The National Register. — London, England, 1816-02-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 111pISTER. 934 haft been no great shod; of asins, in which the iniciii - of Pnglish men had not becu cOnapicuously eminent and successful ; stud if we traced the history of our army or navynye shooldittstatitiy perceive that both have been distinguished by tranvendiint achievements. There was one feature in the late war peculiarly gratifying ; which vas, that throughout the whole course of it the slightest syMptonis M . jealous:, had not existed between the two services: the qoverii ment and comunriud bad been confided to those perfinas whose abi lities gave them the best title to employineut; and it was right that ti t :, House, at the termination of such a long and evoutftil (mutest, -hould show that in its opinion the pi riffs ef the two eiorvices were equal, by touting them upon an equal footing, and manifesting no pal tiaiity or favour for either. In considering the means of carry iee his object into effect, several courses to be pursued presented themselves ; but the House would be most anxious to adopt that which would be least likely to disturb that equality, Which was so becessary to be preserved between the two branches of the service. Tiie army had shone of kite with a vomit* splendour, Which eclipsed every other military achievement; and if the navy had 1.2,42.11 less brilliant, it was only for the simple reason, that it had had no enemies to contend with. (Hear, hear.) The army had re cently done that by laud, which the navy had accomplished long before cm the ocean ; and the final triumph of bOth might be cone memorated in the same manner. The House had determined, to wards the close of last Session, to raise a monument to the honour of the army, and locoed the glories of the field of Waterloo ; and slieull pi ()pose that some great sea battle should be the subject of a similar memeato of the triumphs of the navy. There was some difficulty iu making the selection ; for it was not easy to say which of oar naval victories was most splendid ; however, he had mode up his mind, that the battle of 'frat:clgar should be the in stance ; there was a similarity in the magnitude and consequences of that victory, to the did' d'altrre of the army—the battle of Wa terloo ; and posterity would see that in our estimation both events wee a , alike traeglit vvi!li the safety and happiness of Europe ; ev exits which sued slain; in the annals of the world, for the prowess of our arms; the one relineed our Allies from the dominion of a tyrantrieal usurper ; and the. other ppt an end to the menace of invasion of our. own skates. The Noble Lord concluded by moving all Active's to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, statieg that the House, desirmis. of expressing its sense of the im pocout services of the N.aey during , the last war, gild espeeially of the transcend:int achievement of Lord Nelson, the officers and lava antler his command, in the battle or Tr:ifalgar, by which the naval power of an arrogant enemy was selidued, and the.satety or the country secured, pray. his Royal Highness to order a National ' 7.%i ()aliment to be erected incommemoratioft of the splendid services_ Of the Navy. Wm. DuNDas conld.not resist the temptation to ask, when the House is about to commemorate the important services of the, navy, whether it was. just to omit the 'moles of thfiet , who had fOught . in an eorliar part of the. war. He was ; ax usuch alive to the fame of Nelsoa a, any man, and believed him '. % of every honour that could be added to his. prune;ltot.whienchoua Lord St. Vincent be forgotten, and meny, othersnehotrad,dilitingnigied themselves to the fell eamit of their eoportunftles,? §iSitßinek . , x said, Iv auk! be,better to combine both objects heopemonuMeut, wqu!d eiiahle the ortists tionocluete something inure spleedid and Loan i:.t'sTLEni.Auit, in explanation, observed, that the water-. 100 monument bud. aireadet been decided Lapel!, and he trusted there exists,-d: too disposition to cut it down to enit 'affy ulterior views. " kstried consider it sacrilege , toloueli the Vote of itiOffe - sion:P—. ( Akar, hear. ) • Bonn at was convince 4 that the proposition of the noble Lord was ilee.liest that could be suggested, and considered that he bad inaitaged.the difficulty ofscieetitm with la tillable ability. Mr. Tir.ttnev oiro.+Ved, 'that the noble Lord had been compli melded upon elating over a difficulty, which was, that the army kind becu ettenned,to.'and the navy had not. 