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

Alto 'I y -4..-. ^ . l y _ . F"~ - there w®a no difference. lie meant to give the Treasury ponce to giant increased 'enumeration to such persons, requiring the Lords to constautly lay before parliament accounts of such grants. lie also proposed that fur the sneerammation fund there should be six per cent. charge able ou all illt0111(11 lII.u/Vt. laUI. , sad 2 per cent. en in comes between 501. and 10../I. Snell per (Tillage would N owt half the exec:lice of tht. superaminatiuns. 'reuse °dices that were to be reduced, the ladders retain their present salaries, but they should pay to the fund at the rate of 10 per ceot. The Chancellor of the ExelTequer added, that the 'Mallet of the keeper of the privy purse, the lord eliaiiihei lain, the lord steward, the master of the ✓obes, and the master of the horse, amotinted in ill to • 0001., from *hick his Itlaji toy had offered a deduc tion of 10 per emit. to be made, which would be a saving from the civil list of 30,0001. per Ullllllin.-- Ike tight hoe. gent. concluded with moving resolutions embodying the principle of the amended scheme of legit:4lll'g buperan luintion. r. HUM E distipproved of the plan. The reduction of the larger binaries sits by no mewls what the country will entitled to expert ; ant the tax upon the mallet tines was whit: they could nut fairly bear. There must be extended reduct.uus before real relief would he obtained by the country. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY denuded what had brut done ins this moue(' 1.6) the Covetimieet. Torre had been the Ines' la borimis ensetiry mid anxiety to meet the lineal tons of Una Adducts of that Howe. Mr. I;ENN LTT considered the deduction from the su. bordmate clef ks as 100 high, whilst the heads of ullices did Du( KIVU Up enough. Sir W. DE CRESPIGN Y was highly gratified by the eiminiunteat . of his Majesty's intention of giving up a portion of the civil list, unit wad 11104 1/110011S to express his gratitude fur this gracious cornmuaication. The sifect of exampl.• coming lima such a quarter would be must power • fully effective. Mr. WARE wished to know if the reduction in the Civil List of Ireland was to ta or a proportion ait a that of Eng land, and if a per ceutage was to be takeu from persons un threhji Lind LONDONDERRY answered in the affirmative. — There was one point to a It.ch he arts desirous iif tid%ei ling. The 1.1,m wlcch prevailed in the minds of quiet peelers a as, that the a hole of a bat was called the civil list revenue %cut to the support of his klajesty ; but, in fact, there was only 403,0001 applied to his Majesty's stute, upon this bUNI the King had given up considerably more than ten per cent. Mr. C. Wys N defended the system of superannuating old sersants of the politic, when the time came that they were tat longer lit fur duty. Sir J. YORK wished to know if the allowance to the :nyal family aas to be subject to the 10 per cent discount l Lord LONDONDERRY answered iu the ni•gative. Mr. P. MOORE %blued for Mute time, to consider before be adopted or rejected this resolution, and for that purpose lie should propthe that the Chairman do NOM l progressond ask !ewe to sit again. Mr. GIPPS airs in favour of the resolution. a Sir M. lt illi,tra' thought the WO find eitii ieni officers of state, who were IsCCUUe Or x ilethi4lll WI retiring, 611UUld give up at least 20 per cent, of their ,aluries Mr. CALCRAFT was against any thing being taken from the loner baliair , . 11•• could nut avo.d expreiiiii_ the un mixed satisfaction he felt at the communication foom the Ihi one. lie thought 30,0001. Wll4 to; nitwit as his Majesty mold give tip, :JAI %hen it nos explailiA to the room ry in hat manner and from what fund his Mojesiy had given up this stun, he was convinced the people ruutd think :so too. After a few words from Mr. VV. Smith, Mr. flume, aid Moore, the hater hon member withdrew his amend ment, and tlt•• resolotibn r.f the Chancellor of the Exchequer µas hgrced tan ithout a division, and the report was ordered to he received to•morrow. - . . . 