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41‘ the Scotch appeal caus,,,j Riches n. Trails. Mr.
Gaut o as beard un the part ot tbc A ppcUant, and Ms, Adams
rue the Respoenient, mid Ital tardier consideration postponed
undl H'sdnionlui nest. • • • •
Win. Irving, For InersereriGanaril of Imparts sad Es-
parta, *primal at this bar at the House, and prevented
Papers ,oesitainiag an account of all reaerii which had Lenin
compelled tar eater into ports belonging to timatAsia, is
cuasequenee of dos Orders ironed by His Majesty in Ciao ell,
t.gether w rtb tic ports fru& *hence they sod sailed, 1111.4
the pLU.e.II 44 their tecatinatiot ; which areas ordersil to lie as
Hied' Lordship•ldaiVie

land *owlets rose and addressed the House.
,le had been informed that pievioas to the *Olin
of onr late expedition. to t fie Baltic, or the apeu -
declaration of hostilitiPs by this country optima
Denmark, a coasideraisle number of Leashes Inas-
tert of vessels. had applied 'to the Dauieh Lusa):
her... to **certain 'whether there did exist em tha
.part of the panish Governineur atiyappulieueion
..sottasAtual ''' - ida.thii v:01;co* 2. 1:0114;.0),
made bjr . cwt, Ices the resident Charge srrifi•
/sires here, was, that they had nothiag to fear.,at.d
might preterit iii cons pleting their cargoes. Under the
4..ouvietiou thisttlirs information wad fofloded oaths
best authority. vii. the pledge of the British Ili-
uistry, they proceeded to accomplish the purposes
of their respective voyages. Shortly after the sail-
ing of. our fleet for Copenhagen, the vessels of
Derun'ark is our ports were laid under etnleirgo,
and though several of them had made appeals, and
douse had obtained decisious in their favour against
the arrest, in consequence of the late Orders of
Council, these vesaels had been condemned as
drafts of Admiralty. He olniervel that this conduct
was very dinerent from that which had been oh-
served to other nations in similar situations. 'l'he
Hutch vessels, detained in consequence of an cm-
' lastgo.laid Ou prior to the commencement of the
late war, had not been included within the droits
of Admiralty. He had, brawls!, been assured the
property velsed in this manner had amounted to
near two millions sterling. He was anxious to know
from the Noble Secretary of State, whether the
facts he had stated were correct • but he was more
particularly malicious to know, whether the Govern-
ment of this couutry had proceeded to treat the
jailors taken 'ori boarct those vessels as prisoners of
war ? • Ha 41141 satisfied this required an immediate
'visitation, as the honour of the country, as well
as its huassuity, were et stake, if we had not only . .
contewated the' properties., but also made prisooere
of the subjects of oaf oliy, who were unfairly sur-
prised ia our harbours, by an act of unprecedented
tie astice.
Lord Hswee.laywr assured the Nolde Lord
tbere,hed been no nere rigorous taeasnrui resorted,
to •towands Denmark, than were used in other
ce4eard embargo, preeedl icy declaration of rear.
'rite (it `+J
..Dgn •at had beets )(lady lite.•
felted in eceisegireiee" -rdeieheifitirti of *Sr. •
and her subjects made priaciners • to diem thine
had been do unusual rigour displayed. An offer of. •
acarta had been wade on onr part, which had been
refuted on theirs, and from :the line of conduct
pursued 'by Government be this? unprecedented
occasion, he 'piped the country would he' enabled
to draw- the Sidiel4nistificittion of those acts why
they had been -grimpelTed to 'adopt, froiii the
tical native ,9f the situation/ft which this Ciu-stilitry
was then placed.
The Earl of Seetotit wished to know to what
pvinmoothe larv_rums of money derived from these
tondemiations 'ha been applied; to the imme-
diate defence of the country, or to
‘tsevr project* of
figpurafid inlerprize?
lArd*Hawev.ssuair'replied, that the manner of
.their application .would, Ise dull explattled at the
prtgwx seashb ;• hes however. dashed to kaferm the
House, the sum amot.ionect had twee extravagantly
exaggerated- .. , ,
Lord Stationsadmitted he had no very cer-
tain information ; what • he had heard he had
stated r he. however, wished for the earliest infor-
mation on the subject.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The Earl of Lau DEIILDALF tose, purulent to notice.
to-more forcepies or eatractsofsuth correepondence
as had taken place between His Majesty's Govern-
ment and His Majesty's,.lllies, relative to the mum
effectual enforcement of the late Orders, issued by
His Majesty in Council. . This nilitimitiott he
thought rt 'releaser) the House. should be in pos-
session of. sigeetoc,cuoliug to the present arrange-
ments made by the late Orders of Council, the
colonial mod,* had been refused admisaine to the
Continua by our own'vesael., yet this was per-
mitted to be introdisce&into Sweden. by means of
neutrals touching first at some vans of tins cone-
tr., and paying herecertain duties us the careoes.
This e. effect went to discountge our own trade,
and leave in the heads of neutrals alone the meal.,
••f sit:plying the Coninent through die port of
Gott' elrgli. On au: h a selijects he sal ,
it.: cut.c..iv,d it ahead needless to insist upon the
propriety of granting the House information, if
such d:d not interfere with the public service.
In this motion he was suyperted by Earl Gass..
Lnrds 1 lottssn and ALCILLAKO.
head Ilawatsau al, replied, that from the abuts..
dance- of information, both verbal and *Fitton,
which 'ea I Berri given to their Lordships and the
other House of Parliament, he wee of opinion Caro
tertainly did exist no necessity for more ; but, how-
ever this was his private opinion, he should feel no
ohjectieu to gratify their Lorffships whites, were he
not convinctsl that such a compliance would Le
attended with injury to our allies, real detriment
to the service of - ths country •, he, timers-fore, re-
quested she Netile hoed would withdraw his sue-
tion. The. sn. tion was accordingly withdrawn.
The Earl. f LA t: LPERDA LS then moved... That an
' '--... ly 'L. 4.- His 31..jeste, tee