The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS

TIIVESDAY, MAY 6 '
The:order of Mr: LYTTLETON for Minutes of
the Court Martial on' the Commander of the Java -
frigate, was discharged ; and on the motion of
that .Honourable Member, the follosvibg papers
were ordered to be laid.beforethe Home,
A Return of the complement of the Java, .as taken
At the last muster of thatship, previous to her leav-
ing England; alsd, a return of all recruits and new
men on board the Java, Macedonian, and Glaer-
riere,' at Abe time of the capture of these ship 3.
Mr. W. DUNDAS gave' notice, that on Monday
next he 'should move for leave,t6 brim in 'a Bill
for the -better regulation of the Quarter Sessions
in scotlad!
Mr. Riehai•ds, from the Crown Office, present-
ed an account' of the nivnber .of persons con-
.victed of pot-stealing, from October 1811 to
Marchl 813:
Dr. DUIGENAN brought up the Report of the.
Irish Churches Bill ; the amendment were affreed
to, :and the Bill ordered. to be read a third time • -
to-morrow. ' • .
The Report of the Committee of Supply %vas
brimght up and agreed to.
The second reading of the Mary-le-bone Net`'
Street 13111, was postponed till 11,)nday next..
The further consideration of the Report of the
Prisoners' Relief Bill. as postponed till this day
A Message from the Lords announced their
Lordships Assent to the IV • eyinoutiiV4lectiOu 1344'
and to several other private :Bills..
LOrd STANLEY presented a Petition from der-
tain Weavers add others in the town. and neigh-
bourhood of ilfincliester, against the prohibition
of the importation of American Cotton, which
they alleged would act as a tax upon cotton. The
Noble Lord, however, stated, that' he ‘'as cer-
tain that the Petitioners -would have no --ob-
jection to any prohibition in the shape of a
blockade.
On the motion that the Petition do lie on the,
table,
A Member, .whose name we
ed could not learn.
'spoke in favour oldie Petition.
Ministers that they should allow Ai til'aiS.bad
,
on Cottong(,),MlS eXPOrted•
(wen
The CUA,:46m.!,ott of the . 11.1.1
inst. be beneficial
that although ..sucli a measure
to, some individuals, its
general effect would be
injurious.
After a few words from Mr. BARING, the Pe-
~tition eras ordered ti lie on
fo.ttleewiteiilt;t;abnirltttoi:oliapitcabielpe:gebrliotoos.ct.l,:iiti:omove tot: the pa oduction
e;
in,oerektveadrdw on aa
nature
em iacslii
mapper ~in which the war against the United
States had been conducted: Several papers of
this description bad already been ordered to be

II I&I befOie the House ; but he felt that theye
weis? some papers, the production of which
is „ccessaly, as without' them the House would
fi:id itself deficient in information. Want of pro-
tection to the West India trade had been corn- ,
plaitted of, as 'also the insul4s tai which some
of the ports in the West Indies had been exposed;
from American privateers. Complaints were ge-
neral against the mode in which the war was con-
ducted on the coast of the Brazils and the West
island4Yritirtieolarly Jamaica. -It was not
his intention to anticipate ,the. discussions which
Ought- take place on a future day; he merely
stated` this to Austifytfie Motion which hi was
about to bring forward. His intention had been
to move, that there sbould be laid before the
House an account of- the number and tonnage of
vessels Which hall been taptured by the Ameri-
cans ; but he understood that none of the Govern-
mentlices, could furnish the Horse with such a
. return It certainly appeared to him very extra.
ordinary that the Admiralty should not have iu
their possession 'returns which were so indispen-
sable, in order to judge whether a proper degree
of vigilance was observed by the officers whom
they employed. The only return of this kind was
the List kept at Lloyd's Coffee-house, and it was
Vcty imperfect. As there, alas not any such do-
cument in the ;Public Offices, the next best means.
that Occurred to him, for putting the House in ,
pos,.;:r.sion of evidence on the subject, in some
.
tatmible shape,' was, to move for copies of those
congNitits which had been made to Government
on the score of insufficient protection to the West
India trade: He hoped m objection would be
made to sttcli a motion, as the Admiralty surely
could neit, have any difficulty.in furnishing the ,
House with such doeuments.' He moved, '' that
there be laid .betore this House copil:s of all Me-
morials and Bemonstrances presented •to the Ad-
miralty by Merchants, Ship OWners,, and others,
• coraplainhig of insufficient convoys,, and want of
protection ttl the trade on the coasts of America
and the West India Islands, since .the breaking
'out of the war with the United States."
Lord CASTLEREAGU .would 'only say a • very few
words on that occasion, as he did not wish to an-
ticipate the debate which ought to take place on a
subsequent day. lie was perfectly prepared to
defend the Measures of Government, and to prove
that the trade had been protected as completely as
was possible under existing eilcumstances. He
could not forbear from expressing his surprise at
that part of the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, in
which he seemed to blame the Admiralty for not
being in poisession of returns of the "umber and
tonnage of vessels captured by the enemy. If the
Admiralty were to pretend to keep such returns,
they would necessarily be sery imperfectand un-
satisfactory ; and would depend upon the vague
information given by the enemy's ships. lie was
• really astonished that aMember.of such experience
as the Hon. Mover should call for such papers as
those mentioned in the motion. The Admiralty
daily received comp:aints from individuals, the
subjects of which were, almost in every case, of
the most frivolous nature. It was to no purpose
to call for such a mass of useless papers, for it eel:-
tainly would be extraordinary to put the Adminis-
tration upon trial from the memorials of private
persons, smarting under losses incurred by their
own imprudence. These memorials were, almost
without.eXception,unfounded, frivolous, and vex-
atious, 'and a coraplianee with the motion of the
Hon. Member would encourage. other Persons to '
trouble the Admiralty with memorials for which
there was no cause, and would'open the door to
the 'admission of frivolous complaints, which would,
be multiplied "vithout end. He Would certainly
give the ',notion his decided negative If there
had been any neglect on the part of Government,
there were persons in that House sufficiently vigi-
, hot, and who would have immetrately made it the
subject of complaint.
Mr ". limtitvo said, that he did not call for vague
iuformation, but for .complaints made on the spe-
citic,subject of insufficiency of convoy,: and of na-
tal protection.
The questiim was then put, and the motioti_ne-
gatived without a division.
The Battle Axe Guards Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Committee on the Ship Owners Relivf Till
was postponed till Monday next.
Mr. asvxs Gtpritt gave notice, that on this clay
se'nnight he would bring for Ward a motion on the
snbject`id fees taken by Clerks of the Peace, and
Clerks of Assize.---Agjourned.

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