The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. -e -'Amen:laterite ordered to be digressed. Delia hotly. The Abieition Bill had been talked of as favour- Ou the question, that the Bill be demi a thi:..l time on Weil- inu the dinielioration of the talon of the Negroes. It would nesday, be flout., the fart was not SO; for when the II ..use were in M r . BANK ea expressed his disapprobation of the Bi ll, which p o ssession of the papers they would sec that numb had been went to create what was noti.ing more than a lucre sinecure done for demeimitte the Negeo population, and for admitting The office was perfed:tiy useless ;as was proved, by the fart of many of them within the pale of Christianity. It would by the ilditteS having been performed since 1793 by the Court of found that .111141( r the mild mime ot inculcating reli.jous doe- Treasury. Was throe any ground! to y010;1;1,11 of We manner trines, they had infused into the minds of the Slaves li spirit of in which the ditties had been performed, ur ca as not the office disoheilience. 'ldle lion. Gentleman call iilll3l ed e:the aßttention of created for some particular individual ? the I tensile to the state of the islandle elJ ;mit arbarities. Sir C. NioNVIL moved for leave to bring is a Bill to remedy, Certain doctrines bad beets disseminated svilic•h endeavoured temporarily, tile ill effects of tier lusolveut Dr btors' Bill. 'lice to blow the Negroes, that the only me ins of accomplishing object of the Hill was, to enable the Commissionter to distin- their emancipation was by resistance to their masters. They cinch between fraudulent and unfortimate imiolvencies, more believed the Registry Bill was to render them fine; and that pertectly than at present; such as ys item an improvident they had nothing to iii bid to call upon the proper Akers so or id 1111 l oral waste had been made by the debtor in his estate. to do, to obtain their liberty. lie contended, that the dietur- Mr. lAll'ittimlT said, that the House would sec that the Coin- bailees 'dose entirely out ut the pnweedings of Sociutws in niittee could not at present base gone further in its report. this country and the Registry Bill. Ile stated, that We Nc 'flee object of the Bill was, to remand debtors who had con- .runs knew every thing that passed in Path: int, for they L$ acted debts without having, at the time the means of iiqui- paid prisons for reacting newspapers to them. lie concluded riding them, or alto squandered the property of their creditors. with movine a preposition, having fide its object to quiet the Leave wits then given to bring in the Bill. colonies, which the measure of the Hon. Gentleman had dis- Sir C. MONCK brought up his Bill, which was read a first curbed; and for this purpose he propeocil an Amendinert, by time, and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned , way of Addiese to the Prince Regent, m substance recomnientl- TLESDAY, JL NE Pi. ing communications to be made 10 the Governors of the differ- REFORM IN PARLI, MEN'T. cut colonies, expressive of his highest displeasure et the distur bance.. ice the, colonies, and his surprise at the uttfounded Mr. BRANT) presented a Pet ition from the Members of the Cur reports that hail beet, !Tread of his having sent orders for the ration of Aberdeen, praying for a Reform ice Parliament.— emancipation of the Slaves; and that he had ordered the re heit presenting this petition , the lio n . ' Member ex p ressed that pressing such insurrections, and re 1111111111111 l to the Meal was favourable to triennial Parliaments ; that he was more convinced than ever of the necessity authorities to take nicai.ures for incedleati tt e p rinci p les of of Refer en—that the pre morality and religion among them, as well as to pros ide for sent moment was most favourable f or the accom p lishment of their comforts and happiness. such Reform, and that he was glad to see the rising zeal in the After some remarks from Mr. l'onsonby, Lord Castlereagh, North upon the subject. Tlw Marquis o T f.vicesl . °ot stated, that it was still his firm and Mr. Brougham; Mr. %Vilherforce c o ns ented to withdraw his motiou, and the Amendment was adopted. opinion, that the people had a right to expect to be more fully Mr. NV ILBEtt E 0 nee then submitted his original motion again ; and freely represented in Parliament. opon which some discussion took place, and We motion was Mr. BiitiNVlT urged, that the present period was most favour able for Reform. agreed to.