The National Register. — London, England, 1821-04-23 00:00:00

; V a~ )t ' r I nn FllO.ll TUEND.II" G.IZETTE. BANK PTCY SUPERSEDED. O. Hogg, Pancras Lane, tavern kclier. BASERUri S. W. Soaps, Lichfield, meicer. Solicitor, Messrs. Constable and Co. Symond's Inn. R. Hoyle., Nescastlc upon Tyne, merchant. Sols. Messrs. Meggison and Co. Gray's Inn. T. P. Jones, Carmarthen, linen draper. Soli. 'Messrs. Jenkins and Co. New Inn. W. J. Tender, Portsea. Southampton, victualler. Sol. Mr. Can, John Street, Bedford Row. J. White. Lambeth Road. Surrey, merchant. Sol. Mr. Thomson, George Street, Minor' , l. T. Bonner, Monkwcarmouth, Durham, fitter. Soh. Messrs. Bell 'rod Co. Bow Churchyard. J. Ford, Gloucester, patent woollen yarn manufacturer and clothier. Sols. Messrs. Buttsßeld and Co. Bouverie Street. W. Cole, Sinniagton, York, farmer. Sols. Messrs. Eyre and Co. Gray's Inn Square. C. Cope Berkeley Mews. Portman Square, job master. Sol. Mr. Cole man, St. James's Walk, ClerkenwelL R. Ritchie and J. Bigsby. Deptford, brewers. Sols. Messrs. Osbaldeston and Co. London Street, Fenehurch Street. J. Greases. Liverpool, broker. Sols. Messrs. Taylor and Co. Temple. J. Blackband, Burslem. Staffordshire, grocer. Sol. Mr. Hicks. Gray's Inn Square. W. and W. S. ILWeilen, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, scriveners. Sol. Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn Square. T. Whitt, Brinklow. Warwickshire, innhohler. Sole. Messrs Fuller and Co. Carlton Chambers, Regent Street. T. Burbery. Woolston, Warwickshire, grazier. Sols. Messrs. Fuller and Co . Carlton Clambers. J. Whitchurch, Worship . Street, Finsbury Square, coach master. Sol. Mr. Dimes, Friday Street, Cheapside. J. Masters, Upper Berkeley Street. Portman Square, coach maker. Sol. Mr. Dunn, k. Swithin's Lane. _ J. isurniter.Charlottel;treet, Old Street Road, stone mason. Sol. Mr. Phillips, King Street, Covent Garden. D. Pulko, Birchin Lane, broker. Sob. Messrs. Courteen and Co. Walbrook. DIVIDENDS. May 12. J. S. Smith. Brighthelnistone. druggist-19, B. Glasscott. Cheapside, jeweller-19, W. Blackburn. Blackburn, Lancashue, sbopkerper-11, T. Hadley, Birmingham, dealer— ]3, J. M. De Quinn, Size Lane, Buckkisbury, merchant-8. W. Davies. Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, woollen manufacturer .-10, R. Sallow., Hadlogh., Suffolk. grocer—lL S. Bowring and S. Tint, Cheapside, Ineerdashers-23. J. Avison. Brighouse, York, grocer-19,J. lisides. Blackburn. Lama/hire, druggist. CERTIFICATES to be granted May h. J. Graham, CroolotdLoas, upboisterer—T. Hughes, Bennett Street, St. Janne., Dealtry, RawelifFe, York, fanne—J. P. Mammal, Lemke Street. merchant—T. Rome, Liverpool. optician-11. aindl, Bath, slionnaker—W. King, Ipswich, maltster—J.latisid. Edward Street, Cavendish Square, surveyor—W. Wilkinson. Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manu facturer. DESTINATION 01 REGIMENTS.—As several re giments are now about to change their destination, the fullott ing list, it is expected, may be found use ful to many of our readers 4th dragoons and 18th hussars, to India. Bth as 17th light dragoons to come home front India. Ist hatt. royal Scots, from Ireland to the Mauritius. 13th, 41st, and 44th. from home to India. 38th ar.d 54th, from the Cape ei Good Hope to India. 33d and 91st regiments, from ! JMC to the West Indies. 49th and 55th ditto, from home to the Cape of Good Hope. 58th and 61st ditto, come home troin the West Indies. 6th regiment to St. Helena. 75th regiment from the lonian Isles to Gibraltar. Slat and 85th regiments, tiom home to the Mediterranean. 82t1 regiment from the .Mauritius to Mille. 17th, 53d, 59th, and 65th regts. come home from India. ilk Extract of a letter dated Cape Hayti (St. Do. mingo), Feb. 28.—" We have lived in great agita. ion here for several days; a conspiracy of which the ci-devant Duke de Mamielade, at present the Governor and Commandant of De Place, and Gen. Richard, a sanguinary negm, were the principal contrivers, was accidentally discovered on the eve of its being carried into effect. The objects were the overthrow of the government, the plunder and mur. der of all the whites and mulattoes The ring leaders had the good fortune to escape from the fury of the exasperated populace, but were sent in chains to Port-au- Prince to undergo their exclamation.