The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-27 00:00:00

THE - NATIONAL MISTER. MA RN! tit' people to refuse to show the grounds on which Ministers justi fied gaelt an act. The people bud a right to knots why we had liaal:b.trdcd the capital of a nation with which we were in a state of strict neutrality. Re dirtied that Ministers had any ge information in regard to the immediate oraltintate views a Denmark ; and that they bad actod It/tiin a most wild and %;lgtk• presumption that Denmark was driven into hostility :splint this country. lie contended that there was no shadow of tr. tenet! to tile contrary, and if there was, Ministers would readily peoluce it in their e xeut patio's. lie then descanted for (imy u pon the Inaollity, of Denmark to cuter into a war with (;Feat Bs itain, urging at the Sallie time that Ministers wete fully apprized of that inability mid also of the disinclination of Den mark to enter into such a struggle. All that Ministers bad got b% ;he Expedition was 16 hulls of ships of war, valued at 8/. to - +, After some further remarks, t h e llott. Gentleman conclud el a Speech that lasted two hours and a half, by moving a long rhlare-s to his Majesty, condemnatory of the conduct of his llinktrrs in regard to the FApedition to Copenhagen. n. J. A. S. it* irsi t. yr moved a negative to the Address, tat I proposed a Vote of thanks to Isis Majesty's Ministers. l/sr. ltr, 'we supportd the bilis and said he was astonish ed that notwithstanding the Ministers had been st) often called upon to v e some proof of the disposition of Denmark in favour of rrate e, the I I ouie w as still left wit bout a shadow of evidence, vs Ws respect to their host lie attack . on Copenhagen. Ala, U',, runs: in, in a long and impressive speech supported the motion of :I;,r. Sharpe, and rensured :111 the conduct of Mi." . ;sisters in regard to Copenhagen which be condemned in toto.-- - W he asi‘ed according to the new moralitv, were they so shabby in their iniquity I why did they nut seise the flotilla of Suede's ? MR. vo complained of Mr. Whitbread"; acrimony and imective, tending to the degradation of the Ministry, whom he was al ays calumniating most forcibly, and applauding the n is dont a nd v igilauee of Bonaparte. Ile should prolit by the lion. tiendemati's precepts but disdain his example. Ths• House di vided—For the Motion, 61; Against it, 224.—Maioritv Pit Mr. ti. Wortley then moved a vote of approbation of the coa ti:let of Mioistry tc ith respect to the Copenhagen Expedition. The pre% Mos question on this was moved and negatived.—They then ided on Mr. W Mut 216, Noes 61.—Majo rii) 133.—Adjourned. }c9 Ur. Tierney presented a Petition from the Prupristun of the South London 11 ater Woekg praying th at they miOtt uut be istjured by the erection o f simi lar works la their Ordered to He on the table. _ . The Annual Indemnity Bill was read a third tlme and passed. On the 'notion of Mr. Perceval, the lloase weal into a Com mittee, in which the adjourned consideration of the peti tions from Liverpool, London, and blarchester, against tne Orders in Council, was resumed. The following w itaesses were examined —Mr. W. Bell, Mr. T. Martin, and Mr. A. Forrester. The 'louse was resumed, and the farther heaping of evidence was postponed taatil Thursday.—Adjourned. • -...1N1E..•-. WEDIITSDAY. MARCH 23. Lord W. Russel reported front the Reufrowshlre Electioa Committee, that W. Abiedouall. Esq. was duly elected, rind that the Petitien against his return was not frivolous ur vexa tious. ..... Mr. T. Jones prevented A Petition from John Elliot, Esq. of W estminster, against the Bill for erecting a Bridge across tha•. Thames from Vauxhall to Milbank. Ordered to be heard 1.t7 Coutwel agairm the Bill on its third reading. \lr. Alderman Shaw presented a Petition from the 'Company of Watermen plying on the Thome*, oguinst the Bill for Build. ing it Bridge acr►►ss the !Over from the Savoy Precinct to Ca. per'bridge. Ordered to be heard by Comet against oai is second reading. . . The Exchequer 11i11x Funding 13111 us read a third tiwe.and In a Committee of Supply 519,6861, were voted for the Es. t:aordinar3, Services the Comn►isruriat Department; 51904 for the Barrack Departineut ; 581,VSS/. paid from the Civil List pursuant to Addresaes, not made good hv Parliament. Ile. port to-morrow•. Sir A. Wellesley moved for leave to bring in a Bill fon better regulating the Office of Justice of the Peace, aad for preventing felonies iu Dublin:led its vicinity. The lion. Baronet prefaced his motion by suiting, that more murders, rtlbberies, and bur. glories, were committed in Dublin and its neighbeurhood. than in any other City in the King's dominions. No man could go be mid the bounds of the City after suu-set, without danger or being robbed and ill-treated. Ile concluded by nun ing for leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. The Bill was brought 'up and read a first time, and ordered to be reads second time on Nun day, and to be printed. Mr, Foster brought up u Bill grouting certain Duties en the Exportation of certain Articles from Ireland also a Bill pro hibiting the Exportation from Ireland of Jesuits' Bark and Cut. ton Wool.