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SELECTIONS, We are sorry that no certain accounts have j yet been received respecting the Hon. W. F. Eden, the lion of Lord Auckland, who has been n'issing ever since Friday se'iiuight. He was a young mau. of such wild and trauquii i-li his eircuma'taiicess t ahd living in such happiness wi h Ms p-irefflts, I that. it is hardly po„.iJe that any tinu I but liilifl accident coiiiU be the occasion of Ins disappearance. An accoiijif, indeed was [j-t,ce*r'ed from Bedfordshire, that a-Stranger marly answering the description^ liden,' had been detained by a AT-i^i«|.vdeTundcr the ] notion of a temporarj dr:chie.t, as his) manners were singular and an is Voite (jowil to see if it be Mr. Edet. 5 but without I hopes, as no traces of mental infirmity have j ever been observed m h im. Two bodies have j been found, one in the Thames, and one in 1 [ ii! UnF- neither ot thein prove to be that of thegieiitifemah sought for. Placards arc posted tsp every where, offering a reward ot 100 guineas to discover him alive, or. of 50 guineas if au accident.shatl have -h'»opened to him. I We aiiudcd to another defak-ation which had taken i) lace in a high, department of Go- verument, in open violation of one of the' sa' iufary Acts of Parliament introduced;by the present Marquis of Lansdowne, when Cban- I ceUor of the Exchequer. Joseph liur, Esq M. P. for QiieenboroitgSi, Treasurer of the Ordnance' (one of the Gen tlemell bred in the school of Mr. ilitt") is the man. He has re- signed hi* Office as Treasurer hist we do not understand that he has yet applied for fh«' Chiltern Il,uti(li-eds.-Iii tiie beginning- of bi week, the Bank refused payment-o.fThe dratls in this department, and Government was thereby discredited; but we understand that 200,0001. ot the money withdrawn has; been replaced, and the rest is pronwsed forthwith. The matter was discovered by the Auditors of MHilary Accounts, when, to a question put by them to the Public Accountant, he an- swered in the very %voj,d another friend of Mr. Pitt, that fie in.ust decline iiiisweriug a question lhalllliht erimillate hinlS(If" ° Singular l)>rposlor.—Oti Thursday the ISth inst. as brown, Esq. of <Ark-4Iull, iiear Coventry, was walking over his gro»mds-< he met with, a person in leniaie attire, who, ap pea red in great distress, saying she had lost her road, her apparent dishessed Situation operating upon the bcneyoient feehngsofMr. iJ, he took her to his house and relieved her necessities. The coming on, she strongly solicited a bed, which was granted. Part 01 the family to rest, leaving a servant up to make the apparent afflicted ob- ject a lew articles of necessary clotiiitig but, to the astonistjnioit oi Use servant, before she had completed the garments-, she heard the stranger coming down shurs; on which she immediately secured herself in a closet, from which she could perceive the guest lay a brace of pistols and a dagger on the table, then to unlock the front door, and go out in search, as she supposed, of 11 or companions in the interim, the servant had the courage to lock ihe door, secure the ptslois, and dagger, and by that means Liie house froa) being plundered. It evidently appears that their guest was aIHall in female dress. As very erroneous opinions are entertained relative to the French ports being open-, it nlay be useful to mallY persons to know that our Government have for sorne time past re- j'ktivd to grant licences, permitting the impor- tation of wine, brandy,'geneva,.clover-seed, and other articles, which are the superabiuid ant native produce of Fiance and Holland, (corn and burr stoat's excepted), and., it ap- pears that the licences lately granted in France expressly allowing their exportation, have in no shape induced Government to relax in jtireir orders for strict Ijr preventing their intro- Z, duction into this country. It may also be remarked, from the tenor cftiie answers now given at the Treasury, that applications for the revival of this trade are perfectly useless, and when we consider lhat it has been carried 011 so manifestly to the disadvantage of this country; by giving the enemy, under the mask 1 ofneutrahtytan enormous rate of freightage,by giving a vent for their most important arti- cles of commerce, employing the seamen of their allies