The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-25 00:00:00

the Emperor of Austria and his holy supporters regarding the attacks making upon Naples. abd he eloquently vindi cated the virtues and the secrecy of the scut of Carbonari. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the productiou of the letter would be useless, except it was intended to Ennui any any 1/106110 of ceu.are matt. The copies that had appeared in the papers were correct. As to the meaning of the letter, that time squadron was tut to act except " insult cad vio lence" were of ored to the Royal Family, the meaning ap plied to them personally, not politically. Except it' such event. the strictest neutrality was to be observed After some further remarks from Mr. Cunning, Sir J. Mackintosh, and Sir It. Wilson, the house adjourned. N IWO Et1)•If, MARCH 2i. Petition, from Nairn and Fife, and Strathmore, in Forfar, against the Malt Tax, were presented. A petition from the ship owners of Sunderland, respecting coats, was presented. A petition was presented from Queen's County, praying the house to take into consideration the slate of the distillery laws. Mr. '.l ARRY AT presented a petition from Lower Canada, praying the house to take into its best consideration the several petitions against any change of the timber duties-- Ordered to he primed. Mr. C. CALVERT moved for an account of all wharfs possessed by the city of London. or by trustees for them, betwsen London-bridge and the Temple. Mr. LUSHING lON brought in the Ate and Beer Duties Bill. Read a first time. Mr. H. SU M N Elt moved that the report of the Newing ton Select Vestry Bill be taken into further consideration. The committee above stairs had agreed to a resolui ion—olie that had struck him with cow ides uhle astonishment—that the mandate (litters of the house had tut been concluded w oh. The irregularity was, (11;1( the notice ought to have been Muck up three dill'ereut Sutisla) F. whereas It had only berm up tan Sundays; then it was put lip again, but the notice of he third Sunday ails altered, I be a ord " increasing" having beet' introduced hoist it. Such tarts acre the hoisidation of the resolution. lle concluded aii h moving that the bill be referred to the committee above stairs. Mr. S. C. ItiHITIiItCAD expressed his regert that this most unjust hill aaS still persevered in. it bad been most properly thrown out by the Committee; nod he could not consider the alit intim' introJuced Tutu the notice 10 have been accident 1. If the motion acre persevereJ la Its must divide the house on the question. Mr. DEN NISON also opposed the motion, ttain speak ing of the unjust provis . of the bill. Mr.C. CA LV ERT opposed the hill. The sup porters of it sere the minority in every respect. lie had stated the numbers of the petitioners fur and against the bill on a former occasion ; and he had mitt to add that the moral of Neaington was 154,0001.—Th0w who petitioned fur the bill reined to the es trot of only 3,400. Did the bill, wider such circunitances, merit the support of the house Mr. ABERCItOMBIE said it was most important to secure a strict adherence to the standing orders; and he was therefore inclined to solipsist the suggestion ut the clinic.— lie proposed that toe matter he refmrred to the com mittee to enquite into this particular point—to ascertain hat were the standing orders—aid to revolt tiwit opinions regarit.n4 the saw , . He moved this as an ameihlment. Mr. il. SUhiNEft replied, observing, that the course which he proposrd had been pursued ill the instances of the Bristol Jail mid Darlitigron Ruilaay Bills. a heie the house had decided against the return, of the comunure, when re ported that the standing orders hail not been complied with ; but, in deference to the chair, and to what had (Linea float u learned gentleman opposite, he should hot press his motion. He begged to withdraw it.—Motion withdrawn accordingly, ainendisient agreed to, and committee appointed. Mr. I;LLLS presented petunias from arsenal persons in Dublin, praying for compensat.o. and satistactiou in the event of the Irish law courts' bill being entertaitied by the house.—( I fear, hear.) Mr. V% . 