The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-19 00:00:00

PIN ID. b u t th x State's ith which they are respectivcly iu con. 11; .0 ions iu„ Avitlro.t reserve, explained the Prince Regent's sentiments, u ..,„ 11 win! so NC" essley to be ondeistootl, previous to liii flier di•cus- I shall best 6.1,11 his llightii.ss's instructions by decl:lima iinficcf:4,ar recraiiinatory observations on collateral topics. I iaav si 4 j rely 111' the ustification o f ine condni.t pur•ued L,y bis Ala tiovernmetit, .it the s(vcral pei iuds refereed to in your Excel 'l,.„ev's letter, to the coero.pondence which look 1)11:ce at ti:e time, and to th,.totigmeot whicl the %voila has 11,11 g since passe.} ikpol it. With respect to the partietshir character which the, war le.:s unhap pily ass umed, and the exclusive and arbitrary principles wh;cll you; E xc yff.ney describes as having mai keit its pro , ress, whilst I d i:4'l a I , „ n th e part of the British Government, thin tilos:. evils are attrilmial , k to its conduct. I. am authorised to as4ul•e your Excellency Il.at it s:n c,.,elv deplores their ex.stenec, as unnecessarily teggravatruz the misc. o f war ; aiul that it is the anxious desire of Great U,itaiu, whethei iu ,tar or in peace with France, to see the intercourse between natio n s ;e3 t.,n..1 to the liberal and accustomed principles ow . former times. 1 take this opportunity ut assm Mg your Excellency of niv respoct. (Signed) I. rl,, the above letter of Lrci Castlereagh, no reply was cut, stilt by the Es(nclt Corerit. . eat.) IMPERIA L PA I?LtA 1I ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JULY 13. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Lottery Bill, the Cornwall Duchy Leases, the Pearl Ash Duty, the Local Militia Arnendnient, the East India Debt T.anstr, the East India Troops, the S. hliers' Families, the Corn Distilleries Amendment, the Ite,;•:nt's Canal, and the Ride Harbour Bills, and Also to two Private Acts. the Irish Population, anti the Starch Manufacture Bills, were real a third time, and passed. '7J VO 1 E OF CREDIT. The Earl of L t V ER POOL presented a Message from his Royal High iv:is the Prince Regent, respecting the Annual Vote of C 'edit, simi lar to that delivered to the Cotnntonns.—Ordered to be taken into consideration on Wednesday, and the Lords Lummotted thereon. 7.3 .21, •w •:-' • PST EX OFFICIO INFORMATIONS. .~-~ The Earl of Nlot R A begged leave to request of his Noble Friend Lord Holland) that lie would agree to let Palmer's Compensation &II have tl►e precedence, in the order of discussion to-morrow, of those Bills relative to the above subject, which his Noble Friend h:cl previously given notice of his intention to bring forward.— Agreed to. APPELLANT JURISDICTION AND COURT OF CHAN CERY BILL. Lord REDESDALZ moved the Report of the consideration of this Bill, and took the occasion to ,express his surprise that he had been previously called on to assign the grounds upon which he proposed the Bill to the House. He then stated, that it was originally founded on a Report of their Lordships Committee on the subject, made so fir back at 1811, and adverted to a variety of considerations, more than once previously and ably urged by his Lordship, to show that the great accumulation of Appeals in that House, and the vast increase of the business, of late years especially, in the Court of Chancery, rendered it necessary that an Assistant should be appointed to the Logi Chancellor, in the transaction of the business of his peculiar Galt, in order to enable him to devote an adequate portion of Jib thn.: to the assisting in the hearing of, and deciding upon Appeals, as Speaker of their Lordships' House. The Noble and Learned Lord Concluded, by moving a verbal amendment or two in the second clause of the Bill. • These, after a few worth front the Earl of RADNOR, were adopted. he Loa') CHANCELLOR, in an argumentative and tbreible speech, ex.iressed his full concurrence in every thing that had brew advanced Noble and Learned Friend. The Report was agreed to by their Lordships, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed,—Adjourned. TUESDAY, JULY 14. CASE OF THOMAS BALL. Earl STANtiopk: said, he held in his limul i• the humble petition o f'fhomas Ball, a prisoner in his Maj_.sty's prison the l• leer, for an alleged offence against the Revenues of the Crown." A ino:)gst other mete it was stated, that the Petitioner on the evening 01 the :idth :)t flarch, 1811, was proceeding on foot from Rochester to Gravesend, in expectation of coining up with the mail coach, in order to be con vqed to London; that at about three miles from Rochester, he met a ! Il an in a post-chaise, who asked him it he wanted to be conveyed to 'rn ; he answered in the affirmative, and was admitted into the pcst- Cliaise ; he s oon o b serve d a f ew barrels, resembling oyster barrels, in TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. ~~9 the chaise. On their arrival at Dartford, a man opened . ais:. door, in