The National Register. — London, England, 1823-05-05 00:00:00

13s HOUSE OF comnoNs. a4 - aiitaHtient. nousa i pF LOBle. PIONDAY: •Pftlj. Saar or G* e—Lord CXLT 1.8 PE lltoved. that * WOW' sage be Kent to the Commons, requesting a communication of the report of the committee en the Game Laws.—Ordered. BANK NOTES.-I.orti KING. berme the noble earl proceeded te the order of the dry. whether any pains had been taken by the Bank of England, or the Government, to prevent die forgery of bank notes. it was understood that great prioes had been given by the bankers of the north for engravings to prevent forgeries, and that notes had he'll engraved which tendered forgeries extremely di.ficult, if not irnpuasibe. No auecessful effort had been made by the Bank of England, and he wished so know whether gray thing had been done, or wait likely to be doom I' lie Earl of LI VE R Pl3Ol. admitted that it would be a great advantage to prevent the forging of bank notes ' and that it was the interest of the Bank to prevent forgeries , but nothing had been done in the way of art which others could not imitate. The best measure had been adopted, namely, the drawing the ti. and C. notes from circulation. Lord KING said, if they compared the notes of the Rank of .England with the notes of site great north bank, the Bank of fiesnlientl. they would be found a most bungling production. NAVY PENSION 6 Beta..—Tire B A rl of LIVERPOOL snored the third reading of the Army anelaNavy Pensions Bill. Laid KING considered it a foolish bill, fur what could be more foolish than trio bitgain with the Bank, upon which it was establielial. The Mie4tere, when the funds were low, bad actu ally given the Bank an advantage which could not hoe been Mond in the nuioey mai ket. The last year might be truly called the year of dupes. The Government had been uuped by the Bank and the Bourbons. The noble lord concluded by a practi. cal joke; lie moved to lame(. by way of amendment, that a was Vie opinion of the house, that the present generation and posterity blight dense great bcochit from emending the principle en which the bill was founded. and therefore it was expedient that • the Vords of the Treasury be vested with the power to raise ten mil lions, by pledging the Sinking Fund fur WO years, anti paying the interest at the end of a century. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said. the whole question was, whether the terms on wh,ch the bargain was nudes were advan tageous. The house ought to look to contingent-ion- They might have borrowed money on other terms, but under all the cirr unistances he oensideted it an advantageoue bargain. The amendment was then negatived without division, and the bill read a third time.—Adjourned. TUELDAY. Afl4L 29. Several Members from the Commons bniught up the Weights and 'Measures Bill, which was read the first time. • Accounts from die - Direeton of the Margate Pier Company were presented at the bar. Lord ROLLE presented a petition from Oakhanipton against the tax co coals marled mastways. The bills on the were forwarded a stage. Load CLARK moved that a nnssage be sent to the House of Cimmons, to rapine a copy of the report made by a select cons • s e appointed to inquire into the preterit state of the county Islinersok. The motion was agreed to. and a message ordered accordingly. On the motion of the Earl of Sli A FTLSBURY, the Revenue Department Bill, and Allellyee's Divorce Bill, were read the third time, and passed totr Commons. The Dit lawn of Counties Bill was read the third time, and committed for Thursday.—Adjourned. Wittistxtraer, Aran. se. Lord Cranbourne. and other Alembere from the Commons. brought up the report of a committee on the Game Lima. which wits moved for on a former day by Lord Calthorpe. Mr. S. Rice also brought up the report of the committee ap— pointed to inqinie into the state of local taxation in the county of Limerick. ne.real for by the Earl of Clare. Both repents were laid on the table. The Werehousing Bill, and the Profane Swearing Bill. went through committees. W masa JUDICATIIKE.—Lord CAWDOR moved for a return of papers respecting the courts of justice in Wales, and we notice of a motion on Meath** for Thursday next. The papers were ordered.—The house adjourned. VaI7RSDAT. MIAT 1. Eat) STANHOPE presented a petition from C. A. Thomson, vilf Chiswick, which stated that the petitioner had. in 11111 and IStk, purchased two estates at Nortlmw and Pontrylas, for which be liar paid, in part, upwar's of 110.0001.; and granted a mort gage for Goelool. cloy the remainder of the purchase money.)