The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-03 00:00:00

P I N 7 - r s - The other orders Were disposed uf, and the Ilou►e adjourned at half Asst Tee o'clock. ►CD. 27. Mr. Qoarme, the Yeoman 1. abet of the Black 110(1,qm/rt. mooed the Ilan se to attend nn the Buys° /I, to hod di, Royal Cotitosission.--( See Lords.) Mr. Leadei took the oaths and him scat. Me. Brown, %Varden of the Fleet, presented the account of persons discharged from the Fleet prison. Thu ammol accounts of the Raussante Harbour were pre sented, the title of which basin.; bouts read, Mr. MANNING, in the absence of Sir W. Curtis, the Chair man, Itegired to sotto dint such 1 . seenther bail never any of the lfsrhour Duties in his lintels ; - oil the contrary, that hon. ntember had frequently advanced money out of hts own pdtket to carry on the works. Petition ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CtLVEMT obtained leave to brim; in the St. Saviour's (SoutLwark) Market Bin, to eaable a market to be held in such pariah._________ Mr. CURW EN presented a 'tuition from persons engaged in the Crectil..tid and Duties' Straits pray ins fur protection. Lord F. 0S1101:NII presented a petition front the county of Candirid,v, towplaininq of agricultural distr,sii, severe tax ation, the burden of (vibes, Sic. lie presented a shall sr peti tion from Belt.'''. Ordered to lie printed. Mr. MANNING moved for return. of balances of (be Psams• gate li trltuur dues Mime 1792, where lodged, S.e. .Mr. W. DUN DAS presented the Berkshire petition praying for Reform, &n. Mr. monk said the Ilonve was any thing hut what it might to be. Instead of beim; the goardiau of the people's purse; they Intel too much interest in the sharing of it; they were independent where they ought to be dependent, and de pendent where they should be independent. They were bide pendent of the people, and slependeut.on the crown for favours. Petition ordered to be printed. Mr. i'llYCEpresental the Herefordshire petition. Lord FOLKESTONE said he bad heard a "good deal of ohmic of this. and other county petitions; but ho had beard no refutation of the doctrine d contained in them. borne persons took credit to themselves that titerc was no such matter in thin pctitition a, bad been introduc,(l iiilo other petitions ; bud it been proposed, he doubted that it would have stood a good chance of being adopted. Petition ordered to be printed. Lord FOLKESTONE postponed limn the :Alt to the 12th of next month, his motion on the subject of :All equitable adjust. went of contracts. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from some parish in ; Sussez, on the subject of the hop duties. The CIIANCULLMIt of the ENICHEQULit replied, that in answer to inquiries that had been put to his,. he had no inten tion to propose any reduction of the lion duty, nor to propose that there should be any committee on the .tabjcol. Ile, how ever, had no objection to slieid 'elk( in the time of paytneht of the duties. *Sir Kti.kTCHBULL expressed the hope, Ilist something would be done to relieve the petitioners, or mhos similarly oireunonneed. Petition ordered to lie on the table. 1101r.CUILTHIS Knit', that at n distant day lie should nail the ettuition of the Ileum !to this subject. • 'Mr. WILLIAMS obriersedi that.sinoo Novomberthe Master of the Rolls bad been unable to attend to his duties; that Judges had attended for his honour ; and that as the Judges were going on lithe circuit, three weeks would elapse before they could agsin attend for him. Under such circumstances, be wished to know whether any thing was to be derma le pros'r et the interests of the suite's or the court? Mr. PULL said that the indiatrosition of the Master or 1M ' Rolls had been severe $ but it had been ; and was expected; that the Blom; would only be temporary. Lord A. HAMILTON brought forward his motion for papers respective the imprisonment of Mr. Bowring at Calais, and at Boulogne. Ilia lordship stated the case ;—lre was arrested • and imprisoned at Culaia, on his return from Paris, after his baggage had been regularly examined. Ile was them e re moved to Boulogne, and eventually imprisoned au tecrei—he war Mantra' nominally in solitary confinement ; and when be was discharged, it was stated that no charge was preferred ' against Wm, because he had not violated the law. 1t• thts were the case, was