The National Register. — London, England, 1816-03-31 00:00:00

IkfMICH 31. TIROXEY then asked what the redactions would ; whether the retrenchment Was to be applied to any particular branch. or to the estimates generally? The ('it xNCELLOR of the Excitcourm said, the propo,eil re duction comprehended ail the branches of the Civil last, as far ;is their nature made them capable of reduction. Mr. Tit:n(o;Y apprehended that Nome had very little to do widi the rharges of tile Civil last, although the HMI 40 would very naturally expect all reasonable reduction.—(4 lasgh unit a•.) P ‘VEMENT BEFORE TIIP. TRU %SUM% Mr. M. T said, in the course of the ins estiaations, which took place in thrt Committee respecting the pavement of the o•ctropolis, he had additional reason to complain of the I adness of the paving before the Treasury. It wits a remark ab: fact that about 200 yards of the pa%ing hefore the Trea. sin y was always worse than the worst paving in any other part of Loudon ; and he was at a loss to know how the Treasury could he compelled to mend its trays! (.1 laugh.) lie should i.e very lial.py to learn how he could get the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the . Lords of the Treasury into his pow er.— (War.) The Cu %airmen of the EXCHEQUER replied, that there were many doubts respecting who ought to keep such paving in repair, and many advisers had been consulted upon the subject, which possibly had not tended to lessen tile difficulties, (s l aug h) . but he would make enquiries, and give the lion. Member all possible information. THSTREsq. Mr. WESTRIVI no wed, thAt the 111111. f! 411 , ,u1,1 resolve iNelf into a Committee, to consider the state of the act ieulture of the !Jolted Kingdom. Mr. WESTERN then rose, and described the general ilis- Iroise% of the agriculturists, which he declared were of a natal c en:mralle'e I. It now became the Committee to ex amine into the cause of these distresare. It had arisen, in the first place, front a fall in the price of the products of the land, and a large surplus of these products. The fall of the pro ducts had remised a superaildition by the nominal valee of the real cat rency ; and the circulation of a paper one in its eistitrilinted greatly to increase the rust!. It had the effect of altering entirely the distribution of property ; and that alteration hail doubled the taxes, and consequently in• creased the distresses of the country; while the circulating medium increased thus aggregately the es ids. To returnee the esti, he suggested the pripritty of providing a market for the surplus, by encouraging exportation, and by reducing the duos on virus. lie would not venture to urge this IllCA*llre, if he thought thi• ft•VVlllie would derive any i!lltilt 1 . 1 , 110 Cl,ll - 1110se 111111e4; bait, in his opinion, the consumption would lie greatly increased. The duties on barley were to n millions per annum, exceeding the whole amount of the other duties of customs. 'I he Him. Gentleman then read his tint resolution. setting forth the pressute on the country. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought that the very going i n to Committee admitted this abstract resolution. It would he much Mater to proceed at once to some resolution that would produce u practical result. Mr. WesTensi then read the fourth resolution; "That the consumption of flunky, and eonsequently the demand for it, were very materially reduced by the excessive donee to which it was subjected, and that those duties ought to be repealed. Mr. BHA'S', thought the whole of the propositions of his Don. Friend were so simple, that no argnineuts were necessary to elucidate them. The only subject for the consideration of the Committee would be the relief to be atforuhal. Ile had before stated, that the time wonlil arrive, when the distresses of the laud would increase, and the peasant be deprived of sea renanoe truism labour. This time Ina now arrived, and he had a kttcr flout Cambridge, which proved those distresses, for it stated, that a labourer iu the full power of health and strength, could not now obtain more than Is. tld. per day. It had heel asked how there could be general poverty in the midst of general plenty: but while there was such a lead of taxes, the great loss consisted in the shrinking of agricultural capital, and the land was halide , ' over even to the mortgagee in a very deteriorated state. The