The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGIITER MAY 1. WAsuINoTON, Fr:ts. V6.—The Aresidetn this day etonsouni cited an important Message to Coupes'. Tbe object of which nos an augmentation of the Military. Force, as well Regulars a 4 of Volunteer Militia; and requesfsthelAitialature tp sulks r the the immediate commencement of this preeautiooary treasure. President accompanied his Message with somiApewatiou, and a letter which he had received from the Secretarebt War, of which the following is a Copy 64 War Department, Feb.2l, 1808. 4 TO TISE PitEstor.tsT, rte. take the liberty of suggesting w•hethec, antler exist ing circumstance:, it would not bendvisatlero prOpoSe to Con gress' an augmentation o( our %regular troops, as soon as prac ticable; anti also the engaging and organizing of twenty-four thousand Volunteers, on the principles 1 have had the honour of proposing for your consider:l,o°n, the general outlines of which are contained in the Paper marked No. I. The number of regular troops I would propose being raised immediately is six thousand, to be composed of suitable pro portions of infantry, artillery, cavalry, and riflemen, and orga nized, as stated in the inclosed Paper, No. ' " It may be presumed that previous to the citric of the iiTeftetts Ite( , ion. Congress will be possessed of -tub further informatine in regard to our foreign relations, as o ill be necessary fur form ing an ultimate opinion on the expediency of a greater anginnen- Colon of our army than is now pro;ofsed; and in thu. mean time. measures may be taken for the recruiting service in ditferent parts, of the United State. In the eveut of war, it will, i presume, be considered ott.l ce.s.tr. to arrange our military force iglu separate departments, and to have a Commanier to each departmoot, and of course to have HO such officer as a Commander in Chief; and until a larger army shall be raised than is now proposed, it may not be ad i-aide to have any &beer above the ratikof Brigadier-General ; of that rank it may be proper to havei four or the, as soon as suitable proportion of the troops is raised. With sentitnents, &c. " H. DEARLWitii. 279 of this, his Joadabip exceedingly regretted the necet,ity of post' parting his motion upon this subject, which he had given notice of for Tuesday Dertz but then those Returas he before alluded to were before the House, and printed, he should give notice of some propositions which he should then otter for the consi deration of their Lordships. Both his Lordships motions were put and agreed to. Mr. Wharton, and a Deputation from the Commons, brought up the Irish Recognizance Bill, the Irish Title Bill, and three private Bilk, which were so% erally read a first time . After tome further routine business, the house atijourned un til Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TIT ESIIA if, APRIL 26. Mr. Jekyll presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in ,the king's - Bench Prison, aria Col. laingfield•from those in Cork 'Gaol, praying for relief, which were ordered to be laid on the table. The Trone Harbour Bill was read a thi?'d time and passed. On the Motion of Mr, Roc, the Pilot's Bill was..ordered to be taken into consideration on, Monday next. On the Motion of Mr..lltraty the further hearing of evidence, respecting the Orders ideonncirwas deferred till Mimdav next. MIL GRANT presented - a Petition from .the East India Com pany, praying for a certain pum of money. a hich t h w Company deemed It their duty to claim, conceiving It to he due. A fter the Petition was read, Mr. Grant moved that it should he referred to the Committee now sitting for investigating the Company's !arks. *rt. M. A. l'arton said the • Petition was of great impart.. once, and in so thin a House the question ought not ti, be agi tated. He conceived that previous notice should httve been given ; he, however, deemed it his duty to oppogc it en the ground that the Company hall no claim on the emirtrY.:• Their monopoly was an evil which he deprecated as iejtiriuus to the spirit of enterprise, and though it had been held out for 14y ears, that their affairs acre in a prosperous state, yet it was now found they were fatally the reverse;s he, therefore, could not consent to have a single shilling taken from his constituent , . to relieve them, as other countries profited more by the trade than this. Ma. Carierr thought it nicks!, to grant them a loan. as they could never repay it. They had bormwed