The National Register. — London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

JUNE tr.. ~ ~. ~-~ ... ed by the Junta and the Council of Castile, we have decreed, and do - ordered, and do order, as follows : _ decree, " Art. I. The Assembly of the Notables, which has already been convened by the Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, shall be held on the 15th of June, at Bayonne. The Deputies shall be charged with the sentiments, desires, and complaints of those they represent ; and also with fall power to fix the basis of the new Government for the Kingdom. " 2. Our cousin, the Grand Duke of Berg, shall continue to fulfil the functions of Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom. "S. The Ministers, the Council of State, the Council of Cas tile, and all civil, ecclesiastical, and military authorities are, as far as is requisite, confirmed. Justice shall be administered under the same forms, and in the same manner as is usual. " 4. The Council of Castile is charged with the publication of this Decree, and with the affixing it on all places where it may be necessary, that no one may pretend ignorance of the same. {riven in our Imperial and Royal Palace at Bayonne, the 25th of May, 1808. (Signed) "NAPOI.SON." 11'14=)2X,..= VT , . • •. • ••• . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MiNllllai Tax Esser. op- SumLx said it had been proved, that New castle, Shields, and Sunderland were oot capable of :applying the metropolis at all time with coals. When the wind was ad verse, the coal vessels could not get up to the Pool, and the con• seqweace was, that the price of the article was increased to an enormous amount. lie thought the Bill likely to save the Pub lic expence in this useful article, and, under all the circum stances, gave the. Bill his support. The Bill was then read a third time. LQCAL MILITIA. On the order of the day for receiving the Report of the Com- . mince on the Local Militia Bill, EARL PITZWILLIAM moved an amendment, to exempt per sons ballotted for the Local Militia from the operations of the Training Act. And after a few observations the amendment was put and negatived. The report was then received, and the Resolutions agreed to. EARL STANHOPE rose, on the third reading of the Hare Shoot ing Bill, and observed, that the law, with reference to the ap pointment of gamekeepers, was better in the Act passed in the reign of George the First, than the law as it stood upon the subject in the present Bill. The question was put and negatived. The Bill was then read a third time.--:Adjourned. TUESfIAI, JIINF: 21. A Messenger from the House of Commons brought up the Irish Local Militia Bill, the Stipendiary Curates Bill, and the British herring Fishery Bill, which were read the first time. LOCAL MILITIA BILL. On the third reading of this Bill, TIIE E4RL or SELKIRK adverted to the notice he had given at a previous discussion of this measure, of his intention to propose an amendment relating to the balloting principle. Ile recommended, Government to • call out a given number of young men annually, between the ages of eighteen and nineteen, to learn the use of arms. Thi3 plan, according - to his opinion, would afford a more effectual force fur the defence of the country than the mode of procuricg men by ballot ; and in. order that the propcisttion might be adopted, he moved that the word " ballot" should he left out of the clause of the Bill. The motion wai put and negatived. fhe Bill was read a third time and passed. MR. PALMER'S CLAIM. LORD ELLIOT rose to make his motion, persnont to notice,pn the Bill for allowing compensation to Mr. Palmer, for his set.. vices in the Post-Office, department. Ile observed, that in addressing their Lordships, he was iuflnenced by no other than a public motive. He then entered into a detail of the cirennir stances o hick induced Mr. Pitt to confer a grant of 3000 i, pe year on Mr. Palmer, and his subsequent dismissal from offices He then contended, that by not performing the duties of the office to which Mr, Palmer was appointed, he lost all claim to public compensation, and concluded by moving that de Bill be rec. iced. EAR'. Monti entered into an eloquent argument in sup port of Mr. Palmer's claims, and contended, from the minutes of evidence laid before the House on the subject, that Mr. Palmer did not merit the obloquy and disgrace attributed to*his conduct. It vs as not his intention to come to any decision