The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-13 00:00:00

MARC!! 19. HOUSE OF €OIIIIONS. • 11101111)47, MAIM)! T. The Speaker acquainted the Rowe that bo bad received a Letter from Sir S. Achinuty, dated the 4tb inst. conveying the grateful acknowledgements of that Officer, and of Brigadier- General Lumley, and the Officers under their respective com mands, for the honour conferred on them by the Vote or rhanks of the Moe of the 16th of April last, ou the subject of the attack on Monte Video. Mr. Simeon brought up the Report of the aratupnand Com mittee, which declared the Election for that Borough to be null and void. Writs were ordered fur the election of two Bur- ge?« , .5. Mr. Wilberforce brought up the Report of the Newcastle under-Line Committee, which stated that the Sitting :Members were duly elected, and that the Petition that had becu presented against them was not frivolous or vexatious. Mr. Pantoll presented a Petition from the Freeholders in Qween's County in Ireland, praying far a Commutation of yt hes. lie should move, that the Petition do lie on the table; giving notice, that if Ministers did not take it up betwixt that and an early day after the Easter Recess, he should then mote. that the Petition be referred to a Committee. MR. HORN ER brought forward his promised motion, on the subject of the Fees paid by merchants fur Licences to carry on the Foreign Trade. II is object was to refer the amount of these Fees, and the propriety of their imposition, to the consideration of the Finance Committee. lie concluded by not ing, that the Papers presented on the 10th and 11th of February last, relat • ing to the Fees paid on Licences granted-for carry ing on the Foreign Trade, be referred to the consideration of the Finance Committee. Ma. Rose said, the Privy Council had been for several weeks bit,ily employed in investigating the subject. H suggested to the lion. Gentleman the propriety of withdrawing his motion fir a day or two, until a Report, connected with the Fees on these Licences, from the Privy Council, should be laid upon the table. A fr..r. a short conversation Mr. Homer acquiesced. On the Motion of Sir Francis Burdett, ao Account was or dered to be kid before the House of the total sum issued under warrants from His Majesty, out of the Registry of the Court of Athuirulty, or of the Droits of the Crown, from January 119‘1 1., the latest -period to which the same could he made out ; and also of the Balances remain* in the Registry of the Court of Admiralty out of the said Divas. Mr. Secretary Canning presented Copies of the Correspon dence between Mr. Secretary Fox, and Mr. Secretary Windham, and the Earls of kosslyis and St. Vincent, and Lieut.-General Sinicoe, in August and Septenalscr 1806. Ordered to be printed. —Adjourned. THE NATHINAL REGISTER. 1 , Pus.& he could Dever lose sight of a measure se► eueficial to those who bad born disabled in lighting tor bailie, .sf their country, but in this case he would yield to the suggestion of his Hon. I•'riend. The 11ot:redivided—A vess2—Noes 78—Majority against the introductilin of the Bill 26. Sir C. Pole then moved for a copy of the last Charter granted ► to Greenwich Hospital, which was ordered to be laid before „ tilt! House. TUESD 4 Y, MARCU R. Lord Lake's Annuity Bill wns read and passed. A Bill was read a first time, rendering perpetual several Acts relating to the Exportation o f Tobacco-pipe Clay to the British Colonies in the West ladies. GOREN WICK HOSPITAL. Sin C. Potx moved for leave to bring in a Bill for better re gulating Greenwich Hospital, and the Royal Naval Asylum. He said that this Bill was founded on the last Report of the Board of .Naval Enquiry„and he meant to propose that in future all the Officers employed in Greenwich Hospital should be those ho had lost their limbs in the naval service, and were thereby rendered iucapahle of pursuing their profession. He intended a similar Bill ti►r the regulation of the Officers in the Royal Naval Asylum in future. Ile concluded by moving for leave to brio;; in a Bill accordingly. mu. R►►« ohjected to the introduction of this Bill, till such tine• as the regulations which were now preparing fur it, by order or his Majesty, could be laid uu the table, as those regida tions would supersede the necessity of parliamentary inter ference. Independent