and dependants, and draining us of otir specie to a most alarming extent, upon what principle could such a trade be con- tinued. A family, consistiug of the father, mother, and daughter, died last October, in the Com- mune of 'Portels, in France, from eatieg. champignions, which they procured from an old woman who-was in the habit of collecting them for sale. The old woman herself, though she had eaten a quantity of the same kind of champignions at several meals, experienced no disagreeable consequences. It was found, upon inquiry, that she was intoxicated with sour wine at all her meais, and the effect of vegetable acids, in couiiteraciing. narcotic co,iii, 11- it, poisons, is well knovtn. As the 'inhabitants i had used the same species of mushrooms ioi food in former seasons, without any bad effect, the French naturalists suggest that they may have contracted their deleterious properties from i he slate of the atmosphere. For some time Ihe curiosity of the Parisian^ has been gratified by Messrs. Francohi, with a spectacle truiy extraordinary-—that of the most shy and timid animal, a stag, tamed and trained to the same performances as ILe most docile and courageous horse. Led hy his in- structor, the docile animal advances into the areua, jookmg round 011 every side with an air equally expressive of'gentleness and inlel- iigefiw. At the command of his master he bends his knees, and respectfully bows his head. M. Frauconi gets upon his back, cracks his whip, and fires pisiols, at which the animal shows neither fear nor alarm. After this first experiment he is iefi to himself, and made to perform the exercise of the me- nage" like the best trained horse. He sets off at full gallop turns and stops with won- | deriul agilil j, and even clears two horses .u I once. Al ter every performance he stands si ill, fixes his ey es on his waster, and endeavours to discover from his looksif he is satisfied. M. Franconi then goes up to him, pals him, and bestows other caresses, for which the gentle animal testifies Ihe highest grulifude. In the hist place, a triumphal arch, charged with fire-works, is erected in the middle of the air: It is set on fire, and the sfag impalienl. for the signal, starts-off as soon as it is .IN( and passeslwiee under the blazing arch, amidst the shouts ami applause of the spectators. The Hon. George Villiers succeeded a: Payniasler of the Mantles, fo Gabriel kwarl, Esq. in 1792, and from that time to the pre- scutj it appears his accounts have uever been i settled. His first Clerk was Edintind Waters, E>>q. and it is said, that t'Te management of the office was left very much to that gentle- -man. rhe practice was, to appiv by estimate for a sum, prospectively, for the-service ,of the. moiith to come, and a floating fund was thus permitted to remain in the hands of five Paymaster to. an immense amount. iNIr. Vil- liers indulged in agricultural experiments, and had his lesiJence (by the peculiar favour of his Majesty) in Cranbourge Lodge, which has been fitted up for him at aw enormous expence. I uc spcouIux\oos of* Mr. Vv fliers huvc pot been confined to any one branch of adven- ture, but have b-en illolorit)ttslv extended to aimosl every speciej ol .ii.uLc. He has beeOf at one and the samo time a merchant, yfle lacturer, contractor, broker, buiid.r, iron- monger, stage mnu ■ .■ r. p..priei or of a SUli- day Newspaper, waichouse. :m, dealer and Chapman, &c. and is. for<umiteiy for the a(' count to he rend'end, just returned from » trading vqy,i;e to America. i! is the sam« Mr. Waters who supplied th O;>er-i:hoiis« wilh.necessaries upou com(n!se\>:i, duritifft i direc'iotj of Mr. GouM, and .w s anpomf- his snu <. is.ii, 1 l e vii 1 antl n>iiHipt-" ,concerns m wh th Air. Vi!ire sand 1 were ell,-p e,f d some fie, loan li'quiFy 111I0 he .iccout; of Hi1 (jti by flip Saw fSoar.j; ai!