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C. M. Talleyrand 
Marflial Bernadotte 
..—— Bertlder - 
--Marmont 
--— Junot 
-- Savary 
--. Davouft - 
^-- Angereau - 
- Beffieres - 
Kellerman 
-- Arrighi - 
-. Caulincourt 
-- Du roc - 
- Viftor - - 
-Soult 
-Lefebre - 
-• Moncey - 
- Mortier - 
- Maffena 
Ney - 
Lafnes 
Suchet 
Oudinot 
- 
Monf. Cainbaceres 
- Lebrun - 
--- Lac ul - - 
-Clark - - 
.-Fouclie - 
Frederic Charles Win. King of Wurtemburg. 
Frederic Auguftus King of Saxony. 
C Prince of Benevento, in the king- 
l dom of Naples; Vice-Chancellor. 
CPrince of Ponte Corvo. (now 
" 4 Crown Prince of Sweden.) 
- Prince of Neufchate!(Swifferland.) 
Duke of Ragufa, (Dalmatia.) 
Duke of Abrantes, (Portugal.) 
{ Duke of Rovigo, (Italy, near Ve- 
1 nice.) Minuter of Police. 
- Prince of Eckmuhl,D.of Auerftadt. 
Duke of Caftiglione, (in Italy.) 
- Duke of Iflria. 
Duke, of Vaiiny. 
- Dune of Padua, (near Venice.) 
- Duke of Vicenza, (near Venice.) 
Duke of Friuli, (north of Venice.) 
- Duke oi Bclluno, (near Venice.) 
- Duke of Dalmatia. 
- Duke of Dantzic. 
Duke of Cornegliano, (in Italy.) 
Duke of Trevifo, (near Venice.) 
- Duke of Rivoli, Princeof Eftling. 
Duke of Elchingen, (Germany, 
circle of Swabia. )Pr. of Mofkwa. 
Duke of Montebello,(Italy)killed. 
Duke of Albufera. 
- Duk$ of Reggio. 
CDuke of Parma, and Arch-Chan- 
2 cellor. 
Duke of Piacenza, and Arch- 
Treafurer. 
Count Seffac. 
Duke of Feltre, Count Huenberg. 
Duke of Otranto, Gov. of Rome. 
C Duke of Cadore, and Minifterfor 
- Champagny } Forei g n Affairg> 
-Maret - - - Duke of Baffano, Sec. of State. 
We mull now return to the beginning of the year, to 
notice fome important proceedings in the Britifti parlia¬ 
ment, which was opened by comniillion on the 13th of Ja¬ 
nuary. The i'peech contained feveral points which natu¬ 
rally led to ferious debates : the renewal of his majefty’s 
engagements with the Spanilh nation, in the form of a 
treaty of alliance ; his disappointment caufed by the con¬ 
vention of Cintra ; and the augmentation of the regular 
army. The addrefs was moved by the earl of Bridge- 
water, and feconded by lord Sheffield. Earl St. Vincent op- 
pofed it moll flrenuoufly. lie obferved, that the manner in 
which the oppofition to the enemy had been conducted in 
the peninfula, excited both forrow and indignation : he 
would affert it in the face of the country, and in the face 
of the world, that it was the greateft difgrace that had be¬ 
fallen Great Britain fince the days of the revolution ; and 
this he openly declared, whether he took into confidera- 
tion the manner in which the war was carried on in Por¬ 
tugal, or the way in which our troops had been fent there. 
Tranfports were hired, and great merit was to be attri¬ 
buted, forfooth, to minifters in providing thefe tranfports. 
But he vvilhed to notice the important fervices to which 
thefe tranfports were eventually applied; “why truly,” 
faid his lordlhip, “they were at lall employed'to convey 
the rafcally ruffians whom Junot commanded, to that part 
of France which was neareft the boundaries of Spain, that 
they might, as fpeedily as poffible, be again brought into 
aftion, with more effect, againlt our Jbkiiers. So that 
thofe devils,” added his lordfhip, “ are at this moment ha- 
rafhng the rear of our retreating army.” He reproved 
with great acrimony the convention of Cintra; and faid, 
that, if the houfe did its duty, they would immediately 
proceed to the foot of the throne, and there tell the fove- 
reign the bold truth, that, if he did not remove the prefent 
minifters, he would lofe the country. Thefe were the fenti- 
ments of his heart: he (poke them as a folemn duty, 
which he found himftlf bound to exprefs. It was proba¬ 
bly the laft time he fhould trouble their lordfhips ; “ anel 
with that,” faid the noble admiral, “ I wilh your lordftiips 
a good night.” (At thele words, the noble earl walked out 
of the houfe.) 
