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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lonn Envrcikr s‘tid, the restitution of the Danish vessels was
n matter of strict justice, upon the plea of the necessity urged
for their seizure.
In the sequel of the debate, Lords Ilawkesbury and Mulgrave
opposed the 'notion, and Lord tirenville supported it: Lord
Sidm:►uth having spoken in reply, it was neg.:liked ; on a divi-
sion, by a majority of 105 to 51, proxies included.—Mjourned.

FEB. 91.

Top SrC4hru then put the question on the first and second
motions, which were carried. On the third motion being put,
it was withdrawn. The fourth motion was for copies of the
letters of Lord Vincent and Lord Roslyn after the audience of
leave with the l'rince Regent of Portugal. Oil this the House
divided, when the motion was lost by 142 to 82.
On our re-admission, Lord Petty moved an AddreFs to his
Majesty, for a Copy of such communications has had taken
place between Government and the United States, relative to a
Treaty. with these States.—Ordered.
1)1.. Lawrence moved an Address to his Majesty, for a Unity
of a Dispatch from his Minister in America, containing a Mes-
sage purporting to be a Message Irmo the President to the two
Houses of Congress in America, dated Feb. 19, ital.—Ordered.
Adjourned.
TUESDA Y, rein 16.
Priirruir. pre,ented an .Account of the number of Ei,
ceases granted to Neutral Ships. for carrying oil the Foreign
Trade since the commencement of hostilities with France, until
the end of November last.—Ordered to be printed.
31n Rost.: brought tip the Report of the Committee of Supply,
granting an issue of ten millions five hundred thousand pounds
by loans on Exchequer Bills, towards the service of the year.
l'he resolution was agreed to and a Bill was ordered accord-
iugly.
On the third reading of the Malt, PeasioAs and offices Mule.;
Bill, Sir J. Newport moved, that the pensioas payable to iha
widows of military officers he paid free of all deductions, as the
pension~ to widow,: of naval officers. The amendment was
agreed to. The Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mn. WiIITBUERO rose, to move for certain papers, inti-
mately comtected with the discussion of w hit b be had given
nice for Monday week, and observed that Ministers, after
their meinorable transactions of last summer, liatl given various
extracts from dispatches of some importance upon the various
enterprizes they had set on foot. It, however, consisted with
his knowledge that they were in possession of ioforination of
a nature peculiarly important and deeply interesting, he meant
upon the intended mediation of Austria bet is een this country anti
France. Ile also intended to move for a copy ola eons ersatioa
that took place between the Emperor of Russia and Lord
Ilutchinsoo, on the subject of that Sovereign mediating for
Great Britain. The Secretary of Stale had roundly asserted,
that no such conversation ought to he ;given; he bad also said
that, were it produced, it would afford an instance of a viola-
thin of faith such as never had been heard of before. The Iti;.:ht
lion. Secretary set himself up as the champion of all the So-
vereigns in Europe. The French Nlinisler-, by the influence
and authority of their Master, waited upom Monarchs in their
w hile our Ministers were is tilting in the anti-chambers,
and saw the French Ministers pass. They naturally did not
relish this indignity ; and at Petershurgh they wished to be put
on the same foisting. After alluding to Budberg's note to Lord
G. L. Gower. laying blame on this country for not according a
military assistance, he concluded by moving for a variety of do-
cuments, the first of which was an Address to his Majesty for
copies or extracts of any dispatches received by the Secretary
of State from the British Envoy at Vienna, in regard to the
mediation of Austria between Great Britain and France.
Loan G. 1.. Goren,: stated, that he had* received the Note
alluded to from General Budherg; the contents, he understood,
were kiloton to his Imperial Majesty, and he knew that his Ma-
jesty's Ministers at home were in possession of ample means to
state, in reply to that Note.
MR. C4NNINO said, that from what had been stated by the
Noble Lord, he trusted the lion. Gentleman would be convinced
of the imprapriety of such motions, and he hoped that the con-
versations of foreign Sovereigns with uunceredited agents would
no longer be attempted to) be called for. The Hon. Gentleman
was under a mistake in supposing Lord Hutchinson to have been
an accredited agent. llis Lordship was Mt sueh person ; he
had visited Petersburgh merely from motives of curiosity. It
would now appear, that COMMlthications from foreign Sovereigns
were not to be made to Ministers, fit or worthy to be intrusted
with theta, but they were to be made to travellers. It was
now stated, that a communication in a private letter was a thing
proper to be laid before the House. lie should be much sur-
prised to see the private letter he had received from the Noble
Lord entered on the Journals, and classed among the archives
and records of the House. Some of the papers moved for could
not be presented for a very simple reason. M. Alopeus stated
to the late Ministers several places where it was important a
diversion by British troops might be made, in order to distract
the enemys attention. All these suggestions were neglected,