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


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numbers of men in 411Rotest distrkii
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who were unions to roam drawly* 'ma
oppression aud.Syrenny it As Fratisby Ihtd
had neither arms aer uniforms, nor "bre
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7104 lits!
h eviniesent-to send such a Mee, as,
'been mentioued, to their assistance. Is lis.had
already observed, where was a force of 1430,000 mew
to be foetid ?'and even had they been at the dis-
posal of Government, how could Government
have provided the means of subsisting and paying
them in the north of Germany ? This would have
been a thing altogether impracticable, and there.
fore it was useless to meditate such an enterprise.
It surely was uo easy matter to collect inch a

form ati that which kid been assembled, with, 1111"
the Mein, necessary for its equipment; and so
such time was necessary to prepare so large as
moment. When it was prepared, intelligence
as received of the armistice entered into

west. Franco and Aestria ;, yet it was
I. , nncerinlo whether that armistice' would
tipsf.io a.. deinitiee peace. fee contrary,
fko,toffe; eppeared the more probable. Where..
milt It.)ree emPloyek it might therefore. testri.
bible. produce a diversion in favour. of Austria,
ankinsktia her fieulnese in radian the terms $
an iiiteqealanil igneminissue pestle.. Looking at
all thispoints within our . reeds, end• silken oar
moans might be effecteefly alerted, there wee none
which promised se favossrahle a retell as an attach;
mien Flushing aad A.sitwerp?.., Tilde*• the enemy'
had for years been exPeeding immense labour and
money. in erecting a wave) arsenal ant depot, Ind
l's !seeping a navy,. by which he would be enabled
the most vulnerable points of these
1 , . " ?le boasted of having opened a river
• hide I 3 so long been shut, and of . having made
4;00140.4 a natal power, and Ike source of.
peeissirelet wealth. It enabled the Ruler of
I ime* to cherish the fund hopes of gratifying his
hetakosity against this country, and it was well
*loin with what indefatigable'xestt. and actrrity
he followed every faveerite desire /erased by his
issuing* or his ambition. lie. 4rstil!• boasted of ,
htvieg brought his desigiie and his means at
Antwerp to fell maturity and poefeetiou ; and,
Indeed, when be Meted a main objeist "to pin, he
leftinething untried. and unexerted to Occomplish
k. Was pot this therefore a proper object to en.
gegp the attention of a British Geverument,• and,
to point out the necessity of frustrating so fermi.
'liable a detail ? Accordingly it was resolved to
illatrey the arsenal and navy, aid to deprive our
161th:rest enemy of the mightiest emus by which be
'was enabled to annoy us. The design, through
'fariaus unexpected and unascertainable difficulties,
has, not been wholly accomplished; but it it
!ses fee,,aeComplished as to render abortive his
of hostility from that.quarter ; the corn.
i demolition of the harbour and arsenal' of
wilatii his secured that end. What disastrous
.effeetAave arise; from die operations 'emissary
'to its attainment arc indeed to be lamented; but
they were not to be apprehended. The design
promised to be executed in a short time, amt be.
fore the season set in, whose pestilential inteence.
was to be guarded against. The Expedition wet
ready to sail about the middle of July; but was
detained nine or ten days by contrary winds ; other
unforeseen auduncontroulable obstectes afterwards
occurred to protract the operations till the un-
healthy
period of the year; but all these obstruc-
tions could not have been foreseen or guarded
against. This the information would 'hew which
his Majesty had ordered to be laid before their
Lordships, and instil that information was in the
possession of their Lerdsbips, it would be impos-
sible fur them to institute o fair inquiry. These,
be conceived, would be,of ttsemselvee sufficient to
induce the justice Letfoolte noose not to admit
tie Amendment pros by his Noble Friend.
The other point so much hoisted upon and
reprobated by his Noble Friend, was the Es.
petition to Spain and Poitugal. llere again his
Noble Friend's stricture and censure. were al.
most in every respect without foundatioo; great
end Important objects had been achieved by that
Expedition ; it had teemed Portugal, from the
French ; it bad wetted this Beitish arms and the
eloiMielee of the Usid.h "my wisp glory, and
rS,
peados it afterwards occupied and main.
' It readered infinite. &melee to the Spanish
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It covered them'ia.siveral points.; .it se.
at Ai defence of Estrmnaders, and in a grit
asessait that efloadaacha. 're this Expedition
vas also *wig the delisermsee of Gallicis, ,arid
the mod" of the skips at Ferrol. Were not
bbleortent objects, and did not the attainateut
Meta stied very just ett roands ofe be
trietntr to
i Would d
eltudost
011114 men Was gross the conduct of his hlaleety:s.
; so riesdpitete an lesteky into themes.
red they bad perused, or rather, to proossince
Elk
ent and cooderanation on them weithout bi-
s any inquiry it all ? fluch,• he thought,
be the effect of adopting the Amendment
meted by his Noble Friend, and he therefore felt
himself called upon to resist it.
The Earl of hIOIRA" contended, that it was
needless to wait fur any information which Minis.
tars would produce. rhey would produce none
but mutilated and imperfect documents, and such
only as would tend to palliate their own miscon.
duct. There were sufficient facts before the coun.
try, on the face of which their incapacity and mis.
tended was folly apparent, and their condemns.
lion was already sealed in the mind of every ob.
earwig% seam—His Lordship then adverted to the
various points where a British fiA'oe might have
been must advantageout.ly, employed in fevssate of
the common cause. Ile animadverted on the ins.
providence which has iiivulved.thu army in Spain
in difficulties and disgrace; anal dwelt with coosi-
derable asperity on the ignorance and esicapacit). '
so glaringly betrayed lin the expedition against'
Antwerp. Thai: were facts which could xis( be
disguised, and which furnished sufficient• and bs.
disputable proofs of the criminal neglect and on.
pastlitsable Spooettee of bliuieters.
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