The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

EATER OtY, FEB. 27.

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to tlip.Malt Pen-
sions, and Officers Duties Hills; the Bill for regulating the Issue
of Money from the Treasury, for paying Exchequer Bills, the
Bank Unclaimed Dividend Bill, the American Treaty and Con-
tinuation Bill, the Curates Suspension Repeal Bill, and t%
private Acts. The Commissioners were the Lord Chaocellar2
the Duke of Moutrube, and Lord Walsingham.

FF,B, 28. .

OF COMMONS.

]MONDAY, FEL 22.
%Ir. Villiers made a report from the Dublin University Elec-
tion Colanatter,. in consequeure of which the Committre was
allowed to aiklourn till convened by the Speaker's warrant.
Ao Account wa; presented from the Office of the Chamberlain
of Louden, 611:11 ill,: the expeaditure of the City in .cents;.;
Blackfriurs'-bridge in repair. and in improving the entsances
to the City by Tenable Bar and Snow -Hill,
Mr, Whereto' brought up the RePort of the Committee of
Wa vs and Means of Friday, grantiog a duty on Silt ev ported
to the Continent.
Mr. Perceval stated. that be intended to relinquish that duty,
so far as it regarded salt exported to America, and to any terri-
tor on the Continent which might be, or might become in amity
lib his Makiesty. The resolutions were then agreed to ; as
were litewlse resolutions prohibiting the exportation of cotton
oil,
Col. Stanley presented a Petition from a number of Inhabi-
tants, tuanofeelurers of Great. and Little Dolton, in Lancashire,
praying the House to advise his Alajesty to use every means and
opportunity fur restoring the blessings of Peace. .
N ro said he had WI objection to the Petition, and Mi-
nisters would certainly keep such IVO:allow in their eye, lie
*bad Wry feeling of commiseration for the privations under which
the petitioners laboured, Still be must contend, that those who
v ere entrusted with the Executive Government, were iinefted
ith the respousibility of commencing a negociation or not, and
it was a poiut of some consideration, whether or not, it *negoti-
ation was to begin, It would terminate in a Treaty of Peace.
The Petition was ordered to Be on the table,
Several Papers. respectiug the conduct of Sir Home Popham,
o•hiliis+ India, in I $7, were presented.
Jtu. Poysuar wished to know from Ministers, as they. had
stated on the PM day of the Seesion. that it was likely a Sub-
sidiary. Treaty would soon be concluded between this country
and Sweden-.-whether there nos any prospect of such a treaty,
nod nlaethcr any money had been advanced to that Monarch,
Crxxrxu statrd. that the only reason for the silence of
Mieisters on this subject, was the aim-arrival of intelligence
from the. Canonical,. WJI!On tlwbr fen 11416 Mails had arrived
from (lottenhurgh. anal they announced that such a treaty had
been signed between that country and Logiand ; it was daily
expected to arrive here, and he should then have the honour of
submitting it to the liolve, A sum of money had been advanced
• to the King of Sweden in contemplation of that ireatX.
to u Committee of Ways and Means, a re501....i.0t erns agreed
to. prohibitiug the exportation of cottoalsoni mild Jesuits bark.
The report was received, and a Bill woe ordered to be brought
is accordin,gly.
On the question fur bringing up the Report of the Bill fur
carrying auto ellive the late Orders be Council.
She. Tittexrer rose, and objected to the farther progress of the
jjill, as it 1144 uOt originated according In nu Order of the House
,of 1771,w Wel) enacted, that all measures relating to trade should
originate in n Committee dr Trade and Commerce, He con-
tended, that a Committee of Ways and Means was not the com-
petent authority for the institution of such a Bill,
.1/n. Pettccr•r. replied, there WilS 110 necessity fora Commit-
tee of Trade to afford a groaml for the Rill, Be admitted, in
regard to commercial regulations, a Committee of Trade was
necessary ; but thi, tt us a dilicrent thin;;—this was a Committee
Af 114 y s and Means imposing dutieg, aid& was the only com-
petent authority for the impopition of taxes.
Some cosiver,atiou aro.4e, in the course of which Mr, Tiernev

auggested the propriety of the Rill into two, This Ira.
. acceded to by Mr. Perceval, and the lieport was brought up.
The Hill was then ordered to be recommitted on Wednesday.
Mr. Horner moved, that the order for taking. into further
o)o4ller:taint tit* Petition complaining of an undue Llection and
Return for the Borough of Great Grim-by be discharged, on the
ground that the Petitioner had not, within fifteen days, lores.ent-
ed to the Clerk of the House an account, specifying his qualifi-
cation to a seat in that I louse,.
Pee Sottcrro ft GEN Elt 41, revisted 'the motion, contending that
if a Petition against a return was presented, it was out of the
power of the House to get quit of it in such a way. The motion
was negatived.

