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IMPORTANT TO THE ARMY. lat and W. RIDGE, of CHICHESTER, having Jur • established extensive Warehouses in that City, beg leave to offer their services is furnishing the ARMY in General, but more particularly Regiments passing through the Sussex Dis trict, with Necessaries, Clothing, and Accoutrements, of every description. Their Stores are so extensive, and such arrange ments have been made to merit patronage and approbation, that Regiment may be supplied at an Hour: Notice, with every ar ticle required for the complete equipment of the Soldier N. B. Regiments going to or returning from the Peninsula, would find great advantages in the contiguity of the above ware -1 houses to Portsmouth. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Carlton-House, the 30th of April, 1813, Present, his Royal Highness the PRINCE RE GENT in Council. Whereas it has been represented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on the recapture of ships and goods belonging to his Majesty's sub jects, whereof the owners and proprietors are 'entitled to the restitution on salvage as by law established, losses have been occasioned by the sale of ships and cargoes, on the unlivery thereof by authority of the Courts of Vice-Admiralty, for the purpose of settling the salvage due thereon, in cases wherein the owners and proprietors, or their agents specially authorised, are not present to claim; his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that, in the cases aforesaid, on a claim being given fbr the ship by the master, or in his ab sence by the mate ; and for the cargo, by the super cargo or master, or by the mate in the absence of the master, the Court shall direct a valuation of the ship and cargo to be made by appraisement with out sale or unlivery, as far as the same shall be practicable ; and on such valuation to be approved and confirmed by the Court, - shall direct the ship and cargo to be restored to the person or persons aforesaid claiming the same, on payment of the proportion decreed to be paid to the captors, in lieu of salvage, and of such costs and expences as shall be directed by the Court ; and in default of such payment, the Court shall order and direct so much of the cargo to be sold as shall be sufficient for the payment of the salvage and expences due thereon ; and further so much of the said cargo as shall be suf ficient to pay the salvage and expences due on the ship, if the person or persons to whom the cargo shall be restored by decree of the Court shall consent thereto. And it is further ordered, that in no case shall the Court proceed to order the ship or goods to be sold or unlivered, save as aforesaid, unless such sale or unlivery shall, owing to special circumstances, be come necessary ; in which case the reasons on which the Judge shall proceed to make such order, shall be noted summarily in the minutes of Court : and the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice-Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them may respectively appertain. JAS. BULLER. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 4. Admiral Lord Keith has transmitted to John Wi lson Croker, Esq. a letter from Lieutenant Stokes, commanding his Majesty's gun-vessel the Constant, giving an account of his having, on the 21st ofApril, in company with the Martial gun-vessel, captured, off the Saintes, a French privateer, called I'Olympe, carrying two guns and sistten men. ' MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 4. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Hospital-Mate James Kane to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rental!, appointed on the Staff. Commission dated Aptil 29,1313. Sth Dina—Hospital-Mate Thomas C. Speer to be Assie:ant- Surgeon, vice Harrison, promoted in the 38(11 Foot. 6th Ditto—John Hayward, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Blinman, placed upon half•pay. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—James Gape, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Home, promoted. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Wm. B. Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bernarsl, who retires. 15th Ditto—Ensign Edward Byarn, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fitz Clarence, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons ; Conrad I)alwig, Gent. to be Vete rinary Surgeon, vice Fermi, placed upon ball-pay. 16th Ditto—Captain Thomas Penrice, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Sewell, who exchanges.—All dated as above. Staff Corps of Cavalry—Troop Quarter-Master Henry Blakely, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Bicke: ton, whose appointment ha.s not taken place, dated April 28,1813; Serjeant-Major John Forsey, from the Cavalry Depot, to be ditto, dated .April 29, 1813. Ist Regiment of Foot Guards—Edward Pardee, Gent. to be En sign by purchase, vice Hutchinson, promoted, dated April 29. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Septimus Worrell, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Nixon, who resigns. lth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Gerard, from the North York Mili t i a, to be Ensign Ensign. Sth Ditto—Henry Freeborn, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Foote, promoted in the 49th Foot. 6th Ditto—Ensign S. W. Swiney to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tilsley, promoted ; Ensign George Bailey, from the Cam bridge Militia, to be Ensign. All dated as above. Bth Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Edward Murray, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Frazer, appointed to the Royal Stall Corps ; Auzustus Kelly, Gent. to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Blythe, promoted in the 4th Foot. Both dated April 28, 1813. Pth Ditto-.-Lieutenant Walter Snow, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Finley, ap pointed to the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion, dated April 28, and Ensign Hemy Sanders to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reed, promoted In the 62d Foot. Dated April t 9, 1813. llth Ditto—Charles Blois Willis, Cent. to be Ensign, without purchase, Bek Hobson, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated April 29, 1813. __. . _ 14th Ditto -Lieutenant Thomas Savage to be Captain of a Com pany, by purchase, vice Fawcett, promoted ; Ensign William Jappie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Savage ' • and Ensign James Beare, from the Royal Bucks Militia, to be Ensign.— DaLed April 29, Jill& 15th Ditto--Geotteman Cadet Joseph Thomson, from the Royal Military Colley, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Clea- Cher, aPpointeitO the Royal Staff Corps. April fe, ism 18th William Ropes, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F.liepperd, who retires. Dated April 29, 1819. 23d D;tto—Ensign George Allan, from the Cambridge Militia, g to be Second Lieutenant. 313 t Ditto—Lieutenant Richard Gethin to be Captain of a Com , pany, by purchase, vice Cohnan, appointed to the ad Royal Veteran Battalion. 33d Dltto---.Lieutenaot John Alderson, from the Ist West-York Militia, to be Ensign. 44th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Eyre, from the 3d West-York Militia, to be Ensign. 36th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon W. Harrison, from the sth Dra goon Guards, to he Surgeon, vice Reed, de ceased. Ditto—Ensign George Chapman, from the North Hants Militia, to be Ensign. 42d Ditto--Ensign John Orr to be Lieutenant, without purchase, " George Gerard, Gent. to be Ensign, 44th Ditto—Sue" Oliver Halpin, froth the Revd Cotaisail Rangers, to be Surgeon, vice Job, appointed to the sth Dra goon Guards. 46th Ditto—Serjeant-Major J. Madigan, from the Gth Foot, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Hamilton, promoted In the 4th West-India Regiment. 47th Ditto—Major-General the Hon. Alexander Hope, from the 74th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Fitzpatrick, deceased. Dated April 26, 1813. 49th Ditto—Ensign E. Darnford, dated April2o ; Ensign E. Mor. ris, dated April 21; Ensign F. Dory, dated April 22; Ensign J. Sewell, dated April 23; Ensign S. Richmond, dated April 24; and Ensign W. Winder, dated April 25, 1813—Lieute nant J. W. Birmingham, from the 4th Foot, dated April 20 ; Ensign R. Alexander, from the Ist Garrison Battalion, dated April 27; Ensign S. Blyth, from Bth Foot, dated April 28 ; and Ensign J. H. R. Foote, from the sth Foot. April 29, 18s3. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign E. Glasgow, from the .51st Foot, vice Danford, dated April 20,1812 Donat O'Brien, Gent. vice Morris, dated April 21, 1813; Gentleman Cadet Black, from the Royal Military College, vice Dury, da ted April 22, 1813; John Stevens, Gent. vice Sewell, dated April 23, 1813; John Hazen, Gent. vice Richmond, dated April 24, 1813; Richard Gregory, Gent. vice Winder, dated April 25, 1813. 5111 Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Troward, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vise Glas gow, appointed to the 49th Foot, dated April 29, 1813. 52d tto—To be Lieutenants, by purchase, Ensign W. Hunter, vice Brooke, promoted In the 58th Foot, dated April 28,1813; Ensign W. C. Yenge, vice Kinloch, promoted in the 99th Foot, dated April 29,1813. 53d Ditto—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Second Lieutenant James Colt, from the oyal Glamorgan Militia; Ensign Geo. Hamilton, from the Forfar Militia. 57th Ditto—Lieutenant W. Mann to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Scovell, promoted in the Staff Corpora' Cavalry, dated April 29, 1813 ; Ensign P. Aubin to be Lieu tenant, vice Mann, dated as above. 60th Ditto—Captain W. H. Sewell, from the 16th Light Dra goons, to be Captain of a Company, vice Penrice, who ex changes, dated April 29, 1813. 