The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-23 00:00:00

MEI }earned member had laid down, and by the faith of treaties.— The ministers, be hoped, would be found to have been mindful of the interests, aa well as the honour and station of this country. He would proceed to reply to the questions with the same frankness that he trusted bad before characterized his reply to 'inquiries put to him. It would be to deceive the Douse to say that the hopes of adjusting the differences be tween France and Spaiu were not totally exting uished —if they were not totally extinguish e d, th e y were t o ir weakened as almost to put an end to all iipettation of any favourable re sult. With respect to the second quertion, it was the inten tion of Ministers, on the first convenient tilt , after the Easter recess, unless any thing should happen to change entirely their present views, to take his Majesty's oommaads to atilimi• to both Houses inftormation respecting all the negociations. lie would further state, on this part of the inquiry, that he should afterwards deem it to be his duty, on some vole of loins, to originate a discussion on those papers, for the purpose of more amply stating the prioeiples and policy that had guided his Majesty's Ministers in conducting the negocistioss. Having been calls if on to give information to the house on this im portant 'object, it might not be dealing with proper fairness if he were not to add, that Iris Majesty's ministers at present did not !Pe any necessity to involve this country in the contest.— (Loud cheering.) Mr. F. BUXTON hoped that no treaties would he conchrded with Portugal, without pressing that Government to agree to the Papers ordered to be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply .: to Lord Althorp's enquiry, stated that -it was the intention to erect a monument to the memory of the late Earl St. Vincent. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT H. WILSON expressed the hope, after what had been stated by the foreign secretary, that there would ha no objection to the repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Ilitl.—(Hea. - , bear.) Lord ALTHORP expressed the ist s :ion of moving, on an early day, the repeal of such bill. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the papers respecting the late King's library were re ferred to a select committee. Sir C. LONG spoke of the great value of such library, and stated, that it was at vast expense, on the plan provided by Dr. Johnson. REWENUE.—TeXATION.--Mr.MABERLY brought forward his lung promised resolutions on the subject of the revenue, kzer. He assumed a sinking fund of 5,000,0001. and said that . it might lie made 10,009,0001. by selling the land tax, &c. as su gg ested in his resolutions. lie also contended that there might also be a further repeal of taxes to the amount of 9,200,0001. all the assessed taxes. His plan would effect such retails ; and the series of resolutions, with moving which lie concluded, detailed the plan, and reeoguized the policy of adopting it. After some remarks from Sir W. De Crespigney, Mr. Ber ries, and Sir F. Blake, the resolutions were negatived on a divisioo.—Ayes, 48—Noes, Vt. THE lalloLvENT DEBTORS' ACT.—Mr. P. MOORE moved for leave to brig in a bill to repeal the present Insolvent Debtors' Act. Tlsis motion produced • general conversation, ba which Lord Althorpe, Mr. Abercrombie, the Solicitor-Ge neral, Sir J. Newport, Mr. Bright, and others, supported an amendment of the present act, rather than a repeal, and Mr. Moore consented to withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME moved for certain returns relative to the reve nue of Ireland, with a view to shewiug that the ueion had been beneficial and not injurious to Ireland, and preparatory to his bringing forward Isis motion fur the Abolition of the Viceregal Dignity in that country.—Ordered. Oa the third reading of the Mutiny B:11 Sir F. Burdett rave notice that he would, on a future day, submit a motion to the House to do away military flogging. Thu lion. Baronet also strongly blamed the Government for not taking a wore decided part in favour of Spain. Mr. PEEL deprecated discussion on this subject at present. Mr. HODHOUSE coincided in opinion with his honourable colleague. Alter a conversation of some length, the bill was read a third time and passed. The ether orders were disposed of, and the house adjourned at eleveu o'clock. WEDNESDAY, MARCII 19. Mr. Quarme, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, sum moned the House to attend in the House of Peers, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to sundry bills. Mr. T. RYNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to iight, pave, &o. places, squares, &u. in 81. John's, Hackney, built, or to be built, by T. Rhodes, Esq. Gen. MONTGOMERY presented a petition from planters of Dominica against the equilization of the duties on West and East India sugars. Wm PIMA DlSTRESS.