01 the order of the day for the second rending of the Bluti3 Bill, ?.Jr. HUM E said, he would in the committee ou t h e 11111 propose a clause to es plain the poser if the Crown to d.a -uri-s officers o court _ . l'he other ()alert %%ere (horned of, and the Mute ad. jounced at loil.-past eleven. TUZSDAY, MAROC 12. Mr. G. BENNE ET pi ' , seined a petition from Halton, Northamptonshire, complaining of agricultural distress. Mr. J. S3111:11 presented a petition from the chamber of commerce of Edinburgh against the Edinburgh police bill—a measure, the him member said, which called forth the most serious attention of the !louse. Sir R. SIIAWE gave notice, that lie should bring (De void his motion for the repeal of the u iudow tax iii Ire land on the 21th of April. Mr. LUSIIINGTON brew:lit in the malt dilly repeal bill. Read a first time, and oi dealt to be read a second time to marrow. Mr. Cll P.TWYNDE moved for leave to bring in • bill to ronmulidate the laws regarding vagrants. His bill of the last session, granted fur one 3 ear, had bren successful beyond Lis rant ctution t and he aas iherclure stimulated to proceed. There had been 49 acts on this subject, mule 0 1 which were now partially acted upon; and he slietelore thought their consolidation would be useful, taking his bill o f the l as t sess i on as t h e groundwork of the Jul tient proceeding. The object was to simplify what was to be deemed vagrancy. Ilicre were many contra dictory decisions ou this subject, especially as regarded ballad singets, prize-killers, persons holding platea at chinch ions, match-sellers, Sec. Oue object would be to adjust those contradictory tlecision• ; P.llollies would be to guard th ! (.0111111'y more strecitially against the frauds of vagrants. Their frauds acre carried to an enorniona extent. It had burn ',toyed that there were forty houses • issez the OCCII:IbIlley of v.tgrasits in Whitechapel alone.— HeNtiaglitt such houses oiti p lit to be put iiii ler the con hunt out of t istracy, as public houses were; but lie wrinptnot Wife the . house with details. lie concluded hwithmoving for leave to In ing in a bill to consolidate the tiuti agreed to. Mr. CH ETW yN DE then inured for lease to bring in a 1)41 to facilitate siiiimmuy pi orcedingkfiefuse the jlibliCt b of the peace, especially as as repealed foruis oh con viction. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, thin eAr lions of the hon. member merited all possible support and approbation. agreed to. str J. NEWPORT nese to move a call of the House on the g4tli of Apt il. The hot. member observed, that it was uselpl inasmuch as it could show the people or Ire land tlrat the fullest attentien would he gi% en tit link altitila Ile m inted the ct would be, lie hoped, to in confillid;terif titian(' in the lizislaturc, blotsuirtgiOcd to. • ' • , • :t THE NATIONAL REGISTER COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE. Col. I).VVIES rose, pursuant to notice, to bring forward his motion on the subject of the collection of the revenue. What he desired was, that this portion of the expenditure should be subjects d to minium!, similar to that which superintended all other expendi , nre. Its importance would be manifest, when it was stated that the collection cost upwards of four nr.tilowl! and that such expenditure was uncontrolled. With an hie, eased revenue there hail !men a considetable advance in the rate of collecting the public money. The expeece of collecting the customs, &c. for instance, in 1797, was ITs. per cent.; in 18'10 the expellee was el. 4s. per cent. Speaking of the customs, he slid that six, instead of nine, commissioners would be sufficient. Ile also tassel ved, that persons had been ap pointed commissioners will/ were intacquaiuted wills the duties: there were not shove two commissioners who, limn previous knowledge, could be considered as ac quainted is ith the duties of thi ir new offices. One of them had been a police magistrate; mealier was a military man, and a user relative and warm supporter of the noble marquis. But, besides the expellee of collecting the ens toms, the supersntittation fund, he tested, Was match abused. In 1610 there was a charge of 10,00 M. on the superannuation fund for 1810; it was now bt ,oool. It was in various ways much abused. These were some 611. after three and five years' service; and it was vet y reinalkalde that many were allowanced utter years' service, that being the period of the art for enlarged allowance; but the act slid that there should nut be so. peramitsatiom, except where there was age or hail mit,. tie then adverted to the exit avagant charge for the soli citor of the Custom s; ill 1e::0 the charges were 38,C001., last year they were 1:9,01.01.