sided in Carlton house, where so large an expenditure was, of course, not required as on her removal, when she had an entirely distinct establishment to support. She had therefore reduced her establish ment to seven domestics parted with many of her horses, and given up seeing company, till Mr. St. Leger, Lady Carnarvon, Lady Glenbervie, and others of her household, handsomely refused to accept of the usual allowances made to persons in their situations. By these sacrifices, she had now the satisfaction of knowing that she did not owe a shilling. The Hon. Gentleman trusted that her Royal Highness would, by the liberality of that House, be enabled to support the dignity and splendour of her station; and concluded by moving that her Royal Highness's correspondence should be taken into consideration on Tuesday next.

Lord Castlereagh said, that if the advisers of the Princess had earlier declared that an increased provision was the object sought after, something might have been done; but this was the first avowal in Parliament that an extended provision for the Princess of Wales was the wise and proper mode to set at rest a question which had already unfortunately too much agitated the House. His Lordship then incidentally noticed that the marriage between the Princess Charlotte of Wales and the Prince of Orange was broken off; but denied that it was occasioned by the knowledge that her mother had been excluded from Court, as the negociation was in active progress, not only prior to, but subsequent to that exclusion. As for the supposed right to appear at the drawingroom, if the subject could approach the Court at the pleasure of Parliament or of a Minister, it would be degrading the Court, and depriving it of a freedom which was exercised by the lowest individuals. It was not perhaps known to Parliament that a separation bad taken place between their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, which might be considered as absolutely final. The King had been so firmly convinced that there never could be any reconciliation, that he only considered how circumstances could be managed so as to give the least pain to both parties. With this view, a solemn deed of separation was drawn up and signed by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1809, to which was added the signatures of the King and most of his Cabinet Ministers. The Princess at that time declared herself satisfied with the provision made for her; but he was cer tain that it was not the wish of the Prince Regent that she should feel any pecuniary embarrassments. The differences between those Royal Personages had latterly assumed a very different complexion. Her Royal Highness had been made the vehicle

of direct insult on the character and conduct of the Prince Regent, Persons had been permitted to approach her Royal Highness who had been detected in a cabal, through the medium of the press, for the purpose of degrading the Royal Family in general, and more particularly of vilifying the illustrious individual at the head of the State, and attempting to debase him in the eyes of his family, of his country, and even of his children. While her advisers had other objects in view, or claimed an extended pecuniary arrangement on grounds that were not tenable, they could not be listened to: they had now become more candid. He must, however, resist the present motion; but, on a future day, he would consent to such addition to the income of the Princess of Wales as might appear reasonable to Parliament.

Mr. Methuen was glad to hear of the intended grant to the Princess; but would not give up her claim to appear at the drawing-room: he would consent to withdraw his motion.

Mr. Whitbread denied the assertion of the Noble Lord, that the object of all the motions before the House had been to obtain mouey. He entered with much energy and feeling into the situation of the Princess of Wales, and contrasted the indignities and insults she had endured with the virtue of her character. He considered her an injured woman, deserted by her natural protectors, and peculiarly entitled to the protection of that House. He should rejoice at any grant of money from that House as a mark of its approbation; but not in consideration that she should abandon any of her just claims and privileges.

Mr. Grattan approved of the motion, as its object was practically to repel the calumnies thrown on the Princess. This object was to be effected not by restoring her to her dignities, but by increasing the means of her establishment. The object of the Noble Lord was the same, provided it could be done in a manner respectful to the Prince of Wales. It was proper that the Princess of Wales should be supported by Parliament → -provided for by Parlia ment; but not in such a manner as to give her a victory over her husband. To attempt to oblige the Prince to take back his wife would be unjustifiable; to interfere to procure her admission to the Queen's Drawing-room was a power not perhaps possessed by the House. How then could they act but by providing for the lady, by declaring, that, as she was not admitted to share in the establishment of her husband, Parliament would give her one of her own, This was the best way of proceeding for the interest of the wife, the feelings of the husband, and the dignity of the House.

Mr. Ponsonby concurred in this opinion.

