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IROUSEOF LORDs--ekiDAy, Juin 24.

ROXBURGH APPEAL CAUSE.

Clarke, fir Mr. Beleaden !Kee, and Mr. Broneitla,
for Lady Etim Ker, were heard respecting the ioijertion
taken epos a former day, in regard to their appearance
before the Committee of Privileges, they sot churning the
11.1\lourgb Peerage. Tina Counsel will be heard again to-
tuurrow, ct two Welork.
The British ithite Herring Fishery Bill was read a third
time.
The Scotch Locnl Militia Bill, the Court of SCISIOII Stock
Bill, and the Dehlin Police Bill, passed through Committees.
Mr. M IIAILTO%, and other Members from the Mouse of
Commons, bought up the Irish 'ireasury Bills Bill, the
Coitee Customs Bill, the Carel' Excite Bill, the Brazil Post-
aye Bill, men come others, which were laid upon the Table,
asul ream a Si ct tone.

SOllll. rontine biomes the House teljounted till to-
merry* (Sattada)).

HOUSE OF CO3I3IONS.

The Reprisal Bill was read a third Male and passed, after
souse I' mwersaiaa lietweea SirCnaatzsPoLs aad Mr Hass.
Mr. NVn trent; ti presented the Report of the Lottery
tronimittee, appointed to ascertain the evils 2... saltine from.
Lotteries and whether they did nut overbalance the airs*.
tagm derived to the vouutry in point of Kevenue.—Loid on
the Table, and ordered to be printed.
The Limply Ports Hill was read a third time and passed.
A Message (ram the Lards informed the House that they
lad agreed to the Brasil Trade Bill sad the Herring fishery

The Report of the Comnitspitiners' Meeting Bill was
received and agreed tu, and the BM ordered to be read •
third tine to-morrow
pun the motion of Sir SAMUEL ROVILLY, it A'Alt or.
Aired that there be laid before the House an ace..ant of
the uunibet of trials fur felonious offences, that had takes
glace &slug the last eleven vemss, distiugutihing the saw
hat of cuntictious and acquittals.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report of this
Bill. The'amendinents were read a first and se-
coud time, and on the motion that they be agreed
to
. aMr. %'nertintato roe and addressed the House
to the following purport :—"iSir, as the Session
of Pauliameat is now approaching to a conclusion.
I take the present opportunity of petting to His
Majesty's Ministers a variety of question* respect-
ing the bleariest nerd external retetious or ti... em-
pire. I had intruded, Sir, to pat these questions
upou occasion of the Vote of Credit bring sub-
mitted to the HoUse, but for eireuninauces of
which the House must he aware, and which ren-
dered me apprehensive of drawing on a diecusaion.
which, was at that time to be deprecates!. But,
Sir, there are many other occasions afforded ler
putting questions similar to those to which I have
alluded. I believe that the reception of the Re-
port et' the Appropriatioa hill is one of those op-
portiouities, and therefore Ism induced now to can.
brace it. Sir, the present session has been very
laborious, sand has extenled to a great length.—
As mach business has been done during its con-
tiuminee, as, I believe, was ever done in any pre-
ceding Scream of Parliament. The attendance of
Members has indeed been heavy and assiduot: in
this 'louse, and is therefore entitled to great
credit. It bas alto been similar in the various
Cominittees that have been assembled upon
important subjects. A Report has beets merle
by the Wert podia Committee, upon whiCh a Bill
bas been introduced teat e has passed into a
law ; I shall only hope that it may conduce
to relieve the West India merchants, in the
numnerthat has been predicted. I trust, Sir, that
the other reports which have been mentioned as
having been presented by this Committer, will be
thoroughly investigated, and that to ;he evils
which thee have pointed out, an adequate remedy
will be afforded. Another Committer, who have
sat upon the East India affairs, have already made
great progress in the task committed to their
charge, and l think that the House have a right to
expect that the accounts between that Company
and eioverotnent are finally closed, and that the
former can have tin further claim upon the latter.
Long as the Session of Parliament has been, I be-
lieve that it has been somewhat shortened by the
recommendation made to the East India Company
by a Right Houourable Gentleman opposite (I,lr.
R. Dueller), not to press for any additional loan or
farther annotative during the pn,sent Session of
Portiament. I hope too that the Right Hon.
Gentlenian near him 'Mr. Perce%al) has delibe-
rately consented to this proposition, and that he
will not give way to easy of temporary l'OOVO"--
4sienre that may be made to him during the Re-
cess; the snore especially as earls, in the next Nes-
eine the mutter will he again unVerinir eon-hien-
*ion, when it 11111 be fur the House to de.ide upon
it. The result of the delilieratious of *mother
Committee, of which I was Chairman, has htern
this day presented to the House (the Report or the
Lottery Committee) ; and I call the attention of
the Right Honourable Gentleman, and, if pos- •
Bible, the attention of my successors, to the
nature of that Report; for 1 canner believe,
ghat when the evidence adduced herore that
Committee is read, it will be possible for any
Chancellor of the Exchequer to contemplate the
fraud practised tr some iiidi viduals, and th • misery
mifFer,•,l by other's. as therein developed, and perse-
erre in that anemia' scheme to produce memoir to
the country. Another Committee has bees, PP—
pointed, during the present session, for the third
time, I wean the Comuiittesc tor liumice. Upon