three millions year on Bonds, this year they eitime to Parliament praying for the aid of 2000,0001. and if the situatiln or Europe continued • in its present state, they must 'conic again next year for a larger sum. He thought it would be mdoe benefit ial to the country at large, to have the trade lnid open, than to allow the American.: to run away with the profit of it. With the CP-1;•R"V it has long been a losing cuneern, as they had nn surplus capital to I carry it on as they should: The system of borrowing money in India, and the large dividends on their stock, aas the source of iill their evils. MR. Porvsosne conceived thi' sum as a g ift to be levied on the Public, to enable the Company to mak a dividend of 10 per cent. 1 t was a serious matter, and ought to have a mature investigation, which he hoped would destroy for ever the dg lu %ion which had existed for several vears. The qiie.-tion now wag, that the country must support them, as they were not ;110e, to du it themselves. The Report of the Committee, a id the whGle evidence, should he printed before he suffered 1,400,1)0W. tai go out of the pockets of the people, who ought to he con inced that it was the interest of the nation to continue them as a Comp ny. Ma. PsacsrAt said, there could be no objection to hose the Petition referred to the Committee. for as the Company had a claim on the public of several hundred thousand pounds, they had a right to be heard. Ma. llow,eara remarked, that there seemed to he a total suppreqion of public documents from the Company. The lakt Budget was that of 180$-4, and from that time, had there been no information of any kind given, either to the House or the Public, in relation to the situation of the Company's affairs. What he respired was. a full, fair, and candid statement of the Company's debts, credits, and assets. The question ix as then put and carried.---Adjourned. IFCEDNESDA T. ?Rig. £7. Lord Perrotrd presented a Petition from the Debtors conf u sed is Cork gaol, praying relief.---Laid on the table. Colonei Stanley brought tip a UM making certain alterations in the Poor Laws, in regard to Settlement:-.•—Read a firA, and g:tdered to be read a second time, on the lfah of May next. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS. --.......- THURSDAY, APRIL 28. Loon 11.4wKrgatt - ni laid on the table several returns respect ing the Danish vessels detained previous to the commencement of hostilities. Lotto Stomorrtz observed, that an additional paper was ne ce.snry to the purpose of putting the llott.e completely in pos ses.ion of the information on u Writ he meant to ground the siotion of which be rave notice on the 18th of March. He should therefore move an address to his Majtlsq, praying him to lay before the House copies of any in•tructions issued for the detention of Danish vessels, from the Ist of June to the Ist of Sept. 1807. The motion was agreed to ; and his Lordship, on the supposition that the desired information would be produced before fuesday next, gave notice that be should then submit his intended motion on the whole of this subject. The House was accordingly summoned for Tuesday. The Hills ou the table were forwarded one stage.--Adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 29. Lewd Carleton (Earl of Shannon, in Ireland) was introduced with the usual solemnities. and took the oalliQ and his seat. la the Roxburgh Appeal Cause, Carre v. Inner, Mr. Adam, • t'maasel on behalf of the Appellant. was heard at comider able length, after which the further proceedings were postponed *fad Monday nest. SIIIPS. Lona Sibyourn rose and observed, that in perusing the Pa pers which had been laid before the House yesterday upon thi• subject, he had not found any Ren►rus made in compliance with the third and fourth orders of their Lordships, of the Pith March last, tespecting the number of I)a►nish Merchant Vessels di:, charged by the Prize Court of Admiralty. but subsequently con demned, upon the commencement of hostilities with that coun try or the number of captains n►ad crews of such Danish ships, also detained as prisoners of war. In ansuer to one of those •rders, is letter had been received front the Head of the Trans port Board (Commissioner George). but it Was by no means PU ttsfactory. Ilis Lordship was therefore under the necessity or pew moving, That the third and fourth ►orders of that li►►u-c, '4* loth Itgareh last ) be duly complied with. in contegnence - 1 _ ,i~,:~r_ .~._:_ 4 _ ~.: ~~