— Ileing unable to pay oft' the mortgage in Hat, lie offered the estates for sale, but was unable to get for them (in consequence of the altered value of the currency) so much as would pay off the mortgage of 60,0001., and the mortgagor was in consequence now applying to be put in pos s ession of the two estates. The petitioner, therefore, payed their lordships would be pleased to urpead the operation of the law by winch the mortgagor was enabled to tete frond him his estates. and moss a law for the equitable adpuitnsent of all contracts. His lordemp, in moving that the petition do lie on the table, exprassed his approbation of the principle of an adjustment of ortracta, and intimated his intention of making a motion on the salject at an early period. The petition, was read at length, and ordered to be on the table. '1 he Weights and Measures Bill was read a second time. and the Ptoftioe Sweariug Bill was read a third time. and passed. The other bills on the table were forwarded a stage. Adjourned. valva.T. NAY t. The royal assent was given by commission to the Grants in Aide Bill, the Revenue Departments Bill, the Innkeepers Al lowance Bill. the Military and Navy Pensions Bill, and several private bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shafteebuiy, and Lord Reelesdale. Wejaeltoustwo BILL.—Lord HA RE WOOD fuse, on the third leading oh he Warehousing Bill, and called the attention of the house to the advantage which foreigners had over our men manufactures In the woollen trade. Ile took the opportu city of saying, that although there had been no opp iaitileir or. the part of Lie manufacturers to the bill, it was their intention to petition both houses, and state die situation in which they were pieced. it tees impossible to say that the laying a duty on toreign wool would not injure our own trade. Whilst our own reanufacturee, acre burdens l with duties, a facility ought to be afforded for the purchase of the raw inaterial. If any our thing more than another could induce Parliament to telleve the woollen trade, it was the present situation of Spain. The noble lard understood that iutormation had been received of a new not laid ii the raw nnuerial its Spain, amounting to sd. in the pound weight. The bill was then read a third time. and passed. On the motion of the Earl of Suarrwastrar, the house adjourned to Monday. Sit,NDAY, Areal 2S. Mr. TULKE presented a poitinnlrons Sudbury,. praying for Ibe gradual oholition of slave', in tie oolooie• of Great ilritain. Sir I. (I.:FEIN said there was a very eery remedy for this ; I the magistrates and others of Sudbury buy the interests of the proprietors, and then, no doubt, there would be an end of sti,stry st once. Petition ordered to be printe , l. Iit.SSINGTO •4 COLLitt:Toks.—Mr. HtTJIE presented II peti tion frum en individual noosed Vli bite, of 29 years' servitie, eolitploinios of basing beat dismissed by to Board of Taut .-...-..-.-.......,.. 1 F. NATIONAL REGIS. oa sa anonymous letter sent to the Board. The petitioner bad belonged to the Kensington divieion. After heels' p led the petition, he should move for ihlo i rpondeisce on the subject ; and be shoold.aftervvaide an inquiry into the lease. x • ' IP Petition read, - after some ahser•atious fron2 Sir Still" Creepigny. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, the snspension of Mr. White bad not token place on anonymous complaint—it bed been fully inquired into ; and it was evident that such length of time was was calculated to occasion interest in his favour. mid eiensilee. quest inquiry. The complaint was respecting the polkilleel not having returned for windows said to be closed, whirls men duct the Board declared to be of dangerons precedena Alr. HUM IS denied that the conduct had beewengslleeltiatte Mr. T. WILSON thought that Mr. White liabe's Medi, rued, and that feather enquiry night to take placterlPetities ordered to be printed. Mr. CUIIWEN presented a petition from Capt. Manby for remuneration fur heves:iv/Lees—for his invention to preserve We lives of seamen. Petition ordered to be printed. Tilt aICENT NIGOCIATions.