The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-17 00:00:00

..= 11 .%1117.7 7 '. -411 , - . ... . - ~ „~z. THE NATIONAL. REGISTER whether by loans or funding Exchequer bills, &c.—Seve rally ordered. Mr. HUME also gave notice, that on Toesulay the 26th inst. lie should move for a eon 111 l dice to inquire into the church and tithe system of Ireland. Mr. RICARDO moved fur an account of gold imported into the Mint since 1815, distinguishing the amount coined yearly, &e.—Ordered. Sir C. ItURRELL presented a petition complaining of agriculture! distresses, Mr. Peel's bill, and praying for protecting duties equal to wind are enjoyed by the mann.' freturers, &c. He concur, ell with the petition. It was from the once prosperous Rape of Bramber.—Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. COKE presented a petition from Rainham and Harlestone, comp'. • • g of agricultural distress, attri buting it to the overwhelming taxation, praying fur its redaction, &c. On the motion that the House go into a Committee of supply, Mr.°. BENNETT said lie should not bring forward his promised motion about the circumstances connected with the outrages committed at the late Queen's funeral, further than to move a resolution that the House do In stitute inquiry into the same. He should not go into de tail, because an bon. member (Sir Robt. Wilson's) motion stood fur to-morrow.—Negatived. On the motion that a Supply be granted, Mr. HUME gave notice, that lie should not vote one farthing of Supply till the Government were prepared to give the amplest information, for till it was done he should vote against granting one farthing of the money. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he expected to be prepared with requisite intormation of Friday next.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. I'. MOORE observed, that they ought to have the Reettillitti for the last year helot e the House early, that they might know that the money had been properly laid out. Mr. G. BENNETT said, if there were to be any alter*. tMns in the Tax Acts, lie hoped the bills would be brought in early. Mr. WHITMORE asked whether any thing had been done in consequence of the report touching Receivers Ge neral of Taxes, &c. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that bills were prepared to carry the recommendation to effect.—(Hear.) House resumed.— Report to-morrow. Sir R. WI L-41N, at the request of Lord Londonderry, postponed his motion for the correspondence about his dismissal, to Wednesday. Mr. COKE asked why permission was to be given to the distillers to use wheat as well as barley? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the law gave them the power ; he hail only desired the Excise to make it known. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Mr. BROUGHAM said, but for the indisposition of the Member for Essex (Mr. Western), he should not have brought forward the question. It was a most Milieu tom subject. He hoped the House would resist the ministers and island sip for the country; if this were nut done, lie believed there was no hope of relief. They had received a sail foretaste of what they were to expect, when, so far from a reduction of taxes being promised, they were led to expect new taxes might be impused ; fur, it a reduc tion of sonic taxes would be au aggravation, what were they to expect but some new taxes to alleviate aggrava lion ? This was the favourite doctrine of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and argument, or riducide haul not set beaten him out of it. It then became the House to resist the ministers promptly. It they really desired to pro mote reduction, the vote of the House would truly strengthen the hands of government ; and that was what lie should call for, therefore it was advisable to appeal thus to the House, before tla: Chancellor of the Exche quer details on Friday next. The accounts must be nearly ready, front the arrangement made by his hon. fi lend (Mr. II t) last session ; and therefore there could not be any reason fur delaying the amplest details mid the fullest review of the liiiancial situation of the country. The hon. member then proceeded to notice the agriculs , total difficulties experienced in different parts of Eng land. It was said by sonic that the distress was peculiar to lite agricultural interests. This he could nut compre hend. Agriculture might experience some temporary pressure, Without affecting other interests; but that such difficulties should cuntinue fur six years without affectiug the getteral interests of the country, was what he could nut understand. He deeilled it to be impossible such a state of things should continue without affecting the whole home market—lt was impossible.