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to hisVros the Duke irWelirnaton to-tr.orrow..
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- Mr. . WYNNE--01 Why not now 1"
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he should have
been ready now to proceed, but that it was usual to
give a notice. ( Proceed, ?striver', from all tam of the
'lleum.) The Nobie Lord said, seeing it was the
sense of the Honst4 he would immediately proceed.
(Hear, hear.) In crafting Gentlemen's attention to
the late contest, its important events, and the glo-
rious results to which it had- been brought--results
chiefly arising from the splendid achievements of the
Noble and Illustrious individual, the subject of the
present motion, he had to remind them of what had
more the appearance of romance than reality. It
would, on this occasion, be ennecessary for him to
enter at length into a recapitulation of the glorious
services and achievements of the illustrious Duke.—
Never, perhaps, had a war been conducted with stick
undeviating success as hid that part of the late con-
test which had been conducted under the immediate
superintendence of the Noble Duke • as in no one
instance had his operations failed of ledding lustre
and glory on the British name, and on the troops
which he commanded. (Hear, hear.) Tproughout
the whole of the contest lie had been always victori-
ous, and at the end of it had been received with ac-
clamations by the popul:ice, even in the enemy's ca-
pital. His whole military career had been unclouded
by defeat, and he was found at the termination of it
to be in possession of the gratitude even of our ene-
mies. (Hear, hear.) Another circumstance also
ought to be attended to, the late war had been one of
thidescription wholly different from those of former
times. Instead of returning annually to his country
and friends, and solacing himself in the midst of do-
mestic comforts during the winter, our illustrious
hero had not once visited his country or friends dur-
• the whole contest, and had always been actively
employed both in winter and summer. Like Mid-
borough he had frequently had the honour of re-
ceiving the Thanks of a grateful country—nay, he
had even exceeded Marlborough in that respect.—
That illustrious hero received the Thanks of Parlia-
ment six tintes,.but the Duke of Wellington had re-
ceived that distinguished honour twelve times. Un-
der these circumstances no arguments from him would.
be necessary to induce the House to agree to the
motion with which he should conclude, namely—
" That the Thanks of this House be given to Field
Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, upon his
return to his native country, for the eminent services
Performed by him, as Commander in Chief 'of the
Allied Army • and congratulating him upon the ter-
mination of the contest."
Mr. W. WYNNE seconded the motion, which was
agreed to sew. ton.
The Thanks were ordered to be presented to his
Grace by a Committee of the House, consisting of L 5
Members, amongst whom were Lo;cICASTLIGERACIII,
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Rosa, Mr.
BATHURST, Mr. WHITBREAD, Mr. CAP:NINO, Mr.
WILBERFORCE, Lord MILTON, Mr. PONINIERY, and
Mr. WYNNE.

PETITIONS.
Mr. WHITBREAD. presented a Petition from the
town of Bedford, on the Slave Trade Abolition. On
its being brought up,
Mr. Osaoana censured some part of its con-
tents, which gave it the nature of a party measure, by,
finding fault with the conduct of Government ; many
' persons who were consequently informed of this cir-
cumstance, bad declared they would not have signed
it, if they had been aware of the passages in question.
Mr. Wurransats briefly replied, and. the Petitio
was placed on the table.
Mr. WILBERFORCE presented an enormous Pe-
tition from the inhabitants of London and Middle-
sex, on the same subject. The Hon. Gentleman std.
ed, that it contained 36,720 signatures, which had
been obtained within the last three or four days, and
added, that if it had remained a little longer, there
was no doubt that the number would have been dou-
bled. It was received and read.
PRESERVATION OF PEACE IN IRELAND.

On the motion of Mr. PEEL, that this Bill be
read a first time,
Mr. R. S. CAREW said, he hoped he should be
allowed to trespass on the attention of the House for
a few moments, as he felt himself called upon to cor-
rect a statement of the Right Hon. the Secretary for
Ireland, which, if allowed to pass uncontradicted
when coming from such an authority, would impress
she public with an idea, that the county he had the
honour to represent was in such a state of disturbance
as to call, with others, for the enactment of this new
Bill. •He did not mean to object to the Bill ;
on the contrary, he approved of it, and only la-
mented the circumstances which made it necessary
for Government to interfere. But he begged leave
to state, in the most unequivocal terms, that there is
no part of the Empire more tranquil than the county
of Wexford ; and for the truth of this statement he
appealed tothe Resolutions ofthiGrandJury, of which
he was Foreman the last Spring Assizes. He appealed
to the recorded charge of the Judge to that Grand Jury,
and finally, to the Right Hon. Gentleman himself,
whether there is any part of Ireland where the internal
. police is better regulated, or where there is less ob-
struction to the acts of Government or individuals.
Sir F. FLOOD, though he highly approved. of
the Bill, could not suffer the observations of his Right
Honourable Friend (Mr. Peel) en a former evening,
to piss without contradiction. He was totally in-
correct when he said that he (Sir F.) had no cause
to rejoice at the superior tranquillity of W:Aford, as
the Grand Jury had represented it to be in rather an
alarming state. The statement of the Grand Jury
was exactly the reverse; and this statement was con-
firmed by the resolutions of the Magistracy and Gen-
try—in short, there was no county, either in Eng-
land or Ireland, where fewer offences were committed
than in Wexford ; as a proof of which, there had been
only one execution there for the last eleven years, and
that was for murder. lie therefore saw no reason
-why his county should be stigmatised, because distur-
bances had prevailed in other districts.
Mr. PEEL replied at some length, and referred
to official authorities to prove.the truth of his previous
assertions—one:of theist was• a string of resolutions
from the 'bitigisttates of Wextor4 on the :Ist of
March last,-1n which they .regretted the disgraceful
outrages that: had occurretLia severakpartt of tat
county, and hoped that .Parliament would s.tnctton
their efforts to-cheek them. The Right Hori..6en-
doom related die case of the wurdes of a man in his