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ters had adopted, both in the
Northern Allies.
Earl BATHURST vindica
Ministers with respect to the "
especially in regard to the des.
reinforcements to be forwarded
Wellington. He observed, dr,
opposit7 well knew the entire
placed in ttat illustrious person, and adverted parti-
cularly to the point—Lord Wellington's not deeming
it advisable to send new regiments to Spain, so parti-
cularly careful was that excellent Officer of the health
of. his troops. Adverting to what was said of the
documents respecting the American affair not being
.on the table, he observed, that Government had not
yet received the final answer of the States to the pro-
positions transmitted through Sir John Warren ; and
took occasion to remark that the Orders in Council
were not the only ground of demurrer on the part of
America.
The Marquis WELLESLEY, conceiving that
some points urged by Noble Lords opposite wereper-
sonally applied to him, shortly explained, that he
thought nothing which fell from him warranted a
personal allusion on their parts. He warmly remark.
ed, that during the whole period to which he spoke,
he thought the system of the war in the Peninsula
inadequate to its object ; an opinion which he had
uniformly declared—but he could not particularise
objections without the permission of his Sovereign or
his Representative.
Lord ViscountMELVILLE defended the conduct
of the British Admiralty with respect to the American
and West-India stations, observing, that on the Ha-
lifax station alone, long before the commencement of
hostilities, the sluadron was double the strength of
the whole American navy. This he enumerated, as
well as-the force in the West-Indian seas ; and stated
the American navy to consist of five frigates, and a
few sloops of war. (A Laugh.) It was impossible to
guard against such casualties as were alluded to by
Noble Lords opposite, but care was taken to render
such attempts an extreme risque on the part of the
enemy.
Lord GRENVILLE spoke shortly in explanation.
The question was then put, and the Address agreed
to without a division ; and the Lords with white
staves were ordered to enquire when his Royal High--
ness would be pleased to receive the same.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, that the Lord
Walsingham be constituted Chairman of all the Com-
mittees of that House during the present Session of
l'arliament—a motion, the propriety of which, he was
confident every Noble Member of that House would
acquiesce in.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that if
the House could secure those services of the Noble
Lord for ever, it would be a blessing.
Lord WALSINGHAM shortly expressed his
grateful sense of what had fallen from the Noble
Lords.
The question was put, and it was ordered accord-
ingly, nen2. di:.

MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice, that he
should on Thursday next move for the Thanks ofthat
House to the Marquis of Wellington, and that the
Lords be summoned accordingly. Ordered.
At TWELVE o'CLocK the House Adjourned till
To-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
At one o'clock the SPEAKER took the Chair, and several
' Members were sworn.
At two o'clock the Unita of the BLACK Ron summoned ;he
House to the House of Peers.
The SPEAKER, accompanied by a great number of Mem-
bers, immediately proceeded thither, and on their return the
usual business of form was proceeded in.
The Clandestine Outlawry Bill was read a first and second time;
the usual Committees were appointed, and the Standing Orders
read from the Clair.
The SPEAKER then informed the House, that they had been
summoned to the House of Peers, for the purpose of bearing the
Speech of the PRINCE RIO7.NT from the Throne, of which he
held a copy in his hand.—(Vide the Lords' Report.)
The Speech having been read from the Chair,
Lord CLIVE rose to move the Address. In the
liberty he then took of offering. himself to the notice
of the House, it was not, he said, his intention, nor
would it be necessary to trespass at any great length
upon their indulgence. With respect to the first part
of the Speech, he felt confident that every person in
that Houk, and in the country, lamented not less
than himself the situation of the Illustrious Personage
to whom it alludeo. There was no one who could
avoid the feelings of sorrow, when he reflected that a
life spent as that of his Majesty had been, in the prac-
tice of every virtue that was honourable to oar na-
ture, should, towards the close, be deprived of that
rest and of that repose which were due to his merits
and to his virtues--(Hear, hear.) The next point in
the Speech to which he would allude, was the suc-
cessful resistance that had been made in the Penin-
sula, to the encroachments of France. Often as they
had occasion, within the last four years, to comme-
morate the achievements and applaud the gallant
conduct of the General, and the Army employed in
the protection of Spain, yet in no instance since the
commencement of that struggle, was skill or valour
so gready displayed as in the decisive and glorious
battle of Salamanca.—(Loud cries of Hear, Hear,
Hear.) The consequences of that victory were as suds
den and as important as ever followed from conquest.
