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London, England, 1811-04-02 00:00:00

wl74‘,_ Vethktut to that •
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him in is, far the rea-

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sons Iso stated.
A.VWThe LLOR of the EteHEQUER
admitted diOsesiisons t 6 be satisfactory. He *et!
with the. lion. Gentleman as to the propriety odor-:
beaxance from 'any discussion upon the late Vote of
Thanks, Which-could have had a tendency to inter
rupt the unanimity which was so desirable upon such
an occasion ; at the same time he thought that it
rwould be unfair that such a forbearance shonld pipe.-
dude any Hon: Member-frOen expressing his sand.:
all .
meats upon tne circumstances at any future mei-
itiins that offered itself. 'Having soiethis much WA°
' tile _points in which he concurred with that-Hon.
''Oftittetttathlie next proceeded -to observe upon those
Liiilirhich he very materially differed from hint-t-and
Ilrif he was-by no means- sure that the Hon. Gan-.
tteinaft'had ground's to bear him out in the assertions
lii- hid So loosely made—hevather thought that that
Hon. eventlemati had expressed hinsseli.muCh more
' strongly than any materials with which he may...bare'
been furnished could possibly jastify.—(lthadiswr.)
—lf the Honourable Gentleman had conteitted him-
self with expressingfiiireg-ret that the Spaniardstdid
not appear.to have taken a more forward partly the '
iedofi or thin day, and' signifying his wish foi more
l'aiiifitt • ' •
torierpanation upon that subject ; if he had
itOnlihtiov he -could have done nothing in which he
iseitld ; not:have been fully warranted by - dram-
!Mai i but when he thought ,- T, uninformed as.
:ttiust be upon thelabject, to himself to
- - Spanieriis -

Ire Ac. 1.,, Abe 6, , :
.. , proper, u,
and his army feulthler-ogtbeillilikeY ot r-144.4, bell- __ 0 -take upon
in whose cause.. Oar aemy had prevas-led over.U'uoie),.. a-escribe all the _ . _ .. as the cold Mobded *rektor, of
superior force, .lint was it to be endured, that Valk Abe fight of Barrosa, he (Mr. P.) could not help
the British trot*. Were performing prodigies of valet* Oinking it as not a generous nor a fair anticipation;
in an unequal eftea,e4" that those allies, for whiSie 'af that judgment which was yet to be Pronoustad'
independence they were-figlitiog'sbould stand by the' upon persons who were then upon their trial. Did
eoldblooded spectator' of deeds, the.bare reCit4 Of ceneral Graham (Hear, hear, from several Meinbers)
which should have been enough to warm every map =-Gentlemen cried hear, hear, before they knew what
of theta into a hero ? (Near 4, hear.) If, indeed,thet they were to hear—(a laugh.)—Did General Graham
had been so many mercenaries, and had been hired
,give the least foundation for stigmatizing all the Spa-
t° fight for a foreign power and in- isehall£ Of .`a Mardi ,al cold blooded Speetators ? or did be not
foreign cause—if they had. been se miftLeiteitk, -(* . : lather state the reverse of this ? the very reverse Of
Condottirri, in that care their breach of duty,Aw, Whit alone could, jestify7the strong language-eV'
ever culpable, would have been less-uniCeonnr*e, isik.cif Sy the Hondurable Gentleman? Whir'.
iud perhaps mere excusable; btu, here, whew!. 00 . bt:irolts:: of General GrahaM ? He says
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were allies, bound to this country in obligatiCin4titti stlisuasted state of the troops made pursuit,..
than ever before catenation owed another—opt tal" 5 A.,,pitiaitiela was taken on the eastern side of-tn,
men lavishing those lives which their-counterilitA'llp -"inif We were strengthened on our right by the teri..
much better right to dal/Sy •in defence of rb,i),..
_,,' of XFie two Spanish battalion!."
in which those allies were.principals7ainsaCh. 0.„, ;'I Mi.. WARD-„ Nelson Iby the return !" !".
tamely to look. on while the' ming l*weela:ll.lll4i. 0 ".: ..The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-a-
and bravery hung in doubtful issue, this diti'4. '
0 *,
Well,-ihen, to read it with all the emphasis the
to him to betray an indifference, an setathb.4l 'it -44imboriiite Gentleman 'thinks necessary-6 by the
he could seppose it to prevail. among the Spaftrar. liassira (a luagh)' of 'the two Spanish battalions that.
must render, in his Mind, the-canse of Spanish I ' `-
~had been attached before to my division, but which 1
pendence altogether hopeless.-(Here the` . . -Iliad eft en the hill, and which, had been ordered'
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the Exchequer. betrayed. sine syMptopti of d''' ',. -to .rstire.". (Hear, Hear, from the Oplaisition.). But,
probation). He did nor, presume Oki 04 was cl'
.did Gentlemen forget what followed ? The next,
general sentiment 'in .Spain, but ausie ite was. . paiagraph of the dispatch stated, that " these bat-
what he had stated, as to .tickijuiqct of
,the Spam... .. ealions made every effsit to tiime back in time, when
in the action of Barrow, trae'lba
.preValeut senti. 'it. was known t/iat.we.iiite engaged." Now, with-1
runt in the public raiftda if flit senu4eitt t iiif out laouiring into the peepriety of the order that
been adopted upon false grounds, *balite, Sin* squiring
two battalions retire from the hill, he
said thin would have this good effect, if it lia4 tair -Walsed ifahere wit any thing in'the dispatch of .Ge-'
hmi
other, of giving the Right Honourable Gentle:64 - 1 Oak* - saw • lit t' -'. ' char
an opportunity of setting the public Tight in ;'- '*
spect. But to pot it as a, qutt.tai#4policsl, -
of gratitude, he should with to knowWo thoW 1.-
tlenien who thought 'all aloegaivith Ministers tipon-th.
question of the Spanish war, whither they continued
to hope for the cordial co-operation of the Spaniards '
At Barrosa they were on Spanish ground—on ''
spot where they might have won the rescue of their . prognostications of Gentlemen opposite,- they had
wives and children from the bonds of a licentious : still succeeded in keeping their country unsubdued
enemy. Wben.or where could they have had stronger -; by France ; and he repeated his opinion, that consij
motives to behave like men ?. And if they hung back dering the difficulties under which they laboured,
in such a moment, at what other could-they be relied therhad done wonders.
on? Gentlemen would not, he presumed, talk of any . Mr. WHITBREAD should have been glad to.
prospect of success without the co-operation of the have joined in the general expression of exultation
Spaniards themselves. They would not talk of this called forth by the victory of Barrossa in a recent
country conquering France in Spain in spight of Spain debate. He should have been glad to have adde
herself. He did not wish to libel Spain—(Hear, hear, to the general tribute his mite, in applause of the
fiat. Missistera.) He repeated that he did not. It was heroism of that day, and to have done himself the
not of Spain as a people, but of Spain as a Govern- honour of claiming the hero of that day as his much,
ment, he complained. He.was not so blind to history, valued friend, this he should have been glad to have
or the lessons it affords, as to suppose a people who -done, if he could have had sufficient controul over
had produced a Pi zarro,a Goozalvo, aDuke of Parma. 'himself. -to prevent him from doing more, but he was
Alva, or a Berri, could voluntarily submit-to he slaresk apprehensive that he could not have abstained from
but their misfortunes were to be traced to their Governa. apeaking of the conduct of the Spaniards. The Right
ment ; a bad civil government and a bad veligieusgpe . ilifflourable Gentleman had spokenlike the advocate
',Fermi:lent have been doing their bad work. First.wa, of the Spaniards ; they must be defended at all events
beard of Juntas, Juntas without number, then we }WA —no matter how ! And yet what was it that was
ProvisionalJantas, which we were told were todosrun, attempted to be defended ? The English army was
slurs ; they howeVer gave way to_the Central Juntas, omthe point of beiog. sacrificed—the Spaniards were!
and left the wonders to be done by them. And .in sight of them, within twenty minutes quick march
lastly/ came the Cortez, as Useless, inefficacious,. and ;of them 1 and yet what did they ? What were they ?
troublesome as any of its, predecessors, if not mote ; —Why, just what they had been described by his,
so. They began by fulminating an ostentatious de- i Honourable Friend—cold-blooded spectators of the
ere* against some French word*-excluding a few, 1 battle ! Was this doing their duty to themselves or
'vrenth • while S00•01)0 Ito !-- brave allies ? It was not easy to speak -

