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FOREIGN TREATIES.

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Lord MULO RAVE said, lie was commanded by
His Majesty to lay befor'e the House Copies of Trea,
ties entered into beb.veen His Majesty and the King
of. Sweden, and the Emperor of RuSsia; and also of I
the accession thereto of the Emperor of
.c;ermany
and AuStria. He wished there had been a fuller at-
tendance of their Lordships, in order that be might
have fully explained tl‘e reasons of, expediency and
necess'ATl,lchich be conceived to exist for withhold,-
certain articles which formed parts of those Trea-
ties. This explanation he should, under the present
circumstances, reserve until the remainder of the
document's should be laid on their Lordships' Table.
He thought it his duty, however, to state now to
their LOrdships, that to the Treaty of St. Petersburgh,
as it now existed, or at least as it came to this Coun
try, there were attached fifteen Supplementary Ar-
ticles, oftbese the Tenth Article was never ratified ;
it was of coarse; therefore, nugatory, and of no
; pf the remaining Articles,' the second, fifth,
seventh, andTninth,• contained recitals, the publica-
tion of whjch might be injurious to the welfare or,
the safety of other nations ; and, therefore, it had
been thought expedient to withhold them. He
could, at ,tbe same time, assure their Lordships,
that the Articles he had just alluded to were
merely conditional and prospe&ive, and did not
bear upon any of the points of the question re-
spe&ing the late transa&ions upon the Conti-
nent, which their Lordships would have to discuss.
With respeCt to the propriety of withholding these
articles, he was convinced no other motive could be
imputed to himself' and those with whom be bad
the honour. to 'ael, than a desire to do nothing that
should be in the least detrimental to any of those
Powers to'whom the Treaties referred. They could,
indeed, have no other motive, as those who, in all
hurban probability, would shortly succeed to the
offices occupied by himself and his,colleagues, would
have an opportunity of investigating the documents
themselves, and of judging whether or not His Ma-
je Sty's present Ministers had been ae-tuated by a pro-
per caution in withholding:- them. .With some Of
those Noble Lords who Would probably soon succeed
to office, he had not the honour of being personally,.
acquainted—with respeCt to others, he could rely,
, most confidently upon their candour andjustice, and
even if they should be convinced that his Majesty's
present. Ministers had been too cautious in, this in-
stance, he was satisfied they would .do ample justice
to the purity of the motives ,which actuated himself
and his colleagues when they inspeeted the docu-
ments which were now withheld; and which would
then come into their possession. He was at the
same time most anxious that every document which-
could with safety or propriety be produced, should
be laid before the House, in order that the whole of
the late transactions on the Continent Might be
fully- developed and laid open for discussion. He:
3.1 as ready to admit that the unfortunate issue of the
fate events on the Continent, that the unfortunate
transaaion which put a period to the hopes derived
.from the employment of vast resources, demanded
investigation ; but he was equally ready to declare
that His Majesty's Ministers did not shrink from
the. discussion ; that they ,wished to meet it fairly
and fully in every part. It was still more his anxious
wish that the discussion might take place, in order
that the cliamaer of that illUstrious Statesman, that
earnest and
_anxious
,patriot, whose loss they all
deeply deplored, might be fully cleared, as it un-
doubtedly would be, from any imputation arising
from the contemplation of the late unfortunate.
events on the 'continent. He was fully convinced
that the result of such a discussion would ,be a
thorough justification of the plans of His Majesty's
Ministers, and a complete refutation of every attack
made upoli that illustrious Statesman, in consequence
Of the unfortunate issue of a well-concerted plan.—
He should:decline entering into any thrther discus-
sion of the subject at present; when the Papers were
printed a day, would probably be fixed for the inves-
tigation..of. the subje&, when he should enter at
large into its consideration.
The Papers were then ordered to lie on the Table.
The Duke of Norfolk. urged the necessity of their
being printed. Lord Hawkesbury replied, that be-
ing 12.;Li .before the. House by His ]Niajesty's cola;
Mand, they would be printed by the King's order.

TO LORD COLLINGWOOD AND SIR

RICHARD STRAC,HAN.