62d Ditto—Ensign W. Dundee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter, promoted, dated April 29, 1813; Lieutenant H. Law, from the Wiltshire Militia, to be Ensign, with ou t pur chase. 73d Ditto—Lieutenant George Hughes, from the 2d Royal Sur rey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 74th Ditto—Major-General James Montgomerie, from the 64th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Major-General Hope, removed- to the 47th Foot, dated April 26, 1813. 79th Ditto—Lieutenant J. Barwick, from the 72d Foot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Metcalfe, ap pointed to the 6th Royal Veteran Battalion, April 29, 1813. 85th Ditto—Lieutenant J. W. Boyes, from the 4th Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. vice Grinsell, appointed to the 50th Foot, dated April 29, 1813 ; Lieutenant T. Hunt, from the Royal South Gloucester Militia, to be En sign, without purchase. 91st Ditto—John M Kenna, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pierce, who retires, dated April 29, 1813. 95th Ditto—Ensign W. Cooper, from the East Kent Militia, to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase. 103 d Ditto —Lieutenant G. H. Hazen, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, dated October 6, 1812. Royal Staff Corps—To he Ensigns, without purchase, Ensign D. Frazer, from the Bth Foot, vice Horton, promoted, deed April 28, 1813 ; Ensign Edward Cleather, rum the 15th Foot, vice ' , lardy, promoted, dated April 29, 1813. Royal Waggon Train.—John Bickerton, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase dated April 29, 1813. 1 a Garrison Battalion—Ensign John Balderson, from the 3d Garrison Battalion ' to be Ensign, vice Alexander, p romote d i n the 49th Foot, dated April 29, 1313. 3d Ditto—Captain T. Richardson, front half-pay of the 6th West India Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Fo,ter, who exchanges; and Ensign Edward Mockler, from half-pay of the Bth Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, vice balderson, appointed to the Ist Garrison Battalion. Dated April _9, 1813. sth Royal Vets:ran Battalion—Captain H. Odium, front the Royal African Corps, to be Captain of a Company, vice Stewart, placed on the Retired I.ist. Dated April 29, 1813. 51051.1fA1. STAFF. To be Surgeons to the Forces—Dr. A'Hallislay, from half-pay, and Surgeon W. C. Bach, from the Duke of 131 unswick Cods' corps of Light Infaatry. Dated April 29, 1813. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Hospital-Mate John Pickering, and Assistant-Surgeon B. Nicholson, from the North Cork Militia. Dated April 29, 1813. To be Hospital-Mates fur General Service—Patrick M'Kenzie, John Ligertwood, John Monteath, James Lawrence, Andrew Mackay, Manus M'Nulty, and John Smith, Gents. Dated April 20, 1813. The King's German Legion. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Major Charles Baron Maydell, from hs: Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated Aprtl 26, 1813. 2d Battalion of I ight Infantry—Alexander Maclean, Gen% to be Ensign, vice Grcerne, promoted. Dated April 25, 1813. let Battalion of the Line—William Best, Gent, to be align, vice Wickman's, promoted. Dated April 24, 1813. The; Duke of Brunswick Oel's Coips. Cavalry—Captain Decke, from the Retired list, to be Captain of a Troop, with iemporary rank, vice Scbkopp, who resigns. Dated April 29, 1813. De Roll's Regiment. John Thomas loseplt O'Gorman, Gent, to be Ensign, without Purchase, vice De Buren, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated April 29, 1813. ika MOH A NI DU M. The date of Lieutenant Robert Dighton's Commission in the 33th Foot is the 7th September, 1812, and not the 22d April, 1813, as stated in the Gazette of the 27th ult. Lieutenant Hazen, of the 70th Foot, who wrs superseded, as stated hi the Gazette of the 13th October, 1812, is reinstated in his rank. The undermentioned Officers are superseded, being absent without leave : Lieutenant Maclean, of the 12th Foot. Lieutenant Beale, of the 16th Foot. PiIRLIAMEIVI AR T PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 4. The consideration of the Airly Peerage case, which stood for this day, was, from the want of a sufficient attendance to form a Committee, postponed till Thursday, when the LORD CHAN CEL.• Loa expressed his hope that a sufficient number would attend. Lord HARROWBY stated, that he would to-morrow move the postponement of the Curates Bill from Friday to a future day; upon which LORD CHANCELLOR proposed, that the Borthwick Peerage case should be fixed for Friday, which was agreed to. Peveral Petitions were presented in favour of the propagation of Christianity in India, viz..—eight Petitions by Lord FITZWIL. LIAM, from Kingston-upon-Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Quay, Huddersfield, I'ordrington, and from the Friends and Sup porters of the Baptist Missions at Leeds, Bingley, and Bridling ton and Quay, in Yorkshire.