The National Register. — London, England, 1821-06-25 00:00:00

IPS tapreial Purlinrre r l runtin Ito( 'rem page 195. such, btu he was tin admirer of those who created a systeni 11f coder tint of is system of aho►e. If the barrle► of public law %%HS bi ' , Leto (lowa, alla I•riut iples subver sive of national independence professed by powethit confederacies like that of Lay bach. The truth was wait ten in indrllible cliaisteters, in the division and fate of Poland. It was then, the dot) of England, which had so long expeoienced the union of freedom with monarchial insfitootionis, to interfere con tits occasion, and show to the world how nsnr•h of national happiness and security would be lost in either extremes disapproving equally of the tyrannical dictatorship of the allied emperor's, so in consistent with nazi , nel independence, as the excesses of national license. (Hear.) r. S. WORTLEY said a few words in reply ; but they acre imoushble 111 the gallery. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; and the house divided—for 31r Wortley 's motion, 59—against it, lid— majorit y • U. (In our tie-ndmission ipso the gallery we found Mr. Aid. WOOD charging the commissioners of woods and forests wi. to imposovidenee iu their contracts null with gross favour• iti 111. 3 his ise said was clearly exhibited in the lease which had been granted lee Mr. Prurient for opening •late quarries in EWAN:IIyd common. Ile concluded by rinsing for the oppoimment of ir c 00000 'tinter to examine ions, the suhject. Ahern short dehate the house divided—Fur the mutioa, 19—Against it, 90— Majorite, 71. On our reutdinississis into the gallery we found Mr. DIC- K I NSON tin his legs, solovisc4 for the discharge of sloe order fore copy of the report of the visiting magistrates of Deba ter god to the quarter aessipml, Mr. Ald. WOOD trusted that the house would not rescind its own order without better reasons than thins those stated by the lion. cent. (Mr. Dickinson.) Mr. 110 Itl lOCS E remarked upon the aril with which an tutu 'Minutes were defended in the I se, from the keeper of she King's conscience down to the keeper of a gaol. The house then divided—for the motion, 63—Against it, 90-91‘jority, 43. Mr. K. MARTIN moved for leave to Wing in ids bill; but withdrew it, nt the suggestion of Mr. Bankes. Mr. CREEVEY wished to know on what day it was intended to move the first reading of the Duke of Clarence's grant hill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said early in the ensuing week, perhape Tuesday os Thursday. Sir R. FERGUSON wished to ask whether in the prepa• rations for the coronation, it was intended to stop up the passage to the two houses of parliament, lie had nearly fallen over the boards which narrowed the way, as he came : to the house. lie saw nothing to be gained by so absurd and expensive a ;Inge:mt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said lie believed that this was the first time that the coronation ofd sovereign had been spoken of in that house in the manner in which it hail now hero by the host. mod gallant general. Sir R. FERGUSON explained, that be hod AS full a re gard for• the kingly dignity as the right hon. gent, but he still thought the preparation for this pageant ought not to be suffered to block up the avenues to both Houses of Par liament. (Hear.) The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the home adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 22 Mr. CHETW )(NESE moved, that the Information, Traustnission, and the Summary Proceedings bills be read a third time this day three months; lie proposed such de lay because he wished the bills to be duly considered iu the country. The Husbandry Horse Ditty Repeal bill was reported, and the report ordered to be taken into further considers- Sion on Tuesday. The report of the Scotch Malt hill was received and screed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time to morrow. The report of the Scotch Distillery Draw-back Milt bill was received and agreed to. Mr. CRLEVEY presented a petition from Charles Maddox, receutly sentenced for a conspiracy to return a member for Birmingkam, complaining that the court would not hear I according to law,throagli the medium of a friend; and that although his offence was admitted by the court to be less than that of the other defendants, lie received a heavier punishment because lie would trot express the contrition he did nut feel.—Petition read, and ordered to be primed. The report of the Curti Averages bill was received and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. W 6 AND Mearrs.