports. • It was too much that
,Go'
vernment should take credit to themselves for met'
',stires which had not produced the effeds ascribed to
them. With respect to what .bad'been said of abuies
,; in the granting of licenses,, did.not mean to state
gross corruption and partiality had take placei
.but•thaf if Might have taken 'place. Suppose, for
„instaocei.,• that under this new fangled kysippl 11",
censieg to trade to a Certain port were granted for. 0
week, and then suddenly stopped, might not a pe",
son W'ho. -had obtained a license dining that period
get a valuable.consideratioir for it ? The fact was,
that, this had:_beeo done; and that a license of the
sort which he had been deseribiotihailaetuallo been
sold for'a thousand pounds. Did he meats to charge
_ the Board ofTrade, or the Rieht Hon. Gentleman
opposite, who Was a principal Member of that Board,
with aoy corrupt view in this transaction ?
not. Still, however, it Might possibly result troM par'
tial motives. cry' body knew that he who has
sornei hing to eve wasapt to eel otiiething in yettiro;
When a rote in the House of Coineaons became 01
great Value, it was not easy to say bow it might bri.!,
jAli-chedd, w bat indw emeof might be held to
att individual to sit UP a few hours longer than usual;
. in order to give h:ssupport to Governmeito We hoeg
intending_ to insintioe that the Right Horfontie'.
. man opposite had made such a "use of th sV,tevn
oflicerises as that which be had been de:caibina, ho.
thoUght it but just, when its:eacellence was't-onatteo'
Vatinied, to tot:A-upon a few of the injoVious coo',
segoenees to which it Might pen:fiance lead. .
1:116. CHAfiCELLOR c - 11 EXCAEQOER said that h.-,
had bee'n cranpleteli itiisunderatoral by the Heil'
Gent. -if he.supp s'ed that he had represented -the•
. mode
.-or trading by liCenS -s as the in• st advaetrige",
deleetable' t hat could be
_dev ised. On the.cia-t",
trary, ha had s-tt,,,d`tirii it was a moSt
mode, and one to',aehich -Government -could be le'
ccinciled onlY:by ter neCe-saate Ofahe case. Nor hold
he taken pride to himself for -bi-inging torovard
sureS piodiraive Of such advauage to the trade (0_
the country. He had -merely clechoeJ, • that the
Hon. Gentleman wmald find it dlidicuk, lustier the
existing cums•ances, • to- persuide ilea. House that
thpscisent system ought tit be abolighei.
• Mr. Rosa concurp-d in the state:fr.:tit •of Ins Riet
Hon. Friend, that it sysoon of iieenses was a spio 0
not of- choice, but of ilec-•lty The-hoenses
,b,:eu,:granted only io ports w h:. rota w6O
`precluded by orhee'meanS. He re ,dily dtlo°.
Possibility of the system being used for time purpokie:
of par iality, and this \v.iS of it, chief evil,-; bat
',he dist Melly. and pcigitively daol fired„ that that
cal conduct and prindpies Of any iodividual hat ntVer,
in the slightest degree mingled ;Celt" with the deh
berations of the 11.0 rd of Tra,ie, as to the prapeiely.
of granting any of the applications that iiiichnee-0,
made to them. That corrupt w ies, could-not pos'.
.8114 exist was evident' from the fael, that -in case_
where it bad-been detet d to' gnint.hcenseli tat!,
certain-port, those-licenses !fad been -granted love:
riably without 4 stinctiOn of peesdus.
Mr. POISONBY allowed-6.4'11;c known •llahif
of the Right Hon, Gentleman, who had just spokeoi
were such as to convini.e eu cry one tioit he wool&
shew greater attention to thos.s who ditfered frog,
• him in politics than to arise who agreed Twitii- bias
on that subject, He was Willing to admit that 0°
eiadrts had Materially iticrea';ed ; but titi, increase
had tiot9r)eeti occasioned by tie system of liven es.
It had been occasioned by the revulsion of the-tor'
mere stagnation of commerce ; it had been ()can'
Sinned by the terupoiary -arriegement with Arne'
rice ; -iehad-been occasiuntd by the coateat.b-awieeo
FratiCe and. Austria, which 'had witdrawn from the
coastahe French troops that had beep accustomed
to enforce the vigilance of the Custom-house 'Orb'
cers ; it bad been occasioned .by the withdrawn";
ofthose restrictions, the of which hbeet! beet!
to the Commerce of the country to the in-o 4
lamentable state of its depression.
Mr. STEPHEN could 'not help congratulating hire'
self, that an offspring' of his mind had prodocel
yen millions additional exports to the country. The,
observations of the Hun. Gentlern to Opposite re'
minded him of the trite proverb " that wit is in aft_
inverse proportion to menaory.r That HOn. Gentle'
man's Memory must have beeircompletely lest when
lie asserted that the Orders in Counci! had re.loced
thearade of the country to. a state which'renaered ,
the system of granting license, necessary; If'tll4
Hon. Gent. were to rccolle‘ tuoreateeuracy,
his memory would present him s 4 it h the fact,, li:it
the trade of-the toiantry had been wholly ruined be"
'fore the issuing- of the Orden in Council, by which
it had been re-iniiimatecL He aa; wid:ng to admit
With the Hon. G- ntlrman that the' %ear betveeo
France and AuStria, and the Widolferea expeditit n•-
had concurred to relieve our tl';ide.' Wi h re,Teat to
any partiality that:had bean Saewn in the granting
of licenses, if it were rartilty, it Most be pat ti tlitY
to the whole body of cotn rereiai rnen in the•countt}'►
and he congratulated his Hon. below hits
OH such a respectable att:i'!.,,otzer:il. nunc.iutiont,
Mr. PuNsoa'BY in explanaiioioalenied that be 101
said one word about the W.iloece`ea Expediti it 2s
contributing to relic, e the trade of tie country',
agd instanced this .rois-sta.emeot of lit: Hon. Geo-
tlemen, as a proof that w bite h.: w-a- accu:ni.a (Abets
of a deficiency of menuily, be exhibited a lament' •
able want of 'that quality himselt,
Mr. WHITBREAD said, , that the Hon. Colitlemaa
appeared to have a good memory for the thiOgs long
passed, but not for rtiatieS of recent occurrent 8,
otherwise he would- not have' ascribed to his Hatt.
Friend near him (Mr,P,,nsfinf,y) any mention of tag
W.alcheren Expedition; nor would lie have ascribed
theitacrease, of our zrade to the Orders in Council.
Fur his past, he was convinced, t hat if rite O ders iii
Council, of which the. Hon. Gent. had proclaimed
himself the father, had ever been carried into full
force, the HooourAble Gontlentin would have h`ad
to talk nut of increments, but of decrements iii oof
commerce. He cAled on the Right Hon. Geotleman
Oppoite to hid' to declare, whet her .any ones of those
Orders; or of any other of the tucaturls that had

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