—T1ie lion. member dwelt strongly oil the expellee of our boasted blockade nal the coat, which he maintained was perfecdy lISVICSS in the prevention of smogglise , —for smuggling was now carried on, and could be contra' un , ahnost to any extent. u% hen ou the coast, he had taken Indus to inquire into the sub ject ; and lie knew the truth of what he was stating—that the smugglieg was cart ied use to an enormous extent, in spite of the expellees of the coast blockade. lie adverted to the neglect of time 1:1161011111 in complying with the enders of the house; that neglect had been most extensive and :thimble. Even the solicitor to the customs had declined to make returns. Ile trusted the house would enforce the orders. The SOiil'ill/e/1 power was tremendous and inqiii sittivial—it requited correction. lodividuals had ellered tau ge comfit otnises rather than fare this tieusendons pow er ; one man in particular had uttered '2301., which had been refused ; the patties a fterw ards went berme a jury, and obtained acquittals! What, then, must be the stale of the system? and who could say that it did not cull. lot correction ? lie concluded with moving a series of mu. lot ions, embodying the expellee of collecting the revenue, 4,100,0091., and the necessity of aur.ually subinittiog esti mates to the house on the suojecl. • Mr. HUAIE seconded the :notion. Mr. LUSHINGTON, ill opposing the motion, said, that the hon. member had grossly deceived himself. lie con dodod with moving the previous question. Atter souse remarks from Mr. flume and the Marquis of Longlooderi y, Cul. DAVIES shortly replied, stating that he should press the se:ond resolution respecting the customs. The gallery was cleared for a division. The numbers welt—For the pt esions question, 9 —Against jority against the original motion, ti The house these went into a committee ou the Itlutiuy bill. Mr. litnir. said, many par oldie bill were now be come ulmo:ele; he nislu•d to know it the noll.e lord intended to propose auy altetattuoir ►oil it to the ',le arnt time. Lord PALMERSTON said, he had no alterations to propose al prenut, execpt what related to the settiourat ut nuldirr._ _ Sir I. COFFIN was itisirions of knowing if any altera tion wits to be made In the lumps ut courts ttlalti4l. He s 'shed to have them placed uuder the saute regulations as those of the navy. L.ird PALM LasToN said, at pre s ent he had 110 inten tion to propo,e uny such %taco-atom. nil. 1111.%11:: thou sug‘csted uu amendment to regulate coin is noutant. Mr. BILK:lir repeated lois arguments against the prero gative a Lich the cruets had claimed user °Wows. Cul. WOOD v. us ready II) meet ham gentlemen, and dis cu-s that question wheat vcr they thought lit. Ile aus cut• *juiced the beat protection for the cuivtitutiuis was this prerogative, w hich kept the fumy (lathlet f other part* of the constitution. It was at the period whim the couttuul of the army was taketi from the Grown, that the army turned the IlMiteof Commons out of doors and overturn lied the comistm Ma. W ILLIANiS denied that the King had such a prero• gatise. It it should be decided that theme was tacit aps era pithy, Le would, it no other num did, move for lvase to ming in „a hill to titsqualify uthcers ut tilt army train Luring scats-in the House. _ _ After a few ithserviitioni from Mr. Hume, Lord Palmer ttoii, stud %bikers, Ilse iimeiittoient war otgntivtd. Toe Doer climes were, otter sua,e ngreetl tu. —Toe Ilsiti‘e returned, and the re i oil Mar usilLied to tie re tch ell tu•murro w. The other olden were dispose I of, mid the House ad