(» itjippeared that buM'K" h« oim;'d for of 284,0001. as haT.e sf,m.d, Vva» -due to the public at 'ite < of 1804. How much it has -iicrc.,ised or di nished sitice tune has not yet been ie;. out but it is, said, i 1 at wf- V vlliers s ticcifn current he bas shewn that .certain sums b tv. from time to time, been transferred''to tt » heads of service, which reduces Ihe balance due by bism, si. the end of 1804, to about! -at-id that ])Is iT,e.s(i cotyplicl- ted., that it Will require a considerable timer lo make up to day. Not withstanding Ihe confident rumours cir- culated by some of the relatives of Artim* G'toinnor, lhat he was apptrinted by Bona' purfe Grand Duke of Hanover, and however disposed that Monarch might be to adoiit an/ measures, he conceived most gallir.wio the feelings of our beloved Sovereign, it is trut:, that O'Connor is not in the,confidence n;;r fr* vour of Huonapai ie, but lives retired at some 11 o I- Lt ii cc t, o i u Pt r' short distance from Paris, with no other sup- port from the French Government than the ha 1 f- pay of Gehera 1 of i 1] vision. lie never was entrusted in France with-the actual com- mand of any force, and even his countrymen :<M!fe!ow t'xiics, M'.Niven and others, decid- edly objected to hold any confidence or i»* tercoiiisii with equally a traitor lo their cause as he was to that of his native Govern' meat. Shrewsbury,-— An inquest was held hist Friday, before Mr. George Wrngfieid, coronei'i on the body of Elizabeth'Williams, servant 1" Mrs. Ridley, .of St. Alk'mond's-square, in tli town It appeared by the evidence of the said Mrs. Ridley, that Ihe girl seemed ralher. unwell 011 the that at 110011 she weill to bed,and ale Only some broth* which was taken to her iu a saucepan that in the evening of the same day, her daughter went -ind hired an of her servant, and 011 Iheif way home they called on lvj)t7, whell he arrived at the house, found tlle se"- V alllrleinL: The new servant I hell earned I he; deceased np stairs and placed her oil a with her clothes on, and she reimmiefi in lha* st.ite fi'!i::e following Thursday.—Mrs. stated lhat her reason for thus leaving w corpst; w.is, that the father mi»ht see her t! e slaU- in which she expired." When ques- tioned w ay she did not inform the sister Ihe deceased, who lived in town ? —she repli^ that she had forgot where to find her. Whert asked what food had been given the girl the [ day before, she answered—broth for break' l fast and supper, and bung beef for diniie" 1 Ibis last assertion, however, was disproved bY the appearance of the beef, which hadoot been cut, The father of the girl, who lives at Gun,. field, near Pool, deposed that his daugbt<* 1 was 15 years old f that it wa» her first place 0' service that he knew not of her death till ht entered the honse, on Thursday evening, wbef be found her on the bed, with her clothes o0» that lie came to town in e of d letter from Mrs. R. written on Tuesday, received by him the following day, iu'whfc'1 he was mformed that his daughler was ill, though at thai Lme actually dead.— The next witness was Jane VV iiliams ofROSg ball Ii'eath, who said that a daughler of hC had formerly lived with Mrs. Ridley, and Pe( aenerai food was broth i-, ade, of beeps liver, and flour puddings: she was always locked 11'' in the house whilst her mistress anddaugb^. dined, or went from hoine, and was fasted iu the brew-house to do her work 'that s'!<; came away ill, and continued so half a year, An adjoitting neighbour lo Mrs. Ridley sfat^* that nine. days, ago she had heard, for hours, violent groans in the back part of MrSj j li's. premises where it. appeared the dece<lSit' had been confined, and esposed to aa inci*. inem i.itghf, in consequence ol having pia1'- ■small emits, instead of i.irge, upou the kit'1] en fire. — The sister of tiie dee ast d a'iso S'a* ted, that she iiru) called 10 see her, but t,li1 toid she was from home she expressed to wait till her return, but was not al «>wr^ j a tiine. AVSS fiAed for her to ?ii again, but she comd not iea^e home that Ai; acquaint nice ot ilie deceased < lhat the girl h;»d wept, a;,d co,.iit)l.,Iillc.j hunger and 'hard <tsage-. of The cort'mer called a surgeon, who was 0 :• opiiiuni tiiat fhe h./dy was in a putrid st»!e' and that nothing could be ascertained J'" cpening the sfouiai I,. This being the ca^f 'the jury, after a pal'out investi^alion ot hours, recorded the following verdict; ihe tfereaseti had departed ihis life on Mond^ IheJijtei-ii'Ji of January infant, bui lhol evidence had been produced i-jt shew to .the thai the deceased had died otherwise than by j visitation of i'od: but ih.ut they, had reason in suspect the deceased, had been iu'P1 peril/ treated by h<'r -mix tress" g, Mrs. V, idley, v bo has a genteel it'1"0^). lier t unconcern and ^l the verdict was lead, she kneeled down, begged ihe clemenc> of Ileaven n M, ¡¡J,t. friends, its Oil I)(' Notwithslandiug the laudable.' exertion*, j many persons, liie populace vi 11 warrafi j t. assembled, and broke (Lic wiudows of house-i i
