The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-24 00:00:00

tE.,, ea•zper.ir of A tistrie,Th enable !hit
r Fit Ito the war whichhe had been coraisseitelot
u •
I otake, loader circumstances of the grootestdigo
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rearogement. His Majesty's MiNlaters, he con tend- i
ri, wet:root to blame for the allisastemi,which bid,'
t., fallen Austria. They hid not encouraged hei he
p to war, but when she was engaged iw hostili.'
i,s, it was the undoubted duty of this coeptry to
:bid her all the assistauce in our power.. The=
,iele might besaid of Spain and. Portugal, which
~;•. equally entitled to our support. ,If that
II iccess bad • not attended his Majesty's. arms,
..ieh every one hoped for, the causes of their
ware, he was persuatleir,. would be found not to
leo:arisen from any• inattention on the part of
;;,•vernmelit, but from causes which no human
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eudence c book! control. The Noble Lord then
c'eartuded with moving, that an humble 'Adileets
to presented to his Majesty, which was, as usual,
larch° of the Speedo.
Mr. PEEL rose to second the Motion,' and
also apologia. d to the House, for his inexperience
io addressing &Public Assembly. Ile turreted as
much as any man could do, that the hopes which
les Majesty had conceived from the adoption of
certain measures, fur the furtherance of the gems.
rah Wit', had not been so successful in their re.
pus as the nishes of the country led Gentlemen
to ; but there would be sufficient time here.
after to examine those questions, when the House
was ie posscssion of the documents promised in
0, Seech. %Vitt' regard to the war in which
leovi I had engaged, it was entirety her own act;
0„;oors were nut respousibic fur AO war in
...ire A estrie thought proper to engage, and
which indeed she had entered into before she had ,
made any communieation un the subject to Great
Britain. Unfortanate as the results had been to
tbot Power, he did not see how the War could
else been avoided. Austria was goaded into
bostilities by France. She could not have main.
t3ieed peace, without compromising her honour,
whot she was gelled upon to acknowledge Joseph
Porde as King of Spain—(hear ! hear 0
v!io hatkno *thee right to that throoe, butovhat
la derived from the trezchery and violence of, his
hruther—(hear! hear !)—and when she was called
spa to reduce her armies, which would have left
bur at the mercy of France, she had no other alter.
0 vire thati that of having recourse to arms. 100 the'
foe of Spoilt, Austria had an example see her of
who she was to expect italic disarmed. Austria pre.
feared the glorious uncertainty of war to tame '
submission to the mandates -of the Tyrant, and
tuul,.:h hor struge!e had been ineffectual, no one
could blame her fur having g, I:Welt—[hent, hear!]
• the commencement of the war in Bavaria, wbeu
wry heart beat high with expectation, file Ma. '
jest), intimated to the House his deteradatitioa
to afford Austria every assistance which the
• resources of the country could supply to enable
her to prosecute the contest with success; and
this determitiatiou of his Majesty receive) des
11141:114WAS Cu(l.ltAffellCC of the ouse. But nOte
eithstandiag the dispositiun on the part of his '
Majesty to afford Austria • every assistance in his
refer, still It was evident that that assistance
was. to be governed by . eireumstancca, ..and
a_ prudent attentlee_ essealsoeioteresti. Of ear ether
Mites: :His Slijasty's •hliaieters had to elasseidez ,
bow the cause of Austria might-'be aide' With the
least detriment to onr ether Allies: There was
probably some difference in epluion, whether in
the absence of the main French army on the Dl-
auk, we should have sent our troops to the BM.
tic, to Zealand, or to Spain. There was a darerenre of opinion upon these ooints (hear! hear !),
but the 'present was nut the time for entering
Diem an examination of the expeditions; °moor.;
Inuit), would beet:after he afforded the House for.
eterci•ing their judgments noon those subjects,',
which would be. better done when they had the ,
mecenary documents before them. Piing for'
estonive operations could no the calculated . with
such certainty as to ensure their success; it WU
isiliactit if there was that degree of probability et'
success about them, which could reasonably re.
commend their adoption. • Ito his judgment, the
probability of Austria being a second time sue.
&ern!, abundantly justified the Expedition which
vas foted out from England as le diversion in her ,
favour; and which was inteirded at the same time to
effect a considerable national object. It was for
Ministers to determine how to attempt the dissiii.
lition of those dock.fards and naval arsenide,'
which, from their growing importance, and vi
Pity to this country, affected the security of wit
ON n Cov.ilimeat. [!tear! hear!] Moving this
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great object in view, he considered the place
where our troops were landed as more proper
than if they had been sent to the north of Got-
tinny, notwithstanding the spirit of r
demonstrated by the inhabitants of thoso_j*
.anew. With respect' to Spain' the lion. 'ha,.
her intreated the House not so m. ech• tee asteiliet
'hit was the present condition of that iMooffitmf
al What is might have been, but for the victor
of Lard Wellington. After passing some high
compliments un the distinguished valour.aed gal.
lontry displayed by the British forces in Spaide
which were cheered from all sides of the House,
the flute Meti•her proceeded to make moue! ob.
:.orations on the state el'f our relations with Ame-
rica •
, • Red he trusted that the present dif-
rereuces with tlor United States would be
brought
to au amicable adjustment. If, how-'
Mc, that should nut prove the case, ho felt per.; •
isz national ledthnaltthelinuse would not fail to vindicate
or I,i,
.. 1.1 dignity, and support the honour
al lofty% Crown. Notwithstanding the.
totrietii•ne which, the Government of America'
had eeepted against our trade, he derived great
utisfretioe in being able to state, that the amount
of our experts had nut been diminished, fur the!
.
4144 of of the American trade hail -been morel
Byrd on
by the trade winch- we now
thine l' with South America, and which had
hate our hands on account of the 'Nen-irn- 1
usirilt4„l"," Art, peeled by the Government of the
mites. Ho was desirous of maintaining
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ce with America, bet would nut submit to any,
I,,i,gi.eily to prese.rve it. (Hear! hear!) • Tim'
' "Wild Member nest proceeded .to tike oe
" Of oho** internal resources of the empire,
hide •
ei,
notwithstanding all t! •.! eftirtO Made by OM'