re specting Mr. Palmer's claim, he merely opposed his motion fur dismissing the Bill in deliauce of the decision of the other House, and the attention which their Lordships were bound in justice to pay to the claim of a subject, who applied for public com pensation. Under all thecircumstances, he thought the present was not a proper opportunity for the House to come t o a ny de i sio.t on the question of Mr. Palmer's claim; and be concluded by moving, " That the House do now adjourn." Tyre Loup etrAscsr.Lon opposed the motion for the adjourn ment, and entered at some length into the consideration of the Bill betbre the House. Entertaining, as he did, sill due respect for the other House of Parliament, which had sent up this Bill, i!e yet saw no substantial reasons for adopting it, and remained precisely of • the same opinion he had formerly adopted, that whatever were the merits of Mr. Palmer towards the public s yet these had been sufficiently rewarded by a pension of 3000/. year, and that he had no well founded claim to the grant pro posed in the present Bill. The House divided, when there appeared for thenmendmet non-contents 10, contents 34, majority 24. The original mud was then carried without a division.—Adjourned.., • • WEDI4IESDA VINE • The Scotch Teind Bill, Promis'sory . Ndte Bill, • Land l's Commissioners Bill. Ale Licence Bill, PrizO Goods War sea io • •• l• ~! ~ . ITALY. NAPLES, Ju KE 4.—The English, desirous to interrupt again the repose which we this moment enjoy, have disembarked some hundreds of banditti at various points of Calabria; but the people, who have been so often the victims of English instiga tions, and are convined of their impotence, united in a mass to drive back these their allies. Rome, MA Y 21.—10 the Courant of this city, there Is the following important decree : " N:►poleon, by the grace of God, and by the Constitution, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Rhenish Confederacy, considering that the present Sovereign of Rome has constantly refused to declare war against the English, and to co-operate with the kingdoms of Italy and Naples for the protection of the Italian peninsula; that the interest of the two kingdoms, and the relative situation of Italy and Naples, require that their communication should be interrupted by no hostile Power; that the gift of the lands which compose the Ecclesiastical States was made by our illustrious predecessor Charlemagne, for the benefit of Christendom, but not for the succour of the enemies of iiur Holy Religion•; therefore have se, upon consideration of the demand for passports, made by the Romish Ambassador at our Court, on the Bth of March, decreed, and do decree, as follows: E Here follow the different aiticles of the Decree, uniting the provinces of the Papal Ter ritory to the kingdom of Italy, and presenting various local regulations as to their Government.] In pursuance of a second Decree, all Cardinals, Prelates, and other Officers of the Romish Court, born in the kingdom of Italy, must retire to the place of their birth before the sth of June, on pain of forfeiting their•goods. At Ancona, on the I !tit of May, the Papal Officers were already dismissed. RUSSIA. FRONTIERS, MAY 18.—Tbe execution of the lone projected eKpedition to India is now spoken of with the greatest eonfi dei:ce. The corps of Davoust, it is said, will immediately he assembled at Astracan, where a Russian army is to join it. An w ty is prepared to co-operate with these in Persia, and to ad vance with them against the British settlements in India. DENMARK. COMB scjtt, MA VW:J.—Three thousand men of the light infantrY.of the Prince of Ponte Corvo are arrived in Zealand. They passed the Great Belt, and have disappointed the vigilanc • of the enemy's cruizers. - In the neighbourhood of Rensburg, an encampment has been prepared for 10,000 men, which troops mkt be all assembled there in the beginning of July. A similar encampment for 8000 men will be prepared at Flensburg. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JUNE,2O. A Mesta§:e from the House of Commons brought up the Capt of Good Hope Trade Regulation Bill, and several private Hills, which were laid on the table. COA LS. E+RL MOIRA rose on the order of the day for the third read ing on the Paildington Canal Coal Bill, and objected to it, on the ground, that an inland coal trade was detrimental to the Sea Coal Trade between Landon and New cede. • , 4 • 1 11 - . 11 1 •• - 1