The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-17 00:00:00

there was no &Wert:nee. Ile meant to give the Treasury Lower to grant increased temuneration to such twirions, ;requiring the Emil, to constantly lay before parliament siectionts of such grants. Ile also proposed that for the superannuation fund there should be six per cent. charge- able on all incomes above loot., and 2 , 3 per cent. on in comes between 111. and 10,1. Stich per tentage would meet half the expence of the superannuation,. 'Poole offices that were to be reduced, the holders should retain their ptesent salaties, lint they should pay to the fund at the rate of 10 per cent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer added, that the salaries of the keeper of the privy pulse, the lord chamberlain, the lord bit' %t aid, the II aster of the and the toaster of the lior,e amounted in all to :WO 0,101.. from which his Maji sty had in timed a &doe tiou 01 1 , / per ectit. to be matte, ss Melt would be is saving from the civil list of 30,0001. per annum,—l - lie eight lino. pill. roil. .•Jed with mistime resolutions embody - nig the pe inciple of the amended scheme of regulating superan nuation. Mr. HUME dislitoroved of the plan. The reduction of the Itir;:er salaries is... I. no menus what tile coutstry was ',titled to expect; mid the tax upon the smaller ones was art they could not fairly hear. There must lie extended ',nowt ants before relict would be °blunted by the uouutry. The ttarquis of LON1)0N DERRY defended what had twee dot's ma this mittject by the (ion:raiment. 'facie kid the 11)1161 eiticuiry tied anxiety to meet the lull, 01 the Addles, of shut House. NI 1, lIliN N EFT rousidrred the deduction from the sus b oo t oate clef la us tim the heats of mikes did bra give up eteaairli. sir W. 1)E CRESPIGN Y was highly gratified by the communication of his ft Tijesty's intention of giving up a pot hut' tite civil list, mid was must anxious to CXIIIVF, his : ; raiiiiille for this gractotei cominuaicatimi. The eth2et of coming Ii ton melt a quarter would be must power - fatly effective. Mr. WARE wished to know if the reduction in the Civil List of lrelitild was to bear a proportion wilt' that of Liez hind, and if a per tentage was to Ue to :et' tram persioth uu foreign missions. Enid LON DONI/EKRY mswered in the affirmative.— Tome was one pinta to %Melt he nos desirou, of whetting. l'he idea which prevailed in the minds of most persons was, that tke as hole of what was called thio civil list revenue a rut to the support id his 111,6evty ; but, in fact, there was only 209,0001. applied to his Nhijeity's state, upon this suns the /Sittig had given up considerably inore than ten per cent. Mr. C. IV YNN defended the system of suptionnualito,. old servants of the public. when the time cause that they were no homer fit fur duty. Sir J. YORK wished to know if the allowance to the royal family no, to be subject to the 10 per cent discount? Lord LON DONI)ERRY answered in the irgative. Mi. P. MOORE wished fur more time, to consider before ha , adopted or rejected thus resolution, and for that purpose he should propose that the Chairman do repots progress, and ask lease to sit again. Mr. was in favonr of the resolution. Str M. IttDLI•:Y thought the high and ettiritinl officers of state, who were cure of a prieltin on retiring, should give up at least 20 per relit. of their valuriev. Mr. CACCRAFT us us agatobt any thin; heing taken from the lower valariev. Ile could lint nvo.d exprevving the un mixed butislariion he felt at the e oounontcalion from the thrum.. Ile thought 30,01 , 01. wov as much us 111 S Majesty could give up, and w heti it antevplain-il to the coum ry iii st hat inauner and from what fund 11114 Majesty had given up this porn, he was convinced the people ruuld think t,vo tutu. After a few words Ilion Mr. W. limbic. Mr. Home, and /b. Moore. the latter lam member withdrt•w his amend. rutin', mind thti revolution of the Chuocellor of the Exchequer 14'1/i ogreed to without a division, turd the report sus ordered to he received to morrow. _ Oil toe order of the day for the second reading of the