The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

t 1 44 Insp:ria Parliowat contim:4l fors p urge 3. The 'notion un. aigsecil tn , 84 v. a motion lor an ec ,eoolll or tiro mailort in which the sum or 40,0091, voted .44 , 4,44wes had heal employed; sad timilar wrotitms with r;1-!-et &everal other The report of the R::'4 'a and of the marine nm. llny hill was received, and the hill& ordered to be rend II tLlyd time to-morrow. 'The committee im the anti filers' commitment bill was posits:wed till to morrow. The other milers wean 'livened of, and the house ad. int.ttsed at II o'clock. ThuRSOAV, MAncit 14 K EWNIAN ;excreted at petit from Exeter, very numerously Wetted, in fav our of Mr. Hunt. Mr. S. IVORTI.EY raid he should not be suspected of any feeling very farour alle to Mr. Hum, but he could not meld saying that Mr. Hant had been most rigorously used. au" expericiicin... punishment that mac Mil ill ended, m 2.1 it was at ease w leek warranted the people's intuit Feuer to solicit the mercy of the Cell o.—(llear.) kir. HUME raid that lie had la ceased a letter front Mr. Hoot, n ho stated, that so far from having Ifietty M musk, Vie door was Niched oily three limes in esea 24 hours. Slr. C A LY ERT Moo roes', t hat the betitioncalb of the mem ber fur ',Curl:siert. (Nlr S. Wortley )d6l hilt& great humour. Sir T. LETII BRI DOI; rental that if Mr. hunt were .donated to %Akio y ceinliceinent, lie had condemned himself In it. Ile knew Alr, Ilnut hell; commismated his too ditiun ; but that Mil:tido:II hid taken the /thei ty to prefer y eh:tuts. He only wished the Ileiuse not ha:illy to condemn the Sanwa setsliire magistrates—not to cutidea.a them till the fair's weer Kul/ed.—(llcm) Si, T. W 11. SON iewarked, that the fact nr Mr. limit not flay log complained of the prism' ashen hr first went there, showed that he did not fin there with any predetermination to feud Tice Niles sff, Sir C. Handy Ide, had treated Mr, Hunt a tilt the glean tit Smithies". Ilissucce.cor had chained the conduct, and it nas (mini; to the change toot bu Malty d below, es *mid taken plaice. Mr. N EINHAN would only add, that if the fuels no repsesented retie;; tLr treatnime of Mr. Ilan( (tarried U at to be true, lie hesitated not td say that gentlemen ought itemeoldalcly to lie released.— (Hear, hear:) Petition ordered to he printed. l'lr rs, lit eha au —Mr. S RICE presented a petition flOrn cement lay impropiiistor , , in Ilan county of Lear), pri*ill4 for n revision of Ilse ty the system. Petition read, and ordered to be painted. A new welt for Lioculii was ordered, hi the room of Col. &batty, deceased. ILGICsTEit Jam.—Al.l WOOD presented a petition front Leeds, very Hullo-roust y rigged, some of the petititmers being reisons of independent property, in favour of Mr. Pool. It was said that the jeder, Heldle, had been mai ciently punished; he did not thiek to; ;11111 a lieu the evi dence was adduced, he should he prepared to submit that such person should be further punished. A mets., g e finun the Lords stated, that the Lord* had •11,0. reed to the Five per Cent. reductimi Mr. G. BEN N ETV prevented a petition from James Fergusoe, n stereotype pr sailer, praying that the (louse Mould institute enquiry into the means of preventinx fin ge s. The bon. met bee cc pressed his couvir lion that the haaile•notesnould continue to be forged till they !displayed better am kmansiii .Mr. MAN NING said that this petitioner had %crane ap proached the Hoare, and that his ease had been fully Ca anti uteti lied found impracticable. Ile added that the Look bad spared no expCJICC to produce a lode that a 'told inert the pulse e opectritimo:.-11 ahem) schemes ha:d failed; the Bonk direetots thank* it would he the height of mad ness to issue a new sole, except such lime whs ehleulatcil wholly to, prevent forgeries. They desired a note, if they were It , dflrrOlille MI 45 new one, that should protect all the Is Jaen against Is 111.1111. P. titian' ordered to lie on the Wile, Mr. COKL moved for it return of the wool imparted from parts sat li:e t.0i.l into Great Britain, from the sth of Jatsuary, IS2I, to the sle if January. 