— The troops had been worked up in a state of frenzy, and only ly the great and indefatigable exertions of General Manny could be restrained from plun dering : some excesses have, however, been com mitted, especially in the adjacent country, where robbery and murder is still going on. We find by a letter from Leghorn of the 3d, that a most respectable English merchant, a nephew of Sir R. Peel, has been ordered to quit that city and state at twelve hours' notice, for presuming to doubt the truth of an Austrian bulletin! Such conduct is better calculated for the meridian of Tunis or Al giers than that of Tuscany, which has long been considered as one of the mildest of the arbitrary sort in Europe. The expulsion of this gentleman for the crime of " incredulity" has produced a deep sensation, and created a considerable alarm among the English residents at Leghorn, more especially as the arbitrary mandate had been proceeded by no notice, called for no explanatiou, and admitted of no remonstrance, or expostulation—off he was obliged to go, probaLly to the ruin of his business and Mr tune. The British factory, and the general body of British residents, have seen the magn itude of the inconvenience, and the extent of the danger Which this treatment of Mr. Peel warrants them to appre hend, and have taken up the matter accordingly. Accounts from Hanover assert, that Lord Castle reagh has audounced officially to Count Munster, that his Majesty would visit Hanover in August.— We much doubt the fact, or at least if such is in the contemplation of his Majesty, it will be preceded by some legislative measure in parliament. THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3nivertal Varilanttnt. • HOUSE OF LOROS. • MON DAY . •PRIL Petitions against the Roman Catholic hill were pre ,rated from the clergy of Itaih—lit ktol—Noi folk— Woodstock—and the Roman Catholics of Limerick. Earl GREY presented two petitions from the Boman Catholics of England —one declaring that his Alajesty's right to the throne was indisputable, end that they never would admit the interposition of ally foreign influence to shake their loyalty and attachment. The second petition was from Lords blire‘ssbory, Petre, Arundel, and other Roman Catholic peers. Both were in favour of the bill.— The petitions were read, sad laid on the table. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE then rose, on the order of the day for the second reading of the bill, and com menced his speech by observing, that the Roman Catholics of Ireland had suffered under severe intolerance up to 1793, when they were admitted by the legislature to the right of elective franchise, and promotion in the army and navy. Concessions bad bet ti previously spoken of, but in fact no concessions were made. In the present instance a bill of Mercy and grace had come up from the other house. It, however, no sooner passed the threshold of the house, than the noble lord on the woolsack, and the noble lord at the head elate triasury,denonneed it. He trusted he should hear, in the course of the debate, the principles on which those noble lords had taken as, lie considered, an erroneons view of ihe subject. Would the lords not condescend to give due consideration to a bill which in the other house of pat liament had gone through the ordeal of five weeks debate? Alter the deliberate sense of the other house, taken upon the measure, what could the house do bet give a bill of such vital importance, at least that discussion the subject was entitled to ? He was the mote surprised at the opposition of the two noble lords, because it was not usual to express opposition to the prin ciple of a bill before - the second reading. Upon the authority of the other house of parliament, lie asked the lords to discuss this subject. Four millions of Irish Ca tholics, containing in that number the most respectable names, requested to be heard, and not sent away from parliament. Under the sanction of oaths, his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects had abjured disloyalty. They had not done so by one oath, but a succes►ion of oaths. They had taken oaths, and proved themselves trust worthy. When the act of 1793 passed, it had the full approbation of his Majesty's ministers. They considered the Catholics trust-worthy. They bad been in possession of the elective franchise 28 years. That act said in plain terms, I. We will try you, and hereafter open to you the doors of the constitution." He did not speak disrespect ful of the constitution as a Protestant constitution. It was the object of his veneration, but he wished all the members ed it to have participation in all its privileges. The doors should be opened to the Catholics to enjoy equal rights, and at the time the admission was allowed, the C btliolic should not be insulted un the subject of his religion. The noble. earl read a document proving the alteration the Pope had made in the oath to be taken by the Roman Catholic bishops. Wards were left out for the purpose of inserting others, which state that nothing in the said oath is to shake the fidelity such bishop owed to the king and government under which he is placed.— There never was a bill in parliament discussed with more moderation and temperance than this bill had been iii the Commons. The bill, in fact, gave nethiug—it only restored those constitutional rights of which the Catholics had been deprived, but which no man could say ought to be no w withheld. The Protestant establislhm.