The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Land are excellent ; but, of late years, and especially since the coin- we,:cement of the present reign , so many injurious and fatal alter ation% in the law have taken place, that any man who ventures to me ddle with public affairs, and to oppose persons in power, is sure and certain, sooner or later, to suffer in some way or other. Sir, the punishment which the malice of my enemies have procured to be inflicted on me, is not, in my mind, worth a moment's reflection. The Judge supposed, apparently, that his sentence of pillory would disgrace and mortify me. I can assure him, and I now solemnly as sure this House, my constituents, and my country, thanl would rather stain., in my own name, in the pillory every clay of my life under such a sentence, than I would sit upon the bench in the name of • • • for one single hour. Something has been said, Sir, in this House, as I have read, about an application for a mitigation e: my sentence, in a certain quarter, where it is cbsro ce I , ri;3# mercy never failed to flow. It was, lam informeA Attortiey-General, who (I suppose, unintentionally) diem t' insult to iiiv ti clings. I excnse it, because lam aware that e Learned Guilt( man is an utter stranger to the senti no tits,hat othsbit my bosom but I can assure him, that an appli crtion for pardon, extol red from me, is one of the things which the powei t No, Sir, I will seek for, and I loos: for, r ti no ; t'or I have committed no crime. I Mire .for. I still , eek for, a! , d I confidently expect justice: 1111 however, of those by whose machinations i have b: en brow ht to whit tiny tegard :+.s lily ruin, but at the hands of enlightened and virtuous coestitor els, to exertions aline the cat• in owes that there is still a voice to cry out against that h avv . ! l N and inexorable tyranny, which now corcrnands silence to ' all but parasites and hypocrites. His Lordship concluded by pro tesiing uefore Aliioelity God, that he never knew any thing about the offence rit . ; wino' he I:fici been found guilty.—fin the course of his oetenee, Lori Ccc!,:ane gr:.ve loose to the most bitter invectives ag !te,t Lord Ellenborourli, 'which produced loud cries of Order! bud Lord Caetiercagli !Innen to the newspaper reporters the proba biiity of their being prosecuted if they published them.] A..ord Cochrane having withdrawn, was remanded to the King's rencli Prison. stir. BROADHEAD said lie did not come forward as an accuser; but a ti coo.. iction for a conspiracy having taken place, in eert:on Pembers of that House were implicated, he consi dered ri his duty to move, " that Lord Cochrane, a Member of that House, having been found guilty of a conspiracy, ought to be ex yelled that House." nit% l'rnowN could Lot believe that it was in the power of Lord Cochrane, if guilty, to come forvard and boldly assert and re-assert his innocence betorc such an awful tribunal as the House of Com mons. 'Foe Noble Lord had entered into a long and distinct ana lysis of the alledged pro. fs of 1:;s guilt. The Horace could not be competent to embrace all the new matter advacced, w;thout further inquiry. lie therefore moved, that the statement and papers of Lord Cochrane •lionld be referred te a private Committee. Wilk!!! 51101110 have power to consider, send for papers, and report thereon. The ATIOhN EY GENEHAL warmly deleoded Lord Ellenborough, and deoied that Special J:Wes were corrupt : hot he would give no opinion as to tile guilt or innocence of the Noble Lord. Mr. ?WAN n said, he had always entertained doubts ac to Ms Lorci.eip's privity in time late transactions : he thought further in• qni.y necessary. Mr. BARHAM said, cirmostanees toudell to create cm!.iderable doubts whether the !'.;ohle Lord was not as ii d iocent of the c h d rzes as any Gentleman in that House. 'like extreme. severity of the put•isliment was wet thy of the attention.of the House. Few men coulu !hive. been punislud as severely, as he had heel, degraded from . a very high rook in talent, station and tame. As the ease stood he could vote for a motion of expulsion without a sufficient inves tigatiou. Air. PoxsoNpy condemned the rule of Court by which Lord Cochrane was prreholed having a new trial ; w; re he to vote this night fur the expvosfou of the Noble Lord, he could not sleep with icemfort on his pillow. Lord CASTLIAIF AGD said, Parliament was incompetent to re view the sentence 1.1 .1 Court of Justice, unless on a • epseoion of impeacnine..t. Expulsion was the necessary result of ceneiction. S. %Vol tley, Yr. Whiiiiread, Sir V. Burdett, Mr. W. Wvrne, Lord A. flan,iiton, am: 11r. W. Smith, were xiso for the Com- Ban l ;,s, ,Y.r. Bathurst, Mr. Wilberferce, Colour! and Air L.,ekli,,rt, opposed it.—Mr. Wre:: . rslev moved an adjurnmekt of the debate, upon which the Howe dioi4. :A l --far the it, li2—majority, (3.