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officer's not proceeding soon& was, the it was not tbet he formed it .with a sinister
endiness in the equipments. Lord Wit. motive. When General Baird came to Qorunna,
:, in his first letter of the 29th Septem- he had not the slightest instruction how to act; and
anmunications, which the noble Lord be sent to General Moore at Lisbon for instructions''
requiring to know of the Junta the na. The Honourable Member also asserted, that in con-
:0-operation required, and whether they sequence of the extraordinary extension of the British
le introduction of a British force? Florida army, it was impossible for Sir John Moore to move
Castanos, with other leading Members to the left to assist Sir David Baird, without exposing
were of opinion that the immediate pre. General Hope's division ; nor to the right to assist
I a force would tend to produce an in- that General, without exposing Sir David Baird.—
elence in the Spanish people. In a second Here the Honourable -Member bestowed a just eulee
ion, they represented that the concentra- gium on the military talents of General Hope, as
force would add much to the stability of displayed in the last unfortunate campaign, especi-
:onstructed government. The point of ally when the care of embarking the army at Corunna
n recommended by Castanos was the devolved solely on him. White our army were situ-
tin. As to the mode of proceeding to ated as just mentioned (we are told by the Right
, he had to observe, that the propriety Honourable Lord) the French advanced with great
:h by land rested not upon the sugges- rapidity. Why shod they not ? The French take
torities, high as they were, from Ge- every thing that they find in their way : they do not
Burtard, Moore, or Castanos, all depend for subsistence on a negligent and ill-inform-
proved the measure ; but materially was ed Commissariat. We had heard in December last,
to circumstance of an agreement to that that Bonaparte had committed a blunder of no less
taken place •iee London between the a nature than that of allowing the British army to
l.t Romana and the Noble Lord himself. get between him and Madrid ; in fact, that month
was sufficient reason to think the troops had been pregnant with lies, as the case stood just
•eived is apparent from the application of the contrary ; Bonaparte having almost cut off the
Asturias, and that for the definite num- retreat of our army to Corunna. The Hon. Gen-
we sent forward to them under General tleman , begged leave to advise his Lordship not to
rely 12,000 infantry and 5000 cavalry.— set up his military talents against those of Bonaparte;
Lord then stated the purport of a commu- for that, notwithstanding he was an Usurper, and a
an him to General Broderick. He begged Corsican, and what not, there was no disputing the '
tate, that whatever blame could attach great extent of both his military and political cape-.
lay in the debarkation of the troops at city. He wished to know if the Noble Lord was
could not certainly apply to his Majesty's aware that General Moore meant to ads ante to the
ert would be more properly chargeable on North of Spain ? If so, why were the 13,000 men
He did not mean to reproach that Body that had been embarked to reinforce him disembark-
station, but the case was so. (Hear, hear!) ed again, without proceeding to his assistance, as
Lord, after some further statement of was at first intended. Had that been the case, Ge-
,roved, from the communication of the neral Moore would have now been alive, and the di-
la Romana, that St. Andero was by version would have been really important. Why did
. fit place for the debarkation. That No- not General Moore fall back on Portugal ? The
!presented, that increase of force in that Honourable Gentleman believed he did wish to do
)uld be only productive of starvation. The so, had his orders not been • different. But General
.d trusted this discussion would satisfy the Moore knew that he was acting under a Government
(atilt lay at the door of the Ministry. He not over friendly ; for about six or eight weeks before
;ufficiently proved that there was not the he was killed, that General was much to be pitied :
on the occasion. In reply to an observe.. without proper orders how to act, marching and
the Right Honourable Mover, as to the countermarching, what must have been his feelings ?
