CONTENTS. 



HISTORY OF EUROPE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Changes in the British Ministry/. — Meeting of Parliament.— King's 

 Speech. — Addresses moved in reply in both Houses. — Amendment^ 

 proposed. — Debates thereon — Involving paHicularly a Rcviexu of th^ 

 War in Spain— And the calamitous Expedition to the Scheldt . . 1 



CHAP. II. ' 



House of Lords — Motion Jhr the Thanks of the House to Lord Viscount 

 Wellington, and the Officers and the Army under his command, for the 

 Victory over the Enemy at Talavera — opposed — supported — carried. — 

 In the Course of the Debntefresh Discussions on the Affairs of Spain, 

 both political and military. — House of Commons. — Thanlis moved to 

 Lord Wellington and the Army. — Arguments pro. and con., and Dis- 

 cussions nearly the same as in the House of Lords. — Motionfor Thanks 

 to Lord Wellington carried tvithout a Division of the House ; — that to 

 the Army imanimously. — House of Commons. — Motion by Lord Coch- 

 rane, for Minutes of the Court Martial held on Lord Gambicr, and 

 the Object of this Motion. — Debates and Discussions. — Lord Coch- 

 rane' s Motion negatived by a great Majority Motion of Thanhs to 



Admiral Gambier, Sfc. S(C.— The Motionfor Thanks to Lord Gambler 

 carried on a Division of the House ,— that for thanks to the other Offi- 

 cers, and Acknowledgments to the Seamen and Marines, unani- 

 mously. — Motionfor Thanks to the same Parties in the House of 

 Lords. — Agreed to 27 



CHAP. III. 



House of Commons — Motion by Lord Porch ester, for an Inquiry into 

 the late disastrous Expedition to the Scheldt. — Long Debates. — Lord 

 Porchesfer's Motion carried by a small Majority.— ~A Committee of 

 the whole House appointed to inquire into the Causes of the Failure 

 of the Expedition to the Scheldt — Motion for Papers relative to 

 that Subject, agreed to. — Appointment of a Secret Committee for the 

 Inspection and Selection of Information of a Nature improper to be 

 made public ^1 



