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and Wye*y to afford Mm such apples as Baybe. neeessery for
those essential obj eets.
He eonitnands et to espressitow deeply he reltreb Merman
upon his Subjects, which the pretraetol dofitinualjee of the War

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renders inevitable.
,fr.Lordr, seed Geistlsms*,
We are conunanded by his Majesty to express his hopes that
you will •rellome the consideration of the state of the Wake
Clergy, aixradopt such further measures upon this interesting sub•
ject as may appear to you to be proper.
We have it further in command to state to yes that the ac-
counts which will be laid before yea of the Trade and Revenue
of the Country will be land highly' satisfactory.
Whatever temporary and partial inconvenience may bare re •
suited from the meastuns.witich were directed by Franceottgainst
those great sources of our prosperity and strength, those mea-
sures have wholly failed of producing any permanent or general'
effect.
The inveterate hostilky of our Enemy condones to be directed
against this Country with unabated shimosity and vieleare. To
guaid the security of his Majewxy's Doodnions, and to debit" that
designs which are meditated against us and Cif Allacydl
ti-
juke the unniV efforts of vigilance, fortitude, and pemeveranse.
In every &Milky and danger his Majesty confidently trusts
Art he shall derive the most effectual support, under the condoned
blessing of Drama Paoviverics, from the wisdom of his Pak-
ilament, the valour of his Forces, and the spirit and determination
of his People.
Lord GLASGOW rose to move the Address. His.
Lordship extolled the magnanimity of the Emperor
of Austria, and lamented the adverse fortune of the
war, during which so much valuable blood had been
sacrificed on the Continent. Having taken a general
view of the topics contained in the Speech, his Lord-
' ship concluded by moving an humble Address.to his
Majesty, to return thanks, and express the concur-
rence of the House in all the circumstances to whisk
the Speech alluded.
Lord GRIKSTONE, in a very short speech, se-
conded the Address, and observed, that although
there might be some dissentient opinions on late
events, his Majesty had promised that all papers on
those subjects should be laid before the House, and
therefore he hoped the Address might at present be
unobjectionable.
Lord ST. VINCENT said he had it not in his in-
tention to have spoken, but having heard the Speech
and the Address, he could not refrain from saying a
few words. It seemed to him that Ministers made a
merit of every disaster which befel the country, and
they gilded over all our misfortunes ; but it was no
ewe than was to be expected from men who came
byte office under the mask of hypocrisy ; they began
their career in f.tlselood and fraud, and they had con-
tinued the same practices ever since. They had at-
tacked and plundered a friendly Power under false
pretences ; they had set the bells ringing, and the
toWn to illuminating, for the disgraceful Convention
of Chltfa ; they claimed merit for a glorious victory
lit Talavera, after whieirthe yenty had lost soli the
sick, wounded, and its baggage ; and they seemed
to think it a merit that they had wasted their blood,
and expended the treasure of the country, in blowing
up an insignificant harbour, and taking a few old
ships. Another great source of their triumph was the
commercial and financial prosperity of the country.
But this was but a fallacious prosperity ; it arose
merely from the state of war, and when peace came,
and before long peace we should be compelled to ac-
cept, all this sort of prosperity would be at an end.
Then we should see the river Thames crowded with
vessels, with brooms at their mast-beads, and the
merchants of London crying out for freight, which'
would as soon after be followed by them with ano-
ther clamour for war. And before he sat down, he
wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty a
question upon this subject, which was, whether any
measures were taken to make a wet-dock at North
Fleet, for he was convinced in the event of a peace it
would be indispensably necessary for the accommoda-'
tion of the King's ships t
Lord MULGRAVE said, it was not very regular
to call upon him for an answer immediately, but he
had no objection to tell the Noble Lord that measures ,
had been taken by Government to secure die ones-
sary ground, in case it should be deemed expedient,
upon future consideration, to carry that plan into
rect.
