its arsenal and much of its shipping; and in the capture of the capital and principal positions of Corsica, which, for the time, was an honourable appendage of the British crown.

The thanks of the Houses of Peers and Commons, were communicated on the 20th and 21st of June, after having experienced a Protest from some Lords, which, since it cannot affect in any degree the character of the noble commander, and certainly renders but justice to some of the most distinguished officers of the present age, is here preserved. The impatient jealousy of Englishmen, while an operation is yet incomplete, is manifested in the third paragraph; and strikingly tends to shew how hardly earned are the honours of a chief in command; whose progressive anxiety under all its immediate and relative circumstances, would seem more than commensurate to the highest rewards.

Besides Sir David Dundas, since so considerable in the annals of the British army, there were conjointly employed in this

expedition, Lieutenant Colonel, (now Lieu, tenant General) H. T. Montresor; Lieutenant Colonel (afterwards Sir John) Moore; and Colonel Sir James St. Clair Erskine, now Earl Rosslyn; the troops chiefly consisted of the Royal Scots (Second Battalion), 11th, 25th, 30th, 50th, 51st, and 69th, regiments. '

In the Navy, Captain (afterwards Earl) Nelson, in his favorite Agamemnon, appears prominent in command of the seamen who landed the guns, stores, &c. Captain (afterwards Lord) Duncan, and many gallant names which have since experienced various fortunes in their service.

And though last, not least, in this expedition against Corsica, was employed the cooperation of General Paoli, a name that for

' In one of the despatches of Lord Hood, speaking of the surrender of Bastia, he mentions an incident respecting some military officers, which is repeated first, from its occurring to a naval commander, and secondly, because the example is excellently calculated, in the words of Parliament, to "incitement."

"Major Smith and Ensign Vigoureux of the 25th Regiment, and Captain Radsdale and Lieutenant St. George of the 11th, not embarking with their several Regiments, having civil employments on shore, it is to their honor I mention that they relinquished those employments, and joined their corps soon after the troops were landed."

thirty years before had been rendered synonymous with every thing that constitutes a generous yet rational liberty; and which, if not immortalized, by those splendid rays that dazzle for the moment, with so many great names of short duration, has derived a steady lustre from the faithful, indefatigable, and interesting genius of Boswell of Auchinleck.

It is a singular coincidence of this part of the operations of Lord Hood, that his lordship's transition here was from the first scene of enterprize to that of the birth of him who for a time governed Europe, and was least of all aptly styled in derisionThe Corsican!

PROTEST

against the Vote of Thanks to Lord Hood. DISSENTIENT:

1. Because it has not been the practice of this House to vote thanks to officers. commanding His Majesty's forces by sea or land, except in cases when they have eminently advanced the honor and promoted the interests of their country, by the

most important and acknowledged services. 2. Because by voting the thanks of this House except in such instances, we diminish the value of the most honorable reward we have it in our power to confer, and lessen one of the best incitements to future service.

3. Because the reduction of Bastia does not in itself appear to us to be such a service, as calls upon this House for any extraordinary mark of approbation or applause.

4. Because whatever the merits of that service may be, THE OTHER ADMIRALS of the fleet and the Commanding officers of his Majesty's LAND FORCES, must have had their share in it, and to refuse thanking THEM as had been usual on similar occasions, appears to us to justify an opinion that the vote of thanks to Lord Hood originated from some motive of a private and personal nature, which it is improper for the House

to countenance.

5. Because even ministers themselves do not seem in the first instance to have con

sidered that service as entitled to such a mark of approbation, for though accounts had been received of the reduction of Bastia previous to those obtained by the Fleet under the command of Earl Howe, no intention was announced of moving a vote of thanks to Lord Hood till this House had paid the just tribute of gratitude and honor for that more important and splendid victory. (Signed) BEDFord, LAUDERDALE, ALBEMARLE, DERBY,

THANET.

This was not a measure hostile to the service of the country; if the vote passed not, from this accompany ment, with the eclat of that to Lord Howe, it at least added to the splendor of those which are immediately to follow.

We again lament the want of the address; to the annunciation of the vote, the following is the answer of Lord Hood.