The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-07 00:00:00

~jvcrt 2d, : 11.1 ' he mol 01:0: freall LifJrc, ittaca THENATIONA L REGISTER. JUNE 7. time he shall have been detained on board any British vessel or vessels. And that any sum of money, so attached out of the hands of any debtor, shall be a payment of so much of said debt to said creditor; and on idea of payment, or set oft, the same may be given in evidence, and a lhwed in any suit for the recovery of s id debt, any Treaty to the con trary notwithstanding. " Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorised to capture, byway of reprisal, any British subjects on the hieh seas, or within the British territories, as may he equal to the impreszed American seamen in the possession of Great Britain, and by a cartvl to exchange the same. Sec. 6. And he it further erett:ted, That the President he, and he is hereby auteorised whenever sufficient testimony shall he produced, that the Commander of ;my public armed ship, or other vessel, of any foreign natioo, shall he vr taken, or impressed from on hoard any ship or outer vessel of the United States, while at any port or place not vithie the jurisdiction of such foreign nation, or while on her passage to or from any port or place, any seaman, mariner, or other person, not heire in the ne a.ary service of an er.emy of such foreign nation, to prohibit, by proclamation, every person residing within the United 'strea, r its territorie.., from affirdieg succour or provisions of what• soever kind to such ship or vessel ; and any pilot, or other person residing within the United States, who shall (af er such prohibition shall have br.n nude known, and before the same shall b revoked) afford aid, succour, or provision as aforesaid to such ship or vessel, and be thereof convicted, shall be senteze.ed to he imprisoned not exceeding one ytar, and fi:ied not exceeding 1000 dollars. " Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That from and after the 4th day a June next, whenever full and suflichnt testimony shall he produced, that tile Commander or Commanders of public armed vessels, of any foreign nation, having pressed or taken from on board any ship or vessel within the jurisdicti el of the United States, or while on passage to or from any port or place, any seaman, mariner, or other person, the Prie , iletit shall be, and hereby i 4, authorised to prohibit, by proclama tion, The landing from on board any ship or other vessel of the foreign nation (whose Commander or Commanders have offended as aforesaid), any goods, wares, or merchandise, within any of the ports of the United S:ateS or its territories ;, and also to prohibit the ladit:g of any scrip or vessel of such nation, within any of the ports or territories of the United States, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to pre vent any ship or vessel of the nation, whose Commander or Commanders have offended as aforesaid, and which shall arrive within any of the ports of the United States or its territories, to remain with their cargoes on board, or to proceed to any place without the jurisdiction of the United States. Lend provided also, that any ship or vessel of such na non (which *may have been partly laden at the time such Proclamation shall be nude known) shall be permitted to depart with the lading then on hoard, to the port of destination of such ship or vessed." Upon a division; the Yeas sa—the Nays '23. This Bill has 1) , ( n since, on its third reading in the House of Representatives, recomrn'tted to a Lomnaittee of the whole. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 01' LORDS. TUESDAY, JUNE 2. Nu business of any importance occurred this day. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. Th.. House in a Committee on the Orders in Council closed the evi dc:ic; f.:r :heir repeal ; on the motion of Earl 13ATnunsT, Monday next, at two o'cloLlt was apoointed for the commencement of the evi dence on the other sido. Earl GREY presentel a Petition from certain persons conc.:erne. agamst the Mai . gate Prt- CM, praying to be heard oy the C‘.uti3el. Orlercd to lie on the table. His Lordship also prt.sentAl a Petition from certain Dissenting Chris tlar3, praying for the removal of certain disTialifications under which tb2y now labour, d.---Order;:d to lie on the table. CO a irotion being made by Earl Livgitro !I. that the blouse a:T.)urn till I'vtl.ty. ADMiNISTaA The Duke of Noßroz.i: it was well known to all their Lord— eipsth„t the y in a very unsettl , tl and anxious state—now w,sLed to kn ow i n wlzat situation it stood with respect to a Goverr.- ram, and w!“ th, i the Nobie Lord opposite (Liverpool) consNered :Jill in oilier ? Whether the Noble Lord and his colleagues still "lltittuerl to form the (j )verliment ; or whether the Country had any i idilinirati o n at all ? 1. "`: Z Itl t , f " lkiv Lords, in answer to th.' question put v) the Noble Duke, I ti.:ve to wale to the House that I am it the l 'jation it; wh ic h I wa last Friday se'nnight, and ti a ;.1 con secrie nce r 3 ! wt.': !;novili eveot that then took place, T only covtiou.ng in h“: situation until In. I-Lghnes.. !Le Prince Regent shall be irra cliT:"Y I ., rjsv to asJr.: as to any figure a,Tange”nevt." M 4 R1.1i% t.Y. " d‘ltilUtol, my Lords, I have not he 6 -91 ca:led upon, I still fi:el it my duty to state to this H the .411 " %/lull I have the transactions which have lately taken 341 place, with a view to rite forming of some arrangement to meet the alarming difficulties of the present crisis. My Lords. his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on behalf of his Mdesty, was graciously pleased to lay his commands upon me. to state to his Royal , Highness my opinion with a view to the formation,of an Admi nistration. In obedience to those commands, I stated to his Royal High ness my