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lolght peremptorily refuse to make any concession,
tin the pr-se-t irritation manifested by the, Catholics
bad subsidtd ; but, they should recollect, that want
of timely concession had alone produced that irrita-
- History prorld, that it was uniformly•the case

haft 800 ups, a sayorumpfaisibility.. That goose
was not i 6 proper and competent tribunal before
which to arraign their opinions and decisions ; and
if; in these 6pinions and decisions, there was any
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is respect to oppressed nations ; it had been repeated- proper piece wbeie their conduct might be compe-
l), proved in this country and in Europe, since the featly invistipted, and their decisions rectified, if
dajs of Elizabeth. Even in the present reign they shetild appear to have been erroneous.
America had petitioned for a redress of her Mr. PONSONBY then rose, and made an able
grievances, but the Ministers of the day would not and eloquent speech, of which, from the lateness of
condescend to listen to her complaints ; America the hour (after two o'clock), we regret our inability
had grown strong in independence, and we had to give more than a sketch of a few points. After
lordly any other prospect but that of i war, not alluding to the speech of the !Light lionowitble tie-
with rebels, as they were called at that time, but cretary for Ireland—a speech which, as being a mere
with an independent nation, rendered so by the vindication of himself and his slovenly letter,, could
sane coridnct on the part of Ministers, as that have been only dictated by the consciousness that he
actually pursued towards • lreland.--Mear, hear!] 1
stood accused, even in the opinion of his own friends
In the change which Providence had brought iu —he proceeded to argue the qwestionof
ilaw4and
the Executive Government of these realms, the i contended, that the course pursued by the ris.Go.
Irish Catholics had been taught to consider a new 1 vernmentagainst the Catholics was oppressive and
wrs, from which they might expect to date their.; illegal. " But," said Mr. Ponsonby, " whatever
political emancipation ; that new ara, notwith- : may he the law on the case, there are other consider-
standing the strong respect and attachment flirty al-1 atious. It has been urged that the time is inoppor-
ways manifested towards his Majesty, had been I tune, that the moment is inauspicious fertheCatholics
watched by them with all the anxiety of ardent et- ; ittemselves t If so, then lam responsible - I ecknow-
pectatiou ; it had now arrived, and ghat must be ledge that I led them into the error--{Hear, hear!]
their disappointment ? Could the arguments of the l—l did recommend that notice should be given
Bight hon. Gentleman diminish its poignancy, or iof their intentions on the very first day of the See-
would they even listen to them ? Were they to wait . sion : for I ao• not mean to temporize—Mepij
for the extinctien of religious prejudices, that politi- i hear 9-1 do not wish to make my countrymen a
cat pheutmenott,- of which the Right honourable footstool to my ambition, and to raise myself upon
Gentleman could find no example but in Switeer-1 their discontents into power; nor would I, if in
hnd? But he should have added, that, in Switzer- l-pewer, turn my back upon their Maims. I would
land, Protestants and Catholics worshipped the ' not make speeches that would pledge me to condi-
same God in the same temple—EL/ear, ?war, hear !) tions not incompatible with my being a member
--and that happy union had subsisted till the at- lof any administration, and hold out hopes to the Ca-
irsed French invasion. Yet the Swiss too had quer- I tholics, of which I was determined they never should
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relied, and fought in the beginning about religious
ophsions—their nattiral good sense made them soon
bury those dissensions in mutual forgiveness—but he
bad -no douht„ that, had the Right Honourable
Gentlethen been their edviser, their disseusiens
would have lasted to the present day. But it had
ken asked, what woule the Catholics give itr return
for the favours they solicited? The Catholics had no-
thing to give ; but should the House restore to
them the benefit of their long-lost rights, they would
give the Empire the benefit of all their energies,
and all the blessings of an undivided Empire—nor
could it be rationally supposed that a mere diffe-
voice of religious opinions could, of itself, alter
that union.—Here the lion. Gentleman adverted
to the situation of Henry IV. as alluded to by the
Right lion. Gentleman, at the time of the Edit de
Nantes—but he denied that the Huguenots were so 1
contemptible, in point of nuttibers and influence,
as described by the Right,Hon. Gentlemen, and he
quoted numerous historical authorities which proved
bib asset tions. No doubt but temporising advisers
might have attempted to dissuade that great Mo-
narch from granting those concessions to his Pro-
testant subjects, under the pretence that the time
was not come; bat 'limes, when truly peat, despise
those pitiful insinuations. lint henry IV. was, in
every respect, a model for Sovereigns—his plumes,
whether in the civil or in the military career, always
pointed to the path of honour. fie had no doubt
bat the phones under the shadow of which we rested,
would acquire an equal lustre, but this could not be
expected without Catholic Emancipation. The Right
lion. Gentleman then, in a happy vein of ridicule,
commented on the Right Hon. Secretary of State's.
