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

-~ z ~.. . -.•._..._. Imper;sl P.iiVonirnl enufhtiredirom ;mix 31. vital aids to remove the difficulties complained of. The wages were better. The workmen now got twelve-pence whets they before got eight-pence, awl they could now obtain fur eight-pence what betbie cost twelve-pence. — (Hear, hear.) This was an important faet.--As to the eta to of agrienlinte, its interests with] those of other classes, must stand or fall together. The learned gent. had adduced the diminution of the consumption of molt as proof of the difficulty of the country. He bad consulted the Papers; he did not find such diminution, as competed with recent years, or 179 t. The same was the case with tea; and what was temarkable, the consumption had been less when the 41my was least. Ile did not mention this as justification of taxes, hut in refutation of the learned gentleman's position. There was an Met tase of one-sixth iu the cousumption of tea; thus the " distressed" people voluntarily submitted to 3,010,0001. taxes that might lie avoided. There was also so increase in the consumption of bricks, soap, &c. winch skewed also the growth of cleanliness. He mentioned such facts to skew that the difficulties were not irremediable; and that it was any thing but friendship to the people to inculcate that delu sive despondency, which many exerted themselves to pro duce. (Loud cheers front the Opposition.) The Excise, that barometer of consumption, did not skew diminution ; their revenue was • •ig and itnproving. Commerce was also rapidly increasing. l'his was proved by the returns. —The learned gentleman had said, that a remission of taxes only afforded the chalice of 'chef to agriculture.— (Hear.)--He denied that such 'eduction would afiiird re lief; if they could sweep away the whole of their taxation, lie was prepared to show that no relief would be a fforded. (Hear, hear, front the Opposition.)—He admitted that to remove a tax of itself would be a relief, bat he denied that to remove the taxes would afford relief to the country's Kest at taxes. (Hear, hear, continued.) To hold out that "eduction of taxation was calculated to relieve was only to deceive —fur they could not counteract the great causes of online. If the farmer were induced to look for relief to the r. dor:lion of taxation he would be deceived. (Ilear, hear.) It w mild :Ilford no relief to him. He forgot to inentimi be lore that the revel lie had gone on increasing—within the lasi Ilse weeks it had iticteasetl2ot,oool.—The noble Lord that proceeded to detail the votes of last year, adverting to a hat might he wanted this year. There was a redaction in the to my of nearly one million ; b 03,0001. navy ; ordnance 100,0001. There would be a reduction on the approaching estimates, as compared with the lust year, of lie spoke hereof the gEnual services of the country. The noble Lord then not iced f u nnier estimates to show the savings, which were 2,00:1,0t,th. below the estimates of last year, mid 3 ShAtEtool. below tile estimates of 1820.--(Clieers.)—The twine Lord, folios lag :11.4 flumes former detail,, proceeded to examine the prevent statement of the income and exp. n dittire. The noble Lord afterwards spoke of the relief that it was expected the government would be eifalfled to extend to the country. 'Elul thought they should soot have the power of rrilusiug the Navy Five per cents. nod this would allOrd the opportunity of taking off the one slitlling per bushel duty on barley. That would relieve the taxis to the amount of 1,400,0001. or a mill' and a half. The miti-- ters could not see how it was possitile, tijh due lie.ention to existing obligations and demands, to nlford further relief to taxatioa. Next year they calculated on being able to relies e the taxes one million name, and the year alter to the amount of bailor three quarters lit a mill .—As omit) , of the difficulties the agi irulturist must he deemed of a tem porary natuie, the Bank had undertaken to lend the Govern 'item tour millions, Nhich would be available to advance to such farlllell as might require sonic immediate relict. The noble Lind further suited that it is as intended to move for the ieviv. I of the t month tee on m A rieutture, 011 Ile Xi, Wllll a View IO stig•lest some numoilmeitss of the existing corn laws. S nuking of the sinking fund, his 1. wit:Mitt said there sins now a cleat sinking rand of 5.h001. and the beneficial operat it of it would he to citable the (Myrrh:tient 1.1 n fiord relief of taxation to the extent he had mullioned. ills Lordship conetuded is it li moving fur the reduction of paper , illustrative of the state of the revenue, &c. Mr. 11l OUGIiANI,in reply to his Lordship, sti ongly com plained of ills former speech hash% been so impel feelly answered. The purposed relief was no real value ; the reduction of the WIC shilling duty on lt he deemed a paltry pretension. The plan of borrowing 4,000,0001. from the Bank, to aid in removing the present dittrulties,he contended was a project truly ridiculous. Whilst we had a mixed cur rency of paper and gold, the latter could nut fail to disap pear. As to the proposition of the noble Lord to lend money to the different parishes, iu aid of the poor rates, it was the most preposterous and mischievous that he had ever beard of.