—Adjoui mil. THURSDAY, JUNE 20. Mr. CURWEN and Mr. BROUGHAM expressed similar semi- The Gas Light Bill was read a third time and passed. mines. Mr. W. SMITH said, that from the commencement of his po- On the third reading of the Exchequer Consolidation Bill, litical life, now more than 35 years ago, be had always been Mr. lia sites moved, as an amendment , that the Vice Tree favourable 'o the cause of Reform. He had belonged to every surer, if he had a Deputy, should pay hint out of his ewe. sa society - Near, — and a laugh)—he was not ashamed of avowing lacy • 'flits anieneltneut Was opposeil by Lord Cestlet eagle, and the fact—he lii.ci belong' dto every society whose objects were Mr. J. IV. Ward,atel a division took place, for the amendment to promote a Reform in Parliament —(thar.)-- H e h a d b een a 111 ; against it, 149; majority in favour of the original Bill, 38. Member of " 'Dee Friends of the People ," it w a s the l ast sty 'the Bill eras then read a third time and passed. runty to which he belonged; and he was extremely sor r y when Mr. Remo:ire:a brought up the Report of the Committee, it was dissolved. which has for some time been sitting, to enquire into the state Mr. lin AND presented a similar petition from another body of I:duration amongst the lower orders of the people. A long of men in Scotland (stance of the place not heard); and conversation took place upon the subject, in which Lord Castle- Mr. ilitouoti ANI one from Glasgow, signed by 10,206; sever- ninth. Mr. Rose, Mr. Peel, and others, took a part ; when the ally calling fur Reform in strong terms. Report was laid on the 'fable, to be further considered next Ordered to lie on the table. Session. . The Bank Amount Bill, after an extended conversation be- Mr. Ht./M(1590N moved for leave to bring in a Bill for corn twee li Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Ponsonby, , &e. was read a third time. pleting the purchase of Claremount as a residence fir the Prin. Mr. li Rote item moved tbr the production of certain papers cess Charlotte and the Prince of Saxe Cohccurg. The price to relative to Lord Exmouth's negociations with the Barbary be paid for the estate by the public the lion. Gentleman stated Powers. .at 66,2001. The fund tram which the purchase-money was to Lord CASTLEREAGH said the negotiations with some of those he taken was the protlace arising from the sale nf Crow n Lauds. Powers were not yet completed ; and therefore he opposed th e 'the Estate to be SVellt.'4l 10 the Illustrious Pair during their motion ; and Mr. Brougham withdrew it. A conversation, joint lives, with a right ofsurviv orship ; but if the Pritic.e should however, intervened ;in which tho folly and wrong of making die before the Princess collies to the du one, immediately on her such Treaties with the Pirates as those alluded to, were ex. becomine Queen, the Estate is to 'evert to the thrum., and be. posed to the repudiation of the country, in a very eloqueut comes liable to all the regulations attached to other Crowu pro manner, by Mr. Brougham, Sir T. Acland, and Mr. W. Smith. PertYd—After a few worde atone !Hr. 'Solving, the Bill was brought in and read a first time.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. FRIDA V, JUNE 21' WEST INDIA ISLANDS. A new writ was ordered for Nottinghamshire, in the room of Mr. Witoenerdoce brought forward his motion on this sub-Newark, called to the upper house by the decease of Lord - jest—a subject Is Welt he should not now have agitated, had it E ar l ... AS auvers. not been, that daily experience proved the necessity of it, and made it an imperative duty on hint to do so. Every day's ex perience proved that the measure for which he had been con tending through life, the attention ref the Share Trade, was a measure highly necessary, not only for the safety of the West India Islands, but fur the advantage of the whole British Em pire. These were the reasons which imperiously called out the House to consider what was the present state of the Slaves in the West Indies, and how that bate:tient might be improved and amended. The lien. Gentleman then took a review of the pre sent state of the Slaves in tke West Indies, and contended that every particular of that situation tended to create irritation in the minds of those unfe rtunate beings. One great evil of which they had to complain was, that in general they were the pro perty of Gentlemen absentees