The National Register. — London, England, 1816-02-18 00:00:00

the results of our efforts could nut then he known. If before that period, be would persist its his motion, as it would be clear that the eNertions of Government had tailt ul. Mr. %VELLESLEY Pots maintained, that his Noble Friend had clearly stated, that from the moment of Ferdinamt's en trance into Spalts Government had used its best of fi ces in fa vour of the Idealisers of the Cortes and the Liberates. lie therefore wondered at the surprise the Hon. Gentleman lead expressed. It was true, that lie had not a seat in the House last rear; but his fricuds ought to have informed him, that two or three times during the last Session, its answer to a Member now nu more, be (Mr. W. Pole) had explained, that from the moment Sir Henry Wellesley had met the King of Spoilt at Va lencia, lie had left nothing untried to persoade him to accept the Constitution, Null to treat the Liberates with mildness. It *Ws therefore hardly possible that the Gentleman opposite should lint have known the course adopted by Government. The Liberals.% themselves were einem . ~ t h at all that was possible had been attempted in their cause ; and that was so no t o isms, bolls in Spans and in this country, that he was astonished the lion. Gent. should nut have informed himself of the fact before he had brought his motion- Goverunient had interfered from the first moment ; but it' he thought proper to perm.% ere in his appeal to the House, let him go on, only let him not any that they were takt by surprise. He would add, that it was the opinioa of Sir Henry Wellesley himself, that the latignage Used its this country, and the attempts nude in this House to degrade King Ferdinand, were in a great measure the cause that their ease I n tl not been listened to as it would have been batlike been left to himself Ile also thought that our merchants and residents *uttered materially from it Not a post, Sir Henry 'Welk Acy said, arrived in Spain, s ithout hriuging papers full of httla 1111 l lately and abusive paragraphs aganist Fersiatind ; in consequence of vvE:t h our merchants and residents were greatly impeded and injured in their concerns. However, the lesson which the Hon. Gentleman lied received to-night, and he did nut mean any offence by the word lesson, would teach him to make himself more master of the subject before he brouclit forward another motion, in order to save much trouble to the House. Mr. Ilnocentatu trusted that the Right Hon. Gent. would * Team this lesson himself, to know another time low to express what he meant. As for the lessen w hie li lie (Mr. It.) had learnt, it was that Ministers had for 20 immtlis used fruitless niter ference. The only alteratiou that knowledge would have oc casioned, had he possessed it before, would have been an in crease of force in the worsting of Isis motion. Lord CASTLEREAGIA should only urge the argument, that, so far from yielding any good, the interference of Parliament would only serve to deprive Geverunient of obtaining the de aired object. Mr. lIERNEY wished to know whether the conrve adopted by Government was likely to be attended with any beneficial et feet. lfso, he would advise his Hen. Friend to withdraw his tuotion. The manner in which the Liberates had been treated, eeemed to have roused the same feelings in his Majesty's Minis ters as in his Hon. Friend and the three allied European Pow en ; it was not too much therefore to ask whether they wanted further assistance, should they all have failed. If the noble lord would state that the interference of Goveniment was in progress, and that the 'simian would prevent its success, then be would, as he had :dreads . said, advise that it should be with drawn ; but if lie considered that all efforts had proved fruitless, then it would not be improper to call in the assistance of a fifth Power. Lord CASTLEREAGH