The National Register.
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C'11)1111104114,:"•)11411tie!it. err9r, the word Engtaii
hash!„; heen't...ostito,ed for (ire:lt Britain.

•After cqineroutine lobtoess had been gone through, thi
House adjaßfted.

FRIDAY, JULY 1.

The Committee of Privile;tes proceeded on the ctai►ns of the
Ea-Idnos if Roxburgh. The Attorney-General was further
hear.' o ►he Fa of tilt! Crown. After wine 'observations from
1.0r.1 Chancellor on the impoiisibility of de►iding np►on th►s
ctine in the course of the presen• Sea: inn, further proceeding
were postponed t::1 the tirt4 Tuesday in the next Session.

SPAN, %WI:DEN—ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
Loan Ito I.L.,ND wished to be informed whether any engage-
ment had yet been entered into with Sweden, to give effect
their part to tisg, Ordels in Cottleil. hiistiven had the power
of -in.pending the execution uf the (Mkt.* in Cmincil in certain
ewes by granting licenses; and he was anginas to know what
policy in IA:. Mike,4l it wa.: intent:ed to adopt in Spin. lie
did not wis4 to extort from Ministers any ansner that ft might
be improper to g,ive ; but .los frosted that a broad and liberal
;Miry v.titsW mark the conduct of his Alajesty's Ministeis with
respect to tit". Spanish ration, and in this view it might be ex-
pedient to revoke cite Oillerr. in Council so far as regarded the
pprts of that country. He could not help again adverting to the
ex pe;! eery of issuing a declaration, stating in an open and manly
`fonsiorr cur view: with respect to Spain, and our determination
to tor:ist them', without intermixing any selfish objects', in the
recovery of their independeure. Upon this subject he.felt, in
emotions witi, ever' man in the country, the-greatest anxiety
as to the re.,ult ; and a great anxiety. al,o to know, as far as it
co ,!d with propriety be known, what line of policy hlinibters
watt a if,Ot. _ _

Lona liatchrsatlar said, with respect to Sweylen. that the
most atisfaetory ,assurances had been received from the Court
• of Stockholm, of the di9osition of that Court to give every ef-
fect to that system which inal been adopted in our Orders in
Council. it was the wish of his Majesty's Ministers to give
every assistance to the Spanish nation that was consisteut with
the utmost generosity and liberality, without intermixing any
partial feelings or selfish objects—every assistance that could
tend to ensure to them success in the glorious struggle in which
they were now engaged. It was th.' sentiment of every man in
the country, whatever might he his opinion upon other subjects,
that every possible assistance should be giveito the Spaniards in
th-.: con,est io which the) were now engaged, and his Mdesty's
Mini ter. were disposed to milder that assistance in the spirit a
4c_ toerosuly and liberality, and with a hope that it might lead to
.- at ultan,:te success which it was the wish of every man iu the
. la:lrl s,ioulil h salt. e the resu.
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.op //hr.Leato observed that the Noble Secretary of State
rho. ared to have nusconceived a part of what he had said with
rFspe.et to the op;natioo of the Orders of Council on our inter-
rentr4l‘ vOh Spain. What he was therefore anxious to learn
from Aiinisters was, whether they intended to deal, upon ibis
nce.isi,an, in the sale of licences, which he should consider as a
narrow ..:41 t.:,oibr policy; or whether they intended-to revoke
11%:..5., orkrs so far as regarded the ports of Spain ?
•. Lour) I/ asep:xsara y observed, that with respect to what had
been 4.ai,.1 t),• i!tr. N. tae L, r.i.. ,s atm clearly understood the ob-
jvi .0 ot• ,::,.,ee:tniii, whetwr it wits the intention of Ministers
to.tt.Yoke t!ii•-•,":;rot.rs in C.o,iticil t,, f.:r as regarded the Pmts
of -11,,i'ii 1.. cot td .mi srac, that if the Noble Lord wo.iid
by....!.:1 ;tipcttriosit:, for a few days, he would find that Mini-
ster, *Hp,' ~to antic:: (I the co.isitleratioti of tliis part of the sub-
jeer. al:1 Le .:a,: an liesitatimit :n sit!, in;, thlt in this respect, as
WA! 111 ii •:tavrs, it ins th.,ir •is to act with the utmost ;enc-
rubit) nal liberalil,, ion ands t ;le ::; pa ue,b nation.—Adjouroed.

110USF. OF CbAIAiONS.

TUUFISO%V, 31.7 NE O.

