The National Register. — London, England, 1812-02-16 00:00:00

. ~,: FRIER 9 4 3 the two Governments. The circumstances considered, together with the correspondence between Mr. Morino and Mr. FOSTER, prudence in calculation seems to require, that we stiould expect a war in the Spring, unless great change should take place in the Councils of the British Government." The language of the Papers known to express the sen timents of the Government is, if possible, still more hos tile, Its the fbllowing passage from the National Intelli gencer will prove. 44 It is, we believe, the sentiment of the nation, that decision ought to characterise the measures of our Go vernment. Having, from a love of peace, and an indis. position to European warfare, been for five years past re luctantly content with measures of commercial restriction ; and now perceiving that forbearance and remonstrance have failed to procure a respect fur our rights ; the people, their spirit roused by the indignities they have witnessed, loudly call for measures of a stroner character. Congress, acting under the impulse of public sentiment and feeling, and the recommendation of the Executive, have adopted one measure (alluding to the 2.5,000 men), and others are in forwardness, which under the present circumstances can only be justified by a determination to employ the force in due season in open active trtdiire. in this aspect we view the measure, and under this impression announce it to our readers as the first war measure. As to ulterior measures, there is every reason to be lieve they will immediately engage the attention of Con gress ; who having, in our view, passed the Rubicon, will see the necessity of proceeding in their course with energy and dispatch. The sword being drawn, the scab bard must he thrown aside._ For Congress to refuse to fol'ow up this step by the adoption of the ncceßsary de fen,ive or prt•cautionary measures, would be to measure back the ground they have trod, and could only lead to humility, defeat, or degradation in the eyes of 'the Such sentiment! expressed by one of the organs of the Exec , :tive shay. , p:ainly what we have to expect. Such rancorous hotiiity has been totally unmerited on our part. Alk.7e have onl, required of America that she should strictly perform the duty of a neutral, and have only use : ! the right ccmmon to all men, of retaliating on our enemy the injury which he endeavoured to inflict upon us. Had not the interests of the United States been so intimately Connected with his, they would have less suffered. The man who endeavours to stop a blow aimed at another, must not wonder if fie is knocked down. The same rule app lies to States. PLYMOUTIT, FEB. 13.—Admiral Sir R. CALDER, Bart. Commander in Chief of this Port, has patronized a benefit at the Theatre Royal of this town, of which Mr. Foam is Proprietor and Manager for next Monday, for the bene fit of the Widows and Orphans of the Petty-Officers, Sea men, and Royal Marines, of the St. George, Defence, Tier°, Saldanha, and Grasshopper ; which were wrecked , in the North Seas..:The Performers are all gentlemen amateurs of this town, who have, in the course of the last three months, gratuitously performed several times for different charities. On this occasion also, the towns of Plymouth and Deck have come forward in a subscription • highly honozneable to both towns. The Rambler cutter List Tuesday be;it ctr a French privateer near the Edy sLone i;i a 11) , :st gallant style, though site had only eight rpcn m Lciar:?, aid the pri?atecr vas lull of mend Tint 'NATION/a, REG 'FIR. HOUSE OF OF LORDS. .. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. FEB. le. mospAY, ass. 10. CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO. Lord I,TYEU POOL rose, in pursuance of notice, to mere the limi t s of the House to Lord Wellington, for the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo. His Lordship, after commenting on the skill wid valour of Lord Welling. ton and his brave army, concluded by moving the !'hanks of the H ouse to General Lord Vicount Weilihgton, for the skill, ability, and iiide. fatigable exertions, and consummate wisdom manifested by him in the siege of Ciudad Rodr ieo. This motion was agreed to nem. dis.; as were also motions of Thanks to Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham, second in command, and the other General Officers, and to the Engineers of the Royal Corps of Artillery, and the Officers of the Royal Artillery, and Portuguese Artillery; likewise an acknowledgment of the services of the lion• commissioned officers and soldiers. The Earl of Invert Pool. took the opportunity, in the course of oiGving the Vote of Thanks, to pay a tribute to the merits of Major-General Mackinnon, who unfortunately fell at Ciudad Rodrigo; and to ilpreis 1 a hope, that the monument to be erected to memory would be a: lasting as his fame. The Thanks were ordered to be communicated by the Lord Chancel lor.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, TEL 11. In the Committee of Privileges on the Strafr:rd P -e rage several do• currents were read in evidence, and the further proceeding was ap. pointed for Tuesday next. The Royal Assent was notified by Commis. to the Royal Hou,c. hold Bill, tl►e Regency Exi•cnces Bill, and the Household Officer —Adjourned till Thursday. Thursday and Friday, no business of hriortance. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • M':4DAY, TEL 10. The CHANC puma of the Exeiteeera r. tee, and called the attention of the House to the diqtinguishee :• . .eritorious conduct of Lord Wel lington; and after diffusively expo:hting on this subject, he moved, i‘ That the Thanks of this House be given to General Lord Visccw:t ".;.`ellington, for the skill, deeision, indefatigable exertions, and con summate judc /tient manifested by him in the recent siege of Ciudad Rostetgo, by which tlee impor;ant fortress has been wrested front the enemy in the short space of eh ti en (Lys," Cenend Tex LETON seconded the motion, and begged to add a few expressions of admiration, flowing, not merely from his lips. hut dic tated by his heart. It was impossible, he said, to add any thing, by brilliancy of description, to the lustre of tee late transaction; but, 4.1 the oldest General in the House, he wished to pci:lt out in it sone characteristic marks of British gallantry. Whether the skill of the Commander in Chief, or the bravery of his troops, were referred to, he defied any nation to produce an example of similar splendour, cat troops so steady, or so silent in attacks made under cover of the night. If the leader of any of our columns was disabled, the eff orts of he troops were not relaxed. When what was technically called " the forlorn hope" was to be formed for the purpose of the assault, instead of 350 volunteers, which were required, no less than 700 men instantly ce!tered themselves from only two regiments — ( Hear, hear 1 ).—H I would not waste the time of the House by further dilution, since it was impossible for the genius, the eloquence, the research, or the mematonil of all its Members, to produce an achievement , whose glory al equalled the splendour of the capture of Ciudad Rodril o. Tbe Vote of Thank* to Lord Vv'elliegton was then passed unani mously, as well as the same distinction to Generals Graham, Picton, Colville, Craufurd, Vandeleur, and Packe ; to the Officers, non-com nsissioned officers, and soldiers of the Allied Army; to the Officers" the Royal Artillery and Engineers; and to the Officers, non-commie stoned Officers, and privates of the Portuguese Army, serving u:eler Lord Wellington. An Address to the Prince Regent was also voted, praying his Royal Highness to order a Monument t be erected, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, to the memory of Nlajon-G. toe ral Mackinnon, who fell gloriously on the 19th of January lost, ilthe assault of Ciudad Rodrigo, and that the House wou ld make good the expences attending the same. The Speaker was ordered to communicate the Votes of Thanks to Lord Wellington, and the various Generals named. EXPENDITURE OF THE CIVIL LIST. Mr. EnEN, in consequence of previous notice, rose to move fo r the appeintment of a Setket Committee, to inquire into the ezr e "' dims front the Civil List. He adverted to the late proceedings upon this subject, and the clause introduced into the Household B1!1,1 to make any excess of disbursement from i 7, by which Parlta"'" l I as tacfaritly as acrelated knowle to dge dthe , past, and s m that they approved of t r e profuture. He ttue expenditthir! t`, entered into the nature of the Civil Lee, definining it to b e a e.'; li --F ovi woo NS tii mi ie