The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-06 00:00:00

130 TIIE naasTrn.. . - who would consider their privations as nothing. The lion. :Member then submitted the follow in;; Resolutions Reiolved, Ist. That it is the opinion of this that the conditions stipulated by his lajesty's .\finister, for the accep tance of the Mediation of the Emperor of ltesia w ere inelpe dient anti impolitic. 24.11 y, That it is the opinion of this Ilonse, that the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers on the refusal of the mediation inlCred by the Emperor of Austria, was Met pedieut anti impolitic, and not calculated to ascertain how far the rcAoratien of the blessings of Peace might, or miAht nut, have been attainable through the means of such mediation. ;idly, That this House feels it incumbent on itself to declare, that there is nothing in the present eh of the war Achich ought to preclude his Majesty from einbraciir , every fair opportunity of acceding to our comnicociog a Negociation with the enemy, on a footing of equality, for the termination of hostilities, on terms of justice and honour. Mn. Sncrenr sue CIA'S 1 NG, in a mot brilliant and able speech, expressed his readiness to enter at any time into N ego 61o.tions for Peace, consistent with the honour and t he dignity of the etiimt,•y ; but he maintained, that until certain information was received titmt the French Government .% as prepared to enter into negotiations on an equitable basi , , it would he im prudent to attempt any. And said it was the intention of the British Government to enter into negociations for peace, but in the Official Notes which passed through the hands of Count Star hemberg, the Austrian sinister, an ambiguous stale was con spicuous, evidently the effect of design. In one of the. Notes the w orris " at war with England," were inserted, instead of at war against England. The former conve3ed a different meaning from the sense required, and admitted of several con structions. A second Note was sent with a most singular • -omission in grammar. A request was made that the omission might be filled up, but the omission still existed, and it was evident that these errors were intentional. Ministers had de termined not to enter upon negociation, unless it was upon a footing that was likely to insure a successful issue. rviirrrillE.lo replied, after which the Ilouse divided on each of the three propo , itions he had moved, w high were all negati‘ctl. The following arc the numbers which appeared on each nivision. tat Division—Ayes 70---Nroes 210. !..Ed 17---Noes 2 B. Ay es SS---Noe , 7. Adjourned. TUFSDiY, facrait I. Committees were chosen by ballot, to try and determine the merits of the Fetitions complaining of undue Elections, and ltes tants for the Borough of Newcastte awl Yarmouth. A Message from the Lords informed the house their Lordships bad agreed to the Ten Mations nthlallolf Excliegur r Bill. Mr. Pereeval moved the Order of tie Day for the House taking into farther consideration the Report Of the Committee of Supply of Friday, granting the Army Estimates. A short dis cussion ensued, when the Resolutions were agreed to. The Secretary at War obtained leave to bring in the Annual Mutiny Bill. • The adjourned debate on the nude Papers was, on the motion of Lord Folkestone, postponed till Weduestia . , se . nnight. Mr. Ponsoobydeferred nis motion for certain Papers, relative to Copenhagen, till to-morrow week. Mr. Sharpe deferred his motion, for a Vote of ('enure on Ministers, from to-morrow, until Friday, the 11th inst. Mr. Wharton brought up the Report of the Committee on hi% Majesty's Message, relative to a Pension to the Heirs of Lord Lake. The Resolutions were agreed to, and a 13111 was ordered,—AtUourned. U. M r..T. Buller obtained leave to bring in a Bill for regulatieg his Majesty's Marine Forces, while on shore. Mr. ‘I harton brought up a Report on the Act of the Vid the Kim , . g ni certain Drawback Duties On Sugar, near ex pi rim;. Lease %%ah given to bring in a Bill continuing the said Mr. Dusk isson presented several Papers, relating to the ship Etrusco. De was sorry a Copy of tiir Dome Popham' ) Me morial to the King could not be produced, as the original was not in the olio.. Laid on the table. The Scotch Distillery Bill was read a third time and passed. The Pilots' Regulation Lill was read a JeCUnd time, anti cool. mitted for to-morrow. Lord CaAlereagh brought up a Bill for the better payment of the Arms and their Quarterh, and for punihhing Mutiny and De. het l ion. R ead a first time. After a few ohhervations by Mr. Windham, who gave notice that, in the further progress of the Bill, he should oppose it, in •zo far as it did assay limited service, and rendered the the only means of recruiting the Regiments of the Line.