The National Register. — London, England, 1819-05-16 00:00:00

MAY 16. precept year for the public service. It occasioned an enteLded minterescien„ and on a division tlicre were Ayes 39.-Noes In--- Majority 78. kNLISTNEVT IN FOREIGN SEIVEICE BILL.—The kyrott- NET-GLal ERAL rose, to move bar leaveto hring in a bill to prohibit enlistments in foreign service, and the tonna:wet of vest els of war without liccose. The 11. w of out cuunuy on tads subject, founded on a statute of George 11., ma !e it en eelimee amount ing to a felony to enter into the service of a foreign state. The words of that statute might, however, ruise a dault how far it was intended to embrace those entering into the service of States not acknowledged to he such. It would be a most abiunl statement of tile law, to say, that those enlisting in the service of an ac knowbalged prir.ce or stare. violated the law by dring so I and. yet, that they were not prevented from entering into the service of unatknowledged statew. The object of his bill, in a cettain degree, was to amend the statute, by introducire after " king, prince, state, piramtate," the words " cony 4e...district who do Los :me :he pawns of a government." 'The intention of intro. eueing t!. •• e words was to make enlisting in the service of nnac. kteeitled;;A , powers. the stoic as tnlistine in the service of those tist wc:c acanowledged. The lan, as it stood, on two statutes, the 9th and tit. 29th of Gen. 11., annexed the heavy penalty of felony to th- offence of er.''wing in the service of a foreign state: a:though the law, as it formerly stood, and as it now stood, was equally against entering the service of acknowleelg:al and tm. ' acknowledged bLilei, yet it could Lot punish those who enterer! the service of ut.ac . cnowi-dged powers. If any neither country was at war with her eisbiniel, and the stdriects of this country enlisted in the service of these odonies, the law could tot punish them : hut if they ciliated in Lite service of the modiet cnintry, which was a legittinate power, they were liable to the penalties of felony; tor to enlist in the service of as acknowledged state cer mtioly was a fanny. as the law now utast. But to make the law consistent, it was ht, object, by this bill, to reduce the penalty from a felony to a iniadenteamour, and to make the law equally applicable to acknowledged anti to unacknowledged pewers: Fn listing in the service of those parsons who had astpmed to them wives the powers M n omermilent. (whether they were juoirtable not in assort ing those powers he sboold not inquire. bxame lee wialied to moist the political r9oetssion of such a creation) WAS a violition of that neutrality which this ennntry professed to observe. In the :rend provision of the bill, two object+ were is tended to be embraced—to prevent the fitting out of armed yes. sets, and also to prevent the fitting nut or supplying; other ships with warlike stores in any of his Alejesty's porta. Not that -yob e easels might not receive provisions in any port in the British ootninions; but the object of the enactment was to prevent them from supping warlike stores, such as guns aid other things oh. ‘iously and manifestly intended for ro other purpose than war. There were the usjecta of the bill ; anti unless it appeared to the hoarse that they %mak to distinguish between legitimate states (perhaps he ought not to use tire wont leaitimate"—he meant acknowledged states), and those bele-constituted states that were unacknowl Aged, he could not anticipate any objection to the bill. He thee triie.:ed for leave to bring in a hill to prohibit en. liornent. in fro sign service, end the equipment of veseals of w :r without license. Before sitting down he begged to add. what he hail forgot to mention when expLiniog the objects of the bill, that he propeaaal the penalty on tree that oft nce should be to: it misdemeanour. and on the eeeend fora felony. feir JAMES MACINTOSH salt, that if he could consider the present rt.:mime of his hon. and learned friend. merely as the Irgioddetion of a reform into ear criminal legislation. bee would riot, on the present occasion, have made a single remark; or if he had, would merely have expressed his approbation of the pro posed amendment of the law. The repeal of the 2 statutes of the 9C.1 and 29th Gen, 11. which constitutzo the entrance into the service of a foreign government a felony, be highly approved of; and he might, if trey had not now been brought into discussion by his lion. and learned friend (the Attorney-General), have tilt it his duty to have brought them soon ender the notice of tho house. They were founded merely on temporary circumstances. mid enacted penaltiea which terse revel:hag to humanity, mil which, therefore, rhY.V could vevar be inflicted. Ili: lion. and learned friend had given to these statutes a gee oel character, as reapplying to ell Matt and circumstances; hot it lie :ael looked onu history, he would have seen that they were intended merely for temporary purposes—namely, to prevent the fonnation of Ja cobite antic., organized in Spout and France, arainst the peace of this country• Though his honourable