The National Register. — London, England, 1821-02-18 00:00:00

j;itipertal Vatititintnt. •=m1M1..... HOUSE OF LORDS, utox DAY. rEn. 14.11. LES.—The Earl of lU)SSI.YN said, he addressed the haus:. Oy the wish of his noble i.iend (Earl Grey), to discharge the order for summoning the lords on a mourn his noble friend wes to bring lore:aril this day re,pec.ing the aft irs of Naples. 111. ny circumstances had oc..urfail to induce the noble ci.rl to postpone his motion tor a tew day-, but none more than the extwo,uirfont movement of the Austrian troops towards the Lin.•;.lom of Naples. The nable caa (itossl(a) considered the ho I'i.y of the Austrian ::overtur en. rnint.ne not only neon ,'e peop'c of Naples, but the ri^ir end Phetiies of the r.ople of E. wow. lt was not exceeds:, oy any of the -ets of Boonen. -a. Nip nook f lend wi had to be in po.‘se sion 0. infoinht.ion tore -lie is . which led to ,;1I- extraottlinety conduct on the pet tof Cie SovereiLit,, presuming he me-e possibility that hey m ,lit be in po-Jr,-,-ion of some ju,,irtemion of this extraortlinry and %serlant proceeo•n-s. Lord Rot ,lyn concluded by mov;.th the order of the day be discharged tot the purpose of summoning the Lords to meet 'n on the Sallie subject, on Monday next. Tile lioese was eerie summoned for Monday. EA GROSVENOR exple. sell sonic regret in consequence of 'o; inability to be ty.e.,ent on Monday next. lie could not su:iclen ly deprecate the lionible blood-thirsty conduct of the . D•s.thi:ss ur TILE COUNTRY.—The Marquis of LANS• DOWN gave notice, that lie should move. on Friday, for the committee to inquire into the causes of distress as affecting the tr of the country. The noble marquis, adverting to the ob serv:-tions of a noble earl, upon this subject, on a limner o:easion, said he did not anticipate any objection to his motion, and Pecahlingly moved that the 1.01.1 s be summoned for Friday. Tile Earl of LIVERPOOL did not rise a. oppose the mutton, but to state his intention to move for the production of certain re 'multi. At a tinnier debate he SUMS' the came of agricultural distess to be excessi.e production. The noble marquis also eta c.l another cause, namely, the diminution of consumption. ie:nly to admit it nit ht be one or the other of those causes; and if the noble marquis brought forward his motion on F 1 .0.. V, he should move for the production of such information es rot apply to the question. E. 1 DARNLEY s..id, the noble earl (Liverpool) on a former etc i a, had expressed no disinclination to town the amount of expenses incurreJ by the prosecution of the Queen, lie should therefore give notice of his intention to move on Friday, That the•e be laid before this house au account of all money expended in t epf oceeeing against her Majesty the Queen, from tile coin • meneemen to the present time." Lord LIVERPOOL expressed a few sentences in assent. The hotLe then atijournt J. TUESDAY, FED. 13. The Archbishop of CanteiWiry laid on the table the report of the Commisioners appointed to build Parish I Churches, pursuant to Act of Parliament. The Longitude Amendment kill has read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. 'flue House ad journed. • • WF.DWESDAY, FEL I. The LORD CHANCELLOR attended the House at an early hour. On the motion of Lord MELVILLE, the Longitude Dis covery Bill passed through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow.—Aitiourned. TatinspAY, ktu. Is. Mr. Al'cock, from the treasury, loam:mod an account of the rilvanrzs on the Russian Loan during last year. Al,t) the amount of pensions paid out of the Scotch civil hbt. Laid on the table. Tut: QUEEN'S ANNUITY BlLT.. —\tr. Wog,len, and se veral members front die House of Commons, brought up the Queen's :annuity bill. The Earl or LI VERPOOI, intimated that he:should give give notice of the second reading of this bill. The longitude discovery bill was reported, and ordered to be road a third time to morrow. The !louse then adjourned. FRIDAY. FEB. 16. The Larl of LI VlAil'ool. gave notice that he should wove the 6CClllid nCitiling or the yuerm's annuity bill ma .11011. day. it there should be an n ish on the pmt of the I se to di-cuss the bill, lie slumld not object to postpone the second readlog to Tuesday. 