The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-25 00:00:00

r~ or a-. approval of. the measure in contemplation. But not one word . sd b •..ea ei.anc,.l to stew why •litt Rill was necessary or proper then, i.ny more thin to former periods. ven-ti no such snea.ittr:! w. proposed or thought of 11. was not disposed to object to the case relative to fire enpppleing members incitleataily to the Queen's Council, but he • was by no m eies prepared to approve of the mode be which it was pro : posed to oe effected, and he tiveqlit the original Act would have pointed out a tr.uee b Ater regulation. lie should not however, de • tale their Lorisliip; further than to press, in the strongest terms that he could urge. his thjt ctiuns to the ground and prine.ple of the Bill ; and the coarse altieh appeared to him then must fit to be taken, was to.m.uve the previous question. The EstrLef Liv certain. said, the question at present was, if the ploposidens contained in the Bill were fit to be entertained.— Whether it would he wise to proceed further was quite ale:lice sub ject, on which there might be a difference of opir.ten. It had no con eexion with the prisms' Bill. which rested "enwely upon the ground creep •elie.ney. Looking to the present circumstances of the Council, person could entertain any doubt of the neivoity of making some to it, Two of the Members were at present ei.tirely pite e_det from attendance, and two mere, from the importance aced diet of their public duties, could attend but seldom. This was a lent motive ter the measure, so far as regarded the particular toot e: undo.- consideration. It was true that eight was the number teteted in the original Act to constitute the Council They were '*:o.einattei by Pariiaissr.t. but it contained a provision at the same rue, enabling het Majesty to fill up any vaeaney Which might oerer. I.' - ds power was exercised Is; her Majesty in xone instance, in cutisa qeence cf the death of a highly reepectable thdividital. If in the coursirof nature, the thi4ority, or even the whole of the Cettneti ,should die, the whole as well as a part would be in tree nomination of her Majesty, The Karl of Caexanvose opposed the Bill. The only ineor.ve nitrite against which it was ieteaded to guard was a merely possible contingency. To obviate this Raves propneed. that they should with 'draw theinsel les from alhare 61 his !t•lajesty's petson from the CLOc. of one Session of Parliament to thocomtnencement of another. They oughe rust, they dare not think his recovery beyond hrpe, ar.:l ire sheet event he should think it the duty of Ministers inumeliate4 to essetn ble Parliament at in the case of a Regency. Why should they think so little of the careof his Majesty as to deprive themselves of thelllCAltS of providiagfiw it? It was true that the Executive Governteent Might. even thuuo the Bill passed, calla meeting of Parliament, but upon that point they were left at the mercy of -aliother branch of the Legis lature. If the state of his Majesty's health required edilitional as sistance, he had noobjection thatitsheitid be granted by on increase in the numbers of the CounciL lie should not give a direct negative to the second reading of the BM, but he would think it more ad visable to withdraw it altogether, for the purpose of introducing two separate meaeares upon the subjects it embraced, which were as distintt as possible. The Karl of LAUDICIRDALL thought that a red (Ws had been made out, to prove the aseeseity of a further &Mimes to the Council, for die purpose of assisting her Majesty in the discharge of her functions. The Loan Citateceuton did net think he could preoare.a Bill more applicable to all the circumstances than the present. The Amendmeet of the previous question was then put, emit:legs. tired without a division, and the Bill was read a second time.—Ad 'owned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'MONDAY, MAY 18. Lord A. li.