The National Register. — London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

77 4 7- I oft Ti•L:e LI I u.•'u efilerr.l into for the Makes of Clrreuc,• and and trusting' that the House won'd male pro_ vision for them accog thogly. Noble Lord then moved that it he eonstikred in Committee on Ttlesday. Mr. TIER fi LT thought the Noble Lord ought to have given some es pl.ination of his intentions, especially as he had had a 7 d1ti11 . ,471 with his ft lends in the morning. Mr. PhoTutwor had heard smut! • trange reports respecting the affair, and should more for a call of the House. Mr. tilltsVGll,lsl said the House ouOtt to be informed of the preseut incomes of Ow ttoyal Ulukts. Mr. M.A. 1 . 41 Lon thought such tt grant at this •Ottse highly Improper. Mr. Cu uwett and Mr. BRAND expressed a similar opinion. laird LASCE.f.n. h:.1,1 beim present at the meeting to the morning. nail mist drelarr he was far from satisfied. Sir C. MoNt.s. said it wa3 singular that 3littisters should cetonamicate to a pi irate meeting of their friosids what they ratliscil to infot in the Alf. CALCii 4EI. the Cent'eine.) who had atteuded tho 'rot tint! were uric humid to keep silence, though thy seenit'd to he su. 'l',le Motion being agreed to, Lord Ctstlereagh moved an Add•eis, in reply to the Message. Mr. I:stint:4mm con.:iiirreil it 3 duty to his Sovereign and the Cauiltry W ..,ad tLe I l uNiug %voids in the'Addruss,•• tritii al. e reLtard to the present littrthened state or the eutintry."-- (.2:::ar I I,c,tr.) Lord CASTLEREAGH ttina st the Amendment implied a art of atter tion in same• quarter, that did not exist. 'Sir G. Hi* THCOTY; Ritill uothiue could he more 'moderate than the Amenduiciit. Mr. IrlEaNlilt eiii,erveil that they owed a ditty to the people to be alive to their intrieFts. Nr. L. Keck, AJr . Lyttleion, and Mr.-Ahereromby, all cx. preyed ,heir disapprobation of the grant. :te J louse divided—Against the Amendment 141 —For the Ar.re iment 03—Majority 31. M;. MIITHUEN moved for an account of the Incomes of the itoyal Dukes, from whatever source 2.1 r. 'faith av a ished to include their foreign incomes. VAtilitrfAßW said there WM 110 06C0 where the return cord be made. Mr. Ilitot:ottam said the persons who received and applied merry cauld give an ;account of it. The Motion was then agreed to. - - r. Pil or mut 0 r mowed for a call of the House on Friday ..:S./11.--Ordered Mt . P.:iamb:l-r again mentioned the ease of the Artillery OffieetA, awl said, that he should prepare a vote for their Lord CACURANE snidthrir claims demanded as much Wen bun as the spiel:dour of the Royal Family. Lord casentxrroN was prepared to show that these Ml ▪ ought to be routed and nut augmented. Ltstyrre moved the 2d reading of the Mender Con. • and.llewaril Bill. Die Arronmay Gaunter. admitted that alteration was rel lathe, but-opposed the Bill, on the ground that it took aw ty rewards altkgether, which he couccivcd was an crro. rittc!: , !e. Sr ...it should support the teecottrt reading ' though Ito! Itgreed•wi:L the Lcaructl 6euttctuau iu .0131 C of his post. 831:NnIT ouly vivLet: to give a ilizottiouary power to t.e ad;c. Aidermar Wood, Colette! Wood, and Mr. Hurst supported C..• !11.—Oideted to be committed un Wednesday. Aidgrman Wood obtained leavc to bring in a Bill b regu. lt 7lat: - .erb:l;pv for tin: employment of the poor, which on tr . .;toogtttiQu of Mr.tircutell Wa. confined to Irelaud.—Ad j‘• n - . ' • THURSDAY. ROYAL MARRIAGES. TUT. N krInNAT. przisTEn. by [he Sub-itor (Sentra% Mr. Ity and Sir J. Isiah:tut, and fatally throun out. 