The National Register. — London, England, 1822-06-17 00:00:00

.~ .e.r~..r- IF6 ~ .f :simpertat Varttamc at. 'MUSE OF LORDS. 310N1AV, JUNK 114 Lord ST. VINCI- NT took the oath. and his sett. This !Roble Peer, by the indulgence of the 1.-rds, wore Las hat in the House. Indisposition was the CA se or this departure front ('queue. The Camden Town Paving and Lighting Bill wash read the bird time and passed. 1.001 OWYDVII presented a petition from Spilaby, Lincoln shire, cotuplaining sp,ricadt tit al diatrest, and praying relief. Lord H AREW UOL) presented a petition front IVltuby against alteration in the navigation laws. Tie Earl of AY I.ESRLIIt I* presented a petition from Roches ter against the R. mar. Catholic l'eers, Bill, The above petitions were severally read and Lod on the table, lair N.Colthiltst and other inembete front the Commons brought up the Cork I toproveniehi 1301. Mr. N. Calvert brought up the Recognizance IEII, Mr. 11. Davis the Cruelty to Animals Bill, and several private which were read he first time. Lord ERSKINE presented retitions from Walworth, (Surrey), Et. Ann's (lilackfriar's). Dulwich, and 11 hitechapel, praying the Lill to punish and prevent cruelty to animals may pa-tes into a law. The noble Lord expressed great pleasure .at finding such a bill had been brought bean l'arliatnent. Stare or IttEratros.—The Marquis of I.ANSDOWNE said, " 'laving been prepared to propose a resolueen on the state of Ireland this day, 1, two hours ago, roccived a letter from u noble earl (Liverpool), -.tinting that, from sudden indisposition. it visa impossible fur him to attend the House ; I therefore beg leave to move titers-der of the slay be discharged, and renewed to Friday, when I have reason to suppose, the noble earl may be ready to take a part in the discussion. ' The order was consequently discharged, and fixed again for Friday.—The House then adjourned. TUESDAY. SIINE. 11. Tire House met ai a quarter to four. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition frotn Sudbury, in Suffolk, against the Catholic Peers' Bill.—Laid on tiro table. Mr. Brogilen and ether members from the Commons brought up the Aniarican trade and the Colonial Trade Bills, also the Annuities Deeds IVlemorialming Bill, which were read the first time. Lord CARRINGTON presented a petition from Chipping Yl'possesli. praying for a revision of the criminal code. Laid on like tate.. The Eartuf S lIAFTESBE RY. on behalf of the Earl of Liver.. pool postponed the second reading el die Colonial and American Trade Bills until Monday. H e also postponed the second reading lathe Navigation Rill to Monday, and moved that the Lords be summoned for Monday. Ordered. Sir G. His, frown the COUelliOnli, brought up a message re. cuesting the attendance of the Marquis of Dawnshire, for the purpose of giving testimony to the Comunuee appointed to exanunethe laws respecting lrelar,d.—Leave was given the noble idargnis ro attend. Lord SIDIOUTII presented a petition from the inhabitants *I Devises against the Cathoiic Peer's Bill. Read and laid on the 'ethic. The Daum adjourned. • ari.DNESIDAY, JUNE It. Mr. latitchinson, and other members from the Commons, bought up the Cork Market Bill, which was reasi the first time. Mr. Trundle, from the Chief Secretary et inland, presented the third leport of the comittis; .revs tit Irish Fisheries. Mr. %Vitas, from tit. Court to King's Beach, and Mr. Clarke, resat the Common Pleas, presented felons loin the Judges, sairsviant 10 an cinder of the 'louse. Warrants of Attorney Bid went through a committee. The Recognizance Bill went thriagli a committee. The Earl of IILESsINGTON moved the committal of the Irish Deeds Bill, which accordingly passed through the (30111. anima. On die third reading of the Sheriff's Depute Dill, the Earl of Lauderdale made a tew übservattons, and moved a verbal amend ment. Afier sonic observations from Lord alelviile and tire Lord Cionceller, the amendments wete agreed to. Tile bill was then Celtutlie third time and posed. Lord ELLEN BO eUGH moved to discharge the Order of the Darter the discussion of the Marriage Amendment Bill.— He could not witlistand the wish of a noble and learned Lord to postpone the- discussion until a noble Earl (Liverpool) was abla to aueorl in his place; he therefore fixed the committal of the Bill for 'Cuesday next, and moved the Lords be summoned tor that day.— Adjourned . t'ittnaDAT, SUI/E 15. :taws nePT taws.