lioh. Gentleman said, the resolutions proposed to the Committee hors two characters; one of them contemplated the relieving the land from the charges upon it at ;nese:it ; the other was, to raise the prices of the produce so as to make theoveyikil to meet the charees on the land. With ri•srect to the resolutions which related to the charges on Mud, rt, l as t N , re,ated to tithes, was the most important. lie antleistood that Mr. Pitt at one time had in contempiation a measure for relieving the land from the collection of tithes. De was of opinion that it would be ads atitageons if, Mateo' of tithe being taken as it now was, it should be taken by a corn rent; or, by & commutation, formed on a general valuation of land. Tau would ruse a very considerable relief to the farmer. Th e eu e t r subject which prcs„oll on the farmer was the poor rates; the uticet of these rates, if' they .;rut on as they had dime, would be to swallow or destroy the a hole agricultural interest of the country. The lion. Gent. the adverted to the relief which the farmer would derive from the repeat of the Mall Tax. lie observed, that from the most accurate caicnlation which could be made, it appeared that the duty paid be the man who farm ed 400 acres of laud, for the omit from wit:el; the beer consum ed on that farm was made, was more than equal to the Property Tax paid um that farm. And in this place lie could not avoid asking the Chancellor of the. Exchequer to explain his iiitention as to the repeal of the War Malt INity. Did the Right lion. 01 . 11tICIIILIII 01110 immediately to relieve the Malt on hand from this ditty ? Or if that Malt, or any part of it, was brewed into beer between this and Judy, would the Hight nom Gentleman altos% the Si 11111• draw book on the beer so brewed, 1-1 he would base done on the malt, had it remained in its original state? Lud es . this Wit , 11111.111111211, no oil, would porch:ls.• brewing between this time and Jul, and the molting trade xse.olul come to a total staenation, to the utter ruin of many re spectable individuals concerned in this trade. Mr. Brand then tumefied shortly on the Mean," suggested fur increasiog the de m:m.l in the market, He recommended a duty innwitiataly on rape and linseed Imp Oct!, and, if it were puu,sible without de triment to the manufacturers, a dummy 011 the importation of fo reign wool. _ Mr. V.tastr - r, tnr, in reply to the question put to hitu by Mr. Brand, respecting the time at whieli the Malt Duty wax Iv cease, Said, that he was aware the chit of it. repeal must operate very considerably on astagnatiou oftrade. He thought, however, the interest of all parties might be conciliated by giving a power to :Wow a fair draw back on beer br;:wed front the beginning of Feto nary up to the period when the duty would cease. This i%ould enable the trade to continue their purchases, and though some ineotivenience might still be telt, yet it would he relieved as notch as possible. Lord L tscELLEs thought the priueipal cause of the distresses consisted in the state of the cirrulation of the conntry. I - ie was against encouraging speculation by the warehousing of grain, as wen as a duty un toreigu wool. 'the main poiats of the Malt and Property 'fax haul been gained, and the others were of miller importance. The actual relief that cuedd THE NATIONAL REGISTER. he afforded, w is to redure the expels:limn., and set all CIaSICS at liberty from that bra then which weighed so heavily on them. Mr. CURWIN differed with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Western) in several parts of his speech and resolutions. 1k attributed the present distress nut to a surplus produce, but to the with. drawing of that accoimmidation which the farmers received from the country banks, and an increased circulation. There was a perfect stagnation in the market, nobody being willing is buy, because though the price was low, there was an expec tation that it would fall still lower. He dal not thick there was in the country that quantity of grain, whir+ in ordinary e.tses would have produced such an effect on prices. He was persuaded that this would be felt before next harvest. He aativipaied a rise, and he would hail the event, not because he wished the people to purchase at a high rate the necessaries of life, but because he was of opinion that the la orious classes of society wunld be benefitted by it. In his