The National Register. — London, England, 1818-03-22 00:00:00

77 - 1/ 0 111-4 =A - 0 Nisi MARC TIM NATIONAL REGISTER . a. River wis much reduced by the arrangenteuts made in 4heer. aid Chatham yards. The Hon. Bart. cot:tented that every thing had been done during the War to -improve and elevate the character of our Navy. Many officers were now exploring Seas hitherto undiscovered, and it was hoped, the unemployed seamen would soon obtain employment. He stated the out pensioners of Greenwich Hospital to amount to 3.5,1.100. He concluded by moving that a sum of 2,-0140801. 'be voted for the serviceof the Navy. Sir M. W. RI DLEY rose to move as an Amendment that the flour visiting Berkshire Gaol, by order of the Secretary of State. The question had been carried to a Court of Law, but the defendant was acquitted. He could not help notia iug the evident partialitylof the 3udge to one sideof thettites.! tion ' though much might he said on both Wes. l'helnestion chiefly turned on the sth clause of the 31st of the Under the successive Acts ofSiispensions that had taken place both the Friends of the state Prisoners, and Magistrates had been allowed to visit them. The inference he 'wished to de. elate was, that the Magistrates had a right to visit State Prisoners, and to make this doctrine indisputable • was the. object le proposed. The ATTORNEY GENERAL animadverted at some' length,. on the-accusation made by the Noble Lord a„eainst the Learn.' ed Judge, who presided at the trial, and defended the ela- . ratter of Eastaff, the Reading Gaoler. He contended that the Act in question did not give the power to Magistrates of ; visiting persons confined for treason—iftt ditl,•he would bring in a Bill fur its repeal. The purpose tit the visiting Magis trates was to inspect the gaol s, and see that cleanliness and,- good orderwere prraerved, but not to put questions to persons imprisoned •on charges of High Treason. He should oppose the bill asmnnecessary and detrimental. Mr. S. Bourns e. opposed the motion, and condemned the Noble Lord's remark respecting the Jedge's opinion, dwelling on the circumstances that attended the dismission of the, Gaoler, who he said had beets punished withont-a trial. Sir F. BunDert• said that he knew nothing of the transac. lion alluded to, but lie had no doubt his Noble Friend would be able to explain icsatiefaetorily ; andthough the Honour.' able and Learned Gentleman might have no doubts on the subject, others might, and the question onght to be set at rest. Lerd CATTI.FR EACH opposed the Motion, on the .gronnd, Iliac it was proper the Claimants shoold-apply to their owe Government. Many of these Claims renitired investigation, and the Spanish Government was frost fit to undertake this. All writers 6f the'Law of NationS had •agreed, that it was most proper - Severeirns ehotilii enter into treaties for the interest of their subjects, and this principle bad been distinct ly recognized in various treaties which lie instanced. Lord A. HAMILTON was not convinced by the argnments of the Noble Lord, and thought a fair cafe had been made out for enquiry. M. C. WYNNIS was of opinion, such treaties-were injurious in principle, and contrarrto the laws of natines. Mr. BROUGHAM hoped that the Spanish Government tread pay proper attention to the Claimants. tie was happy to had the right ofsearch recognised. Mr. WILREavoRcw said, few of the ships employed in the Slave Trade belongdd to Spanish 'objects, and , he hoped the Motion would not have the effect of disturbing tho epera lion 6f the Treaty. Dr. Pntutmoltz replied. He only tviAed the character of the country to •he preserved, and feared the Spanish Go. vernment would not•attend to the Claims. 'The Motion was then negatived. Sir S. Romintri presented a Petition from an individual at Hull, complaining-of the Lew for the Recovery of Debts, and inentionine the ease of a person who, with an income of 50001. a year, preferred living in a gaol to paying his debts. The Report of the Ciistoans' , Ditty Consolidation Bill was brought up—a Bill anklet' in pursuance of it.—Adjourned. ;rant should be less by •20x01. being the salaries paid to the 2 junior Lorei of the Admiralty, whose situations had been described as a school for young statesmen. He thought, how• ever, that they should pay for their own education, and not charge it on the country. I,nrit CASTLFRE:I;f4 &•tended the constitution of the Ad miralty Board, N./kith had already undergone serious discns sion. --• Mr. liaiskes.nnd Sir C. Pole made some observations, and the House ilivided.---Fur the Original Grant, thi.