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:i HOU.&E OF LORDS. At three o'clock the commissioner* appoint- e(1. attended in their robes, when the House of Commollswlls sunrmmred by the Usher of the Black-rod, 10 appear at the Bar of the House, in obedience to his Majesty's com- mand, the Speaker, followed by the members, presented himself at the bar with the custom- at, v cerenioiiies. The commission was then aread, and the Lord Challcellor delivered troin belore the throne his Majesty's most gracious gpeech, nearly in the following terms :—- MY ;LORDS AND GENTLEMEN. His Majesty commands us to express to you "his deep regret .that the exertions of the Eniperor of'Austria, against the ambition and violence of France have proved unavailing, and that his Imperial Majesty has been compelled to abandon the contest,■■and" to con'ciiide a disadvantageous pCtite. A'though the ar was by, ■that -Mcnareh without encouragement on. the part o,l lii,; cterj etittr: Mas niade for the the assistance, of the Emperor of Austria, "which his Majesty deemed consistent, with the ulue support of his allies, and the welfare and interest of his dominions The attack on she naval armament in the Scheldt, afforded a, prospect 'bf destroying the ^rowine; force of ilie enemy which was daily becoming more formidable to the country, and of divesting F ranee 'from reinforcing his armies on the Danube, and from sending- a large military i force to curb the rising spirit of resistance to the •north of Germany. These considerations deter- j .asined his Majesty to employ his forces in the expedition to the Scheldt. Although the prin- cipal ends-of this expedition have not been at- tained, his Majesty conifdently hopes that ad- vantages materially affecting his interest in the further prosecution of the war, win be found to result from the demolition of the clocks and arse- nals of Flushing-, which his Majesty was able to accomplish by the reduction of the island of Walcheren. tiis given directions that such documents and papers be laid before you as he C: u ts will be satisfactory in their in- f i-ri)alioit upon this subject. We nave it in command from his Majeity to state to you, that his Majesty had uniformly notified to Swede!), his.wish that in determining; on'the question of peace or war, he should he guided by a consideration of his own situation andnere.r. WhUe. therefore, his Majesty Jamenfs that Sweden was itie of making peace hy considerable sacri- fices, he cannot complain that it was done with- out tiis participation. His earnest -wisl) is tilat no event may occur to occasion the interruption of the amity whirl) it is the desire of his Majesty,and the interest of both countries t,J preserve. V> e have it further in command to inform you, that the forces of his Majesty, for the protection of his ally in Portugal, have been powerfully- aided by the confidence reposed in him by the JPrince Regent, and by the co-operatiou of the people and Government, which led to the expnl- ion of !.he French frOll1 f'ortup;al, hy tlJ,. arlii} uiuier Lord Wellington,and to the glorious victory by him at Talavara, which materially eheck-ed the progress of the French arms during the late campaign. Wis Majestyatsodtrectsus to state, that he (acting in the name, and by the ami* >rify of Ferdinand VII.) has determined toasserable the general and extraordinary Cones of the natives, which he trus's win give fresh animation and y,r,ourt<. rt\e council!! and annies of Spain, and ■will successfully direct the attention of the Spaisish people to the maintenance of their legi- timate monarchy, and to the ultimate deliverance of their country. The most important consider- ations require thst a» long as the cause can be maintained with a prospect of success, it should he supported by the strenuous, and continued of the power, and resources of his Ma- Majes'y's dominions. His Maj esty relies on the aid of his Parliament in his anxious endeavour to frustrate the efforts of France against Spain and Ponugal. 