Mutiny Rill, Mr. IIUME said, he would In the committee no the hilt propose a clause to explitio the power of the Crown to die miss otticere without a court nun tint. The other °Met, were disimed of, and the Haase ad journed at halt-pust f le% en. 11,EADAv, MARC* Mr. G. !SENNETT pi ei.ented a petition flour Halton, ?rurthaugtt hire, complain* of agt ienitin at distress. Ala. J. SMITH presented a petition front the chamber of commerce of Ediolitirgli against the Faliiiiturgli police hill--a mea , ore, the lion ineuther said, which called nulls the ntostsrtinnsattention of the liatPte. . _ Sir It. SRAM E. gave notice, that he alionld bring for ward his motion fur the repeal of the window tax iu lie laad on the 2 ttli of April. Mr. LUSHINOfON hronglit In the malt ditty repeal bill. Wail a lira tine, and ordered to he read olltewid time to norrow. Mr. CIiETWYNOF: moved for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the laws regarding vagrants. lies bill of the last session, granted for one year, hail been successful beyond Ibis exist elation; and he was iliereture at' toted to proceed. There hail been 40 held on this subject, some of which were now parthlly acted upon ; and tic Viet efore thought their comolidation would be useful, taking his bill of the last session as the groundwur k of the present proceeding. The chject was to simplify what was to be deemed vagrancy. .1 here were many contra dictory decisions OH this subject, especially us regarded ballad singers, pi ize-ngliters, persons holding plaits at church duo's, match-sellers, &c. One troject would be to adjust It contradictory decision• ; another would be to guard country more rfiictually aloinst tor frauds of vagrants. Their frauds were carried to all commons extent. It had been ' , loved that there were forty blouses Or the occupancy of vagrants in W hitecliapri Ma thought such houses ought to be ;out under the con trout of the magistiacy, as public houses were; but lie would nut fatigue thu house with details, lie concluded with moving tor leave to lit ing in a bill to consolidate the vagrant sm.—Motion agieed to. Mr. CIIETW YN Oh. then moved for leave to biing in bill to facilitate summary proceedings before the jus.ices of the peace, especially as has as regarded forms of con. vietion. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, the exertions of the hon. luembt r merited all puasible auppurt and approbation. Motion egrveil to. Sir J. N tfW PORT rose to move a mill of the 'louse on the - dills of Apia. The lion. member °llse, evil, toot it was mefol inannnich as it would sliuw the people of lie liohl that the lulee.t ottes.tion would he Riven to their hitdire lie trusted the ctfrct won hi he, lie It 11/111, to iu- C.e.ise the cuufidcucc of It tlauti iu the legislature. Alutiuti agreed to. THE NATIONAL REGISTER COELECTION 01."111E. REVENUE. Col. DA V I ES rose, pursuant to notice, to brin forward his 101/lioll on the subject of the collection of the revenue. What he desired was, that this portion oldie expendititre Mouth! be subjected to controtil, similar to that which stint endemic(' all other expenditure. Its importance would be mauilit•t, a lien it was stated that the collection cost upwards of Miir mslllutiF t and that such expentlitme was imeontronled. With an increased teventie there hail beet' a considerable advance in the rate of collecting the public money. The cx pence of collecting the cIIOOIIIA, &c. for instance, in 1797, was 17s. per cent.; in lblo the expence was bl, •Is. pet cent. Speaking of the elision's, lie said that six, instead of aline, commissioners would be auflicient. lle also observed, that persons had been ap pointed cuamt'is+ium•rs ssho were unacquainted with the ditties: there wide not above tau conisnissioners from previous knowled4e, could be considered as ac quainted a ith the duties of their now offices. One of them hail been a police magistrate; another was a militaiy man, mid a near Iclatiret uu l waits' supporter of the noble marquis. But, besides the expence of collecting the cus toms, Ilie superan n uation fund, he livered, was much arou se d. In 1,10 there ass a charge of 10,00.11. 