The Earl of Suffolkrose to call the attention of the house to the critical situation in which we now stood with respect to Spain. It was generally understood that a large armament was to be sent to assist the patriotic exertions of that nation in resisting the tyranny that would oppress its liberty, and in enabling it to assert its independence. Who was to command that expedition? Its fate might, perhaps, be closely connected with the auspices and command under which it was to serve. He did not know that we had now any responsible minister. In former administrations Mr. Pitt, lord Sidmouth, and latterly lord Grenville, stood forward 1139 as the avowed responsible ministers of their day. An expedition had, not long ago, been confided to general Whitelocke, with the issue of which every man was but too sorrowfully acquainted. The individual, it was true, had been punished, but in enterprises of that nature, it was not enough to punish the individual, some atonement should be made at the shrine of the tarnished honour of the country: that expiation was yet unpaid. No minister had as yet pleaded guilty to the charge of that appointment. These considerations led him to enquire who was the responsible minister at the present moment; for by the appointment which must soon take place of a Commander of the Expedition to Spain, not only the character and military fame of the nation, but its most vital interests might be deeply affected. He then alluded to a noble duke who seldom came to the house, and confessed that he was unable to determine whether that noble duke possessed the influence attributed to him or not.—The observations of the noble earl did not meet with any answer.