Excerpt from The Parliamentary Register, or History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, Vol. 11 of 17: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions, Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers, Of the Most Material Evidence, Petitions, Etc

Ble address be presented to his Majesty, that: he Will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House, Copies 01' extracts of all letters received byany of his Majesty's ministers, or the lords commissioners of the admiral ty, containing any intelli ence Relative to the equipment, 'number, and force of the fleet that sailed from Brest, under the command of Mons. D'orvilliers, in July last. He would not, he said, enter into the whole of the enquiry this motion was intended to produce, but he would so far ex plain the expediency Of it, that ministry, if they mean to re fuse thc papers, might assign reasons for such refusal. His.

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