011 the SOPeratimiatiull fund for I b 10; it was now SI,OOOI. It was in various ways 1111111/ abused. There were sonic im pel:unmated after three and live years' service; and it WAS vet y relent kalle that many were allowaticed utter go 'ears' sees ice, that being the period of the set for enlarged allawance ; but the act Said that there should not be sit , pet aminatiens, except w here tittle was age or infirmity. Ile then travelled to the exit avagant eiiarge for the soli citor of the customs ; in Is:O the charges wire 35,0001., last year they were I:9,oool.—The lion. member dwelt strongly on the ex pence uf our boasted blockade on the coal, which he maintained was perfeeily useless in the prevention of smuggling-11a smuggling was now cal I ied oti, and could be cat lied on, almost to any extent. Then on the coast, be had taken pains to inquire into the sub ject; and he knew the truth of what lie was mai Mg—that the smuggling was earl ied on to an enormous extent, in spite of ti.e expellees of the coast blockade. lle advei led to die neglect of die customs in complying a ith the orders of the house; that neglect had been must extensive and Even the solicitor to the customs had declined to make renting. lie trusted the house would enforce the orders. The solicitor's power was tremendous soil ingot ial—it required c tirrtelion. bolls Mirth had offs red lame compt ionises rather than fare this iiemendons pow er ; one 111411 in put Ocular had railed 2301., which had berm refuse!; the pat ties :lat.( aci ds went before a jury, and obtained acquittals! What, tlit•u, must he the state of the system? and who could say that it did nut call lot correction ? lie concluded a lilt moving a series of reso bilious, embodying the expellee sileollreling the revenue, 4,109,0091., and the necessity of ant:natty suomitting esti mates to the house on the sulijet t. Mr. HUDIE•' seconded the nioticn. Mr. LUSH IN (au N, in opposing the motion, said, that the hon. member had go ussly deceived himself. lie con cluded with moving the previous question. Atte r smile remarks trout Mr. Hume and the Marquis tit Londonderi y, Cul. DAVIES shortly replied, stating that he should press the sezond resolution respecting the customs. The gallery was cleared for a divinium The numbers were—Fur the previous question, 9.—Against ag:tilist the origiii..l moimia. 64. lire house then w vitt into 4 committee ou the Mutiny bill. Mr. HUME raid, many ports of the bill were now be come ntkiinete; lie wished to know it the nubile lord intended to ruin:w any alteistions to twit it to the pit:- brill time. Lord PALMERSTON said, he had no altervtiuns to propose at present, except what related to the to:Wt . :mew of .tdoiet.4. Sir I. COFFIN was desiriou 4 of knowing if any altera tion was to i.e made in the tonna courts martial. Ile wislicd to have them placed under the Sallie tegulations as those of the navy. Lord PALM IiItSTON snid, ut present lie hod uu intro• t• to propose uny such alteration. Mr. then suggested un amendment to regulate Air. Mill:11T repeated his arguments against the prcru gal•ve wl.icit the croon had claimed over takers. Col. NI, 0111) %sus ready to meet hon. gen.lemeo, and dis. en , s that question whenever they thought lit. lie uns coos winced the best plotection for the cisksio Withal was this prerogative, u hick kept the army distinct from whet parts of din C 0116111061114 It was ul the period when the coaitoul of the army was taken from the Crown, that the min) turned the flume of CUUMIUII.4 out of dooms and overturued the cons; iin, jun. Mr. WILLIAMS denied that the King had such a prcro gative. It it bluould I,t decided not there was such a eru gutive, he would, if no orlicr mum dud, move fur leave to bring in or bill to disqualify ' vers of tae army from basi n g Willi in the flume. After a few otwerentioni fro:n Mr. Ilivne, Lord Palmer slim, nod others, the itonemluten , w.” The other clauses were, after wore tlibeua,loil, agreed to. —Toe lluu,e resumed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived 10•111011 I 0 W. The other ordits were divose 1 of, oa.l the House ad. jou/tied