--For the Amendment 58 —.Majority 27. After the gallery was cleared, and just as the Tellers were proceeding to count, Kr. Wilberforce appeared at one of the *Mors, but immediately retreated. The Tellers however fol• Oiled and brought hint in. On being asked by the Chairman uf the Committee •whieli way he voted, he replied for 'the Ayes, but took Isis seat anioug the Noes. Mr. I.vro.rroN naticest this•circumstance, and contended that he ought not to-I:estclil iu that situation. Mr. WiLurilsoiten•stittl, that , finding the House about to divide, he eadenvouree to withdraw, without knowing the subject of debate, but when dragged froin his retreat by one of the Tellers, in his confesion he had said he A:001d vote with the .dyes, when it was to vote In opposition to the. individual who hint forward •against his wiij. THURSDAY. The Mock 'Auction Sill was read a first and ocromi time. Lord CAIT:.EaKAL;iI moved an acijcurnmentaintil the 2nd of April. —Agreed to. A Report wus presented vespeoting th^ MSS. of Herat. lant.um. The House went into a Committee on - the Bill respecting privately stealing, lit shopir.--Ordereil to be considered 3sti. April. Mr. Pert, brought in I similar Bill for freland.—Ad jounce . The Chairman declared that the Von. Member was per fectly justified in changing his mind.---ctlear, hear 4) Lord Foutesriooe animadverted on the conduct of the Honourable Gentleman, and 'was proceeding to justify the , southict ot' the Teller, but was interrupted by a cry of Order! -.101 Mr. Wilberforce was accordingly counted among the Noes. The following sums were then voted ,7 ;,'rats for betiding, Aix. tif kips of War, and extrs•work. 31+0,Nouil. for Troops in Garrisons, Foreign Stations. dies 1''4,9550. for Transport entice. Mr. WARD moved a grant of 120,0601: for Ordnance Ser vice, which was agreed to. tr.Nl.v.tesse moved a grant of 1001..te`A, Morris, Esq. High lialitlof 'Westminster to reimbnrse hivee for expenses during the Election. et l 1t412. The remuneration had been recotn. raeuded by the Committee to whose the matter ked heeo referred. Mrnsiorris had brought an action in the Court of King's Bench against one of the Candidates, but the Court - -vra4 of opinion that the action wits untenable. Mr. BANKES objected to the vote is totosand after some further observations front Mr. Brougham, Mr. C. Wynne, Mr. Bathurst, me. the grant was agreed to NEW CHURCHES. Mr. V iNSITTkItT IMVinje•- --- ovecitliCri;e Haase 'eto gc into • a Committce on this mhjecr,-observed,:that there never was a ' recommendation from the Tkrcoe whsch demanded more at- • tenticm than the present. The• necessity for New Places CI 'Worrhip was notorious. Our population since the last Erec tion of Churches wes nearly doubled. In Liverpool there was aecontodation for only 1500 u persens leaving a deficiency ofac. commodation fur 70,000. His object was to obtain accommoda tion for one third of the population,'Which was all that was reqrtisite• at one time. He proposed •itc , raise a million, as occasion might require, to he placed at the disposal of Cons missioners. The object was not confineJ to the Metropolis. • 'Die different parishes would however, be expected to contri. toile towards the work, as far as regarded their own conve nience. Power would also be given to the Commissioners to extensise parishes into districts, and to erect in some instances Chapels of Ease. The additional accommodation required would be about 77 Churches. The Right lion.. Gent. then moved that a million of Excheqiier Bills should be ad vances! to Commissioners, to be by them given.for the erection .ot Churelies and Chapels. Sir C. Mescx wished for a frequent performanceiof Public Winship. He should have ;.referred a provision for levying a rate in each County for the Churches required in it. Mr. VAMMTAHT 44id it was intended to levy a Pew Rate in each of the New Churches. Provision would be made for services in each during the day. The Fight Hon.. Cent. in reply tc an observation of Mr. W. Smith said, the •Government had no chjection to. a similar ..measure with respect to Scotland. The Resolution was then agreed to rem con. T VINE LAWS. Cenwes moved the 2d reading of the Tythe Law -Amendment Bill. ,ir W. sower objected to that part of it which went to fix the SIMI demanded by one Clergyman, as the limit fer his successors, which in case of negligence would be injustice to them. He therefore moved that the Bill be read ard tune • P nots y supported the, P ilat observing that it• was too much to call onthe.Konse to reject it without discussing Itl merits in a committ e e. Mr. Br:our:Ham also defended it. Mr. Wetherell, Mr. Smyth of Cambridge, and Mr. Peel opposed the Bill, and Mr. Curweu briefly replied. The gallery was then cleared for a division.—For the 'ad reading 15—For the Amendment 44—The Bill ;was conse quently lost by a, Majority of :9.