there no redress for a British subject who Lad been treated as Mr. Bowrina bad ? Not content with de taining Mr. U. be was imprisoned under the worst ciream 'humus, havreg been annlitted in foul places, and amongst the lowest prisoners ; he was denied Man professional assistance. After about a fortnight, a new charge was preferred against Mr. IL cliargitur him with 111-ina; a sort of accomplice in trea son. Ile understood that the 'tonere were to be refused—why he could not 1,11. In pint of time, there was no objection— and there could be no reason of state, as they wen•. partly be fore tile country already ; hot it wo.11:1 be useful to :): before the country, to warn Eriglishmen wire th y had to expect 4PII crossing the channel. Ile did not thick of criticising ur com plaining of the French laws; the subj, et of complaint was (110 injustice towards a British subject, in violation or what was , avowedly deemed the Frenek law. He conclnded with moving for copies of the correspondence with Mr. Canning, &c. Mr. CANNING said, whatever might be his opinion of the expediency of the motion, he bad no resume to complain alio° manner in which it bold been brought forward. Ile should nevertheless oppoow the motion on the distinct parliamentary groomul, that it would be always UOU iS6 to produce 141.(114 where no necessary view was pointed out. It was for the !louse to show bow far the corn...penitence was tweesinry ; it had nut been requires) for any distinct ground. A* to Mr. Buwring, from his personal charach r and ualentn, lie lint no reason ~et to speak respectfully of him. IV 'tine three uplartere of an limit. after Ire heard of Mr. D.'s impriaoinuent, lie aunt imatrueetiona to the British Ambassador in Paris, to welch the ease. and to sect whether Mr. 11. was (Welt with impartially, amounting to the French lawn, as if he bad been a natural burn subject. Mr. 11. was eventually set at largo because the French Government deolioed to press the greater charge, and as to the minor charge, that of carrying neal«l letters, defrauil ing • the Revenue, that elonrge not warranting imprisonment. After the release, our ambassador took the opinions of French advoeates of opposite political opinions, and both of them agreed, (but the French law yostified w hitt bad been done, If 111 r. 11. haul gone to France, het did so knowing the inferior chareeter or French jurisprudence, as compered to the juris prudence of En4laioul, nail having &Abetted souls rights wool advantages for a lime, he must be content to put up with the disadvantage* of going, to the controls) of the laws of other countries. Be must oppose the motion. because to agree to it would be to eountenueow the notion that there might be ground for national interference. Sir H. WILSON was ready to admit that Mr. Bowring had experienced consideration from his own Government ; but whatever the law might allow, a Prussian Serf would not have beau treated as Mr. Buwriog had been used. lu alluding to T}ll 1 NATIONAL REGISTER Isis own mw, the hon. member observed. he complained not at the fart that ho was cbaoxioas to tyrants ; he had only been ordered from Voris by 11101.) who desired to rule independent of law. Mr. IIUTCMNSON condemn( il the timber in which Mr. llowring had been treated duritiL; 6i, into 'prn:n.4.l. Lord A. II IMILTUN ha% ing replied, the motion was ne gatived without a din kion. 'rise Weights and Measures lu ll haritr, keen read a second time, and the remaining orders basing beau disposed of, tho !louse adjourned. FRIDAY. 24. Mr. CHETWYNDE presented a petition from Staffordshire, complaining of hawkers and pedlars. Mr. CUItWEN mused for various returns respecting the Wine Ditties, Ste.—Orden-J. Mr. GRATTAN presented a petition from St. Ann's, Dub lin, praying for the revival of the Local Taxes Committee. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE gave notice, that on Wednesday he should more for lease to bring in a bill to define and regulate bishops' lilies, and the regulation of the same. The Cotninittees of Supply ant Ways aid Means were post poned till Monday ; and the House at its rising was ordered to adjourn to The reports of the transfers in Aids Dill, &c. were presented. Lord J. THYNNE presented surioui petitions front St. James's, Datil, against the Marriage Act. The Itlarri.i,ge Act Aniendnient Bill was ordered to bo com mitted on IVednesdity next. The Weights and Measurer Bill went through a committee. Mr. D. Git.nerer observed that the report was nearly similar to that of last session. Report brought op, and ordered to be taken into further consideration this day three weeks. • The Scotch Creditors' Continuation Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Munday. Mr. BROUGHAM presented an individual's petition, (Mr. W. Smith's) complaining of the laws regarding the COMA • y. Mr. BROGDEN preseuteil petitions from the neighbourhood of Maidenhead, Sec. praying for en alteration of the laws re garding the beer trade. Mr. BROUGHAM rose, porsuant to his notice, to move for leato to brinee in a bill for the better vegetation of the beer trade. Its object was to throw open the trade. The bill was precisely similar to that of last year, with one alteration.— [The loin. member did not state what that Aeration wsit.l— (WI of lust sear was received with more unanimity than he could have expected ; and lie now entertained considerable hopes that mire encomia would attend his elibrte. Ile had only to add, that, as soon as the hill was brought in and printed, ho should postpone the further consideration of it till alter the Easter recess, Hr had bleu much gratified to learn from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the Government • bad it in contemplation to bring forward some Pleasure towards the accomplishment of the objects he had in view lay lair Nothing would be so satisfactory to him as to hear that the Government would take up the whole subject; that the right hon. ,gent. would become its foster parent. Such • measure would be, he was persuaded, highly beneficial to the agricul tural interests, in there:olio.; the consumption of barley, which would afford good use for the light lands. It would also pro mole the comforts and the moral advantages of tire workbag classes. He'was aPrisiti the measure contemplated by Govern ment would he of a very limited natere.—The Beer Tax was particularly severe on the industrious clauses ; the operation of the tax afiree.ed them. as compered with the rich man, as three to two. rake the Malt 'fax at `04., the Beer Tax was 305.; and•from the latter tax the rich man was almost entirely exempted. It might be thought that nothing more was neces i say to gain some slieviation for the poorer classes than, to state • these cireassistances, especially at a tinse when there were such extensive compleintx of distrese.—To afford 'elm's in such I ease wedd be cab:alined to prevent that irritation which was a likely to arise 8111011414 the poor against the rich from such in equality of taxmion. It would be politic to show themselves attentive to the people's just complaints, for G al knew it might not be long before they would base to call on them to make sacrifices to mai:dant the honour of the country.—(Cheers.)— He would not say more atpeceent, and concluded with moving fur leers to brine in hit 101. • Sir T. LETIIIIIRI DOE eapreeeed Lis approbetion of the motion, and trusted that it would have the (lamella of the Escheriner'e aid, as that right lion, gentleman land expressed his anxiety to relieve the labouring dallies. This measure would tint only relieve them, hut the agricultural interests also. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, it wits hard on the labouring elassea ; hot such was the fact, Mot the lazes should press more heavily on them than on the rich to the extent of .),000,00d. annually. V. here else could they bear of stick thing»? Ile wan rather surpriecal, however, at petitions that had arrived front Beilshire and Cainfirislgeshire ; for iti the market of the latter ;duce, barley. on Thollllll3, Was selling as high as 41. a. If the Wier Ta:. sale talteu oil', so inueh would the consuitoption of malt be increased, that he questierall whe ther the Ileveuite would lose more then frOtt,Uool. Frunt the reduction of dittv that had already taken plaim, there bail bees n considerable increase is the oorieemption of barley ; he be• tiered dud 13),Otth more barrels of beer had been brewed than in laetfsear. By the decrease of the Malt Duly, there bad been , all increase of the consumption of malt, perhaps to the extent of one. fourth. Tile ditties ought to be se lowered as to produce something more like an equalisation of the duties. 