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The Speaker read a letter from Lord Cochrane, asserting his innocence, and requesting to attend upon any motion for expelling him.

Lord Castlereagh, on presenting extracts of two Dispatches from himself to Lord Liverpool, dated April 17 and 24, said, that he had assented to the Treaty between the Allied Powers and Napoleon only so far as that treaty went to secure a territorial possession to his family.

Mr. Peele obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Preservation of the public Peace in Ireland; by authorizing the Lord Lieutenant, in certain cases, to declare a district disturbed, and in such event to appoint a police-officer to reside as a magistrate in that district, with a house and adequate salary. The expence of the establishment to be paid by a fine levied upon the disturbed district when tranquillity was restored.

June 24.

Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir William Stewart, K. B. being come to the House, Mr. Speaker acquainted him, that the House had, upon the 7th day of July 1813, resolved, That the Thanks of this House be given to him, for his great exertions upon the 21st June 1813, near Vittoria, when the French Army was com pletely defeated by the Allied Forces under the Marquis of Wellington's command; and Mr. Speaker gave him the Thanks of the House accordingly, as followeth ;

"Lieutenant-General Sir William Stew

art, - I have to thank you, in the name of your Country, for a series of signal and splendid services; and first, for that which yourgallantry atchieved in the battle of Vittoria. When the Usurper of the Spanish Crown put his fortunes to the last hazard, it was the brave Second Division of the Allied Army, directed by Lord Hill, and acting under your command, which began the operations of that memorable day, and by its irresistible valour mainly contributed to that victory, which drove back the armies of France to their own frontier, and rescued the Peninsula from its invaders and oppressors. By your atchievements in that field of glory, you enrolled your name amongst the distinguished offi. cers upon whom this House bestowed the honour of its Thanks; and I do therefore now, in the name and by the cominand of the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, deliver to you their Unanimous Thanks, for your great exertions, in the splendid and decisive Victory obtained on the 21st of June, 1813, near Vittoria, when the French Army was completely defeated and routed, with the total loss of all its artillery, stores, and baggage."

Upon which Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart said;

"Mr. Speaker, Unaccustomed as I am to express my sentiments before so important an assembly of my Countrymen, or to receive praise for what few services I may have rendered in my profession in so liberal and so generous a manner as you have now conveyed the sense of this House, I am at a loss to make any adequate return; I feel, however, deeply on this proud occasion: I should be ungrate ful if I were to take to myself much of the merit that you have been pleased to ascribe to my services in the particular action in question ; for to those who gallantly supported me is the merit due: I cannot advert o that battle, and not submit to the memory, and, if I may use the term, to the affection of this House, the name of one gallant officer upon whom the brunt of the contest particularly fell; I mean, Sir, the late Colonel Cadogan; the fall of that Officer was glorious, as his last moments were marked by the success of a favourite regiment, upon the magnauimity of whose conduct he kept his eyes fixed during the expiring hour of a well-finished life. I should be ungrateful for the services which were rendered me by Colonel Cameron and by General Byng, on that and on all occasions, if I were not thus publicly to advert to them in my present place; for to their exertions and support am I indebted for the success of those measures of which I am reaping the rich reward from my Country at your too generous hand this day. Permit me, Sir, to repeat my gratitude for the too kind and too flattering manner in which you have communicated the sense of this House to me this day; I should be truly ungrateful if I did not feel the honour in its full force, and I should be doubly so towards you, Sir, if I were insensible to the peculiarly distinguished mode in which you have now conferred that honour upon me."

Major-General William Henry Pringle being also come to the House, and Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart being present, Mr. Speaker ac quainted them that the House had, upon the 8th day of November last, resolved that the Thanks of this House be given to them for the valour, stea diness, and exertion, so successfully displayed by them in repelling the repeated attacks made on the positions of the Allied Army by the whole French force, under the command of Marshal Soult, between the 25th of July an 1st of August last; and Mr. Speaker gave them the Thanks of the House accordingly, as followeth ;

"Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart and Major-General Pringle,-It is my duty now to deliver to you conjointly the Thanks of this House, for your gallant and meritorious services in those nemorable actions which completed the liberation