—The house went into a committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a series to resolutions fur the appropriation ut the siiikinK fund towards the ways and means of the year; and tur grants to meet the expense of such loan from the sinking And. Mr. ELLICE said, that he hind great objections to the deficiencies being made to fall on the sinking fund. Mr. MAI3I.IfLY said, that this fluid consisted of no. thing but fallacies, lie mishit.. ed that what the Chem cellor of the Excheemer was doing, was no better than a quibble; and lie hoped that a committee would be here alter appointed on the solojeet of this thud, that, it it were continued, it should be placed ou something like a national footing. Mr. I'. GRENEELL was favourable to a sinking fund. It was calculated to be most useful ; bat lie wanted to get lid of the delusive parts of it ; the books talked of a sink ing fund of 17,000,C001. and yet they could only find abuut 1,000,0001 Mr. CALCRAFT said. if the sinking fund were dis sected, it would found it hail amounted to 1,000,004)1. Deduct from that sum the debt due to the East India Company of 1.400,0001. and the lost Agricultural Horse tax, 3 00,0001. su that in reality it amounted to only 2,100,00 11. Mo. RICARDO agreed with what hail fallen from the lion. ono weber who last spoke; and lie thought that sonic great elfin t ought to be made to get rid 01 the debt alto. geil.i r. For this purpose hr thonght Ihnt a ire! sinking toed might be useful, but Mete must he a change In it. liesolontrin agreed to. Repot I to...morrow. COL 1)AN• I ES nu,t , el the secouel reading of the Clover Sevil bill; but atti r .1. ►;ud, dIS the Fens; of the hue trio. a,uiust the bill, he xliould %Widmer it fur the pre ar•nt ;is pt int iplr . however , o cowl. lit n Covnis.—On the mutton W 31r. S. IZICE, hip bout rt•.oked 'brit auto a committer on the 9th report of the r 000000 no•iotiere appoitilud to ran 000 oie into Ihe coatis justice—h e ft report regarded Ireland. Mr. It. know -_, .. THE NATIONAL REGISTER that the course which lie was about to lake would expose him to some unpopularity—but the conduct of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, behind, was spoken of in the commissioners' report. His eiesent motion was founded on the report and the Clitel !lames own letter. Several acts passed to prevent exactium, returns of fees in 1715 being required—the venires of 1715 and 1734 forming the foundation of the report, and his present proceeding.— After this introduction, which lie hail considered requisite, he came to the year 1814, when the commission was ap pointed—a commission obtained its spite of the opposition of ministers, and which would be the means of accom plishing reform in their courts. The appointment of the commissioners, however, reflected credit on the govern meet—they had acquitted themselves with ability and inflexible integrity. The fess Liken in the Com fut . Ex chequer, Ireland, according to the 9th page of the report, were 91 fees receivable, only 13 of which were at the rate of 1731, 19 were without precedent, and there were 38 increased. The hon. member then described some of the fees. He first spoke of the fees taken from the sheriffs on paying their accounts. The uct said what they should lie, yet there bud been an increase. The sent tiled by tlur act was 15s. 10d. This fact formed the ground work of his first resulutiun. His second seselution declared, diet since 1805 the Chief' Baron received a fee for a cer tain species of writ for putting his signature to it ; sad al• though such fee was demanded, the signature was rarely pat to the writ. The signature was said to be requisite, and yet was not appended, at least limit very seldom. The next charge againat the hutted lord was respecting decree's. There was a double- duty charged, and it was charged nu a document that never hail any existence. There was a prac tice of taking fees on the decree at the commencement of suits ; so Oust the fees were paid whether the sung went to decrees ur not. The abindonment of suits made no difference. lie also noticed a practice of taking certent fees imposcl in Irish current!) in British cut reticy, which put into the Chief Baron's pocket an advantage of right and one-third per cent. a serious grievance on due suitor, lie came next to the question of bills of' costs, w here fees were charged lit cases te here bills of costs had never been made out. The bare stateineot of such fact was sufficient. The present Ciiief Baron had am horised this charge. 'flue resolutions expressed no opiiiiun, they only re-asserted what was set forth in the report, calling Isis the house to institute enquiry. The ColllllllliliSiOlberli hind moor their out,, iet the house do its; and if they were diipuised tu correct abuses, let them turn the lasi tttt era' lahuurs to alone accuunt.—He con cludedw ith reading the seriesof resolutionsalready described. AUSTRIAN lA/AM.