The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-07 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL. REGISTER. NAVAL ASYLUM. Sin Czt Potx. ar•rerahle to the notice he hail aiven on a former night, stated the 4i4ject of his :notion was I% lib a viem to correct abuses which had already crept into this Institution. The °dicers who had been appointed to its management w ere men who had not the mO4 di-taut connection with the Navy. The gallant Admiral painted nut >everal who had meritoriously served their king, and bled in defence of their country, who had been rejected, for w hat rause it v. - as his object to find out. Among others Mr. Keene, Admiral Cornwallis's surgeon, had been rejected for another person who never had been in the navy : even the place of Matron was disposed of to a stranger in prefer ence to an officer's widow. Mn. Roo:, MR. Monsrov, and I,nnn Nrw.inti, on th.: other hand, contended that no undue preference had !wen given, and fur the Surgeoney they did not know, nor ever heard ( though the former and the latter ate Commissioners) that Mr. Keene had applied ; and according to the infant state of the Institution the Cummi-sioners could not act °then% isc with regard to the ap pointment of Surgeon and Matron, as no other caudidutcs ap peared at the time the election was The question was then put, that Copies of Warrants granted by his Majesty to the Officers appointed to the management of the Naval Asylum, with acorret t list of their salaries, and other emoluments, he laid before the House. The gallery wag order ed to 1w cleared, and on our return, we under:Amid that a divi sion had taken place-I'or the motion 73—Against it 190. AFFIIRS OF• (OPINTT (rN. MR. G. Povvivrit - , agreeable to a previous notice, rose and said he had an imnortant and anxious dot y to perform, a dins whirl he hoped would teal to disclose the circumstance; which induced his Nl...jest:, to direct his nr.val and military fm ce against the capital of an tioncfcieling neutral State. Ills Majesty of it to himself and all Lurniw, to give a frank exposition of the motives ! : which led hint to violate the la Ws of neutrality. was well maim - stood that the disgraceful expedition was not un dertaken by the advice of his Majesty. but with other views, and perhaps interested motives, which Ministers only could explain. It was not the c.induct of Denmark which led to it, hut an anticipation that France would, at some time or other, compel that State to join in the common cause again , t this country. At the time Admit'al Gambier entered the Sound, Denmark dreaded uo harm from this country, conscious of not having catered into any engagement wth the French Emperor. Three hundred and tifty of her ships were in iliVerent British ports, with cargoes amounting to tw 0 millions of ri ; and when the Danish subjects got alarmed by the rumours spread, respecting the destination of the armament, they ap plied to the Danish Court, and received a reply, which at once allayed their fears, namely, that Great Britain had no such in tention, as both Courts were then on the best possible tinder -standing. Was it to be supposed that Demnark ould risk her most valuable colonies, her commerce, and ships, and every thing el,•edear to her existence, merelyto gratify the wish of the French Heiler. t it. at tile time the negociation between the C mrt of Denial* and the Emperor of France was sii , ••• , ) , ed to be going forward, the former had, according to the tale lotion of the Right lion. Gentleman opposite to him, (Mr. Pe VeV aI) sixty-live thousand men in Zealand and holstein. t o iip io ese all the force France could bring against her, therefore it was mo rally impossibie she could be compelled to enter into the views or i:rance against this country ; on the other hand. as a proof that Denmark did not intend to join in the common cause, her sailors were at the time all abroad, co.isequently hernavv could not he manned without them. He would spare them the trouble of replying, and boldly affirm that they hail not the slightest grownd fur impeaching the good faith of Denmark? itched Alinisters to produce any paper which would convince the House of the intention of itussis to influence Denmark to de clare against this country. The Hon Member then muved, " That an humble Address be presented to his Ziajesrv, that he would be graciously pleased to give directions that the sub stance and dates of all information, sent by our Officers or Agents front the coast of Copenhagen, last sear, respecting the Danish fleet, the repairing, improving, and maiming of the same, to gether with all accou n t, that were transmitted relative to the improvement thereof, and received by his Majesty's Ministers, should be laid before the Douse." Mg. Si:cur:l.lHl' C.I NNING was well ct-nyinced that Ministers had obtained what they tle,ervesl, the thanks of their country, fur the succes of the expedition against Copenhagen ; as that FETI. 7. enterpri , e find been in a great degree the salvation of the eoun try. Ile was as anxious as the Right lion. Gentleman hitusdf not to act upon the new morality attempted to be laid don n. and were thew any Gentlemen who xeemed inclined to that S‘sll'lll o f m orality, it was the Right Hon. Gen I2lllall himscil . l%l'l,, upon the present occasion had given it splendid example of his attachment to it. It Ysa, he doubted not, a i•incere mnrality, nay, even a Roman morality. The House had been eel!ed to d iseu-s a matter, invoking, as it was said, Ode .'