The National Register. — London, England, 1815-06-11 00:00:00

JUNE 11. THE NATIO On ,t► M tion of Lord CAsTLErtzwen, an Address was voted to ttrc Pr nce Regent, pray ing that a monument mien be erected in St Paul's to Mftjor-General Sir Edward Pt,ket►hxn, who fell while stor.i.ing the etternyfs works in front of New• Orleans, on the Bth !actuary last.--Adjourued. TUESD4‘, JUNE 6. On Mr. Ftme's Motion, dr - House went into a Committee on an Act of the 41s' t the King, in which Mr. Prete proposed to increase the salary of the Irish Master of the Rolls 700 i. a year, which would make it amount to 4,2001. a year ; also to make an addition of tiool. a yea t the retiring pension of that officer, wluclk would then be 2,5001 a year. The Motion was opposed by Mr. Hoftnnt, as uncalled for and eX t►avagant, but after-a short di,cussion it was agreed to. Mr. Wtsrles, atter various observations, moved tOr a Committee to coosider cf the Acts imposing duties on British Wool sold by Auction. The Cuarrcataotc of the F.x.cutraur a would not object to a Com• snittee to enquire into the propriety of reducing the Auction Duty from five to one per cent.—The House having then gone into a Corn. r!ittie, it w.'s agrr d that a Bill be brought in for reducing the Auc tion Dutv on re sale ot Sheeps' Wool, the growth of this country. 'ft ER Nev enquired whether it was in the contemplation of the Right Hon. Geniknian to propose any new mrasiires of fioame, in the p ace of these taxes which had been abandoned. He Wished also to kn w, whether, in case of necessity, it was his intention to resort to the Sit-k Fund ? _ _ The Cssosicact.oit of the Exclireuxit said, that supposing the HOUNtto approve of the Schedule of Duties as they now stand, it was not h s intention to propose any new taxes to make good the deficiency of inkiest. For whatever deficiency might arise in the Ways and jbleakii already before Parliament, it was the intuition of his Majesty's Government to yropose resorting to the stock now in the hands of the public conlintssioners. Sir Ronny Text called the attention of the House to the e*pe. diency of oine legislative regulation, tor the purpose of restricting the amplo% went of young children in manutactuiing labour. He detailed. a-number of instances, in which a great want of feeling was siiewn by. parish officers in apprenticing children. whose >ears and strength did not leant of it, 11.6, the citudyAry-of ace pitions often severe and some times unhealthy; and concluding with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to fix the a..e under which the children shall not be admitted into iunitifaciorirs;. to limit the hours in the day beyond which they shall ;sot be worked ; and to secure some portion of useful instruction to These little beings.-I,eav given. The East India Shipping it 11 passed through a Committee, after Considerable opposition, by a division ' of; against 22.iii,-Adjowned. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7. Mr. Serjeant.Best's Arnelotted Dist/Ivens Debtors' Bill was with— strawn 1 . .. r the present Session. 'purr. ON , NEWSPAPERS AND ADFIRTISENI:N-73. The Citaticsi.Loa of the Exciirottatt began his observations by, 'marking that it had been proposed to fix an additional duty upon ad vertisements, and also an additional halfpenny on the paper. /ors dif ferent papers, however, had• a very ditkrent degree of circulation, voith a view to equalize the burtlien UM. ngst them, he should pro_ pose that there be an increased disco:int allowed to those proprietors 'mho sold their papers at:74. He had had sever; - .I communications With editors of the London newspapers on this subject, and he found iliatihey were not ready to coincide with this arraogcmcnt for an in. mascot a halfpenny in the,price.of the paper. He must, however, say, that he did not know any additional duty which could be levied en the public, which would, in all probability, be paid more cheer.' fully than this additional'halfpenny.on newspapers. The Committee: must be aware, that the great sa e of n•wspapets depended almost! wholly on the state of public atfiirs: Such had been the stave of.pub, /ic ants for many years past, and so rapid had been the succession of great evens, that public-curiosity was naturally and strongly tatitedi C. obtain information on those subjacts. Such a state of thugs might continue for some years to come; and a state of things wind' cscited: Whltc curiosity so powerfully, was undoubtedly : for the advantage of the proprietors of.newspap.rs, anti increascd.their circulation 4-mist elerably. He concluded by propos:ng 4 resolution for a stamp duty of SC 6d. on every advertiseine:n. Sir W JOHN NEPOAT felt a radical. objection to the system of pro gressive taxation up , n the means-of ilifitising information throughout the country. How was it trfat• public curiosity was. s" strongly ex cited ?