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of Spain. The inhabitants of the Pyrenees, who witnessed those mighty conflicts, will long point out to their admiring Countrymen, those various heights and passes where the valour of British troops under your command at some times repelled the attacks of superior force, where at other times its steadiness effected a retreat which only led to more certain victory, and where, finally, it returned with an overwhelming pursuit upon the broken ranks of the Enemy: they will also point out, those spots where the gallant officers whom we now see amongst us fought through long and toilsome days, where a Stewart made his stand, and where the noblest blood of Scotland was shed in its defences. The Historian of those Campaigns will also record that your exploits were honoured with the constant and unqualified praises of that illustrious Commander, whose name stands highest upon our roll of military renown. For your important share in those operations, this House thought fit to bestow upon you the acknowledgments of its gratitude; and I do now accordingly, in the name and by the command of the Commons of this United Kingdom, deliver to you their Unanimous Thanks for the valour, steadiness, and exertion, so successfully displayed by you, in repelling the repeated attacks made on the positions of the Allies by the whole French force under Marshal Soult, between the 25th of July and 1st of August last, and for your undaunted perseverance, by which the Allied Army was finally established on the frontier of France,"

Upon which Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Stewart said:

"Mr. Speaker,-As I have before had the honour of stating, I must feel, Sir, that to others is due from me, while receiving the highest honour that can be bestowed on a British Soldier, the report of their admirable conduct during the actions in question: supported as I was by my gallant friend on my right, by such corps as the 92d Highlanders, or the 50th British infantry, I should have been without excuse if a less firm stand had been made on the positions of the Pyrenees than was made; I should have done injustice to the design of our great Captain, and to the instructions of my own immediate Commander, if I had less exerted myself than I did on these occasions. - That our endeavours have met with the approbation of our Country, and have received from you, Sir, so generous an expression of that approbation, is the proudest event of our lives; it ought and will animate us to

*Major-General Pringle.

"Mr. Speaker, I am highly sensible of the honour I have just received by the Thanks of this House; I consider their approbation as the most honourable reward which a military man can receive, and one far beyond what any feeble efforts of mine can deserve. The able arrangement of the General under whom I served, and the bravery of the troops I had the honour to command, left little to be done by any exertions of mine, which I feel more thau amply rewarded by the approbation of this House. The satisfaction I feel on this occasion is still further increased by the very flattering manner in which you have been pleased to communicate the Thanks of the House to me."

Lieutenant-Generals Sir Thomas Picton and Sir Henry Clinton, Knights of the Most honourable Order of the Bath, being also come to the House, and Lieutenant General Sir William Stewart and Major-General William Henry Pringle being present, Mr. Speaker acquainted them, that the House had, upon the 24th day of March last, resolved, That the Thanks of this House be given to them for their able and distinguished conduct throughout the operations which concluded with the entire defeat of the Enemy at Orthes on the 27th of February last, and the occupation of Bourdeaux by the Allied Forces; and Mr. Speaker gave them the Thanks of the House accordingly, as followeth :

"Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton, Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, and Major-General Pringle.-You stand amongst us this day, to receive our Thanks for great and signal Victories won by British Arms in the Fields of France.Descending from the Pyrenees, surmounting, in adverse seasons, all the difficul ties of a Country deeply intersected, and passing with unparalleled skill and boldness the formidable torrents of Navarre, after a series of arduous and sanguinary conflicts, you came up with the collected forces of the Enemy, posted upon the heights of Orthes. Attacked on all sides by British valour, the troops of France at length gave way, and commenced their retreat; pressed, however, upon each flank, that retreat was soon changed into a flight, and that flight to a total rout: pursuing their broken legious across the Adour, and seizing upon their strong-holds and accumulated resources, you then laid open your way, on the one hand, to the deliverance of Bourdeaux, and, on the other, to the lamented but glorious day of Toulouse. It has been your fortune to reap