18`22 also for a return of the woollen matinfactioes exported from this cote:dry in the taste time ; also tor as account of the butter, idea rse, hull hides imported within that periad.- I.)ideirsl. •rt)sTittA GENCR•I..—NIr. CALCRAFT moved for us account of the d.sys of Lind Claurssity'a attendance at the general post-ofliee, .during the tee is years that he held the site Akin. lie believes!, that during ouch period, the noble Lord an! album! from England. .4.0 t al Lt;:b DON inftl4l( said, Lord Cinnearty certainly a. abroad an a tome important 111,1hii 4444 ; he accompanied the Krug of the Netbeiiaudeat YI hoots' notice. Ile de:led lite tauten( e that was iuteuded to be Maya Imo the paper moved fur. Mr. CALCRAFT said the noble Lord admitted all be wnoted to know, that what was maintained au be au eflicient other had p; milted its holder to he abroad for Iwo y e .i e rsi., Lord NORM.IN BY oboery est, that he viewed the lleCi. Rif7O of lett night as ',retracted defeat, lle slid not know in what shape lie should next hrilsYfulward the ruhieea ; but he looked forward with coolideuce to tsitim..te tinsmith. Alot:on negatived. Mr. MA BERLLY rose to bring forward Isis motion on the sultiet tut' the public aecouots. The hon. meander then detailed many of the items, pointing out the dilferencts is Lich in son e hollow es 00000 unted to several thousands.-- The ditTerenceb is the aunts total acs co sat gi eat, although scarcely twelve items in all the accounts agreed; the difier ellcr in the whole as us 217,0(101. ; yet ought there to hr such wieriai.e. I He co eluded with musing for a committee uu the ;addle accounts. The motion, however, was eventually withal awn on she statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that ea the 16111 of Aiwa he intended to tttoVC for a committee no this stiller% . her. tiII:INV then bronght fordward his motion fur a committee to inquire into the best ins otos of carrying on /he beanie's of the board of commit. lie maititaitted that these naiglit be at least at Iviiartiou of (au of the riiii•relssieuess I and in li n er s like the present, all puosible v itsgs ought to be effected. ( OURTEN AY opposed the motion, urging that tis:• sit smells of the . office was tad tau at eat. Ms - . 'I I ERN LV happened the mutton. He however wialard the boot II to be ussoltsbeti; he thought its business Uw~ld hr c.:;81 led on by Use cathodal lanced. Sine he that the id übent calahltslitattat might be retstsced t: host irirry to she pub.ic service. eNir. CAN !SING catered at considerable length Into an e5...1...ad0vi elf the clutter of the pi esident, secretary, atad rosoWit,ll/111.1S Or the haat d of coott soil, and contended h.nt the data% they had to pet font were tav , t hotpot taut tdoponsibie, siad iabblluus. Alr• Fur., %ILL, oto;ht eit .~...1 _~ I • TUE NATION.‘.! , lIECITSTEIt . . posed to know something of the fairs of India, had considered seven conimse.iont rs and nine assistant com missioners as necessary. The nine assistants had salaries, the seven commissioners had no salaries, hot they had C llllllllOllll il4lloll4ge. The present essahlssmiscut was much snore eronosisical. Ile cow:Wiled the present mu tton 11411 ler its object the dims; gad:cation ul the office, and slit refore he would oppose it. Mr. I'. BUXTON also opposed the motion. Mr. C. W 1 NN also gave his testimony to tile great mass of business trausacied at this boaril. The right hon. ecullesa an also entered into an explanation slid defence of his own conduct its taking office. in conjunction n jilt those As ith cchoot he at resew acted. After >mite observations front Lord Binning and others, the question W4ll negatived on a diviz.iuu by ;flit to Ss— Majority 185. The oilier orders were disposed of, and the House ad jumped at 12 o'clock. fRIDAW, MARCII 15. Mr. (Zoom., the Vs owan Usher of she Black Rod, sum moned the 11,11111 r to laii . ll l l ill the Douse et Peers ; told site Speaker afici Wilrds informed the ehrise, shot the 11.0.ssi assert was given, by roluraismin, to the five per Cent,. re duction Mil. . . . ...... Mr. C. IiUTCHISSON obtained leave to bring in a hill for lighting bud povin i t Curl, and fur itnpruving the curta in:irk, t there. Mr. JAM ES presented a petition from J. Gregson, of Liverpool, again.. the Liverpool v.uter.wm ks Mr. WALLACE moved, that tic House go into a com mittee on the wont trade on 'Monday nest. Mr. S. WORTLEY sod, that an erroneous notion pre• vaned antral g his constituents, in particular as to the inten tions of the right hon. gentleman on this a , ubjt•rt I he under !stood that the oljact was to permit the, importat on of woollen good+, duty tree, for the purposes of exportation only .was that n , 4 the fact Mr. IYALLACE was thankful for this opportunity to correct an error—his intention land been toe reedy explained —it was to permit the tinp°tlo tion of coolie , " goods duty flee, far the iiiirpo.4* of eXpo.l.tt agreed to. Sir J. 11i poltT, no hellaX of tie member fur Mayo, postponed the moli.ll ree,alding the state of Ireland, flout the 11th to 24:11 of Aprl. Sir W. CURTIS moved that the London-bridge wnter works bill he rend a becund time on Friday next. Ord red. Mr. HUME moved for Warns of receipts for lizitt-gtars.e duet, I.e bring of opinion that the s).tent was slat Foible of much improvement. Sir I. COFFIN supported the motion. All foreirners were sultjected to double does, and .tsch system opciated most injuriously, for Le uns perfectly suit tint hun.iieds of thousands of foreigners had perished in cousequel.tc of the cypenee that would leave resulted had they made for the Lirttittli shores. Sir J. YORK observed that a gallart member (Sir I Coffin) appealed to imagine that our coast nas lighted like 0 sford-rottd ; and that us tut he nutabers di on ned, he doubt less alluded to what had taken place slime the creutiuu of the worid.. Motion agreed tn. Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a petition from the London-bridge nntcr•w crks' compasy against the bill, ;buying nt least to be heard by counsel rousse the bill. Ordered to lie on the table. Devi :s ON TA WAN.—Mr. CURS EN presented a pe tiituo from Yttrium tallow chandlers, complaining of lite injoisies teed sustained from the surreptitious dealers; stud from South Stu while ti , ,heries, praying for prow ctioe, h) a duty nu foeign tallow or otherwise.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. C U WEN then postponed tilt Wednesday next his motion for a repeal oi•lbns,. duties. 1119L•1 DUIY BILL. On the ?notion that the mat duty repeal bill he committed, Mr. tit RES said he tionOtt this measure sus not (-taco hued to relieve the country. LYEILT had heretofore opposed provisions of the bill, tut lie now wits satisfied with the inewure of the ur. raneements for returning liie ditty un the stock in hand. !Sir J. YORK was one of three who suffered by recent arran,ements far the benefit of the tondo's nets, mid he should like to know %lieu they might expect a reduction of the price of porter ? Mr. CALVERT remarked that the erect of n half-penny per put would be equal to '2ls. per (mailer on milt. Now what the government gate wes only cloud to 6.. BJ. Of the pa l ter price. the gseerititient got three-halfpence per pet ; the victualler three-hull peuce; and thetgewer two pence. General 6 ASCOYN E said the impolitic character of the redlivtton WWI now es ideut ; it a null give no relief. *, Colonel WOOO lieved the measure would induce tl.e pe4.ple to brew their own Leer, since the brewers and pub lienns got 511 much. Mr. CA LVERT hail not meant it to he understood that the vietutil . eis got threepence pet pot—they did not get quite three. halfpence, the government rather pore. Mr. Setgeaut ONSt OW did not thMk that tiny beat& would result to the country from this measure. The iinu,e t hen %ea loin a committee ou the hill. Mr. LUSIIINOTON propcsed some muelattneet in the clause re girding the stilt k no