The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-13 00:00:00

772 .THE NATIONAL REGISTEIIi rnazoll; 8 ; and Cott tit ',V Ittgt nstcin, '29 ; trial:!ng a total of 2-15 picces of L411:1011. IS Besides which, there Is no doubt thit several 4ur.s have been thrown into the rivt•rs, bariO, or tyo..,ed In the wouds ; corroborated by the pri:;oners and I he pew...at:try. . 44 The h-ad-gitArters of the It its!,iln at my were on the 13th No• 'ember, at the village Ballotino, lU vas's from Stiluiellk." IMPERIAL P ME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS. • MONDAY, DEC. - Lord 1. l" 7.& POOL, in a Comm ttee of the whole Horse, on ale Prince Regent's Message, stated, hat it W:iq intended in the oti , er House to prcpose a grant of 101,0001. t 4; Loid Wellington, to be laid out in hinds, attached to the title of Wellington, and moved no answer to the Mes , age of thy Plince Rei:ert, stating th:-Ir concur rence with its oh:?ct.—The Ad,hei-: was a: r.°:;4l to nrtn. di is. Lord tt KDFSDAI.E • S Bill, for dividing the Oilices of the Lord Chan cellor, was committed. Adj•urned. :•• TUISDAY, ”ECE7.IntR ft. INSOLVENT DURAN' BILL. • Lord Et.t.ENßoaouGu presented a Bill to explain aria amend the Insolvent Debtors' Bill:if last principally in what respected the pr L visions relative tc Debtors, the amours of who s e debts ex ceo;ed two thousand pounds. NVith respect to these the vow( is of the judiCral i.lirristers who were to be attpointed by the respective Courts ot were far from clearly defined, and in some vitas of view they fell shirt ot whit wak found to-be necessary. The Bill ate now proposed, would give those Barristers the power of adniinistering an oa •t ; also to cause prb:oners for debt to he brought before t bun, nn their warrants, in the counties ot Mniktlesex and Surrey : and ' ith respect to other vans of the kingdom, by writs of hat). as corpus. Provi ion w.s also made that the decisions of the judicial Pa: ristcrs shooll he final ; and further, that the properties of debtors of such description should be vested. for the purposes of the Act, in the Clerks of the Thc: Bill was read a first tinte.—Adjourned. wr.Dwrsokv, 9. CATHOLIC QUE-qION. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY prez•ctited a Petition from the Dean and Chapter uf Catiterbery, against the Roman Catholic claims, Ordered to lie on the table. The Vice Chancellor's Bill was, on the motion of Lord It r ors °ALl:, read a third tim;.: and passed and a Message ordered to acquaint the Commons therewith. PRIVATE 11; It W3S ordered, en the motion of Lord WA r.si Netn Am, thit no Petition or Private Bills be received alter the 9th day of Ycbruary Lext. —Adjourned. THURSDAY, 017. C. GERMAN LEGION. Lord Fon v s-rova rise to draw the notice of the House to an order respecting the King's German Legion, inserted in the Gazette of tne ISth of August last. It was as follo.vs ;—" In consideration of the King's German Legion having so frequently distinguished themselves against the enemy, during the campaign, but particularly at the bat tle of Salamanca, his Royal Highness the Prince Renews-, acting in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to order that those Officers now serving with temporary rank in the several rcgi nient's of that corps, shall have permanent rank in the British arm), from the dates of their respective Cominissions."—His Lordship thought that this orde r could only , be understood to introduce Foreign German Officers, permanently, or as long •as they should live, into the British army ; the German Legion having been enrolled as a tem porary corps. The ingenuity on the other side of the House, had, however, he believed, discovered another interpretation, and he should sit down in the hove that the Noble Lord (P.Amerstont) would state whether he did or did nut concur in the explanation jui,t ofkred Lord PALMERSTON?. replied, that it was not his intention, nor could it be the etPct of the.order, to give the Officers of the German Legion privileges or advantages inconsistent with the Act, under the authority of w knelt the German Legion was formed. Lord /01. K ESTON.E continued.-4 such were the fact, the order was aatullity, and amounting to nothing—(near, hear !)—but the expla nation just attempted was directly at valiance with the vv, , rds ut rile firstrument, and those words were equally incoin,istent with the Ac of Settlement, and with the Statute embodying the German Legion After what had fallen from the other side, the pn.pos.tion %%Ina his Lordship inteneett onginally to have made on this su' ject, must be altered ; but as a I' (iodation for it, he would in tie ti,,t ins ante move, that an humble addrtss be presented cie the Princi ;44cot, praying him to lay before the House copies vlall oidci d the War-Office respecting the rank of . Officers serving in the Germau Legion. DFr • 1. h.,. Lord 1 1 A I.NI ER STON E lamented that the 'Noble Lord wh o el l ;„ , sat down, did now allow him to answer his siteech , before I T t i,'.ir i ` edit (a laugh), because it might have saved the lionset considerrheri. tr. -tilde. 