private grievances, as detailed in his long speech the
night before; on the construction of the Convention
Act ; and on the fears for the safety of the Church,
which had so strangely got held of the imagination of
some grave persons, that a learned Divine had lately
attempted to prove, in a book writteu on purpose,
that the Church was threatened with imminent dan-
ger, by the dissemination of copies of the Bible.—
lle tr. Whitbread) had come in for his share of the
reproof, as an assistant in the ungodly work, for
being a Inettibet of one of the Bible Societies in the ,
country. In the firm persuasion that the Roman Ca.
thaws would ultimately obtain a redress of their
griertnces, he would vote fOt the Motion of Ms No.
Me Friend.
Lord CAMLEREAGII, in explanation, made a
few observation", denying that he had used the word
"disclosed," as applied by the lion. Gentleman.
Mr. CANNING disclaimed the version of every
part of hisspeech to which the Hon. Gentleman had
referred.
Mr. Secretary • RYDER considered that it would
hay, amounted to a erimitud violation of the trust
reposed in the Government, if they had neglected to
take measures for preventing the meetings, and to I
enforce the provisions of the Convention Act. The
Right lion. Secretary then recapitulated the star?.
ment made by the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Pole),
with respect to the measures pursued on that occa-
sion. Did the Hon. Gentleman mean to contend'
that Government were to have waited until the olr-
ject of the meetings was complete before they decided I
on putting the statute in force? The construction
'hid' had been put on the Act was the legal One.—
The claims of the Catholics were not recognized by
the country at large—there was a general-and preva-
lent disposition against them, which had been in-
creased in consequence of their late proceedings, amid
he was not prepared to admit that mischief would not I
arise from these frequent discussions.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL vindicated, at I
much length, the conduct of the Law Officers and
the Judges of the Irish Bench in giving the opinion
'Lich they had delivered—that the meeting of the
Catholic Delegates was a violation of the Conventions
Act. The Ifonourable and Learned Gentleman en-
tered into an able exposition of that Act, and proved
that whatever might have been the intention of the
Catholics in forming those assemblies, whether
simply and sincerely for the purpose of Petitioning,
or for the furtherance of spme other purposes, those
assetnbliei (the. Attorney-General said) constituted as
uey were, had rightly been considered infractions of
the law. Much also had been said in disapprobation
of the warrant issued by the Lord Chief Justice of
Ireland, and of the charge delivered by that respect-
able Judge to the Jury.—Sir V. Gibbs here raid
several passages from that charge, to show that
there was nothing in it hostile to the genersrtbarac-
terand intentions of the Catholic, body, and that,,
tuttefere, the censure cast upon it was entirely &W-
-hite of foundation. But why enliven, much less
censure the Judges id that Rowel Those Judges

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,It will be sold by the assistance of others, by the as-
sistance of the Protestants; but'they have that assis-
tance already. I beg, therefore; that when Gentle-
men talk .of the overthrow of the Church, as the
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enjoy the fruits. No person, I admit, ought to be so make them believe that their Government studied
amply prodded with conditions as.the Noble Lord only to oppress them, and their Judges to misinter-
(Castlereagh); but see the sort of conditions with pret the law to their prejudice. He entered 1(14 'a
whiChhe would clog his proferred grant. The Noble , luminous explanation of the character of the Catho-
Lord viill do nothing for the Irish Catholics, lie Convention, and defence of the conduct of Go-
until the Pepe is free, add completely his own vernment towards them. So far were the latter from
waiter; but the Pope is allowed to be in a state having outstepped their duty, that he contended, if
of captivity, and that it is the intention of ; the Convention Act had not existed, they would
France to keep him so. Now, if the Catho. have been deeply culpable, had they neglected to ap-
lit.% are to have no relief until the Pope is free ply to the Legislature for a Bill to enable them to
from the power of France, the Noble Lord need beat down the spirit ofvioleoce which was beginning to '
not be afraid of being called on for the performance manifest itself. Blinded by party zeal, the support-
of his promise, and the realization of the hopes of ers of themotion defended all which the Catholicshad
the Catholics. Nor is this all. It seems that we are done, became in doing that they c mid accuse the Goy
a more potent body on this side of the House than yernment. But he trusted they would be shielded from