11 is Majesty commands us to acquaint you, that the intercourse between Ministers and the United States, has been suddenly and unexpectedly inter- rupted his Majesty sincerely regrets this event, but he has received the strongest assurances from the American Minister resident at this court, that the United S ates are desirous of maintaining friendly relations. This desire will be met by a correspondent disposition on the part of his Ma- jesty. His Majesty then addressed, the House of Commons in the. usual form. The Commons having retired. Lord Glasgow moved an Address, winch, as usual, re-echoed the sentiments of the speech. It was seconded by Lord Grimstone. but both spoke in so low a tone, that tittle of what they said was distinctly au- dible. Lord St. Vincent severely condemned the late expeditions, and hoped the voice of the people would soon come upon Ministers like thunder, for these accumulated calamities. Lord Granville expatiated at great length on the campaign of last year, and contended that we had sutl'ered nothing but- defeat and disgrace in every quarter to which we had turnedouratten- tion. Ministers hoped that the burning, a few ships, and the destruction of the works at Flush- ing, would compensate tlie loss of so many valu- able lives, and itle shame brought upon our arms by their ignorance and incapacity; but he trusted that the day was not distant when the House w uld have to enquire into every part of the con- duct of Administration; to effect which-he should p-opose an amendmen- t<> the Addi ess, expressive of 'he regret of the House up«i the failure of the whole of the last campaign the destruction of- na lonal resources; and the useless loss of our1 btive troops, in enterprises marked only by a repe ition of errors, and bol in his Cnuueils up to the derision of ihe enemy; and tha in their opinion, a rigid enquiry is necfes-, sarv into these 'matters,, Lord Harrowby said.: that the conduct of Mi- nisters with regard to Spain, was fully sanctioned by in the last Session. He defended the Ex ledition to Walcheren, on the ground of the importance, attached to that island by the Finer ot.France; and it -wasundertaken because M leister s f houiiht by it Austria would have been lii • t > break the armistice. He hoped they e tie justice to suspend their opinions (,f.. i, (ifil'i tie wei-c lai(i oil the table. Moira s.-rongly censured the conduct of Minister^ in not supporting the Austrians by every Jreans in ;he<r power, which he COli tended, could b s: have been done by sending a large force to T," N> rth of Germany, where they would have i and numbers glad to have joined theia. He gave ihe amendment his utruos' support, i.oro Sunnouth felt it was due to justice, and tht a j o >r. ed hopes of the people, that a fcti i • e, should take place into all the tran- Of the last year. With the amendment J of his Nol le Friend, however, he could not en- tirely agn e, since it went the length of prejudg- ing those iato whose conduct an enquiry was called lor. f I Lord Muf'grare said, that fhe Expedition to A afci r was- planed for tjje pti^pse of ac- ] c up It, I tog an object of the greatest iitj^ortance, the deaructien otVa great portion of Bo^iparte's naval fctqpe: there was every .r^fson to j6uppose|: that it would have succeeded,and on -enquiry he'; was cotiviiiced it would appear" that no blame attached.to any one from Ua. failure. Ile-iliem entered into a long detail and defence of the operations in Spain antd Portugal. and concluded by expressing a wis'h" that" Noble Lords would suspend.their judgment till.they, .had heard, the r evidence4'which would be laid befdre them, -and not prejudge aud condemn those Ministers who r planned, cr those officers who were appointed to execute. Lord Grey supported the Amendment in a speech of considerable length, in which he fol- lowed aVid enforced the arguments urged by Lord Grenville. < Lord Liverpool contended, that our armaments had materially favoured theoperationsof Austria; that the Expedition to the Scheldt, though failing | of its ultimate object, was nevertheless greatly; Injurious to the common enemy, inasmuch as the ■ tiestruction of the port of Flushing--had rendered: that of Antwerp, in a great measure useless, as a f source df aiaptning hosiility towards this country. On the subject of the war carried an in aid of the Spaniards and JPortuguese, he insisted that their cause had been materially served, arid their situa- tion much bettered by our interference; and con- cluded by congratulating the House on .the flou- rishing state of cpmmerce and the revenue. At hälfpast three o'clock the House divided, when there appeared for the Address,-144,-against it 92.