§ Lord Lyndhurstwished to know from the noble Viscount, whether any intention existed to renew the Order in Council for suspending the Foreign Enlistment Act?
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, that in the course of a discussion which had recently taken place elsewhere on the subject of Spain, it had been announced, that it was not intended to renew the Order in Council alluded to, and he could only repeat that statement.
§ Lord Lyndhurstwished to ask of the noble Viscount, in what situation certain individuals would be placed should they continue to serve a foreign Sovereign after their licence had expired? No persons were entitled to serve without that licence. The first licence was for three years, which was afterwards continued for another year. The first period had expired, and he presumed that the second was near its close. Now, he would call the attention of the noble Viscount to this point—namely, what would be the situation of those persons after the expiration of the month of June next?
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, it by no means followed, that though the Order in Council would not be renewed, that licences might not be granted to protect those individuals. Ministers, if it were necessary, might advise her Majesty to grant licences to ex- 667 empt persons from the operation of the Act in peculiar cases, and under particular circumstances.
§ Subject dropped.