—Two Petitions by Lord STA N note, from the parish of Churchill, and another parish in Somerset shire. His Lordship expressed his approbation of their object, but recommended caution lest that object should be defeated : he was friendly to the diffusion of light of every species.—One from Ripon, in Yorkshire, by Lord GRANTUAM.-.-011e from Frome, by Lord CORK.—One by Lord ILtanowny.—Two from the Cambridge and Royston Baptists, by Lord HARDY/tom—One from Milborne Port, by Lord Uxsatiact. All of which were laid on the table. The Irish Sugar Distillation Bill, and several private Bills, were brought up from the Commons by Mr. Lu SHINGTON and others. On the motion of Lord WAtsiKonmd, the third reading of the Weymouth Voters' BiU was fixed for Thursday. A person from the Excise Office presented an account of the average amount for five years of the duties on goods imported from India and China, which was laid on the table.—Adjourned. _ vice Piciun6on a dcceased; vice Orr. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the motion of Sir W. SCOTT, the Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill was postponed from Friday to Mon day next. Sir F. BURDEIT gave notice that he should move to-morrow for the production of the Minutes of die Court of Enquiry on i the conduct of Captain Phillimore. Mr. LYTTLETON fixed for the 19th of May, his motion on the conduct of the War with America. fetitlens were presented from various places ; Prarthj that is the feasseal of the last Tadis Meer; permission might be given fur Missionaries to proceed to that quarter of the world. On the motion of Mr. Alderman ATKINS, it was ordered that the Speaker do not issue big Warrant for the election of Members for Weymouth till after this day sennight. The Irish Churches Bill went through a Committee. The Marine Officers Wine Bill was read a third time and passed. COUNTY RECORDS. Mr. HOME SUMNER moved, That the House do go into a Committee on the County Records Bill. Mr. WESTERN saw no sufficient reason to enter tain that Bill, which would create a considerable ad dition to the County Rates, without producing any adequate good in return. Unless, therefore, the Hon. Member was prepared with more substantial reasons than any he had hitherto adduced in support of the measure, he for one should oppose the Speaker leaving the Chair. Mr. HOME SUMNER observed, in reply, that the County of Middlesex had already felt the advan- , tage of having a place for the purpose of keeping safely the Records of the County, so important to the interests, and in some cases to the honour of in dividuals. In the County which he had the honour to represent, the want of such a safe deposit was deeply and generally felt, and he had never heard any difference of opinion on the subject. When the increase of business in that opulent Court was con sidered, and the consequent number of notices, &c. which required that the records should be consulted, it would be obvious how desirable it was to have a person on the spot to give necessary information. The House then went into a Committee on the Bill, and after some conversation several of the clauses were agreed to. A clause for building a house for the Clerk of the Peace, who should always be in attendance, and the expence of which Mr. SUMNER had stated at about £5OOO, occasioned a division in the Committee, and was ultimately carried by a majority of sixty-eight against fifty-six. The Committee having gone through some more of the Clauses, Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY rose to propose two additional ones. The first, to make it incumbent on the Clerks of the Peace to send every year to the Of fice of the Home Department the return of persons indicted at the Quarter Sessions, with the result of their trial. As matters stood at present, he had been informed at the Secretary of State's Office, that it was impossible to procure such returns, so desirable to form a correct view of the legislation. The se cond clause he intended to propose went to suppress the fees which persons indicted were obliged to pay to the Clerk of the Peace before they could be allowed to plead Not Guilty. These fees amounted to eight or nine pounds ; and it had often happened to him, (and he was sure to many of the Learned Gentle men near him,) that when a poor man had been in dicted for a trifling misdemeanor, he had advised him to plead guilty, because he could not afford to pay the expense of proving his innocence before his country. (Hear, hear.) This intolerable abuse had been suf fered too long, yet it had been often and very an ciently ccmplained of. His intention was not, how ever, to hurt the interests of the present Clerks of the Peace, and the clause he should propose would only go to declare, that no Clerk of the Peace chosen in future should be entitled to such fees. The first cl luse being read from the Chair, Mr. HOME SUMNER observed, that the Com mittee had been completely taken by surprise, and that the clauses proposed were besides totally irrele vant to the subject of the Bill. The returns de manded by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would occasion a great additional trouble to the Clerks of the Peace, without any adequate advantage resulting from it ; and when the smallness of their salary was considered, no useless trouble should be given to them. Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON deemed the clauses irrelevant, and thought that it would be much better to make them the subject of a separate and special Lid ; though he must confess, that he did not consider them calculated to remove all the evils of which the Learned Gentleman (Sir Samuel Romilly) had com plained. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, in reply, observed, that objects much more different from the title of the Bill than those which he had introduced, had been suffered to creep into Acts, and to pass that House, as must be known to those who had perused many 0 11 them—(Hear.) He, therefore, deemed objections as to their irrelevancy but very unsatisfactory and futile opposition to his clauses. It had been said that they would not remove all the evils of which he had com plained, but was that any reason for permitting abuses to remain as they were ?—(Hear.) With respect to the latter.clause, let the Committee reflect in what state was the law when a man cften found it cheaper to admit himself guilty, whether innocent or not of the crime laid to his charge, than to defend himself ! In this country it certainly ought not to be permitted to be said that a poor, and possibly an innocent man, might expose himself to the horrors of a prison, if he wished to vindicate his innocence, in paying 49 to the Clerk of the Peace for liberty to say—Not Guilty. Such things ought not to remain —(Hear, hear.) After some further conversation, in which Mr. Bathurst, Sir Samuel Romilly, Colonel Barry, Sir Frederick Flood, Mr. Herbert of Kerry, and Mr. Hiley Addington took part, the Committee divided on the first clause—Noes, 45—Ayes, 40—Majority against it, 5. Another division took place on the second clause— Noes, 56 —A y es, 42—Majority against it, 14. The Bill went through the Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to morrow. CALL OF TUE HOUSE. Mr. RYDER stated, that it was his intention to enforce the Call of the House on Tuesday next, as he understood an Hon. Baronet (Sir J. C. Hippis ley), whom he did not then see in his place, had given notice of a motion for that day, which was of very great importance, as connected with the Ca tholic Question. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means of the pre ceding evening. On the motion for the second reading of the Reso lutions, Mr. PONSONBY addressed the Chair. He ob served that he did not rise for the purpose of opposing the reading of those Resolutions a second time, nor to throw the lea s t i nterrupt i on i n t h e way of those pleasures whicli Majesty's Mipisters might bane thought proper to introduce to the House for the par. pose of raising the necessary supplies. He was not, at that moment, influenced by any disposition of such a nature; because he felt, in the present situation of the country, that it was desirable, more perhaps thar, in any year of war which had passed, for this king. dom to make great and extensive exertions. His pie, pose in rising was to offer a few observations, wre.: he would be sorry to make in the absence of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh), and which, no doubt, he would be anxious to hear. Those observations we founded on papers laid before the House, and on events, which public rumour had stated to have :aker place. He understood that, of the vote of credit (.1 . £3,000,000 granted by Parliament in the last Se:clee. between 3 and £400,000 had already been advara to Sweden. He had heard, also, but he meant -, to state it as a matter of fact, and, he hoped, h were incorrect, the Noble Lord would attribute error to a want of that information, which few per. sons, except his Majesty's Ministers, could possess ; but he had seen it stated, that the Danish Ministe7 had withdrawn himself precipitately from this country—and it was reported, that the cause of the reconciliation between this Country and Denmare not having advanced in a manner so favottra!)le a. could be wi,hed, arose from a promise having bee:. made by this Government to Sweden, of a ludas of the dominions of Denmark ;—a measure cons• dered by the latter Power as extremely adverse w het interests. If the state of affairs, between this cou'. try and Sweden and Denmark, were such as to render it imprudent fur his Maje,t)', Ministers to make any declar ttion on this subjec„ and that the Noble Lord stated this to be the case, he would rest perfectly satisfied t, ith such an intimation,— But he thought it w.e; due to the Noble Lord to observe thus much, that his MAjesty'sNlinisters should be extremely cautious of entering into any en:;age ments of this desci iption ;.