—Toe LORD C HANCELLOR brought le a 8.11 to enable the Court of Chancery, in cases of bankroptcy uneier.joint coninissdona, to supersede the commission, upon any once( the partners being able to satisfy all his creditors. Tine Bill Was read the that thine r and the noble and learned Lord said, en Monday next he should bring in a kill to amend the bankrupt Liss, which bill. he hoped, wood pass this session. Ile should also bring in a third bill, not with the intention to pass it during the present session, but to lay on the table fur the consideration sal the llotire. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from St. Sid vediL Exeter, and Lord ROLLE one from St. Eduiond's Exeter, agatett the Roman Catholic Peers' Bill. Mr }dawn, front the -East India Compaay, presented an ac• count of the revenue and expenses of the diderent presidencies ia India, from May 1 1.21 to 1522. Mr. Chetwynd, from the House el Commons, brought up a message, stating, that the House had agreed to the amendments made by the I.ords in the Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill. The Manslaughter Bill and the Warrants of Attorney Bill was read die thud time. The Recognizance Bill went through a Committee. The 'nal' Dads Registry Bill went through a committee. The Murgetis of LANSDO it NE said he had received an in timation from a nolne Lori( 1 iverpool ) that he should endeavour to tis m his place no the House to-morrow, in consequence of *thuds it Was Ili.. (Lord Lansilurwile's) intention to submit lus pro position team crow on the state of Ireland. Adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 11. Lord DARNLEY, berate the House proceeded to the im porsunt btlilnessfit nay.. requested to know whether the noble Lord (Liverpool) bad Teceived any further information on the .tat jeCt of the sts:tonery Job in lie.and ? foe Earl 01 LIVE, tIPOOL said, a correspondence on the subject had taken place, which he should nut object to lay tine table. lord DARNLE'r then stated, that he should be prepared on Monday to make: a motion to the subject. Tire Marquis of LA NsDo l ,l' N r., in pursuance of notice. rose t., cad the aitairion of the House to the state of Ireland. After all that had °centred on this subject during late years, it was necessary that this iinportant question should he brought before Paraunnent. He torriefirre felt he s meld stand acquitted of caim‘ng forward irregularly. lie should state tine views he had of Ireland in , be hearing of individuals who, from their local situation, wou'd, if he was wrong, set him right. To all the distresses of England, Irelainl had been subject in a greater degree. Ireland, txc,uvively agriettitural. had been exposed to the lull weight of agrieultund evils. To save the time of the noose he world net state those distresses. but call the attention tor - the I.urets to paitiliar reatonfast,res, a hich pressed down the Irish I .ca.alation. If it siveald appear that what was a blessing to other taeuntries a - as a, poison to Ireland, would not the bourn enqoirethe cause of 'hat unnatural Aare of things . e —Was it be; came ths :uvulas suasion of Ireland tare sae every advantage THE NATIONAL REGISTER that she was poor and wretched amidst plenty, barbarous amidst civilization, and ungovernable amidst good government and the ben, tit of the best constitutton ?—They were to look beyond the institutions of the country for the cause of so many evils. They had to look to the general population of the country, to the burden which weighed down the population, which were increasing in a most extraordinary wanner. In 1695, the population was lti2l, it was 6,846,000. One fourteenth of that population only were Prom:saints. Another fourteenth were Dissenters. The renetinder were Roman Catholics. The popu• lotion, by a course of degradation, had been brought down to mere su b sistence upon potatoes, and many had been driven to depend on precarious support. It was to the state of degradation into which the country was reduced that they were liable to wit ness the thplorable scenes which had so lately occurred. I Ilere ' the noble Marquis quoted some beautiful lines from the rs Des scrod Village to illustrate his argument.l—The peasant, de prived of the fair produce of his industry, fell a victim. and the the spot he cultivated became his garden and his grave. It so happened the best measures adopted by Parltamentliad increased the sulferink,oi and immorality of the people. The trial by jury, and the elective franchise, intended as the greatest privileges t.:ie nation could enjoy, appeared in Ireland the cause of dissatisfac • thin and crime. Too many persons living on farms were allowed to have a common tegisteied tight to vote at elections as free holders,—Excessive taxation also had not only driven out from that country cont Arts which formed a basis for improvement, but reduced the levinue. They hail diminished the duty on sugar.