The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-16 00:00:00

146 k , ' - that way ti l a! (*real,lemaii was sent there was, because Ministers .wished tb renew l` a 1114.114 m% quizzer, or to endeavour to silence b m who turned them and their nlClAsores into ridicule. 't he Ear:s of iIAftROWHY and Livcaoteot defended 'Minis ters from the imptitatiou• of Earl Grosvenor, and repeated their former arguments to spew that the Civil List Expenditure was as much confined within the limits of economy, as possible. The question, being but, was negatived withont a division, and the Bill was then read a third time and pawed.— Adjourned. JusE 14. Earl STA nor , : rose, pursuant to 'waive, and stated, that as the Lords Anti 1.71/1111110:1: 4 hail agreed to the Rivolotions made in n:ereeice relative , to the arrangement of the Statutes of the Beattie,. he now moved, hat an humble Address be presented to his Royal Higheits , the Prinee Regent, and that a Committee Le appoiuttel for preparing the same: Agreed to. • Hs Lordship then moved, that these Resolutions be column- Meated to the Commons, and a conference held iu the Painted t blamer on Tuesday next. Agreed to. The Exchequer Bills Bill and the'Treasury Bills Bill were Scads third time, an I passed. The Penitentiary Bill went through the Conimittee, and was reported, ou the inotiOn of Lord Sidniouth. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Most - rev, JI:NE 10. The ArtORNIN-(,ENERAL moved for leave to bring in a till to pro's c', in some measure, the lives and properties o f his Majesty's subj,•ets. Among several eases of daugerous driving has the :—Oii Tuesday last two Coaches the Tlafalgar tend Regularity, set out from ;Manchester to Liverpool at a smarter past five o'clock in the 'nothing, and arrived at the latter place, a distance of 37 miles, at five minutes least eight! thus performing the distance iu the space of two hours and 60 Inlnute., or (Irking at the rate of 12 miles an hour, the coach men were racing and flogging their horses for a mile in the town oflaiverool e on turning the corner ofone of the streets,one of the. co tidies moved on two wheels only, the other two being I:u t;i ar ! at this time there were 12 outside passengers— fortunately no accident happened; but that was not the fault of ?h , • cea:hm.in, but the kindness of Providence. Many ati:gest on. had been made for altering the law ; but he shookd at ire ent only propose to provide a remedy tier the evil of ex (sepsis e ; next Session, however, he would assist any Gentleman dispused to make further regulations ; and one ma• terially important to the public was, the weight of the luggage put on the tops of the coaches. Something ought to he done to remedy that evil ; for the immense weights which were loaded on ilea tops often led to the overthrowing of the carriage, and to the endangering of :1 ohs, and often to the loss of life. He should be disposed to forbid any weight heiiig placed on the tops --r" Hear, hear ! ) Bill wiell'i! provide that the Magis , state-, in wive-Mu* cases, iniJet imps isun fur three months, but leo: less than one. Against the conviction lie proposed to allow an apreal.—Leave was given to hying ill the Bill. The Report of the Committee of Supply was then brought up ; and, on the Resolution for granting ke,9001. fur the Elgin Marbles being read, Mr. Cornea could not let this Vote he agreed to without again entering his protest against it. Sir M. W. Rainey was one of the last who worild support a wait dui expenditure of the public money. On It present oc casion, he consith red Lie grant was fin an object calculated to benefit the Arts, and enrich the country. Mr. D.Gannv was oithc same opinion. 'I he Etruscan Vases, ss hill were purchase.' of the late Sir W.llamilloii, at the price t f had, as lit' had been informed by Artists, diem: Meal tillable service to the arts of this country. The Resolution was then agreed tie. 1 he Bill fur guisolielating the Lxchequers of Great Britain and Ireland. went th,ough the Committee, was reported, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on "cliursdae Mr. BROUGHAM asked, whether there was any truth in the s'ateutcnt, that Loud Exmouth had ceniclinted a Treaty with the Dec of Algiers, particularly respecting the ransom of Christian loisoaers ? Lord CASTLEREARH replied, that, in conjunction with other Powers, sti.:h