The siege of Cadiz was wised ; Madrid was eva-
cuated by the enemy; all the South of Spain was re.
lieved from,their oppressions ' • and what was a yet
more important consequence, Lord WellingtOn was
raised to the rank of Generalissimo of the Spanish
Forces. If any thing could teed more powerfully
Than another to give vigour and success to the exer-
tions of the Spanish people. it was thus placing their
resnurcea at the disposal of a person so well able to
guide them, and vesting so able a commander with
the uncontrouled command of their armies. fre
would next take the liberty of congratulating the
House on the relation in which they, stood to Russia.
The circomstances of that country, he was happy to
say, were such as left no ground for despondency,.
The Russians, it was true, had met with some re-
verses, but they were not sufficient to damp their ar-
dour, or quell that enthusiasm for country, which
should animate every bosom. That spark of resist-
ance, which had been lighted up in Spain, was ra-
pidly spreading over Europe, and had already ex-
r tended to the North. He was doubtful to which part
of the prospect, now held out by Russia. he should
first call. e attention of the House-,whether to the
EMperoi or to his Generals, or tä tlae va-

who fotight under their command—but, , Mr. HART' DAVIS said, that in rising to ae
part of the picture they dire( tad their the Address, it was not his wish or his intention to
whether to the magnanimity of the Eps- trespass Jong upon the indulgence of the House, eo
skill of his Generals, or The bravery of his a protracted notice of the topics which it contain. 4
~ Hear,) they would find abundant They had been so ably elucidated in the Speech it,,
dtationo On these topics it was unne- self, and the Noble Mover had so well and so death
swell. They were the admiration of every detailed the reasons that Qperated on him '
in
pro.
could know and appreciate them—(Haar, posingthe Address, that he wotildhavelittle cede%
dr.) From one end to the other of that vast Em- to detain them very long.—(Hear, Hear.) Though
pire there seemed to be only one object' in view, and unwilling to intrude upon their attention, he could
that object was resistance to the enemy. (Hear, hear.) not, however, resist the motives that induced him to
From one end of it ,to the other, there seemed to be second the Address. At a moment likeahe preset;
only one subject of contention, and that was, who when Europe looked up to this country as the
should contribute most to the defence of their laws, principal source from which resistance to the pole!,
their religion, and their country—(Heal, hear.)— of France was to be expected, it was superfluous to
Such Were the men whom, for their bravery and state, that his Royal Highness was called to the Go.
their zeal, the oppressor of Europe would stigma- vernment at a most important crisis. In reviewing
tize with the name of barbarians. If enthusiasm 1 the events thtst had taken place since his accession
in the protection of every thing that was dear to : to power, it was impossible not to dwell with hope
our nature, could merit the name of barbarism, and with pride on the splendid success which attend,
he, for one, would wish that such barbarity may' ed the British armi, in every part of the world in sleet
never be removed by civilization—(Hear, hear.)— they were employed. Spain had witnessed that
But this was not the first time that a conqueror, when success, almost in every one of its provinces. 'lt
he found himself unable to combat the difficulties that was not necessary for him to recur to the bravery by
opposed his progress, endeavoured to load with the which Badajoz had been relieved) or to the splendid
same stigma the persons who had the boldness to re- victory at Salamanca, or the consequences. that fon .
silt him. Alexander the Great, under much the same lowedfrom that victory. Wherever British soldiers
circumstances, chose to designate as robbers and bar- were brought into action, they displayed prodigies of
barians, the ancestors of these very •Russians who had heroism that must have filled evil, person who heard
the .courage to oppose l encroachments. To such him With exultation. But, cheering as was themes-
language, they answered as they ought to have done, pect which Spain held out, he was happy to say that
44 that not to them who defended their country, but to the prospect was not less cheering in the North
him who came to despoil it, the appellation of robber of Europe. When Bonaparte entered Ruse*, to.
was applicable ;" and he would ask, may not the Rus- gardless of the !has of those whom haled to eon.
scans now exclaim to Bonaparte, as their ancestors quer it, and of the rights of those whom he invaded,
did to Alexander the Great, e by what right do you lie fltetered himself that he could, after twang Mos.
