The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-11 00:00:00

thiver, Fletcher, and Franklin; but will such measures conciliate the Irish nation—will the noble minded people of Ireland ever be rendered reslly subject to England by means of the cat-of-nine-tails, or the other instruments of torture, which were the intimates of the Castle Yard regulations during the rebellion ?—to these questions we answer no ! and we defy the most perfect casuist to controvert suc cessfully our opinion.—Let a people partake of bene fits through its Government and they will respect it —even let them doubt whether they are most injured er served by it, and they will be anxious •' Rather to bear the ills they have •' Than fly to (Abets that they know not of." But suppose a nation solely, hearing of the laws they are governed by when those laws are to be placed in activity for their injury—a nation obliged to contribute to a race of clergy, existing in a state of unbeneficial laziness, or absence, and whose very Creed they hold as heretical, and can it be expected that such a people so situate will " Kiss the hand that's raised to shed its blood ?" The system may triumph for a shor time—but conciliation, emancipation, and a series of acts of liberal concession, will be the only means of securing the loyalty, the esteem, and the love of the Irish nation. Such means are alien to the wishes of the present Ministers, and that fact is an additional incentive to the wish of every honest man for their speedy removal. In respect to general news, the French pipers of Wednesday are very barten, but are in no small degree amusing in their reports of the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies. When the President proceeded, according to firm, to put the first pa ragraph of the law to the vote, the must extraor dinary scene tiillowcd. The following extracts will furnish an example:— M. Benj protest, in the face of Fiance of whirl' ne ale the rrinescittattacs. M. Dentateay.—We will vote. M. Coreeiles.—li la an inta 111111 l s law. M. Kerany —We Null not be accomplices in the de strnetion of all our lines ism _ . . ..... „. ...._...._. Here the greatest disorder ensued in the Chamber ; •Iniost all tar exit eine ltdi, rose with a menacing air ; the right, tlit Ventre, and the left centre, ri inaining M. IDetilserdii,.—Your majerity had covered Ilbell . Mith &swat - v. Some mete be is of the left side addressed violent apos. trophrs to the 'Hankie's. M. Cessimir Perrier.—The ministers du not even deem to explain. M. De la Fayette.—We protest and we surliest froin this proceeding to the energy of the F. elicit people. Al De Grauimunt e unoke the same piotesta- A nightfall tumult then arose; the right side at fist mnigied its cries with those ut the left, hut some of toe 'nen& rs 'mint ed tin in to lie come totem. stronz since of die President could scarcely make a few ACCVIIth 1111derOoltd, amidst 11. e universal 'loose w6irh filled the hell The President finally post the question to the vi e, amidst the cries ut Fire la Rui by the rght mite. The t ttrensc left, mote and mole agitated, took no pan its the poet citing. New clues of Vice In Itoi as use as the Pte' 'intent announce', the adulation of the pal aaraph. M. Dr (4.1111M0i1l —Proceed as you thank pi uper ; t here id no ln,,er sr t banisher; Sole also the rest uf tae law. it agre , ab.e to uu. anu•udnteot of NI. 110 net was mitt put to the sole, and was uset by esti - lan:ll.'o,k iota te lett ut " We arc uo lunge' a Ciitutthel." . . . . . M l'he Chain' e. no more: the Chattel it , Du thole! 1 rte Pieslilent having entreated them to preserve sil-nee. the doeussion vino owed. •I n• pr , neipiii •peaki ry wen' M. B liar' and ettsviime Peltier the I Urn wi • speech with lite following eviore•.: •:—••11e have detelith to lib a'l our rower tine Lett fit 1111.4.111 of publ.e liberty, Hint non ant all oar e11 . ..it.. hart• in hod beiore tile vale of t..e 11, r.l y , nc lire ft . 4loCril 10.11• toudue. to I. I'IASSI*to We 1 1•.• e littto,al ',toyer t.• vt.tt.; we colt skirted that it wa• oat alto, it tu give ill, US Into.' Of out C11.0i,4:40:11111 10 r late whose tail) telith..i I. to Oil 1101 A r 1. , 11/ the haw,* in lite A riatot tney."—(Luu. of ts itiaan" flout , he left. The discussion was adjourned, but we learn by an express, that on Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, the Chamber divided, when there appeared, F..t L,sw 234 Agoss,•l It To which minority arc to he added 35 Members who would not vote at all, which makes its real •umber 128. Her late Majesty's Will, with three Codicils, was proved in the Prerogative Court, Doctors' Com mons, on the 4th instant, by Stephen Lushington, L.L.D. one of the executors ; power being reserved of making like grant to Thomas Wilde, Eq. the other executor. Ihe effects are sworn under 20 thousand pounds. Some singular reports are in circulation with respect to jewellery, to no less an amount than 61,0001., furnished by a w4.11-known house, the ac count for which was recently submitted to Mr. Herries, of the Treasury, as part of the Cortaintion expences. THE NATIONAL REGISTER STOCK-EICHANGE,SATURDAV THREE O'CLOCIC•— When the payment of the 5 per Cents. was talked of before, that Stock went down to 103 and 1031, and the 3 per Cents, rose in proportion. At present, however, many prefer foreign securities to transfers in British