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by ey were at liberto withod thom•
6anc which their co duct t h
was to bel tried.e d
The
'nen Hon. Gentleman had talked of the double di-
p~nacy of XV. of which Louis XVI. as one
ts of his reign, destroyed all records.
°f thief first Maciesty's Ministers were to be at liberty
BonAplelistheir jofficial correspondence with their Am-
tf,,,--a at Foreign Courts, so as to make their corn.
9.'-o,oo°6llns either the subject of private letters or
laic
dispatches, just as it happened to suit their
'n , it would be a much worse system thane
(41),113,111.1*?e;,12. sth double diplomacy of Louis XV. and
'clp-racetheconduct.of the Ministers of the Crown
woe controol of Parliament.
sir THOMAS TURTON spoke against the mo.
,;„„ he said, he should cheerfully vote for the COM.
;-au'cation of all such documents as his Majesty's
we Ministers could derive for the vindication of their
Nos conduct. But he should be decidedly against
ng exposures to Parliament and the public,
.socigkih'would have the effect of excluding our Mini-
from all confidential conversation at Foreign
The question being loudly called for,
C°618.?„1, WHITBREAD rose. He observed, that the
Right gonourable Gentleman over-against him (Mr.
r)adopted rather a curious line of conduct.
'11e."...1t--EStawished to debate the subject of those Mo-
ther and had called his Right Honourable
aceserksalatag( r. Po'nsonby) to order, for appearing to do
•"-- • ; and yet, no sooner was a question put,
separate Motion, than he took the opportunity
nor
to make a second speech upon the subject ;
sccour
.osied with all that flourishing display of pan..
----
tomimit gesture of which he was so eminently a mas-
The aft Honourable Gentleman expressed a
wish to cons
ter. the question as wholly distinct from
Lord Hutchinson : this might very well suit his own
Purbut he, (Mr. Whitbread) chose to consider
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rate connected with the character of the Noble Lord,
ibuter suited to the objects of Parliament and the
codsr. Tbat Noble Lord had been the accredited
,mister of the British Court at the Court of Prussia ;
'asd although removed by circumstances from that
situation, when he followed the Emperor of Russia
to Petersburgh, it was not to be supposed that he had
kst with his Imperial Majesty all the confidence and
fora due to his private character, as well as to a
ran recently filling a high confidential office as the
representative of his Majesty. It was not to be sup-
posed that the Noble Lord could be considered as a
person nth interested in the welfare of his country,
who had advanced from his own private purse a sum
of 00,000, to expedite the march of the Russia*
amy at cased the most important moments of the cam.
tit; and he was happy to find that his Majestys
Knitters had' thought proper to refund this sum,
MA since all relations of peace had ceased to exist
*den Russia and this country. The Right Ho-
muillble Gentleman pleaded that the Noble Lord was
leer accredited at the Court of Russia, and would
soli be viewed there in the light of an ordinary tra-
idler. It was unfortunate for the welfare of this
country, and the peace of Europe, that the Noble Lord
vu not so accredited. But he would ask the Right
Honourable Gentleman, whether he would give the
Noble Lord credit for his communications from the
Court of Russia ? or whether he supposed him less ac-
tuated by a zeal for the. welfare of his country, by his
salasequeet conduct at the Court of Russia ? He
ruled to know from the Right Honourable Gentle-
men, whether he would not feel himself warranted to
act upon the communications of that Noble Lord, of
which the accredited Minister at that Court did not
hesitate to aril himself. If he would hesitate to act,
he did not deserve to be a Minister. It was said the
Emperor of Russia was compelled by France to sign
the treaty of Tilsit ; but the Emperor of Russia de-
niedthe fact. He said, he was not compelled to sign
the peace of Tilsit ; but that, contemplating the situ-
road Turope, he had been induced to sign it, and
:nerved to himself the power of mediating upon ho-
nerable terms for this country. The Right Hon.
Gentleman and his Friend were pleased to say, they
use ready to grant any documents for the necessary
iiiirmation of Parliament;' btit nothing for the pur-
pose of party. But in the motion he had the honcur
te submit to the House, lie sought nothing from mo-
tives of party, bet merely for the purpose of ena-
bling the Heuse to judge whether or not his Majesty's
Ministers had misrepresented the conduct of Russia,
et other to excuse themselves for rejecting the oppor-
tunity his proffered mediation afforded them, of con-
elacliag peace upon term's honourable to this country;
and whether, in rejecting the suggestions of Lord
Hatchieson, they had not given a deadly blow to the
• 'Riau of the British nation. He concluded by ex-
•-tressing a wish to hear from the Noble Lord who had
been the accredited British Minister to Russia, some
uplanations respecting those dispatches, purporting
the from his Lordship, laid before that House, and
thither the originals bore the dates affixed to them,
ct whether, as in some cases, those dates were not
eron in the printing.
Lod LEVESON GOWER rose and explained—
thattertainly several of those dispatches laid before
the }fr'usei and which appeared by the dates to have
keen written two, and sometimes three on the same
)47' "re all written on different days, although.
4vtd by his Secretary on the day Upon which they
vie !tit off. His Lordship then adverted to the de-
4ratien made to himself by the Emperor of Russia,
"'ht 28th of June, iinmediately before Are battle of
ruilland ; in which, he said, his Imperial Majesty
talt him the most positive assurancesf•that no event.
venld induce him to separate himself from the in-1
°" 3 of England, nor to conclude any treaty to ;
1.4(11 she was not a party.
]he question was then put upon the second m0..1
,respecting the communications of Lord Hutch-
'n, and rejected without a division ; the third mo-
-7reilci.ting the dispatch of M. Alopeus, was
"drawn.
Tie fourth, respecting the Declaration of the Em-
?err of Russia, on the 18th of June, was negatived,
the iither. motions passed in the atiirniatis e.
sitsrea.i.es:Eous.
Sir JOHN NEW PORT gave notice, that he
on Friday, move for certain Papers respecting
t-I:ltndlc`ii in retitin vested in the Lord I.ieutenant and Privy
t
Ireland, relative to the bon:in.:4 for en-
ec'urarng hallooed militiamen tai volunteer into the line.
The CHANCI•II.IOK of the EXCHEQUER
Rare notice of a math Al on Friday for imposing some
-4'lli°n eaPertation of Salt and Cotton.
Yd
Tea Lesaturtuh:ell
Tie Ho
.1 to Thursday, • to which day
Ord:trs in Council was avterreci.

