Star.
London, England, 1801-04-17 00:00:00

DEFEAT QFTHEDANES.

Soon after the fecond Meeting of the Houfe,
Earl Sr. VINCENT role, purfuant to the notice
he had given, to move a Vute of Thanks to thofe
Officers who commanded in the late Engagement
before Copenhagen. It was not his intention to
trouble the Houle with many words concerning
the merits of thofe gallant Officers: he was at that
time, as their Lordfhips might perceive, affiided
with a very revere cold, and befides that he was
not much in the habit of public (peaking. There-
fore he would content himfelf with declaring, from
his own profeffion al knowledge, that the late v idory,
confideringthe difficulty of the attempt, the length
of time during which the engagemett lafted, and
the allonifhing bravery and Ikill difplayed on the
occafion, was not equalled by any exploit that ever
was performed by the Navy of England. His
Lordthip then moved,
"' That the Thanks of that Houle be given to Admiral Sir
Writ Pa a lila, for his able and Ocilful difpolidon of the forces
ander his command, by which the whole of the Dana fleet
was either taken or deroyed, on the ad of April.
" That the Thanks of the Houfe be given to Viet-Admiral
Lord Nat 60 N, S. B. to Rear-Admiral GRATES, Colonel STEP,
ear, Commander of the 49th Regiment and of a Corps of
Riflemen: and to the Officers under the command of Admiral
Sir Hydc Parka, for their able and gallant condudt on the fame
glorious day; and that Admiral Sir Hyde Parker do tranfmit
the fame to them.
" And that the Houfe do highly approve of and applaud the
condudt of the Seamen, Marines, and Soldiers of the Fleet un-
der the Command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, for their cou-
sin!! on the fame glorious day; and that the Captains of the
refpcdtive Ships do fignity the fame to them. Laffly, that the
Lord Chancellor do tranfmit tittle Refolutions of the Houfeo
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker."
Lord GRENVILLE laid, it would be impoffible
for him to add any thing to the impreffion which
the Houle mutt already have felt with regard to
the merits of thofe great and gallant Officers who
bad fo recently obtained fo fignal and brilliant a
victory. The Noble Earl, whole great profeffional
knowledge the country had already felt the be-
nefit of, and which was fully known to every Noble
Lord in that Houle, had in his fhort and emphatic
addrefs, jolt defcribed this victory in a manner,
which (poke more forcibly to the feelings and un-
derftandings of men than the molt elaborate ora-
tory could do. He had truly defcribed it as a vic-
tory which was not equalled by any that had ever
been atchieved by the Navy of Great-Britain. It
was not, therefore, for the purpofe of adding any
thing to the praife of thofe gallant Officers, that
he then addreffed their Lordfhips ; he role merely
to fay a few words upon the fubjed in a political
point of view. In the firft place he would inform
their Lordfhips, that the Expedition which led to
this victory had been planned by his Majelly's late
Minifters • but at the fame time he midi give the
prefent dinifters, and particularly that Noble Lord
who now prefided with fuch diftinguifhed ability
at the Admiralty Board, the credit of having for-
warded it with fuch aftonning difpatch, as to ren-
der the objeft of it completely fuccefiful. It was
impoffible for him to find words to exprefs the fenfe
he entertained of the valour and abilities of the
Noble Admiral, who bore a principal (hare in the
tat evil:tory, which was not equalled by his molt (plea-
did victory atAboukir. But great as was his merit
as an Officer and a Conqueror, he fhould value
thofe two victories gained by him more from the
importance of their political confequences, than
from the valour and talents difplayed in atchieving
them. The victory of Aboukir was followed by
the greateft advantages to this country ; and the
late victory in the Baltic, which terminated the
Northern War as foouas it had been begun,viould
be productive of confequences hill more important
and beneficial. His Lordfhip concluded with
giving his molt hearty concurrence to the motion.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND (aid he could not
give a filent vote; he mutt add the teltimony of
zit approbation and applaufe to what had been al-
ready laid of thole gallant Officers; whofe greateft
merit, however, was that of having been praifed
by the Noble Earl at the head of the Admiralty—
Leader/ a knidate
The Duke of Cxxaance Paid, he thought the
fending of Sir Hyde Parker as Commander in
Chief to the Baltic was a circumltance that proved
rore than any other could do, the wifdom and
lodgment of the Fora Lord of the Admiralty.—
Gis ing his opinion profeffionally, he believed that
no man could Lave been chofen who was better
Subfied to conduit fuch an enterprize. He had
^ctri frequently fent during the American war,
late Lord Howe, upon expeditions into Mt
Mouths of rivers, bays, and other places of diffi-
e.ult navigation. Nor could any thing be more
la.ficiuus than the condult of that gallant Admiral,
fending Lord Nelfon with a part of the fleet
.t• make the attack, *ad by keeping a par; *lbis