lin advance through the country, he would We had heard from the Noble Lord of those dread-
was a wide difference between an army ful engines of destruction, the badness of the season,
)f equipments, and one perfectly provided the rains, the snows, &c. But the seasons went on
There was a difference too in an army in their natural way ; the rains fell, and the winds
by requisition, of whatever it wanted, blew as usual ; it was the troops aad the cannon of
Ler acting on a contrary principle. The Bonaparte that were the sole engines of destruction
h the French had to pass, and those which to our army ; and all the misfortunes that befel
travelled over, were completely dissimi- it, originated with our weak and imbecile Admi-
eir gallant army he would say, that their nistration. In place of this being no fit case for an
ard discipline were unparalleled. The de- enquiry, the Hon. Gentleman maintained it was the
the Spanish armies were not to be attri- most requisite he had ever known. He did not call
their fault, but misfortune. Military cri- on the House to pass severe censure, but merely to
another country was unhandsome, he participate in the general feelings of the country ;
iy ; and it was extremely ungenerous to and to let the country know the House was much dis-
iishap as a crime, as a want of energy, appointed with the event of the campaign, and the
.allant people. There was but one point conduct of Ministers, as it is. The Hon. Meniber
iilitary policy, which he (the Noble Lord), believed, notwithstanding the acccunts given by the
Oct to, and that was, the want of a Ministry, that our loss in men amounted to, at least 8
leer armies. In consequence of this de- or 10,000 men. It had been stated by the Noble
,e bodies were completely insulated, and Lord that we had lost no artillery ,• he would ask
of on the most advisable of all plans, that that Noble Lord if two brigades of nine-pounders
as one general madeine. The Noble Lord had not been left behind. From the time General
that even after the severe losses at Tudcla, Moore found himself obliged to retreat, a scene of
places, the Spanish spirit was not entirely woe and distress ensued almost unparalleled in any
es,n. He could not but think it was a great history. Think of a retreat so rapid that the very
f the French Emperor, instead of advancing casks which contained the dollars of the army were
he British army, to draw up upon Madied, obliged to be staved ; the ammunition and provisions
it;, it was represented by the Officers of Ge- destroyed, and the lame horses killed, All this
ye's column, that the enthusiasm was exces- distress and confusion would have been saved if the
1 it was apparently the slime over the entire intended reinforcement had been sent ; and it was
if Spain. As to the Right Honourable Mo- impassible but the Noble Lord must have heard of
,cement respecting loss of men, the Noble General Moore's intention to retreat time enough to
;sured the House, that when the statement have sent it. The Honourable Member said he under-
be wound up, it would fall far short of' the stood that General Beresford, and a number of other
honourable Gentleman's representation. He Officers, were to be sent immediately to Portugal, in
that we suffered no loss in artillery ; that order to organize the people. A fine slieNir of friend-
T ordnance fell into the enemy's hands, was ship, after having drawn off our troops, and forsaken
lig at the time of capture to Romana's army, them to their fate. The House might think this was
feeble escort, and it was rendered useless a motion v. hich ought to be treated as lightly as the
it came into the enemy's possession. After Noble Lord who spoke last had done, but he thought
could not help thinking that there would be otherwise ; the event of this motion, in his opinion,
mind as to the conduct of our brave army, would fix or destroy the confidence of the nation in
ierity as well as in adveisitv; and he would say that House. The House should let the army know,
vas unbecoming to assert the impossibility of that here they have protectors, and here they would
lig our lost military character. Was it by such find redress ; and well lie knew that curses were im-
eas those of Vimicra and Corunna, that we precated by the army while on their retreat, against
.feited all claim to military reputation ? The the folly of those who had placed them in that situa-
,ora before he sat down expressed his anxious tion. Spain, the Noble Lord bad said, could do no-
at the Right Honourable Gentleman would thing effectual without a head ; and, in the opinion
av his motion until he had acquired that know-I of the Honourable Gentleman, that was the cause
.1 the busine:,s, the Want of which he had so why the Ministry had made nothing of it. Among
avowed. He, for his part, was perfectly pre- them there was nothing to be seen but great impu-
to give the Right Honourable Gentleman every deuce and arrogance, without a grain of ability.
e information that could be collected from do- General 'STEWART did not at all mean to reply
is on the subject. to the speeches made by the Hon. Gentleman oppo.
TIERNEY did not think any other man in site, but wished to allude to one or two particular
vgdom would have the hardihood, except the points. The Hon. Gentleman had said, that the
Lord, to say there was no prima
_pelt evidence march of the British troops from Portugal to Spain
•Ury. What ! was the march of 15,000 men, was by the direction of his Majesty's Government.