Stock. Until lately none but gre..t ca pitalists or daring speculators would purchase &- reign securities, but it is quite common to see trades men buying bonds of various amounts from 501. to 10001. The foreign market is much more brisk than our own. Prussian stock is in demand, and has undergone a slight variation of a favourable nature Spanish, notwithstanding the late news of partial disturbances, has been done this morning as high as 581, and the Danish bonds are also in re quest. In Colombia bonds, the prices are almost nominal, but 88 is still demanded. It is reported, that the agents of the South American Government have instructions to buy them up ut any price under par, and thus save the payment of interest. If this report be correct, it proves the confidence is the South Americanass to their own strength, and the prospect of entire independence. Some persons, who will not meddle with Foreign Stock, have sold out of toe Navy 5 per Cents. and purchased Long Annuities—that Stock is therefbre on the rise. An eminent banking-house in the city, of which a leading member of the opposition is a partner, has sold 300,0001. out of the 5 per Cents.—Consols, 771 —Ditto for the Account, 771—Navy 5 per Cents 104 —Long Annuities, 0. At about half past one o'clock on Tuesday last, the King proceeded in state from Carlton-palace to the House of Lords to open the Session of Parlia ment. At two o'clock the firing of the Park and Tower gunstannounced his Majesty's arrival at the House of Lords. His Majesty was received with partial greetings. At a quarter past two the King left the House. His departure was announced by the firing of the guns as on his arrival. There was an unusually great display of military on the occa sion. At a quarter befbre one a squadron of the Blues proceeded from the Horsy-Chards, and drew up before the palace in Pall-mall. The first regiment of Life Guards, accoutred in their new appointments, lined the way by which his Majesty was to pass. The long line of apartments through which his Ma jesty had to pass in reaching the House of Lords, have all been new matted, painted, and fitted up for the occasion in a suitable style. Thee apartments were all filled, through the kind attention of the Lord Great Chamberlain to the wishes of the public, with spectators. Ail the other avenues leading to th House of Lords have also been matted, painted, and otherwise suitably arranged for the opening of Parliament. Means were likewise taken to prevent any but Members of the House of Commons from filling the lobby and passages between it and the House of Lords, through e high the Speaker and Members were to proceed in attending ate summons of' the Usher of the Black html to attend their Lord ships' bar. These excellent arrangements were de signed and completed by the Lord Great Chamber lain and his secretary, Mr. Feliowes. The House of Lords began to be filled at an early hour: before one o'clock all the benches, except the cross benches and the trout side benches on the fluor, were occu pied with ladies in full dress. A reqiiisition, respectably signed, was a few days ago presented to the l'ortreeve of 'l'avistock, request ing aim to call a public meeting, to take into consi deration the propriety of petitioning Parliament tor a Reform in the representation of time people, by restoring to them their national and constitutional rights; and also to petition for the relief of the agri cultural interests, from the oppressive tithe system and unreasonable taxation, titerehy to afford the farmers and manufacturers the means of placing their labourers above parochial rant, and to enable all the industrious classes of the community to reap (as their ferefathers did) the fair harvest of their ,xertions. The I'ortreeve haring refused to Coo • VeliC it meetiog, the requisiuniets have called one themselves, to be held un Friday next. On Friday his Majesty held a Court for the pur pose of receiving the Address of the H 'use of Ctentnouts, wince w a s pr esen t e d by a deputation, with the Spe.•ker ut their head. His Majesty after wards held a levee, w nice 1111WeVCr, was the thiunest, we ever recollect to have seen, owing to the short. Hess of the notice, mai its having commenced iit an earlier hour than usual. Numbers are said to arrived too late—afier the doors were closed, and the King had left the levee-room: among them *were— the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King'sßench, Earl Darnley, Lord Clifton, and Viscount Murpeth. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex were un their road, but being informed the levee was closed, re turned, as diet numerous others A requiidtimi having been t ransmitted to the Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, to call a County Meeting, in order to take Hitt) Clod siderution the distressed state of agriculture, his Lordship has declined doing so under toe plea that Parliament will enter upon the subject as ram as it diectin 43 COUNTY MEETINGS. A County Meeting was held on Friday, the Ist instant, at the Castle of Eseer, to consider of the present state of the Agricul tural Distress, and to discuss some means tor its relief. Sir JOHN DAVIS. Ban. High Shetiff, in the chair. This was the most numerous and highly tespectable meeting ever witnessed in this county. The High Sheriff having opened the business, a letter from the Duke of Bedford was read by the Under Sheriff: Earl FORTESCUE then came forward and proposed a petition for the adoption of the meeting. Lord ItuLLE seconded the motion, and pledged himself as a Member of Parliament to give the subject every consideration, and to support the prayer of the petition in the House of Lords. The Hon. NEWTON FE LLOWES begged leave to move, as a rider to the petition, the following resolution : .