Star.
London, England, 1807-12-04 00:00:00

Slk HOME P3PHAM.

About half pa.. It two o'clock Mr. WAITHMAN
brought forward his promifed Motion for having the
Vote of Thanks to Sir Home Popham, for the very
important fervices rendered to his country, in the
capture of Buenos Ayres, and the Refolotion on that
account to prefent him w I t a (word, value zoo gui.
peas, refcindcd from the Journals. In propoling this
Motion, the worthy gentleman declared, he thould
not have cheated it neceftsry ter have done mote,
than limply to love hated, that the Court had not
the real merits of the qtterlion before them, when
they prematurely and improperly allowed themfelves
to be drawn into the vote in queltion, did he not
underhand that there were Gentlemen wbo would go
the length of contending that the vote was proper,
arid ought dot to be refcinded. He prefumed, that if
he could thew that the conduit of Sir Home Popham
had been fuck as would induce the Court, were the
queilion now before them on the original Motion, to
lay that the Vote ought not to be granted, he mull
equally prevail in having it refcineed from the Jour
naffs t elfe this abfordity would eucte, that hating
once fallen into an improper aB, it could on no ac•
count be correlled. The worthy Gentleman then
proceeded to thew that Sir Home Popham had
trar fgrefled his orders in proceeding with the whole
naval force which had been entruffed to him for the
(faience cf. the Cape to the River de la Plata. That
hit refolution to do fo was fuggefted folely from the
erpedlation of plunder and booty—that with this view
he ereiled himfeli into a Flag Offiter, that he might
have an eighth of the *hole plunder there procured
—that he was on the point of letting out on this ez
pedition without a tingle foldier, depending on his
naval force alone, till he at length induced General
Baird, by a promife of two fifths of his share of the
booty, to fend with him the 73d regiment—that by
leaving the Cape he expofed it to the attack of the
enemy—that on his arrival at St. Helena he induced
the Governor of that place to allow him to tarry off
great part of the troops intended for its protellion,
but whom lte promifed thuuld be immediately fent
back, thereby expoling it too to imminent danger.—
That he wrote to different commercial bodies in this
Country, recommending to them to (peculate to
Buenos Ayres, having himfclf no adequate means
of information on that fahjeet. That for his conduit
in thefe refpeas he had been tried by a Court Mar-
tial, and had been reps intended as guilty of breach
of orders. All thole wete eh-cur:Mantes not in the
knowledge of the Coos t it the time it palled the re-
folution in queltion, in the knowledge of which it
could not have palled them, and which being now
known, rendered it neceilary for the Court to refeind
its premature acts. Ile concluded by moving—

" That this Court having, on the zd of Gaither, s BM% refolved
to thank Commodore Sir Horne Popham. for the very import= t
fervices rendered by him in the capture of Buenos Ayres, at once
opening a new fource of Commerce to the manufadorics of Great
Britain, and depriving her enemies of one of the richelt and molt
eaten five Colonic, in her poileflion ; and alto to prefent to him a
Sword, of the value of zoo guineas : And it appearing from dr-
cumtlanem, which have fince tranfplrcd. that the Paid
dons wtrt prematurely and improperly entered into, this Court
are of npiidon, that they ought to be expunged front the Journals
of its proccialings,"
The motit.n being feconded,
Mr. SA must. Duos role to give his moll decided
oppofition. This was not a motion direded againfl
Sir Home P.,pliam becaufe he had aeled unbecoming
his cliaraaer, but becaufd he had endeavoured to
throw additional lufire on his profetlion by achiev-
ing an at not expelled from him under the thief
and cold letter of his inflruainns. He was attacked
becaufe he had been the friend of that g►eat man,
Mr. Pitt. He was to be fiigmatifed becatif: he had
g lined.and bad not, like the gallant Brigadier General
Cranford, loft a valuable territory.
Mr. jartss Ditne fad. in the event of the motion
being carried be thould follow it up by moving, as
Sir How Popham had no occafion for a tword,-hay.
ing prekrved his own, that the (word voted to him
timid be prefented to General Cranford, who had
log his.

Mr. Alderman Meat and Mr. Alderman Row
caury. silo (poke &pink the motion.
Mr. Wattiastan replied, and on a flew of hinds
the motion was negatived by a great majority. Ent
a divas° being demanded. there appeared, for she
Motion 17—Agatha it soi—Majority pipit the
Motion ton.

A mare called rosins Phenomenon, the property of
a Mr. Howell, yelterday Rarted at Finchley for a bet
ef so guineas, to trot Ist miles within an hour, but
after going fix miles in ao minutes, the fell oft her
pace, and was pulled up. and at the end of 36 mi
nutes, the had gonc but t. 4. miles. The match was
therefore given up. The odds at flailing were in her
fouur.