The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTERS Mr. Rose 4 , aid he was relit'? to admit that thitre had not been that strict attention, on the part of the Treasurn under whot' the Dutch Commissioners had acted, which the linportatite of their charge required. With respect to the literary produc tions of Mr. John Bowles, he had them certainly laid on hi, tabil, but he would aver, with great confidence, that he never a single line of their contents. Mr Whitbread ai.ilnadverted in the most pointed manner on the e induct and character of Mr. John Bowle. lie reminded him o Philosopher Square in Tom Joites, who, upon the rug beinA usit , )yed, was exhibited in his true minim. The gallery being cleared of strangers, we understand rt divi sion took place upon Mr. Ptheval's amendment. ft r patting the previous question, and the numbers were—For it 17 Artinst it 102 I Thuority 25. While Strangers were ex: hided, we understand, Mr. Henry Thornton proposed at new u' ion , stating that the Commis sioners had been guilty of ml , coneuct in assi,,ni!lg to themselves a recommendation not diseeted by the Act tinder which they were appointed, and that Government had been chargeable tt it ii Ilect in not exercising the proper - authority over Commission ers so disregarding their public duties. An Amendment To, ten proposed, to substitute the word omission for neglect; on which the Mo-e divided—For the Amendment 9d I Against it 13 I Majority 2Q.—Adjourned. Wednesday. May !.3. MAY I. Mr. Whitbread said he had lately been ioformed that Ter/ great abuses had been discovered to prevail in the Offied in Scotland, and the consequence had been, that three of t he Coat-. lnissioners had been disehar2ed f'roin their ,ito 4.1 ions. He wiiih4 e•I to know from the !tight Hon. Gentleman opposite, w twitter th:s was a fact ? and n hat tneaz-ti ves had been adapted by Goveni.. merit to put a check to such practices he had heard complained of in future? The Chancellor of the Exchequer io reply stated, ti n t very mischievous practices had beet*. found to prevail amoL4 ‘tbme of the superior Officers of the Excise in Scott:in.!, and the elm sequence had been, that three of the Comm is , toners ktti been removed from their poAs, and their places tilled up n ;wit - sons every way qualified for the situations, and who w ere nu likely to abuse their trust. Mr. Whitbread said, that if any further information reached him on the subject, he would on a future day exerei,e his judg ment whether or no he should bring the matter before t.,e House. RETURNS OF THE SICK 'ANL) wouocnro OF TIIF. ARMY EMo PLOY CD IN SPA IN. Lord Temple moved, that there he laid before the House copies of communications to the Medical Board II o m the Medical Staff of the army employed in Spain, relative to the ,ick and wounded of that arms ; and also for a return of the number of deal is , ince the return of the army into :his country. Lord Castlerengh objected to the motion of the Noble Lord, for which, he einnemied, there was no precedent. Its tendency would he to e an uneasiness and dissatisfaction in-the army. for which there was no grounds whmtever. After a few observations from the Chancellor of the Excite.. quer, Colonel Freemantle, and Mr. Wilberforce, Lord Temple consented to withdraw his motion, hut intimated his intention to bring it forward again, should he find, on further inquiry, that the reports which had reached him, of the inadequacy of the medical arrangements in Spain, by which due attention could not be paid to the sick and wounded in the course of the catu paign, appeared to be well founded. Mr. O'Hara moved the Order of the Day, that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole lluuse on the Irkh Constable Bill. Mr. Foster objected to the motion, and moved, as an amend ment, that the Bill be taken into further consideration thii" day six months. After some observations from Mr. Herbert, Sir John New port, Mr. Stuart, and Mr. Peter Moore, in favour of the Bill, Mr. Foster, in explanation, and Mr. O'Hara, who d4'ended the Bill at some length, the House divided—For the Amendment 92 J Against it 7 J Majority agaito. the Bill 115. Thursday, May 4. rOkTSMOUTH WAI Bit WOR tiS• Mr. Sumner objected to the further progress of the Bill, upon the ground that its introduction was not conforinnhie to the Standing Orders of the House respectiog rush Bills; for that the originators of the Bill had not made good the allegations iit their petition, nor had they specified the