The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-11 00:00:00

- 314 Thursday, June S. sccers JUDICATURE. The Order of the Day vriv4 read fur the noire going into a Committee on the Bill introduced by Lord Grenville, for the Relief of Suitors in the Court of Session in Scotland. The LORD CD ANCELLOR repeated his former objectiotts !o the Bill, to which Lord Grenville replied ; after several mutual explanations, it %%as determined not to proceed further in tilt' Bill, which was of course thrown out for the present St!ssion. Lord Sr tN cure next rose, and presented a Bill for introduc ing the Trial by Jury into Scottand in certain cAses. Should the Bill succeed, the merit and honour of it, ioseccsq would be wholly with his Noble Triend ( Lord Grenville); if it failed, the disgrace °fits failure should be entirely with himself. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed.— Adjourned. rritlug, June 9. No business of importance. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tuesday, June 6. The Insolvent Debtor's Bill was read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA TRADE. Mr. Pa ENprar.AsT called the attention of the House to the state Of the Lit. 4 India Private Trade, and einitcoded that pri vate merchants were very hardly treated by the Directors of the Company, who made these individual; keep pace with the pro digality with which the trade of the Company was carried on. ale further contended, that the Directors had not fulfilled cer tain engagements which they had 1%)1!le under, to give facility to the private trade. To prove this, lie moved for several pa pers of various dates, front 1197, to the present (line, consisting of Cqleatot ( iazettcs ; Memorials to the Director-; Letters of Marenis Wellesley ; Lord .Melville. &c. &c. t rite Sep. t KEIL sta:ert au objection to the motir►n in point of fora►. It was therefore w•itivirawn for the preFent. SEATS IN PA RLIAUF:NT. The Scats in Parliament Ilill having been recommitted, The CH A S CEl4.oft of thy tit L:Qo ER then and said, that hnd ing no g,nofl reason to cfr:?lx his former opinion with respect to the prophet, of rue A wrodmeot which he .ittonitted to the Committte on a former eveoing, he thou4,lit t h at the eon iner,itioo of the ditTereat :per le! , of ordinary co:,tract-; ent suf ficiently to comveliend all illegal cogag,ectiViits to p, w - nre seatA in that liou,e by the c,irrsipt ;....rant of oaireF. Iltn•ides, he oh- Itcted to the mention of the word " implied . ' as relating to the gift or grant of offices, thooglit it would be betier to specify and li m i t Inc ag,reeimc at as an ex prc z s one. The Amcndatent biro propo,ed, and read from the chair. Mr. CURWEN said ess we un(lerstoo:1) that he would agree to t h proposed Ameodineut, provided th:.: sense of the House appeared deci4led for its adoption. _ TIERNEY could not see why the word " office" should be omitted, what was called influence should have, as it were, s monopoly over what might be called the coinrtition of the Monied interest. The I“,;ht lionourah!e Gentleman had said, that he thought it quite extraordinary to provile agaiast an of teewe where the offender could have no interest is committing it; but (.It•iellemen well knew :Oat it was no such ex traordinary this:o for a Mall who could not he prayed to he interested in any way. Toe tiria i,urt of the chose was then read, and the 1% ords ex press or ere omi tted. Mr. Cult WEN ir.oyed I:iot persons dispialilied from sitting in consequen , e of bribery should lint be disqualified for the parti tular co•tuty or borough out 1 . , but during the whole of the Parliar.,:nt, for any county, borough, or place. Upon a thviAioti the :loathers were—For the amendment 60— Against it 31--Maj irity 21. Upon our mar,: to the gallery we found Mr. Tierney on his 14,-, pressing toe necessity of an oath. Ana this oath he was only of apoling to hriliery wholesale. The form of the oath he ti u po:.ed vi as as folio ws : " 1., A. B. swcar, 1 :lave not, directly or indirectly. pro cured my recurs' by any bargain, contract, undertakia, prefer ur pruilitse of prefenoent." &C. Tile CHA NCEL LO R Of the EXCHEQUER opposed hie ORO, id1 . 11:1 he considered as 'liable to all the objections which he up pliel to the oath originally proposed, and which could not be taken.—Attjourned. JUNE 11. Vcdn,!sdag, June 7. The Military Commissioners, the Colonial Penalty, the Pen. !ion Dutv, the tinodi Wareltim, , im...