—Ad journed at 1 o'clock. Tussns.N. Sir J. *saw presented a Petition frota•the debtors confined • in Giltspur Street Comptes . , praying for the privilege of day roles, &e. Ordered to lie-on the table. The Report of the Longitude Bill was Imagist up and the Billordered to be read a third time en Wednesday. REFORM. ambton presented a Petition from Newrastle.np on . '?•”te.— Iderinan Wood one from Rochdale, and SIT F. lor• (I, It tomety or thirty front various places, all for Parliamontary Reform. 410e4C AUCTIONS. The 'Howse went into a Connairtee on. Acts relative to /suctions. Ald. Atkins moved some resolutions, which were agreed to. Mr. Lvs-myron gave notice,•that if no steps were taken in the mean time, he should on the 2d April, move for the Repeal of the existing regulations respecting Widows' Pen• aloes. MAGISTRATES VISITING GAOLS. Lordeltousicstexx-4 use to move for leave to bring in a Bill • to remove. doubts as to f7.agistrates visiticg Sheriffs' Gaols, as • &flirts were entertained on lest subject. The Rouse would g4outlect that laK•wsloor soon Maiinritel were inevguicil The . Soucracia GLNISRAL•muitI, the only. ground for the mafiosi, was the acquittal of Eastaff. If the claim of the Ma gistrates was found inconsistent with the law, was the House prepared to say, that the Mw ought to be changed ?—(hear, hear !) Eastaff had been punished before ho was tried, and punished because he had pet a construction on an Act of Par liament ditlereut from the Noble lord.—(Hear, bear!) •Lord FOLKEsTONE, in reply, observed, that he had now' heard for the first time that there were no legal doubts on the subject. If that was the case, -his position was certainly un tenable. He entered into the vindication of•his own con. duet on the affair. Heneversnitght privatecommunicationuith traitors and spie►, but lie tholight there was nothing unbe4 coming in a Magistrate to assert an unqualified right of ad mission into a County Gaol. lie never entertained the slightest animosity towards the Gaoler, hut he thought the Magistrates would have been wanting to their dignity, if they had not suspended him under the circumstances. The Motion WA/ - then withdrawn. EMICITION. Mr. BROVGIIAM moved (or leave to bring in a nut for ap pointing Commissioners to ioriiiire into the abuses °lCl:males connected with Education.—Leave was given. TAXES. Mr.BhOUGHASI deferred, until after the holidays, a Motion relative to the defalcations, by collectors of taxes. He should, however, now move for the circular letter issued from the Tax-office, dated Dec. 1, :817.-+-Ordered. SAVING BANKS. 'The CINANCELLOA of the Exeunt:lona rase to move ferleuve to bring in a Bill to amend the Act relative to Saving Banks ; his object was merely to remove some technical difficulties. He observed that the prosperity of these establishments ex. ceeded the •Inost sanguine expectations. From the 26th of Augnst to the 7th of March, no less than 675,0001. had been invested in the. Bank of England by different baying Banks. General Thornton, Sir John Newport, Mr. , Babington, and Mr. Thompson, all joined in bestowing the highest praise on these institutions, which they regarded, as calculated to pro- duce mast imposUut benefia.—Leve given. NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. Brogden brought up the Report of the Committee. Mr. FORBES complained of the hardships to which wound ed -Naval Officers were exposed, as well as Parsers and Captains' Clerks, who were ticquesity tateedadritl without any adequate support. Mr. Cdermen replied to his observations, and said he was prepare to meet the lion. Gentleman on the subject when. ever be pleased. The Admiralty had been most zealous on the imp rovement of the Navy, an object iu parties were ei,reed. Mr. MON EV entered Into a warm panegyric on the Navy, which demanded the Nation's highest gratitude. Mr. HVSILISSON observed that eulogium was needless, and that 4 - e Hon. Gentleman would find that the Navy bad never been -eglected, but in reality enjoyed many very high ad vaitte.:;es. Mt .Fonnrs defended the accuracy cf his former statement, and Mr. Croker shortly replied. 'rite Estimates were then agreed to. On the Report of the Bill for building New Cherches being brought up, Mr. A. Brown objected to one part of the measure, which bjection the Chancellor of the Exchequer suggested would be regularly considered in the Committee. /Jr. C. Gas NT,seu. and tutenEentec urged the 041. cvssity of extending the plan to 'Scotland. The Ca kNCELLOI: of the Excisacmi.n. was quite disposed so to do, but it would be necessary to introduce a separate Bill. After a few remarks to the same effect from Mr. Wilber force and others, the !import wasagreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in. The Irish Gaol Fees Abolition Bill was read a Ind time and ordered to be committed on the 6th of April.—Adjouroed at half past tan. % WEDNESDAY. 