Lord TIATYKESBURY said, he rose in pursuance
,cif the,potice he had given on the first day of :the
'Seision, to, move the Thanks of the House to Vice-
.. Lord ColEngwood, and the Officers and
tie:amen-under the command 'of-the late Viscount
Nelsen, at the period of gaining the late most. signal
Victory ofl.' Cape Trafalgar. *fore he entered ,ipon
the immediate objeal of hiS Motion, he felt himself
called upon to iiay that tribute to the memory of that
illn4rious Commander, Lord Nelson, to which his
cminen't services SQ justly entitled him. Untbrtu-
irately they had to deplore the loss, in the• short
iince pi-three months, of two of the' greatest mili-
pry and, political Charaders this Country ever pro-.
duced, and both nearly at-the same age. With re-.
lipeert to. the latter, he.wduld not tioN.v say any thing,
as the subieet was in some measure 'foreign to the
present diScussion.. In,- taking a brief revibw of the
tervices of the late Lord Nelson, he could not help
ohaervltig, that he was early formed to the Naval
Service, under the auspices of one of the ablest men
61 that period, 'one whom he (Lord Hawkesbury)
and.eSteemed, he meant the late Constantine,
Lord Mulgrave,' with whom Lord, Nelson went on
4 voyage towards the. North Pole. The .abilities of
the lack Lord Nelson were early discovered; and
eery . opportunity was given
,for their, exertion by
Lord Heed, by Sir Peter Parker, Earl St. Vincent,
and 'other distinguished 'Officers, , Whc; derived the
highcst honour from that penetration, which
i‘tonce,tlie splendid talents of Lord Nelson, and af-
foroea every means of those, abilities being' exerted
for.th.abenefit al'id advantage of their' Coun .
try
of
Nelson' devoted himself With ardent and pa,
zeal se:11-,:i6es formed