was conscious how anxious the Hon. *Gentleman was to be freed frosts his motion ; he would, however, afford him no other aid than the opinion which he had already expressed, that the motion was calculated to embarrass the at tempt made by Government. Mr. Tfeescv conceived, notwithstauding the triumph of the Noble Lord, that the arguments of Isis Hon. Friend re mained unanswered. Indeed no one had attempted that task but an Hon. Aldernrau.. . . Alderman Ssi ITII explained. The Howse then divided : A.gainst the motion . . . For it Majority in favour of Ministers . . . . . . ----al ~A,j k‘in.cd. FRIDAY, FEB. 18. A nets' writ was ordered for Caine, in the room of J. Jekyl, cvtio has accepted the: stcwar&iiip of the Chiltern Han decd;. Mr. Lushingtontrought in a Bill for continuing certain du ties as Malt; and also a Bill for raising 11,000,0001. by Exche quer Bills, for the brr vice of Itslo. To be read a second time on Monday. The Indigo Bill was read a third time, and-passed. Mr. VANSITTART moved that the Bank Act should be: re ferred to a Committee of the whole House, who then v. ant into a Committee. He entered into a review of the present state of the transactions between Government and the Bank ; and contended, that, instead of the profits of the Bank having in creased of late, they were materially decreased by restriction. The Hon. Gent. said, he could not but consider the arrange ment of ifiC as one highly advantageous to the pubic; in the first place, there was on that occasion a reduction made in the emu allowed to the Bank for managing the public dividends. A sum of 500,00 M. was taken from the unclaimed dividends, and the Bank advanced three millions without interest during the year. These were certainly circumstances highly advan tageous to the country, and such as lie had no doubt would gain the approbation of the lionse to the plan which hail, on the present occasion, been adopted. By the bargain which Lad now been concluded with the Bank, the sums to be ad vanced by them, without Interest, and at reduced interest, would prove a saving to the country of upwards of 210,0001. Vie were to have three millionswithout interest continued, and six millions at a reduced interest of four per cent.: this saving, however, was not the principal object is this arrangement; the saving of capital Avila the grand of here ; and in two :years from this time, a saving of two millions would be made in ea;:ilal. By the operation of the Sinking Fund, and by the re cent arrangement with the Bank, he trusted the necessity of tasking :my Loan would be done away, and time would he igiveu to the credit of the country to recover itseh; aided as it would be by the Sinking Fund. For of all the measures ever yet co.l-eived for the restoration of the finances of a country, none, perhaps, was ever vivid to the establi.liment am' ef fective sinking food, by which the gradual saving of a number of iniEvidnals acre v./sleet:al into out great capital. he I%t_ Hon. liens. :'.en adverted to the saving which had taken place during the last year. Of 86,400,0001. which lied been voted for the service of the year, 41,111t0d,00i1. had heen applied to pitying w a part of the pulnic debt. The estimate tOr the ~:ieo eLt year was :0,01.10,00c1. hut More %CIA groat reason to hor out of this stun ti,1100,0,n11. might to Baled. This cal/re:a:um. Co Leuri atkr the concM•ion of such a contest as that which we had been engaged fn, out but prove satisfixtory ia b:gh deem*. '1 he ouiy comiderai• on svlrels was, whether the Bank wlis in 11 sitimtion to dilinths.,. sum iit imou,oool. this there could Dot be much douuti 0:6 re- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. loction of the 'wearied debt would operate to enable them to do this. Upwards of 10,0a0.0001. of Exchequer-bills had lie* in paid off in the course of the last year. The Bank of England were always great holders