The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-31 00:00:00

sneet end concert. Stich were the facts which be cols-'led front the treaties. Lord J. BISSELL eapressed the hope, that 0,. lit lion. gent. would consult the treaties ,before the exp. .ed discus sions came on. lle uhmitietl, that the invasion of Spain by France totally 'Aimed our reluuuns with that country.— (Loud cheers.) As we hid evpended one isitierai .. millions to restore the Bourbons, in the fond hope that pet might be best preserved with them, he treated that minis would dis encumber themselves of any stipulations, if •re any, to support the Bourbons, end not expend one is,,wv 'rig on snob accused. Sir R. WILSON heard to state • feet. He had asked a like question of the late Lord Londonderry, soon after the conclusion of the said treaties; and that noble bold distinctly and positively denied that this country had agreed to any rangerneme to guarantee the Crown to the family of the Bour bons, and he hoped so odious a construction would not be put oa the treaties, LO4 d Londonderry caving disclaimed it. Mr. CANNING could not to into argument—he had only stated what be devout to be fact. _ . . Mr. LENNARD moved fur accounts of the savings, &a. in the third cleat of the Civil List. . Mr. CANNING opposed it, observing that the embassy to Switeerlaud, &o. w::s to he rednFed one half. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the motion, expressing his atdiatiaction at what was slated respecting Switaerlaud. That fact showed that even a small tuinurhy ;night sometimes 1 , - Mr. ITC ME supported the motion. The papa ought to be produced. After motile remarks from Mr. Huskisson, &c. the Mai* divided. The number. were—For Mr. Leonard's motion 24, against it bo.—Negatived by a majority of 26. Mr. BENNET moved for copies of the proceedings of a Court of Inquiry held ou Colonel Hume, of the Third Foot Guards. After a few words from Lord Palmerston, the motion was negatived without a dit isiun. Mr, WILMOT ribtaioed leave to bring in a hill to amend the laws relative to forgevy. The other circlets were disposed of, and the (louse ad joomatid. VIEDNEiDAY, MARCH 26. Mr. Qoarme summoned the House to attend the House of Peers, to hear his Majesty's commission read.—(See Lords.) The LORD MAYOR presented a petition from the City of London, signed by 1,00 persons, against the Insolvent Deb tors' Art. 'The Act, it was ()Interred, had been productive of great inconvenience ;—it lied sanctioned frauds of the most ruinous cherac - er. Petition ordered (a be printed. Mr. S. like brought in the private Charitable Funds, &e. in Ireland.—Read a first time. MARY ANN CA ItLILE.—Mr. HUME. presented a petition from "'Buy Ann Carlile ('tlr. Cerlile's-sister), now a priaoner in Dorchester gaol, she being unable to pay the‘fine. Mr. Hume said she had been prosecuted by the society thr the suppression of vice—a society which was in reality engaged in promoting vice. Their protestations had brought into general notice those publications which the profeaned object was to suppress. There were many respectable individuals connected with the society ; hut the effect hail been to promote vice, supposing the publicattious prosecuted to have that tendeocy.— ale had read the alleged libel, which was contained is the ap pendix to the theological works of Thomas Paine ; end Le maintained that it was temperately discussed. The pe titiooer was shupwomact to her brother, and her defence of her self 1954 repeatedly interrupted by Justice Best, a treat portion of it being wholly suppressed by that Judge. lie lamented that such practice had found its way to the benches of West aniesterthall. If controversy were to be endured at all, be was at a loss to imagine how diecussione could be maintained more temperately, and ha 'night add, that in all the lihratiee of the kingdom there were many more severe publications. — Ile could not but remark that the sentence Mi4d exceedingly , that it had nu parallel in our times—that it was only ike what had happened many yews age. It was contrary to le. se laaauage of christianity, but those who proteued obristian charity had turned their charity into tyranny and oppreision.