'fleet at a 'Mance as a corps of 'Wave. After be-
llowing Tome very bandfome compliments on Lord
Nelfon, Admiral Graves, and General Stewart,
his Royal Highnefs laid, he felt himfelf bound to
fpeak of the conduit of thofe Officers fo far as he
was perfonally interefted in the confequences of it.
As a Prince of the Blood, it was impoffible for him
to have beheld with indifference the attempts late-
ly made againil the dominions attached to the
EleCtorate of Hanover—a country which, though
not at all connected with Great-Britain, was (till
dear to him and to his family. He confidered
the late vi&ory as tending in a great degree to
preferve thole dominions to the Royal Family of
this country ; and he mall declare that he himfelf
and the whole of that Family felt themfelves un-
der the reateft obligations to thofe brave Officers
who half , by their unparalleled atchievements,con-
tribute to fuch an event.

Lord HOOD fpoke in praife of Sir Hyde Parker,
and the other Officers employed nnder him.
The Refolutions were then agreed to ann. dif.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. VANSITTART prefented a variety of Accounts from the
'Freafory, which were ordered to be printed. and to lie on the
table for the pet oral of the Members of the Houle.
The Barley and Malt Steep Bill was read a fecond time, and
committed for to-morrow.

The Lottery Bill paffed thmugh a Committee, and the Houfe
being refumcd, the Report was ordered to be received to-
morrow.

The third reading of the frith Corn Bounty Bill was defer-
red till to-morrow, as were alfo the Committees on the kith
Sugar and Diftillery NI, and on the Bill to render certain
Annual hilt Duties permanent.
A Menge from the Lords informed the Mode that their
Lordihips had agreed to the Miller's Indemnity Bill, and the
Bill for the Better Colleftion'of the Poor gat% without any
Amendment.

Duckworth's Divorce Bill was read a brit time, paired, aid
ordered to be carried to the Lords for their concurrence.

DEFEAT OF THE DANES.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEVER.—I rife,
Sir, in conformity to the notice which I gave yet
terday, to move the Thanks of this Houle to thole
diftinguifhed Officers and gallant Men to whom
we are indebted for that fuccefs which, as far as it
could be detailed by official communication, it
now univerfally known, through the medium of
authentic publication. Sir, I have the fataaaioi
to feel, and exprefs, that no atchievement of the
preterit War, coupled with all its circumilances,
has tended more to the advancement of our in.
terelts, to the glory of our efforts, or. his con•
tributed more towards fuftaining the conte fl in
which we are engaged, and bringing it to a glo-
rious termination, than that to which l am now
calling the attention of this Houfe—l mean the
late brilliant Viaory over the Danith Fleet. Sir,
the Plan, which has been fo fuccefsfully can ied
into execution, was a Plan deviled by thole who
were in his Majefty's Councils at an early period
of the prefent year. Preparations for carrying
that Plan into effea, were made loon after. The
Plan itfelf was adopted by thole who are now the
confidential Servants of the Crown, and executed
under the direEtion of that knowledge, that (kill,
and general ability, which all who are ac-
quainted with the promptitude, the vigour, the
difpatch, which have marked all the efforts, and
the glorious effeas of many of the Anions of that
Charaaer which now prefides over the Admiralty,
will be molt ready to admire. For the execution,
however, of that Plan, the great and eminent ta-
lents of Sir Hvos PARKIe, of the renowned Lord
NELSON, and the juftly admired Admiral Git AVE s,
were employed; to which was added the ability
of a gallant and juftly efteemed Officer, whom we
have the honour and happinefs of recognizing as
a Member of our own Body •1011t1 STEWART),
who commanded a Military Force. Sir, this Ar-
mament, thus provided with knowledge, (kill and
valour, proceeded to the Mouth of the Sound,
where they arrived on the 3oth of the laft month,
after encountering confiderable difficulties. Sir, I
will not enter into the particulars at all; I can
only fay that they are fo many proofs of gal-
lantry, (till, and vigour, in the Commanders,
Difcipline and Courage in the Men. From the
Sound the Fleet advanced to the Inner Road of
Copenhagen. It was impoffible for all the Fleet
to come into Anion, but the fame courage ani-
mated all. Sir HYDE PARKER, with that (kill and
judgment, for which he is fo juftly eminent, fe-
leaed thole who were molt fit for there different
Rations, for the purpofe of carrying on the Attack
on the Line of Battery at the entrance of the Har-
bour. In that feleaion it would naturally occur
to him, as it did occur, to confider that the fplen-
dour and renown of Lord NELSON pointed him out
as the fitteft Officer to take the arrive conclua of
the Attack, which, agreeably to his known fpirit,
he had before offered, and I am happy to add,
that the Conqueror of Aboukir did not thew more
(kill and bravery than the Vigor of Draco at the
Harbour of Copenhagen; but the merit of Lord
Miaow did not reft there.—After having deftroy-
ed the whole Line of Battery, and obtained an
entire triumph; anxious to prevent the effufion
of human blood, Rill recurring to, and retaining
what he knew to be the principle on which he was
inftruaed to an, and which was indeed molt fin
cerely the with of his Majefty's Government,
Lord NELSON renewed, by a Meffage to the CaowN
PRINCE, thole pacific offers which had been re-
peatedly made, and to the failure of which alone,
he faid,mutt be attributed the difafters which might
befal Copenhagen. After having deftroyed the
line of defence, under one of the heavieft fires
which, an experienced officer declared, he ever felt,
Lord I,ltt.son retired to his cabin, and wrote a let-
ter to the Prince Royal of Denmark, expreffing his
defire that a Flag of Truce might be fent on (lore;
Rating that if fuels permiffion was denied, he Mould
deftroy the veffels and the floating-batteries; and if
fo, he could not be anfwerable for the lives of the
brave Danes, by whom they were defended. There
were his words.—ln reply,the Prince Royal defired
to know what the obje& was of having a Fag of
Truce ?—Lord Nri.son Paid, his motives were Hu-
manity, and he witted to fpare the effufion of hu-
man blood ; and that no viaor7 would be fo
ggrrati-
fying to him, as that which united the difpofitions
of his gracious Sovereign and thole of a Prince with
whom he was defirous to continue in that harmony
which bad fo long fubfiticd between theta. In