lined. It ass `,lid that the relit f of the duty would not enable the brewers to reduce the price even a fraction; but tni e ;lit it nut enable them to ionise it n little stronger ? Mr. CALV ERT thought the hon. member had net taxied the porter lately t he surely had cinditicd himself to Chain pague ; he could got have tedul;ed in any bruit n stout. — it %mild be well to taste some before lie again spoke ithout the stienetit. At to the I,lllprit.o felt by nit how menthe r (Geu. Casco? tie), he expres.ed 110 orprise, alum there ant an ineie.oe of drily of Us. 4i. a ishout any cis , in the price uf porter. The pre.eut relief did nut exceed G_.0.1. per quarter. Mr. GIPPS thought there ought to ben reduction in the price °flue potter. especially cv there had hero none fur the lied there or four year.. I3arley and hops had greatly 1.41 1 41 M prices; alt, way there not to Le is tall in the pi ire of ;note' I People could t rew their (ma beer for little mote than tin cesdliolf.petice,if they could g,.t the machinery; it a e , fit that reit h r El to known. Geoernt (VASCO): N said that it now nppenred that pony a?... 'ditto r to be strouger nor cheaper; that i.et trove' alime were to have the beat lit; anti if such acre to be the case, Ilse it would support hint, be should iesid the twitter pi ogres. or 114: bill aimerther. Aid. smut, SIIITII spoke or tun prejudicial effects that testified from to many public houses beim, an the brewers' :dr. WILLIAMS hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would :AL pt some ;:::a *loch vinald tend lea .ceute us „uud _ r no article es possible to the public; last cutopluimd of tics press lit mode of imposing the duties, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sate!, that t tn ice a : I , l . l , r i a t e i t m o t i e repeal c ri t a t w h arils th.tex. had beta r::ellyd tut id till petit Mier to that haute. Mr. BRIGHT was glad to find that the repeal of this nix eould alf.trit the country grialemen no relief and that they knew such to be the fact; hoped that, stew Mime the present session closed, they would repeal some tax that would at once afford them nod Ms country r-Itef. There was no rhance of relief a tout rya! redartim of taxiiti.ill, in which all the people of Li:gland would be bench, ted. Mr. BENET (With,) said, that the comitry %cont.l not detive any benefit but from that reduction of to xat ion in *shirts the people apish' be benefitted. If the ri peal of any such tax were proposed, Le would support it. ale. W. SMI 111 scwetkeel, that whether this reduction were heitetichil or loot, the repeal oh the malt dilly was what hail heen loudly called tor. If it produced nu be nefit, the fault was not the ininis , ers'. lie aas glad that it bad taken place, if it were only to chew that the wishes of the people were attended to isi that house. As to the relief to eel icultute, it would benefit it about three far. things per as-re. Mr. CALVERT understood that the object of the te pee' was to relieve ugh icalture. Mr. 1). GILBERT said, the' repeal was calculated to increase the consumption of Mall 4 111141 wits the miry way in which benefit could It snit to the fainter. sks 10 14.1.ef Co the cnunli he aid not view this menaite as one that was calculated 10 afford such 'chef; the repeal of the salt tax wmild indeed Believe the rummy. Ile, however, should not support its repeal this session, if the malt duly rept al verse Iw:severed ia. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, there was nothing like relief to the ag 'iridium! Interests in the repeal of the malt duty; he had expected that government wooed have conic &tell Willi a very different measure of relief. lie knew what the state of the (rmory was, and he felt as. silted that the present system of taxation could not en on. (Hear, Itear.)