The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-14 00:00:00

FEB. 14. of Cangresf.; also a Copy of M. Rist's Note to Lord Howick, and hi' Lordship's Answer. 011 the motion of Lunn TsmeLE, there were ordered to be before the House, an Account, skew iog all Imports and Exports to and from (heat Britain for the three la.st years, ter asihating on the Ist of January, MS. i'he Report of the Committee of Supply of lar4 night, grant k•; varioas solos ;o; esti•oaics for the Navy, See. was brought up at. I agreed to.—Adjourned. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 103 THE: Cil4vcrcLon or THX EXCHIQVXR observed, that if such was the account wanted by the Hon. Baronet, it would be difficult matter to make it out ; but If he w anted oolv a state ment of the Omits of the Admiralty during that period, he thought the account might be produced. The I)roits of the Ad►niralty, however, he could tell the lion. Baronet, were land since, by the authority of Parliament, made his Majesty's Jri. I%tte property. _ . . . Slit P. Btßnari had no possible objection to the lints chalked out by the Right lion. (;enthanatt. Sin C. Pots supported the original :notion. Tug DrocArs GENERAL vindicated the Droits pertaining to the Crown % as authorised by ancient practice. It had been the ease in the war with Spain, where ships were taken before a declaration of war. These vessels *ere condemned to this Crown, the captors having no real interett lathe condemnation. A moiety of two-thirds of the proceeds was, however, granted by the Crown as a reward for the capture. Mn. LusnixoroN said he was In possession of a fact n bleb he felt compelled, by a sense of duty, to stpte to tic llowq.. It nearly concerned an Honourable Baronet, one of its Members, wh9 quitted the service of the navy in 1757, and went to Ostend, where he got a vessel and proceeded to India. In that country he exchanged his ship for a vessel called the Etrusco, and re turned with a cargo to Europe. Ile went to Ireland, and can's to Dungeness, where he run a cargo on shore-, or in other words smuggled (toad cries of hear from the Opposition). His chili was taken off Dungeness by .the Brilliant frigate, and she was condemned in the Court of Admiralty. The Captain of the Brilliant received no reward for the capture: but in September ISOG, V 5,0001. was betowed, not on the captors, hut on an Of& cer of the Navy who had violated the laws of hi 4 country. SIR H. PUPII4.V having been thus personally charged, vin dicated I)is conduct, in having gone to India. It was a period of profound peace, and hew ould refer to the Journals for the sanction and applause hisconduct received, when in India, from Lord Cornwallis and the. Court of Directois. He was anxious ..t that time to acquire a knowledge of his profes.ion, and his public services in India must have been of a very extraordinary kind indeed ( a laugh), to excite this attack. Ile had Lever been a ►ittitggler, or been at all concerned with smugglers. PrueLs r. moved his Amendment, which was for as Account of the Nett Proceeds paid into the Court of Admiralty, as Druits, since the Ist of January 179:1; and of the halancO still remaining.' Some conversation ensued, whets the House divided-41M Amendment nos carried by 8t to 57. 0.1 our re-admission Mr. Abereromby put off his motion, res. peeling the iii , truet ions given to Lord St. Vincent, relative to Portugal, rill Monday. The Report of the Committee of last night was brought up and agreed to. It respected the Dank Loan, and Rills wing ordered.— kdjourned. REDNF.IMA FEB. 10. i'awkener, the Clerk of the Privy Council, presented an or the Fees and Gratuities paid by persons for carrying 1: • i 'ign Trade from May, I/303, to December last, show inf. ..ortionment of the same.—Ordered to be printed. r.,ple gave notice, that on Monday he should move for a a Note of Mr. Pinckney, the late American Ambas sa,:m• iiolland and Auckland, dated the 3lst of Decem ber i relative to the Treaty betseen Great Britain and ALW` 1' C ! , :aeridan intimated that on Monday he should move for Co , i,to, a ail or any Correspondence that had passed between Ali:asters and the Prince of Denmark, upon the Surrender of Cc r fsaiia l 4en, relative to our retaining possession of that fortress. A'a ‘,./1 iNCELI,IOE or THE EXCHEQUER stated, that lie felt gutit satisfaction at being able to state to the Committee the fa va..e.!ile arrangement he had made with the Bank. The ar raa;:t,aleut to wheel he alluded had arisen from the suggestion of tut' t insure Cumatittee of last Session, and it embraced three dte . ereut subjects. The first was the management of the Public licht; tdiv, - Lae