—Mr. It. SSIITII rice to move the production of a paper alluded to in the despatch which had been sent from V iennat to tothis country by Lord Stewart, on the 5111 of February, 1818. This despatch contained the reuniting of Prince aletteinich and Count Stailison, in op per.itiou to the payment of the debt due by Austria to this country. He called upon the hiel-e to re-cue the Em • perm. of Austria from the libel use his tumour and reputation contained to the despatches of Lord Steuart, lie must cum. elude that the behaviour attributed to Austria in those de,. patches was attributed without foundu t i ttt 1, fur he never could believe that the power which called itself the chief of the fluty Alliance could he guilt) of conduct, which, its the ordinary transactions of life, would receive the na • e of switidling. The hon. gent. concluded by movi n g Heat the paper to which he h a d referred its the outset of his speech be laid un the table. The Marquis of LON HON BERRI - certainly thought that Austria would stand ill nu the eyes of die world if she denied the deist until she rece vest a quietus (acquittance) from Clis country. Bet he was of OpitliUll that it would only preju. dice the interests of this comitry when the period should arrive fur an arrangement with Austria, if the house were I sow to Interfere. Mr. WARM: ob d, that however poor Austria might be at present, she found money not long since to equip au army against Naples. lie admitted, that in the present state of the country, any relief from tray quarter would be iniporiont ; but still he saw many objections to the praduo. tion of the paper now moved for. If she did nut deity t h e debt altogether she might put it in course of pa)ineut iu a certain nuoilwr of years. He (Mr. Ward) would expect nothing frost the fairness the hooray. Jr the gratitude of Austria ; he relied onl3 upon her fears ; upon the value she set un the friendship of linglood ; tnat friendship was too important to her to be abandoned, even fur the sake of • successful fraud. Mr. It. SMITH, after what had passed 'legged to with draw his motion. The house allerwairls went itin it committee of simply, in *hail the iemoitiing Irish and miscellaneous esiimates sere moved. It..pori to-mor:oss. 'file remaining orders hating been disposed uf, the house adjourned. FROM TUESDAY mcnr'S GAZETTE. The King has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Peter Lord Gwydir to exercise the Mike of Lord Great Chamber lain of England. as deputy to the light. lion. Priscilla Barbian Klizubeth Itaronecs Willoughby of Eresby. and (;corginna Cluirlotte Murchiunos of Chulmundeley, coheiresses of the said office. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. A. 11. Kenny, D.D. to the Rectory of St. Olave • , in the borough of Southwiuk, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Greene. BANKRUPTS. E. Ilenaud, Birmingham, whipmaker. Sols. Messrs. Jennings and Co. Temple. T. Sawyer, ltamsgate, chymist. Sols. Messrs. Young and Co. St. Alildrcd's Court, Poultry. J. Fox, Dartmouth, Devon, ship owner. Sols. Messrs. Fox and Co. Austinfrinrs. Sir P. Baghott, Knt.. I.yplatt Park, Gloucestershire, banker. Sols. Aleuts. llaxand Co. Guilford Street. J. 13,ntinar, (White, Lincolnshire, g7alier. Sol. Mr. Taylor, Clement's Inn. _ 1. Lowe', Angel Court, Tbrogmorton Street, bill broker. Sulk. Messrs. Walker and Co. Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. June 23, .1. Lea, King Street, ('heapside, warehouseman—Y3, W Davies, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire,qaoollen nitinutucturer —23, H. Groning, Broad Street Buildings, merchant—July 10, J. and J. Silver, and A. Dyson, Size Lane, merchunt-10, S. Stickland, Burleigh Salterton. Devonshire, shopkeeper -10. J. Godfrey, Colchester, innkeeper — ln, T. Walpole White Lion Street, Goealm Wood, Fields, victualler-17, .1. ootl, D. Martin- dale, and J. Fisher, Poultry. a archousemen-17, J. Donaldson. W. Spec, and S. Alayston, FriMiy Street, linen drapers--12, S. I))e, Norwich, grocer—lx, S. Junior, Liverpool, rueieliant —l3. T. Brown, I .ongtlun, Stalfort!Jii:e, grocer-13„1. fleecy, IVolverhumpton, lia.tor-17, J. Tozer, Bristol, woollen draper. TO TILE EDIToR. Sia,—The account given of the Unitarian Fund Dinner, in yo u r last paper, seems to me so little remarkable for ac curtsey or tambour, that I cannot hut acquit you of having oeen present, though it assumes the shape of an Editor's paragrepli :—my reply bhail lie us short us possible, though it- itecessistily involves it little histury. The Society in qur stints bring instituted fur u purpose nu less grave and serious in its nature, than (rts we Ii itik) important as to its object, the gentlemen who arranged the toasts to be given after dinner (of alma l was not tine) deltherattly endea voured to avoid every thing which Might triter, perhaps debase it, by on uditilatnre with the witty topics of the 'tossing day, and therefore confined their notice of political and pithlie pennon to his Alajesty, singly and alone ; end even to Itim without the interpolated additinu of'' Gud bless him," which, however, miexceptiottable, ut even, on other oec•+sinus, latidi.ble and proper, it nail been the better, for the fon stetting reason, to omit.