'flue CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was glad to learn that what bad already been done had proved beneficial to Una poorer classes ; and be trusted dint Ilse other measures on the subject of taxation would be attended with like benefieial results. lie should Hot oppose the iiitrorinetiem of the hill ; said he should be, glad to time that it was of melt • natore that be could .assent to it. ll' it were the saute as the bill or last year, at least with one exception, he WAS not prepared to say that he oilfield Ins nide to support it. The Government was prepared to bring forwent a meaaure connected with this sub ject—tie would net now gn into any details of it ; but lie trusted that it would be fowl Weill:nut to beak (lie agri cultural interests, as well as the labouring classes.—( I lear.) F0.11:14;t4 Amons.--Mr. BROUGHAM wisheil to put a question to the Secretary of State for Foreign All'airs, in con sequence of alleged quotations that had been mado from a do cument .1611 to have been delivered to the Congress at Vienna by the Duke of Wellington. The qindations had bean made by the French Minister (Chateeulreinnii) in a Speech its the French Climatic:l., in the course of which the French Minister anodes' in no very reverential manner to our Saviour, sad sup posed sophisms, while tie wan engaged in liniting &Inn liberty —lie wished tit learn whether these qnutatione were correct, and whether the whole, or any parts of the document have been quoted I Mr. CANNING said he could have no hesitation to state, that the quotations were made farm an official document ; but the pessomes were torn from the context of a very long paper, nod they were not quoted in a way to give an securste idea of such uocumeitt. Ft'r instance, it propiseit:ol.4 were staled with the view of showing the absuidity of any circumstances, it 67 _.~ would not ho oorreol too - eVr - ecT the words of the proposition only, and give those as the sentiments of the document. The quotations made were correct as far es the words were cue. cerned ; but they were separated from • very tong article.- 1\ hat had been slated, tool qauteil, might, fur instakce, have ii admissions made fur the sake of iutioduciug ceutradiu liora. Mr. CANNING said, it wonld be disingcneons towards the House not to state, that the hopes of peace acre consid en my diminished ; but it was his duly to uild, that they were out destroyed ; and that so long es a hope remained of being able to continue peace, be should be against adopting any step that might increase the dilliculties of the present moment. When, however, hope on the nu..ject was at an cud, wheo the lime for discussion arrived, Ito should not hesitate to submit to the House the amplest information on the subject. FINANCL Re:semertoss.—Mr. AIAIICRLY then me to bring forward his resolutions relative to the Finances and the Sinking Fond. lie had four objects in view—nest, the Relief from Taxation—second!', the Suwon of Public Credit— thirdly, to reconcile the Lauded nod Funded Interests—and fourthly, to establish an efli.Aesit Sinking Fun.l.—Tl... present Sinking Fund was a Utley, aiol u cheat on the public. •io llon. Cantlemau then entered into • review of the rise reel progress of Mr. Mitt's Vick mg Fond, which he contended, by ni ning to do too much, had laded to do any thing ; be then proposed the entire abolition of the present eshilitisliment, and that a sum of money, to be raised annually by the redemption of the Land his, &IMAM be set apart to form a new fuoul,-- Th's would enable Ministers to repeal 7,ooo,oool,inatead of 2,000,0001. of taxation, and bv the improvement which this wuold give to the Funds, Ministers would be enabled to re duce the 3 per cents. and 3 per cents. by which • saving of or 740.0001. annually wuuld be effected. The relief which such a repeal of taxation would give to ibe people, would have the effeetef improving the revenue at least 1,000,0001. and a say.ng in the collection of taxes would be made of 11.0,0001. ; therefore though 7,000,0001. of loxes would be taken off, not wore than lAttid,ollull. would be lost to the revenue. The bon. useuitier idler some further observations, concluded by moving a Ramiro. of resolutions expressive of his opinion on the sib jest. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended that the advantages of the present system haul then ascertained and eckniiwledged. yhe plan of the hon. gentleman was visionary. liv was fishing for advautages in • sea of uncertainty, and in !Steel of finding a whale might only catch a herring. lie should feel it his duly to move the previous question. A long debate followed, in which Mr. Iluiskisson, Mr. Ri cardo, Dlr. Raring, Captain Maliberley, and others took a part. The liouse divided—For the Resolutions 70—For the previ ous Question Lill—Majority for Ministers—b2--.Adjourned. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. mm 1...•••-• WHITETIAL.I„ Fen. 25. 7 I 111 The King has been pleased to direct letters potent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Grad Britain wad Ireland, constituting and appointing the lit. Goa. Chart Arbuthnot, M.P.. William Duchy Adams, and Geary Dawk. • ,„ Esqrs. to be Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Fon*ts, and Lund nevi:Laws: CROWN OFFICE, FEN. 25. MEMBERS returned to crve in this preacnt PARLIAMENT. Town of Berwick upon Tweed.—Sir John Pism Beresfoid, of Dudilington Howie, in the blare of Mid Lothian, Baronet, in the room of the Rt. lion. Charles Augustus Bennet, commonly called Lord Oasulston (now Earl of Tankeraille). one of the Peers of the United Kingdom of Grftit Britain and Ireland. Town dnd Port of ‘Vinchelsca.—Williatn Leader. of Putney Hill, in the county of Surrey, Eaq. in the room of Lucius Con. cannon, Kw]. ClUttle Ihirough of Arundel.—Tlinmas Rend Ketnp, of Dale Park, in the pariah Of Al.alhurat. and of Ili ighthelnurone, in the county of Summit, Es'i. in the room of Robert Blake, kiwi. deceased. . BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. S. Knipe, Liverpool, merchant. NK ItUPTS. J. and J. A. Adams, Southampton, toy sellers. Solicitor, Mr. Sowton. Gray's Inn. J. Park, Tower Royal, merchant. Sol. Mr. Eastham, Law tence Lano„Clievside. J. Littlewood, Rochdale, stationer. Sols. Messrs. Tilson and Co. Gokrean Street. W. Fentiman, Peterborough, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Brent. ridge, Chancery Lane. • T. Griffith, Isiverpool, merchant. Soli. Messrs. Clarke and Co. C.,ancery Lune. J. Westwood, 11?ierley, Herefordshire, fanner. Sole. Messrs. Jenkins and Co. :A.:w Inn. V. It. Glasior. z-treet. WeAminster. money scrivener. Sole. Ahnsrs. Frtnenan and Co. Coleman lii.reet. DIVJI)KNI)s. March 19, J. Bradnek and P. and N. Crompton, Manchester. merchants -22, W. l'ickman, East 11sq, Berks. grecer-25, T. Evans, Winningham, boilder—q 9. J. Hau ksley, liirmingliiun, merchant.-3:, lice. H. Clough, liothatinm Ptak, it. Br Ckuigh, Glenywern, D. Allison, Astrail Uchuf, and lieu. J. L. Jones, l'ileinutdoc, Denbighshire, bankers—sit, I. Marston, BO • ing luau, coalilerder-.1, J. Cannes. Bishop IVeanuoutli, Duraimi, ship owner—uri, G. Wilkinson, York, dealer. CEIiTIFICAI'hs to be granual March i S J. South, Ceirdiff, imniminger—A. Khurldcy, Binbrook, Lin colnshire, farmer.—J. Firmin, Bohner, Es.ix, farmer—C. U. liiethiouller, Mark Lane, broker—W. Fullord, Lad warchouseinan—J. IYorcestc:, draper—lL Reader, Ohl Street litiad, timber merchant. A new arrangement is to be made reuarding the jiive. Mk convicts or this country. The litheolphins enamel it Sh e erness, is to be wholly appropriated to the reception of illebe delinquents, where they will or tituglit useful trades, by tnen who are also coot iets, particularly the trades 01 a slitienti:ker and odor, by tv . 1. it is said, that clothes lor the whole t stablisii. form of conviela II brunt/hoot the kinudimi will lie made. IVe are glad to lieu that this arrangement is in content plititoi, as we hope it will have the tli,et of 4l;toog the youdisahat ►his become the exiles of bllele!V, re►en. tnem from the 'item, and froth the •'t:gradati ... into which they hate been drawn by wicked and detianing men : hitherto the youth.: on board the ships and other establishments have heel, confined in separate cells, and 551st to work in se parate gangs I the men, ).et they could not wtrilly dvnitl their society, by which means they often left the ships More hardened its iniquity than when They entered them. By the new arrangement, wi understand the ship will be moored at a distance frnin Me shore. •nd f the oilier convict ship mat lies at and communicate with ►he homer milt, by messengers. 444 to hate Ilti whatever w the latter.