of Ex c hequer- bids, and in reilem;a ion, as that wliii•h he had Jued alluded to, would entitle the Batik to make this advance without at All reducing then: to the necessity of narrowieg their private discounts. With respect to the exchequer-bilis about to be issued, a regulatimi and slight alteration would take place in future us their form. They would in future be issued with a blank, which would i liable persons either to make them payable to order, and in stil:so them over to others; or they might now, as tiirnierly, hand thrtu over from hand to hunml, leaving the blank open without indorsement. Another at range mem would iIISO take place, that was. :bat in future Et hequer-bills would bear only an interest of nil. instead of atil. per day, and this arrange ment would save to the country at least 200,0001.; and, CVVIA at this reduced interest, he was convinced there would be no difficulty whatever iu circulating Exchequer-hills with more facility than formerly. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a resolution fur coutiutiing the Bind. Act Inc certain period. Mr.ltv saves thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had done well in looking 10 the Bank fur a supple. AB he had to object to nos the item of interest to the Bank. The Right lion. Gentleman had said, he was bound to act us the guardian of the Bank, and take same care of their concerns. He (Mr. Bankes) must be allows 3 to say the Bunk were a prudent Cor poration, and callable of taking care of their own interest ; and that the public stood more in need of the Right Hon. Gen tleman's guardianship than the Ikiuk did, He could not but think the Bank had driven a hard bargain with the public in denianding 4 per cent. for the advance of six millions more to the public ; and thinking so, he should, on a future day, move, that, instead of 4 per cent. the Bank should only have 3 per cent. interest for this sum. The Hon. Gentleman also strongly recommended that something should be taken from the fund of Unclaimed Dividends, for the service of the present year. By taking, as on a former occasion, Sild,oool. from this fund, a saving of 30,0001. a year would be made to the public. Sir J. N F.* PORT contended, the only doubt was, not whether the Bank hail done too much, but whether tiler had not done too little, for the public. It' the dividends had been paid at the Tieasury, then the public would have had the benefit of the unclaimed dividends. Now with respect to the Loan mado by the Bank at 4 per cent. they ought to have advanced the Loan without interest; for they bad been enabled to lead it in consequence of the restriction on the cash payments. The Right Hon. Baronet contended it was Idle to talk of pros perity when commerce was drooping. The Public kuew it, and therefore in the present distressed state of the conutry it was abominable to keep up large establishments. If Ministers would nut step in, and relieve those di-tresses, by retrench ment and economy, other means must lie taken. The state of Ireland was drcidful, beyond description; the people of that country were bottle down to the ground. Mr. G R ENE ELL contended that Parliament was not pre cluded from enquiry into the affairs of the Bank of England. He agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that in making the Loan with the Bank, the Public were benefited to the amount of 0,0001. being a sus lug of one per cent. Atter deducting the sum of t2to,ooul. a further saving from 575,0001. there would remain a stun of 1103,11001. pridit for the insignificant transacting of the public balauces. These balances at the pre sent moment were from It to 12 millions, yet the Right Hon. Gentleman talked of a decrease. He (Mr. G.) at the last meeting of the Bank Proprietors, had put the question to the Governor of the Balk, who denied that he expected any de crease. The amount of the unclaimed