The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-15 00:00:00

ME NM ~~ 310- es, • : %LW 1 0141116,101! v.- - .. ~w , ... 'r.' ~ -- ordered to be The Address was then agreed to nem. dies. and presented by the Lords with the white staves. THE REY CHSION DILL. 1401713 LAff'nEMD.4/1? blamed the Committee . of Finance far the share which the y had in frittering away the merits of the ori ginal Rill, and for their delay in proceeding to investigate the expenditeire of the Naval and Military Departments. It was to these branches of our estoblishmeet that his Moiesty's Speech pointed out hopes for efficient saving, and not to'sinrcure plates, with which he understood the Committee was at present occu pied. His Lordship then Argued at some length to show, that though the Government Oakes required reform and regulation, it was a complete deception of the Public to hold out any ex pectation of great savings by the aholitiou of any,of them. On the contrary, he was firmly persuaded that the effect of aboliA ing even sinecure places would be, to add considerably iu the way of pensions to the public hurehens. After some further debate the Bill was read a third tisne and passed.—Adjourned. --ono-- . vetn.iv, MAY 13. The Irish Assessed Taxes Bill, and the Bills for an issue of 1,500.000/. and 3,000,000/. in Exchequer Bills, were received from the Commons t o ed read a first time. Lord Elleuieurough moved the second reading of the Debtors Relief Bill. Lord Moira olejected to Bill, as being very little calcu lated 16 remedy the grit. unces under which many of the unfor tunate class of permits oi w hem it applied, laboured. Ile could not agree in the principle upon which a year's imprisonment was, in all cases, to precede theft-eller. Rome distinction should be made between the case of the frauduletit and the unfortunate. Lord Erskine and the Lord Chancellor, while they pane. 4 t Prized the benevolence of Lord Moira's character, coincided ,- tioking, with Lord F.llenhorough, that the relief a ff orded, h,,,. e present Bill could not be carried farther without danger: to general system of trade. Tile Bill was then read a second. time, and ordered to be cosninkted.—Adjourned. =;saamaxameas HOUSL OF COMMDSS, --ass.— .. PIONDA Y, MAYO. Lord .Binning gave notice; that he would on Monday next move that the Report of the Sugar Distillery Committee be taken into consideration. The Irish Clergy Residence Bill, and the Irish .Glehe Hovse Bill were read a third timerma passed. Lord Folkestone moved • that the papers, w h ich were pre-, sensed on Wednesday last, respecting the Droits of Admiralty. be printed.—Ordered. Mr. Rose moved for an account of the total amount of 0111 Crown Revenue of liegland and Wales, together with the' charges of management, and the net proceeds fur the lust tan years.—Ordered. • Mr. W. Taylor agreed to put off his motion respecting the failure of the Expeelitiou to the Dardanelles, which stood fur Thursday, till Thursday se'unight. Mr. Grattan postpoued presenting the Catholic Petition till liee '2sth or. May. . its. CALcm4vr, in making his motion respecting the Roche fort Blockading Srtadion, complaiesecl, that all the Papere which he had moved Tur on the 3d of March had not been pre- tented ; but; notwithstatuling, he had full and substantial &- deuce from those now before the House, to prove the escape of trade French squadron was entirely (mitg to the misconduct of the Admiralty in not sioPplyilig Sir R. Stractian with provisions. On the gbh of October Sir Richard wrote very Lord Gardner for provisions, and the Admiralty; e a u, o , s oot only a partial supply ; and, on the Itith bee, he wrote, that he had only eight weeks suppl: and, i:s a sulesegoeat date, only three weeks. leisi.lthe obsan time, time Admiralty had given orders pert) aid spencer to carry out supplies on the 21st of bust these vessel. did not arrive till the 15th of Jamul,: flee gallant Admiral, finding he wits touch neglectesl, from the rules of the service, and veto copies of his tise Commander in Chief direct to the' Baud, seal Verne distress for ward or necessaries, w hick must ronvissie ratioael tubed that he meld not &Mow the Prowls tempted tee escape ; the consequetice was, that, Sir j ohliged to leave Basque Roads to endeavour to v tctu..ilers which might, he cousin for the rell4 of k ). ._, S .