The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAY 21. Tiie ltilase top, big „ resolved into a Committee, Lord Fo LKESTONM proposed the following amendment to that part of the Kill which designates the nature of the crime of traf ficking in Places, That every person discovered in such °Wetter shall forfeit and pa) the sum of 5001. to him, her, or them, w h.) shalt satires ur sue for the same, or shall be liable to such dme or iinpri+e►nment the Judge or Judges trying the said of• fence, shall think proper to direct." 14 , trd Po i.K ifsToN g said, he purported following up that sawn haent, if It wat4 agreed to, br A resolution to the following etl'•et :--•• )That if :in persaii.otending shall discover his or her accomplice in aitv %nen corrupt practices, such per-on shall he; in. Mel from all pun►shntottts, and Mitiougn disabled from tlte• situation sic ill►gally procured, shall receive the said owls ofsoo . for such information.' The I4uuse then di% idea—For the amendment 31-40 W it 74 Ms jot it : O.—A journed. Tue3da) and Wedneeday nu bu-iness of importance. ThzirOay, .11ay is. NONEVENT TO THE LATE CAPTAIN nAnnixcr. Qa the motion of Mr. R. WA ao, on entry on the Journols, to the proposal or Nloattuent to Captain Falconer, of the Illanc:f frigate. in 1793, was read, together vt ith the oh:). Goo .of ne preying~ qw ion. and the division thereon. _ _ Mr. \V ARD thmi said, that in rising to propose the great no- Iloilol honour of a monttipent in St. Paul's to the bp..mory of Captain flardenge, he certainly was impressed wilt, the idea that this honour should be confined to the reward oldistinguished sery lees. But though the action in which this gallant officer lost his life was tioly attended with the rapture of a frigate, he trusted that the II °use would jolt) him in thinkiug. that, under all the circumstances, it deserved t •at commemoration which he now proposed. The Hon Memher then entered into a detail of the distinguished career of Captain Hardiuge in the service of his country, who, he observed, even at the period when he fell, was but a vnu h in years, though a veteran ip service. The commencement of his career Iva;; at the siege )f Acre, under no less an officer than Sir S. Smite. He next commanded the Ter ror bomb, at the bombard Petit of Granville, and !o his conduct on that occasion the highest compliments were paid by Sir J. Saniourez. Ile afterwards pet formed a most remarkable ex r plait, when in collimation wk . (' Captain Perry, having moaned their boats, they took the Atlanta $104,0, which Lord Keith, in his letter to the Admiralty, on that occasion, characterised as one of the most brilliant ex pipits-of the war. Ile was next ills,. (died to the Indian seas, having the command of the San fiortaiza, a 32 gun frigate ; and here, while engaged in the pro tee! ion •of our trade in that tparter, he met the Piedmont:Ow, of .10 guns, and 560 men, that had long been the terror of those seas. Though his crew hardlyarnounied to 200 men, and such was the force of this French frigate, yet be did not hesitatf- a moment to attack her, and the #ght was continued at invervats for three successive days. This was not one of those actions of which eithc.r death or glorious victory is,the rapid consequence ; even on the second day of the action his ship was so much dis abled that he was forced to lie by to refit; and an officer of only common iutrepidity, after sustaining such an unequal action, ti °old have perhaps been glad of this opportunity of i,ot renew ing the combat. But so far from this. Captain tlardinge only repaired his da:nages, in order more effectually to close with his enemy, and it was in this • last encounter that, by his untimely f ill s his country lost the services of this gallant. °nicer. He coneluded by moving, That au numble Address be presented to his Maje(tY, praying that tie would be pleased to order a monument to be erecte d to the memory of the late Captain (:. N. Hardinge, in St. Paul's Cathedral, in commemoration of his gallant services. and of his glorious fall ; and acqualuting his Majest v that this House would make goqd the eIL pence attending the same. Mr. WIN DIIAI4 opposed the motion. Lord CA fl• LER CA OH thought the circumstances.rtt tending this exploit would make it useful for the House to vote this memorial. In all great naval victories, it had been the practice to vote mo minims to those captains that had fallen in battle ; ;0141 iu too in stance was merit more completely hrought to the test, than in actions between fiigates of nearly equal force. • Mr. W t Luc:alto Rea thought there was no reason to fear that the blouse would be oppressed with a number of Instauces of this kind, for there had been only three instances of the kind since 1160. Ile knew that it was the intention of iris late lamented friend Mr. Pitt, a little before his death, to fora a sort of radatiuu