The National Register. — London, England, 1823-05-04 00:00:00

138 Wimaamiin . . • • Smpartit Vartiament. lIOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY. AVAIL 25 SALE or GAME —Loyd CA LTIIOR PE moved, that a mes e. be sent to the Commons. requesting a communication of the Issert the committee on the Game Laws. — O rdered. Nor Es.—Lord KING, betore the noble col proceeded to the order of the day, whether any pains had been taken by the Bank of England, or the Government, to prevent the forgery of bank notes. It NUS understood that great prices had been given by the bankers of the north for engravings to prevent forgeries, and that notes had been engraved which rendered forgeries extremely difficult, if not impossible. No succeaul abet bad been made by the Bank of England, and he wished to know whether any thing had been done, or was likely to be dime. The Earl of LIVERPOOL adm itted that it would be a great advantage to prevent the forging of bank notes, and that it was the interest of the Hank to prevent forgeries, but nothing had ben &NW in the way of art which others could not imitate. The beagmentore bad beau adopted, namely, the drawing die 11. and ft notes from circulation. 'Lad KING said, if they compared the notes of the Bank of Kagliutd with the notes at the great north hank, the Bank of ethey would be found a most bungling production. y PENSIONS BILL.-The Earl of LIVERPOOL MOW the third reading of the Army anti Navy Pensions Bill. Lind KING considered it a foolish bin for what could be owe kink than the bargain with the Bank, upon which it was glad. The Ministers, when the funds were low, had actu ally OM the Bank an advantage which could not have been fembille the maw market. The last year might be truly called the yew of dia _ The Government had been nuped by the Bin Oil tbe BwO•ons. The noble lord concluded by a practi• caljakerbeenotred to insert, by way of amendment. th at it was the opinion a tholsomrse, that the present generation and posterity might derive greet tees& from extending the principle on which his bill was fotentlid. and therefore it was expedient that the Lode (Atha Tammy be vested with the power to raise ten mil lions, by pledging the Sinking Fund for 11/D yam, and paying the interest at the end of a century. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, the whole question was, whether the terms on which the bargain was Made were Wren terms. The house oh aht to !oat to contingencies. 'they might have borrowed money on other terms, but under all the circumstances he considered it an advantageous bargain. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the bill read a third time. —Adjourned. TUESDAY. APRIL 29. Several Members from the Commons brought up the Weights and Aaiun* B;11, which was read the first time. Accounts from the Directors of the Margate -Pier Company were presented at the bar. Lad ROLLE presented a petition from Oakbampton against the tas on tools carried coasterays. The bills on the table were forwarded a nage. 1., ,, d CLARK moved that a message be tent to the House of Commons. to request a copy . of the report made by a select nom • mimic appointed to inquire into the present state of the county of Limenck. The motion was agreed to. and a message ordered accordingly. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Revenue Department Bill, and Alladyee's Divorce Bill, were read the 1 third time, and passed to the Commons. The Division of Counties Bill was read the third time, and coauuitted fur Tbursday.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30. Lord Cranboume. and other Members from the Commons, brought up the report of a committee on the Game Laws, which Was moved for on a former day by Lard Calthorpe. Mr. S. Rice also brought up the report of the committee ap pointed to inquire into the state of local taxation in the county of Limeeiek, moved fee by the Earl of Clare. • Both reports were laid on the table. The Warehousing Bill, and the Profane Swearing Bill, went through eronmitteen WELea Juntearuac.--lard CANDOR moved fur a return of papers respecting the cowls of justice in Wales, and gave notice of a motion on time subject for Thursday next. The papers were ontered.—The house adjourned. TRURSDAY, MAT I. Earl STAN HOPE presented a petition from C. A. Thomson. of Chiswick. which stated that the petitioner had, in 1811 and int 2, purchased two estates at Northaw and Pontrylas, for which he had paid. in part, upwards of 80,0001. and granted a meet e for fa,oool. ( for the remainder of the purchase money.)