'ROYAL MARRIAGES% - _ Lnrul CASTLEREAGII rose to move, toConimittee, the ad ditional allou MU es to the Royal Dukes. His Lordship scent over the same grounds as have bet•u already touched upon. contending that the Doke. of Clarenee.oeght to be placed ill the •ante situation as the Doke of Yu:lk, when the hitt r oc cupied the same rank iu the sticcession. The Royal Brothers ought to be placed in a tank ;clove that of the iiing's Nephew. In consequence of the feeling that haul hem expressed, Minis ters haul exerted theino•lve-. to reduce the scale to the very mininunt and had ntodilied their original intentions to a ottani of 10,0001. to the Dole of Clarence, 4'1(160001. to his Royal Brothr ce. Ou moving, the Ist resolution relative to the Dnke of Cla rence, Mr. Barclay opposed it, coue•iviug that the Royal Duke had no gi,elit to pre-L.1161)(1:er in this respect. Mr.PROTHEROL followed on the same side, congratulating the House on the effect of the oppeArion. Mr. GURNEY ascribed the Itiopiication to the effect of the Marriage AGI. Mr. H. Sc VI %ER opposed the vote, but had no objection to place the litoy al 1):Ike on Au equal fuuting with the other Princes, and moved an Aniendiuknt accordingly. Mr. Corm oppDscd,atid Sir W. Cperzs.supportctl, the pro. position. . . . Et.t.tsoN bad alwayt supported'Alinisters, bn: could not do so on the preset:lt occasion. Sir T. ACKLAND COON not support the extra grant to the Duke ofClarence, which was quite uncalled for. Lord LAsCELLES Should vote far the gt ants its now re limed. Mr. Fonsies disaperoveti of the distinction made on . the grants. Lord Co:army thought otherwise. Mitch conversation then ensued on points of order, &c.— afler w hieh Mr. C inning entreated the House to consent 'o the propo.ition, considerio; that the Royal Duke agreed to marry purely **rum public urnives. Several Men:hers, inctud.ng Mr.. Tierney, thought the sum might be taken frutu the Windsor Eatablishmeot. Lord CAsTLERGAGII denied this. Mr. LA mirruN wished to vote against any addittional grant whatever. Mr. C. AV% NNE supported Mr. Stunner's Amendment. The House then eiCeidecl— For the Amendment of 60001. a year 193—Against it 181—Majoeity against Minister& U.—Ad journed. Petitions were presented agait:st the Salt Dotka, against the Pour Laws liiil and in favour or the CJlton Factory Bill. Lord CASTLEREAGU moved for the Committee, and took the opportunity of stating that tint Duke of Clarence has relinquished the idea of marrying, in .- consequence of the in stitii,:ieney of the grant to support the ell:mimes of -411, mar ried state. '1 he House then went into a Committee. Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved an addition of 60001. per annum to the Duke of Cmbridge. Mr. BROUGHAM opposed the grant, on the ground that there was no necessity for it in the present hutance, the Royal Doke being in possession of great resources from his employ. ments. lie disapproved of creating differences between the Brothers, at the same time he saw no reason for ♦oting any sum at all. In other families, it was usual for the relatives to contribute,andlie did not see why that should not be the case in the present instance.—lt was notorious that the heads of the Royal Honse possessed very large incomes. Lerd CASTLEREAGH could nut but accuse the Honourable . Gentleman of invidious distinctions, notwithstanding his disavowal. For his part, he should not be discouraged by any thing that had passed, from:dein what he conceived to be his linty. • Mr. DROUG SILAS said, no man in -a coal temper would. have so misinterpreted his speefli. Mr. F. DOUGLAS secretly censured the conduct of Minis ters iu pressing these new burdens upon the country. Mr. Curtwgn said those burdens were too great at present to warrant the grant. . _ . •- Mr. WILBERFJNCE thought the grant moderate and justi fiable, though he deprecated all unnecessary splendour. Mr. BRAND said they ought to know the incomes of the Royal Duke, and unless the sum was ;moved to be absolutely necessary lie should vote against it. Mr. Titan Ev took the same s iew of the question, and con tended that the Duke's situation in Hanover was amply suf ficient to cover hi. expences. The Citasicr.irmit of the EXCHEQUER denied that the House had any right to take that into consideration. Mr. P. Mwrstui.si supposed this Motion was brought for ward to pave the way for another, which had been previously agitated. After some observations from Mr. Pliink , :tt, and Mr. Pro theroe against the giant, a division took place—Fur the grant 177—Against it tls—Majority 92. TurspAY. A. TA Yr.nit presented a Petition from the parish of "airy le-hone, for leave to erect aster-works of their oan.