5 1 11TH should not oppose the petitions; he merely wished that the facts might be matte keuwe to the house, with the itvita to I 111L111: considerations . . _ After four miter petitions Isom the exchequer clerks, Sec. bad been presented, SirJ. NE% PORT hoped that these petitions might be ferried to a committee above MUM, it Mil, impossible Dad they could he properly consider. f 111 1111.1 house. limv eft Cameos.—Mr. P. OREN FILL si,id there had been laid before the house 1.11 account of silver purchased b) the mild since 1816. Teat purchased Since 1819. ass at considerably above the luau ket price, that being 40. I. per na. while the price charged was Yd. per uz. tle ishi if to know who were the parties from whom such silver was purchased. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the silver had been purchased of the book.—Olear.— Tbe cncuntstances acre these. and the public wouid unfair) nu loss by the transact 1111 l ; silver was sold in Ike bank by Use iniut, the gusi eminent tbeu having a good dens on its Lauds, un e middling dial alien the goy, rnineut w anted nily silver, they should re-purchase Irian the bauk lit the I .le price Mr. P. CHENILLE expressed bit tplookluailit nt abet bad Inc..c staled, Ile was out satisfied at the aossvci. 0.. an early day he should submit a MUtiUll to the house un the auhjeet.—(Hear.) A siienag,e announced That their Lordships Wall agreed to the Flax Encourf.seinent Bill; and they desired to be fur nished a ith the astounds anti evidence MI is hill. the house hail lossvccl Ihe IsrailllllMlll4l D.,fralichistment Bill. A meitieare LovaLtssm.—Mr. W. COL ItTEN A Y ruse to bring turward his sp. cling the A niern•an It was obvious that she established in 1783 required hi 1821 consideiable force to establish then justice; hui mu distance or time hr ',unmated, could tlli et the justice of Lciii.)— He concluded a till that their be laid bcfore lac house copies of em respondence since 1812, 1.11 .kisbubjecl• Mr. DICKENSON seconded the motion, and spoke in suppiot ut 11. Mr* W. SAI I 111 The CHANC}.LLOR oh ine EXCHEQUER expressed the wish that these chums should experience a hual adjustment. Ar t , r ramie further conversatio• Mr. Courtrai.. 'it motion fur on address ur as 44r. s( I Lout a d.v.s . RLFLAL Or IHIC Slaw Tit,..—Mr. f. 9 FERN 'lief winch autild be allordfd to the agr:culiiir 51 by 11 repeal ot the I. In 111111.► imposed on malt, and argued she sio.ret considerable lesser 1.. Ile one hided by an,, 4 for le,.se Is. ruse 10 tall the attention or the house to the reLef %Wel , bring in II 611110 :epral those duties. hi u. is A t.ls EN te. I h. .a cond.,' Inc motion. Enid+ A. Ilawliton, It. Lamaist, f.d.d ok- ~. TIM NATIONAL REGISTER bletsrs. Ellice, Wodeltorse. Wilberforce, sad Maack sup ported it. Lead Castle/ea:li, the Chancellor of the Eseheciaer, awl Nlr. Iluskiwoo, it ; the• Witt gi•iiil , onin concluded by moving the previous que►tion, upon a ail(111 innessilinent, after a very lung debate, tile bone diviurd, whets the umbers were— . . For Mr. Western's motion ... 49 Agoilot it ... lta MAJORITY A6AIRFT iIIIIIIIsTERII The result waa hailed by loud chem ing. Mr. WESTERN then obtained leave to bring in a bill t• repeal the malt tax. The other orders of the day were then read, and the home adjourned at half pall two o'clock. TMCRSDAY, aAacu Y 4.. _ SNIUGGLISIG Pox% Barrio ts.—Mr. CURIE'S mused for returns fur the county of Sussex of all persons a tin Wive lost their lives since the commencement of the eihist blockade system, together with any circumstances that may hove at tended the souse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished the hon. member to withdraw the motion fur the present, as all must be aware of the extreme delicacy of interfering when judicial enquiries on some particular cases were proreedent. Mr. WAR RE said, as to the delicacy of the *Odell, he could not discos er it; and as to the req.icsi to :lAA am from calling for returns while judicial enquiries were proceedui4, if this were to be acquiesced in, there never could he any ✓eturns. So long as this desperate system lasted, there would be cause for judicial enquiries; it