which the Petitioner continued sitting, and upon tile .:acre being examined, they were found to contain cuidraband spin s, C u ' spirits without the necessary permit for conveyance. The post-ho, umnediately ran away, leaving the horses and chaise, and he believed he had never since been heard of. The Petitioner continued sitting in bel:ig unconscious of committing any harm. Tile ellice. tort; hint to r. M J us:ice of the PL'ace . a the county 0: Kcnr, ho ote.ei - ed li.ut to be cetaUted, for want ot securities, in Ili,• tiou,c of Ca*tection at Dartford. ,The trial took place in Novembvi List, when he wai adjud.p.l in the penalty of 1801. The Petition wa., ordered to lie on tiit. table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILI.S. The Fad of LA I'DLt(:)AI.F. presented tit,: Report of the Committer on the re-cohltnam-ttat of dm Bill; which was agreed to by the iluuse, and the Bill unierkll to be engrossed. Attar a few wwds from Lord REDESDA LE and the Earl of Mor RA. the Third reading of the General Insolvent Debtors Bill %vas app o i n t e d tut itiday. TAUNTER'S CONIIIENSATION BILL. Tt,e Esrl of Nli•rs A moved the Order of the thry, upon which their Lornships were summoned, for the third rcading of this 11:11. On the question briny put; 'Hie E tit of I. t vex rooL telt it his duty to move, that instead of now, the Bill he read a third time on that day three months. A divkion to •k place—Contents, for the third teJci , ng of the Bill, present, :Pi, oxies, 6-2-9 S. Not contents, presen - , 46 • i proxies, —lOl. Ntajolity against th:: Bill, ‘vkich is consequently lost, 6. — Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. The Commercial Credit Excheyiwr Bills Bill was read a third time, and pagscd. The Local Token Bill was read a third time and passed. VOTE OF CREDIT. The Earl of Livrapoot. moved an humble Address to his Royal Highness the Piince Regent, in answer to hi' most gracious ru,:s sage, which their Lordships had heard read. It Was inunedia:ely agreed to by the House, awl ordered to be presented in the usual to his Royal Highness the Piince Regent. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE moved the iecond reading of the Bill, which accordingly took place.—Adjourned. TitußsnAy,Lv 15. The Highways Surveyors Bill was rejected, on the second readiog, by a majority of Inn, against four. The hills en the table vere 01 anced A stage each, without opposition or remark.--Adjourned.. FRIDAY JULY 17. The several Bills on the tab ;e were forwarded in their respective stages. THE LATE CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRANCE. Lord HOLLAND, as soon as he saw the Earl of Liverpool enter the House. said, that now, seeing the Noble Secretary hi his place, and being desirous of possessing informatioo on the subject of the propo•i tions for Peace made by the French Government last April, he w.s earnest to learn trout that Noble Person, Whether the documents which have appeared in the public Newspapers here, these last two days, were authentic or not ? The Earl of L tvEßroot. answered, that he was extremely ready and willing to give the Noble Lord the information he required, and he could assure him they were authentic. That the propositions made to this Government by that of France were verbatim those which have so appeared these last two days in the public ,fi , urnals of this country . , and he trusted, that when these documents were regarded, and toe substance of the answer given by this Government was duly con sidered, he was well persuaded, that it would be valued as an instru ment becoming those who had the care and responsibi:ity up-n th, shoulders, of preserving inviolate, the honour and dignity, as well a: character of the British empire. It was impossible to receive sto propositions without for ever disregarding every duty that, as a we owed to allies the most fallitul and oppres see--a situation which he was convinced this Monarchy would never be placed in. The Earl of LAUDERDALE then enquired whether any subsequent communication had been made to the Government or this cohort), h. that of France, since that to which his Noble Friend Lord Ilu:lat,o, had alluded ? The Earl of L t v ER poor. replied, not any whatsoever. EX-OFFICIO INIOR .:1A LIONS. Lord HOLLAND, pursuant to the notice he had given, moved for flit second reading of the Bill to regulate the laws re pccting Ex-()ilk t., ntnrinations. He prefaced his motion with a variety of observations on the various hardships endured by those who are liable to such ph., secutions, stating the necessity of altering the practice as it rici,a s e a .o, and concluded by stating, that the Bill, which he no , N intended to, tn. troduce, was one niei•ely of regulation. h left all the I.urooses which these informations were institute.', untouched. 1: did any way interfere with the speedy prosecution of en :rinotia oth000: , but it would have a tendency to counteract that principle by e:lnt • !fr'ol'7l PP l r ws . llll ‘ l 7 ~'