The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-04 00:00:00

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Marquis WELLESLEY felt proud and gratified
by all that occurred in the debate. lle should not
now intrude on their Lordships at any length,—he
Should not intrude on th-em at alt, hut from the na..
tural wish to give the tribute of a brother's feelings
to a brother's praise. [Hear, hear I] But if the
merits of the great General.could have a higher and
'More eloquent eulogiom than that pronounced by
the. Noble Secretary (Lord Bathurst) it would be
that bestowed by a Noble Peer (Lord Somers) near
bitn. There could have been but one feeling in the
Mouse, when that Noble Person spoke. llis praise
of the British General Wdil most valuable. He
spoke like a patriot. lie had sustained a deep and
bitter loss,—but he had sustained it with the ho_
pourable and manly feeling of one who had giireja
is dear son for his country. Iflere Lord. Wellesley
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,promise ultimate success, he was satisfied that Mil
That Noble Lord praised the humanitye end gm".
mast agree that the means entrusted to Lord Wel. parental kindness of Lord Wellington,teiesittiSfflie.
lington could not have been better employed: all cer; :--he gave a panegyric above all other. chi the
must agree in the ability, the skill, and judgment, ! general subject of the motion, it couill scevelbly ant
with which he bad successfully encountered the dn. supposed, that be (Lord Wellesley) would offera-
cuities he had to contend with. Not only in the jectious. One thing only he had to observe : the
triumph of success, but in the more difficult scienclets3MiezAerefifill, kld •Sll .tosthetthqphty of the,
of retreat, were the talents of Lord . Welling 'ti* Glineelll's Ifillebte BHP inetesure of titreat,
eminently displayed—talents which prevented te* • aiad 404, dada fot.fies siibally displayed then in
fortune from producing calamity, and which ina ifetoVy."Foe tnyeleit, kid Lord Wellesley, if I
the utmost possible advantage of every success. He ester...Law/ow txs,gbta atiOnspartial testirnonysof . the
viewed with equal admiration, though not with equal ' merits of your groat General, I confess, before
pleasure, the ability displayed by Lord Wellington Heaven, 1 would stet *sleet. his.victnries, biilliant as
in his retreat to Torres Vedras; in his subsequent they were—l would go to the moments when diffi-
advance; in his taking advantage of the predie mo- 'dilates ltressed lied' frowdeil npots hint—when he had
meet whenglory awaited 'his 'standard at Selattiaticti I but the Lemke of •ettrethitieveewhen he was overhung ;
attd.now, unfortunately, in hit again retreating to Use by superior strength. It is to his retreats that I ;
fr'outier of Portugal'. In all these situations, in every would go for the proudest and most undoubted cvi-
circumstance, he had displayed an energy, a prompti- deuce df his ability. ' (Mewl' hear !) It is not my
tlide, midi decision, happily combined, and eiiincing a intention to dilate upon these matters—there is but I
consummate' mititiry genius.' It was not merely too I one feeling of them among as. The speech of the
from his own acts that the fame of the country revived ; Noble Lord opposite (Lord BathUrst) was sufficient;
additional wraiths, bdt he formed asehool in his army, RI chasteness, tastefulness, and truth could have
in whickollicetsuctiuitedall the military qualities cal.; a waist,. it was more than compensated by the admi-
ctilated hereafter to 'lead Them to renown; who ! rable.speech of.the Noble_ Marquis (Lansdowne) who
formed the best' hopes 'of the country, and upon ! had followed him in the ebate.
whom the country might tely in that military career The question was then pot and carried nernine
which, unfortunately, she appeared destined to run ; contratlicente. . .
-for a considerable period to come. Some of these I The Doke of NORFOLK enquired, whether it
young Officers had fallen, and we had to lament I was the intention of Ministers to move any Thanks
their loss. One of them, Major Somers, he deeply I for the gallant efforts'of our army in Canada ?