eonfequenee of this, Lord NELson went on awe..
He,Was received on lhore by a brave and geaerous
people (for fuch they proved themfelves to be), who
hadloft fight of their recent difafter, with acclama-
tion. He was received by the Prince of Denmark
alfo in a manner which does honour to that Prince.
I am not at liberty to detail the particulars as I
have received them from my Noble Friend, ftating
what pall on that occafion, but I can allure the
Honfe,hedifplayed the politics of an able Statefman
as eminently as he had formerly thofe of a gallant
and victorious Naval Officer.—He was received by
Prince and People in a manner which did honour to
them and to himfelf.—l fhould not, however, do
jullice to the feelings expreffed by Lord NE L SON' if
I did not introduce the name of Admiral Gear ES,
of whom he fpeaks in terms of the higheft enco-
mium; but he makes no invidious diffinttion of any
kind, although fome are prominent in his approba-
tion. He lays, that all the Officers and all the men,
did their duty moil faithfully and ably. Sir, I will
detain the Houfe no longer than to add, if—what
I trill} in GOD will never happen—if, inftead of
Victory we fhould have met defeat—if, inftead of
complete fuccefs we fhould have met Dilliftet
the Firmnefs of this Country would have remain-
ed unthaken—lt *would net have led us to propofe
or to accept terms inconfiftent with our vital In-
urea or Honour. If, therefore, we feel that we
thould have continued firm though Ditafter had
befallen us, fo fhall we be moderate in the hour of
Triumph, and although our Succefs were ten-fold
greater than it is (if that were poffible, or if, in the
courfe of human affairs, fuch an event could hap-
pen to this or any Nation upon earth), fuch Suc-
cefs would not diminifh the fincere and molt ear-
n& difpofition on our part, to accomplifh the main
object for which this war was undertaken, that of
obtaining peace on fafe and honourable terms. I
than now move you, Sir, _