—for these engatlements, if they really were such as they were said to be, might not only be injurious to the present iir.erta , a of this country, but still more injurious to the general interests of Europe, if an opportunity occuri el from a favourable state of things to make arrange. ments for peace. The grant made to Sweden ex ceeded £300,000, and yet they saw no exertion made by that country, witless the sending a portion of troops to her own dominions in Pomerania could be called an exertion. It was said, indeed, that a gua rantee had been entered into by Russia and England to Sweden, that, in the event of Sweden taking a more active part in the war against France, she would be allowed to get possession of Norway. He did not mean to say, that there was any thing unfair in this proceeding, as we were at war with Den mark—he did not think it would be wrong even to furnish the means of attack, if it were conformable with the general views and interests of this country; but how tar such a plan might be pursued, consis tently with those views and interests, ought to be well and deeply considered—(Hear, hear, hear.) — If the Noble Lord thought it would be unsafe or im prudent, under existing circumstances, to make any declaration on the subject, he would, as he had said before, rest satisfied, at the present period, with such an assurance; tor, though the present Administra tion was not constructed in the way most agreeable to him—though it was not so formed as to enjoy his perfect confidence—still he would not withhold from it that degree of confidence which ought to be give.. to any set of men exercising the important functions of his Majesty's Government.—.(Hear, hear.)—At the same time, he begged leave to claim for himself the right (though he would not push the subject far ther now), at any future time, to criticise, as he might think proper, the statements that might be laid before them on the subject, if they bore any of those features which were attributed to the proceed ings he had referred to. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, from the observa tions of the Right Hon. Gentleman it appeared, that he thought it his duty to call for explanation on cer tain matters respecting the foreign relations of this country; but that, if he understood, from those hold ing responsible situations in the Government, that any disclosure was likely to be attended with ill effects, he would not press the matter at the present moment. He (Lord Castlereagh) had no difficulty in saying, that he was extremely anxious to give every informa- tion consistently with his public duty—but he had as little difficulty in stating, that at the present period, he could not impart information with respect to Swe. den, that would be at all satisfactory to the Right Honourable Gentleman without violating that public duty. He hoped the House would be satisfied 'with what he now stated, that he could not make any disclosure on the subject, without prejudicing the public interest, in the way to which the Right Ho nourable Gentleman had alluded. That the recon ciliation of this country with Denmark had been impeded, was not occasioned by any arrangements with respect to our allies, but arose from the claims of that power, on points intimately connected with the greatness and prosperity of the empire—claims which, he was sure, the Right Hon. Gentleman would himself concur in rejecting. He hoped, before long, a full explanation might be given without injury to the public service. At the present time, however, he put in that claim, as a Member of his Majesty's Government, which the Right Hon. Gentleman had expressed his readiness to admit. Mr. PONSONBY said, he did expect from the Noble Lord's candour, and, resting on that, he hoped to find his expectations fully answered, that no time would he suffered to elapse, more than was absolutely , necessary, before the Noble Lord made known those circumstances to Parliament. It was essential to the honour and interests of the country, that matters of this description should be made known as soon as possible. The Resolutions were then agreed to, and BiliL ordered to be brought in, in conformity therewith. Mr. BANKES moved for an Account of the net produce of Taxes imposed in Ireland, in the yqrs 1809, 1810, 1811, and 1818; together with an Account of the estimated produce of ate same, if such Account could be produced from any Office. Mr. W. FITZGERALD had no objection to the motion, he doubted whether any Office existed in which the estimated amount of the taxes could be found. • The motion was then agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented, ac cording to Act of Parliament, an Account of the charge of Civil List, in the Ist, sth, and Bth classes.—Ordered to be printed. The Right Hon. Gentleman then gave notice, that be would, on this day fortnight, move that those papers be referred to Committee. The Irish Butter Bill vas they read the third time and ra:.c4 Adjourned..