a 30;cegsipn of thetOost splendid and brilliant
achievements that ever *were performed by any indi-
vidual, in any country. That illustrions Commander
seemed to derive a new spirit from every • success,
which incited him to gain a still greater and
.mcire
splendid, victory. Thus, of the three great victories
which he obtained, each exceeded the other in splen-
dour ; and it was justly said of him by an illustrious
Statesman, whose hiss they had. now to la-
meat, that the Vielory of Trafalgar bOre the
same relative proportion to the Viclory of Co-
penhagen, 014 t tbe latter did to the Victory
of Aboukir, which was, at. the period it was ob-
tained, the greatest victory that had then ever been
,achieved : the dualities which constituted a great
Commander, were possessed, in the tidiest force and
effea, by the late Lord Nelson. That Noble Lord
foresaw and provided against every contingency, not
merely fornung hi,s own plans to suit almost' every .
possible event, but making them at once understood
by every Captain who served under him ; thus in
the heat of AC-69n they were prepared for whatever
circumstances occurred, every one havine, for his
guide a well-digested and thoroughly understood
plan for every situation in which he might find him-
self placed. • Prompt and,decisive, his orders had an
eleCtrical effeEt upon those who served under him,
whilst his conduct inspired them with an unlimited
confidence in their Commander. On every occasion
he evinced-that decision and energy which were the
true characteristics of a great mind: merely to quote
one instance, that, of the battle of Copenhagen,
than which nothing could more forcibly shew-the
benefits resulting from presence of mind and deci-
sion in a Commander. Every other quality of a
great Commander were possessed by Lord Nelson,
who,' by his liberal treatment of those who served
under him, inspired them with esteem for him as
a man, in equal 'degree to that unlimited confidence
which they had in him as aCommander. Formidable
to' the Enemies of his CountrY in battle, he dis-
played towards them afterwards the most amiable
humanity. In thus attempting to do justice to the
charaCter of Lord Nelson, he was conscious he had
drawn but a feeble outline of that illustrious Corn-
,'
mander, whOse loss could not be sufficiently la-
mented. It was, however, some consolation that
such a man must, in the coUrse of his professional
life, have formed others with similar views 'and si-
milar dispositions, eager to emulate his brilliant ex-
ploits, and to whose future exertions the Country
might look forward with confident expeetation.—
From his gallant- successor every thing might be
expeeted, if an opportunity was aflbrdeql, that bra-
'very and skill could effeCt. Lord Collingwood had
served for a considerable "period with Lord Nelson, ,
and was.by that Noble Lord particularly esteemed.
Lord Nelson, on sailing to take the command
of the Fleet off Cadi, expressed his satisfaCtion in
the strongest terms, that he was going to take the
commandof a Fleet whichwas under the charge of so
brave and excellent an officer as Adm. Collingwood.
The exertions of Lord Collingwood after the ACtion
of Trafalgar, demanded the highest praise. Not-
* withstanding one of the most tremendous storms
that had ever been witnessed, every Ship of the
British Fleet was preserved from its effeets, and the
captured Ships of the Enemy destroyed ; the whole
forming one of the most admirable examples of what
• could be- effected by the skill, the coolness, and
the intrepidity of the British Navy. After making
the Motion Of Thanks to Lord Collingwood, and
the Officers and Seamen under his command, he
intended also to move the Thanks of the House to
Captain, now Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan :
the victory gained by whom was certainly a great
and important one to the Country. Coming so soon
after the glorious Victory of Trafalgar, it was by
that splendid achievement somewhat eclipsed; but
he believed there was no former instance of such a
, ViCtory having been gained where our force and that
of the Enemy were equal. Sir. R. Strachan 'had
also served with Lord Nelson, and was highly es-
teemed by that gallant Commander. The Noble
;Lord concluded with moving, in the usual terms,
for the Thanks of the House to Vice-Admiral Lord
Collingwood, Rear-Admiral the Earl of Northesk;
and the Captains, Officers, Seathen, and Royal
Marines under the command of the late • Lord
Nelson.
The Duke of CLARE ATE said he would not
move any Amendment to the Motion proposed by
the Noble Lord ; but he had framed Motions upon
the same subject, which' he would read; and which,
if the Noble Lord consented, might be incorporated
with or substituted for the Motions of the Noble
Secretary of State. He did not wish, however, to
disturb in the least the unanimity which he trusted
would.prevail upon such an occasion. He heartily
concurred with the Noble Lord in every eulogium
whicb he had passed upon the charader and con-
duct of the late Viscount Nelson, with whom, as
he stated yesterday, he had been in habits of the
most intimate friendship. His Royal Highness en-
tered into.a brief historical Narrative of the profes-
sional life of Lord Nelson, praising highly that de-
cittion which prompted him to, sail to the West
Indies in quest of the French Fleet, who were
frightened from thence at the terror of his name,
Lord Nelson, he observed, in addition to all the
great qualities of a Conimander,• had a most fervent
sense of religion, and always evinced the most ex-
emplary piety. He had in his possession a paper
containing, he believed, the last words that Lord
Nelson wrote. His Royal Highness read to the
House the paper, which .was a fervent prayer to the
Almighty to grant a Victory to his Country. His
Royal Highness then read the Motion which he had
previously drawn up, and which went to thank Lord
Collingwood in detail for his prompt obedience to the
orders of Lord Nelson, for his gallant exertions &Ir-
. ingilie Engagement, and for his conduit after the
ACtion in destroying the captured Ships.
Lord Viscount HOOD expressed his entire con-
! currence with the ealogium which had been passed
by the Noble Lord (Hawkesbury) on Ole character
and conduct of the late Lord Nelson, for whom he
ever had .the highest esteem, apd whose loss he
deeply deplored. He derived some consolation,
however, from the high character of Lord Coiling-
woOd, whO,'he Was convinced, if an opportunity
offered, would prove himself another 'Nei son:

Lord HAUWESBURY doubted the Propriety of
tlioMotion proposed by the Illustrious Duke, as by
44-being in that •dctailed s`aape it might embarrass
the House upon future c'ee,igns of a similar nature.
It Tad besicis been the constant pra6tice to pass such
vote s_in gene;-al It,
_however, thr.;