— Being unable to pay off the mortgage in Hitt, he offered die estates foe sale, but was unable to get for them (in consequence of the altered value of the currency) so much as would pay off the mortgage of fa,onol., and the mortgagor was in consequence now applying to be put in posseenon of the two estates. The petitioner. therefore, played their loydships would be pleased to zralthe operation of the law by which the, mortgagor was to take then him hit estates. and to pass a law foe the adjustment ot all contracts. beedshiP. in moving that the petition do lie on the table, f ' his approbation of the prince le of an adjustment of ° V and intimated his intention of snaking a motioti on the =jai atnn early.peried. The petition was read at length, and ordered to lie on the table. The Weights and Measures Bill was read a second time, and the Profane Swearing Bill was read a third time, and passed. • The other bills on the table were foewarded a stage. Adjourned. FRIDAY, WAY 4. The royal assent was given by commission to the Grants in Aids Bill, the Revenue Departments Bill, the Innkeepers Al- Immix... Bill, the Military and Navy Pe1151011% Bill, anal . several private bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lard Redesdale. WAREWOUSING BILL.—Lord HAREWOOD rose, OR the third reading of the Warehousing Bill, and called the attention of the house to the advantage which foreigners had over our own manufartorts in the woollen trade. Ile took the opportu nity of saying, that although there had hcen no app anion or, the put of tar manufacturers to the bill. it was their intention to petition both houses. and state the situation in which they were pl.eal. It wan impossible to say that the laying a duty on foreign wool would not injure our own trade. Whilst our own n.anufactuters sere burthenc I with duties, a facility ought to be afforded tor the purchase of •he Tait material. If any one thing more than another could induce Parliament to relieve the woollen trade, it was the present situation of Spain. The noble lord understood that information had been received of a new tax laid on the raw materiel in Spain, amounting to 3d. in the pound weight. The hill was then read a third time. and passed. Oo the motion of die Earl of Sunevititeritr, the house adjourned to .Nlenday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. RIOADAV. APRIL 28. 14r. TCLICS presented • petition from Sudbury, prayiog for the gradual aladition of slavery in the oolonies of Great Britain. Sir 1. COVVIN said there was A very ease rented, for this ; 1 t the oungistrafes end othery of &Ober, boy the interests of the proprietary, and then, no doubt, there would be an end of slavery at once. Petition ordered to be printed. li.rust4GTON COLLEcTons. - —Mr. HUME. presented a peti tion from an individual natovi White, of 29 r ' yervire, .c•mi lyitori of hart/1z hero (4.lutsit.l Boatd of Taxes All. • 41... --r .• • + v i z 4 • 1 case. Petition read, after some observations from Sir W. Dc Crespigny. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, the suspension ief Mr. White had not taken place on anonymous complaint—it hart been fully inquired intu ; and it Willi evident that such length of time war was calcalated to occasion interest in his favonr, and conse quent inquiry. The complaint was respecting the petitioner not having returned for windows rein to be closed, which con duct the Board declared to be of dangerous precedent. Mr. HU ME denied that the conduct had been enquired into. Mr. T. WILSON thought that Mr. White had been hardly used, and that fcrther enquiry ought to lake place.—Petition ordered to he printed. Mr. CURWEN presented a petition frpm Capt. Manby for remuneration for hisparvices—for his invention to preserve the lives of seamen. Petition ordered to be printed. THE It Eggrar N"HOCiaTions.—Mr. MACDONALD brought forward his motion un the subject of the papers recently sub mitted to Parliameek a traded that the papers bad found their way tuto the liand's of almost all his Majesty's selects, and that they would have given the people fresh cause to cling with redoubled earnestness to the advantages that remained to them. He doubted not that they had been re aid with general disgust ; but be deemed it right to bring them before the House, to ascertain whether they possessed. or set, thatikafituatiun in Europe which they intagthed they pawned. Willey had not —Why ? It might be said now,as it had been observed early in the French Reiblution, that the allies were more to be feared that) the enemy—because they were not