§ MR. T. DUNCOMBE moved that an Address be presented to the Crown for Copy of the Instructions given to each officer sent by the British Government to the head-quarters of the armies in Italy, of Austria, Sardinia, and France, together with any Correspondence that has passed between the Government of England and those countries relative to such mission. The hon. Gentleman said he believed it was quite unprecedented on the part of a country that was neutral to send an officer to the head-quarters of the armies of belligerent nations for the purpose of obtaining reports of what was going on there. That appeared to him to be establishing a sort of military espionage over armies with which we had nothing to do, and with whose contests we professed to have nothing to do. If these officers were to report to the Government, and the country had to pay for their reports, he hoped, at all events, that the information they sent to the Government would be laid on the table of the House for the benefit of the country at large.
§ The Motion was agreed to.