The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RRGITTER. Esti SrA: , nort called to their Lord-hip's recoil( ction, u,a. o.c. House stood summoned on► his motion, for Monday, on a subject of the Jast important*, as it velated to the ruhj'•ct of Civil Liberty; and when suci► c►tcuntistances wooli he brought before the House as would call i te til t most serious attend •n. Lord Ilot.t..vvrt then, pursuant to a former notice, moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Dulwich College Bill, and on which a discussion ensued. It was then read a second time, and referred to an Out-d3or Com mittee, which uons ordered to sit on illonday. To which day their Lardships adjourned. HOUSE or COMMONS. moNDAY, APRIL 25. A new writ WM ordered for Roland:J.4e, in the room of N. Noel, wSo has accepted the Chiltern Iltnirtreds. Air. Horner presented a petition frorn Angtistus Cove, complaioing of onore‘t,ion whit7ll he hid suffered under the Proptit-tors ttt the GrAnd Junctinn Canal, and of i juftrnent gi• en against hint in a Court of Liw.—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir s ll. MILDM Ay wished :to know if G',vernment I•md received any infor,ilation re.pvcting stio Lavin ertion of the free people of colour in the ',Lind of eirenarla; and if a Proclatoltion of G .vernor Ainsl:e had Itt.cti received (Alio 1' since been removed to. stat;ng, that if the fit oaarav NeJroes dii not return within a fixed period, he would order the soldiers to de.troy their women and children. Mr. Goer said, that lie . had received no information as to the first part of the qty•stion. But ,in consegnence of a paragranh t.:.ich he lvid seen in a tiew.rper, he had written to Govern 'r for An ex id Illation of that Proclainati 41.—Sorno papers on t;.4 ,object were moved for by Sir IL Nliblonty, and granted. Sir II Parnell presented at Petition from the Freeholders of Queen's Comity, Ireland, airmist the Corti Laws. Lord A. IN tt.roN wished to know the nature of the proceeding whioh the lion. nart. meant to pursue ? :sir IL P 4 RN vr.t. said, it Nag his intention to move eerthin resolu tion+, arid then for I,ave to bring in a fill. funneled on these resolu tions. Ile also intended to propose a lower minimum, ;nice ror corn, in consequence of the present low price of breud.—The petition was so-tiered to lie upon the table. _ . . Mr. Tt tnN Ey wished to know the course hid, it was intended to be pursued, as to the delay or resumption of cash payments from the bank ; alter this country 2.1ia1l have enjoyed six montbm id race, wile- Oct a Committee would not be appointed to inquire • into the subject ? Mr. VANSyrrsnr supposed that sis months would be too early to revert to cash payments. What steps mi g ht be adopted, however, he could tint The anise went into a Coniinittee• on the Corrnption Blond Bill; and some discussion ensued, Pori aintndnients moved ; us the Bill now .t.onds, the only otre.nce to wl.ich corruption of Mood is to attach, is that of high treason. The Simple Contract Debt Bill %VIP read a second time. TUtqlllY, APRIL 26. The 11111 to rernlate the expo -glees of Candidate.* a' Election, with re ference to non•resnient freemen, WWI recd cetit.rt tittle._ ATr. Seiiealit C.Kilev was heard on behult of Mr. Wiight, against the Clerpe Penalties S:e.pention Bill ; and Mr. Brand sittend mew which was negetived, and flip fell . wi;11 suing verbal alterations only, was ordered to be repeated on Monday. WEDNEST)IY, APRIT '27. S .me conversation ensued het 11 M:.. ,Vltithread and Arr. Vansit tart, relative to the ct ssimi Cluntlaloupe and Norway to Sweden— the latter Gentkruan st.:ted, that the cession both of Uutsdaloupe atol Norway to Sweden, was still open to futute discussion and arrange. !neut. 97 1 - sieginfilßee to ',Ropers, whether they r e sid e d in t h e i r ow n p a ri :es or rou. rur this purpose, leave oring in a Judi, tor - the Better Iteptilaw!, of the Pour. • • Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Whitbread spoke in commendation of te-e ideas, and it Bill .was permittedlo be brought in, and read a hrat timo. Serjeant Oxst.ow rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill. to repeal the sth of Elizabeth, called the Apprentice Ball, which Bill had, been considered by roll writers ou political economy as a disgrace to our s'atute book. He ably argued on the impolitic and injurious ten dency of the law as it now stood, end said be bad the satisfaction of saying, that from the manufacturing towns he had received letters trout some of the most respectable mechanics, coinciding entirety with ti s ♦ - ideds on they subject. His 13111 would take away the unnecessary and . cruel penalty of 40s. rr month. He then moved fur leave to bring in a Biil, to repeal a Orr of the 511) of. Elizabetl..