against the excesses of liberty, they were against liberty itself. Great struggles were made after 1703, and eventually Deonaparte was happily subdued ; hut be wished that England had left the Preach mere completely to themselves—had net aided in forcing • King upon them at the pond of the bajonet. This adjustment bad not long taken place when France contemplated and prepared for attacks on the regenerated constitution of Spaia--theenon ablution which this Emperor Alexander had christened " Legi timete." In 1820, however, that autocrat bad some new lights on that constitution , and fed preserve this °mutt, from those northern lights. (Hear! and a laugh.) Now, the dis sentious in Spain were s i oken of—disseations that had been actively fomented by Femme ; but, did they forget that their own revolution of 1888 was not consolidated without two civil wars. (Rear, hear, hear!) There 'night be two parties in Spain, but on one side the commercial and enlightened c:asses, science, were seen ' • against the emistitution there were the hi gg otted nobility, sad MOO of the lower orders and the pea santry. He complained against our government that it had absolutely done outhieg ; not that we had not been precipitated into • wee, hat that the ministers had absolutely done nothing to maintain the character and dignity of the country. The result of the negotiations bad exposed this country to the ridi cule of the world. Oar government appeared to have knows nothing of what was passing between France and Spain, and France Ind Russia. How had snob things happened? The correspondence had allicted him greatly. When the threat ened attack out Spain was mentioned by the Duke of Wellies too, Mr. Canaan ooatentcd himself with saying that Egghead would he so party to it, come what might I" Why had tIM that minister deprecated the attack; why had lie not mthiman• ed it as unjust end impolitic, and in violation of all inthemnthmal law ? So long as the Monarchs of the earth combioatherible all those rights and privileges that were dear L. MO, tbey must be contest to hear. at least for • little white Iseese!, its the House of Commons, that they were tyrants. (Chest.) complained of the instructions given to the Duke of Wel= Had lie lud at the Congress one ty tbe of what he was to have in the field, the present massacre in Spain on the yid France would not be going ea. He 000 tended, that the hypo thetical questions were such as never had been put to any country—to us, sinct.Englsed was Ehgland. Lord Burleigh would have done more than " shake his head at it t` tho' lie had sot heard that the Duke of W. ever shook his head at them. —The hon. gent. then censured the eondact of Clialeauthiand during the negoeisties. highly praised that of Spain, which es Whited, he said, arsonsisteut dignity, unequalled in the recent, unequalled, perhaps, in the ancient, history of nations. He re • probated the uoresenting notice taken of the speech of the King of Preece. andthaintained, that if this country had menaced war upon France, instead of pursuing the system of cold neu trality, to which wielders were now determined to adhere, there would be ao ground for discussion on this question.— W ith whatever feelings of abhorrence he might regard the con duct of the Freoth ministers to Portugal, in the coarse of the negociatione, he must admit that they had' spoken oat to the ministers of this coantry, who were thus supplied with the means of guarding against the base attack upon the liberties of the Spanish patios. However others might feel on the question, he was convinced that the great monarchical influence of the Continent would, in the event of aggrandisement, by the sub jugation of Spain, direct itself against the liberties of this proud Island. Uoeapeeted eonsequences often arose from the designs of individo its. What might he the issue of this contest, which was to decide whether Europe was Is become one vast military despotism or sot, he could not tell ; but it might he, that whit bed been aimed at by a Buonsparte would be accomplished by a Bourbon in his dotage. He concluded by calling upon the House to declare to his Majesty that his ministers lied not acted in conformity with the principles of the british constitution, and with the dignity of the crown ; and moved so address. stating the regret of the House at the failure of the negeciation, declaring that that failure arose from the conduct of ministers, ins wet making •audeenn pretest against the system petseed by France, fite.