Tegretted : his talents would have added to the at- Lord LIVERPOOL replied, that it certainly
ready justlytelebrated nameof Somers, the new at- ' was not intended to move the Thanks of Parliament,
tributes of military fame and renown. Others also !but that they would, at a proper time, address the
hail fallen, but enough still remained for the hopes I Prince 'Regent, praying him to direct that a monu-
of the country to rest upon as 'he future supporters meat be erected to the memory of General Sir Lsaac
of her military reputation. He could not be sup- Brock.
posed. to abject for one moment to the honours con- I Lord HOLLAND gave notice of a motion on'
Vrred upon Lord Wellington, of which be thought I Monday next, for some further information relative
Vat idghly and justly deserving; but he might be to the Administration of Justice Bill.
• itlotrel to express his regret, that whilst those ho- Lord REDESDALE said a few words relative to
itours bad been so justly conferre‘ (hat promotion the delay which such a proceeding might cause.—
which would have been most essential had not also I Further information could scarcely be wanted, us
been given—that Lord Wellington had not- been the Bill had been before the House threeyears,
ratted to the rank of a Field Marshal. This promo- The House then adjourned till to-morrow (this 1
lion, so justly deserved, would, at the same time, day).
lave been highly advantageous to the. country : many
%hie Officers would thereby have been enabled to
seive under 'him who would, doubtless, hare been
anxious and eager to share his difficulties and his
labours ; nor did he think that when we were urging
-upon tte Spanish Government the sacrifice of all
punctilio and etiquette for the good rO. the CO1:113011
cause, that any punctilio or etiquette here should have
stood in the way of conferring upon Lord Wellicst-
ton that military rank to which he was so eminently
entitled, and the possession of which, by that great
Commander, would be productive of so many advan.
tages to the country and to the cause for which we
were fighting in the Peninsula. Ile should only add,
that he most cordially concurred in the Noble Earl's
motion.
Lord somr,as cordially agreed with the motion
then before their Lordship,. lie gave his testimony
to the transcendent abilities of Lord Wellington, not
only from a sense of public duty, but he was influ-
enced in cloinj it by his own particular obligation to
that excellent General. lle could tell their Lord-
• ships, that while his great mind seemed to be wholly
taken up a lilt the important cars of his situation, he
bestowed ail attention, almost inconceivoldc, upon
the comforts and convenielim of those under his
command. [fkur, !icor !] Whether they were
suffering from fatigue, from sickness, nr from priva-
thins, they were equally the ohj,!ets of his solicitude.
tifeciqj For himself, he knew that to a near relation
of his, whose constitution was fast pinking under the
More duties of his station, his parental kindness
was such, that it preserved a life which else had
been yielded soon after the battle of Salamanca, nor
prolonged till that period when he laid it down for
his country in a manner which gave him a melee..
choly pride is% saying his snit so died. [hear, hear !)
lu alluding thus particularly to. his own relation, he
was far from meaning to insinuate that his was a
single cast.; Lord Wellingthit's kindness extended
to all alike ; but he thought it proper to express his
peuliar obligation to him. There never was,
deed, a General, as had been justly mentioned by
the Noble Lord opposite, who was less disposed to
sacrifice the lives of his men 'for the acquisition of
mere personal glory. (Hear, hear!) Ws soldiers
knew this, and combining that knowledge with his
respleadent talents, what a confidence, he maintain-
ed, must it tend to excite throughout the whole
army ; a confidence highly advantageous to the cause
in which we were engaged. lie concluded with re.
peeing his c.re dial approbation of the motion.
The Duke of GLA ieNGE paid a high tribute to
The merits of Lerd Welliogtcm, and contended that
)t had been placed in situatimus, infinitely more I.
trying and demanding much greater efforts of military
genius than the Duke of Marlborough had ever been.
They were none of them old enough to remember
thins ware, but they might read them in history,
and ha would venture to affirm, from his knowledge I
of them, that the Marquis of Wellington had tri-
timphed over ditficulties
.much greater than had ever I
occurred to that great General. In the war of the
Saccession, the power of France was much weaken- i
ed by hostilities carrying on in other parts ; but it
would be recollected that during the present contest
its the Peninsula, except the short and unfortunate
canseaigst against Austria, -and the very recent one
against Russia, the -whole power of France had been
directed against Lord Wellington. The motion bad
his entire concurrence.