The National Register. — London, England, 1809-03-05 00:00:00

For the Royal Military As lam at Chelsea - For the ttoyal Military College - - l'or retired and officiating Chaplains - _ For Pensions to Children of deceased Officers - Aleclicines and Hospital Expences L.'23,359 16.913 24,9 2 14:300 115,0'21 DISTILLERY BILL. Sir Joni NEWPORT opposed the Bill, as calculated to injure the people of Ireland. 111! denied what had been said on a fortner evening, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland, that the people of that country were disposed to resist the operation of the Laws. lie could not believe that the people were na turally disposed to resist the laws ; but he wished that the Legis latnre would consider whether the laws that had been made had been judiciously enacted. The Right Hon. Centlcanan concluded w:th moving, that the Report should tie again referred to the Committee. The House tlnnt divided, when the numbers ap peared—Ayesl99 I Noes 61 1 Majority in favour of the Bill be sng recommitted, 38. FLAX st:En. Mr, FosTr.n moved a Reso:ution, for granting a Bounty of ss. per bushel on the first 50,000 bushels in►l►orted into Ireland. Whe Resolution was agreed to—Adjoprned. 130 THE NATION . Tuesday, Feb : 28. Mr. P. MonitE presented a Petition from the Debtors con fined in the Jail of Giweatry. pra) in;; relief. On the motion of the LORD A ovocATE of Scort.A.No, the Bill for amen.ling the lawo as to child tutmler in Scotla n d was read a seco,ci time, and after a few words from Sir S. Itomill v, expressing a hope That lime should be given to consider the Bill, which introluced an important alteration into the Law of Scot land, the I:ill was committed for this day sennight. Mr. BA NKs then moved, that as J. Alines Shee, alias Cal vert, had been guilty of grosS prevarication, and had afterwards :absconded, in (tiller ton% oid being taken into custoly, he should be committed to Newgate, and that the Keeper of Newgate he required to bring him tip before 11R; topini t tee from. time to time, us required.---4 hese itesOlu limb were agreed to. • WIEDOWS OF NAVAL OFFICERS. __-. .• . • INTr r .gi.t.i..l.T. - Er Pol.E rose to move for leave to bring is a 11ill for 'Mein:ore easy pax meta of the Pensions to the Widows of Navy (Hikers.. The rood wao in a very flourishing-state, and had been aide to invest 173.000/. in the three per cents. and it was propwed in consequence to increase the pensions to the widows, no-that the highest should he SU a ear, the next TO/. and so iu trreporting. These pensions had hitherto been only payable in e 9udon, and the object of toe Bill was that they should now he paid to the w Wows at the different plae!.s of their abode, in the same was' as to the widows of .Mililary Oliceri. It was also proposed that these pensions should lie pi: id quarterly. Another object of the Bill was, to pay retired Marine Officers their half-pay tit their own habitations. Ile would also state, that the Lord; of the Admiralty had it in contemplation to establish a compassionatp list for the Navy, similar to that which cx i titer! for the army. The lionnu ruble Member then concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill of the nature which ha; been already stated. After a short conversation, fn which Sir C. Pole and Mr. Caleraft took a part, expressiug their appro bation of tile proposed measure, leave was granted accordingly. Lord Fo LicsToNE rose to mode that the House he called over on Wednesday, the Bth of March, the day appointed for taking jot° cousideration the evidence on the charges against the Duke or York. Considering the importance of the busitmss which wound then come before the House, and the obvious propriety tlero gas that the atteodaqee of members khould be as full as jiossibl , .. he did not conceive that there could be any uttjection to the nro ion. After some observations from the Chancellor of the Exehe A u je and Mr. Minks, a div ision took place, arcs there appeared for the moiion,--Ayes 102 I Noes 13 I Majority 87. DUKE. Of' YORK'S LETTrit. 'fir. NV 1.41.: rose to observe, that in thc letter which The Duke of York had been ablvi,te tti send to that Ilimse, it ap peared to him there was one paragraph which lutist ho consideyed vs a breach of the privileges of that Ilmise. Ile therefore now e. aye Notice. that on Months) , se'onight he 511011 id submit a rteco lutio:!, io coo- , equenee of a paragraph of the letter - tyhich his Highnits, the Doke of York had been advised to addres., to the 'loose. The A N I, 1.0 It of the Foccrtrqtfrltt Mild not help think intr. it mich name fair . to o ihatitsod, a resolution pre‘ ions to, 'pan ;Liter the decision. It was not fair t perwit st ch a rge to liatir over the brad of hig Royal Highne.