of distinetioas, adapted to the merit of different ser •, vices, and he must regret that this plan had not been carried into etlect. liesizles, he wohla stiAge,c, that great actions, such as thot‘e of Lord Nelson, were idenittied with the hist4ty of the country, but exploits of this kiwi, which of course had little ins medinte influence on the fate of war, were best commemorated by memorials of this sort; and certainly nothing could be more gratifying to a lover of his country, than to see the Cathedral of St Paul's decorated with monuments of this description. The motion was then put and carried. DIVORCC. Lord PORCRESTKR, rose, for the purpose of moving for is Committee to examine the Lord's Journals, relative to a stand itig order adopted by then) on the surject of Divorce Bills, by which no Bill was to he received by them twins it contained ti clause preventing the intermarriage of the parties. This clause had already been rejected by the /louse, when it came before atom in the form of what was rallfd Lord Auckland's Bill ; and he must object to the adoption of standing orders of the House of Lords itEteud of Bills, as irregular in itself, and attended with great inronvenience. lie called upon the House to pro tect their undoubted pr.% dep. of legi2lating for themselves, and not perinitting any other authority to trencti upon them. Ills Lordship concluded with moving, that a Committee he appoint• eat to search the.J-Ournals ofihc lioase of Lords for any proceed. ings which bad taken place dnr:ng this Session of Parliaoent re specting &standing order of the House relating to Divorce Bills. The C HA sicEt.i.ott •hf the Fact! EQUEit opposed the motion. • - Mr. Po atioNar said, that it would not be cohupgteat for and Member of the other Mouse to reject the clause,, so lin% as the order remained. The Lords might at•well make a standing order that ;to Inclosure Bill should be receiyed,lyaich wri.,4 the simplest of all Bills, unless it should contain a chose that the, party op• plying for it should he obliged to keep 100 acres of it in tillage. Such an order would affect the agriculture of the country; yet, if they would not passaniticlotture Bin without such a conditioui, the Commons had no mote redress than they at present had re specting Divorce Bill,. The late order very touch abridged the privileges of the subject, and he thought the Common's ought to resent it, as depriving them of a Very important subject of legis lation. Such he believed to be tse conviction of eyery man, and he therefore should support the present motion. The House divided, when there were--,For tbassation Against it 67 J Majority against it 4 . 2-1. . • 1.;: • • COLONEL COADON. Sir QIIILI) MOSELEY, referring to shat had been stated some time ago in the House, respecting the disposition of Col. Gordon to give opall claim to the ground in the vicinity of Chel soft Ilospitql, should the whole of the ground he found necestriry for the new improvements, observed, that a report had bees lately circulated that Cot Gordon had actually resigned ail claims itrisbig from the contract with the Trees l / 4 ury, and that thq whole of the ground was to he applied to the purposes of the llospitar. lie a ished to know if tnere was any foundation fur this report. the CH A Ncr ',Log of the Excitr,QUElt had heard nothing, and believed that as yet it most he w jibing foundation. DEUtTING SOCICTIP. The A TTO RN rY GE N I:ft A t. mss, I►ttrsuant to the notice he hod given, to move for leave to briog in a Bill to amend the Act of the S9th of th• King, reliftive to disorderly houses. In the Act of the S9th, that of the Sfitb was referred to, respecting disorderly houses; but as the hitter Act did nt►t define w hitt WaS meant by disorderly houses, there was an ambiguit) iu that Act; which it wits most desirable should be removed. By strike big out theref4re the %%mots rerrnml In of the 36th, the accep• (ion of disorderly housrs would remain as in Commdo ........... _ - Mr. Po so NnY said, it AI'l• Impo•Oile for him to object to the niewitire propose , l by the It _ti Him. Gentleman, a% be must confess he did nut untlerst.lt:tl it, :1;:d he believed there were malty i I ott4e In she !cunt. pref!iyaltlent. The ATTOTINCIr (lt:srr. I. ex pi:tined. Mr. \V tt 11'111U:A 1) Male 50111 i: remarks in opposition to the ineasure.—Leave WaS then given. SEATS IX PAIU.IAMENT. The. CrtiscEt.coa of t;te EN.cs; CQUEa said, he rose not for the pnrptse of vin g• at large ii4o the Bill, butt > state such o hjectio lt , iu eIA few words as possihle as he should find it his duty to oiler to the Bill itt its next stage. This he was more anycloa: to fio, agreeing in most respects with the principle of the 11.11, that Gentlemen disposed to support it might have an opportunity of turning in their minds such difficulties as he felt with reipect to particular mils of it. He did this also in the.