—Cnneurring in their opinion, when au attempt nay made by sitine gentlemen to invade the role, I declined to comply with the ittiouyinous call, stating (nine " the accome omits to mention) the prin. ciple on which the stewards hail titled, and ntc UN at opinion of the propriety of abiding by it—and I wit satisfied that I acted rightly ; that the wish, so far from being mond aaaaa us, was nod expresses' by one fourth of the company, and that the minute's rs tlection, for which my interposition niforded the opportunity, convinced the meeting of the expedience (tithe line usuch had been than ;in which rill immediately acquiesced, by that silence which was best proof of con sent. As to my own consistency, I have only to say, that having objected to interitiptiag the prescribed comsat by the introduction of a subject wholly foreign to the design and object of the institution, when on the point of leaving the Chair I took a liberty, generally taloned I believe, of giving, as f myself, the health of a lictitlenian, my inti mate friend, well knonti as the most pinininent champion and leader of that very cause which we were assembled to promote—whose talents and industry have been for ninny year devoted to its advancement—hut n lin, notwithstanding the number and vatic', of his publications, never once, I believe, uppe•ued bt fore the public as a political polemic— if this be inconsistency I :tan content to bear the blame,— Trusting to your liberality to insert ibis, I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, London, June, 20, 1821. W. S T ll. I'. S. I must desire to add my entire concurrence in lour richly merited eulogium Oil the eloquent speech which Mr. Fvx delivered on the occasion. "'„,* lit conformity with our constant custom, we insert the above Letter, but we cannot avoid making a few observations on the subject. The Editor of this Paper was present at the Dinner fur the purpose of taking notes (which he did at great length, though subsequent circumstances prevented his publishing the account he had intended giving) and avers the verity of his statement that the call was " nearly unanimons''—of which in his situas tion he had a much better power of judging than the Chairman, and in which opinion be is confirmed by several gentlemen who can have no motive for misrepresentation ; he also knows that the silence which was so unfbrtunately interpreted as approba tion of, or conviction of the propriety of the omission arose solely from a determination on the part of the dissatisfied company net to sacrifice the quiet of the evening on that account We agree with the worthy Chairman as to the gravity of the occasion, and as to the desirableness of excluding from such meetings every political feeling, but we still maintain that that exclusion could not be obtained by drinking " The King. God bless him," which was the precise form of the first toast, and after wards refusing to give a toast when so generally called for—the omission of which at the present moment gave the meeting a decidedly POLITICAL CHARACTER and that of the worst sort. We could have had no objection to the health of Mr. T. Belsham, (whose every act has been so highly creditable to him) being drunk, but nothing can convince us that the fact was by any means con sistent with the first declaration of the chairman, that he would " invariably adhere to the list given him by the stewards."—ED. It has been represented that the Duke of Clarence has only 18,0001. a year, besides 2,5001. a year which was grunted to him early in life, and which, because he has received it so long, ought not now to be noticed at all. The following is a very mode rate estimate of the public provision for his Royal Highness, independent of his marriage :-18,0001. a year• by Act of Parliament; 2,5001. a year• by an old grant ; the admiralship of the fleet, 2,0001. a year, a free house in St. James's, and a mansion at Bushy-park (enjoyed for many years) with gardens, farm, and the rangership, with its privileges (say, at the least, worth 2,5001. a year) and besides these, 1,5001. a year settled from public money on certain young ladies called the Misses Fitzclarence. These items make 26,5001. If we add to this the 6,0001. additional proposed on account of the marriage, (to say nothing of 18,0001, for arrears), we make up u charge of Zi2,5001. a year ! !! A few days ago a considerable wager was made by a gentleman of Prescot, that he would provide a chaise and pair that should go thirteen miles and u halt' within the hour; carrying, besides the driver, two persons, weighing 480 pounds. This wager was decided last week, and won by one minute. The population returns in every part of the king dom spew a material increase since 1 11. In the single parish of St. John the Evangelist, Westmin ster, the increase has been upwards of 6,2oo—the the total number of persons being in 1811, 10,615; in 1821, 16,835.