proprietors or occupiers of the land through which their aqueduct watt to pass, nor . ),et which of these proprietors had assented or objected to the s%aters so pat.sing, After some discussion, the Speaker explained the Standing Order in such cases, and said, that in opposition to the assertion that the Petitioners in this case had not :trade good their ail -Ra tions, stood the Report of a Committee, declaring directly the reverse; and that consistently with the usual respect paid nv the House to the Reports of its Committees, that Report must he presumed true until the direct Contrary was proved ; and as to the other point, the Standing Order having bruit originally murk fur the protection of private property, and the proprk.tors and oc cupiers of lands, through which this aqueduct runs, having at tended before the Committee, and acknowledged their asaent, the substantial ends of justice, contemplated by the Standing Order, were fully answered. The House divide.) on the motion of Mr. Sumner "That the further consideration of the Report he deferred till this day six montivd"—Ayes 3 I Noes 93—Majority 90.—The Bill was or dered to be engrossed. PURITY OF ELECTION. Mr. Ciirwen then rose to make the motion of which he had giveu notice, which he conceived was a motion of the greatert Tuesday, May 2. A'Message from the Lords acquainted the Howe that the Lords hal agreed to the Loral Militia Bill, the Londonderry School Bill, and several other private Bills. The Bastardy Bill was read a third time, and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Sir T. Turton rose to mote for leave to bring in a Bill for the relief of insolvent Debtors in Englaud. From the present crowded state of the jails, the measure was loudly called for, and at present there were one third more dctitors in prison than were in confinement when the last Insolvent Act was passed. Including the wives and children ofcmifined debtnrs, there were at present in this country 18,2)9 human beings, whose miserable situation loudly called for this intervention. In this Bill be meant to propose that the sum beyond which It should not ex tend to the liberation of any one should he 20001. and net 1500/. as it stood in the former Act, and this he thought was rendered necessary by the decrease of the value of money: After a few words in explanation from Sir T. Titrton, Mr Wilberforce, and Mr. Wilson, leave was given to bring to the Bill accordingly. BOGS fIP IRELAND. Dlr. Foster rose to move for leave to bring in a gill for theap pointment of Commishioners to enquire into the state and extent of the Bogs in Irched, and into the practicability of draining the same. Ile observed that it was generally believed that the draining of the Bog of Allen, the largest in Ireland, was quite practicable, and he believed the case would be found the same with most of the of her hogs in that country. If these Bogs were once reclaimed, he 11:1:1 no hesitatiOn in saying that the land 'would produce more grain than this country had imported in any year. besides never failing supplies of hemp and flax for our manufactures. On this ground the importance of their improve ment could not be too highly rated. What he meant by this Bill was, that Commissioners should be appointed to act without salary, and there would he no expence but that attending the surveying. The Bill was then ordered to be brought in. Lord Castlereagh moved the order of the day for the third read.N'g of the Militia Completion Bill. Mr. Windham made a speech of considerable length against the military system of the present administration, and asserted tl . at the sys•em a aid' he had produced was more efficient, and les expensive to the country. Lora Castlereagh maintained that nothing short of the system which he had proposed could meet the exigency of the tittles, and particularly an invasion by our enemies. 14,000 men had already transferred their services from the regular militia into the lire ; end the question before the House was, whether these attatliers should he repiaced. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that the subject had been f' itly di.cussed, that no person could expect any op :age ; and that therefore Atemhers approv w no necessity of attending its furti►er die- ided, when there appeared—For the third t, 51 J Ilajority, 49. Attjourueit. been -o frequently di.c y is ot ion to it,in that st —, , I —-1, 'tvf:Ssitqpasoing, saw v. • ,'.', ,:* - li . t. 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