— Ile wished those who belonged to the " Society of Vito" who huff, been iestrumental in prosecuting and persecuting Mary Ann Cathie would point out to him the sentence in the scrip tures which warranted such prosecutions. The libel was only a copy of what had been published in America. Most of these prosecutions had been founded un the opinion of Hale, who had condemned many immene to the stake on the charge of witcherath—The offence of blasphemy ought to he defined. — The sentence was twelve menthe imprisonment, flee 5001. which must operate as perpetual imprimmeent. Petition read, and listened to with consideralde attention by the noose. She cumplaieed of onparralleled hardship and sin gular injustice. Site had no property whatever, and was wholly unable to pay the line. Sir T. ACLAND 'levied that the case of Mary Ann Carlile was an insulated case. The object was not to punish her pa. - ticulorly. As to the case hieing without ceample, her brother, the original blasphemer, wet isoned for three years, wite lines of 1,5001. The House would recollect that there had been a system of blaepheiny which threatened to tleldge the land, and of which this way only a pat L To *hew the blaelthe mous character of the whole syetens of Carlile's " Repuhlicae." observed the hon. ',mother, lie would rend various ;tamales from it. He accordiaaly did so. They set •forth, that the Bible 'metal' be rejected, and the " Deist" and the " Age of Demon" read in their stead ; and that there were no such places as Heaven and Hell ; and that the Bible consisted of lies, indecencies, kes. The ATTORNEY .GENERAL thought, after this statement, there mould opt be many who would condemn the prosecutions. He, however, must decidedly emelt:pin the manner in which the Judges were spokes of. As to lietitieg the cam to Mary Ann Carlile, it was adroit, but not j tat ; but could it he endured that party alter party bud been prosec.uted,and that the laws acre still to lie set at delimit'''. It there were any nompteint against the Judges, let it be preferred in a regular manner. As to reviewing the sentence, he trusted that the House would not listen to any such propesition. Ile thought that no mau could ley his hand 011 his heart, and say, that the muttoce was too severe Mr. RICARDO mid, be bad viewed those prosecutions with much pain. lie thought they were not productive of any good. What tight had any set M . men to set themselves uQ as emitted to judge of the religious °elide's' of others Mr. PEEL remarked that the prosecutions had been most proper, and that the efforts of the prosecuted hod been to set the religion amid the laws of th- countr• at defiance. Pet ;towel imprisoement was not the obj..ct, When the line had been satisfied by length of imprieonemot, he ahould advise a remis sion of the sentence. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT avid that this euveeinly contest tin the part of the Government with thi.: Cottle temity had DI (mood the sympathy 0f the couott). It partook of the stature • THE NATIO N ,. . REGISTER of oppression—did they forget that 1177 -- religion was blasphemy ? that the found '.was the established pat to death on the very same charge ? Le f our religion was opposite say what they please, no real christe bon. gentlemen suehcrimiurl prosecutions for 'engines opinion. would j ustif y General had no case; and like lawyers in seegf li e Attorne y wanted is argument, he had In make up in eee ik,that , lie lacy." The prosecutions here were fur opinions—laws (multi only to have to do whit hamsu actions ; and it was the basest of slavery to compel men to stifle the opinions that honestly arose is their minds. lie strongly condemned the c o n tinued imprisonment al Mary Carlile to work out the fine ; it nes ty rannical cod severe in the extreme. After some remarks front Mr. Willwrforce, &c. the petition was ordered to be printed. . Lord A. HAMILTON obtained leave to bring iu a bill to abolish the inferior consistory courts in Scotland. ADJOURNMLNT.—Mr. CANNING gave notice, that lie should tomorrow move, that the House at its rising du adjourn for a fortnight. The other orders were disposed of sail the House adjouroed. 