THE oun►: PIPERS.
•
T.nril FolkeFtone inovetilhe Order of the Day for the Rouse
into consi►leration Rude Papers. On the question
being put,

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THE NATIONAL RESISTER.

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Mu, CREEb Er rose. sad in a speech of some length expirsseti
a wish that the Noble Lord would consent to the postponement
of the discussion on these papers. which involved matters af
great and high isuportance. His reason fur wishing this war,
that this subject was connected nut only with one transaction of
Lord Wellesley, but that it elubraced a period of 17 yeor:,
touching the conduct of Sir John Shore, the late !Marquis Corn-
, wallis, and Lord Wellesley, The matter now brought forward
by the Noble Lord, concerned only the Treaty between Lord
Wellesley and the of Oude, who had dethroned that
Prince., surrounded hint with troops, and taken from him a
considerable portion of his territory. having instructed the itr-
sident at 1,116.1101 V to do so, telling him to take for his model
the Treaty of Tanjore, and other Treaties made with dilfereet
Powers in India, Ile itas therefore u( opinion
that a Cornintir
tee ought to be appointed to examine the conduct of Lord 'W
teary generally, and to report the same to the If
The House divided on the proposition of Mr, Creevey, which
was carried.--For it '2lo—Against it 31. The further consi-
deration therefore stands over till Tuesday March 1,--A djuu mu].

TUESDA Vs Irv's, 23.
On the motion of Mr, H. Thornton, the Bill for the better
As,essing and Collecting the Poor Rates. for the parish Of Saint
4tiviour, Southwark, was read a second time, and referred to a
Colomittee, consisting of the lion. Gentleman, Sir 'l'. 'futon,
abd tltte Mrmbers far the Home Couutiel,.
Matidok moved for an account of all Coals and Cultu..)
which duties had been paid, carried coastways from London to
oilier ports, for three .ears, ending the ht of January, 1807,
and also for an account of the quantity of Coals and Cuba hit-
ported within the said period, front foreign ports.
In a .'ononittee on the let ofthe .16th addle King, relative to
the Distillation of Spirits iu quantities not less than 30,000 ;mi-
tosis. Leave vi as given. on the Report being brought up, to
bring in a Bill foe 40seuditfig the said Act,
Mr. Foster obtained leave to bring in a Bill fir Regulating
the Issue of small Notes, under the value of Vt.,. and fur Pre-
venting the Forgery of liank.Tokens, in Ireland.
Mr. Canning presented the information received by MitliNter,
respecting the further enforcement of the French Decree of the
91st of November, Isoti. Ordered to printed,
Mr, Wharton brought up a Report from the Committee of
Ways and Nleat,s„ imposing the like duties ott goods exported
from Ireland to thee Continent, as those Opposed on goods ev-
ported from Great Britain. Bill ordered,
l'etty Customs (Mices Abolition Bill was read a. third
ea=sed.—Adjourned,

wcusrCSIAY, FCfl. 24,
Mr. Fawkener, the Clerk of the privy Council, presented a
Copy of ti:e Memorial by Sir Home Popham to his Majesty,
pray big restoration of the proceeds of the ship Etrusco, con-
demned as lawful prize by the liLk Court of Admiralty. Or-
dered, on the motion of Mr, In.ilington, to be printed.
• A new w rit was ordered for a Burgess to erne for Truro, in
the room of Mr. Bow:sawn, now Viscount Falmouth, called up
to the llouse of Peet
Sir E. koatchbull presented a petition from twelve respect-
aide Magistrates pt kent, praying a Repeal of an Art of last
S. salon, fur the recovery of small debts iu Dartford and
• • Lieuveseud.,Luid on the tabie.
Ur. Mellish•obtalned leaNe to bring in a Bill preventing the
damagiug of row hides, in the cities of Loudon and 11 estminster,
and the borough of Southwark.
Gem ral tiascoigne presented a petition from the African mer-
chants at Liverpool, praying a loan of 18,0001.—Laid on the
table.
Lord Castlereagh brought down a Message from his Majesty,
stAing, the !Sovereign's haying taken into his royal considera-
ion the eminent services of the late Lord Lake in Europe and
in India, In desirous of conferring upcu the present Lord
Lake, and his two immediate heirs male, a pension of 20001.
per annum, and requested the House to enable his Majesty to do
the same in the way most lilting. Ordered to be taken into
farther consideration on Friday next, in a Committee of the
whole House ; when the Noble Lord gave notice, he should
move an Address to h 6 Majesty, for the erection of a monument,
to perpetuate the memory and services of dictate Lord Lake.
.11 CILCILIFT 1$ iShied to know whether the squadron under
the can of Sir IL Strachan, had been compelled to move
front Basque Roads, on account of a scarcity of provisions. as
by that gallant Admiral Itchy.; obliged to relinquish that station,
the Rochefort squadron had escaped to sea.