r .. y ~ ~. 515 FEn. 21 spinst the ern our command the cceau is D ue luc, or a - ont them, a - clzzycus 41. H NOf CI, 1311110 tl.) (1011Crer th 011 the cct•an. ran annoy the them and hu Continent fro has giv . en us t tise them. of the sea." Petitions N Diocese of G ecairies of Cal Colchester. Petitions sit Birmingham table.—Adjo The A. conry of Stiff the Catholic The Marge Staffordshire China; and ton, in Sum:: • • _ AP THE NATIONAL REGISTER. enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under ' as she has the ocean ; acd the way to conquer her on to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at any where else ! but I would te*ie the wir.le continent and ask them no favour; ? Het fleets carinot then ren !alifaX as now; and having no place of resort in the ;m!ot infest our coast as they have lately (tom-. It is as easy r them en the land, as their whole navy could conquer our's •an. As to coping with them at sea, we cannot do it. We them, but n;t meet them on the open sea. I would meet . hurt them, however, where we can. Wo must take the trorn them. I wish never to sec a race 611 we do ! GA us the pt,‘Ner and the means ; we are to bl:nre if vie do not f 6et the r:ontincht, ske must allow us the freedom P;PERI . 2!I. PA RL IA M ENT. HOUSE Or LORDS. MOXDAY, FF.D. 15. ins were presented i , gairist the Catholic Claims from. the t Gloucester„Oe Dio,ese nf St. David, from the relidea. 'Carniart hen, Brecon, and Cardigan, from Pent yn and from Ordered to lie on the table. vas were presented lro:n Edintiorgh, Montrose, Stcrl.ing, and tam apinst La India Monopoly. Ordered to lie on the .djourncd. TDESr•AY, rta It. The WADI; Of NORWICH pfesente Petition from the Archilea conri, of Stailk and Clergy of Sudbnry, in the tame County, against the Catholic Claims.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Marquis of STAFFOi.D presented a Petition from Bilston, in Staffbrdshirc, pray ing for a participation in the trade to India .end China; and Lord WALSINCH Ass one to the like effect from Welling ton, in Som::rsetshire.—Ordeved to lie on the table.—AdiJurned. wroNtsoatt, FEn• 17. Lord R0i1...! presented a Petition from the City of Exeter, praying that the Catholic Claims may not be acceded to. Orderd to lie on the table. Lord Viscount Stamourn presented one to the same einct from the Township of Leeds, in Yorkshire. Ordered to lie on the table; as Was a Petition presented hr the Bishop ot OXFORD, from the Debtors confined in the gaol of' that City, praying relief.—Adjourned. TITURSbAY, FEB. Ig. AMERICAN WAR. Earl nAvtiustsr rose to call the attention of the House to the Pa pers which had been lately laid 1-,efo:e it respecting the late negocia tion between this country and Arrelica. His Lordship commenced its speech with stating that there was no disposition on the part of his Majesty's government, to shrink Icon: any investivat;on with re gard to their late negoci:itiot with Arnerica, for they were confident there would be but one sentiment as to the rejection of the propoti. .bons made on the part of the government of that country. ‘llhen the Orders in Council were rcpeale't, it was expected that the concession on our part would have been met with a due t!es?ree of conciliation on . the part of the American Government ; that, liliwever, wa n s ced more not the case ; instead of attending to our pacific overtures, they evi openly that spirit of hostility by what they had been long actuated. They then first insisted upon the renunciation, on our part, of the right we canned to the impressment of British seamen ; tins right we never could renounce ; and it was then proposed, not that the declaratian of war should be withdrawn, but that an armistice should take- place, for the purpose of ascertaining by negotiation, whether a substitute for that impress might not he established, which would prevent the present exercise of that right, but we coti:d never agree to an armistice for ne,;ociation about which were justly deemed undis puted rights. Upon this position it was (to necessary to our incle petidence as a nation), that he now called on the House to say, whe ther his Majesty's Government had acted properly or not ? On this right not only depended our own existence as a maritime power, but the rights of Europe in a great 'measure, and of America herself. The Americans had never exercised any power to prevent British seamen from entering on board their merchant vessels, and even those of war ; but they would harbour deserters from our men of war, and keep those who had been trepanned. He would state two instances of these facts. In the affair of the Chesapeake, the men deserted from the boat, and openly insulted their officers in the streets of Boston. Yet whien they were applied for to the American Govern ment, it WAS not till a considerable time that they returned an answer that the men were not on board of the Chesapeake. Tile Captain of that vessel also gave his word of honour that they were not an board of her; but when she search was enforced there they were found. It Was true they were under fiCiitiOSlS natnes. but it was proved of the on the Court Martial that twat by command of e Captain Chesapeake. The ne ILt conveyed on board the' susamommodcomiii...oulivii= sole of intoxication. He deserted from het,..afterodatirg likosAlf to be a Britisli stiblect, and not