'One monumentinight du for both ; as* mot entertain such a religious dreadof tonch irg. the vote for Wiiterleo as the nohle Lorddid. • A Cotitioittee appoinVcd to consider of some splendid erection for the pvrpose. %to all knew, that the sensation ereafed among the old Mticers, by the licgleet which they experienced, ohlige4 i;;inter'; sun;e time ago to make Lnights anti baronets of them. He thought It monstrous to :whet One battle at the end of a war to commemo . rate the uniform bravery which 'had been displayed throughout the whole course of it. Ile thought it might be impossible to unite e-,iivenienee and ornapieut; and suggested, that as churches were not sufficiently numinous to aeenneuedate the pnitlie, Temple of reti ;ion, and a Mt' al of gratitet de for the sOrvicw. of oar Lcgiunt tuiett be erected. nn. • ._ Mr. Ileann a BaTuunsr contended, that it would be highly im proper to thatch the vote of last session. i ilr. B ! sank wunid be sorry tb interrupt unanimity ; but, wish‘a tug to consider whether the made proposed was the be ,t, he could' not but Fbcarkleatt.ahn .maxim, that it was improper to apply the same rule to difierent eases. The monument to the victory of Wa terino had been voted in the firkt imaulse of a dmirationerhaps ; but the e country was not less indebted t o the navy, which, p, been *little ever-looked— Uhl trimnphant, non esset habiturus. Thin battle, of the Nile run that of Ti afalgar very hard, and it was difficult •to say which was the more important. He thought the proposed vote should be left inure general, and not be limited to. the particular victory of Trafalgar. That victory had not put a period to the war, and the enemy had afterwards assembled a large fleet in the Scheldt. With respect to a church forming this national' monument, he should make no objection to any elan in which splendour and utility might be comoined ; but it might require a larger sum than could be snared, in the present financial state of. the country. Whatever was intended to be done, should be done with dignity, and should mark the national taste, and the time, by, its decorations, in such a manner as to satisfy both the present age and posterity. Lord BINNING said, to put both services on a footing, one great naval achievement, analogous to that of Waterloo, was to be se lected, and a judicious selection had been made. The victory of Trafalgar, in the importance of its result, bore a resemblance to that of Waterloo, as it put an end for ever to all apprehensions of invasion. Mr. Fonnes heartily concurred in the views of the Noble Lord by wlnen the motion had been made, and was glad to find that the principle of establishing an equality, and in consequence a cordial feeling, between the army and the navy, was the foundation upon which the Noble Lord proceeded. Mr. Tt ERN ev wished that an address should he presented to the Prince Regent, referring to the two former votes, and proposing to blend them for one common object. He wished that the sum to be expeuded should be ascertained, not only for a rtist con of the House, but to facilitate the progess of the who should undertake the work. Lord CASTLEREAGH'S motion for an address was then put and carried nem. cos.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, FEB. 6. ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE. Lord G. BERESFORD appeared at the Bar, and stated that hilt Royal Highness had been waited on with the Address of the House, in answer to the Speech delivered by the Commissoners at the opening of the Sessions; to which his )local Highness had been pleased to return a most gracious answer, thanking the House for its loyalty, and assuring them that no endeavour should be svattt ing ma his. pail to preserve those advantages which the libt.rilky of Parliament had enabled his Royal Highness, in conjunctibts with his Allies, to procure for the country. Mr. Loeitifaur rose to bring forward his motion on the subject of seizing of Farming Stock for theyayment of Rent, and asked for leaVe to bring In a Bill to regulate this legal processizure . After stat n - ing his objections to the pr esent mods, of making se of grai for rent, he i moved for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the same. Leave was given. • KING'S BENCH PRISON. Mr. Law said, seeing an Hon. Gentleman n his place, Mi% Bennett, who last night put a question to a Right lion. Secretary which that Right Hon. Gentleman was not able to _answer, on th e subject of the King's Beech Prison, he now wished to give tha G en tleman all the in formation` in his power on the subject. Tha Hon. Gentleman had said, that nothing had been done on the tub f jest. of the prison. In that, however, the Hon. e ta n to w as mistaken. • The Judges of the Court of King's Bench, m the enquiry.nad been referred, had not been so grossly negligent ,as the Hon. Gruntlemiaß accused them of having been. Very cull siderable roform had been made in the Prison ; the abuse of in dulgiences, whioh had been so much complained of, had been done away; women and children were no longer allowed to sleep in Prison as they had formerly done, except in one instance, and that NViIS one in- whisz ‘ h the health of the prisoner required attend : - :owe- Tile Prison contained Ilia rooms, and there Wel . e at present :100 prisoners confined there; the number of women and children belonging to to them which had, iti consequence of the new ragin lotions, been excluded,"amonnted to 20n, and the Board of AVUrkS were at prevent etvpktyed in considering what additional improve -1 Meats ennid be made to the Prison. Other ref. - mations had been vatic, winch ouch reduced ttc emolument& of tine Marshal of tho Prieon: it Was eouiplaitiody twat Qat-person hailed three olhees iz M , .7.7. hi! wl -f