-, the Irish Distillery, and the Seamen's Wagcri %%eto teacl ta u third time and passed. VoTE 01.' CR COTT. Sir I'. Ti lITON, in a speech of considerable lengli, stated his objectiel:s to the sole. Ile said, with re-peel to Spain and Austria, !v., tsa4 aver,:e to giving a !•iiigle shilliu4 from the re sources of thi:: country to tither of tho,e unless he was Hell risured that t peop:e bol h ettim;ries were %armed with a spirit of re:•istanre aAaiiist t!ie cotoinun enemy, and that S.pain would cease from her apparent jealouiy, and join her fleet from 'Cadiz with the British a, et ip the Mediterranean. Lord CA sT r:!ttr►Gtt s,,a9Ve7 at considerable length in favour Of the bill, and said; beilig: „persuaded that the proofs already gi‘ai by the :-.paniards and Austrians of their firmness in the cause they were embarked in, were 3111ficient inducement,. fur a further eNtension of aid from this country, he could not but urge, in thetrongest poc• hie manner; the necesity of rite vote before the The bill was lead the third time and passed. COMMtrirE or SUPPLY. The lionse hayingrcsolved into this Committee, the follow iaz gums wereAotvd io he g aided to rre Directors of Queen Anne's liounty, to he di-peto.ed by them for the mainte nonce and support of poor Clerp men. 10,000!. to Dr. Cart: %%right, for his valuable improveinewsis the %A raving' machiors. 3,0571. for defraying tiie expellees of printing the SOtli and Sills Volumes of the Journals of the House. 4,5001. for preserving the timber in Nev Forest in the county Of Southampton.- 25,00:11 for building and supporting the tstablishment of the Royal Na val Asylum. BILL FOR PREVENTING THE SALE OF SEATS IN PA R LIAMCNT The CH 4 Er. Lott of the Excn cr. proposed a clause, rendering bona /ide purctuises of burgage tenure lands legal under this Act, which was a- reed to without a division. rhe Cif Cr:LT.OR of the Exclt EQUEIt 110%t brought up a clans.• to disable persons to sit M.Porlianwnt w ho had procured their •eats by any ex presA promise of places, others, Ste. • The House divided:—For the original Motion 78—Against it 43—Majority THE NITIO I AL REGISTER. Thursday, Junc S. The Friendly So, iet!es, the Blackfriars Bridge Sunday the Irish Aunuities; . and the Irish Bog Drainage Biltd, severally lead a third time, and passed. NtiniTna r: A o said, he held in his hand a petition from a Mr. Thom:ts Humphries ; he did not vouch for the truth of the a!legations contained therein, tnott,;li 1 . . - ton the respectability of the party he did not doubt their truth. The petition was then read : it set forth that the petitioner, Thomas Ilamphries, was Curate to the Church of All Saint,;, iii the parish of Law ley, Derby. Though the l'rehelidary of the living did not reccive than 2-40 X. o 1 25)0/. annually, yet Cie stipend of the Curate did not exceed .101. per annum for the per formance ta the ditties, an income oa nioh he could not support that rank to which he was entitled by his education. lie !here fore honed Parliament would take his ease loin consideration, and allord brim such relief as might appear eNpestient to them to grant. After a few words from Mr. IVhitbread, the Petitit* wad ordered to lie oi; the table. PLACF.S AND PENSIONS. Mr. WI( rnnr. to t - ose to submit to the consideration of the House a further I imi:atiou of the number of persons in eartia ment holding sinecures and offices under the Crown. A Noble Lori (the Member Cir Westminster) had heretofore made the fame motion, and investigation had been made accordingly on the subject ; and the R ilon. Gentleman oppo-ite had given a generalised report of the said °Hirers and stheeures. An Hon. and Learned Friend of his, in the course of the present Session, bad also urged the same proposition upon the third report of Finance, and the Right Him. Gentleman had met it w lilt the declaration, that economy, independent of influence, was the thing to be regarded. The amendment which he (Mr. 1V hit• bread) 11.4 d then the honour to propose, he now thought proper to bring forward in a speci ti c shape to the effect w hich he should mention. Be did not think any objection would be urg••d against it. He relied upon the Right Hon. Gentleman pa) ing some deference to the opinion which obtained abroad respecting avowed corruption in the House. And he would have, when next Session the motion came forward, an opportunity of per suading the House, if he could do so, that the Cronin influence was not too great. For his part, he was bound to say, that he