The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-27 00:00:00

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few luestiOnn bad any disceesios eid—.---ta i
Hu felt tongdent thirrespea—a coiled P'lls.
be trusted. would nut be imputed to nay 'd
ing assumption, or wifht of defereace btece°",L
House, that the question was brought is e,e;
point of it to a fair Isaac. Having stated de,
much, he would say that he thought it ratter--;
traordiwary practical issue on which tlie Re;
we re celled on to argue and decide. He rniftfi ii.--'
Noble Lord, that whatever train of argiuseet ka-1
' been adopted. by the Opponents of his b1i;,,,,-",
to
oreisneenett Got: vme r;nhritiletithito,
didhesthhoiliiikldiht aaves'ilint,..entilir '.-'l.
prepem
that the ifouse shouliEha required
has speculatively theidlp
deneuultbivettyl carriedwhat
a_it)loattcouchnh4iide
r p
the event if that plies had been carried into
Mts.
(ion ; to pronounce sentence net on an Expedition had been tried, and which hail filled, id
on Ail Expedition Which hail not been tried. rik4r-
hear !I He reyeyatoil, it had not been trictried.TL:r
etlceeuha
r:ssa,k_isi_7l
latter part of the Expedition had never been beak
'to a practical test It was a speculative gentile
whether it would „lave failed or nut. lie -see, .4
the inveztilation of Ibis question he tile:telt*,
credit would be riven to him for his haying fres%
very co ininenceetteastevierer sought to evade it. lie
had entered into the Inquiry with a
conviction that the iner4s of the Esp,•theee 0
on a'roclt which could not he shaken. IWweh
stated the grounds on which the question eel hei
originally taken up and acted u; on by he el,le,_
ty's Groverninent, he wished to discuss the paiTt
whether the military ()Anions which hidINA
' given its Government, and which were, un the tt,
ble of the House, ought to have p,teessed sub
authority as to indues: his. Majesty's Getinliall
to abandon the object which they' had it else
These opinions consisted of five military 001hIdei
front the Horse Gliards,• and one naval 4thee,
When his sentiments with respect to thareaftim
had been required in the Committee, heti*
tainly declined giving them, no: from any iserege
sition on Ilia part fairly to meet the qaestion, Ai
because he considered these sentimeats Put Mae
tcrs of evidevico, but rather founded Unplug
reasoning; and here he would candidly engin, tie
bad it not been for a particular eirchinsteacsehe
he should presently relate, it was probable tintis
should nut hare been enabled to lay no*.
of the House any written military opinielireitis
subject. In fact Ire could not admit the.
that ender such circumstances it was ' .
on Cirvertiment to produce mi:itaryiselpiesig
writing. In the course of his military Slosisilli
lion there bad been many cast.. by which It vs
have been utterly impossible for him to tondos
so. Military men ni a ays made a distiuctioa be
tweet' those military.oeinions which Iberian la
formally in writing, and those in *MA thee,.
dulged in conversation or dlicessiche'Thlimilsi.
ready stated in the evidence of Lord Chatham. Lai
Chatham said that his opinion had never isesailito
formally in writing. Vi by i Steatite his N• •
Government had had the advantage of a
his opinion in abetter tnode. 'lf a Ode. '
wished to 'protect themselves by milieu? lei.
teals against the responsibility of any olio
which they were about to undertake, then suit.
Idly they would not move a step, wittiest fermi
written opinions ; but if without desiring torte*
responsibility, they wished only to obtain talk.
tarry inferiektion, there, was nu mode lets likely
to afford .it thou by written opinions, Ger soy
'mode more likely to afieril it than those tosses.
setioni in which military men, divested of revise
sibility, would detail the groends on whickike
sentiments were feurded, When a military.
was put sm paper, it was stripped of all iirsfeilli
litiee.upd,contingencicee end stated as.strictlefei
legal ease would lie to a lawyer. • And wkstyli
a written military opinion in answer to.sitcb SO
worth when it teas obtained ? Little or sallil
Fisher the case must be. stated only aphstoi:
most indisputable grounds, the answer to
would of course multi& probabilities 1106#11.6.
genies; ox probabilities and contingteleill
be stated as certainties, the answer to whitibeill.
probably be . falsified •by the praelleal trallit.
—Ho would now etplaitr hew Ow •
litary opinions came to be coiled' far stilt. Fat
himself, he should have bEen we?, aostratto $I
the benefit of the advice of the (Mean by eh?
those
upon
topinions wreersepeandivibainiriteyd., wlthheee
eat
;II:0;
ever in the present instance was this; hobnail '"
nipeadniyt i own: e obtainedk s
before
at h.: ;Lett; determination
nnaativaginacovfieteliw-61;1
comninnications to elucidate the -treat' ob
which Government had in view. On tide tat
several of the Gentlemen who log IwossM
asnitnesses hail fallen into a •misteke. Till
uionhad • declared, that ilaatsutibljeCyCt.b2:oCigditilveno:l64.llll:*
Majesty's Government. Certainly beat, as"
'
the minds of his Majesty's Covell'
t
'had for some lime been, on the grcalo col'hi/e;,
which they. had in view, their elflMllll
bit
have assumed the semblance of 411.•ciWiai jail
as certainly they had viewer 'arrived to 11:nhie
deriQioll until the month of June. The rt hi,
Land had stated that he (Lord Carteren.l_,.:
bid -ordered the army to prepare for em.D !lit
Lion on the 18th of Stine, but had sot fa_keel4
Majesty's pleasure on the subject, until (I.le. I'4
of that
.intratle The fact was, that
4f*
fakeer his. hiajesty'a pleasure on the 11. ,IL tot
the 14th of Juin, .reeerving only th". t ea
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