The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-01 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. FEB. 1. present session. The Hon. Gentleman would readily perceive that that timely ould be nearly elapsed before the pre,ent Bill could gn through both llo►cles, and receive the Royal Assent. The house then went into the Committee, Sir C. Price in the Chair. Ra then moved, that the Chairman be instructed to move the house for leave to bring in a Bill, to continue for a time to he limited, several Acts of Parliament fur carrying on the 'Treaty of Trade, Commerce, and Navigation, between his :Majesty and the United States of .Xmerica. The Report was received by the House on its resumption, and the question put and carried. 71 Mr. Mitford presented an account from the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland, respecting the number of shirt and tonnage employed from that country in the Greenland Fisheries, and the number of tons of oil imported. SIR C. POLX gave notice, that he would on Wednesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill, amending an Act to invest Pelham House in the hands of the Trustees of the Naval Asylum, and so appoint a Chaplain to that institution. The Hon. Mem ber also said he would at the Mille time, move for n List of the Officers awl their salaries belonging to the said institution. On the motion of if. 4. rirLun, Esq. the 1 ith of February next was fixed fur taking the Pool Election Petition into con sider.ttion. TILE LATE SERVICES IN TIIE BALTIC. Lo RD CAsrt.Eßr AG if rose, and after bestowing much applause on the officers concerned, he concluded with a motion similar to that of Lord Hawkesbury in the House of Peers for thanks to Lord Cathcart and those under his command. If . IND!! 4st said, that in a measure of this kind there was al u a vs to be found a third party who were eagerly looking for ard. for a share of the applause. The Tower guns were not to be fired for nothing: but in this case Ministers were as emulous of approbation as those who had done the greatest service for their country. He had no doubt but the army and navy had done their part, awl it was well known that single ships distin guished themselves during the present war, and particularly a packet lately in the West Indies, and he was astonished, since votes of thanks became so common, that the Noble Lord did not tame for one for the commander of that packet, for his bravery. The public did not approve of the Expedition, and was at a Irsi to comprehend why Ministers would prcis a question of a nature so odious. He was also astonished, why Lloyd's Coffee house was so backward in giving their vote of thanks to the arm% and navy on this occasion; that might, however, he accounted for, when the Captain of the Fleet was ransack ing the town for old hammers and bits of iron, while the trade in the Baltic was suffering by the activity of the enemy's priva teers, which ultimately touched the pockets of the gentlemen at I.losit's, The Hon. Member was likewise surprised why the Transport Board was not included in the Vote of Thanks, for the Commissioners had a great share of the merits attached to that expedition, particularly in furnishing plenty of ships to bring home the stores. It was true, Lord Cathcart had distil). gai him elf as a subaltern in the American war, and lately as a commander in Ireland ; but further the public did nut know him ; and as for Admiral Gambier, his naval exploits were limited ; however, he did not see any thing splendid in the affair of Copenhagen to entitle them to those high honours lately conl',•rrrd on them, and he was sure, when they found their new honours awl titles in the Gazette, they must he equally astonished, as they claimed no merit from their services. Ministers in this Im,iness reminded him °fa man going to a Lord Mayor's sheu , who had a wooden leg, and for the sake of being distinguished from the vulgar, had it gilded ; so it was with the Noble Lord, who wanted to impress on the public mind the rreat importance of the attack upon the defenceless city of l'openhah Co.iscricon or rig Excn rqr ER NV islied it to he under stood that the Merl 13 or demerits of the Expedition should be entirely set aside on the present question. The army and navy had done their duty, which entitled them to the thanks of that I louse ; and had not the service been performed, he was certain the navy of Denmark would have ultimately been employed in the inva4on, if not the destruction, of this country. .11n. 