The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-16 00:00:00

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the two Governments. The circumstances considered,
together with the correspondence between Mr. Morino
and Mr. FOSTER, prudence in calculation seems to require,
that we stiould expect a war in the Spring, unless great
change should take place in the Councils of the British
Government."
The language of the Papers known to express the sen-
timents of the Government is, if possible, still more hos-
tile, Its the fbllowing passage from the National Intelli-
gencer will prove.
44 It is, we believe, the sentiment of the nation, that
decision ought to characterise the measures of our Go-
vernment. Having, from a love of peace, and an indis.
position to European warfare, been for five years past re-
luctantly content with measures of commercial restriction ;
and now perceiving that forbearance and remonstrance
have failed to procure a respect fur our rights ; the people,
their spirit roused by the indignities they have witnessed,
loudly call for measures of a stroner character. Congress,
acting under the impulse of public sentiment and feeling,
and the recommendation of the Executive, have adopted
one measure (alluding to the 2.5,000 men), and others are
in forwardness, which under the present circumstances
can only be justified by a determination to employ the
force in due season in open active trtdiire. in this aspect
we view the measure, and under this impression announce
it to our readers as the first war measure.
As to ulterior measures, there is every reason to be-
lieve they will immediately engage the attention of Con-
gress ; who having, in our view, passed the Rubicon,
will see the necessity of proceeding in their course with
energy and dispatch. The sword being drawn, the scab-
bard must he thrown aside._ For Congress to refuse to
fol'ow up this step by the adoption of the ncceßsary de-
fen,ive or prt•cautionary measures, would be to measure
back the ground they have trod, and could only lead to
humility, defeat, or degradation in the eyes of 'the
Such sentiment! expressed by one of the organs of the
Exec,:tive shay., p:ainly what we have to expect. Such
rancorous hotiiity has been totally unmerited on our part.
Alk.7e have onl, required of America that she should strictly
perform the duty of a neutral, and have only use:! the
right ccmmon to all men, of retaliating on our enemy
the injury which he endeavoured to inflict upon us. Had
not the interests of the United States been so intimately
Connected with his, they would have less suffered. The
man who endeavours to stop a blow aimed at another,
must not wonder if fie is knocked down. The same rule
app lies to States.

PLYMOUTIT, FEB. 13.—Admiral Sir R. CALDER, Bart.
Commander in Chief of this Port, has patronized a benefit
at the Theatre Royal of this town, of which Mr. Foam
is Proprietor and Manager for next Monday, for the bene-
fit of the Widows and Orphans of the Petty-Officers, Sea-
men, and Royal Marines, of the St. George, Defence,
Tier°, Saldanha, and Grasshopper ; which were wrecked ,
in the North Seas..:The Performers are all gentlemen
amateurs of this town, who have, in the course of the last
three months, gratuitously performed several times for
different charities. On this occasion also, the towns of
Plymouth and Deck have come forward in a subscription
• highly honozneable to both towns. The Rambler cutter
List Tuesday be;it ctr a French privateer near the Edy-
sLone i;i a 11),:st gallant style, though site had only eight
rpcn m Lciar:?, aid the pri?atecr vas lull of mend

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HOUSE OF OF LORDS.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

FEB. le.

mospAY, ass. 10.
CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO.
Lord I,TYEU POOL rose, in pursuance of notice, to mere the limits
of the House to Lord Wellington, for the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo.
His Lordship, after commenting on the skill wid valour of Lord Welling.
ton and his brave army, concluded by moving the !'hanks of the House
to General Lord Vicount Weilihgton, for the skill, ability, and iiide.
fatigable exertions, and consummate wisdom manifested by him in the
siege of Ciudad Rodr ieo.
This motion was agreed to nem. dis.; as were also motions of Thanks
to Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham, second in command, and the
other General Officers, and to the Engineers of the Royal Corps of
Artillery, and the Officers of the Royal Artillery, and Portuguese
Artillery; likewise an acknowledgment of the services of the lion•
commissioned officers and soldiers.
The Earl of Invert Pool. took the opportunity, in the course of oiGving
the Vote of Thanks, to pay a tribute to the merits of Major-General
Mackinnon, who unfortunately fell at Ciudad Rodrigo; and to ilpreis
1 a hope, that the monument to be erected to memory would be a:
lasting as his fame.
The Thanks were ordered to be communicated by the Lord Chancel-
lor.—Adjourned.