—lt was u plan, which could truly tend so encourage waste and extravagance in parishes, and to plunge them (hyper in difficulties than they now were, as th I day of payment must come, and with the additional charge of interest and management. The noble Lord hail itho proposed to advance sums of money for carrying on pub. lie N oaks. This he supposed was to be done whether parishes .ould 111:111d it or not. This would be a plan the most ruinous and mischievous. It would have the effect of extentlin,e, that system of waste and profligacy Willa had so long per vaded the expenditure of ministers in this House, into every village in the kingdom. Ile concluded by decidedly con doming the noble Lord's plan, mind calling on time einnity members to (Aisne furwaid, and force the governmem to adopt y and retrenchment, us the only 111C:IIIS of sieving the country. Mr. HUSKISSON followed, and defended the plan pro posed by Lord Londonderry. Cid. DAV II rose to express his surprise at the apathy ill w hich hot towable members who were befort complain ing so loudly of apieultural distress heard the paltry and itivtifficieut I ellUeViollti 110 -trod 11/ tine HMls(' by the 10.111 e 111111/.11:. Were their Ice.ings entifcly changed, and were they satisfied with the stearures proposed ? Ile distrusted tin pitife.sions and statements of the noble Marquis, after the t xperience lie had had ft oat year to y eat of the proceed. nit, of that Iluase. Ile comentled that the temporary ap• propriation of the sinking fund, or the remission of 1111 innowit of taxes equivukut to it, in the present distrtssi - d state of the (-motto', so far would be the hest mean, of sapporting it, Especially w hen totaled with felfelleillll , Ili 1111 d economy its es cry blanch of the public expenditure. Mr. II M mid, toe noble Lord's plan of lending money to the overseers of the poor wild, alien known from one coil of the country to the othei, t guile nothing but contempt. I t was made a boast, ton, to .t tile loan was tube in go1.1! a if that wets now a matter al any inripm tance. The plan ....alit 64' a cei main tot lie count .I t a "old derange all the 'Peons which onset wise existed of bringing the 'greenhorn! to-: b.; a level. ILL isittla:;i.g Vac :114:1Z} market THE NATIONAL REGISTER was contrary to all sound principles, and also contrary to those which had bccu laid down by the right lion. gent. opposite. The finances of this country were in a slate of complication and derangement, to whick nothing similur was to be found in the financial systems of any state of Europe or of America. Could any body tell whether there was a surplus over the expenditure of the country ? No, that was impossible; the right hon. member, when quest ionel on the subjet by the hon. member for Worcester, could not tell ohm w.ts the amount of surplus revenue, or whelk' r ally surplus existed. lle would put to the country gentlemen whether it was their inteotion to allow 46.000,0001. for car rying on the same services, which in the year 1794 requited wily 1,000,0001. Mowing for what was called a dead weight ..f 4,500,C001. or 5,0000001. be could show thnt reductions might easily be made to the amount of f 7,000,0001. to 10,000,0001. S. far from the plan proposed I being likely re prove satisfactory, it was one w hide would I most cruelly disappoint the eXIICCUIIIIIII3 of the country, and w bit It could not be carried into effect. When the hon. gent. concluded, the question was put, and carried in the affirmative without a division. The other 'wile's of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past one o'clock. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. - _ OMM=...• ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEU. 8. This day, in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure, John Clarke Searle, Esq. was promoted to be Rear Admiral of the White, taking rank next after Rear Admiral Thomas Boys. BANKRUPTS. T. Griffiths, Oxford Street, jeweller. Solicitors, Messrs. Ap. pleby and Co. Gray's Inn. G. M. Morgan, Qucenhithe, wholesale stationer. Sol. Mr. Collins, Great Knight Rider Street. J. Smith, Russell Court, Drury Lane, tavern keeper. Sol. Mr. Scargill, Freeman's Court, Comhill. J. Thompson, Carlisle, manufacturer. Sols. Messrs. Mounsey and Co. Staple inn. J. Milnes, Halifax, grocer. Sol. Mr. Wiglesworth, Gray's Inn. T. Axford, Abingdon, Berkshire, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Nelson, Essex Street. Strand. J. Hemming, Upton, Oxfordshire, dealer. Sol. Mr. King, Sergeant's Inn. J. Herington, Fareham, Southampton, mercer. Sols. Messrs. Hicks and Co. Bartlett's Buildings. M. Johnson, Leeds, woollen cloth merchant: Sol. Mr. Wil son, Greville Street, Hatton Garden. T. Mardi, Colton Mills, Staffordshire, miller. Sols. Lowe and Co. Temple. .1. Urmeon, Liverpool, ship chandler. Sol. Mr. Chester, Staple Inn. T. T. Gray, AVardour Street, Soho, coal dealer. Sol. Mr. Eaingwn, Hertford. It. J. Thonilinson, Bristol, oil of vitriol manufacturer. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane. E. Williams, Liverpool, joiner. Sols. Messrs. Blackstock and Co. Temple. It: Hi Judd and B. S. Fowler, Birmingham, dealers. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery Lane. J. Wilson, Ely, miller. Sot. Mr. Robinson, Half Moon Sreet, J. Knight, Barton under Needwocd„ Stafronlshire, draper. Sol. Mr. Cookney, Castle Street, Holborn. DIVIDENDS. March 4, J. Irving, jun. Carlisle, grocer-9, T. 'fieadway, Sloane Square, Chelsea, clOnatnan-9, It. Fox, Great queen Street. Lincoln's Inn Fields, wine nierelnuit--e. H. Brisww, jun. Lloyd's Collie House, insurance bioker-5, J. W Sowerhy, Fish Street Hill, merchant—G, W. and J. Heap, Hepworth, Yorkshire, clothiers. CERTIFICATES to be At-anted March 5. . . J. Townsend and G. Brooks, Ilon — itun, Devon, bankers—.T. Put ell, i.en. Windsor, tailor—J. Greaves, She i;eltl, merchant— T. Davis, Great Barr. Stailbrdsliire, maltster—W. Wild, Shel &hi, merchant—W. Nicholson, Wake fi eld, corn C ac t u r—G. M. Forbeii, Liverpool, merchant—S. Ctossland, Liverpool, ship chandler—O. Semi, Manchester Buildings, Westminster, army agent—T. B. Allan, Birmingham, leather PORT OF LONDON S - 6CIETY, FOR PRC.MOTING RELIGION AMONG SEAMEN'. Yesterday a public meeting of the friends of this Society was held in Freemasons' II 11, which was most respectably attended. At melt e o'clock the chair was taken by James Stephens, Esq. Mager in Chancery, who was greeted with warm applause. lie briefly slated the object of like meeting in opening the business of the day. The Report of the Committee was then read, and pre seined a gratifying detail of the labours of the Sosiely in promoting the unerests of the seamen, aml much good appears to hare (wen discoed I.y the establishment of the 1' boating Chart,moored off IVapping-stairs. The Re port concluded by calling fur additional aid. Earl ROCKSAVAG e, its moving that the Report be re ceived and thstrihmed under the direction of the C - mittee.expressed his mute concurrence in the olliicts of the Society, which he-considered of a highly beneficent and important nature, and one which peculiarly called lOr public approbation and support, as the interests of the navy and of seamen should never be lost sight of. The Amble Lord concluded a Intel speech, by ohm:nip& that an insti tttt ion like the one he wasadvocating, and which already, by its example, had dune so much good, should never want his cordial support —(Applause.) The Rev. Mr. Dimas s econded lire motion. Ile en tertained the same opinion as the noble Lord who spoke last of the importance of the Society, and said, that it of co struck hint-that a sailor, whose life had been spent in the service of his country, appeared to feel awkward and embarrassed, when, on coming ashore, lie was MlL .rounded by 'tenons who viewed him with curiosity, if not with wonder. This had been obviated in the ega blishmeut of the Floating Chapel, where 'numbers would willingly go. as they could hear the Gospel preached to them within the wooden walls which had defended his country. Alter some general remarks, the reverend geutleman coiscluded amidst a thunder of applause, by seconding the minims, which was then put from the chair, and carried unanimously. The Rev. G. Bo RDSR, and other gentlemen, severally addressed the meeting, in moving and seconding a variety of motions of thanks to the officers of the Society. Thanks were also voted to the worthy Cnairman, who, in expressing his acknowledgments, advocated the in !wrests of the Society in an able speech , an d the meetin g Men adj..urned. _~- >-•a: IRELAND. CHARLEY ILLE, IEI3. 3.11..a5t night, the temporary barrack at Milford, within seven miles of this town, was attacked by upwards of 800 rebels. They set lire to it, and burned the whole to the ground. it continued burning until 12 o'clock this day. The police had been stationed there for some time, but had been withdrawn, a few days back, from their (planers. This barrack was the only slated house in Milford. The sanguinary blood hounds searched every house for the proprietor of the barrack, Mr. N titian, whom they would, if he had been found, have instantly put into the flames, and burnt to death in Its own house, for letting it as a barrack. Several of the police that were wounded at Church. town arc since dead; one of them was this day found dead, in a ditch, near the place of action. The following are the terms upon which the rebels offer to give tip their arms, 31111 swear allegiance to his Majesty:—t. A discharge of all prisoners taken. 2. No tithes, or taxes or %Oudot:, s. 3. All arrears of rent to be forgiven. 