'lnc Earl of LA 11::11.ICK presented a petition from the nobility, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Lionerick, praying relict under agricultural distress. The petition was real, and toil oil the table. The Duke of lIEDFlitt praseitted a pvlition from the Lund Mayor, Aldermen, hod Livery ol the Lily of Lout's), in elliontowliall assembled, prayiu. for the ill/4:1'00111 of her Majesty ' b mime in the liturgy. the noble Mike also pre sented a petition front the too tiers and occopiets of laud in the 1•:•ast part of the hie of Ely, culiun iipott the house to *like i!do their must serious consoler: the distressed state of agriculture, and adopt such measures us to them may se in meet•—Laid on the tattle. .1 he house adjousued to Slooday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, VEIL Et. A person from the Bank of England presented accounts of the weekly issues of Bank Notes, The following petitions were presented. praying the house to adopt measures for the restoration el the Queen's nettle to the Liturgy : Guildford, in Surrey; Ilinchley. in Sussex; Oldford, in Lincolnshire; and town and port of Dover. Severally read. and otderett to be printed. Sir H. WILSON presented a petition Item the Journeymen Hopi:makers of the metroplis, complaining of the distress of their trade, cattily arisiiq; from the introduction tit machinery. 'they partien:arly complained of what w as c a .l e d *.th e D e vil, , ' vikea, with the abSlotilllCV I.i * six or bet en men, perturnied what bete.e - requited J 7 men; and they therefore prayed that this •• Devil ' might Inc put in more i 1111 l ittliate connection with the Ci 'timelier a the Exchequer. The pelittohers also complained of exces•ive taxation, and they prayed mat all these matters might be inquired into by the house. Petition read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. GOOCH gave notice, that, on die ist of March, lie should move for a committee to inquire into the state of agriculture, sad the means of relieving its distressc lit sit it ET itxs.—Sir J. NEW PORT moved, that certain returns previously endered be presented tenth with. He stud that papers ordered front Irelv•id were regularly omitted to be returned according to order ; the offi.ves studiously avoided com plying with the returns, and lie now gave notice, that if the persons interested persevered in this sy, tent of delay, lie should 1110VC to have the officers called to tile bar of the house, to answer tor their conduct. Papers °Meted to be presented tbnliwith. Mr. I.lrri.ETos amrect.i .hat lie had been reported to bay when the Birmingham pennon Via.) before. the house. Ile was tor a modified moperty tax ; lie would take no partneiship, no pdrticipation with those who repined a diminution of the inteteq of die Min. Such a reduction would be most injurious, affeeting all the basis on which proptrty rested. .NAPILLS.-1.0114.1. eoke.l whether the government had re....ivA flay inichigence ut a produmation issued by the THE NATIONAL REGISTER allied powers against Naples, preparatory to the ma telling of th Aunt Lin army? • The C II ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not aware of any proclamation having been received, but his noble friend, lie apprehended, would be able to attend to-morrow, and he would be qualified to give a more definite answer. mrcinNti.--11 EEO It M.-I,ord J. RUSSELL moved that the house resolve itself into a committee on the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill. As to the continuance of the franchise in Grampound, misconducting itself as it had, he should re..ist its continuance there. At all events, he was fur a transfer of it ; and lie knew of no place more deserving than Leeds. (Hear.) With respect to the general question of reform, many circum stances had lately occurred to make that question of deeper interest than it had heretofore been. Those who once had been lukewarm, must now be earnest reformers. Mr. It. MARTIN was against any reform. Besides, this borou:;h had not misconducted itself at the last two or three elections. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW spoke in favour of the bill, because he deemed the borough of Grampound incurable. Ile also was in favour of the tr.mster to Leeds. If this bill were not carried, the people would sayy, however inveterate might be the abuse, the house was against ale rtforni. Motion put and agreed to. On the question that the bill he now committed. Mr. D. GILIREAT said, lie should move in the committee that the freeholders who voted for Grampound should he ex cluded from voting for the county. He also proposed that the nillior and 12 aldermen of the borough of Grampound should have votes, because the mayor, being the retuning officer, ought to have a vote. lie then:Lire suggested that the right should be extended to the corporation. Ile concluded with moving, that the committee be instructed aeconlingly, to extend the right of voting to the freeholders of the neighbouring hundreds, &a:. Mr.PHILLIPS was astonished at the honourable gentleman's description of the house, he appearing to fear that the house should more completely represent the Commons of England. That house was not instituted to be a controul over the pimple` but a controul the the people; and that was the state of the representation which lie desired to see. Tile hon. gent. did not defend the conduct of Grampound; lie could not ; wily then resist toe transfer to a large and populous place which was likely to be contaminated by the corrupt priteeices complained of ? Ile deemed it a great wievance that so many members found their way into that house by means of the boroughs; and he coin plaineti of the unequal state of the representanon. Lancashire, our instance, as 1-15, wild,: Yorkshire, which contained one tenth of the population of England, was as 147. He was decidedly against the instructimis proposed to be given to the committee. The uni-epressented n•anuttittridg clistrietsouglic to have repre sentatives There were many reasons that culled for it particu larly. Mr. 11. GURN EY wanted to know what Cornwall had done to deseive a double share of thos representation. (Hear, hear.) There was another argument for throwing open the borough, it was not found that the representatives of large and populous places were so liable to be corrupted. The principle of transfer had been acted upon for 400 years down to the time of Charles I I. It was a safe mode of improving the representation. It required nothing of violen3e. The Hon. J. W. WARD contended that the house, by agreeing to the bill, would nut be pledging itself to any system of reform. lie, however, thought they suffered some inconve• nuenee from the limited character of die representation. 'There were classes of the community whose feelings were not represented to the house. The house eventually went into the committee. The remaining business-31r. Alderman Wood's motion for a committee to inquire into the state of London Bridge, &e. having been disposed of. the house adjourned. 7LESDAY, FEB. 13. Two ballots being fixed fur to-day, to try the merits of petitions complainint. ' of undue rent' us Ito the boroughs of Ti egoay and fietlon, the gallery was out opened for stranscis till near five o'clock. Mr. %IT-STERN moved for accounts of corn, white meal, canary seed, 6,:e. imported flout Irclantl stuce I% —Ordered. The full Owing petitions were presented, praying for the restoration of the Queen's name to the Lim,* : Sontlhint—Tattield, suothaniptim —St. Luke's, Bromley —St. Ann's, Limeliouse—St.Jolin's, South is ark—Weavers of Edinburgh--Liticolii—Northampton—St.Andiew. Hol boin—St. George the Martyr—lli icklav el s and Hook- I furs of Westininster—lierwiek upon 'E weed—Mecha nics of London and Southwark—Clef - 10111mi of the Church of Englaiid—King's nn—Labouring Classes of the Mei rupults—and London Common Hall. Seveealiy read, and oi tiered to be printed. Dr. I.UsIiLNGTON, in presenting 011 e of these peti tions, denied that the Act of Uniformity gave the power that had been exercised. If such power were suffered, who should say w /Imre it should stop? In consequence of the •,soon, great numbeis had avoided attending the church—a tact that lie knew of his own knowledge; and if the outissiun cuuti unrd,who sl hi tell where the mis chief to the establishment should end% it was carious that the.iith C. c pelted his Majesty's subjects to ray for the (lumen.—(hear.)—kle had in his pocket a !detriment Iliad one clerg)insti bad lust one third of his congregation in consequence of having pleachtlel against the Qill'alt• Ali. HARBOR") confirmed the statement, that the omission of the name kept many people front chinch. lie also c plaited of the 'practice of " preaching against•' the church—a most milt cent practice, and lie hoped the house u until express its udinion against the pulpit being so prostituted. (Hear.) lie had been disgusted with hearing political sermons—on one occasion the clergyman spoke of " radical " doctrines. Could any thing be more improper? Could any thing be mote ca;Culatcd to injure the inteiest of the chord' ?