Lord GRENVILLE said that whatever might be
said of the necessity of inquiry, of which necessity, not
iiisesely of inquiry, but lit deep and serious inquiry, no
Iman in his senses could doubt : yet there were some
things already so plain and apparent, that the House
was, in the solemn discharge of its duty, called upon to
Ilexpress an opinion before they separated even on that
tight. Of the extent of the waste of blood and trea-
sure in ill-concerted expeditions and fruitless negotia-
tions, the time for inquiry would hereafter come.—
Many and many were the topics urged in the speech
of his Majesty's Commissioners which demanded the
serious investigation of the Country. But his heart
was so full of the pressing evils which surrounded us,
that on the great pointshe could not but demand the
House should express their opinion before they sepa-
rated that night, and which they were competent to
do from the information which they already possess-
ed. In considering our present situation, and judg-
ing of the propriety of the measures of the preseisc
lAiiiistration, it would be necessary to carry. Y..air
recollection back to the last war. At the periipd of
that war, it was advisable to adopt a. differ-
ent polity than tlttnrich was fit in the present state
&things. It was then judged expedient to stimulate
Europe to a confederacy against the po'ker of France:
But the situation of Europe was then•fery different to
what it was now. Austria was then a Power in Eu- ,
rope, Prussia and Russia were ustsubdued ; but after
the Peace of Amities, when Frcnce by arms or policy
had the complete controul of the States of Europe,
it was then our obvious pe;licy to withdraw from a
scene of action when our efforts must be) unavailing,
and to resort to our nraritime strength in defensive
vfarfare, and by whiel we could also most effectually
distress our enemy. We might have said to France.

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*Duet you haveinicontrouled &million of the
Sea, yet we are safe in our naval superiority, we ce,
tarry on defensive warfare to the end of June if it be
, and instead of exhausting our finances, we
am ley reducing our burthens at the time we
are so contending. And in point of fact the last Ad-
ntinistration did act upon that wise system. Not so
the present Administration. They had indeed kept
their word in acting diametrically opposite to the wise
principles of their predecessors ; and, as they avowed,
they looked at all their measures, not as matter ofl
imitation, but as beacons to be avoided. What had
been the sad consequence of their departure, every
matt in the country knew too well to require it to be
told to him. He believed it might be said,and truly
saidohat the present Administration had a, dispos
ableforce of one hundred thousand men, aired how
they had applied thaerorce the countrypeThaps would
esPettable
ch were tW be iad when those Papers were laid oft
et whike *mistake lifised. here he Must
. : the Noble Lord who se-
coaled theightlbll. e f said that all-the Papers
would be laid before the. House; but the Speech Said
no such thing ; it merely stated all that was neces-
sary to convince the House; that is all that Ministers
deemed necessary to communicate information, and
the House had a sample of garbled, suppressed, and
partial extracts, which tended so far from informing
them, that it really had misled them, and therefore
he now called upon the House to accede to an amend-
ment Which he should move, and for which he should
convince them they accede to without more
information than thel;thett already possessed of. He
had observed, that Mhisters had 100,000 men of dis-
poseable force, of this 15,000 men were in Sicily, of
whose employment it might be fit to enquire here-
after. The remainder formed two armies, each of
'about 40,000, one of which was employed in Spain,
land the other in Walckeren. Of the Officers who
commanded these armies, he was inclined to think
much more favourably than many were, because he
firmly believed they were put into unfortunate situa-
tions by the ill-advised and rash conduct of Ministers
at home, nor would he suffer those who were guilty
of the original error to throw it from themselves to
the Commanders. He remembered the shamefil at-
tempt to sully the character of a brate officer whO
sacrificed his life to the preservation of the remains
of his army, after having been forced on an expedi-
tion into the heart of Spain, entirely against his remon-
strances and better judgment. He hoped every Noble
Lord had read the narrative of the campaign pub-
lished by the nearest relative of that gallant officer..
For those who had lot read it could not properly ap-.
preciate the merits of that Expedition. By the au-
thentic documents there adduced, it appeared that
General Moore wished to go to the South of-Spain ;
he was forced to the North ; he was taught to expect
cooperation from the Spanish armies; he found no
arebes to croperate with him ; be found no *OA -
sion made for his reception ; he was unstipplied with
money ; and lasdy, he was to obey the orders, not of
a superior military commander, but of a civil accie
dited agent, of whom, at present, he wished to say
nothing. In examining, however, the conduct of
Ministers, he was willing to concede to them what
Ihe by no means considered a fact, namely, that
these hundred thousand men, properly employed,
might have turned the fate of the War on the Conti-
nent. He admitted it might have turned the fate of
a single campaign, but not of the war. However,
acceding that to Ministers, had they Wisely employed
the army in Spain ? They had the recenrekperience
of Sir John Moore's campaign before their eyes. He
had met no co-operation ; he found no regular army,
on which he could rely ; he could not provision and
feed his army ; yet, they planned another. Expedi-
tion to the heart of Spain. The gallant officer who
led them and his troops did all that valour could do,
but they met precisely the same disasters, and 4f-ter
losing many by the sword, and many more by sick-
ness?, the Commander was forced to abandon his en-.
