The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-16 00:00:00

JTINTP, 14. POLITICAL DISQUISITION. • CONSOLIDATION OF THE ENGLISH AM) IRISH 14X(.111 , .(41'1:1:ti. TILE consolidation of the two Exchequers cf Great Britain and Irelmel—a.measure rendered necessary by the state of the latter, had hitherto passed through its early stages in the House of Commons, with the full ap probation of nil parties. This unanimity was, for the first time, broken ao Friday last, in the Committee held on the Bill. It was then discovered by the opposition, that a Vice-Treasurer must be appointed for Ireland; and, what was still more grievous to them, that his salary would consist of :35001. a year ; and that, as he would have a scat in Parliament, a Deputy, with 10001. per annum, would perform his duties during his absence. Then arose, in all its flintier violence, the outcry against corruption By such a measure, ancient Acts would be violated ; economy set at nought ; and, the influence of the Crown extended. The Vice-Treasurer, it was wittily remarked, would have nothing to do ; and his Deputy would receive 10001. a year to assist him. " This was a most infatnous and shameless job," exclaimed Mr. Pon senhy, rising for the moment above his usual common place, " and Ministers would not have dared to bring it forward in a full House." As to the daring of Ministers, we shall not contend the point. They eertainly i displayed much timidity in pressing the revival of the Property- Tax, at the risk of their situations, until they were left in a minority. It was through excess of timidity also, that, having once introduced the new Alien Bill, they carried it through, osainst the most constant. and the most loquacious opposition,—rejecting, in their way, every clause however reasonable, which might have weak ened the Powers with which they wished to invest them selves. As we have censured thent when we thought them obnoxious to blame, so shall we take their defence, when their conduct is founded in right ; and this instance is one, in which the Opposition never more completely misapplied their activity and their talents. Could it be imaginal, that, when the whole financial concerns of a nation, very little inferior in numbers and in importance to our own, should be united to those of Great Britain, the English official Establishment would be sufficient to bear the doubled weight of business and responsibility which would thus devolve upon them ? Must not some Off►cer be appointed to manage that part of the national expenditure which must now flow from the consolidated Exchequer—to nourish and support the neighbouring island? Must not that Officer, entr►sted with the issue of millions, be a person of high trust and responsibility ? Could such a person he induced to sacrifice both his time and his right to dispose of his own property, as long as be holds that office, for an unworthy consideration ? And can, when all those views of the subject are taken, a salary of 35001. a year be deemed more than barely reasonable? But a Deputy is to be created with a revenue of 10001. per annum ; and, the necessity of this appointment is attributed to the impolicy of giving a seat in Parliament to the Vice-Treasurer, who is thus forced to absent himself from the scat of his active duties in order to attend the house. The answer given to this objection was obvious, and appears well founded. The consolidation of the two Ex chequers being attended with the abolition of most of those offices, which gave the members of the Irish Go vernment seats in Parliament, in order that they should be able to state to the national legislature the wants of Ireland, and the application and effect of the measures adopted to supply them, it is absolutely necessary that same other expounder of Irish necessities and affitirs should take their place. And who could be a more fit ting person, than the individual through.whose hands the whole expenditure of that country must pass. This appears to us so strong aground, that we shall not even quote the other forcible reasons which were employed to prove the necessity of the Vice Treasurer being a Par liamentary officer, and justify the appointment of a De puty. The next objections were to the creation of u new office, and the increase of the patronage of the Crown. To both of these, the most triumphant replies can be given. First, The office is an old one revived; and secondly, the patronage obtained by the Crown by the introduction of one member into Parliament, is more than compensated by the abolition of the Allowing eight Parliamentary offices to which the consolidation of the two Exchequers puts an end ; five Lords of the Irish Treasury, the Irish Chancellor of the Excheq,. , r, his Secretary, and the Secretary of the Treasury. Su&l a diminution of patronage, ought in fact to have excited the gratitude of those who profess to consider the in fluence of the Crown as dam serously great, instead of leading them to attempt to conceal the truth under load of abuse and misrepre.xntation. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. rcgrct to find by the fAloning Letter from the British Consul at St. Petersburgh to Samuel Thornton, Esq. Governor of the Russia Company, that attendant upon the new Russian Tariff many severe restraints have been in noseil itimn the British Lade:- " St. 1-e*, rshin glr. April ze. Olay 10), 11416. " tit n.