eir afterwards escaping under the French can- It was pretty well known to all the Officers who had
a ground for enquiry ? Never did men fight been with that army that that was not the case. The
bravely than our troops, yet never was greater Hon. Gentleman had also said, that the Commissariat
.ce brought on the military efforts of the coun- was badly constituted, and the troops ill supplied.—
(Ift ar, hear ! ) Gentlemen might make a cla- He declared, that as long as he had been with General
bet he would repeat, that we suffered disaster Hope, which was during a march of near 1000 miles,
i...eerace. This was owing not to the gallant nothing could be more complete than the supplies at'-
', but to the military councils of the country, forded. As to the loss sustained by the British he had
which there never were more contemptible coun- before stated, he still stated, and he believed that his
world. There was no charge or complaint statements would be borne out by the returns, that it
(referred in the motion, but the House was did not amount to snore than 5000 men ; but let the
I cei to give satisfaction to the public, which no loss be what it might, the advantage to our army in
I;tid before the House could give- -le wanted the experience upon a large scale which they had ac-
:cc evidence ; wanted to ask' the brave sur- quired was incalculable, and would be most evident,
of General Moore, how came it that the army 'should they ever have to encounter the enemy upon
,Arving, and that there was not a Commissariat your own shores.
51r of supplying its wants? He wanted to know Mr. GOLBOURNE rose to express his dissent
were the plans of General Moore, who advised from the Honourable Gentleman's motion; he could
flans, and whether they were the best that could assure the House, that if he thought inquiry were ne-
kpt,2d. It was necessary to know why, with all cessary he should not disapprove of it, and that he had
;01;12 Lord's transports andc4iftered-bottomed ships, no wish whatever to withhold from the public any
:catld not send out the troops under Sir David information on a subject, in
lad which
find, they
at were so
J, till the end of September. But the Noble strongly interested. He was gto th what-
d shifted the plan of the campaign in Spain, on ever difference existed AS to the mode in which Spain
Central Junta. It was a most extraordinary had been assisted by this conntry
)o.tion, in order to concentrate an army and to ety of opinion as to the propriety
them 300 miles asunder on commencing their self ; and he could net but regret
ch General Marla was one of the advisers of Gentleman opposite had pal
Piers ; and from what Was since known of him, pause to the promptitude with

had been afrotded. The accusation of failure. made
by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, came with a very
bad grace from individuals whose Administration
was a succession of failures. By. the Occurrences in
Spain we had gained no trifling advantages ; we had
given to our army experience ; we had shewn to the
eyes' of Europe and to the world th.at:we arc as for-
midable by land as by sea ; we had taught the enemy
to respect our military force, and to acknowledge that
we possessed Commanders who could vie with the
titled minions of Bonaparte. The Honourable Gen-
tleman had said that we had done nothing. Was it
nothing to gain the -Spaniards that time which their
situation demanded ? Was it nothing to afford them
an opportunity of collecting -their dispersed armies ?
Was it nothing, by creating a powerful diversion, to
allow them the means in another part of the kingdom
to combat with success the common enemy ? Had we
not gained a national character by our conduct ?--
And, though our loss was considerable, was it not
less than that which we had sustained in our former
less glorious campaigns ? The honour which the
British army had gained in Spain,, by raising its cha-
racter, had done more than all the plans which had
beet or could be devised for giving facilities to the
recruiting of that army. The Honourable Gentleman
hid not shewn any ground for the motion which he
had submitted to the House, in his opinion it would
tend only to paralyze the country, and he therefore
felt himself bound to vote against it.
Lord MILTON observed, that the Honourable
Gentleman -,vhoiliad just sat down, had proved a sin-
gular rea-on for applauding the conduct of the cam-
paign, namely, that its consequences would afford
greater facilities for recruiting our army, than any that
had hitherto been devised. He did not think the
Noble Lord opposite would thank him for the com-
pliment. The Honourable Gentleman was of opi-
nion, that inquiry woaV only paralyze the country.
On this subject. he differed completely from him—
whether in power or out of power—whether support-
ing Administration or opposing it, he should alWays
uphold the necessity of inquiring into the conduct of
public affairs. Instead'of paralyzing, inquiry would
inspire the people with confidence in Parliament, and
would consequently give to the country a superior
degree of strength. The object of the Spanish expe-
dition had completely failed ; unless, indeed, he had
completely mistaken the object, which he conceived
to be the restoration of Spanish independence, and
the expulsion of the French from the country. In-
stead of this, the Crown of Spain had been placed by
Napoleon on the head of his brother Joseph, and the
Peninsula Was covered with the French armies. If
this was not a subject for inquiry, he did not know
what was.