terprise, and retreat with the shattered remains of a'
bra* army. With respect to the Walcheren expe-
dition, a thing more disastrous in its consequences,
more disgraceful in those who planned it, the country
never yet saw. It had been loudly asserted, that it
was to assist in the deliverance of Eintipe, and aid
the rising spirit in the North of Germany. He
supposed that it would be admitteat, that ;t was ne,
cessary in all these expeditions that. they should..be
prompt—that they should be ce-operative,. and that
they should be designed to act on some material
point. In all these points tiad this Expedition been
most miserably defective. And now we were gravely
told, that it had reneged essential service, in blow.
ing up a dock-yard tend capturing a few ships. If it
were known, as by.: believed it was in September,.
1808, that Aust6a was pteparing for war, it was pot
very prompt to, have an expedition as a diversion .in,
her favour, ..vhich did not•arrive in the Scheldt used,
the last clo:y of July, 1809. But in truth, before that;
period 0-ustria had drawn forth her mules in battle'
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array; before that period she had fought three hay
batttes, and had been completely subdued, and was
olPliged to receive the ires' the victor ; and abovi
'all, those facts were known to Adz inistration before
the expedition sailed from our own shores: Yet be-1
Cause the capture of a few ships at Copenhagen gilded
that exploit with some few people at home, he really
believed that Ministers acted with miserable policy,
of hoping, by the capture of a few ships in the
Scheldt, to varnish over their tardy inefficiency. But
even here they were so miserably deficient in idea.,
:nation that they found a garrison of 14,000 MO
where they expected to find only 2000, and a plait
which they supposed was open and wholly defencelesi
it appeared had beta regularly fortified as long back
as the memory of man could reach. So much for
the promptitude of the ....--
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Bonaparte was .enalslid to avail hit:mitt:tab Amnia' •
of Marmots and *Donald,
.which Were both most
effectual in the reduction of Vienna. By what fatal
infatuation Ministers those the infections Marshes of
Walcberen as the scene of their Military' operations
it was impossible to tell. tt yas known to be a most
climate, and they `chose the most pestilen,
dal season for their operations, They had their
choice of ground, it was not the case of a retreating
army which was compelled to pursue that line of
march, but they *ere advisedly sent there hy Mini-
sters, Their misconduct hoWeVer did not stop here.
The troops landed on the last of July, and before a
month had elapsed, it was obvious to every military
man, that all the objects of the expedition had failed,
and the Commander had so distinctly stated it to the
Ooveinttlent at home, yet were the troops left to
' perish in that swamp until the middle of November
.
lad what was the Administration doing that time f
*ere exhibiting a disgraceful scene ,at home of
cabals, attempts at reeencitiatiot, end more.
slosh/fur esposurei, which rendered, and mutt
render them contemptible to theeyes of all the world:
His Lordship then concluded by conjuring their Lord:
ships to express their opinion on this !feint by agreeing
with him in the following Aisandnient
" That this tirsasi has Mt with slit deepest torrow aid ladig•!
nation, the unavailing waste of ondind resources, the loosed our
brave troop*. *lime valour his linsCunprohtably
in anew:emeltl enteiglehtes, usitimed by any adv ";
marked by a repeddra of fervid efleV6 tardiness, spa
!icy, to our own sillspilai any assistance tO dsti
Allies, bet etpostitill, ti= Cement to seem and deed
don. ?raying, that Mss
wiltbas pleased wi institute a
vigoroes inn tiry Into the Imaantalde emeadings *lrish haat. ate
tracted the general ate abed dl dig eanattt, odd led to inch use'
exampled calamity."