—From 356,11001. they had reduced it 2.70,0001. Tea had been also diminished. The produce of duties had been lessened and inintorality increased. Such were the advantages in carrying on illicit distillation in Ireland, that a man embarking 91. would realize 4. These illicit stills ware a nodose from whence disaf fection s i rung. They had tilled the prisons of Ireland with per sons guilty of this •" it traffic. Not less than .5332 persons had been prosecuted and put into prison for illicit distillation ; and of that number syG2 had been convicted. The men who escaped were qualified by depravity to become formidable opponents to the government. This evil sprang from excessive taxation.— With respect to the administratUn o f justice in Ireland, lie might say the magistracy of Ireland had for years required revi There had been found magistrates in Ireland in poverty, and without any of the means the discharging that duty. A person applied to th enable Marquis sometime since, to lend him money as a gentleman. the son tat a magistrate in 'Leland. It turned out he was an impostor, nut with respect to his being the EMI of an Irish magistrate, but in returning the money. His father was a wag strate, bsgkrupt, and beggar. Wlint could be expected from meson of such a father, or the father of such a son ? In religious matters, the people of Leland had much to complain of —two thirds of the population had been shut out from their legal rights. The noble marquis considered decisions upon religious matters ought to be caw toils and mild. lie cited the instruction given by Lord Bacon to Lord Osborne, who was going out to fill a judicial situation is Ireland My first advice is, that you proceed with equality on matters of religion, lest Ireland civil become more dangerous than Ireland savage." The laws were improperly administered. lo the west of Ireland a custom pre. sated of deciding claims to land by the following practicer—One assaulted the other, and the person wham the assistant barrister declared to be right, was considered the person as having claim to the land. nobie marquis considered the absentees inju- , rious to Ireland, but at the same time an encouragement was held out to them to suit the country. The Court in England occasioned theft absence, and the absence of capital drawn from lush industry. The Church of Ireland ought to be for the benefit of Ireland, but Ireland was made a benefit to the Church. In many instances in the south of Ireland. clergymen had said they would rut receive tidies of flax, het:gust. they felt that the act was oppressive to industry. This wits an injustice to them— selves. and spewed the necessity for providing proper support for the clergy of Ireland. The tithe causes in the last three years amounted to no less than 12,3t1i. This was a proof of the mi seeable state of litigation between the clergy and the population. In Kilkenny alone 2,1911 causes had been tried. The tithe upon I potatoes was sometimes properly placed, and often improptriy. With imposts so levied, so repulsive to the clergyman and the farmer, he could not conceive a subject which called more for the utt anion of Parliament. In the exposition of the principles of the Church of England, it was held out that nothing could be more erroneous than the doctrines of the Chi rch of Rome, which held out that tithes were a divine right. Parliament ought to treat that sort of property in a manner that would render the Church not less dependent on the State than at present. He was induced to suggest, whether a valuation of corn might rot secure the clergyman against a change in tithes. By convcrung corn • to money s a coinmutation might be made which would much benefit the clergy and the people. It was net, however, on any suggestion of his that an experiment should be made, bocausa every suggestion was involved in great difficulty. One great burden cast on the peasantry of Iretaud was that of building Protestant churches, into which they were never to enter or receive the least benefit. Whilst lie had respect for the Church in arcland, he thought provision ought to be made for exempting the Catholic peasant from the building of Protestant churches The noble