in pending appeals, and also for issuing commissions to
ascertain those cases in which it might be proper to establish a trial
by jury. In the course of this session the charges against the Indian
administration of the Marquess Wellesley were fully disposed of by his
full and entire acquittal. Sir John Anstruther's motion, that the noble
marquess had been actuated by an ardent zeal for the service of his
country, and by an ardent desire to promote the interests, safety,
and prosperity of the British empire, was carried by one hundred and
eighty-nine against twenty-nine. Subsequently a vote of thanks was given
to the noble marquess for his services in the Copenhagen expedition; and
in communicating this, the speaker of the house of commons dilated on
his Indian exploits, and pointed him out as the officer best fitted to
command in chief a great expedition. While parliament was sitting,
a grand movement had begun in Spain against the French nation; and
Sheridan called the attention of the house to this subject, and demanded
its exertions in favour of the Spanish cause. But ministers seemed to
think, that though they fully sympathized with the patriots who
had taken up arms in that country, the time had not arrived for the
interference of England.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Parliament was prorogued by commission on the 4th of July. By this
time ministers had become convinced that it was their duty to aid the
Spaniards in their struggle against Napoleon; for the commissioners
stated, in his majesty's name, that the Spanish nation must now be
considered as the ally of Great Britain, and that it was his majesty's
intention to make every exertion in his power for the support of their
cause.

RISING OF THE SPANISH NATION, ETC.

It has been seen that a compact had been entered into between Napoleon
and the Spanish court for a division of Portugal, when the conquest
of that country should be made. Napoleon, however, never intended that
Spain should share in the spoils of his conquests. Contrary to the
treaty, the Spaniards were almost wholly excluded from the occupation
of the country; and added to this, French troops suddenly marched
by different routes into the very heart of the Spanish kingdom. The
Spaniards saw their soil in the hands of a foreigner, and their proud
hearts beat high with indignation at the outrage committed. Godoy,
the "Prince of Peace," saw that he had been overreached, and that his
empire