The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

134 Mo. Procisr.or replied, that Nlimsters bad no such informa tion. neither did they understand that there was any thing like . .st dealt') of provisions on hoard the tquadron of the gollant Admiral. The lion. Gentleman, if he Is islied for information, • ought to hring forward a specific mot' . wit. CI 1.0 Iry tixed Tuesilay next for so doing. (lilt. PERcre4r, then called the ;Mention of the House, pur suant to a notice, to' the entharra•sed state of the %Vest India trade. One point struck him, for :Ole% iating the present state of difficulty under which the %%est India trade laboured, vs as the encouragement in home consumption of %%est India produce, I)) distiliation from stttrar and molasses. Ile moved for the appoint ment of a Committee to examine Cie stale of the 11 e..t India Trade, and report its opinion thereon to the House. Ordered. TRArlft AND NAVIC.ITIONT. Mr. 'flyover rose, in pursuance his notice, to move that the House should resolve into a Committee on the Trade and Naviotion Act, in order that a full opportunity might be afford ed for an ample disco-sign of the mei its of the late Orders in Council, which he contended had undergone no •erious discussion whatever ; and concluded by moving that the Noose, on Thurs day be ' tottigh I, resolve itself into a Committee on the trade and navigation of the 'country. _ 4), r. 1 1 Elie FP 4L defended the sithinittitie of the Orders in Council to r t Committee of Wads and Means, a perfectly cor rect mode of proceeding. In the Committee on the Orders in ottneil Bill, ail that was to he done was to leave out a clause discovered to he unconnected w ith the objects of that Bill. Dr. I, 4or ,l %cn supported Mr. Tierney. .11r. h rtIN Er replied to the arguments of Mr. Perceval t and the speaker delivered his opinion no the propriety of the Bill originating in a Committee of Ways and Alenwi, as it imposed duties on the exportation of goods. For .%l r. Tierney', Motion—Ayes 55—Voes 10g. The house then formed itself into a Commiitre to consider the Order, of Council Bill, when a desoltory conversation took place bet ween Mr. Tterney, Mr. Ruse, the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, Mr. IVhithread, Sir John Newport, and Mr. Eden, respecting (Se inconsi,tencies between the resew Bill, and the American lotereottrse Bill, which was now in its progress through the other !louse. Mr. Of is in rim 4 n entered his protect against the clauses which prevented the exportalion of Peruvian hark and cocon wool. rind called the serious attention of the !rouse to this part of the measure, w hick seemed calculated to provoke a war with Ante viva; and said, that• instead of distressing the enemy by the prhat hot ot• hark, it was making NI ar V 1 lilt the poor. the de•ti lute. helpiesc paupers in the host►it:t~ ; Rim such a 4 every frietioL , • , i . humanity wool.: c,►ncidcr as childish, cruel, and comempritile, and v. orthy only of the savage harha rian. It was au e xecrable mode of warfare ; and every Briti•h heart would revolt at 4he very idea of depriving the wr,,tcheit of the only medicine, w hack, in certain case•, could afford them relief. The Cu.4NcEr.con of the RTCUNQPER observed, that this Bill slid not prevent the exportation of hark. but intended to lay a duty on it, and to enable his Majesty to allow its ex portation, with a certain portion of the manstfactnres of this country, at the option of the enemy. Ile positively denied the imputation of making war on th.• wretched. With respect to the Baltic being shut against us, should we stand iu tired of ;id l y supply of corn. he had no fear but that the enemy would find it his interest to wink at its exportation, whenever he had occasion for money. CAANiNG said, the present measure was ahsoluely ue res for the homier this privation was felt in France, the rooter, he was certain, the enemy would be brought to his s ens es . Ir. (Vlll4 IIFIE r plained, and adverted to a shocking in stance of the conduct of some of the British soldiers at Copen hagen. s WRIILEtLEr said, that the orders of Lord Cathcart ha;! hecii unfortunately such, as did nut authorise hint to punish toe soldiers alluded to. W a said they had been guilty of rapes, robbers., and murder, and ytt they had not heeu punished ; on the (VII- I rary, thoagh found guilty by a Court-martial, they had been released. lie would Cierrrore, mt an early day, give notice of a moils's] to invesiigate tiis atrocity. Toe House divided on the first question, for omitting the words Jesuit's Bark."