—tt was by the increase of • public calamity. It was by the natural doxicty of every , per:om to kuow. what new bu.rthens were likely to fall upon them. This isittiral atotirty for informso ion ought not to be considered as mere curiosity, upon wl.ich it would be fair to Jay an additional t,,g„ It appeared to him that the more important Were the evet.ts communicated by the press, the more necessary it was that they shruld be generally known, and the more unfair it would he to tax the diffusion of that knowledge. So far from thinking that it would le a tax diet/fent ht did nut think that there was any, which, for the airnOiallt of it, would go so tar LO sour peoples minds. CA.L The tax already imposed on the - Sources of information had very much thminisited their circulation: In America, these sources el I ohne information were more numerous than in ibis country. He really thought that taxation•on newspapers was overdone already. A Chan. cellor of the Exchequer it.ikht also see rea , cne tbr not persisting hi such a tax. He might:perhaps see some of his future statements, if not - misrepresented, at least - colouresl in such alnduner as. he would not wish to see. Sir M. Et ttrtity opposed that part of the Resolution that went to increase the price of the Ncwspapersi although he •id not find so much fault with the increi.sed duty on advertiserneos. Sir C. Moxat thought no time could be wmtse chosen than the present, to click. public curiosity, winch must be the necessary effect of the proposed not. The first Re:oluti.o, that all advertisements in the public news, papers should pay a duty of three shilltirgs and sixqtenLe was ag‘ccd to —The Report was ordered to be received en• Friday, on which day the Chancellor of the Ext bequer sigittli-d that he should move remaining it esolutions.—Adjuurned. THUMSDA V. JUNE 8. Mr. Rim, made his promised mimeo on the state of mendicity in the metropolis. He stated that the number of beggars in Londan amoAnted to 15,000, and having made a number of svnsit.l- observa tions on the magnitude of the evil moved that a Committee be ap pointed to consider the subject, and suggest some r meuy for its removal.—The motion was agreed to Mr. liaocintil biought up the Report of the Committee of Ways and Meaus. On the Resolution for imposing a duty of 0u anditional halfpenny on Newspapers-being read, Sir J Newport again pressing the impropriety and inutlity of the Tax, but on a division the 3.sc- I ution was agreed to by .53, against 16.—Adjout tied. • FRIDAY, JUNE 9. XICENr ARPOISTfrf E.2V TS. Mr. Tir2l.ly asked, provi,:ed them was any truth in the appoio, meats of Lords Cathcart and Stewart to the Stall; what was the liar ture at their services which requited such appr.intmentF ? Lord CA:I-L:IAF A 474.: replied, that they would have to attend the armies under the Allies, and to report their Droc edinss to meat ; and preparatory to such services, the alipointirweits which :14:1 taken place were necessary. Mr. TIERNTY denied that such necessity existeri to enable thwe officers to report the proceedings of the wanes, and instanceu the ca,e of Coloireit.Atistruther and Ramsey, %rho had to perform similar dc_ ties during the last war but one. The Noble Lords were already Ambassadurs—appointments that were tolerably expensive, and ;c.; , in addition to them they lisd been placed on the slot!' • AUCCE.LI.4":;EQUS. 01211.v.:::CE ESTIMATES. t Mr. Ross moved, that• 1A861.. be granted to the Trustees of the Britisli.M useunt, to.e'arry into effect Or Am.—Agreed to. Mr. W brought up the Ortmal,,e I.stialate:, detailing Co.: hamounts ot the several items. The whole amount was 4,141,0131. , ; for the Estimates of the current )ear. There would have been tier,: considerable alterations and diminutions, but for the commtlicenng.: , s of hostilities. He concludvd with moving the first Resolut 1. which 'was 2',9:.:1;C091. for the service ot the Ordnance of Great Britain. M.. firms/xi made some enquiries respecting the publication of ;certain maps formed from a recent survey of the kingdom, and :lhought the Inspector-General of Fortifications:was not the mar; competent man that could he round tM such otti..e !• Mr. W isms said., with respect td the Maus. that the enemy, who ;;was the greatest captain of the age, .ryas already in possession of tip ; ; untichnt such information as those maps could give. As to the cow, o)l , 4ent.and insinuation of the Member respecting t lit in: ect.-",- General' of Fortifeations, he did not conceive it to be very proper , 'thus.to question the talents of that indivldual. If there were site 'l , ult to be found with him, let a motion he submitted an the subject . . To. .hew how anxious Buomipartc way to obtain int,,rmation rest:eel 'inn the internal situation of 'this (icutiotry, the Ht n. Member men.. stioned, that during Napoleon's pas'-age to Elba, >owe of lin. UY4, 4 1..)P twas stopped, kid on examining it, sonic of the very maps w re toulid %%inch resulted front the survey. Mr Vt'urratt and was quite astonished at the Hon. Member's ettlogylot litiohaparte, in pronouncing him to be the greatest General 0 tie age ;he might have remembered our Welting! , alto only called him one of the two greatest Generals of the age Brit donna. parte, it seemed, had rvinced hinn•elt more anxious atter knowledge than wealth, for in overhauling his Ittegaite and cases, ex reorng every moment, no doubt, to inert with the CF. tees w I,s , which, by the bye, had sinee been carried off by another part) , the ransackers could only meet with some maps ot treat Milt:4in to aft nish 01 oisappoins them. (Hear, and laughter.) Aa to whit hail been •ai•i peering the Inspector-General. he maintauted that every Member hat j ht to descant on the merits of the servants of the 'Crown ; it such were. his opinion, he should not even think it a crime to say that the Ord nance Estimates had been this day ay badly dultuestl by tht; Hens Member W:utt.)