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, misrepresentation
had held. the foremost place in the speeches of the
Honourable Gentlemen opposite. They had endea-
voured, by a series of the grossest misrepresentations
that he had ever witnessed, to pervert fact, and to
mislead the judgment of the House. The Right
Honourable Gentleman by whom. the debate was
commenced, had taken a general and comprehensive
view of the subject, and his misrepresentations were
as general and . comprehensive. The Honourable
Gentleman who followed him, had contented himself
with a more particular field, but that field he had filled
w.th misrepresentations, if possible, still more fla.
grant. The Right Honourable gentleman disclaimed
all decoration ; he gave to his statement, the charac
ter of stout solemn facts. He wished to be consi-
dered as a plain man addressing a plain man—
" A plain blunt man, he must speak the truth."
Certainly the Right Hon. Gentleman was a plain
blunt man ; he wished that he had-completed the
picture, and only spoke the truth. He confessed
himself to be much surprised that the Right Hon.
Gentleman had ventured to state as facts, circum-
stances which he could only know on the authority of
others ; circumstances not before the House ; collect-
ed from sources which the Right Hon. Gentleman
doubtless believed to be of unquestionable purity, but
which, in ten minutes, he would shew had no realex-
istence whatever. The main accusation of the Right
Honourable Gentleman commenced with the conclu-
sion of the Campaign of Portugal, and the subse-
quent disposition of the British army. He had no
doubt that the Right Honourable Gentleman would
be equally ready to attack the mode in which that ,
army had been sent to Portugal, if the subject had
been before the House, but as it was not, the first
accusation which he had advanced, was respecting
the mode adopted by his Mighty's Government to
assemble the British force in Spain. He had exclaim- •
ed against the absurdity, as he termed it, of dividing
the army into three separate columns, and of extend-
ing those columns over many miles of country, so as
to make it impossible for the centre column to go to
the left without abandoning the right Golumn, or to
go to the right without abandoning the left column..
Now, with respect to that arrangement, whatever
merit or demerit it might have, it was not the ar
rangement of Government. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman had truly ,stated, that in the rapid course of
events, where every twelve hours must produce the
necessity of a deviation from preconcerted plans, it was
impossible that any precise course of conduct could
be dictated from England. This was al very just ;
he readily admitted die Hon. Gentleman's premises,
but from those premises flowed this inevitable con-
clusion, that Government neither could nor did pre-
scribe any line of march, when they knew that it
might be interrupted by a thousand unforeseen acci-
dents. What Government did, was to give informa-
tion to the Officer commanding the British army,
that a large force would be sent to Corunna to meet
him, and that to Corunna he might proceed by sea
if he chose, he having transports sufficient for half
his force, and enough for the remainder being hourly
expected. The option waPleft to him, and he made
his choice to proceed by land. If the Right Hon
Gentleman opposite had not preferred darkness to
light, he might have had that Officer's dispatch, in
which his Adoption was declared ; and now he would
ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, what became of his ,
assertion, that this was the first military blunder of
his Noble Friend ? But uow it might perhaps. he
expected that he should acc.ount for the division of
the army into separate descriptions
V£ force.. Could
the Right Hon. Gentleman believe it possible,that
.any
administration, even that which preceded the present,

rangement ; but it was die arrangement notorGovern.
ment, but of Sir John Moore. Ile dared to say, that
the arrangement had been adopted on sufficient rea-
sons. What those reasons were, he did not know.;
but whatever they were, they were distinctly that
gallant officer's own reasons ; nor were the operation'
undertaken without any concert with the Spanish Go-
vernment ; on the contrary, a distinct communica-
tion had been made to this country by an officer from
the Central Government of Spain. From this state-
ment the House would be enabled to judge of the
other misrepresentationi of the Right Honourable
" Gentleman, who has thus been proved completely er-
roneous in imputing to his Majesty's Ministers,. the
disposition'of the troops on their march from Portu-
gal. Nor was the Right Honourable Gentleman
more fortunate or more accurate in his account of
the operations in Spain. For variety sake he sup-
.posed the Right Honourable Gentlemanhad statedone
fact correctly. He had stated that Sir J. Moore, on
hearing of the defeat of the three Spanish armies, le.d
it in contemplation to retire to the Spanish frontier, and
sent orders to Sir David Baird to retire also. But for
fear that he should be wholly right in his statement,
the Right Honourable Gentleman drew this false in-
ference, that therefore Sir John Moore must after-
wards have advanced against his will. Here again
the Right Honourable Gentleman was totally mis-
taken. It was true that Sir-J. Moore's intention of
retreating was suspended by the information which
he received from Madrid. It wastrue that Sir J. Moore
received that information from Mr. Frere. At that
period, the people of Madrid had undoubtedly formed
a determination to defend it to the last extremity; a de-
termination which nothing could have defeated but the
feebleness, or rather the treachery of that rough honest
man, Morla, who had taken such a distinguished part
in the early period of the transactions in Spain. To the
baseness of this man alone, was to be attributed the de-
feat of the Spaniards in Madrid. Was it incredible that •
the inhabitants of that city had determined on a brave
resistance ? If they had been an unwarlike and lulu-
rious people, Sir John} Moore might have \been justi-
fied in treating them with such disdain as\ to believe
them to be incapable of fighting for their indepen-
dence ' • but it was not incredible that, fired by the
example of Saragossa, the brave compatriots of
Palafox, should assert to the last their freedom and
their honour. It was not surprising that Sir John.