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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17.
GiNERAL PAST DAY.—.—No business one at any of the Public
Offices.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stack 293 India Stock, 1701 171
3 per Ct. Red. 641 India Bons, 21. a 3s. dis.
9 per Ct. Cons. Ann. 6341 Imperial Anitities 7 11-16
4 per Ct. 84i Ea. Bills, es. dis. a par
5 per Cent. Navy %Hi I English Tickets, 211.
Lone Ann. 18 3-16! Cons. for 25th acc.43311

By letters from Madeira, dated the 14th ultimo, we
are informed, that the troops under General Beare-
FORD had been a month encamped, and had suffered
in some degree from that cause, there being no build-
ings there to accommodate them. At the application
of the General, however, the Portuguese Governor
has appropriated two of the principal convents for
the accommodation of the troops ; and it was intend-
ed to unite some of the poor order of convents, for
the benefit of the friars, and with a view the better to
make room for the troops in their buildings.
The island was crowded with emigrants from Lis.
bon, so that not a house was to be procured for lodg-
ings.
We regret to find that the troops have suffered in
their health, from intemperance in the use of wine,'
which is procured at the most trifling expence, and
has already produced several deaths.
The convents were much out of repair, an old nun,
of nearly a century standing, had been turned out,
to make room for the troops.—There appears to be a
perfect harmony between the British and Portuguese,
to preserve which, the General adopts the most pru-
dent measures.

Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning, but
they prosent but little novelty. They repeat what
we have more than once had occasion to state, the
preparations making by Russia to compel Sweden to
take an active part against this country.—A Dutch
paper has also been received, in which the following
article on the same subject is given, dated Copen_
hagen, Jan. 3 The Russian Captain DODT, who
arrived here lately, has, it is said, brought a De-
claration, which the Court of Russia has addressed
to Sweden, in which the latter is summoned to join,
before the 16th instant, the Grand Confederacy
against England ; in case of refusal, a Russian army
of 60.600 men will enter Finland.—Count de MOLTKE,
the Danish Minister, is gone to Stockholm for the
same object. It is said that the King of Sweden is
determined to go in person to Petersburgh."