The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-19 00:00:00

FEEL toms to Lord Castlereagh—as being a party to the spoliation of Saxony—as a party to the dismemberment of Italy. The Hun. Member %vas proceeding to. touch upon sem ether t o pieq, when he was called to order; and the Speaker reminded hito that he could enter only into an explanation. The Subject here dropped, and the Orders of tho Day being gone throagh, the House Adjourned. L RRC lift 15th of nirch next, and that therefore the liestrict.on A. be farther continued, at least-until the acconnt cirri expen. (limoe could he wound up. and•nntil the state our-exobange. and of the bullion trade, should. be farther improved. Cireuumaticeq, he was happy to say, had occurred within the last year, welch licl , l out the most favourable promise, as the state of our exchange had experienced considerable improvement, and the price of bullion•had tnateriatly fallen. Still the further continuance of the Act was ob viously necessary, and therefore he moved, that the Ch.tirman should he instructed to mole the 'House for leave to brine in a Bit! for the continuance of the Bank Restriction Act fur a time to be limited. Mr. TIERNPV expreised his concurrence in opinion with the Right Hon Gentleman, that it would not be twee icable t►► resume cash payments at the Dank by the 6th March next, arid the only epiestii.ii was as to the time at wide , ► such resumption would he practicable. . Rut upo i that point he should reserve the declaration of his sentiments, until the snot* for the appointment of a Com mittee of Inq►tiry, of _which his Noble Friend (Lord A. Hamilton) had given notice, should be brought under the consideration of the House..—Tire motion was agreed to.—Adjourned. FlOntY, FEB. 17. SPANISH PATRIOTS. Mr. WHITBREAD, adverting to the correspondence which had been laid before the Home, between Lord Bathurst and Sir J. Duff, comp'ained that Sir J. Duo's answers were most unsatisfactory, and sail t h at every effort might to he made to prevent 0(.11(141 Smith, Sir J. Duff, or any other persons, party to the horrible combina tion, to deliver up those Spaniards who were endeavouring to escape from the vengeance ot . their own Goveitiment. One of those given up, Cores, had been condemned to the galleys for ten years, and was now at Ceuta, for writing to Ferdinand, praying him to support the Cartes, and that Corea had fought against the despotic efforts of France. The CH A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be-nincla ,better to submit some motion on the subject than to indulge in gene ral declamationeand invective unsupported by any malignity. Mr. WHITBREAD denied that he had spoken Nithout authority, al he had timmled his remarks on the correspondence, and on the uncontradictail representations of Poiblaireli. the Spanish Patriot, who had escaped to this country, falsifying Gem. Smith's statements. Unless further and more satisfactory information were given to the House he should submit some motion on the subject at no distant period. TVE9OAY,•FEBRUARY 14. l'utitions from a number of places were preiented against the property Tax. CV in I.IP .N NET obtained leave t 8 bring in a Bill for the 'bons . !ion of tees taken in the prisons of Great Briton, and sundry other fees. Mr. RoNt 7s cox gave notice, that he should on Friday next bring forw cert a in propositions with respect to the Corn Laws • and the Hun. Member subsequently moved that the House shou ld on Frii)av resolve into a Committee to consider the Report of the. l c o niloittee of last session, upon the subject of the Corn Trade. Lord A. H %MILTON asked whether the lion. Member meant to propose a Bill upon this subject, or to move certain Resolutions? N'r. Rootk sox said, his intention was, in the first instance, to peopost. certain Resolutions. CHANCELLOR of the Exciircwro said, that in conseqnence of the urgency of this question, he should postpone until Monday tng motion of which he had given notice for Friday npon the subject of Finance. Mr. G..ut.cunx presented Copies of the Correspondence between Lord Ildthinst and Sir J. Putt, with respert to the surrender of certain Spaniards at Gibraltar. Mr. WittrnitkAn took this opportunity of again repfohating the Illevlitv,!iojoistice, and crnelty of surrendering these persons, and hoped the case would be duly exauiined.