The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

!‘i AY 3. ought to be remembered, that he did not load himself w“.O oiliccurcs as the price of his services—that he had no 15001. a-year bestowed upon him—that he never gut places abolished while others poserssed them, and afterward; had these placed re-established for the purpose of filling then' himself. it ought to he remembered, that he did none of these things; but he knew a Secretary of Ireland w:lo was not altoge • the so scrupulous—a Secretary who— Mr. P.. WARD h-re called the Han. General to order, and insisted, that he was departbig from the motion bg fs ) re Hous e . :;en. Mainew acknowledged he had bee:: a little out of order. All he had to say farther, and indeed it was fur that he ruse was, that he c , nsidered the motion did not go far enough. nil opinions were those of the gallant Admiral. Tbe mutiAn was then put, and agreed to unanimously. The Thanks of the House were then voted to Lieutenant General Picton, Nl...in--Generals Walker, Kernpt, Leith, and Colvlle, and the several other Generals serving under Lord Wellington, at the taking of Badajoz. Also to the Officers belonging to the Royal Engineers and Portuguese Artillery. Alpo to the Officers of British and Portuguese corps. Also that the House highly a cknowl: dged the bravery, zeal, numw miry, and discipline of the non corntnissioned offi,:ers and privates, so eminently displayed in the taking Badajuz.—AdjJurned. • TUZSDAY, APRIL 28. A Petition was presented from the County of Somers-t, agatnat the Order. in Cotaicil. _ _ A Petition was presented from the County of r!::7fx, praying fir the measure of a Ref inn in Parliament.--t 4 , 1ere , .1 to lie on the Table. person from the privy Co:Inc:1 pre..ented the Memorial of Captain King, which was olden:Ll to be printed. Mr. I.Y . r rt.r. roN presented a Petition from Killerolinarcr, in Wor— cester, against the Orders in Council and the Last India rvlotioply.— Ordereu to lie on the Table. THF NATIONAL REGISTER._ LOCAL TOKENS. The CHANCELLOR of the Excurguk it gave notice that he would, to-moi row, move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate, with a view to repress, the circulation of local tokens through Luc cowitry. Sir Jou N NzwpoßT gave notice that he would, o:. this day fortni;:ht, submi: a motion respecting the management of the funds destined for the inland navigation of Ireland. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Lord STANLEY spoke at considerable length upon the subject of the Orders lu Council. The arguments he used a,;aiest the system have arleady been offered to the House upon a former c!iscussion, but the chief point to which he directed kis observations was the presentment of the numerous Petitions from the matnitactAring counties of England After leaving urged in the strongest terms, the necessity of yiel lit:g to the prayers of the great mass of the British merchants and manufac turers, he moved for the appointment of a Committee to examine the Petitions against the Orders in Council. Mr. Rose insisted upon the expediency of the measures that had been just condemned, and objected to the appoint:ll:tit as unnecessary and injurious. The motion for a Committee on the Orders in Council was ordered, and appointed for to-morrow. Mr. PuisrsoNur and \lr. WurrskrAn Ira questions relative to the late Message of the President of the thiite l / 4 ! States. Lord CASTLER EA cm (on the part of Government) liselaimed all pre vious knowledge of the instructions given by Sir J. Craig to Henry, or of any intention to bring about a separation of the American Stmts. 'LDNPSDAY, APRIL 29. The Call of the House, which stood for this day, was put off till this day month. Mr. PeKCEVAL obtained leave to being in a Bill for stippresshg the publication of certain printed papers twarin3 the resernb,ance of Bank of En g l tti d notes. The present penalty for frauilulent.y putting off such papers was only six months imprisonment. He proposed that the Jul should increase it to 12 months imprisonment for the first offence, .and Oat the offender should find security for his good behaviour for two, years. For the second offence, he had to propose transportation for seven years. Fur the more (Altana' prevention of the counter feiting of 13..nk Tokens, he proposed, that the offence Should he made an:import rile felony for 14 years. Th , : Charitable Donation Registry Bill, atter a division, 92 against 1 1, was read a third time, and paised. The House went into a Committee, and examined w: nesse* on the e&ct s of the Orders in Council.—Mr. Atwood d..p05,..1 to the sr.lgoa tirin of trade in Birmingham; he stated th ,t one third of the work- men must be dismissed, and the rest employed at half wages.—At the conclusion of the examination the House resumed, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. 