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. Col. Long prevented a Petition from the 'Merchants of the City of Cork, complaining of the lute Order. in Cnuucil, Aa iu. jurious to their Export Trade in Linen Cloths to America.— Ordered to lie on the table, until the investigation., at reseed going on, respecting the Orders iu Council shall be brought to a conclusion. On the motion of Mr. Perrectil, the. Houtte went int.a.Coin. inittee, in which the adjourned consistierAtiou of the. Petition* from Liverpool, London, and ,Nlatirliester, was reunited.-- Messrs. (iimmic, Hinckley, .lames Puliner. Kinder, AloHet. Cropper, Rathhone, Alartin, unit Oxley, Were &lieu eittanituralit Adjourned. • TPI V, M A Ile e 42. The Petition presented ' Mr. Sheridan. against th e return of Lord Cochrane., for the City of Westminbter, dropped, no persoa appearing on the part Of Iht Petitioner. 11r. Ilu.ki.e,ein pro.ented an Account of the Monies issused front OW not made good by Parliament. Colkstone deferce.Al hi* motion, th.ed for to-morrow, uoi; l'iw,thar next. PULE read a clause in the ("barter granted by King NV and Queen 114 r% and part of One of the `pe•eetw of O'or.:'e I. and other documents, to pane that (Ireenivielt I mit:Malty intended fur the reeeptiou of wounded, or Seamen ; and that toi - O:licer was quolified to bold any olive in flu! institution. but as kid !won in the Navy ; t could ttppcur the Report of the Commissioners of Vt`Lit Enquiry. that there were many of the ollit - es filled h~ persons ;t ho had 'wirer been at SCa. '!'he spirit of the Charter hit% ill; been grosstv violated, and :IA there could be found in the !say.‘,rn;tnydeset.v ing individuals fully yualilied to till an, situntion ill that institution, lie proposed a Itesolutiott, founded no the Iteport or the Commissioners of Nava! Enquiry ; and list an humble 4 .otlress he presented to lii, Slajesty, requesting all future appointments might be t»aile a; ; ,reeable to the original 'he. P tut( Er IL was disposed to go every letefth wkb the (*unlink- timer.. but there were certain offices w bit h could not be tilled by Naritl Cli:M44'lefF„ Iltliilel y StlrVr ,r, Organist, Auditor, Brewer, 11e, therefore. dotted these exception", by any of Amendment 3 and that when any office became vacant, he propo,ed h;st a 1110114 is'6 notice be riven thereof in the Puldic Papers, Naval Candidates might lime cm op poromity of ;pit\ Mg. The %shires.. With the Amendment, were agreed to, Fo,ter moved for a copy of the Report prestwod to the Lord lietiteinutt of Ireland, fur the improtenseut of the Harbour of head. 0a the moti on of ltr. ruder , leave wa4 granted to bring in n Bill to prohibit 11w Exportation of Bark and Cotton Wuol from Ireland ; ako a Hill to A inebd an Act vf the rarliaintat d Ire land relatire to Lust India Goads. _ ~,~ ry 24, Mr, W. Bootle reported from the Urldgewater Electiou Cam. mittee, that the Sittilik. \leathers were duly elected, and thai the Petitious against their Returns were mot trivolou. or tistiow (ions. Mr, Jaine 4 Buller brought up a Bill for rebuilding the tom& of (butlleigh„ in Desousbire, recently destroyed by tire.s-ltrarli a tiro time. Au Account was presented, shewing the number of vessels that bad entered inward, Bud gone outward, from London, and the other ports of fireat Rritain, in the last year, Ati account A 115 also presented to the amount of the Exports to America sod Denmark in the last year.—Ordered to be printed. llr. Fitzgerald mimed for it slut cairn( of the number Of pr -moments 'made by Grand Juries in Ireland, in the Spring a •ittininer A!•sizes, Iso7 g antlalso for copies of all lanbrinatis mot Hills of Indictment, traasmilled to the lerk of the C from these Assizes, After st kw words fri w Mr. four Col. Barry, the motion was agreed to, Sit John New port moved Ver several Pripet s on the sub he 6ecretar.y of Air Linea WtM isi-ltriasul, laving be -- • _ <;. _:~..tyi IP W .., ,- .