The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-15 00:00:00

441 P NATIONAL REGISTER. MAY 15. r • " 1. That at the Custom-houses in the Brazils, all kinds of goods, merchandize, and commodities. brought either on board of foreign ships. belongiug to subjects of such Powers as are considered to be on terms of amity and peace with my Royal Crown, or in vessels belougiug to my subjects, shall he admitted On payment of twenty-four per cent. ia►port duty, consisting of twenty per cent. consolidated customs, and four per eeut. addi tional duty already established ; the collection of the said cus toms to he effected in the same manner as has hitherto been dome at the said Custom-house, wine, brandy, and sweet oil shall pay siouble the duty that has hitherto been levied on the said articles. " 2. That it shall be lawful not only for my own subjects, but also for those of the Powers above-mentioned, to export to such ports as they shall deem expedient, for the beuetit of trade and agriculture, which I feel anxious to promote, every species of colonial commodities and produce, with the exception of Brazil wood and other articles, the exportiviou of which is already prohibited, on payment of the same export duty as has hitherto been established in the respective provinces; all laws, royal edicts, and other ordistartees, which hitherto prohibited in this state of the Brazils a mutual inter sours(' and maritime trade between ms subjects and foreign n.alans, remaining mail farther suspeoded and without rot ce. All which sou will cause to be carried into effect with that activity and zeal which 1 ex pect (rain you. (Signed) lies/toe, Inn. ?S. r PRINCE. Re it carried inn► execution and registered, and the necessary orders for that pa rp ose expedited. (signed) .13a/tai, Jan. 29, ISOA. ('uu.r•r LIE PONTE. SOD • he felt that a proceeding like the present was much less objec tionable than that of a separate Address from either Hour* of Parliament. LORD R RDESDILE did pot feel his objections to the meniare in any degree removed by what had fallen from the Noble Se. cretary of State. Looking at the eircumstauces in a hid' it ad and under which it was persevered iu, he considered it as the first step to a series of innovations a kieh might lead Iss the destruction of our present admirable Constitution, and the erection of a Republican Clovernment on its ruins. Loan LfoLL4ND supported the Bill. Though it did not g o the length of the original measure, he was grateful to Ministers for the part which they took upon this occasion. !le hailed it ns a victory and triumph over that faction of secret influence which had pervaded the whole of the present reigp, and perpetually stept in to intercept and blast the hopes and a ishes of the pro. ple. There was not an administration for the last forty yeaes but had some time or other felt the force of this secret influence, and the present, or any other miisistry, should have his zealous assistance in counteracting it. The question was put and tarried without a division; and tho Bill au, accordingly read a second time.—Adjourned, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. The Militia Pay Bill, Militia Subalterns Bill, and Irish Mi. litia and Stamp Duty Bills were read a first time, Lord Hawkesbury delivered a Message from his Majesty, re commending it to their Lordships to concut in making a suitable provision for the Duchess of Brunswick. The Message was tit• dered to be taken into consideration. The Scotch Judicature Bill was read a third time. A clause was adopted by way of rider, on the motion or the Lord Chancellor, for distributing the Clerks of the Court or Ses sion between the two new Courts into which it is to he divided the Bill. The Bill passed, and was ordered to the Com wous.—Adjourned. THTJILSDAY, 1M.% Y 12. The English and Irish Militia Bills, lrish Stamp Ditty Bill, and Horse-hire Bill, were read a seemul time. •- Lotto 1140s . Pcesevair inoiernie order of the day for taking into consideration his Majesty's Message re , pecting the Duchess of Brunswick. The language of that communication was such DA to leave him very little to say on the present occasion. Their Lordships were acquainted with the unfortunate circumstances which compelled her Royal Highness to seek an asylum in this country. The high character and merits of her illostlions hus band were ;kW) too well known to them,44) require any observa tion from him. The cause in which he had lost his life might, under the circumstances of the times, he properly considered