we were aware of. A single notice given by a friend future evils which the course they had adopted might
near me (Mr. C. Ilutchinson's notice for a repeal of otherwise occasion, by the minority in which, he was
the Union) is, it seems, sufficient to deter a Right persuaded, they would be left, on the division of the
lion. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Canning) from his question. Whenever the time might arrive for grant-
intended course, and to induce him to refuse to the ing to the Catholics their claims, two circumstances
Catholics those rights to which he considers them en- must he attended to by all wise Governments and
titled. He is anxious to grant the boon, but the Legislatures, viz. security against foreign influence,
botice unfortunately ties him up, arrests the course and security against the danger to which our own es-
of justice, and prevent, the grant. My Honourable tablishments would be exposed. ,Even the Noble
Friend has, therefore, only to defer his motion Lord so often alluded to (Lord Grenville), had ex-
from Session to Session, which he no doubt may pressly declared in his letter to Lord Fitigall, that
doi and then the Right Honours* Gentleman will the Veto, or something equivalent to it, was, in Lis
find the time of his promised grant as far removed opinion, an indispensible precnrser of the abolition
as that of the Noble Lord, who adjourns his grant of the existing disabilities. The exasperitei state of
until the Pope is free from the power of France, the Catholics was another strong reason for refusing
aud the justice and liberality of both will commence at present to accede to their demands. On these and
together. Bot it is said we We nothieg to foer a variety of other grounds he expressed his conic-
from refusal, as, in that event, the Catholics tion, that the House would feel no difficulty in Dep.
will still remain peaceble and content. That they living the motion of the Noble Lord.
will acquiesce in the decision of Parliament, although Mr. GRATTAN rose at an hour (past four
unfavourable to their claims, I admit ; but that they o'clock), which prevents us from giving even an out-
will be content, I deny. Ido not think any deci- line of his speech. He did not wish, in voting for
emu, however unfavourable, will drive them to des- the Committee, to be thought to have voted any
peration ; bet I wish the House to consult human na- censure on the Judges of Ireland. For of those
ture, and learn from thence the consequence of hopes Judges he bad a very high opinion, and for one of
long deferred and never realised, of repeated disap- them in particular he had a very warm affection ;
pointments and exhausted patience,: I know the pan- bet while he did not wish to vote any censure on
Iguage which it is the custom of certain Gentlemen, their conduct, he would vindicate the right of in-
confident in their own strength, to use in this House. quiry. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said the
I know they are accustomed to say, 4 you mustobey, point of law was in favour of the Ministers of the
or we will compel you' But see the danger of. Crown.--But allowing that the point of law was
acting up to this doctrine. Not many Sessions against them, the Right Hon. Gentleman bad con-
ago the fersfamecl Orders in Council were intro- tended, that if they were advised to act as they did,
duced, and we, on this side of the House, pro. by the legal advisers of the Crown, they would still
flounced that they would commence in commercial he right. He wished him to recollect, however,
disasters, aid lead to absolute hostility. For hold- that if in this way they were legally wrong and mo-
ing this language we were scoffed at, as degrading rally rightl, he had been making the very best apo.
,and undervaluing the country; and yet, what is the logy for the Roman Catholics—(!leer! hear !)
ease now? We are come to that point, we must repeal They were men, and .liable to err as well as Minis-
those Orders in Council, or meet despised Ame- tors ; they had acted under the advice of eminent
rice, that America which they held so lightly, lawyers, as well as Ministers ; and if they had trans.
in open arms. Pear n But some say, it is tone. gressed the law they were not to be considered.
•cessary to grant the Catholics any thing, as we guilty, but only in error (Hear ! hear !)
hate all the benefit that can be derived from them With respect to the Convention Bill, he re-
already. How ungenerous because you have their membered very well the period when it had
services, you reward them by disappointing th,•ir passed. At that time be not only voted against it,
hopes. I aryl happy, however, that the prejudices but spoke against it ; for in his opinion it was liable
which would thus undervalue Ireland are wearing— to one great objection, declaring that all Represen-
for, without any partiality to my country, I mtist in tative Delegations, for the purpose of procuring al.
