The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

.70 I l and especidly in the State of Massachussetts, who have In any way or manner whatever entered into, or most remotely countenanced, the project, or the views,. for the execution or attainment of %TWO John 1 . Henry wa4, in the year l&O, employed by Sir James Craig, then Go- verril.r General of the British provinces in NorthitA e merica, and which Dave been communicated to t h e Senate of the United States. Ate official paper of the American G ov erimstnt menti burst ons, that when those document,. were read, thlr produced a general of indig nant patriotism in both Houses of Congress." - - - IMPER IA I, PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, APRIL £7. The earl of Drotsv presented a Petition from the merchants and traders of Live-rrool, against the Orders in Council. Lord HoLt..t ' D gave notice of his intention to bring in a Mil to re gulate the povver ny.v vetted in the Attorney-General, of filing Es- off.io inforinations I.)r libel. rile Earl • - )f Liveßroot., pursu ant to notice, moved the Thanks of t'.,.• House to the F.arl of Wellington, and the An...yr under his com mand, for their gallant conduct in the capture of I.ladajoz. His Lord ship int..-.tioned by r.11.::e the General and principal Officers who distin guished themselves on the night of the 6.11 of Aptil, and concluded with a ~ i, . t p.inc.tyri.7. upon the shill, valour, and com•ummate wi..dom of the ene-al, Lord and the Wellinmogt.tion ; passed in this 71e1N; di eutogium, Lord Holland w G arulti il;cidec.l, s.—Adjouintd. TUESDAY, APRTT. (28. Lord liotnittin presented a Petition triun some Dissenting Ministers -f London and Westmaister, against ail penalties on account of re f • riarl STA N 'tort dcclar"d his intention of bringing in a Bill in the spi rit • , f the Petition. Lord H ot , LAN n inquired of Ministfrs what tru'h there was in a ftweme nt in the American Papers, dia.. a n emissary had been employed by England to foment aibatiet.s in a part of the United States ? I.ivitaruot. sa 7 ,d. stur he felt no diffi cu lty in stiqing (without any teservation whatever) that there river had been an attempt, design, or on the Government, to erect any separ: • ion or disurion between' ay parts of the Uni?d ti , :qes; or to foment any di ss atisfaction towards tne G o vernment ot t that country if Captain Hems was employed by h (;eneral C ate, it was nit-rely to procure such information as might 17e u f for the Iw:erects of this country in that quarter, and tor the : t hi: 7.lajzitr's s,!rvi• - e. The Government here knew nothing of his bdtnz employ:7d till his return to Quebvc. • i•Le ;.io d ci;in Bill was read a second time after some discussion, and ordered to by.! committed on .:1-iday.--/-tdjourned. Wednesd<ty and Thursday no business of importance done. 7RIDIIY MAY 1. AMERICAN PAPERS. Lord HOLT, AND again called the Pttention of their I,ordships to the tethject on winch he had lately felt it his duty to address the flottse,he meant t - le rumoured interference of the Govern emnt of this en h counepro try posed the with the warm and tranq uillit y of the American States. Wh sThject, he had no thought of any kind of opposition. Since he came into the House, however, he was surprised to find that his motion was to be resisted. He thought the matter of too much importance to be precipitately urged, and therefore would gladly take a future day. luesday might he convetnent if another measure of great importance (th. Orders in Council) were not fixed for that day. The Earl of I.lvcapoot. having intimat. d that the discussion of the Orders in Council, and that of the Noble Baron, m;ght conveniently take place the same day, the motion of Lord HOLLAND Willi fixed for Tuesday next —Adjourned. ;.-- HOUSE OF COMMONS• MONDAY, APRIL 21. Admiral 1-Ltam presented a Petition from certain ship builders and others, against tht privilege of the India Company to build ships in Colonel STANLEY presented Petitions from Lancaster, Wigan, and Stockport, resvectively, against the monopoly of the East India Com pany.—Ordeteci to lip on the Table. Oil the motion of Mr. BARING, Goldsmid's Estate Bill was read a third time, and passed. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. General GASCOYNE said, he held in his hand a Petition from the wn Liverpool, complaining of the elects of the Orders in Coun cil. Be fore presenting this petition, he had to state, that it was ttgned by 6 : 560 names, m gin) of whom were respectable itv.rchallti, though it had only lain lour days fo: si t naturc. fle hid also to, nif7vti:,:t, that they were Pio4tly the same personst who iLd signed a• ha a th dgainen st the. Orders in Council when I tit;le mnp ti ires o riginatcd, And tnretyld the c2lami its which the trade tit Liverpool LAd since suffered I TIIE NATIONAL TtEGISTEII. ABr 3 from the effects of those orders, and from the closing of the ports of America. After some observations from Mr. Creevey end General Tarleton, the petition was 111.010:top and read. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he held in his hand another Petition from a number of the inhabi• atants of Liverpool, who had signed it in the course of one hour; and had it not been necessary to send it off, in order that it might accompany the preceding petition, it would have received a much greater number of signatures. After a words from Mr. Lyttleton and Lord Milton, the Petition was read, and ordered to he the Table. DE on F AU LTERS. The Order of the Day for the attendance of Members who bid not appesred to the Call of the House beim, read, the names of several Members were called over, who answered in their places. On the name of the Right Hoe. William Fitzeerald being called, the Speaker inquired whether any Member had been requested to answer for the Right Hon. Gs sitlemae's abence. General Nle-rnew said, that he did not at all doubt but that the Rieht Hon. Gentleman waa in Ireland, where, during the discussion of the late important qoestion, he ought not to have been. He expressed Ids hopc, that the Houee would nut excuse the absence of the Right Hon. Gentleman. This gave rise to a conversation between several Members, and Sir W. Wyllie/ moved, that the Right Hon. Member be taken into the custody of •the Serjeant at Arms. The motion was the carried in the affirmative. TH A NKS TO LORD WEI:LINGTON. The Cueetceeton of the Excurou re roce to move o mmand . the Thanks He of the House to Lord W ellin g ton, and the army u nder his c should not think it necessary to delay the House long from the consi deration of any other husioess, because the motion he had to propose needed not enforcement ft om any speech that he could make, and be cause he was confident that its naked merits would he met by the un animous approbation of the House. •He had, indeed, for the last eighteen months, so niati. occasions to make motions of the na lire of the present one. that t he was afraid to attempt any novelty of pane gyric on the subject. His power to praise weuld by no means keep pace with the Itequency of expltait, and he shonld therefore content himself with simply making his motion. The Right Hon. G..vitlemau then moved the thanks of the lieuse to the F.arl of Welling:tn, tor the great ability, sltql, an,l valour with which he had so successfully conducted the siege of Badejoz. General Twiteeeros was of opinion that this last exploit of Lord Wellington had done great honour to birosell and the Bri.ish army. Under all the circumstances, he believed that no General in the uni verse hut himself weuld have attempted the capture of Baciajoz. Admiral Sir J. Yottxx did not think that the motion went tar enough in rewarding the illu s t rious Commander of the army in Spein. lie was of opinion, that the highest dignity the country bad to bestow, would fall short of rower ling his merits. Gen. MA mew said, thet he scarcely ever offered himself to pas House with snore pleasure than on the present occasion coneurring as he did for the first time, and probably for the last—( i o laugh )—with the Right HoneGentlemar who made the nt moti tin. He repeatet He il. d th t he was most happy to concur in the le ese mon of the Righ Gentleman, because it was a gratefel duty to add his we. k praises to the general voiee of applause—because nothing could give him inure pleasure than to speak the r eulogy of many dear friends and gallant countr ymen who had fallen on this glorious occasion. He agreed with the gallant Admira l, that the motion did not go far enough. He would slot attempt to recapitulate the exploits, or to count the glories of Lord Wton they were knon to his contry—they were felt by En roellingpe—they ; were bright before w u the world, and would re tain a splendour Listing to all time. It was soflicient to say, that he had been victoricus wherever honour and his count r y - called him, and that like Marlborouth he hod never he,IL berat; , n ! To no General was Lord Wellington second, and almost all had he surpassed. Was it not!o therefore right. that this conspicuous man—this man so gifted y end so favoured by fortune—should be, by his country, pre-eminently distinettWied ? Was it not right that his gallant army, of whom he was, as well the com mander, the father, and the friend, should through him be m'' l fie rewarde: l ?To this army, wh;ch so adored and idolized their commander, the country owed much ; and how could that debt better be discharged than by dignifying their commander ? He would recom mend the same measures to be adopted towards lord Wellingtor, as had been taken with respect to Lord Nelson.—Thheavyv felt VsetC identified with Lord Nelson, and the Army would, sure, ful itself raised by every elevation of their chief. It was a source of con siderable satistactkn to himself, that about twenty years ago, he had served in the same regiment with Lord Wellington ; and the Noble Lord had since gained no victory in which he did not sympethize, nor gathered 7l laurel for his brow which he did not delight to see On wear.—But there was a trait in the character of Lord which might not to be hidden from the public sight. When he quitted his military pursuits, and retired to his native country in a civil capa city, it was - highly to his honour to say, that though he differed in pa . . !hies from the majority of his countrymen, he was universally beloved. Wellington •Ihe frankness of his disposition, and the openness of his heart, re commended him to the unsophisticated simplicity and the feverous . feelings of his countrym , n; and when he gave up his civil ..ituatlen, it ~~ that All that we! Pic sevi Bat Art NII trlli l7fi /ISt Kft ettit Or( to-1 to t •ic He St; P" of sui Pi"" ---