The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REENSTER.

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On the motion of Mr. Modals Saunders, a new Writ was or-
dered for Ike Election of a Commissioner for the county of Su-
therland, in room of the Hight lion. W. Dundas, now Steward
of the Chiltern I I undreds.
Mr. Vansittart gave notice for Tuesday of a motion for the
production of curtain public accounts relative to the Tr-de of
England.
A Petition was presented against the late Return of Mr. B.
Cooke, for New Mahon, which was ordered to he taken it to
further consideration on the Sd of May.
lu a Committee of Supply, sums were voted for the pay and
cloathing of the Militia, and for allowances to certain Offi-
cers of the Militia disembodied ; 38,000/. for employing
convict: at home ; `4500!. for the Stationary Office ; 51,500 t.
for slatioaary to both Houses of Parliament; 4151 P. fur the far-
ther preservation of the Public Records, and 5000 t. on necount,
for completing the buildings for the Royal Naval Asylum, until
the estimate for that edifice should be presented. Report order-
ed to be received on Monday.
An account Istv presented from the Exchequer, of the surplus
of the Consolidated Valid. and Mr. II uski-son gave notice, dint
on Monday, in the Committee of Supply, he should more for its
appropriation.

RI'SiIAN TAPERS.
.Mn, WIIIT/lar to rose in consequence of n notice he had given,
respectiog the speech of a Noble Lord ( Lord G. 1.. (lower) on
the 29th of March last. In the course of the Session there had
been much disens,ion on the propriety of quoting from official
documents. lle did not mean to go over all the arguments for
and against that practice, he only thought such a practice was
unfair towards the Houk!, and that it ought to be prohibited.
The power to make such emonitorications ought certainly to be
confined to Mk istcrs, as no other individuals had a right to snake
such communications. The Noble Lord to w hom he alluded
( Lord L. (lower) had lately been Ambassador to Russia, and he
had made certain communications to the Foreign Secretary of
State, which that Secretary had refused to lay before Parlia-
ment. After the demise of Air. Pitt, lard Maier:Rl, had given
to both Houses a great mass of information, disclosing things
very improper to be communicated, as no ni itions hail been made
for their disclosure. These related to the utter defeat of the
Continental Confederacy of Austria and Russialigainst France,
which was entirely ruined by the battle of Austerlitz. The
lion. Gentleman NV Cut Olt to con plain that I old Gower had mis-
l-il Sir A. Paget in regard to the co-operation of Ru,sia with Au-
stria at that period, mid that fact had produced the catastrophe
of that campaign. He also complained of Lord Gower, presum-
ing he was acquainted with the secret Articles of the Treaty,
of Tilsit; and that the field had been taken against France with
an iuferior force, namely, by 400,000 men, instead of 500,000.
Ile next adverted to the conversations held by the Emperor of
Russia, in regard to limiting the maritime jurisdiction of
Great Britain, and said, lie should be glad of ample explana-
tion upon that noun. lie maintained, that Russia had a latent
cause for hostility to this conntry, independent of the Expedi-
tion to Copenhagen, which certainly had etiereased, and this
position he had elucidated by several arguments. He next
alluded to a private letter, written by Lord Gower- to Mr. Can-
ning, and commented forcibly upon what were understood to he
its contents. He next denied that Lord Hutchinson had had
any conversations yy jilt the Emperor of Russia, but those he
had been instigated to by lair I ( loss et- :awl that the Emperor
had, as it were, bamboozled Loud 11, and had pr. a' need a
tirade against this country. The lion. Gentleman, after d w di- .
iag on these points, concluded by moving, .!- Ad tress to his Ma-
jesty, for Copies of the Correspondence of Lorl 4 ; L. Gower,
of the 11th of April 1805, Iv ilk the Se, rotary Lf State, on the
;object of a Declaration delivered to his Loidship by the Mi-
nister of Russia,
Loaf) G. L. Gowen was happy to find this business at. length
brought forward, as lie was convinced lie could justify his con-
duct to the House and the country. ; tied that he could also
make nut, that he had been no party towards bartering away
the maritime rights of the country.' For this opportunity he
was obliged to the Hon. Gentleman, and be would, in justice
to the memory of Mr. Pitt, exculpate hint from
any blame for
the failure of the Confederacy, He wrothd therefore request
his Right Hon. Frieud, Mr. Canning, to grant the mo.;on of
the Hon. Gentleman to the full extent, excepting' w itli regard
to the private letter. On that subject, diritthripputtr..shink he
matWA r
had beer' deficient in Isis duty, it was an ttaij.. to . ii.irpers
its dis.ipprobation, by a vete of remits's. wpon tt- .
.. net for
havio!: written it.--That however,• he• hu11,:.. . ''t,O:hilf
ut of the question. The. intelligence i
colaisuntaiit` tit: tbut
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