111111 t DAY, MARCH 27. Mr. F. LEWIS, presented the bill to amend the Central Turnpike Act. He bad, he said. received mans' su4goitions on the wihject, and he bad attended to as wavy of thew as he ',contd.—Read a first time, and oid•.red to be Sir J. GRAIIAM presenteti a petition bow Mary-le-bo r e against the Cost Onties. Mr. CUB :'C.. Itserced. that the coals more particularly alluded to, coin nut allind to pay the duly, na it was expen- WK . OM it wNlab. its* Ireland to repent sorb duty. Mr. PIIILIA PS observed, that the article in gnestion was of great consequence to the comforts, in nattily instances, to the hate of individuals ; and he therefore hoped that this world be the fleet tax taken Mr in any future repeals. After some remarks front Newport, &c. the petition war ordered to be printed. SirJ.GRAHANI presented a similar petition from the Poor Directors of Pancras. He said the petitioners prayed for it total repeal 4.f the Impolitic duty ; w partial repeal would be no use. Petition ordered to be printed. Sir R. WILSON presented a petition from a certain portion of his Constituents in favour of the proposed measure fur die Abolition of Slavery throughout the British dominions. r ut bad been abolished in en exemplary manner in Colombia, sod in St. Domingo they beheld the Blacks elereising all the ri ,Ida 4.1 government and of free men; and ()mild (hone examples be lost on the black population of the \Vest hulks. Mr. BRIGHT said, ,hat h.d been slated in the pamphlet and by Mr. Cowper, a Missionary, was overcharged. Ile slatted that the black population was better and tome religi • nerdy educated. Air. CANNING was RaSlOll5 that the dissuasion should clove, *it could not at the present moment lead In tiny practical be liefita.—lle had occur opposed any amelioration, and should not ; but they would recollect, that a tunic must come soon, when the gneation was to lie regularly brought forward. Sir It. W i'L,SON said, be had brui.,lit forward tic subject I now thus decidedly, because twe year,. ugo they had been led to believe that the Goverment would adopt wing, measure to I release those slaves that were under the mettroul of govern merit. That had not been done, and no illusion bad been made to it. Petition (ordered to he printed. Mr. lIU'tIE gave moicc, that April lit lie should move for Returns of Crown Debtors, and version confmed for con• tempt. Mr. C4NNING moved; that the house at its mining do ad journ to Ibis day fortnight. Lord A. HAMILTON complained of so long an adjournment being proposed, but lie should move as an amendment, that the adjournment he till Alotiouy week. lit the resod slate of Europe, lie threight such an adjourduient •mueli too long.-- There had been great fro bearance towards the goverionent, and bud it been properly returned they would hare had the papers regarding the curreapoudense befure them to consider during the recess ; but it would now ho three weeks at least before such important question could be discussed. Tile right bun. untleinati had :it various times been complimented, but in such compliments he had taken no part. As yet he had seen no changes of policy to warrant such compliments. They had seen the confederated Sovereigns assembled in Europe- they had beheld the Holy Alliance, which in itself was a nuisance, meeting ; and as dome parties were *gala stirring up commo ' lion, what had the Eiglish Ministers done to counteract such parties, to merit compliment ? Thu ins scion of Naples had been justified by the present Home Secretary. Sicily had been abanduned as well as Genoa ; stud what had the same ministers, or nearly the same ministers, done, according In all proof, to merit compliment? The Foreign Secretary, when compli • mewed for some *opposed changes of policy, the compliment was disclaimed by the ri g ht boa. gentleman, who said that he was only acting in accordance mitts a doeumeut which he tourist in Iris °Dice. lle then should like to know in what character we bad attended tie Congresses ; were we. or nut, party to that nuisance the 11143 Alliance? The treaties that esisleti placed us in a most remarkable silualiun. 