* as if there had been a princely interference on his rat inconsistent with flu, privileges of Parliament. Mr. PoNSONfir then said, that he had two questions to put to the Right lion. Secretary opposite, whom he saw in his place, upon subjects which came ithin his department ; the first was, whether the Treaty between this country and Sweden had been roucluded, and whether the ratification of it had been received ? The second question was, whether the British' force, which hail been sent from Lisbon to Cadiz, had been refused admission inti that town, as had been reported ? l‘lr. Secretary CA NNYNG believed that the treaty with Sweden had been concluded, but that the ratification had not vet reached this country ; and, in answer to the second question of the Right lion. Member, he could only state, that, in point of fact, he way ; not infiqmed of the truth of the report to which the night Hon. Cen.leman alluded. The House then •went into a Committee upon the Corn Distil. lery Pro hibiti on Several alllCHtilllClltS were agreed la, and the report was received. Mr.' Secretary CA NNIN C r then alluded to some observation, which had been made on the former evening by an Hon. Members whom he did not see in his place (Mr. W. Smith) respecting Sicily. The flight Hon. Seeretai) regretted that they had been made at all, as they were only calculated to excite.lealousy and suspicion between the tlvo countriel, ' lie then stated, that the most Friendly understanding existed betwOn this country and the Sicilian Government, and between their . respeciive troops. Hod • also added, in confirmation of that fact, that the King of the two Sicilies was inclined to intrust the command of his army to the Commander of the British troops, which was amlustance confidence rarely shewn by any foreign power towards another. L REGISTER. MARCH liedneslay, .3larek 1. Mr. (1 t, ITT .7 rose to inove for leave to tiring in a Bill for thg, Relief of Debtors in Ireland. He proposed that the pro v i s i on t of the Bill should he similar to those of the Act of MI, with a few exceptions, which he should afterwavils submit to the plea : - sure of the House.—Leave granted. On the motion of Mr. Fo ST3 it, the Irish Bank Note Forgery Prevention Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of: Mr. llustctssoti, the House resolved itself into a Comtnittt:e of Suppiy, to whizh were referred several Accounts relative to the amount of Exchequer Bills, and the Loyalty Loan. In the Committee, the sum of 5,000,000 was voted for paying off Exchequer Bills to the same aOtount, for the service of the year 180 S, outstanding and unprovided for. Also the sum of 47,65 W. 7s. 9d. for paying ow and discharging Annuities due • undc.r the Loyalty Eosin. The Speaker then resumed the Chair, and the Report was ordered to brreceived to-morrow. On the motiost of Mr. ITUsKISSON, the House went into the Committee Of Ways and Means, in w hich it was resolved, That there be 17thctl tke. suns of 5,000,000 by Exchequer Bills, for complr;ting the sum •of '20,000,000, the remainder of which w;i raiwil by the ‘Var Taxes for 180S..7—Iteport to be received to morrow. Mr. FOSTER brought up a Bill for o Tanling a Bounty on the impoctalion of Flax Seed into Irelaud rs .—Read a first time; aiid to be rewi a second to-morrow. BANKRUPT TAWS. cir SA Arun L ROM! I. I.lf rose to make lii, promised motion on this subject. It certainly svhS, In his opinion very desirable that the present systro, of bankrupt law's' should be abolished altogether, and another substituted in its place. The first (*- feet he should notice was, that according to the present sys tem, even ;titer a bankrupt bad given up all his property to nts creditoll, Set in some instances he had creditors who did not come in with the rest to share in th e dividend. Of this kind was the case in 'which a bankrupt was liable for a debt, in con— junction with ir satrety ; the surety of the bankrupt was not obliged to core in with the other creditors, and receive hi share of the dividends; even after the . bank rope had surrendered " all his property, he could come upon hit 9 for the payment of the debt contracted to tAe sutty, when,• if the bankrupt had honestly complied with the iiiiiipetjon of the law in givinx all his property, •could not have a farthing in the One object of the . Bill would therefore be, that such sureties should come in With the other creditors. The next defect he ~ shbulq notice was, it ion often happened, that the assignees of the bankrupt's estate converted the property to their own tea;- , pomry, use and eugagini; in ruinous speculations, it sometintes• happened that the assiolees theniselves lideanac bankrupts,. itigk ..• • . .