The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-11 00:00:00

,MIIPM , .^ • THE NATIONAL REGISTER) APRIL 11. Statute Book with numerous Acts, coptaining a repetition of the same clauses, in their application to the different parts of the United Kingdom. These regulations, which he conceived should have been comprized in one Bill, had been split into live Lunn BATHVIM said, that the Bill which recently passed was a Money Bill, and he apprehended that the practice, in matters of that kind, had been to have a distinct Bill fur each country.—With regard to the other Bills now in progress, it might perhaps have been as well that enactments I - lAA been comprehended in a single Bill, but .if they were proceeding through Parliament with very little nitference in point of time, no practical inconvenience could arise from the circumstance of their Jiaving been proposed in the shape of separate measures. Ills Lordship's motion was then agreed to. The second reading of the Scotch Judicature Bill, which stood for to-day, was, on the motion of the Lord Chancellor, postponed to Thursday. Lord Hawkesbury laid on the table copies of certain Orders in Council, and also various Papers relative to the rupture with Dearaark. They were ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. tion from the Brazils, there would be a deficiency of IY or 14 millions of pounds in the yearly average of supply, should the American cotton continue to be kept out of the market, and no other source of supply be opened. An abundant supply, how ever, he was confident, could be procured from Gni- East ludic possessions; but in the mean time the policy of retaining the quantity on hand was obvious. This was the more necessary as, from information received by Government, there was such a scarcity of the article felt in Germany, that the manufactures there were obliged to send large orders to Turkey, for an in ferior quality of cotton, ;lever used in this country but for do mestic purposes. Should the American Embargo be discon tinued, or, from other causes, the necessity of a total prohibi (ion cease, the means of exporting the surplus which would then exist, were provided for by another Bill now on the table. The Noble Lord theta quoted a variety of Acts passed since the year 1794, to prove that exportation under licence from the Privy Council was not a novel proceeding in principle or prac tice; and argued that; even at common law, the greater part of our commerce could,; 0 no other way be conducted, under the present circumstances, when almost the• whole Continent of Europe was in a state of hostility with us. Without a licence, every shilling's worth of property shipped for the Continent, by a British subject, would be liable to capture by our own cruizers. . . . Lou,, Act's( Lazio thought the apprehensions alledged justification of the Bill to he unfounded, but he was better pleased that it had been proposed on such grounds, than it should be recommended, as he expected it would have been as a war measure, resting on the system of the Order in Coun cil. If it were to be regarded in the latter point of view, it could not be called even an experiment, for attempts to mono polize the raw material, had been tried a hundred time over, and without success, in all countries. He declared himself in capable of fathoming the principles of commercial policy, upon which we were proceeding to break up the whole system of our trader both in theory and practice. W hen he con sidered, that in defiance of all the impediments which our enemy could throw in our way we had, (he could not glow say have) an export and import trade of more than 100,000,0001. a year; and that the whole of the enemy's com merce did not amount to one-tenth of that sum, he looked with feelings of the utmost alarm to the commencement of a war of prohibitive regulations. Bonaparte could not but perceive, that in such a contest, all the chances were in his favour, par ticularly in the present state of Europe. The Bill was further supported by Lord Hawkeshury ; and opposed by Lords Grenville and Darnley ; and, on a division the motion for the third reading was carried by 44 to 11. The Bill was then read a third time, passed, and was ordered to the Commons. 'the Cotton Wool Duty Bill, and the Irish Bark and Cotton Bill, were relit a third time and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, APRIL 4. Mr. Alderman Shaw presented a Petition from the Butchns' Company of London, against the Bill for preventing the Damaging of Raw Hides. Referred to the Committee on the Bill, to be heard by Counsel against the same. Petitions mere practiced from the Debtors in Londonderry and Cardin* Gaols, praying relief. Laid on the table. Mr. Taylor, in answer to it question by Lord Temple, de ferred until the sth of May his motion ou the Pal e..* connected with the Expedition to the Dardanelle , :. Mr. Rose presented a Petition from the Trustees of the British Museum, praying the annual )rant of Parliament. Laid the table. Mr. Wharton brought up the Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means and Supply of Friday last. The Resolutions m ere agreed to. Sir. A. Wellesley obtained leave to bring in a 818 amending the Laws re•pecting the entering into Recognizance. in Crimi nal Cases in Ireland. The Bill was brought up, :read a .first, and ordered to be read a woad time on Thursday, and to be printe('. Mr. C. Wynne, pursuant to notice, moved for the ?rodne - Von of a Copy o f the Minutes of Evidence, taken betore the Sussex Election Committee, so far as the same respected Mr. Sergisson. Ilis object was, when the Minutes of the Evidence e bould be produced ) to move for leave to bring iu Dill preventing WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6. The Irish Warehousing, and East India Trade Bills went through a Committee. Mr. Broughntn was heard at the Bar, in summing up the evi dence which had been adduced by the Petitioners against the Orders in Council. Lord Grenville, immediately after the Counsel withdrew, gave notice that on an early day after the Holidays, he should move the House to address his Majesty for tlw revocation of the Orders in Council. He would not now fix a precise day for his Motion, but he would certainly submit it bet►seen the sth and 10th of May.—Adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 7; ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Mr. Campbell, as Counsel on the part of the Petitioner, Mr. .le Testat, was heard against the Bark .Bill, and iu the course of hi; speech displayed great eloquence*and force of argument. At the close of the Learned Counsel's speech, a long diseustion took place as to the propriety of hearing him sum up itnmedi awl) , the result of which was, a division of 15 to 3'2 against the ntution ; majority 17 in support of hearing Conisel. the quc•tion being put, there appeared, for the third read ing of the Bill, • ' i.:ontents, 116—N on-contents, 44—Majority. 66—Adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 8. Heard Counsel in the Appeal respecting the RoxbUrgh estates. The Innkeepers' Rates Bill was received from the Commons, and read a first time. Lono CasiNcELLon moved the second reading of the Scotch Judicature Bill. ilis Lordship explained the chief enactments of the Bill, and contrasted them with those of the measure proposed last Session. With respect to the trial by Jury, the Bill merely went to enable his Majesty to appoint commissioners to enquire how far, and in what cases, it might he expedient to introduce that institution in civil actions. /.RD GRENIILLE followed the Noble Lord, in the course of his different topics, and drew conclusions adverse to the present Bill, and favourable to the systent which he at last proposed. Ile, however, would not object to its going into a Committee, being willing to adopt a partial 'remedy to the grievauces com plained of rather than have none at all. LORD LAUDERD.4LE gave a decided preference to the Bill of last year. He contended that the appointment of Commissioners by the Crown was contrary to precedent, so far as respected the Court of Session. He gave notice, that before the Bill went into a Committee, he should move an instruction for the purpose of dividing it into three Bills.—Tate Bill was then read a second tune, and ordered to he committed on Tuesday. LORD liAritunar moved the third reading of the Cottoc-wool Prohibition Bill. In explaining the grounds on which it was lotroduced, he chiefly dwelt on the inconveniencies which might arise, without this preca u ti onar y measure, f rom t h e e ff ect o f h e American Embargo on the Cotton Trade. Time whole quAntity necessary for our manufactures was from Z to 61 minions o pounds. Of t hi s A mer i ca furn i shed, of her own growth, 24 millions, besides what she imported to us from the enemy's co lonies. At present there was a large stock on hand above the demand, but notwithstaudiac the expected increase of ilororta- ~ : - . , - I