►alttrrN said he hail to present a Petition from T. Ferguson, who hail unfortunately incurred the displeasure of the House. As far as he himself was concerned be Wad acted out pithlie grounds ; and .as the House bad e. slier ted its privileges, they might perhaps think the delinquent sufficient ly punished. The Petition, width expressed the deepest eontraion for his offence, and prayed to he discharged, was laid on the table. ' :Tee.Jostice General of Scotland's Bill was, after some•ob. serrations from Mr. J. P. Grant, Mr. Banker, 6tc. postponed ' for three mcnths. OVME , LAWS. Mr. O. llamas moved the secoud reading of the Bill for Preventing the sale of Clause. • Mr. Cuawea considered this Bill highly objectionable, and would not answer the purpose of the Hen. Gentleman.— Ile hoped the House would pause before itadopted a measure which would increase the number of unfortunate persons con toed under the Game Laws. He therefore moved that the Bill •he reacla secoud time that day six months. Col. WOOD was adverse to this Bill. Nothing could prevent poaching, butssakiag game private property. Sir S. ilositssy considered the number of penalties con.. tained in the Game Laws as a great evil; but at the same time be thought this Bill would materially amend the present system. if it•was illegal to sell ganse,whlch it was, surely it was illegal tolny it. ,If there were no purchasers of game, there would be no sellers of it. He put it to Gentlemen them selves, if it was fair to encouragepoulterers to sell game, by refusing to deal with them if they did not supply them with • game, thereby exposing the poor trideantesto heavy pessalties.- "That system was also au encouragement for poaching, which led them to bad company, and perhaps made them thieves.— • Gentlemen felt no compunction, or any stain on their morality, by violating the Game Laws, while they themselves punished, with unrelenting rigour, the poor for similar violations. Hit agreed that these penalties should be dote away altogether I but , sintil that was done away, it was absurd, that such as -inconsistency should remain man the Statuteillook; and that as the receiver of stolen goods is puisistied more than the thief, so onght•the purchaser ot game to be punished more than the • seller. Col. Wool) said, be voted naiad ibis Sillebecati he•wall onnwilling to prop np a bad system. Mc. LAMB could not vote for this Bill; and be hoped the lion. Member for Hertfordshim(Mr. Brand) would bring in his Bill.to amend the , whole system of the Game Laws. Mr. G. &Wean thought it right thati be the inconvenience of the Game Laws what they mayYthe rich ought to be liable to them, and the punishment consequent on them ns the poor. It was with this view :bathe bad brought in this Bill. The House then divided—For the second leading 116— A gaiust it 21—Majority 97. EDINIATION OF TfIE POOR. Mr. BROUGHAM moved the further:. eonsideration.of the Education of the Since the last thicussion of this aubject a vast fund of information relating to abuses in the funds of the Poor had been received. At Hartly there is a ' free GrAnmar school;having some Scholarships at Cambridge; but for $n years no scholars had been sent there. For the co.inty of Essex, there was a legacy 01200 acres of land for a school ; hut no sehool had been erected. He mentioned other *miler instances iu Devonshire, 'and Dorsetshire. In the. . former county, an estate of 10001. a-year was left for a school, and the Worshipful Corporation appropriated 41. it-year• fa, that purpose. In some places, Sehuktrships were left to he . up by Garn•ke epe is.. In Leieraterahire, a School Charity of 1001. a.year hail lately been pnblicly advertised fur ',deb); aitzt.on. ‘Another.iii Nottingham kW been let on a peppers. re,:! !ovine) Testi. There were estatewer.joyedis43 or .v a yearoaellittr:rch were worth it:Di:sands. Ho hoped that THE "NATIONAL REGISTER many dais would out elapse, l,efure the Gomanatee would •trake a specific Report •lo Me House. ir'or the sable 01 Cl.l' terting these abuses, he lipped the House nook' pass the --He hoped uu party or jultholg, would itilitieore the choice of Any of thesis. He nift•reil hiui lI to Miiiistzrs, as nue of the six Conttniasioners ; mid if evrii that duty should be ith-oinpatiLle with his scat to Parliament, he even then .visited lo have the refusal of it. He did this, hecousr he was con vinced the Hun's was 'sever engaged in so iniportaat au in vestigation. If the Hill should ;).Is4 that Muse, lie trusted it would meet with ha oppusition,clsewhere. The Hill then went through a Hr-Coasinittoe, aatl was dered to be reported Imm:army. BANK REiTRICTION. Mr. VANAITTAIt : ir.Oted the further consideration of the Report of the Batik Restrietit u. Mr. T. F. [.