designate us as barbarians ; why cast upon a nation cow, dictate a peace to the Russians with the NM
whom you are wantonly attacking, the stigma of being insolence as he bad before done at Vienna;—bat
robbers ? Our only crime was a wish to trade with Russia, with a degree of firmness and selfalevotiaa
Great Britain ; but is there any
.crime in which you almost unexampled in history, sacrificed a capital to
have not wallowed, even without the excuse of provo- save an empire, and by that means defeated the proud
cation? Is there a corner in Europe, Asia, or Africa, designs of her invader. He was now farther than ever
that has not witnessed your contempt of every thing from the attainment of his object, and obliged tohave
that is sacred among men ? Have you not carried recourse to a disgraceful retreat. The emperor of
your oppressions so far as to render them intolerable Russia shewed that he was not &person to be either
even to your own family ? Has not the brother whom intimidated by threats, or deceived by negeciationaa
you set as a King over the population of Holland re- (Hear, hear.) In France he found an implacable
signed his situation to avoid your tyranny ? Has not foe ; in Britain a friend, upon whom be could On
another brother thrown himself into an enemy's a steady reliance. Of his reliance upon British how
country, where he finds that security and that pro- he could not give a stronger proof than his detain":
tection which you refused to give him ? Which, nation .of sending his fleets into the ports a*
then, may the Russian exclaim with triumph, is the cguntry. With respect to America, every person's)*
greater barbarian, 1 who defend my country from un- r lament that the endeavours for bringing about a puce
just hostility, or you who wantonly : t ask it ?" He had been unsuccessful. The removal of the Orders in
would beg leave now to call the attention of the' Council naturally- induced an expectation, both in the
House to Sicily, and fie could not but congratulate House and in the Country, that America would ma
them upon the result of a negociation with that power, ' brace that opportunity of removing whatever causes .
which was likely to prove equally serviceable to both for hostility existed between the two countries, zed
countries. One effect of that negociation would be, contribute her assistance against the common foe of
to organize a much more powerful force than before Europe and of the World. The event, howevenua-
existed for the defence of that island. Every peiaoirti fortunately, did not justify such expeitations, and the
he was sure, would rejoice on heating that the Regent , American Government thought proper to commence
was desirous of bringing Sicily into such a state. as ehostilities. War was, 'he would confess, a thing al.
would be most conducive to its own interest, and to i ways to be deplored, but as the endeavours to avoid
that of Great Britain. The steady zeal and warin4,k had been unsuccessful, he willingly anticipated ca
attachment to the mother country, lately displayed the part of this country, that union and energy in the
by the people of Canada, was another subject for prosecution of it, which the enemy would not fah
congratulation which he could not pass over upon the 'employ on their part. He doubted not but the Kik •
present occasion. They had withstood every attempt i both of the House and of the country would
which had been made. by America to seduce them tin the determination to prosecute it with yigoldree
from their loyalty, and the efforts to invade their ter7d With respect to the troublei that lately prevailed is '
thories were equally rnsuccessful. In the first at- , the northern parts of the country, he could not but
tempt at invasion the whole American force surren- ; congratulate. the House upon their removal, whist; 4
dered to much inferior numbers ; and in the second, , was to be attributed to the mild and early meastats
even the prisoners taken exceeded the British army ; adopted by the Government. The time was now,ia
employed against them. Wherever the British troops ; hoped, arrived, when a more vigorous resistance nit,
were employed, whether in Europe or in America, be expected to the power and the encroachments V
they never failed to display that bravery -for which . France. It was by a resistance strong and persest•
they were always_distinguished. They required no. i ring, and by such resistance only, that they could
thing.but opportunity to display their valour, and sic- hope for a lasting and honourable peace. Soch a
tory was.sure to follow.—(Hear, hear.) With respect peace was only to be won by impressing upon the ene•
to the renewal of the East India 'Company's Charter, my a conviotion of their power to resist its efforts—
it would not now be necessary for him to dwell at ( Hear, hear !) It was only by such a peace that they
any great length upon the subject. When the proper 1' could give to the exhausted Powers of Europe, safeqs
time should arrive, he believed the House would be : independence, and prosperity.
fully prepared to take that, important question into their I A considerable pause ensuing, the SPEAR= WAS
serious consideration. Allusion had been made in the : about to put the question, when—
speech from the Throne, to the late unfortunate dis- I Mr. CANNING rose, and spoke to the following
turbances that prevailed in sonic parts of the country.: effect :
He was happy to see that these disturbances were now ! " Sir—Although on the present occasion A*
put to. rest by the salutary measures which the Go.. no intention whatever to interrupt the happy OM.