marquis concluded a must animated and able speech, by moving, „'That it is the opinion of this house that the state of Ireland ' indispensibly requires the attention of l'ar'iument, with a view to improve the condition of the people, and more effectually provide tor their tranquillity and domestic happiness." The Earl of LIVERPOOL eulogists' the able and candid manner in which the noble marquis had brought this important subject under the consideration of Parliament. He. however, felt it was his duty . to oppose the motion, because it conveyed a censure on his Majesty's Government which they did not merit. After a di bate of some length, in which several Lords delis vered their sentiments fro and eon. a division took place. The numbers were, Fur the motion, (A—Against it. um—Majority, 4b.-I'he house then adjourned. HOL:SE OF COMMONS. mosv4N, Jt iI. 10. A petition was preseoted from Southwark against the repeal of the Leather 'Tax. Sir R, WILSON called the attention of the Under Secretary of State to the severities which had befallen a native of Patras named Serail:a, io consequence of Sir T. Maitland having sent liina and his family from the lonian Islands • Berouka having left those islands, in consequence of the L ord High Commis sioner's order, for which no reason was assigned, and the vessel in winch be sailed was captured by the Algerines, and Berouka and family were now subject to slavery. This was a very hard case. Did the bun. Luder Secretary know any thing about it Mr. W ILMOT replied tlitt he was not acquainted with the case, but he would institute inquiry. 'the Recognizance Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. MONEY presented a petition from the Trinity House Corporation, preying for leave to bring in • bill to amend their laws, so as to meet the new state of things that would he au casione4 by the altered navigation laws, &c. Referred to a Committee. LICENSING SYSTEM.—Mr. G. BENNET presented the re port of the Alehouse Licenses Bill. Ordered to be taken into further ttonsideratiou ou Friday treat, and (lieu Bill, as amended, to be printed. Mr. HUME moved for an account of persons holding two wr more olices in Ireland, under Government the cook:um:as, dm—Ordered. Mr. DENMAN presented it petition from Cotton mannfactit nrc ,agairot the Colonial Lillis—The petition was ornered to be printed. •-! Mr. DENMAN then presented a pe ition front Gainaboroogki in favour of the total repeal of Ve salt tax. Mr. (.11M EN asked when the hill might be expected lie should move the total repeal of the Mr. LISIII/aGTON said it would be ready as early as poi. Bible; the clauses were of considerable importance, and they were now under consideration. 11r. CA LCRA FT said it would he very convenient to know alien the ministers might be expected to atend ; it was Dow after live o'clock, and none of them were present. Petitions of great public itnportauce were daily brought forward—and were presented in the absence of all the ministers, especially of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Was this correct? Was it what the House had a right to expect? He wished to know whether there was any truth in the rumour that all the tax on halt in Scotland was to be repealed ! Mr. LCSIIIN(TON said he was not aware that any such in tention existed. 111 r. CALCH AFT added, that he had heard it from more than one Scotch member. Ordered to be printed. The Receiverti General Lill w es re committed. Mr. DIME was sorry at the delay that had taken place in pressing (toward this bill, because its object was to effect con siderable saving. After a long conversation, in which C.Davis, Sir C.Long, Ste. took part, the report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday next. Mr. CALCRAFT timid Londonderry having entered the House) w tebed emu( time to be liked fur the commencement of public 'rumness Lord LONDONDERRY suggested half past four o'clock. The SPEAKER nislied to know whether public petitions n ere to come within the meaning of such regulation Mr. CALCILIFT said, his object was not to limit the presen tation of petitions, but to secure the attendance of some of the ministeis when such petitions were presented. Mr. 111L01..GILIM presented s yeti ion from some Calcutta bankers, complaining of conduct on the part of the India Go vernment. N% hen he had received certain information, he ►hould move that the petition be refi.rred to • committee. Orderi:d to be printed. Copies of any proceedings adopted by the court of directors ea timers (ruin