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LOIVDON, DiIiC.EMBER 4, i'sio‘

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEIti72'. placed, cooped tili within the walls of .Cadis„ where
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11.4010 CHANCELLOR read a Leiter be hail ;tea ed
not operate is a inaluier to be deiired in Spahr and
from eltiltirat Stopford, who commanded the naval force at vthe stilt less in the dependencies of Spilt; it WAS also of
captuseottlava, expresalog his high sense of the hunoir coil-
'great importance to compel the evacuation of AAR"
rerreegrla him by the .Vote of the nooks of that House
i Thslilthop of OXFORD presented a petition from the cm._ lusia, the enemy not beittin the same ilit;eiteketi there
t meatiest or Oxford spied the Catholic Claims, which was or- as in other provincei. u Cistiie, forinstance, their
• The Oaths were administered to tfie Duke of Bednint and some ssessr°ll nearlY amounted "
dorett4o he on the toMe.
other Lurde
pies of Orders for the lose of Specie from the Bank which were hey were obliged to barricade themselves to guard
Mr. Litchfield, from the Privy Council Office, presented Co- ' against
distance ae:tise km,
more
4 thifabi:titi to irtihilili asz2g:le:iiiall
pnesdrvriYl
.theyla‘gi el
werei theag
attend to lie he the table. . I •
The Earl of Liverpool laid on the table Copies of the Treaties under the necessity of erecting a redoubt midway.—
Andre to in the Prince Regent's Speech.
APPOVATMENT OF A VICE-CHANCELLOR gut in Andalusia the enemy were in complete pees
The administration of stiptio, Bill was, un the M0b5,di,,,,.4 1 session of the province, and from having been 9e loth
I REIASHALL, read a seeped time. and committed for Mos- there, there was reason to fear, that the inhabitants
day.
THE CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
esidthe
IJI4IYEMITY tit' cAm mil aright becorne.too Mitch disposed to seleoit to the*
DOE PET AGAINST 1 Ail these rentives .operated po Werfeljy with ,Lord . .
kid% edge
Wellington to march without_ delay
.eiereere Ant**
of the House whilst he said a few weeds
The Bishop of pRISTOLmitIL to I lusia, it being known that Mar wont hfur . chatter- .
What had fallen froth a Noble Earl tHardwieie)onte ing train, wed therefore could ;not lay .40,4:tq either
former (ley, relative to the Petittnn from the Univer-
I.
(the Bishop of Bristol) riot having been In the House i daj"
sit, of Cambridge agelatt the Catholic Claims, he Ciudad Rodrigo or Almeida, and his advance might
! be checked by detachments from the main army. Da-
wes taken by assault in less attic than was cal.
lon the day alluded to. The Right Reverend Pre-
cutated upon by Lord. Wellington, bqt he thee
end
i lale,proceeded to state; that it was not usual id the ieived information of the advance elf M (moot knd
University to give more than three days' notice of what was
;
.of still greater importatace,. he found
1 that neither Ciudad Rodrigo nor Alitirebia had been
any measure intended to be brought forward ; but in
this isstance, it being a measure of importance, provisioned, although he had left Precise orders for
days' notice was given, a longer notice than he evet I ono week would have sufficed
I remembered in the University. lie stated this to
sil i provisioning these fortresses three weeks before, and
i
, to supply them with
i prose that the proceeding was not unfairly carried i the•-requisite provisions. It became necessary, there-
; through, as alleged by the Noble hart; the fact be- I fore, for Lord Wellington to meet, in the first ie.
ing, that the greater number of these who voted in ; stanceeto the provisioning of those fortresses, other:"
wise Marmont, by blockading them, might hue re.
the minority tame from London in consequence of
1 duced theM to surrendet in a short time. This bar-
, the notice that had been given. With respect to the 1 ing been effecteci,.it was then found that Marmont
i insinuation as to the motives of those who formed !
had received a battering train from Bayonne; and the
I the majority, that they were. looking either to Pilfer- 1 projected operation in Andalusia, which it was in:.
matt or translation, he must-leave it to the Noble :
; tended to execute before the rains commenced, could
Earl himself to contieler, whether a mere difference not now be entered upon without endangering the
of opieion called for such a charge.
I health of the troops, from the effects of the rainy
The Earl of HARDWICKE trusted, though he
season. Under these circumstances, Lord Welling.
was stare it was irregular, that after what had fallen ten determined to march into Castile still with the
from the R view of ultimately !tight Rev. Prelate, he should be permitted/
succeeding, by this operation, in
,to trouble their Lordships with a few words. Ile freeing the south of Spain from the enemy, and rail-
' regretted that the Leerned Prelate was not in the , ing the siege of Cadiz. It was previously necessary
House, when the Petition from Cambridge against ltocut off the communication between Soult and Mar-
the Roman Catholic Claims was presented by the II- I
1 lustrious Person who is Chancellor of the Univer- Ithe
sity‘ when he had felt it his duty to offer some oh. place, ,
moot, and this was effected by taking possession of
bridge of Almaraz. After a William attack at this
considerable magazines were established, with-
lehations to their Lordships, which he was as ready out which Soult could suit venture to detach troops to
tele repeat in the presence of the Right Rev. Prelate, l Meratout. • Lord Wellington than croOrtil the Agtlfte
US in his absence. hi. the first place, it Was impossi- i da' and advanced to Salatnanca. After: the capture
Ible for him to retold stating, that considering the ',
of the forts of Salamanca, a variety of thanceuvring
great Walk importance of the subject of the Yeti- I took place. Marmont crossed the Douro at Tordee
rtion, sufficient notice had not been given to admit of : sillas. Whilst the two armies were manceurring,
i
the attemlahce of any considerable number of the! Lied Wellizieton saw nn opportutiiiv by which he
non-resident Members. For all questions of a local .