111 the eveut of in surrectionary mot cutouts in France, or the establishing of a Regency in tic., name of the Yount; Napoleon, ,'either an im possible nor aii unnatural et ent, alter the Fa ench Ministers had stirred tip ineurrectiott aod raised a Regency in Spells, we were to kill the Allies ; our the other hand, stlionld Portugal be in vaded, we mere to u'd our old allies the Portuguese. Then it was important to know whether 'England wee party to the holy Alliance' He saw little hope of security, so long as the con y of kings against the freedom of all Stales was en• tiered ; autl had he ii. .0 for a war, er (lie invasion of Spain, be would toot have held his femme thus long, being persuaded that a word from Eoglaud ',mild have prevented the invasion of Spain. Hu could assure the tight honourable gentleman, that any lunge lie might have received in the house, or any pnpulruity ht• might have gained nit of the House, err silted from the persuaeien that his coed let respecting foreign all sirs I.ad been the contrast of that of his noble predecessor. The iavaatun of Naples was au act of atrocity, that of Spain of de , aided injustice—and lie feared that all was idle result of our sanctioning, the Holy Alliance during Ow last live years. Ile concluded with moving an amendment, that the house at its rising . do adjourn to Monday week. Alr. MAC DON ALI) supported• the amendment.—When a Prince of the House of Bourbon Mel set himself at the head of divers baggage waggons, a retinue, and dome slaty thouitand armed mein, ass ;Mout to invade Spain, and est the throats of free and unoliending men, they were to adjourn for an unusually Lang period. Ile could assure the noose, however. that the country had little anxiety about the correapondesice, since our power had been laughed at, since all our efforts to 'lecture peace had been vein. Was it not humiliating to contemplate such fact, after we bad protected the Boartions, and after we had ap• et VW millions to restore that family ? Was it rot de grading to view the sad GUIIitAUCLIGeII of our co-operation with • .• the Continental Alliance(? It' had further been turuoured brat our ministers bad advised Spain to make conaeasions, but Spain had appeared resolved to bury itself amidst the ruins of its berties rather than submit to foreign dictation respecting its•io internal concerns. All therm 'starters wade it important that the truth, however humiliating, %horrid he told—that the facts should he laid before the world, to show whether the course A „,g,pnd had pursued was such as might have been ccpected. • , , ghillties of ISIS, &c. lie thought a wrong construe the natural esitthie;4llel".; he thought they had refereme to the badness of lionaparte's f.j.li;: t !`cei4 l 4 l ! l '. on ht the g as Bonaparte lived, any member or ors ram • •la that, so Wog f round o 7 .rorld only be a puppet in the lianas of Bonaparte ; hut di- any ma. dream if,,,t the alliance was to continue bases of the treaties were '• the prevention of unjust inves• oll „, the inaintetraece of independent councils, and the continuum.- of the peace of Europe." flre hun, member then read S. note pieseatel by the Allied Powers and Lord Londonderry to the Duke of Richelieu. If the consery tors of the peace.. France were the hands to lire the torch, did not such conduct put an end to all compacts t The hoatility was not aroused by Bonaparte, or his family ; though the spirit of Bonapas In was at work without any part •rif his greatness. If we how ever could out varied to aid Spain, never let us expend one lartliing to support oppressive rms. Our naiiisters, after touch shifting about had 'wreaked out the word neutrality : but what tight had the armed fanatics of France to pledged neu trality fruits England t We had ground for war—hut it was a questiou whether it woultliiot le prurient to cutler the French fanatics to wear themselves out ? Uwe could not afford to go to war it became as to say as notch ; but the hearts and the prayers of the people were with S i situ, and against unmasked oppression.. They were against those incurable men whose desperate reeds es threatened the peace of Europe. lie *mild support any amendment that lessened the duration o; lime adjournment. Mr. CANNING expressed his reluctanca to be drawn into