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London, England, 1809-05-13 00:00:00

TREATY WITH SWEDEN.

Mr. CANNING pre/waled a copy of the Subsidiary-
' Treaty 'mastered into between this country send Swe-
den. He thimiest h psychiatry to observe. that 4%
this Treaty had been alluded to 111 His Mott-sty%
speech it would have been prevented when it first
arrived from Stockholm—but eircumdasices hail
occurred, which delayed its production. The
monthly sums stipulated to be paid were only made
good the first three suondis—and as the probability
was, that the treaty would be no farther proceeded
in at present, it was intended in the Committee of
Supply, this eveniug, to propose a vote for that
three inontlip only.
The Treaty was then ordered to lie on the table.
It was afterwards ordered to be referred to the Com-
mittee um Supply.

FOREIGN OFFICERS.
Mr. WHsTSREAU said, be had been induced to
delar a motion, of which he lord given notice, to
euable.a [tight lion. Gentleman to ascertain whe-
ther any objection would be made to it—Nu real
objection could be made, and be would therefore
move for the production of the appointments of Co-
lonel Chartuilly. and other Foreign Officer. in our
service, who, at least, stood in suspicious circum-
stances; they were Roman Catholics, and be
doubted not many of then did not deserve the pa-
trortagr they received—but still he thought the
great majority o ere worthy characters. In 1794,
aheu Col. Chirmilly obtained a- levy to raise fo-
reign .remits coutined in our gaols, .the Duke of
Bedford was refused a commission in a Voliiiiterr
Corps which he had raised, on account of his poli-
tical principles. lie then mowed, io That there he
laid before the "louse a return of all Foreign Offi-
cers holding commissions, with the dates of their
first and preoeut commissiouo--together with the
otttro-tillowarices granted to Olen), the cause why
they were ranted, and the present state of their
'services."
'Lord CctertnocAon said, he certainly. had urged
the lioo.lesesitlemaii to liostpone his amnion ; but
he wee now cousineed, that if such a disclosure
wyre node of all foreign officers, it would be highly

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injurious to individuals. Iu tl:e allowances which
had been granted, clue regard had always been paid
to economy.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that if no 'othcr reason
eduld be given than the evils resulting from a dis-
closure, he should jtersist iu his motion; the norms
which would be disclosed by his proposal were no.
more than what were nu* published -monthly by
authority, therefore the reason given was .rt. reason A
it 1--it was a mere subterfuge. At the time the
'Duke of Bedford was refused u commission f
his political setstisnents, Lord Petre was refused
the command of his tenantry, tun volunteers, he-
cause he was a Raman Catholic.; toot at that time
Col. Charuailly was allowed a levy to revrnit from
prison", Roman Catholics, at a howdy—an extra-
ordinary bounty, where men suit it be suppo..eil to
sulfa to obtain their liberty—at a bounty of 16
guineas a man, and these were afterwards allowed
to go where they pleased. If no other reason were
offered, he should press the House to a divi.ion.
The Caller, was then cleared, when there ap-
peared—
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For the Motion. "9
A;aiust it 54

Majority . . :25
("011N1 ITTEF: 01, SUPPLY.

The Co INCEI.I.Oa Of the ExcilLautm moved,
" That the House go into it Committee of Sup-
ply ;" and Mr. Hos".limns moved, " That the
Swedish Treaty be referral to told Committee."
This being agreed to, the House went into said
Committee, and Mr. linsaissoN moved,
tat. That the sum of soo,oool. be granted to His Miijesty,
to enable him to male good the encasements which His
Majesty has entered into with his >Jieeliau Majesty fur isug.
—Agreed to.
thi. That the sum of ion,onol. he mooed to His Majesty,
to enable him to make pool the advance* to the king of
Sweden, to the amount of the three instalments that had
become& in consequence of the fanner treaty.
Mr. Poissositir inquired in what months of the
year these advances hail been nook ?
Mr. CANNING, aaSafTed, that they had been
made in the months of January, February, and
Mardi. In Its Majesty's speech a hope hail liven
repressed, that Parliament %mild enable hint to
make good the aid stipulated to be granted to His
Swedish Majesty last year. -A treaty was accord-
ingly netocisted for the preseit year, end the three
first months inatahneuts had been paid, and the
treaty had been laid upon the Tait,: hot the
consideration of it had been delaytd, as it was
thought necessary that some subsequent communi-
cations shnuld be wade to the House. Such dint-
cuuuicatinne twing now deViliell It all
cormetiuence of the conditions of the treats being
voided, the further payments were auspetideel.
The ILsolottions acre then agreed to, and the
House resumed, cud the Report ordered to tie re-
ceived ors Monday mkt.
WATS AND MEANS.
The CR ‘NCEI.I.OIt of the EXCIASQUER moved,
" That the House should go into-a Con 111 l ittee of
Ways and deans;' cud Mr.•Husa.issom moved,
Tout the Accounts of the War Taxes be referred
to the said C iiiii nitt tee."

Mr. PARNELL here took occasion to observe;
that on account of the lattlICAS iii the delivery or
the printed papeni relative to this subject, it was
impossible for Members to be su;ficiently acquaint-
ed with them to be able to discuss them, and
therefore he should suggest the propriety of post-
poning the motion that had beeu just mass tuade,
to a more *distant period.
?Ir. IiUSLISIIO:4 answered, that it was impossille,
from the nature of the acconsi•s, gist they could
be laid before Members at an earlier period. They
sv-.2re Very YolUittilitmi, and when the Howe maw-
tiered the great qualitities of papers th.•t had been
printed of late, it was nut at all surprising that the
Budget should be postponed till the I_th of May.
Indeed the practice of former years was to bring it
fora anl before Christmas, or at least before the
of March, No that Gentlemen bail generally
Ices time to woollier the documents than even upon
the present occasion.
Sir JOHN NRWPJUT sug,gested that on such im-
portant matters, copiea of these diAstaintilts in writ-
ing should be laid on the table, for the iiis)re, ion
of Menthe:4i while they were its the baud* of the
hinter.

The SrEsitEis observed that lie suggestion of
the, lion. Baronet was already comistent with the
practice of the Hour, fur duplicates of the pa-
pers had,. by an order of the :sth of Mardi. been
laid upon the table.
After a fre observations from the Chancellor of
the Excheriater„ Mr. Rose, and Mr. Parnell, the
Speaker left the Chair, and the Muse *rut into
a Committee.