—Aye s 76, N oe; 167 ; ma j or i ty in fa sour of Mioi4tert, '.)l. On sue second question, for omitting the words " Uinta..; Wool,' it as negativ,ui by a majority of ST ; the ow:abets being Ayes 7t), ties 16.3.—Askjourned. TilE NATIONAL REGISTER. FEB. 2S. Ittr nsn,t%, Fen. 23. Committees were balloted for to try the merits of petitions complaining of undue eleetious for DON npatrick and Saltash. Mr. Mellish obtained leave to bring in a Bill, enabling the East London Water Works Company to purchase certain Water NVorks in the parish of St. Paul, Sh:ulwell. Mr. !Mellish then presented n petition from Mr. Dodd, En gineer, praying for leave to bring in a Bill fur constructing bridge across the Thames, from Vaushall to Milbank. Betel red to a Committee. The Sherith. of London presented two petitions from toe L os ,' Ifity - or, &c. the tie-a, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for enlarging Smithfield Alarl;et, by the purchase of lands in the parish of St. Sepulchre; mid the second respecting the recovery of Small Debts. Referred to a Committee. Lord H. Petty intimated his intention of moving to-morrow for further information respecting the late Orders in Council, 40 far awlated to their operation in several parts of Lurope. On the motion of Sir J. Sinclair, a Committee was app o i n t e d to consider the late Act for regulating Broad AVherl Waggons, and for limiting the number of outside passengers on Stage Coaches. SHERID.IN then rose to bring forward his promised motion, respecting Stockholm and Copetikren, and said, he confessed he was not sanguine in imagining that success would crown hi= motion, as several motions of a similar descriptiim had ;dreads been negatived by large majorities. He would, however, move an Address to his Nlaje , ts, for a Copy of all Correspondence bet ween Ministers and Dilunark, after the sur render of Copenhagen, relative to bestowing Norway tipun Mweden ; and of all correspondence with the Court of Stockholm in regard to that project. Mn. C.“ fNG said, as Sweden W3S now at war with Russi:i. it %%mild not be proper, nor could his Right lion. Friend at las slinisten to divulge the confidential intercourse that had ta!i.ea place between Sweden and Great Britain. W respect to hi, other motion, there was no necessity for complying with it, as the proposal of giving orn ay to Sweden had never been at tempted to be carried into elfect. After enlarging on tlic:c points, Mr. Canning terminated by opposing the motion. slit. It tvnetAm contended, that the assertions of the Tl ight lion. Gentleman did not by any means apply to the otlestion before the House. The papers required by hi- R iglu lion. Friend n ere such as coull not he prejudicial to the public service. .Ifn. G. Po vsovue insisted on the propriety of producing the papers, in order to do awa% the odium thrown on the character of the British nation, by the conduct of Nlinisters, Stith respect Ocrimark. After a few - words from Lord Temple anti Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Sheridan replied in his usual strain of animation, and said he was not by any means astonished at the ::tense observed on the other -ids of the Douse : it ori.sinated in prudence, as they could not deny the fact: which had bee I alleged asainsi them. The House divided—For the motion S7)-- Igainst it 184—Ma .jority 99. Mr. W. Taylor moved for copies of the Orders in Council which had been grantrd, doriog to different merchaot ships trading with the Spanish colonies, which were ordered.-- Adjourned. ERMA En. 26. The Chairman of the ',abash Election Committee reported, that tile petitioner against the last return Vk as duly elected. The Caairman of the Horsham r;lection Cominittce reported, that the Committee had determined L. I'. Jones, Esq. to have heel, dul y elected. The Citairman of the Great Crimsby Election Committee re ported, that C. . 1. Pelham, Esti. wtis not duly elected, but that Mr. Loris a 4. Sir E. Knatchbull presented a petition from the inhabitants of IV old ich, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for better sup plying that town with water. Referred to a Committee. 3I r. Dawes, from the Bank, presented an account of the Notes in circulation, including Bank Post Bills, ft:om the Ist of February, to the Ist of February, DOS, distinguishing the :unon,et in each sear, and those under the value of 51. Air. Irvine, the Inspector-General of Exports and Imports, presented an account of the quantity of sugar imported into !ire:q Britain in 1S ; the quantity exported from Great Britain to Ireland in that year ; and an account of Jesuit's Bark imported for home consumption within the sante period.—Or tiered to he printed. Mr. Mellish presented a petition from the Master Bakers of • . • - I