The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAY 8. Mr. P. Monne %kited to know whether Governor Moore had been r ecalled for misderneanourE ? Mr. GOULDIRT nu replied in the negative. Mr Witrrattran wished ta cull the attention of the Ronse to on t elfortun , te man named Colville, who some ti•cr.• since vire cctifiro-d in 011db/oh-fields prison. He wished to ask if he was living; and if it w as intended to liberate burn ? Mr. U ruLnatliiti replied, Colville was still in confiner ent ; he could not answer Mr. Whitbread, whether he was about to be libe rated. Mr. VW irt:its obaerved, that in former treaties, and particularly in 1801, there bad been a stipulation for the discharge of the debts con tracted by prisoners of war in this country, p-ior to their embarkation As he saw no such article in the late convention, he wished to know whether there would be a similar article in the preliminary treaty ? Mr. Vairstrrs as was not prepared to give a distinct answer, but supposed that there would be a similar arrati;ement. Mr. Wlitrnnr. SD enquired rrf the Chancellor of the Exchequer. if a treaty had not been concluded between the French Emperor and the Allies on the llth of April, and if. thong% our Minister had refused to sign it, an English Officer had not been appointed to superintend the conveyance of Bwmaparte to the Strati of Fras.ce, on his way to Elba —He further asked (as he understood such a treaty hall been formally communiceted to the British Government), if it was the intention of Ministers to produce it; and if They did not, whether they would ob ject to its being produced from another quarter ? Mr. VA NOTYTATti evaded these questions by saying. any engage. merits entered into by this country would, at the piper time, he laid before Parliament; but on their being repeated, dvelittyl giving any answer. Mr. Gnewvet.t., in rising to move for extra papers, which he thoneht necis.snry to throw tight on the sinking fond, took occa..ion to introdsice a hook of debates. in order to prove chat wino he ha' cateil on n for raor eeeninc, with re■pect to the sentiments of Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox as the sinking fund, WAS correct. The Sextette suggested, it was disorder'y for any Member to rend reports of what had passed at another time in the Boast., and to con— mem upon he arguments 0 en stated to have been used. A long conversation then place upon the point of order, in which Mr. S. Thornton. Mf. Tierney, the Chancellor of the Etche• quer, and Mr. flankes participated. Mr. R est F ELT. was then permitted to read the part which he whited to snbmit to the House, and concluded by mot ing for an account of el: stymies paid by the Commissioners app tinted fur the Heat:caption of the National Debt, for the pnrchage of stock in the 3 per cents. and other lands, between the years 1793 and 11101, and varittus other papers connected with the sinking fund. Mr. Dusky/mow supported the motion, and expressed his hope and whit that las Majesty's Ministers would, as soon as circumstences would allow, turn their minds to the subject of all such retrenchments as were most likely to lessen the hurthens of the people. Mr. VANSITTART assured his Hon. F:iettd, that Ministers bad it march at heart to proceed with retrenehmeuts as speedily as possible ; bat he thonAt it necessary to remind the noose. that white they c , ot templated these desirable purpose.:, there might hr smne cases it► whirls it weluld be necessary to look forward to some circumstances Which wmild call for an increase of expellee ;he tueallt, part payment of del:t of gr.:Admits we all owed to our navy and army, which could ore's be done by sonic addition to the halt-pay. 2f)7 war., The question, however, required touch more !serious co. bider .- than appeared to have been given it before the Legislatore would think it proper to prt,ceed in it. As it was now the mouth of M ,y, and so comprehensive a subject could not be *ell examined ;i1 le,s than two or three months, he thudglit it would be vouch better to deter the consideration of it till next session, by which time, perhaps, we should, have cte *Ter ideas of what was a fair price for corn. Sir PARNLI.L replied, and several other Members joinod in the debate, offering varn,us opinions. At length the Home went into a Committee en the two first Re,olii ti its; nevertheless, atter en able and luasittousspezch front Ali. Ilt;s- KrssJsr, to which it is impossible to do justice in our limns, he cs,to. eluded by moving an amend •:ent, the object of which was to have a graduated scale, mi.:king the du y. 21s. when the pi ice of the quarter sin+ :Id be 634. and to reduce the duty on importation by 1%. R e the price of corn ruse in the same proportion ; so that when ono atiould he at 86s. there would be no prAtibitory duty, but it might be impotted free. Sir H. PARNELL said, for the sake of ummintity, he would agree to the amendment. • Mr. VAN SITT ART thought it expedient that the d:scust..ion should be delayed till another opportunity. Mr. Husetssom's amendment to. the original resolution, of trbsti .ltting soother sclo du!e, was agreed to. The other resolotimoi, with some ameedolents, were agreed to. Mr. VA NSIT T.l r moved a new resolution, for allowine foreegit corn to be warehoused in this country, so that it 'night be exported duty free, if it was not allow: d to come Mi.