as the cause of this country. This consideration, as well as that, of consanguinity, weighed with his Nlajesty in his desire to make a suitable provision for the declitting yeyrs of her !loyal ncss. His Lurdship concluded with moving an Address, assar ing his Majesty of the disposition of that :louse to concur in promotiog the object of the Message. Loan L4VDERD.4I.E paid it would have been as well if the Noble Secretary of State, in recommending the ohject of the message, had abstained from adverting to any other consideration than that the Duchess of Brunswick was his Majesty's sister. I That was the only ground on which lie could assent to the Ad dress; fur if the /louse ua ere to act on the principle that she has to he provided for because she was the widow of a foreign, Prince who had been stripped of his territories, such a prece dent might in the present situation of Europe, go the length of entailing the most serious hurthens on the people of this country. With respect to the Duke of Brunswick, there was a very con sitierable difference of opinion as to the Merit; of his conduct during the latter period of his life. It could not be admitted that Prussia, at the time the Duke received his f4tal wound. was fighting the battles of this country ; on the contrary, she was , then in actual hostility to us. The allowance to he proposed for the Duchess was 10,0001. •, hut it should he recolleeted, that she had a pension on the Irish establishment, and enjoyed, be sides' the interest of her dowry, which was severed in tram iu :this country. Ile alluded to these particulars, n o t for the pur pose of ohjerting to the intended provision as too large, but for the purpo-e of stating that'if it was not so, the allowance to the , Princesses was too small. The Duchevt, who was the 'daughter of the Prince of Wales, would have LI or 15,000/. year, while fl+e danghters of a Sovereign would have only 30,0001. n-year among. them. This regolatiou was totally w trariance with the practice which had' hilherto prevailed, iu stip 11101'00Di* the eitablishtneints of the Roynt FROM TILL 01 Ru.%LI kft MAILS. 27.---Last night the Plurbe frigate, ('alit. Oswald, arrived from Lord Collingwood's fieet, which the l'itcehe kit off Minorca, twelve days ago. By the Plkehe e learn that the_ Rochefo►'t and Toulon squAdrans, after having effected the (Ab ject of their expedition, iu lauding tifs eive• thousand men at Cor fu and the Seven Islauds, had, after visiting Minorca, returned to . 1 - oulion. The Spank?' squadron at Minorca declined going to Toulon along with the Freocn, and they were at :anchor in the harbour of Mahon, whet( the Phoebe left Al itiorca. Lord ('ociu•ane landed on the N. \V. part of 'tl inorca, and had blown up a fort which had been con••tructed by General Fox, f•ar the defence of Roadstead, where it ,t situated. Lord Coiling% nod intended returning to Sicily , again, with the licet under his command. The Gras-hopper, Capt. Searle, t!tis morning hrought in two Sp;aati-l► prizes, tftden with indigo and cochineal. bound from Xeres Cruz to Cadiz, so ppowd to be w ortti Stf,t4fo/. also ttao S i ).l dish gun-i►oatr taken off Cad iz. Plc Electra sloop of war had been lost off Sicily—the crew Sa%••(). 1 Arum 99. Yesterday afternoon the Votontaire frigate. and the eouvoy from Eligland of fifty sail, an ed here. The. Duke of Oilcans lauded from the V olonta ire, awl was received with a balute from the garrkost aod shi pi)i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. NOUSE OF I.OIMS. 1110\01V, N . .1 I( 9. The Teich Spirit Dr.mnark Sn.•ptwion Dill was read a tbirti time and pasmA.—Anjourard. TUESD AY , )1 Y 10, The Irish Clergy Residence Bit's, and Irish Write Iltuise Bill, were received front the Co:iations, and read it it t•-t Petitious f the I)eliteN in the .laik of Li verp and Lan eahter, were preheated by Lord Derby, alit: tit - tic:ed. to lie un the taiile. ncycnstos HILL. I.onn 11.dirrtEqnt•Rr 'nosed the Order of tlie Dny fr./. Oe se fond retoling of the Hever-boo hill. Ilis Lordship H:•ietly ei* pressen his approbation or' the principle of the present Bill, :nsi ioutrosted %Ott that which hail been , recently rejecter). 'fhb )till %As prupvrh connected with Cite proceedin g s I , f tbe ,f'eus-• rnittee of Finance. It mignt, perhaps, he conceived, that peutlitig its inquiries, there cook! he no rtispositinit on ilie part of Altioster s to advise his Majesty to grant un . ,.ottlee in reversion: bpi if it was advisable nut to leave3lse wulatertot their iliocuetitilsr ..`. . `1