this I have to observe, that Bum the answer made
to a question proposed by one, upon a recent even-
ing, to a Chairman of that Com tent tee.(3lr. Ilankes)
there is reuses to fear that .the public can have
little or no huge of sleriviag any farther infoi ela-
tion during the present scesioa. Whatever he, the
masons that produce this delay, it is not for ui to
ascertain. 'the Iltmourable Chairman informed
the House distinctly, that as far us lay with him the
Report was in pi:par:thou, and ready to•be present-
ed before the Easter recess. Whether the power
111141 constitution of that Committee be such as to
render useless the endeavoars and exertions of the
most assiduous of its Members, or whether smile
other myeterious impediments have retarded the
production of that Report, are tuutters which may
e developed in the uext session of Purliameet,
when thew abuses that latve met with the pub-
lie dieupprubatou must be removed. Sir, I ant
happy to say, that there is one part of our situation,
which, at the present nems rid, we are fortunately en-
abled to contemplate with /I greater degree of 'sa-
tisfaction then at any period during a consideruble
*lumber of years past ; 1 mean the state of Ireland.
This is not owing certainly to any thing that has
been done, but to the reception experienced, in
House, during the preseut Session, by a motion
made by my Right Honourable Friend
(Mr. Grattan). That circumstance, Sir, hiss dif-
fused a calm over Irelaftd, which has nut been tilt
there for many years, which tends to slew by what
small efforts of conciliation it is possible to do away,
in that country, all feelings of hostility, of distrust,
or regret ; and I trust that by the measures of fu-
ture sessions of Parliament, this favourable im-
pression will be considerably increased. I think it
14 but fair, at the conclusion of a session of
Parliament, to knife/ some particulars as to the
success of a measure that was contested with much
eagerness in this House, and carried by consider-
able majorities in Parliament, for the pre-
servation of the trade of the country—l mean
the Orders in Council. It is necessary to know
whether hlembere, who disapproved of those melt-
suses, may be able to go back to their constituents,
and say, that happily they had been mistaken as to
the consequences resulting from them, for they
have tomes' out to be highly betteliciel to the trade
of the country ? It wan said by the supporters of
these measures, that the impression a hick would be
produced by them upon the enemy, world be so
great, as to put as in a situation to make peace
upon more advantageous terms. I should like to
know from the Right lion. Gentleman opposite,
what has been their real effect, and whether he has
executed his favourite Orders in Council, or whe-
ther, by the system of licenses, those Orders have
been demoted from ? The Right Hon. Gentleman
must know, that it is convenient for the House that
answers should be given to such questions as these,
sad- I think I am adopting what appears to one to
be the most convenient form of coming at an expla-
nation upon this subject. in the mean time, he
must be well aware, that the pressure produced
upon oar manufacturers, from the stagnation
of our trade, has created inconveniences in
some of oar counties. 1 trust that no alarm
has been excited, but rather a spirit of comitii.e-
ration for their misfortunes, and that a due dis-
tinction can he made between tumults that arise
from 0410 cause and those that arise from anothor.
I should hope that every feeling of lenity and every
disposition to pity the pennies wise have been driven
to manifest a spirit that name be repressed, will be
shown by the Government of the country, and that
no motives will be attributed to their conduct, but
those which do actually exist. There are two other
points to which I wish to call the attention of the
Right lion. Gentleman—l mean Sweden and Ame-
rica. I should like to know what is our situation
as to the Aniericau Government ? If we may trust
to the information that comes to as all alike
through the newspapers, Coliseum has been ells-
missed, the embargo has not been withdrawn,
and there ran he no expectetion of any relaxation
of it in reglad to us. iVith regard to the expe-
ditions that bad been of late fitted out, I
hope it will he found that their object has
been well considered, slid I trust that the
result will be glorious to the Commanders of
the armies, and for Britain. With. regard to Swe-
den, however, an expedition has been, according to
common report, lying idle for a considerable time
pest in the ports of that kingdom. I shall be
glad to have some information upon this subject.
It appears that the command of it was given to
an Officer, whose appointment, no doubt, meets
with general satisfaction—Sir John Moore. But
it appears that such en appointment must have
been merely accidental, and consequently it is
probable that some accidental delay was occasioned. •
fire arrival of that Officer from Sicily was so little
expected, that whoa he reached the English shore
the King's Ministers had no knowledge of his
cowing. It appears, however, that he had left
Sicily, accompanied with a force of ten thousand
men, notwithstanding the great importance of that
island being left in a state of defeats. Whether
this arose from any error, lam not as yet halo:weed ;
but of this I am certain, that if that Officer was
recalled from Sicily, upon any other duty, in a
quarter not so distant from it as this country,
lie should, after its accomplishment, have been
ordered to return to Sicily, instead of leaving
that island in a state of insufficient defence, and ly-
ing idle at the ports of Sweden. One must con-
ceive, after the manner in which Ministers
had spoken of the King of .Sweden at the time
of discussing the Swedish treaty, that when an ex-
peslitiois was to be be sent for his assistance, there
would have been some understanding between the
parties as to the manner is which the troops were
to have been employed. It was, however, sur-
prising to hear, that the Quarter-master of the
army so 'sent had to return to England to learn
what was to be done, and even after being seta
hack to the fleet, Sir John Moore had to Set off to
Sioekholm, in order to know wlsat he was to do. As,
from commercial concerns with Sweden, we were as-
sured that we might place our reliance upon the
trade of the country not being defeated in that
quarter by the operation of the Orders in Coun-
cil, but that, on the contrary, His Swedish
Majesty would unite with us its giving them effect;
the Right Honourable ( ientleman said, he trusted
to the getierosity of the King of Sweden, and that
we would have tin reason to complain of his not
having adopted farther *tip:ll4l4ms regarding these

