The National Register.
London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

MARCH 20.

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Ally took ta.• OCCt`Fsar measures to co-operate with us; hut he
had not admitted that a direct trade could he carried on to •an
enems's port from a neutral port, and therefore the supposed.
facility of intercourse from Sardinia did not exist.
Lord 1-trnotnnAt.o contended, that the trade (rout the latter,
as o ell as Sweden, wasdopen to France by means of neutrals,
nay, perhaps, even by their own vessels; for Sweden migin,
upon this l t, choose to fallow the example given by otr laic
Ally the Emperor Alexander, who did nut prevent the continu-
ance of a direct commercial intercourse with France in Russian
bottoms, notwithstanding the existence of hostilities.
Loan 11.4wersnyar then proposed fume formal and, verbal
amendments, which were agreed to.
LORD L•rncnuALc briefly remarked on the inconveniences
which had arisen to the manufacturing interests, from the prac-
tice of extending the terms of patents, and gave notice, that on
Friday se'nnight he would submit two propositions of Order u..
that point, with the view of their being, with the concurrence
of the !louse, catered on th 6 Roll of the Standing Orders. The
chief feature of his Lordship's proposal is, that six weeks ao-
tice shall he given in the London Gazette, precious to the Meet-
ing of Parliament, by persons intending to apply for the Patent
Bills.
Tan Loan CHANCELLOR intimated his general concurrence
n the propriety of the remedy suggested by the Noble Lord.
MUTINY BILL.
LORD trApygplartiV very shortly pointed out, and justified'
the alteration from the Bill of the preceding Session. It was
with a view to our Colonial service adviseable, that an option
should be given for enlistment without limitation of the period
of service. Its order, however, to avoid all unnecessary inter-
ference with .the new system, care -was taken, that the man who
enlisted in the first instance, for limited service, should not be
allowed to extend the period until the expiration of the term for
which be had already engaged. •
Tan 'lvor or GLOCCESTER proposed to amend the Bill by
leaving out the words, " giving the recruit the power of en-
listing for unlimited. service." The ablest military men in the
British and Continental Armies, give a decided preference to
the plan of enlisting for a limited terra. It had been tried for
nearly two years, with complete success. It furnished a better
quality of men, and diminished tho desertions in b most sur-
prising degree.
Lord Mrtritia entered into a detail of the various expe-
dients resorted to for the purpose of keeping up an army, and
attributed its present effective state to the Army of Reserve Act,
and the two opportunities given for volunteering from the Mili-
tia. Ile deprecated the sentimental reveries which had been in-
dulged in with regard to the improving the quality of the soldier.
The amendment, after a short reply froin the Duke of thou-
cestAr, TM negatived without a division.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MARCO 14.

Mr. (,nacelles, from the Malmesbury Election Committee,
reported that the Sitting :Members %1 ere duly elected.
Mr. Wellesley Pole moved for copies of all such orders and
directions as had been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty
relative ttb relieving the squadron under the command of Sir
Richard Strachau, and also of the supplies furnished.
The lion. Gentletnau moved alto for copies of the orders
i-sued by Admirals Lord Gardner and Y oung on the same sub-
ject, to the Victualling Office at Plymouth, for the supply of
provisions to Sir Richard Strachan's squadron.—Ordered.
Mr. lluskisson moved an Address to his Majesty, for copies
of the Order in Council of the 12th January MOS, under which
certain American ships, the Temperance, Union, and others,
bound to France, &c. had been captured and brought into British
ports.—Ordered.
Sir C. Price presented a petition from the. Merchants of Lon-
don trading to the Continent, expressive of their support to the
late Orders in Council.
Several Members spoke against the reception of the Petition,
and, after a short conversation, Sir C. Price consented to with-
'Jiaw it.
Mr. Whitbread moved for an Account of the Value of all
Lxports front Great Britain to Denmark, in 1805-6, 7, and S.
till the Ist of January in each year, distinguishing British Ma-
nufactures from Foreign Produce.—Ordered.
Leave was given for Ule introduction of the Annual QuaHum-
tin /Iniquity Bin.

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