Moore should be deceived by such an expectation ;
he should not have thought well of the heart of any
gallant soldier who could have rejected it. Here,
however, Mr. Frere's agency ended ; and he wished
to take this opportunity of paying the highest testi-
mony to the conduct of Mr. F. in the whole transac-
tion, and indeed to the whole of his conduct either in
Spain or in this country. Here, however,- as he had
before stated, Mr. Frere's agency ended. Sir John
Moore's advance was not owing to any information re- •
ceived from him ; it was owing to the interception of a
letter from Marshal Soult, by Which he obtained correct
and undoubted intelligence respecting the situation of
a part of the French army. Sir John Moore was (len-
vinced that, by a rapid march (General Hope having
joined him) he could attack this French corps be-
fore the arrival of reinforcements. He also felt that
if he failed in his immediate object, he should do ulti-
mate good, that he should withdraw Bonaparte frosts-
the Capital, and create a diversion in favour of Ma.
drid, and enable those who still retained the spirit of
patriotism, again to put it in action. On these grounds
distinctly his own, Sir John• Moore proceeded. He
advanced, and although impediments occurred to
prevent him from obtaining his immediate object, he
gave Spain time to breathe, and, if not to repair,
calmly to view, the real state of her disasters. But
the misrepresentations of the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman did not end here. He had imputed it as a
great clime to his Majesty's Ministers, that when they
knew it was Sir John Moore's intention to advance,
they did not send reinforcements to Corunna ; and
on this point the Right Honourable Gentleman laid
great. n. stress, because, as he justly observed, there
were troops actually embarked for that purpose, which
were afterwards disembarked. But why were they
so disembarked ? On this distinct requisition received
from Sir David Baird, ' I need .so many transpoitei
send them without delay.' Among all the decisions
to which he (Mr. Canning) had been a party in the
course of his life, no one had ever occurred which had
given him so much pain as this. He had acquiesced
most reluctantly in the necessity of the disembarka-
tion which ensued. There was no feeling of the
heart which was not tortured by it. He was sure that
it would &tate discontent in England, and dismay in
Spain. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman suppose that
his Majesty's Ministers were destitute of feeling ; or
that he and his friends alone were alive to inconve-
nience and disaster ? Did the Right Hon. Gentleman
suppose that it gave no pain to his Majesty's Minis-
ters to act under circumstances so afflicting ; and hav-
ing collected and embarked a force to assist their
brave countrymen who were contending in Spain in
the cause of freedom and independence, to order that
, force to be disembarked, that the transports in wnlch
it was to be conveyed might be rendered available for
another purpose ? His Majesty's Ministers submitted
to hard necessity. They had no choice. Let Tif
man consider the responsibility they would havq in-
curred had they. refused to listen to the application so
urgently made to them ; and if they had assumed to
themselves a better knowledge of the circumstances
than those who were on the spot, every empty trans-
-1 port that went was a pang to his heart, There was
another-circumstance connected with this part of the
transaction which he wished to explain. The Right
Hon. Gentleman had desired to know why Sir David
Baird had been sent out without instructions.. It was
not so. He was sent out with ample instructions. He
WAS told that he was to form a part of Sir John
Moore's army, and Sir John Moore was apprised
of the. circumstance. But the Right Honourable
Gentleman was astonished that Government had not
sent the transports with more accuracy to meet the
British army on their retreat. Sir John Moore, in his
„clitpatch, stated that he should retreat either by Vic*
or Comma. The presumption was in favour of his
\
retreating_ by Vigo ; but as this remained doithtful,
could his Majesty's Ministers beblamed for not divin-
ing to w4i4i of those places he would effect his re-
treat ? *L s
.. J. Moore might have good reasons hie
ambiguity, but that ambiguity *quitted his Majesty's

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c the latter officer's not in
-r :,1 I,i• tardiness in the
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u;':n Bentirick, in his first. 1
--
I made communications
b:r( •
d by requiring to k
aaswere
on.
