The National Register. — London, England, 1812-04-12 00:00:00

, THE NATIONAL REGISTER• HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, APRIL 7. A new writ was issued fur the Borough of Aldeburgh, in the room of Colonel M‘Mation, who has accepted the situation of Keeper of the Privy Purse. Mr. MA R torATT presented a Petition from the Shipbuilders in the port of London, a7ainst the encouragement of building &hips in the East Indies.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Colonel DILLON presented a Petition from the Freeholders of the County of Mayo, praying for the removal of the • disabilities under which the Catholics of Ireland labour.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. Nlitt.s prelented a Petition from the East India Company, pray ing a renewal of their charter for the term of twenty years. After some o:iservatiani from Lord A. 1 - In z 44 I LION, and others, the Petition was received, and ordered to he on the Table. Sir T. Tuit t o :st postponed his motion relative to the Property Tax, from Thursday to the 23(1 instant. In the interim, he moved for more papers on the subject, which were granted. Sir J. Nitwpo al - moved for an Account of all Grain, Malt, Flour, and M,, i d exported frnm Ireland, from the Ist of January, 1812, up to the Writ period. Afier sqtne observations from Mr. W. POLE, who said, that it was his invention to move the House into a Committee to con sider the exportation of Irish Spirits, and also to put an additional Duty upon Irish Spirits, the motion was agreed to.—Adjourned. WFDNIESDAY APRIL 8. 11 - . e Wootton-P,a , set Petition was postponed to Tuesday se'nnight. Sir C. MoRGA N presented a Petition from Birmingham, against the motinp.)ly of the Ea,t lndi.L Company; and General GASCOIGNE gave notice of a motion on the same subject. The Princess,s Annuity Bill was rLad a second time, and ordered to be coninntrt.d on Tuesday. IVI7. i{obi::soN said, the Lords of the Admiralty having determined to brit.g Lord W. Scuatt to a Court-Martial, for having run his ship (the Comin,-stador) on shore :.n the coat of France, had sent out orders for tit , : :Cubic Lorab ing ;nit under at rest; and, he being a Member of the House, their Lorils!lip had felt it right to communicate the circum stance to the Hou.e —Ordered to be entered on the Journals. Mr. AT JAN pciSlp !tied his tootion on the Catholic Clai-rs ti:l Thursday, the 2.3 U instant, in order to afford time for the Catholics to present their Petition.) to the Prince Regent before the discussion. Mr. Peke A 1. . i clin,equelce, moved that the call of the House be di , charged, and ren•Aved for Wedne:Aty, the 22d tuataut, which was agreed to. Ir. C. WYNNE. postponPd his motion on the appointment of Colonel IVI 4 Mahon till 'l'in ;day next. In a Committee u on Cie Exportation of Irish Spirits, Mr. W. Por.r: move.:, that the Exportati.)n of Irk!) Spirits to foreign countries should be supended till the :31st of December next.—He also proposed, in a Commoti-e of Ways and Means, an additional duty upon Irish Spi; its of 2 . 6d. per gallon. 1 - hs object .vas to afford relief to the brewing t:ade in Ireland, as well as to prevent the peknicious use of spirits in tha: c •untry.—He also moved for the repeal of the Excise Duties on Tobacco in Ireland, in order to propose a more effectual and profitable mit: of imposing Busies On that article.—The Resolutions were agreed to, and the i eport ordered to be received to morrow.—Adjourntd. THURSDAY, A: RIL 9. Mr: P. MOORE presented Petitions from the Royal College of Physi cians of London, and frum various inhabitants of London and West minster, in favour of tin, Sea 13.tthing Bill. Ordered to lie on the 'Fable. —Fie. then move 1 its second re which was opposed by Admiral Harvey, and Lord Henniker, and on a division the Bill was thrown out, the numbers being, for it, 17; against it, 29. Mr. Fut.i.y.it presented a Petition from the innkeepers of the county of Sussex, cumplainin r of the insufficiency of the allowances fur the quartering of soldiers.—Ordered to lie on the 'Fable. Mr. LYTTLET oN. after remarking on the high price of grain in this country, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there was not at this moment sllips in th, river, having cargoes of rice on board, with licenses to proceed with the same to ports in France ? Mr. Wilms aEA o also observed, upon the remarkable scarcity of grain, and suggested the propriety of stopping the exportation of rice upon the. same principle. Mr. l'EiteEvAt'said, that if the quantity of rice in this kingdom was gre It, it might not be advisable to export it ; but as the quantity was small, he conceived it highly proper, in order that America, from the profits which that rice would produce by exportation to France from this country, might bc induced to send that article to Great Britain more extensively. After transacting some business relative to Ireland, the House ad journed. PRIDAY, APRIL 10. ADVANCED PRICE OF GRAIN. Mr. CORWIP. N seeing the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his place, wished to receive an answer toa few observations he had to make. lie had stated to the ktiitht Hon. Gentleman, at the litter cnd of last Oc tober, that this year's crop would in all probability be deficknt, and 225 that immediate measures should be resorted to, to ameliorate