--I 11114 the pleasure of writing to yoit on the 21s; April ( May 3), by pobt, and two iliqb afterwards by a coo. ier, with the iti.w 'fats K. Uy these opportunities I communicated to you, for the in formation of the Court of Assistants, all the details 1 could collect, of this so long expected Tara: nod I have now the mortification to acquaint you, that orders hate been received with it at the Custom-house here, to continue in fiirce the rides and regulationi 11,111101 (luring the unfortminte differences be tween Great Britain and Russia, and ever since acted upon. thmich with some temporary modifications on one or two point+. I shall, on every occultism in my rower, endeavour to procure either the repeal or suspension of some of some of these coda tions, which a; pear and are felt to be most prejudicial to the prosccatims of that liberal commerce it is the wish of his Ma jesty to e►tahhsli, and l flatter myself, by the powerful assist. dime of hit I.:sceileocey, Lord Cathcart, my representations may produce the desired effect. In 'the mean time, I mine strongly recut 1111 l end that all the rules and regulations. and Ciistoimlionse laws established by the Tariff of lel I, recording bilis of lading to order, and other points, he most strictly ad • fierce' to, and that tie expediency of so doing be made as spot tli:y khowu to the truck as possible.--I am &c. (Signed) " ItAYLEY." The Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia (it is again asserted), will meet at Toplitz on the 15th of July. The object is said to relate to some sub ject connected with the Holy Alliance. A letter from Vienna, dated May 25, contains the following agreeable :—" By authentic ac counts from Warsaw, we learn, that the whole Russian army which has hitherto been stationed on the frontiers, especially towards Turkey, is &volved, and that the troops of which it is composed have commenced their march to the remote provinces of the Russian empire." Letters from Vienna, dated the 26th ult. in speaking of the lonian Islands, state, that the Porte has not yet acknowledged the arrangements which placed that country under the protection of England. The Porte also declines, at present, to acknowledge the Royal dig nity conferred by the Allies on the House of Orange. The Ministers of the King of Bavaria, it seems, had advised his Majesty to a certain reduction of his Army. He has rejected this counsel ; and it is proposed, on the contrary, to augment the troops of the liue to 100,000 men. We have no means, at present, of ascertaining the motives of this policy. Measures of severe precaution, with respect to persons entering Spain from France, have lately been adopted by the Spanish Government. A letter from Italy, dated May 20, says, " Two Le clwiiastics have been sent to Rolm^ under an escort, for having circulated dangerous writings ; among others, a false Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, with a Com mentary containing dangerous doctrines hostile to the temporal authority." The Castle of Schoenbrunn, near Vienna, is fitting up for Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies, who is to be shortly married to the ArchduchAs Clementine, of Austria. The Prince is the Uncle of his intended Bride. Under date of the Ist of April, we learn from Rio Janeiro the unpleasant intelligence, that the Captain-ge naal of Chili had put under sequestration all the British property in that quarter. He has done the iramq by the Creaks at Buenos Acres ; between whom, in matters of trade, this officer makes no distinction. The dissection of the Hottentot Venus has just been finished at the Jardin du Iloi, in Paris. This new object of curiosity for the amateurs of natural history, will be placed at the museum of that fine establishment. It is very difficult to obtain permission to sec the sta tue by Canova, in the Borghese Palace, at Rome, repre senting the Princess Paulina Borghese naked as Venus. It is counted one of the best works of the Maslen A foreign Lady asking the Princess Paulina how she could resolve to be represented in this manner, received for an swer " C'est qee its chantlire chit bier shauFe!" (Oh, the man was well heated !) _ . A few days ago the holders of Omnium petitioned the Bank of England to postpone the final redemption of the Omnium pledged at the Bank, which was to be redeemed the 12th of July, to the 24th of the same month. Mr. Huse has, however, given official notice, that the Petition citnnot be complied with. EATON THE Pcneerniam.—The smiling pri..spects of suc cess, which had cheered this extraordinae y men, Since the commencement of his present undertaking. w,-re yesterday considerably eclipsed by an apparent failnre of strength and lameness and sueliing of the legs. It is also matter of ilitfi (ilts to awake him now from his few moments of repose. Bets in consequence increased considerably against hint: but neither himself or his friends despair. At eicht o'clock last evening lie had finished his eleventh day's labour, making in all a dis tance of mks. The Hinchinbroke Packet, which sailed from Falmouth for the Mediteri anew', on the '7th of Aprii, was lost off Cape St. Vincent's, on the 7th ult. Crew saved, and the mail forwarded by a hired vessel. Thursday aelinight a boy fell from off the forecastle of the Queen Charlotte hulk into Portsmouth harbour; which being perceived by Mr. Griffiths, assistant Surgeon of that sh,p, who was standing upon the main -chains, he immeihately proceeded to the lower deck, and jumped out of one of,the poi is into the sue, and happily reached the boy just as he appeared fast approaching to the last moments of lite. He is now per fv^tly re c ,, vereil. It ronapined that not less than 12,000 persons in the coun ties 1.1 mattord and Salop have been dismr.ed, to wander Ili search s:tbsi.;enee, w canseque.oce of the failing lain the iron trade since the peace. THE .1101.1 L 149 THE PRINCESS Cu A It LOTT E.