'f he ditrerence was merely as to the interpretation or wei'l; which had become technical, as applied to the 'Mina' v sere - Permanent realik was teat which was possessed he every fie. " c t ( dicer iii e e regular British army, and temporary . rank was such as was eivene pi rsens who h:.tl !:41$;:(1 bodies of men to the public terve e , ~,j, o' were provided Wilh high con - anis:dens without advancieg th e s ic i, the previous stages. Temporary rack, thus conferred, 4 Pld'e'l onl y to the particular ccrps, and did not entitle the individual tarliel to hreeet tack, cr to half-pay. In t rte In nothing mere permaneie lend been cc-nit:reed on the officers of Ihe G c rmn: Leeion, then w hat the law allowed ; and, at tie.: time :he rrd c r - vas trained, th-.• Aet oile r , h ai nent embodying them, was kept in vie..v. The Ni hle I. , ed i ie t maintained, that the order was inconsisient with the tire, welch re. wilted the King to grant commis:row, atel letters of service: but it 'bid not provide that they should be :I iferen. he m there e; ether co , cs bestowed, excepting that they were 11110011 H !•(lly to terminate. a: the disbanding of the corps at the time lirrited, Ant that the Akers ii;; s „ sensing dam were not to have the bere.fit of hal f-proy. Then it ivcaid be asked, what benefit did the officer cie rive Iroin lIliF ortivo ? ;he a r, I hear !) He received this ad vantlg;., to a soldier Tvhe hied galhaviy served his country, of no small value, that when his ccineeein i should cease, and ltis services :!souk no longer be requirell, his ran i ; would still be pr inted • in the Army List ;he ar, near !), awl hee4 printed in the Army List, he would still bear the iank to which ha merits so nequestionably entitled him. Lord Pal- erstonc denied ! most poin:edle, that the instrument in the Gazette iiiterfeied with the officers of B riti:ll regiments. The noble Led opeosite unele, perhaps, ask, for what purpose the 4 ~der Tvis required ? It was to ibestow a well-merited compliment on a teely of men w•ho level Alwiis : Oren distinguihed for gall limy and discipliee : as - far as trla.ed to the rank t hey were to beer (O - mull net to the emolument they %%tie ; to receiee), it cone:Mel tetniicraty into pertnaneer s ervice, Ne b., t h e . ; acquired was honour, the en I and Ann of a soldier; that to which he fights and dies. To the Gertnan Legion such a reward ware not, e:d i could net be clemcd a trifle ; it was ha truth most gratifying to their ambition. To the return first w ticcd by the nob e Lord of the forcio li officers employed in our whole military force, Lord Palmerston:: h.. ; :to objection : but the dcetintent last required, he should resist with hie utmost power, and, he trusted, that the House in giving its toga. rive to the MOtiOli NVOItICI, by implication at least, give it: aienrba- I tion to the employment of torcieneis in our armies, anti its erection to the general syston on which the war had been conducted. Mr. PON soND v considering the merits of the German Legion, and 1 the exist:illation ieceivcd, had no ground for jealousy. Sir II M 1 I.DM ‘y sit pportol the motion. Lord MII. r; N deprreated the employment of foreigners, as Ile understood in wile instances they had been employed. General S.rew AR. r bore testimony to the meritorious exertius of the German Legion. Mr. CANNING complimented the noble Lord on his motion, but stated it to bt .1. 1 i s triteol lolls to vote .34.6:15t it. , Mr. \lfni TB le t-, A 0 complained of the manner in wh ich the dress cf foreien soldiers were imitated in our army . 1 After some further observations front several members, t he niotioc was negatived without a division. in our arr . ie Returns el the number of foreign Officers, serving .e s ,r , and in the rehli regiment of foot, and of ;he natu re aiat da l te tit i tl iit 1 several ant poit twills, were then moved fo r, and I ei names esnle. were withheld, on tne ground stated by glr.o3trittl Cabile,t.ea,llll: that their being brought forward migh t b.: in j urious to their ttaa.ri, , ur connections abroad. —Adjourned. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. A Petition was pre..enttat from st ain tord, in•Lineolrultire,naiest the return of John Lord Henniltr ; wa s ordered to be t aken consioeration on Thursday the 23.1 of February. A Petition was also presented from Henry Hunt and otlicr:;, ` en,. plainit.i.; of the undue return of Members for the ci , y of Bris! 01. It \v as ordered to be taken into eotistoeraticu on the 25th of Felguary. Te alt Duty il was rea a second te. In s a M Committee ß of l Supply, d the sum a 13171. Is. was voted building a Maishalsea Co irt. GOLD COIN BILL. Mr. WHITC.READ •, that a, tile Report of the Golil Coin Bill w a , to h t ., o rotwht it mght, I L: . was desirou, fi—st to hav e the •en e of the House Lion.' the Resolution that 11.:(1 beco former SeS;iiol;, bal.:: note were equivalen t . declaring that, in public estimation, a 6 euras an d a 1 ho Resolution was then read, ar.d Mr \Vitt-Nutt -vs.) said, that without trou blin g the liouse any further Ix ould move, that the Resolotion he ieseindot A tlivi ion took place tOr Mr. Wititlaread's to on, ( 26—. 1 % - ;'''''! it . 6 I—Main:ity, 3';.—After so.tie dii.cussioit the Repot t t‘as .0. "lA. CHANCELLOR. of read 4 third .I.lle to- torn) . h Mr. 'ad ayt %,•• the I'.ICCHEQCER moved, That t. sot th of its bcon, unusual f o r the 54"1"44Y at pc c ied of the 6:4,iun. Alta sonic (.3.)111.61:iit .E i 1)