M. U. Pendergast, EMI. above petitioner, were ordered. Lord LONDONDERRY moced that the report of the Co,. Importation Bill be received. With respect to the oriel of the proceedings, he understood that the principle of the Bill was to be discussed on the 'bird reading. The clause respecting the grinding of foreign corn, proposed by the right bon. member for Liverpool (Mr. Canning) was just in itself; but many bon. members were against it, and therefore if be found that it was liLely to encumber the Bill, lie should oppose it. The right honourable gentleman could still bring it forward u a separate bill. Mr. G. BENNET complained of a vast aceemslation of busi ness; there were 27 orders, two of wkich were likely to occupy the whole sitting, together with several entices. Mr. CANNING spoke in support of his clause ; but be could not agree to the proposed compromise.—Vs bat chance would there be, supposing he should consent to bring in a fresh bill, to have it considered, when there was such a mass of business before theHuuse ? Tl.ere would be no hope of procuring atten tion to the subject, should the House sit till August. He hoold not introduce a new bill—but should take the souse of the Hot.• e on the clause is its present shape. Sir J. SEDRIGH r opposed this clause, because it wan cal culated to Injure agrcultural interests; rather than have this clause, lie would prefer basing the warehouses thrown open at once. Sir E. )(NATI:I-MULL said, that the clause had emenated from the committee, but it had been abandoned ; and now it was proposed in a more decided form. It was now more ob noxious than ever. Lord LONDONDERRY said, it would be better to receive the repor,. Every clause would afterwards be open to consi deration. Report brought up and read. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Lewis, Sir T. Lethbtidge, Sc. took a part, the House divided on Mr Can ning's chose :—For the clause 31—Against it 116—Majority against the clause 85. The report was then agreed tn, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Mar riage Act Bill, Mr. NV. Smith said there were considerable ols jections existed as to some of the clauses of this bill. He therefore was desirous of withdrawing it, with a slew of bring ing in a bill better calculated to meet the wishes of the parties interested ; to effect this purpose, he wobld move that the bill be read a second time this day six months, After some conversation between Mr. W. Smith, Dr. Limb ington, and Dr. Phillimore, the amendment was adopted, and the hon. member obtained leave to bring in it new bill. The report of the Bakers' Regulation Bill was received. and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Wednesday. The Insolvent Debtors' Amendment Bill went through • committee. Report to-morrow. Th e other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at half-past eleven. TUESDAY, JUNE 11. Mr. CREEVEY postponed his motion, which stood for to day, respecting the ministerial pension act, till the 26th inst.-- lie then moved a series of resolutions on the subject, and one particularly regarding the pension (of 30001.) recently granted to Lord Sidtuoutli. Sir J. N 6W PORT moved for returns of all deductions from public salaries in Ireland, and the authority on which they were made. Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for accounts of lands, quit-rents, &c. in Ireland, belonging to the Crown, sold under the Ilenb Geo Ordered. Mr. HUME then moved for an account of the present income of the crown lands in Ireland. Sir G. HILL said that these returns would be •ery volumi nous, and that they wentheyond what the lion. member wanted; he ouly requited to know what had been done by the commissiou now existing in In-land. It would be better that the motion should stand di a notice. The motion was withdrawn for the present. Sir J. NEWPORT presented the second report of the coin ' !Mitre on grand jury presentments. He should move for leave to bring in • Bill founded on the report. Report ordered to be printed. SAIT TAX.—Sir W. LEMON presented a petitiow from flab carers and others in Cornwall, against the modification of the salt tax, as contemplated by mini.ters. The promise of draw backs on the exportation of fish would nut resuedy the evil. He thought there was but one remedy, the abandonment of the tax altar:Wier. Mr. C. E. RUMBOLD. (member for Yarmouth) supported the petition. tier L FERGI.7OI 4 I said, that what •sas set forth by Corn. it•a:! tr plied to all the ktrstrah beheries. He trained that the