•-- 1; v ',resent system of monopoly was a , !tuitted by The %Yalu t . rapilltiCS theinsels es to he a had one, and they concurred in tae wish that the matter should be referred to a P a rr,ao l eato. ry Committee. Tile retilion was received and a Committee akpoiated. Petition, were nresente.l from watermen against the Ito. tbarbitbe Bridge Bill. WOOL TRADE. Mrs 3uriast.t. moved for a Select Committee to engaire into the laws affecting the Wool Trade, I.lsrd LAscat.t.cs considered it quite unnecessary, as the oaf, ground which hail been stated, viz. the distressed state of the ti - 3 ,1 e . l ie vs 4; prepared to confute. A committee had been appointed in IylG, yet not one persou appeared fur the • then petitioners. flea MN coincided in these sentiments. Mr. IMiilhext, . Shatter. mud Mr. H. Sumner, supported the Motion. Mr. H. Davis, Mr. Alderman Atkins, and Sir J. Graham, opoosed ;fir. P. Le.wts having presided in the Committee of lot IG, felt it his duty to exprevs his opinion, which was iu favour of the Motion, on the gonna that there was much need of au an:etolinem in the Laws, relative to this subject. Tlte . lionse then tlivided--4%11 . the Committee SO—Amend - reent b5.--Majority 5. ROYAL SIA RRIAGEi. Lord CAiTLEREAGit 'nosed the postponement cf the fres thin for another day. d'i.r. BUM:GUAM took this opportunity of reprob dine, the »numbing/. of a nunsber of Members at a Ministers Howie to disenss the question beforehand. Such practices would ren der debates in the •House useless, except when some unlucky sr!stake occurred. as-in the present ease—for• it seemed the Tlinister had taken silence toe assent, and was deceived in his eipectatimrs. ' Lord Canes:seraGl, defended the principle, and said that the attack was only part of a system to vilify tizeCinvernineut. Mr'4 TtEttnEY said the Ministers had vilified themselves within these 4S hours, and placed themselves in a most eon mi.tible situation. After ridiculing the meeting at Lord Usti-pouts', the iliOst Honourable Gusiti. man atilsolmted the :nepo.ed grant in :ill' strongest ternes.--The Monism was then 'aijreed to. PRIVATELY STEALING BILL. The ATTORNEY GENERAL wished •soane alteration in the veamble of this Bill. sir S. ItostiLly tie tended it, observing thatio alter it, would change the prineiple-of the Bill. Mr. W Imaxnvon CF: concurred In this opinion, and expressed his coonneitilations of the real and perseverance ofSir Samar' Ronigly in a good eanse.—The Bill was then passt.d.—Atl ;Garnett. Wrnatsnay. Mr. Mrscrsit formed 11:e 24 reading of the Pancras Pon: t&U, which ras supported by Sir E. 13;ydgcs, and opposed THE DUKE or CUNIBERLAND. Lord CASLEREAGH, in moving a l►ke sum to the Duke of Cumberl4ll4, said, that it the Hintsu thought its opinion had been already expressed w►th respect to this Illnstr►ous Dtike, lie should cartainly defer to that opinion; but he conceived the vete now pi °posed as perfectly reasonable. BitucctiAa► observed it was evident that the Nohie Lord had no expectations Of carrying his motion, sv Well lit should oppose on the Sante grolind as be fore.—He hoped how ever, the House would 4raut dower to the Dbehesa whose ewe duct.he eulogized. Lord FOLKESTONE expressed the same sentiments. Mr. FORBES defended the grant, and was determined to divide the House. Lord CASTLEREAGH was happy to concur with the Hon. (ient. but hoped the House would not refuseclowcr to the Do ckets if they negatived the present Motion. Sir W. SOM T took the same boy of arcument. PROTHEROE hoped the House would be consistent, an example hail been set them in a very high quarter which he trusted they would fulioo. Sir T. ARIUS:SD reported the conduct of some ill•iudging friend-, and relied on the consistency of the House to outr.:l to the tom suer vole. Lord ST INLtif ,hould oppoge it. Mr.F. Dour:has suppoited it, as the like stun had been sated to the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Etitur thought it would be for the %.elfiro of the conittry that the Motion should not be granted. Mt. CA1414;1146. appraled to the• feelings of the !louse it it Wit% proper to make distill... Awls. fir J. • NI.LWPOIAT said the House ought nut to retract its former opinion._ Ai v. M YNNE thought the same, especially as no It :Lon bad beea givcn . to the coutrary. PUP APRIL 20 Mr. LviTticrna (of Staffordshire) supported the 3lutiou and vindicated the Ditches,. of Cumberland. Una division the numbers were—For the Itlotion 136 Against it 143—Majority against the grant 7.