The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

MARCH 20. gaiMR"" . Ally took ta.• OCCt`Fsar measures to co-operate with us; hut he had not admitted that a direct trade could he carried on to •an enems's port from a neutral port, and therefore the supposed . facility of intercourse from Sardinia did not exist. Lord 1-trnotnnAt.o contended, that the trade (rout the latter, as o ell as Sweden, wasdopen to France by means of neutrals, nay, perhaps, even by their own vessels; for Sweden migin, upon this l t, choose to fallow the example given by otr laic Ally the Emperor Alexander, who did nut prevent the continu ance of a direct commercial intercourse with France in Russian bottoms, notwithstanding the existence of hostilities. Loan 11.4wersnyar then proposed fume formal and, verbal amendments, which were agreed to. LORD L•rncnuALc briefly remarked on the inconveniences which had arisen to the manufacturing interests, from the prac tice of extending the terms of patents, and gave notice, that on Friday se'nnight he would submit two propositions of Order u.. that point, with the view of their being, with the concurrence of the !louse, catered on th 6 Roll of the Standing Orders. The chief feature of his Lordship's proposal is, that six weeks ao tice shall he given in the London Gazette, precious to the Meet ing of Parliament, by persons intending to apply for the Patent Bills. Tan Loan CHANCELLOR intimated his general concurrence n the propriety of the remedy suggested by the Noble Lord. MUTINY BILL. L ORD trApygplartiV very shortly pointed out, and justified' the alteration from the Bill of the preceding Session. It was with a view to our Colonial service adviseable, that an option should be given for enlistment without limitation of the period of service. Its order, however, to avoid all unnecessary inter ference with .the new system, care - was taken, that the man who enlisted in the first instance, for limited service, should not be allowed to extend the period until the expiration of the term for which be had already engaged. • Tan 'lvor or GLOCCESTER proposed to amend the Bill by leaving out the words, " giving the recruit the power of en listing for unlimited . service." The ablest military men in the British and Continental Armies, give a decided preference to the plan of enlisting for a limited terra. It had been tried for nearly two years, with complete success. It furnished a better quality of men, and diminished tho desertions in b most sur prising degree. Lord Mrtritia entered into a detail of the various expe- dients resorted to for the purpose of keeping up an army, and attributed its present effective state to the Army of Reserve Act, and the two opportunities given for volunteering from the Mili tia. Ile deprecated the sentimental reveries which had been in dulged in with regard to the improving the quality of the soldier. The amendment, after a short reply froin the Duke of thou cestAr, TM negatived without a division.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MARCO 14. Mr. (,nacelles, from the Malmesbury Election Committee, reported that the Sitting :Members %1 ere duly elected. Mr. Wellesley Pole moved for copies of all such orders and directions as had been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty relative ttb relieving the squadron under the command of Sir Richard Strachau, and also of the supplies furnished. The lion. Gentletnau moved alto for copies of the orders i-sued by Admirals Lord Gardner and Y oung on the same sub ject, to the Victualling Office at Plymouth, for the supply of provisions to Sir Richard Strachan's squadron.—Ordered. Mr. lluskisson moved an Address to his Majesty, for copies of the Order in Council of the 12th January MOS, under which certain American ships, the Temperance, Union, and others, bound to France, &c. had been captured and brought into British ports.—Ordered. Sir C. Price presented a petition from the. Merchants of Lon don trading to the Continent, expressive of their support to the late Orders in Council. Several Members spoke against the reception of the Petition, and, after a short conversation, Sir C. Price consented to with 'Jiaw it. Mr. Whitbread moved for an Account of the Value of all Lxports front Great Britain to Denmark, in 1805-6, 7, and S. till the Ist of January in each year, distinguishing British Ma nufactures from Foreign Produce.—Ordered. Leave was given for Ule introduction of the Annual QuaHum tin /Iniquity Bin. t • .- • !!t.. a=— THE NATIONAL REGISTER. J 3 • MUTINY RILL. Mr. Caterert stated, that in the progress of the Bill he should move to tenve out the clause for enlisting men for unlimited service. • - The Speaker said, that world come on after the Bill had been read a third time; as an Amendment in its body. Sin P. 11rnsinTT stated, that he now ruse, in obedience to; notice given by.his Noble Friend (Lord Folkestone) to move, that ; clause F.o added to the Bill preventing, in future, any °Meer in the Army from being' cashiered, and dismissed from the service, unless he should have been found guilty by a Court Martial. This regulation, he conceived, *would not interfere with the Perogative of the Crown; but be productive of much benefit to the service, Mad highly satisfactory to the Army and to the% Country at large. lie wished to extend to Mi litary Officers a degree. 'of protection • they had never en joyed, but to which they were surely emitted, in order that they might not be exposed to dismissal from the army, through the base insinuations of disappOinted His object was to prevent Officers. who from their merit were entitled to remain, from being forced to resign.— He contended that no Officer ought to be dismissed from his rank or pay, unless some substantial charge was made . out to the satisfaction of a Court Martial. After enlarging upon the obvious policy of such a regulation, the lion. Baronet con cluded by moving a clause to the above effect to be added to the Bill. TateSECRETARY ar frAn was sorry he could not comply with the proposition of the lion. Baronet, who bad notautde out any fair ground for so material an alteration in the military system. Loan For.nrsTonn supported the clause; and insisted, that the Hon. Baronet had stated ample grounds for its introduction. Ilis Lordship recommended the Hon. Baronet to withdraw the clause, and introduce it in a separate Bill. Sin F. BVIIDETT said he had abstained from any strong case, though he had many, of hard oppression, to elucidate ; but yet he would, in the mean time, concur with the stigostion of his Noble Friend, and bring this important matter before the House in another shape. The clause was accordingly with. drawn. Mn. CALCRAPT said, he had a clause to propose, which was to reduce the Mutiny Bill to that state in which it was last year, with respect to the enlistment of men for a limited service had been attended with great success, and he considered the measure attempted by the present :Ministers, of slraqing from the Militia, as both expensive and oppressive. The draft of 16,000 men cost the country 640,0001. which fell mostly on the poorer portion of the landed interest, Tun SECRETARY AT WAR was averse to the clause, and contended, that the unlimited service was more congenial to the feelings of a soldier, and less expensive to the country at large. The question was called for, and a divigion took place, when the clause proposed was negatived by IS9 to 116. The Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 15. Mr. Parnell moved for an Account of the gross Amount of the Value of all Exports from Ireland to America. and of American Produce imported into Ireland for the last three years ; also of the quantity of Linen exported from Ireland to America, and the Tonnage of Vessels employed in the Trade between Ireland and America, for the last 10 years.—Ordered. The lion. Gentleman next moved, for an Account of the Amount of the Expence attending the Governumnt Expresses sent to Ireland. He said this was a 'Aka worthy of enquiry, as Government was in the habit of sending intelligence to a Newspaper, published daily in Dublin, to the exclusion of news from all the others. The news thus communicated was ' always concealed for some hours, and was extremely partial. lie, also moved, for an Account of the Expenses attending the Transmissal of Government Dispaches from London to Dublin._ via Holyhead, from the I st of January DAM, to the Ist of January last. Sir A. Wellesley stated, that the money spent in that way was extremely well applied. It only amounted to 70001. a ear. The Newspaper alluded to lry the lion. Gentleman war. The Correspondent, certainly not a publication strongly attacht.d to. Ministers ; and the only reallon why it was so favoured, was the fact of its being' the only chilly evening Paper published in Dublia. Mr. Huskisson presented Copies of the Orders in Council vtder which certain Americas .ships, bound Ise French porta - ~~ :~,.~ a "