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London, England, 1814-11-09 00:00:00

pool. All the other quo bouts of :greater or less hil-
ts/mance he left perhaps. Oa .the .case ofikreiendst
called the Sidusourli part of ilWadrOilliantioll
He was led to rennutaallatho American question by.
the opener's speech. .He hasi,takea all the pains he
could respecting it,. while yet coociliatery measures
seemed open ; and had endeavoured, according to his
weak abilities, to expose the, evils of that.corresen-
dence, which he thought would, and ultimately did
lead to the pending hostilities. The mover and
seconder, in dwelling on the war with America, had
deplored the fall of a hero. He, too, deeply lamented
his loss, not so much for his own sake. as he fell glo-
riously, as for his family and friends, and for his
country. Yet he was Pot the only hero lost. Drum-
mond also had fallen. All must recollect that he fell
in an act of the most heroic bravery, and died, cheer-
ing on his brave followers to the confl et. But with
those who thought that such valuable blood might
have been spared, how much more poignant must be
the grief ? Instead of the praises bestowed on the ad-.
ministration, he thought that they, and the Admiralty
in particular deserved to have their conduct strictly in-
vestigated; for it appeared, primafacie,veryblameable.
So far from thinking them able and skilful in their
management, the whole commercial world arraigned
the conduct of the naval war. Would any of the
Lords of the Admiralty, if present, or their Secretary
who represented them all, or any Right Hon. Gen-
tleman, gratuitously inform him on the subject of the,
protection afforded by the Admiralty to fhe British
trade ? When they were told that the blockade of the
long line of American coast was not a mere nominal
blockade, but an effectual one, why did they find Ame-
rican privateers coming forth in shoals unchastised ?
Was our navy so quickly debased and powerless ?
What ! with all the rest of the world off her hands—
nothing to do in the bleditiirranean or in the Baltic
—nothing in the north, or in the east, or in the south
—nothing but America to deal with, and a flotilla as
it was called, so contemptible as to be worthy only
of our derision ; nay, when we were desired even not
to imagine that America had a navy—ryet, had we
not lost our ships of war and thousands of, our tra-
ders ? Remonstrance upon remonstrance had 'nee
made to the Admiralty, and nothing had been re-
turned but the cold dry answer, that there was a suf.
ficient force supplied. What means had we used on.
the Lakes, where she had men, and ships, and
strength, and valour, and activity ? We had, in-
deed, heard of our sending out frigates in frames
to Quebec, to be sent up the rapids to be launched
on the lakes. There was an instance of our total
destitution of means and foresight. A Court-
martial was held on a gallant officer (Captain Bar-
clay) for want of success; and the Court Martial
fully justified him in his attempt, and attributed his
failure to the want of means. Some persons woeld
scarcely look at the part of a newspaper or gazete
where the name of America was mentioned, however
important the subject. Captaio Barclay was tried in
February last, in consequence of a letter of Sir James
Yeo, wilt) cnisidtred his enterprize as injudicious;
the Court thought otherwise, and attributed failure
to wantiug natal equipments, which Sir James Yeo
and.ethers bad not afforded. The sentence was pub-
lis.fed. he would ak whether Sir James Yeo had
peen sir co called to account ? if not, where was the
blame, iT it did not test with the Admiralty ? That
seemed re br. tacitly admitted. Tt was then desirable
and necessar) to enter upon a strict inquiry into the
failures on the Lakes. During the last few weeks,
great. blame had been thrown on an officer (Sir G.
Prevost). An officer was never unsuccessfui, with-
out incurring great blame from some persona but he
must desire those who expected miracles( and miracles,
he admitted, had been wrought by the British army)
to suspend their judgments until they knew circum-
stances better, before they condemned Sir George
Prevost.-(Assent from the 'Treasary Burch.)—As
to congratulations on the acquisition of Penobscot,
he could not see how it tended to the termination of
the war, or to the greater security of Canada. As to
the question of boundary, it was the mere watchword
for disputes, and the means of uniting the American
States closer against us. It was a question, injudi-
cious, if ever introduced ; and if insisted upon, it
would put the end of the war beyond any time rea-
sonably to be contemplated. The Speech advised by
Ministers, and the speeches of the Mover and Se-
conder, dwelt on the affair at Washington as an ex-
ample producing deep impressions on the inhabitants.
Did those who advised the speech mean such an im-
pression soa was favourable to this country, and to the
return of peace ? Ike lamented that such a man as
General Ross should have been obliged to be con-
cerned in acts sir discordant with all that we had
lately heard cf, and praised on the continent of Eu.
rope, so abhorrent to the usages of civilised warfare,
so inconsistent with the character and attributes of
great and generous nation, so much to be bared .!nd
detested, unless compelled by circumstances difficult
and painful to be imaginti. The effect was to con-
ciliate passions adverse to the American Government
and reckoned friendly to us, to occasion the move-
ment of bodies of militia not before broUght forward,
to pot in .the hands of Mr. Madison an additional
weapon, to annihilate the remaining hopes of dis-
uniting and severing the States, which were ex.
petted by some convulsion to check him and pre.,,,
elude him from centinuing the war.—(Hear.)-
-All were t.ow More liicely to be animated by re.
venge, as well as by common interest; and the sen-
sation excited, to be the reverse of that held out in
the speech. The evidence was before them. Every
account from America tended to prove it. Even the
Goth did not do this, when Belisarius told hits that
to destroy the monuments of art was not the work of
wisdom, but would be the erection of a monument
to the folly of .the destroyers. It was said, that this
was by way of retaliation for the destruction of vil-
lages on the Canadian frontier : but the Americans
retaliate, and they say that their officers were brought
to account for their improper conduct. One of them
wait even dismissed without trial for suffering such
improprieties. But was such retaliation fit for a great
nation, as the destroying nt the works of art, the burn•
ing of the Prcsident's Palace, the Capitol, and House
of gepreseatatives; and, as the Americans say, pri-
.vgepilOge, contrary to the usages of war ? There
was a remarkable mystery in these transactions of Sir
Alexander Cochrane. He imputed no blame to Gs-
' ncral Rot?, acting under his orders : but Sir Alex.
nder ,Cochrane said, that at the request of General
most, he came on a desolating warfare against the
,GovcrnMent and the inhabitants; in consequence of