On t;:e mo!ion of Mr. Lockhart. no Address was Toted to his
IVltkie,ty, that ;ie would Is grocie,tsly pletr,ed to (lit ect ceriti•
Arct.t i.. .1 ishops, oti 'Order of Council, to make such.
rAturn,, • ~. ! • I..+T-v reholeot within their respective diocese,,
Litt l!or vA.;l..c At arch lost, that the sante tuit yhe ready to pre-
sent to I ;loupe e:111, in the• next Scs•lon of Parliament,
r. x lanoe4l, Lila! there he hefore the /louse an
Accnunt of Coals satp;il.l4 fro.:; Livt-r
'•viol to the different ports
or 'A ttici during one ,}ear, coding tile ht. of Moich
Ocre4. , .

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JULY 3.

Any's, ntsetPLINE.
Sin Fiwicti BunnErr rose to sulaui: to the House a mutiny
that respected. in a consideralle degree, the dirt ipline of the
,:rmy of this country. The suhject, he said, was very import-
ant, and trmt tnatetially invitee. and claimed t..e ronsideration
of Parliament. Gentlemen held certainly erterained different
.entiinents respecting it ; but at all events he could anticipate
that nor opposition would he made to the motion which he
should make thereon. The lion. Baronet then moved, " That
Clere be laid before the house mum; of the t.everal Courts-
Martial, both General and Regimental, that have taken place
throughout the army for the last ten sears, ending the first day
if January last, specifying the number of convictions, the pu.
nishments inflicted' in each reAiment, and the number of lashes
hich each individual, punished with whipping during that pe-
riod, re( eived."—On the question being put,

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Ton Srettermtr AT W;Robsersed, that it was a motion of
'he mos: siiirulti.• and extraodinary nature, and should meet his
decided !lei:afire. Re would appeal to the reflection of
'he Honoarahle Baronet himself, whether such a motion *vas
hi to be agitated, or such a subject was calculated to do
any good, at such a crisis as the present ? Besides, he did
not th. that it was possible to procure the papers to which
the motion appeared to be directed. He observed there never
was a moment in the history of this country when the necessity
of discipline was so urgent as at the present crisis, when it was
considered how very formidable the rival was with whom we
had now to cope. It was dangerous to instil into the mindsof the
soldiery any sentiments that could in the most indirect way lead
them to be dissatisfied with those laws and that discipline that go-
verned them I it would have all the effect of creating alarm among
them, and of making them unhappy in their profes4on, the
consequence of which no man could fortel or foresee. He trust-
e_! that in this light the House would view it, and agree with
him in the great propriety of -ejecting it in limine.
LORD C.ISTLERC.4f:u could not but think that the view which
the Hon. Baronet had of the Army of this Country, and of its
discipline, was very dill rent from that of other men. Suppos-
ing the papers which he called for were before the House-, still
it was impossible that an.: p .rliamentary measure could be in-.
stituted upon theta. It could only have a tendency of sinking
into disrepute in the soldier's mind the laws by which he is go-
verned. He appealed to the good sense of the Hon, Baronet as
to what he would substitute for English discipline—would he in-
troduce a French system ? If he would, he begged him to turn
his eyes to the effects of that species of discipline displayed in
Spain recently, where, if they did not inflict minor punishments
of a corporal nature, they practised one of another description,
for they shot them without form, ceremony, or trial.—ln
our army the most trivial punishment is not inflicted, unless
-the delinquent is found guilty by a court martial ; so that neither
the life or the safety of an individual of the humblest descrip-
tion was ever involved, until a Court had previously heard the
case and.the defence of the person accused. The Noble Lord
expatiated on the superior freedom which a British soldier en-
joys over all the soldiers in the world, and concluded with
giving his negative to the motion.
The !louse then divided, against the motion, 77—for it, 4
majority, 73.

/Ivor PARK.
On our return to the gallery we found Mr. Creevy on his legs,
veighirg against what lie termed the intended innovations upon
tlyde Park, by a plan io a;:itiltion, proposed to the Lords of'
the Treasury by ftlr. Fon!, toe. for building a range o; houses
within it on the mite where the old riding house stands, oppe•
site Park Lane. He meved,
" That there he laid before the House Copies of the Corres-
pondence between Arr. John Fordyce and the Lords Commission-
ers of the. Treasury, relative to granting building leases of
:round in Hyde Park."
Tres err Nerr.Lert or snr Crest rotiga said, that there were
1141 gro.l ,ds fur the motion. The House could not think of in-
icriering with the Ito‘nl Prerogative, merely upon a rumour
time such a plan had been submitted to the Treasury, and n hie!.
he could as.ure the House ltd never yet reached his Alaiesq
ears.
M Sit NRIP4N was at a loss to know by what authority Mr.
Fordyce could assume that the Boaid- of. Treasury would cnuit-
'enrince such in innovation. lie had OP OW very day n iniessed
toe encroachments made by the buildings in Hamilton-street,
an.-' he thought then) a most miserable collection—
it might ra-
Vier be called Cibblet Place, for it abounded with angles of
every kind. If a row of houses must be built, let them take
itutten Row for the purpose; there the gentle charioteer in his

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