The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN OFFICERS.

Mr.
,WHITEREAp rose to make. his motion for a
return of Foreign Officers in the British Service ; a
motion to which he said he was excited by the pe-
rusal of the retools respelling Colonel Charmilly.
These Foreign Officers certainly stood in very suspi-
cions circumstances. It certainly appeared that the
merits Of some of them had not turned out very
great, although there were doubtless among them
some met itoriOus individuals. It became necessary,
however, in his opinion, to investigate their num-
bers and charaaer. It was an extraordinary and
unaccountable circumstance, that, at the very time
when some of these Officers were allowed to enlist
men in this country front the French prisons, per-
mission had been
.refused to such a distioguished
,Noblentan as, the Duke of Bedford, to put himself
at the head of
,a bodyi.of owti tenantry. HO
moved, that 'there be laid before the House an ac-
count of all Foreign Officers holding
,commissions in
his Majesty's service, together with the dates of those
commissions, as/:also an account of the Allowances
to those Officers, and the grounds on which they
were granted.'
Lord CASTIAMEAGH said, that the doubts which
he had stated yestentlay on this sobjeCil, and which
induced him to request the Lion. Gentlemao to post-
pone his motion until the present day, had, upon,
inquiry,. been- contipned. Inese Officers were the •
subjects olother Stated, to therefoie, they
were -restpon.able and if publicity should be given
to their names, it might.
,he very prejudicial to tin
personal security. He felt ii therefore Ins duty, to
oppose the motion.

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Alt. Wiill'vm,„<,l) calici4 thz.t reason ridthleo4 by.
the Noble I,urct a snbtertuats in ev,kle grataing ttso
tem-Cited infurination, for tli,e natile4 of ii 4 the 011i-
ceri Minded to weie iilN,tdi in the Army List, a
cibwment a Ole titwv4t' publicity. In addition to

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the case of the bake of eciford hi mentioned ihift
`of the late Lord Petre, who, having raised 400 men,
Was refused the command of them because he was a
lioman Catholic.; and thiS when Colonel Charmilly,
Aiid 'other's like him, had free letters of service. It
was tiotorions that sixteen guineas a man was allow-
ed to Colotlet Chantilly; although he was permitted
to go to the Prison doors,, and although, under such
circumstances, he might have filled his whole regP
merit without itiy expence whatever. He should
take the sense or the House on his mOtion.

After a few wbrO Irani Mr. HOsitissou tho
House divided,

• For the Motion • 29
Against it -..- .. 54
Majority. . • - —45
An humble AddressivaS 'Ordered to be presented
to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciodsly
pleased to order that there ,he laid before the House
Copies or Abstrada of the nettirns made to' the
Privy Council by the ArchbishOpii atid Bishops, re-
lative to the residence of the Clergy in their respec-
tive dioceses, during the years i f}.o4, 1805, 1806;\
1807, and 180th.

Lord PORCHESTJR postpOned hii 'motion until
Thursday next.

•
cCMNIITTEE OF SUPPLY.
'The Swedish Treaty, presented by Atr..Secretary
CANNING, having been referred to the Committee
of Supply, the House resolved itself into the Corn-
mittee.

Thu CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. moved a
Resolution, that a sum, not exceeding 400;000l.
granted to his Majesty, to enable him to make good
his engagements with his Sici.ian We.qy. Hestated
that to 0,0001; of this stun was ah.arrdar.
The Resolution was agreed to.
The Can A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved
that a sum not exceeding 300,0001. be granted to
his Majesty, to enable him to make good hisad-
%iances to the King of Sweden. These advances, as
had bun already stated by bjs Right flon. friend,
were made during the first three months after the
Concluaion of the treaty.
In answer to a question fr'om'Mr.::PoNsoNny, who
was not in the House when the treaty was presented,
Air. Secretary CANNING repeated the titatement.
which be'rnade on that occasion.

The Resolution was then agreed to; and the
House having been resumed, the report was ordered
to be received on Monday.'

!MPG ET.

The Account of the War Taxes having been re-
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Malts, and
the Urdu of the Day having been read, for resolving
into the' Committee,

Mr. HuStossoN moved that the Speaker should
leaVe the chair.
Mr. Patt:vvlr. thbught, that before the House of
Commons were Called on to vote the Ways
,and
Meani fig the yenr, it was highly proper that they
should be accurately informed of the state of the
Public Accounts. Thesenceounts, which had been
presented to the House on the of March, bad
on the succeeding day, been taken from the table
to the Printer's, and no opportunity had been af-
forded to Members to inspea them. Under these
circumstances, he thought it would be becoming,in
the Chancellor Of the Exchequer to postpone his
Budget. •
Husxissow obteried, that these accounts
were very voluminous, and required great 'attention
in; drawing them up) and when the. House' consi.
tiered how many papers were, from time to time,
ot•de red to be presented from the pub? ic7otfi eeS, they
would not be surprised at any little delay that inig:.a
have occurred: The 6d was, however, that the
Most important of these accounts, as connected with
the'Ways and Means, were laid betbre the House
at the end of every Year. With respes to'a post-
ponement of the lindget; at so late, a period as the
Ith of May, it would be extremely Inconvenient,.
Until these few years, the Budget 'had always been
brought forward much earlier) sometimes even in
January.
Sir J. NawrOler maintained an opinion similar
to that of Mr. Parnell, and recommended that dn:
plicates of the public papers which it was necessary.
to tend to the Ptinter's, should be left on the table
of the House.

The SPEAKER observed, that such a regulation
was in force„ and that duplicates of the papers in
question were a6leally on the 'table. With respell
to the delay in printing, it must be borne in mind,
that the printing of 'figures was a peculiarly' difficult
and tedious operation.
The Ca'Axtatt.Loa of the EXCHEQUER' said, that
if the printed accounts were not on the table of the.
House when the Ways and Means were proposed,
they would still operate as'a check Upon any subse-
quent measures that might be introduced:
Mr. ROSE informed the House, . that it was only
by the greatest possible exertion that these public
Accounts had been prepared even by the _26th of
March; a number of additional Clerks had been en',.
gaged, who toad been employed dlay andi night tbr
that purpose.
The House, then resolved into the Committee.
The CNANCIMI.OE tif the ExcliEclVUlt Ocebtred
that he should nut waste ,the time rat the Committee
by any prefatory observations, hciug satisfied that
the nature of the subjeet was such that it could trot
fail of attra&ing their attention. IL 51,041,t pro.
ceed, therefore, to discharge the itriportsiot- duty of
laying before the Committee a staters ant of the
Supplies Which had been already voted, and of ,the
nature and extent of the correspondent Ways and
Means which ,he intended to propose.. e articles
of Supply (few of which the Chturnittee would
perceive had not been already ;voted) were as fol.
low