and learned friend, however, had endeavoured to disguise the subject, and to keep out or view the im iiediate object which the measure was ittended to serve, it was impossible to mistake its general character, or to avoid seeing its evident tendency. (Loud cries of berm, hear.) I; was indeed a measure of temporary policy, affecting deeply Cie character and Interests of the country, and requiring the moat r ramu attention of the house before the, proceeded one sup in the enoctmeot. (Hear, lieut.) The bill which his hors. and leaned friend moved for have to introduce might, however it was worded, and however otutioudy its object was concealed, be entitled, " a bill for preventing British subjects frnin lending their assistance 0 the South American cause. or enlisting in the Sooth American service." (Hear.) The cautious abstinence of Isis liqmouruble and learned friend from the political questioa could not cover his political purpose. On the general subject of the law, As now proposed to be amended, he (Sir James Matine welt) would not make many observations. It was hapossible to dispute or to deny that the sovereign power of every sate could interfere to peevent itaambjects from engaging in the warn utother state., by which Its two peace might be endangered or its own interests affected. His \t easy could command iris own subjects to abstain (torn acts by which tire relations of the state with others might be diaiturbod, and could compel the observations of peace iv.t.i them. The question could not therefore turn upon rats 1 lie was sorpriscal indeed to hear that this principle could be mado a swatter of disputa or doubt with his Iron. and /earned friend. It was from the assertion of it, at the present moment. that his (Air 111111 C% Ali: into9ll%) 111.31iCiollY were awakened. Why was the !erase called upon, at the present gine. to assert a doctrine which no one doubted. awnless at was Mean to apply it to temporary objects ? Was the rinciple itself doubtful, or was lioneat netundity intended by .the measure ? (Ihear. hear.) The principles of teutrality only repaired o. to maintain the laws in iteing, as they :dila the eh:waver of the belligerent; but they mold not commatal its to eh.nge any law. Lewd of all. could they require es to alter our :.ewe for the evident advantage of one of the imartlea. (Hear, hely, from ail sides of the hoots.) He was aware that his honourable and loomed friend had said. that the enactments of his bill Ltd pieced both utpon a hoed but so far at they exchanged the esi.uog law, they were In favour of oee of the parties. According to the two statutes which this Hill too intended to repeal, an evident advantage was enjoyed by one of the belligerent. ; and mi. hills was Intended therefore to make the omdition of one of them better, and of the other worse, than it eras before. it was so fir, their lote. a departure front our neutrality ; ir. it made a law to affect one party to the detriment of auother. honourable friend, therefore, in owl at introducing a memoir, to piescree the equal rights of Ore parties. had bltra thread a measure in eiliaa quite the reverse. It ought to be owl laoted, tout tome who engaged in the service or Insurgent states. or states that have not beton Acknowledged among tire family of motions, however respectable fit the:rasa:km, were in a nuteh worse cosecant than those who assisted recognised govennionita, as they could not be reclaimed as prisoners of war, tool might, es cegagiirg in whet was called rebellion, be treartd rebels.—. This, therefore, might be one MASCO why they -St.. ezoorted lilt NATIONAL REGISTI:II. from the penalties authorised to be inflicted by the statutes of the OM and 29th of George 11.. the dani;crs to which they expoied themselves being considered sufficient to deter them. This new law, or this declaratory law, sus bit het:mumble and learned friend had called it, would go to alter the relative risks, and become in fact a law of preference in favour to one of the parties. It was axi impolitic and severe measure against a pimple struggling not to throw off the yoke of the mother country, but *intending against its re-imposition after they had fed themselves front it. (Hear.) It was, in fact, an act of !motility towards South America, and of favour towards Spain; and viewing it is this light, he was sure it would be looked upon with regret by all 'the friends of freedom, and excite the indignation of the people of England. Maw.) If the !louse did not oppose it. It' they did not 'thew their disappmbation or a mesuaire so partial in its nature, he woule4 say, that they were dead to the itittrests of the nation, and were acting contrary to the opiatinns and the wishes of their constituents. Ile would not now enter Mirth( r into the proptsrd meitatt c t other eppownnities would occur during the progn ss of doe !fill for pointiv out its tendency, as an occasion would tease in a tew days for cola daring the general count of our policy towards those states against which it was directed. In the meantime he could nut refrain from expresaing his cii,appro. bonen of a measure which he could consider in no other light than as