TUESDAY, TEL 11.
In the Committee of Privileges on the Strafr:rd P-erage several do•
currents were read in evidence, and the further proceeding was ap.
pointed for Tuesday next.
The Royal Assent was notified by Commis. to the Royal Hou,c.
hold Bill, tl►e Regency Exi•cnces Bill, and the Household Officer
—Adjourned till Thursday.

Thursday and Friday, no business of hriortance.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. •

M':4DAY, TEL 10.
The CHANC puma of the Exeiteeera r. tee, and called the attention
of the House to the diqtinguishee :•..eritorious conduct of Lord Wel-
lington; and after diffusively expo:hting on this subject, he moved,
i‘ That the Thanks of this House be given to General Lord Visccw:t
".;.`ellington, for the skill, deeision, indefatigable exertions, and con-
summate judc /tient manifested by him in the recent siege of Ciudad
Rostetgo, by which tlee impor;ant fortress has been wrested front the
enemy in the short space of eh ti en (Lys,"
Cenend Tex LETON seconded the motion, and begged to add a few
expressions of admiration, flowing, not merely from his lips. hut dic-
tated by his heart. It was impossible, he said, to add any thing, by
brilliancy of description, to the lustre of tee late transaction; but, 4.1
the oldest General in the House, he wished to pci:lt out in it sone
characteristic marks of British gallantry. Whether the skill of the
Commander in Chief, or the bravery of his troops, were referred to,
he defied any nation to produce an example of similar splendour, cat
troops so steady, or so silent in attacks made under cover of the night.
If the leader of any of our columns was disabled, the efforts of he
troops were not relaxed. When what was technically called " the
forlorn hope" was to be formed for the purpose of the assault, instead
of 350 volunteers, which were required, no less than 700 men instantly
ce!tered themselves from only two regiments—( Hear, hear 1 ).—HI
would not waste the time of the House by further dilution, since it was
impossible for the genius, the eloquence, the research, or the mematonil
of all its Members, to produce an achievement, whose glory al
equalled the splendour of the capture of Ciudad Rodril o.
Tbe Vote of Thank* to Lord Vv'elliegton was then passed unani-
mously, as well as the same distinction to Generals Graham, Picton,
Colville, Craufurd, Vandeleur, and Packe ; to the Officers, non-com-
nsissioned officers, and soldiers of the Allied Army; to the Officers"
the Royal Artillery and Engineers; and to the Officers, non-commie
stoned Officers, and privates of the Portuguese Army, serving u:eler
Lord Wellington. An Address to the Prince Regent was also voted,
praying his Royal Highness to order a Monument t be erected, in
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, to the memory of Nlajon-G. toe-
ral Mackinnon, who fell gloriously on the 19th of January lost, ilthe
assault of Ciudad Rodrigo, and that the House would make good the
expences attending the same.
The Speaker was ordered to communicate the Votes of Thanks to
Lord Wellington, and the various Generals named.
EXPENDITURE OF THE CIVIL LIST.
Mr. EnEN, in consequence of previous notice, rose to move for the
appeintment of a Setket Committee, to inquire into the ezre"'
dims front the Civil List. He adverted to the late proceedings
upon this subject, and the clause introduced into the Household B1!1,1
to make any excess of disbursement from i 7, by which Parlta"'"l
I as
tacfaritly
as acrelated knowle
todgedthe ,
past, and s m that they approved of tr
e profuture. Hettue expenditthir!
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entered into the nature of the Civil Lee, definining it to be a e.';