—eliooo a year wax then granted as a dowry to the Duchess in the event of the Do)e's decease. An altercation took place between Mr. Brougham and Mr. Croker, respecting a misapprehension of sonic words made use of Dv the former. 'fbefirder for the ea'.l of the ITunqe 11'35 then discharzed, and •the (port retipeeting the Duke of Clare:lee brought op and agreed to.—Adjourated. 111 t DAY. Lord LA!CET.tri presented a Petition from Cbth Ntantilacturcrt in the vi:iniq of Leeds ie,pecting the rape-seed. The Petition Mat ordered to be referred to the Committee. Admiral Pr presented some Petitions from Cotton Martufaer. tureu, against Si: It. Peas Itill.—.Ordered to lie on the table. COPYM;HaIT. A Petition was preserucd by Mr. LASl.lst ON from Messrs. Rod well and Martin. publishers, concerning the suue of Copywright.— They stated the great losses they suffert4 by the deity:ay of 11 copies of works...A late publication of views in Italy cost than in this way TA. ; and a work-with the Antiquities of Athens and other parts of Greece, would cost thin in the sauna manner ;V:01.. iktr.l%.o Nat l.? did not cowprchend mictly the question of the loss. . _ Sir Egerton DaTnors said, that in easeof ,5O pies being pub the II copiet, additional wouldheagreat expeae. Mr. PLUNXETT iaid, that the evil must arise from an arbitrary rule of the booksellers. respecting (Anions. which. if all sold, they said the copies would cyst another editition, as p-intas were paid by editions. Tho Pension was ordered to lie.on the table and to be printed. CAPE DI:ETON._ _ _ Mr. BEstvrrr presented a Petition from Mr. Rickard Gibbon s . 3 . colonist and settler in Cape Breton..where. be had acted as Attorney Gemnal. He complained of injustice front his Itinjesty's Govertx. and from the Chief Justice of tl.at settlement, both to himself ar.l persons. if ',i s A ll ega ti ons arty found true. the Governor and. Chief Justine ought tit to remain there. Property which had long beep held by individuals was stater to have been taro from them on the mere tat of the Governor. and that taxes were levied in an illegal manner. There were some strangereumstances connec:cd with the ccaduct of the Chief JuAice, respectlig a cause in width he dvided, and arta% ards consented to remove I.is decision -at the request of Governor Ainslie ; who. indetd, air sared to have been selected for his appointment in consequence of tF reprehensions passe! on iris contact in the House of Commons. was true the Governor .hati act decorated the oast of Cape Breton 1;i:h human heads, as he did in Dominica. fie sliould no: speak of lictntiousness of character, and ti a bad example set thereby to the colo\w; but he might mention that it was stated that it was not uncomnm with the Governor .w take people who came to him by the coll.. and kick them down stain. lie had actually challenged one of 11# itlajesty's officers, and offered to go to Newfuunnland to fight him. lie (Air.liennett; in. tended to move for all the oape:a material to tin subject. Mr. GOIII.BUIIN observed. the lion. Gent. lid, he should move for papers of tl:o contents of which he must 11ior ; yet - Orca the presentiog a Petition he had thought tit t(. 