front the Islands, and were there fore under the controul of persons who frequeutly abused the authority delegated to them. He by no means intended to blame indiscriminately ; but he was fully persuaded that in many instances the situation of the Negroes might be greatly improved. that they were not always treated with kindness and attentionvsvas proved by one cirenmetance ; tensely, that thong!' in every other situation Negroes were very prolific, yet, in the West IrSdiee, they.inereased very slowly. This could be no otherwise accounted for but by the manner of their treat ment, which in general was far indeed removed from kindness. In order to promote this domestic increase, lee was convinced it was only necessary to treat them with kindness; the first step towards which would be to put them under the protection of the law, and to place them on the footing of fellow-creatures. He must new advert to a more serious subject--the insurrec tion of the Slaves in Barbadoes, which was imputed to the Re- gistry Bill. 'fins was not We ease ; but it was greatly to be imputed to the conduct of these in the Islands when had con versed on the subject of this Bill. He had letters in his pocket, stating that the violent language used by the Planters, even in the presence of their Slaves, was such as the writers feared svould ultimately cause an insurrection among the Negroes. 'flooc letters were written previous to the iniairrection; he had also tenets received inee the insurrection took place, which stated the conviction of the waiters, that it originated, in the language held by the Planters, and the publications in the newspapers in the Islands, which stated, that it was intended as a measure to make the Slaves free.—This so raised the ex pectations of these tinhappy wretches, that every packet which arrived was anxionsiy expected by them as that which would bring the news of their eniaticipation. Hope delayed, and ex pectation disappointed, irritated their minds, and at length drove them into rebellion ; and it was surely too much now to impute to the Registry Bill, that which was entirely the result of imprudent conduct on the part of the Planters. It was limn the conduct of the West ludians alone that the crimes in that quarter of the globe arose. They had excited the Negroes to r ebel, and theretore they were answerable for the consequences - -his heart was guiltless of the error in that respect—the blond 0' the fallen did lint rest on his heatl.—( Hear, hear.) He then moved for any returns made to Government of the Poll-tax l ev i e d in Jamaica in the years 1808, DA*, 1610, and toll, sec. Sir N. PALMER inlreAleki the attention of the House while he stated some facts in answer to the speech ut the Don. Gentle teats. He was iutcrested in the question, as VIII: of the %I est SAVING BANKS. In the committee on the saving banks bin, a converFasion occurred between Mr. Finlay, Mi. Milne, Mr. Rose. jr.b Hor ner, Mr. Caleraft, Mr. W. Damlas, Mr. Keith Dmiglas, Mr. Itarclav, Mr. Ilart Davis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Courtnay, Sir C. Monck, General Thornton, end Mr. Frankland Lewis. A division took place on a clause which enables the funds of paupers to acciuntilate in the saving batiks, notwithstanding their receiving parochial relict: which was objected to, as inconsistent with the sp irit of the p our laws. On the question that the original clause should stand part of the bill, the numbers were—Ayes, 31—N oes, 21 —Majority, 13. Report to be received on MoLday. CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS. On the order of the day fur considering the report of the conference, the form of the address to the Prince Regent was, on the motion of Mr. B. Bathurst, read by the clerk; praying his Royal highness to order measures to be adopted, to carry into effect the classification of the statutes. The report was agreed to, and messengers ordered to inform the Lords thereof. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought in a bill to repeal duties on ale, cider, perry, &c. and impose certain new duties, &c. Mr. CALCRAFT observed, that he understood this bill would leave the persons affected by it in a worse state than before. Mr. BARCLAY thought the system of duties on licenses was not taken in a fair way. Ile hoped for sonic better plan, and thought the question might be postponed. Sir J. GRA HAM observed, that the country victuallers were more pressed by the billetting of soldiers than the victuallers in London. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEQuEn said, that, in justice to the Board of Excise, he most say that the plan did not wholly originate with them : but its object was, to give a ma terial relief to the lower order of country victuallers: so that, out of:16,000 who took out licences, 26,000 would be consider. ably relieved. On the whole view ot' the subject, lie felt dis posed to let it lie over till next session ; when some plan might be adopted on a more general scale to arrange the rates of , licenses in proportion to rents and profits. Mr. S. EFFEVRE said, the poor-rates and the distresses of the country would disable many people from taking out their licenses. Mr. CALCR AFT could not understand this mode of proceed ing. If 26,000 persons might be relieved, why should that relief be postponed? As the Right Hon. Gentleman had made up his mind to that measure, why should he abandon this par tial benefit, because it was suggested to him to let the matter lie over? The revenue °light to be maintained; but the class of people alluded to could not bear the license duties. They must give lip their trade ; and that would be a great encou ragement to smuggling, and other mischiefs. Sir J. GRAHAM recommended that the bill should proceed. Six weeks ago he had told various applicants that it was ill tended to give them relief. In the north, lie was convinced that not one out of ten of the lower publicans would be able to take out a license Without voce n•lirf. Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to going into a committee for the sake of sonic temporary palliation. The subject should be taken up twat se , sious on a larger scale. .154 JITNP. S that there were pablieans an d iel nailer.; in I..ntrlen rated at V.A. aad MI. a )ear, w were more dis tressed than Ito 4e M the country who were rated ender LA. year. Ili: Over in stiggestiag a postponement was merely that some more general and better itMil might be adapted ; by w high iieenses could blo regalatel int sonic is:halve proportion to the ble.itiePi of the lireese-holdi r. Mr. Witormt.xic pressed the propriety of esti some Ntnny of the larger houses of publicans about Luuduil mere in the Wilds of br e w,' s. 511.. 31r:Losit eon citit d in this opinion. M r. 114 RUA The Hill was ordered to berm! a id time to-morrow. On the rie,titet attic second reading of the Clef Penalties' Exemption Bill, iirilel al !crux objected to excusing the clergy fut their non obethtinee to the law ; and proceeded to read minutes of a cuuversation of his with a Mr. Henning of Weymouth, respect ing t h e ma n n er ill which the clerical duties were performed at ltudiptile, and two other t.laces, in Dursetshire. Xlembcr objected to the reading these private charges In so thin a house. The Bill was ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. _ _ _ SATURD‘T, JU"fit 22. The House went to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given to seh era! public and private Bills for which see the Lords. The Elni Marbles Bill, the Licensed Victuallers Bill, cud the Windsor Fort inclosure Bill, were read a second time and committed for M (In the second reading of the Irish Farm Land Finesßill, Mr. HonNElt and Mr. CittcnErran opposed the Rill as'uu just and oppre-ive in its operations, and a% tr.; I n,t to render the Irish people mare ili%satislie.l than they at present were. Mr. W. Saws and the Chancellor of the Exchequer defend ed the Bill on the grounds of its necessity fur the prot.ction of the revenue. _ . _ The Bill was read a second time and committed tbr Monday. The Clergy Nun-residence Bill was read a lecond time and committed thr Monday. General TIIONNTON gave notice, that he would on Monday take the tense o► the House upon this Bill, which he cons.der cd as one tending to overturn the Established Church. Divorce, the Irish Clerk of the Pleas, the Consoli. dated Ennil, the lA3II Charge, the Clermont Estate, and the Mutiny Amendment Hilly went through Committees.—Reports on Monday. The Reports of the Irish Militia Pay Bill, the Sturm Bottle Bill, the Small Coal Bill, and the Beer and Malt Bill, were re ceived, and the Bills ordered to he read &third time on Monday. The Local Drawback Bill, the Navy I lalfivay Bill, and the Insolvent Debtors Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed.—Adjourued. SPECIAL COMMISSION. FLY, June 17.