jauratd at t %%dye o'clock. VEUXESDAY, MARCII 13. Petitions complaining of llKrlcultural distress were pre weletl fnen Collet lOU, DeVOLlAlltre, dud Liucoloslme. (Meted Io be in lute 41. LONDON BI: I DOE. . . Sir W. CURTIS brouAlit fur removing the Luoilun-hrolee noter•nurks. All. IIIiTUERWOILIII opposed the bill in its present form. Sir F. OM MAN Ey bi-o opposed the hill. There Was not sufficient indemnity far the water-not P., co:upony i and 46 bitch n ee the case, he bhobld move taut the bill be read u first tliie eat six muitili% Sir W. CURTIS said it was uevcr the intention to prerout the company fount receiving intiennot. As to the report of lavt 'ear, he dad out :agree va la it ; there vv.sal no wait Ut u new 1 , 4 idge j the old one could tie so us to ;Lova% er every ;Ito pose. If the bill bete suffer,Al to gas up vtairt., u laja•ctious 'bight b.• removed. Mr. Aida in.,n WOOD observed, that on n former occa sion, the tionialtoy wea c fur st•lling their ,ttares mid inlet evt to toe New fait r company. Toey wave la.v es la uuralionry da mand. mule by the bravge Wales , wank. 4:444:4, any. A• Its what w.is said 411,14411 ou t badge lie W•as fuo at Ut * ; not that 11449 1101 the 1.4i61 b.•tinc Clew I{:u Übe of experiment. it wan by upeumi tile "0111^04:11 . • ~~3 'tvu • MNlkiorm arches that the bridge would be! suitirir iitly repaired. Tire bill ou4bt to be allowed to go into u commits... ; and he did not see how that could be rip i abei. when the company were ready to sell their iutere•ls. 'I hr bill wa tbea rc rd u 6 st time, tad ordered to be read a second lime. Mr. MARRYATT presented a petition from Lower C.t. tsida, compLittia4 of the 4.-i res.** resullieg t,l their ttral.., by our h•gi•iaiice enactment', and for it tit r trade. T.ieir corn trade was parttrulusly alrected by our legislative tae.uuree —Petitinu read. Str 1. COFFIN said it would be better that, is far as this country bins concerned, at should have b en stink in the sea, thins that it ' , tumid be under our government ; it ro•t this country 500,0001. a )ear, %%Wilma occasioning any mum). Petit tllll /warred to lie OH the tale. Sir R WILSON preheated a petition from Joseph Healy, who h id been rocalined in Lincoln ensile one )e.ir , the thin e to intenere it bpectine the treetelehl of Mr. Hunts lie had ab u t petition from 2,00i/inhabitants of Kochi:l4le, with a similar prayer. Mr. T. F. BUXTON said he felt Ititustlf called upon to observe, licit the charges rrspe ling ill,• jail at llcherter, had been fully pi iiva d. The cuueltcsand twins es which had heel' esiablihhed, were amongst the severest ty funnies to .d ever heard of, and lie thought the government ote,.lit to direct the prosecution of the jailer, lleidle.—(llear, be. r.) lie considered that the gieetest credit was due to the worthy Alderman ( Wood) for his pet severance and taleceb., iu ,pits of tile obattuction thrown in his nay 1 all his allegations and stateinents had been fully proved.—(Cheers.)—lle un doubtedly believed that the judges beeleiwed Mr. Hunt to this prison, deeming it to lie excellently d.scifilined, and wiry healthy 1 therefore the leIIICIICe of the court had been greatly a- graeated. Ought the sentence to continue ? Sui was the sum holehome Mate or the prihoe, that nut of Gee per...116,4c° bad been affected with illness. One individual hid recently died, tart ;according to the cornea's impost the death had brim act derided by the condition of the prison. There had been six floods in eight 'seeks, and that individual could sit no n except where the stater N an six Inches deer.—(hear, hear.)—Now Me. Hint had suffered wiles nuisance in being inapri•oned there so long ; and nits sin It aggravation of the sentence to continue 1 Sir I'. LETIfiIItIDGE admitted, that where blame at tached, there it to fall. ' • ' Mr. DICKENSON defended the magistrates, on I vi .1 that jiletby 11.14 allot ded Mr. Huta every oppurtuuity to prove hi,eharges. .- - Mr. (Secretary) PEEL said this disens , ion was some what premature, as the evidence on which the report was 1111111(1....d was printing. He thought the discussion was injurious to all the parties, as carried on now ; it would be better further observations should he postponed fur the present. He did not rise to vindicate the parties.