the had effects of such a calamity. It was now for him to say, that what he had predicted wes now come to pass. The advance in the price c f grain, Most particularly in the part of the country he had the honour to re present, was exceedingly alarming. He would not deny that he was of opinion there was a quantity of grain in ele country, which, ifehtis banded, would be sufficient to answer the demand; • lie people, but if the same supineness which had hitherto characte ized Government upon this subject, continued to operate, the effect, woule prove ex tretre:y prejudicial to the lower orders, The measure of maki le bread of one quality would, he thought, contribute to :to away, in a great measure, the luxuries which at present.existed, and defeat the bad ef fects of such an application of grain. The CHANCELLOR of the Excii Fut:ER was surprised, that the Hon. Gentleman should couple the idea of a famine with wha - he was pleas ed to call the supineness of Government, unless indeed he was of opi nion that an Act of Parliament could have the effect of making land produce two bushels an acre more than it now produced. He would declare, that upon subjects of this nature the intereosition of Parlia ment had always the effect of creating more mischief than benefit, and he would recommend it to Gentlemen before they came down with measures of this nature, to weigh well whether practical advantage would be likely to result tram them, Government had not been su pine. The distillation from grain was stopped, and measure s were at present in the House, to prevent the application of that article to any use except the necessities of the people. Mr. Cu aWEN stated, that in the County of Cumberland an advance had taken place upon grain in one day of 30s. per quarter, and gave no tice, that on Thursday next he would submit a motion upon the subject of the state of the price of grain. To a question from Sir JOHN Neve RT, Mr. W. POLE answered, that he believed the Irish Militia Officers would, from the present pe riod, be exempted from the Prope' ty 'Fax. GOLD COIN rit,L. Upon the motion that the SPEAKER should leave the Chair, in order to po into a Committee on the Gold Coin Mr. PARNELL moved that the Committee should be postpon .d to this (lay fortnight, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of th! cur rencv of Ireland, which, he observed, was exceedin; ly depreciated. Mier a long conversation between several Members, the House di• wits n there appeared for going immediately into a Committee 87 ; in favour of the Amendment, 27. Maiu: itv ' C. The Cn 7-:CLI.I.OIt of the EXCEEV ER said, th it with respect to du •rat ion, the lall s; as not to continue in fo c: longer than two months after the commencement of the nest Sessign.. _ _ The Bill then passed thiouLli a Committee, and the Report was or dered to be received on Monday.—Adjourned. POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. The Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the Nightly Watch and Police of the Metropolis, has bee:, prii:ted. It e gins with adverting to the late murders at Rr.dcliffe, and the consequent activity manifested to prevent similar outrazes, and then proceeds to take a view of the Police as at present constitute d. The R port speaks highly the system established in the City of London, which, from the nature of its Magistracy, the gradation of its Officers, and division of its limits, it says, affords an example of that unity and dependence of parts, without which no good system of Police can ever be expected; and recommends the adoption of a similar system in Westminster, its liberties, and the other adjacent parishes, which have hitherto formed an unconnected mass of scattered and uocontrolled local atithoritieg.— The Committee, instead of projecting any new system, only think it necessary to recommend such measures to be enforced by legislaave enactment, as will give uniformity and permanency to the one at ptc. sent established. With this view a number of alterations are suggested; the principal of which are— That the seven Police Offices out of the City should have a supe' in tending pnwer over the Parochial Police, in order to create a coninion• centre to which information might be communicated, and daily re ports made. chat the Thames Police Office be . removed from Wapping to the Sur rey side of the River, and its district extend from Greenwich to Bat tersea. That the law for apprehending pickpockets and notorious thieves 'should be amended, and extended to the City of London. That, for the greater facility of prosecuting receivers of stolen goods, seareh warrants he enforced by night as well as by day. That the number be painted on pannels of hackney coaches, ay, to avoid detection the iron plate is sometimes taken off when they are conveying sto en property. that the IVia.o , rates should have further means of rewarding their Officer , for extraordinary activity, so that the Police Officers might bo precluded from participating in the rewards given by Act of Parlia ment, which circumstance sometimes operates against their credit as witnesses. That the expense of criminal prosecutions to a limited extent, and in particular cases, be defrayed from the parish rates, or some other gene ral fund. 1 hat the City Officers should, in certain caves, be empowered to act APRIL 12. T.F 7