—After a short discus sion. the 13111 wam brought in, read a first time, and ordered for a secut d reading on Fritlay. the 1.3.1 i of May. Mr. Couarrczy obtained leave tiobring in a 13111 to prevent Frauds in Auction:..—Adjourned. THURST)AY, APRI4 !8. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. Rose, obtained leave to bring in a bill for registering as Bri tish ship , sh.ve vessels taken and condemned. Mr. WitrtlittlEAP expressed a hope, that in the pending Congress all the Allies would publish a decisive declaration against that tie fatiOns tr,aie, the slave trade, and that each would follow np that declaration by efficient Rog ; but that, at all events England %eonld use its utmost influence to produce this desirable end. The fon..MemLocr stated that lie knew some speculators were actually prepering to re-engage in this trade, npou the eaieulation, that they would b afforded all opportunity ofpursuing it upon the restoratioa of p..5.ce. • Mr. FIIEEMANTLE, adverting to the late melancholy events at Toulouse and Bayonne, said it would be a coesolatioo to the reli of those %ho had enhappily tell, if they knew that Governmer t had is.iucd every effOrt to prevent !be useless loss of valuable lives ; he therefore moved for the production of all such documews at would .chew what 'tops were taken by our Ambassadors or commissioners will' the allied arinie, item the vlst of Marcia to 0: e (.1 April. to communicate the transletums at Pors to Lord Wellingtou —The motion was agreed to, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUOR spoke in a confident tone, that it would oe found no steps had been left untried to forward the information alluded to, Mr. PASCOE GRENFELL rose to make a motion respecting thy ,'Sinking Fund ; the limo. Gentleman' was of opinion that the present, mode pursued for reducing the National Debt, namely, by the Conitniesioners coming into the market and purchasing stock was not the best system which could be deiived for that object and t::c advantage of the Public. He believed also, that it the loans were smaller, there would be mach more competition, and conseptently better terms gained for the public : with the view of giving the .tittject a toll eonsideration, he moves! for " an a: count of the money expended by the commissions for the rednelion of the Na tional Debt, as also of the average price at which the debt was j retirement." 'lnc CH A NC 1.13.0 R of the EXCHEQUER saw nothing objectionable in the motion, : n ►d thought the House was indebted to the Hon. Gentleman for tl►e ideas lie had throve,' out. Mr. THORNTON remarked, &it the fond., were now at least seve: i per cent. lower than they woe berate the abdication of Buonaparte had been known. • _ .... „ The CHANcEr.r.ort of the EXCHEQUER in explanation of this eir cum•tatice said, the depre sion of the funds way caused by-the ex pectation of a loan, the amount of had been considerably exaggerated. FRIDAY, APRIL 29. NOR ‘VAY. Mr. W. WvNNE said, as the motion of which he had given notice would . take up hot very little time, perhaps he might be allowed to makea now, before the House proceeded farther with the On'e r, . He wished it to be understood, the object of his motion %I:3g out to empire what was doing how with respect to Norway. it al he wished to know•was, whether we were now in a %vo e pen c e ter war with that conntry ? The Chancellor or the Ex;•iirquer had said when the snhject was last mentioned, that had never recognised Norway as a kinudom. He (bt r. Wy appreLecid:ut this would not necessarily atrect the situation of the two en , iiiitite• and decide the question whether or not the3 b were at %var. I..nglan, PEACE BErVEE? ENGLAND AND FR&NCE. Mr. VA vatt T %VT paid, he had the pletisure to intlsrin the Howie, retsatbn ut hostilities had been agreed to between this country alut France. POOll I, A Wi. Fir EcrnTAv Ilrvtinvs addres , ..d the nonce at some length on the l'l'lject Of the Poor Laws; he consid:red that the p ior should to al I.:wed the place of their own :diode ; and for that purpose, in order to the poor from I ring. torn from places which had hren endeared t.O Ly a residencf. of 1 ), 10, 30, or 4t) sears, he wi,hed the pa r;-It which they imitlit Le relit -d to receive the amount of their sub es!-nee from the proper pa-i,;.e, to which the paupers may belong. lie 4:so wi3hed that the Ilaai4tiates shueld tte enobiod to order weal- ATAY I. • • • I j a