premature discussion. Till this day silence had beer main tained, etcept the putting or some quicklime. As to questions ' which he had before answered, he bad no resource but to be silent, or to answer on the dry matter of fact. The treaties he considered, guaranteed the crown of Fiance against the hoirily of Buonaparte ; and provided, in the case of insurrec tion, the aides should consult :mil concert. lie read several extracts to confirm such to be the principle of the treaties,. The smendruent was negatived without a division, and the unction carried. On bringing up of the report respecting the statues of Lord • St. Vincent and Lord Duetee. Mr. Ill'llE condemned the rapacicas and extraordinary charges made for • view of the urontnents, iu West minster Abbey.—Agreed Tire Beer Bill went through a committee. Mr. BLItNAIs asked whether the new beer shop windows were to be exempted from the assessed taxes: and Sdly, whe ther the proprietois of the new beer shops were to be liable to the trilletting of soldiers? Mr. LUSHIN.NON answered both questions in the ne gative. Report ordered to Le taken. into further consideration the ilium The remaining orders having been disposed of, the House adjourned to Ttruraday week. FROM TUESDAY NIGII7"S GAZETTE. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 25. MEMBERS returned to serve in this present PAR LI A NI ENT. Borough of Corfu Castle.—John Bond, jun. in the motet of Geo. Biulkes, Esq. who hits asteepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Bolough of Newport, Coto wall.—Junailuoi Benne, of Bedford Row, Muldlesex, ISA N K RITPTC Y ENLARGED. A. Thommn, I Averpool, merchant. Er tot April 1 to April 12. BANKRUPTCY SUPF lISEDEI). W. Jonm, Handsworth, Staftitrdithire, fanner. BANKRUPTS. • J. Carpenter, Wellington, Surnersetabire, banker. Solicitor, Mr. reunion. Temple. J. Colvin, Abelnuch Lane. merchant. Sols. Dttwbta. Lane and Co. Lawrence Pountney Lane. I). Graham, Lothbury, cotton manufacturer. Sol. Mr. La-v -ledge, Temple Chambers, Fleet Su eet. .1. anti H. Bird, Poultry. jo.ellers. Solt. 'Messrs. Kearacy and Co. Lothlutry. M. Barry, 51inories, chart seller. SuL Mr. Thomas, Feu Court, Fencliorch DIVIDENDS. Aprills, W. Reynolds. tared the ship Orient, muter mariner —I 3, .1. S. Smith, Brightlielinstone. druggist-15. .1. White— brook, Chester, bitnemaker-15, L. Gerrard, Old Caventlibn Street, MaryLbone, millirou —l5, It. Lee, Great Winchester Street, under writer-15. J. James, Wood Street. Cheapside, rea dealer-19, T., otherwise T. G., and I Asquith. Bermondsey. and T. New Kent Ruud, ship os ner—ii, F. Fisher. jun. Leicester Square, burgeon dentist-12, E• Brown. Friday Street, corn tlealer—lft, J. Linsley, jun. I.tasts,inercliant-5, I ). .lernayn, Great Yarmouth, merchant —l5, J. Enoch, Birm ing— ' hunt. 'Push mutter - 15,. 1. 541. de Qoirrar, Size 'Arm. merchant —lb, W. ILker, Sussex, blacksuritli--I 7, W. 11. Tiervey, Punter, brewer—VA °emirs, Lords Lane, ncr Sytlenhum, stockbroker -17, G. C. Staples, hip Hali fax. woolstapler-14, W. Barraston, Worcester, hop merchant-49. s. Hardwick, Birmingham, bulkier-1;i, G. Biannual', Sid— merchant. CERTII 7 ICATi:S to be granted Apia 15. A. Shield, High Street, Wapping, baker—C. R. Garlderer, Lime Street Square, insurance broker—J. I laugliton, Liverpool, in. reliant--H. Gtbbohs, Isitugton, dealer. THE GUN TnAni:.—'Thu workmen of Bitming• ham in every branch of this important trade arc now dully and actively (though it is feared temporarily) employed. Tic deoiands for an increase of wages aro, yet matter of dispute; some advance, we belieY4.4, has been already mink. Meetings have been held by the master:: on the snlj,:et, and much r...ur is yet entertained by them that orders will find their way to other countries if the men persist in their de mands. Lists of prices have been sent by the ma-- ten to agents in various pals of Europe, and front the bilence maintained by the g reater vi a o f thug: agents, it is expected that the prices stated may possibly be thought too high. ACT.The Marriage Act Repeal Bill received the royal assent on Thursday, and mar riages will now be solemnized aceorthng to the oid law of martiage. • ti r• `~ • • I 1 • •