opinion a scarcity will ensue, and bring a remedy to low pi ices, without putting an I nJ to the general embarrassment or distress. Mr. Itont,OiON believed the general sense of the House to he unfavourable both to the plan id* abainliming the warelioasing system, and to that of affording temporary assistance by au issue of Exchequer Bills. As to the butter-traile, a ;prohibi tion might be imposed; but on that of tallow and hides it would he impossible; because, by doing so, we should destroy our trade with South America. He was afraid, that on the system of prohibitions, they had already gone too far. Mr. FRANALAND LEWIS made a very able speech, in which he recommended the growth of tobacco by repealing the Acts against its cultivation. lie moved two resolutions—first, that it is expedient to esport wool free of all restrictions and penal ties; secondly, that it is tespedient to permit the cultivation of tobacco. Ttiese ri.solutions, however, he afterwards consented to withdraw for the present, and the debate was Wen adjourned till Tuesday next.- -Adjourrad. Falnti, Mutest 29. The Deputy Ilsher cif the Marls Biel summoned the House to attend in the Hirase of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by Ceminisaion to sundry Public BJIa ; and the Speaker, on his return, man graced that the ltuyal Assent hail been given to the Bill for Naturalizing and settling the Precedence of the Prince of Saxe Cohourg. STOCK EXCHANGE FRAUD. Lord COCHRANE said he had further charges to exhibit against the Lord Chief Jestice of the Court of King's Bausch, in addition to those read by him on a former day and ordered to be printed, particularly regrading Lurch Ellenborottees re fusal of a new trial, and Alt. Justice Le Blanc's wUful misre present:lions in pronouncing the sentence of the Court. His Lordship moved that they be painted. Mr. Loexii ART stated, that he could not consent to the print ing, of these charees,because they accused Mr.J under. Le Blanc of wilful misrepresentation in pronouncing the sentence. The Noble Lord professed to accuse Lord Ell'mborough only, but he now extended the charge to o:ic who was not to be put up on his Sir T. SIMEON suggested to the Noble Lord, who avowed that he only intended to implicate one Judge whether it would not be better to withdraw his charges, and al ter the language to which the House had objected. --(lJear.) Lord Coctins sz said, lie had no objection to adopt this course. for he had loathing to allege against Sir S. Le Blanc. Lord Cue URINE withdrew his charges to alter them. BUTTER ANN) CHEESE TRADE. The House having remived ibell into a Committee on the nutter Laws, on the motion of Mr. Robinson, and the Cheese Laws, on the motion of Mr. Gordon. Mr. ROBINSON proposed, with the view of relieving the agri cultural distress of Ireland, that the duty on importing foreign butter in British ships be iaised 20s. per cwt. and to 255. per cwt. for foreign butter imported in foreign vessels. Sir J. NEwrowr approved of these Resolutions. Sir F. FLOOD did nut think the proposed protecting duty went far enough; be hoped the House would make it 30s. the difference was but a trifle! If there were nut some such pro tectim•' duty, pressed' down as Ireland was by taxes, the Dutch would overwhelm us with butter, such advantages had the " growers of butter" in tnat country! (a laugh. ) Let it then t e 30s. and let it he said that the Government of England 'yield ed to the representatives of Ireland. He begged ten thousand pardons for trespassing no long upon the House, but liu; ex i st . etiec of Ireland was at stake, and when a sulkject like that of butter was under consideration, how could he say lesst— ka laugh wad hear.)—He moved as an amendment, that the pro tecting duty he SO.. per cwt. Mr. V. FITZGERALD feared that the rTnendment would nialse the protecting duty tow :44—!. 1 .:4 original proposition was he thought quite high enough. Sir N. CoLviti kyr and Sir J. NEWPORT trusted that the amendment would be withdrawn. Sir F. Ftoou certainly would not give the Committee the trouble of thrilling on ttie amendiuent, which he should with draw. Motion agreed to. Mt. GORDON Ii1011:Vit the cheese trade ought to be set on the same tooting with that of butter, and he should therefore move thst the protecting daty ou (Meese be increased in the same proportion us that on butter. That on butter had been increased front 56. to 20s. victim should move that the protect ing duty on cheese be increased Alin; as. to iris. per cwt. After some observations from Sir 'l'. Acland, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Hall, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Thompson, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the motion was agreed to.