—This slay, at ten o'clock, the inn. Mr. Justice Abbot, dlr. Justice litirrough, and E. Christian, E.sq. Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely, arrived in this town, preceded• by a cavalcade, consisting of the principal inhabitants, anti immediately repaired to the Court-house, where they (vetted a Speeiml Commission for the trial of the persons dim gel wait having riotously assem!Actl, nail committed various felonies at Littleport and Ely. The Commission having been read, the Judges proceeded to the Cathedral. where Divine Service was performed, and a Serino:a preached by the Rev. Sir 11. IL Dudley. The Court re-assembled at one o'clock, and the preliminary business be:ng concluded, and the Grand Jury sworn, Mr. Justice Abbot addressed them to the foilowing eQect :— OLNTLENIUN OF TUB GRANO JUR V—YOU have been called together at this unusual period, and with the present soleniiii ties, in consevence of some very daring sets of outrage com mitted by various misguided individuals in this town and its neighbourhood, which must be still fresh in your recollertion. In contemplating the nature of these atrovitics, it is impossible to consider without conanendatiou the conductors of those. prompt and efficacious measures, by which, after it had do mineered for several days together, the spirit of tumult and devastation was finally subdued. The natural progress of triumphant insurrection is, to increase in fury, and to grow larger in its demands, until from robbery it proceeds to tho burning to: houses, and the murder of their inhabitants. Al though no offences of this last and highest kind will he laid before you, yet it appears by the depositions that some crimes of a very deep die have been committed. Of some of these, considering the situation of their perpetrators, it may be diffi cult to penetrate the motive; and it may be, as often happens in such cases, that it was hardly kuowit to the offenders them selves. 'the pretince for these lawless disturbances seems to have been the necessity neati advance in the wages of husban dry, but the circumstances of some among the offenders does not correspond with the supposition of such an object. It had happened, that the hardships necessarily incident to a state of poverty were aggravated by the peculiarity of the seasons; and the temper of Multi which was thus produced, appears to have been inflamed by designing persons into a settled hostility against the higher orders of society, This spirit soon manifested itself' in the destruction of property ; as if labour could be encouraged and wages raised. by the ruin of those who ore. to employ the one, and to pay the other. In no country in the world are there so many institutions for the humane purpose of administering to the WalllS and neces sities of the poor—in no country does both public and private bounty flow in so many streams for the comfort and relief of the distressed classes of the community. It is to be observed, too, that the money which was taken from individuals on this , melancholy occasion, was not applied to the support of the families of the offenders, but was consumed in slot and in toxication, by which the blood was heateal, the understanding confliseil, and the spirit inflamed to acts of further and more violent aggre3sion against the persons and property of their neighbours. The number of persons engaged in the commis sion of these °treat:es is so considerable, that it has been deemed necessary thus suddenly to call you together, iii older that the innocent may be restored to liberty, without delay, the guilty brought to punishment, and the peaceable inhabitant convinced that the laws are effectual for his protection. awl his vindication. It is the first time that such a proceeding has been deemed necessary in this place, and I sincerely hope it Mily be the la-t. I am nut aware dial the task which you are called ulOll 10 execute, boa ever painful, will be attended with any extraordinary difficulties. Judging from the de pwittions which lie ',Ohre me, the capital felonies which will be presented to yon, receive themselves into the three r emit crimes of burgtaty, robbery from the person, and sterling in the dwelling-Masse. It is tit, however, that l %woad here snake one observation; which is. that there are many offences committed by large assensolies of trims, in which the guilt is not confined to the indigo Kral whose hand executes the feloni ous act. Ail those who am present at its commission, who ....limilll