° the home market. The resolutiona3Ve , e then agreed to, and the repot t received and re• committed fur Munany sePunight, to give tutlicient tone fur uuobiuvr- n t i ( n. The other orders were then dimrosed of. FRIDAY, MAY 6. AIR. COLVILLE. WITITIMEAD repeated his inquiries *respecting this person, who, It' under:4ood %vas st':! ADDINGTou could inform the Him. Member from authority, _that thmigli it arils not thought expedient to grant the i:iiitifthare relea.e Mr. Colville, yet his confinement would not be of Lilt, durati,m. Sir F. lluitnErr s;:id he land always considered Mr. Colville's . cage as one of peenliar and he hoped that, as it Witi Hot Haelldea to COHtilnlC , his imprisonment much longer, lie would be treated with kindness. THURSDAY, MAY •1. Mr. Luentvcrow, in a Committee of tl.- sq•bole House, moved a ReOntion fur taking off eettain war duties, which had been imposed tmon the manufactures and produce of France and her dependencies, ag , t f'r substituting other duties to lieu thereof.—The Resolutions were a. reed to. The second reading of the Bakers' Bill wag po.tponed till h.-morrow three week•. CORN LAW:i. The inipnrtant &hate on the Corn Lnws ft,llnwed; and on the Tres tiol being put by Sir H. Parnell, that the Resolutions previously sub mitted to the IT , nre on this subject be referred to a Committee, Mr. Rost: opposed the gain; into a Committee, and offered 'turner on. ohjuct;onts to the propositions contained in the Resolutiotp, in the conrse of a long and luminous speech. He contended, that 90i. per gimlet exceeded by far the rate for importation. He felt for the in terests of the grassers of corn; het he thought the interests of the con sumers should be first attended t and care taken that the country sholld never want a sufficient supply. If corn wag; to be permanently at 90s. a quarter, the (widens-loaf must be at thirteen-pence half penny ; and he could see no reason why it was to be kept at chtthle the rice brat It was before the extraordinary circumstances of the We CAPTAIN INIANRY. Mr. ROSE called the.attcntion of the House to t':e claims of tHs Officer, for his valaab!e discovery of the means of Saving Ship wrecked Mariners. Capt. Mauby had invented three mer ars uf different sizes; the largest-wonld carry a hall, with a rope attar he to it, a quarter of a mile ; the second would carry it 300 yards ; and the smallest, 100 yards. It was.true, indeed, that wrecks did not always tike place so near coast as a quarter of a iniie ; hot svheo it was considered how large a proportion of them happened much within that distance, the praetieal utility of tbe scheme would he equally obvious. The largest of the min tars might he carried by two men in a hand-barrow, the second more easily ; and the third might he tranlported on a mair's back. The facility of con veyance, therefore. renJered it easy to have them applied on what ever prt of the coast it might be necessary. Capt. Manby, how ever, did not stop here.—lt had been found difficult, some tinu.s, to fire the mortars, on account of the heavy lard. This he had re medied by a very simple process. lie hod also invented a ladle r, which would so greatly facilitate the saving of persons vr hen the week happened near the shore, that he would take upon himself to say, that if those ladders had been known when the Haleswell was lost, instead ot' the 150 who then perished, not one would have been drowned. (Heat, hear!) Captain Maohy hail spent a great deal of time and property in bringing these disvoveries to perfec tion, and _he thought hito a fit object for pariia:nentary reward. (Hear!) He should therefore move, that the Papers laid ou the table, relating to Captain Maehy, be referred to a Select Com mittee to report thereon, with observations. Sir F. BunDETT expressed his hope, that the clahns of another individual, Mr. Mallison, _the inventor of the lite-preservers, would not be neglected. Mr. P. Moons: said, he had been reqnested to lay in a chili for a Mr. Bell, of whose invention he had been authorised, t.y . a Gentle in in who had called him out for the purpose, to term Capta. n by's system a species of piracy. Mr. Rosr, in reply, read a passage from the Report of the Com. tnittee on Captain Manby's invention, iu %alai %I.s. , . r I • r