—Ad journed. TllTRtl►t<V, 11.1 ttctt 3. On the motion 01 Mr. l'erteval, the second reading- of the Bill impositig: a dut) , on Salt, 3‘as postponed till this day then• months, in other word- the 13111 ‘sti.. givrii up, owing to rt•rtaiu reprewntatitots that hatl heeu made to the Itight lionourtlik Gentlemen respecting it. WEDNESDAY, NI SRC!! 2. The Chairman of the Great Yarmouth Election Committee reported, that the Sitting Members were duly elected, and that the Petitions against their returns were not frivolous or vex atious. An Account was presented, shewing the Receipt and Expendi ture of the Chest at Chatham, in 1807. Lord Castlereagh withdrew his notice for an Address to the King, re:peeling the erection of a :Monument to the memory of the late Lord Lake. His reasons for this were, firA, that the proposition did not seem to meet the consent of the louse ; and, secondly, that tote only instance in point was, the ease of the late Lord 11 o we, to whore memory a monument had been erected by the authority of that Howe. ~- MR. GIVI'IRII. SIRJ. N - EIFPORT rose, pursuant to his notice, in order to move for certain Papers respecting the restoration of 11r. (af ford to his office of Accountant-General of the Custoo l f., moved for a copy of the patent by which Nlr. Gifford wit lately appointed to the office of Surveyor of the Cibtoins in the port of Dublin. Sur A. /Yht.r.rstEr objected to the motioA, as the Baronet had stated no ground for it. ft A rout replied that lie did not w ish to say notch until the Papers should be laid before the llou , e. Ile couli;, however, assert one thing, viz. that if the (H.-missal of \lr. was original!) ri7ht by Lord ilardw ii k, it was wrong in the Duke of Richmond In restore him ; not only to restore aim, ',ea to give hint au addition:il office. Mr. Gifford had been ext remeiy active in fomenting the differences between the Protestantst:;.d Catholics. ( . 110 lltis u obscr% ed, that the dismissal of Mr. Gillant front Iris Quite, if not au arbitrary and cruel art on the part of Lord Hard%) ick's Administration, was ill-judged, and an act contrary to justice. The lion. Gentleman contended, that Mr. Gitfard was not amenable to such a summary mi•de of mem, he having anted on that occasion merely in his eapacity as a Member of the torpor:Won of Dublin. lie had hero in possession of his 4odice for twenty-three years. lie was de cidedly against the motion. Mu. t:. ur observed, that the lion. Gentleman who spoke last, had asserted that Lord Hardwick had exercised hit authority in au arbitrary manner. The lion. Gentleman lot, it would appear, couunitted a bull upon this point. lie h.,d spoken in defence of :V.r. Gifford, and had attacked the condu , t of Lord Hardwick, but naturally enough he had declared he should vote Aux t xsr the production of the Papers which were to elucidate the charge. Mr. Fitzgerald, 1)1.. Lawrence, Mr. Grattan, Lord H. Petty, 11 . . Smith, and Sir .1. Nem port, argued in favour of toe motion; and Dr. Duigeuan and Mr. Perceval against it, when tile House divided. For the motion, 57—Against it, 103—Majority against motion, 46. ROCTIr TIT SQl' A DRON. MR. r.,r.cn irt brought forward his promised motion reFpro• ing the Squadron under the command of Sir R. Strachan hat ill.; been under the necessity of quitting Basque Roads from a wal't of provisions, which had given the Rochefort Squadron :.n op portunity to escape. With regard to the point to which his motion bore, the fact was, that Sir It. Strachatt had been com pelled to leave Basque Roads for want of a sufficient suppty provigions ; and the House would be astonished when he Aattd that the gallant Admiral had neither relief by .hips to replao' those on the blockade, or by transports with provisions, for a period 41f ten weeks. After this, Sir Richard quitted hi: sta• lion, and proceeded to eruize in the offing, when I . e nut let'' British men of war, and the Mediator transport. frdilli ib e ' e he obtained a supply of provisions, but it did not appear to !'e -ufficient to enable Sir Richard to follow the enemy ; nay, 11° was compelled to draw styptics from the squadron oil kurcoui f e I 3 I. h Y II if :t 3 1 e U S . 15 et a a- %.) 'de be