" That the Thanks of this Houle he given to Admiral Sir
HYOR Place*, for his able and judicious difpofition of the
Force under his command, by which the Dud& Fleet and Bat-
teries, compoltng the defence of the Harbour of Copenhagen,
were taken or deftroyed on the ad of April, 18oz.
Lord HAWK EIBURY faid, in feconding the motion
of his Right Hon. Friend, lie fhould fay a very few
-words, preferving a filence as to the progrefs of
the Expedition to ultimate victory, that having
been fo ably detailed by his Right Hon. Friend.
It was with fincere fatisfadion he contemplated
that not a drop of Britifh or Danifh blood which
had been fpilt could be attributed to this Country,
propofals for amicable negotiation having been
made to the laff by England. It was the injuflice
of the enemy that at length compelled us to draw
the fword, in fpite of every effort to the contrary,
Ilion of the complete abandonment of that very
principle which was the object of the comet. The
victory of the zd of April mull be conlidered as
more important to the interelts of the Country,
and as leading to events that muff be contem-
plated with fatisfadion and exultation.
Mr. PITT (aid he did not rife to detain the
Houle for one moment, but to declare his fin-
cere concurrence in the motion and the fenti-
ments offered by his Hon. Friend.
Mr. GREY faid, he alto role to exprefs his entire
concurrence in the motion, and he trufted there
would not be a dilfentient voice upon the occafion.
He not only wifhed to thank the Officers and men
employed in the Expedition, but to applaud the
merit to which Government were entitled for the
vigour difplayed in its equipment and difpatch.
He was happy to hear the fentiments of modera-
tion expreffed by the Right Honourable Gentle-
man, and the profped which might be entertained
of a jut and equitable peace. An obfervation
had been made by the noble Lord which bethought
might have been fpared, as tending to an oppoti-
tion of fentiment, which he deprecated upon the
prefent occafion ; he was determined, however,
that nothing fhould prevent him from joining in
the expreffion of that joy and fatisfadion which
every one muff feel. He could not help obferving
that what had been affirmed by the noble Lora
relative to the cattle of the war, was affurned
without any documents being before the Houfe to
fupport it, no communication upon the fubjed
having been made from the Throne ; and this was
perhaps the only war in which this Country had
been engaged, where the firft information of
it received -by the Houfe, was a motion for a vote
of thanks, in confequence of a brilliant and deci-
five victory, without any previous communication
whatever upon the fubjed.
Mr. Slf as roam raid that whatever difference of
opinion might exift relative to our diffentions with
the Northern Powers, he fhould have hoped it
would not have been brought into difcufflon, and
he applauded the forbearance and moderation of
his Hon. Friend in declining to take notice of cer-
tain obfervations from the other fide of the Houfe
which might have been as well avoided, with re-
fpett to which he till retained the opinion he for-
merly had, relative to our conteft with the North-
ern Powers. On the febjed more immediately be-
fore the Houfc, only one fentiment could be en-
tertained, that of admiration and gratitude, which
words were inadequate to exprefs, particularly to-
wards that Noble Lord who could gain the plau-
dits and acclamations of a vanquiffied enemy.—
After the motions of thiarks were difpoled of there
remained a more melancholy duty to perform, to
pay a tribute of refped and gratitude to the two
gallant Officers who had loft their lives on this ewe-
cation. He underffood one of thole Officers had
left an aged mother, and the other a widow and
orphan family, by no means in affluent dream-
fiances, to whom he trotted the fpontancous bene-
volence of his Majefty would extend the means of
omfort, as a (mall compenfation for the hravy
Xs they had (attained.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exert/ova, alluding
-o what had fallen from Mr. Grey, relative to no
.:ommunication being made from the Throne upon
the fubjeß of a war with the Northern Powers,
read a paragraph of the 4ddrefs prcfented by the
Houfe at the commencement of the Seffion in an-
(wer to his Majefty's fpeech, wherein he contended
the Houk food pledged to fupport a cocci for
the maintenance of our naval fuperiority, then dif-
puted by thofe Powers.
Mr. Gm, in explanation, fill contended that
ai) communication bad been made frouttheThcone

apon4ha fabled, and that *trot* Addraret
read by the Chancellor of the. Exchequeitaiio
reference to the atm' violin which we were now

enraged.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEIWER and Mr.
GREY fever-ally explained.
Mr. PITT faid, the Addrefs alluded to by the
Chancellor of the Exchecluer, pledged the Houfe
to fupport the general principle which was the ob-
jedt of conteft with the Northern Powers. The
documents relative to that fubjeet had not yc been
laid before the Houfe, but he trolled 1.1,ey
were, the condo& of his Majefty's Mi..iucrs would
be found fully juftified.
Mr. GREY again explained.
Mr. WILEEKVORCE Mid a tew words, exprefrive
of his approbation of the motion, and congratula-
ting the country on the moderation difplayed by
his Majefty's Minifters.
The feveral motions of Thanks, as moved and
carried in the Houle of Lords, were then put and
carried neon. con.

The CHANCELLOR of the Excurny ea Gid, he
had now a duty to perform, to which he was im-
pelled by every motive of admiration and grati-
tude—it was that of paying a tribute of refped to
the memory of the two Officers, who had unfortu-
nately fallen in the late conteft, to which their
merits moft truly and highly entitled them. With
refped to what had been laid by an Hon. Gentle-
man relative to their families, he had no doubt
they would receive a fuitable provilion from the
noble benevolence of his Majefty. He then moved,

" That an humble Addrefs be pr fenced to his Mafefty, bun--
bly praying his Majelty would be molt gratioufly pleafed to
give diredlons for the Erethon of a Monument in the Cathe-
dral Church of St. Paul, London,
_to the Memory of Captain
JAMES ROBERT MOSS!, of the MONAICH. and Captain ED.
WALD Rtou, of the AMAZON. and that this Houle will snake
good the mien= of the fame."
The motion was agreed to next. eat. and the Ad-
drefs ordered to be prefented by fuch Members as
were of his Majeßy's Privy Council.

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