—( Hear.) Mr. HOll I It/USX:said, that formerly Lord Castlereagh's name appeared in the list of reformers. l I loar , hear, and laughter.) It was to be wished that the lishle lord would tiou atiend to the petitions ul the people, and cut to those blends of his a ho were in tiff Italia of ini,represviding every thing. (I icor, and a laugh.) ltrforin twist come at 1 , last, if not in the way that could he wished, in the way Lord Chatham spoke of, " trout without." (llear.)—He concluded by stating, that his lordship ought now to reflect that lie had received is warning from the people. Lord CASTLEREAGH admitted, that iu Ireland he had supported reform, and if similar ceases existed, he should du the same thing with regard to this country, bust there was 110 cause tier it in this country. Sir J. isiEwpoitr „.eid, that Lord Castlereagh had always supported pal liamemary reform until he gut into office, and ri 1111.1 thein eforward his lordship had deserted ir. (cheers and liiii,;mer.) The 1C1 . 111141 of reform and the c •Ls of his load-hip had destroyed the pailiament of I eMod, and Ilse auac measure's, if per.•isicd io here, % , (jo h, uo doubt reduce the Parliament to the same ra il t 111113 . (Cheers.) Sir F. BLA K F. said, ha• would ask minislers one question, but whether tile) ansa rr. d that question nuts„ or Itercatler, or Hever, WM not of eau• slightest eonsequeure in tow world. catessise hiskihier.— he qu;sciou n whether, it her ! Ilajeat)'s name bad been in the liturgy, at the lane that ministers had given up the bill of pains and penalties, and acquitted her, they would have advised, under such circum stance•, that her name should be struck out of the liturgy ? (Hear, hear.) If such advice Mould have been given, be ou:11 apply no words inure expressive of the state of mi l:Utters than thet.e—"QuusLcu, suit peritere prius denneutat." (Cheers.) Lord FOLKSTON E gave notice, in the absence of an hon. friend, of a motion for Tuesday neat, respecting the conduct of the Sherill of Cheshire. Lord CASTI.LRLAGH was walling to take upon himself the responsibility of the union between this country soul Ireland, soul charged the hon. Bit routs with being guilty of an obtivion of facts, in reprsseuting that he (Castleriaglij was in oilier before he opposed the measure of reform. Sir J. ti L%VPO la said, the a hole s) stem pursued by the noble lord in the unfortunate country to which he had alluded, was calculated to do irreparable injury to the W. terests and spirit of the people. Lord CAS LEREAGII replied, with warmth, that the hon. Baronet bad totally misrepresented fact,, and that every member in that house, wkm knew tiny thing is hatevs r of Ireland, well knew that the real facts had been most grossly distorted. Ills lordship added that the lion. barotict had violated rules which it was unpardonable not to be governed, by imputing to him what lie wtu nut able to support. Sir J. N W PORT said he had stated, that from the moment his lordship was connected with Mitre, lie had ceased to advocate reform. . . Lord C;ISTLEREAtiII 'lei lared that when he opposed reform lie wits nut emotive tell N ills ollice. MotioN volt INSERTING TIIE QULEN's LIME IN Tilt LlTettGir.—Mr. J. SM ITII said, in raisdig to summit the motion of which he had given notice, that he hail some days pr..sented a petition from a large body of reipeciable melt, who were greatly interested in having the country restored to u perfect state of tranquillity and peace, nod who c 011• bidet eil that the most certain means of at tainiug that object would he, by attehtinig to the petitions of the people relative to the Queen.—(lleac, hear!)—He had been always anxious to leant the motives Aliisters haul fur advectisicv, such a measure as the exclusion of her name from the liturgy, but he 'lcier had learned the precise reason. Never iudesd had he met any ohm out of that Houses hut one, who approved oft he omission, although he was convinced there were many in the !louse who considered it necessary. That it was a general wish that the Queen had remained abroad lie dill not deny, and in that wish he should have participated, had he not seen that a course had been adopted which rendered. her absence from this country impiesssble.