an en:mimetic to repass the rising liberty of the South Ana l. eons, and tothable Spain to relibpose t tat yoke of tyranny which 'they were unable to bear, whiolt they had nobly slaten off; from which he trusted in God they would finally be ce., , hl-:"; to free themselves, whatever attempts were made by the it misters of this, or any other country to countenance or as.ist their oppressors. Lord CASTLEREAtIIf protested against the intrctluetion of the political topics with which the hen. and learned gentleman hcd filled hie speech—a speech which, ivltila it prole r,d to advocate the principho of neutrality, was iv far loom the spirit of neutral ity as any that he iced ever lama in that house. He would ap peal to the house and the courtry,twlto, he trusted, too well un demisted what the principles of neutrality and the character and harmur of the ration required. to be (keen'. d by the sophistry of the iiimottrahle and learned gentleman), whethet they world de part from that regard which they owed to an acknowledged and friendly state by allowing our suh'ects openly to take port with its enemies. It was to prevent this that the present bill was brought in, and he would ask any member of the house, if such things were permitted, how we could bona of our actittalitv (Hear, bear, hear.) It wee a little too much in the hon. and learned gentleman to censure the government of this country, as being hostile to the Seth Americans and partial to Spain, while we had delayed doing what another government, whit.' he would allow to be free and popular, had Cone long ago. He would ask him, had the. United Smog tionc nothing to prevent their subjects firms assisting the Soot's Americans F They had enacted two laws open tire subject, nearly of the same tendency as that now proposed. Colonel DworEs coneorred in the sentiments of his Honorable ' friends whoupposal the Bill. The tries of •• question" become very load, and strangers were ordered to withdraw. No division s however, took plum-, the mo tion of the Attorney-Ceneral being agreed to.—Adju.iniel. FiIIDAY, )I,il - .14. The Marriage Acts' Ameninseit Bill, - the third reading of which stood for to-dav, was postponed till Vs'edneeday next, at the request of Sir William Ecott. Fcitelcri Estiwrsti.NT R. Wil.soi; asked the Attorney-General whit he intended to bring in the Bill to pre vent Englishmen from enlisting into fore:go ? lie at the same time gave notice that he biloUtti use 4... cry effort to opposz it in all its stages. tlitsit). The_ATToitwEY-GENE2AT. gave some brief answer. but it was inauoible in the Gallery'. GAME Laws.—ltr. Ba.tvn mw•c•l that the Amendments of the Ganie Laws' Bill be taken latil After some conversation betwei n Sir J. Shelly, Mr. Long Wel lesley. the Hon. F. Honglas, the Marquis of Tavistock, and Mr. G. Banks, the House divided. Tile numbers were—for the Bill D9—against it, 119. The Bill was consequently :oat by a majority against it 60. The House at its rising adjourned to Monday. RE TOUT Made to the British Consul at I:to, and Commodore Bowles io the Plate. JANLIRO, Mince 6. " Lord Cochrane bad hoisted hi. broad pendant at Val paraisr. in the frigate Maria Isabel, 0( . 50 raw., commanded by Capt. foster. baring on Inboard 400 excellent scautron and he bad Io .all of seas •Is which were perfectly ready, and in the must perfect efficient slate, for :4!u t t wo Of them unmated; 4flgans. That hi• Lordship had, by a special message, requested an interview with the Captain of the Ontario, and that the questions put to him by his iaord,hap were ea idently inteadcd to ascertain what was the amount of the specie which had been shipped in his Majesty's ship Andromache, Captain Sheriffs and Blossom, Captain Hickey, and whether the same was the actual property of the Spanish Govern meat, in moss of Its antborities, these two ships being then ion the coast with it on lonia The impression remainiug ao the sand of the CitAtial of the Ontario was, th.lt could his Lordship well ascertain this latter point, it was his intention to intercept these ship., and seize the property. So WOO as this report was neaJe to C .itimodore Liowles, he proceeded ranted Cape hurt' in the Creole." Private letters from Stockholm of the ‘23d of April state, that the prices of grain there have declined so si]. ilenly, and to so great a degree, that many of the farmers. as well as those wins trade in that necess rry article, will probably Int ruined, or at least mitler t to very heavy losses. The tra de in setilcit ha. Leos, several year. in a lan g uishing state, is said to he eesis In mnsequence of a manufacturer of Carlisle having lowered the price of weaving ginghams 2s. p r cut, Is COTS iderablo number of weavers assembled in a tumultuous manner, on Wednesday afternoon, broke some of his witi:lows, and exhibited other tokens of their displeasure. They also held a kind of meeting upon tha Sands, at which they resolved to petition the Priuce Hugest to send them all to Amarka! In uti action tried betcre the Ceurt of King's ecnch, Dublin, se tlau instance of Messrs. I- risk, tea dealers, against certain ()dicers of the Revenue, fur illegally seizing two chests of tea, which they alleged to be spurious, but which were afterwards proved to be genuine as imported, Olt .'cfrudants have been found liable iu ilerorg, 155 , FROM UK`onA /GUI 4;.1:411111.. BANKRUPICY T. P. Moore, Denmark Court, &rand, paper stainer, frum Mai it to May BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. 