opinion. with all that deference which is due to his etalred rank, but at the same time, with all that fr:edom, which I humbly con tend it is a duty that a Privy Councillor owes tot is Sovereign and the Country to use. I have this day tendered to his Royal Highness my re signation of the authority whica his Royal Highnes: was pieased ta vest in me, with a view to the arrangement of an administration, which re signation his Royal Highness has been graciously pleased to accept. —7.ly !.ords, I deeply lament, that the must dreadful personal animosities, that the most terrible difficulties,_arising out of questions the most compli cated and important should have inti•rposed obstaies to prevent that ;irrangernent which it was so highly desirable, which it was so essential to the intere•ts and the welfare of the country to make. That such personal aoimosuies, and such difficulties, should have prevented the 5, much wi,bed for. the so highly desired and desirable arrangement, at sO arduous and perilous t crisis, is indeed most deep.y to be deplored. Jn consequence of these results I humbly solicited of his Royal Highnesspermission, and his Royal Iliiihness was gracionsly pleased to give me full authority to state to this House, if your Lordships shall desire it, all the circumstances attending the progress of this transaction, in which I have Ir.,' any share. But, my Lords, it I may be permitted to ad vise your Lordships, that advice is not to call for such a disclosure, con vinced as I am, mo t fully, that in the present situation of the country, such a disclosure would he highly mischievous to the public interests.— If, however, your Lordships command me to make the disclos: re, I shall feel it my duty, and am ready to 11 ake :t, but allow ;'.e agaits to advise your Lordships not to call foe it, under 1 full cunvicti.x, th..t at the present crisis, it would be highly mischievous." Earl STAN nore.—" My Lords, the Noble Marqnis having very handsomely stated his readiness to make the disclosure to which he al ludes, I think it besomes the duty of your Lordships, to call for that disclosure for the s itisiaction of the country, particularly after the de claration of the Noble Earl (Liverpool) opposite, that he is not a mi nister, but a daisy, a flower, that appears in bloom in the moro'ng. that dies at night, and is no more thought of. I trust therefore, your I.ord ships will feel i: to be your duty to call for the disclosure to which the Noble Marquis adverts." The Earl of lom a i ex.—" My Lords, I rise as an individual, uncon nected with any party, to deprecate the disclosure called tor by she Noble Earl (Stanhope), ar.d I trust yo it Lordships will adopt the advice given by the Noble Alarquis ' nut to call fur a disclosure which must, in the present circumstances of the country, be highly mischievous, and highly prejudicial to the public interests. Lord Gs eNvi el. E.—" My Lords, in agreeing in opinion as to the im propriety, at the present rtiomstlt, of calling for the disclosure alluded to by the Noble Marquis, I may be permitted to state, that in the little share which my Noble Friend near me, and myself, have had in the transaction referred to, we have nothing to disguise, nothing to conceal, nothine that we shall not be anxious should be publicly stated, when ever the proper moment for so doing ;Trives. After stating this, little else remains for me to say, nor te, euld 1 have risen upon the present lied it not been for the allusion made by the Noble Mai gals to dreadful personal animosities, which had interposed obstacles in the way sbf a wished-for arrangement. My Lords, for my Noble Frier4 and myself, I can most distinctly say, that we were actuated by no feel ing of animosity, by i:o personal feeling whatever; that we were actu ated by nothing but a feeling for the public interests, a desire fin the public welfare, and an anxiety to set as'cle every other censid;retion, save those which arcse out of public principles mid public interests, and I do most dioinctiy disclaim any of th-se feelings of personal animosity to which the Noble Morqin- has lluded." The Earl of Liv FR ?JO L.—'` My Lords, I feel it necessary to say a ft or words it consequence Jr whit has fallen from the Noble Baron (Gren vilie), and lest my silence should be construed into an admis-ion of !!e• ing actuated by those fse!ings of personal animosity which have I ,yen vilueed to by rte . ..Viarquis. My Lords, for myself, and those who have acted %NAL me, I do most distinctly disclaim any feslisos personal animosity. In my conduct in this transaction, I have 'best* only actuated by censiderations of pubic principles and public interest ard by no feeling whatever cf personal ennosity. H ivo g sad tn!,, only remains for me to deprecate the sailing for the clie:losure to by the Noble MarTds. and which I um sotistled would at the of moment be highly dttrimentd to the le:nlie interests, nor would such a disclosure at the present moment either be proper or decent." The Earl of Mosr.A.-- Whilst I fully agree, my Lords, in the op:. nien which has her , ' expressed, that it woi.id he highly mischievous and ioipropsr to make the disclosure alluded to ny tie Noblt• 7.l.lrquis, cativo• hot most deeply lament the nitfcrtlinice turn which this neect'a• don has taken. It has been my office, my Lords. i•) the course ~; negotidtkll, to he thohtinible instri:•nint of conciliation, end it lia4 I,ten m ) - esrsiest endeavour to smooth :hose difficultly 'iich unhappily in terposed obstacles in the WAV of an a 7ranettnstit s . highly desirable irt the preseot crisis of our fain; :ow: i deeply Latent to state, th.t differ ences and cttrangemen's hay.• rendered those eildeavnurs onavalin: My Lords, I believe, ray I have no doutt, that piaseus intia;:ose e l e+ , s 'I:• to nett heir an'' on o' be ri‘er, so at' anJ d, ive ti•e