dividends was betueen 7 and 800,0001. which the public was entitled to. He coin cided in opinion with the Right Hon. Baronet, that the Loan should be made to the Government free of interest. Mr. MANNING obiovved, that it was impossible the Governor of the Bank could state what the amount might or might not be in future years. The placing those balances in the hands of the. Bank was tile act of the Legisiatute, for the purpose of protecting them; and the House lutist recollect, that for the last two or three years some of the public balances were not in such safe keeping. The agreement for the Loan was for two years, at 4 per cent.; and though the Hon. Member (Mr. Bankes) had talked of a reduction of interest, lie much doubt ed whether, if such a proposition was made, it would be ac ceded to by the Directors.- Mr. TIERNEY could not help contrasting the langnaee of the Right Hon. Gentleman with that of ti,e Hen. Bank Director, who bad said, a bargain had been made with the Government, which the Bank would keep them to, or the Loan must be con tracted for elsewhere. He hoped that this intimation would be a lesson for him in future, not to place his expectation too much on the Bank, who seemed to wish to get all they could from him, and give him nothing in return. Mr. THOMPSON considered that the money advanced by way of Loan from the Bank was, in tact, the money of the public. It reminded him of the story of the nobleman's steward iu Yorkshire, a cunning fellow, who, being applied to for sums cash, advanced his master Shoal. at a high rate of interest ; which money was, in fact, the nobleman's own. After sonic further observations from Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gren fell, and Mr. Manning, leave was given to bring in the Bill. LAW CFICERS IN SCOTLAN Sir R. HERON sVishad t . l.;;;;.lletber the Law Officers in Scotland qad received lately any addition to their salaries. Mr. N'ansirrsta.—" I do not consider myself compelled to give answer to the question."--(Hear, hear.) Mr. TIERNEY (with much warnith).— Did the Right Hon. Gentleman mean to say that fair questions were not to he put upon any thing relating to the public service; and were his side of the House to be driven to the necessity of making motions to obtain that information which it was requisite the country should know? If the acens,umed candour was to be departed from—(hear, hear)—he should, if Ministers persisted in their determination, recur to the ancient practice, and submit a mo tion every day, when neees-ary.—(Hear, h‘lit .) Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that the Right lion. Gentle man wished to r ut fair questions, and got into a violeitt—he would not spy violeut—but into an asiiiintted tone of voice, if lie did not get an answer. Was this candour , ?—(lleur, urely the Right lion. Gentleman had nu reason to complain that so much warmth was iit his camp, when be, as the leader, did not observe better di,cipline! --(llene, hear.)—lteally his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. \ anslitart) Insd been deluded into an explanation 'won subject, which ought to have come heft re the House in the regular pall! mientary coursi , rind the.l his Right Than. Fricild would have had the opportunity ofinforming :he Hoist: why the ailthtions had Lero made to the sal:wire the 'Noble Lind did lui, e, for the future, that the Right Gentleman would tciaia his 'rad a Isitk, and recollect that ih wimal be Wog vuotigh for ever) ..urpose Much liu .0 ii ins 'fiends Wight require for correct unit :•egular information.— Hair, Ivar..i N. , :•.&KFR observing ques!:on bef o re Hunan, lir. 'ILLUNEY sail Ile would soon snake ono, lie then FED. 18. moved for aM Ai•cotibt the diminution or Mei - east of the 84- caries of the Law Micers in Scotland since Janwiry, Itfl ; also hat diminution increase in the salaries of the Commissioners of Excise and Customs in that kingdom since that period.