The Ainendment being reacl-..:,
Lord HARROW BY could not stippose that hit,
Noble Friend (Lord arenVille) could have moved ail
amendment such -as that he had just proposed
went not only tb determine that there should be an
inquiry, but it would induce their Lordships now to
come to a vote of indiscriminate censure—of absolute
condemnation. Bitch a mode of proteeding was
surely unusual and unprecedented. It was Unjust not
to allow-the proper time for producing the grounds.,
and stating the reasons upbn which rested the de,,
cision and conduct of his Majesty's Government
in adopting the measures which his Noble Friend
has so loudly arraigned and so severely c (tilde:Mae&
His Noble Friend had laid &Wit the line of po-
licy to trhich he says he would hints& have ad.
hered, and by which he thinks his Mai 's Mi-
nisters 'ought directed. Tic
adtnonished

ditions—
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imaffined
the last Session, - joined - ,
general enthusiast& in ravoarof the Spanish cause, and, -
an the anxiety prompted by that enthusiasm, to afford..
it every-possible aid in our power: -Government did
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not stimulate -and 4ive •birth to these exertions an.,
the part of the Spaniards; but they felt it their duty, .
and conceived it to be the interest. of, this country, . • •
to encourage and assist them. Neither bad they ,
incited' other powers to embark anew in hostilities .
withirrance. - Austria was inclined to appeal to the ,
1 chances of war...to the decision of the sword ; but i
to the adoption at those hazardous steps she had . * .
not been advised or impelled by the British tloveon. 1
meat. On the 'contrary, she was warned by them . r
of the perils of the attentpt, attd of the inability of .
this edunny to
_lend her any, effeetnel, supports she ~.;
could not therefore haie entered into a esnawar, from
the hope of any powerful dieasion.to be effected in ..:
her favour by the military operatiens.ef a Btitish are if .
my. But his Noble Friend would insist, that such ii ~
diversion might have been -made. in her favour by the ...
-force which had aobsequently been collected here, had :.
it been brought to -operate at -a proper. : point.7.l•Ps • .
-Noble:Fsienatad 'alluded to-certain. of these pinta •
where.- he :conceived our- •Militgry'.ferce-.losht have , 1
le-rated advantageously; in .fo(ittr of woutiltil _kki
c~.
,lowevir, advetled to somepointa
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diterianeati,. and more detkiediyetilltko..the-rforth of
Gerthany. He had also supposeddihakfilio,..ePPAY
might have . .i . . 100,000 nten into *se. field;.
whet* these 1,1 4.4 I Men were to be found, he.coold
net pretend to eq 1 but-were it
,possible to procure
,thent, what must not havebeen the-expwse and dlr..
fieuky ofsranspetting theni•to. the Mediterranean or -
Adriatic ? The thing was impracticable. No less ins. •
practicable end unpromising would .he the plan OF
sending them to the-North of Germany. Itvras said
they would there find a numerous band, of men ready
.tO rise, in vindication of their independence, against
the. cum son oppressor of 'mankind. It was eves
Mere than insinuated by his Noble
.Friend, .that the
British Government had encouraged them to rise,and
'promised them assistance, but that the' promise.had
not been performed; that these brave patriotic men
had been deserted by us and abandoned to their fate ;
anise allegations, he would venture to say, were
:teatelly unfounded ; there might be numbers of men
in different districts of Germany who were anxious to
rescue themselves from the oppression and tyranny of •
the French ; but they had neither arms nor uni-
forms, nor were they instigated or encouraged by
this country to rise up against their oppressors.—
.Even had they given a greater demonstration of the
power and determination to resist,., it still would
• have been impossible for the British Government
to send such a force, as had been mentioned, to
assistance. As be already oteerved, wheel
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' of one houdred thousand men to - l'
win. had they been at the disposal
how could Government have provid it. ,_
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promptitude of the measure. He would nest. their
how it could operate as a diversicu in favour ..=`
lustria, even admitting it had been more
. in I.mm%; and t
If it were meant to aid Austria, th. al*
should have been- on-the tide of thellinter. the means
of
in* few by not assailing France on that side,

nisters ,ought to have been dit+ected.-`What po y
adinonislted the abstaining from Continental Expe-
ditions—from making ourselves pattits in a warfare
which had bong ceased to afibrd any hope of what
~:was - so often emphatically called the deliverance of .
Europe. He had not the lsonottt of being any length
plrsill of time hi his Maletty's Conn • s since a contrary
lined conclnit hia been S hut 14 helieset
he might Sititainthlilloble Friend that such had wt
been etacdy his sentiments on all occasions. He
imagined that not vet htely, even in the Course of
the last Session, his Noble Friend had joined in the