The National Register. — London, England, 1811-05-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. by the 4th of the King. He a ISA) gave v„:tice, that he abould move fur leave to bring in a Bill, to lay a duty on cuaiiiation from grain, in the same manner , as if th e Di s till e ry Bill had passed. He was desirous of doing this, that he might take the-, amount into his calculation for the supplies of the year. It was also his intention, in order to correspond with these duties, to propose a remission on our spirits at home, which would put them on 1 level with foreign spirits. He did not intend to lay any duty on rum.. Mr. secretary RYDER gave notice, that he would, on Tuesday next, move for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the inter change of English and Irish Militias. BULLION COMMITTEE. Another long discussion took place, in which Mr. Greed), Mr. W. Taylor, Mr. D. Giddy, Mr:Long, Sir F. Burdett, and Mr, S. fhorton, participated. Mr. WHITBREAD thought, if a period were not now fixed for the resunipti )n of cash-payments, the present system might be considered as made permanent, but the system itself would crumble nito dust, and the rags of it would he worth no snore than the rats from whic't they came. The impreseion on his mind was, that the 'Bank Directors, the Chancellor of the Ea ch( quer, and the Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh). wished to make the system permanent. The reasoning by which it was attempt d to he supported was fallacious, and the statements made of the advantages resulting from were contradicted by the prtitions on the table of the House. The doctrine that.gold had risen in value, but that paper had depreciated, put him in mind of a man who limped, yet who was very.much affronted when he was told that one leg was shorter than the other. "No such thing," he exclaimed, " one is longer than the other that ill allow you."—(A The estimation in which notes w, e held was such, that a man might as well try to eat them as buy a dinner with them, as was known to every one who had tra velled. Even in the coffee-houses in the neighbourhood of 'Westminster, he would ask if a stranger could get any thing to eat or drink for Bank notes? Though the Restriction Act was to cease to be in force six months after a peace, vet if a peace were concluded to-morrow, cash-payments would not be re coned within that period. The horrible and tyrannical decrees of Buonaparte, as they were called, which were spoken of ai being only what could be expected to be issued by a fiend, gave him no surprise. They were only such as our hostility was calculated to provoke ; and to speak of them in such a manner, was like the surprise and indignation of an army sent out to de stroy another, which on finding that its opponents were armed, - might exclaim, " Why these scoundrels have had the unparal lelled villany to come into the field with Muskets!" (A laugh.) Mr. MARRIOTT spoke in favour of the Resolutions. Mr. Ho itN ex in reply, defended the conduct of the Bullion Committee, and animadverted upon some of the sentiments of the Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh). On the subject of the standard and the fact of depreciation, his mind was still un. changed ; and after the able support he had received, he felt it unnecessary to add any thing more upon that subject. He con cluded with quoting the expressions of the great Lord Bur leigh, who had said, that, 4 ' It was not the ends of wit, nor the shifts of devices, that could defray the ex, ences of a mo narchy, hut sound and solid sources." The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Castlereagh, and Mr. Rose explained ; after which the question being loudly called for, strangers ;vere ordered to withdraw. We under staud that two divisions took place upon Mr. Horner 's Resolu tions. The first, upon all the Resolutions up au the last:—Ayes "r ; Noes 151 ; Majority against Mr. Horner 's ResolutisnS 75. •J The second, upon the last Resolution, In which the numbers were—Ayes 45; Noes IN; Majority 135. The House then resumed, and the Chairman obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. Adjourned at five o'Clock. FILIQAY, MAY 10. Nothing of public moment occurred this clay, and the House adPurned at ah early hour. Thursday his Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a Co ur t at Carlton House, when Mr. Lancaster was introduced to his Royal Highness ; one of the attendants took off Mr. L.'s bat, by his permission, he being one of the Society of Friends, com monly called Quakers. Mr. L. presented to .his Royal High ness the plan of his schools ; also a plan for a large building, upon an extended scale, for a schoolroom. They were most graciously received, and his Royal Highness was pleased to exprecs his approbation, and promised his patronage and sup port,. His Royal Highness afterwards held a Privy Council, when the Recorder made his report of the Old Bailey capital co,livicts one of which, a Spaniard, for cutting and maiming a man in 'W upping, was ordered fur execution Q 3 Wednesday Avzt. .111 E NATIONAL. REGISTER. . • •• •.\ ~ r tonton. SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1811. THE KING. The following is a copy of the Bulletin issued at St. James's on Sunday last : " 'Windsor CAlttle, May 5,1811. 6 ' His MAJErry continues to gu on well" We are happy to lay before our Readers tlfc fol lowing letters, announcing the arrival of our fleet in the Baltic ; an event that will, we bel.eve, be fol lowed by very importmut occurrences. Denmark and Sweden must shrink into themselves at the view of our naval force ; and we find that the very no tice of its approach. was sufficient to alarm the in. habitants of both countries. They immediately thought we had a great military force on board. They pouted troops down to the coast, and the ac counts from Stockholm talk of its being BERN A. norm's intention to take the command of the troops in person.—The opening of the Russian ports to our commerce will, according to some letters, be the immediate consequence of our ap pearance in the. Baltic. 46 Coth.nburgh, May 1, 18! I. gg A convoy of 3S sail arrived at Kjeuso. Several ships cif the line, it is said 11, and amonz them the Victory, are in Flemish roads, with some fri&atei. The convoy fur the Baltic, it is Said, will sail the first fair wind. Most of the vessels of the convoy are in quarantine at Kjeuau, and will retnain for eight days." Extract of another Letter, dated 46 GetteT.iburgh, May 3, 1811. " The fleet is arrived in this baihJur under the command of Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, and the natives arc not a little alarmed fur the safety of this place, and their ships of %vat- at Carlscrona. Troops :.ve marching from all quarters to the sea coast. " The Government has ordered the .cargoes of the vessels detained at Carlserona in the fall of la't year, to be landed and carried to a place of safety in the interit'r. " BERNADOTTE intends leaving Stockholm for Carlscronst s and will visit this place before he returns." "G Itenburgh, MAY 3. We this moment received inf.irmation from Stockholm, that the famous General Baron ARM a rL r has been arrested at Fins pang, a country seat belonging to Baron licurcit. There were found amongst his papers several letters from,the R u s s i a n ntstry, as well as a written oath of allul. ; ia•:ce to the Es , ' PERM ALEXANDER, signed by ARMELI'. BERNADOTTE left hi m the choice either to take his trial as a traitor, or else be ent out of the country. He preferred the latter, and accordingly was sent under a guard to Finland.—The Swedish Government has issued orders to the Lords Governors of the Provinces, to cause all the Prussian vessels to be unloaded, and the cargoes con veyed into the interior; a commencement is already made at Carlshamn, and with such 1 romptitude of execution, that even the military have been ordered to assist in the unloading. There are many opinions on this subject. Some say, and pro bably with truth, that it is in order to prevent the cargoes falling