;of the co-operation re
the introduction
Irisited for
witl
e
manea 0
and Castanos,
v:
the Junta, were of opinic
creased
of such a forc.e woul(
confidence in the S 1
creased
communication,
they repre.
,
non of that force would ad
~ newley
constructed go.
(e
once/It-ration. recommends
:oath of Spain. As to tl
he had to ot
hat quarter,
tech by land res
of the mar high •
non of authorities, .
lryrnple, Burrar(
relais Pi a
- whom approve the me
of w•
Droved by the circumstan(
',lTect having taken place
:s de la Romana an
Attlu.
That there was sufficient
old be received is appal
would
and Asturias, an(
we sent forw:
bet of men . ,
~... d namely 12,000 int
Dili t
The olile Lord then star
icaonfroin him to Ger.
leave to state, . that wa.
delay .in the di
from the
Corunna, it could not cert
Afinisters, but would be r
the Junta. He did not r
by the imputation, but th
The Noble Lord, after
localities, proved, from
farquis de la Romana,
Tr) means a tit place for 1
'Aeon represented, tha
carter would be only pa
Ville Lord trusted this •
v,,ase no fault lay at the
"Ted he sufficiently prc
bast delay on the occasi(
lion from the Right H(
comparison in advance tl
sar, there was a wide c
destitute of equipments
in that way. There wa:
lacing hold, by requi;i
aad another acting on
roads which the French
the British travelled ov(
lar. Of our gallant ar
patience and discipline N
• kits of the Spanish at
buted to their fault, bi
•
ticism on another cot
would say ; and it w
impute mishap as a C 1
1 to that gallant people,
in their military policy,
1 wculd object to, and
head to their armies.
- feet, foose bodies wen
t acted, tot on the mos
• of being as one genera
s insisted, that even after
and :1::'(r places, the S.
I btu: r. down. He cots
s miilake of the French ]
i agai.lsr the British am
1 F. :hat city, it was repi
f neral Hope's column,
D Sir:. and it was appari
1 surface of Spain. As
1 rev's statement respe(
cil Lord assured the Ho
o came to be wound up,
z Right Honourable Ge.
1- a•ierted that we suffe
ci whatever ordnance fel
r- rocezding at the time
Le trader a feeble escort,
E- before it came into ti
le all, he could not hell
r- kt one mind as to tl
1- i•, prosperity as Nvell as
to that it was unbecomir
le movcring• our lost mil
n- disgraces as those of '
KI bad forfeited all clain
); Noble Lord before he
ri- v..,11 that the Right
ce withdraw his nuu,ion a
on ledge of the busine:is,
'ad openly avowed. He
a pared to give the Rig
la poible. information I
le- Q:nicats on the subje
to Mr. TIE RN EY d
ne 1:;e kingdom would
no Nol)le Lord, to say I
on for enq What'
Ird ar,:l t!leir afterwards
!TO 11011,110 ground for
to mere bravely than c
m- ci:iglace brought on
en.- `7.i. (Harr, hear ! )
rce r.. 'l'.., out he would
. of .."d di-.grace. Thi
the : :(il''• but to the r
ray thin Ivltich there ne
ny, cis, In t!ie world. .
all Inv (referred in t
not called 00 to 'rive sal
laY b
h
pail:::.,, laid before tl
let- •z -.:.? -..:ce evidence ;
Lies- l';vt:. of General ?
vith wa., • 'Arving, and t.'
:as. cap-b 1? of %upplyin
:on- what were the plan
aon- the.ierians, and tvl
the 1-'•= ad(!pted. It w.
era- 1 e Nu1.;12 Lord's tr
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hie;
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s to the propriety of the assistance it-
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foreign service, to divide his arstv insp two distint Spit .to the lioneilii:gt-ie
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