a treaty had been concluded—that all had .been done with their knowledge and concurrence--that what ransom was to be paid, was to be rid by those Powers agreeing to it --met that lie should lay the proper hiforanatiou before the House when the fit time arrived. TUESDAY, JVNE 11. Mr. Alderman Mims presented a petition from about 400 persons on2nged in the Green:and WI ;.le and Southern Fishe ries, praying that the Gas Light Bi;I in.ght not pass into a Law. Mr. Hots , 1:5 presented a Report of the Committee on the Gai Light Bill; and on the question that the amendment be agrees{ to. Mr: . Alderman ATKINS opposed the Bill; maintaining, that if this Chartered Company obtained their Bill, it would be the :inn of the other Companiis, as well as the destruction of the Greenland Whale and Southern Fi-heries. Many of the clauses were most obnoxious, and he trusted the Learned Gentlemen in the House would oppose the whole. The House had to de termine, whether by approving this Bill they would destroy stmt trade in which a million of money was engaged, and whether they would throw out of employment 60,000 subjects. Mr. N. CALVERT said, he had neither interest in the Gas companies nor the Fisheries—could the worthy Alderman say as much ?-11e thought the opposition of those engaged in the Fisher:es was v cry odious. Mr. Jones opposed the Bill, contending that such a Company would tend to annihilate a most important branch of our trade. Mr. D. GIDDY was nut against increasing the capital from 1100,0001. to 400,0001. but he strongly objected to the Company basing a perpetual charter. They had now a charter for 21 leant; he should not object to its being extended to 00 years. Mr. H. SUNNI:II thought the schr•ine of lighting the streets by such means deserved being patronized ; but the general prowl *Mos of II e Bill required the minute scrutiny of the House. 'I he BM had been printed by the parties, it extended to 21 folios ; subsequently 20 folios had been expunged. I.2leler these cir cumstances. he thought the Bill ought to be re-printed ; sunk be tnoved, as all aim-orlon tit, that the t cpurt be taken into farther consideration on Monday next. Mr. Mahn VAT spoke alainst the monopoly which this Bill Went to create; but admitte•l.that the fisheries did nut produce sttficicnt oil. as the race of whales was nearly eater • ted. 'flee cailery was thou cleared fi'r a division. 'the numbers wire . —Fur the auseudinent 20 —Against it 70 ity for the Bill 17. Mr.Cnoaen brought in a Bill to enable (Mires s on half-pay an the Army, Navy, and Muslims, to pursue trades. Sir S. Rummel, brought forward Ins motion 19 obtain copies of the dispatches in the tiovet nor of the Isle of Fa ant e, on the subject of the itnLisct• of M. Perot, during the ilisturbaoces there, sending, him to this country, Alt:. Motion negatived by a V '.ion. The num be rs were , Fur mo tio n 19—Against it at--Majorit; I. it 32. The small Arms Moasuit mad Use usher Odell being dis posed of, tlieHouse atkpasu be 1. 1 r. NATIONAL ItEGISTEIt. WEurtEsutt, JUNE 12. ME. LA M IiTON Obtained leave to in a Bin rd.' the. 1111/11. 'free au end to the destruction of collieries awl nonchincry of every description by riotuns persons. The Bill was arlerNaldN brought in and read a first time. Mr. CALCKAI r, referring to the Petition f • Roiliestrr,pra)- ing that the quest' should be decided whether Sir Thomas Thompson, by accepting the place of Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, did not I,lCailt his seat, pressed on the House the very great importance of the qip•stiun ; and moved a resolution, stating that the office was nut a military or natal one,intending to follow it imp, if carried, by .... sing a new writ. Mr. BAuicmesT contended, that (ho appointment was strictly military. (in the question being put, it was derided in favour of Mr. (Merati's mot' ,by a majority of ovtil the numbers being (it) --against lib. l'he victory was 'Teti% t-ti by the opposition side of the House with shouts of applause, which continued fur softie niinutes.