1 0 he s •S elat at • • tacks in the !louse. Mr. Golbourn)ha%lgnor , nt ; yet uyhrr Gibbous ss a complainant. but Led natters , take these serious at. ferred any specific complaint againstGoit Astalir heard of Mr. had done so against his predecessor. The that he had not pre on tne table and to be printed. COTTON stic , :i was ordered to lie r Aitulie, thou g h h e Lord STANLEY. adverted toll painpll . ,_ sad which contained charges of cruelty ' ERS the manufacturers. which they dram& lush had beer. circa; :bed, .sent a Petition from certain manufactursPPression on the part of lication had been circulated, but that irie false. lle had to yre cealed from those against whom it ina&stating. that such a pub. had obtained toe opinions of variont =kept for Fome time con futed the azeusit"ms. harges. The petitioners . - Sir It. PEEL &Aid, he understood that 1 - .sentletnett, which re for the use of members of the. House; but . his Bill, and whatever it cuataiticil, de coulications was meant the acts of other persons. nothing to do wi t k k Mr. CUILWEN thought that the publication be ar.swerable with the subject, as tt occa,ioued a consider minds of wine. The petitioner said-titey'ro great deal to do Lions of ditforer.t medical men in their favour, i wression t:te assertions wade. rneatire proposerl - ntas - cori.oduce the cpi to manufacturers. .It. waspossible that in zusat adiction to site labour might besitoo ku;;; but that IRS °amis.:at importance themstives. •La .• 4 the hours of Mr. LiftoUGlta.Sl said, the Petitienrespeatet thiy the pTtrtiCs . and wait in the b.:Lai:Las, after disctbsionson tt., aft m session. merely becajita some persun had draw a to pause, unfavourable to the petitioners. A similar attetnrct, session Mr. ritt,in 1301 4 ropeeting tic slave trade. in twist statement publication ; but Mr..l 3 itt said. that it might as well be .wile on the House should suspend its proceedings, because a Speet . . some delivered which sonic one might think u nece,sary to unswerlhat Lord LASCLLL CS said that the Bill proceeded front certain vials collected in the country. lie there should be a fair mutation of the ciumnstances, and should be quite contented w. the result. Mr. NV. SMITH said he was one of those who went through the former etidence. He ahould not object to anyproper inquiry, but he could not hear quietly of charge., of surreptitious means haring influenced Members on this subject, or that they who hau no interest in the mater were guided by motives less proper than those who were quite interested in it. Mr. PHILIPS contended that it was indecent for such a publimtior. containing sic accusations, to be drawn up mid then circulated only among certain mcnibers, for a particular object, while it so gros;.ly atta,:ked .!.et the Huusa be acquainted with Fill the facts, and not prozeLd in the d..rk. Tice Petition was ordered to iie on the table ; and on the motion of Mr. Ph tllip, was ordered to be rrinted. COPYRIGHT. Mr. C. WYNNE wished that there slweld bete committee appoint ed up stairs to examine the subject. Mr. CROKER would af4tlll to the 2d reading, under a proper un derstanding on this t:alkiect. Sir E. BRYDOES moved the 2d reading of the copyright bill, with this understanding. Mr. FLuNKETW said, that up to 1802 Ireland bad not been affect, ed by the act of Anne ; and before that time all the books that were published in England might be printed in that counitv. 11l that Ireland got for th. loss of that was, that the University should have the presentation copies. Mr. PEEL objected to the principle of the Bill, though he could not but agree with the committee. • Mr. W. SV YNNE was M opinion that Ireland had not lost by the liberty of printi;ig work, published in Engi‘nd.• Lord Ca.z.:r LtmEncitaicipcd the second reading would be allowed to &tat.d Geer. Sir S. It MT LLY agreed with the primiple of the BPI, and eonsi. dered the measure against which it was instituted as a tax urea literature. Mr. FErt. was willing that the Bill should he read a second time. The Bill was read a second time, and nrdered to be committed or Monday sennight. Mr. W. WY xx r: gave notice, that on Monday he should move fo• a committee to inquire into du:subject. Mr. TiEux postpuncd his motion relative to the Bank ti. Friday. SIESSACE. Ott bringing up the mon, Lord Go WEI said ; he thought f "7" 101