truth say, that the safety of England depends upon terations in Church and State, were illegal. He
the warm and cordial attachment of Ireland, and that then remembered that Ireland owed some of her
France is only to be combated with success by the greatest advantages to Reprefentative Delegates; he
united force of both. Will any man say that Ireland remembered the Delegates at Dungannon; he re-
can afford her full resources, that she can pour out membered the Convention which preceded the Grants
her whole strength and energies, while four-fifths to the Catholics, in 1793.; he remembered that
of her populations remaju deprived of their just
these Delegations had been, in some degree,
rights ?—This is assuming a case of war, but it will acknowledged by the Legislature; for the petition,
apply also to peace. In case of a negotiation for which was presented from the Catholic Delegates,'
peace, how can you _expect favourable terms from a transmitted to both Houses of Parliament,4
France when she thinks she has an ally and a friend Indreceived the countenance of a majority of both
in the discontents of Ireland ?—The discontents of those Houses. This act was casting. redactions on•
the nations whom he hasattacked, have proved to 80. some of the greatest and proudest periods of our his.
naparte- his most powerful weapons, and he will not tory ; it was casting reflections on the Convention
view the discontents of Ireland in a different light. from which England had derived one of the greatest
hether, then, it be war, or whether it be peace, hblessings which she had ever enjoyed—the Coavep-
the state of that country is of the first importance, tion of 1688 ; it was saying that the title to the crown
and you cannot depend upon its warm and cordial of his present Majesty was unlawful ; it was saying
attachment until you have conciliated the great body that the Revolution was unlawful. If it had been
of its population. Oh! but say the Gentlemen on the wished to pass an Act of Attainder on all those who
other side of the House, we are all for conciliation. had been instrumental in placing King William on
Yes ;
.but they will have it only at their own time; the throne of these realms, the Preamble wouldhave
and it remains, they contend, for the advocates of the 'been materially the same as that_ of the Convention
Catholics to name the securities on which the concilia- Aot. He could not conceive how it was possible to
tory boon is to be granted. Now, I deny'that it is declare the principle on all occasions, and for all
for ur to stew upon what terms the Catholics ought purposes unlawful, though he could conceive a
to enjoy the full_beuefit of the Constitution ; on the time when Conventions for some purposes might be
contrary, I contend it ti. for, them to %how why the &memos. Yoa owe, he said; your privileges' to
Catholics are excluded. It is no argument to 'say , thoealstonce of Conventions--and yocelie the pre-
the Church is in danger. How are the Catholics 'serration of them to thninfrogeency ef Conventions,
to endanger it ? 'Do they mean to overthrow it by 'Veer therefore,thooils voekklefood.the priori-
force ? Why, if so, they are as able to accomplish , pie of Convention, he-weeld lust defend their frequen.
their purpose now as they tan be hereafter; but eV. The n its Catholics had hed examples set &ea by. their &exilic
is ea. ttieg 4 Illeeelky ;Owe. @Oast their
cot by force how elsecan they effect theirpurpose? coolest' was not the last 11
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lie bad aweadded ititbhat the sanction of die. law* MO the man:.
ner in which they were to claim their privikgal, that wan bee a
poor arguineot *mane the priv,legss diemsel% es: uu
.the con.
duet of the Catbdlic.body bad been more vehement Mel Men in
the fall enjoyment of their rights woald have exhibited ; it it
was not altogether enostitatiooll to
-every point, Parliament
thebatelves the ' deprived

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they will state fhe meaun:. ioitr millions of
ivltirit the Catholics will
thence derive for the p . poseland how they mean
—(Hear !)
'nese rear milliontgoll;:o ifle, were olt to 'be aistou!.ited that
me
°err 1
igew bad iplrit enough to feel the injury. •
to carry it into • ut alluding to what :
ofsec their prejudices,
soother
astecittiihru,the pitdrolfelour,dieent caeslwereed uier to
e triumph dyer
passed on a former I°ll.
however, i:eagatrctronruy tol7 Won:
inmates of the Catholic' it heabeen said,-the ad-
t olio' will,not be forward to make
proposals, sawles,rodis remembering that those which they did anafd the result of this mutual
victory
both agwaists...t. common prejudiees; .