—(Bear, hear; ) —The profits of the manufacturer, especially lie who prepared for the foreign market, were small indeed. — They were much reduced. This had been proved in many ways, particularly from meetings of inamitacturers of ii oil, &c. who had contemplated a reduction of their works, owing to the great dimiuntion of their pm °fits ; and if ,Parliament do not adopt Stalin decisive and en larged coin se, it was impossible that other Mimesis should not e qurdhy sulfur. That must be the consequence, tiii• less the present Parliament resisted the course of siiiifis lei s. What then haul the gover 1111 l etst been doing ?—Wity the overage expenditure of Isl 3, 14, and 15, had brew 14£04141,041111. a year. Then whist must lie the financial aspect of the conntry ? Add to these the rates, which were taxes, amounting to 8,000,0001., then there %vete 110,00..,0001. spent by the gust!' 'intent. How equally that motley was raisrd lie should liei eerier mention. And how it had been spent, thutigh it might he using harsh laiegnage, was founded mu time report of the flume. lit 1814, the emir- MOUS AIM 01 115000,0001. scab espeoded by the Government. The average revenue (exclusive of debt) Mr those years, was 81,0M1,00111. thus theme was only left 1,1001k,0001. to meet the additional demands, uniountiug to 811,(00,0001. Now What would soon be said 01 a private Maly ideal *lie should so conduct his affairs—who went on built's% Mg merely to pay 04 interests of farmer bort ow logs ? 11e. e had bean upwards of 400.000,00 h. squandered by the tenve 11111 l ent ill the emir... of twice )..tu, to contemplate such figures, to vi ew su ch u slate ofur n _, , , were lad:a:lent 11,0 t.llll tile head round F.v. II 11. acc reports, fi (MI COiliallittleb Chiefly MI well of the ministers, &ciao ed how wantualy contracts had u, en formed, and CS iimiCe.COMllielit ell wlthuutuut care ea economy ur savings. The expellees *ere commenced and pioceeded with apparently with na other vie* W tit to le ward and satisfy the persues, lit lug out the meney. This ea, the language of I lie 'mance report, of Illeaemilvidire , „ then Wiwi leis still inn WA, nut 1111 , Alma, ea.mgle to the !louse; ought not this t make them heerze ha .1 they any muse tru:ted, or endured _ _..... _ ~ such profligate expenditure? The esteems! had been mil lions rEelessly squandered away on lines and fortresses, that were worse I ban useless; and then came the w artatig— beware henceforth how they voted 11111 l ley without estimates. --flow they r °tett away their 11111 l try —their money—the money of the people—(tero, hear,)—winch never would have been squandered had that House paid the uhention of men of honesty to the affairs and money concert:l of the people. • (Hear, hear.) So enormous had been the expenditure. and so profligate, according to the Minute re ports, that its amount for the three years he had named would have done more than pay oaf the whole national debt before the Peach war. Yet that commons expenditure woos continued in succeeding years of pence with very trilling reductions. la the fifth yea' the le was only the dilference of one million, as compared with an extravagant war expenditure. Last year the revenue was the sauu ; this year ws.s one million more than the third, fourth, ;end fifth years of the war; Raid sill this without making allow • lances for the changes of the currency Tite grand ink 'eel was ever having gone (1111111 i the btandar .1 by she fatal too. ceedlng of 1797. Ile differed Irmo many in that House mi the subject ; hut the evil was, in ever having departed from We standard. (Ilear, hear.) The hon. member then referred to the bullion repost, maticularly dwelling Olt the IloclllllliMi-, er bide were st ruitatu-, and w Melt in one y ear amounted to tairty percent. That %ea. the fact, and that was •t ruinous, in the face of the Chancellor of the Exchequet's geaVe authuuity, es ho got the 'louse lit agree with Irian that a one pound note nod a shilling were equal to a guinea— thai there wits no depreciation—(Loud cheers and laughter.) Those fluent ;thins %sere, In spite of such grave authority, WI ruinous toot no good (loveriitnent would have state i ed them to last one mouth, certainly not for ) eat S. Ya t Ihnt was the system ofud • •' 'Minn, and Mina h a d it brought the country ? it 110 i monstrous that their expendi ture should bear a conquoison with y e.tis es hen es as raging througl t I:tetope, whelk al I every cumt was filled with our subsidies ? lint that moisten it did not bear—and still they find the Chancellor hoarting of the pionrisiug and flourishiug condition of um Bonnets hear.)—And skull was the wisdom of ministers, they imposed three millions of fresh taxes es lieu they e•inteniplated Mr. reei's bill, as if they u ere anxious to oppress and grind Joao the people beyond till former example. W but they did they did, ill the dank; they stopped not tit See the DOA:1110H of their OVID wtasurr.; and after all the caper ieitce, the calamitous es. petieuee of the last few yea's, they still pursued their same cause. They changed um. The hon. member then pro ceeded to ',Witt out the injurious consequences resulting from Mere/wing particular taxes, as they tended to lessen the con sumption of the articles. They had a still snore injurious effect in driving out of trade small capitals. Thal bad ape rated most extensively, most injuriously un the trade anti its terests of the country.—(l leer, hear accounted for large traders having pt•Unuued Ng must the hasty it duct luau of duties immediately alleeting their own ti tide ; nail besides addit• al ulxes attivato eel prices inn g •trical ratio.— The co 11111 l unity was thu. affected most grievously, and it showed time fatal character of the system. They saw the enormous ruins levied, and they kite w how they bail beet) expended; stud hell: was the cause of their difficulties—the great pressure of !audit'''. It was vain to say that taxes formed no part of the cause of the pro sure. Thu, the prices of .lie (:seater haul ( su llen nearly to those of 1192, a lulu the expellee of raising, from taxes, &c. was three and four t imes greater. As to relief to them, or any class, it must be of a 14101 e enlarged leageler than any yet mentioned; the live millions pi oject ',metal lie a most inadequate remedy. The learned member then took an extrusive review of the increased diftirultits of the country, dwelling partieulai ly toe the evils of over taxation; stud he maimaiued that except the 11011,e tebi.te.l the system of M inistet s, he saw no other result than that the distiesacs of the nation must go on tu. ereasiog. After a discussion of home length, •Lord Londonderry moved the Im:twos goes ' . Mr. Brougham replied, aid the House di►ided For the motion of Mr. Brougham, 104—For the previous question, Xl2—Majority for toe q 1106114111, 104. The House adjourned at eleven o'cluek. TUESDAY, FED. 7. General GASCOYN E edit; L i ..... leave to bring in a bill fur the erection of a hew fish Mai ket at List:rim:l. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petitiuu fruit' Wished', Cambridgeshire, most respectably signed, and lama [unmet fully worded, complaining of the distrev-ell slate id agricul ture, and praying the House to take tlw same it4r their CIPII• aiderillion. UMW and ordered to be piloted. Sir S. COLL presented a similar petit lout from the county of Glamorgan. lie pledgedi ranself lu merino t eve!) that was calculated to promote the relief of awitulture. — Oidered to be printed. Mr. BERNAL 'ed fur an account of all sums it money paid as bounty fur the re-captute of slaves, ete.— Orrleic:l. An address was ordered fo r the sixth re p ort of the cum. mi,ioners respecting the state of education. Mr. I)ANV SON presented an accou nt of the c partitive population of the several Cotlllth s. A new writ was ordered in the room of the Molnar of Tichfield, for Wearingly, he having atcepted the steward' ship of the (Adieus Hundreds. Mr. WOI)E110 USE presented a pt tition from Swat ham, Norfolk, complaining of agricultural distres, and pray nig the case might be taken into consideration by the Ilt•we. Mr. CREEV EY gave furtive, that on this day week lie should submit a motion to the House, respectung the Act at lbl7, fur rennitwratitig persons holding Cettaill high official situations otherwise " the minister Mi pcnsiou bill. Mr. P. (MEN FELL moved for the returns of the pu b lic. balances in the hands of the hack.