—Mr. ACDONALD brought forward his motion on the subject of the papers recently sub. milled to Parliament. lie trusted that the papers bad foes) their way into the bends of almost all his Majesty's subjects, sad that they would have given the people fresh cause to diet with redoubled tness to the advantages that remained*, them. He doubted not that they bad been read with gamed disgust ; but he deemed it right to bring them before the lions*, to ascertain whether teei possessed, or not, that situation is Europe which they imagined they possessed. If they had not —Why It might he said now, as it had been ()horsed early I. the F . -reach Revolution, that the allies were more be ha feared than the enemy—because they were net against the eastern" of liberty, they were against liberty itself. Great streggles were made alter MS, and eventually Buonaparte was hd.sll, sulidued; but he wished that Engleud bad left the Prase! men completely to themselves—bad not aided ialsgelmuillUog upon them at the point of the bayonet. This adellifielloot had not long taken place when France contemplated and prepared for attacks on the regenerated constitution of Spain—that con stitution which the Emperor Alexander hid christened " Geri tiniate.". In 1820, however, that autocrat bad some aow lights on that constitution, and God preserve this country from those northern lights. (Hear! reel a laugh.) Now. the dis seations in Spain were s i oken of--dissentious that had been aotively (untested by France; but, did they forget that their own revolution of 1668 wax not consolidated whitest two civil wars. (Hear, hear, hear!) There might he two parties in Spain. but on one aide the commeesial and enlightened classes, science, were seen ; against the constitution there were the higgotted nobility, and some of the lower orders and the pea santry. lie complained against our government that it had absolutely done nothing ; nut that we had not been precipitated into a war, but that the ministers bad absolutely done nothing to maintain the ammeter and dignity of the country. The result of the negotiations had exposed this country to the ridi cule of the world. Our gerernsuent appeared to have knows nothing of what wee passing between France and Spaia. and France end Russia. How had such things happened? The correspondence had evicted him greatly. When the threat ened attack ow Spain wan mentioned by the Duke of Welling tee, Mr. Canning contented himself with saying Ned England " would be no party to it, conic wbat might I " Why bad not that minister deprecated the attack a why bad he not condemn ed it as unjust and impolitic., and in tiolation of all inteutaticrual law ? So long as the Monarchs of the earth combined against all those rights and privileges that were dear to was, they must be content to hear, at least for a little while longer, in the House of Committee, that they were tyrants. (Cheer.) He complained of the instructions given to the Doke of Wellington. Had he had at the Calves* one tythe of what be was allowed to have in the field, the present massacre in Spain on the part Prance would not be going on. He contended, that the hypo thetical questions were such as never had been poi to any country—to us, since England wee England. Lord Burleigh would have done more than ' Jake his head at it ;' tho' be had not beard that the Duke of W. ever shook his head at them. —The lion. gent. then censured the conduct of Chateanbriand during the negotiation, highly praised that of Spain, which ex Whited, he said. a consistent dignity, unequalled in the recent. unequalled. perhaps, in the ancient, history of nations. He re • probated the unresenting notice taken of the speech of the Xing of Frame and maintained, that if this country had menaced war upon France, instead of pursuing the system of cold neu trality, to which ministers were now determined to adhere, there would be no ground for discussion on this question.— With whatever feelings of abhorrence lie might regard the con duct of the French ministers to Portugal, in the course of the negotiations, be must admit that they bad spoke■ out to the ministers of this country., who were thus supplied with the means of guarding against the base attack upon the liberties of the Spanish nation. However others might feel on the question, he was convinced that the great monarchical iviSuence of the Cortinent would, in the event of aggrandisement, by the sub jugation of Spain, direct itself against the liberties of tinge:laud Island. Unexpected consequences often arose from the desigos of individu els. What might be the jaunt' of this contest, which was to decide whether Europe was to bezaerne one vast military despotism or not, be meld not tell ; but it might be. that what had been aimed at by a Buonaparte would be accomplished by a Bourbon in his dotage. He concluded by calling epos the Muse to declare to his Majesty that his ministers had not acted in conformity with the principles of the british constitution. and with the dignity of the crown ; and moved an address,, stating die regret of the House at the failure of the negotiation, declaring that that failure arose from the conduct of ministers, in not making a solemn protest against the system pursued by France, acc.