Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-22

e. sefraying the expenses ofthe Barrack
osoartment.
g A. Freemantle said there could not be a
=. nroHigate or wastful expenditure ofpub-
y u, Whitbread said the practice Of sepe-
ag the citizen and the soldier was nncon-
..nsopal and dangerous to the country-the
.,sure is rash and preposterons-Distre
t' sow Spreading over every part OF the coun-
ne loom is rendered useless, and the
rprFS Of HUNGER are stihed BY the point
i the bayonct.
We Ne shall finally be compelled TO purchase
Deace by submission, unless there IS a
'banae in our policy. There is no good rea-
- far the extension Of barracks.
The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, said MT.
\ q had worked himselfsinto a heat, which IN
laced him to say what he would not IN cooler
aoments, particularly in asserting that the
nsasures of government had produced the
s.sssnt scarcity. As to the Orders in Coun-
Il The Chancellor said, that in consequence
Them, our trade had very much increases
Srthe last two years. The doctrine OF Mr.
*. said he, would lay US PROSTATE at the feet
{ Bonaparte, who conquering US, would Ell
arnb over the rest of the world.
Mr. Whitbread was replying warmly, but
vss called to order.
Mr.. Yorke got up, said Mr.. w. had just
made one. of the most outrageous personal at
seks-and here was called to order.
The discussion now became general, and
.,;ss chair. chair. resounded through the
House.
The Chairman then decided that Mr.. W.
vas out of order
Mr.. Whitbread then confessed his heat, <
explained.
The Chancellor was satisfied; and observed
thatin. populous TOWNS the soldiery ought to
he kept apart from the people. He also, said
me scarcity was as severely felt III France at
present as in England. That the Orders in
Council was not the cause Of the scarcity.
Mr.. Stephen said, those who opposed the
Orders in Council could not ague them when
thew came to be discussed He congratulate
ed the conntry on the Chancellor of the Tx
chequer retaining his situation, as it would be
advantageous to the country.
Mr.. Ponsonby supported Mr.. Whitbread.
Was not, said he, the state of our relations
with America affected most materially sy the
Orders in Counci9 Was the authority OF A.
merica good authority, when she demands, as
the price of restoration to good understand
ing, the repeal of these Orders?
Mr. Barring, and Mr.. Rose, and others,
denied, that the Orders in Council had occa-
stoned the scarcity.
ODthe question, the majority was As.
A London paper OF the lSth ut. mentions
that one Of their vessels had peePed into Cher
bourg on the Sth, where the u States sloops
ofwar HORNET and WASP were lying
50 that HENRY the Spy is safe In France.
The following is an extract from Paris
paper, received by the schr. Benjamin Frank
lin, arrived in this port from Bayonne.
N Yfanslation
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
&c Sitting Of the Ion March, 1912.
g His excellency the duke of Bassano, MI
MISTER of exterior relations, communicated the
following report to Ills majesty the emperor
aud king:
Gas long as the British Orders Of Council
shall not be Withdrawn, and Che principles re-
eogni2ed By the treaty of Utrecht towards
nentraIs restored In full force the DEGREES