—(Henr, hear.) He had a i ght to infer, that all the charges against her were unfounded, if he judged from no: ping but the fro I, that iu the Of cu, 111011 , ir , must her not one aura of the calumnies so profs-wily vented on the Continent to her prejudice hall hero alluned to. lie had a right too to suppose that the influence of tile crown had an 1 heel upon her case, and that motives, over which there could he exercised Ito COOIIOUI, might have Minded the Audgment—t hat an implicit confi dence ii ight be imposed by some upon ministers, and that :t theollection of favours and kindnesses might have bound others to their service. A fiend of Mr. Pitt onec, upon being asked luejhis um tiers upon a certain ucca.inn,auswered with great um/retie, " filutives I ask Mr. Pitt, he thinks fur me.— [Laughter and cries of hear, hear l]—'That sort •f reliance was, in all probability, placed in the noble lord by ft it ads, but it 'humid be remembered that alien the Queen was acquitted, menthe's of that house bull uu right to at tribute 10 her, w ithin or without its walls, moral guilt.— [lfear, hear.] NO—a competitom would have taken place ainotipt their COMO ry meu to procure iedress, if any attempt of the Said had been made t and yet here, in the case uti' a moan and a Queeu, men were to he found capable of charging tier w ith crime during her trial and after her ac quittal.—[Cheers.] The boo. member then drew the:Men thol of the home to the multitude of petitions received by the house alma the subject, and to the conduct of the ;meetings at a Inch they had been adopted. Ile deprecated the practice of nicknaming the people, and complimented the 11 his, who had advocated the principles must useful to mankind, and used all their efforts to do away the detestable bigotry which had caused so touch blood and so 'natty tears. lie then adverted to the general state of difficulties under which the nation laboured. There existed g,,reat agricul tural distress--great commercial deprestion. The house hail much to attend to, which retinae', that peace and tran quillity should be restored internally. A principle of liberty and a principle of slavery were contending abroad iu Europe —that Of freedom would, lie hoped, be TiCtist:ous ; but a Ito could say what Logland would sutler in the conliict?—(llear) Who was ignorant of what ens passing iu the fairest part of the coutinent ? (Hear, hem.) The peuplz, could, be colifirtned in their places, if the motion lie should submit should be adopted. lie then read his 'notion, which was to tile effect, that the [loose, after having taken into confider :dim' the omission of the Queen's 11:11Ilt• from the liturgy, acre of opinion, that, um& r all the circumstances, it was expedient that her name should be inset led in the liturgy. Mr. 'FENN I SON seconded the motion, and argued at considerable length upon the illegality of exciuding the Queen's name fr lie Mai gy. Mr. W. WYNNL supported the conduct of ministers, contending that they had acted legally ni tire question, and that there were ito grounds for the motion. Mr. WIL RELtFORCIi was strenuous in favour or the motion, and took neer:ion to ceithire the conduct of minis ters mom' the whole of the proceedings aguitist the Qc.•cn. At hail-past one the house divided, when the 'lumbers were, for the motion 178 :against it 298 I majority far ministers 120. WEDA ESDAY, FEB. 14. Lick Nam - . MaoisTitaTs:s.—Mr. G. BENNETT present ed a petition from Samuel Meek, a publican, of St. John's, Clerkenwell, complaining of having been violently deprived of his Licence by certain Magistrates. lie had instituded proceetl ings against those magistrates in the King's Bench, and he was destitute of the means of more effectually establishing the en.se, tOr want of short hand notes taken before the Police Committee of that House. lie graced therefore that the House would be pleased to give directions for the production of such evidence.— The lion. - Member gave notice, that on Friday neat he should call the attention of the house to this subject, and more, that the prayer of the petition b e comp li e d with.—Petition read and ordered to he printed. Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Leith relating to the coal trade and shipping interests, complaining of the decay of trade. Ile hoped toe matters of the petition would receive the attention of the I louse as well as t h e Chancellor of the Ex. chequer.—Petition read and ordered to be printed. CON DUCT OF Sit Eni rrs.—Xlr. BEAUMONT mse to bring forward his motion respecting the conduct of Sheriffs on certain occasions, in having refused to call meetings at Chester, in Nor thumberland, Kent. ker. Ile should abstain from any thing like personal oh..rvatiuns, or frain stating tOist was calculated to produce personal ; his object wa,, to occasion some I ow