—Ordered. Mr. II UNI L moved for returns of all military ahem , . rc caving pensions on account of wound', and specifying par ticulars.—Or•lercd. Mr. II U E moved for an account of all SUM expendea d in building the 'loyal military college, Ragslioi, add to the ;1'.9,111 , 01. voted in Itllet. Ordered. Mr. HUM L noistal for accounts of the expenses of build ing the Eiot 111,11il College; the number of cadets ,ctit out, dte.—Ortlered. Mr. lIU %IL moved for tetanus of allowances to foreignos as am:omo,, otherwise, tiered. C IILUEIVING HUNIL who woe mos , d tor mortis of persons now in 1140 order', the suite tune iti tile receipt of curd Of tuilitat) halt pa . ..—(lleiti, bear ) making Mr. LUSH N LH . ° N suggested the difficulty of out the it-t. Mi. II U said, ;vel e secretory to t h e treasary, he Itooltl be able 1.• say how the difficulty toll' tlll (1112.0, hear.) He knew there Welt many f li t e la such sItUAIUII9. MI. cmxttAir vi.oaca what would be bitualiou . , : . . , k . e4 3,lnvrtal J3aritantent. i . HOUSE or• COMMONS• MONDAY, FEB. I I. •.• - ' DOUSE 01+ LORDS. MONDAY, FEB. 11. The !louse met at three o'clock, and at half past three the royal assent was given by commission to the Insurrection and Habeas Corpus Suspension bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lori Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Viscount Melville. On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the usual order was nettle, viz. that no petitions for private bills be received after the 15th March, and no reports from the Judges on private bills after did lies April.—Adjoumed: TUESDAY, FEB. 12. The House met at three o'clock. Mr. Nippon, from the Bank of England, presented sundry aconintavpuesuant to Act of Parliament. Laid on the table. Mt. Mason, from the Directors of the East India Company, presented the usual account of pensions ,and remuneration for services. At live o'clock the !louse adjourned. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13. AGRICULTURE.—The Marquis of BATH preseuted a pe tition from certain proprietors at land in the vale of Taunum and its vicinity, praying fur r elief under the present distressed state of agriculture. The petition was read by the clerk, and laid ea the table,—The (louse adjourned. THEItSDAY, FEB. 14. AGRICULTURAL DisTitEssEs , The Duke of BUCK INGHAM presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the county of Buckingham, praying the interference of Parliament, with a view to the pre sent state of die Agricultural interest. The noble Duke said the petition was numerously and respectably signed. The petitioners had not conic to any general resolutions on the best means of obtaining relief; but they ventured to suggest, that it would be of material service if a new system of duties upon the impor tation of foreign wheat was a d op ted by the government. The petitioners, however, relied on the wisdom of Parliament fur those measures which may attired relief. The petition was read, and laid on the table. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the Agricultural Society at Bath, and other parts of the west of England, praying for some measure which may afford relief to the distressed agriculturists. The petitioners did not express any opinion with regard to any beneht which might arise from new duties as the importation of foreign earn ; but they expressed a decided opinion upon one point, namely, retrenchment in the public expenditure and reduction in taxation. The noble Mar quis concurred with the petitioners in that opinion. At the same time it was necessary to observe, that they did not look to reduction of taxes generally, so much as the reduction of certain taxes which pressal peculiatly heavy on agriculture. It was not his intention upon that occasion to enter upon the subject, but mauve himselt fin this important question, which he understood the noble Earl (Liverpool) heal described as likely to be brought forward in tthe other House of Parliament, and come regulatly before the Lords. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, it was not his intention to make any 13:1111/TIC (011 that which had fidlen from the noble Duke and the noble Marquis respecting the views of the petitioiwrs. lie should only advert to the observations he made on a fotmer day, with regard to the agricultural question being brought for wanl by a noble friend in the other Mouse of Parliament. In the answer he made to a noble l.ord (Dacro, he did not give a pledge that the !abject would acme up from the other House in the form of a measure. All he meant to say in answer to the noble Baron was, that it would be better to wait for the result of any proposition on this pie:don which might take place in the other br tick of the Legislature. 11 the proposition, whatever it might be, received the, etnetiou of Parliament, it would conic before their Lord , hips in the usual way. The fluke of BUCKINGHAM, in expl &nation, said, he did not mean to state to the House that the petitioners, in the petition he bawl just presented, confined themselves to recommending a new system of Canies with reference to tineign wheat. They were also of opinion that retrenchment in die eublic expenditure, and relief under the buithen of taxes which press heavily on agticulture, would be most beneficial. The petition was laid on the table, and the House adjounrcel.. FRIDAY, EE3 14. The Earl of SHAFESBUBY laid on the table a compara tive Statement of the population, from Itiut to 1821.—'Phis re turn was pursteun to act of Parliament. The Earl of ASHIW RN HAM presented a petition from the Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the Rape of Hastings, in the county of Sussex, tin relief tinder Agricultural distress. The petitioners stated, that agrictiltural distress hall reached to an alarming extent, so much so, that landlords were without rent, and the clergy without tithes; they therefore prayed Parliament to adopt such measures fin their icliel as wisdom might suggest. The petition was read and laid on the table. The I louse then, on the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, adjourned to Monday. Mr. Qv AI:M E, the yeoman usher of the black roil, sum moiled the flowe to attend in the House of Peers, to hear the royal assent given by commission to sundry public bills; and the Speaker ou his Julian informed the Iloilse that the royal assent had been given to the Irish Insurrec. lion bill, and 10 the Ha heall Jospeasion bill. Mr. HUI•CHINSON pi esenicd, from the Bank, ac counts of Exchequer MIL., Of sails Iliad fur the reduction of m 41101141 ileta, &C.-011114rd to be printed. Mr. W. DUN DAS taillight in a hill for better paving, liglitilig, &c. the city of Eiliiihingli. -- Read a first iime. Mi. GOMA i, in piesein Mg a petition from Loose and Oxley, in Suffolk, ti the tanning interests, praying for the ptineclilig duties, said be now felt inure strongly than ever the a(riculteral distresses, and the necessity of doing something to relieve t111:111.-1hilert.d to lie pinned. Lord LOWTH ll prl IIIIe , I potitiosii Iroin n and y patashesiu Westmorland and LirliCAblate, with a similar player. A similar petit • was pi esiaili 41 front Holheitele. Mr. LEN N 11:1) AWN er to a yuesliou, said, lllst cat Iy in the nest month he NI Id move for the repeal of the Seditious Mcctinp and other • Acts, commonly called the Six ...is. Set E. KIS ATCHBITILL Nem:Wed a ',digital (10111 1)0- ver,l:oolklmitillig agtscoll oral disitess, lamenting that the House 4441 nothing fun their relief last session, and pi a, tug tar puoteiUoß tailleb.--He also pi cseuteil a like p. Wiwi nom the A,LLtul Assuciatitm.—Severally Icad, rod oidicat .1 to he pinned. lIUME muted lot an acet 1111 l I of (lie debt due by barei •sit to the I:a , t tout mirk:CO, a • '.; - I ' m the iteCi 1111 l to I egiallitig us, r 4 . ,,,,u5fy tit Ilf•Sr11,10t I`2 t-2 ,dish algal:Jam; Cro% au &c. ; — tor accounts leeeived al the sr see al laiWu atteres (toe Lai - hymn I exersited), noticing the 's,;hutily MI IA lack 110 y v.: itireni d, and to Nhat viii. 110 A t j • ire; 3i : ethane if ChM Ao ., of maitagi - sand of use. is Scotland, animation, ice. ;—tor •e -ccuraa ul tvuttaLitA Salle 1791, distiu‘utaiiiiie,