„isgrace of Ministers, but t hey by an eminent and strong -east' cif the necessity m bleb impelled the enterprise, had the ,atistactlim of knowing that it had been ably - and sueeessfully performed. ( Hear? hear! from the Ministerial side. ) lie %%Ai fully answered that Ministers had received no hoard of glury from their prede cessors, and there could he no comparison between the snrcess which crowned the Cl:petal:igen enterprise, when contrasted with whit had been done by the late Administration. The fleet of Denmark had fallen into our ha ml we could not Worn that spoil, and it was now attempted to condemn the spoilers, and insisted upon, that the spoil out In be returned. He agreed with the i:;ht Hon. Gentleman that if there was any injustice" in the seizure Of the Daiiish tleet, that might not only to be marked but repaired. It Weer was, or had been, imputed to Denmark, that she had to chine whether she would go to war with us. Snell a principle had never been maintained; neither would it have been at all neeesiarv. It had been said, that the weakness of Denmark was a snflicient,institication of the num • sure, but that leas not the ear ; uei Clot was it true that we had the hearts of the !)dues se WI 'l5. It was impossible to conceive for one moment, after the defeat of the \ orthetn Confederacy, that Denwark could ever have been with us. On the contrary, from that neriod the feelings of Denmark had been hostile to a degree against this country. Here the !tight Hon. Gentleman -fated the circumstances attend in the Northern Confederacy ia 17$0, and in 1802. Since Coe latter, tie league was to the same effect, mil more firmly hitter!, and wire vigoromi, by th e s t rong emnpulsion of France. The Danish forees it ere, i o IWlla, root ' pilled to retreat from the frontiers of Holstein, which had givea rise to a calumny against this country, that they had so retreated at oar eypress solicitation. For that, however, there was not the most distant fowl:1;16one A tier that Prince Nlnrat was sent by Bonaparte to Coe Kitt:; of Swetb.ni, entreating that Alimarch to make common cans" s, ith Ih'rance, and promising him, in that event, Norway, which belonged to Denmark. The King of .'n mien instantly communicated this Mier 'to the Prince Royal of DetimarL, and ()tiered him '20,004i troops for the defence of wenerons offer the Prince Royal refmed, be lieving, he could rely on the a -.trances of France ; and he did more; he concealed from England the fact of the French Wet to hint of Norway. Having stated these and other points, the Right Hon. Gentleman appealed to the House whether or not it would have been Ve ISC nr pendent in Ministers to have rel it lin the fidelity MO iiriopendence of Denmark, especially after the narninz: she had received. \l r. Canning went at great length into the eencral policy of the attack at Copenhagen, which ine justified on all it= grounds. After some further re mark:, he conielnded b.' gis Mg the Resolution his most decided and hearty negative. Mit. IF/ N a i %I replied in a Orme; vein of irony, in which he ridiculed the I ecrimination of Mr. Canini:, and threw out strong sarcasms on stage effect, grand steps, gestures, and tricks of NI)11"r. His arguments a . gainst Ministers turned chiefly on the violation of the law of nations. The debate was afterwards protracted to a very great length. On the part of Mini-tern the chiet . Speakers mere Nlr. NI Hiles, Mr. ro s ter, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Morris. Mr. Lyttleton. Lola G. 1.. Gower, Lord ('astlereagh, Sir Charles Price, and Vr. Davies Cede'). They were answered prinvipally by Mr. Whit bread, Mr. Bathurst, and Mr. T. Grow ill.'. I'he House divided on Mr. Pon-onhy's motion, Aye 3 10S—Noes -253—Majority for Minister 6 145. Adjourned at half-past six o'cloeic. TIIVIISDA SAI. 4. lirt inr.4urnm brought up the Report of the Committee of 11'as and Means. The several Resolutions were agreed to, aid Bills ordered to be brought in pursuant to the same. OFFICE OF Tat ISFItEIt Op THE %IVY. „.. Mn. Rohs moved f►or leave to brill , ' in a Bill for amending the • Act for regulating the Office of Treasurer of the Navy, I% its 10e 1111■2...