'Mt.Tarompsoti presented a Petition from Hall complaining of the Poor Rates,and prayin for alterations.—Ordered,to be printed. Mr. Butes( presented three Petitions for Reform from Harrington, Liverpool, and Nottinghinn.—Laid on the table. Mr. ABERCKOMBY moved for the second Report of the Conimissioners respecting the Courts of Chancery lEiug's Bench. Leave was given 'o bring its a , Bill fur the protection of .the Saving Banks Scotland. Th;Longitude Bill was read a third teaming.' passed. SPANISH CLAIMANTS. Dr. PHILLIMORI ruse to bring forwarilhis , Motioti respect ing the Spanish Claiinauts. His object was to satisfy the claims of iilUbe who had obtained•-seutenees of restitution, which were at present merely nomioal; 461,0001. had beau paid 'French Claimants, anti he conceived the Spanish had an equal " to. be considered. He should -alieretore propose ois aso.to , the Prince Regent, that these elainsauts should of the 400,001 voted to the Spanish 0o- be iudeonu v.,lwlut. BEI !Elv OF LITEIMTURE. The Church her otrn Enerny.—Lctters to a Friend, on • the talc Attack of the Archdeacon•of Bath upon the Church Missionary Society, 4c. By A MEMBER or vac CHURCH OE ENGLAND. • is a very old and just Onsen-ation, that of all quarrels, those on the score of re,Pgion are the most olent and disagreeable. Never wiel this more fully ex emplified than at thp present -momer.t, , in the tremen dous war between the Church and Dissenting Intertat respecting the Bible anti Missionary Societies. And we must-say that.both parties have 'succeeded so adini. rably in confounding truth and error, that it does in. deed puzzle A philosopher to-separate their.. Thus it. is with the .pcunphlett before us—there is such a mix. ture , of right and wrong, of.:_general principles and see. tarian views, that vice ‘are• at ri. her what judgment to give upon the question. Thetzuth, we believe, will be found to be this—that it is a struggle for power be tween the parties; the Dissenters have, till lately, con cealed thesr ultimate views, under the pretext bf sup porting the Bible Society ; while the Church, perceiving their intent, charges them with it,.and calls ant Ilelp ! most loudly. For a, considerable time, the combatants only skirmished, and seemed to be preparing themselves for a grand contest, till at length the impatience of the Archdeacon of. Bath could.r o longer brook delay. lie commenced a furious attack on a Church Missionary Society at Bath, and the consequence has bier., that the trumpets are sounded in all quarters. !The. end may be easily foreseen—we shall have abundanceof pamphlets, and a great lack of charity. Our author does not scru ple to charge some of the Members of the Establishment with preaching heathen ethics, (p. 9& 2) and the Church replies, by asserting that the tendency of . a mixture of Churchmen and Dissenters, is to-make infi dels and traitors ! What a quantity of misrepresenta tion and error must we wade through to arrive at the truth. The} real state of the care appears to us to be simply this :=The Church, -by an. unpardonable neg lect (arising, in a great measure from the evils of.:tc present system of patronage) has suffered the Disser.ting Interest to acquire a powerful ascendancy over the ma jority of the nation. The I)issenters have been active and zealous—the Church idle and indifferent. The Dissenter& have formed religious institutions—have dig. seminated..their principles every where, and offerLd themeansiof instruction to all, tialthe Church became justly suspicious .of their increasing/power, ar.d, appa rently, not knowing what to set ahoutfint, commenced a war against the Bible Society—the -very _strongest Nfortress in their adversary'epossession. We cannot con ceive any thing more inconsistent than this opposition to the. circulation .of she Scriptures. Our author ob. serves, " I shoulll be-glad to•be informed what the Clergy of the National Establishment promise themselves by this line .af conduct. It is clear that , popularity cannot be their obj.tit, for the cause of tbe Bible *ocirty being almost universally popular, they who‘yttesnatically oppose it, can care little about.the pntilic l opittion. Now, although it snag be conce ded at•once, that popularity is not a certain. and infallible test of truth, yet it is at Irkist collateral evidence in its.favate, in which respect, perbaps,tt resembles common sense, whieb, as Sir William Tvrnple.says, would never. Lave been so cox moni it bad not been the. best sense. '• At all events, do they considerAhataa ophsien is not•viroag me relyi,because ft NI popular ; and that it saay..be 'iglu &khan!' it happen to be popular t Do the Established 'Clergy seriontlpcousider That in this country, at least, nothing can be of periaanent and certain continnance, which rata directly make to thejuds-