vernment had found it necessary to resort to. Such mity with which the question in your hand MO
were the principal topics of the Address which he aboutao be carried; and although I have waited*/
meant to propose to the consideration of the House . the very last moment in the e,apectation &mit.
before sitting down. He could dot, however, bat , moor which has been so currently circulanslifts
once more congratulate them upon the favourable ' Amendment to be proposed (having myself .*
change that had taken place in the affairs of Europe. ' like, aa Amendment to offer) would be realusite*
How different was the prospect now to what it was ~ tertaining, as I do, a respect and deferet4
at the meeting of the last Parliament ! He might say . the quarter whence it was imagined the
that Great Britain was alone and unaided in the Cone: would proceed, that always induces me .
test. The influence and the arms of France were 'rather than to precede upon such an ocetaineree
felt almost without resistance in every part of Europe. cannot allow the motion to pass withouseo24."
There was hardly any part of Spain in which its power at lame length the grounds on which I cascir!,",.
was not then felt. The resources of the enemy Here Address that has heen so ably moved by the 117,1.1`
then unbroken. She had a great and, victorious army Lord, andahe qualifications by which I feel NY'al
on foot, commanded by men of the first chaicter for bound to accompany that concurrence.—Sur Whig'
military talent. But how greatly were things altered ever Amendment, if any, had been proposed,
for the better! Russia was now up in arms against should have fi:lt, this under the circumstances of ttio
+
her oppressor, and Sweden was not unfi iendly to fier 'time and under the circa . es in which the Howl
cause. She had driven from her territories a nimie- ' and time,
country are plaCeid,- re would have been t
roes and powerful host that threatened her with ruin; sirable, th it in making our decision between any d 6.
and Bonaparte, so far from realizing the high and ferciit forms of Address, we should have been !lilt
boasting prceoiser with which he had entered that ed by one distinct view of the subject—that viCsa
country, was now endeavouring, under defeat and dis-• have come io that vote which would have Inert
grace, to secure a retreat to Poland. In Spain also, pledged -our judgment, - and which would ne"
Lord Wellington had beat one of the matt numerous given the greatest scope to our future cleliberati: ,
and best equipped armies the French had everbrought This feeling would have been produced by the
into the field, and obliged them to draw together
all visit's priutrple, that in the first Session of a °
their forces for the purpose of opposing his victorious Parliament a Parliament too in which there . ;,.
progress. What is it, he would ask, they may not greater infusion of new Members than ordinareet
hope from such a state of things ? When Europe was state of public affairs so complicated as that in tria,l,„
.at length convinced that Bonaparte and his armies the country is at this moment placed, when se 11"
were not invincible, was there not reason to ex- called %risen to answer a Speech from the no!
pect that the nations oppressed by his honour
would touching on so many important topics,—at is palm
rise to asert their rights, and recover that honour they much to say, that on several of those topics
had suffered him to tarnish ? 'Was there not reason information is requisite before we can cernplateli
sil4
to expect that the descendants of the great Frederick terynine upon them. It is highly endesiralae
would again come forward to oppose, as he bad often this House should at any time, and more
partite
done,- the devouring power of France; that they as the
present time, pledg se itself in any way a,
would again come forward like the brave people of precipitate decision ; and 'as any amendment, _ 1
'Russia, and exclaim, we also are men, and will not been proposed, would in - all probability have
submit any longer to the encroachments of our op. more precise than the Address moved by the sel
pressor? He would not trespass any longer upon the Lord, I should undoubtedly have preferred the . ..411.
diet meAufddtpeessHhoeumsee,acHtetoar,prokepaor,s)e.but submit to them 'dress to the Amendmestr,
then read the Address.cl,'"
The Noble Lord offered to our consideration. The Address; ott.,fg
• as I have beep, able to collect its tendency,
had an Amendment l'"

Peninsula and .szkU tips rent men vim
111 b Aptever pa
iicated law condect 'or intention, whet
e Peninsula war, I*s ?icor, the skill
legree and natimitif the troops—(Hear,
•dcd to the Martinis of matter for exul
that his Noble -Relative cccsary to dwel
re confidence Ministers person who coi