— °nit-red.—The Right Hon Gentleman .1 h o gave notice, Ina: he should, in the course of a week, if no inforimi:Ma was given, move for a Committee to cntinire whother any and what re ductions had taken place in the office of third .-,ecretary of State. In a Committee of Ways and Meitivi, a Itesohition wax moved by Mr. V A NSITTA RT, and agreed to, fur the issue of six million* of E•clielitser !What two year. date, fur paying the advance of that sum by the Bank of England. PRIVATELY STEALING. _ Sir S. Rom Tu.; moved fur Icave to LriuK iu a Bill to repeal the Act of William, called the Privately Stealing Act, wl.ieli subjects the ottcuder stealing to the value of )11. to a cartal Punishment. The and latarned Gentleman observed, that he had brought this subject before the House thrice; and it had received the unction of this branch, butt failed in the other. The Art, us it at present stood, gas inconsistent with the spirit, characte.., and humanity of the present tituis. In fact, it had never been tided upon during the last 30 or 40 vears, lie then referred to the variety of punishments w Melt had taken place ()tithe subject of the criminal lam i; regretted that in certain cases, fur iustancv, shopkeepers should be at L. betty to determine how an offender slionid be indicted, whether ca i n'ally or uot. In 1312, lie observed, that t. 12 prisoners were capitally indicted, and only 41 were couvicted.--Leave 11 46 given.--Adjoutated. .11.17'171DAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. Priglehr!matinee, b. 9. I RIG. The Prince of Wahl as been vleasal to appoim John Leach, Esq. to be his Royal Higliners's Chancellor i,nrl Kts•per of his Great St•al.— Also, Mr. Sec cant Wm. D. Best. to be his Royal Highness's Attor ney-General; and Win. Harrison. Esq. his Royal Higluiku's Solici:or. General. . BANKRITrTCY SUPERSF.DLD. E. Buckley. Delph, Yorkshire. cotton-,ginner. BANKRUPTS. G. BAYLIS, Stapleton, Gloces ---- tersitfre,dnier, Feb. 43, March 2, SO, at the Talbot Inn. Bristol. Acts. Price and ('o. Lincoln's Inn. 1. NULL, PS, Wallingford. Berkshire, carpenter, Feb. 26. 27, March so, at the Lamb, Wallingford. Att.,. Price and Co. Lincoln's Inn. NI S. 'l'. EEYT. AlittlgOtsf,cld, Gloccstcrshire Feb. 2.1 27. March 50, at the Rtaniner 'l'avem, Atts. Tamtnt and Co. Chancery-lane. J. BAIT Leeds, grocer, MarCh 1,2, 30, at the B:utak. Inn, Leeds. Att. Mr. Lake, Dowgate-hill. J. ALLEN. Woodside, Lancashire, pill-box-maker, March 11, 12, 50, at the Sun Inn, Ulverston. Act. Jlr. Armstrong, Staple Inn. J. CROO,ETT, Voventry, ribbon-manufacturer, March 4,5, 50, at the King's I read Inn, Coventry. Atts. Long and Co. Gray's Inn. H. VENA L Green% ich, merchant, Feb. 29, March 2, 30, at Guild hall. Acts Bounlillon and Co. Little Friday-at. Cheapside. J. Bonnw. High 'l'rewitt, Northumberland, dealer, March 11, 12, 50 at the White swan Inn, Alnwick. Att. Mr. Latubert, Alnwick, or Mouncey and Co. Staple-Inn. 11. BROW ?land .1. Cousins Wind-or, Berkshire, bankers, Feb. 24. March 2, So, at Guildhall: Atts. I)eirberry and Co. Conduit -street, Hanover-square. J. GREENWOOD, Whittenliam, Berkshire, dealer, March 11, 12. 30, at the New Inn, Abingdon, Berkshire. ,Att. Mr. Ne 1.14.44, Ls ex.st. Strand. T. C. COWARDS. Leicester-square, silk-mercer, Feb. 20, Niarch '2, 30, at Guildhall. Att, Day and Cu. Gerard-A. Soho. W. and J. NI OSEL Portsca, glass-merchants, Feb. 27, March 2, ' 50. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Williams, Cursitor-st. Chancery-line. G. }IASI I LTON. WODDWOOd-street. merchant, Feb. 20, March 2, 30, at Guildhall Att. Mr. Crawfurd, Old Broad-street. 11. and 1.. BRACKEN. s'acker's -court, lokanan-strict, baize-Actors. Feb. 20, Mardi 5.30, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Parton, 11'albmok. J. CLAI'1l:t111, Beddimiton-comer, Surrey, calico-printer, Feb. March 2, 30. at (Guildhall. Atts. Milne and Parry, S. Aunt's, Ikeerley, Yorkshire, butcher, Feb. 26. 