—Miaitrers must change their course,if they set ionsly thonelit of relieving arrieullere. Mr. I'. le I LSON dept crated the continual agitation of ugrictiltural leterests, while there was a committee oil Clio subject silting. It would be better In wait fur a report. Sir C. BURRELL lamented that ministers had given tip this tax, without cons tilting better w ills their friends, for thongh they gave up a milliun and a half, the benefit would Clot he to the people his general. Mr. CALVERT reminded the committee, that those who brewed at home would have the malt Jury to pay. lie did not expect all gentlemen to understand this soh. jeet, but he hoped Chet they would COMlllellellll what they heard; it' there were error about the prices, It must he (tom the defective 11141111er in which he had expressed himself. Gen. GASCOVNE said, as the measure had gone thus far, lie should not throw am) obstacles in Isis way; but he hoped that it would not be lung ,before the cult tax was repealed. (Fleet.) Resolution awl ced to. Report on Monday. Mr. HO lIHOUSE postponed his motion respecting Mr. Hunt till the X 7 the inst. Lord J. RUSSELL asked whether the sending a letter to coves al membeis, siguod " C. Arbuthnot," calling stn them Cu attest:, , * as the Opposition, despairing of getting into power, particularly Lord Normasiby, Lord Alitiorpe, and Mr. Creevey, were pursuing a system that was &dens hated to undermine the best Mil:tests of the country," was lot a breach of the privileges of that house ?—(Bear.) Mr. C. ARBUTHNOT said lie had written some such letter to private friends, but lie had not telt himself re struined iu expressing his opinion of what he deemed a system; lie, however, had never intended to violete the privileges of the house. Lord NORM IN I:Y knew his own motives too well to feel affected by the language of the letter ; but was it nut something like a breach of privilege to say that lily conduct or system was calculated to under's:lire the best interests) Lord LONDONDERRY thought private letters were not to become the subject of observation there. Surely it was but imputing improper motives to say that such a system was calculated to undermine the best interests. Lord J. RUSSELL appealed to the chair as to the character °Ellie letter. The. SPEAKER replied, that to have directly Inspnted improper 110:114V1 would have been disorderly—but be could not see where ve as the imprupt iety of reasoning ter ' the effects of certain menstirer. Mr. C. ARBUTHNOT said such was his object. It was a letter to a private friend-4e had nut even a copy of it. Lord J. RUSSELL said, on this explanation, he glionlel not press the subject fen thee. Lord NORMA N I:V gave notice, that on the gil of May he should move an address to the sing, to dismias one of the Joint Postmasters. je. PHI LLIMt IRE &Ad he should on Wednesday next move rue a will to amend the Marriage Act. 'Elie house 'teen zeta auto a committee of supply on the Artily Estimates. Lotil PALMERSTON then 'sou ht on the ten""thig estimutes for the military service, loyeteig 2.5:.1.001. the contingencies of the army.—Tfiey her crahy agreed to. withunt any division or amendment. `re Lend PALMERSTON moved u giant Lt sl i nk the staff abroad. • e Mr. 11U )ME opposed it, ptopositig as an auto:du:cid a re:Suction of I e,()Jel. Mr. ELLLCE, in supporting the necessity of reelection • In our expendimie, complained of the staff 11141044 It 4 being too extravagant. He likewise complained of the expeaditine in the colonies, salaries of the ; t weet slurs, set , Mr. 60111.11Clas1 said, he had last session :mew ece d good many tri the complaints on this subject, bet he was perfectly ready to tight the battle over again. Lord PALMERSTON replied, that iu the staff all pos sible reduction had taken place. Mr. HUM); pressed his ameudiueut—he should take the sense of the co; 'tire on it. 108--hut the *monitorial, 3.1 took place. The numbers were illujority,Tee 'list: It. r.l resoltdl3a was ter a sum of 22,0011, for the itorultul Mr. HUMS contended that this wee by much too large • grant. and moved a coneiderable re doctioit of the pru• loosen stun. Felt. NA BEULEY agre was ;en extrava,gidit item; but iu the pi escut 141111: el ed hon. friend that. th ttilse . -