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of disadvantage, and against an infinite superiority or
force, and halt our own army not in a State of battle:
—Yet, under all these circumstances, so complete via,
'our triumph, so glorious was our victcry, that not a.
wounded man, not a single piece of artillery, was lest
behind. I will not press farther upon the attention of

the House, but conclude by az. olio&
,6 'nut as humble Address to presented to Ms Majesty, that
he would be graciously pleased to order 'that a .Monument be

erected mike C'a:hedrai Church .of St.' Paul's to sir John Moore,

viho, after ar. honourable fife in the service of his country, we.r
killed by a cannon hall at Coninna, where, by judicious arrarr.
rnents and the must resolute courage, h^ repulsed a superior
enemy; and- effected the re-embarkation of the army under
command."
On the' question being put from the Chair,
Lord HENRY PETTY' said :—Thcrc can be
"but,one sentiment in
,this House upon the presert
tnotion ; nor is there,,l am persuaded, an individual
.within who does not feel-that sentiment full':
and forcibly.. All minor' Considerations are t..,rgetivjl
in the iniolUnta'ry tribute of national grittitude 10 the
cervices that have added 'new- splendour to the na-
tional charucter is insf when such a subject isbelcre
us, it is *ell that ba.feelingarising catt,.of any politi.
cal differences be allowed for a moment to inteifele

with the noblersxmriathy by which we-are bound, in.
common, to 'acknowledge' and .commemorate•distin-
giiished services rznaered .to' our Cotrition courITV.
h'incere as was the.pleasure I felt at hearipg n:o.
tion of the- NOble,Lord, t experienced go.less•at;s-
faction ,ka hearing die spee4 which prefaced it (hear •
hear !). 1 was glad to hear the Nolble Ltd do-st.ch

jusneelo %Imp-au-was ..{.'s 4..1 mneroguNrewriPosees464., _
he-was so well irtclirsvd:ta do that justice. In all his
sentiments relatinglo the • merits 'And 41airtis -et the
great man we havelost7.4 entirelyconcur, and jpj4 with
him- in the strong' terms -in svhi'cli he has expressed
them, as terms ncileasjust than emphatic; and if I had
had no other collector rising than merely to express my
satisfaction at the.speech tot the NOble Lad, I 'Mould
have risen to have done.so. But, Sir, I cannot pos.
isilslY stop here, in justice to thereat' man who, was
7thepbjeet pf the tloblelLord'reirtogium. I-trest th.g.
this tentinienti niiy pi foith, that the Üblic liTal twa/
a.*
what he and his coliftgues really t otatekri ices
we are now calla upon to recom ." , that they may
be satisfied that the Government of this country did
know how ,to. appreciate the 7value.of otie'df her
greatest Ornament-14- akid that they may not be so fir
deceived-by the ohtritiive servility of a t enal press'as
tb ennetudults-sentinteats on • the merits-okhas...4.
noir*le MC& to 'IA-merely the echo of its matters..
'Mb. WVre 'mow assenlbled, with . one accord; toido jes..
tic; -to the memory g- a'man:*tiose.,loss had thrown
a shade upon tithe 'Splginlotor' or liFtory 3 and ;while
we are so emplbyediihile- ve are papag the .1.1;1.
pious tribute of our country to the sacred memory of
her' depaPted bravesr-hvihilewe rite reating lasting me-
morials:at once Of our gratitude and onr glery—is it
to go abroad that -a part of that venal prep which
would sadist itself into the service of _the Ninister,
was audsiorlsed to counteract the professionsfif Mini-
sters themselves, the sense of that House,' and the
wishes ofthe country, by assiduously Circulating- slan.
den, poisonous to the fair fame of that great charac-
ter whit& was-now peculiarly our owns and whiehour
vote this night Will gb 'to identify with the honour of
j the 'country- i -I'would be far from imputinkto the
Noble Lord-tOe having given the print in question any
•,suchnottitiy;,• r)save a right to ccittchide;at his
opinion o the transcendent Merit of the distinguished
of kin...hose loss we have so much reason to deplore,
is as lith'as atty entertained by any Member of this
House—[Herr: Lord Casilereagh signified his assent]
—and when r allude to this pitiful attempt of a jour-
nalist to tear from a gallant soldier's. grave the lan.
rels his country's wishes havellanted there for ever,
it is merely that the attemptmay be marked and. ei-
posed to rnerieed reprobation-.-an `attempt which,
1 when once the sentiments avowed by the Noble Lord
this night shall be 'lnaielisblic, will never again
I be ill:mated :—thi, Editor *ill see- his error, in
ilia (false anticipation of the opinions of those he
wishes to please, and desist from a repetition of .
his calamities. It became vs, however, a,s the guar-
i dians cif - the public honour{ in vindication of our
judgnient „iti discriminating, and our :siaiterity in re-
'. warding, while 'v were erecting a monument in corn-
! mentor:Mon of the great General -Who .was gone, not
to- look with indifference at ony base:a/AOa upon that
' less' perishable memorial he has left.ee44.4.character
---liliiret.to him than monuments, and 0 DIOID dura-
; ble, 4iiii xnarble.".7.--(Hear, hear, hear'!)--In sayinz
this, Fwould not be understood to :insinuate, tlat
1 tftptith death Canonized great men, it-should yet be
vat
I*KOz: from misconduct. If there-has been mis- .
•, ,
cOncleCti. trace it to its proper source ; -visit its rouse- '
etuenees 'upon' its proper authors; btitlet every Mile
attempt to transfer the blanie from the guilty livirg
-to-iile blameless dead ,be seontecl,with a manly and
honest indignation.. I atn not for .r_epressinst u<Pf,.:l •
investigation, ,bet for restraining wanton •caluaray
and at least until those brave partners in his haidshirs
and his glory are landed on oar shores, who are the
most competent evidences' to his merit, it is not toa.
much to expect, that till then, at least, the voice of
`..censure be suspended: The Noble Lord repeated hir,
approbation of the motion, and sat down amid cri.:s
of Hear, hear ! frem all parts of the. House.
• The motion was then put, and passed sum. can.
1
The Thanks of the House were then voted to Lien-
rer.ant-General Sir DAVID BAuw, second in corn.
( mand ; to Lieutenant General the Honourable Jots"
Hoes, who succeeded to the command in the fielc,
on the death of Sir JOHN Moons.; to LieutenAnt-Gette
'ral ALEXANDER MACKENZIE FBAZIKA 00 MajOr-GerC-
ralS BENTINCK, BERESFORD, PAGET, and Limn; to
brigadier-Generals DICNEY FAN* Hiu., - and Coon
MANNINGuAm. .

THANKS TO SIR ARTHIA VitZUSLICY.
Lord CASTLEREAGH rose, pursuant to notice,
to move the Thanks of the House to Sir ArantrWe-
lesley, the Officers and Soldiers nutter his onximane,
for the brilliant victories‘gained•by them in Portugl.
on the 17th and.2lst of August last. In bringing tn,s
subject before. the House, lie did not think it neces-
sary to occupy much-time in the observations he had
to make ; it was a subject upon which no oppositia
of opiniim could exist either in that iiouse or n 1 ti"
country ; the sentiments of the latter had
been displayed in a manner • scarcely ever equa;.•
'upon any similar occasion. To attempt further
giuni upon the character of the Britith Army w(
ue unnecessary, after the Cobervation,' he had alrcat:'