• .
Dake..wished to press the latter part of his Mo;inn,
respeaing the aoaduca of Lo,rd, CollingwOod aftter
the Mtion, he would not objeCt to it.
The Duke (j. CLARENCE expressed his willing-
ness to give up the former part of his Motion, but
thought the latter part, respecting the destruaion of
the captured Ships, should be incorporated with the
Motion of the Noble Lord. He believed there was
a precedent for an Amendinent to a-Motion of this
nature, in , the case of the Vote of Thanks to a Noble
Friend of his near him (Lord St. Vincent). He saw
however another Noble Lord in his place (Lord
Spencer,) who perhaps recolleCted the circunistance.
Earl SPENCER said, be had no recolle&ion of
the circumstance alluded to by the'illustriocts Duke,
and not being aware that such a point would come
into discussion, he had had no opportunity of refresh-
ing his memory. He was glad, however, that ,the
allusion of the illustrious Duke, in calling him up,
had giveh him an opportunity of not-giving a silent
vote upon this occasion. He concurred in every eu-
logium that had been passed upon the late Lord.
Nelson, and would not, theiefore, detain the House
by urging over again what had be-eh so ably stated by
the Noble Lord (Hawkesbury). ---, • .
'Lord Viscount Su:mourn thought that some no-
tice ought to be taken in the Vote of Thanks of the
echidna of Lord Colling.wood, after the action, as the
destruCtion of the Captured Ships was a special and
separate service, for which that Noble Lord deserved
the highest praise.
After some further conversation between the Duke
of CLARENCE and Lord HAWKESBURY, it was at
length agreed, to add to the Vote of Thanks to Lord
-CollingWood, for his exertiqns dUring the Engage-
ment, and alSo for his condu& after the. Anion."
The next Motion was also altered, on the bug,
gestion of. the Duke of CLARENCE, for the purpose
of giving separate Thanks to bear-Admiral the- Earl
of Nortliesk, who was the only other Flag Officer
in the-Fleet.

The whole of the Motions for Thanks to Lord
Collingwood, the Earl of Northesk, the Captains,
Officers, Seamen, and Royal Marines, of the Fleet
under the command of the late Lord Viscount Nel-
son, then passed nem. dis.
Lord FIAWKESBURY then moved the 'Thanks of
the House to.. Captain, now Rear-Admiral Sir
Richard &radian, and the Officers, Seamen, and
Royal Marines 'of the Squadron under his command.
The Duke of NORFOLK, as the subje& of
Thanks to Naval Officers was before the House,
wished to say a few words, which he was sorry be
.had not the happiness to-address to more Peers than
were then in the House. There was a Commander,
who though he had not. the opportunity of gaining'
a splendid vi&ory, yet, in his opinion, deserved the
Thanks of Parliament for his patient and unwearied
attention to the duties of the situation in which he
had been placed, and in which he had continued
year after year, and storm after storm : he meant the
gallant Admiral Corn Wallis. There was also another'
subje& which he wished to allude to, although he
should be sorry if any uneasiness should be created
by his allusion, he meant the services Of Sir•Ro.
bert Calder. That Commander had gained a vic-•
tory, which at .the time was thought important;
and though he was aware that the merit of that
viaory might be supposed to be done' away by the
• subsequent sentence of a Court. Martial, he yet
could not help thinking that Sir Robert Calder was
• entitled to the Thanks of the House for what .he
did effect. He spoke upon this subject as a •land-
man, and he did not mean to throw the slightest
imputation upon the Court Martial by whom Sir R.
Calder was tried. ,

Earl ST. V. AtENT said a few words in . a
very low tone of voice, In praise, as we understood,
of Sir Robert Calder's condua whilst that Officer
served under him. We also understood him to say
that it would not be for thehenefit of his Majesty's
Naval Service to discuss the subjea alluded to by the
Noble-Duke. - -

The Motions were then tarried nein. dis. and
the whole of them were ordered. to be commit,-
nicated by the LORD. CHANCELLOR to the re-
speetlye Commanders.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28.
NAVAL PAPERS.

Mr. JEFFERY (of Poole) rose pursuant to notice
to move that the Order of Wednesday last, for print-
ing certain Papers moved for by Admiral Markham,
for the purpose of vindicating Earl St. Vincent from
the charges brought against, him by Mr. Jeffery, be
discharged. This Motion the Hon. Member sup-
ported principally On the ground of the great length
of the Papers andthat procrastination and delay
was the only obje& in view in producing them, as
they did not at all bear pa the points in disputf:. In
the event'of his succeeding in this Motion, the Hon.
Member stated it to be his intention to move, that
the Papers be referred to a Sele& Committee to ex-
amine the same, and report what part of them bore
on the question, and ought to be printed.
Admiral MARKHAM, fr. TIERNEY, Mr. PETER
MOORE, and Mr. Serjeant BEST, expressed their
astonishment at the line of condu& adopted by the
Hon. Mover, NOt contented with bringing forward
general charges of a serious nature against a Noble
Lord, and moving for a variety of Papers to .sub
stantiate those charges, he now, wished to arrogate
to himself the province of judging what Papers ought
to be allowed to be produced in exculpation of
charges adduced by 4iniself, -
On the recommendation of the ATTORNEY-GENE,
UAL the Hon. Member withdrew his :Motion.