—Majority for Ministers 52, lIoUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker having returned from the Lords, read Ins Majesty's speech, after about 20 new write had been moved Lord Bernard then, in a short speech,proposed a long address upon the topics adverted to in the King's Sptxch.—This motion was seconded by IlVlr. Peele, iu a long and able speech, in which he particularly addressed himself to the defence 01 Ministers in the conduct of the Expedition to Walcheren. Lord (i.ovicr entered into a variety of obser- vationsagajn->.f. the measures of the .present Ad- ministration, who, he contended, iu every expe- ditiOiJ 11\(7 had "eutout, 11:1,1 exposed their ow, ignorance, folly, aud weakness, and moved an j amendment to Ihe sallie as Lord Gren- 1 vice's.' The Hon Mr. Ward supported t tie. a in e iii iii if t, descanting upon the whoie conduct of Ministers 'hiring the la, year, which he warnily reproba'ed, and declared they ought to be removed from power. Herbert and Mr. Lushington supported '1(' address, and Sir T, Turton the amendment. Lord Kensington did not mean either 10 SUP" port the address or the amendment, bnt he wished tile House to adopt something which would duce uIJanÍ;¡¡ítr, Mr. B, Bathurst did not. approve of the amendment, but thought, enquiry was necesssary. Mr. Pofisonby enieredat great length into the conduct of the war, which he slrongly censured; as well as the late dissepsious in the Cabinet; '• and hoped enquiry would bring down punish- ment upon the authors of our disgrace. Lord Castlereagh justified the expeditions to Spain and Walcheren; contending that the for- mer country had been materially benefited by our assistance, and that by the latter attack we were more likely to make an edectual diversion in favour of Austria than if we had sent our armament, to any other point. The failure of the expedition would be the subject of future enquiry, and he courted investigation into his conduct. Gen. Tarleton argued in favour of the amend- ment. Mr. Canning, in supporting the address, wished not to shrinli from enquiry, which he thought the Scheldt Expedition imperiously demanded. No cause or provocation should induce him to notice the recent disputes in the Cabinet. Mr. Whithread said, these-dissensions would j be a subject for future investigatioll; and thought enquiry into all the expeditions which had taken place absolutely necessary. Mr. Percevai declared that he was no party in the Cabinet disputes and that he had applied to Lords Grey and Gvenville at the express com- mand of his Sovereign, in order to form as strong and extended art Administration as possible. He then proceeded to defend our various expedi- tions, and hmled that it was evidently the object of the Gentlemen opposite to try their strength, but lie trusted the House would defeat their ex- pectations. Mr. Tierney supported the amendment, and was answered by Mr. "hurlon. At five ill the morning the House divided — For the Amendment, IG7 .For the Address, 263.—Majority in favour of Ministers, 96. Friday, Jan. 2d. EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT. Lord Porchester said, he should, upon the present occasion, restrict the consideration to the expedition to the Scheldt. The inquiry, for which he wished, was one that should put the Mblisters on their trial; not an inquiry in which they should try themselves, but in which they should be tried by the country. If they looked to the whole series of campaigns, they \vo»!d Cifi(I every operation deficient in judgement; evel-y eifort deficient in time-and vigour; all serving no other purpose than to waste our strength", to exhaust our resources, and expose our character. The first object to which he called their attention was the Walcheren expedition; because that .failure was greater in proportion as the means employed in it were larger than any other. If he could prove- that it was, in every part, a de- parture from every military principle hitherto known and acted on surely no terms could be too strong to appty to such conduct. It