- - -- - • *___.__. - - - - - -I-- • 4 T 1 714 NATIONAL REGISTER. .. i _ .., and durifog bis absence the Irolimb escaped, when he was nut is any eouditlea to follow them, On these rounds it was his intention to move certain Reisteflon), of which he sent a copy In the Secretary of the Admiralty a few days atm and to add unother of censure on the conduct of the Board, for expo s i ng t i re gallant Commander in this embarrassed situation. - • Tue lioN. W. PoLZ confessed bis sutprize, after the Papers produced, at the lion. Gentleman persevering in his nimble ; be said, he should prove by the letters of Lord Gardner, and by those of the gallant Sir Richard himself, that be bad not quitted the blockade of Rochefort front a scarcity of provisions, or any deficiency in stores, but from a series of hard weather. Neithe . r was it true that Sir Richard had drawn any Stirr l. o r ;f r, ;' , . the Beet blockading Ferrol, as there was no doe!: ... , '• :t effect ;is the possession of the Admiralty, ar:,l !",.. e 1..; 74 , 1 i , Cilere that Sill'il t locurnent existed Iny where. lit , :!:olv! • -.1,0 endeavour to r;se.w. tlsat Sir R. Stracintas squadron was not in that miserable eosulitis.!. in whii!h the lion, Gentleman stated it to have been, ' and that fact he would make out front the letters of the gallant Admiral himself. These letters would prove that the .Tallant Admiral (Sir R. Strachan) had been forced from hi: station by bad weather, and that he did not leave it in order to look after. victuallers from England. He then procectled to rood the fa( ti &Mit ' the letters of Sir Richard himself. After he La:l I ft Rueliettirt, through the severity of the weather, hr beet , is course towards Ferrol. Sir Richard passed the sou .•i.s,a of Ferrol, only noticing it by telegraph,,ps sai _ evel. I se .:;,f, , :.(.r. of Gibraltar, without demanding provisions. ' , l r. i'.)!e re.c ,, ,:!eil at great length to quote from the papers nn th, ts,tile tae .. i ,ri_ ous supplies sent off with Inc inmost pro- ptit, de 1, I:te !Ward of Admiralty. These supplies, however, tar re to 0n....v instances prevented from sailing, throu l , the long 4 (Assieuei tempestuous weather at the time they ought to have been no their was to Sir Richard. It was true Sir Richard had been 'out for six monthi ; but the supplies got to him in ample time, and he would repeat that the gallant Admiral had not he. n (WI.. Pened to abandon the blockade of Rochefort from any nap: of `provisions, but entirely through the rough and tempequous 'weather he unluckily encountered. To prove this he stated an account of Ilse amount of supplies sent wit, conoisting of lna ' toes, onions. live bullocks, gad provisions of every de=eription, part of which were destined to Rochefort, ).'Orient, and, Ferrol. After some allusions to points of minor importance, ht concluded by moving the previous question, on the six ile.t Resolutions of the lion. Gentleman me the facts, and . on the 7th, the censure on the Board of Admiralty , he gave h is post live negative. The House divided. for the motion 69, against it 146, ma jority il. —Adjourned. TVESTIA li t M k V 10. MR. Mositr.4o es, Chairman of the (irampound Ekction mom !mime?, reported, that the Sitting Members were not duly ,rlit.eted. but that the petitiotwrs, -,—...—.. B i omes, E s q. and the 111 11 n. Cochrane Johnston, ought to have been returne d. The !peptity Clerk of the Crown attended, and am-nded the return. .