The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-13


He called upon the right honorable gentle
man opposite Qhe chancellor of the exche
quer) to declare what were his intentions
with respect to the conduct which he should
pursue. To use that right honorable gen
tleman's mother tongue. there were man,
indictments laid against him, and NAM
counts in those indictments TO which he hac
to plead. and yet he had hitherto remained
perversely silent. There were many cir.
cumstances, besides the disgraceful expedi.
ton to the Scheldt. for which that RICH,
honorable gentleman was deeply RESPONSE
Bile. The first was the delay, at such crit
Cal period, In the assembling of parliament
! The next respected America and here he
could not help expressing his surprize. tina,
the right honorable gentle who had last
spoken, had abstained from explaining why
in the last session he had withheld from the
house document, which went to the complete
justification OF our late minister in that coun-
try. He was glad to hear, bv passage IN his
majesty's speech, that our affairs with Anne.
RIGA were iii a train of accommodation but
the right honorable gentleman opposite him
| is deeply responsible for the hardness with
which that arrangement had been entered
into. He had also to ask the right honorable
| gentleman, of whom the existing government
were composed, for of that he was ignorant,
except as far as the writs which had that
day been moved illustrative of the subject
A right honorable gentleman had objected
to the amendment, because he asserted that
1T condemned without enquiry. 1t did not
do so He conjured those who wished for
substantial justice TO vote for the amend
ment. against ministers there appeared a
PTfmG jaeIe evidence so strong, that he was
| prepared to vote against their eliminating
resolutions. The events of the war in Austria
had unfortunately justified his predictions.
Great Britain. however, having engaged to
support Austria in the crisis of her fate, the
delay which had taken place in the afford
ing OF that assistance was highly criminal,
especl.iiy when it was considered that the
trial OF Monnet, the governor of Flush
ing, proved that the attack npon that place
was anticipated by the enemy so long ago as
the 22d OF April. He reprobatcd that para
graph In the speech which mentions the de-.
struction OF the Bason of Flushing IS one OBJ
Ject that had bean gained by the expedition
his was to expose us to the ridicule of Eu-
rope. he destruction Of Flushing was q
most unimpertant object; and the moment
mat the commander OF the expedition had
reported that the main object OF it could not
have been accomplished, the troops ought
Immediately to have been ordered home !;
but he presumed that all the mischief hac,
been done while the right honorable gentle
man opposite was running about asking who
wanted a secretary ship of state or presi-
Idency OF a board of coAtroui. Abiding to
the battle of Talavera, he contended that it
was victory only in name, and that our re =
IPutation tor courage was not at SO low aa
ebb as to render it necessary for us to allow
thousands OF our brave soldiers to be cut to
lpieces, merely to shew that Great Britain
produced them. The Gladiatorial specta.
cles of Mazda and Corunna were of this de
scriPtion. he entered into detail of lord
| Welllngton'S movements in Spain, and con-
tended that, that had not the French attack
ed him at Ialavera, the destruction of mis-
army would have been inevitable The in
tention OF government to defend Portugal,
was folly suolimed into madness. The delay
IN lord Weli!ngton's visit to Spain was a sus-
| Plcious circumstance, and would probably
on enquiry. be attributable to the intrigues
OF the right honorable gentleman opposite.
1t was strange, that SO soon after the noble
lord had toasted the health of the Pope in
SPAN, he should Zee himself into the arms
OF ms hollness's implacable. foe. With res
pect to the other new members Of admins
! tration. 1T was no unreasonable suppostion
that the right honorable gentleman had re-
sorted to his faVorite exDcdient of ballot in
their appointment. The two noble lords to
whom that right honorable gentleman had
| applied so soon after having boosted that he
| b. N'S ~ VI OiHSC ny HIS CRY III no rope
ry, returned him an answer which became
the dignity of their characters. The right
| honorable gentleman had then gone to the
high ways and hedges to fill his places the
consequence was, that the government were
destitute Of power and respectabilitv. 1t
was the duty of all honest men to combine 10
oyerturn them, and to shew that court favor
alone, without the confidence of the DeoDlg.
was insufficient for the support of an admin.
'stration. hdverting to the state of our con
} test with France, he confessed that he saw
no prospect OF successful issue to it, espe-
cially under the present ministers. The
right honorable gentlemaH had taken upon
himself alone the load of government alone.
because the noble marquis who had recently
acceded to the administration would be nc
q support to it, An individual who had prov
ed himself IN India to- be an enemy to that
palladium of liberty, the press, was an uniil
minister for free country. If such a man
formed part of strong government. the
rights and privileges of the subject might be
IN danger but fortunately he was introduc-
ed into such an inefficient administration,
that the means of doing mischief would be
denied him
; The Chancellor of the Erchequer beean
by observing, that the honorable gentle.
man had asked him, in what he thought
proper TO call his mother tongue, why he
against whom so many indictments were
preferred, had not sooner risen TO reply r.
them The answer was obvious 1t was
natural, that he should wait to hear all the
CHI rvee before he a..