Yt tbtelre o'clock. wr:or.E+DAY, YA RCII 13. r e titioret complitittioz of a ricult uai distrecs were lire soy ed trout Culal ton, Devonaltite, and 61.431)), LiticulaAirc. Oideied to be rimed. LON DON 1181 DGE. Sir W. CURTIS bru4hiirritte hill fur felUOVIII.; the Loudon-bridge m 1,54, i‘ii. isur rtuitwoit Ea opposed the bill in its preient form. Sir F. OM MANLY opposed the bill. There WIV , not cuthrient nide iiiii it) ftr the watt.r- , etr t01n..n4 ; and US such Ma, the ease, lie should wove 111 4 1 the bilibe read ti 11111.. mo uth.. Sir W. CUR. lIS wild it was never the intention to prevent the company film receiving iudemuit.. A. tu the report ut bit year, lw d•t not agree with it; mere was nu sum of a new Midge ; the old m‘e could ne ;cot red to as to anon et every rut polo. If the I,id were bt.ai red to go up Moire, objections ihught ise I rintmrti. Mr. Alderman 11001) oil.erserl, that on a former ores. stun, site company H err for ..11;014 their . biro , and inteleat to the New-river company. They wu r.• stopped at once by the extraordinary dem:mill made by Cie loi.ige watet.wotk. eum,tan). A, to st hat t,, sold :amid toe Midge lie was tut a 114'W brolg.• ; hot utat edit out the giwat imi—l he bill b;foit t was WIC ut • ezettitueui. Il w h ttiVii,;llt by %yelling the I.f I. 1* arches that the bridge would be sulk tently repaired. The bill oa:ht io he allowed to go into a committee= and he dill not we how that could be opposed, when the parry were end y to bell all their interests. hill was then read a Mat time, and ordered to be read a second time. Mr. M AMWAY!' presented a petition from Lower Ca u lila, complaining of the distresses rood! toe to their trade, by our leeklaiiee enactment', unit for a fa r trade. Their carts trade was particularly utfceted by uur legislative measures.—Petit but read. Sir 1. COFFIN said it would be better that, as far as this country sins concerned, it should hove Is en sunk iii the eta. than that it Al Id he under our government ;it cmt this ccumr) 500,0bi11. a Scar, without °crave' JJJ ll g any return. Petit iiii at dere el in lie on the tiible. Sir It WI WON pieseisted a petition from Joseph Healy, who had been confined in Lincoln castle • year, imploring he House to interfere respecting the treatment of M r. Hunt. lie had &bother petition from:1,000 inhabitants of Rochdale, with a similar prayer. Mr. I'. F. flu xfoN said he fu It hituself called upon to observe, Ilia! Ilse charges respei tine the jail at I le hester, haul been fully provi d. The cruelties and totturc, which hail been established, were amongst the severest I)nutnit s ne lisid es, r beard uf, and lie thought the hose' nment ou s slit to direct ths• prosecution of the jailer Ili istle.—( I fear, heat.) Ile considered that the gre a te s t credit was due to the worthy Alderman ( Wood) for his perseverance stud success, in spite of the Mutt uctssin thrown in Isis nay ; all his allegations and statements had been fully proved.—(Cheers.)—He un dotibtedly believed that the judges sentenced Mr. Hunt to this prison, deeming it to be excellently disciplined, and vs y heal( ; therefore the sentence of the court had been greatly a gravated. Ought the sentence to cosittitue ? Sin la uas the oust holemme state of flue prison, that out of hiLO persons, 400 had been alli•cted with illness. One individincl hail recently died, nod al cording to the coroner's inquest the death had beets accelerated by the condition of the prison. There had been six (lauds in eight weeks, and that individual could sit no where, except where the water was six inches deeps—(heer, hear.)—Now Mr. Hunt had suffered gross injuaire in being hupri clued there so ; scud u as stir 0 axeravat ion of the sentence to continue? Sir I'. LE TII IlkIi)Gli ashadted, that where blame at tached, llsere it (owlet to fall.. _ Nlr. bICKENSON defended the magistrates, iin4 salt that they hid atTurded Mr.llunt every opportunity to grace hibeharve. Mr. (Secretary) PEEL said this discussion was some. what premature, as the evidence on which the repots was founded was printing. He thought the discussion was bijou ious to all the parties, as car ried on now ; it would be better further observations should be postponed for the present. He did not rise to vindicate the parties.