—A new writ was then (ordered fur Rochester. Mr. LVITIATON brought the subject of Lotteries under the discussion of the House. He stated the ill effects which the public morals experienced from this mode of drawing a revenue ; and proposed a resolution which had for its object, to pledge the House to abolish Lotteries altogether. Mr. VANSITI Ater said, he was not at present aware of any method by which 600,0901. a year could be raised with so We burthen a nnually as the (100,0001. raised by Lotteries was. It was a voluntary tax laid by the public ua themselves; and lie was of opinion, that so far from being productive of harm, the State Lottery did much goodiu keeping down private Lotteries and Little Goes. Sir S. 'tonally, Mr. Wilberforce, and others supported, and Mr. Lockhart and Lord Compton opposed the inutiuu,u hieli was lost by 47 against I. THURSDAY, JUNE 13. The Hon. Mr. BEN NETT mentioned various cases of persons being confined for contempt of the Courts or Chancery and Exchequer; one man had been imprisoned sixteen, and another twenty-eight years. After adverting to the hardships of these eases, he moved fur returns of persons so confined; which were agreed • . Mr. DALY presented a petition from the Rev. John Dal breith, a Magistrate of the county of Galway, complaining of the conduct of Judge Fletcher towards him at the fast assizes. —Mr. Willie complained of the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Ha milton, a Magistrate of the County of Tipperary, who was charged with being a party in a pint for entrapping persons to comm,t crimes.—And Mr. Buiortaitm presented a petition front a Mr. °Hanlon, charging the Lord Chancellor Manners with removing him front his magisterial capacity, on account of political principles. In the case of Mr. Hamilton, the mo tion (which was for the correspondence with Government on the subject) was withdrawn; and iu the others Use petitions were Lid on the table. Mr. W. Sxstrit moved for copies of the affidavits made to ob tain Extents in Aid; which, after a few words from Mr. C. %V s,. NE, who hoped there would he no objection to a Com mittee of Enquiry next Sessious, were grauted.—Adjourued. FRIDAY, Jt NE It. CORONERS' ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE. On the motion that the Coroners' Hill be committed, General l'itoitNroN opposed the Bill, as most improper at the present moment; particularly as travelling, and every thing else, was now cheaper. Curouers had already good places. Some might not be sufficiently well paid—let there be a Select Com mittee, and see what routine , dii not give good pay , hut let nut the whole country be saddled with great expeuces for the wants oft few. l'he ATTORNEY GENERAL was surprised at this opposition; because, from the inefficient mama r in which the Duties of Coroner had been fulfilled, he knew of his own knowledge that indiv ideals guilty ut• murder had escaped on account of the de fective manner in which the warrant had been filled up. Mr. CaLcitarr opposed the Bill; contending, that the com petition, which took place whenever a •acancy occurred, proved that there was nut such inadequacy in the pay as to justify this measure; at a time too, when the cry on all sides was for economy. The House divided—For the Motion, 8.4., Against it, 30; Majority 52. The House afterwards resolved itself into the Committee ac cordingly, in which the several blanks were tilled up. Report on Monday. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. Mr. BROUGHAM, in moving that the Order (tithe Day be dis charged, respecting his Bill for the better protection of the Liberty of the Press, said, lie should postpone the measure till next Se..sion : when, as it would be better onderstuud, he should have fewer prejudices to contend with.—Order discharged. ROYAL NAVAL ASYLUM. Sir C. Port: presented a Report respecting the Royal Naval Asylum. He observed, that the Report recommended new measures; that the present system WAS defective ; that ac cording to such system every boy had cost the country He complained of no corruption; he only urged that the plan required alteration and improvement. Mr. Rose said, the expcnce of this establishment was lower than that for the Military Asylum at Chelsea. He did nut be lieve any man could say, he was sure no one could prove, that there had been improvident expenditure iu the institution. Sir C. PoLe. explained. Mr. CALL:RAFT did not know what could he the notions of public extravagance which existed in the minds of some Mem bers, when it appeared that 400,0001. o: the public money had been expended on this Institution, which hitherto had only sent to sea seventy-one boys—(New•.) Before he should agree to the grant of one shilling more, he should thr enquiry. Report ordered to be referred to the Committee of Supply. MILITARY AND NAVAL MONUMENTS. Mr. 