TREATIES with AUSTRIA, RUSSIA AndSWEDEN.

Lord CASTLEREAGH preseilted, agreeably to
the order of his Majesty, the - Copies' 'of the Treaties
between this Country and Austria, Russia, and Swe-
den.

,The Noble Lord stated, that the Treaties now laid
on the Table coutained every thing of a military na-
ture between the Countries with Whom we had been
in alliance, -which it was deemed proper or becoming
to make public. Those who at present composed his
Majesty's Government
.felt, that when the question
came to be discussed it would be found highly credit-
able to this Country .; there were, however, circum-
stances in the course of the Ne.,.g-ciOati on of too delicate
a nature, even in ordinary situations, to be divulged,
and \Ala, in the present state of things,might prove
highly detrimental to the interests of other Countries.
The Noble Lord, for one, was cxtremelysorry that

the general dizenstien alluded to-the ether Edda did
not then take place, as it. would have served as a
land-mark to them how to shape their observations
on the different parts .of the Treaties as to meet the
objeaious which might occuta The calamity, how•
ever, which was then feared, and which had since
taken place, laad prevented that discussion, -and, of
of course, deprived them of the opportunity: of know-
ing to what parts of their conslua objeaions were
to be urged. Wanting that clue, it would still be
their duty to endeavour to meet whatever might
be urged against them. They did not consider
it their defy, in the first instance, to, lay before
the House any part of them Which had not been act-
ed on. They thought it sufficient if they first sub-
mitted that which had been aaed on. It would be said
that this was only military; but the House would see
that a Military Confederacy was, in such circum-
stances, of greater consequence than a Political, and
to it less delicacy attached: On this head, the first
feature to be considered was, the number of men
which this Country was given to understand not
only would be furnished, but was actually ready to
take the field ; and the second, What was the cause
of the. failure, and to whom was it to be attributed ?
It was important, in considering this, to state, that
the Plan of the CaMpaign did not proceed from
this Country, as indeed it could not. Neither did it
proceed from Russia, whose remote situation might
have made her less competent to judge on the sub-
Jett. But it would appear -from the documents ma
the Table that we were not entitled to doubt that,
'exclusive of any assistance which might be oweEted
.from this Country.--exclusive of any force to be ex-
peeled from the Court of Berlitaa-there were actually
to be depended on from Austria and Russia, ready to
take the field, and a& against France, if she should
not accede to reasonable terms, a force of 500,000
men. As already said, the Plan for the Campaign.
did not proceed from this country, or from Rus-
sia, but frem 'Austria ; and it would be for the
House to see if the failure and discomfiture of their
plans did not also proceed from themselves. In evi-
dence ofthis, it would appear that the advance beyond
the Inn was an absolute breach of ' the military plan
pledged to Russia; and although the Noble Lord
was not inclined to charge them, with an intentional
breach, such was nevertheless the faa. Russia, on
the contrary, conformed entirely to the stria letter
of the plan of operations which had been agreed on,
and her first Column of fifty thousand men ara
rived three days sooner than had been bargained.
He had troubled the House thus far, thinking
it necessary that they should know the magnia
tude of the "arrangemehts which the Government.
of this Country had stipulated for. How far
they had been acted on by other Powers, and whe-
ther those Powers had faithfully and scrupulously dis-
charged their part of the Treaty, was no a& or fault
of those who had the management of affairs here. Al
to the political parts of the Negotiations, he had no
difficulty in saying they should be freely communi-
cated, so tar as could be done with safety, and with-
out committing the interests ofother Countries. Those
mho at present held the situations of his Majesty's*
Ministers, so long as they continued in office, should
be ready to give every information in their power on
so important a subject. In a short tixna it would be
for others to consider how far .they bad acted with
a sound discretion, and to judge- for themselves
as to the line of conduit which they should adopt.
•There was nothing the Noble Lord so much de-
sired as that a transaiElion of so great a magnitude
should not be allOWed to sink into the darkness of
night, from whence there was a chance that it might
never emerge, and that it should not be buried in
oblivion, but that the Public should know, and
have an opportunity of judging, how far the endea-
' Yours of their servants had been satislaatorilly ex-.
erted in promoting the interests of their Country ;
and althouzhal-.e felt that his I\lajestv's present Mia
nisters laboured under a very heavy disadvantage in
consequence of the melancholy loss which they and
the Country had lately sustained, yet he hoped
there were still in that House those who could
satisfa&orily vindicate their conduct, and even
assert their claims to 'public approbation. What
,would be the most agreeable to him, the NebleLord
declared, would be an early discussion of the vestioq,
But in the state in which the Country stood it was
not his intention to propose any thing on the sub:
jea. It certainly would not be proper that such a
question should be brought forward when any of
'the distinguished persons belonging tq list House
were necessarily called on to be out of it. It might
happen ere long, that their being called to exercise
some important trusts in the State might occasion
a temporary cessation of their attendance in that.
House. He , should only, therefore, at present,
,move that the
.Copies of the Treaties in question
do lie on the Table. As to the mode in which
the discussion should be brought forward, he had
no wish on the subjea,' other than to accommodate
those Gentlemen to whom he had alluded. Hia
only anxiety was, that the discussion should„ be
brought forward. As, hoWever, he and those with
whom he ailed would.nothave it in their power to
expedite the business, he hoped, that as he should
never be desirous to force the discussion at an incon-
venient time for those Gentlemen, they would be
disposed to shew that it had fallen into hands who
I would be equally ready to do every justice to the
subject. With these explanations', he concluded by
moving, "'That the Treaties do' lie on the Table."