---(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to move an amendment. Ile did sot dispute the propriety of the censers open the conduct of foreign 'ewers, and particularly woe that of Frame,. which I had for three years been. certainly attempting to shut the door 'opium eivil liberty all over the world. Ile considered that crendact incomprehensible, fall of folly, and likely to lee attended pith complete failure.—But be geoid not agree in condemning the part ministers had, taken in the proceedings to maintain pence. He disapproved of therpractice of goading foreign go vernments, of using language calculated to provoke, and not conciliate • and moved au amendment " that the Mouse con- marred wit h Lis Majesty with respect to the interference of this, with the national regulations of other kingdoms—that they re. I gretted that the eodearuers to establish peace had proved abortive ; and that they were at all times ready to support his Majesty in vindinating the dignity of the crown.' Mr. T. WILSON, in seconding the amendment, said, that be had aseertaued beyond a doubt, that a large number of his constituents concurred io the feeling to reconinmed to hlioieters to adhere to the principles of strict and honest neutrality which they had commenced, and by which they bed exhibited evident consistency and fairness of eisartuder.—(A 1000, sod cries of lieu) Ile tall: *melt that not a einght segment had bees .. used therm—lf we threw away the scabbard we would be drawn into diSculty. He &Nisei tale the part of the French Cover cut—os the contrary, so one viewed with more vi ridian be did the conduct nee splint Spain—nen a ' att,ar voltitig to the of every Enlister's. Cheers. Vilukere, howev l it• be by arbiters, and te l e ttaliolis which were our allies, and might be so agile, should net he etigenatieed, as they had been, by scatterers, who, in doing so, had let down the dignity of debate. In that house such personalities should be avoided. (A Inogh, and cries of hear I) The line of strict neutrality was that which England should, in his mind, pursue ; as, in cafe England should be smiled, she ought to have her energies at her orter mond. Mr. HORHOUSE said, that he tilt as he ought to feel. and as every Englishman ought to feel, the pons failure and Awe, lions to which En„land hie been reduced by the Minister end his colleagues te the course of those negociatione (cheers); sad he could not but congratulate the House that in the speeches which they had jail lend upon the amendment, their ears were root tainted by such language as had been used in another place, end in which ell the prieelphrt of liberty were treated ere* with more contempt and derision thee by The Continental Despots shennelvee.—(Sheers)—lt bad tees said that Englsod ought not to dare to use ever the language of re monstrance. It was hooottrable is the gentlemen wire bad tritely of burin, to speak out as they had done upon this as. exampled iodatee of atrocity and injustice,—(Cheera.)--The hoe. member for the City bad, however. objected. strangely enough, to the lengea,e of indignation width bad been uttered !by his hon. Mend (Burdett) on the 'fernier allusions to this qeestine. He mast have taken a very unfair measure of the strength of the English Inaptly woes be considered that the word .. estimation," which he had jest used. was not calculated to convey the feeling of the hoe. baroael sad the house. — (Hear, hear, and a laugh.)—No sirnagee sentimeat was re quired, and if Farb language had been followed op, ea it ought, by the vote of the lien. member fee the sity.nothieg could more truly represent the the feelings df the majority of the ciliate* ' of London.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. BANK ES was is favour of the amendment. He eon sidered ministers as having acted wisely. and for the good of the country. in adopting a system of Destrality. Mr. BARING was decidedly favourable to peace ea the member for Corfe Castle, and therefore it was that lie bad to erasure the coaduet of ministers.