would be necessary, in pursuit of the inquiry which he was nfcosiimending, to look to the objects of I those eccentric Ministers; the first was, to aid Austria; the next ÚJ destroy the shipping in the Scheldt. On the (hh of July, the Conquer#r of ihe Worhi wa-, oblii<m to act on the defensive but the b it'Me if \\a«,-am extinguished all the hopes and expectations which 'Europe began to feel. On the.lVili of .July the news of the armis- tice readied ns, and on the 13th sailetl the expe- dition— Here v.a> judgment; here was consi- deration; setting all experience at defiance, the fir, Hon. Gent, resolved to administer .medicine to the dead. (A Laugh I ) There were otiter (iircumstances, upon which he should not U ever there was a time when the voice of the people should be attended to, it was at the "present awful crisis; the country had no longer any-conMence in Ministers—perhaps they had less confidence in the House, for having horne with Ministers so long,lIader such glaring failures. Let them vote fill- inquiry in doing which, they would vote for the security of ngland, and (he preservation of that vital spark, which might hereafter animate ,HI expiring world. His object was to bring the question to (his plain issue, would the) grant inquiry, or would they not ? /!car ) He would now, therefore, ask I the Right Honourable Gent, opposite, at wha' period he eouldlay the papers before the House? aad, by his answer, would be regulated. His Lord,flip then moved, T-ijat A Conirr,tfcc of L the wgioie House should be appointed to ingpire inlyjAe conduct and policy of tfle la*c expedition j Scheldt." 'f Mr.- Qum seconded 1!\ motion; andjJtocwsct} ^he^dtiiimsiMtio'i of neJigeate, jn.iMpeet t;/J the' Expedition to the Sc'ui.'i. They nad s?->t transport*. wi*h@trt boats, and committed other blunders, by which tne necessary landing.on Cad- j sapd was prevented., and 3000 of the enefey'were | enabled to get from thence into Flushing. He also took a short view of the military operations, and accused the General of ignorance; as an 'in- s'ance of which, he noticed, that, in the teaiii given out by his authority, a fortress was marked several miles wef,tof its real scite. ) The Sl)calec -I)ut the question, and the gallery was ordered t6be cleared; when I • Sir; -Crofef said, he could see no dpportnnity for explakikig the grounds on which lie would give his vote this evening, where he could be less accused of presumption in addressing them, than now, when they were on the point of dividing without any Gentleman's wishing to offer his opinion. The speeches of the NoMe Lord and the Hon. Gentleman who had preceded him, though various and dissimilar in their topics, had this in common, that, on a supposition that in- quiry was necessary, and was refused, they wish- ed to obtain a pledge from the House to go into it. From what they had saM, it appeared to him, that oratory, Hke poetry, was the better for a little fictioli--(a laugh),-They were now told," contrary t<> -what, had been asserted on a former night, that'it was not to screen ;fhe General, but to screen Ministers, that Inquiry was resisted.,— Was it to screen those no longer in the Cabinet ? (Cheers from the Opposition).—li those Gentle- men, who cheered, thought that there was no feeling of this kind, what then became of their scoll's respecting the union of those- parties"?. He did not say inquiry was not necessary, but they ought first to know the grounds 011 which they voted it, that they might at once decide on the proper mode. After the papers had been pro- mised, they could not, without acting disrespect- fully to his Majesty, do what, would express a 'ouht of that promise being observed. (Loud cries of Order!) It would be unfair to Ministers and Generals to prejudge their cases; and it was uu- reasonable to require a pledge on a subject which only 24 hours before, they had, in another form, negatived and disapproved. He concluded by moving the previous question. Sir Samuel Roinifly rose, and said, if there vas c* ei-an object to he carried into effect, the one moved by the Noble Mover was that, and it, oil-" to be carried unanimously.