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PUBLIC MONUMENTS.-

From the " Votes and Proceedings of the House of
Commons.") ' • •
Entry in Journal, 3d February, 1817, read, as fol-
loweth

" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Admiral Lord Viscount Ex-
nouth, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Military Order of the Bath, for his able and gallant con-
luct in the successful and decisive attack on the batteries
and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th August, 1816."
Entry in Journal, 30th October, 1801, read, as fol-
loweth

" Resolved, amine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez,
Baronet, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, fur his alacrity and zeal in pursuing, and his:able and
;allant conduct in the successful attack on, the combined
viadron of the enemy in the • Straits of Gibraltar, on
the 12th and 13th days of July last, by the squadrun un-
ler his orders."

Entry in Journal, 24th March, 1803, read, as fol.
loweth

" Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the
house, that he had a Message from his Majesty to this
House, signed by his Maj.esty; and he presented the
same to the House ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker
(all the Members of the House being uncovered); and is
AS followeth, viz.:—
" GEORGE B.

" His Majesty having taken into consideration the
minent services performed on various occasions by Rear-
admiral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, and K. 8., and
particularly the valour, promptitude, and ability which
he displayed in successfully attacking. a superior squa-
dron of 'French and Spanish ships in the Straits of
Gibraltar, on the 12th of July, 1801; recommends it to
the House of Commons to enable his Majesty to make
provision for securing to the said Sir James Saumarez
an annuity of twelve hundred pounds fur the term of his
natural life. " G. R."

Entry in Journal, 26th September, 1799, read, as fol-
loweth

" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Captain Sir William Sidney
Smith, fur the conspicuous zeal and heroism by which
he animated and directed the efforts of the Turkish
forces, and of the small number of British officers and
seamen under his command, in their long and successful
defence of Saint Jean d'Acre, on, the coast of Syria,
against the formidable and desperate attack of the French
army, under the command of iieneral Buonaparte."
Entry in Journal, 16th February; 1801, read, as fol-
loweth

" Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the
House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to the
House, signed by his Majesty ; and he presented the
same to this house ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker
(all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and
is as followeth, viz.:—
" GEORGE

" His Majesty being • desirous of conferring a signal
, mark of his favour and approbation on Captain Sir Sid-
ney Smith, in consequence of the eminent services which
he has rendered, and the valour and ability which he
has displayed durinc, the whole period of the important
operations, with the conduct of which he has been en•
trusted on the coast of Egypt, and particularly in the
gallant and herbic defence of the fortress of Acre, re•
commends it to the House of Commons to enable his
Majesty to make provision for securing to the said Sir
Sidney Smith, a pension of one thousand pounds per an -
num, for the term of his natural life. " G. R."
1. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, with
an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis-
tinguished life ; and in particular, of his able and gallant
conduct in the successful and decisive attack on the bat-
teries and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th of August,
1816 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will
make good the expenses attending the same.
2. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions, that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. with an
inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis-
tinguished life ; and particularly of the valour, prompti-
tude, and ability which he displayed, in successfully at-
tacking a superior squadron of French and Spanish ships
in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days
lof July, 1801 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House
will make goo the expenses attending the same.
3. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, with an
inscription expressive of the public sense of his great and
meritorious services, in the course of a long and distin-
guished life ; and in particular of the valour and ability
which he displayed during the whole period of the im-
portant operations, with the conduct of which he was
intrusted, on the coast of Egypt ; and especially in the
gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre ; and
lo assure her Majesty that this House will make good
the expenses attending the saint.