24, Mirth 50, at the Dog and Duck, Beverley. Atts. Hall and Co. Beverley. A. BARRIS, Gulatone-square, Whitcehapel, merchant. Feb. 24, 27, March 30, at Guikth.dl. Att. Mr. Paterson, Copthall-court, morton-street. T. GEN., Kingston-upon.llllll. merchant, Feb 22, 23, March 30, at the Dog-and. Duck Tavern, Atta. !tosser and Son, Bartlett's. buildings. Holborn. M. METCALF the elder. Kingston-upon-Hu ll , merchant. Feb. 22, 2:f , March 30, at the Dog-and-Duck Cavern, IlulL Atta. !tosser and Son, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. W. BATES and W. JONES. Bridgnorth. Shropshire * banker:, March . 4, .5, 2G . at the Castle Inn, Bridgnorth. Atta . Ba xter and Bowker,. Furnival's Inn. E. WILLIAMS, Plymouth Dock, ironmonger, March 4,5, 30, at. Wheatley's Hotel, Plymouth Duck. Att. Mr. Young, Charlotte. row, Mansion House. L SANTONSTALL, At. AGATE, and T. Dawnstor, Fleet -street, linen-drapers, Feb...l, March 5. 30, at Guildtiall. AU. Mr. Pope, Modiford-court, Fenchurch-street. \V. SNELL, Upper North-row, P. ...k-lane, coal-deeler. Fell 20, March 2, 39, at Gutldltali Mts. Ilolt and Farren, 'flireadnemile-street. P. BUDD, l'lyrnouth Dock, baker, Alas& 7,8, 30, at the Crown Ho tel, Plymouth Dock. Atts. Lanib, Brutoon, and Hawke, Princes. street, Bank of England. E. BURN, Birmingham woollen-draper, March 1,2, 30, at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Aux. Swain, Stevens, Maph*, and Pease, bre derick's-phice, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 27. It. Lewis, Watling -street, ~ ax-chandler, at Guildhall._ March 9. E. llichr.nlson, Grett littiss.2ll-street, Cov.nt Garden, linen draper, at GuildhalL—Nlatch .25. J. Trustnun, Worr.t.strxt, umbrella maker, at Guildhall.—March 12. B. Hamilton, Old azo3d-street, un derwriter, at GuildhalL--31r.rea 11. J. %Villain and W. Hugo-, Cu.*. brook. Lancashire, cotten.dpinners, at the Pa1....e Inm.Mam.a.ater.— . March it. J. G. Weddell and J. Lloyd, Fen -court, I .mciturch-atmet. corn-factors, at Guildhall—March 23. .1. S. Killick„ Ilacknty-mills, Lee-bridge, :Middlesex, milky, at GuildhalL—larch 12. C. W. Ap.- theme. liridge-strect, Blak:triard, mere::ant, at Guildhall—March lei. W. I.l.:we.Uyn, Eenchundi-trcet, merelautt, at k;uililhall.—March i;. S. (dower, 114:i Holborn, ebgincer, at Guildhall—Man.:l it1..1. Nowt. Stratford, Essex, baker, at Guildhall.—Nlarch lii. N. Nowell and W. Wukclin, l'iccauilly, men's-metreN, at • Guildhall.— March t 6. J. Johnson, Paradise -street, St. Mary.l..lione, flits, at March 12. Mtllrair, Fen-court, Panciturcli.street, broker, st Guild hall.—March 12. Sir W. A. Fletcher, Londonderry, Ireland. and of London, merchant, at Guikih.:ll.—March Itanwty and IL Ford. tar, old Bmal-strett, merthaints, nt GuildltalL—ALuch 14. C. C. E. Wlnlby, Leictiatix, bank...r, at the White Hart Inn, Leicester.—March 14. U. Bellairs, Le.cester, banker, at the White Hart 11 , 11, l.eicestet.— Marl, 19. T. Seracev, A. C. (;reville, and J. Fabia.• Princes -strict, bilkmcn, at Guildluall.—March It. H. Wild, Craven -street. Strand. at GuildbalL—larch 16. It. Edgar. Hammond's-mutt. ine-mscha at Guildhall.—March 9. J. Winter:on, Bar -1.1, llt ttford6hin , tr.:data, at C udilhall.--Arril G. M. 11. I I army, East x, a td J. W. Haney, Hadhigh-Hall. Essex, bankers. u Guilithall.—:llareh 15..1. Bannister, Siti:iingfonl, Oxfordshire, but ehdr. at tl t Lame Inn; allingtord, Berk hire.—March 9. P. Aytond Covent. wir.e-merebo.nt, at thi. Craven Anhs 11:n. Co v' 1 W. 1:; Bristcl, victual..., at the li.muner Tavern, Bri —Mar: Youn 2, Bristol, roln-Ett ow, at the Bun•int r Tavern. Briso7'.— 'are:. 11. I'. Johnston, North Sun& limn!, Nortitionberland. au the Whik .`'wan, Alnwitk. BiNhOps . %.to-44:•Pct-VI:191.o. itt : 1 '1! Ic. 10. Varf-tord. told Nordialatt tons:are., rarair-nianutuutures, at Guildhall.