•nt was undoubtedly entitled to support; but the bill, if' it passed, would nut prevent the King holding those safeguards which the constitution required. A Protestant king would never prefer Roman Catholic conosellors. Conceiving the Ro man Catholics were trust-worthy, he could not consider the second part of the bill necessary. He could not con sider the Catholics suspicious. They had been in posses sion of the elective franchise Y 8 years, and the good use they had made of it was security for future good conduct. He wished therefore the second, or restrictive part of the bill, expunged. They waisted no fresh securities. They were told they had a disaffected belly of clergymen—he knew that the reverse of that character belonged to the Catholic clergy. Hr had too smelt respect for those who introduced the securities, not to think they had a good opinion of the Romeo clergy. 'fumy must have supposed those securities were not canted, but thrown out as a tub to the whale. It was too much to expose a respectable body of the clergy to the odium and daimon of the mul titude.—The noble eau l then observed that it would, per haps, have been snore reasonable to reset we his objections to the restrictions till the bill came belore a con 111 l ittee, but as he did nut hear from the noble lords that they would permit the bill to go to a committee, he could not w ithlitod his opinion respecting the alteration. The first clause imposed the penalty of au oath. lie did nut like the imposition of au oath. At the commencement of the French revolution a compulsory oath was taken by cler gymen. They took it to avoid deportation. The opinion ur all sensible men since that period had been, that the oath ought never to have been inforced. The oath in the bill before the house was to be taken, or the part/ would be liable to prosecution for a misdemeanor. He eThjected to it because it was wholly usnieceiriary to catty into effect the machinery (tithe bill—whether the Roman Ca tholic clergyman was sworn or not, lie would nut resort'. mend any person to be a bishop ur dean Hitless he knew that person to be a loyal person. 'rite other t estrietions also came tinder the noble earl's observati 111 l , and lie con tended that there was nogtoubd for any restitutions. The Catholics were not suspicious pet sons, curveguently they ought not to lie treated with suspicion. He dad out he. heve any individuals weir to be tutind more ready than Roman Catholics to du their duty. At the same tune he was ready to say, he did not wish the Catholic* to t humph aver the Pi otestaists on this occasion. He thought they ought to give some mods:drat, some satislavtiuu to sOOlll the pm epadice of Pt idestanis. He 'birdied himself, how ever, to nothing of that sort. He considered the securities requited 'millet:cases y and unjust; therefore he could not call on any body of int it to give thesis. The want of the veto requited by the bill could never, in his opinion, pro. duce the least danger. The noble rail concluded a speech of emisideiable Italia) by moving the second reading to the Lord MANSFIELD said, the bill divided had two ob j.•ets—one part admitted Catholics to the privileges of the .1414.—the other imposed testtictious. With respect to those resit tutiotts, Ilia experience led him to believe that the Homan Catholics or licland w mild never be satisfied with restrictimet; they required unlimited access to all public etc.s. In case they obtained that liberty, they %stolid nest moire the restoration of their clergy, and pet Imps the ql;lte‘ nf the church which had been seized. Person■ enn!d have but little foresight or knowledge of mankind, If they doubted the real feeling of the parties. Toleration in every sense would be required, and the Pro testaut ascendancy would in the end be lost. Tne Pres byterlan form of worship bad been the established religion of Scotland. The Catholic religion was established in Ireland. Both, perhaps, should be tolerated, and con cessions made by the l'rotestant established religion; but the question would be, whether, in making these conces sions, they would not eudanger the constitution, and make way for a new religious establishment? Restrictions in the bill were, in his opinion, necessary. The house could could not deprive the bill of its Aati•Calnolic character without destroying its very essence. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM supported the claims of the Catholics. The Bishop of CHESTER opposed the bill. The Bishop of NORWICH considered it inconsistent with the self-denial and seclusion from the world which the Christian religion required in a bishop to come for• ward on any question of party politics. He had been accused of ambitiously pushing himself forward on this question; but he felt lie had only discharged his duty as a conscientious member of the church. Humanly speaking, he might never have another opportunity of addressing their lordships. He asked, then, what church it was that was to he supported by disabilities and penalties? None could venture to say that it was that church of which the the Law-giver and Head had declared that his kingdom "was not of this world." (Loud cheers.) Christianity prohibited every harsh, severe, and uncharitable opinion. If no other passage of the New Testament enforced this liberality, it would be sufficient to