i:}8] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



equal unanimitj' took place in the 

 proceedings upon it. Lord Li- 

 verpool was the orator on this oc- 

 casion, who moved the same 

 grants to the Duke which were 

 first proposed in the other House, 

 and to which no addition was 

 proposed by the Lords. 



At the same time, in conse- 

 quence of messages from the 

 Prince Regent, pecuniary grants 

 were made by parliament to Lord 

 Wellington's associates in victory, 

 Generals Graham, Hill, and Be- 

 resford, now raised to the peerage. 



In addition to the pecuniary 

 remuneration so liberally and 

 cheerfully voted by parliament to 

 the Duke of Wellinijton for his dis- 

 tmguished services, the House of 

 Commons resolved to pay him the 

 highest tribute of respect and ap- 

 plause that it was possible to be- 

 stow on a subject, that of its 

 thanks, accompanied with a depu- 

 tation of its members to congratu- 

 late him on his return to this coun- 

 try. Lord Castlereagh rose in the 

 house on June 27th, to make a 

 motion for this purpose, which was 

 unanimously agreed to ; and a 

 committee was appointed to wait 

 on his Grace, to know what time 

 he would name for receiving the 

 congratulations of thehouse. Lord 

 Castlereagh having reported from 

 the committee that it was the 

 duke's desire to express to the 

 house his answer in person, the 

 following day, July 1st, was ap- 

 pointed for the solemnity. 



At about a quarter before five, 

 the Speaker being dressed in his 

 official robes, and the house being 

 crowded with members, some of 

 them in military and naval uni- 

 forms, and many in the court 

 dresses in which they had been at- 

 tending the Speake'r with an ad- 



dress to the Prince Regent on the 

 peace, the house was acquainted 

 that the Duke of Wellington was 

 in waiting. His admission being 

 resolved, and a chair being set for 

 him on the left hand of the bar 

 towards the middle of the house, 

 his Grace entered, making his 

 obeisances, while all the mem- 

 bers rose from their seats. The 

 Speaker then informing him that a 

 chair was placed for his repose, he 

 sat down in it for some time co- 

 vered, and the members resumed 

 their seats. He then rose, and 

 spoke, uncovered, to the following 

 effect : 



" Mr. Speaker; I was anxious 

 to be permitted to attend this 

 House, in order to return my thanks 

 in person for the honour they have 

 done me in deputing a committee 

 of their members to congratulate 

 me on my return to this country ; 

 and this, after the house had ani- 

 mated my exertions by their ap- 

 plause upon every occasion which 

 appeared to merit their approba- 

 tion, and after they had filled up 

 the measure of their favours by 

 conferring upon me, at the recom- 

 mendation of the Prince Regent, 

 the noblest gift that any subject 

 had ever received. I hope it will 

 not be deemed presumptuous in 

 me to take this opportunity of 

 expressing my admiration of the 

 great efforts made by this house 

 and the country at a moment of 

 unexam pled pressureand difficulty, 

 in order to support the great scale 

 of operations by which the contest 

 was brought to so favourable a 

 termination. By the wise policy 

 of parliament, the government 

 was enabled to give the necessary 

 support to the operations which 

 were carried on under my direc- 

 tion ; and I was encouraged, by 