—Petitions were presented from St. Vincent's, Batbadoes, Grenada, Antigua, &c. complaining of distress. Mr. CKEEVY observed that the Barbildoes petition, amongst other distresses, complained of the four and a half per cent. dillies he would therefore ask whether there was uny thing so shameful as to continue the present application of such duties, in pensions given to Members of Parliament and their families t--(!tear, hear !) After the recess he should imove that to much of the petition as spoke of the four and a half per cent. defies, he retared to a committee. Petition .ordered to be printed. Mr. GOULBURN brought in the Irish Commutation *of Tythes Bill. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time, Ap►il 23. Mr. SMITH wished to ask, is the communications with Spain by the way of Fraaoe might become unoertain, whether the Government had soy intention to establish any packet con veyance le Spain by the way otCoennna. Mr. CANNING replied, that such conveyance would occasion considerable delay.. Two despatches had beeu sent to Madrid by the different routes; but that forwarded by way of France arrived ten days before the one sent through Comma. The Government, therefore, bad uo intention to establish such a conveyance ; but should there be any difficulties arise in the land conveyance by France, die other conveyance might be established. The Guvertuntint would then he immediately mindful of the difficulties, and attentive to remedy them. QUAKERS' PETITION AGAINVE SLAVERY. —Mr. WILBER FORCE rose to present a petition from the Quakers, praying for the abolition of slavery throughout the British dominions.- -He said the petitioners bad been moat consistent and perse vering in their endeavours against slavery. They were a body of men of retired and quiet habits, and were unused to mix with political questions ; and on the subject of slave trading, they had, Irons the first, maintained against those who had urged - the policy of the measure, that there could be no policy in whet was inconsi-tent with justice and hunianity.—(llear.) Tbe abolition of th, sieve trade bad been called ror and itecom plisl...l. n, she kr,t %lei, iu the great wok ; but it WAS ulNuyi that the alektiou of slavery throughout till! British THE NATIONAL REGISTZR dominions was the ultimate object. (Hear, hear.) He had always maintained such doctrine. The petitioner. maintained snob doctrine. He now thought that he was laying the first stone of that great work which would finally put a gradual ter mination to slavery throughout the dominion.. (Hear.) The clerk then read the petition at length.—Ordered to be printed. ➢lr. CANNING asked whether it wu intended to found any aotioo on this petition Mr. BUXTON gave notice, that on the 221 April he should move that such petition be referred to a committee, to consider the state of slaver, in the West Indies. Mr. IILYNIE mowed for returns of all persons prosecuted for blasphemous libels, from 1122 to this time ; also for seditious .libels i bow tried, &o.—Ordered. SUPPLY—ARMY EXTRAORDINARIES. The House baring resolved into a committee of supply, Mr. LUSHItIGTON moved the greet 01010,0001. fur the extraurdivaries of the army• Mr. HUME particularly objected to the grants iucluded in the estimates of 820,0001. fur Canada • of 170,0001. for the Cape of Good Hope ; and to the expence of making Bermuda a naval station. Ile also complained of our esiablishnienta in the lonian Islauds, and maintained that the policy pursued by Sir T. Maitland made our " protection" of those Islands tie greatest curse that could have befellth tl.t•m. He strongly maintained, that the colonies ought to be forced to mat.itain their own establishments. After some remarks front Mr. Bennett, &o. the resolutions were agreed to.—Report to-in wow. The remaining business baring been dirposed of, the Mouse adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 20. There being only thirty-lire members present at roar o'clock, the Speaker declared the llouso to stand adjourned till to-morrow. FRIDAY, MARCH 21. Mr. If. SUMNER pulloutel a petition from Waltham, eons pl lining of the Coal Ditties.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. TULL presented a petition, with a like prayer, from Sadbury. CURWEN moved for returns of woollen rags imported ..—oruered. Sir F. lILAKE presented a petition from Hereford, praying that a heavier daty might be imposed on Hawkers and Pedlars' Licences. Ordered to be printed. Sir C. COLE presented a petition frost Glamorganshire, com plaining of Agricultural Distress, S:c. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE 'puke of the importance of the peti tion, and of the attention which it deserved from the House— Petition ordered to be printed. A petition was presented, praying that the coal duties be tween the Forest of Dean and Chopetow, might he placed on an equal footing. Sir T. WILSON presented the St. Saviqur's, Southwark, Market Bill. INSOLVENT DEBTORS-SirR.WILSON presented a petition from the Borough of Southwark, agaittat the insolvent Debtors' Acts. Mr. HOBHOUSE spoke of the necessity of revising the whole system. mid of the extravagant expeure of the present Court. In Sergeant Rumnington's time (during two years), the expences were 9,9811. and in that time there was paid into Court 6,0001.; but now for one year and a half, the espenoe was 20,4.1001. and paid into Court (1,3001. Those facts alone, he thought, showed the necessity of a.complete revision. Petition ordered to be printed. Sir I'. WILSON moved for returns of persons confined by warrants of the Southwark and Bruin's Courts of Requests.— ferdered. ScoTch Cou& - rs.—Sir R. FERGUSON presented &petition from Julia Bay, complaining of the Court of Session, Scot land. The LORD ADVOCATE said, the House bed doubtless heard enough of John Hay ; he was before the House last year. Mr. HOIIHOUSE slid, according to what he understood, Lord President hope had appeared 43 accuser—was then ex amined as a witness, and afterwards pronounced sentence.— Such might be law in Scotland; but if it were such, it ought to cello-. Mr. HOME, in reply to the Lord Advocate * quoted several atfelsvits front many merchants, and others, giving Mr. Hay au excellent character. The LORD ADVOCATE observed, that Mr. Hay had quarrelled wills every body, all his own establisbmeut, and then be prooeeded to libel the Coarts. Were those things to be borne ? In his imprisonment ill the fifteen Lodges lied agreed. After some remarks from Mr. Peel, &o. the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUSKISSON, in reply to lithe inqoiry of Mr. Sykes, said he should not press the Merchant Vessels Apprenticeship Bill till after the holidays. Wis. Dow TAx.-31r. HOBHOUSE gave notice, that ou the 15th of May he should move the total repeal of the Window Doty. - . Mr. WALLACE moved, that the House go into o Commit. tee on the Warehousing Bill. Mr. ROBERTSON admitted the importance of the bill, but declared that its machinery was such as to destroy the good effects contemplated by the bill. The House divided on the question that the Speaker do leave the Chair—For it, SO—Against it b. The House resolved into the Committee, in which there was an extended conversation en several of the claims. TUE BEER TRADE.—The CHANt!ELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, at a late hour (past twelve o'clock), rose to pro pose Resolutions on this subject. (Fixer, hear). The substance of his plan was, to allow an intermediate duty of five shillings per barrel upon a beer to be brewed of a certain strength, vie.. —live barrels from a quarter of malt, and not to be sold for more than 275. a barrel, or tenitence a gallon ; such beer to he brewed by persons taking out a specific licence, not to be drank un the premises where made, or at cmunom public houses, Met at slops, as coffee and le• now were, such shops being hemmed for that purpose. The Right flue. Gentleman moved a resolution to this effect. Mr. Alderman %V tiorl, Mr. Buxton, 8;r It. Cockburn, Mr. Alderman Bridges, end Mr. F. Palmer expressed doubts of the efficacy of the proposed plan as a relief for the poor, and very strongly urged the injustice of th. measure as regartlettesta blislied brewers end publicans. The Resolution was however agreed to.—Report on Mon day.—Adjourued at a gloater before woe. The severity of the weather has been such in Po land, that the wolves have entered the, famers' stables in wilok llock fur J War, bcui killed. FROM TUESDAY NIGIIT"S GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MARCH 17. The King has been pleased to appoint his Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Clarence, k.G., K.T., and G.C.R, Admiral of tltc Fleet, to be Gemini of his Majesty's Royal Ma rine Forces, in the room of the Earl of St. Vincent, deceased. FOREIGN OFFICE., MARCH 18. The King has been pleased to appoint George Bomestem, Esq 10 be his Majesty's Consul fur the island of Sardinia. CROWN OFFICE, MMICII 18. MEMBER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT. County of Fermanagh.—A nom Lowry Cole. commonly called Lord Viscount Curry, of Castle Coulc, in the county of Ferma nagh, in the men of Si. Galbraith Lowry Cole, who hiss accepted the office: of Governor of the Mauritius. a BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. W. Brovni, Barton upon /lumber, Lincolnshire, nurseryman, from March rt to March 31. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Brown, London, army clothier. BANKRUPTS. G. White, Cherry Garden Sumt, Bermondsey, shipwright. Solicitor, Mr. Jackson, Tenaile. G. Newman, King: (town, Wiltshire, victualler., Sole. Means Frowd and Co. Serie Street, Lincoln's Inn. _ _ J. Tee, liemswortb, forkliore, shopkeeper. SoL Mr. Bart lett, Bartholowew Close. Li. S. Norton, Uxbridge. brewer. Sol. Mr. Gale, Basingkall Street. W. and G. Cock, Canterbury, wine merchants. Sub. Mears. Brun drett and Co. Temple. E. Butler, Alcester ' Warwickshire, fellnionger. Suls. Messrs. Adlingtou and Co. B edford How. B. Holmes, Thrum Hall, Yorkshire, merchant. Sol. Mr. Walker, Lincoln's Inn. _ . . - J. Walker, Great Smith Street, Westminster, carpenter. Sol. Mr. Hannan], Piazza Chambers, Covent Garden. W., J. W. and F. G. Hamilton, New City Chambers, and J.ll. Bithodale, Leeds, merchants. bola. Messrs. Druce and Co. Billiter Square. • DIVIDENDS. March 25, G. Orley, New Bond Street, tailor—A ril P, J. Wheeler, jun., Abingdon, grbcer-2, S. Moore, Ashby de la 7uuch, milliner—S. J. Drake, Lewisham, master mariner.—W. C. Glover, Albemarle Street, Hkr.over Square, upholsterer. CLAITIFICATES to be grained- April 8 W. Young, Berm;rd Street, insurance broker—s. Yowler. Dover, carpenter—J. Wiltshire, Wootton Bassett, saddler—J. Wiltshire. Wootton Bassett, draper—J. Pearson, Beeson kleyds. Yorkshire, clothier—J. Birch Birmingham, jeweller—F.livans. Cirenceacr, corn dealer—C. Hay, Lancaster, twine mantras. totter. COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday last at Guildhall for the dispatch of public busiuess. VOILA NTIIIZOPIC SOCIETY. The Court took into consideration two Memorials from lb* Governors of the above Institution, for the purchase of lire freehold of the ground in St. Ceorge's-lielda ocoepied by their lietablialimeet mud Coupe!, and a Report of the Bridge-Hons. Committee, for complying with their request, at the valuation. settled by the Surveyors on both sides ; and after considerable discussion thereon, We Report was agreed to by a majority of twenty-nine. Mr: OLDltata brought up the Report of the Committee on City lands, to which it had been referred, to consider whether there existed a necessity for an additional Court of Justice in the trlit Haile), for thietriul of °Gliders, The Report stated. that the Judges had been consulted, and bad declared, that by the widitioe of another Court, great facilities might be ren dered id deciding the various eases of crime that came before them ; and that they approved of the plan of an additional Court, on the south side of the present Court, anbaritted to them by the committee. The report concluded with stating, that the expense likely to be incurred by this very important improvement, would antount to no more then 4,604. t sum trilling in comparison with the immense advantages to be de rived from the projected addition. Mr. Oldham then emend that the report be agreed to. Alderman Wool, said, that by the projected addition, this seasion that would commence on Monday, would be likely to end on the Saturday following, an immense saving of tirgo,•••.- pence, and trouble, Mr. Diens thin sold be etruld not, conscientiously *greet in the report, except it was provided that the expellee should not exceed the sum of 45001. The motion thusamended was then agreed to, ousiltleeeviliort VMS referred hack to the City Lands'Connittee, to carry t►e name into mention. The City Lands Committee made a report on t►e voterenee to enquire into the pllegations of the petition of Mr. Meaner& re. lative to his model fur uew London Bridge, in which they were unanimously of opinion, That the seal alluded to had not been viollited, that the petitioner bad fai'ed to su►stantiate, in the slightest degree, any charge, and that the petition was frivol ous and vex:Rios*, with which the Court unanisuomily agreed. The KID(IVC Committee presented a report, recommending the Court to elect five its Illitir4ers as Trustees of the "Conduit Mead Estate, when a ballot took place, and 'the following members were elected : —Messrs. Stevenson, Oldham, -Slade, R. L. Jones, aid Deputy Routh. NIARINE SOCIETY...-011 Thursday evening last the anniversary of this laudable institetion was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, when a numerous and respectable company sat down to a sumptuous dinner, Lord Exmouth in the chair, supported by Lord Palmerston, the East of Abing don, Lord Bolton, and various other persons of distinction. The object of the society is the cloathing educating, and preparing the boys of distressed parents, &c. fir the sea; and during the last year the report stated, the number of men and boys cloathed were upwards of I,ZOO. The number of boys on board the society's ship, 31st Dec. ts2l, was I'2B, and received since 456 ; of whom, in 1822, 97 were sent to sea in the King's service -224 in the East India Company's service -97 in the merchants' service-35 ran away-18 were dis charged, and 10 died—remaining on board, 31st Dec. 18.12, 1 l2.—The boys, &c protected by the society, in the course of the evening, paraded the room, to the tulle of " Hearts of Oak," &. and re ceive] gifts Irian the'company, who seemed deliglited s is the Fi Lt.tacie.