— Why should they w.,iit Was not evidence already before ifiem to prove the iiiiiuiylit y, and the neccessity of an inuuiry ? Was it not sufficient that a great calamity had taken place ? If there be criminality-, none can attach but to those who aye guilty and every honest and well-thinking man can put his hand 10 his heart, and say, inquire into the most rcijitile, circumstance, yet my hands are not suilied, nor can ati act of mine he culled in question. It was strange that those men who were so cautious the other'night'of preserving their respect to their Sovereign, should now lose it by objecting to an inquiry, which only would tend to (he honour aud glory of his Majesty's army and navy. Would the Right Honourable Gent, opposite, Mr. Per- ceval, contend, that all information should he kept from the public? What is the secret he is so fearful of divulging.5 He would ask the House, and even the Lord of the Treasury,; whether it Was o oJ, neccssary that thyy should as soon as possible settle themselves in the good opinion of the people of the country ? It is not the case of Ministers that we are disapproving of, but, it is our owp welfare-, as a hody, we are contending for; it is to give ourselves that station, thai situation in the view of the nation, that they wiil respect u:, and that they should believe us to be the respecters and supporters of their rights. It was their own cause they were contending for; for the sooMef they could change the present opinion, that they used their talents for private emolument, the belter let them prove by their vote, this night, that it. was the public service ■.alone they respected. There bad been three ex- peditions, constituted of the best resources O[ {he" country—its population; on (heir heads the widows and orphans of the veterans who were lost in Walcheren, not by the sword, which their families wou Id have considered a glorious death, but by pestilence, will cry for vengeance. Shall we, then refuse to enter into all inquiry, which will dry up the widow's and orphan's tears, and let them know that they fell victims fairly as the -defenders of their country ? or if not let them- have t hat recompense which is only in the power of this House to give them and let those who were the authors of the Expedition be punished. if in fault;—(Hear -hearJ)—or let the Com- mantler meet the same, if he is to blame—(Hear! .)-it was not by the language that was held out. on the first night, of the Session by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,that the House was to be that ttieii, Sovereign was to be left without a Minister. Not a man in the coun- try would'believe it; for there were many as loyal I men as the Right Hon. Gentleman* who would undertake the task,an(1 fill it as efficiently as the self made Minister. There were no arguments on the opposite side adduced, as they seemed to depend oniheir strength, from that ideal confi- dence, they had gained on the first night of the Session. But this was a question which did not interfere with His Majesty, ami their solidity would disappear before them like a log before a March wind. He-concluded by observing, (he people of the empire expected an immiry, and a minute one, and nothing less than an investigation at the Bar of the House would satisfy thcm, Tllis being their opinion, stared every Member in the face. The late meeting of the City of Lon- don, and that of a neighbouring county, were «u!licient to convince them of the sentiments of the inhabitants of the British empire. Mr. L, Foster contended, that it would be high- ly imprudent to Bring the General and Admiral employed in the Expedition to the Bar of that House, without there was some proof of their guilt before them. ;>; Gen. Gros^'iior was of opinion that an inquiry should not be delayed for a moment, and that- it should beenterctl into on the broadest scale. Sir Home Popham said, he was anxious for an inquiry, on account of the service he had the ho- nour to bear a commission in—the Navy. He was fully aware of the differences between that service and the Military, for he might be then addressing' three or four fie Id-officers; but he felt, confident, that ample justice would be. done to both by the present Administration. A division then took place on the Previous Question:—-Ayes, M A JO IU T ¥ A G AIN ST LNI INISTE EtS, M N E •! The Committee of the whole .House, to inquire into the causes of the "failure of the Walcheren Expedition was then fixed for Friday ilext.-Ad- journed to Monday.