— All he desired was, that the Howse should suspend all judgment till tile case was folly before the House. As to tile application to the crown %%Inch was about to be pro posed, he was not prepared to say the% lie could advise the cromin to exercise the prerogatise iu favour of Mr. Hoot. lie thought the House could not adopt the opinion that the magistrates had deliberately pursued any steps to nuke Mr. Hunt's case tineomfortabler but, at the same time, lie though some neglect was chargeable on the 11ia• gist rotes.—( Ilear I ) As to Mr. kJ nut's present situation, lie had two romiss and two prisoners to wait on hint ; and the present sheriff had taken upon himself to restore those rules which existed regarding Mr. Hunt, when lie hist went to lieliesier gaul. With regard to tho magic. wales, it was nut too much to say, that they had been deceived into confidence of the gaoler; at all events, lie hoped it would nut be consideied light to censure them iu a hotly. Mi. G. 'SENNETT had condemned the visiting magis trates only, and he still thought they 0 ight to be temoved. Mr. HOME, in censoring the tusgist I MI.'S, had confined himself to the report, and that report charged the ningiv" . . . Irate,. nut vv ith the must humane ioridilet. rinuisters now called on the !louse to examine all the evidence fully —to hear both sides; that W 45 good advice, he wished the ministers had pm actised such doctrines before they adopted so ill designed a measure as the dismissal of a gallant officer (Sir R. W ilson.)—k [lcor, hear! ) The SOLICATORGENERAL defended the rid , signed by Judge Best, are. There was nothing in them inconsistent with law and Immunity. The petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Sir H. WILSON moved for au account ut the hop dns ties received fur 1821. Ordered. Lord NORMAN ny brought forward his motion re. speedos; tile postmasters-general. He felt less difficulty in bringing forward this siihject, because if the ago ced with hint, the result would nut seriously alit ct 111. and they too Were not persona who would complain of the decision of the House. The division the office had origiterted in a job, and lie did not blaMis the minlvterr for continuing the offices, for they could not be expected wantonly to give up so good a piece of patron.. age without r, hint from Mat I louse. He ti listed that al a period of such general distress, the House would deems* it right to give them such hint. He had no fault to find with those who at present occupied she Milers of joint postmasters; they pm sued their duties in a gentleman) , and exeuiplary 11141111er, but wh it Its >4LIWItt d was, gnat die of lee ought never to have heroine a " plural milt," and that it ought not now continua divided. It was an expellee that might be saver, to she country, and it !bele. fora ought to he saved to the cormir.--(klear.)—He concluded with moving a resolution, crulrodying such opinion. Mr. F. ROBINSON opposed the motion contending that the influencers! the clown was nut too great. Mr. li. St.LiINElt also opposed the motion oil like grounds. Sir J.Sr.ABRIO HT supported the motion, maintaining flint this was a redact/on that could be well made. aro' Crat tile state of the country called for all possible reduce limo. The Hamm then divided. The numbers were—For the motion Ibtl—Agaitist it lal—Majority against it 2). On our being again admitted in the gallery we round Mr. N add' evvii.g the House on the subreet lit this colonial expenditure, ar.d particularly to the expelaittote for Demerara, IA iticii aiaaunteil to upward, ut 10,0101. on hems winch ought slut to cost iris (mutiny a single lathing. The lion. tut thbrr also ttAvoited to set eral parts of the bitilai.is exooiditure, and concluded by tuovihg fur a return of the 11111111er ill W1111:11 111 e 811.11 of 35,00 A. voted for the ordnance department, au t 11.111 i Its tie for the 'service at the Tower iu 15721, had been ca. pended. ( For continuation ice rize tiJ. ), . ~ w ....a1rl: • I I 1 t•