towards
out.rai.mnliti: yr-C !tow !il,bec.,
coaanre:rheepta,llithinent
disavowed. I was one of those whoit
taLltilitteliek tetajerons to .he best :toe-41.1°1one::
made such proposale, namely, the retd, and the 'against ion
which t
titiLirt than principal argument
but.h'ebietdprcapure 'whel: egrbieLifamiliae;irleheisionbertnrctlitesaealet'eefdaddetilneedatit
whole of my y conduct on that occasion I ex. "
polaineclt, and I belteve. Gentlemen admitted I did thevif" people
• were to be pretoteteedy'ttl.titi:leitet:ariettpowftiy
sstatmedos
tsatisfactorily--(Hsor, hear!)—bfit I never
Lucifer orpef4ual, dr the Caoholicsto
d uttep
measure iusisted upon by me. .- I argument in wished
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not
reke._f
Rear
11-0. td.it(litant
not
roatehewhich the Catholicsywcovuld '
ill'innstetirmr ilittntaufh; for
a Dent'
an
111IP:Lthesaatt°"
did not wish
hfohat its aratity such condition -on -my own ac-
it only for the sake of conciliating
dente of tas
heir
the Cadtbaliensidevrintthinn' Cablolic oath to-
count I '
principleti, on which the oath wasjustili- •
owthhoesrset,cfarw:orispowerful than myself, and without disaffection
erepwititicgiedisatfepion—plear :.] unit wileasnevaenr etlt
able, ceded also. it had
val. Inc.urrencence my efforts mould be of little
I. wished to conciliate 'Rai' Hodse for I - 'holies of part of their clairinLonrmsaelrcil
that they were dissatisfied at that Goler
that concession tollre Ca- '
am produced no good, and
were granted. This bad bceu so well. ma'refiTttednndb;rawßhiLeghtitthey
anOt eats and fantastical entligh to' tieptih' t that it
t stress upon nyurable (madman (isir. Cao •
110-
would adopt my opinions. I ' laY ride
nli), last it was unnecessary for
and
e.epoperadrd,,anthdaatdteheela.trledhaesetrey. the Veto, ex,' ailicsicis ' securities. I look to human , him to enelaargtebouianiteiVome
her meta who then presided in Ireland was only
natUre ; and ; biott that Catholics, lit
li to
to
ettlinisiry always wake :discoallasedwpeeolipikentoolern that
tt
I°.l.ree
mug be governed by their interests and atfeeacttions."
foolettiisennrearit
Constitution. Hui did the con
what! ! the
The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with observ..t
big, that whether in ce or in war, the measures of r.` ysOutiracrli'mtniaviltoondnsal)ntoermdg:Oi ?not al111°:14
Although
the the Irish Government were'
calculated to render us
I.liiiehiasiiistaattityd wfahroiligrirlt, twediththewconichcessiOthe
stonyd ...leaericdt? Alyth
iclalrndsouwrzfLe filled'
n ris env— no advantage,
weak in both. ' • -
was an advantage to the coup ynavA after-
wards CHANCELLOR ~eds •4be EXCIIEQIJER cientlernan (Sir John Nit:6(44 thought
tenessashia, iiit the mode in * * It would be
iwu _
was_
unfair,
dwho
ussedu
ted . and that the objects of those ' formed' and II" akbrd
appeared to be to collect every it,e laws ----- ir.ktbei,, h_Eltirisrdtiovernment. less !*H" thishwarda"
still an affeetionnwateeve;easal- '
thing thatp
crouldit
irritate the feelings and inflame the try hued the -
armies- tTY nurered'
of their country. But the quest" ,
discontents of the PeoPle of Ireland—that could not whether the •
. whether the No
and
to be entrusted with power,
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...arty a gentry were •
Did he wish, then, my Lord tingell, and the other distingaiihet!
Catholic Noblemen and Gentlemen, to be meths seat to scbseids,
Wi.h.respect to the danger of the Church—the Church Establh‘ •
melt Was not made for the Ministry nor the King, but for the
people. It had
.been thought proper to give theßeligiaus Es-
tablishment of England to the people of Ireland in which per-
haps Ikea were right ; but they were wrong if they imposed up-
on the people of Ireland the English Church, and then made
that a reason for disqualifying them from the enjoyment of their
right*. (Hear, hear !) Was it to be mid that tbeKstabliibment of
the English Chords was not compleible with the liberties of the
ftople ? He had never seen any alteration proposed lb Criswell or
State, without going into a Committee; and he lamented to see
the manner in which the Ministry were raising op ins nary
difficulties, for they seemed to embrace the difficulty athray be.