—Re port on Monday. LOTTERIES. _ ..... Mr. Lirrterom moved for an account of the number of Lotteries since tell inclusive, together with the amounts of what they bad produced to the revenue.—Ordered. SMUGGLING IN HIGH LIFE. ”;:ams:tra-..!...-sdel. that list4e ettoold be laid before the House, an account of the quantity of goods smuggled in the Assiduous transport, with the names of those concerned fu the smuggling as lodged in the Custom Howe. He then moved for copies of all correspondence between the Custom House and the Treasury respecting the seizures hi the Assiduous transport. The Hnu. :tlembcr then submitted a variety of motions on the same subject, the substance of which was, that there should be laid before the House, copies of all memorials :mil papers addressed to the Treasury on the subject of the seizures in the Assidlloll6 (11111 , 1)011; di list of the names of the persons to w nom the packages were addressed as ordnance stoves; a list of the similes of the persons to whom the pack ages were addressed when the outer cover was taken 011, and an at-gaunt of all the seizures nude daring the last two )ears. T.;:e everal papers were then ordered. BANK ADV.ANCF: BILL. The CHANcEu.oit of the Excitrqvut tuoietl, that the Bank Advance Bill be read a third time. tinr.;tivet.i. hat ing called the attention of the Home to this swijeet before, should only rilke a few el .creation, oil it is ate resent stage of the Bill. 'lle Him. 'Member then en feria, into a vat iety of statements, which tended to Phew, Mat the Bank ought to lend their money at a much lower rate of' interest. As long as he was supported by the House, as he felt he should be in the present question, he should persevere in what lie felt to be a duty he owed to his constituents and the public. The CHINCELEOR of the FACHIQUER remarked, that the money was obtained at a considerably lower rate of interest than it could be had in any other quarter. There would be ; saving to the public of 69,0001. per annum by the bargain. HE should not waste the time of the House by going any farther into detail, but should' rest satisfied with affirming that the bargain was every way advantageous to the public. After a protracted conversation between Mr Ponsonhy, Lord Folkstune, Mr. Bankes,antithe Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Bill was read a third time. On the Order of the Day for the House to go into a Com mittee of Supply, and that the Exchequer Bills outstanding be referri d to the same, Mr. FINLAV addressed the House at some length on the sub ject of Naval Officers, for whom, he conceived, that adequate ailvantaees were not provided, and he objected generally to the principles on which promotions in the Navy were fonnaed. Sir (chase HOPE said, he would take notice of the subject alluded to by the Hon. Gent. when the questiou came pro perly before the douse. The House then resolved itself into a Committee. TheCiesseettoe oh the EXCItEeLER MOVedablialof 151,5511. for paying off the Annuities granted under the Loyalty Loan. He a se illnVed a RIM Or 92,0001. for paying the iutet est ou out standing Exebeeeer Sir G. Wallies:eosin moved to grant a sum of 82,6191. for de fraying the ex i senees of the Navy (Mee. al r. re rem VITI.K said, that on the whole, not more than !S clerks were reduced; bet there was an increase of expenditure to the 41110111 R or 19,0091. The whole expense was now much greater in peace than it was in a late year of war. The ex pease of the Navy in general hail been during war about 20 nrllions; now the expense was nine Within , ' ; and yet, uot withetauding this great reduction, the expence of the civil es. tialdishinent was slot n the least diminished. Sir G. WARRENOER 4f.d, that the civil expeneesof the navy hod always increased, even by the operation of dischargiag the fleet there had beets greater reductions In this branch of the service, compared with the last year atilt. war, than took place in 1803, compared with the year preceding that period ) , which was the lust of the war also. Mr. Ti FAN EY said, there had been an increase in these esti mates of 20,0001. over those of 1811, which he called the lest of the war, for he hail purposely passed over 1815, which he did not consider as a year of Naval war. In 1801. there was an expectationi,i' war breaking out immediately. It was, there fore, too much to tell bins he had failed in his argument Is' COMM • paring the present estimates with those of that period. It ap. peared that delay and reflection had produced a saving o f 140,0001. in the Ordnance Estimates, reduction had also tar n 'dace in the Army Estimates, and why the Navy Estimates alone should be fought through the Committee he was at 41.5. 