—The proposition rot a co.iloottee uses withdravri4-11'Ir. Broadhead then proposed the que.tiun of expulsion, wi4eu the uumbera ucre—for the me- \I t. 1 "1110 11 S7 waxf'srino-, JULY 11. tion, 140—against it, 44—majority, 96.—The vote of expulsion against Mr. C. Johnstone, was also put and carried; and two uew Writs were moved tor Westminster and Grampuuud. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. While strangers were excluded, the Speaker read tl►e following letter : " The Princess of iVales desires Mr. Speaker will acqnaint the House of Commons, that she has received from Viscount Castle. reaeh, the copy of a resolution voted yesterday in a committee of the whole house. enabling his Majesty to grant out of the Consolida ted Fund of Great Britain, the animal sum of 50,0001. for her main. tenance: and the Princess of Wales desires Mr. Speaker will expiess to the House of Commons, her sincere thanks for this extraordinary and unsoliei fed mark of its muniticotce. " The Princess of 'Wales, at the siime time, desires Mr. Speaker will inform the house of her deep regret, that the burthens of :he people should be at all increased, on account of the circum stances in which she has been placed ; and that she cannot consent to any addition to those burthens beyond what her actual situation may appear to require. That she therefore hopes the house will reconsider its resolution, for the pin pose of limiting the income propo , ed to be settled upon the Princess of Wales to the annual 'lion of 35.00:d which will be quite srdlicient, and will be excepted with the liveliest gratitude, as an unequivocal proof that the Prin. ces: of Wale: h s secured the good opinion awl protection of the Noose of C( vino 1-lonA., July ;;., 1.810." On our re-admittance, after ‘:t.arie conversiltion between Mr. Whit ' bread and Lurd Caszkie igh it V. OS agreed, that the report a the committee should he taken into consideration on Friday.—Adjniati. col at two o'clock. WEDNE‘DAY, JULY 6. Mr. RATITE:7,ST obtained leave and brought in a Dill to repeal some of the provisions of the Alien Act, and to substitute ()this provisions in lieu thereof. Mr. lirsivennEAD expressed his surprise and regret that this most odious. Act ohould he continued in times of peace. Mr. BencxnunN presented the petition of several merchants, ma. nufacturers, cotton-spinners, and others, residing in the town and neighbourhood of Manchester. against the contimtance of the duty on raw cotton imported into this country. Mr. BARING, Mr. FINLEY, and Mr. PHILLIPS, urged the neces sity of repealing the duty complained of, as otherviise the mann. faetnrers of Manchester could not support a competition with those of foreign countries, when in addition to so high a duty on the raw material, living was twice as dear as on the continent, and taxes of all kinds infinitcly lib her. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he whs not prepared to abandon a tax which produced from 6 to 100,0001. per willow. Ile did not think the present state of the Continent was such as ought to induce alarm aavoig our manufacturers. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Lord CASTLETIEAGn, after the highest eulogiums on every branch of the n wal and military establishments of the country, moved that the Thanlcs of the House be given to the Navy, Army, including the !la tish Arwy in India. and the lioyal Marines. Carried unanimously. At the suggestion of Mr. BARING, who spoke greatly in praise Of the Duke of York's impartial administration of the army, his Royal Highness was also desired to accept the Thanks of the Ilouse fur li!s mu:Twitted and effective exertions to improve the same. Thindis were also voted to the Militids, with the Yeomanry and Ca valry, including all that h3s been embodied since 1404. The Crte NCELLOrt of the Exert FQU ER, in a Committee on the Prince Regent's Message, moved that the sum of !lOWA. annually should be settled on Lord Combermere and the two next heirs to the title, %s loch was aorted to unanimou;ly, and the Report ordered to be recoived on Fri&v. A similar - resolution was proposed and carried with re gard to Vice Adunial Lord Exmouth. The grants to commence from the Gth of July. RELIEF TO PORTUGAL. Lord CASTLE REAGH presented a Report of the Committee - ap pointel to distribihe the sum of money voted hy the lionse to the Portuguese SiffererF, whose evinitu had been laid waste either by the enemy, or in order to render Portugal intcnable by that toei,:y, 1810. This vote v. - 43 10u,0001. and h4d been augmented by ..:!- vate Here Mi. kVArtnr: rose, isml stated that the private gift had been kept entirely apart in the diAtribution'from the public one. Lord CASE. LEREAG l'esUßlcti., The degtee of relief which hal been afforded to that country was astonishing. 'The - cattle hz:d Lecn