0. Parr, Liverpool, merehvnt. BANKRUPTS. T. Norris, White Hart Yard. Drury Lane, vier:mil:fr. W. Elliott, j . tm. Tunbridge %Y.lls, et t: virmnger. .1. Bromley, jun. Stuttb.ll, m.•atitixturer. H. Word. Narborough, i.eirestershire, hosier. r. Flaction. B.rwiek Street, c: Le, iew4.l!tr. J. Browband J. Hellyer, St. Mary Hill, car.telreaponeseltants. 'l'. Ball, Ki'alord, Somersetshire. woolatEpier. J. Goode, kiv;rpeol, merchant. J. Barlow, Bol , un Le lours. Lancashire, drill:gist. D. Dornirg, Wondey, Lancashire. innkeeper. J. Gohling. Colchester. taimer. K Herder, Whvle, Herefordshire, arre.ionerr. J. Higtou and J. Brewer, Broadway., I;:ackfriarr. rearehou,e. DICII. J. Austin, Altlerszate Street. corn dent: r. On Fziday last the Nome, Lundy Williams, bound from Cestlemain to Liverpcd, end freighted with. corn, left the harbour of Dirgic to proceed 01 her voynge. The day was unusually fine, however, she had nut cot any considerable distance outside tile harbour, when in the view of a considerable num ber of spectators, she was moil to go down suddenly head forerno7t, without even allowing time for hoist ing nut the boat. The melancholy cons2quence ne:s, that the entire crew, consisting of eleven hands, met a watery and awful imeantaneens grate, as the-. was no pesslility of ussisteace from the shore.— What routers this circumstance yet mote tregivsrl is, that five or six of the sufferers had but very lately deserted their ship in a sinking state outside Dingle. The vessel was freighted by Christopher Gaievey, Esq. of Killarney. It appears renrarlahlv prividen thd that the anue of the Harmony lately wrecked at Posbcen, and alto was the only survivor of the ship's erte.v on that occasion, ha i aemally pail a art of his paseage money to this shin, but was ioduee.l at the instance of Collector Twiss to farego the money and proceed by a eifrere.... mete. Mr. Henderson has discovered, in New Siteria, the claws of a bird measuring each a yard ie :e 4 t h ; and the Yaknts ieettred hint, they lied 11l (pettily, in their hunting exeursims, met with skeletons, sad even feathers, of this bird, the galls of withl wee, liege enough to admit a man's arm. This is a fact in support of the tradition, that the earth MB for merly inhabited by giants ; fix men not exceeding ourselves iu stature would have been helpless against birds of prey of this magnitude. Captain Cook-men tions having seen a monstrous: bird's nest in Nee Holland, on a low sandy island in Endeavour River, with trees upon it, and an ineeedible number of sea fowl ; he found an eagle's nest with young ones, which he killed, and the nest of some other bird, of a most enormous size; it was built-with large sticks upon the ground, and was no le-s than six awl twenty feet in ciecumference, and two feet eight inches high. A young girl has been assassinated in Paris under circumstances of great atrocity' Ader the mur.; was committed, and the plender secured, the re liens set fire to the bed, in the hops; ofthes destroy ing all traces of their crime. Happily the flames were soon extinguished, and there is every reason to hope the wretches will be brought to justice. A servant girt at .1 nuhlic.imuse in Silver -street. Cam bridge, ham itig disputed with her mie rest. en F,iday evening, lei the house, and was the next moruing fount! in the rimer. An inquest was lid on the hotly eau a verdict of Lunacy returned. The New Proridence Gaz.lte says,—" It !nest afford much satistitetion to the inhabitants of the Colony to learn, that it is again in agitation, end that strenuous endeavours are now used, as well by the merchants interested in its commerce, as 1;;‘ , those concerned in that of Jamaica, to have this island made a depot flsr a trade with the United States. We have seen a copy of a Mentorial . that has been presented to the Lords of the Privy Council, for the consideration of matters of trade in the Plan tations, on the above subject, in which the conveni. mots anti Ithafits to Jumaita from such a measure, ar rartictilluly stated. l'rivate I t esters encourecve the hope, that the abject will be attained; but it may be feared, that unless it be so in a permanent way, no advaiturte will be derived from it. the Gn, vernruent of the United States te:ing apparently de termined to accord with no temporary netsures, as has been evinced with respect to the free ports of Nova Scotia. The Jemeica interest having made itself a party in the application. we may now indulge the hope of it: emceeing serious attention and final success." • The end Of next tno ith ix the time men...junta when the ',lc.n.bces of the- Yacht Club are to a 9.. amble for the purpose of cruising. They will then be enabled to lay in a supply of ttffik and re*i.wn, and bets are twu to one that Sir WitliataCurtix ill Laic the bebt aslorted carp pi any of the part;.