[nuts proposed u:: Amendment on the Preamble, stating that it was v941)4.611.14 to continue the restrictions fur. a limited time, to enable ii.o Bank to diminish their cirrula ti-o of one poirod notes. was negatived on a division, by tt3 to 21. Mr. Tie; at) then proposed, that t!ie blank shotii ft be 1:110t1 up with the words, I:,'"itit of Murch„ 181'.), instoad of di of Joly. Upon this Amencialeot a division also took &shine. Tiles kJ:J.:ailment shared the fat.: of the Airst, Leine stesativeil by a majority 35 to 's7. The Bill ,has then ordered to be read a third these to. morrow. WAY,: AND MrillION: Mr:VA/war:me'? Insp. rd the Older of the Day rfor .bhel Home going into.a Committee of Ways twat also moved a Its-solution for raisii.g a suns of ..200,0001. by sees of . Lottery. Mr. lilt - MILTON opposed this kenlntion, and repeated I& his. &ricer arguments against this isiodi of raising money, which he described as most profligate and immortal. Mr. V.therrrawr deliiided the practice of Lotteries fur the public aid, on the ei'ound that his predecessors bald re-! sorteu to the same practices. Sir M. W. RIDLEV Matt:tided that Lotteries were destruc- tive of the public mersls. Sir J. NIMPORT adverted to the conviction of the present ff Sheri of Dublin, as Actadoi: lathe Dublin Papers , fur illegal Lottery gambling, he :acing a Lettery 01See Keeper. ' Mr. VANSITTVIIT observed, that he had , tot heard of any Lottery Office Keeper in Lngland baying been charged with such a r-:ine. Mr. liti.,nuncoitca complained of the evils arising (refit Lotteries, After some observations from Mr. Howard and Mr. W. Smith, the Committee divided—Ayes 7:i—Noes 33—Majority: 42.—The Resolution was of course agreed to.—Report to. .ssiorrow. • a Committee of Supply, hlr. PEEL 11211VCd the following Grants for the Service of Ireland : • 80001. for Works at Dunmore Harbour. 50001. for Works at llowth Harbour. 15,0001. for the Fever Pospital. . 18,4611. for Churches and Glebe Houses. • 15,0001. for Inland Navigation. Lord PALM cifirrom then moved the following Grants : • 207,8131. for Disembodied Militia. 116,6511. for Irish Ditto. 'The Report 10111 ordered to be brought up: The other o ders of the day. were then discosed of, and the House atljoasned at twelve o'clock. TUESDAY. On the third reading of the Saving Bank Bills, Mr. LAW strongly objected to the clause now introduced into the Bill, by which the deposits of individules were confined to<6ol. for the fi.st year, mid 251. for each succeeding year. The Hon. fearther was of opinion, this restraint would tend materially to injure the Saving Banks. He should therefore•move to omit this clause, and leave it as it at Fescut stood. Mr. P. MoonE presented a Petition front the Proprietors of Drury-lime Theatre, stating, that, from unforeseen cir cumstances, they had incurred a debt which they were unable to discharge, and praying for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them to give-security for. the saute. The Petition was ordered to be referred to.a Committee. The Bank Restriction Bill was read a third time and sent to the Lords By the provisions of this Bill, the restriction on the cash payments by the Bank is extended to tlie.sol of July 1819. la the course of the discussion on the 3d reading, Mr. Lushington, in a reply trea question put to him by Mr. -Tierney, stated, that the 9,000,0001. advanced to Government •by the Bank woUld be repaid in the course of the; present • year. • DISCHARGE OF MR. FERGUSON. :Lord A. HANULTON moved that Mr. T. Ferguson should be brought to the bar of the House to-morrow, so artier to his ,beistdischarged.—Agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.. Air R. Hence rose to bring forward bis Motion on the sub ject of Reform in Parliament. His object wonld be to resider the House, in fact, what it was in name, the Commons Howe of Parliament. At one period, the corruption of Elections , was so universally allowed, that it was sonsidered necessary Oppose the Act stalled the Grenville Act, to restrain that cor ruption. .A eight of petitioning, and tribunals for judging, were ereetedpbut the expense of petitioning was so great, that individuals were io many cases unable to seek justice. ---4 He was- are .of tie objections which were mode to the question of.Reforosywhersever it was • brought forward. ;If brought forward in &time of prowerity, it was said we wasted no Reform; if brought forward in a time of distress, the danger of attempting innovation at such a period was urged against it. Another argoment.against it was, that no two persons agreed on any plats of Reform; but that was no reason why we should not go on into enquiry. Parliaments elected every S year. was the object of his motion. He was not favour able to annual Parliaments., be did not consider they were fitted to the present thues, though they had suited the reign of a Mary and a Henry. After the Revolution, Parliaments , I were made trieunial,.and so they continued down to IT IS, when circumstances arose which caused the duration of Par liament to be exteuded to seven years. .The Smptetiuial !ti It was introduced at a time of loans rection f with the aye% ed intention of strengthening the Crown; but this was a teuspo rary insurrectioo, and the measure adopted to meet it ought Maass() have been' temporary. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for Irate to bring is a Bill to repeal the Septeu nisi Act. Sir S. Rossiya folly agreed is the motion of his Houoar.: able Friend. Me. W. Sasrni was also is tarsier 44 the motion; and 434 •marticidarly rejoiced in haying this opportunity of declaring his sentiments on one of the mostßagitious acts of tyranny and injwake that ever was committed; no . nely, that of a Pat liawent elected for three years .decidsiag that It woad exist for strew MAY 25. Air. littotion ccukl not silently ht•ar that l'ai !la imut se harshly desighaied, wine.' hail, by their act, saved its • sta an itrlntrary and Popish Government. Whether the. did well in Ili, in &lino in,: the remedy AU long to survive ib e was souther ynr,tton. .1t; boo ever, the act which had urea alluded to by his lionorerrable Pritlitl, deserved the elt..ractot he had given it, so JUL several other great arid beneficial acts, ivi‘telt had sittee been passid try the Parliainenta at Euglanl and 11'4 g oal. ilunAe then divided—For the Motion 43—Against it 117—Mniority 75. ALIEN BILL. Lord CASTLURBAGII moved the Committee on tLe Alic a EMI. Mr. llama'? was suirpriied at the burry of this measure through the •Huese ; and also at the apathy sliewn by the House to it. It was not tbe•sroalt tier of persons seat oat of .ttir cotton.). that Was the question of objection to this ltill ibut thounniber of those who had been prevented c...ming into it. Me enderstood that it was the practice of foreigners to write to this country to know whether it ens likely they would be audired to remain in it. It was absurd to soppose, that this oeattysteed tunny dangcr from 'the residence of a handful of foreigners aniongst u 3. tte could not help be_ lieving that this was a measure emanating froin the Holy AL• hailery it it cualithe called so. Mr. ki4.llloNdefeediTl this measure. Ministers had never IterA 'convicted of aarttruelty or oppression under this 81.1„ mid therefore there WWI no.gronuct of oppositiou to it. Mr. lisTssuner•eoatersied, that the !lame seavans which iuduced the Minuet° enact this Hill after the peace, existed smave in as mach farce as then,and.therefore the House ought to (minuet the measure. They wanted this measure to pre.. seat vise turbulent from coming here.; and that it should be pnubely knowa that none wuuid be allowed to remain in this eututtry except the quiet, the honest and the industi ions.— He simsieti that say one had beets-sent out or prevented from eoatrugiinto this eanatry at the suggestion of any fureigs 111 r *whatever. Mr. Lreestrron mentioned the case of a foreigner of con siderable property, who was sent out of the country at four days uotice. This person WAS not accused of plotting against this country. This measure had a very bad effect on the liberty ut.this country. Mr. BATuutisT said, the person alluded to by the het Speaker use Iles sent unt of the country tor plotting against the Govermaient, but for practites daugerous to. the piace of the country. liestikbY said, this measure would arm this Govern. meet against a certain political