—lle theogitf the bosoar of the 000ntry bad been compromised in the late aegoeiatioes, and , by the wart of energy displayed by his Majesty's government the chanee of the country being forced iota a war bad been greatly increased. Our government ought to have said to Prussia sad Russia, you interfered with Poland , and to Anstria, you intermeddled with Naples, bat we cannot suffer you to. interfere will, Strath. Mr. P. MOORE moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. :NONCE seaonded the motion, and at twelve o'clock the House adjourned.. TUESDAY, APRIL 29. Mr. HUME presested a 'ethics from Aberdeen against the duty en stone carried coastwaye. 'l'he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that it was Ma intention to propose that such a duty be taken off. Mr. ELLICE presented • petition from Ilsid„ewater against, the duty on coals. He hoped this duty would also be repealed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, this was a more important duty, as it produced nearly a million, while that on atone was only about 23,0901.—He therefore could not now return so favourable an answer. Mr. 11U3IE moved for accounts of the correspondence. lac. between Mr. George White, surveyor of taxes, and the board of taxes, respecting Mr. White'sdistnission, h.c. Ordered. AD/0111RNFD DEDATE.—THE Prat:ea.—Mr. CANNING moved, that the order of the day for resumiug the adjourned debate be read. It basin been read, The SPEAKER stated the originalmotioa sod the amend ment. Mr. W. WHITMORE then rose and expressed himself de cidedly against the atuemiluent. He did not metro to say that the country ought to. have been involvedin war rashly, or that threatening language should have been held without following op such language ; but lie should support the address, because belied in vain looked for that manly language which our minis ters ought to have adopted—for that protest which ought ~) have at once been made against tlie atrocious infringement of public law contemplated and sow perpetrated by France against Spain. (Hear, hear.) England throughout had acted as the ally of France, for in all the letters where Fame could rot famish excuses, England appeared to be quite ready to assist in such matters. lie then read various extracts from the papers to illustrate such assertion. By such course our ministers hart promoted tire views of France. He regretted the vote he had given respecting Naples, as it now appeared that it was the commencement of a system of attack oa liberty, wherever it. might exist, beginning where liberty perhaps he in excess.— lf the attack succeeded here, there was too much reason to fear that such attacks might be carried further. Men who had power were disposed to abuse it ; and as the Allies were se anxious for aggrandisement, would they the lose opportunity t Had they never beard of partition I—A manly and independent expression of sentiment was required, and be trusted it would be assumed by that House in agreeing to the address. That address did not reqnire the country to be Involved in the war ; at the same time he leered that eventually this country would be obliged to take part in the contest,to side with the agg 4 against the aggressor.—(Hear.)--Ile was quite sure, that if it were required to p her honour and oignity, the country could sustain a war. Mc. DIESER° WE (a sew member) 'sapported the mead meat, and praised Lord Londonderry's instructions, note, istc• as doing honour to that noble lord's head and heart. We bad (as the extracts which he read showed) protested easiest foreign interference—we could do no more. That protest was given io explicit terms. Captain MAISERLY supported the address. He bad viewed with sorrow and shame the papers ; they showed that but too little attention had been paid to the dignity and character of the country.—(Hear.—H• feared that while the ministers had kept the country at pease, it had been brought nearer to war. —The bon. gent. was convinced, that if the negoeiators se the part cif Great Britain bad acted with firmness and zeal for the Spanish cause, to which the attachment of ministers bad bees SO strongly expteseed io that House, the Government of France i lo ic ke xti d iDe f be o an r : i ear n s v as :a: art:l7:s. would have been aware of the danger of persisting in their phut of aggression, and peace w tot o h n al id buo n v o r t e f nor or swa a cbeh gre : e ilte c r 6. al , co nsequence t o r t o r : : : ::: C e q ta h re lj uto a r u rh d le . at intermission, unoe4 . eE pow n o nr N oe f , kn o wnoal pe h l s a i d , dir e uy ; w a. pi pl u ng ed, adok i s i vff. i e re with m i n r e 2 t w pn a b ei l i c • uul c ce r it e, she .sod ushrac(4 dit (Hear, fromie i been, y: felf r o mthtbao t theirwtwi osbh i e t I. h oeuisu very i,pe:: terial side.) It had been asked whether, if the En aa, Go kad adopted with seeped to Spain, war would have bow \ .. e