allowance to the Brink for that management ; and Ltstls , foe Unclaimed Dividends, and Unclaimed Lottery Prises, remaining in the custody of the Bank. The Right lion. tieatiemae then went on to describe the sums to be allowed the 4atik for the management of the Public Debt, at the rate of ;i4:51. per million, as it at present stood. When the debt should be farther reduced the allowance was then meant to be 400/4 per million. This arrangement would eventually prove a sac ing of 640001. or 65,000!. a year. The next point was, the glance the Bank of 3,000,0001. during the war, This came from the advantages the Bank enjoyed in possessing the balances of Cue Public money. It appeared from the most accurate cal culation, tnat these balances amounted to something between eleven and twelve millions, from which, however, there fell to be deducted 6u0,0001, being a deposit on account of America. Ii unwanted in the whole, he believed, to ten millions and a half, deducting the above sum. He then described the amount of tae Unclaimed Dividends from Hof , as amounting to bOO,OOOl. ; and the three millions as the profit of the Bank on the deposits of Government in their hands. After some further observations, the Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving, " That tonards the Supply granted to his Majesty, a sum of 500,000!, of Unclaimed Dividends, and Undcmanded Lottery Prize',. be grauted."—lle stated he should move the other Re &elution after this preliminary one should be agieed to. ()n the question being put, 31n. tiaen es, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, commended the object of the Right Hon. Gentleman had in view, on the principal that it was nothing but I.4tr that the Public should have the use of its own money. A Letter bargain might have been made, and it would not have been detrimental or injurious to the Bank. He conceived, that a reduction ought to have taken place in the allowances pro 'rased to the Bank on the management of the Public Debt, as tile a:iv:lnce front the Bank of the three millions, withont bite resi, might endure fJr a loag time, at least until the end of the war. •••; . MR. T,rltsr y did not approve of the Resolutions, and urged, Clot the Bank ought, froa► the public balances therein deposited, to take the management of the national debt without any charge. Mr. Banke4 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained, when the itesolut ions were agreed to, awl the Report ordered to be received to-olorro w.—Adjourned. THURSDAY, FEB. 11. Hysztritsos moved for leave to bring in a Bill for abo lishing the °dice of Surveyor of .Itibsidies and Petty Customs iu the Port of La►don.--Leave given. S . ! F. B ROE fr then rose to submit the motion.of which he had given notice. It was his . ii.tent ion to ground a Parliamentary proceeding on the Account for which he should now move, which was, for an account of all captures r►ade at sca t by Bri tish vessels, which were claimed, or said to Lave reusaiuder in the (do au, from 1192, to the present day. FRIDilt, REM 1?. On the motion of Mr. Calcraft, the day appointed for ballot. ing fOr a Committee to try the Wexford Petition, was deferred, from the 24th of March to the 7th of April. Mn. 11. MARTIN moved for an Account of all Sums issued by the Paymaster-General of the Forces to persons without ac. count. The Hon. Gentlemen stated, that he last Session oo tained a similar Account, and he now wanted another for a Air. ther period s viz. from 1805, to the tat of January, 11407. Ma. Cn.dricsuwn PENCE,' AL had no objection to the mo tion, though he could not help expressing a ►trung wish, thnt the. Hon. Gentleman would suggest the matter to the Finance Coin. mittee. The Motion was agreed to. On the Motion of Mr. Eden there was ordered to be laid b. fore the House an Account of all Neutral Ships that had en tered or been brought Into British Ports, under the Order of Conncil, of the 11th of November, describing the places to which they belong, and stating, w hen they obtained permitslua t.) proceed ow their voyages. Sir C. Pole moved for nu Account of the Droits of the Ad. mirally, arising from vessels, prizes, cargoes, and part of car goes; and secondly, for a similar account of such vessels, &c. condemned as prize in any of the Courts of Admiralty abroad, or by the high Court of Admiralty in England, since January, 1102. He also moved for an account of all ships and vessels, cargoes, or part of cargoes, prevented in the name of his Ma jesty, show ing . the nett produce 'of such vessels, and the gross amount of their cargoes, raptured previous to the decloratiou of war ) according to the hliC6t. returns.—Ordered.