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isstie•of those Orders, he would be enabled, he
Lorm, and the 'House also, to judge whether the
tail Orders hid hoer' productive of the present de-
lft:re:we of mercantile and tuaaufactoring
;he wax anxious the account should
the Hags under which the urtieles of
rition were corned into other ports ; and
sae ports from whence these articles were

. said there were some difficulties in
.. z ie return, as the Hon. Mt Mber pro-
,..:' a., far as they related to the Part of Lou-
ie.: setitld be complied with exactly, except
.s. 1:..- circumstance of the flat; under which
,e ~:vict goods were exported; this he feared it
was iiTIPSIAIbIe to comply with. As to the out-
ports, be feared it would scarcely he possible to
5iV4 me House a very accurate list of their exports;
seen as could be given the House should he.ve.-
14 . however, wished the Honourable Member
svo:ski require the returns not to the 13th Murch,
Lot to the 3th of April in each year, since them
were usually returns regularly made of that na--
ture, and to that date, for the use of the office.—
The returns would hence be more ample, and give
no additional trouble.
Mr. Deena Baowaz thouglit it was improper
to comply with the request sat all; siaee it Was
pointing oat, as if by manifesto, the means by
which we carried on our expoet trade into Europe,
all 4 4 fir ports which admitted our goods. which were
tin.' contraband in most parts of the Continent;
Bonaparte would. not fail to avail himself of suck
information to our disadvantage.
After some coavematie.i between
Tile. BAILING, Mr. Rose, .he Cnartecusoa
*fine Exentoutats and Mr, WHITBREAD, the re-
turns were ordered to be made out to the 3th of
April, instead of the kith of March ; and the Mo-
tion•Oassed with ably one dissenting voice.
Lord MMION
,presented a Petition' (rein the
merchants of Kingston, praying :relief from the
°Mem ~surd by His Majesty in Council, and re-
questing they might not pass into a law. His
Lordship said, he took this opportunity of ex-
pressing his dissatisfaction at the Orders stated in
the Petitiou to be the subject of grievalice, and
velment' led them as highly unjust and impolitic.
The Pennon was ordered to heap the table. •
The CHANCELLOIL of the Excueeura said, he
had observed, from unavoidable accidents, l'eti-
tious had so accumulated lately, that there were no
less than five ballsts fixed for the uext week. He
therefhre gave notice he. would, to-morrow, move
tot tie siieelorge of the order as it at present stood.
and ~taive such arraugrinents as might prevent
...s .s. than three standing for each week. As much
1 .1 i. eat also stood for that day, on which an Ho-
•r-.. :.able Member's motion (Mr. Bankes) was to
I. -might before their consideration, he hoped
tbe.aurable Member would have no objection
- . -toe that motion to Monday exit. To this
..., • .ke • a,Jeed..--Ordered.
Iv "i• ' (:41SIENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS.
'4ll.+ltp . use, and addressed the House to
...• etiect ' I have to apologize to the
flit' anloo.is, situations which it may he
GAO I lia".• places; aiyaell In, both in the eyes of
tiiii Hato", sad may 4.lt:ilti V. Yet to none does it
• Appreu ouite critical, more anilions, than to my-
. ' ivit ; : ~,,, o ..old Ibe able to support myself under
...-.grit-.grit of the responsibility which necessarily
' ttit'•hes itself to the charge fonuckst on the m
.0I u-
hb
. i 5..., ties 1 have given notice of for some time past,
did I not feel a confident assurance that the kind-
ness', attention, and indulgence, which have hi-
therto Iset:n afforded to persons iii sitnilar situa-
tioas, would absolve me, in the first instance,
from any thing like arrogance, ir. placing mystlC in
my present situation, and would also support me
in the discharge of the disagreeable task, to which
nothing but the strongest sense of personal duty,
and the charicter and welfare of coy country, should
ever have called me. In some respects. Sir, it is
well, at least for me, that this is a subject already
discussed, in most of its parts. This House has,
under various shapes. considered the late measures
of Government ; I have found my advantage, I
confess in it. Yet will I add. notwithetandieg, the
subject has not yet been sufficiently canvassed, nor
have we, nor yet the country, received that in-
formation which it was to he expected would have
been given to the Nation,
_when the Ministry of
this country had proceeded to trample on the hi-
therto tospected Laws of Nations, and the revered
maxims of morality—when the proud character
of this country has.been disgraced, and the safety,
of the nation endangered. I lament that the pre-
sent inquiry should here become more necessary
from the avowal made by Ministers of their com-
plete satisractiou in the triumphant acclamations
and heartfelt applause they had received for their
late conduct, from the majority in this House,
and No far do they seem to be involved in this
error, that a steady friend of the present Ad-
ministration has confidently asserted, that pp
out of a hundred are perfectly satisfied with the
late nosilaset of Llowassinent respecting the Court
of Copenhagen. It is high time such sentiment*
should be discountenanced, and such eseertions dis-
proved. If 'Mitered: to remain without refutation,
they will he a blot on the proceedings of this House,
and as this House is considered the organ of the
sentiments of the country, they will also continue
an indelible stamp on the fair character and inte-
grity of this great nation. Perhaps something like
an admission, under certain restrictions, of the
possible propriety of the conduct of His Ma-
jesty's Ministers might have been made in the
early part of the inquiry, excited by the late
extraordinary oecurreoets; but it was immediately
declined, after an investigation of the circurnanu wee
and alleged causes of the conduct of oar Govern-
ment had been entered. into. At first it was
thought but justice to suppose Ministers would
bring forward at any moment proofs of the neces-
sity of the line of conduct they had pursued. I low
miserably we hare all been deceived on this sub-
ject, the records of Parliamentary affairs will am-
ply elucidate. When the affair is considered, it
metaled', requires no small ingenuity to palliate, no
trilling evidence to sustain, the chances mule by
Ministers against the kingdom they have outraged
and insulted. lithe midst of profetiel pears, a
mighty annaineut sills towards the shores of one
ancient friends and trusty allies, and is received as
the suserters and vindicators of the common cause.
They throw off first the delicacy of friendship to

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