of this objectiou it would be seen that the Commissioners could hut, in justice to the Institution, ap point naval characters to the different offices of Surveyor and Auditor, both of these required professional men. MR. WHITBREAD supported the motion, being firmly con vinced that a number of seafaring persons could be found fully qualified to fill the ditlerent offices in Greenwich Hospital and the Royal Naval Asylum. Mk. Po.vso.ver would advise his lion. Frieud to separate the object ► and bring in two distitict Bills. MUTINY HILL. The Noose then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, on the Mutiny Hill Lost) C.4u.l.EsuistGir felt perfectly convinced of the nece4sity of doing away part of the clause respecting unlimited service. Military men were averse to the system introduced by the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Windham). In the Colonie:, where no less than 90,000 men were employed, the c \ pence of sending soldiers backward, and forwards, according: to the new system, was more than 450,000 P. additional. The N oble Lord had no objection to limited service at home, hut it was product.ivo of a serious evil abroad. The measure was radically had, and ha trusted the House would see the propriety ofexpunginz that part of the Hill. R. if - imnw.4v read his own military resolutions, awl tilos* of Lord Castlereagh at the end of the last Parliament. Th• resolutions of Mr. Windham proved, that in the first year after the plan was put in force, its first quarter's produce was 11,000 men, its second 13,000, its third 21,000, and its fourth 11,1100. lie then anitnadverted with considerable severity MI the itkiustit • and iniquity of the• Proposed innovation, which was levelled at the utter ruin of the military plans of the last Adminiqration, which were to be overwhelmed at one stroke. The famous Ad ditional Force Act had produced 12,000 men, but the desertions were one in five. Ile concluded a very long speech by deearing his decided negative to the clause. Mr. Windham and Lord Castlereagh severally explained; when the 11 o use divided—Ayes 1 69—\ oes 100.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. 167 Mr. Mellish brought up the Report of the East London NVater Works Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill was or dered to he engrwsed. MK. CALCR.IFT moved for tt return of the effective strength of the Volunteers of Great What!' to the sth of February last. The Sugar Drawback Duties Bill, and the Sui;ar Bounty Bill, were read a third time and passed. commirTus OF SVPPLY. The House, in a Committee of Supply, on the motion of NIT.. Husk isson, voted the following sum► :- 73,500 to pay MI 5 per Cent. Annuities. 144,600 fur the relief of I:rtlich and other Emigrants. This suns exceeded the vole of last 'ear mule under this head, by 3,000/. The reason of the increase was, that the vote of 1606, for St. Domingo Emigrant,., ailOrded a surplus which covered in some degree, the expence that was to be pros ided for anew this Sear. 7,118 For the Charges of the Alien Office. 4,696 To make good the Deficiencies of the Vote of lad year, fur defraying the Lx pence of Printing and Sta tionary for the House of Commons. 2,3.17 To make good the Deficiency of the Vote for French and other Emigrants in 1807. 12,000 For the Expence of the Public Office, in Bow-street. The Report to be received to-morrow. FUNDING OF EXCHEQUER DILLS. PEResv4L nose to submit a proposition for funding 1,000,0001. of Exchequer Bilk. It certainly would be ad: sir able thing to remove these Bilk from the market; and it was meant that it should he done by a public subscription, without any regard to the dates of t'.,:•se Bills. He proposed and moved a Re:olution, that these 4,000,0001. of Exc..equer Bills be funded in the 4 and 3 per Cents. after a few words from Mr. N. Vansittart and Mr. Husk isson, it was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. On the Alotiou of Lord Folkemone, the Order of the for resuming the adjourned debate on the Nlarquis of ‘Cellebley was read. (MDT PAPERS. L 9111) reirtiTOVE said, the charge he meant to submit against the Marquis Wellesley, was his erael and harsh treat ment of the Nabob of Ottde, once a great, a powerful, and an ndependent Prii.ce in India, but now a•hnrn of id- rank reedoin. When that Nabob uscendcd the niusiml, one tn,