111 r.-FOX said, if the Paperl were at present in a
situation in which the House could be enabled to
judge of them, the observations made by the Noble
Lord might be perfealy correct. If they were
not in that state, what had fallen from him was quite
out of the question. If the Noble Lord
,had attend-
ed to the Amendment made by his Noble Friend,
he would have fbund that it went to this : that when
such capital mistbrtunes have occurred within the last
year, unparalleled in their probable consequenoes,
even to this Country, we should,in voting additional
Supplies, take care that we do not entrust them to
improvident hands,who may increase rather than di-
minish and avert the dangers by which we are threa-
tened to be overwhelmed. To enter into the details of
such a subjea before the papers are printed that are to
furnish the materials by which a judgment of the faa
might be formed,would he improper and unnecessary.
With respe& to the wish expressed by the Noble
Lord, that the subjea should be fully discussed, and
the ramie of discussing it, these were what the
House, and the gentlemen to' whom the Noble
Lord alluded, he they whom they might, must de-
termine, and whbrn they mialt be he could not say.

Some r rsou it other, he admitted, must be in that'
situatic: befo the discussion could take place. He,
for one, did not pretend to pledge his opinion on the
subjeei- till he had read the Papers. Much, too,
might depend on the situation of the Country at the
time. The pro?riety of entering into the discussion
would uncioubtealy stand on a different footing from
what it did on the first day of the Session'; and he
'Would be an unwise man who committed himself
till he saw the Papers on which he was to form his
opinion.'
Mr. GREY wished to knoW if he had rightly un-
derstood' what Treaties Were produced. So far as
he could follow the titles, they seemed to him to re-
late to Sweden and Russia alone ; but there seemed
to be no Convention between this Country and Aus-
tria. He wished to know if he was corre& id this
particular; and if so; whether the non-produe-tiOn of
that Treaty was an omission ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained, that there
were .produced threee Treaties between this Country
and Sweden, and one between this Country and
Russia, to which Austria afterwards acceded. The
Convention with Russia consisted of 15 Articles,one
of which was never ratified.. Of the remaining 14,
only were op the Table, it not having been judged
expedient to produce the others. The Gentlemen
Who were to succeed the present Ministers would,
however, have it in their power, to judge of the pro-
priety of this.
Mr. Fox asked, if there ,were any other docti-
baents, relative to the British Army on the Coati-
hen t ? _ _ _

Lord CASTLEREAGH answered, that he knew of
one, but he should inquire, and should be happy
to receive the Hon. Gentleman's commands, and to
Afibrd.hitu every information he might require.
In answer to a,question from 'Mr. WICKHAM,
Lord CASTLEREAGH again stated, that the force
which the documents on the Table 'shewed was to be
depended on, exclusive of British, Swedish, &c.
Amounted to within 5000 of 500,000 men, of which
180,000 were Russians.
The Papers were then ordered. to lie on the Table.