'lt rox Et - condemned the titles given by his Nlajestv to Lora Cathcart and Admiral Gauthier, on the icore that their ter% ict• did tint merit them. The PE 41 I:u N . as requested to communicate the thanks of that !louse to Lord Viscount Cathcart, and the (Aileen; and men under It:s command, at the capture of Copenhagen ; to Admiral Lord ('ambler, Admiral Stanhope, and Sir Ilu►ue Popham, as (cell as the. Marines and Seamen. OItDCRS OF COUNCIL. Mr. Honyrn said his views in making this motion was to bring before the !louse all the information that could be obtain ed respecting these Orders, and to ascertain how far they could he legally granted. lie, therefore, moved that his Majesty be gra ciously pleased to lay before that House a list of the number of licenses granted, from the Ist of May, 1803, till the Ist of Nov. 1307, together with the amount of fees paid or received on such licenses. Mr. ROSE did not object to the motion, but said it was impos sible to carry on trade without these licenses; independent of that they were perfectly legal, as they were granted under the authority ofan act passed in the year 1798. With respect to the fees, there was nut an office in the kingdom w here feu!: were not paid ; but in this in,tance the public were led to believe they were extravagant ; however, instead of that they were extremely moderate, viz. for the Sign Manual, 91. Ss. W. ; Stamps, 1/.105.61/.; clerks, 31. ; office-keeper, 10c.; in all 141.45. Last June the Committee of Trade had looked into the practice of taking these fees, and if possible to restrict them, but they found the custom so blended between one office and another, that they Kaye up the inquiry, because they could not apply a re medv The motion was agreed to. Posvoser postponed hi( intended motion relative to the affairs of Copenhagen, from Monday till W edne:,day next. Ile theta moved, that there be laid before the !louse Copies of the Proclamations issued by his Majesty's Military and Naval Com manders io the Baltic ; al4n a Copy of the Articles of the Ca pitulation of Zealand ; likewise the Substance of the Informa tion which his Majesty's Ministers had received respecting the Danish Duck-yards, and the condition of the Daniali ships before, and after their arrival ; which, together with the Papers rela tive to the Russian Mediation, was ordered to be laid before the Howe on Monday. it'soronE.4n said, that on Monday next be should move. that an Account of the Number of Transports in the Baltic Ex pedition, together with the Number of Men employed ; us also the Number brought home, should be laid before the House. On the motion of Mr. Ward, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Wart on in the Chair, when the fol lowing items were granted to his Majesty, viz. for Wages of 130,000 Seamen, including 31,000 Marines, (at 11. Ms, per man per month, for thirteen months) 309.6,5001. ; for Provisions, :1,•211,0001.; Wear and Tear, 5,010,0001.; Ordnance 591,0001, The Report of the Committee was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The Report of the Offices in Reversion Bill was brought up with Amendments, and ore red to he read a third tune WI Mon day and engrossed.—Adjourned till Monday. STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. PRTAI:NTED TO ROTA HOUSES Of PAR VI MENT, ON TUES.. DAV, JANUARY 6, 1808. VIPVUS is RESPECT TO ett".sTßl.l. T ~ y ~ ~ , 1~ ~ ,` • 1 1 : t I , • \l # • 1 FINANCE COMMITTEE. On the motion of the. CIi4NCULI.OR or TIIE rt*Cnrorrß, the Committee of the last Se , ,sion was revived, with the exception of Mr. It der, who was no at present a Member. but Mr. Charles Ellis was appointed in his room.—Adjourned. FIUIDtY, J IN. 29. Tug SprAttra said, that as the Petitions presented last Sessions against the returns for Shrewshomy, Liverpool, and New Malden, had not been renewed this Setiiiorni, the r”cog Illzancei were of course forfeited. No. I. —Note from the Count DI; STA RuEmuritc, to .Ir. Sccre• tarn C dated London, April NU., 1807. His Ma,je:tc the Emperor of Austria, King of llungary and Bohemia, having resolved upon offering to the principal Pow ers interested in the pre s ent war, bi, amicable mediation, in order by his intervention, to bring on a negotiation for peace, the Count de Starhemkerg, Envoy Extraortlitetry and Minister Plenipotentiary, ha, received orders to transmit to the NI ini,try of his Britannic lajt•:ts , the aecoippan,:itg Note, containi► 9 the oll'er of mediation •,, inch bit 1 4 *.,144tyal Nlajesty has caused to be pto 4 entri e.' in th • 4:6llicit Ow :•:Ifilt • ti;tu•, trj the C.4 l .)l(lt'L, ; .1 .1 0 4: , iAi 4- '114411l:f ie -, US . • ,:' - • , - ... . • • . {: t 1 1. f ' 1 ' ' I , , f• 4 , p;i. 1