6 - to imagine. Mr. CHOKER entered into a variety of 5 ,.- - '''"Utents, to shove that a re.lnetion such as eves esetCl''' e was impossible, but every exertion 'would be made towards a retrenchment. After some observations from Y.r. Croker and Mr. Baring. the latter proposed that the es;;mate fur defraying the expenses. of the navy-office :nal navy board should be postponed, which was negatived, and the resolution agreed to.—Adjounted. - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Kasten 22.—Among the remarkable traits in tale discourse of-eae Curate of Vincennes, on the anniversary of the death 91 tile Duke of Enghien, the following was particularly • not!ted :—Awaked at midnight, on the 21st of March, to be conducted to the place of execution, the Prince asked the Officer who was the bearer of the order—" What do you want with me ?"—A profound silence—" What o'clock is it?'—w Mid night," replied the Officer, in a gentle tone.—" Midnight!" ex claimed the Priuce, " that hour is fatal to me; hi. andnight . was taken from my house at Ettenheim—at midnight the dun- ;-z geona of Strasburgh were opened for nie—at midnight I was • torn from them te be conducted hither—it is now midnight • I have lived long enough to know how te die!" • The Americans value the prOperty taken from them at N. plus, in the time of Joseph, at seven Mlllions,and they demand it from the preseat Government.. P MARCH 24.—The atfair of Sir Robert Wilson, Hutchinson, and Mr. Bence, will be dr' j"' •-e ensui. ~ Lieut. definitively judged in the conrse of the _ wing month. It is even snppe,ud that shelf trial will cpine ou before the Jury in the early pad of April. M. DeserC, Cininsellor son of the First Presideut of th e C our t of Cessation, will preside at the A.ssize. The following article is e•tracted from the Memorial Bordo- , lois of the 16th lust : On the 11th of this month the English fleet, which entered the port of Genoa ou the ah, have &tiled on an expedition, the object of which was kept a profound secret. I' he gmperors of Anstria and Russia. and the King of Pruss sla t will proceed, In the course oftlie spring, to oplitz, Sot- the purpose of holding a ctmferenee. Fondle continues to sojtSurn at Dresden, and is occupied, ac cording to report, in writing a justification of his conduct. • -.----- 881- 7 SStLS PAPZRS. Deuces, MARCH 21.-lAat Sunday there arrived her% by the li..rge from Ghent, an English Commissary of War, coniiiig from Valcocienues, and having its his tare eight or ten little chests full of gold coin, valued at 2,000,000 of Dutch florists A he is going to England by limy of Ostend.. Bets...FAA, IIARCH23.--Tltry write front Cambray, that the ho u se which the fluke of WeOinetiai is to inhabit in that Own fa ready to receive him; it has been hired for the whole time that the Army of Occupation is to remain in France. The Noble Lord will reside itheroat , ly at Paris and at his head quarters at Cambray. The Austrian Archdukes continue to visit at Brussels thing remarkable. Bp - Art.lN, MARCH 12.---An article under this head relates . length the applications of Prince Blucher and of Mr. itildrrn trop for the restoration of the works of wit, and the giving - of some manuscripts mid books iklangiog to the Univrret Heidelberg, takes by the French from Koine out of the tine I •ibrury in the Vatican, which were removed thither Heidelberg durbeg the 30 years war. Two Eigtishmen, named Williams and James Roberts, ed wits embezzling a large sum of money belonging house ul l'uwaooil and battery, at Rri,tol, w ith wliieli they tied to France, have bLicii arrested at Chatellerault with the nnlk of the property. J+'4.4 every tl t"s‘ ntes at abben. ins; up • • • mitt of e I":lla- fru= s A t/ • 0 ., chug. s . - to the k . .