would be better for the gentlemen opposite to give up such is severe mode of sus taining an et ravage ill s 3 stew• of rev i• nue. Mr. LOCKHART thought it w as via adviveuble to require these pope's now; certain papers were in progress of • eoqtarico ; and was it pi oper to ;mestere under sum h citcunrttaucesT The conduct tit the smugglers was u.osl censurable; their practice not only affected the revenue but but the of the country. • Mr. HURST was favourable to the 'notion. If it were to be ilo.lponed till there were uo persons in prisms uuder ouch Clialw..s, lie apprehended that the mama could never be made. ..... Mr. I.I.I9IIINGTON hoped the motion noulil be is ith diatt n, u, a particular case was alma to be tried at the Sussex tV—izeii. 31r. G RENNET prig. -led against the system Ihat was so earilestly supported by the oientbers oppiJsitr he also protested ag,;.iiot the doctrine that the loss of lite arts of inferior coosequenee a plated against what on lion. member consul, red the industry and revenue of the cotiotry. If such docttiurs N ere ',rimmed nod acted uposi, it would prove that we wire f.st approaching to Inc state in which Old Spain had been. He hoped the motion %mild be per severed in. . . Mr. I UR TLIS replied. The tuilsjei t which he broit.lit fora aid could not he kept fATFeI ; II 'mist be n;Litated ; for priition, nn 111 t. Stllkit el were 011 W actually hcto4 prepared at the Cinque Voris and elsewhere. If, however, it were Thou ht that the motion might ititei fere wuh the course of justi.e i a u particular case, he hail tut objectioti to withdraw it for the ittr,ettl, tool rotiet the utotool lq Ire considered as a write... Motion wit Odra* or SCOTCH Bunotts.-31r. J. P GRANT stated, that he felt it was 1101 requisitt for 1 to attend any longer on the Seoul, Haight lic e, as he disapproved ut Ile COll r , e they %vete pursuing, and had been unable to iii oltice Mein to retrace them ate 1 15. lie thereture moved, that lie be excused further attendance un suet' co 111111 l nee. The motion was cored to. CoI.LECTIoN OF THE HEVENUE.—Mr FIUME brought forward his motion respecting the receiverssgenei al and dish i iiiii ors of stamps. The collection of the revenue, lie 01161.1 veil, cost upaal ds ()flour miliisois and a half; and if there were to be ecui 11111 l y, tiny could not well attack re gulations of a more coolly tur dangerous charactt r. They were nut appoluted by gover 1111 l eta —they were Lenerally namul by the members of the counties in the (116triab nt which the pea sous here appointed. 'Dime welt about 63 receivers ; in all, receivers and distributors, there weir 157 persons, who received about 43,0001. per annum. Of the receivers, these were 34 who pet formed iii duties by deputy. tie then adverted to the distributors of stamps, stating the titular or poundage of 41. per cent.; and Its show w lint piutits they received, he said 31r. Cole, of Norfolk, in our year, distributed to the amount ot 3,80+1. Mr. stamstin th, of Liverpool, dist' dotted annu ally alsout 1,.001, lint the parties were at nu expence ; there was no outlay of money ; yet what was the practice? For every one shilling hill stamp there was a charge of one shilling and a halfpenny. That was levying an extra tax; the Chancellor ut the Exchequer took enough out of the pockets legally—he ou6ht to such' e them against lo vies. —(Hear, hear.)—ln his (Mr. H.'s) opinion, every person who eh.uged such halfpenny as much merited transportatieu as the man who took some nails, value three lartiongr, out ut the King's dock-yards. 'rise evil and extravagance ut the spivs' lie 1110'11,1st were apparent —hut it the house would not refut no here, what WAS IU he expects 4 fruit' them ? In his resolutions, he would nut impose soy plans. If they . were to take place, let the tic tissue) commence theta, ur let a conunittee be ap- I led., (Hear, hear, from Lord Castlereagh.) Sli. N. paused tot a shut time. lie then observed, he was as grate NI for Ihii concession, as lie was Sllrlcthrtl at iL— (Clseers.)