• That you will institute an inquiry into the state of the re presentation of the Commons House of Parliiunent, dud adopt a untidy and salutary Retorin." Atter a few words from Earl FoaTEseeE, accounting for the absence of Lord Ebrington, the Under Sder.ff read the petitions and it was proposed to the meeting and adopted unanimously. The rider of the lion. N. Fellowni was then proposed for the adoption or rejection of ihe meeting. Those who favoured the rider were requested to hold up their hats, when a geneial shout and applause tbllowe.l. (Jr. the iejzetiou being proposed, about 40 held up their hands for it. Tue High Sheruf then declared that the ruder had been carried in the affirmative, and it was accordingly added to the petition. At the close of the meeting, Lord Roux came forward to protest against the rider. lie was roughly received, and ended his speech by saying that he should have a petition tnr signature got ready, which would not have this frighyhl clause. Thanks were then voted to the High barritt; mud the meeting separated. A similar meeting for the counti of Surrey was held at Epsom on Monday last, but on account of a resolution hissing been moved in favour of Befoul - 1 in Parliament, which subject had not been named in the requisition, the High S;ierid dissolved the meeting, and another requisition, embracing that important point, has been presented to hitn. The penalties which Carlile was sentenced to pay by the Court of King's Bench having been estreateal and returned to the Pipe-office, an extent was issued from thence on Thursday afternoon, directed to the Sheriff's of London, and commanding them to levy for one of those penalties, to the amount of 5001. At half past three the Sheriff, accompanied by a large body of kis officers, proceeded to the premises; and after seizing every thing that bore the appear ance of ptoperty, shut up the slnip. Mr. Hardy, the keeper of ilehester gaol, has ob liged a Ministerial Paper to contradict au unfounded account which it published, that he had .‘complained of the conduct of Mr. Hunt, and requested an order for his closer confinement.' Mr flatly, in contra dicting this gross falsehood, declares, "since he has had the care of the gaol committed to his charge., lie never had the slightest reason to complain of the conduct of Mr. Hunt or ally of ors visitors." At the annual meeting of the inhabitants of Bir mingham, last week, ter the purpose of passing the accounts of the constahles, &c. for the preceding year, a stormy debate took place on a motion for pass ing an item of a former year's account, which had been rejected at the lust meeting, and was now again brought ti,rward for the re-consideration and decision of tut: town. It was the amount tit the expences in curred m prosecuting (1 Edmonds, ter a libel on two of the acting magistrates of Birmingham, and the passing of the account was strongly opposed by Mr. Piiipson, principally on the ground that due notice had not been given, and theretbre that the meeting was incompetent to decide the question. He also urged various other ingenious objections, which were coinhated by R. Spooner, Esq. Mr. Spurrier, Ste. and it was flintily resolved, by a consid, ruble majo rity, that the account sliouid be passed. (ht the motion of Mr. Spooner, it was, however, afterwar,k, unanimousiy resoived, " that au nature, whet ;thy prosecutions shall appear to tee conotabies to be nc. cessary for the public service, which d•i not arise out of their otheial duties, it be imperative upon teem to consult weir feliow townsinei ; at a public meeting to ii.: convened previous to any expeti ea - being tneurreil ; and that it ue rec.uusuended to ail luture town intetings to disaltow any charges Yr shall be made in respect of such prosecutions, ualess the same shall have been preiiously submitted to them."—lt is in comemplattou of tut. principal tad:. viiroit 8 t% 11U opposed the passing of the account in question, to appeal to the Co..rt of King's lietth a g ainst the decision tit the meeting, and that u sUb scriptiou has been commenced for th it purpose. A meeting of respectable hop-pia:neva has been held at the Bell fon, 'l'icehurst, liar the tempi:se of taking into consideration the proprieiy of petition ing °trero:Dent for a repeal tit ihe Act imposing a duty upon hops, us one means of cei,ovilg them 1i is the difficulties under which they are struggling. A suitable petition wits accordingly prepared, a.al una niniousl) carried by a show of hands; it was socrt atierwartis sign.d by every hop grosser in the At a 1...0urt holden at Ft-Unto:lgen hall, on Thursday last, it was resolved utiammously, that the fretsloin of the Company shooll be press tied to Joseph Hume. Esq. Member of Parliament for the boroughs of Montrose, Brechin, Ste. fur his Ul.l we.ineti exertions it) endeavouritt4 to promote iic economy and retrenchment ; wherein he bas proved himself a fitithful guardian oftl.e lath purse, amen the feat and 1111 right re ,;es' pee dale.