the terms in which the divine founder of chtistianity reprimanded his disciples, who had falsely imagined that their religion was to be supported by judicial interpo•:tion even from heaven, when lie told them that they did not know what matter of religion they were of. (Hear, hear.) If any thonght their church could not be maintained without disabilities and penalties on millions of men, they had reason to fear either their church was bad, o r theyl were in error as to the means of supporting it. None was more anxious titan lie for the support of the chinch of England; lie would venture his life for the truth of its doetriues anal the wis dom of its discipline. But the most Christian means of upholding it lie conceived to be, not disabilities and pea. nalties, but learning and exemplary conduct on the part of the clergy (hear, hear, hear), kindness, candour, mo deration, and forbearance, ou the part of all its members. (Great cheering.) Lord REDESDALE opposed the bill. No security whatever was held out for the establishid religion in this bill. The Earl of HA RROWBY supported the bill at consi derable length, after which The Emil of LIVERPOOL said, that whatever might be the ultimate deeistun of their lordships upon the goes tion, it was of the utmost importance that it should appear to have undergone the fullest investigation. He should be sot ry that stay noble lord should he prevented, by want of opportunity, from expressing his sentiments, and therefore moved that the house should adjourn till to-morrow. Adjourned at half past 12 o'clock. TUEEDDAY, APRIL i 7. A petition was presented (Join the owners and occupiers al laud in the county of Cardigan, complaining of agricul tural distress. Petitions were prerented from the clergy of Brecon—the clergy of Leicestershire, &c. against 03 Roman Catholic du ems. A report was presented from the commissioners for build• ine new churches. Lord HOLLAND pr rented u petition from certain Pro. testant dissenters, against the Murtiage Act. Laid on ib. table. Rooms CATHOLIC BILL.—The Bishop of St. DAVID'S rose tot the order of she day for renewing ;he debate on the Roman Catholte,Bill, and /listed hisobjection, on the ground that it eon a proceeding to whirls lie could not as-ent without a violation of his oath. It appeared to him to have a most pernicious tendency. The restrictions imposed oaths which no Roman Catholic clergyman could take without a sacrifice of all his l'tilf4ioUl feelings. Seeing danger in the operation of the 11/eil , Uft'S, and the little sincerity it would obtain, he was disposed to reject it in logo. The DUKE of YORK root to deliver his sentiments upon this que,titoit. His Royal IliAluiess observed, that the house, was culled upon to sanction it nieasuie which would operate us a repeal of all the laws and Pi otestutit seem sties brought in by the revolution of 1685, and which placed the fatuity of his Invsent Majesty on the throne. The more be had runsitkred the object of the bill, the more lie was disposed to a: jest to it* The illustrious Duke expressed a hope that their lordships would not coma& r him opposed to toleratiou. lie mos a friend to universal toleration; and would ever promote the free exercise of religious worship, but he was obliges) to consider the wide difference between toleiation and a struggle rot political patter. (Hear bear.) Earl DARNLLY felt that the constitution would in no respect be eurlangeted by passing the bill There could be no fair pretence for denying the Ruivan CIO holies of (rebind a fair and equal partucipat tun in the rights and privileges of the constitution they haul so often fought to maintain. If any furs should be reitiiged, utter passing the bill, the Pro testants mould have the remedy tin their own hands—they formed a bilge majority, and co n sequently would be able at all all lilacs to rtiatiato any (Linger a hick might by accident arise from the lull. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that night it was his fussiness to remove some of the prejudices entre mined by the advocates of the bill. The uptestion was, whether the bill, with its provisions, ought to be read a second time? Now, upon that question, said the noble and learned lord, " I defy any HIM) who know, the law of the country, and the principles of the constitution, to pass this It is impossible for any man in my judgment, to pass a bill with the provisions in this bill." It had long been his painful ditty to oipose similar measures. His opinion upon the subject was ihts—parliament ought to go into committee to consider what was to be done with the claims of the Reiman Catholics, butt those who thought . they could alter the es se ntial f un damental principles o f the cuti AA i;; Ilion of the country, were bound not to throw the weight of the question upon a committee, but propose some general principle for the adoption of parliament.— He could never bear to hold out hopes to the Roman Ca• tholics which he knew could not be realized. The key stone of the arch of the constitution was taken away by 1 I I