Earl Grofvenor approved the intention and determina¬ 
tion of affifting the Spaniards powerfully ; but could not 
help exprelTing bis disapprobation of the convention of 
Cintra ; and would have had troops fent to the foot of 
the Pyrenees rather than to the heart of Spain, avoiding 
by this means the difgrace of a retreat.—Lord Grenville 
alfo difapproved of the lending troops to the interior 
of Spain of an inadequate ftrength to meet the enemy ; 
and reprobated, with great warmth and at a great length, 
the conduit of the minifters, in which lie found neither 
wifdom nor vigour. 
The earl of Liverpool defended the addrefs in all its 
points.—Earl Moira difapproved of many paragraphs in 
the addrefs, but would ftill refrain from moving any amend¬ 
ment.—The addrefs was agreed to. 
On the fame day the addrefs was moved in the houfe of 
commons, after a number of prefatory obfervations on the 
different fubjeits touched on or alluded to in the fpeech, 
by the lion. Frederic Robinfon; and feconded by Mr. S. B-’ 
Luftiington.— Mr. Ponfonby, in a long and elaborate 
fpeech, touched upon all the principal objects: and, as to 
the convention of Cintra, expreffed himfelf in the fol¬ 
lowing words: “The convention of Portugal having 
taken place, his majefty’s minifters thought proper to 
caufe the Tower-guns to be difeharged, in token of the 
fatisfaflion they felt, until they found that all the reft of 
his majefty’s fubjeits entertained a contrary feeling upun 
the tranfa< 5 tion. The public difpleafure was loud and ge¬ 
neral ; every patriotic heart felt the ftain calt upon his 
country’s honour ; every tongue uttered the complaint. 
It did fo turn our, too, that the firft city in the empire, 
the city of London, fympathifing with the national feel¬ 
ing, approached the throne with their fentiments ; and a 
molt vigorous'reception they did meet with indeed. The 
corporation tell his majelty, that they think the conven¬ 
tion difgraceful, difhonourable to the Britifh arms, and 
injurious to his majefty’s interefts : they call for invefti- 
gation, and the punifliment of the guilty. In anfwer to 
this application, his majefty’s minifters advife his majelty 
to tell the citizens of London, that their inlerpofuion was 
unnccejary , and that it w^as inconfiftent with Britifh juftite 
to pronounce judgment before investigation. Really, 
though the gentlemen oppoiite may think their refponfes 
not only wife but oracular, I am at a lofs to know what 
the difference is between Britifh jufiice, and that juftice 
which, in every variation of time or place, is immutable. 
Feeling the profoundelt refpect in every cafe in which 
his majelty appears to aft, I Itiil muft fay, that his ad- 
vifers put into his mouth upon that occaiion, an anfwer 
as little congenial to the fpirit of the Britifh conftitutioa 
as it was ill fuited to the dignity of the throne. Minif¬ 
ters may talk with flippancy themfelves, they may pun 
and epigrarnmatife; but, when unfortunately the king of 
this country feels it his duty to hint his difpleafure to'liis 
people, or convey to them a rebuke for their conduct, 
there ought to be a dignity and decorum obferved in the 
language of reproof from the throne, which would make 
difpleafure more fevereiy felt by thofe for whom it was 
intended. But I can ealily conceive that minifters might 
have been a little irafcible on receiving that remonltrance, 
becaufe, notwithftanding the ufual complacency of the 
city of London to their ineafures, it had within the laft 
year on two important occafions oppofed them ; firft on 
the reverfion-bill, and latterly on this difgraceful con¬ 
vention.” 
Lord Caltlereagh vindicated the conduit of govern¬ 
ment ; after which various ftri£tures were made on the 
addrefs, which, however, was not on the whole oppofed, 
by Mr. Whitbread. A long reply was made by Mr. Can¬ 
ning : Mr. Tierney, Mr, G. H. Rofe, and Mr. A. 
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