party, obnoxious to fort ign Goveruments. tiis only view of this measure was, that we were the ageits and willing slaves of the tyrruuy of foreign 00Vc1 'sinews. It had been and that Ministers had not abused this power; hut were Ministers such idiots as to abuse the extes.sionalf, pewee awaited by them in their system of gra. dually alert-tying the people of their hinnies? Those who would vote for this NICASI3IO on such ground*, would have no objection that Proclrmations should have the torce of laws, provided the power were notabueed. Mr. Serjeaut COPLEY cuosidered thi. Bill was highly ogees. sary. Sir J. MACKINTOSH contended that there aught to be neon:- mon right of asylum iu all the Strtcs of .Europe. .11 had been argued that the mend character of some individuals, exiled by foreign nations being hail, Ibis measure was necessary. A snore ilaeserous doctrine then this could not Ise. He felt great sorrow at the earelessuesa nod gaiety with which the House treated such subjects, so vital to the interests of &de fenceless set of men. to fernier times, it was our boast And glory to be despised by tyrants and slaves, because we did nut possess tee power of acting tyrannically. But now, this Bill was passed to keep thelfellovr Dwarf of the Netherlands, and two.ether Newspapers, and SO exiles, from coining into this country. The ArrenNsT-Geseam. contended, that the prerngettive of the Crown to send out Aliens front the country existed by the cowmen laigoind by Magna Charts, which says, that mer chant foreigners may come into the country, unless prohibited; showing clearly, that the King had the power of that prohihi. lion. •l'his measure was one of expediency ; and was the House prepared to• say, that this country should be made the depot. tor all.the turbulent and mischievous-spirits of Europe ? The Honsatheu divided—For going into the Committee 99 —Against 32—Majority 87. The House then went into the Committee, whemit was pro posed to au up the blank with the words two years" for the duration of the Bill.—Agreed to.—Adjourned. • WEDNEIDAY• A Petition was presented.by Mr. P. Moorifrom Coventry, praying for an effectual Reform in Parliament, and that the Members should reader an account of their stewardship to their constituent,. Mr. Buns= brought up the Report. of the Committee to inquire into the state of contagions fever in the metropolis. The Committee had foetid, that it last .year the increase of fever had been sevenfold.—The House would learn vt ith sur prize, that in most of the hospitals the habit was, to mix con tagious fever patients with common fever patients. Some times' therefore, fever was . generated among the patients themselves, of which rsurses, surgeons, physicians, and sta. dents, had died. It was therefore recommended to Govern ment to give an additional sum of 20301. to the Fever Institu tion, in order to increase their number of beds from 69 to 100; which would •enahle them to remove the fever patients fromthe ordinary hospitals altogether. The Report was or dered to be printed. - Lord A. HAMILTON moved that Thomas Ferguson be brought to the bar of the House, in order to be discharged. If he had nut known that it was the ordinary duty of the Speaker to. reprimand a person in Mr. Ferguson's situation, he should have felt it his duty to have moved a special repri mand for his offence. Mr. Ferguson.beiug brought to the bar, The SPKAILOR Otated the tuferree of which he had been dr elated guilty by the House, and which It listf voted to he a corrupt attempt to influence the election of a Member .tpf Parlianteut, and a high breach of time privileges of that House. Yet the House, in consideration °lbis hill acknow ledgment of his offence, and hoping that his punishment would operate as a warning to hiroself, and an example to others, had ordered him to be discharged on 'payment of his fees. Me. Ferguson was then !their front the liar. • WEST INDIA SLAVES. Sir S. Roastt.tv ruse tu.ntot•a that certain papers, ielative to the treatment of Slaves in the island of Nevis, should Lve referred io a Committee. He was surprised to understand that this Motion was to•be opposed. It related to the treat ment of sluts in the island lie had named; especially of twe youths, who had beau, punished, as _appeared, with. great at-