—The papers were ordered to be p. inted. Sir S. obtained leave to bring in a Bill to ruttier freeholil estates of persons dying in debt, lialsle to simple contract debts. --Adjourned. WET)NESDAY, fEll. 15. Mr. Heast moved for leave to bring in a Bill to permit Magistrates at Quarter Sessions to grant a more liberal salary to the Chaplains of County Gunk; by the law as now stolid, and which was enacted 43 years ago. illeY Could only allow 501. per annum. The motion was agreed to, OK, Bill brought in, and read a first time. A Petition wits presented from the Corporation of London. praying leave to present a Petition with' 'respect to the erection of a New 'Post Office in the vicinity of St. Martin's•le•Grand. The Petition gave ri•e In a discussi in of some duration. Mr. Baring, Mr. N. Sumner, and others, doubting the propriety of expending 800,COOL in building a New Post Office in the present state of our finances. Mr. VANSIrTART said, a Nt . 'w Post Office was absolutely necessary, and the present was the cheapest plan that had been suggested. The House divided, for the motion, 74; against it, 2-1. The Petition was referred to a Committee. A motion of Lord A. HAstrt.To:;:i on the affairs of the Bank, was postponed from to•morrow till to•morrow se'rmight. • Mr. 'Limo mooed for a return of the price of bread from 1697 to 1814. He at the same tame. stand his regret at so early a day as Fri• day being named to cuneidfr the Corn Question, and thought the state rf the finances should have-bad precedence. The Hon. Gentleman also censured the private meetines held at Lord Liverpool's bo4se, on tiv! s.:l)ject of the Corn L teas, as a very unusual proceeding. M. Ttritri ay concurred in these remarks of Mr, I.lariag.. Mr. VA SS ITT RT shortly defended the course purrue.d, after which the retain moved for was ordered.—A , ljour,ned. -. • ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. Colonel STRUTT presenteda Petition from the Hundred of I)en rey and Borough of Malden, praying a revision of the Corn Laws. similar Petition was presented from the County of Suffolk ; also a Petition from the sane County, and another from Rittlandsliire, alptinst the Property Tax. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Noose resolved into a Committee, to consider the Bank Restriction A.ct ; and the Right Hun. Ge►►tleu►an observed, that whatever dia l ference of opinion u►iKht prevail as to the period at which it might he practicable to remo►e rash payments Millie Rank, be apprehended that all were agreed that such payments could not be resumed by the IG , 4 1 litkaal „Jr SPANISII Amrnic.i. Sir 3. NrwPora wished to know whether the Sir J. Downie, who received pay in July last as being connected with the Commissariat, was the individual who was going out to Spanish America to crush the efforts of the people in that pint of the •worl , l to secure hotepends ence, was the same individual who fonglit tinder General Miranda in support of that cause which he was now going to oppose ; and it so, whether he was still in the receipt ill British pay ? The Cir ANcrt.i.ou of the Excitv‘ir un did no*, as we understood, say that Sir J. Downie was the individual who fought with General :Miranda on the Spanish Main ; and replied, thatit waujd appeiir, from returns made to the House, whether Air J. Downie was still in the receipt of pay from the Commissariat : he was brother to the (Hiker who tell in the recent, action oa Lake Champlain. BANK RESTRICTIONS. Ur. VANSITTAAT brought up A Bill for cotititilling the Mittk Re •trictiun,' Act for a time to be limited.: Read a fiat time, atid to be read a second time. CORN L.4IFS. Mr. Itontxsos moved, that the House resolve itself into a Comte miner on the subject of the Corn taws, and that the Reports uf the last S e s.con a nd toe Session before be referred to the scone. Mr. W, !i3t 'TN, previous to the SOaker leaving the Chair, expressed his opinion that must certainly the House ought tu_learn what were the financial plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that, to pro , coed now to say what regulations of the Corn Laws ought to be intro duced, would be premature ; fur if the P roperty Tax tniti•usiser Taxes or) agrictiliure were to be take , . off , such alteratiotv worth) wake a wee) , cOntiderable difference in their opinion s o f what ought to tta the licuit. elnlVernge. It was true that they had the assurance of le.' inters that the Property Tax, which was such • stigro aou our systm ff, once—e an engine of oppression and a bodge of 11;.”rry, was uc la t toes itt the creut ulvtber plaus king agreed t_ but beior .• I.oeze ~c:~,~;: ,e •1•F