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troops entered Odell Town, followed by three brigades of infantry, commanded by Brig.-gens. Smith, Bisset, and M.Comb, and composed of the 4th, 6th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 23d, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 34th regiments, a squadron of cavalry, and one eighteen, three twelve, and four six-pounders, drove in our picquets on the road leading from Odell Town to Burtonville, and commenced an attack on the latter position, but were so well received by the light troops, supported by the grenadiers of the Canadian Fencibles, that it was not persevered in; and the brigades in advance were directed upon the post at La Cole, entrusted to Major Handcock, of the 13th regt, whose able conduct on this occasion your Lordship will find detailed in the accompanying report from Lieut. col. Williams of the 13th, who had the charge of the advanced posts on the Richelieu. In consequence of the sudden rise of water in every direction, from the melting of the snow and ice, it was with extreme difficulty the Enemy withdrew their cannon; and it is now almost impossible for either party to make a movement. The troops brought forward to support those at Burtonville and the mill at La Cole, were obliged to wade through mud and water up to their waists for miles, before they could attain the points they were directed to occupy. The Indian warriors alone were able to hang on the Enemy's rear, whilst retreating to Champlain Town. I have ascertained the loss of the American army to have exceeded 300 men in killed and wounded; it is also stated, that many of their officers suffered on this occasion. GEORGE PREvost.

Earl Bathurst, &c. &c,

[Here follows a report from Lieut.-col. Williams, relative to the action of La Cole Mill. The Enemy had no success, though their superiority in numbers also frustrated our attempts upon their own batteries. The total loss was 11 privates killed; Capt. Ellard, and Ens. Whitford, 13th regiment slightly wounded, and 4 privates missing.]

It an

[The second dispatch from Sir G. Prevost is dated Montreal, May 18. nounces that the Enemy, after having garrisoned Platsburg, Burlington, and Vincennes, had gradually withdrawn the residue of his forces from Lower Canada. Two new ships, constructed during the winter at Kingston, gave us that superiority on the Lake, from which we very soon gained the most important practical results. Among these was the complete success of the Expedition sent against Oswego, which is fully detailed in the following report from Lieut.-gen. Drummond who commanded it.

H.M. S. Prince Regent,

off Oswego, May "1.

Sir, I am happy to have to announce to your Excellency the complete success of the expedition against Oswego. The troops mentioned in my dispatch of the 3d inst. viz. six companies of De Watteville's regiment under Lieut-col. Fischer, the light company of the Glengary light infantry under Captain Mac Millan, and the whole of the 2d batt. royal marines under Lieut.-col. Malcolm, having been embarked with a detachment of the royal artillery under Capt. Cruttenden, with two field pieces, a detachment of the rocket company under Lieut. Stevens, and a detachment of sappers and miners under Lieut. Gosset of the royal engineers, on the evening of the 3d inst.; I proceed ed on board the Prince Regent at daylight on the 4th, and the squadron imme diately sailed: the wind being variable, we did not arrive off Oswego until noon the following day. The ships lay-to within long gun-shot of the battery; and the gunboats, under Capt. Collier, were sent close in, for the purpose of inducing the Enemy to show his fire, and particularly the number and position of his guns. This service was performed in the most gallant manner, the boats taking a position within point blank shot of the fort, which returned the fire from our guns, one of them heavy. The Enemy did not appear to have any guos mounted on the town side of the river. Having sufficiently reconnoitred the place, arrangements were made for its attack, which it was decided should take place at eight o'clock that evening; but at sun-set a very heavy squall blowing directly on the shore, obliged the squadron to get under weigh, and prevented our return till the next morning; when the following disposition was made of the troops and squadron by Commodore Sir James Yeo and myself:

The Princess Charlotte, Wolfe, and Royal George to engage the batteries, as close as the depth of water would permit of their approaching the shore; the Sir Sydney Smith schooner to scour the town, and keep in check a large body of militia, who might attempt to pass over into the fort. The Moira and Melville brigs to tow the boats with the troops, and then cover their landing by scouring the woods on the low point towards the foot of the hill, by which it was intended to advance to the assault of the fort.-Capt. O'Connor had the direction of the boats and gunboats destined to land the troops, which consisted of the flank companies of De Watteville's regiment, the company of the Glengarry light infantry, and the 2d batt, of the royal marines, being all that could be landed at one embarkation. The four battalion companies of the regiment of Watteville,