cause they wer in opposition to the principle. Any thing might
be food for oppositionau an unwilling Ministry. He remembered
vraen use Iran Reforip was proposed, no pluu could be found
practicable; but when the Union came. it was all done its lest
thud a week. Upward 4 of 25 law.suits- existed at present in
Ireland. They had gone to law with the whole people afire-
; and they had gone to 14w with individuals'; and no lass
than lye actions had been brought against the Lord Chief Jus-
dee; there were suits on all sides, and able Lawyers on all
sides ; Lawyer against Lawyer; Evil against Evil; Long.
robe against Lougrobe ; but would the tire which raged
at present in Ireland be extinguished by all the twenty-
live law suits, or by all the sufferings of the Alembers of .
the Irish Committer. 2, The evil did not exist in this or that'
Chief Justice, or in this or that Secretary; but in the law itself,
and in order to produce satisfaction it was necessary to repeal
the aw. !] When as artery in the political body was tied
up, that body naturally fell into convulsions [hear, hear 13—
The Irish Catholics exhausted their treasure and their blood
In the defence of the empire; the pee le of Engladd were
est insensible to their merits, nor unwilling to acknowledge
their merits; and supposing the Minister should procure.
a temporary triumph, he would tell him, that the honest
feeling that the honour and honesty of the people of England
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would not long support him in that triumph.Hearl)—Ni%e-
ther this country should stand or fall io her struggle with' the
enemy of Europe, be wished it might staader fell witlt &
but with Ireland vis the possession of-equal privlinjoss and equal
rights.—f Hear, hear !3'
Mr. CROKER endeavoured to speak, but OWN sot be.al-
lowed to go entrain the cries of question. •tir -;•
Mr. TIfiRN EY rose merely to state the groins& er Mg vole,;
which be wished to be understood as not expresive of any et e-,1
sere on the Irish Government, or the Irish Judges. He believe
ed the moment the House entertained the proposed enquiry,*
pause would he created to the hostilities which Were at praise
tearing Ireland to pieces. •
Mr. W. ELLIOT pearly coincided with the Right Mon. 13101:
(Mr. Tierney.)
Lord MO ItPETlLreplied in a few words—when the House
divided
For the Motion 135 -
Against it SIB
Majority against the Motion —94
Adjourned at half:past Five o'clock..

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[STORMING AND CAPTURE OF °WOAD
. RODRIGO BY LORD WELLINGTON. •
The arrival ofthe official intelligence of the storm.
log of this fortress, by the troops under the inne=
41tate command of Lord WELLINGTON, 'Rii an. •
nounced to the public last eight, about nine o'clock,
by the firing of the Park and Tower guns, lea by ,
the ringing of the bells of St. Martin's Church.--The
substance of Lord WELLINGTON% dispatch was com.,
municated to the LORD MAYOR by a Governtfient
Bulletin ; and the whole particulars were published, -
this forenoon in the following
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GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. ,
Dawning-street, Feb. 4, 18112.
Mutjor the Hoe. A. Gordon, has arrived this evening at Lord
Liverpool's 0111ce with a Dispatch, addressed to ills Lordship by
tumeraisViscount Wellington, dated Gallegos, %Ith Jan. 18It
)tat Losw,—l informed your Lordship In my dispatch of the
9th, that I bad attacked Ciudad-Rodrigo, and in that of the 15th,
of the progress of the operations to that peritid ; and 1 hoe hod
the pleasure to acquaint your LOrdshlp that we tooki.he place by
storm yesterday evening after dark.
We continued from the 15tb ,to the 19th to complete these.
coed parallel, and the communiaatiOns with that work ; and we
bad made some progress by saptowarda• the trait of they Owls.
—On the night of the 15th sop liketei!e advas f ors as •
• ',slope '" thwbrdt r'
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•-• —tin the awn or toc 401. MP ..;pri.!C AUVaI4 VAS awu al s
11 left of the first parallel down the dope el the bill, thwhrds the
a Conventof St. Freadsco, to rsiithation from which the wills of
w t i Farumlirayepatsf the town were seen; onw,hick a bat-
o terY'of seven guns was constructed, an& they commmcd' th,eir
4 ' Ore on the useratatof tlsolgth. In the mean time, the Mlle.!
-clew lu the lesstarallet eintlinued their tire: nod raterdat
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. tiregt*F- thigh• *to had not only considerably 'lapped' the de-
' l'enCes of the place, but had _made breaches in the Vag*
L., Brole wsrll; and *Ake body of the place, whicb. were ca
i'l, sideastfteelleable ; while the Init!iy on tie slope of the
'l*. hill;-tiliisit bad' bees sommatased As the night 'of the 16th;
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