4. Lands to be lowered to the third of the present rents. A noked female, murdered and horribly mutilated, was found in the wood of Ballyhooly, by a farmer of the name of Walsh. The body is so inhumanly mutilated, as al -t to prevent her being recognised. Three wo men have been taken on suspicion of the murder, and another has escaped detention. On Monday night, a party of armed men boarded the brig Fi lend,, Captain *Kevin, lying at !legit Castle, in the river Shannon, into which she was driven in thegalc of Saturday. They took the captain out of his bed, and plan d hint on his knees, threatening to shoot I • 'f he did not glee titan aims and ammunition. Not having any, they swore hint to the truth, and then departed, first doing considerable mischief to the vessel. A party of the police ate since stationed on board the Friends.— One of the fellows has been arrested at Limerick, and is identified by ilte captain. Since the with rawing of the troops front some of the eartonments in the comity of Limerick, the deposition to outrage has been resumed. Maettooss, Feu. 6.—We are concerned to hear, that the haggard of J. Kearny, Esq. residing in Courcie's Country, in the county of Cork, was on Sunday night set on fire by some ne!ariousvillains,as yet undiscovered, by which several large stacks of who ais, to a considerable amount, were rutinly consumed ; a part of this country that heretofore was remarkable fur the peaceable beha viour and good conduct of its inhabitants. A temporary barrack which was budding at Liscarrol, was writ I.:o•Vii oil Tuesday night. Sally Park, near the same ploce, was 31S0 burnt on the same night. The house of %Villiam Purcell, Esq. of Altamira, was attacked ou Thursday last by a nuittlier of Whitebnys, and much injary dove to his out-oiliees, and a Loge quantity of elder destroyed. APPREHENSION OF ONE or Gno. ROCK'S EMLS SA RlLS.—A:teport havini reached Milltown on Thurs day last that an emissary was going express through the cottony on horseback, in the direction of Dingle and Lettering'', who avowed himself a messenger front Gen. Rock, charted with dispatches, Mr. Francis Sprint , set off from Milltown in pursuit, in order, if possible to ascertain the fact, and being informed that the account was correct, and that the fellow took a horsy from (7 is demain, and set off in full speed, Mr. Spring promptly pursued, having first sent au express tO Captain Godfrey, who, with his usual alacrity, set out, joined by Captain Film - Janet., of the Velentia corps, and Mr. Richard Newton, Milltown. Mr. S. traced the fellow along the country and discovered that he was changing horses every two miles, which made Mr. S. increase Ins spirt'. and got a-head of the fellow while he was changi n g horses, alter a rapid chacc of nine milts. Mr. Sprig was liately after joined by Cain Godfrey and his intrepid party, who came forward at fox-hunting speed, and surrounded the suspected places of concealment, basing first placed sonic trusty men (tenants of Sir John Godfrey, coil called upon by Mr. Spring) to watch the road, they theta proceeded to search the litmus and fields; after some time they were informed by Giles Rae, Esq. a magistrate, where the fellow lay concealed' in a furze ditch, where he was at length Omni' and secured. The inhabitants or the sillages, called Kileep, refused to Five any information 'l souse of them were taken ono custody, and then they said he was still somewhere about the place. A party of the Milltown corps, who went out to the support of the gentlemen and yethinaory, cheered lowly when they were told that Gen. Rock was made prisoner. ruffian declared his name to be Johns Monnaliaue; that he came from Mitellelnown, in the county of Cork ; on his way he had visited Newmarket, Ballyclough, and Kneeknagree, and so made his way to Kerry, and intended to g o on his mission to Castlegregory, but ill his career has r d a sting retreat limn his laborious duties to Cork goal, Jug , LYNN, Fri. 14.—(From The Norwich Courier.) —On Thursday night a boat, supposed from a cutter which was seen in the offing, landed from 70 to 80 tubs of gia and brandy on Snettisham Beach, when part of the crew of the Preventive boat, upon that station, seised the same, and also the boat; but the smugglers, being assisted from the shore, succeeded in regaining part of the goods, and also the boat. — In the scuffle, two of the smugglers were wounded (it is supposed dangerously) when they made off, leaving the boat's crew in possession of 22 tubs of gin, nine tubs of brandy, and two tubs of tobacco, which were securely lodged in his ljesty's ware house here on the tidlowing day, though strongly opposed by the party on shore, consisting of nearly 100 persons, some armed with bludgeons, and others with fowlin6-pieees (one of which was taken by the officers), attended by from 20 to 30 carts and horse ,, , to take away the goods, bad they not been intcr r opt cd. - ..__: ifiN