—The answer to enquiries yesterday was, " her itoyai Highrieqm is quite ueoy,:red, and is going out of town to-morrow." The — day — for the marriage of the Princess Mary and his Highness the Duke of Gloucester, is finally fix-A fur Tuesday the 23th inst. The Duke of Cambridge is shortly expected in Eng.,- land. Tuesday, her Majesty, Princesses Atignsta, Elizabeth, and Mary left Windsor Castle for Ascot Race-course. They p oeecded to the Prince 11,gent's stand, where the Duke of Gloucester was in readiness to receive them. There was the greatest a.sseitiblage of Nobility that has been known for a number of years. After the conclu sion of the second raee, her Majesty, the Princesses, the Duke of Gloucester, and suites, went in their carriages to Marquis Cornwallis's marquee, where there was an ele gant collation provided. After they had partaken of the refreshment, they returned to the Regent's stand, and viewed the other races ; and at the conclusion, proceeded to the Prince ite..,ient's cottage, where they partook of a sumptuous dinner. The con en for the Kng's Plate of WO guineas lay between Mr. Shakers horse and Mr. Hancock's mare, although five others started. It was a. most excellent nice, and Mr. Shakers horse won by half a head. There is a report, that a Distinguished Lady is recall ed from the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has sent from Tunis, to the care of General Pino, two young lionesses as a present for the Emperor- of Austria. They ure so young, that three g o a ts h ave suckled them. On the Prince Regent returning from Lady Heathrow's rout, Ilk carriage being called, the carriage of some being r:ear the door would not draw buck, and a grand fracas took place b...twetis the ge. 'atom rt of the rohip for nearly five minute , . Ili% Royal Highness had the pleisure of standing 4 the door during the whole time of this ousel entrrtaintilent. Mr. Canning has been re-elected Member flu. Liver pool by a Majority of 5 , Wi. The number for Lim being 1,280.—F0r Mr. Leyland 731.. The attention of Parliament was last week called to the system of the Poor Laws. When it is known, that the number of paupers receiving relief exceeds dire! millions, and eight millions sterling arc annually expended. on such relief, it will he admitted that some notice should he taken of their administration.—When tho statute of Elizabeth was passed, which established• the system of parochial relief, 1:;;0001. a year was thought - suflicicnt• for atlinding it ; but in the next .reign, nt t6lB, the much greater sum of 6thi,oooL was found necessary; and in a • century and a half afterwards, in 1760,:tw0 millions were wanted. But such has been the aexlera.. ted ratio of the increase since .then, that in the half tury which has elapsed, the poor-rates have been: quad rupled in amount, and are at no less at present than eight ! A good deal of speculative argument is made use of; both in and out of the House of Commons, to :thew the cause of, and remedy for, this dreadful increase ofpamperistu—but the whole, in our opinion, lies in a nut.; shell. It may al} justly be attributed to an extravagant and wasteful expenditure of the public money, which can only ite supplied by an overwhelming weight of taxation. This heavy taxation fills our jails with debtors, and oust workhouses with paupers. .••• The ensuing Anniversary of the great Victors• of Waterloo will be celebrated by the Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, and Grenadier Guards, by an interchange of friendly compliments. The Officers of the one regi ment will dine at the Cavalry Barracks on the 17th ; and of the other at the lnfimtry Barracks, on the I Sth. Many of the Inhabitants of Windsor have united in It subscrip tion to entertain the Non-conimissioned Officers and pri vates of these two distinguished regiments with a sub stantial English dinner on the 18th. • Extract of a letter front Brighton, dated June 10 :--: " Mr. H. Ilatchimain, the brother of Capt. tintehinst,u, who was a party in Laralettr's escape, strived hero on sunday morning, with 19 other passengers, by the Unke of U'ellington packet, Capt. Cole. Sir R. Wil , on, Capt. Ilincunison,, and mi.. Bruce, are extremely nen in health, amithe% are knitted with congrntnlations and presents from all the iiistinginilitA females in France for their gallantry." Extract of a Lotter from -Stutgard, dated May I .oa the 20th nit, a v iolrnt storm, with a water-4 t, broke over the villages of Blockengeu and liendorf. The water rushed in torrents front the monntaics upon the two villages ; at lilo-kengen it carried off five 'NUS,* and all they contain. d, eighteen neve more or legs damaged, and Muir persons drown. ed ; at Hentlorf one house was retried off, and roar damaged. Not only is the harvest dtstio)eki, but the fields covered w ith sand and gray el." An Irish Melody has been written in reply to Mr. Cobbett's attack on Potatoes : the motto to which has bees. taken from. Moore's— " Dear creatures l we can't du without them." The chorus is " Suer& roots of Pnlo! we can't do without them; No tongue can exprem, their import.tiu e to man. poor Corporal Cohhett knows nothing about them. We'll boil them and eat them as lout: ae. we can." 8111.1.-BAITING.-A poor animal Wll4 led throurri Bristol street* nu Monday, with blue ribbons tied to its bovns for the savage parposc of henna bated on l.lifton•dunu. One 1 , 1 the ill effects of t•ach an assembly was a (pmts.!. in which tM• par ties agrced to tiot when a man ot• the were of Donald was killed upon the first blow, by a post•hot of the name el Cart• ben. A