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to move an amendment. He did not dispute the propriety of the censure upon the conduct of foreign powers, and particularly upon that of France, which had for three years been certainly attempting to shut the door against civil liberty all over the world. He considered that 'conduct incomprehensible, full of folly, and likely to be attended with complete failore.—But lie could not agree in condemning the part ministers bad taken in the proceedings to maintain peace. He disapproved of the practice of goading foreign go t ernments, of using language calculated to provoke, and not conciliate ; and moved an amendment '. that the House con curred with his Majesty with respect to the interference of this, with the national regulations of other kingdoms--that they re gretted that the endeavours to establish peace bad proved abortive ; and that they were at all times ready to support his Majesty in vindioating the dignity of the 'down." Mr. I'. WILSON, in seconding the amendment, said, that lie had sscertaiued beynnd • doubt, that a large number of his constituents concurred in the feeling to recommend to Ministers to adhere to the principles of strict and honest neutrality which n they had commenced, snit by which they had exhibited evident consistency and fairness of cliaraoter.—(A latigh, ad ies hear.) He redly thought that not a tingle argument had been ''•%‘ ~~!' '. APRIL 29. used tbeay.—lf we threw away the scabbard we would be drawn into difficulty. He did not eke the pert of the Frea:h Government—on the contrary, no one viewed with more ex ecration than he did the conduct of France against Spain—con duct which was revolting to the feelings of every Eustis'mai. (Cheers.) We were, however, not to be be arb iters. aad those milieu which were Ol f allies, and might be so again, should not he stigmatised, as they had been, by gentlemen. who, in doing so, had let down the dignity of debate. In that house such personalities should be avoided. (A laugh, and cries of beer!) The line of strict neutrality was that which England should, in his mind, pursue ; as, in case England should be assailed, she ought to have her energies at her eons mand. Mr. lIOBHOUSE said, that he felt as be ought to feel, and as every Englishman ought to feel, the gross failure r .d degra tions to which England has been reduced by the Minister sod his colleagues iu the course of those negociatiose (chetri) ; and he could not but congratulate the Hesse that in the speeches which they had just beard upon the amendment, their ears were not tainted by stroll language as bed been used its atwitter place. and in which all the principles of liberty were treated even with more contempt and derision than by the Continental Despots Ihenieelves.—(Cheers)—lt bad bees said that England ought not to dere to use even the language of re monstrance. It was honourable in the gentlemen who bad • Wel, tat down. to speak out as they bad done upon this ea exampled iestance of atrocity and injustice,--(Cheers.)—The hon. member for the City bad, however, objected. streusel, enough, to the languiAe of indignation which bed been uttered by hie boa. Mend (Darden) on the former allusions to this question. Ile most have taken a very unfair measure of the strength of the English language when be considered that the word execration," which he had just used, was out calculated to convey the feeling of the bon. baronet and the house. — (Hear, bear, and a laugh.)--No stronger sentiment was re quired, and U snob language bad been followed up, as it might, by the vote of the hon. member for the city, nothing could mere traiy represent the the feelings of the majority of the calms* of London.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. BANKEB was in favour of the amendment. He coo sidered ministers as having acted wisely, and for the good of the country, in adopting a system of neutrality. Mr. BARING was decidedly favourable 'to peace as the member for Corfe Castle, and them efore it was that be bad to the conduct of ministers.--He thought the Lanese of the country lied been compromised in the late negociations. sad by the want of energy displayed by his Majesty's goveremeol„ the chance of the country beieg tweed into a war bad bees greatly inereased. Our government ought to have said to Prussia and Russia, yes interfered with Poland , and to Austria, you intermeddled with Naples. bat we upset -Writ lea to interfere with Spain. Mr. P. MOORE moved that the debate be adjoined. Mr. MONCK reseeded the motion, and at twelve o'eleck the House adjourned. TUESDAY Mr. HUME presented a petition from Aberdeen ordain tire duty on stone carried coastwaya. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that it was his intention to propose that such a duty be taken off. Mr. ELLICE presented • p.aition from Bridgewater against the duty on coals. He hoped this duty would also be repealed. The CHANCELLOR of the AXCHEQUER said, this was • snore Important duty, as it produced nearly a 'italic", while that on slue was only about 25,0001.—11 e therefore *weld sot mow return so favourable se newer. Mr. HUM E moved for acermets of the correspoudesee, &c. between Mr. George White, surveyor of taxes, and the board of taxes, respecting Mr. W bite's diemissioa, &o. Ordered. ADJOURNED DEBATE.—Toe Pr.eets.—Mr. CANNING moved, that the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate be read. It having been read, The SPEAKER staled the original monism sad the mead ment. Mr. W. WHITMORE then rose and expressed himself de • cidedly against the emendate's'. He did not imam to sey that the country ought to have been involved in war rashly, or that threatening language should have been held without fallowing up such language ; bat he should support the address, beaus* be bad in vain looked for that manly language which our minis ters ought to have adopted—for that protest which ought to have at once been made against the atrocious infringemeot of public law contemplated sod now perpetrated by Frame against Spain. (Hear, hear.) England throughout bad acted as this ally of France, for in all the letters where France could rot Cumin' excuses, England appeared to be quite ready to assist in such matters. He thee read various extracts from the papers to illustrate such assertion. By such coarse our ministers Led promoted the views. of Fromm. He regretted the vote he had given respecting Naples, as it now appeared that it was this commencement of a system of attack on liberty, wherever it might exist, beginning where liberty perhaps be in excess.— If the attack succeeded here, there was too much reason to fear that such attacks might be carried further. Men who bad power were disposed to abuse it ; and as the Allies were so anxious for aggrandisement, would they the lose opportooity T Had they never heard of partition ?..-A manly and independent expression of sentiment was required, and he trusted it would be assumed by that Huse in agreeing to the address. That address did not require the country to be involved in the war ; at the sense tune he feared that eventually this errantry would be obliged to take part in the contest,te side with the aggressed • against the aggressor.—(Heat.}-lie was quite sure, that if it were required to preserve her honour and oignity. the country could sustain a war. Mr. DICSBROWE (a sew member) 'argsporied amend ment, and praised Lord Londonderry's institution*, note, &e• as doing honour to that noble lord's head and heart. We had (as the extraats which he read showed) protested against foreign interference—we could do no more. That protest was given in explicit terms. Captain MABERLY supported the address. He had viewed with sorrow and shame the papers; they showed that but tow little attention had bee n p aid to the di g nit y sad charactere a fear b e a d d t b h e a e l a w b h r i o le agh th t e se m a i re ni r sts to •rs wa had r. of the country a w t as " e a o c n e v . ineed, that if the negoci a ters es the kept par th o ehe f b G °c r n e o. a ug t net ß nryt ritain had acted with firmness and seal fur the Spanish cause, to which the attachment of ministers had bees so 'trent, expressed in that House, the Government of France would have been aware of the danger of persistiag is their plan Grialtci aggres si o n, hiuna a tic consequence eot intermission, f lll ulour ß e coe a E n dpwoNo world plunged, e hthe said, ttw e r ta w r sn i in d t u h " w n under now favourable u c h r re acircumstancesbiiaedkedekeen,fortotheir n h el wi t h rats.-- Me. s a : e t eg h — ro y e isometry bad been known to labour for a great number of years. o m r i p n e iti a t c e e r . s h ( s i cl ie a ar ri f g ro h m t t t w he eapa minis terial side.) It bad been asked whether, if ' the English Go serament bad pursued a different conduct front that which they had adopted with respect to Spain, war would have heel THE NATIONAL REGISTER im an enonynsous letter sent to the Boyd. The pwlitioner bad belonged to the Kensington division. After having presented the petition, he should wove for the correspondence on the subject; and he should afterward► 100141 for an inquiry into the