orders. Without stating any tiling further as to
the Ketierul state of the country, 1 *hull only ob-
serve, that } still adhere tollie motion which 1 made
upon the twent;--niath of February lad; relative to
the propriety of this country entering into 'sego-
eiations for peace. It is nut evil.. 11,1 W th•gradiug
to ifs to air terms of peace to I rime, hut, on the
eontrary, it appears to me to be highly proper, and
I cannot anticipate any circumstances that %mild
render it inexpedient at this moment, to open ne-
gociutioos for that purpose. 1 hare to upoloAi4t: to
the House for having detained them so look upon
this ►uitject, but I deemed it toy duty to intil,tace
this opportunity of putting these questions to i-
nisters, us the session is tiow s,t flier ii 1141,,e."
Mr. Secretary CatiNiN,.•—" Sir, the 1/oti. Oro-

tleinan need have ofiered uu apology for imams;
the inquiries he has made, ask as by no memo. the
wish of 'Ministers to shrink from making such uo-
swers us are in their power. I shall rttdearuur to
meet the qustions that he has put b• me in parti-
cular, end in doing so I bindl howls with rho.r
which he concluded his speech. lie has I spre;sed
surprise, shut the army sent to the hilig of Swrden
not bore commenced its acti‘ie operatious.

'Fite answer is such as is 'to lx tbnud in the very
prop s o ition which he states, Daniel% , that this ur-
'amorist ass to co-operate with an , nail Liaise-
queutly its operations must depend upon the pious
41141 loarticalur situation of that Ally at the time such
armament was sent. It is undoubtedly true, that
since the sailing of that expedition tutssidcrable
changes had taken phase in the military operations
awl councils of that country--clumges which led
to the corocquences which followed. If there is
any blame at all attachable to Al Misters, it cannot be
that they waited too .long, nor that they seat assist-
ance too 111 ,on. Ile has asked another question, re-
lative to the gallant officer having come from Sicily,
anti leaving that place in a state of insufficient de-
feace. To this I may simmer, that he was removed
from that island to Gibraltar, last year, whets the
presence of an army at that place was deemed
likely to aid in certain operations, relative to Por-
tugal. In point of fact, Sir John Moore arrived at.
Gibraltar at the end of November, when the Royal
Family of Portugal had emigrated two days pre-
vious to his arrival. Upon this event taking place,
he was ordered to return home. Now, as to the
policy of his having left Sicily with a reduced gar.
roots, 1 agree with the Honourable Gentleman,
that when it is possible to have • great force
stationed every where worthy of defence, it was
advisable to do so ; but I may observe, at the
same time, that in military matters there must be
some risk incurred upon particular occasions, and
it comes to be a matter worthy of cousideration,what
quarter should he [Eft most vacant? It had accord-
ingly been determined, that it wcalsl be most ad-
visable to weaken, for a time, Sicily, and employ
that force in the mode 1 have stated. With re-
•gard to Sweden, the Honourable Gentleman has
asked, whether there has been any security obtain-
ed for her co-operation in the commercial views of
this country, in consequence of our Orders in Coun-
cil ? I. have no doubt hut this particular is, by
this time, matter of positive stipulation, in conse-
quence of the act of this session in Parliament re-
lative to the Swedish treaty. It was then only
stated as a matter of expectation ; it had since
been carried into effect on the part of Sweden,
even without positive stipulation ; hut at the seine
time it was thought best to secure its performance
byan instrument, and I have no doubt that that in-
strouteut has been signed. The third point touched
upon was with regard to our relat. . with Ame-
rica. Ile is no doubt in poswssiots of all that has
occurred, by the publication of the American pa-
pers. If the Hon. Gentleman had thought it wise
to call for the production of any of those papers,
he would have show so ; but, I suppose, he had
been convinced of the impropriety of Parliament
expressing an of • 'on upon a transaction pending
a negotiation. I can assure him and the House,