— All lie desired was, that the House should suspend all judgment till tile case was fully before the House. As to the application to the crown which was about to be pro posed, lie was not prepared to say that he could advise the crus•.n to exercise the pit rogative in favour of Mr. limit. lie thought the House could not adopt the. opinion that the inagistrat‘l. hail deliberately put sued any steps to Mr. limit's ease uncomfortable; but, at the same time, lie though some neglect was chargeable on the ma• gist rates.—( Hear ! ) A, to Mr. Hunt's present situation, he had two rooms and two prisoners to wait on liiin ; and the present shriill hail taken upon himself to ri stole those antes which evisted regarding Mr. Hunt, whi n Ise lust went to Ilchester gaol. With regard to the magis trates, it was not too notch to say, that they had beets deceived into confidence of the gaoler; at all events, he hoped it would not be considered right to ceustile Wein in a hotly. Mt. G. BENNETT had condemned the visiting magis trates only , and he still thought they n•tght to lie removed. Mr. IIUME, in censuring the magisti ides, had cos lioed himself to the report, and that report charged the I rates not with Ille mu.t humane conduct. The teamsters IIOW called on the House to czat ll ill e all the evidence fully —to hear both sides; that was good advice, lie wished the ministers had practised such doctrines bifuie they adopted NO ill-designed a pleasure as the dismissal of a tollmit officer (Sir R. Wolson.)—(tlear, hear ! ) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL defended the rob signed by Judge Best, sec. There was nothing iu them inemisimtent Wttlt hew end humanity. ne petition was read, and ordt red to be printed. Sir f:. Vi'ILSON moved for an account of the huh de• ties received fur 1821. Ordered. Lord NORMAN BY brought forward his motion re specting the postin.e.ters-general. lie felt less ddheollY in bringing torwaid this subject, berm's(' if the Boosts agieed with hint, the result would nut serion•ly ntrect in dividuals; and they too were not persons who wound complain of the derision of the Houses The division of the entice nail origin steul in a job, and he did nut blame the niiiii.ters fur cootiiiiiing the offices, fur they could nut be calumet( wantonly to give utp so good a piece of liaison. age without! a hint bunt that liunse. lie trusted that at a period of such general distreta, the !louse wood deem it 'relit to five them such hint. Ile had 110 fault to tiled with thn,e who at present occupied the oilier* of joint postmr.sters; they itorsited their duties in a gentlemanly and exemplasv manner, but what he submitted was. that Mu office ought never to have become a " pinrat unit," and that it Ought not now continue divided. it was an expense that might be saved to the comitiy, end it there fore ought to no saved to the country.—(llear.)—Ho concluded with muting a resolution, embodying such opinion. Mr. F. ROBINSON opposed the motion contending that the iAloesiee of ate canwit was 1101 too great. Mr. 11. SU,\INEIt Aiso opposed the mutton on like grounds._ . . Sir J SE k BRIGIIT supported the elution, maintaining that 1164 was a leilactioll that could be well made, And that tite state of the courtl y called fur all pthslialo reduc tions. The House then divided. The numbers were-.—For the motto° 159 tgaitt-t tt 184—Majority against it 25. Olt our being again admitted in the gallery we fuotiol Mr. Ilinue addiessing the House On the stititeet at the enlohial expenditure, and particularly to the uxpettilitiire for Wowing:4 which amounted to sywords of 10,1kit11. on tieing which unglat nut to cost Ibis colony a Jungle) farthing. The bun. member aka adverted to sei et 41 parts of the barrack e7q:clithttite, and conclude.ll hay moving fur d Of 1:IC 111.111Orf in wince the snm of 35,09 it. voted fur the ..110,1.11tee deport me it ' and said to be tor the set vice at the 'ruttier in th2l, had been ix. vended. ( For coli:;),,orNort ate p z4.t. V. )