—slut alter last night's division, economy must be tosced on them. Ile concluded, amidst cheers, with icatiing lite rt Owls, ds claratouy of the number of te ceivers and distributuis, the sums received by them, t); e. The CHANCELLOR of the LXIMLQUEIi should move as an amentlnte 111, that lice matter be retell red to a co 11111 l ittee—to ascertain the hest phut. of recto tit,r, tett ' , rift:moaner of the doilies with Recut aey and e xiieui hull with economy and security.—(liear.) Sir J. MACNINTaiII thought it was vety complimen tary to lire lion. member, who was 60 Ullk 10115 10 1 1 1 lice public Mitres', to acknowledge his gi.ttitatte for the conce,iou made, as if a persumil C0111;111011rIa 11.141 bees' Paid to I . Toad host, menu bet's intitodly and dell!' 11/411e 111111 a 111061 Vaitidide surmise" 01 1.41 (Cheera.) bctictiis hum SUIOeIIIIO , ILA 1014 lIIIIIIsIef 6 Its a icy were apt , ,tteitt - '4O. the' 6.11- e l'" just heat d uu adducts that would have been useful i's sts.• excise yore Or All U 10 1 ,14. 1; -, 111eS, tunteders slid no: torw tic t.c..ce oils—he could not coil it puss et—sates has Use been left in useurities, and alivr havilig tecetveu suoie Woad hints. ...... . Lord CAITLEREAGII 11 lit lite boo. member Nits . 011 'ebilmt 1144 , 1 e NMI t 1 Yl lit 111.111 itecone lite gae.t I.) of lit , el..st4etet. As .0 fitt..,, Lul l It. Petty teres*ed W.A./ Liao illauttt me taxes 0.. 1 Ii ut.J priv‘te bitoctit4, Asia del Ltu.l ci . lu - • pi Lord A. HAMILTON Outright the reettlislieent might to be pressed before a committee were mcgnbeased in. Mr. HUAE afterwards remarked, nun he had no ob jection to let his resolutions give way to the proposed committee; but he had to complain of the names proposed fur out of the fifteen, there were elt.en who eseally voted with the ministers• lie had no objection to their having the majority, tint he hoped there would be no ob jection to add Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Mabee. ley, &c. to the committee. Sir C. LONG, alter coins further conversation, pro posed that there he added to the fifteen previously agreed to, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Whitmore, The amendment fur the committee was ultimately agreed to. The ale and beer duties bill was read a second time. The remaining orders basing beau . dtsposed of,tbe kosse adjourned at o'clock. FRIDAY, m•sam 23. Mr. BYNG presented • petition from the Bethnal Green Trust, against the Metropolis Trusts' Consoldation Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir F. OMMANKEY prisenied a petition from the mei chants and ship owne.s of Plymouth Dock, against any alteration in the timber iities.—Ordered to be printed. Petitions were presented from the Dean and Chapter and Clerey of the Cathedral of Ely, against the Catholic relief bills; from the parishes of St. 1 . 1101111118 and St. Ethelred. ; and (ruin the mayor and aldermen of Sddhury : gentlemi a and yeomanry of the county or Devon Rev. Mr. Hayes, agaiiist the Catholic relict* bill. Read and orileseil In be printed. Cold NUGENT rose to present a peti ti t ion from font. English Catholic Peers the duke of Nut folk, Earl of Shrewsbury, Coed Peter, and Lord Aintidal. They prayed the home to pass the bills, ilcchiring the repre. imitations of Dr. Nlihier were not notified. As the oath at supremacy, the petitiouers declared they were ready to like the oath as prescribed by the right lion. mutter of the bill, Sir J. NEWPORT then rose to moire the order of the day, that the Catholic disability removal bill be re-eons mitted, vihiclt vies agreed to. Sir W. SCOTT rose. He was very imperfectly heard in the gallery. lie took a review of the emoting oaths, and the circume stances under which they were imposed. Whatever might be the power now, he said, before the reformation such power inter. &reit with the regular administration of justice. It was reserved for the reformation to discover the " political monster," as it WAS called, should be destroyed. The oath was then revised. It bad that form given to it which it new retained. All the Statutes. down from Henry the Eighth and Elizabeth to the present thrill hail been uniform in the expression of the prinsiple on which that oath was founded. The principle of exclusion of all foreign coo. trout, and pretext for it. had