! niilit have gained a brilliant advaidjae' but he de-
-1 nature, on which the resident Members were cer- '• (41.11E41 it, because he did not think th.7t any decisive
thinly well qualified to decide, the notice described : result could be
by the Right Rev. Prelate, as the usual notice, and honourable to produced. Nothing could be more
, Lord Wellington than the desire by
1 which had probably beeti given upon this occasion, • which he was actuated to spare the lives of the sol-
i was perfectly sufficient : but whenever a question re- dies under his command/ where the sacrifice could
I hating to matters of State policy was brought for- not produce ally decisive advantage, thus giving up
Iward, it would be more consistent with fairness and what must be considered as most dear to a soldier, the
candour to give that degree of notice which would
glory and renown accompanying a brilliant advert-
' admit of the attendance of the non-resident Mem- tage gained in the field, for the sake of sparing the
I bers of the Senate, if they should think fit to give : lives of his soldiers, and reserving them for sites-
"' their opinions upon the subject ; but he could not lions where the real iuterests of the country required
help saying, that the seldumer political questions the sacrifice. At this period of the situation of the
were brought before the Senate of a University, the
better. With respect to what the Bight Rev. Vet-armies, Lord Wellingtoi had to balance between
conflicting difficulties, and a more anxious situation
late had said on the subject •of motives, Lord Hard- could scarcely be conceived. At length rho moment
I wicke observed, that what he had said was entirely ' arrived—Lord IVellington said, " Now I have it ;"
of a general nature, and not applied to the conduct
and the army was immediately in as complete array
lof any individual. The usage of the place did not ' for action as if they had twee prepared for it front
,
' admit of questions being discussed, or debated, be- the morning's dawn. His Lordship proceeded to
1 fore they were put to the vote; and, therefore, he ' describe the battle, as detailed in the Gtpdle, and
I could not help feeling that many persons might give • observed upon the fall of General Le Merchant, who
! their votes upon general grounds without that know-
had (lied, leaving an orphan family, for whom, he
!
ledgeand understanding of the question, which mutt , trusted, the country should provide. General Le
in all cases render the decision more satisfactory to 'Merchant's services had been eminent : his exertioto
themselves as conscientious individuals, and at the in the Military College had materially contributed to
same time give more weight to the opinions of a great give skilful Officers to flint army, in which he was
1 public body. himself so eminently qualified to hold a command.
1 The Bishop of BRISTOL repeated, that the no- The result of theaction was the complete defeat of
tice given Was unusually loog. the enemy, and had thero been a little more day-
-1 The Marquis of LANSDOWNE contended that
light, their army would have been entirely :mai-
I the notice was not sufficient, and observed that he hated. During the march of the army into Castile,
I himself, although only a day's journey from Lon- several letters ivereititercepied from Fteneh Officers,
don,had not notice of the intended proceeding in
and were they made pubic, he was sati'fied that
time to be present at the University on the day ap- . they would say wore in praise of Load Wellington
; pointed for its consideration.
',than any thing he could urge. It appeared from
Lord HOLLAND observed, that the Petition did them, beyond all dispute, that by his operations.
I not express the sense of the University—the tutu- every movement of the enemy was anticipated, every
1 resident Members not having had sufficient notice. ',expectation of theirs frustrated, and every fear of
VICTORY OF SILANIANCA. I theirs realized, insomuch that they said he must read
The Order of the D.ty having been read, ! our correspoudence, or come iii some way at a know.
1 Earl BATPIURST observed, that whatever opi- , ledge of what we intend to do. Ile should not now
pions might be entertained of the conduct on the• attempt a panegyric upon the great and eminent me.
1 part of Government of the campaign in the Penh'. rits of Lord Wellington, leaving that to others
I sula he was satisfied there could be but ode sends , better qualified than himself, satisfied that no lan-
i'ment on the abilityand skill, the brilliant talents guage he could use could do adequate ju:tice to the
rand sound judgment displayed by the Marquis of , merits of that Commander, and that a feeble effort
Wellington ; nor could he for a moment entertain a of praise shed no lustre ea the object it was in.
I doubt, that the motion with which he should have the . tended to adorn. His Lordship concluded by mos.-
!
1 honour to conelede would be unanimously agreed to. ing the Thanks of the House to the Marquis of Wel-
llt would be necessary for him to take a short retro- . lingtou.
spect of the campaign and of the object Lord Wel- i The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that no
, lington had in view. Ciedtul Rodrigo and Almeida . one connected with Ministers, no one connected
being in our possession, his plan was, after Dadajos : with or allied to the Noble Marquis to whom the
I had fallen, to march without delay into Andalusia, ; Thanks of the House were now moved, could have
brordeer to raise the siege of Cadiz, and compel the ; heard with more pleasure than hedid, the jest tribute
enemy to evacuate Andalusia. Several reasons ope- , paid by the Noble Fart to the merits of that gallant
-rated to call fur the execution of this plan : the siege ! Commander, or the clear end intelligent manner in
'of Wit was pressed by the enemy with an increasing which the detail of the Noble Earl had been con-
feree and acearoulated mottle and there was reason /eyed. If there were any who had thought that
,to feate.thatthat city !Met ultimately fall. It was adequate attests were not employed in the manage-
besides of importance to-etscattir Spanish Gooorn, went of the. war in the Peninsula, or who feared
that the thillcaltios of the contest were too groat to
night from the ceased finagle!' is liftildi titey wets