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hill;

Y words from their language,
Yrenchmet were in possession of their cowntryv-t
and Snail) succeeding in driving from Spain' one -of
her most ;:ealous, faithful, and active
late Duke of Alouquerque. After •
cations, the Hon. Gentleman concluded
if it was to be enciured, that such
Graham and his army were to be
Ynand of such a man as La. Pena'
to be ?—(Hutr, herr.) Whit did t 1
when be ordered the jade(' of

.4 their t,_ _ . upon
it without giving way to indignation; and after coldly
witnessing a band of heroes fighting and dying for
their cause, General La Pena tells our small army,
exhausted with its•unparalleled victory over numbers,
that, forsooth, now was the time to push its success.
What did- this redoubted General mean ? Was it
insult, or treachery, or cowardice, each, or all
He- fMr. 'Whitbread) did not mean to complain of
the Span ish'people, but of their officers. He should
`be.eorry to say any thing so severe of that artily,

j..-teC6IOOIIS ,
jaded from the double toil of along
fought victory, to push their successand
of Cadiz ? Where were his own soldiers
command issued sarcastically ? He -
these were delicate points, and that
they appeared as an=Ally, they must he 'cautious
they would lay claim to any chief or exclusive .corn-
vnand ; but there must be a limit to that deticacy-lt
roust not carry them beyond all consideration of their
own army. He would rather run the risk of offendilig
the Spaniards, than sacrifice such an army as4at
commanded by General Grahaits. This cottptity;in
her proudest days, could ill spare such an.trixOTAis'
safety should nut lee risked upon punctiliolikilme.
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'that ".eytty ioldier there'. Mt s *their 'General did.
—4le Only wished that the Spanish soldiers were
put under the command of British officers, as the
Portuguese were, and, he had no doubt, that they
would behave, as the Portuguese had behaved.,
He placed himself upon the silence of General Gra-
ham, and let the !light Hon. Gentleman dislodge
him. from tat ground' it he could ; while that silence
remained it it did, be should ever think of Barrosa
as a day Memorable for 'the glory of the Britons, and
not less memorable. for the infamy of the Spaniards !
Was it to be endured; that oUr brave fellows-should
be so basely deserted; after an excessive night-march,
the moment they: entered the field, against a foe al-
formidable from - .

:tive adherents, the
some other ottece7
iscluded ler_askistro
h men. as gem's}
subject to tie conLi
i bad Anyarn
that Ortcei .3
,f General
g march. and a
ssand raise the
_situ
iidiers ? or wAS',
He was aware thili
.t in a country while
lust hitautinus how