been uniformly recognized. It was was oot merely support of the Crown—it was rejection of pond ficial and foreign controul. The Pope was held to have influence over the consciences of those who held his faith ; it wasounaidered that where there was possession of the conscience of a man, there was commiel over his actions. On that principle, and with suds view of human nature, had the Oath been framed. The proposed oath was, he contended, a' novelty of most dangerous tendency. It went to remove an oath that hoed for so itieny years been deemed essential to the maintenance of the Constitution; and under all the circumstances lie could not concur in the policy of the new oath proposed by this bill. Mr. CROKER rose, and said the importance of the mean= had been more strongly Impressed on his mind • and with the view of not embarrassing the great measure— of sufferitz:d minds of all to be kept to the Bill in its present form--he postpone the proposition of which he had given notice till the bringing up of the Report. Those who knew him were aware of his anxiety that the bill should pass—he should consider it a second union ; and he therefore postponed his propoeihoo. that he might not in any way unnecessarily tinp.We the Rid. The SPEAK Elt then left the Uwe, and the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. The CHAIRMAN having read the clause containing the proposed oath of supremacy, Mr. 11..TwISS said, the introduction of the exclusion was not essential to the constitution ; it was purely accidental. The policy of the exclusion was to weaken the Catholics, and to lessen the influence of foreign power; but now, when no such dangers existed, the policy would be to gain all possible St rength for the constitution. If continued exclusion were justified, might as well contend for perpetual martial. law in I • because it had existed during some troubles. Sir J. NICOLL followed. speaking against the proposed oath, and contending (wi th Sir W. Scott) Mat the novel oath would introduce a change of most dangerous tendency. He was decidedly against its tendency. Mr. WETHERELL was decidedly against the bill. He cm. sidered the proposed alteration in the oath of ea net Se be justified. consistent with the safety of the eerabYei miliglem. Sir J. MACINTOSH replied to Mr. Wedweil, and supporsol the bill. Mr. PEEL opposed the clause; if this modification of the oath was adopted. it would he necessary to alter the oath now tab= by Protestants, who could no longer swear to their belief that the Pcape had no power in this country. Lord CASTLEREAGH supported the bill, which would, he said, only authorize an interterence of the Pope legally, which now took place illegally, though it was winked at by the govern. went. He considered the passing the Val would he most advantageous to the country. The Wes of question now became very loud, amidst which Sir J. NF. wrowr rose, but his voice was dots ned with a repetition of the same cries. After a few minutes the right hon. bars. sat down. Stranger. then withdrew, and the house divided. For the clause v - -i—Against it, Vi6—Majority, While strangers were excluded, we understood that Mr. BANK ES gave notice that, in the further progress of the hill, he would move a clause for the exclusion of Roman Ca. Modes from seats in parliament. After the division the Chairman reported program, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday.—Atfjourned. On a requisition being addressed to him, the Sheriff of Cumberland has called a meeting of the nubility, gentry, and freeholders of the county, to consider of a petition to pariiament, tin- a diminu. timi of the public burdens; tbr such rigid economy in the expenditure as may render the reduction of taxation practicable and safe; and more especially for sonic reform in the system of representation, which shall restore to the House of Cominons the confidence of the people, and afliord a reasonable hope that their prayers n ill be heard, their griev ances redressed, and their liberties defended by those they may hereafter elect as their represenvctiyes.— The meeting is i.ppointeu to i.e holiien at IVigrown, co the sth ut ~ 116 i c~~'4~ ,