'TURSDAY, APRIL 30. Mr. Notlonaat, after s ome pretaratory remarks, moved for the re turns of tpe oLficial experts, British ; sylogiial, and I orrig:;; distinguishing 271 those ,ent to Spain and Portugal, thobe icily i.ud i'.l.llta, and those to the Baltic, for the last ten years. Mr. Rost objected to the motion, contending that it would be mis chievous to iofor►n the enemy what we did, at.d v. hat we were about ti do, especially in the Baltic. Mr. BARING thought that there would be danger in acceding to the motion. Mr. PRactvAL aereed with Mr. Baring. The !notion was, atle!lgth, a!rr.c•.l to in a modified staw --The House went iuto a Cvinti.i..te,to the Orizkr, in Couticii, and examined wit.n sea, whici beit. an adjournment took place. TRIDAv, MAY I. RIOT ACT. The CHANCELLOR of the i ICHEQUEII gave notice, that he would, on Niunday, move for leuvo tv bring in a Bill to extend certati provi sion% of tire Riot Act, which at rresent rcg:lrded the es:trance house, by rioters, to rnantif.:cnerits, &tr.% . Bcc. He deciared the mea sure to be one of the utmost 17ip..ttance, having ben rendered in dispensably necessary by what had rec:•ntly occurred.—( Hear, hear ! ) BARRACK F.Sj'INIATEi._. The 11)use then went into a Conimittee uu the Report of the Barrack Estimates. _ Fa F.EMANTLY. ObjeCtC'd to Votinz the smn of 90,0001. for the erec tion of Barracks in Liverpool, and Mary le-lione P.alt. Ile: partieuh.rly opposed the es__ ti Mate . for the eaval-y hartacks in the lna inentionpd place, and urged tint the ile.u.e sh,Athi, under the i res , nt (...irtnnstanc,-; of the (-Angry, :ook with a j :dons eye to eve...y of the Ptthli-_. Fxren , litnr:•. .tnovvd, as an antetAnent, that ILe Report of rha Barrack .FAittiates he taken iuto con.iideration Six tr.Onths. P NlCri cr;nreived fmc-InvePierce mii•l.t arise foul !1:.0 forai of tiir :o•nentlfilt-liz, 3T1,1 LliLit 9 shr:t,;,l be tnlck.ti from the .i.tut to 'be vutcd tiro Resolq tiors Crneral PHIPPS, arri IVlenlbers, bupportec.l the Reso lution. . ...... Sir.]: NEWPORT, 11Ir. CEE spoke againts it. Sir 1. lituinEr r said, that in coutempeating a subject of sue!) vast in - Tette:fee, he would nut tell how oroogly he felt the ineonvtnience of Barrack erectiers, nor eseo n the peoile on the trxpensive plans, eor the high price of building meteriels, nor the dtarth of Peel, tin ugh the cuusideret on of 'these were highly important he N.tiV •:, country. Peramount to all these, a subject of 1•i,..11 nit ional con( ern arose, to which he desired to call tae attention of the I loese, iit lid been accused at the commenteenent of the present system, of being a person who entertained tiniest apprehensions, because he had r,. presented that the army was paid by the people, finally for the, pur pose of subduing the people (Lear, hear, lifer!) from the Benches.)—and such watt the object in erecting the Barfack- in Nia, y le-Potie Park p.ro, no, no ! front the Ministerial side.)—a place whet e soldiers were to he t wertained for the purpose of malting war up 'lt the people N 9, no, no/ from sev,Tal quarter; of the House.)—roesieo• up the people by taxation, urging them by severe measures with (•7 • hand to murmur, and picking their pockets with the other—wit: n • e and manufactures were annihilated, to exasperate the people by dit'enal severities. He would nut say that Government, by tureo: t _ deaf car to the people's sufferings, would cause them to rubel ; but Ole Right lion. Gentleman certainly said rightly when he told that now was the time that barracks should be erected. Buonaparte had been (lie d as a monster of ersectition and uoarpatiun and tyt alloy. But what did the people of England think when they were to eave a GOVt:llltrellt no longer of the law but of the sword---(No, no, no ! loiaVy from all sides of the Heuse.)--ahnllshiog the civil law, to erect on its ruins a military Governineta.—(Cries of Order, order!) —placing the soldie,-4 in a position so that they ofi‘lit be called in upoe Occa,loo to cominit murder among the pi °pl.. ! General MANNWRS ruse to order, and said, he could not sufit r such a violent irrpeachniret of the liriti ti miltery character to puss unnoOc td, and ti. sir ti that th4c words might be written shy.% D. Sir Foe:eels Et:eve - re re-uming, said, th:t the scolds ut !ion. Cener.il merited to be written down as well as his. 'l . lfroti ; Ooet i! e Riot A-t not oee word appee: ed to justify the Magistrates le t Able; us the aid of the military to geed (Bette bailees ; and it W as, s, tin- Cesiary to know, at the egtablisturtent of a new (;4w4unii;t ter itt commencement of a new era, whether it was foureled en the :•e e etieos ef the people ur on . :tries of the miiitery. To g) oi. ei.)-t's..at it was danurOus, and he would cow eel them not to pursue it. l ale mightiest Sovereiens of England had always found themselves soften in preserving and living in the aftletions of the people. The good Quec n Elizabeth, when she was asked wi:ere were her Royal Guards ? by 1 ire Spanish Ambassador, pointed to the people passing before the Valece windows, and said " the people are my Guerds, they are all my levels." In opposition to the maxim of that sagacious Princess, the ,viiiiisters might counsel the Regent that hifi safety lay in the sword. The Parlia ment created and cherished an army once which finally tooled than out of doors. These troops crept in with the same harmless appear ance as the Barrack system, but they soon altered their peaceeiok ..le meanour. The Lord Chesterfield exclaimed, %s lit a dangers were prior. ta to arise from a standing army of 17,000 men, in the reign of Lirtuar" . 11.. '