'Ficus. Ky observed, that from au advertisement in the pu , dic papers, the Government had iesolved to expend 300,0001 on the Waterloo and Trafalgar Monuments or Co lumns ;--in the present state of the country he would suggest to the House and the Ministers whetle2r any step ought to be taken before nest Session, which would tend to tix the nation with so enormous an expcnce.--(Hear!) He was nut against paying tine honours to our glorious achievements—glories, however, that would live in the recollection of every English man without these expensive eulidiens—(hear!); but he most protest against works bring commenced to involve the coun try in an expeuce of 30u,oaul. or more likely hal. a tuition, during the prorogation of Parliament.--(Hear. 9. The CHAPOCELLOH of the Exert etttEß replied, that nothing had been deteri JJ ii upon ; Lust certainly nothing woad be done before next Session; and that the suns of 300,0001 had been fixed upon as a guide to artists, a ho were invited to pre pare plans and models. (In the 1 , 1411$ being coLected, it As be refer' ed to the Treasury to de .ide upon the. sous; and :nen reference, he apprehended, could not Le male before the neat suce:ing of Parliament. JT 7 NE 16. Mr-11111Ni V N. 1% 1:1.0 to ti...tr of tile tleiay that %%as to 'Ake place !wrote next Session; but lie could ,it, avoid observig, that the Treasitry appeared to be determined to emit sirl ut least 1.1,0,0001. ill each of the nicomnieiits. I. LONG if ths•se tivintinolits were now object e d to , the Otlit'elli.O %IoIA 11X VOitli of the liouse, not against the Miniiitera. AGRICULTUR %I. IIORSF! TAX. On the motion that the HusLaudry Rinse Bill be ►ead a third time, . Sir C. 11141pri.t. opposed the measure, it twine a tax upon !lance who could not ottani to pale it. :anima urn luxury. Sir W. W. W% NNY. opposed ti.e Ball from dioapprolaution of its principle it being a tax upou the pour, anti not upon the a irk. Itill was then read a third time. The irchniiuiug tatters being disposed of, the Houseadjourned. ENCLISH CATHOLIC PETITION, PRESENTED ON TUESDAY wimp' . WY EARL GREY. To the Hight Honourable the Lords Spiritual mid 'l'empo ral of the United Kingdom of Great Britaiu aad Ireland in Parliament a-sembled We, whose man's are undersigned, Raman Catholies of Great Britain, humbly bee lease to tepresent to your Lord, hips, that et the time al his Majesty's accession to the throne ' the Roman Catholics were subject to malty penal and sanguinary laws. That, by the Acts of the. Intl' and 31st years of his pre sent Majesty's reign, many these laws have been repealed ; but that many are still in force, and have the most distressing operation on your Petitioners. That sour Petitioners remain subject to them, timely on account of` their retinal of certain religious tests, oaths, and declarations : that their refusal of these it solely owing to their conscientious adherence to prin ciples merely of a religious nature, and not conflicting in the slightest degree with any moral, visit, or political duly. That your Petitioners have at different times presented Pe titions to your Right Honourable Mose, for relief from the laws remaining in force ag:iinst them, and they are truly grate. ful for the full and benign discnssions which their Petition* have received. They now again approach your Right Honourable Mame, anti, with the most perfect reliance on its wisdom am/ huma nity, most humbly pray, that your Lordships will again take their ease into consideration, and giant them such relief' as your Lordships shall deem proper, for estending tee them the enjoyment, in common with their fellow-subjects, of the bles sings of their constitution. - (Signed) NORFOLK, Earl Marshal of England, SURRF.Y, PF.THE, SHREWSBURY, AR UN I/ELL, NEWIII. I IZ6H, DORMER, RINNAIRD, CLIFFORD, STOU wr() s, &c. &c. &c. &e. &c. STJTE OF THE COINS. -eo REPORT OF TIRE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE Or COUNCIL, AP. POINTED To TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE STATE or THE COINS Ok"THIS KINGDOM, AND Tor: PRESENT ESTABLISH. RENT AND CONSTITUTION OE HIS MAJESTV . .s HINT, To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, DATED TILE 21ST or' HAY, 18111. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, 214 t May, 1916 ; by the Right Lion. the Loris of the Committee of Council, uppouluA to take into consideration the state of the Coins of this Kingdoin, and the present Establiabmcnt laid Constitution of his Majesty's Mint : - - His Majesty lacing been pleiseti, by his Order in Council of 7th February, reeve to three( this Committee to take into consideration the state of the Coine of this realm, and the present establishment and cone stitution of hi+ Majesty's Mint; the Committee, in discharge of their duty, have already eethinitted to his Majesty, their opinions on some of tier points so referred to them. A new Mint has, at their recommendation, been erected, and fur nished with a most Collllplete and extensive coining apparatus, includ ing all the modern improvements, which will, it is presumed, neuter that estabk hmcnt more efficient. The report then proceeds to recommend gold coin alone to be the standard ; and observes, that it has hitherto hewn the practice in his Majesty's Mint to return to those who import silver for the purpose of Lavin{; it converted into coin, a quantity of coin equal in weight to the quantity of standard silver so imported, the expense of coining being borne by the public. So long as the silver coins were considered to be the standard coin of the realm, this principle appears to this Conanit tee to have been a wise one, and they conceive that it should still be adhered to in respect of the gold coin, which is now to be declared the standard coin of the reulni; but the Committee are of opinion, that the charge of coining the silver coins, as well as a sniall allowance for seignorage, ought to be deducted; and that his Majesty should be au ' thorized to direct the Master of his Mint to retain four shillings out of each pound weight troy of silver coin, hereofter to be coined, for the charge of braesege and seii,momge, and that the money received for the same, should be applied to the public service in discharge of the in terest of the sums expended in the erection of the new Mint, end in defraying the general exiwnees of the Mint establishment. In thus stating the number of pieces to be struck orffroin each pound of silver, and the amount of the sum to be &dueled for braesage and milometer. the Committee have, to the beet of their judgment, endeavoured to tlx on such a raw es will on the one hand be stiffidently high to protect the new coins, by a small increase of their nominal value, front the danger of being melted down and converted into bullion when the market price of silver rise; ; while on the other, it will, they trust, not be found to be eo low as to afford any encouragement to the issue of counterfeit coin, if the market price of silver should tad. Should your !loyal Highness think tit to adopt the plan which the Committee have tints recommended, they think it would be advisable that a EMU not lent than ;teem:meal in silver coin should iwtually be coined, before any issue of new coin take place, vie. 2,000,0u01. for the use of lireat Britain, and eno,onol. for thw use of Ireland. It will, however, be necessary. before any further progress cal be made in the execution of a new silver coinage nn the above principles. that the legal prohibitions against coining any silver coins of the realm, or altering the weight of such coins, should be repealed ; and with this view, the Committer take leave to recommend, that in the Bill to be proposed to Parliament, provision should be made for the removal of thuee prohibitions. The Committee think it right however now to state, as their opinion. with respect to the silver coins at present in circulation, that it elieuld be proposed to Parliament to authorize his Nieji sty, *believer lie shell Fee fit to call in such giver coins, to direct that all such piece s as be judged by the uthcere of the Mint to Lave been menially mined in het Majesty's Mint. should he received by tale; and that the holders of the same should receive in return an equal value by tale of the new silver coins. 511.14:11 ONE SIIILLIYO CONTAI I OIVAGE. mita), OF FITIr SILVER. 28 F.Ow. I 264 gruing 18 I:4w. Il 236 27 FAO. 111, 213 H tn. V 176 1 Hen. VI 142 4 Ilin. VI 176 49 Ilea. VI 142 1 Hen. VIII 118 .74 Btu. vat ...... 36 Hen.VIII 60 grains Z 7 Hen. VIII 40 3 FAIVI. VI 40 3 Fdw. VI vo G Eavr. VI t 1:1i& $9 .11 Eli: 83 SB-63 Proposed new coinage 8U S-11