The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

NOV. 13.

41Weet ill moving for the minutes was not is the least to impeach
the bravery of titoe :raltint Officers, hut to slick that the force em-
by the Government was qnite unequal to the defence
•
ut' the Lakes.—Ordered.
The liot4e adjourned to Motuliy.

741

moiled the injustice intended to be practised towards Saxony,
whose only crime was that of beiv the last to des art the sante cause
as Prussia, Austria, and Bavaria had been equal!y compelled to cm-
, brace. Ile considered the projected dismeinherineht of Saxony as
unprincipled as that of Poland. The Hun. Gentleman also viewed
with feelings of cp regret the erection of Hanover into a kingdom,
and feared it would produce evil consequences, by tending to cm-
;a-oil us still more in German polities.—He now draw the at-
tention of the House to another quarter of the world, lately the
sceoe of so-izitinary struggle. After the treasure expended—the
blood lavishci;, and the g:ory gained. in the cause of freedom. on the
Peninsida, who could look towards Spain without feelings ot inclau-
eholy regret I Ti-,ere the he-t and bravest men in the country were
th'grerded aiid iatu dungeons, merely because they hail filled
the situation of Dept' to the Cortes; whilst those t. aitors, who
had prostituted beonaparte and his brother Joseph,
vvei e humoured anti rity suit • . lie had heard it asserted, that, un-
less Ferdinand was siapported h. :flottey from Great itain, it was
imposOble for him to subjugate a.. 3 subjects; lie trusted he would
never we thus armed with our treasure. One Spaniard, who had
renderod his country signal benefits, was arrested in P.:6s ; lint
greatly to the hoootir of the French Government they dirvezed
Ilia' to be liberated ; the Court o °Spain also had the inimifie ice to
demand the arrest of sumo Spittli pti k who had del to this cemitry.
"!'fiat detuitird, as lie utolerstood. had bectrproinpt,y and i•miliaii!Ahly
rejected. Ilut he had heard that a ditletent course was piiisued
by the individual commanding in Gin.ralcar : two Spaniards, whose
names were Cora° and Brad), had take., r.-nge tittle • -the elute
of the one w 44, that he had written agaiast Inc kloisitton ; but the
clime of the ()titer, who was a retired Crittaitt of was tin-
known to Irimsetr. These persons had been shamyfully risen up to
t:oe agents of Ferdinand
The Cir s r c Limn ot the INcur.Q (.71; It replied io I\l r. Whitbread's
iipe• clt, and first adverting to :Nonii. (4overnment knew nothing
of the circumstance stated to have ocesirreltat Oitrraitar. It be-
longed not to him either to defend or to arraivr the roeduel of
Ferdinand ; lie should met elv state, that no ail hail been granted to
lievon) the subsidy formerly voted.—With le...fleet to the burq
tag the loathe buildiogs at Vtid•hingtotr the Aniciirans had rime• tho
same a.; Vit, k 'him!, the c pltdl Of Lipper Caoada. and at Queen's
town, had ei atilt destroyed pi iv ate property, driving the inhabitants
from their dwelling's in the midst of the snow, and ;inanition:lg the nr
to the horrors ofn Ca,:adian winter without foo 1 or vireilei• Having
netctided the conduct of the British °dicers, he ftion:_dit it r r:iit to
sti,te his disapprobation of such a mode of warlace,.wlivn it (-mild ::e
avoided. lie trusted, that not only this, tint every kind or ho,tiiity
with Amei kit, would speedily crase.—Mr. Vatisittatt then d
the comlact of the Admiralty, Oil grounds simiirr tit thwe uigetl itt
the Upper House by Lord Melville. but declined, front illieacy, to
say any thing of the state of the nezociations at Ghent. Tor Eight
Hon tipotlemair next proceeded to take a short view of the
state of the revenue, from which it appeared, that the gross
tereitits for the year coding the 14111 October, 1813. vra.4
61,8 )1,0!tot ; that eauling the I.lth of October last, 6:1,00 Otarl.
beiei; as inert iiA! of (.2,77.:-; 00 AI. He then went throligh -oti the
itene:, se) u'aich composoil the account, Customs, Excise,
Post•oV.ice, Property-tax, Land-tax &r. and pointed out toe in-
crease in each depai tment. 'to she's that the trade of Great Britain
haul progressively increased, he read an accomit of the exp:;rts I: oat
the poi t of I .ondon, which was as follows :

The exports from the said port, for the three-
mowers, endinz October, IP.lv, amounted to
Ilitto—enditrz ()ember, 1813
Ditto—ending October, 1314

Lt t,14
;ft:s oci )

beim: more than double the amount of 18 and upwards of oile-thisd
wore than the amount of 1$1:3 —Notwithstan.ling this fivourable
statement, he aeknow ledge(' supplies to be the obi ct of calling
Parliament together. 'rise arrears 4ilie to scams !i ii!)cratiqj Crone
French prisons, mete greater than G„verfulit," had, fort,,ecii_ the
naval department had therefoie • xoce.l.-.1 its ettinia!erl u:spen-
ditiiro. Tile lion. Gentleman (.m1(.111,1(11 1601 hoping the House
wt.tild see the propriety of continuing the war with vienur, Mae
tney were not contending merely for themselves, but in support of
the est4hlislied laws of Europe.
Mr. I...sr.Lts defended from the sarcastic retuaiks of
Mr. %Whitbread, and said, hi: Friend nad determined on
voyige to Lisbon, as the only weans of saving his child whb was
ill, 14lig before the situation at that Court was 4)tlerf'd hint.
Mr. TiEnNliy consideled Mr..Cannines appointment as a most
`calldillous job, bortlienin:: tlie public with a sail' dot. 14,0f101. a ;
when Mr. Sdeilliatu could Ita)e. done Alt the bwincss on his 5'.;001.
a )' ear.