wilting to serve in their navy. H :was brought back, flogged, and sent on boarct-the Constitution. e At len,th he made his escape from her at Spthead. Not withstand ag riliresentation of these facts was made . to :h' Government of AM e rica, no steps were taken to redress theni—no Court Martial was het. d on the. conduct at these Officers. With aGt vonment of .his deeritt • !ion, which claim - el the right of absolving out subjects fr. m their all• ance to their natise country, at a time when it was involved in it war for the general interests of Mankind, what hope of co ciliatiors . could be entertained ? He called on the House to say whether his Majesty's Government was to give up the light of impressing subjects of this country without even the shadow of an equivalent ? He then ni.,ved ao Address to the Regent, i° That the House had taken into i:s serious consideration the papers laid before them in regard to the war with America ; raid while they deeply regretted the necessity of commencing hostilities. they yet. entirely approved of the resistance made to pretensions which could nu have been acceded to without abandonitig the most essential tights of the country ; and that hls Royal Highness the Prince Regent might rely upon their zealous support of such measures as might be calculated to tarry on the war with -vigour. Marquis LANstursiNE Coincided generally with the speech of Batt Rathurst, but contended that our maritime force had not beenae.e. quote to crush, as it ought to have dote, the American navy at the outset of the war. Lord Mst.eti.t.c said, that there was a suffic'ent naval force en the American coasts to have kept their navy in. check. On the amount of this force he challenged any Noble Lord to ga with him into the ties 'Fite Marquis of WeLsesszy understood that there were four points in the Address—first, the justice of our cause secomlly, the impot. rant points at issue ; thirdly, the prosecution of the war with vigout ; and, I .urtilly, that the House would support his Royal Hi.2liness in the poisccution of it. I n all those points he age dto it cordially t yet he trusted a Um:. would corn.:, and that ver. shar• ly, for a* in quiry into the mode of c intruAing this w:t. Suaici i.t force should have been stationed off the Anteri,:an coasts, to have debtro)4d their navy, if they left their ports wit in . entions. The Earl of L:vexroot. said, that no one caul I deny but that the right of impressment might be abu ed ; but it was of such vital in. terest to the country, that it could not be given up . 0.1 this subject, it was notoilfotts, that the Eastern States of Anierca (the only -part that could suffer from the exertion of this right) were almost unani mous against a war with this country. The people of this country would hear in miind that the war which America had declared against this country was not one of neceszity , but of passion. Lord ERS RINE agreed that the war which AMrTiCR was waging against us was a war of passi n, but it was a pas ion provoked by our aggression. As to the proposal respecting the impressment of seamen, in his mind there was a great difference between suspending a right, and altogether giving it up. America did hot call upon us to give up this right, but to take time to eon-iciar whether it might not be suspended. The LORD CHANCILLOR replied to Lord Erskine, after which the motion was agreed to without a division. Lord WELLESLFy"then moved, that the Peers should he summoned fcr the 4th of March, on which day he should bring forward his mo tion relative to the inisterial con iuct of the campaign in the Penin- s khe House then adjourned. FRIDAY, ITZZ. 19. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a , Petition front Carlisle against the Catholic Petitions. Lord K THYON moved for a return of the names eeable of those the English it Catholics, who 1 . t ve taken quali fi cation oaths, agr to Sl of the King, cap 32 within the last ten years. After some conversa. 1 tioit on the subject between Lt.r:;s Holland, Etadnor, and Redesdale, the motion was agreed to. - Lord HOLLAND presented P2titions-from the prisoners confinetl. for debt in the Gaol of Carlisle, and in the Fleet Prison, London, praying the House to grant them relief. . . .. Lord Mot ta A expressed a hope on the occasion, that the Bill intro. l by a Noble Lord (Redesdate) would atiorci the Petitioners the ducet most efiectual and speedy reliet. The Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS'.I3II..L. The House went into a Committee on this Bill; for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England, and after a few to verb 4 am end on Moendments, n. it w a s agreed to, reported , and t he Report ordered be rece day.—Adjourned to Monday. lIOI.IbE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, ?as• lb• Mr. Davis presented a Petition from 8000 of the inhabitants of Bristol ; Mr. SWAN one from the inhabitants of Pertryn; and Lord YAaMOUTH one trom between 14 and 16,000 of the inhabitants of the • of Lancaster against the Catholic Claims"—Ordered Inv =arca w;: under ficaitioiss names. but it was proved on the Rrisivi "" • .-“••• - - :t e n t e ll i r t was e date thatb command Oal 1 t Y O A w n:loZ T c H ou o n n t e y from &a between r 14 . and i i l i b t r c u a x o la rde red I the ;Instal Si ales sloop of war the We sn a to lie upon the table.