• On the Motion of Mr. Mellish, the Bill preventing tlw da ranging of raw hides and skins, was read a third time and pa , setl. The Militia Pay Bills (Great Britain and Ireland). the Mili rdAid;ituhtairidast.inaielidaullipaslitiabedSt.baltern °dicers 11111, were read a p F! .Va. Lusussivrom moved that there be laid before the 11911.4 14) copy of the proceedinp in the Court of King's Bench, in a itanse, Paxton and others v. Popham and another. Sul Roses Paliscim said, he had no •Idection to the production Ista copy of the Record now moved for. It related entirely to a. private transaction which took place twenty year. ago. At that time • proposal had been made to him to Enter into a certain • some individuals, whose integrity he could not thong,' Mr, M'Artloir and limself had hero"' specnialion, and u dispute had arisen between uniformly endeavoured to bring the •uhject 10 an at, being convinced that mutual concessions He meant to adjust the matter in dispute by mostamicable mariner. Me was rather sur - Gentleman having gone into the inllieet of were Precedents of such eases to betid. the Common Them, Sir Home raid, his foit Ar pinh which had cost him a considerable sum v 41 41 that with regard to the last action, time of his bearing any thing Of it. fir begged Captain not to imagine t h at he m[HMeant to sigited to that plea ; tint be wis,hed V, gi ~. pressingly to tperuhaioa . l by some ,„ from som y . questket a nd afthom of Rettio- soccez•sful lo tiny 'pee sly on board; them e he had uniform 6 tree that, .amicable iniiiistment e s for the Su inght to be made. 11 311)ectonber; arbitration, ha the in , ra4marY and ,'rimed at iher lion. a tee, deviated rEtruscis i as there wi his letters to In another ease in ths lathy; his es- **rimy had pat in hpl convenor Auk" , mapey. I if they at Ain. t.rsuraereir Richard a; its %he the font time le meet tt itb {he gallant awl lieu. 'big tracked; erieeteete rile le Pop r !~ i ~:..• MfgIMPIPIri M wipemiliP•9mion ~~=" Y- 15.. . an illegal tratt.netinn had ha' the Iltin. Captalu were equil ter fatly' e ‘plained. lie eti4 into the private hhtory of th say, that his great objerlinn Captain remuneration for tl highly improper, and as snip flans relatint to Captares. nu. Lu.sn moved for a Cc ids of Augist, 1!.104; and ft King's Proctor, on the Meat ing to he reimbursed by rerei l'l.trusen.—Ordered. The Three Millions and the sand Pounds Exchequer Bills In a Committee of Ways a to, granting' a duty of two s corks imported to t ireat „Brit: mu. i'nucErAr. brats ht Outing, that the Sovereign fell or Common:, that in COMe4IIII I Prilc4a by the Frrach Arndt of his Serene Ilightums the sister, the nueheps of Brunt Aiajeste• reentontendett it, ti faithful Commons, to consi►lei Duchess to maintain her ra► f.elittv.; and also to his ilaje Alotioit of Mr. Pereeval, tht vnittee of !;upply. Mo. Br to r;t: 1. - Pn rose to mo imittee to eon.ider how fitr th 'pectin the demised revenues with. .Vu. Rose re4sted the Mo the demised revenues came on tions front that amount of V o charted on it a:lmitated to 9,( of Y. 3,000/. for improving the left the dear revenue 19,07' thig revenue- had been a eme money remaitted io the Hu E %chequer. He thought the Committee should report upot titnr, come under its inert-stip. Motion. Tit finesse divided. Lotto t'uotarstss spoke litipeodary Citrates Bill. on II in-wnieh ;le ssas iiapportril by The Sliding) was mapporteil Cenerol ist some length. Tb 01, ;Ig:tines it 11. Majosity 1r RAN SSD Mr. Mellish presented a pet River Thotnes, against the pi which was referred to the Cos Mr. Wharton hruught . up'th Importation Bill, which recut fot imported manufactured Col The Ilme then resolved i Ir. 'Wharton in the Chair, w quer, after adverting to the Duihe of Brunswick in falling sia, said his Alskjesty was deli a ►u.unte•r suitable to her condi movitag the sum of 10,01101. pe wick, which, after a fcw wt Morpeth, and General 'Farley The following sums moved agreed to :—'15,06/0. at, 3d. I I►upruvenlentii under several both !louses of parliament; II bli.h►neut ; 13,580/. 4s. 2d. fi flea; 1.630/. fur Ilermt►da ; Newfutoulland; 2080 P. for Edward'► Island; 10,103 1 . tot Brutpolvick ; 813W.' for I7pp4 pent of certain Annuities ; Wales; 81/234 for r4airini H/4-10!. Ws. for repairing RA of Yeutland `21911• Ilk for tor Law C!.;rges ; 4;240,000i A/Of: to tie levant ton - 7 -- !:,41itt _--.,.,.